Waypoints

[HurricaneXII]

Q1
;D I'm wanting to know why do units(vehicles) stop when they reach there waypoint and then carry on to the next. Is there a way to stop them from stopping at each waypoint? Instead I'm just wanting to have them drive through the waypoints and not stop at each waypoint. Is it somthing to do with the commander? Giving a new order at each waypoint or somthing?

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Q2:
Also how do I open the originall maps in the editor? I de-pbo the maps and put them into my user/mission folder, But i get errors wen trying to open them? the campingeden map, <- would be alot of use.

[C0LDSt33L]

#1 I don't know anyway of stopping them from stopping. Unless it's a tank if you give a unit a waypoint then they'll follow it along the road to their final destinaiton so you do not need a chain of waypoints. Thats all I can think of.

#2 I just de-pboed the maps and put the mission foldiers and put them I my folder and they worked. Could you post the error messages?

[macguba]

1.   No.

If it's REALLY important then don't use waypoints:  replace each waypoint with a gamelogic surrounded by a trigger.    When the group enters the trigger area, it gets a move order to send it to the next gamelogic.   Thus the order to move to the next GL is given just before reaching the first GL, so the group doesn't stop.

However, it might be easier just to go through your waypoints and remove most of them.   The pathfinding in this mission is good, you only need to put a waypoint in a place if you really want the group to go there.


2.   Some older unpbo utilities do not decrypt the official missions.    (You had to run a seperate dos programme for that when I was a lad.   Getting electricity to the computer was tricky because we lived in a wet paper bag in the middle of the road.)   Use Amalfi's unpbo 1.5 from the Editors Depot.

And you are absolutely right, examining BIS maps is one of the best ways to learn.

[nominesine]

You had to run a seperate dos programme for that when I was a lad.   Getting electricity to the computer was tricky because we lived in a wet paper bag in the middle of the road.

You were lucky, we didnÂ't even have a paper bag and was forced to work on old Swedish ABC-80 machines that we powered with a bicycle generator