No clipboard or map

[pazuzu]

Hi, I want to start a mission with no clipbord or map visible, but I want them to be visible after 1rst obj is done.

How would I do this?

I've seen it in other maps but I cant remember which.

The mission starts out with players in convoy. Players are riding in cargo while AI drive. I just want the players to be in the dark about where they are going & what the mission is & get ambushed unexpectedly.

Thanks.

[Triggerhappy]

showmap false and showpad false
their all in the comref, check it out before posting, you'll probably get the answer, and faster than you would on the forums

[pazuzu]

Oh ok sorry....

I know the clipboard & map are part of the description.ext so I didn't think it would be a simple command like that. I usually do go there.

Thanks for the help.

[Triggerhappy]

see, the thing is, there have been a lot of really simple questions asked recently that would be easy to find if the person just looked around, but they are lazy...
sorry if i seemed a bit harsh, that was not my intent

[pazuzu]

No  I understand completely.

I read the posts here alot & even the very oldest ones.

I learn alot just from doing that....I just dont recall this topic.

[pazuzu]

Hmm, I tried puting in showmap false & showpad false & it crashes.

It give me message like "f" encountered instead of ";"

I tried using quotes & adding the =

This is supposed to be done in the description.ext right?

Thanks.

[pazuzu]

Ok, I figured out how to make map & notepad disappear.

showMap = 0

showNotepad = 0

But now I cant get them to appear when I want them to using a trigger.

I just tried puting: showMap = 1; showNotepad = 1

In the activation field of a trigger.

I dont get it isn't this how its done?

Thanks.

[Triggerhappy]

i wouldn't know, i've never used it before

[Zombie]

i don't think it is possible to turn them back on.......could you perhaps use hidden objectives?  That is not too difficult to hide/unhide objectives and you could just write the initial briefing to say "You have been sent to the rear area for some R and R, enjoy the ride, you will get new orders when you arrive...."
  Just an idea

[AK-Chester]

...now I cant get them to appear when I want them to using a trigger.

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showMap true; showPad true;

[pazuzu]

Showmap true & showpad true dont seem to work...I tried showmap=1 also but no cigar.

I think maybe its just not possible to make them reappear.

I usually use hidden objectives but this time I wanted the map & notepad removed just for effect. It shocks people when they dont see a map or brief....leaves them in the dark about what the're in for.

Just a bunch of grunts riding in the back of a covered humvee in the middle of Afghanistan...  

Thanks for replying.

[AK-Chester]

Repeat...

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showMap true; showPad true;...both work fine for me, always did, still do (tested).

[pazuzu]

Oh really?


How did you do it?

To remove I changed the showmap & shownotepad to 0 in the description.ext

Is that right?

& did you make them appear again by using a trigger?


Thanks for replying.

[AK-Chester]

Description.ext:

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showMap = 0;
showNotepad = 0;Trigger, on activation:

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showMap true; showPad true; hint "Map and notepad enabled";That hint is optional, indeed, it's just to check if your trigger activates at all.

[pazuzu]

Wow,  Thats the way I did it....

I must have typed it wrong or just missed something simple.....

I'll try it again.

With shownotepad=0 & showmap=0 in descrition.ext

& in trigger activation field I'll have showMap true; showPad true; hint "Map and notepad enabled";


Thanks for your help.