[SCRIPT] Checkpoints and autosave help

[serbusfish]

First of all i'm wanting to put a checkpoint in place so that if a monster kills you you respawn close by but the monster is gone. I know this is like the default thing that happens but I cant figure it out, I have a player start area in place, im just not sure what to do with this:

void CheckPoint (string& asName, string& asStartPos, string& asCallback, string& asDeathHintCat, string& asDeathHintEntry);

Do I put this in the part of the script that spawns the monster? And what would I put for the 'string& asCallback' bit?

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Second question, I was just wondering how the 'void AutoSave();' command works, do I put this at the beginning of a map or the end? And if say, items have been collected, if the player exits and reloads will the game have saved this or do I need to put auto save commands in the scripts after item pickups? And do I need to assign start areas or will it just start at the place you exit at?

[PutraenusAlivius]

Create a script area at the place where the Player would be respawning and name it "ScriptAreaMonsterRespawn" without the quotation marks.
After that, put an in-active enemy at the place of the original one called "EnemyInActive" without the quoatation marks.

Now, copy paste the following script.

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void OnStart()
{
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "ScriptAreaMonsterRespawn", "MonsterRespawn", true, 0);
}

void MonsterRespawn(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState);
{
SetEntityActive("EnemyInActive", true);
} 


And I do not know about the AutoSave thing. Just put in on the void OnEnter() part.
Just put that s**t in. I'm just following FG's scripts.

[The chaser]

Ehem:

Fixed:

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void OnStart()
{
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "ScriptAreaMonsterRespawn", "MonsterRespawn", true, 0);
}

void MonsterRespawn(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
SetEntityActive("EnemyInActive", true);
CheckPoint ("Checkpoint_1", "PlayerStartArea_checkpoint", "", "DeathHintCategory", "DeathHintEntry");  ///Put the PlayerStartArea_checkpoint right where the script area is.
} 


Edit: Fixed.

[PutraenusAlivius]

Right.

BTW, at this code, after the closing ), there's a ;
You should remove them. This is the mentioned code.

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void MonsterRespawn(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState); <This one 


[serbusfish]

Ah right that makes total sense now I see it written down, although I wouldn't have know to do any of that extra stuff with the script boxes Thanks guys, i'll give it a try in a bit.

[serbusfish]

Hmmm i'm confused, shouldn't 'SetEntityActive' be false so the enemy isnt there after respawn?

Also i'm using alternative music when the enemy arrives, so I used the command StopMusic to stop the normal level music then play the enemy music. However as it stands now I respawn and no music is playing at all.

Is there a way to activate a script area on respawn, that way I can tell it to start playing the regular level music again when you collide with it?

[The chaser]

Yes, just:

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void OnStart()
{
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "ScriptAreaMonsterRespawn", "MonsterRespawn", true, 0);
}

void MonsterRespawn(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
SetEntityActive("EnemyInActive", true);
CheckPoint ("Checkpoint_1", "PlayerStartArea_checkpoint", "CheckDaPoint", "DeathHintCategory", "DeathHintEntry");  ///Put the PlayerStartArea_checkpoint right where the script area is.
} 

void CheckDaPoint (string &in asName, int alCount)
{
SetEntityActive("Musicarea", true);
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player, "Musicarea", "PlayMusische", true, 1);
}

void Musische (string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
PlayMusic("Yourmusic.ogg", true, 1, 1, 1, false);
} 


[PutraenusAlivius]

Yes, just:

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void OnStart()
{
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "ScriptAreaMonsterRespawn", "MonsterRespawn", true, 0);
}

void MonsterRespawn(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
SetEntityActive("EnemyInActive", true);
CheckPoint ("Checkpoint_1", "PlayerStartArea_checkpoint", "CheckDaPoint", "DeathHintCategory", "DeathHintEntry");  ///Put the PlayerStartArea_checkpoint right where the script area is.
} 

void CheckDaPoint (string &in asName, int alCount)
{
SetEntityActive("Musicarea", true);
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player, "Musicarea", "PlayMusische", true, 1);
}

void Musische (string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
PlayMusic("Yourmusic.ogg", true, 1, 1, 1, false);
} 


Just a little bit of a fix from the chaser's script.

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void OnStart()
{
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "ScriptAreaMonsterRespawn", "MonsterRespawn", true, 0);
}

void MonsterRespawn(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
SetEntityActive("EnemyInActive", true);
CheckPoint ("Checkpoint_1", "PlayerStartArea_checkpoint", "CheckDaPoint", "DeathHintCategory", "DeathHintEntry");  ///Put the PlayerStartArea_checkpoint right where the script area is.
} 

void CheckDaPoint(string &in asName, int alCount)
{
SetEntityActive("Musicarea", true);
AddEntityCollideCallback("Player", "Musicarea", "PlayMusic", true, 1);
}

void PlayMusic(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState)
{
PlayMusic("Yourmusic.ogg", true, 1, 1, 1, false);
}