I'd like to place some free jeeps in my map to get it off to a flying start, but it just crashes the game. Any ideas? I have a logic_auto configured thusly: Code: My Output: OnNewGame Target Entity: imp_free_jeep0 Target Input: SpawnVehicle Parameter: imp_jeep_preset Delay: 0.00 Only once: No I have also tried using outputs OnMapSpawn, OnMultiNewMap, OnMultiNewRound. They all crash when the jeeps are spawned. The imp_free_jeep0 entity is configured like so: Code: Start enabled: Yes Automatically respawn?: No Costs resources?: No imp_jeep_preset looks like this: Code: Faction: Brenodi empire Spawn point: false Cost: 0 Chassis: BE jeep Engine: Jeep standard engine Armor: Plain armor Front armor plates: 0 Rear armor plates: 0 Left armor plates: 0 Right armor plates: 0 Weapon 1: type: No weapon Weapon 1: mode: Primary Weapon 1: groups: 0 [...] Weapon 8: type: No weapon Weapon 8: mode: Primary Weapon 8: groups: 0
if it automatically repeats, it's crashing / failing because it's trying to spawn jeeps inside one another. vehicle_spawner should have a parameter to make the vehicle automatically respawn when destroyed. If you want several jeeps, they will each need their own spawner, though they can use the same preset. You'd be better off using a different trigger mechanism though. Either automatic or with a trigger_multiple brush. but yeah, with auto respawn, the vehicles should automatically spawn when the map starts, and will keep respawning only after they die.
It's onmapspawn not onnewgame. If it crashes it's an error with your vehicle spawner, not the logic_auto. Although you could try adding a delay, the game might not like having the vehicles spawn on the same frame as the map loads. Add a 5 second delay to the output. Be aware also that when you use vehicle spawners, it doesn't precache the vehicle models, so the game will freeze for a few seconds while it loads the models.
I don't see why it would be repeating, but I'll make doubly by having only once enabled on the logic_auto. I don't want them to behave that way. I want just a one-off gift of a few jeeps to each team. Do you think it would be a robust solution to set them to automatic, then kill the vehicle presets with a trigger_once brush when players go to grab them? Thanks. Pretty sure that's not the problem; onmapspawn crashes the game just as you're about to get off the loading screen, the other options crash after the game has started and the comm vehicle has already been spawned. Freezing a bit while you select the comm is probably tolerable.
Not sure then, I can only think your vehicle preset is badly configured (likely due to shitty wiki information) as I used logic_autos with onmapspawn and a delay in order to start spawners in my map.
Got it working; here's what I've have discovered: It's OK to place the emp_vehicle_spawner exactly at ground level if the ground is perfectly flat. Jeeps that are inside walls or inside each other do not cause a crash; they simply don't get spawned. If you don't tick the "once only" check box on logic_auto outputs events which should only fire ones(like onmapspawn) apparently will fire more than once and crash the game. Now I'm looking to solve the mostly cosmetic problem of keeping the jeeps from moving around when they spawn(they lurch forward a few meters whether you drop them or spawn exactly at ground level).
If they are only spawning once, you can create a trigger_vphysics_motion set up to freeze vehicles inside it, then you can disable it a few seconds after the vehicles spawn.
