how to trigger the big yellow messages?

[David198502]

ah ok....werds gleich ausprobieren!

[FG28_Kodiak]

Hm forgotten i am on an english speaking forum

[David198502]

mhh me as well

ok this works, but then the message, warning that only x planes are left for a certain spawnpoint is gone....so i added this, assuming that i can get both messages to pop up, the one warning that a spawnpoint is short on planes, and the one warning the team that it has only 5planes left in total...but this seems to not work...the message warning the team that only 5planes in total are left, is not popping up...unfortunately...i almost thought, that at least once i could sort a problem out for myself

     public override void OnPlaceEnter(Player player, AiActor actor, int placeIndex)
    {
        base.OnPlaceEnter(player, actor, placeIndex);

        AiBirthPlace birthPlace = GetBirthplace(actor);


        AiCart cart = actor as AiCart;

        if(cart != null)
        AvailablePlanes.ForEach(place =>
                                    {
                                        if (place.BirthPlace == birthPlace.Name())
                                        {
                                            
                                            place.NumberOfPlanes--;

                                            int numberOfAllAvailablePlanes = CountAvailablePlanes(actor.Army());

                                            if (numberOfAllAvailablePlanes == 5)
                                            {
                                                if(actor.Army() == 1)
                                                    GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention Reds only {0} Planes are left", new object[] { numberOfAllAvailablePlanes });
                                                if(actor.Army() == 2)
                                                    GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention Blues only {0} Planes are left", new object[] { numberOfAllAvailablePlanes });
                                            }

                                            if (place.NumberOfPlanes == 3 )
                                            {
                                                GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention only {0} Planes are left on {1}", new object[] { place.NumberOfPlanes, place.BirthPlace });
                                            }

                                            if (place.NumberOfPlanes == 0)
                                            {
                                                GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention {0} is no longer available", new object[]{place.BirthPlace});
                                                birthPlace.destroy();
                                            }
                                        }
                                    });
    }

[David198502]

oh and one more thing....is it possible, that if a plane lands safely on a homebase that this plane will "get back" into the list(pool) of available planes?so that the the number of available planes for that spawnpoint(where the plane startet from) will not decrease in numbers, when the plane manage to make it back to a friendly airfield...?
or in other words, if a plane manages to make it back home safely, that "this" plane can be used again

[FG28_Kodiak]

Originally Posted by David198502

the message warning the team that only 5planes in total are left, is not popping up...unfortunately...i almost thought, that at least once i could sort a problem out for myself

its 'popping up' but its overridden by the next message so you only see the last, to avoid this you can use Timeout
Example:

GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "First", null);

Timeout(5, () => {
                           GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Second", null);
                       });

oh and one more thing....is it possible, that if a plane lands safely on a homebase that this plane will "get back" into the list(pool) of available planes?so that the the number of available planes for that spawnpoint(where the plane startet from) will not decrease in numbers, when the plane manage to make it back to a friendly airfield...?
or in other words, if a plane manages to make it back home safely, that "this" plane can be used again

Yes its possible but the code then needs some rework.

[David198502]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

its 'popping up' but its overridden by the next message so you only see the last, to avoid this you can use Timeout
Example:

GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "First", null);

Timeout(5, () => {
                           GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Second", null);
                       });

Yes its possible but the code then needs some rework.

i would really appreciate, if you could do that, if its not too much rework....

[David198502]

ok tested again, with different numbers of available planes for each spawnpoint, and you are correct, its indeed showing the message that only 5planes are available....so this is good enough for me for now, as i have no glue again how and where to implement the Timeout section, without messing up the whole script....

but thinking again about the possibility, that if planes come back to base, are included again in the pool of the spawnpoint, is really attracting me...again, if you could write that for me, i would be REALLY REALLY HAPPY(maybe with the timeout section included already)

one thing that came to my mind, is that one has to be careful with the messages then, as now, the script gives out a message, as one spawns in a plane...if the feature of returning planes is included, the messages should pop up, when a plane gets destroyed, as otherwise, the warnings/messages could be wrong.......but who i am telling this....if you really decide to write such a script for me, you are certainly aware of that...
again and again and again Kodiak, during the last months, i had sooo much fun, because of your scripts you wrote for me....a BIG THANK YOU


PS:if that all is possible, i really wonder, why this havent been included on servers such like atag already???...in my view, this is a great way of having a dynamic war....besides, with the script i already have, one could for example get rid of the "self destroying" E4s on atag, which suddenly after a few seconds lose their ailerons and elevators on ground, while you are still able to spawn in them....???

[FG28_Kodiak]

in your code change:

if (numberOfAllAvailablePlanes == 5)
                                            {
                                                if(actor.Army() == 1)
                                                    GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention Reds only {0} Planes are left", new object[] { numberOfAllAvailablePlanes });
                                                if(actor.Army() == 2)
                                                    GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention Blues only {0} Planes are left", new object[] { numberOfAllAvailablePlanes });
                                            }

                                            if (place.NumberOfPlanes == 5 )
                                            {
                                                Timeout(5, () => {
                                                    GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, "Attention only {0} Planes are left on {1}", new object[] { place.NumberOfPlanes, place.BirthPlace });
                                                });
                                            }

[David198502]

doesnt seem to work for me....all the messages are gone(also available/in use -messages)
and i seem to be able to respawn infinitely...

[FG28_Kodiak]

then there must be a error in code can you show me your changes, may be there is a missing ";" or something else.