Destructible Vehicles in MP

Xhzjang · Post by **Xhzjang** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:57 pm

Ok, ive been trying to get destructible vehicles into mp.

First i tryed injecting the meta from the SP banshee over the sp banshee. Success!, but once you kill it it respawns dead, so a bit sucky.

Next i tryed offset swapping a weapn for the SP banshee, this time i just get loads of banshees spawning, most that don't work and some wit a weird active camo effect.

Finally i had the idea of using the needler (gay) as a one shot weapon that spawns the destructible banshee... this work!

Everything works ok when i test it out on my pc.

Now i gave it to a friend so i could try it out over the net. Havoc! Firstly he can't see any of the banshees spawned before he joined, secondly when he is in the server he can see them and whack them with nades etc but can't flip or get in them, even if he spawns them.

If i am flying round in one he just sees me running round on the ground with my arm out like some maniac....

Sooo it seems that something over the net is causing terrible problems for this, we both have same map file etc... but only host sees it properly...

Any ideas on what causes this and how it can be fixed or worked around?

Thx in advance.... Xhzjang

Robbybertu · Post by **Robbybertu** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:31 pm

i thought computer programmers where smart...jk. well in halo if you put a mod online only you will see the effects while the other people that have normal maps will just see you going crazy.in other words make sure your friend has the mod then test it.

Xhzjang · Post by **Xhzjang** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:57 pm

we both have same map file etc...

Im not that stupid lol, this seems to be something with halo's netcode, like it dosen't want to believe that the projectile is actually a vehicle when it sends it accross the net...

Xhzjang · Post by **Xhzjang** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:10 pm

So basically the server side means that its not gonna work, expected that sort of. OH well....

I musta started about '99 i think with some really old version of VB my dad got from his work and I taught myself. I know HTML and a bit of javascript, tiny bit of Visual Basic

, and im learning C++ / VC++ MFC.

So why do you ask?

Master_Makayo · Post by **Master_Makayo** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:22 pm

do it again and have your friend take a pic and post it here! it will be a frickin riot!

Xhzjang · Post by **Xhzjang** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:16 am

FFS, i have already stated twice that we both had the modded map...

metavirusx · Post by **metavirusx** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:27 pm

then somethin wrong wid ur map or his....
make sure u both hav the EXACTLY THE SAME map...me and my freind always play modded maps we both make and its always success...so theirs somethin wrong with urs..we also mod meta files

Xhzjang · Post by **Xhzjang** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:07 pm

Im thinking this is an unresolvable problem, at least until the HEK comes, i think that the netcode only transmits the data about the vehicles releveant to it as a projectile (as that is what it is) so it basically removes the functionality of the vehicle (it thinks it is a projectile)

metavirusx · Post by **metavirusx** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:48 pm

all that he vehicle has is...a model, metafile, and a skin...i dont think thats too hard..did u try to rebuild the map?

metavirusx · Post by **metavirusx** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:26 pm

YESH YESH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got AI TO MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

metavirusx · Post by **metavirusx** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:26 pm

but...
wen i try to kill the guy in the banshee...exception

Xhzjang · Post by **Xhzjang** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:42 pm

Basically, replacing the mp_banshee with the sp_banshee works, BUT once the banshee has been destroyed, it respawns destroyed, which kind of sucks...

epic modd · Post by **epic modd** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:51 pm

I know this is gonna sound newbish but get the plugin for hmt3 actualy get all of them there some where in the files section and then go to collishon model and you should c health it should be like a 0 make that the health of the mc or whatever u want and save and try it im not shure if it will work but its werth a try

richardcypher101 · Post by **richardcypher101** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:04 pm

Xhzjang wrote:So basically the server side means that its not gonna work, expected that sort of. OH well....

I musta started about '99 i think with some really old version of VB my dad got from his work and I taught myself. I know HTML and a bit of javascript, tiny bit of Visual Basic , and im learning C++ / VC++ MFC.

So why do you ask?

Learn Visual C# instead. You'll get a job a LOT FASTER having this under your belt instead, trust me.

-Rich

stuper7 · Post by **stuper7** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:23 pm

DOH!!

G0DF47H3R · Post by **G0DF47H3R** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:21 pm

quick thought for you stuper7. that is a sweet sig but u should make your name bigger on it. gj

you · Post by **you** » Sat May 08, 2004 8:22 pm

get a coll plugin and change its collision

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