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Spawning [mach]s through Machine Palette/Placement

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:32 pm
by McT0asT
First off, I have searched, but the one person who had the same problem as me never got an answer on it.

I am adding a mach to Zanzibar. I cloned a chunk from the Machine Palette and changed it to my mach. Then, I cloned a chunk from the Machine Placement and referenced it to my mach like so:
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Now, when I load the map, it freezes at a blue screen. Did I do something wrong?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:11 am
by DemonicSandwich
No, you did it right. I remember in the past I tried something like that but with a spacestation door. Zanzibar's machine placement allways froze when I added a chunk to it.

I think you may have to sacrafice an existing machine placement chunk or bring one from another map.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:37 am
by McT0asT
^Thanks Demonic

I'm starting to think it's my machine doing it. When I try to spawn it through [itmc]s it does the same thing.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:33 am
by blackdiamond
whenever i clone chunks, IT FREAK'N FREEZES EVERY TIME!!! i cant get working machs in my game, i cant make more things spawn without sacrificing gernades, i can't...............DO..........ANYTHING!!!!

tomorrow, i am going to try putting a clean downloaded entity on my NOT VISTA laptop, and get a clean map from the disk. that may work. but not now, gotta wait till my dad gets home with it....... :x

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:40 am
by DarkMetal
Does anyone here have the Entity source? If I can have it, I'll add support for block index, and it'll make things a bit easier to understand.

And also, I don't think Vista has anything to do with your problems. The only people who ever had vista issues are people who use the Aero theme.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:42 am
by McT0asT
^ I tried getting Entity 1.3 Source from the download, but the link is broken. PM Anthony or Pokecancer to see if they can give it to you.

Can we please keep this on topic?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:46 am
by DarkMetal
I'd suggest instead of adding a new chunk, copy the chunk from the map you got it from, then move it in the viewer.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:30 am
by blackdiamond
or clone chunks, it still freezes!

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:52 am
by DemonicSandwich
McT0asT wrote:^Thanks Demonic

I'm starting to think it's my machine doing it. When I try to spawn it through [itmc]s it does the same thing.
Then I think the machine may have built in badly.
1) Try re-saving the machine from a clean map again and build it into a clean Zanzibar.

2) After that, first spawn it through netgame equipment [itmc] to see if it spawns without freezing.

3) If t DOES spawn then try to spawn it though an existing machine placement chunk to see if it spawns thadda way

4a) If so, then try clone one of the machine placement chunks.

4b) If it still freezes, you may be able to bring a placement chunk from another map like foundation or containment.

Zanzibar's machine placement is such a stubborn reflexive. :lol:

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:22 am
by blackdiamond
but i can't clone chunks!

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:36 am
by DemonicSandwich
blackdiamond wrote:but i can't clone chunks!
Then bring a placement chunk from another map like foundation or containment, or use an existing chunk.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:27 am
by blackdiamond
umm, headlong? that's the mod i've been work'n on for a while now

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:26 pm
by DemonicSandwich
blackdiamond wrote:umm, headlong? that's the mod i've been work'n on for a while now
I see...

That map doesn't even have any machine reflexives to my knowledge so you'll need to bring the machine palette/placement reflexives form another map. Foundation and Containments reflexives have worked well for me in the past.

Take a look at >>>this tut<<< to add those reflexives in.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:03 pm
by blackdiamond
listen to me.............i...........can't................clone...........chunks

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:15 pm
by Th2mods
blackdiamond wrote:listen to me.............i...........can't................clone...........chunks
well.............why....dont.....you....tell....us....what....happens...when....you......try.........to

not just "it freezes"

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:44 pm
by foxfanatic23I7
blackdiamond wrote:listen to me.............i...........can't................clone...........chunks
Do you use vista?

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:02 am
by McT0asT
blackdiamond wrote:listen to me.............i...........can't................clone...........chunks
Don't....jack......my......thread......Make.....your.....own.....

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:16 am
by blackdiamond
laugh..........out..........loud :P

this error comes out

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even if i try to (on reflexives) right-click, display idents, it comes up too. i can clone chunks, but it comes up.

EDIT: and yes, i have the stupid vista (but halo 2 vista is cool for it)

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:24 pm
by foxfanatic23I7
Vista is your problem. There isn't anything you can do about, so too bad for you I guess.

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:41 pm
by Th2mods
foxfanatic23I7 wrote:Vista is your problem. There isn't anything you can do about, so too bad for you I guess.
it might now be vista... is it a theme for XP? cause thats what i have, and it looks just like vista.