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Anonymous - Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:23 am
Post subject: Spawning powerball in middle of map

Can something interfere with the minimumvirtual setting because i tried changing it and I still can't get the powerball to spawn in the middle.. it's always random ..

here's my settings for prize and soccer.. let me know if something is strange

[Prize]
MultiPrizeCount=10
PrizeFactor=1000
PrizeDelay=300
PrizeHideCount=30
MinimumVirtual=1
UpgradeVirtual=3
PrizeMaxExist=8000
PrizeMinExist=4000
PrizeNegativeFactor=300
DeathPrizeTime=800
EngineShutdownTime=700
TakePrizeReliable=0
S2CTakePrizeReliable=0

[Soccer]
DisableWallPass=0
DisableBallKilling=0
BallBounce=1
AllowBombs=1
AllowGuns=1
PassDelay=20
Mode=1
BallBlankDelay=200
UseFlagger=0
BallLocation=1
BallCount=1
SendTime=200
Reward=1000
CapturePoints=0
CatchMinimum=12
CatchPoints=0
WinBy=0

any help is appreciated

Samapico - Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:32 pm
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Maybe if there are tiles at the very center of the map, it will try spawning elsewhere
And that change can take a looonog time to update... try a ?recycle in the arena, and even then, it may still not be updated after... I remember testing greens spawn radius was a pain because of that.
Are greens spawning randomly too?

Anonymous - Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:43 pm
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yeah they are.. it all seems to spawn just outside the actuall map randomly.. there are tiles in the middle.. I didn't realize that would mess up the spawn... are their any tiles I can use? it's not a spaceship tileset and would like to have as much ground tiles as possible.

numpf - Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:38 pm
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Subgame apparently does some checking to avoid spawning the ball in an 'inaccessable' part of the map. I ran across this when I tried to have the ball spawn inside some closed doors, which would then open with a bot (to implement 'face-offs'). Try opening up the space in which you're trying to have the ball spawn (especially by removing any fly-over/under tiles, since they are unecessary).

-numpf

Samapico - Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:00 pm
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yeah, nothing can spawn on fly over or fly under tiles

If you wish to have ground at that place without using tiles, you'll have to use lvz images

Cyan~Fire - Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:15 pm
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Maybe try making MinimumVirtual a bit larger. It might be an issue with it being too small and it just finds a random place for it.

ASSS allows better control over prize/flag/ball spawning, though.

Edit: Speeling

Smong - Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:15 am
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You might want to set UpgradeVirtual to 0 as well.

lambkevi - Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:50 am
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I switched to asss... works so much better.

ps. i'm hardcorer.. heh