hi everyone,i am new to mapping and its going pretty good so far,have a qestion tho...

when i add the spawn points foir axis and allies,sometimes i spawn on the opposing teams side..

i have checked and rechecked that axis spawn and allies spawn are not mixed together...

i have placed 6 mp/tdm/axis start
and 6 mp/tdm/allies start..each on thr own side of the map...

each side also has the basic mp/tdm/spawn as well

so why after a death or 2 do i sometimes spawn on the other teams side?..
please help.

[WAS]Bigblue82

Bigblue82 writes...

Sounds perfectly normal. The game only uses the team specific start spawns for the first 15 seconds of TDM, and then uses universal TDM spawns, which are not team specific, from then on.

The only way to use the start spawns throughout a game of TDM is to use a mod.

The only gametypes which have team specific spawnpoints are SD and SAB.

FYI - You can always check the positioning of your spawns by enabling developer mode**, and then dropping down console and typing:

scr_showspawns 1

You will then see all of the spawnpoints on your map as wire-frame boxes. This is great for checking to make sure that they are all within the playable area of your map, and also that they are not set too high in the sky, or in odd places.

**(to enable developer mode, start your map by checking the boxes for developer and developer_script)

o fantastic thank you! our server does run a modern warfare mod..ill upload it to the server and test it..i was banging my head against the wall trying to figure this out,glad its a simple explanation..

thanks so much for your help!

blue

UPDATE...
so i tried it on out server which runs the open warfare mod..and i got the same error...so im still at a loss as to what the prob is... still after a few death i spawn in other teams side..

any other ideas?

Bigblue82 writes...

When I said a mod would do it, I didn't mean it would magically use startspawns throughout a game of TDM just because it was a mod. It must have that feature. Does the Openwarfare mod have it? Did you have that feature switched on? If not, then you need to find a mod that does have that feature.

The type of mod you are looking for is known as a "no cross" mod. It is used on so-called sniper-only maps, where there is a dividing line between the teams and has only TDM startspawns. Allies only spawn on one side; Axis on the other. I believe the X4 mod has this feature, but I couldn't swear on it.

EDIT -

The Openwarfare mod does have the feature to force startspawns. The Dvar is this:

set scr_war_forcestartspawns 1

I don't know which config file it's in, but that's the one you need.

If you have it switched on, but the game still doesn't use the startspawns, then go seek help from the Openwarfare team. Their website is located here:

http://openwarfaremod.com/owforum/viewforum.php?f=74

thanks for quick reply.we use x4 mod on out public server and open warfare on test server to test out maps and experiment on the mod. we are a sniping only clan and i do believe both mods are set up that way.(as a no cross)..i will check with our resident guru,stealthsniper. as he would no for sure.

i also will post link to this forum ,as he is interested in this as well..

again thank you for your help,it is greatly appreciated.
blue