How can I get my NPC to wall bounce off of the wall instead of bounceing off the open air when he kicks... I know this is probably very easy but I can not seem to get it to work. What SET_commands do i use in my script to make him face the wall when he rappell's? some help plz....

If setting "angles" didn't work, then try this in his spawnscript somewhere:

SET_LOOK_TARGET lookpoint

Where lookpoint is the targetname of an info_not_null that has been placed somewhere on the wall side of the rope.  Then he should look at this point as he goes down.

Thanks for your reply.... I figured it out... my points had to be at least around 90u from my wall and i set the angles and it worked fine. Thanks for your help!

O.K..... one last question on this subject for me... how do i get the NPC to attack while rappelling... my level calls for a guy to rappell down half way, shoot for a few seconds, and then continue to the ground... how do i do this? I have tried set_task attack... but the NPC just stays there and won't move or attack me.

here is my script... i don't understand why this won't work... but the NPC just won't do anything after he makes it to the navgoal... which is half way down the rope..??? How did you guys do it like on Hos3 where the two guys rappell down and shot through the window before entering the building???

//(BHVD)
use ( "repman1" );

affect ( "repman1", /*@AFFECT_TYPE*/ FLUSH )
{

task ( "Repel1" )
{
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_STATIONARY", /*@BOOL_TYPES*/ "OFF" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_TASK_SPEED", /*@SPEED*/ "5 - NoRush" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_TASK", /*@TASK_TYPES*/ "Path" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_NAVGOAL", "t104" );
}

dowait ( "Repel1" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_FACE_TARGET", "player" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_ENEMY", "player" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_TASK", /*@TASK_TYPES*/ "Attack" );
wait ( 3000.000 );
}

some help please....

bmp

Yeah he won't attack me at all he just stays hanging from the rope... he won't look at me or anything... I turned off force script... and still the same thing.... he is prometheus and he does not have the neutral flag checked....  I don't really want him to shoot me through a window... Is that the only way to get him to shoot while suspended on the rope? I just want him to shoot me out in the field when he is rappelling down off the building.... arghhh.... this should be a simple thing to do...

LOL.... I know now it's not simple.... It took me a good bloody 4-5 days to get this working right, but... thats all part of the process. Thanks for your help. Thanks for the other solutions... I would never have thought of either of them. If I could find some more information on getting my MAX character into SOF II then I might be inclined to create my own cusom animations for this... but I can not find any good information on getting the models/animations in. Oh well... we'll see what happens...

O.K.... I  almost have it working now... I used set_anim as you will see below to make the guy aim and shoot while he is on the rope. The only thing left is to get bullets comming out of his gun and hitting the player....  Does anyone know how I can do this? Anyway here is my latest script... comments anyone?


//(BHVD)
use ( "repman1" );

affect ( "repman1", /*@AFFECT_TYPE*/ FLUSH )
{

task ( "Repel1" )
{
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_STATIONARY", /*@BOOL_TYPES*/ "OFF" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_TASK_SPEED", /*@SPEED*/ "5 - NoRush" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_TASK", /*@TASK_TYPES*/ "Path" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_NAVGOAL", "t105" );
}

dowait ( "Repel1" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_ANIM_SEQUENCER", /*@BOOL_TYPES*/ "OFF" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_ANIM", "Arms|Inventory|Full+Hold Rifle+Soldier+RappelSlide|Aim" );
wait ( 1000.000 );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_ANIM_LOOP", /*@BOOL_TYPES*/ "ON" );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_ANIM", "Arms|Attack|Full+Hold Rifle+Soldier+RappelSlide|fire" );
wait ( 4000.000 );
set ( /*@SET_TYPES*/ "SET_ANIM_LOOP", /*@BOOL_TYPES*/ "OFF" );
}

This makes the guy go half way down the rope and play the aim & fire animations for a certain period of time (4000)... only problem is no bullets come out of his gun, he just plays the animation.

Is the player his only target?  If so you could just play some gun shot sounds and do a SET_PLAYERHEALTH.  The timing might look off, but it's worth a shot.