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Hi all this is my first post. I'm kinda new with Unreal Editor even though I've had RC for years. How do you add new squad members because after seeing this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEMBeSGR2tk I wanted to add some of my own troopers to the squad.
Thanks alot
Pineapple

I think you have to make the new squadmembers as a subclass of either of the 3 existing squad members sev07,fixer40 or scorch 62 . also you have to change sum of their properties such as bcanberevived  etc. not sure about the botclass controller though  and eventualy save/update  in your pakage.   8)  i think u cant add more than 1 squad member either. try message pfwskip hes done this many times..

No. You add the pawn you want then open up its Properties>AI>bCanBeSquadMember and  bCabPreformSquadmarkers Set these both to true. Somewhere im not sure where there should be something called bCannotDie this makes them to revivable like in regular game play

Have u tried this TYCON ? so u kan start game with 4 or 5  squad members ?? 8)

ja and i got seven fixer scorch boss sev hawk tarute and shadow (the last 3 i made up)

Could you expalin fully how u do it please tycon ? i tried myself and no luck ! i made the extra pawns a sub class of SEv,scorch etc  made all those changes and nothing ! have you got any screenshots in game ??

Well the way i do it is add Sev,Scorch,or Fixer. you can reskin them, then open up their properties. Go to Hidden and scroll dow to HudNickname and type in your guy's name in all Caps. somewhere nearby is the value for their number. go to Display. and chosse a color for EnhancedVisionColor(or something like that.) back to Hidden and somewhere is their VoicePack. unfortunately their arent any squad voicepaks other then the three Deltas

so tycon u mean u just changed your squad of 3 guys to different names and skins ?
can u explain how u got your squad members over 3 ?? :D Where did u add in the new guys ? did u add them as a subclass of the exisitng squad members ? or just anywhere ? can u post sum screenies or a vid please ?  only guy ive seen do it so far is pfwskip !  8)

lol sorry i added like 4 fixers, 3Sevs and a Scorch and then reskinned its kinda annoying cuz there are only the three squad voicepaks

yeh but can u explain how u did it in a "for idiots how to do " way for me .cos i cant do it
have u got any screenshots or vid to show it.? ive tried the way u say and no luk  :'(

OK its E-z add as many Fixers, Scorches, or Sevs, as you want. (I suggest a variety because its annoying to hear like 30 fixers talking at the same time) I think you know how to add new skins to them- open up their properties(NOT the default props) and go to Display>Skins>Add. Choose the skin you want, then go back to the properties cell you created, and hit Use. Still in Display, go to EnhancedVisionColor and choose the color you want(it's like choosing the color for a light). When you go into Tactical Mode ingame, your squadmembers are outlined in this color. Go to Hidden(we have a lot to do here) and scrolling down, you see AudioTable. Get the pulldown menu and choose the voicepak you want. (I suggest the squad voicepaks, because droid voicepaks don't have phrases for slicing comps or anything like that)Go down to bCannotDie-set it to True. continuingdown a long way, go to the H's and there will be two right next to each other-HudDescription and HUDNickname. HudDescription is your guy's number (07,40,62,etc.) HUDNickname is your guy's name. type in ALL CAPS. Grab the scroll bar and go all the way to the bottom.  you should see SquadHUDSlot. enter a number from 1 to...I dont know how high you can go. this value says what order they show up an your HUD from left to right. if you have 2 guys with HudSlots 1 and 7 your hud would have the first guy, six or so empty spaces then the next guy.
Phew. BTW, could you please show me how to add pics??

ive done it this way before but when they die 38 still of course says "07's down" or something like that so yeah

yeah.. as i said theres a limited number of voice paks so it gets like this
Boss:27, secure area!
Fixer: Moving into Positoin sir
Boss: 33, snipe
Fixer:Moving into Positoin sir
Boss: 46, i need an explosive solution
Fixer:Moving into Positoin sir
Boss: 90, blow that door!
Fixer:Moving into Positoin sir

what i mean is, least for me, boss still thinks its one of the normal squad members

srry i thought i had told u already it happens for everybody you would need to make a mod (wink wink fraz) with extra voicepaks

oh ok lol nvm then xP

Tycon, you are a liar! I've done everything youve siad to do, and each time I tell mysquad toSev, Fixer, Scorch and two others) the game crashes! I would like to know how you got it to work! Also, in some of the levels, my new squad mates start with almost no health and injured. I have to kill them and revive them and theyll be full. I dont know why.

hmm... i have no idea maybe im just lucky:P

hey, sorry to post on an old topic, but i figured out why your game crashes. It happens to me. just delete the markers and rebuild them. idk why it happenns

TYCON could you please upload your modded files for this to FILEFRONT and post a link so we can all try this out. !? 8)

I don't have a filefront and as I said before, it's not a modded file ::). it's a map. And I've explained how to make this in a map.

Ok well if you can put your map on filefront and send me a link to download and test so i can see for myself.  ;)
Its FREE to join filefront or gamefront as its now called and takes 2 minutes to join,.
http://www.gamefront.com/
or upload it here at sandcrawler and send me link. youre already a member here anyways   :P

I'm wondering, do I really need to? it's a map. I've explained how to do it.

EDIT:I don't have the time right now, but i will explain my methods in extreme detail for you.

Quote from: Tycon on April 25, 2011, 06:03:58 PM
I'm wondering, do I really need to? it's a map. I've explained how to do it.
No you dont have to like... I dont need to explain anything to you !,... but i do anyways....
EDIT:I don't have the time right now, but i will explain my methods in extreme detail for you.

Yeah if you can explain the method in EXTREME DETAIL  :P

I'm sorry, I can be really stubborn sometimes. :'(

Here we go, the:

1. open GEO_05C and do File>Save As... and save it as XtraSquad.ctm
(http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/16/00/86/36/squadd10.jpg)

2. We are going to duplicate Fixer, Sev, and Scorch, and name the doubles Tycon, Fraz, and Sandy(lol). Tycon will be light green, Fraz will be blue, and Sandy will be yellow. hold 'control' and click on the three squad mates, so they all are selected. then copy and paste and move the extras next to the others.

3. Double click on a Fixer. Reskin him with the Nightops skin. in Display>EnhancedVisionColor, set the color to light green(like my font). in Hidden, you will find two cells: SquadHUDSlot, HUDDiscription, and HUDNickname. Hudnickname is his name, HUDDiscription is his number, and Squadhudslot is his position on the icon list on your HUD. make Tycon's hudslot 4, HudNickname Tycon, and HUDDiscription 14.
(http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/16/00/86/36/squadd10.png)

4. do the same for a Sev. make his skin Recon, EnhancedVisionColor dark blue, SquadHUDSlot 5, HUDDiscription 25, HUDNickname Fraz.
(http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/16/00/86/36/squadd11.png)

5.do the same for a Scorch. make his skin 1138, EnhancedVisionColor orange, SquadHUDSlot 6, HUDDiscription 83, HUDNickname Sandy.
(http://i20.servimg.com/u/f20/16/00/86/36/squadd12.png)

6. Build all and save. open in SP and test. If the game crashes when you tell them to do a marker, you will have to delete the marker stuff and make it again. I don't know why, but that's the way you fix it.

if this doesn't work, I'll make upload to the downloads page.

  Fraz, please look at your PM's

Aw yeh  thanx so much TYCON for your explanation its not just for me but this tut u gave is big help for everyone !! You're a big man in manners is appreciated thanx  8)
I have loads more stuff ive sussed out in unreal to do with modding and can explain to ppl and will. 8)

Hmm maybe we should make a thread where ppl post their own tutorials on stuff...

I now know how to fully make your own mod voicepaks for MP and you can do same for SP if u have longtime to spare! i have all tha codes and sayings listed (on notepads) for most all voicepax !  8)

I think an SP voicepak is different than in MP(although I haven't made either one). For an SP thing, first you record a whole lot of sounds, put them in a sound package, and arrange them in 'soundmultiples'. a soundmultiple is a single sound file that is actually made up of many more sounds. When it is played, it randomly chooses one of the sounds. Finally, in a pawn's properties, in Hidden, you tell it the names of the soundmultiples for different events.(Like Killedenemy, Friendlydown)

Ive made loads of voicepaks now, the hardest was the r2d2 voicepak and the seekrdroid and trandoscavdroid voicepak .  8) dload and see mi r2d2 v r5d5 mp mod

I have seen your youtube vids on those, and i have wondered, are these compatible with regualr RC servers?

Well tycon is better u pm me. were rambling way off topic here !! Anything thats a mod that alters existing props doesnt allow entry to "normal" servers ! if u run a server that hosts the R2d2 mod then you can enter as r2d2 ! other wise no ... same goes for modmaps u cant enter a server hosting modmaps unless you have those modmaps and or accompanying mod textures present in your machine !

Ok last post before we wait for Omega 27 or Pineapple to show up and say something. I just wish there was a way for automatic map download from server when you join that would be cool