Hi, I'm very new to this mapmaking, so I made a map, I place all these stuff, now I want to set a specific area for the AI to drop their stuff, and also a specific spot to drop my stuff. How do I go about doing that? Is it in Area editor?

A step by step workabout will be very appreciated.

And a little question still, how do I set the dimension of a map? As in the size without using an existing map. I pretty much want a custom one.

Cheers.

To set a custom drop area and drops, you need to do a little bit of Lua. Check the Maginot mission .lua file for how to do it.
You set the dimensions of a map, and the appearance of the terrain, by editing a .bmp. You will see a few of them in the missions.rte folder if you poke around.

Drop areas can be defined in the Area Editor as "LZ Team 1" (for red) and "LZ Team 2" (for green).

Btw, was it that the landing areas dont work in skirmish?

Go start a skirmish match.

Open the console.

ERROR LZ TEAM 1 NOT DEFINED
ERROR LZ TEAM 2 NOT DEFINED

p sure it's checking for them

I actually managed to change the drop area, but for some reason, only mine seems to work, the AI still manages to spawn anywhere. And I already changes the LZ Team 1 and LZ Team 2 thing.

Any ideas or ways to make it so the AI will just spawn on the left side of the map instead of in my base?

Well you could just iterate through all actors and then if they're --oh look here I'll do it if that isn't working.

self.checkbox = Box(Vector(0,0),Vector(SceneMan.SceneWidth / 2,1));
for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
if actor.ClassName == "ACRocket" or actor.ClassName == "ACDropShip" then
if actor.Pos.X < SceneMan.SceneWidth / 2 then
actor.Pos.X = self.checkbox:GetRandomPoint();
end
end
end

Stick that in update and it'll automatically remove actors past the right half of the screen and move them to a random point on the left.

May I know where to insert that lua? The map I'm creating is a Skirmish map, I got a feeling I need to convert it to a mission to make it work,is that so? Or does it work for skirmish too?

Oh, well for a skirmish map I'd suggest this:

make an invisible, unhittable particle and embed it somewhere in the air on the scene. Then give it infinite lifetime, and then do ScriptPath = whatever.rte/<filename>.lua

Then make a lua file with these exact contents (replace [] with a tab):

function Update(self)
[]self.ToSettle = false;
[]self.ToDelete = false;
[]self.checkbox = Box(Vector(0,0),Vector(SceneMan.SceneWidth / 2,1));
[]for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
[][]if actor.ClassName == "ACRocket" or actor.ClassName == "ACDropShip" then
[][][]if actor.Pos.X < SceneMan.SceneWidth / 2 then
[][][][]actor.Pos.X = self.checkbox:GetRandomPoint();
[][][]end
[][]end
[]end
end

How do I give the particle an infinite lifetime? Also, where do I insert my ScriptPath to? Index.ini?

AddAmmo = MOPixel
CopyOf = Grenade Fragment Gray
LifeTime = 0
HitsMOs = 0
ScriptPath = Your.rte/Luafile.lua

and then the lua file itself will take care of keeping it 100% non-disappearing.

To place it into the scene just use AddSceneObject and put it at 0,0, or even offscreen.

well i came here to see what the topic was all about and i learned something.
:/
in the .rte that you placed your map make a .lua and paste your code in there
but the MOpixel goes into a .ini if im not mistaken.

Okay, Grif, as you can see has a rather advanced grasp of modifying CC - kindly do not chime in afterwards with a snarky response, if anything it makes you look dumb.