Campigns PAK areas
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Campigns PAK areas
How can i create PAK priority map? i mean like one i can choose areas which i want the forces to concentrate on...
Basically i'm trying to modify the Israeli campign for FF3... it has only 2 such areas on the PAK map... i did modified the trigger file and i also changed some objects parent IDs with TacEdit so i could include them in the trigger file... now i need to be able to set PAK priority...
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If you changed Objects Parent ID's , then you must to save a New PaKMap file .
The Objects you want to become your PaKs should be higher then 81 up to 100 , i recomended 81 up to 91 , the first one to choose will be the default PaK .
besides that , look at SnakeMan's Links .
Triggers should be Modd after all PaKs & Campaigns are ready .
Btw :Why did you changed Objects parent IDs?
there is no need to change Parent ID's for "giving" Objects be in the Trigger file .
Once you got all PaKs and you know what Cities you want to become your Win/Lost Keys , include their ID's in the Trigger events .
IF you are talking about :
#IF_EVENT_PLAYED 5
#ELSE
#IF_CONTROLLED 6 O 74 75 76
#PLAY_MOVIE 102
#SET_PAK_PRIORITY 6 74 100
#SET_PAK_PRIORITY 2 74 100
#CHANGE_PRIORITIES 6 2
#CHANGE_PRIORITIES 2 1
#SET_TEMPO 255
#DO_EVENT 5
#ENDIF
#ENDIF
That is something else , no connection to the Campaign Paks , it is just a Trigger defination set up .
One important thing here : if you set a Value to some PaKs in the Trigger file , then you must set the same value to both opposite Teams for the Objective in the trigger event --Else CTD !
so both Teams have the same PaK value for a Captured Objective , see the example ...
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Anyway, In Israeli campign it seems that the PAK map is devided but there are only 2 areas you can affect... how can i make it to divide into moe areas? is it by changing the PAK values? and it'll automatically set those areas on the map?
And another one, do you know if the ground forces in the files i have actually move and trying to capture enemy objects? or is it buggy?
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Cool! i changed priority for some city and got it added to the PAK map... so now if i set a couple of cities as priority cities... ho can i define an area on the PAK map for this main city?
And one more thing, Eyran in the trigger file i need to set only the objective ID? or is it the parent ID? because i read parent but it was a pretty old document i read since SP2 days...
BTW i didn't add parents... i just changed parent numbers for some objectives because i thought that's the only way to define events for them in the trigger file...
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Sorry i have never run your Campaigns , so i can not say if Ground troops are moving ...basically you need a Good Trigger file for the ground troops to move towards Objectives ! else they'll just move without a specific direction , though to the enemy cities .
In the trigger files what you define is just the Objectives ID's and Not the Parent ID's !
Check in Tacedit in the Objectives window to see what Obj ID is ,or just Double click on an Obj. , then , choose & define the Obj. you'd like in the events in the trigger file .
Parent ID's are not playing here ,you just need to make sure that all Parent ID's are valuated if you want the PaKMap be shown in the Tacedit Screen .
Read The Tut , it explain everything right clear ...i_hawk wrote: Anyway, In Israeli campign it seems that the PAK map is devided but there are only 2 areas you can affect... how can i make it to divide into more areas? is it by changing the PAK values? and it'll automatically set those areas on the map?
basicaly , You should choose the Objectives you want become your PaKs (not more then 49 !) ,then change their PaK value up to 81 , if lower then 81 it'll not be a PaK Obj.
The first one you choose is your default PaK in the Pak Screen .
Then do the process as declare in the Tut , you can view your PaKs by clicking on Tacedit , View, Show PaKs and you'll see Purple Circles around the Obj .
If you changed Priority even for One City then you need to Save the New PaK File , make sure it has been changed !i_hawk wrote: Cool! i changed priority for some city and got it added to the PAK map... so now if i set a couple of cities as priority cities... how can i define an area on the PAK map for this main city?
BTW i didn't add parents... i just changed parent numbers for some objectives because i thought that's the only way to define events for them in the trigger file
The area is definning automatic for that Obj city you choosed as the Parent links , so you need doing all Procedure for New Campaign since you gonn'a change your Parent Links also....
Read the Tut ......
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One thing i couldn't do is creatinmg a BMP PAK map for the PAK screen... i did everything that is in the tutorial, i created more Primary cities, i can use them in the sim and set values with the slider... but when i choose to view the PAK map in TacEdit i got a blank white screen... duno why is there something missing for the Israeli theater?
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