hi perr

[perrinoia]

Yes, and/or sub groups of the control switches... It doesn't matter.

For instance:

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	instant SimGroup "Zone A" {
		instant Trigger "GroupTrigger1" {
			dataBlock = "GroupTrigger";
			name = "CaptureTrigger";
			position = "0 0 20";
			rotation = "0 0 0";
			boundingBox = "-1 -1 -1 1 1 1";
			isSphere = "False";
		};
		instant StaticShape "Switch" {
			dataBlock = "TowerSwitch";
			name = "Southwest Tower Switch";
			position = "-332.044 -147.125 154.814";
			rotation = "0 -0 -1.65978";
			destroyable = "True";
			deleteOnDestroy = "False";
			objectiveLine = "16";
			rotates = "False";
			collideable = "False";
			count = "0";
			deltaTeamScore = "12";
			objectiveName = "the Southwest Tower";
		};
		instant SimGroup "DropPoints" {
			instant SimGroup "random" {
				instant Marker "Drop Point1" {
					dataBlock = "DropPointMarker";
					name = "";
					position = "321.436 -64.8788 47.0098";
					rotation = "0 -0 -1.59991";
					locked = "1";
				};
			};
		};
	};
	

[perrinoia]

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// Runs TowerSwitch::getSpawns for every TowerSwitch in the mission.
function Game::pickRandomSpawn(%team)
{
	%tmp = newObject("Random", SimSet);
	Group::iterateRecursive("MissionGroup", GameBase::virtual, "getSpawns", %team, %tmp);
	return Group::getObject(%tmp, floor(getRandom() * Group::objectCount(%tmp)));
	deleteObject(%tmp);
}

I forgot to put "MissionGroup" in quotes.

[perrinoia]

Well, the problem is definitely within that function...

In fact, I do see another problem, but it's not related to the fact that it's not calling the other function....

Try this...

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// Runs TowerSwitch::getSpawns for every TowerSwitch in the mission.
function Game::pickRandomSpawn(%team)
{
	%tmp = newObject("Random", SimSet);
	Group::iterateRecursive(nameToID("MissionGroup"), GameBase::virtual, "getSpawns", %team, %tmp);
	%ret = Group::getObject(%tmp, floor(getRandom() * Group::objectCount(%tmp)));
	deleteObject(%tmp);
	return %ret;
}

BTW: Are you running a dedicated server or a listening server?

I suspect you are running a listening server, and that would explain why the script that needs to know what MissionGroup is doesn't work.

[perrinoia]

Ugh.... Your capture post group is in MissionCleanup, not MissionGroup.

Just change that one "word" and problem should be solved.

[perrinoia]

Woah... I'll take a look at that on a full PC when I get home...

[perrinoia]

So, there's no TowerSwitch anymore? You're using an instant StaticShape "Laser", instead?

Does the Laser have a team? Does its team match the player's?

Tribes is finicky about things named Laser... I think it gets confused because Laser is already a specific projectile name and a class of projectiles. This is probably why damage caused by a laser is always damage type 6, regardless of which laser causes the damage.

I think GameBase::virtual navigates the object classes much like Group::iterateRecursive navigates the mission groups. I think it stops on the first object it finds called Laser, and it's probably a class of projectiles, not a specific projectile, or your static shape.

I'd suggest renaming your static shape datablock, and all of the associated functions, just to avoid this confusion. Maybe call it "TeamLaser" or "LaserIndicator", or something like that.

[perrinoia]

Won't have time for a couple of days.
I've gotta do some maintenance on my brother's boat and clean up the apartment in anticipation of his arrival, on the 18th...

[KILROY]

And.....I relayed this to Perr already in a PM, but Thanks Again Man, for all you do!

[perrinoia]

Syntax error on line: 1

Edit: you edited your pseudo code before I could critique it...

[perrinoia]

Nah. Been busy as fuck.
Gonna look at it now, even though it's so hot in my room, I want to shut my computer off so it doesn't contribute to the temperature.