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Jonny, you're able to compile mods for 2.5 right? I was wondering if you could compile something for me;

//   This trigger allows mappers to change some of the zone properties using a trigger.
//   The specific case this class was written for was to enable a switchable "escalator"
//   zone to be created, where the escalator could move in two directions at once.
//
//   The Zone property changer is a one way assignment of values.  It will change the
//   properties of its target zone once.  In order to revert them back to their original
//   values an additional Zone property changer object would be required (possibly triggered
//   by a round robin trigger).
//
//   Version By  Description
//   ------- --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
//   1.00    DML Created for Pitboy from the UT Editing fourm.
class TriggeredZonePropertyChanger extends Actor placeable;
 
var ZoneInfo     zoneObject;
var() name   TargetZoneTag;
 
var(ZoneData) vector zZoneGravity;
var(ZoneData) vector zZoneVelocity;
var(ZoneData) float  zZoneGroundFriction;
var(ZoneData) float  zZoneFluidFriction;
var(ZoneData) float  zZoneTerminalVelocity;
var(ZoneData) name   zZonePlayerEvent;
var(ZoneData) int    zDamagePerSec;
var(ZoneData) name   zDamageType;
var(ZoneData) localized string zDamageString;
var(ZoneData) localized string zZoneName;
 
//var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbWaterZone;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbNeutralZone;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbGravityZone;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbPainZone;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbDestructive;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbNoInventory;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbMoveProjectiles;
var(ZoneFlags) bool   zbBounceVelocity;
 
var(ZoneLight) byte zAmbientBrightness, zAmbientHue, zAmbientSaturation;
var(ZoneLight) color zFogColor;
var(ZoneLight) float zFogDistance;
var(ZoneLight) float zTexUPanSpeed, zTexVPanSpeed;
var(ZoneLight) vector zViewFlash, zViewFog;

I compiled it in the editor but it critical error's AA 2.5. I'm guessing it's the version difference...

In a nutshell, this actor will allow me to change ambientbrightness of a room instead of doing it with dynamic lights which is very taxing and ugly. When you compile, name it mAAp_Actors.u pretty please

I see absolutely nothing in the playerstart or levelinfo to edit this. My guess is that copying playerstarts from another map would help. Maybe Blueblaster knows more about this than I do. I'm moving this thread to mAAp to keep clutter out of Jonny's forum.

Maybe get a screenshot to clarify things

IMO, this kind of stuff will only divide the community. If you guys truly want to work together and create a central forum for AA2 players, get Homey to lock their AA2 forum and get rid of other little forums like this one. The more AA2 forums out there, the more divided the community will be. It's cool to see interest and things like this popping up, it shows motivation. It's just my 2 cents though.

It would be rather useless to be only on Pipeline 3.0, The Barrels are more useful in Mount Mckneea, Urban Assault, SF Hospital and Maps where players actively use barrels for cover.

People will bitch for modifying classic maps. 'nuff said.

Then Again, how much does it lag, on any map by simply existing?

I don't think it lags much at all to be honest. I mean, the particle emitters need to be spiffed up but fundamentally, this setup is not much more than a smoke emitter and breakable window.

As for JunK, nothing is NEEDED in the game but things like this add more dynamic gameplay. I personally wouldn't hide behind a barrel in real life if someone was shooting at me. Nevermind the fire/explosion hazard but the unpredictable ricochets as well. Point is, shooting fire extinguishers for temporary cover, using destroyable security cameras to view the map, having to think about environmental hazards... these all make the game more dynamic and more enjoyable than rush enemy at X, big firefight, die, new round, rinse & repeat. Personally, I want to make mAAp Pipeline the best it can be. I want to push the engine as far as it will go. I do it because nobody else does, because the AA devs couldn't/wouldn't. I do it because of comments like these on YouTube:

@HsCSpanky
wtf.. i thought it was AA3 !!! astonishing work!!
Bobalo2 22 hours ago

I do it for fun. Play it or don't, it's your choice, just don't bash it on my forums

I'll raise the ambient brightness a bit for you guys. I think I have to re-do the zone_info's anyway since I think they crash the game.

I was doing a google search for a specific 2.8 map and I stumbled across the recent mAAp Pack site, maappack.com. The domain is long dead but the server IP address showed up. Come to find out, Scabies never deleted it. I went on and ripped some info and told him he could take it down. I setup the old blog again and in doing that, I realized Crunk never deleted the site before maappack.com. Anyway, here's the sites, for reference:

http://maap.ak4clan.net/home
http://maap.natescomp.com/ - This will be up as long as I have hosting.

*EDIT* No longer available

To be fair, and give credit, Blue made the oil leak, initial fireball, explosion particles and screenshake. I added the fire, damaged mesh and health damaging volume. I also re-worked all 9 actors involved to trigger and untrigger properly.

We make a good team.