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Is it possible to turn off the prompt to select an away team when moving to a new map? I want the player to go somewhere alone.
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It was a bug of sorts. I had the initial spawn point set on a floor that disappeared later in the mission. The pathing for the boffs (theoretically) adjusts their spawn location to the closest point on a map that will be ever present. For my mission, the boffs spawn on a bench that traps them in the holodeck section of the map.
I can't reproduce it though. It was something that affected my contest entry post-publish, and I had to rewrite part of the mission to compensate for the fact that my boffs didn't beam down with the player.
I'm finding in playing these missions that a tool the authors employ is a simple dialog note instructing the player to set an out-of-the-way rally point for the away team, while also instructing them to go passive. One could additionally advise the player to unequip his/her weapons, either before the map transition or after. An honor-system of sorts. It's not a perfect solution, but it should serve as a good placeholder so you can go ahead and complete your Foundry mission. I cannot see the abilities you seek (and I agree they'd be preferable) being implemented anytime soon.
Thanks I'll probably do that then, though I don't know how to make npcs friendly and follow you yet... Anyone know if that is possible?
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1) Add dialogue instructions to the player to set a rally point somewhere behind your spawn point.
2) Put two reach markers in the path you intend the player to travel, so that their leading edges are only about 5 meters apart.
3) Set up the first reach marker to drop the section of floor out from underneath where the BOffs are rallied. (You may also want to have it spawn an invisi-wall behind the player at the same time, in order to idiot-proof the map against the player wandering back into the temporary abyss you just created.)
4) Set up the second reach marker to replace the section of floor you just dropped out, and to drop the invisi-wall if you put one there. Once the player walks over both these reach markers, then if s/he turns around the BOffs will no longer be there.
5) (optional): If you're really in an evil mood and want to make damn sure the player's BOffs don't come back, you can also put an EV-suit volume on the ground of the original map, directly beneath where you dropped out the floor of your skycastle. Then when the BOffs land there, even if they survive the fall, unless they're wearing EV suits they will soon suffocate and die.
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