Spawning a set of props so they keep their shape

Hey All,

So quick question because its driving me up the wall and Im giving up on this side project if someone can't tell me how this is done.

Basically I have a set of props called "bunkerset"  and suprisingly its a bunker.  Its got a floor made of cargo containers (stacked) and other bits and bobs.

I'm spawning it with

Code:


OFP:spawnEntitySetAtLocation("bunkerset", position[1], position[2], position[3])


When it spawns, the container-floor is about 2 meters to high, the concrete barriers are about 0.5 meters too high, and its just over-all screwed.
I tried setting them as "from ground" and "from sealevel".  made 0 difference

The objects are not "dropping to ground" and they shouldn't seen as OFDR can't do that, but I am like 10000% sure you can spawn a complex entity set and it keep its shape, thats how all those custom buildings worked.  So... what the F am I missing here?

If I recall correctly, spawning an entity set forces the members of the set to spawn on a plane situated at the y-position in the spawn location. When you activate an entity set, it appears exactly as it is situated in the editor. I ran into this problem when I was working on the SLT 2 experiment and ended up having to write routines that would go through the entity set xml and rewrite the locations of all of the objects relative to a center point, then activate the set so it would appear as I built it in the game. Unfortunately, this does not work for multiplayer games as the entity set appears in the game where ever the file locations are and does not affect the client machines. This I'm afraid is a shortcoming of the game.

When TJDagger created those standing bunkers and towers, he would create entity sets that represented different levels of the structure on level planes and then spawn in all of the entity sets at relative heights to create the entire thing.

--tvig

tvig0r0us wrote:If I recall correctly, spawning an entity set forces the members of the set to spawn on a plane situated at the y-position in the spawn location. When you activate an entity set, it appears exactly as it is situated in the editor. I ran into this problem when I was working on the SLT 2 experiment and ended up having to write routines that would go through the entity set xml and rewrite the locations of all of the objects relative to a center point, then activate the set so it would appear as I built it in the game. Unfortunately, this does not work for multiplayer games as the entity set appears in the game where ever the file locations are and does not affect the client machines. This I'm afraid is a shortcoming of the game.

When TJDagger created those standing bunkers and towers, he would create entity sets that represented different levels of the structure on level planes and then spawn in all of the entity sets at relative heights to create the entire thing.

--tvig

Oh WOW

ok so it wasn't just me.

I guess no cool looking dynamically spawned bunker

the best person I think that might have the answer to this is Tim, but he has been dormant for a long time. 

Remember he made all those bunker sets and towers etc from a mishmash of props and what not. I don't know how he did it, but I think he was  on the track that you are going for. I'll try and find his guide he made to show you.