The problem with sub-missions

[salmo]

DEV"s please, please read this & address these issues

After much experimentation, trial & error, I've concluded that there are some fundemental flaws with the game C# code relating to sub-missions. Perhaps someone can explain the difference between the two methods GamePlay.gpLoadSectionFile and GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad. I had hoped to setup missions (or section files) as "templates", like a template for Hawkinge airfield with buildings/roads/vehicles etc which could be loaded as a sub-mission from any main battle file. Unfortunately, it looks like GamePlay.gpLoadSectionFile and GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad are only good for loading AIAircraft groups or AiGroundGroups as seperate Ai actors.

SUB_MISSION PROBLEMS:

1. GamePlay.gpLoadSectionFile and GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad behave differently when loading a sub-mission. Using gpLoadSectionFile, no ground objects from the submission are imported into the main battle. Using gpPostMissionLoad, stationary vehicles are loaded from sub-mission into main battle, but no other objects.

2. Spline roads are NOT loaded via ether sub-mission loading method.

3. Mobile vehicles attached to spline roads (with the car.cpp script) appear when loaded from sub-missions, but are stationary only.

4. C# script attached to sub-missions sometimes operate correctly, but fail for any game console, screen, chat, server IO messaging, voice messaging. ie. these methods fail when used in sub-missions - gpHUDLogCenter, gpLogServer, Console.Write, Console.WriteLine, sayToGroup

[5./JG27.Farber]

When you say "sub-mission" do you mean loading another ".mis"?

[salmo]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

When you say "sub-mission" do you mean loading another ".mis"?

yes

[ATAG_Bliss]

This is the exact reason I stopped using sub missions long ago.