[-BLITZ-]

I really don't know how explain because is my first time when I put my head into Coding. Actually I done something a lon time ago, maybe years now when I was a newbie in gta modding, but I manage to add few cars through main.scm on San Fierro garage although from what I remember the angles weren't how I wanted them to be.

I knew something about Object Create, their coordinates XYZ, the 167@(give an example) is the ID and it has to be a number that it isn't in the .scm but it still has to follow the last 166@ ID from main.scm in order to run the game, not to crash. This is all that I remember actually.

What I'm looking for is to add and use few objects that are already in the game using and making a cleo, but I don't have any idea how to start because I don't know anything about coding and I never been so briliant of understanding them. I looked today to find a simple tutorial how to add objects but I failed, no where to find or I missed them, and there are so many FAQ made by ZAZ and Dutchy would take me a lot of time to read and find only for such simple coding yet unknown by me.

So, is there any basic or standard coding, an example that is out here and is not made by nobody because I don't want to use someone else work, that follow some rules of coding and all I have to do is to add the objects and their coordinates.

I want to make a few test with some objects from the game.

[Deji]

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=480446

To be able to understand and do something sufficiently, you need to properly understand the basics of coding. Unfortunately it takes more patience than to just skim through a tutorial to find what you need (else I'd be doing a lot more in C++). Read all you can and more importantly, do lots of tests.

[ZAZ]

ok, step by step
Basicly is it very easy to spawn an object
just copy'n paste the script below into sannybuilder, save it, then compile and copy it into game cleo folder
then load savegame or start new game and go to Grovestreet to find the placed fire_hydrant

CODE

{$CLEO .cs} :OBJECTS 03A4: name_thread 'OBJS' wait 1000 //(this is a comment) dynamic.ide: 1211, fire_hydrant 029B: 1@ = init_object 1211 at 2491.7866 -1672.1202 13.3359 0A93: end_custom_thread

1@ is a variable to define the object in the script and eventually to can handle it furthermore
1211 is id number of fire_hydrant
Cleoscripts requires to insert id numbers to spawn objects
unless you wanna spawn an object of veh_mods.ide
then you can use the model name with hash infront

CODE

029B: 1@ = init_object #spl_a_f_r at 2491.7866 -1672.1202 13.3359

for models of default.ide, vehicles.ide, peds.ide, veh_mods.ide can be used either id number or model name
for the others only id number

please read
Data Type Meaning
Spawn a 3D model

how to get coordinates for position?
read about Editor


Now some important informations:
You placed now fire_hydrant in Grovestreet and if you make then a savegame,
it will be stored in the savefiles of GTA San Andreas User Files
you can't remove it then unless with savgame editor maybe.

If you load now that savegame and the script runs again,
then the object will be placed twice

This fact belongs also to pickups, parked_car_genarators, icon markers,

To avoid that the script runs again when loading savegame which was done with the script,
we have this opcode:

CODE

0A95: enable_thread_saving

cleo save this then in CLEO\CLEO_SAVES folder

Use the opcode in this way:

CODE

{$CLEO .cs} :OBJECTS 03A4: name_thread 'OBJS' wait 1000 0A95: enable_thread_saving //(this is a comment) dynamic.ide: 1211, fire_hydrant 029B: 1@ = init_object 1211 at 2491.7866 -1672.1202 13.3359 0A93: end_custom_thread

If you wanna provide a script for the user to place objects, you should do everything to remove the objects if they're not used anymore, before user makes a savegame
Or tell the user about the problem

The script below spawns 3 unused objects infront of CJ by keypress Backspace
Press again Backspace to remove the objects

CODE

{$CLEO .cs} :3_OBJECTS { 1639, od_vbnet      red 1318, arrow         blue 1614, nt_alarm1_01  yellow } 03A4: name_thread '3_OBJS' 0001: wait 1000 ms 00C0: set_current_time_hours_to 23 minutes_to 50 :3_OBJS_22 0001: wait 0 ms 00D6: if 0256:   player $PLAYER_CHAR defined 004D: jump_if_false @3_OBJS_22 00D6: if 0AB0:   key_pressed 8//------------------key Backspace 004D: jump_if_false @3_OBJS_22 00BA: show_text_styled GXT 'FEM_ON' time 1000 style 4  // ON wait 500 0247: load_model 1639 0247: load_model 1318 0247: load_model 1614 038B: load_requested_models 04C4: store_coords_to 21@ 22@ 23@ from_actor $PLAYER_ACTOR with_offset -2.0 2.5 0.0 0107: 1@ = create_object 1318 at 21@ 22@ 23@ 04C4: store_coords_to 21@ 22@ 23@ from_actor $PLAYER_ACTOR with_offset 0.0 2.5 0.0 0107: 2@ = create_object 1614 at 21@ 22@ 23@ 04C4: store_coords_to 21@ 22@ 23@ from_actor $PLAYER_ACTOR with_offset 2.0 2.5 0.0 0107: 3@ = create_object 1639 at 21@ 22@ 23@ 0001: wait 0 ms   0249: release_model 1639 0249: release_model 1246 0249: release_model 1614 00BA: show_text_styled GXT 'FEM_OK' time 1000 style 4  // OK 0001: wait 1000 ms :3_OBJS_276 0001: wait 0 ms 00D6: if 0256:   player $PLAYER_CHAR defined 004D: jump_if_false @3_OBJS_313 00D6: if 0AB0:   key_pressed 8//------------------key Backspace 004D: jump_if_false @3_OBJS_276 :3_OBJS_313 00BA: show_text_styled GXT 'FEM_OFF' time 1000 style 4  // OFF 0108: destroy_object 1@ 0108: destroy_object 2@ 0108: destroy_object 3@ 0001: wait 1000 ms 0002: jump @3_OBJS_22

The variables 1@, 2@, 3@, are used as handle for the objects and can be used then to remove the objects
But this is only possible while same savegame session

It is not possible to spawn the objects, make savegame, load this savegame and remove the objects.

[-BLITZ-]

Thanks ZAZ, I will try to see how far I can go with coding based on what you wrote. I hope to succeed in what I'm tring to test.

[-BLITZ-]

Back on this topic because I don't want to spend my time for something after I will find out that was unecessary.

Is simple. It seems that adding too many lines/objects into .IPL at some point you hit the limit game even if I use LimitAdjuster to increase the number. If you are at the top of some skyscraper and look down, all the textures will flick and after few seconds the game crashes, even so driving or flying around Glen Park Hospital the game crashes.

I want to know if adding like 200 objects (don't mind the time spend) through CLEO .cs will not inflict with these game errors, like going above the limit, fixing this problem or I will get the same result because it doesn't matter what kind of tool I'm using, I still going to end with these errors.

Like I said, I'm not bright in coding.

[ZAZ]

QUOTE (-BLITZ- @ Tuesday, Jul 24 2012, 20:40)

Back on this topic because I don't want to spend my time for something after I will find out that was unecessary. Is simple. It seems that adding too many lines/objects into .IPL at some point you hit the limit game even if I use LimitAdjuster to increase the number. If you are at the top of some skyscraper and look down, all the textures will flick and after few seconds the game crashes, even so driving or flying around Glen Park Hospital the game crashes. I want to know if adding like 200 objects (don't mind the time spend) through CLEO .cs will not inflict with these game errors, like going above the limit, fixing this problem or I will get the same result because it doesn't matter what kind of tool I'm using, I still going to end with these errors. Like I said, I'm not bright in coding.

With script is it the same but spawning by script have the disadvantage that a destroyable object won't be rebuild when you leave the spawnarea and come back.
Try it yourself with the script below
change model id in this line:

CODE

L_Model_ID_var = 1371

press backspace to spawn 50 objects around of CJ
do it again to add 50 objects and so on

Did you tried to add ipl's inside of stream ipl? would need an extra new stream ipl

CODE

{$CLEO .cs} :200obj_1 03A4: name_thread '200obj' //1280, parkbench1 //1371, CJ_HIPPO_BIN const L_Model_ID_var = 9@ end L_Model_ID_var = 1371 4@ = 0.0 7@ = 4.0 while true wait 0    if        0256:   player $PLAYER_CHAR defined    then        if            0AB0:   key_pressed 8//------Backspace          then            0247: request_model L_Model_ID_var            while 8248: not  model L_Model_ID_var available                wait 0            end                        for 0@ = 0 to 50                02F6: 5@ = cosine 4@  // sinus swapped with cosine                0013: 5@ *= 7@  // floating-point values (never used in VC or GTA 3)                02F7: 6@ = sinus 4@ // cosine swapped with sinus                0013: 6@ *= 7@  // floating-point values (never used in VC or GTA 3)                04C4: create_coordinate 1@ 2@ 3@ from_actor $PLAYER_ACTOR offset 5@ 6@ 0.2                029B: 10@ = init_object L_Model_ID_var at 1@ 2@ 3@                01C7: remove_object_from_mission_cleanup_list 10@                000B: 4@ += 25.0                000B: 7@ += 0.1                if                    0021:   4@ >  354.0  // floating-point values                  then                    0007: 4@ = 0.0                end            end            0007: 7@ = 4.0            wait 3000        end    end end

[-BLITZ-]

Ouh, you made a script test for me. Thank you

So far it seems when I want to have 50 trees for the second time the game crashes. Coult the script conflict with something.

The decision I took to enter a the little world of coding is because I manage to bring near to 70% of SA trees as working lod objects and R* have no idea what they have just lost on this point as the game looks 2x more fantastic, although it seems so far that adding to many /IPL lines to bring these trees; somewhere the game rejects (about what I wrote 2 days ago). Only 10% of the entire trees can be found in map/.IPL as the rest 90% are set in gta3.img/STREAM.IPL in order to make them solid objects and working as far distance objects I have to copy them in .IPL as well.

I think is inevitable. Oh well, at least I tried all the options I had.

Oh you R* why you took such decesion. Now the game is so old, that having trees as lod for supercomputer is like a no difference at all for any masive lag.