dim siren
When going from one saferoom to the other, the players and bots gets stuck under the floor of my level.
I usually set four info_player_start (for multiplayer) and four info_survivor_position at the beginning with the info_landmark. I also put down a nav_mesh marked Player Start.
Is there something I missed when going from one room to the other?
oak nacelle
do you have the info_landmark in both maps
dim siren
Yes
oak nacelle
and they're named the same, right?
dim siren
Yes.
oak nacelle
and the info_changelevel has that as its landmark name keyvalue?
oh the "player start" nav attribute is only used for the first map
map transitions use "checkpoint"
dim siren
Hmm..
I was thinking about that too because I noticed that if I placed checkpoints at the beginning of the map
oak nacelle
that's what this VDC page seems to say, at least
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/L4D_Level_Design/Checkpoints
dim siren
Then the survivors would stay in the one that's at the beginning, but not navigate towards the end
That was why I changed it to have player_start at the beginning
oak nacelle
The spawn area at the beginning of the campaign should also be marked with CHECKPOINT in order to designate it as a "safe area". The Director will not start the game until a survivor steps out of the safe area.
dim siren
This is what I currently have for the next map's landmark
and then for the ending level one of the current map
oak nacelle
why is its targetname the same as a landmark entity
dim siren
That's what the wikia recommended like
Name: Name of the current landmark
New Map Name: New map's name
Landmark name: Next map's beginning landmark name
Forgot to put the landmark's properties with the previous picture
oak nacelle
looks like player_start is automatic so you don't need to set that manually
try removing the info_changelevel targetname
the VDC tutorial doesn't say to do that
dim siren
Giving it a try now 👍🏽
dim siren
Update: Found out another method to make the survivors spawn above the ground!
Entity: info_director
Name: Director
1st output named: OnGameplayStart
Target entities named: director
Via this input: ForceSurvivorPositions
Delay: 0
2nd output named :OnGameplayStart
Target entities named: director
Via this input: ReleaseSurvivorPositions
Delay: 0.10
That made the players and the bots be able to spawn without getting automatically stuck below the map. Thank you for helping me find the solution, Box! 😄