Der Reise Zombies - Zone Management [TUTORIAL]

[Moosetraxx]

Everybody seems to have trouble with zones, even me a few days ago, so I made this tutorial on it. Hope you can work through it I
tried to make it as simple as possible. 

Zone Management Tutorial

Step 1 - First you want to place a info_volume, right click on the grid -->info-->volume
Make this the size of the inside of your room like Cinnober said, and give it these kvps (This is for your starting room)

1) "targetname" "start_zone"
2) "target" "start_zone_spawners"   (without the quotes, obviously)


Step 2 - Next, you want to make your zombie spawner, with the KVPs from Hercules Easy Zombie Tut.  Then add this kvp:

1) "targetname" "start_zone_spawners"

These zombies will get a yellow line to the center of the zone, that's what you want

Step 3 - Next you have a door/debris, connected to another zone.  Lets call this zone "zone1"

We want to set a flag saying "Hey! the player is now going in this zone!" so we are going to add a KVP to the TRIGGER of the door.

1) "script_flag" "enter_zone1"

This does what is described in the quote above

Step 4 - Make your second zone, and set the KVPs to the following:

1) "targetname" "zone1"
2) "target" "zone1_spawners"  ******IMPORTANT****** YOU ALWAYS NEED THE "_spawners" In the target's name.

Then make your zombie spawn for that area, making sure that the KVP is:

1) "targetname" "zone1_spawners"

This should do the yellow line thingy again

Step 5 - You are pretty much done now, except for one thing.  You must edit your nazi_zombie_MAPNAME.gsc file located in your
[root]\raw\maps folder to set your zone names. The code you want to edit is near the bottom, and looks like this:

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        add_adjacent_zone( "start_zone", "zone1", "enter_zone1" );
add_adjacent_zone( "zone1", "zone2", "enter_zone2" );

Here is a breakdown of the code:

add_adjacent_zone( "start_zone", "Yellow_zone", "enter_Yellow_zone" );

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add_adjacent_zone(
This tells you that you are adding a zone adjacent to another.

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"ZONENAME",
This is the zone you are leaving.

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"ZONENAME2",
This is the zone you are entering.

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"enter_ZONENAME2" );
This is the flag you call to on your door, saying where you are entering.

Step 6 - DO A CHECK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS THE SAME

This will save you from a constant headache. Everything must be case sensitive the same, so make sure that you have it right! 

(These include the zombie spawn, zone, door trigger, and .gsc)

Good Luck Zoning! 

[joshhugley]

  very good tut 

[Moosetraxx]

Thanks, glad it helped

[cire3008]

what if my map has 1 start zone. for now

[nevem_andor]

start_zone works well for me but for zone1 and zone2 is not working: / /

[dwpgamer71797]

So, putting stuff like "Zone1" and stuff means that the game will allow you to enter a room without glitching out of the map,
getting stuck, or dying?

[norbi91112]

Sorry for that idiot question, but this script is good?

   add_adjacent_zone( "start_zone", "norbi_zone", "enter_norbi_zone" );
   add_adjacent_zone( "norbi_zone", "norbi_zone2", "enter_norbi_zone2" );

[Cinnober]

Yes you have figured it out :-)

[ryan39]

Yes its fine

[AceGamer445]

I'm having trouble figuring out where the code goes for the .gsc file. I entered the correct code into the file and saved it. Then I recompiled the map and started up my game. I loaded my map in the console but halfway through loading it stops and gives me an error that says "bad syntax." I'm assuming it's cuz I put the code in the wrong place. Can somebody put me in the right direction and help me with this?

EDIT: Nvm, I removed the code since I'm using scripts from Nacht but now my zombies just sit at the spawn and die after 5 seconds. Do zones work for Nacht based maps? If so then how do I fix this problem?

EDIT 2: Actually the problem was I forgot to compile paths so now I did that and the zombies work properly. But I still get zombies spawning even if I don't have the area unlocked and they go to the wrong window. I feel like such a noob right now .

[dwpgamer71797]

Sorry for that idiot question, but this script is good?

   add_adjacent_zone( "start_zone", "norbi_zone", "enter_norbi_zone" );
   add_adjacent_zone( "norbi_zone", "norbi_zone2", "enter_norbi_zone2" );

F U.

[-!FoX!-]

Aaaam Can I split the info volumes? because i split it but the zombies won't drop poverups... 

[dwpgamer71797]

Sorry for that idiot question, but this script is good?

Sorry for that idiot Avatar.

[Bookable]

Aaaam Can I split the info volumes? because i split it but the zombies won't drop poverups... 

powerups don't drop based on the info volume. They drop in areas where the playable_area trigger multiples are at.

[-!FoX!-]

oooh so i use playable area and info_volume-s too?