Troops spawning code made easy. Thread

float iterations;

vector resetloc;

vector (vector loc ) GetSafeSP =
{
local float pos;

trace_ent = world;

traceline(loc,loc+'0 0 -500',FALSE,world);
// gLine(loc, loc+'0 0 -500','0 255 0');

if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'9 0 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'-9 0 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'0 9 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'0 -9 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'-9 -9 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'9 9 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'-9 9 -500',FALSE,world);
if(!trace_ent)
traceline(loc,loc+'9 -9 -500',FALSE,world);

pos = pointcontents(loc);

if(trace_ent || pos == CONTENT_SOLID)
{
if (pos == CONTENT_SOLID)
{
loc = resetloc;
if (iterations > 100) //Anticrash code
{
//print("anti runaway code..\n");//Remove at release
return resetloc;
}
}

loc_x = loc_x +crandom()*100;
loc_y = loc_y +crandom()*100;
//bprint("traceent ", trace_ent.model,"\n");
loc = GetSafeSP(loc);
}

return loc;
};

This search for a non-solid location to spawn troops.

and what does that do where would you enter it out, eh, hi...

I use my own editor, ::TeiCoder::.

The code is designed for a engine that support QC scripting and tracelines, but you can rewrite easy for other engines, C, C++, TK,... or whatever.

Is not perfect but is better than nothing.