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The_Small_Time_Modder:
Laugh out loud... XD

Hey, i just tested the 'Area activates AI' coding you provided for me earlier.

MACHINE "INNER_AI"
   STATE Start
      RULE event in
         :action
            SetAreaAbs(0, <-4000> , <-1000> , <-500> , <2250>);
            //We declare here the areas in the scene.
         :end
      END

   //For example, we want to boot the ai when one of the players ships reach the 0 area
   RULE event AreaEntered
      condition e.ship:race=#race_player&e.area=0
         :action
            M:GetMachine("INNER_AI"):ChangeState(Battle,
                                       e.ownMachine := M:GetMachine("INNER_AI");
                                       e.oRace := #race_raptor;
                                       e.oRaceList := -1;
                                       e.oShipList := -1;
                                       e.eRace := #race_player;
                                       e.eRaceList := -1;
                                       e.eShipList := -1;
                                       e.parentMachine := M:GetMachine("AI");
                                    );
            //Simple declaration of the AI, this will make the raptor ships launch towards the player ships.
         :end
      END
   END
END


MACHINE "INNER_AI"
#include "default_ai.mach"
END

For some reason my finiky copy thinks what i put in red for you doesn't exist, what i put in lime green is what i predict it also thinks doesnt exist, any ideas?

Edit: The battleship i tried to code to be capturable wasnt a wreck, it was simply sitting there, like a sleeping duck, if you want to call it that ;)

Mularac:
Couple of things: you have two machines that are named the same, check that.
Also, you wrote this:

SetAreaAbs(0, <-4000> , <-1000> , <-500> , <2250>);

I put the "<,>" in my example to say what you were supposed to put in them, they don't have to be there!
It should be like this:
SetAreaAbs(0, -4000 , -1000, -500 , 2250);

The "<,>" are comparators, for example, putting 2>3 will return 0, and 4<8 will return 1. They are used in conditions and ifs

The_Small_Time_Modder:
OH....

whoops!  ::)

my bad, i guess i shouldnt have put them there in the first place.

Ill take 'em off and try again, thanks for clearing that up man.  ;)

Edit: ok, thats been fixed, i also fixed the #include code (i didnt specify for which mission's AI i wanted to include, easy fix). But now its saying that the 11_default_ai.mach has an invalid keyword, and of all of the things it picked, it picked the very first word MACHINE. I hate how it somehow comes up with random errors like that. >:(

Mularac:
Can you give us some context?
where in the .mission file did you include the 11_default_ai.mach file? can you give us a short description of where each file is located and the contents of each?

The_Small_Time_Modder:
Sure Mularac...

heres the top section of the .mission file....

MISSION 11
Name "The Atlantis"
DefLocation "ASTFLD_ARCTURUS IID" ((this is part of a custom system i made, one of three, the other two are Ouroboros and Nexor, after the games name, Nexus  ;) ))

OBJECTIVES
   1
   2
END

RULES

   RULE    event sceneInit
         :action
            SetSceneRadius(100000);      
      
            SetRelation(#race_player, #race_raptor, 2);
            SetRelation(#race_raptor, #race_player, 2);
            
            PShip.0 := GetSceneObj("Darkstar");
            PShip.1 := GetSceneObj("Vanguard");
            PShip.2 := GetSceneObj("Eringuard");
            PShip.3 := GetSceneObj("Kings Arch");

            EShip.0 := GetSceneObj("Highlander");
            EShip.1 := GetSceneObj("Skirmisher");
            EShip.2 := GetSceneObj("Stingray");
            EShip.3 := GetSceneObj("Hellstorm");
            
            Playmusic(21);
            
            GetMachine("Director"):ChangeState(IntroMovie, 0);
            GetMachine("Objectives"):ChangeState(monitor,0);
            GetMachine("AI"):ChangeState(battle,0);
            GetMachine("ATLANTIS_AI"):ChangeState(idle,0);
         :end
   END

   MACHINE "Director"

      STATE IntroMovie

         RULE   event In
               :action
               :end
         END
      END
   END
   
   #include "11_default_obj.mach"
   #include "11_default_ai.mach"      
   #include "11_atlantis_ai.mach"
   #include "11_inner_ai.mach"
                        
END

I let the explorer (the program used to look into files on your computer) order them all alphebetically in the missions file of the Skirmisher SP settings, here it is in a list... (exactly as it is in the folder)

11_atlantis_ai.mach (this AI controls the single vardrag explorer in the scene)
11_default_obj.mach (this is what the Skirmisher put in)
11_inner_ai.mach (The area activated AI that you suggested)
11_The Atlantis.mission (the file partly shown above)

Does that help you?  ???

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