So I'm planning on makeing a gamemode based on this flash game: [url]http://www.stickgames.com/artillery-tower.html[/url] because it's basic, should be moderate to code for a person who has trouble learning lua, and because the game is just fucking awesome.
I know I will have to use a timer, Ent:Spawn or Ent:Respawn, and getpos ingame ofcourse to get the coördinates where to spawn the enemies.
Now the main question is, how do I create a spawning code. And how do I get it to act in waves. So instead of that they keep on spawning, they spawn for 2 minutes, then there is a break of 1 minute where a shop becomes active. And after that minute the spawning continues and the shop is closed.
Ok I personally would use my version of Devenger's spawn platforms. I'll upload it in a minute.
Then I'd spawn a platform for each type of NPC and set the keyvalues appropriately.
Then, for the waves:
[lua]local platforms = {}
local posses = {}
for i = -12,12,12 do
for j = -12,12,12 do
table.insert(posses,Vector(i,j,12));
end
end
function GM:InitPostEntity()
local plat
for _,pos in ipairs(posses) do
plat = ents.Create("sent_spawnplatform");
--set keyvalues
table.insert(platforms,plat);
end
timer.Create("TurnWaveOff",120,1,function()
for _,ent in ipairs(platforms) do
ent:TurnOff();
ent:RemoveNPCs();
end
timer.Start("TurnWaveOn");
end);
timer.Adjust("TurnWaveOn",60,1,function()
for _ent in ipairs(platforms) do
ent:TurnOn();
end
timer.Start("TurnWaveOff");
end);[/lua]
Obviously the first bit is nonsense, but it shows the general principal.
[editline]09:19PM[/editline]
Ok by "in a minute" I mean "in about half an hour"
