Level Design Recent changes on SDK and random items

TheMutant · Dec 21, 2012

Hello community,
since the X-MAS update I noticed two new things concerning the KF SDK.
First of all, all my pickups throw an error to the map check window. How can I fix them?
Additionally, I have new AI path connection (orange colored) over larger distances, I assume this has something to do with the "low gravity behaviour". Does the AI also use these paths on "normal" gravity?

Finally (this has nothing to do with the recent update), my random item spawns do not work. I left all the properties at its default values, but still not a single pickup will be spawned while playing, not even on beginner difficulty.

driftwood · Dec 21, 2012

+1 on patch problems. I can't even launch a map now after I make changes to it and save it (its a story map but still, it has survived every other patch to date).

I got the same item placement build errors as OP and have a fix. Go to the properties of all the inventory items.
Pickup->bExcludeFromNavigation = True
(to get them all at once, ctrl-click 1 instance of each of your different weapons and ammos, then right click ->select all-> matching static meshes). I'm not sure if there's any side effects of doing this, though I'm presuming that pickup navigation would only be needed in games where bots can pick up items. This clears up the red errors after building the paths, but my map still won't run.

I have also reported in another thread that some properties are now unavailable in the actor class browser. For example the Pawn->Health

TheMutant · Dec 21, 2012

Yes, I know that, but I use some pickups as navigation points.... (Monsters do also follow those paths).

I found a new variable in class'NavigationPoint' called "bNoOutgoingJumps", with it you can allow monsters to jump over edges or not from this navigation point. This is very handy!

driftwood · Dec 21, 2012

or just put a path node near your inventory item

ZaCormyr · Dec 21, 2012

I got the same item placement build errors as OP and have a fix. Go to the properties of all the inventory items.
Pickup->bExcludeFromNavigation = True

Yay thank you for this.. right after I post a thread asking how to fix this issue... sry admins..

or not... seems I can

driftwood · Dec 22, 2012

driftwood said:
+1 on patch problems. I can't even launch a map now after I make changes to it and save it (its a story map but still, it has survived every other patch to date).

Eh false alarm on the map not working at all. It was my fault, had some scripts in unsaved packages so null exception probably.

Benjamin · Dec 23, 2012

They changed some of the core script files so I'd imagine something there has broken it.

TheMutant · Dec 28, 2012

TheMutant said:
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Finally (this has nothing to do with the recent update), my random item spawns do not work. I left all the properties at its default values, but still not a single pickup will be spawned while playing, not even on beginner difficulty.

Bump.
This is still an issue to me, can some nice mapper explain to me how to set up random items properly, please?

SMIFF · Dec 29, 2012

TheMutant said:
Bump.
This is still an issue to me, can some nice mapper explain to me how to set up random items properly, please?

How many do you have placed?

TheMutant · Dec 30, 2012

I have placed nine KFRandomItemSpawns. So on Suicidal and HoE none would spawn due to the 10% limit, that's my purpose.
But somehow not a single one spawns on lower difficulties too...

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