Parachutes

[JotEmI]

I was wondering how does Soldat determine whether to spawn a player with or without a parachute. Does it calculate the distance to nearest player colliding poly? If I for example disable all the Bravo spawnpoints except one and change it's X/Y so it would be placed high above ground will then Bravo players spawn with parachutes?

[croat1gamer]

If i remember, it has to be at a minimum certain distance from the poly directly below it. Not sure how much, possibly 100-200ish ingame length units (afaik, 1m=14-18px); there was somewhere a discussion about that.
To prevent parachutes you just need to have a poly (any kind) below that spawn point.

If the distance from the poly is correct, the players will spawn with a parachute.


Mind you, this was for older versions, and it is directly map related, has nothing to do with scripts.

[Falcon`]

What corat said, player has to be enough high above nearest colliding poly to have parachute. I'd tell you how high exactly but honestly speaking i don't even know where too look for it in the code (I wouldn't be surprised if server doesn't give a single fu** about parachutes).

[JotEmI]

Thx for the info. I was looking for a way to create some kind of airborne assault, where player would be spawned above enemy base. I guess changing the spawnpoint coords should do the trick.