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UGMC
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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:19 am  Post subject: Linking missions at load
As far as I'm concerned, Verdagon's the only one who knows how to "set next mission." I played a crapload of levels on vacation, and most campaigns either don't work or don't have it at all. So, how do you get it to work?
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:21 am  
Nevermind, I looked back at some old threads (who would have thought to look there?) and found to use .lvl instead of .pdb or whatever. One question, though, what happens when there are spaces in the level name?
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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:17 pm  
Spaces are characters like anything else, they should work fine. (Or at least they did for me :) )
SoLan
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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:31 am  
Just remember that the mission name you use for "Set Next Mission" is the first 22 characters of the name of the mission you are linking to, followed by .lvl. If the name of the next mission is less than 22 characters long, you use the full name of the mission followed by .lvl.
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:37 am  
Okay. I'll try and update New World with that soon.
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 Post Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:04 pm  
SoLan wrote:
Just remember that the mission name you use for "Set Next Mission" is the first 22 characters of the name of the mission you are linking to, followed by .lvl. If the name of the next mission is less than 22 characters long, you use the full name of the mission followed by .lvl.


I didn't know that. I always that that if your mission's name was more than 22 characters then it would blow up or something.
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:40 am  
So, it would be like:

Set next mission: Mission1.lvl
?
SoLan
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 Post Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:10 pm  
UGMC wrote:
So, it would be like:

Set next mission: Mission1.lvl
?


If the title you have set in the LevelDoc settings for the next mission is "Mission1", then that would be right.
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:26 am  
LevelDoc setting? What's that?
SoLan
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 Post Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 2:17 pm  
UGMC wrote:
LevelDoc setting? What's that?


The LevelDoc settings are what you get in the properties part of M (on the right side) when you chose "Level" from the "Settings" menu. There is a full description of how to link missions in the FAQ.
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:14 am  
So, you don't use the .pdb file, you use the level's name followed by .lvl?
SoLan
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 Post Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:52 am  
UGMC wrote:
So, you don't use the .pdb file, you use the level's name followed by .lvl?


Yes, you use the name or title of the mission. A .pdb file (mission pack) can contain multiple missions, and you can point to any mission within any .pdb by setting next level to mission_title.lvl.
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:20 am  
Where does the set next mission action go? Before or after the end mission action?
SoLan
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 Post Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:45 am  
UGMC wrote:
Where does the set next mission action go? Before or after the end mission action?


Before. I think end mission is supposed to be the last thing that happens in a mission.
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 Post Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:15 pm  
It doesnt matter. I've tried it both ways, it works.
UGMC
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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:46 pm  
Thanks, I'll try to update New World and New King with this soon.

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