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<h1>Checkpoints using ScriptArea's</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> <b>1</b>. make a ScriptArea large enough for the player to walk through. </p> <p> I named mine <b>"ScriptArea_1" </b> </p> <p> <a href="/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=4dd234&media=http%3A%2F%2Foi48.tinypic.com%2F5tz860.jpg" class="media" title="http://oi48.tinypic.com/5tz860.jpg"><img src="/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=300&tok=1c5aa1&media=http%3A%2F%2Foi48.tinypic.com%2F5tz860.jpg" class="media" title="5tz860.jpg" alt="5tz860.jpg" width="300" /></a> </p> <p> <b>2</b>. create a PlayerStartArea this time I name mine <b>"PlayerStartArea_1"</b> </p> <p> <a href="/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=288dbf&media=http%3A%2F%2Fi49.tinypic.com%2F2qs17op.jpg" class="media" title="http://i49.tinypic.com/2qs17op.jpg"><img src="/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=185&h=300&tok=4fc4b2&media=http%3A%2F%2Fi49.tinypic.com%2F2qs17op.jpg" class="media" title="2qs17op.jpg" alt="2qs17op.jpg" width="185" height="300" /></a> </p> <p> as for the script: </p> <span class='np_break'> </span> <div class="table"><table class="inline"> <tr class="row0"> <td class="leftalign">void OnStart() <br/> { <br/> AddEntityCollideCallback(“Player”, “ScriptArea_1”, “Restart”, true, 1); <br/> } <br/> <br/> void Restart(string &in asParent, string &in asChild, int alState) <br/> { <br/> CheckPoint (“FirstCheckpoint”, “PlayerStartArea_1”, “Happening”, “DeathCategory”, “Deathtext”); <br/> } <br/> <br/> void Happening(string &in asName, int alCount) <br/> { <br/> /Stuff you want to happen after you die/ <br/> <em>}</em> </td> </tr> </table> <span class='np_break'> </span> </div> <p> <em>and as for the .LANG file</em> </p> <span class='np_break'> </span> <div class="table"><table class="inline"> <tr class="row0"> <td class="leftalign"><<em>LANGUAGE> </em> <br/> <<em>CATEGORY Name="DeathCategory"></em> <br/> <<em>Entry Name="Deathtext">Text you want in the black screen after you die</em> <<em>/Entry> <br/> </em> <<em>/CATEGORY> </em> <br/> <<em>/LANGUAGE> </em> </td> </tr> </table> <span class='np_break'> </span> </div> <p> <em>Now if you walk through the ScriptArea and die, you respawn at the PlayerStartArea you created. </em> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div>