Hi there. i would like to make a cutscene. i want a spacecraft to fly from far away to a space station and land on a platform. i could make this in stop motion and make a little animated movie out of 100000 single frames or try to find out if there's a way to make the spacecraft fly a certain way and enter the space station by waypoints and a script? i would place the player somewhere outside and make a movie out of this and use it for my cutscene video. is there a way to make this?

My ezplatform script might be able to do this, or at least be a starting point for it.

Something like this? https://vimeo.com/190627521

yes, i guess this is what i mean.

I used the ezplatform.lua script on the moonlander (the closest thing I have to a spaceship) and the cutscene.lua script to control the camera. Both scripts are available in the appropriate threads, you might have to scroll down a bit for the ezplatform thread though.

i totally have no idea how to get this working. i downloaded the script but i can't use it, i don't know how to make the spaceship float or just roll over the ground.

You may have to set the weight to zero for the spacecraft to make it float.

Attached is a copy of the script with just the Moonlander bit and a screen shot of the Properties.

Make sure the name in the properties matches the name in the script (i.e. in this case 'Moonlander') otherwise it will not work.

The second line in the script is the only one you need to play around with:
["Moonlander"]= {"p5","v20;z1500;x-3000;y-200","h"}

This is the sequence of movements that will occur when you hit the test button, in this case they are:
1) Pause for 5 seconds
2) Move 1500 in the Z direction, -3000 in X and -200 in Y all at the same time over the next 20 seconds
3) Halt

The original post details all the movement instructions. Currently it only allows turns around the Y axis because it was designed for platforms, I could add turns around other axis but it all gets rather complicated then (blame some dude named Euler).

hi! thanks for the help!!
i did exactly what you wrote.
i opened a blank map to make a test. i inserted an entity named "dropship" and renamed it "moonlander" in the properties. i changed everything like in your screenshot and attached the script.
i put a spawn point near the spaceship and press testplay.
nothing happens.
what did i do wrong?

did you call it moonlander or Moonlander, I think the name field is cap sensitive

Yes it is case sensitive.

yes, it was the problem! i typed "moonlander" instead of "Moonlander". now it works. great, thank you a lot for this! now i'm playing around where to place the ship on my map to get a good video. thank you!

The script will control as many entities as you want so you could have a large ship moving slowly with a smaller ship flying past it, helps to create a feeling of scale.

I've just looked in the original post, i can't see anything in there listing any movement instructions. I see some examples, but nothing explaining what needs changing, what variables can be used, and so on.

As an example how would you have it move forward 1000, pause 3 seconds, then turn right 90 degrees, pause 3 seconds, then move forward 1000?

Can you point out exactly where the details you mention are, because i can't find them.

Nevermind, I've found it. It's not in the ezplatform thread, it's in another thread named "what have i been up to", how silly of me i should have known :p

Stumbled on this thread and it looks really interesting in regards to moving around objects (and ships)!

@AmenMoses, What thread is the cutscene.lua code in? I can't seem to find it.

It's in this one now.

I've put further development of these scripts on hold for now as there is a fix in the Beta which I'd like to rely on for them (i.e. when 1.33 hits the streets).

Instead I'm messing around with AI for a bit.

i'm about to use this for my intro and it seems to be just right. i just make it move forward and make a video and some more scenes and cut it together to have an introduction movie. the game begins with the player leaving the ship. i will keep you up to date with my progress

@AmenMoses, thank you

@nuncio, best of luck with the intro!