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lordjulian

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Posted: 30th Dec 2015 18:29

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What is the logic of the game continuing to run while a video is being shown via a Story Zone? How can the player be expected to keep playing the game while the video is playing?

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Posted: 30th Dec 2015 18:42

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What about using a script that does freezeai and freezeplayer, then unfreezes after it returns back? Just spitballing, not sure if that'd do what you're looking for or not.

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Posted: 30th Dec 2015 18:48

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Thanks. That's what I ended up doing. I think it fixed it, but I don't know why this isn't built into the original script.

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Posted: 30th Dec 2015 20:33

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Because someone just didn't think about it when they wrote the script? Probably just an oversight, any chance you can post your changes so I can update mine please?

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Posted: 30th Dec 2015 22:09

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I can't duplicate this problem. In my testing the player cannot move or be harmed, and the AI does not move while a video is playing.
What I have found is that if I enter a StoryZone while AI is firing, the gun sounds continue to play for the duration of the video.

Both of these behave the same for me:

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function storyinzone_main(e)
  if GetPlayerInZone(e) == 1 then
    FreezeAI()
    FreezePlayer()
    PlayVideo(e,1)
    UnFreezePlayer()
    UnFreezeAI()
    Destroy(e)
  end
end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOL83f_0QMg

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function storyinzone_main(e)
 if g_Entity[e]['plrinzone']==1 then
  PlaySound(e,0)
  PlayVideo(e,1)
  Destroy(e)
  ActivateIfUsed(e)
 end
end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvRBOiQKYBw

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Posted: 31st Dec 2015 00:33

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yes as wermer said, the AI just have a bug in that if they are firing when "frozen" they will continue to fire.. i believe it's because the gun is treated as a separate entity and isn't included in the "freezing" code.
a quick fix might be to use the command to hide the enemy weapons when you freeze them - can't remember the name but i believe it's SetAttachmentVisible(e,0)

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Posted: 31st Dec 2015 18:12

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I think it's only a standalone problem.

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