Spawning Squads from Hyperspace / Workarounds
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I'm trying to create a Capital ability to spawn fighters at the edge of a system. I'm using FleetBeacon as a template. Directly spawning fighters seems like a no-go, so I've shifted to using SpawnSquad on a 'leader' frigate.
The fighters spawn alright so long as I give the frigate command points, except they tend to spawn waaaaaaaay outside the play area since apparently ships can use abilities while Dark-Fleet jumping in.
I've tried reducing the spawn time and removing the HyperIn type, but neither work.
I want the fighters to spawn immediately, which necessitates using "Anytime" rather than "OnlyInCombat" for the AI. I've also tried "OnlyWithNoOrder" but get the same results.
Curiously, if I switch the mesh to the TEC Carrier rather than the scout ship I'm using, it works far more reliably.
Any ideas?
also the reason why it works better with some meshes ove others ids due to dummy points on the actual mesh (model) itself. a scout is not riged to carry fighters and its ability points are probly a little off for spawning certian things. depending on how many frigates/fighters you want to spawn you may want to use a spawn squadron or spawn frigate ability over something like fleet beakon. (direct spawn abilitys spawn the ships out of the ship ability ports over having them fly to a random spot in a grav well.)