Objective Gametypes Guide

noklu · Sep 16, 2010

Many people are having trouble configuring Objective Gametypes in Reach with errors like "Your map is not compatible with this gametype" or other errors. This has been spliced from GodlyPerfection (previously AZN FTW) Forge Lessons on the topic.

GodlyPerfection on reachingperfection.com said:

So first things first is that matching a gametype with your map is much different than what it was in Halo 3. Completely forget what you know from Halo 3... at least for now while you are trying to learn the system. I don't have a full grasp of the concept of things yet, but I have a general idea. First things first. When you want to setup a gametype for your map you HAVE to save the map you are working on and open the map up in the "base" gametype that you are working on or any variant of that gametype (for example, 3 Plots would be territories). This will give you access to the "Game Labels" that you require to make your map work with that gametype. These game labels give objects in your maps a "role" for your gametype. Different labels exist on different gametypes and all labels do something unique just for that gametype. Most of these labels you will be applying to the three objective objects; hill marks, flag stands, and capture points. You may also apply these labels to other objects, but let's just cover the basics for now.

Territories Example

So right now I have only really explored the Territories gametype in an effort to get Conquest to work on my map. From studying the default maps I have observed that the main objective objects for territories are flag stands. If you want to make a territory for your map you need to lay down a flag stand where you want the territory to go and adjust its top, width, length, and bottom. This will be your territory. Then you have to load up your map in a territories variant. Go to each of your flag stands and set the gametype label under Object Properties > Advanced to the label "Terr_Obj" or something similar. Can't remember exactly right now... lol. This will make your flag stand a territory object. Ignore the "Territories" and "Team_Only" labels for now. I haven't figured that out quite yet. You aren't quite done yet.

Spawn Sequence

Before the game recognizes your flag stand as a territory, you have to assign it a number. To do this you use the Spawn Sequence property that is also under Object Properties > Advanced. If the Spawn Sequence is set to '0' the territory WILL NOT spawn. This is so that you can use the flag stand in multiple gametypes. Imagine that you are using that flag stand for a flag in CTF (NOTE: I have no idea if that is how it works... quite yet), and you don't want that flag stand to be a territory on you map. Just set the flag stand spawn sequence to 0 while in territories (also note that you may need multiple flag stands if you want the same area to work in different gametypes, that I'm also not sure of yet). This is the default for value for all flag stands so when you first lay them all out, territories will not work on your map. You have to assign a spawn sequence number to your flag stands. This is why you will get "Your map is not compatible with this gametype" when you try to play it on a territories gametype. I believe the game checks that you have the minimum number of items under each gametype label that it requires. That is the basics from what I understand after the first day. I would like to note for all of you Conquest guys that you can set the territories to have the same number. I believe we are going to be setting the center territory as '1' as a standard convention so that it is the same across all maps. Then set the second territory to '2' for each side and the third territory for each side will be set to '3'. Don't hold me to that right away though.
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He has explained it using Territories as an example, so just replace that with whatever gametype you have been using. Ignore any reference to Conquest as that was what he was building at the time.

Objective Gametypes Guide

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