Team Intro Spawns

A Team Intro Spawn is a Forge Kit object consisting of four Initial Spawn Points and a Camera. This object is used to spawn in four players at the start of a match or round, and it has a built-in camera movement cycle that showcases each player before the initial Gameplay Start.

Team Intro Spawns can be assigned to different Teams, and the Squad setting should be adjusted if more than four players per team should spawn on separate Team Intro Spawns.

The object names for the Team Intro Spawn are Team Intro Arrow Front, Team Intro Arrow Left & Team Intro Arrow Right.

Placing the object

Object path

• Gameplay

  • Match Flow

    • Team Intro Arrow Front

    • Team Intro Arrow Left

    • Team Intro Arrow Right

Placement

The Team Intro Spawn should be placed where a group of four players on a Team should initially spawn on. In most cases these are in or around the main bases. If some of the spawn points on the Team Intro Spawn are floating, the players will be put on the nearest surface, and won't float in the air.

Camera

After the Map Intro Camera sequence has ended and all players have successfully spawned in the game, the Camera in the Team Intro Spawn object will go through a static cycle showcasing all four players on it. After the four players have been shown, the Camera will move to the static position shown on the Forge Kit object.

Line-of-sight blockers

Make sure that no objects are blocking the view of the Camera. Otherwise, the Camera movement will look weird as it's passing through solid geometry or blocking the view towards the players at the end.

Height

The spawn points can intersect the ground by 1.5 units and still let a player spawn on them. Any floating spawns will set the player on the nearest surface underneath them.

In situations where the ground is uneven and some spawns may be floating, the view of the final Camera should be prioritized over the height positioning of the spawn points.

Blocked spawns

Placing the spawns lower than 1.5 units into the ground will cause them to be blocked. If a player can't spawn on their designated spawn point of the Team Intro Spawn, they will be relocated to a Respawn Point on the map. If no Respawn Points are available, Backup Spawn Points will be used.

Rotation

The Team Intro Spawn can be rotated without issues, as long as no spawn points get blocked in the process. The final Camera view will take on the rotation of the Camera in the Forge Kit object.

If the Team Intro Spawn is placed upside-down, the player showcase order is reversed, and the final Camera rotation will be upside-down.

Properties

Physics

Setting the Physics value to "Phased" or "No Collision" will make moving the object easier as it won't collide with other objects.

Assigning a Team

The Team Designator property determines which Team spawns on the Team Intro Spawn.

Assigning a Squad

The Squad property determines which Squad spawns on the Team Intro Spawn. Squads are used to order which Team Intro Spawns are filled first.

Practical setup

Here are examples on how to set up Team Intro Spawns in practice.

4v4

Eagle Team

Team Intro Spawn 1

Cobra Team

Team Intro Spawn 1

12v12

Eagle Team

Team Intro Spawn 1

Team Intro Spawn 2

Team Intro Spawn 3

Cobra Team

Team Intro Spawn 1

Team Intro Spawn 2

Team Intro Spawn 3

Infection & Firefight:King of The Hill

Infection and Firefight:King of The Hill are modes where Team Intro Spawns are required only on the Eagle side.

Eagle Team

Team Intro Spawn 1

Team Intro Spawn 2 (Infection)

Team Intro Spawn 3 (Infection)

Read more about Infection and Firefight:King of The Hill:

Labeling

In some cases, it can be useful to have players spawn in a different location in asymmetrical modes that may be played on the same map where a symmetrical Team Intro Spawn setup is present. For these situations, Labels can be used to include and exclude certain spawns.

Assigning Labels

Regular spawns

Alternative spawns

Read more about: Labels.

Contributors

Okom