Base Mission

Reference for the base mission type, the simplest mission class providing minimal lifecycle hooks. Returned by gameplay_missions_missions.baseMission().

Module Export

Returns a constructor function (derivedClass, ...) that creates a mission instance:

return function(derivedClass, ...)
  local o = ... or {}
  setmetatable(o, C)
  C.__index = C
  o:init()
  for k, v in pairs(derivedClass) do
    o[k] = v
  end
  local init = o:init()
  return o, init
end

Class C - Instance Methods

Internals

• Sets self.missionTypeLabel to "bigMap.missionLabels." .. self.missionType
• Default progress key translations: {default = "missions.progressKeyLabels.default", custom = "missions.progressKeyLabels.custom"}
• The derived class fields are merged onto the instance after init(), allowing overrides
• init() is called twice: once before merging derived class, once after

How It Works

-- Usage in a mission type constructor:
local C = {}
-- Define custom methods...
function C:onStart()
  -- Custom start logic
end

-- Use baseMission as the foundation:
return function(...)
  return require('/lua/ge/extensions/gameplay/missions/missionTypes/baseMission')(C, ...)
end

Key Behaviors

• This is the minimal mission type - no flowgraph, no traffic, no vehicle management
• For flowgraph-based missions, use flowMission which extends this with FG manager support
• All lifecycle methods are no-ops by default, designed to be overridden by derived mission types

See Also

• missionTypes/editorHelper - Mission Editor UI Element System - Related reference
• missionTypes/flowMission - Flowgraph-Based Mission Type - Related reference
• Gameplay Systems Guide - Guide