What happend with transportSoldier?

[rübe 127]

What happend to transportSoldier? The task, in theory, is easy: read the config from a vehicle, know how much people fit in. Unfortunately it isn't that easy.

It looks like at one point the config entry "transportSoldier" was used exactly for this. Thus a simple:

getNumber ((configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _class) >> "transportSoldier")

would have been the answer to our question.

Example with correct tranportSoldier:

" - RU: UAZ_RU"
" --> 6 emptyPositions" (command emptyPositions, sum of all positions)
"   - 6 transport"      (config entry: transportSoldier)
"   - 1 driver"         (config entry: hasDriver)
"   - 0 gunner"         (config entry: hasGunner)
"   - 0 turrets"        (count BIS_fnc_returnVehicleTurrets)

Here transportSoldier is the correct answer which also equals the sum of all positions returned by the command emptyPositions.

Here's another one:

" - GUE: Pickup_PK_GUE" or " - USMC: HMMWV_M2"
" --> 3 emptyPositions"
"   - 3 transport"
"   - 1 driver"
"   - 0 gunner"
"   - 2 turrets"

This one even suggests, that "driver (+ gunner) + turrets == transport". Also note that there is no gunner (hasGunner).

Now hold tight:

" - CDF: UAZ_MG_CDF"
" --> 1 emptyPositions"
"   - 1 transport"
"   - 1 driver"
"   - 0 gunner"
"   - 2 turrets"

While emptyPositions still equals transport, we all know that 1 is not the correct answer. Also even the number of turrets alone is higher than emptyPositions or transport.

Looks like we're screwed now. What happend to transportSoldier?

Next example:

" - CZ: LandRover_Special_CZ_EP1"
" --> 2 emptyPositions"
"   - 2 transport"
"   - 1 driver"
"   - 0 gunner"
"   - 4 turrets"

Aha. Look like a pattern there, no? "turrets (+ gunner) + driver = answer", for LandRover_Special_CZ_EP1 really has 5 positions to offer, while the prior two examples (Pickup_PK_GUE or HMMWV_M2) both have 3 positions.

It get's even better:

" - USMC: LAV25_HQ" (or any other of the hq vehicles)
" --> 0 emptyPositions"
"   - 0 transport"
"   - 1 driver"
"   - 0 gunner"
"   - 2 turrets"

What? Zero transport, zero emptyPositions? Are you kidding me? What the ... happend to transportSoldier?

And then: "driver (+ gunner) + turrets == NOT the correct answer".

Up to here, I hoped I could simply check if the number of hasDriver+hasGunner+turrets is higher than the given transport. If so, that number would get returned, otherwise simply transportSoldier. But as you see, this woudn't work: the hq vehicles only have 2 positions.

So the driver could already be included in turrets.

Sooo.... What happend to transportSoldier?

And how do you guys retrieve the available vehicle positions from the config - reliably? Is it even possible with this mess?