How do I make an AI follow the player without being in his squad?

[vostov 10]

I figure I could set him on stealth and hold fire... so he'd fire when fired upon letting the player (who is a sniper) control the engagements.

I want the ''spotter'' to just kinda be there to help the player. I'm doing this so noobs don't get intimidated by controlling the AI teammate.

How could I do this?

[shuko 59]

[] spawn {
 while {alive spotter} do {
   spotter move getpos player;
   sleep 5;
 };
};

Basic idea, could add some distance checking as well.

[vostov 10]

i guess i need to put this in an init file? sqf? or in the init part of the unit box.

[ziiip 1]

I think you have to put this in a text file in the mission's folder in your profile fodler (in documents). Name it follow.sqf or whatever you like, then type this in a unit's init line: _script = this execVM "follow.sqf"

Tried it, works perfectly.

Edited August 8, 2010 by ziiip

[shuko 59]

init.sqf will do