Knowsabout command

[jawk2 1]

i tried to use it in a script and i dont think it work very well (maybe 50% of the time it work)

?(Rus1 KnowsAbout chopper >2): Titletext ["DCA locking in","plain down",0.2]

This command is said to have 4 degree of answer so what it means?:

0: undetected by it

1: he didnt know (the famous "man 100' ")

2: he know that it's a friend/ennemy

3: maybe he know the duty guy/vehicule (soldier/officer)

4: ? no idea

So did u got any clue for me, and how did really work this command?

[JAP 2]

I got it 1 time to work, so you still got a better percentage over me  

I would like to know too, cause i m having probs with it too.

BTW 4 = he knows exactly who and where he is !

Maybe the value is too narrow to react, seeing it is a script for an AA soldier locking/shooting a plane !

Put equal or bigger ( so he knows he s friend or foe or he knows more about that unit )

?(rus1 knowsabout chopper >= 2 ) ... blablabla

[jawk2 1]

hmm i tried =, >=; != and it seems the > is the best to use in the situation i got *i give me better result*...

the only problem i got it s that very at random... so i m actually figuring out other thing as threat detector *but first i was amaze that such a commmand exist*.

The other pb i got it's because the command is very new to OPF community i got very few info on it *hope BIS ll help a bit by cleaning the dark cloud on it*

[jawk2 1]

*just tried a test*

i place me as West soldier with in init field that [] exec "distance.sqs"

I place one East soldier with 2 triggers:

-one is this one: expCond="Behaviour Rus1 == ""COMBAT""";

expActiv="[] exec ""test.sqs""";

class Effects {sound="Alarm";

rem: this trigger detect if AI get into combat mode so got detect u

-the second is a trigger that setacctime 0.2 with a range 300)

rem: useful thing to slow down the time and see what u can miss in the realtime.

distance.sqs contain this:

#loop

_dist = [Rus1 KnowsAbout Player]

Hint format ["distance : %1 meter",_dist]

~1

goto "loop"

------> well i tried to use a chopper... the AI seems never to knowsabout me and instead fire me ? so this command dont work in the air

second thing: the AI when i m on earth identify me at near 200meters (for a normal quality soldier) and the Knowsabout command show me that the AI ll only shoot u when it's over 0.7

--->I never got value>1

The only time i got 1 as value was when i killed the AI and paradrop to him.... the little second the russian agonize he clearly Id me as a terrible threat that merit 1.0

*note: i ll mail the guy that did the unofficial ref manual to speak about the command i hope i ll help him*

[ralphwiggum 6]

AFAIK, values that are critical are these

0: enemy doesn't know you

0.5: enemy suspects something and goes prone.

4. he definitely knows that you are there

the knowsabout value seems to go down lik 0.5 every second if you ar enot seen.

[jawk2 1]

hmm ralph the russian never get me as air ...but id me as a threat and shoot me(knowsabout=0 all the time); i tried as gunner as pilot result nothing.

i tried on foot and confirm that the russian did shoot me when i m at 0.7 *i begin to think that theese value are up to 0->1.0... a percentile?*

like a guy said in another forum the AI seems detect the vehicule not the unit (so i tried with AH64, with (vehicule player and so on).

Well i m mad to search about this command or not ? *2 day brainstorming with alot of coffee *

**edit part***

another guy help me in OPEDcenter... i just see what missed me:

BIS use "vehicle" instead of "vehicule".... well maybe a only-french problem/trap *or should i buy glasses?*

here s the correct use of this command when u use vehicules:

variable = [unitA KnowsAbout (Vehicle unitB)]

return a number 0->4

but with a normal soldier that got a threat variable *check your config.cpp* of 1.0: he identify u at 0.5 and know u are ennemy at 0.7....

so the command dont use all the degree *i ll use it by multiply it by 10 to have a very precize identification*

[Bart.Jan 0]

Try to set maximum skill for observing soldier.