Problem with spawning script (ArmA 2 OA)

[undercoverbrother 10]

G'day everyone,

I've spent quite a while trying to write script to spawn 5 units. So far this what I've got:

_pos = getMarkerPos "MarkerOne"
_s1 = "Graves"
_s2 = "US_Delta_Force_SD_EP1";
_s3 = "US_Delta_Force_Medic_EP1";
_s4 = "US_Delta_Force_Night_EP1";
_plane = "C130J_US_EP1";

for [{_counter = 0}, {_counter < 5}, {_counter = _counter + 1}] do {
_units = [_s1,_s2,_s3,_s4,_plane] select _counter;
_spawngroup = [_pos, West, _units, [],[],[0.5,0.8],[]] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
};

On my map I have a marker named "MarkerOne" and a functions module. I know there are a lot of threads on this already but none of them seem to work for me; which is really strange as they work for the people who post them :confused:. Please help.

thanks,

Edited December 7, 2010 by undercoverbrother

[kylania 568]

Notice the missing ; after the first two lines? :)

You can rewrite it like this:

_pos = getMarkerPos "MarkerOne";
_units = ["Graves","US_Delta_Force_SD_EP1","US_Delta_Force_Medic_EP1","US_Delta_Force_Night_EP1","C130J_US_EP1"];

_spawngroup = [_pos, West, _units, [],[],[0.5,0.8]] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

However the plane starts on the ground, running all the units over and killing them before finally crashing into something itself...

Something like this might be more what you're intending to do:

// Defaults

_pos = getMarkerPos "MarkerOne";

_units = ["Graves","US_Delta_Force_SD_EP1","US_Delta_Force_Medic_EP1","US_Delta_Force_Night_EP1"];

_plane = "C130J_US_EP1";

// Spawn your plane and fly it at 800m up.

_spawnplaneArray = [_pos, 90, _plane, WEST] call bis_fnc_spawnvehicle;

_spawnplane = _spawnplaneArray select 0;

_spawnplane flyInHeight 800;

_spawnplane setPos [getPos _spawnplane select 0, getPos _spawnplane select 1, 800];

// Create your group...

_spawngroup = [[1,1,1], WEST, _units, [],[],[0.5,0.8]] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

// and make them board the plane.

{_x moveInCargo _spawnplane} forEach units _spawngroup;

Just give _spawnplane some waypoints where you want it to drop _spawngroup off at.

Edited December 7, 2010 by kylania

[undercoverbrother 10]

Thanks Kylania, but its still not working. Am I calling the script incorrectly or something? I placed the marker and the functions module, I just don't know why my script never works. Could it possibly be a problem with my version of ArmA 2 OA.

[kylania 568]

Problem was that you were calling the script incorrectly. To call an SQF use this format:

_nil = [] execVM "spawn1.sqf";