Clearing area from rocks/trees

[ZZEZ 10]

Hey

Is there a way to clear certain section of the map[or even the entire map] from trees/rocks from within the mission?I searched but didn't find an answer

[Two Dogs 10]

As far as I know, there is no way to eliminate map items. If this is wrong then please let the cat out of the bag.

[PELHAM 10]

In the editor under - 'empty' - 'objects' - you will find something called grasscutter in 3 different sizes.

That removes the grass and low scrub from areas but I don't think it does rocks or trees?

That's as close as I have got to removing stuff that is placed in the map by default.

I did see a post titled treefeller here recently but don't know if they had written one or were looking for one!

Edited February 28, 2011 by PELHAM

[AZCoder 675]

@Pelham - that's funny, all this time I didn't know about the grasscutters. Thanks! I can confirm it removes grass, but it's leaving trees and bushes (on Zargabad map).

[Nielsen 10]

If the grasscutters wont cut it for you, could'nt you just put a logic and get nearObjects and delete them..

Like:

_objects = getPos Logic1 nearObjects 50;

{deleteVehicle _x;} forEach _objects;

Of course that would remove roads and houses too, but in some situations it might do the trick.

[PELHAM 10]

If the grasscutters wont cut it for you, could'nt you just put a logic and get nearObjects and delete them..

Like:

_objects = getPos Logic1 nearObjects 50;

{deleteVehicle _x;} forEach _objects;

Of course that would remove roads and houses too, but in some situations it might do the trick.

Just tested that in the OnAct of a waypoint and a trigger and in an init - it didn't work?

[.kju 3105]

You cannot deleteVehicle world objects.

_x setDamage 1; may work for some - hideObject _x; might be worth a try too.

[ZZEZ 10]

I tested deletevehicle/setdamage/hideobject, no cigar sadly :(

[Bon 12]

Does nearobjects or nearestobjects return world objects like rocks and trees in the first place? I highly doubt it.

[ZZEZ 10]

I know it works for some objects but not all, with setdamage it will destroy some houses but not all

[AZCoder 675]

The method I have been using requires the ID tag on the map. Zoom in and click IDs.

Position gameLogicName nearetObject ID_on_map;

Then I just setDamage 1 on the returned object. Don't think delete worked, haven't tried hideObject.