Start squad in transport

[xripx 12]

I'm sure this has been asked before, however I couldn't find it. Apologies in advance, I know it's bad netiquette.

Real simple, how do I start a squad out in a transport when they're not in the same squad as the transport?

Thanks

[Guest]

unitname moveincargo transport name

Put that in the inisialisation field of the unit you want in the transport vehicle.

[twirly 11]

Use assignAsCargo first!

_soldier1 assignAsCargo _truck;
_soldier1 moveInCargo _truck;

Edited March 8, 2011 by twirly

[demonized 20]

easier way is to use the foreach command in leaders init:

{_x assignAsCargo vehiclename; _x moveInCargo vehiclename} foreach units group this;

Now you only need to this in leaders initline instead of all the units initline.

[xripx 12]

Excellent, thank you so much guys. To avoid questions like this in the future, is there a good a database for scripts like this? If so, please let me know.

[zigzag 0]

The biki is you friend.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Main_Page

Scripting Commands ArmA2

And search has alot of answers.

[st!gar 3]

When I try to do what Demonized advised, only the squad leader starts inside the APC. The rest of the squad starts outside.

Please help. This is getting really fucking infuriating.

[xxanimusxx 2]

Does your vehicle have cargo seats to begin with? Tanks usually just have turret/commander/driver seats, cargo seats are rare if your vehicle isn't normally used to transport units.

If you want your team to start in the turret seats, you also have to consider the limitation of turret-seats in one vehicle and have to manually (you could also do it automatically but it's just too much work if its just for one specific vehicle) set the turret path in order to use moveInTurret

[MadM0nkey 1]

taken from twirlys old utes mv22 paradrop demo, yes it works for vehicles too.

loadsquads.sqf

//move sqd1 into truck
for "_i" from 0 to (count (units sqd1)-1) do {
_unit = (units sqd1) select _i;
_unit assignAsCargo truck1;
_unit moveInCargo truck1;
sleep 0.5;
};

//move sqd2 into truck
for "_i" from 0 to (count (units sqd2)-1) do {
_unit = (units sqd2) select _i;
_unit assignAsCargo truck1;
_unit moveInCargo truck1;
sleep 0.5;
};

need to kick them out at a specific waypoint?

ejectsquads.sqf

//basically do the reverse of putting them in
//eject squad 1
for "_i" from 0 to (count (units sqd1)-1) do {
_unit = (units sqd1) select _i;
   unAssignVehicle _unit ;
_unit action ["EJECT", truck1];
sleep 0.5;
};

sleep 1;

//eject squad 2
for "_i" from 0 to (count (units sqd2)-1) do {
_unit = (units sqd2) select _i;
   unAssignVehicle _unit;
   _unit action ["EJECT", truck1];
sleep 0.5;
};

to load in the troops add to init.sqf: nul = [] execVM "loadsquads.sqf";

to kick the squads out at waypoint:

in the [On Act] empty field of a waypoint add: nul = [] execVM "ejectsquads.sqf";

lastly make sure each leader has this in their init field:

team leader of the first group Init field: sqd1 = group this;

team leader of the second group Init field: sqd2 = group this;

Edited October 8, 2013 by MadM0nkey
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