New to scripting need answers please...

[Steaksauce1337 0]

#1 is it possible to spawn an entire enemy base so that AI cannot report it too early in a mission?

#2 how would I begin writing a script that for example says.. when X units takes Y amount of deaths then Z will spawn for a retaliation .. and if possible spawn the camp so they can start lobbing mortar rounds?

[murderhorse 10]

#1 : I'm not exactly sure what you mean here, if you spawn enemies far enough away, they wont be noticed.

#2 : If you're new to arma2 scripting, it would be difficult to do from scratch. Luckily there are some great scripts for this already, one of my favorites is UPSMON by Monsada. It does exactly what you're looking for, have a read through the thread here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=91696

[ArmAriffic 10]

1# yes,

2# not sure

[fencr0c 10]

#1 Have you considered using the dynamic object composition scripts to spawn the fortificiations, spawn some enemy soldiers and then use UPSMON "fortify" on the enemy soldiers to get them to man/take cover in the fortifications.

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

[igneous01 19]

for the units to fire mortar rounds - you will need to read about the artillery module and how to get it to work.

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

its not difficult, but making the ai decide what targets to fire at might be (however i believe someone made an officer observer script that does this)

for the script idea:

heres the general idea:

add all the units you want to check for into an array - easiest way is to create a trigger with an area that covers all the guys, with blufor/opfor present. create a variable called enemyarray in the init:

enemyarray = [];

so it is an empty array

then in activation of trigger

enemyarray =  +(list triggerName)

in a loop:

{if (!alive _x) then {enemyarray = enemyarray - [_x]}} foreach enemyarray;

then just do another trigger with condition:

count enemyarray < 15

depending on how many units you have in the array, this checks to see that if a unit in the area is dead, it is removed from the array.

Then this trigger checks to see if the number of elements in the array (# of units) is less than 15 (whatever number you want to use)

then you can activate your artillery like this; or spawn stuff.

ps. dont expect this code to run, its off the top of my head.

Edited May 13, 2011 by Igneous01