BAF cfgGroups not working with BIS_fnc_spawnGroup [SOLVED]

[demonized 20]

Solution found in post 4.

Not working code:

[getMarkerPos "spawn", west, (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BIS_BAF" >> "Infantry" >> "BAF_Section_MTP")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

cfgGroup page:

- NOTE: Apply suffix of either _W or _MTP to set the units to be in Woodland DPM or Multi-Terrain Pattern respectively.

_DDPM can be applied to the infantry groups ONLY (excluding snipers) so as to create them in Desert DPM

tried all kinds variations:

("BAF_Section", "BAF_Section_W", "BAF_Section_DDPM", "BAF_Section_MTP")

still it wont spawn BAF cfgGroups.

I have condition waiting for functions module in my trigger, and also have a BAF unit on map before atempting spawn.

Spawning other factions groups work fine.

Are there something special to maybe west "West" for BAF cfgGroups like there is for resistance "Guerilla"?

I am stomped at this issue for now, i know i can spawn them using unit array instead of cfgGroups, but i cant get the BAF cfgGroup to work.

Edit:

cant get the east TK cfgGroups to spawn either, have the cfgGroup names from above link changed in official patch 1.59?

I am using A2 CO + full BAF/PMC official patch 1.59.

Need to do more research on this error, but im pretty sure ive typed in everything correct.

Edited May 21, 2011 by Demonized
found solution

[carlostex 38]

Does this happen with BAF only? Try it with PMC just for testing purposes

[demonized 20]

Conclusion BAF cfgGroups do not work in patch 1.59 Arma2 CO with full BAF and PMC dlc.

Solution found, post 4.

Functions module placed on map.

3 units (west,east,resistance) placed on map with probability 0% to provide center.

radio trigger with condition, so we make sure Function module is initialised.

this AND !isNil "BIS_fnc_init"

ran a script creating all vanilla cfgGroups, printed results to rpt file with info used in spawning.

Line used to spawn cfgGroups with:

_grp1 = [getMarkerPos _this, 1, (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> 2 >> 3 >> "Infantry" >> 4)] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

1,2,3 and 4 is values used from left to right in below .rpt file

here is list of working and not working cfgGroups from .rpt file:

"------------------------------------------------WORKING--------------------------------------------------"
"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_VIP_Bodyguard"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_Field_Security_Patrol"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_Field_Security_Team"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_Security_Detail"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_Security_Specialists"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_Field_Support_Team"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","PMC_BAF","PMC_Team_Sword"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","BIS_TK_GUE","TK_GUE_Group"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","BIS_TK_GUE","TK_GUE_GroupWeapons"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","BIS_TK_GUE","TK_GUE_Patrol"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","BIS_TK_GUE","TK_GUE_ATTeam"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","BIS_TK_GUE","TK_GUE_AATeam"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","BIS_TK_GUE","TK_GUE_SniperTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK_INS","TK_INS_Group"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK_INS","TK_INS_Patrol"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK_INS","TK_INS_AATeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK_INS","TK_INS_ATTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySection"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySectionAT"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySectionAA"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySectionMG"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_SniperTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_SpecialPurposeSquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySection"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySectionAT"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySectionAA"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_InfantrySectionMG"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_SniperTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","BIS_TK","TK_SpecialPurposeSquad"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_CZ","ACR_InfantryPatrol"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_CZ","ACR_SpecialForcesTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_RifleSquad"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_WeaponsSquad"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_Team"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_TeamMG"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_TeamAT"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_TeamSupport"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_HeavyATTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_SniperTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_US","US_DeltaForceTeam"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_InfSquad"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_InfSquad_Assault"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_InfSquad_Weapons"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_InfTeam_1"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_InfTeam_2"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_InfTeam_AT"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_GrpInf_TeamAA"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_GrpInf_TeamSniper"]"
"[GUER,"Guerrila","GUE","GUE_MilitiaSquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","INS","INS_InfSquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","INS","INS_InfSquad_Weapons"]"
"[EAST,"East","INS","INS_InfSection_AT"]"
"[EAST,"East","INS","INS_InfSection_AA"]"
"[EAST,"East","INS","INS_SniperTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","INS","INS_MilitiaSquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RU_InfSquad"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RU_InfSection"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RU_InfSection_AT"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RU_InfSection_AA"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RU_InfSection_MG"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RU_SniperTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","RUS_ReconTeam"]"
"[EAST,"East","RU","MVD_AssaultTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_InfSquad"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_InfSquad_Weapons"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_InfSection_AT"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_InfSection_AA"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_InfSection_MG"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_InfSection_Patrol"]"
"[WEST,"West","CDF","CDF_SniperTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_InfSquad"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_FireTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_FireTeam_MG"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_FireTeam_AT"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_FireTeam_Support"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_HeavyATTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_SniperTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_FRTeam"]"
"[WEST,"West","USMC","USMC_FRTeam_Razor"]"
"------------------------------------------------NOT WORKING--------------------------------------------------"
"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_SnipersN_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Snipers_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_HAT_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_AT_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_MG_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Support_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Fireteam_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Section_DDPM"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_SnipersN_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Snipers_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_HAT_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_AT_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_MG_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Support_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Fireteam_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Section_MTP"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_SnipersN_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Snipers_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_HAT_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_AT_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_MG_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Support_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Fireteam_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Section_W"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_SnipersN"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Snipers"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_HAT"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_AT"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_MG"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Support"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Fireteam"]"
"[WEST,"West","BIS_BAF","BAF_Section"]"

Anyone have any other info on BAF cfgGroups please share.

Edit: if someone knows how i can extract information from cfgGroups infantery section (getting the list of all the cfgGroups of a faction) that would be very much appreciated.

Example what i want to achieve, but do not have correct code for:

(list of all BIS_BAF cfgGroups) = getInfo (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> BIS_BAF >> "Infantry");

Edited May 21, 2011 by Demonized
Added edit:

[demonized 20]

ONLY when spawning BAF cfgGroups normal approach with BIS_fnc_spawnGroup will NOT work like example below:

[getMarkerPos "spawn", west, (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BIS_BAF" >> "Infantry" >> "BAF_Section_MTP")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

Correct usage is:

from wiki, "BIS_BAF" is wrong above, it should be "BIS_BAF_MTP"

Note1: "BIS_BAF_MTP" is used for all the 3 camo types (_W, _DDPM, _MTP)!!!!

Note2: faction commands still return "BIS_BAF", above is only when spawning cfgGroups with BIS_fnc_spawnGroup.

"Infantry" is not wrong, but is used differently based on camo type:

"Infantry" followed by cfgGroup names with _MTP suffix, note: only _MTP works here. (Multi-Terrain camo)

grp1 = [getMarkerPos "spawn", West, (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BIS_BAF_MTP" >> [i]"Infantry"[/i] >> [b]"BAF_Fireteam_MTP"[/b])] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

"Infantry_DDPM" followed by cfgGroup names with _DDPM suffix, note: only _DDPM works here. (desert camo)

grp1 = [getMarkerPos "spawn", West, (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BIS_BAF_MTP" >> [i]"Infantry_DDPM"[/i] >> [b]"BAF_Fireteam_DDPM"[/b])] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

"Infantry_W" followed by cfgGroup names with _W suffix, note: only _W works here. (woodland camo)

grp1 = [getMarkerPos "spawn", West, (configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BIS_BAF_MTP" >> [i]"Infantry_W"[/i] >> [b]"BAF_Fireteam_W"[/b])] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

Note: cfgGroup names used is same as on wiki, but with added _W or _MTP or _DDPM after it to create the different camos, using without any of the 3 above will not work.

Only infantry cfgGroups was tested, vehicle cfgGroups untested.

Edit: "BAF_SnipersN_DDPM" and "BAF_Snipers_DDPM" will not work, but _MTP or _W suffix of these will work, but only when using relevant "Infantry" or "Infantry_W".

Added info to cfgGroup wiki page.

Edited May 21, 2011 by Demonized
added edit on Snipers.

[carlostex 38]

Good work Demonized!!!