setWPpos, marker waypoint?

[thetrooper 10]

Hi, I'm trying to set a unit to move to a marker as a waypoint but for some reason it's not working. Anyone got any ideas? I was under the impression that if I put this in his init he would move directly to MarkerOne.

[dave, 1] setWPPos getMarkerPos "MarkerOne";

[wiggum2 31]

Is "dave" the groupname ?

You need to name your group via -> mygroup = group this !

Then try this:

[mygroup, 1] setWPPos markerPos "MarkerOne";

[ProfTournesol 956]

The WP must be pre existing i guess.

If not,

dave doMove (getMarkerPos "Markerone")

is nice.

[thetrooper 10]

yeah that one works. Now the quetion would be how you would do this with a group? Only seems that this way works for a single unit.

Edited November 1, 2011 by TheTrooper
additional problem

[wiggum2 31]

In the leaders init:

mygroup = group this;

And then:

mygroup move (getMarkerPos "Markerone");

I would use move anyway... ;)

[twirly 11]

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

[thetrooper 10]

sweet, niceone, thanks for that!

[Kommiekat 11]

How is this different than just using Waypoints/Waypoint and in what case or scenario would I use this?

Thx

[thetrooper 10]

OK I'm using it for this: Depending what and where a trigger is hit, means that you can direct opposing forces to a particular area where you place a marker.

Now thinking about it, it would probably work a treat with an escape and evasion scenario.

[twirly 11]

How is this different than just using Waypoints/Waypoint and in what case or scenario would I use this?

Thx

Using doMove you can move just one or two units in the group without moving the whole group... which is the way move and addWayPoint both work.

As an example.... you would use it if you wanted two guys to break off from your group and go search a building.

EDIT: More...

To check that a unit actually got to the position.... use something like waituntil {not (alive _soldier) or unitready _soldier};

Edited November 1, 2011 by twirly