How to make a vehicle only usable by a certain unit?

[Asung 10]

Hello All,

I had a question if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be great full.

Is there a way through scripting or skilled use of editor to make it so that a certain vehicle(s) are only usable by a unit with a certain name?

For example, I want to make a mission where there are four players running on a dedicated server. Player 1,2,3 have different skills like first-aid and etc. Player 4 is named "Rogers" and I would like for him to be the only one able to operate a certain vehicle. (doesnt matter if it makes the restriction apply to all vehicles under the classname OR if it only applies to a vehicle that has a named attached to it).

Regards,

ASung

[kylania 546]

You could adapt this code but instead of checking typeOf check for the Rogers unit.

[Asung 10]

You could adapt this code but instead of checking typeOf check for the Rogers unit.

I am a total noob at scripting and looking at that scares me =( , but I think I can deconstruct a demomission, I checked on your website but I could not find one. Is there anychance you have one?

---------- Post added at 03:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:06 AM ----------

Trying to learn a bit...

Don't "//" signify notes? So what follows after the // isnt part of the script is it? I interpret the " "Helicopter" / "Tank" " portion of the script on your great website as notes for the user. How does the script know what is a helicopter or tank if what follows after // are just notes?

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vehicleType = _this select 0; // "Helicopter" / "Tank"

_crewType = _this select 1; // "US_Soldier_Pilot_EP1"

//hint format["%1 - %2",_crewType, _vehicleType];

if (typeof player != _crewType) then {

private "_v";

while {alive player} do {

waituntil {vehicle player != player};

_v = vehicle player;

if (_v iskindof _vehicleType && !(_v iskindof "ParachuteBase")) then {

if (driver _v == player) then {

player action ["eject",_v];

waituntil {vehicle player == player};

hint "We shall leave the piloting to those with the appropriate training.";

};

};

};

};

[Charles Darwin 10]

put this in the init line of the unit rogers

["Helicopter", "US_Soldier_Pilot_EP1"] execVM "pilotCheck.sqf";

then change "Helicopter" to the correct cfgvehicles class name from this:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_2:_CfgVehicles

then change the US_Soldier_Pilot_EP1 to the classname of the rogers unit

[Asung 10]

put this in the init line of the unit rogers

["Helicopter", "US_Soldier_Pilot_EP1"] execVM "pilotCheck.sqf";

then change "Helicopter" to the correct cfgvehicles class name from this:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_2:_CfgVehicles

then change the US_Soldier_Pilot_EP1 to the classname of the rogers unit

Hey thanks for the speedy replies. I tried this with no success

In the init of the unit I put.

nul= ["vwgolf", "citizen2" execVM "pilotCheck.sqf";

My pilotcheck.sqf looks like:

vehicleType = _this select 0; // "Helicopter" / "Tank"

_crewType = _this select 1; // "US_Soldier_Pilot_EP1"

//hint format["%1 - %2",_crewType, _vehicleType];

if (typeof player != _crewType) then {

private "_v";

while {alive player} do {

waituntil {vehicle player != player};

_v = vehicle player;

if (_v iskindof _vehicleType && !(_v iskindof "ParachuteBase")) then {

if (driver _v == player) then {

player action ["eject",_v];

waituntil {vehicle player == player};

hint "We shall leave the piloting to those with the appropriate training.";

};

};

};

};

I also tried putting the following into my init.sqf

["vwgolf", "citizen2" execVM "pilotCheck.sqf";

In my test mission, any unit can drive the hatchback/vwgolf

Any thoughts? I am probably making a few facepalm.

[Charles Darwin 10]

nul= ["vwgolf", "citizen2"] execVM "pilotCheck.sqf";

always close your [] {} () and ""'s :)

[kylania 546]

Remember that code is run per player, so either put it in the init field of all playable units or call it from init.sqf.

[Asung 10]

Hello all,

I tried to make this work with all the changes advised, if anyone could take a look and teach me something new I would be so happy!

Here is the link to the my mission file : https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxlSa7h7VK1EZFdOZnVWVFFUcmVVbFdQSTBzYzNWUQ