Spawning units/vehicles from add-ons?

[fencr0c 10]

I have a mission were I’m spawning vehicles and units from add-ons using a server side script.

As these vehicles/units aren’t placed in the editor, the add-on is not being added into mission.sqm (addOns[] and addOnsAuto[]). This of course means that players can join the mission without having the add-on causing some strange effects.

I’d be interested in knowing how others deal with this?

I was considering adding them into the mission using the editor with 0% probability to force the add-on to be lodged in the mission.sqm, interested in other methods or suggestions.

[twirly 11]

You can check by script if an addon is present using this code....

//Is GLT falcon mod is here?
if (isClass (configFile >> "CfgVehicleClasses" >> "GLT_F16_ALL")) then {
hint "GLT Falcon IS present";
} else {
hint "GLT Falcon IS NOT present";
};