Parachute Jump re-org

[mihikle 2]

Hi, need some help creating a mission. Basically a load of paras jump out of a c130 (works perfectly!) but when they hit the ground they tend to meet up with their platoon commander, even if there about 900m away. Sometimes this can take about 10 minutes as they land pretty much in contact and sometimes they just lie there not doing anything.

Is there a way of making them leave the group when they jump, then get to a certain point on the map, then re-join the squad?

Or make a location they can all meet up at?

if you could help it would be fantastic.

[texkaz 33]

mmm your problem is bigger than mine so I dont know how my solution would work, but I'll tell you what I did anyways. After the jump I had a move waypoint where they were synched to a trigger that would cause them wait at for a few minutes say 3-4 minutes. They went and met the sl at the waypoint. I also set them on careless behavior and full speed. It was a pretty big drop too. About 60 men divided into 4 squads over 600m (I dropped at low alt and low speed so that kept them relatively together). When they go to their next points they were a cohesive squad-maybe a few stragglers but they would be able to catch up. FYI enemies were pretty close too. Shooting at them while they dropped. So I guess the method worked well enough for what I needed it to do. Maybe it will for you too.

Edited August 25, 2012 by TexKaz

[mihikle 2]

yeah i've tried putting in a move waypoint and on the actual waypoint made them wait for 2 minutes, but as soon as they land they try and get to the commander, before moving off. This results in them nearly all getting killed, and taking absolutely ages. I was wondering if its possible to make each man leave the squad and get to a certian location then re-join? i was told this was possible but haven't a clue how, where to look or how to start haha :D

[War_Duck 1]

Well, if you want then all to meet as a group on the same point, you select the group and them do a move waypoint. But if you want then to do this individualy, you'll have to ungroup then. Theres a several of ways to do this:

Frist, you make a trigger and put whatever conditions you want. Them, in the On Act box, you put for each of the soldiers except for the leader

 [soldier1] join grpnull

For him, the code is

Groupname = group leadername 

Let's make it Aplha for the group and John for the leader. So it will become this:

Alpha = group John

In the end, if you want then to regroup after they arrived at their destination, you make a triger or a waypoint with your conditions and on the act box you put:

[soldier1, soldier2, soldier3] join Alpha
or
[soldier1, soldier2, soldier3] joinSilent Alpha

Sorry for my bad english,

I hope this helps.

Edited August 25, 2012 by War_Duck

[texkaz 33]

may I see an example of your mission. This problem of your got me curious.