this stop true

[killerwhale 1]

So I am making a mission where a machine gunner is part of squad and is suppose to hold his position and not move. I am able to achieve that but he just wont fire at the enemy, what could be the cause?

Here is the code I am using below

Unit1 setpos ( pos t1)

Unit1 stop true

Unit1 setDir 130

Unit1 setunitpos"down"

He can see the enemy but wont fire on them

[ProfTournesol 956]

ARe you sure he is in range ?

[ryanbeckey0 1]

isnt it dostop unit1/this ?

[killerwhale 1]

isnt it dostop unit1/this ?

Maybe but i'll try this command as well.

Yes he is within range, less than 150 meters

[ProfTournesol 956]

What happens if the unit isn't "down" ?

[ryanbeckey0 1]

he has Unit1 setunitpos "down"

which forces the unit to prone position

[QuiteFranklyMyMaN 1]

You need to set his behavior at his last stop, and make sure he is engaging, open fire all.

[kylania 567]

If you're using SQF you're going to need trailing ; on all of those lines. If you're missing it your script is erroring out at the first line and never getting to the second.

[ProfTournesol 956]

he has Unit1 setunitpos "down"

which forces the unit to prone position

I know, my bad, my question was "does he refuse to fire even if the unit isn't forced to be lying on the ground"

[killerwhale 1]

isnt it dostop unit1/this ?

the doStop command works, Thanks big time!

[ryanbeckey0 1]

no problem :)

glad to help

[killerwhale 1]

Hi, is it possible to make unit go to nearestojects, does the below code make sense?

_cover = nearestObjects [unit1, [], 50];

unit1 move (getpos _cover)

[cuel 25]

Almost, nearestObjects returns an array of the nearest objects unless you specify a className.

Hence, you'd have to select an element from the array:

_objArray = nearestObjects [unit1, [], 50];
if (count _objArray > 0) then {
 _cover = _objArray select floor random count _objArray;
 unit1 move (getpos _cover);
};

Note that the objects can be almost anything.

[killerwhale 1]

this works, thanks very much. is it possible to find the classnames for rocks and trees?

Edited August 21, 2013 by killerwhale

[kylania 567]

Most rocks and plants don't have classnames.

[killerwhale 1]

but they seem to have ID number, can we do something with their ID number

[lappihuan 178]

Use nearestObject instead of nearestObjects which allows you to search for ID's

Edited August 21, 2013 by Lappihuan

[killerwhale 1]

thanks Lappihuan,

this command

{_x commandMove((nearestBuilding _x)buildingPos random 4)}forEach units W1

causes units to move to nearest building, assigning random positions, but some of the units right away get out after taking positions, what can be done to prevent the getout

[kylania 567]

Not all buildings will have 5 positions to go to.

//find array of possible building positions function
//_build_positions = _building call fnc_ghst_find_positions;
fnc_ghst_find_positions = {

private ["_i","_p","_b"];

_i = 0;
_b = [];
_build_positions = [];
_pIsEmpty = false;

while { ! _pIsEmpty } do 
{
	_p = _this buildingPos _i;

	if ( str _p != "[0,0,0]" ) then
	{
		_b = _b + [_p];
	}
	else
	{
		_pIsEmpty = true;
	};

	_i = _i + 1;
};
if ((count _b > 0) and !(isNil "_b")) then {
	_build_positions = _build_positions + _b;
};

_build_positions
};

Edited August 28, 2013 by kylania

[killerwhale 1]

Thanks very much, it works great!