Adding a Helicopter

[Billbixby3000 1]

I am trying to add a helicopter in the editor but it says invalid variable.

Am I supposed to put something in the "initialization" area?

Thanks for your replies in advance....

[BullyBoii 10]

it depends on how you are adding it to your mission

if you are adding it via the mission editor, there maybe something wrong with your game if you get this message, try verifying the games cache on steam then try again

it could be down to how you are naming your helicopter

names like "player", "asda!" and "678678-989567^&%^" will be classed as invalid variables because they are invalid names, try using a name like "helicopter_1"

If you are adding the helicopter via a script, then people have been experiencing problems, youre not the first and most definatley no the last.

i personally am having trouble trying to add units, vehicles and groups via sqf scripting. more experienced users might be able to help you there

try doing something like this and seeing if it works

_addHeli = "B_AH_9" createVehicle position heliSpawn

//i will now explain this
//"heliSpawn is an object placed on the map e.g. a small bucket
//"B_AH_9" is the class name for a littlebird chopper in Arma 3
//createVehicle is the thingy telling the engine what to do i.e. create a vehicle at a given position
//_addHeli means that its kept local to the player, otherwise it would create the same helicopter for each player in the game at that position

hope that helps

look forward to seeing you in the Arma 3 Alpha