interesting script problem: setwaypointstatement

[Muzza 0]

The players are trying to defend camp Rogain, in the final stages of the mission the players are surrounded, the enemy stop attacking after a few minutes and wait at nearby rally points. Artillery shells rain down on the camp and just as they stop enemies rush into the camp from all directions before opening fire on the few shell-shocked survivors.

Or at least that is the plan. I have a code below that does most of that. I am using the disableAI command to encourage the AI to actually run straight to the objective instead of faffing about as they normally do.

The trouble is in using the enableAI command, I would like it to be done when the units complete their move waypoints, however the syntax for setwaypoint statement is as follows:

waypoint setWaypointStatements [condition, statement]

which requires the name if the waypoint and not just the reference in relation to the group. so i cannot just use

{{[_x, 3] setWaypointStatements ["true", "_x enableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x enableAI "TARGET";"] forEach units _x} forEach _all;

as I normally would.

How can I code around this problem?

Many thanks for help the community has provided me, I hope you find the scenario worth it!

hint "beginning script";
_all = [g1, g2, g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g13, g9, g10, g11, g12, f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f13, f9, f10, f11, f12];
_1g = [g1, g2, g3, g4]; // Create an array with the names of all of the groups.
_2g = [g5, g6, g7, g8, g13];
_3g = [g9, g10, g11, g12];

_1f = [f1, f2, f3, f4]; // Create an array with the names of all of the groups.
_2f = [f5, f6, f7, f8, f13];
_3f = [f9, f10, f11, f12];

{deleteWaypoint [_x, 5];} foreach _all;
{deleteWaypoint [_x, 4];} foreach _all;
{deleteWaypoint [_x, 3];} foreach _all;
{deleteWaypoint [_x, 2];} foreach _all;
{deleteWaypoint [_x, 1];} foreach _all;

//move to position

{_wp = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "rally_1", 0];} foreach _1g;
{_wp = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "rally_2", 0];} foreach _2g;
{_wp = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "rally_6", 0];} foreach _3g;
{_wp = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "rally_3", 0];} foreach _1f;
{_wp = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "rally_4", 0];} foreach _2f;
{_wp = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "rally_5", 0];} foreach _3f;
;
{[_x, 1] setWaypointType "MOVE";} foreach _all;
{[_x, 1] setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";} foreach _all;
{[_x, 1] setWaypointSpeed "FULL";} foreach _all;

//wait for artillery

hint "go go go!";

{{_x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x disableAI "TARGET";} forEach units _x} foreach _all;

{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_1", 0];} foreach _1g;
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_2", 0];} foreach _2g;
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_6", 0];} foreach _3g;
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_3", 0];} foreach _1f;
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_4", 0];} foreach _2f;
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_5", 0];} foreach _3f;
{[_x, 2] setWaypointType "MOVE";} foreach _all;
{[_x, 2] setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";} foreach _all;
{[_x, 2] setWaypointSpeed "FULL";} foreach _all;

// ** THIS IS WHERE I NEED setWaypointStatements to enableAI***

{_wp3 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "attack", 10];} foreach _all;
{[_x, 3] setWaypointType "SAD";} foreach _all;

[cobra4v320 27]

You would need to either use double quotation marks in the waypoint statement like this hint ""Hello?""; or like this hint 'hello?'

{{[_x, 3] setWaypointStatements ["true", "_x enableAI ""AUTOTARGET""; _x enableAI ""TARGET"""] forEach _all;

Edited March 18, 2013 by cobra4v320

[Muzza 0]

Cant get anything to work at all anymore! No idea what has happened. Has the disableai feature been removed? I have tried soldiers with "this disableai "AUTOTARGET"; this disableAI "TARGET";" in their inits and the fire as per normal, help!

Here is a concise version of the problem. I want the AI to dynamically stop caring about shooting things, run blindly to a waypoint aand then open fire.

//groupnames
_all = [g1, g2, g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g13, g9, g10, g11, g12, f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f13, f9, f10, f11, f12];

//disable the ai
{{_x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x disableAI "TARGET";} forEach units _x;} foreach _all;

//give new waypoint
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_5", 0];} foreach _all;
{[_x, 2] setWaypointType "MOVE";} foreach _all;
{[_x, 2] setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";} foreach _all;
{[_x, 2] setWaypointSpeed "FULL";} foreach _all;
{{[_x, 2] setWaypointStatements ["true", "_x enableAI ""AUTOTARGET""; _x enableAI ""TARGET""; hint ""wp completed"";"];} forEach units _x} forEach _all;

[cobra4v320 27]

{_x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x disableAI "TARGET"} forEach _all;

---------- Post added at 19:47 ---------- Previous post was at 19:42 ----------

Not tested.

_all = [g1, g2, g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g13, g9, g10, g11, g12, f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f13, f9, f10, f11, f12];

{_x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x disableAI "TARGET"} forEach _all;

{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_5", 0]} foreach _all;
_wp2 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp2 setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";
_wp2 setWaypointSpeed "FULL";
_wp2 setWaypointStatements ["true", "{_x enableAI 'AUTOTARGET'; _x enableAI 'TARGET'; hint 'wp completed'} foreach _all"];

[Muzza 0]

The g1, g2, etc refer to group names. This is mostly pointess if putting "this disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; this disableAI "TARGET"" in the init field of a soldier has no effect on his fire output when it did yesterday. Could an alpha release have broken this? does it work for anyone else?

[f2k sel 164]

Your using a local variable in the waypoint statement

int 'wp completed'} foreach _all"];

it needs to be

all = [g1, ect

int 'wp completed'} foreach all"];

[cobra4v320 27]

Learned something new, thanks guys.

//groupnames
_all = [g1, g2, g3, g4, g5, g6, g7, g8, g13, g9, g10, g11, g12, f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f13, f9, f10, f11, f12];

//disable the ai
{{_x disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; _x disableAI "TARGET"} forEach units _x} foreach _all;

//give new waypoint
{_wp2 = _x addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "entry_5", 0]} foreach _all;
_wp2 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp2 setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";
_wp2 setWaypointSpeed "FULL";
_wp2 setWaypointStatements ["true", "{{_x enableAI 'AUTOTARGET'; _x enableAI 'TARGET'; hint 'wp completed'} forEach units _x} forEach _all"];