Lock vehicles to certain classnames or UIDs

[watarimono 0]

I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this since I'm total scripting noob. I'm working on a mission for a public server and have a couple of choppers that currently are only available to pilots with the following script:

// Only pilots.sqf
// Only pilots piloting

_vehicle = _this select 0;
_pilotstypes = ["B_Helipilot_F"];
_driver = objNull;

while {damage _vehicle < 0.5} do
{
  _driver = driver _vehicle;
  if (!isNull _driver) then
  {
     if (!((typeOf _driver) in _pilotstypes)) then
     {
        _driver action ["GETOUT", _vehicle];

hint "You are not trained to fly this type of Aircraft";
     };
  };   
  Sleep 1;
};

What I want to add to this is that only pilots OR certain UIDs (clanmembers) from a list can fly the choppers.

Can anyone help me with this?

[mindstorm 8]

You could defaultly lock the vehicle (or by script):

vehicleName setVehicleLock "LOCKED";

Then add an action on the chopper:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

_chopper addAction ["Enter vehicle", "enter_vehicle.sqf"]

then in enter_vehicle.sqs:

-Check if player is a pilot and pilot null then put him in the vehicle

-If not a pilot put him in cargo if slot available.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/moveInDriver

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/moveInCargo

Not sure if those work when the vehicle is locked. If they don't you could only do the pilot check in enter_vehicle.sqf and do:

vehicleName setVehicleLock "UNLOCKED";

Then this to lock the vehicle once the driver exits and kick all players.

[] spawn
{
 waitUntil {isNull driver vehicle};
 vehicleName setVehicleLock "LOCKED";
 //kick all players out
};

You also might wanna check about removing the enter chopper action once a chopper enters it and replace it once he exits. The addAction returns a handle, so you can remove it with :

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeAction

eg

CHOPPER_ACTION = _chopper addAction ["Enter vehicle", "enter_vehicle.sqf"];

player removeAction CHOPPER_ACTION;

[watarimono 0]

Doesn't that pretty much do the same as the script I'm using now, but in another way?

My script works for pilots only but I want to add so pilots OR clanmembers (UIDs) can fly.

[mindstorm 8]

_vehicle = _this select 0;
_pilotstypes = ["B_Helipilot_F"];
_clanmemberuids = ["UID","UID","UID"];
_driver = objNull;

while {damage _vehicle < 0.5} do
{
  _driver = driver _vehicle;
  if (!isNull _driver) then
  {
     if (!((typeOf _driver) in _pilotstypes) && !(getPlayerUID player in _clanmemberuids)) then
     {
        _driver action ["GETOUT", _vehicle];

hint "You are not trained to fly this type of Aircraft";
     };
  };   
  Sleep 1;
};

[watarimono 0]

Thank you mindstorm, worked like a charm :)

---------- Post added at 13:29 ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 ----------

Spoke to soon, It works perfect when I host it locally but on our "dedicated" server pilots can fly and clanmembers still get kicked out of choppers.

Edited April 10, 2013 by Watarimono

[mindstorm 8]

My bad. That's because in MP the player is only the local player.

Change getPlayerUID player to

getPlayerUID _driver

aka

_vehicle = _this select 0; 
_pilotstypes = ["B_Helipilot_F"]; 
_clanmemberuids = ["UID","UID","UID"]; 
_driver = objNull; 

while {damage _vehicle < 0.5} do 
{ 
  _driver = driver _vehicle; 
  if (!isNull _driver) then 
  { 
     if (!((typeOf _driver) in _pilotstypes) && !(getPlayerUID _driver in _clanmemberuids)) then 
     { 
        _driver action ["GETOUT", _vehicle]; 

hint "You are not trained to fly this type of Aircraft"; 
     }; 
  };    
  Sleep 1; 
};

[watarimono 0]

Thanks again, Now it works as it should on our server

[bloodxgusher 10]

My bad. That's because in MP the player is only the local player.

Change getPlayerUID player to

getPlayerUID _driver

aka

_vehicle = _this select 0; 
_pilotstypes = ["B_Helipilot_F"]; 
_clanmemberuids = ["UID","UID","UID"]; 
_driver = objNull; 

while {damage _vehicle < 0.5} do 
{ 
  _driver = driver _vehicle; 
  if (!isNull _driver) then 
  { 
     if (!((typeOf _driver) in _pilotstypes) && !(getPlayerUID _driver in _clanmemberuids)) then 
     { 
        _driver action ["GETOUT", _vehicle]; 

hint "You are not trained to fly this type of Aircraft"; 
     }; 
  };    
  Sleep 1; 
};

Does this only work for the specific vehicle or every vehicle placed down?

Thanks

[mindstorm 8]

The above one works for a specific vehile. This one would work for every vehicle but there might be a performance hit on the server depending on the ammount of vehicles on it (I did not test this script).

place in init.

PLAYER_MESSAGE = "";

if(isServer) then
{
[] spawn 
{
	_pilotstypes = ["B_Helipilot_F"]; 
	_clanmemberuids = ["UID","UID","UID"]; 

	while { true } do
	{
		{
			_vehicle = _x; 
			_driver = objNull; 

		   _driver = driver _vehicle; 
		   if (!isNull _driver) then 
		   { 
			  if (!((typeOf _driver) in _pilotstypes) && !(getPlayerUID _driver in _clanmemberuids)) then 
			  { 
				_driver action ["GETOUT", _vehicle]; 
				PLAYER_MESSAGE "You are not trained to fly this type of Aircraft";
				owner _driver publicVariableClient "PLAYER_MESSAGE";
			  }; 
		   };    
		} foreach vehicles;

		 Sleep 1;
	 };
};
};

if!(isDedicated) then
{
[] spawn
{
	while { true} do
	{
		if !(PLAYER_MESSAGE == "") then
		{
			hint PLAYER_MESSAGE;
			PLAYER_MESSAGE = "";
		}
		sleep 1;
	}
};
};

[watarimono 0]

Somehow a few players were able to sneak past this script but I'm not sure how yet, going to look into it further.

[killzone_kid 1331]

Somehow a few players were able to sneak past this script but I'm not sure how yet, going to look into it further.

perhaps vehicle was damaged 0.5 and more?

[hellstorm77 2]

is there away to Lock vehicles like you could in domi arma 2. If your admin you could go up to the vehicle and lock it so people couldn't use it?

[fathersarge 46]

I realize this thread is about 1000 years old but I don't have the ability to post new threads at the moment and this is almost exactly what I need.

I'm trying to lock down both the pilot and co-pilot seats so that only pilots can enter them using this script:

 //waitUntil {player == player};

_this spawn 
{
 while {true} do
 {
   if ((((driver vehicle player == player) && (_this select 5)) || 
   ((gunner vehicle player == player) && (_this select 4)) || 
   ((commander vehicle player == player) && (_this select 3))) && 
   ((vehicle player in (_this select 0)) || 
   (typeOf vehicle player in (_this select 0))) && 
   !((typeOf player in (_this select 1)) || 
   (player in (_this select 1)) || 
   (getPlayerUID player in (_this select 1)))) then
   {
     moveOut player;
     cutText [_this select 2, "PLAIN"];
   };
 sleep 0.1;
 };
};

Source: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=24366

I realize it doesn't work but I do not know why. My scripting skills are less than beginner and with armaholic seemingly offline for me at the moment I'm getting nowhere.

Can anyone else me out? I've like this to work for all helicopters and allow anyone to get in as gunners or passengers, just not pilot or co-pilot. Any assistance at all would be awesome.

[mariodu62 5]

Somehow a few players were able to sneak past this script but I'm not sure how yet, going to look into it further.

it could be because the vehicle is local to the driver.

or try this (working fine on my mission) :

moveOut _driver;

instead of :

_driver action ["GETOUT", _vehicle];