getting unit name in script

[Casso 10]

Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to get the name of a unit within a script. I suppose getVariable might do the trick, but I do not know the "default" variable list every object has. Could someone perhaps point out such a list?

I am modifying the Xeno domination a bit, and I want to modify the x_helirespawn script a bit. I want some choppers (lift, wrecklift) to respawn pretty much instantly and others to respawn after 10 minutes. So I want to make a switch based on the unit name.

[XSOF - Toxx 10]

Here are all scripting commands: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_ArmA2

I guess what you are searching for is simply the keyword "name": http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/name

[Casso 10]

I dont think that is it. I want the name of the unit given in the editor, like chopper1, not the name of the unit given through the setIdentity function.

[XSOF - Toxx 10]

You're right, sorry.

vehicleVarName does the trick:

x = vehicleVarName this;
hint format ["%1", x];

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

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

But there might be a problem, when the unit respawns. In setVehicleVarName it says: "Sets the name of the variable which contains a reference to this object. It is necessary in MP to change the variable content after a respawn.".

[Casso 10]

                       _name = _vehicle getVariable "vec_name";
                       if ((_name == 301) || (_name == 302) || (_name == 304)) then {
                           sleep 0.5;
                       } else {
                           sleep 600;
                       };

solved... every time the new vehicle is created (respawned), its name is set by

_vehicle setVariable ["vec_name", _number_v, true];