How do I make my soldiers shoot enemies on sight ?

[redstar90 10]

Hello.

I'm a new-comer, I'm trying to learn how to make proper missions :). Please forgive me if this question has been asked before.

I want my unit to immediately start shooting a group of targets, finish them off, and then advance to activate a trigger which will bring target reinforcements.

How can get my unit to shoot the targets on sight, without waiting for orders or radio messages ? I've tried to select "Open fire" option from the waypoints, but it didn't help.

Thanks in advance.

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Here's a picture of the map :

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=k13ouo&s=5#.UkP3oNKnrxQ

Basically what I want is to let my soldiers stay at the red circle and engage targets from there.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Well, that's what they normally do...

[redstar90 10]

Well, that's what they normally do...

They don't unfortunately. They just stare at the targets. They won't shoot unless I put a MOVE waypoint and get them really close to the targets.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Well that's strange. What's the waypoint type of your group ?

[redstar90 10]

I tried different waypoints "seek", "seek and destroy"... None of them helped.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Do they "see" their enemies ?

[redstar90 10]

Yes they do

[ProfTournesol 956]

Can you upload your mission file somewhere ?

[redstar90 10]

It contains custom made addons (flags, textures ..etc). Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think that it doesn't work unless you have the same addons, does it ?

[ProfTournesol 956]

It contains custom made addons (flags, textures ..etc). Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think that it doesn't work unless you have the same addons, does it ?

Nope it won't work.

Edited September 26, 2013 by ProfTournesol

[redstar90 10]

Two more images to demonstrate this issue :

1- You can see the the targets are almost right in front of my soldiers, but they aren't shooting !

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ff7lte&s=5#.UkQA1dKnrxQ

2- A closer look with binoculars.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2qmiu0w&s=5

Edited September 26, 2013 by redstar90

[ProfTournesol 956]

Yep, maybe it's a little too far for the AI to notice their enemies. What's happening if you take binoculars, aim at an enemy soldier - as in your picture - and double right click on him ?

[redstar90 10]

It works, but I want them to immediately shoot at them without waiting for my orders. Is that possible ?

[ProfTournesol 956]

It works, but I want them to immediately shoot at them without waiting for my orders

So that's because they are too far from the target to recognize them (sometimes it's related your view distance settings, or to the time of the day or weather conditions).

Another way is to reveal to the AI the presence of their enemies with the reveal command, or add a sniper to the team.

[redstar90 10]

Ok. Thanks for help. One final question : Can I have all the targets revealed at once ? Or should I add a command for each one of the targets ?

[ProfTournesol 956]

To reveal all units of a group to the player's group :

{group player reveal _x} foreach units enemy_group_name

To reveal individual units to the player's group :

{group player reveal _x} foreach [unit1,unit2,unit3]

[redstar90 10]

Thanks a lot !

[vitamin 18]

Before trying the 'reveal' thing, you can also try commands like 'doTarget' and 'doFire'.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Before trying the 'reveal' thing, you can also try commands like 'doTarget' and 'doFire'.

Nope, cause it won't make them engage target autonomously, but simply fire at designated target.

[vitamin 18]

And that's what the OP wants I guess - 'shoot on sight'.

Edited September 26, 2013 by vitamin
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[nikiller 18]

hi,

As Prof said with the reveal command but only one unit in the player's group have to reveal the targets array, it should do the trick and save a bit performance. The info will be shared automaticly between all player's group members.

{unitName reveal _x} forEach [unit1,unit2,unit3]

You can also increase the viewDistance to 1600 so the AI will spot enemies from farer away.

setViewDistance 1600

cya.

Nikiller.

[redstar90 10]

hi,

As Prof said with the reveal command but only one unit in the player's group have to reveal the targets array, it should do the trick and save a bit performance. The info will be shared automaticly between all player's group members.

{unitName reveal _x} forEach [unit1,unit2,unit3]

You can also increase the viewDistance to 1600 so the AI will spot enemies from farer away.

setViewDistance 1600

cya.

Nikiller.

Thanks, but excuse me for my ignorance (I'm a newbie) : Where should I put the "setViewDistance" code ?

[nikiller 18]

hi,

Thanks, but excuse me for my ignorance (I'm a newbie) : Where should I put the "setViewDistance" code ?

Open the notepad and write setViewDistance 1600 in it, save it as init.sqs (be carefull to don't save it as a txt file) and put it in your mission folder. the init.sqs will be loaded automatically when the mission begins.

More in fo about the init.sqs here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Init.sqs

cya.

Nikiller.