Spawning height of virtual CAS aircraft

[supergruntsb78 67]

(if this has been asked before then please forgive me but i couldn't find it)

i am trying to build a mission where the player gets support from a (virtual) carrier, i set up the virtual Cas system and request the F-18 to do a bombing run, the plane spawns but crashes, it just doesn't have the power / height to get flying.

anybody knows a way to spawn these birds, high up in the air ? / with enough velocity ? , the normal Cas strike works very wel so i can always setup a flying jet on a location and have him refuel / repair / rearm constant (dont know how yet but i will find out)

tnx in advance for helping out

[TAW_Yonose 11]

when you spawn a object you can decide if you want it to spawn as in Formation, Cargo , Flying and one more but i dont remember...

so if you set the F-18 (mod) as Flying that means it will spawn up in the air and with power to make it able to fly.

[supergruntsb78 67]

with the virtual CAS support module you can not set flying etc for the plane it spawns the plane flying and after spawn it crashes like a dead fly trying to fly :P so it needs a boost to sart its engines but how ?

[TAW_Yonose 11]

well.. im out :P hopefully kylania can help you if he see this thread.

[Redphoenix 1539]

Try this putting in the aircrafts init:

this setPos [getPos this select 0,getPos this select 1,X]

Where X is the height in meters.

[TeTeT 1520]

Check out the BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle function in the function viewer, it sets the velocity and altitude of aircraft and helicopters so they don't crash instantly. Unfortunately the F/A-18 is of class aircraft, not aircraftx for which the spawnVehicle script checks.

Alternatively place an invisible helopad at a nice height (3000 meter :) and spawn the F/A-18 there. The plane will enter a dive but should be able to gather enough speed to make it...

[tinter 184]

There's a command called SetVelocity. If you fiddle with that, you might find something that works.

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

[Diablo Squad ALPHA 13]

I got it! (with an JS FA18 F) Put in the init of the virtual CAS Provider this: _this setvelocity [0,0,500]; 

That works fine for me!