Creating a parachute via respawn eventhandler

[iceman77 18]

When the player respawns, I want to create a parachute & move the respawned player into the parachute. However, I'm not exactly sure how to do this for a dedicated server. I realize createVehicle is global & that I need to create the parachute on the server so they don't "multiply" for clients / server or use createVehicleLocal to create the parachute for the client. I'm not keen on invisible parachutes if using createVehicleLocal, so that's a no go. How can I do this using a respawn EH? I could use isServer to create the chute, but then I get undefined variable when i try to move the player into the _chute, as the client doesn't know _chute exists because it was created on the server.

If (!isDedicated) Then {
Player AddEventHandler ["Respawn", {[_this select 0] Spawn fnc_pos;}];
};

WaitUntil {Alive (_this Select 0)};

if (isServer) then {
 _chute = "Steerable_Parachute_F" createVehicle [0,0,0]; 
 _chute setPos [getPos (_this Select 0) select 0, getPos (_this Select 0) select 1, 350];
};
(_this Select 0) moveIndriver _chute;

Or can I simply use createVehicle without isServer since the function is running on the respawned client?

Edited October 13, 2013 by Iceman77

[mantls 2]

should the player be paradropped to where he died?

try this:

init.sqf (for example, just needs to be run on client)

if (!isDedicated) then 
{
_functions = [] execVM "functions.sqf";
waitUntil {!isNull player && scriptDone _functions};
player addEventHandler ["Respawn",{_this call fnc_paraRespawn}];

};

functions.sqf

fnc_paraRespawn = 
{
if (!isServer) exitWith {}:

_unit = _this select 0;
_corpse = _this select 1;

_oldPos = getPos _corpse;
_newPos = [_oldPos,(random 100),random 360] call bis_fnc_relPos;
_finalPos = [_oldPos select 0,_oldPos select 1,100];

_chute = createVehicle ["NonSteerable_Parachute_F", _finalPos, [], 0, "NONE"]; 
_chute setPos _finalPos;
_chute allowDamage false; // Optional, just to make sure
_unit moveInDriver _chute;

};

[iceman77 18]

Hi. No he won't be paradropped where he died. I was just trying to provide the info in simple form. At any rate, thankyou very much for the code. It is very much appreciated.

[mantls 2]

oh ^^ well, i hope i answered your question anyway.

Just pass player into a variable, that way you can do most of your stuff on the server.

[iceman77 18]

oh ^^ well, i hope i answered your question anyway.

Just pass player into a variable, that way you can do most of your stuff on the server.

Yes it helped a great deal. :cool:

---------- Post added at 20:56 ---------- Previous post was at 19:05 ----------

nvm. Sorted. Again.. thanks!

Edited October 13, 2013 by Iceman77