Calling Support (Supply Drop) with a Trigger

[the_demongod 31]

hey guys,

after probably way too much searching, I have come here as my last resort. Surprisingly enough, nobody I have yet found has ever been able to (or needed?) to call support with a trigger instead of radio. I would like a trigger to cause an aircraft to perform a supply drop at a designated location without player input. Anybody know how to do this? If it can be done with plain script (no modules) as in this attachTo (parachute); that will work too, although I have been unsuccessful in spawning a parachute.

Ave,

the_Demongod

[billw 1]

What sort of trigger? Radio is a trigger: in editor you can select radio calls to activate a trigger instead of players in an area.

Do you mean trigger area? i.e. you walk into a certain area and a supply drop arrives? If so you should be able to reuse whatever code you found for doing it via radio, but instead call it in the On Act part of a trigger area...

[cuel 25]

Here's an old custom drop script I wrote, might be of use for you

It was activated by support call, should be easily customizable to run from a trigger instead, e.g making the server do it (instead of the player)

Exit if not server, change the "player" variable to a unit and remove the comm menu stuff, should work just fine

if (!(isNil "CUL_DROP_USED")) exitWith {cutText ["Supply drop not available","PLAIN"]; [player,CUL_DROP_NR] call BIS_fnc_removeCommMenuItem;};
CUL_DROP_USED = true; publicVariable "CUL_DROP_USED";
[player,CUL_DROP_NR] call BIS_fnc_removeCommMenuItem;
_callsign = "Shadow panther";
_spawnPoint = markerPos "dropStart";
_dropPos = position player;
_tmp = "B_TargetSoldier" createVehicle _spawnPoint;
_tmp2 = [_tmp, player] call BIS_fnc_relativeDirTo;	
_ch = [_spawnPoint, _tmp2, "B_Heli_Transport_01_F", civilian] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
deleteVehicle _tmp;
_helo = _ch select 0;
_helo flyInHeight 80;
_grp = _ch select 2;
_grp setBehaviour "CARELESS";
_wp0 = _grp addwaypoint [_dropPos, 0];
_wp0 setwaypointtype "MOVE";
_wp0 setWaypointBehaviour "SAFE";
_wp0 setWaypointStatements ["!(isNil 'CUL_HELO_DROP')","(vehicle this) flyInHeight 250; "];
sleep 2;
[player sideChat format ["Requesting supply drop at the transmitted coordinates: %1, over.",mapGridPosition (getPosATL player)],"BIS_fnc_spawn",true,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;
//[[[s1,s2], "drop_req"],"CUL_playSound",true,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;
sleep 3+(random 2);
[systemChat  format ["%1: Affirmative, supplies en route, out.",_callsign],"BIS_fnc_spawn",true,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;
//[[[s1,s2], "drop_ack"],"CUL_playSound",true,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;
waitUntil {sleep 1;([getposatl _helo select 0,getposatl _helo select 1,0] distance [(getPosATL player) select 0, (getPosATL player) select 1,0]) < 100 };
sleep 3;
if (alive _helo && alive (driver _helo)) then {
_tmpwnd = wind;
setWind [0,0,true];
_crate = createVehicle [(["B_supplyCrate_F", "O_supplyCrate_F", "IG_supplyCrate_F","B_supplyCrate_F"] select ([WEST, EAST, RESISTANCE,CIVILIAN] find side player)),[0,0,3],[],0,"NONE"];
_crate setPosATL [getPosATL _helo select 0, getPosATL _helo select 1,((getPosATL _helo select 2)-1)];
_crate setVelocity [0,0,-1];
_crate allowdamage false;
_wp1 = _grp addwaypoint [_spawnPoint, 200];
_wp1 setwaypointtype "MOVE";
_wp1 setWaypointBehaviour "SAFE";
_wp1 setWaypointStatements ["true","deleteVehicle (vehicle this); {deleteVehicle _x} forEach units this;"];
sleep 2;
CUL_HELO_drop = true;
_chute = createVehicle[(["B_Parachute_02_F", "O_Parachute_02_F", "I_Parachute_02_F","B_Parachute_02_F"] select ([WEST, EAST, RESISTANCE,CIVILIAN] find side player)),[0,0,3],[],0,"FLY"];
sleep 0.01;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal _crate;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _crate;
clearItemCargoGlobal _crate;
_crate addWeaponCargoGlobal ["arifle_MX_pointer_F",4];
_crate addItemCargoGlobal ["Medikit",10];
_crate addItemCargoGlobal ["FirstAidKit",20];
_ammo = [
	["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",40],
	["200Rnd_65x39_cased_Box",8],	
	["SmokeShellGreen",18],
	["HandGrenade",10],
	["30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag_Tracer",60],
	["1Rnd_HE_Grenade_shell",8],
	["30Rnd_9x21_Mag",10],
	["NLAW_F",4],
	["SatchelCharge_Remote_Mag",2],
	["16Rnd_9x21_Mag",20],
	["LaserBatteries",2]
];
{
	_crate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_x select 0,_x select 1];
}forEach _ammo;
if (!isNull _chute) then {
	_chute setPosATL [getPosATL _crate select 0, getPosATL _crate select 1,(getPosATL _crate select 2)];
	_crate attachTo [_chute, [0, 0, -1.3]];
};
waitUntil {sleep 0.3; getPosATL _crate select 2 < 50 };
[systemChat format ["%1: The supplies have been dropped, out.",_callsign],"BIS_fnc_spawn",true,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;
//[[[s1,s2], "drop_complete"],"CUL_playSound",true,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;
waitUntil {sleep 0.3; getPosATL _crate select 2 < 30 };
if ((alive driver _helo) && (alive _helo)) then {
	_flr = createVehicle["F_40mm_Cir",[0,0,100],[],0,"NONE"];
	sleep 0.01;
	_flr attachTo [_crate,[0,0,0.5]];
	waitUntil {position _crate select 2 < 0.5 || isNull _chute};
	detach _crate;
	_crate setPos [position _crate select 0, position _crate select 1, 0.1];
	_crate setVelocity [0,0,0];
	setWind [_tmpwnd select 0,_tmpwnd select 1,false];
	_crate allowdamage true;
	sleep 1;
	detach _flr;
	sleep 1;
	_flr setVelocity [random 1,random 1,-0.01];
	sleep 5;
	deleteVehicle _chute;
};
}else{
sleep 120;
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach units _grp;
deletevehicle _helo;
};