Why won't these vehicles move when spawned?

[Flens 10]

I'm trying to spawn a convoy of POW's, so far it's working fine EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHERE THE VEHICLES MOVE TO THEIR WAYPOINT.

Why is this?

if (isServer) then {
   private ["_randomSpawn","_randomDestination","_convoyGroup","_convoyWP","_BurgerTankGroup","_unit","_index"];
   while {true} do {
       _randomSpawn = getMarkerPos (["spawn","spawn_1","spawn_2"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom);
       _randomDestination = getMarkerPos (["destination","destination_1","destination_2"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom);
       if (_randomSpawn distance _randomDestination < 250) exitWith {};
   };

   _convoyGroup = createGroup opfor;
   _convoyWP = _convoyGroup addWaypoint [_randomDestination, 0];
   _convoyWP setWaypointType "MOVE";
   _convoyWP  setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL";
   _convoyWP  setWaypointFormation "COLUMN";

   ifrit1 = [_randomSpawn, 0, "O_MRAP_02_hmg_F", _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
   sleep 8;

   truck1 = [_randomSpawn, 0, "O_Truck_02_covered_F", _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
   truck1 = truck1 select 0;
   {
       _unit = _x select 0;
       _index = _x select 1;
       _unit assignascargo truck1; _unit moveincargo [truck1, _index]; _unit setcaptive true; removeHeadgear _unit; removeallassigneditems _unit;
   } forEach [[p1,13], [p2,14], [p3,15], [p4,5], [p5,7], [p6,8], [p7,9], [p8,10], [p9,11], [p10,12]];

   sleep 8;
   truck2 = [_randomSpawn, 0, "O_Truck_02_covered_F", _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
   truck2 = truck2 select 0;
   {
       _unit = _x select 0;
       _index = _x select 1;
       _unit assignascargo truck2; _unit moveincargo [truck2, _index]; _unit setcaptive true; removeHeadgear _unit; removeallassigneditems _unit;
   } forEach [[p11,5], [p12,7], [p13,8], [p14,9], [p15,10], [p16,11], [p17,12], [p18,13], [p19,14], [p20,15]];

   sleep 8;
   ifrit2 = [_randomSpawn, 0, "O_MRAP_02_hmg_F", _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
};

[Johnson11B2P 3]

Did you already create a Center east? Also change opfor to east

[iceman77 18]

The group count for _convoyGroup was 0 when you set the waypoint. That may be the problem. Try creating the waypoint after the vehicles are created.

[Johnson11B2P 3]

I don't think he created a Center East for it to work correctly.

_eastHQ = createCenter east;
_group_east_1 = createGroup _eastHQ;

[iceman77 18]

Yeah I was just offering another possibility and excluded that from my post as you already said that in post #2.

[Flens 10]

Why would I need to create "center east" first?

What is it?

What does it do?

How do I incorporate it here properly? (STEP BY STEP)

[Johnson11B2P 3]

To create a group in a script file you need declare a center. The centers are west, east, resistance, and civilian. Then you have to create a group that is assigned to one of those centers like the code I posted above. Then from there you can create a unit that is assigned to one of those groups.

_eastHQ = createCenter east;

// group _group_east_1
_group_east_1 = createGroup _eastHQ;
// begin _obj_0, part of group _group_east_1
if (true) then
{
_obj_0 = _group_east_1 createUnit ["O_Soldier_SL_F", [6173.377, 5947.5308, 0], [], 0 ,"NONE"];
_obj_0 setDir 75.229202;
_obj_0 setUnitAbility 0.5;
_obj_0 setRank "SERGEANT";
if(true) then { _group_east_1 selectLeader _obj_0; };
};

Edited January 2, 2014 by Johnson11B2P
posted example

[f2k sel 164]

In A3 I don't think createcenter is needed, I tried the above script and it works as it should, AI spawn at a random position and move to random destination.

[Flens 10]

In A3 I don't think createcenter is needed, I tried the above script and it works as it should, AI spawn at a random position and move to random destination.

Then why on earth doesn't it work for me?

[Edit:] I think I found part of the problem, there was a < instead of an > in the script so no destination was assigned. The ifrits however will spawn stuck in the ground and cannot move, causing a pileup, and neither spawn nor destination are selected at random.

Edited January 3, 2014 by Flens

[iceman77 18]

... causing a pileup ...

It's probably because you're creating the vehicles at the same position. And why the loop at the beginning? Can't you just do away with that and call some random positions? Instead of the loop and exitWith.

Edited January 3, 2014 by Iceman77

[Flens 10]

The loop is what was suggested to me, I've tried a couple different methods of creating a random spawn location and a random destination but none have worked.

If you have a better alternative I'd be very happy to hear it.

The pileup is not caused by the vehicles spawning in the same location, an 8 second wait in between spawns should be plenty to clear the area before the next vehicle pops in. The ifrits are just getting stuck in the ground.

So far the only problem I've found a satisfactory solution to is spawning the players in the trucks as POW's. The rest I still need help with.

[f2k sel 164]

The waypoint only works if it's less than 250 meters away, I did see one pile up as AI can mess about if the waypoint is behind them.

A waituntil and distance check should fix that or use the a safeplace function.

[Flens 10]

I've already adressed that problem.

Ifrits are still getting stuck in the ground

Convoy is not spawning at a random location

Waypoints are not set at a random location

HOW DO I FIX THIS?

[Flens 10]

Still waiting for help.

[iceman77 18]

I'm not entirely sure why your script isn't working. This is how I would do it:

Example Mission

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

private ["_randomSpawn","_randomDestination","_convoyGroup","_convoyWP","_BurgerTankGroup","_unit","_index","_gap","_hPad","_newPos","_veh"];
_randomSpawn = ["area1","area2","area3"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_randomDestination = ["des1","des2","des3"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_convoyGroup = createGroup OPFOR;
_gap = 0;
_newPos = getMarkerPos _randomSpawn;

{
_veh = [_newPos, 0, _x, _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
(_veh select 0) setDir markerDir _randomSpawn;
(_veh select 0) setPosATL [getPosATL (_veh select 0) select 0, getPosATL (_veh select 0) select 1, 0];
   _gap = _gap - 15;	
_newPos = (_veh select 0) modelToWorld [0, _gap ,0];

if (typeOf (_veh select 0) == "O_Truck_02_covered_F") then {
	{
		_unit = _convoyGroup createUnit [_x, [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
		_unit moveInCargo (_veh select 0);
		_unit assignascargo (_veh select 0);  
		_unit setcaptive true; 
		removeHeadgear _unit; 
		removeallassigneditems _unit;
	} foreach ["O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F","O_Soldier_F"];
};				
} forEach [
"O_MRAP_02_hmg_F",
"O_Truck_02_covered_F",
"O_Truck_02_covered_F",
"O_MRAP_02_hmg_F"
];

_convoyWP = _convoyGroup addWaypoint [getMarkerPos _randomDestination, 0];
_convoyWP setWaypointType "MOVE";
_convoyWP  setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL";
_convoyWP  setWaypointFormation "COLUMN";

Kind Regards,

Iceman77

Edited January 6, 2014 by Iceman77

[Flens 10]

Ok what you posted works, but the trucks must be named. How do I get the one to be truck1 and the other to be truck2?

If you just moveincargo the POW's then they'll appear in the front seats, so those seats either need to be occupied by opfor or seats 3 and 5 have to be excluded from the POW seating.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Flens

[Falsche9 11]

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

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

unitName moveInCargo [vehicle, CargoIndex]

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

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

_unit1 assignAsCargoIndex [_vcl, 1];

[_unit1] orderGetIn true;

[Larrow 2797]

Ok what you posted works, but the trucks must be named. How do I get the one to be truck1 and the other to be truck2?

As above use setVehicleVarName and set the global variable with missionNameSpace.

If you just moveincargo the POW's then they'll appear in the front seats, so those seats either need to be occupied by opfor or seats 3 and 5 have to be excluded from the POW seating.

Just change Iceman's code to how you did it before, by passing a cargo index to add the units to. btw 0 and 1 are the front two seats, and index 6 is currently broken as it tries to place the unit in the cab at the same position as index 0.

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

private ["_randomSpawn","_randomDestination","_convoyGroup","_convoyWP","_BurgerTankGroup","_unit","_index","_gap","_hPad","_newPos","_veh"];
_randomSpawn = ["area1","area2","area3"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_randomDestination = ["des1","des2","des3"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_convoyGroup = createGroup opfor;
_gap = 0;
_newPos = getMarkerPos _randomSpawn;

{
_vehType = _x select 0;
_vehName = _x select 1;
_veh = [_newPos, 0, _vehType, _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
if (_vehName != "") then {
	(_veh select 0) setVehicleVarName _vehName;
	missionNamespace setVariable [_vehName, (_veh select 0)];
};
(_veh select 0) setDir markerDir _randomSpawn;
(_veh select 0) setPosATL [getPosATL (_veh select 0) select 0, getPosATL (_veh select 0) select 1, 0];
_gap = _gap - 15;    
_newPos = (_veh select 0) modelToWorld [0, _gap ,0];

if (_vehType == "O_Truck_02_covered_F") then {
	{
		_unit = _convoyGroup createUnit [(_x select 0), [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
		_index = (_x select 1);
		_unit assignAsCargoIndex [(_veh select 0), _index];
		_unit moveInCargo [(_veh select 0), _index];  
		_unit setCaptive true; 
		removeHeadgear _unit; 
		removeAllAssignedItems _unit;
	} forEach [
		["O_Soldier_F",2],
		["O_Soldier_F",3],
		["O_Soldier_F",4],
		["O_Soldier_F",5],
		["O_Soldier_F",7],
		["O_Soldier_F",8],
		["O_Soldier_F",9],
		["O_Soldier_F",10],
		["O_Soldier_F",11],
		["O_Soldier_F",12]
	];
};                
} forEach [
["O_MRAP_02_hmg_F", ""],
["O_Truck_02_covered_F", "truck1"],
["O_Truck_02_covered_F", "truck2"],
["O_MRAP_02_hmg_F", ""]
];

_convoyWP = _convoyGroup addWaypoint [getMarkerPos _randomDestination, 0];
_convoyWP setWaypointType "MOVE";
_convoyWP  setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL";
_convoyWP  setWaypointFormation "COLUMN";  

[Flens 10]

This is excellent but how do I exclude markers from being picked as the destination if they're within x meters of the spawn?

[Flens 10]

Goddamnit the script I had earlier at least had a working destination exclusion thing going on but I can't get it to play nice with this new one.

[Larrow 2797]

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

private ["_spawns","_randomSpawn","_destinations","_posFound","_randomDestination","_convoyGroup","_convoyWP","_BurgerTankGroup","_unit","_index","_gap","_hPad","_newPos","_veh","_vehType","_vehName"];

_spawns = ["area1","area2","area3"];
_posFound = false;
while {!_posFound} do {
_randomSpawn = _spawns call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_destinations = ["des1","des2","des3"];
while { !_posFound } do {
	_randomDestination = _destinations call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
	if ( (getMarkerPos _randomSpawn) distance (getMarkerPos _randomDestination) < 250 ) exitWith {_posFound = true;};
	_destinations = _destinations - [_randomDestination];
	if (count _destinations == 0) exitWith {};
};
_spawns = _spawns - [_randomSpawn];
if (count _spawns == 0) exitWith {};
};

if (_posFound) then {
_convoyGroup = createGroup opfor;
_gap = 0;
_newPos = getMarkerPos _randomSpawn;

{
	 _vehType = _x select 0;
	 _vehName = _x select 1;
	 _veh = [_newPos, 0, _vehType, _convoyGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
	 if (_vehName != "") then {
		  (_veh select 0) setVehicleVarName _vehName;
		  missionNamespace setVariable [_vehName, (_veh select 0)];
	 };
	 (_veh select 0) setDir markerDir _randomSpawn;
	 (_veh select 0) setPosATL [getPosATL (_veh select 0) select 0, getPosATL (_veh select 0) select 1, 0];
	 _gap = _gap - 15;
	 _newPos = (_veh select 0) modelToWorld [0, _gap ,0];

	 if (_vehType == "O_Truck_02_covered_F") then {
		  {
				_unit = _convoyGroup createUnit [(_x select 0), [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
				_index = (_x select 1);
				_unit assignAsCargoIndex [(_veh select 0), _index];
				_unit moveInCargo [(_veh select 0), _index];
				_unit setCaptive true;
				removeHeadgear _unit;
				removeAllAssignedItems _unit;
		  } forEach [
				["O_Soldier_F",2],
				["O_Soldier_F",3],
				["O_Soldier_F",4],
				["O_Soldier_F",5],
				["O_Soldier_F",7],
				["O_Soldier_F",8],
				["O_Soldier_F",9],
				["O_Soldier_F",10],
				["O_Soldier_F",11],
				["O_Soldier_F",12]
		  ];
	 };
} forEach [
	 ["O_MRAP_02_hmg_F", ""],
	 ["O_Truck_02_covered_F", "truck1"],
	 ["O_Truck_02_covered_F", "truck2"],
	 ["O_MRAP_02_hmg_F", ""]
];

_convoyWP = _convoyGroup addWaypoint [getMarkerPos _randomDestination, 0];
_convoyWP setWaypointType "MOVE";
_convoyWP  setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL";
_convoyWP  setWaypointFormation "COLUMN";
};

Will pick a random spawn position and then check each destination at random, if it finds a destination that is within 250m of the spawn position then it will spawn your vehicles, if it runs out of destinations then it will pick a new spawn position and check against all destinations again. It will check all possible combinations until it runs out of positions then it will exit the script without spawning anything. Unlikely to happen if your specifying the positions but...

Edited January 7, 2014 by Larrow

[Flens 10]

Pretty much have to do it this way since some of the spawn locations are also supposed to have a random chance of being destinations instead if the convoy spawns at another end of the map.

Without having the exclusion check I would be limited to very few possible spawns and the mission wouldn't have the replayability I'm shooting for, if I can get this to work I can essentially have infinite spawns and destinations to select from.

Tested and it's working, many thanks.

The only question mark now is how to get the ai to not crash into everything lining the road side.

Edited January 8, 2014 by Flens

[iceman77 18]

Nvm /5char

[thedubl 43]

Hello! I know this old, but I like this idea! Any setup instructions that someone can provide? I would like to mess around with this and see what trouble I can get into.

 

update: nevermind I have it working. Thanks Larrow for sharing. I heavily modified it and it is awesome!

 

dubl