setfriend no longer works (how to get OPFOR to attack civilians)

[doubledizz 10]

I've got the following in my init file:

civilian setFriend [opfor, 0];
opfor setFriend [civilian, 0];

It doesn't work. Nor does adding it to a unit init line.

Can anyone please help me get OPFOR units attacking civilians OR a script to change Indep into random civilian clothing please. I've been trying this for hours now and still can't get anything to work.

This was the script I tried to get Indep to wear civilian clothing, but it hasn't worked.

this is removeitems.sqf

_civ_clothes = ["U_C_Commoner1_1",
               "U_C_Commoner1_2",
               "U_C_Commoner1_3",
               "U_C_Poloshirt_blue",
               "U_C_Poloshirt_burgundy",
               "U_C_Poloshirt_redwhite",
               "U_C_Poloshirt_salmon",
               "U_C_Poloshirt_stripped",
               "U_C_Poloshirt_tricolour"];

_unit = _this select 0;

// Remove original equipment
removeAllWeapons _unit;
removeUniform _unit;
removeHeadgear _unit;
removeVest _unit;
removeBackpack _unit;
_unit unassignItem "NVGoggles";
_unit removeItem "NVGoggles";

// Add clothing
_cloth_item = _civ_clothes call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_unit addUniform _cloth_item;

and this went in the unit's init line

nul = [this] execVM "removeitems.sqf"

I am about to rip my hair out. Help!

[b00tsy 28]

You can simply group a civil unit to an (high ranking) independend or a bluefor unit and set the presence of the bluefor/independend unit to zero. Then the civ unit will show up as bluefor or independend. Thats they easiest way without fuzz.

[doubledizz 10]

unfortunately not, the civilians are being generated with Dynamic Civilian Life. Too many for me to create manually...

[barbolani 198]

You may edit the script part when the civvies are created, and put another line joining them with the enemy unit you placed in map...

This will make all the civvies created enemy to whatever faction you need from the begining.

If you wan't to do this from certain point, then maybe a solution name that enemy with zero condition (let's say "enemigo"), place a trigger covering the whole area, selecting the civilians present, the condition you want, and on Act put something like: civvies = thislist; {[_x] joinSilent enemigo} forEach civvies

Not tested...

[das attorney 858]

Try this:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?170520-Need-help-with-setfriend-or-alternative&p=2584355&viewfull=1#post2584355

[alky_lee 279]

setfriend would appear to be bugged. I was building a mission today and copied the init.sqf from a mission where setfriend worked. It didn't work in the mission I was building, so I started a new mission, copied in the same init.sqf file without editing it and it worked perfectly, so the script in the file must be correct but something in the mission must conflict with it. The advanced intel had exactly the same settings so it must be something else in the mission. I used the script from Das Attorneys other thread and that stopped them attacking each other, but some triggers no longer worked. The triggers shouldn't have been affected by the script.

[das attorney 858]

Can you post up the relevant code if okay?

[alky_lee 279]

The code I used was

{ 
   _group = _x; 
   if (side _group == east) then 
   { 
       _newGroup = createGroup independent; 
       (units _group) joinSilent _newGroup; 
       deleteGroup _group; 
   }; 
   if (side _group == civilian) then 
   { 
       _newGroup = createGroup west; 
       (units _group) joinSilent _newGroup; 
       deleteGroup _group; 
   }; 
} forEach allGroups;  

The setfriend in the init was

EAST setFriend [WEST, 1];
WEST setFriend [EAST, 1];

---------- Post added at 20:44 ---------- Previous post was at 20:41 ----------

I altered the code for my mission to this

{  
   _group = _x;  
   if (side _group == east) then  
   {  
       _newGroup = createGroup west;  
       (units _group) joinSilent _newGroup;  
       deleteGroup _group;  
   };  

};

[zapat 56]

Have you guys created centers by createcenter? I guess a placed unit on the editor does that but spawned units do not. Just a what if tip.

[das attorney 858]

Try doing this:

{   
   _group = _x;   
   if (side _group == east) then   
   {   
       _newGroup = createGroup west;   
       (units _group) joinSilent _newGroup;   
       deleteGroup _group;   
   };   
} forEach allGroups;

I should point out though that if West and East are already friends, then changing all of the East groups into West ones will achieve nothing (as they were already friends, and now will be on the same side).

What are you trying to achieve?

Enemies to friends, or friends to enemies (or something else)?

[alky_lee 279]

I should point out though that if West and East are already friends, then changing all of the East groups into West ones will achieve nothing (as they were already friends, and now will be on the same side).

What are you trying to achieve?

Enemies to friends, or friends to enemies (or something else)?

I was trying to stop a CSAT convoy firing on a FIA fireteam. The setfriend command didn't work, so I substituted your code instead of the setfriend, which did work. Then the convoy wouldn't set off when the trigger was completed by the FIA fireteam. There is nothing in your code that should cause this to happen. Until I added the CSAT convoy the mission was working perfectly, even after I added the setfriend command. The only problem was that CSAT engaged the fireteam and everyone died which is bit of a mission breaker. I think there must something in the mission causing a problem, and the only way round it is to start from scratch. I will try deleting anything unnecessary first in case that fixes it. I can think of a couple of ways of altering the mission without setfriend, but require specific timings which aren't always reliable and is not good. Whilst the player can engage the convoy if he wants, I don't want the AI firing at each other first.

[das attorney 858]

Thanks for logical reply. :)

It could be a number of things that are causing the problem from what you say.

1 - Are you setting up "friend" status only in the init.sqf? (ie: not doing it when mission is underway)

2 - How is the trigger set up for the FIA?

If you like, post up the mission here or PM a copy of the mission to me and I can have a look. I can't promise I can get it sorted, but don't mind trying.

[zapat 56]

Why can't you put the FIA group into a civ group temporarily?

[alky_lee 279]

I have done a bit of testing this morning just using the setfriend command. If I put an FIA rifleman against an OPFOR rifleman on the runway at the airfield on Stratis then setfriend works. If I move the two riflemen elsewhere on the map, Kamino for instance, setfriend doesn't work. The problem with setfriend seems to be one of locality on the map. I will try and use setcaptive for the FIA squad while the convoy passes.

[roguetrooper 2]

As stated before, usually you use WEST, EAST, independent and civilian as parameters for setfriend.

I've tested it today with these settings: east unit and civilian unit (man) on the map. After five seconds a trigger sets civilian and east hostile to each other. At this point the east units starts to aim at snakes but does not fire at the snake and at civilians.

[alky_lee 279]

To show what I mean I have put a video on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl54UYbN_8k&feature=youtu.be