Help Making AI Jet Destroy AI Helo

[Noble Gas 10]

Here's the Scenario:

I have Opfor seated in 2 buzzards, and miles away, I have Blufor get in to Hellcats and fly south to an LZ. Just before they are about to land, I want the Buzzards to fire missiles at them and blow them up.

So far, the Method I have in place is very hit or miss, sometimes working perfectly, sometimes only one of the hellcats is destroyed, and then the buzzards loop around and come back to shoot it down, and sometimes, they never come back at all.

I want a clean, quick strike, where each buzzard fires 1 missile at each hellcat, blowing them up instantly, and then the buzzards streak off into the sunset.

So, how do I get this to work reliably?

[Noble Gas 10]

So... no one has any ideas?

I tried attaching a "Destroy" way point to the hellcats, but the dumb buzzards end up flying to where the hellcats start out, NOT where the hellcats and their LZ is.

[f2k sel 164]

Destroy waypoint only means wait until object is destroyed it doesn't mean attack the object.

It's never going to be 100% as AI have minds of there own.

You could increase your chances a little by revealing one hellcat to each buzzard.

buz1 reveal [hellc1,4];

buz2 reveal [hellc2,4];

change the names to whatever you want.

it may also be worth trying to disabling AI's auto targeting.This needs to be done before they encounter the hellcats.

{_x disableAI "target";_x disableAI "autotarget"} foreach [buz1,buz2]

[Noble Gas 10]

Beautiful! Thanks for the response and the help; I'll test this out when I get home.

[MulleDK19 21]

Like I told you on IRC yesterday, I already made a script for you.

http://treesoft.dk/temp/Recording60.mp4

Edited February 25, 2014 by MulleDK19

[Noble Gas 10]

That's awesome, MulleDK19, and looks a lot like what I want. Where is said script?

[Kydoimos 916]

Script the whole scene with the unitCapture command. It'll look awesome!

[Noble Gas 10]

What is the unitCapture command?

[Kydoimos 916]

Everything you need to know is in the editor function library, under unitCapture. I think there's a few threads on the subject too.

[MulleDK19 21]

That's awesome, MulleDK19, and looks a lot like what I want. Where is said script?

http://treesoft.dk/arma3/downloads/PlaneInterceptHelicopter.Altis.zip

Copy interceptByPlanes.sqf and interceptByPlane.sqf into your mission folder.

Then name the choppers, eg. chopper1 and chopper2. Then when you want them shot down use the following code:

[[chopper1, chopper2], 2] execVM "interceptByPlanes.sqf;

The script will automatically spawn 2 planes who will shoot down the choppers within a few seconds.

[Noble Gas 10]

Thank you SO much, Mulle! Although I had a few problems, I've managed to implement the Script well enough. there is one issue: Can't get the buzzards to spawn. There just suddenly appears a couple of missiles in mid-air, and they definitely do the trick, but there's no planes like in the vid you linked (and I presume made). Any Ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

[MulleDK19 21]

Thank you SO much, Mulle! Although I had a few problems, I've managed to implement the Script well enough. there is one issue: Can't get the buzzards to spawn. There just suddenly appears a couple of missiles in mid-air, and they definitely do the trick, but there's no planes like in the vid you linked (and I presume made). Any Ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

If the script is running, and there are missile, then there are planes. The missiles aren't spawned, they're fired by the planes.

If you send me your mission I can take a look, if you want.

[Noble Gas 10]

I'd really appreciate a second set of eyes to review my work. I'm stuck at work for now, but this evening, I'll toss the mission up somewhere I guess and PM you a link. Cool?

[MulleDK19 21]

I'd really appreciate a second set of eyes to review my work. I'm stuck at work for now, but this evening, I'll toss the mission up somewhere I guess and PM you a link. Cool?

Sure.