How to lock a backpack so that you can't pick it up and wear it. Harder than it looks

[spitfire007 10]

I am trying to script in a backpack in wasteland and it should be impossible to pick up until all the AI are dead.

I have tried using

_vehicle setVariable ["R3F_LOG_disabled", true, true];
_vehicle setVariable ["objectLocked", true, true]; 

This is fine for stopping it being able to be moved etc .. but you can still take it and wear it.

Is there some way I can script it to lock it to the ground until I am ready to move it ?

Edited May 7, 2014 by spitfire007

[IT07 10]

what about a vehicle lock with a waitUntil?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lock

[spitfire007 10]

Thanks for the idea.

I tried it.

No go.

You can still pick it up.

I suspect it's not possible to lock it in place as you can't stop the inbuilt action menu appearing.

[IT07 10]

If I may ask, why do you want the backpack to be somewhere on the ground when none are supposed to pick it up?

[spitfire007 10]

It's a UAV Backpack and it's a mission objective. I need it to be locked while all the AI are alive. Then you should be able to pick it up.

[IT07 10]

Do you want the player to be able to see the bag before he/she killed all of the AI?

If so, it might be better to make the backpack spawn when the AI has been killed, like this:

//Bag present condition
!(alive AI1) && !(alive AI2) && !(alive AI3) && !(alive AI4); //

[Harzach 2193]

Have you tried enableSimulation?

[spitfire007 10]

I would prefer that the bag is seen. That way the player will know that he/she is in the right area.

---------- Post added at 14:41 ---------- Previous post was at 14:39 ----------

Have you tried enableSimulation?

Hummm ! ... this one might be useful.

I will have to have a go tomorrow as my eyes are hanging out.

Thanks for the help guys.

[IT07 10]

In case EnableSimulation works like HarZach suggested, do this:

Is the mission MP?

if(isServer) then { UAVbag enableSimulationGlobal = false; };

Is the mission SP?

UAVbag enableSimulationGlobal = false;

(UAVbag should be the name you gave to the backpack)

[Antorugby 2]

What if you attach it to something? I mean, you put a little item on the ground that people can't pick up, then you attach the backpack to it using attachTo, and detach it when you need to pick it up.

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[IT07 10]

@Antorugby that would work I think. But it will be nasty. He should try enableSimu first.