Spawned AI With Init

[phronk 895]

I've been trying to get a script to exec on an AI unit when it is spawned in. (I'm using EOS to spawn/despawn)

My question is, how do you execute a script in the init of each spawned AI unit? Example init that I'm trying to get to work:

"setVehicleInit "null = [this] execVM "myScript.sqf";"

or

_unit setVehicleInit {_x setVehicleInit "0 = this execVM "myScript.sqf";"} foreach units _unit; processInitCommands;

Any ideas? I'm stumped. I heard that XEH / CBA has stuff that can help with this, but have no idea how to utilize it, really.

[kremator 1064]

Perhaps I'm mis-remembering but was setVehicleInit not removed as a command ? Please ignore me if I'm wrong.

[barbolani 198]

It is, or it is not working. Instead of it, just make a call to the script using the variable of created vehicle. _nul = [_unit] execVM "script.sqf"

[whiztler 135]

setVehicleInit has been removed from Arma3 for security reasons.

Could you post more of the code that spawns the units.

[phronk 895]

This is an edited "infantry_fnc" from BangaBob's EOS script.

if (!isServer) exitWith {};
// SINGLE INFANTRY GROUP
private ["_grp","_unit","_pool","_pos","_faction"];

_pos=(_this select 0);
_grpSize=(_this select 1);
_faction=(_this select 2);
_side=(_this select 3);

_grpMin=_grpSize select 0;
_grpMax=_grpSize select 1;
_d=_grpMax-_grpMin;				
_r=floor(random _d);							
_grpSize=_r+_grpMin;

if (surfaceiswater _pos) then {_pool=[_faction,1] call eos_fnc_getunitpool;}else{_pool=[_faction,0] call eos_fnc_getunitpool;};

_grp=createGroup _side;

for "_x" from 1 to _grpSize do {					
	_unitType=_pool select (floor(random(count _pool)));
	_unit = _grp createUnit [_unitType, _pos, [], 6, "FORM"];
	_unit removeItem "NVGoggles_OPFOR";
	_unit unassignItem "NVGoggles_OPFOR";
	_unit removeItem "ItemMap";
	_unit unassignItem "ItemMap";
	_unit removeItem "ItemCompass";
	_unit unassignItem "ItemCompass";
	_unit removeItem "ItemWatch";
	_unit unassignItem "ItemWatch";
	null = [this] execVM "MyScriptHere.sqf"; // [color="#FF0000"]This part is the issue![/color]
	_unit allowFleeing 0;
	removeAllWeapons _unit;
	_unit addeventhandler ["killed","(_this select 0) spawn {[_this] call remove_carcass_fnc}"];		
};


_grp

The line null = [this] execVM "MyScriptHere.sqf"; is the command line that is supposed to be inserted in the init of a unit. It works fine if I place a unit and paste that in his init.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Phronk

[Jigsor 175]

This has no reference in that context. Try passing _unit instead of this. Also keep in mind you are spawning a new processing thread each time a unit is created with that method. It may be more efficient to add your code to the function instead.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Jigsor

[phronk 895]

Setting [this] to [_unit] didn't get it to work. :[

[EDIT]

Fixed it. My script had a variable conflicting with EOS and now it's fixed. Thanks guys!

Edited July 1, 2014 by Phronk