Change name of Unit

[Purzel 35]

Hi there,

Is it possible to change the name of a unit into another name?

I need this for a mission, where this "special" unit joins my team and i need to protect it.

(I don´t mean the group-id like "Alpha" or the units description...!)

See picture below:

Thx Purzel

Edited July 9, 2014 by Purzel

[IndeedPete 1038]

setIdentity is your friend. :)

[TittErS 13]

Hi,

If it's in solo game, looks setName.

[IndeedPete 1038]

I've had some issues with getting setName to work (in SP!), but maybe they fixed it now. The wiki entry has been updated for sure since my last visit.

[Purzel 35]

THX guys - I´ve got it...!

:)

[Djonny344 1]

Hi Guys
 
i've spawned a unit using  : _io2 = [getmarkerpos "Spawn_Marker", EAST, ["O_G_Survivor_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawngroup;
 
the question is how do i change its name from O_G_Survivor_F to io2 so that i can place a trigger condition : !alive io2

 

Thnx 

[davidoss 552]

The BIS_fnc_spawngroup returns group not unit.

Either use createGroup + createUnit or if you want it as is you need extract unit of returned group

 

If you want to use your condition in some other code ie trigger you need to make the variable global

_io2 = [getmarkerpos "Spawn_Marker", EAST, ["O_G_Survivor_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawngroup;
io2unit = ((units _io2) select 0);
!alive io2unit

If you need the condition in the same script you can use local variable

_io2 = [getmarkerpos "Spawn_Marker", EAST, ["O_G_Survivor_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawngroup;
_io2unit = ((units _io2) select 0);
!alive _io2unit

[Djonny344 1]

Thanks davidoss

 

You've been a great help.