Bon's Infantry Recruitment Redux

[aviatormoser 6]

Bon's Infantry Recruitment Redux -- by Bon_Inf* and Moser

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About:

V. 1

The original script by Bon_Inf* was a priceless asset to COOP type missions such as Takistan Force, and is still regarded as one of the best AI recruitment scripts ever released. This port to Arma 3 uses the original scripts written by Bon_Inf*, albeit with small modifications and enhancements. The main change is a switch from static unit lists to dynamic unit lists. The script will detect your unit's vehicleClass and build the list with units from your vehicleClass. No longer will you have to manually build your own unit list; however, that legacy option is still available for mission designers who want to customize the list of recruitable units.

For example, Massi's desert Rangers will only be able to recruit other desert Rangers. Other subfactions in the same faction class, such as SEAL or DELTA, will not be recruitable if the player is a Ranger. This is solely a design choice, and in my opinion, an improvement in realism from similar recruitment scripts, such as Rommel's excellent MSO recruitment script, which included the entire faction in the recruitment lists. In the future, I will include an option to allow for the entire faction to be available in the recruitment lists.

Features:

- Recruitment lists are dynamically built by the subfaction of the player by default

- Static, customizable lists of units are now optional

- Multiplayer cleanup of player's AI on disconnect

- "Dismiss" action for each AI infantry unit

Installation:

The installation procedure remains identical to the original version.

Place the folder bon_recruit_units in your root mission folder.

For the init.sqf, place the following line to initialize the server and client scripts:

[] execVM "bon_recruit_units\init.sqf";

For the description.ext, place the following lines for the recruitment GUI.

#include "bon_recruit_units\dialog\common.hpp"

#include "bon_recruit_units\dialog\recruitment.hpp"

In an object's initialization field (such as a flag), add:

this addAction["<t color=#ff9900'>Recruit Infantry</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf];

Customizing unit lists:

To switch from dynamic recruitment lists to static recruitment lists, change

bon_dynamic_list = true to bon_dynamic_list = false in bon_recruit_units\init.sqf

To customize the static recruitment list, modify bon_recruit_units\recruitable_units_static.sqf.

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Credits:

- Bon_Inf* for his excellent A2 AI recruitment script

- Sa-Matra for allowing me to use and modify his GUI dialogs code

- Zonekiller for his extremely useful array builder script

- The guys at Task Force Rattler for helping me test the script out

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Edited November 22, 2014 by AviatorMoser

[ithedog 10]

looks great! :D

[katipo66 94]

Great to see this in A3 thanks.

[Guest]

Thanks for sending us the release :cool:

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

Bon's Infantry Recruitment Redux v1

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When you have any questions already feel free to PM or email me!

[DoubleStandards 10]

First I want to say hello all! Long time lurker :icon_redface: I also want to thank Bon and Moser for this real nice script.

Now, for my question. How can I make the units I recruit spawn in a different location than of on the player?

[Ronny7708 10]

Thank you! This is great! That is what I need.

[aviatormoser 6]

looks great! :D

Great to see this in A3 thanks.

Thanks for sending us the release :cool:

Thank you! This is great! That is what I need.

Much appreciated! Yes, Bon's script is fantastic.

First I want to say hello all! Long time lurker :icon_redface: I also want to thank Bon and Moser for this real nice script.

Now, for my question. How can I make the units I recruit spawn in a different location than of on the player?

Hello to you! Yes, you can make them spawn in a different location. You just need to reference another object for bon_recruit_barracks in bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf. At the moment it selects the player initializing the recruitment script, but you set it to another editor unit that has a name.

For instance, I can set bon_recruit_barracks = barracks;, where barracks is the name of a tent. You can fine-tune more control over the spawns on line 46 of bon_recruit_units\recruit.sqf.

_unit = group player createUnit [_unittype, [(getPos bon_recruit_barracks select 0) + 10 - random 20,(getPos bon_recruit_barracks select 1) + 10 - random 20,0], [], 0, "FORM"];

For instance, I can use getMarkerPos instead of getPos if I want to reference a marker position.

[cruoriss 12]

Nice script, working great .

[-lordsoth- 15]

Hi, great script you have here. A question, is there any way to have the units that you recruit spawn as a "playable" unit so they can be switched to by the player? if so how would I go about this. Thanks.

[cruoriss 12]

Hi, great script you have here. A question, is there any way to have the units that you recruit spawn as a "playable" unit so they can be switched to by the player? if so how would I go about this. Thanks.

Inside bon_recruit_units\init_newunit.sqf add the following at the bottom of the file :

addSwitchableUnit _unit;

[-lordsoth- 15]

Inside bon_recruit_units\init_newunit.sqf add the following at the bottom of the file :

addSwitchableUnit _unit;

Thanks mate, most appreciated. Will add it in. Thanks again.

[aviatormoser 6]

Inside bon_recruit_units\init_newunit.sqf add the following at the bottom of the file :

addSwitchableUnit _unit;

Looks like someone beat me to it. Thank you!

[0verlord-actual 11]

I cant seem to get this script to work?

when i open the dialog it doesn't show any recruit-able units and says units queued:Scalar?

any chance that someone knows how to fix this?

[aviatormoser 6]

I'll take a look to see if the new updates have broken the script. BI is notorious for doing such things.

Update: It's working fine for me in the recruit test scenario. Which units are you using? Did the script fail with or without mods?

Edited December 5, 2014 by AviatorMoser

[0verlord-actual 11]

I had Alive, RHS, MCC and USAF mod enabled. Do I need to define which units are recruitable? Or will it just list all units? It was also on a dedicated server.

[aviatormoser 6]

I had Alive, RHS, MCC and USAF mod enabled. Do I need to define which units are recruitable? Or will it just list all units? It was also on a dedicated server.

It should automatically generate a list of units based on the unit you are playing as. Which unit were you playing so I can try to recreate the bug?

[0verlord-actual 11]

I was just playing as a standard CSAT player. I'll try it again. And give feed back.

[dr death jm 117]

some ai don't fall into group, there on your team as in your group but wont listen.

the only thing to do is dismiss them and build a new ai...

anyone know what is causing this?

Edited December 21, 2014 by Dr Death JM
fixed ai dieing when player respawns

[aviatormoser 6]

Hi Dr. Death JM,

Are you using vanilla units? Or modded? Do you have a scenario I can look at?

In general, the script shouldn't affect AI behavior. It just manages the recruitment process.

Edited December 21, 2014 by AviatorMoser

[jcae2798 132]

Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for this awesome script. Use it all the time and for my missions i share. Thanks!

[dr death jm 117]

Hi Dr. Death JM,

Are you using vanilla units? Or modded? Do you have a scenario I can look at?

In general, the script shouldn't affect AI behavior. It just manages the recruitment process.

I fixed my issue and added to drop box link AviatorMoser,.(in pm)

Edited December 22, 2014 by Dr Death JM
fixed my issue

[aviatormoser 6]

Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for this awesome script. Use it all the time and for my missions i share. Thanks!

Thanks! Bon's original script was a must have!

I fixed my issue and added to drop box link AviatorMoser,.(in pm)

Thanks!

[pero2589 1]

If Dr Deaths issue has been fixed, could we receive that updated version of the script (if anything was actually wrong with it). Thanks!

[donkassim 10]

Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for this awesome script.

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Can I ask if its possible to add also high command squads ?

[aviatormoser 6]

Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for this awesome script.

---------- Post added at 11:03 ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 ----------

Can I ask if its possible to add also high command squads ?

You're welcome! Um, I'll look into it if its possible. Usually anything is possible in Arma. I'll look into it, and see if it's doable without rewriting the entire script!

If Dr Deaths issue has been fixed, could we receive that updated version of the script (if anything was actually wrong with it). Thanks!

Hi pero2589,

Nothing was actually wrong with the script. He did make a suggestion of toggling AI cleanup after player death on/off in the params, which I'll probably do once I get to it, of course!