Name Spawned Soldiers

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Hi

I am using this code, or a variant of it, I can see where you specify the classname of the unit you wish to spawn but is there a way to name the individual unit(s) spawned?

[color=#333333][font=arial]_mygroup = [getmarkerpos "mygroupstart", EAST, ["O_officer_F"],[],[],[],[],[][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=arial]***,180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;[/font][/color]

Any help appreciated

[jshock 513]

According to the wiki:

Character details - Can be three different types: a list of character types (Array), an amount of characters to spawn (Number) or a CfgGroups entry (Config)

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

[Ice_Rhino 3]

JS, I looked at that before posting but I can't see the naming the units though, I can see the classname etc, but where is the naming of the individual?

[Lala14 135]

According to the wiki:

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

how do you want to name it?

name it as in the actual name in game or name it so you can maybe spawn a script on it?

[jshock 513]

JS, I looked at that before posting but I can't see the naming the units though, I can see the classname etc, but where is the naming of the individual?

Ahhhh, saw classname so the normal "name" didn't register :p, I'm not too sure, depends on what your trying to name, the unit variable or the description name?

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Hi

I want to spawn a Fire Team, Team Leader, Rifleman, Grenadier & Auto-Rifleman, they will all be in a group named say 'OPF_Team_1'. The complication comes when I want to name the Team Leader say 'opf_patrol_1a;, Rifleman as 'opf_patrol_1b' etc etc.

[color=#333333][font=arial]_opf[/font][/color]_team_1[color=#333333][font=arial] = [getmarkerpos "mygroupstart", EAST, ["O_officer_F"],[],[],[],[],[][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=arial]***,180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;[/font][/color]

This code allows the group creation and group name, but it is the naming of the individuals I need to find out how to do/

Any clearer?

[benargee 20]

Hi

I want to spawn a Fire Team, Team Leader, Rifleman, Grenadier & Auto-Rifleman, they will all be in a group named say 'OPF_Team_1'. The complication comes when I want to name the Team Leader say 'opf_patrol_1a;, Rifleman as 'opf_patrol_1b' etc etc.

[color=#333333][font=arial]_opf[/font][/color]_team_1[color=#333333][font=arial] = [getmarkerpos "mygroupstart", EAST, ["O_officer_F"],[],[],[],[],[][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=arial]***,180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;[/font][/color]

This code allows the group creation and group name, but it is the naming of the individuals I need to find out how to do/

Any clearer?

How about using units and leader?

units (group player);//my example
or
units _opf_team_1;

Returns(my example):

[b Alpha 1-1:1 (PLAYER),B Alpha 1-1:2,B Alpha 1-1:3,B Alpha 1-1:4,B Alpha 1-1:5,B Alpha 1-1:6,B Alpha 1-1:7,B Alpha 1-1:8]

From here you should be able to do this

_second_man = (units _grp) select 1;//second man
or
opf_patrol_1b = (units _opf_team_1) select 1;

and

_lead_man = leader _grp;//leader
or
opf_patrol_1a = leader _opf_team_1;

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

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

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

Edited September 22, 2014 by Benargee

[jshock 513]

Any clearer?

Yes, try something like:

_unitVarName = 1;
{

_x setVehicleVarName format ["opf_patrol_%1", _unitVarName]; //I know it's something like this, the command is probably not correct...

_unitVarName = _unitVarName +1;

} foreach unit _opf_team_1;

I'm trying to alter what F2K Sel did here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?183100-Waypoint-Load-Function-Problem&p=2776110&viewfull=1#post2776110

[dreadedentity 278]

After your code runs, try something like this:

{
missionNamespace setVariable[format["mygroupstart%1", (_forEachIndex + 1)], _x];
}forEach (units _mygroup);

using missionNamespace setVariable is a way to inject variables directly into the mission namespace (not sure how to explain this, pretty much everything that happens happens in the mission namespace) (probably) and to create dynamically named variables. It is a faster/better alternative to using call compile format which can achieve the same results. (definitely)

what this code does is... (pseudocode)

for each of the units in _mygroup, a new variable is created named "mygroupstart" + number the of the current index plus 1, because you place an object inside the variable becomes an object variable and you can run code using their handles. (probably)

Here is a visualization (that hopefully comes out formatted correctly)

variables = "mygroupstart1", "mygroupstart2","mygroupstart3","mygroupstart4"
                 /|\              /|\            /|\             /|\
                  |                |              |               |
                  |                |              |               |
_mygroup =      [man1,            man2,          man3,           man4]

(probably)

hope that helps (hope it's right, too. I'm a little drunk.)

EDIT: I got the names wrong when I read the post earlier!

alphabet = [a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z];
{
   missionNamespace setVariable[format["opf_team_1%1", (alphabet select _forEachIndex)], _x];
}forEach (units _mygroup);

variables = "opf_team_1a", "opf_team_1b","opf_team_1c","opf_team_1d"
                 /|\            /|\          /|\           /|\
                  |              |            |             |
                  |              |            |             |
ofp_team_1 =     [man1,          man2,        man3,         man4]

Now this will have the effect you want.

Edited September 22, 2014 by DreadedEntity
forgot ; at the end of forEach in code

[Smoerble 11]

Ahhhh, saw classname so the normal "name" didn't register :p, I'm not too sure, depends on what your trying to name, the unit variable or the description name?

How could you set the description of a unit please? There's a getDescription function, but no "setDescrition"?

[jshock 513]

How could you set the description of a unit please? There's a getDescription function, but no "setDescrition"?

Well, if you are doing a singleplayer mission you can use setName, however, the only other thing that will work (that I can find) is setIdentity.

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

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