Spawned Units and Commands

[Kydoimos 916]

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but I can't seem to check for vehicles after they have been spawned. For example:

Varsuk_A = createVehicle ["O_MBT_02_cannon_F", (getMarkerPos "Varsuk_A"), [], 0, "NONE"];

Spawns the vehicle, but this trigger condition fails when the Varsuk is disabled: ! canMove Varsuk_A;

Also, setCaptive doesn't work on spawned vehicles - am I missing something? :)

---------- Post added at 18:17 ---------- Previous post was at 18:15 ----------

Never mind. I'm an idiot - its fine. However, new question, how does one setCaptive on a spawned UAV? I can't get that to work!

[jshock 513]

You would have to set the UAV createUnit return value as global or use setVehicleVarName or even get/set variable, I think. Of course assuming that you are in a scripting environment :p.

Edited October 9, 2014 by JShock

[Kydoimos 916]

Thanks JShock - here's what's not working:

AAF_Darter_A = createVehicle ["I_UAV_01_F", (getMarkerPos "Darter_A"), [], 0, "FLY"];

AAF_Darter_A setDir -120;

createVehicleCrew AAF_Darter_A;

AAF_Darter_A doMove getMarkerPos "Darter_A_WayPoint_A";

AAF_Darter_A setCaptive true;

All the other commands, except the setCaptive work fine...?

[IndeedPete 1038]

Maybe you need to apply the setCaptive on the crew and not the vehicle?

[Tajin 349]

Maybe you need to apply the setCaptive on the crew and not the vehicle?

Was just about to say that too. :P

[Kydoimos 916]

Odd, I'm sure I tried that: crew AAF_Darter_A setCaptive true; right? Still can't get it to work :p

---------- Post added at 19:39 ---------- Previous post was at 19:37 ----------

Ah, no, hang about - that doesn't look right! Maybe that's where I'm going wrong!

---------- Post added at 19:45 ---------- Previous post was at 19:39 ----------

Weird, seems to be working now with simple setCaptive - sorry guys - I'll give it another bash! Thanks as always for your responses!

[das attorney 858]

Try this:

{
_x setCaptive true;
} forEach crew AAF_Darter_A;

[Beerkan 71]

Could also try setting the vehiclevarname

Varsuk = createVehicle ["O_MBT_02_cannon_F", (getMarkerPos "Varsuk_A"), [], 0, "NONE"];
Varsuk setVehicleVarName "Varsuk_A";

[IndeedPete 1038]

Try this:

{
_x setCaptive true;
} forEach crew AAF_Darter_A;

Yes, didn't look it up but "crew vehicle" should return an array while setCaptive expects an object as first parameter.

[Kydoimos 916]

Thanks guys! Got it all working, cheers! very helpful! :)