Spawned Units Won't Attack

[Kydoimos 916]

I can't seem to make some spawned units attack the enemy:

FIA = createAgent ["B_G_engineer_F", (getMarkerPos "FIA"),[], 0, "NONE"];

Spawns a unit - but I placed a group of OPFOR units in from of him and he doesn't fire? What gives? Thanks as always for any help!

[lappihuan 178]

try createVehicle or createUnit, i never used createAgent, so i don't know how it's behave.

[-ami- mofo 13]

Check the INTEL options in your editor. Make sure Independents aren't set to be friendly to OPFOR.

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

You need to take care about factions and sides. I haven't used FIA units yet, but it seems as if they are sort of a special role and can be any side. Also, don't use createAgent. That is sort of a strange thing (to my consideration) and probably not what you want.

You could "manually" force them to fire though. I did it like this:

[color=#FF8040][color=#1874CD]_aiUnit[/color]    [color=#8B3E2F][b]=[/b][/color] yourFIAunitGroup [color=#191970][b]createUnit[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b][[/b][/color][color=#7A7A7A]"B_G_engineer_F"[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b],[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]([/b][/color][color=#191970][b]getMarkerPos[/b][/color] [color=#7A7A7A]"FIA"[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b])[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b],[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b][[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]][/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b],[/b][/color] [color=#FF0000]0[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b],[/b][/color] [color=#7A7A7A]"NONE"[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]][/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
[color=#1874CD]_aiUnit[/color] [color=#191970][b]spawn[/b][/color]
[color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color]
   [color=#191970][b]while[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color][color=#191970][b]alive[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_this[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color] [color=#191970][b]do[/b][/color]
   [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color]
       [color=#191970][b]scopeName[/b][/color] [color=#7A7A7A]"unitAliveScope"[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]

       [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color]
           [color=#191970][b]if[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]([/b][/color][color=#191970][b]side[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_x[/color] [color=#191970][b]isEqualTo[/b][/color] [color=#000000]opfor[/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]&[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]&[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color][color=#000000]_this[/color] [color=#191970][b]distance[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_x[/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]<[/b][/color] [color=#FF0000]200[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b])[/b][/color] [color=#191970][b]then[/b][/color]
           [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color]
               [color=#000000]_this[/color] [color=#191970][b]doTarget[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_x[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
               [color=#000000]_this[/color] [color=#191970][b]doFire[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_x[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
               [color=#191970][b]waitUntil[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color][color=#191970][b]sleep[/b][/color] [color=#FF0000]3[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]![/b][/color][color=#191970][b]alive[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_this[/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]|[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]|[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color][color=#000000]_this[/color] [color=#191970][b]distance[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_x[/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]>[/b][/color] [color=#FF0000]200[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]|[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]|[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]{[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]![/b][/color][color=#191970][b]alive[/b][/color] [color=#000000]_x[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
               [color=#191970][b]breakTo[/b][/color] [color=#7A7A7A]"unitAliveScope"[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
           [color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
       [color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color] [color=#191970][b]forEach[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b]([/b][/color][color=#000000]_this[/color] [color=#191970][b]nearEntities[/b][/color] [color=#8B3E2F][b][[/b][/color][color=#7A7A7A]"Man"[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b],[/b][/color] [color=#FF0000]350[/color][color=#8B3E2F][b]][/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b])[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
   [color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color]
[color=#8B3E2F][b]}[/b][/color][color=#8B3E2F][b];[/b][/color][/color]

Kudos to Killzone_Kid for his SQF to BBCode Converter.

I did it a slight bit differently, but this should work, too. That way, the AI unit (your FIA unit) recognizes every unit closer than 350 m and will start shooting as soon as it's closer than 200 m.

Kind regards and good luck,

waltenberg aka Johnny

Edited October 11, 2014 by waltenberg

[Kydoimos 916]

Thanks for the speedy responses guys! I'm sure the problem was that I was using createAgent rather than createUnit! I completely missed the createAgent command! Quite handy to know though, that it'll spawn a unit which doesn't react to anything!