make (force) Ai stay in building

[georgischer Maschinengewehr 19]

  usually I put AI in buildings (ungrouped) and I set their stance to "stand up" 

because group leader orders them different commands and then AI leaves its position

but even if I set ai in a building, they are standing "normally" but when they engage hostile, they go out of the building.

 

 

 

any chances to put A GROUP or AI in a building and defend this goddamn building without leaving? 

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

Try using this:

doStop this;
this disableAI "PATH";
group this enableAttack false;

in each units init field.

 

Cheers

[georgischer Maschinengewehr 19]

Grumpy Old Man

thanks a million! 

 can I try using this in a group as well? or only for single units. (ungrouped) 

[johnnyboy 3741]

this forcespeed 0;

 

Will keep unit from moving also.

 

And I highly recommend Zenophon's occupy building script.  It does all the placement work for you (finds buildings near units, finds positions in and on top of buildings, places units, faces them out (so looking out window or doorway), and even calls my JBOY Up Down script on them when a FiredNear event occurs.

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

Grumpy Old Man

thanks a million! 

 can I try using this in a group as well? or only for single units. (ungrouped) 

For groups you could use this in the init field of one group member (can be any unit):

{
doStop _x;
_x disableAI "PATH";
} foreach units group this;
group this enableAttack false;

Or you might take a look into what johnnyboy suggested.

this forcespeed 0;

is also a good suggestion, can be reset by using -1.

 

 

Cheers

[beno_83au 1362]

this forcespeed 0;

 

Will keep unit from moving also.

I'd been relying on this for a while to keep ai in place. But a week or so ago i had a fire team positioned behind a VCP with the group leader in a building nearby. The VCP lot stayed in place initially, but on contact with enemy most of the time they'd start moving again. Not sure why that was happening.

[Gunter Severloh 3948]

guess 3yrs hard work dont mean anything

[f2k sel 164]

I'd been relying on this for a while to keep ai in place. But a week or so ago i had a fire team positioned behind a VCP with the group leader in a building nearby. The VCP lot stayed in place initially, but on contact with enemy most of the time they'd start moving again. Not sure why that was happening.

 

I always used this in the past A2 onwards, other people said they would still move but not for me.

But like you a few  weeks ago I had some start moving when engaged.

 

I just checked again by placing around twenty units in and out of buildings at it seems fine again.

 

there is also  this disableAI "path"

[beno_83au 1362]

I ended up disabling "PATH" and it worked out. Glad that one was an easy fix.

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

I ended up disabling "PATH" and it worked out. Glad that one was an easy fix.

After some further testing and goofing around disableAI "PATH" should actually be the only command needed to keep a unit from moving but still being able to turn, target and fire.

 

Cheers

[Tajin 348]

If you freeze units like that, do put them back in a group. Having lots of "ungrouped" units (many small groups) is usually bad for performance.

[georgischer Maschinengewehr 19]

thanks a lot everyone!!!

 

For groups you could use this in the init field of one group member (can be any unit):

{
doStop _x;
_x disableAI "PATH";
} foreach units group this;
group this enableAttack false;

it worked great for me! 

[David ArmAstrong 11]

On 11/20/2016 at 4:27 PM, Gunter Severloh said:

guess 3yrs hard work dont mean anything

Gunter the links in your signature are one hell of a resource. It is much appreciated. Well done man. 

 

[Gunter Severloh 3948]

19 hours ago, David ArmAstrong said:

Gunter the links in your signature are one hell of a resource. It is much appreciated. Well done man. 

Thanks my friend, appreciate the compliments, all done with love for the community, if you think thats great wait til you see my next list

idk what my response in this thread was about, anyways back on topic before the mods spank us with wooden paddles 😄