Spawn ammo caches and marks

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

Hello, I am creating an insurgency mission, I already have the script to make the AI drop intel, but I need another one to make Spawn ammo caches and another one for when to get the intel, go creating marks with the distances from the Cache.

Intel script:

 

0 = [] spawn {
  if (isServer) then {
    while {true} do {
      {
        _unit = _x;
        if !(_unit getVariable ["hasIntelEVH",false]) then {
          _unit addEventHandler ["killed",{
            params ["_unit"];
            if (random 100 < ("droprate" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue) ) then {
              _suitcase = "Land_Suitcase_F" createVehicle (getpos _unit);
              [_suitcase,["Pick up INTEL", {params ["_suitcase","_caller","_id"]; hint "you have intel, clever one, you.";  [_suitcase,_id] remoteExec ["removeAction"]; deleteVehicle _suitcase } ] ]  remoteExec ["addAction",0,_suitcase];
            };
          }];
          _unit setVariable ["hasIntelEVH",true];
        };
      } forEach (allUnits select {side _x == EAST});
      sleep 10;  
    };
  };
};

 

[pierremgi 4738]

ammo caches are also vehicles, like "Box_FIA_Support_F" class, so use the same createVehicle on the same event or something else.

You have to choose a position and we can't do that for you. random places around killed units? or on existing markers that you just have to make them visible?)... so many things are possible.

 

 

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

It could be inside an ellipse marker, but as it takes the intel, it has to be approaching the possible location of the cache. The goal is to stay dynamic to the point where the creator of the mission has no idea where the cache might be.

[pierremgi 4738]

Could you translate that in action/event terms, like:

- when an enemy unit is killed, the enemy unit drop an intel case (done)

- then spawn a cache, where? I don't understand the "approaching the possible location" in this case....

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

For example, takes 10 (ten) intels, marks on the map an ellipse with the cache position of 400x400. Grab another 10 intels, the ellipse turns from 300x300 and so on until you get 50x50 or smaller.

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

In case the cache will spawn randomly in that area I mentioned above.

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

You can do all that from inside the addAction.

When one intel found, use setvariable and getvariable to check if the caller has any intel, if he has none, set the value to 1 since he found the first one.

Then increase the value with every intel he finds. When the value is bigger than 10 use createMarker.

 

Commands are all on the wiki.

 

Cheers

[M1ke_SK 230]

Better use 

 

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled", { //your code }];

than looping eveny 10 seconds for every unit on map.

[crewt 31]

24 minutes ago, M1ke_SK said:

Better use 

 

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled", { //your code }];

than looping eveny 10 seconds for every unit on map.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In case of a Mission eventhandler you don't have to loop it everytime, or am I mistaken?

[M1ke_SK 230]

10 hours ago, crewt said:

In case of a Mission eventhandler you don't have to loop it everytime, or am I mistaken?

 

You dont need loop with mission eventhandler

[pierremgi 4738]

27 minutes ago, M1ke_SK said:

 

You dont need loop with mission eventhandler

Yep!

I didn't remarked this MEH. Sure, it's easier than looping for adding an EH on each new spawned unit! I have to change for that in a bunch of my scripts...

[M1ke_SK 230]

2 hours ago, pierremgi said:

Yep!

I didn't remarked this MEH. Sure, it's easier than looping for adding an EH on each new spawned unit! I have to change for that in a bunch of my scripts...

 

Make sure you wrap it in if(isServer) { ... } condition, to run it only by server.

[pierremgi 4738]

2 minutes ago, M1ke_SK said:

 

Make sure you wrap it in if(isServer) { ... } condition, to run it only by server.

What about HCs? I mean if some Ais are managed by headless client, so, should we wrap in something like:

 

if (isServer or ! hasInterface) then {

... MEH [ <code with if  (local _x) then { do something with _x} ]

}

(I added local just in case but useless?)

[M1ke_SK 230]

2 minutes ago, pierremgi said:

What about HCs? I mean if some Ais are managed by headless client, so, should we wrap in something like:

 

if (isServer or ! hasInterface) then {

... MEH [ <code with if  (local _x) then { do something with _x} ]

}

(I added local just in case but useless?)

with headless client you can use these

if (!hasInterface) then 
{ 
	//run on headless clients and dedicated server 
}; 

if (!hasInterface && !isDedicated) then 
{ 
	//run on headless clients only 
};

 

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

0 = [] spawn {
  if (isServer) then {
    while {true} do {
      {
        _unit = _x;
        if !(_unit getVariable ["hasIntelEVH",false]) then {
          _unit addEventHandler ["killed",{
            params ["_unit"];
            if (random 100 < ("droprate" call BIS_fnc_getParamValue) ) then {
              _suitcase = "Land_Suitcase_F" createVehicle (getpos _unit);
              [_suitcase,["Pick up INTEL", {params ["_suitcase","_caller","_id"]; hint "you have intel, clever one, you.";  [_suitcase,_id] remoteExec ["removeAction"]; deleteVehicle _suitcase } ] ]  remoteExec ["addAction",0,_suitcase];
            };
          }];
          _unit setVariable ["hasIntelEVH",true];
        };
      } forEach (allUnits select {side _x == EAST});
      sleep 10;  
    };
  };
};

the drop intel script, how i do?

[pierremgi 4738]

4 hours ago, M1ke_SK said:

with headless client you can use these

if (!hasInterface) then 
{ 
	//run on headless clients and dedicated server 
}; 

if (!hasInterface && !isDedicated) then 
{ 
	//run on headless clients only 
};

 

So, I should precise I'm scripting for the Ai units, regarless of player(s),  so  the (isServer or ! hasInterface) seems to me the good option:

SP isServer  , all units are on server , OK

MP hosted/dedicated,  isServer allows the access of all units on server,

Furthermore, if any units on HCs (so obviously not on server) ! hasInterface is working.

 

My question was more about the locality of some AI units when a PC has an HC. I guess Ai units spawned on HC are owned by HC. So, i missed something or some MP scripts should have some lines about HCs. Not so often read about that.

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

I'm going to use alive module systems to spawn AI

[pierremgi 4738]

1 hour ago, Lucas Andreatta said:

I'm going to use alive module systems to spawn AI

Or just the bis_fnc_spawnGroup.

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

alive is better

[pierremgi 4738]

2 minutes ago, Lucas Andreatta said:

alive is better

No, just heavier for what you intend to do.

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

But does bis_fnc_spawnGroup dynamically respawn AI?

How does the spawn cache and markup script work?

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

Can someone CREATE this script for me?

[Lucas Andreatta 1]

Please :'(

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

On 28.5.2017 at 4:51 PM, Lucas Andreatta said:

Can someone CREATE this script for me?

This forum is about mission editing and scripting.

Try to ask there.

 

Cheers