Force AI to drive boats fast

[jonilahtinen 15]

Hey, I'm trying to make invasion style mission with landing boats (craft?), but the AI drives veeeery slowly even when the waypoint is made "careless" and full speed.

 

Any idea how to force the AI to "crash" full speed to the shore?

[HazJ 1289]

You could use setVelocity command.

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

Example on the Wiki already.

[genesis92x 810]

16 hours ago, HazJ said:

You could use setVelocity command.

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

Example on the Wiki already.

This will create hilarious results if not used carefully. Boats act funny with setVelocity.

[HazJ 1289]

17 minutes ago, genesis92x said:

This will create hilarious results if not used carefully. Boats act funny with setVelocity.

Oh, I didn't know about that. Maybe I just use it carefully.

I only really use it for vehicle boost and on static Trawler object.

(old video - the newer version of this actually had water effects under the ship when moving, like how boats do when moving)

[johnnyboy 3797]

I solved beach landings with a velocity boost script.  To see it in action, play the beginning of my Leper Island mission in MP, and pick a non-Team Leader unit (you can play it in MP without other players).  The AI Team Leader will drive the boat to a waypoint just offshore, where I have put a trigger to call the velocity boost script.  The script then uses a short setVelocity loop to move the boat to shore.  This way the AI disembark in shallow water and don't get stuck swimming in cirles.

 

Here's the script:

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// velocityBoost.sqf 
// Created by: johnnyboy
//
// Call this from a trigger that activates when boat is close to shore.  The VelocityBoost will push 
// boat to shore, so when soldiers eject, they don't get confused walking in circles in the water.
//
// nul = [boatName] execVM "Scripts\velocityBoost.sqf";
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if (isServer) then
{
	_vehicle = _this select 0;
	_vehicle allowDamage false;
	_vel = velocity _vehicle;
	_dir = direction _vehicle;
	_speed = 11;
    _iterations = 10;
	
	diag_log format ["speed=%1",_speed];
	if (! (isplayer (driver _vehicle)) ) then
	{
		driver _vehicle enablesimulation false;
		_vehicle setVelocity [(_vel select 0)+(sin _dir*_speed),(_vel select 1)+ (cos _dir*_speed),(_vel select 2)];
		_continue = true;
		sleep(0.2);
		x = 0;
		while {x < _iterations and (alive _vehicle) and (alive (driver _vehicle)) } do
	   {
			x = x + 1;
			_vehicle setVelocity [_speed * sin(_dir), _speed * cos(_dir), (_vel select 2)];  
			Sleep(.2);
		};
		_vehicle allowDamage true;
		sleep 2;
		driver _vehicle enablesimulation true;
		driver _vehicle leaveVehicle _vehicle;
		sleep .5;
		{_x leaveVehicle _vehicle; } forEach crew _vehicle; 		
	};
}
;

 

[jonilahtinen 15]

Thanks, but that didnt do anything.

 

So there is no way to force AI to drive full speed to shore? Arma... 

[ayoung 29]

Check my post Beach landing with IFA LCVP. It has a link for a test mission with beach landing. Check it out and tell me what you think