Spawn 700 units

[MechSlayer 18]

I need to spawn around 700 units, does anyone know a fast method to do this?

Tried a for loop but after hitting 100 units it starts to spawn way too slow.

I'm spawning them serverside.

Thanks.

 

 

[Twiznak 57]

Hello, I make missions! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?edit=true&id=1922552989 this is a mission type I made that CAN spawn 800,000+ units. if you want a custom mission on a specific map, let me know.

[killzone_kid 1333]

Why not 800,000,000+?

[Maff 251]

27 minutes ago, killzone_kid said:

Why not 800,000,000+?

 

You aim TOO LOW, kid!

 

 

On 10/19/2019 at 7:37 AM, MechSlayer said:

I need to spawn around 700 units.

 

Need or want?

You may have better luck / performance spawning units / groups in dribs and drabs.

 

 

18 hours ago, Twiznak said:

this is a mission type I made that CAN spawn 800,000+ units.

 

I want, no need, to check this out.

 

 

~ 11GB worth of mods. I'll take your word for it. I am out.

Edited November 28, 2019 by Maff
Outrage.

[Grumpy Old Man 3549]

8 hours ago, killzone_kid said:

Why not 800,000,000+?

Maybe he mistook units with credits or similar.

Or his usage of units is different, if you fire 6k units per second... hmmmm.

 

Cheers

[killzone_kid 1333]

Maybe if you have 56 core Xeon

[phronk 904]

Bill Gates' quantum CPU may set his mansion on fire trying this.

 

How're you spawning units and why does it need to be 700? The most I've spawned was a little over 600 but they were agents, not units. You will not be able to effectively run hundreds of simulated units. This is for a few reasons:

 

1) Units require groups. Arma had a hard limit of 144 groups (Or is it 256?)

2) Units utilize more FSMs

3) Units process targets and generate stuff like KnowsAbout/TargetKnowledge

4) Units can fixate on targets and use weapons, agents can only lookAt / glanceAt

5) And more that I can't remember off the top of my head

 

With that said, you may want to look into dynamic spawning mods/scripts like EOS, ALiVE, etc. otherwise your mission will literally freeze and crash everytime you try to spawn too many units. If you're doing a zombie or civilian thing, definitely go with agents instead of units for more freedom and better performance.

[killzone_kid 1333]

Just now, phronk said:

Units require groups. Arma had a hard limit of 144 groups (Or is it 256?)

288 per side and it doesn't matter because you can have multiple units in the same group

[phronk 904]

Has it always been 288? I don't recognize that limit at all lol (Not doubting it, its been a while)

 

You could have more than 1 unit per group, but it'll really struggle going beyond 400 units. When you have hundreds of units taking cover, communicating with eachother, scanning for/engaging targets, moving in formation, etc. it really bogs the performance. Agents are basically braindead and limited with what you can do with them (They cannot engage targets with weapons).

[killzone_kid 1333]

3 minutes ago, phronk said:

Has it always been 288

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