I can't create the stinking guy with the trigger

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

Okay, okay, I did exactly what I was told to do. I made a marker called "bugger," and made a trigger activated by Radio Alpha. In the "on activation" line of the trigger, I put

"t55g" createUnit [getmarkerPos "bugger",groupAlpha]

I made a civilian stand right in front of the "bugger" marker, and set him as the player. I tested this and activated Radio Alpha. ALACAZAM! Nothing...

What am I doing wrong? I have searched very extensively on this and nobody else seems to be having this little problem.

[Taurus 20]

Hello.

Does this groupAlpha exist?

if not, create resistant soldier

init-field: groupAlpha=Group This

Try again.

And, if you should do this spawn in multiplayer, you need to do it via a script, like this:

trigger Radio Alpha

on activation: ["T55G",groupAlpha] exec "create.sqs"

[in create.sqs]

_vType = _This Select 0

_vGroup = _This Select 1

...

which reminds me, this is for soldiers.

Vehicles should be spawned with "CreateVehicle"

e.g.

_tank1 = "t55g" CreateVehicle GetMarkerPos "bugger"

hope this helps

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

I thank you.

By the way, can a unit be created into its own group instead of into an existing group?

[Taurus 20]

As far as I know, it is not possible to create new groups(in runtime)

Groups needs to be defined and created in editmode.

If you want to defined new groups, but do not want units(soldiers) hanging about, write this in their init-field:

%groupname% = Group This; DeleteVehicle This

This will create an "empty" group for you, which you can spawn new units into.

However, there's some problems with this "spawn into groups" in Multiplayer, the game does not assign any group id's to the newly creted units.

e.g.

Let's say groupAlpha consist of a group leader: "Alpha Black:1"

you spawn a new soldier:

"SoldierWB" CreateUnit [GetMarkerPos "bugger",groupAlpha]

This soldier will not get

Alpha Black:2

Even thou it is in Alpha Black:1's group.

Also, if you want to spawn units in MP, make sure you have a gamelogic placed in the editor, called Server (or whatever)

in the script:

?!(Local Server): Goto "End"

"SoldierWB" CreateUnit [GetMarkerPos "bugger",groupAlpha]

#End

exit

By doing this, you prevent multispawning.

If you do not have the ?!(Local Server): Goto "End"

The game will create one unit for each client, plus the server.

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

Ah, thank you, Taurus, that is immensely helpful.

[Taurus 20]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Little Blue Assassin @ Feb. 06 2003,19:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ah, thank you, Taurus, that is immensely helpful.<span id='postcolor'>

You're welcome

[bn880 5]

Well, I think htere is a way to create new groups in runtime using one group (can be empty) as an infirmary.

myMan = man createUnit [bla bla ,existingGroup];

[myMan] join grpNull;

newGroup = group myMan;

That's more less it.

[bn880 5]

doublethink doublepost

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

Here's a little update. I gave up on mission editing for a while, and now I am trying again. I still cannot create a unit, even when I am trying to create it into an existing group with a unit already in it. This is exasperating. Why isn't there a manual? I did exactly what the stinking command reference said!

I made a marker called "sod" and a trigger activated by Radio Alpha, and put this in the "on activation" line of the trigger:

"uh60mg" createunit [getmarkerpos "sod", groupalpha]

I then made a soldier and put this in his init line:

this setgroupid ["alpha","groupcolor3"]

However, the trigger did not work. So, I found out what "groupcolor3" is by placing a unit (let's call him "Bill") in another group on the same side as the soldier in the group whose color is "groupcolor3" (we'll call this guy "Bobby"). I played as Bill, and shot Bobby in the leg. Bobby said "Alpha Black One, cease fire!" When he said this, it called him "Alpha Green One." Thus, "groupcolor3" is green.

Then I changed the trigger to

"uh60mg" createunit [getmarkerpos "sod", groupalphagreen]

It still didn't work. Can anyone help me? Does anyone even follow me?

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

"Bump"

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

"BUMP"

Please?

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

I am having a very hard time believing that there is not one editor out there who knows how to create a unit.

[Doolittle 0]

Your unit type looks like a vehicle, not a soldier. Try "SoldierWB" instead.

Doolittle

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

Aha!  Thank you, Doolittle...I would never have found that problem.  How do you create a manned vehicle?  Would creating an empty vehicle and a separate crew and inserting the crew via init line work?  How do you name a created vehicle?

[edit]I just tried it. Even using "soldierwb," it doesn't work.  Would you please type out the exact script which you use to create a soldier?  I believe that my problem lies in my grouping method.  I have no clue what I am doing here.[/edit]

[toadeater 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Little Blue Assassin @ April 04 2003,11:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Aha!  Thank you, Doolittle...I would never have found that problem.  How do you create a manned vehicle?  Would creating an empty vehicle and a separate crew and inserting the crew via init line work?  How do you name a created vehicle?

[edit]I just tried it.  Even using "soldierwb," it doesn't work.  Would you please type out the exact script which you use to create a soldier?  I believe that my problem lies in my grouping method.  I have no clue what I am doing here.[/edit]<span id='postcolor'>

You can name the vehicle if you don't use a local variable.

Instead of:

_tank = "M1Abrams" createVehicle getmarkerpos "tankFactory"

use:

tank = "M1Abrams" createVehicle getmarkerpos "tankFactory"

Then move your crew into the tank:

someguy moveindriver tank

etc...

Just tried it using triggers, it worked.

[Little Blue Assassin 0]

Thanks...now all I need to know is how to create a guy with a trigger. I'm stumped.