Question about buildings and positions inside

[Winters 1]

Hi Guys & Gals,

I searched "Houses" and i searched "Starting in Buidlings" and was unable to locate the answer. I even tried searching page by page but i gave up after page #30.

Here is what i need to do.

I want to be able to start a unit inside a building at one of the buildings positions inside. I know how to use setpos to set up a height (like in the towers) and i know how to create a waypoint in the house for a guy to move to but, what i really need is for them to start at that position and not move to it.

The city hall building in Lipany has 29 positions inside it and when i have the guys run into the building there are always a few who block some of them from moving and you end up with 5 guys standing in the same place and even some guys who end up getting "pushed" into the walls.

any ideas? thanks for any help you can offer.

[GAMEER_77 0]

If you want them to just stay where they are, use:

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or:

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Although you can't undo that, so if you want to undo it use:

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And to make him move again use:

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[Edit] And if you want them to do this once they've reached a waypoint, use the OnActivation part of the waypoint.

Gameer

[Winters 1]

Hi Gameer,

I really need for them to start at the postion in the building and not move to it. When you send in 29 guys to a building with 29 positions they keep getting in each others way.

[GAMEER_77 0]

Oh, right!

Well, the only way to do that is to setpos I think, unless you setacctime but that might be more trouble than it's worth

If you use camera.sqs, then you can get precise positioning of the unit. (Search if you don't know what it is, or ask if you can't find anything )

Gameer

[Winters 1]

Setpos will be extremley tedious to do when you have 29 guys you want to place in a building. hmmmm, i guess i can just space them out on the ground better and delay them going in the building so they dont get in each others way.

Is it not possible to camcreate a unit at the desired position inside the building?

[GAMEER_77 0]

You'd still need to find the correct co-ordinates.

You can't find the position of a house-waypoint, sadly.

Unless you getpos a guy and find his co-ords once he's inside. (But there will still be blockages, even more so because they are all setpos-ed onto the same spot)

Gameer

[Winters 1]

accck, okie i think i figured a fix to the blocking. i will have to put the guy that needs to go to the highest postion run in immediatley and then i will prolly just have a 5 sec. delay for each subsequent man entering the building.

Maybe this would be something for BIS to add in OFP2, the ability to place a man inside a building at one of its positions without using setpos or triggers.

Thanks again

[Chris Death 0]

Why don't you look for the coordinates by using a radio-call

trigger?

Place only your player and the radio-call trigger onto the map.

Trigger settings:

radio-alpha/repeatedly

onActivation: hint format ["%1",(getpos player)]

Now walk ingame to the locations you want to find the

coordinates about and hit your radio-call.

~S~ CD

[Bullz_eye_on_my_back 0]

I may be half asleep or something, but i think i remember reading something on this before.... I'll try searching myself, but i think in the editor if you zoom in directly over the building you can place a unit there and it gives you the option as to which room you want to put them in ...given each room is assigned a number...

I'll try looking to see....

[Winters 1]

Bullz,

that works when you place the unit outside the building and then have him move to the position in the building by placing a waypoint over the building and then selecting the appropriate position. I am trying to have him start at the position and not move to it.

Thanks

[rouge1 0]

Well if any one wanted i could send them a demo mission that shows how to make pepole start in specific points in a building just ask and i shall Email it to you