Creating invincible units

[hobson_matt 0]

I am creatiing an ambush mission where 3 5t trucks are moving along a road when they become under attack from both sides. The trucks keep dying (not exploding, just crushing) and all the men inside die. I want the truck to stay alive, but allow the men inside to be shot, any ideas? CAnnot get any of the previous ones to work

[Skul 0]

I think that command was removed. Was it

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">allowdammage 0.01<span id='postcolor'>

or something similar?

[Gareth Gates must die]

[hobson_matt 0]

yea,

allowdammage false

used to work, but it was removed, need an alternative!!

[MintyBoy 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

_truck = _this select 0

#start

@ (getdamage _truck) > 0.5

_truck setdamage 0

goto "start" <span id='postcolor'>

Just name your trucks, stick

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> [truckname] exec "supertruck.sqs" <span id='postcolor'>

in each one's init-line, and there you go.

[Skul 0]

Clever bastard.

[Gareth Gates must die]

[EBass 0]

Sorry Im curious. Does that just set the damage of the truck to a constant 0.5? I could use that actually in Courage Under Fire, hmm gonna have to release a version 2 of that dont even know if it works in resistance.

[Harnu 0]

What the script does is when the damage is more than half, then it sets it back to zero.

[Guest jacobaby]

If you use a HIT eventhandler in the trucks, you can reverse the damage done by each hit, so that in effect allowdammage is working again.

This works on player units too.

I guess if first hit damage was ==1, then a new anim would need to be switched to.....

TJ

[hobson_matt 0]

Is getdamage supposed to be getdammage?

I get errors both ways,

with one m i get "unknown operator _Truck2"

with 2 m's i get "Error select: Type object, expected array "

Damn if only i was better at scripting!!

Any ideas?

[RED 0]

Make sure you exec the script with [truckname] (including the []) It is getdammage.

RED

[hobson_matt 0]

Still have an error, here is the situation:

Truck named "Truck2"  init field:

[Truck2] exec "supertruck.sqs"

Code called supertruck.sqs:

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_Truck2 = _this select 0

#start

@ (getdammage _Truck2) > 0.5

_Truck2 setdammage 0

goto "start"

<span id='postcolor'>

Error:

'_Truck2 = _this select 0|#|': Error Select: Type Object, Expected Array

[RED 0]

Use a trigger to activate it not the init field. Or you could change:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_Truck2 = _this select 0<span id='postcolor'>

To:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_Truck2 = _this<span id='postcolor'>

RED

[hobson_matt 0]

Still get same error if i put it in a trigger, the error changes if i delete "select 0"

[MintyBoy 0]

Btw, what version of OFP you running, Hobson? I'm running 1.91 and this (slightly) corrected script works fine on my PC..

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> _truck = _this select 0

#start

@ (damage _truck) > 0.5

_truck setdamage 0

hint "can't kill me!"

goto "start" <span id='postcolor'>

Yes, you're right, it was getdamMage rather than getdamage (I could have sworn they fixed that when they fixed setdamMage). I've changed it to just <damage> now though, as I despise typos (even if they are required by the coding)..

Tested in the editor myself and it works when called from the init-field, so I have no idea what's up.

[UberKreb 0]

Actually, I think the first line should be written as:

_Truck2 = this select 0

I'm not positive, but I don't recall using _this in my last script. It would also make sense because "this" refers to arguments passed to the script through the init field or activation field, while "_this" would refer to a value stored into the variable _this within the script.

I hope this helps.

UberKreb

[hobson_matt 0]

Brilliance, sheer brilliance, thanks guys! works a treat, anyone with Winter Everon + winter units can try the mission so far if they like, either pm or email me,

Cheers!

[-STO-Badblood 0]

This method works in most cases. It does not work well in quick catastrophic death though (IE: Law hits a soldier). - That's not to say any death is non-catasrophic  

I find if I use the method above:

1) The guy still dies - but only for a second. His dammage is set back to zero but not fast enough to avoid the server seeing a respawn condition.

2) A new guy is respawned (if respawn is asctivated) and you now have 2 dudes. - this is NOT a ?!(local Server) issue. It happens when running alone in edit mode.

Just wondering - I know some values take a new meaning when set to  -1000. Will this work --> this setdammage -1000?