AI vehicles spawned don't move.

[Aviox93 1]

Hi !

My goal is to make a domination mission, with 10 differentes sectors (Alpha,Beta,.....,India,Juliet).

So I made a script that spawn regularly enemy APCs (every 15s in the following script). 

Warning : Big script but nothing complicated !

_ingame = true;

while {_ingame} do {
	r = random 10;
	switch (true) do {
		case (r<=3): { //BMP2
			_BMP2 = "CUP_O_BMP2_RU" createVehicle getmarkerpos "spawn_apc_r";
			_squad = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_crew","min_rf_engineer","min_rf_soldier_repair","min_rf_crew","min_rf_crew"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			_squad2 = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_soldier_SL","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_support_Mort","min_rf_soldier"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			{
				_x MoveInAny _BMP2;
			} forEach units _squad;
			{
				_x MoveInCargo _BMP2;
			} forEach units _squad2;
			null = [_squad] execVM "patrol.sqf";
		};
		case (r<=5): { //BMP3
			_BMP3 = "CUP_O_BMP3_RU" createVehicle getmarkerpos "spawn_apc_r";
			_squad = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_crew","min_rf_engineer","min_rf_soldier_repair"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			_squad2 = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_soldier_SL","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_support_Mort","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_soldier"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			{
				_x MoveInAny _BMP3;
			} forEach units _squad;
			{
				_x MoveInCargo _BMP3;
			} forEach units _squad2;
			null = [_squad] execVM "patrol.sqf";
		};
		case (r<=7): { //T15
			_T15 = "min_rf_t_15" createVehicle getmarkerpos "spawn_apc_r";
			_squad = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_crew","min_rf_engineer","min_rf_soldier_repair"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			_squad2 = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_soldier_SL","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_support_Mort","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_soldier"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			{
				_x MoveInAny _T15;
			} forEach units _squad;
			{
				_x MoveInCargo _T15;
			} forEach units _squad2;
			null = [_squad] execVM "patrol.sqf";
		};
		case (r<=10): { //MTLB
			_MTLB = "CUP_O_MTLB_pk_Green_RU" createVehicle getmarkerpos "spawn_apc_r";
			_squad = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_crew","min_rf_soldier_repair"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			_squad2 = [getmarkerpos "spawn_infantry_r", east,
						["min_rf_soldier_SL","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_support_Mort","min_rf_soldier","min_rf_soldier"]] call BIS_fnc_SpawnGroup;
			{
				_x MoveInAny _MTLB;
			} forEach units _squad;
			{
				_x MoveInCargo _MTLB;
			} forEach units _squad2;
			null = [_squad] execVM "patrol.sqf";
		};
	};
	sleep 15;
}

And my patrol.sqf file juste gives a "move" waypoint and the patrol task to the group after the group gets to the "move" waypoint :

 

_squad = (_this select 0);
r = random 20;
switch (true) do {
	case (r<=4): { //Alpha
		hint "Alpha";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_alpha", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_alpha", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=7): { //Beta
		hint "Beta";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_beta", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_beta", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=9): { //Charlie
		hint "Charlie";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_charlie", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_charlie", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=11): { //Delta
		hint "Delta";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_delta", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_delta", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=13): { //Echo
		hint "Echo";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_echo", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_echo", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=15): { //Foxtrot
		hint "Foxtrot";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_foxtrot", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_foxtrot", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=16): { //Golf
		hint "Golf";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_golf", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_golf", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=17): { //Hotel
		hint "Hotel";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_hotel", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_hotel", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=19): { //India
		hint "India";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_india", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_india", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};
	case (r<=20): { //Juliet
		hint "Juliet";
		_wp = _squad addWaypoint [ getMarkerPos "m_juliet", 5];
		_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
		[_squad, getMarkerPos "m_juliet", 700] call BIS_fnc_TaskPatrol;
		_squad setBehaviour "AWARE";
		_squad setSpeedMode "NORMAL";
	};

};

Anyways, the script works but 40% of the vehicles just appear and don't move. And when there are these kinds of errors, the vehicle appeared and the sector chosen is never the same.
(this can happen for a T14 on Golf, or a BMP2 on Alpha even if other BMP2s have gone to Alpha without problems before...).

I also tried to spawn only vehicle when I launch the scenario and it seems to work every time.

I then made a script to spawn multiple BMP2s to golf (since golf had 70% errors), and it seems like the first and second BMP2s go to Golf but every time the third don't move and after it, it's random.

Thanks for helping, I have no idea what it could be!

[RCA3 593]

Convert your global variable  r to a local variable like  _r. They are conflicting with each other. Update all references under it of course.

[Aviox93 1]

6 hours ago, RCA3 said:

Convert your global variable  r to a local variable like  _r. They are conflicting with each other. Update all references under it of course.

Hey thx for your answer ! You're right indeed, however, it doesn't solve the issue since the issue seems to come from the fact that a sector is chosen but the apc is just not following the waypoint. 😕

[Aviox93 1]

Alr guys I did some test and it seems to work better when I'm moving only 3 soldiers into it. When its more than 3 soldiers, 50% of the times the APC won't move. Any ideas? (There is still the issue tho)

And some stuck APCs seem to move after 1/2 minutes spawning

[Aviox93 1]

And with only one soldier inside the vehicle it seems that no apcs are stuck. (Some of them still don't move when they spawn but start moving 20/30s after).

It's really weird... If any of you wants a video so I can show you the issue, no problem.

[RCA3 593]

Try applying private to all local variables, like so:

private _ingame = true;

Do it to all local (_thisIsLocal) variables.

If you're just using CUP you can share your mission and i'll take a look. DM if you want.