Delete all crew and cargo of an aircraft

[madmedic 0]

Can someone please tell me what is the proper way to write a scripting line that will delete all of the units inside a vehicle.

(I am trying to write a script that will prevent any AI from bailing out of a plane that is going down)

I have the script set to activate when the plane reaches a certain damage level.

The units will all be deleted, instead of automatically bailing out.

[pazuzu 21]

If you have vehicles with crew already inside then you just Name the vehicle and for the crew you use the same name as vehicle but add D for driver, G for gunner or C for commander.

Example: deletevehicle tank_1; deletevehicle tank_1D; deletevehicle tank_1G; deletevehicle tank_1C

This will delete the tank and the crew.

[madmedic 0]

What about the cargo?

I really need to delete the cargo.

(I am using it with a transport plane, full of paratroopers)

[pazuzu 21]

Just name all the paratroopers too and use the deletevehicle command...

[[aps]gnat 28]

Quote[/b] ]"deletevehicle _x" foreach (crew ThePlane)

But just noticed for the first time that this results in an empty vehicle that no one can get into.

[LoTekK 0]

Gnat @ Dec. 01 2005,18:41)]

Quote[/b] ]"deletevehicle _x" foreach (crew ThePlane)

But just noticed for the first time that this results in an empty vehicle that no one can get into.

Why not just kill them, then? That way if the player happens to come across one of the downed birds, they won't encounter a ghost plane.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">"_x setdammage 1" forEach (crew ThePlane)

[madmedic 0]

Gnat @ Dec. 01 2005,11:41)]

Quote[/b] ]"deletevehicle _x" foreach (crew ThePlane)

But just noticed for the first time that this results in an empty vehicle that no one can get into.

Thank you...that is exactly what I was looking for.

It does not matter if the plane is locked, because it will be crashed anyway.

[Chris Death 0]

If you have vehicles with crew already inside then you just Name the vehicle and for the crew you use the same name as vehicle but add D for driver, G for gunner or C for commander.

Example: deletevehicle tank_1; deletevehicle tank_1D; deletevehicle tank_1G; deletevehicle tank_1C

This will delete the tank and the crew.

Just one thing here pazuzu:

If you would do it in that order - first the vehicle itself, followed by it's D/G/C would not work me thinks.

Why?

Because: deletevehicle tank_1 will delete tank_1

and then tank_1D/G/C would have not tank_1 referback

as it got deleted before.

Solution: delete tank_1 at last and the crew first

~S~ CD

[thobson 38]

There is a problem with OFP. You cannot fully delete a unit that is in a vehicle - residual bits remain. Instead try:

{_x setPos [0,0,0];deleteVehicle _x} forEach crew vehiclename

This will move all the crew (and cargo) units to 0,0,0 and then delete them. To keep it clean you might want to put an unassignVehicle instruction in there as well incase the now empty vehicle gets confused.

Something like:

{_x setPos [0,0,0];unassignVehicle _x;deleteVehicle _x} forEach crew vehiclename

EDIT: I just read that you plan for the plane to crash anyway - so why not just kill the pilot?

[Chris Death 0]

hehe - Thobson - you should have re-re-read as madmedic

wants to:

Quote[/b] ]when the plane reaches a certain damage level.

The units will all be deleted, instead of automatically bailing out

However i'm not sure if killing the pilot will prevent them

others from leaving the plane by chute, but it could be

maybe happen upon ofp bug in case crew select 0 (the pilot)

is dead and then there might be a chance that the eject

process gets terminated upon that.

Only a quick try will give an exact result (except you or somebody else already know that it's like that).

~S~ CD

[thobson 38]

Quite right - I should read more slowly. I only hope I am better at my job than I am at some of this

Why not then just kill the lot of them with a:

{_x setDammage 1} forEach crew aircraftname

Then if the player happens on the wreck there will be bodies realistically inside it.

[madmedic 0]

Quite right - I should read more slowly.  I only hope I am better at my job than I am at some of this    

Why not then just kill the lot of them with a:

{_x setDammage 1} forEach crew aircraftname

Then if the player happens on the wreck there will be bodies realistically inside it.

well ...I chose to delete them because the dead bodies sitting in the default "dead cargo" position, with their heads sticking through the top of the plane...just doesnt look very good IMHO.

I was thinking it might free up a little memory with the unused units deleted as well?

By the way, Your script line is PERFECT for what I need.

Thanks

[thobson 38]

Excellent

[Garcia 0]

I wonder, what if a unit is killed, and then deleted...should I still move them to [0,0,0]?

[thobson 38]

I have never tested that.  I have in the past tried to delete units that were in vehicles (while alive) and some very strange things happened.  Hence the need to move them out and unassign them and then delete them.  My preference without testing it would be give the ofp engine all the help you can to get it right so I would still do the setpos.