finding the X,Y,Z coordinates

[Nick225 0]

for the setpos command, how do i find the xyz coordinates it asks for?

[Messiah 2]

depends...

you could just place a game logic and make the command move things there:

thingtomove setpos (getpos gamelogicname)

easiest way around it. If you reaaly want to use co-ordinates, then camera.sqs and a longer explanation is your answer.

[Nick225 0]

Quote[/b] ]If you reaaly want to use co-ordinates, then camera.sqs and a longer explanation is your answer

what do you mean?

i mainly need it to set the height of stuff.

[NeMeSiS 11]

this setpos [getpos this select 0, getpos this select 1, height in meters]

Just put it into a units init field and he will stay at his position but you can change the height

[Nick225 0]

i have a completely unrelated question, but i didnt want to create a new topic.

In my mission I have a helo and 3 boats going from a small island to assualt a city. the boats work fine and everypme gets out, but the helo does the little circly, spinny, 180 and then continues to drop the parachuters. whats up with this?

[thobson 38]

On the setPos thing, bear in mind a few wrinkles:

1. objectname setPos getPos objectname

Will cause many objects to move quite some distance laterally.  Try it with a wire, it moves about half its own length sideways.  This is a pain if you want to place one ammo crate on top of another you need to do something like:

_xpos = getPos ammo1 select 0

_ypos = getPos ammo1 select 1

ammo1 setPos [_xpos,ypos,0]

ammo2 setPos [_xpos,_ypos,z]

Surprising though it may seem this does result in ammo1 moving sideways.

2. objectname setPos [x,y,z] will for most objects place them z meters above ground.  But if the object is a trigger it will place it z meters above sealevel

3. x is the number of meters from the left hand side of the map and y is the number of meters from the bottom of the map.

On the copper problem:  Controlling choppers is like trying to train a cat.  Not impossible, but it is easy to find better ways of spending your life.