set spawned helicopters with engines on...

[SouthSaturnDelta 1]

Hi again, another interesting problem I need to overcome.

                I spawn a helicopter, but notice that it sometimes crashes into the ground if either its placed too low, or goes into a spin while it tries to get the engines going.

How can I make it spawn already in a hover with the engines running ?

Its used for an evac, and often dosnt get far because the damned engines arent running when it is spawned.

I use the lines :

strikePlane3 = "Ch47D" camCreate (getMarkerPos "spawn3")

strikePlane3 setPos [(getPos strikePlane3 select 0),(getPos strikePlane3 select 1),(getPos strikePlane3 select 2)+800]

strikePlane3 setDir 180

special="FLY";

in my script.Its okay for planes, they always manage to pull up, but the helo takes longer to power up.

Many thanks,

SSD

[.kju 3245]

what you can do, is to wait a bit, like let the helo start its engine on the ground and setPos it a bit later.

i guess some expert in scripting will suggest the use of setVelocity though

[SouthSaturnDelta 1]

Hi Q, thanks for your idea .

I'll try it with some scripts but i need one that will make the helo already flying when spawned as it will carry a cargo underneath it( this will disappear or drop if the helo is lower than a certain height).

As the above snippit shows I set the a;ltitude to 800m so there is enough time to get the rotors running before it hits the ground.The altitude is fine but sometimes the helo goes into a spin and crashes.