Make soldiers sit down and stay down?

[jimbojones 2]

Hello. I am trying to make 3 soldiers sit down around a fire, and face the proper direction. Can anyone help me get the soldiers to sit and stay seated int he right direction? I tried searching around but I have had no luck....I have found bits and pieces but I am too new to put it all together. Thanks in advance

[jimbojones 2]

I continued my search and found some info on OFPEC

group_name setformdir value

unit_name switchmove "EffectStandSitDownStill"

and i believe i can just add this into the waypoint to have them sit when they reach it

[bob2000 0]

in order to make a unit sit forever u need to use the playmove command. also units will only perform these actions using a .sqs script. What you need to do is find the action name u want(there not the same as ofp) i found them on this forum so check each thread relating to actions. Open the sqs and type.

"unitname" setbehaviour safe

"unitname" playmove "movenameuwouldliketoplay"

To create a sqs file use wordpad then save it as "name".sqs (remove the .txt) Save it to the usermissions directory.

then to get him to play move type in his initialisation;

exec "Nameofsqs.sqs"

Its easy once u learn how but u need to get the action list

[Vänskä 0]

You can just make a waypoint or a trigger. Just type on the "on activation" field:

unitname playmove "movPsitMstpSlowWrflDnon" (for example)

Unit needs to be in safe or careless mode in order to stay seated.

Description of some moves is buried here.

You don´t have to do any sqs or sqf script files.

[miggie 0]

still not working .. i tried everything..

we plays the move and then just puts his hands next to him ..

he is in safe mode...

[Deadfast 43]

Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean.

Do you mean, that he stands up again ?

[miggie 0]

well yeah . after animation is done he stands up again and he

puts his hands next to his body . i tried it with other animations to .. same result

[miggie 0]

FOUND IT ..

ok i found solution.. i did the soldier1 setbehaviour "safe" thing in his init line.. when i add it to the trigger where the animation is executed it all goes well.. tx for the replies

[fabrizio_t 58]

Maybe it can help: dirty script to have some soldiers sit and watch a fire ... sorry for poor code quality.

create a file "sit.sqf":

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_unit = _this select 0;

_fireplace = _this select 1;

_unit doWatch _fireplace;

_unit setBehaviour "careless";

sleep(1);

_unit playmove "AmovPsitMstpSlowWrflDnon_Smoking";

_unit disableAI "move";

Create a number of soldiers named soldierXX (XX is any number). Put on map a fire object named "fire";

create a MOVE waypoint for each soldier and put it nearby the fire. Place into each activation field:

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

foo = [soldierXX, fire] execVM "sit.sqf";

[Deadfast 43]

I've done this too without using any scripts:

Just put in Trigger (or add this to existing one) and into "On activation" field type:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">UnitName doWatch Object

It's not so universal, but it works .

[miggie 0]

smoking thing is nice .. now we need a sigrette addon

[ColonelSandersLite 0]

I second the cigarett addon. There's problems with that though.