start off in vehicle not in your squad

[Mder 0]

i saw this post the other day but didnt get a chance to look at it. i searched the forums for 30 min trying to find it but i cant. does anyone know a script that my squad starts off the mission in a chopper/vehicle that isnt in my squad?

[XCess 0]

Put this in the init field ofthe group leader.

_grpName = group this; {_x moveInCargo _vehName} foreach units _grpName

[Mder 0]

didnt work for me.. it said error in local variable in global space

[-SPA-LynxEye 0]

And where the error-shown in screen was putting the char # ?

Maybe you have the word 'group' also as variable; maybe 'units' too.

Just check the variables written by Xcess if you having it without the _ char in more scripts in your mission.

It seems an error with 'mixed' local/global variables.

Note to Xcess:

'this' in your example can be '_this' ?

[Mder 0]

i deleted a space that it had and the error message didnt come up anymore..but then when i preview the mission they are not in the chopper.

[-SPA-LynxEye 0]

what is the name of your chopper.

Be sure the variable _vehName has your chopper as object, or at least the name you put it in the 'name field' where 'Edit Unit' screen.

[Mder 0]

yeha i named the chopper "chopper" and put for vehName chopper...still didnt work.but i remember seeing a smaller script last time. something like "[unit1,chopper] getin" or something like that

[-SPA-LynxEye 0]

Try this litterally writen

_grpName = group this; {_x moveInCargo chopper} foreach units _grpName

and/or

_grpName = group this {_x moveInCargo chopper} foreach units _grpName

Copy and paste, don't type it.

AND/OR

check in your mission.sqm, if the leader is declared after 'all those soldiers you wanting to put inside the chopper'.

I think leader has to be the last declared-in-order soldier of that group... i can't understand how ArmA can launch the script in initField when 'still' not all soldiers of the group is (are?) declared.

And also be sure... that the chopper is declared after leader...

[Mder 0]

it is the same error when i use those...it brings me to the part on the script line where it says.....

foreach units _grpName

when i delete the space between the word "units" and "_" it doesnt give me the error on the editor but when i go in the mission, they arnt in the chopper.

[-SPA-LynxEye 0]

The error will not be shown because "units_grpName" is not doing any 'dangerous' thing.

Then it seems _grpName is not containing the name (ID?) of the group.

Then, ArmA can't put AI soldiers into the chopper, because you (maybe) are bad-referring that _grpName variable. It means, because you have not a group. Make first a group.

_grpName, is a variable containing the name of your group. Maybe not the name, maybe only the object, or the ID of the group.

Additional info about 'group' command:

Quote[/b] ]Problems:In MP the command ist not initialised in functions called by initline or init eventhandlers.

Can be shown here:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/group

Read all the article.

[Mder 0]

how do i name my group?

[-SPA-LynxEye 0]

If all your AI soldiers... having a 'name'...

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/join

Sry, i can't help much more beyond this point, because:

- i never tried to script with AI's.

- never tried to use a 'Foreach' statement.

- never tried to use 'triggers'.

So all the time i'm trying to solve it with 0 experience.

Please:

Add these links (if you want) to your favorite links of your Internet browser:

This is my little fast-links-to-bible.

VEHICLES

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_CfgVehicles

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Vehicles

SOLDIERS

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Infantry

OBJECTS

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Objects

http://www.armaleague.com/buildin....iLL.htm

WEAPONS (SOLDIER/VEHICLE)

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Weapons

BRIEFING

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/docs/briefing.html

ALL COMMANDS

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_ArmA

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki....ds_List

ACTIONS

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Actions

EVENT HANDLERS

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Event_Handlers

ANIMATIONS

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Moves

MISC

How to add some easy images to your vehicles.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/squad.xml

How to start to handle 'drop' particles.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_ParticleShape

Files in a normal mission.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mission_Design

How Description.ext doing.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext

This SUPERB tutorial about Mission Editor (by Fasad).

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki....terface

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Control_Structures

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/For_Type

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Common_Scripting_Errors

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Title_Effect_Type

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Syntax

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:ArmA:_Mission_Editing

VARIABLES

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Data_Types

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/String

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arrays

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables

etc etc etc...

[Mder 0]

ok thanks

[fasad 1]

how do i name my group?

in the initialization string for any unit in the group:

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

where myGroupName is whatever variable name you wish to name the group.

the local variable problem is caused by the use of _grpName. You cannot define or use local variables in init strings!

[Chris Death 0]

_grpName is a local variable indicated by the _

Change it into a global variable like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">group1 = group this; {_x moveincargo chopper} foreach units group1

~S~ CD

[Mder 0]

thanks a lot guys i got it to work now