Spawn Height

[mr.peanut 1]

When a unit is placed in the editor on a building, it ends up on top. Is the same true for a game logic?

If it is, is there anyway to get the same behaviour when using createVehicle? I want to spawn a game logic at any location but for it to end up on top of a building.

[smoke52 0]

im using a script to spawn a gun inside a building ontop of a box and as long as you set the height im sure you could do that. i dont think the GL ends up on top of a building automatically though.

[Op4 BuhBye 0]

Thats funny cause Im trying to get the spawn ON the ground in a building.

[Big Dawg KS 6]

Just use setPos.

[UNN 0]

Placing a gamelogic over a bridge, then measuring the distance from the logic to the player walking under a bridge. Shows the game logic is set above ground.

Same applies if you place a logic on the Airport terminal. Only when you climb on the roof, does the distance register as 0.

Quote[/b] ]If it is, is there anyway to get the same behaviour when using createVehicle? I want to spawn a game logic at any location but for it to end up on top of a building.

One way is to place your logic where you want it, then place something like an invisible roadway or helipad at the same location. Any object that sticks to the ground will do. Then measure the distance between the two and use that value with the Setpos command.

[mr.peanut 1]

One way is to place your logic where you want it, then place something like an invisible roadway or helipad at the same location. Any object that sticks to the ground will do. Then measure the distance between the two and use that value with the Setpos command.

But will this work using a gl and helipad spawned ingame? If I setPos a helipad specifying only horizontal coords, will it stick to the roof of the building? I guess it is testing time. Is there debugging tool for ArmA similar to the ECP spectate mode?

[Taurus 20]

Mr.Peanut

Maybe you want to take a look at Charliereddog thread:

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....t=62776

It is about the same thing you are trying to accomplish(or similar at least)

[Big Dawg KS 6]

One way is to place your logic where you want it, then place something like an invisible roadway or helipad at the same location. Any object that sticks to the ground will do. Then measure the distance between the two and use that value with the Setpos command.

But will this work using a gl and helipad spawned ingame? If I setPos a helipad specifying only horizontal coords, will it stick to the roof of the building? I guess it is testing time. Is there debugging tool for ArmA similar to the ECP spectate mode?

For one, you can't move a heli H above the ground (yes you could technically move the model's center above the ground but the actual H won't leave the ground), it's mapped to the ground like the road models. You would need a new addon (with modified H model) to achieve that.

Second, I can't see any possible way to find the the height of the roof of a building without any references. I assume you want to find the height of the highest roadway surface (whatever it may be) over any given 2d position. Well unfortunately there's no practical way to do this without already knowing what object that surface belongs to.

[mr.peanut 1]

Yep, I am scuttled on this one. What I wanted was given an X,Y position to state whether or not a building occupied that position. I was hoping that there was some way to spawn a GL such that it would automatically end up on top of a building, similar to how units in the editor do.

Now I know I have to use nearObjects, boundingBox, modelToWorld and a point inside polygon function. This is not hard, but the other way would have been simpler and more efficient. Nothing sucks resources more than rescripting what the engine already does, but is not exposed.

Implementing this second method, has shown me that many native objects on a map, namely stone walls, trees, certain fences, and car wrecks, are not returned by nearObjects or its variants. O why o why?