random spawning hostages and trigger

[smoke52 0]

i have two questions (read the bottom for question 2)...anyway for my mission i am making the port area in Corazol a hostage and bomb situation. the hostages are supposed to spawn in one of 3 warehouse buildings in the port.

im using a script that spawns two guys in a random location. the script works fine but I am having trouble with the hostages spawning on the outside of the building when they get created.

i think its because the game is trying to spawn them on the roof but the game doesnt allow that and spawns them outside around it...

what do i need to add to get them to spawn inside somewhere?

heres the script

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

_locations = ["hostage1", "hostage2", "hostage3"]

_rndloc = (random (count _locations)) - 0.5

_spot = _locations select _rndloc

_hos1 = _hostages createUnit ["SoldierWB", (getmarkerpos _spot), [] ,0 ,"corporal"];

removeallweapons _hos1

_hos1 setcaptive true

_hos1 setDir random 360;

_hos1 allowfleeing 0;

_hos1 setBehaviour "AWARE";

_hostages selectLeader _hos1;

_hos1 switchmove "testsurrender";

_hos1 DisableAI "ANIM";

~1

_hos2 = _hostages createUnit ["SoldierWB", (getmarkerpos _spot), [] ,0 ,"private"];

removeallweapons _hos2

_hos2 setcaptive true

_hos2 setDir random 360;

_hos2 allowfleeing 0;

_hos2 setBehaviour "AWARE";

_hos2 switchmove "testsurrender";

_hos2 DisableAI "ANIM";

also how do i get a trigger to spawn in the same area that the hostages are in?

[dr_eyeball 16]

1. You need to use something like buildingPos for proper internal building placement.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_soldier setPos (_house buildingPos _i);

Do a search for the keyword "buildingPos" and you'll find a ton of threads, since this topic was heavily discussed early on in the year.

2. What do you mean "spawn a trigger"? Do you mean how to create a trigger? To create one in a script, it looks something like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> G_UnitsInitTrig = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getArray(configFile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName >> "centerPosition")];

G_UnitsInitTrig setTriggerArea [22000, 22000, 0, true];

G_UnitsInitTrig setTriggerActivation ["ANY", "PRESENT", false];

G_UnitsInitTrig setTriggerStatements [

"this",

"{ [_x] call fn_UnitInit } forEach thisList;",

"" ];

[smoke52 0]

thanks alot i found out how to get them inside the building with this line:

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

_hos1 setPos ((nearestbuilding _hos1) buildingPos 1)

as for my trigger spawn question that has been answered as well. what i was shown to do was make a trigger and group it to the player. select VEHICLE, in the script where i place the hostages i put

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

trg_hostages setPos (getmarkerpos _spot)

and, in the condition field put

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

this && ({alive _x} count [hos1, hos2] > 0)

so the player is close to the hostages and at least one of them is still alive.

heres the hostage spawn script:

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

_hostages = createGroup west;

_locations = ["hostage1", "hostage2", "hostage3"]

_rndloc = (random (count _locations)) - 0.5

_spot = _locations select _rndloc

trg_hostages setPos (getmarkerpos _spot);

~1

hos1 = _hostages createUnit ["SoldierWB", (getmarkerpos _spot), [] ,0 ,"corporal"];

hos1 setPos ((nearestbuilding hos1) buildingPos 1);

removeallweapons hos1;

hos1 setcaptive true;

hos1 setDir random 360;

hos1 allowfleeing 0;

hos1 setBehaviour "AWARE";

hos1 switchmove "testsurrender"

hos1 DisableAI "ANIM"

_hostages selectLeader hos1;

~1

hos2 = _hostages createUnit ["SoldierWB", (getmarkerpos _spot), [] ,0 ,"private"];

hos2 setPos ((nearestbuilding hos2) buildingPos 1);

removeallweapons hos2;

hos2 setcaptive true;

hos2 setDir random 360;

hos2 allowfleeing 0;

hos2 setBehaviour "AWARE";

hos2 switchmove "testsurrender"

hos2 DisableAI "ANIM"

and the script thats triggered to tell the hostages to join your squad:

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

hos1 setcaptive false;

hos2 setcaptive false;

hos1 switchmove ""

hos1 EnableAI "ANIM"

hos2 switchmove ""

hos2 EnableAI "ANIM"

[hos1,hos2] joinsilent player;