Infantry + Helis question

[icecold2510 0]

Is there a way I can start my infantry squads in a helicopter (specifically Mapfact's CH47) at the beginning of a mission without having the helicopter be a part of the squad?

I am creating a mission of an attack on Rahmadi and I don't want to swim my way to the shore...

[dwringer 45]

in the Unit screen, assign a Name to your chopper (like heli1 or some such), then in each squadmember's "Initialization" or "Init" field, add the following:

this moveincargo heli1

that way they'll start in there even if they're not in the same squad as the chopper. Then you can use a regular synchronized transport unload + get out set of waypoints wherever you want them to land and get out

[edit: you can actually ask these questions in the Editing forum, which is in the main list of forums at the bottom (below all the ArmA/OFP/OFPE/etc forums) ... a mod might move this there anyway ]

[icecold2510 0]

Thank you so much, I don't know how long I've been wanting this

Thanks for the heads up on the forums sections too, didn't notice

[Mr_Tea 0]

For groups is easier to use "{_x moveincargo Heli1}foreach units group this". This must be placed in the init field of the team leader.

In this case the chopper must be named Heli1.