Forcing troops to use cover

[heywheresmysnack 10]

I created a scenario where I want the soldiers in a particular group to use cover I have set up in the form of sandbags. However, they always run around them and lay down in front of the sandbags. Is there anyway to have them avoid this behavior and react in a more realistic manner?

[EddiePrice 16]

You can use setunitpos to lock them in certain poisitions:

this setunitpos "UP"
this setunitpos "MIDDLE"
this setunitpos "DOWN"

And also stop them moving using:

this disableAI "MOVE"

I find in ArmA2 the AI are pretty good at taking cover anyway, just stick them in "combat" behaviour using a waypoint near the sandbags and they should take cover of their own accord.