checking Flyinheight?

[kevbaz 0]

Hi guys

Currently trying to get a script that checks the players vehicle flying height and if its above a set limit i would like to have a weapon fire at it. need it to keep checking untill it reaches a certain waypoint.

any ideas?

many thanks

---------- Post added at 11:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 PM ----------

answer to the first part of my question

(getPos chop1 select 2) > 100

now to just figure out how to then create something to fire at the vehicle...

[f2k sel 164]

Getpos is above ground

GetposASL is above sea level

I use this to obtain x,y,z of objects when creating a mission you could modify it for your needs.

;[this] exec "coords.sqs"

_unit = _This Select 0;


#loopit
_xcoor = getPos _unit select 0;
_ycoor = getPos _unit select 1;
_zcoor = getPos _unit select 2;
_dir   = getdir _unit 

hint format ["X:%1 Y:%2 Z:%3 D%4", _xcoor, _ycoor, _zcoor, _dir];
~2
goto "loopit"

[kevbaz 0]

Hmm so far i have this in a trigger but no joy

cond

(getPos ap select 2) > 100

act

sam = createVehicle ["stinger_pod", getpos player]; "RUS_Soldier2" createUnit [position sam, group red,"this moveingunner sam; sam dotarget ap; sam dofire ap"];

Edited July 17, 2009 by KEVBAZ

[f2k sel 164]

Trigger Conditions are best left for simple true or false conditions.

As for the code it's not right this part

"this moveingunner sam; sam dotarget ap; sam dofire ap"

is in "" for some reason so can't be right.

You should look at calling a script it's much easier to see the problems.

[kevbaz 0]

the condition works fine, i can get it to dispaly a hint etc, just having trouble spawning the vehicle when the player is

anyone?

[f2k sel 164]

Well I got a bit further, it does everything except fire at the target.

It has ammo and it does track the target but won't shoot.

// nul=[target] execVM"spawn.sqf"

_target = _this select 0;

_unit = "RUS_Soldier2";
mygroup = creategroup side player;
_sam = createVehicle ["stinger_pod", getpos player,[],0,"fly"]; 
_unit createUnit [(getpos player), mygroup,"man=this;"];
_unit = man;
_unit moveingunner _sam;
_sam reveal _target;
_sam dotarget _target; 
_sam dofire _target;

Place

nul=[ap] execVM"spawn.sqs"

in the On act of the trigger and save the scrpit as spawn.sqf

Edited July 18, 2009 by F2k Sel

[kevbaz 0]

ah excellent, atleast now its spawning the unit, howefver is there a way of spawning it on the ground within a certain raduis of the players location?

and theres still the issue of makin it fire

[f2k sel 164]

It does spawn on the ground I just don't know the correct syntax.

[kevbaz 0]

odd mine spawned ontop of my helo....

thanks

[f2k sel 164]

The syntax is none,fly,form I was a ground unit so change it to none.

I found the firing bug, I was on the same side as the target so it spawned a Russian as friend.

I changed myself to Russian and it worked.

It still spawns on the chopper though.

Edited July 18, 2009 by F2k Sel

[kevbaz 0]

ive changed it to none, yet it still spanws right on me

is there a way of telling to get the players position then to -100 from the height?

Edited July 18, 2009 by KEVBAZ

[f2k sel 164]

Sorted it.

// nul=[target,caller] execVM"spawn.sqf"

_target = _this select 0;
_caller = _this select 1;

_temppos = 0;
_unit = "RUS_Soldier2";
mygroup = creategroup side player;
_temppos = [getpos _caller select 0,getpos _caller select 1, 0];
_sam = createVehicle ["stinger_pod",_temppos,[],0,"none"];

_unit createUnit [_temppos, mygroup,"man=this;"];
_unit = man;
_unit moveingunner _sam;
_sam reveal _target;
_sam dotarget _target; 
_sam dofire _target;

I've included another parameter to be passed "caller" who's doing the spawning.

Set that to the name of the AI or player ie in your case Chop1 or player

[kevbaz 0]

cant get it to do anything, ive tried _player and _ap yet still nothing spawns.

this makes an east controlled stinger spawn and shoot the west player right?

[f2k sel 164]

try without the _ you need [ap,chop1]

east shoots west

[kevbaz 0]

so..

[ap,chop1] = _this select 1;

tried that but still nothing?

// nul=[target,caller] execVM"spawn.sqf"

_target = _this select 0;

[ap,chop1] = _this select 1;

_temppos = 0;

_unit = "RUS_Soldier2";

mygroup = creategroup side player;

_temppos = [getpos [ap,chop1] select 0,getpos [ap,chop1] select 1, 0];

_sam = createVehicle ["stinger_pod",_temppos,[],0,"none"];

_unit createUnit [_temppos, mygroup,"man=this;"];

_unit = man;

_unit moveingunner _sam;

_sam reveal _target;

_sam dotarget _target;

_sam dofire _target;

[f2k sel 164]

No, in your trigger in the On Act box it should be

nul=[ap,chop1] execVM"spawn.sqf"

I forgot your using getpos in your trigger cond , I couldn't get it to work with that so I changed it to getposASL and it works well.

Edited July 18, 2009 by F2k Sel

[kevbaz 0]

hmm i have that set already, its just not spawning anything?

[f2k sel 164]

Try this http://www.sendspace.com/file/pzvkmp

unzip and place in your missions directory

[kevbaz 0]

hmm your using gamelogics fr the spawn points, i cant as i dont know where on the map the player will be when he goes over his height limit?

[f2k sel 164]

hmm your using gamelogics fr the spawn points, i cant as i dont know where on the map the player will be when he goes over his height limit?

Logics work as well, I thought I'd removed them.

This should be it.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qicuhe

[kevbaz 0]

cool almost there with it.

in my mission, you are the pilot, you are a us pilot in a cobra, if you fly to high iwant this script to kick in and punish you

at the moment its spawning but not firing on me, i delted the russian chopper and soldier you had, made my pilot of the cobra and flew about, it spawned but as i said never fired?

MANY thanks for your help though, so close to getting it working because of you thanks

[f2k sel 164]

I'm a bit stuck now, if I change

mygroup = creategroup side player;

to

mygroup = creategroup east;

I get no error and the sam spawns but not the man and there are no error reported.

---------- Post added at 07:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:13 PM ----------

Ok this is it, I found the problem.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/e7hx2h

For it to work it needs a Russian unit somewhere on the Island otherwise nothing will happen.

There is a command to fix this called createcenter so you don't need the unit but I don't know how to implement it.