How to find nearby cover (stone walls, trees, ...)

[fabrizio_t 58]

Hi,

i'm struggling to find any way to find nearby objects suitable for cover.

NEAROBJECTS, NEARESTOBJECTS seem not capable to find them, in the open they normally match things like powerlines and insects, but not what's needed ...

Also FINDCOVER, SETHIDEBEHIND, ... seem not implemented yet, judging from .rpt error :(

[.kju 3245]

Did you check the AI fsm?

http://dev-heaven.net/boards/37/topics/show/1595

Mainly these

ca\characters\scripts\danger.fsm

ca\characters\scripts\formationC.fsm

ca\characters\scripts\formationCDanger.fsm

ca\characters\scripts\formationEntity.fsm

From what I recall, it is done in there.

[nikita320106 0]

by defaul in A2 bots using walls,trees, etc.. as a corners so what is wrong with it??

I'm tried earlier use some a1 script for a2 covering and don't have any errors in rpt/// but by lack of testing can't confirm good work for "sethidebihind", etc//

try use

_covers = NEARESTOBJECTS [getpos _unit, ["house", "landvehicle", "trees"], _distance]

check wiki for sintax)

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearEntities

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObject

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObjects

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearObjects

Edited August 4, 2009 by nikita320106

[fabrizio_t 58]

by defaul in A2 bots using walls,trees, etc.. as a corners so what is wrong with it??

I'm tried earlier use some a1 script for a2 covering and don't have any errors in rpt/// but by lack of testing can't confirm good work for "sethidebihind", etc//

try use

_covers = NEARESTOBJECTS [getpos _unit, ["house", "landvehicle", "trees"], _distance]

check wiki for sintax)

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearEntities

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObject

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObjects

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearObjects

I did try with NEAROBJECTS/NEARESTOBJECTS (NEARENTITIES too), as i wrote above ...

try with the command you posted, you'll see it does not work as expected (it did work in ArmA).

Also see: http://dev-heaven.net/issues/show/2016

For some findcover/ setHideBehind documentation.

IMHO there's plenty of cases in which "manually" choosing a better cover position is needed.

...

Thx kju i'll take a look to the .FSM files.

Edited August 4, 2009 by fabrizio_T