Single units as a group

[RazorHead1 10]

I searched for this and really didn't find an answer. Please forgive if it is out there and I missed it.

Is there a way to take single units and make them a group?

What I mean here is: say I have a squad of 4 men. Instead of naming each guy one by one, is there a way to identify them as one group.

Say for a truck to see if my squad is on board. Instead of this:

man1 in truck1; man2 in truck1; man3 in truck1; man4 in truck1;

maybe this?????:

group1 in truck1;

Is this possible?

[JDog 11]

yea, "group".

take one of the soldiers, preferably the leader, and do this:

group1 = group this;

in his init field, or if declaring somewhere else:

group1 = group man1;

You really could have figured this out on your own if you searched around for just a minute probably, get some resources like the comref and biki bookmarked!

Edited September 18, 2009 by JDog
to scrutinize OP

[RazorHead1 10]

no no I am aware of that but I think you misunderstood my question.

Here is my porblem:

I have a squad. I want a truck to begin it's waypoints after all my men are on board. It works with the single name ie: unit1 in truck1; unit2 in truck1; etc etc.

When I try what you are saying. The truck will not respond to 'group1 in truck1; It only see the individuals name.

Any thoughts?

[IndeedPete 1038]

I'm not sure, but can't you just use an array? Like:

[unit1,unit2,unit3] in truck;

Or is that impossible?

[JDog 11]

Ah I see, sorry I misunderstood.

Not sure how to use a group name or "group" for what you're trying to achieve. However here is a simple other way to do it:

count crew truck == 5;

Assuming there's only a driver in your truck to start with, that will make it go on to the next waypoint when your 4 troops have entered it. Of course, if ANY 4 units enter, it will continue. But if those are the only units who will be entering anyway it doesn't matter.

ALSO: No, Pete, I don't think passing an array works for this.

Edited September 18, 2009 by JDog

[RazorHead1 10]

You can. I was just trying to shave some time off the process. It can be a pain especially if you have a large group. It would be nice if you could refer to them as a single entity for the sake of ease.

---------- Post added at 11:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:55 PM ----------

Thanks JDOG I will give it a try. Thanks for the patience.

[ceeeb 147]

You could name the array, then use the name to refer to it.

eg :

_mySoldiers = [unit1,unit2,unit3,unit4];

{removeAllWeapons _x} forEach _mySoldiers;

Edited September 19, 2009 by ceeeb

[RazorHead1 10]

How would you do that exactly? Could you explain by step?

Unlike alot of you I ARMA2 is the first of this type of game for me. I never played the first one or any of the OFP games.

[JDog 11]

Good idea ceeeb, I tried that out too, but doesn't seem to work in this case. I really don't think you can check an array for "in vehicle".

From the Biki:

Syntax:
   person in vehicle 
Parameters:
   person: Object
   vehicle: Object

So, it's gotta be an object, not an array.

[ceeeb 147]

RazorHead1,

The equal sign is used to declare variables (names). Search for a scripting tutorial to get an introduction to the basics, anything related to the OFP/Arma engine will still be relevant, although it may not work exactly. Unfortunately I do not know any good tutorials, but try browsing through the Editors Depot at OFPEC

JDog, what you need is the count command.

eg:

waitUntil {{_x in _myTruck} count _mySoldiers == count _mySoldiers};

{hint "Let's go"};

disclaimer: I haven't done any scripting for over a year, code is untested :(

Edited September 19, 2009 by ceeeb

[JDog 11]

JDog, what you need is the count command.

I'm the one who suggested that >.> lol... maybe you missed that post. And your little line of code there will do the exact same thing as my simpler one, but neither will check to see WHICH units are in the transport, only how many.

EDIT:

My god.... that worked. In my head at first, your line of code just checked number, but now I get the first half of it only increasing count based on the condition being true. Man... I been on this comp too much today lol. Good work.

Razor, here is ceeeb's code remade so you can put it in a waypoint condition field:

({_x in [i]truckName[/i]} count [i]arrayName[/i]) == (count [i]arrayName[/i]);

Edited September 19, 2009 by JDog
cuz i talked before testing

[ceeeb 147]

sorry mate, i'm focusing on the original post's intentions.

So you want an array containing members of another array that are aboard a specific vehicle? I'll find my Arma2 DVD (just moved house) and make sure I get the script correct.

[JDog 11]

No I don't want that lol I was just trying to figure out how to solve Razor's problem as well, to find out whether or not an entire group is aboard a vehicle. You got it right, I just changed it slightly to work in a condition field instead of a script. Thanks tho.

[galzohar 31]

If it's in a script (and not in editor code that seems to make a mess whenever I try to use local variables in it), you can use:

// assuming P1 a group member
waitUntil
{
  _bTmp=true;
  {_bTmp = _bTmp && _x in myTruck} forEach (units (group P1));
  _bTmp;
};
// if this line is reached, it means all group members (of unit P1) are in myTruck

You could of course turn it into a complete script that receives [a truck, unit that represents the group] or [a truck, group], using _this select 0 instead of myTruck and _this select 1 instead of P1 or group P1 and thus get a generic script you can call from the editor multiple times for different trucks/groups.