I need an empty vehicle....

[Cabbagehead 0]

I'm experimenting with the mission editor and have come across a problem. I've searched the forum but none of the posts completely answered my question.

My plan for the mission is to have the players strafe a truck depot in a helicopter. However, whenever I place empty trucks (using the empty vehicle drop-down menu on the insert unit window), the trucks show up as white (neutral) squares on their HUD. I want them to show up as red (enemy). How do I place an empty vehicle that still has a side?

Maybe I should place the vehicle with the correct side (West) and then put something in the init field to strip it of occupants? But I wouldn't know what to put in the init field.

Thanks for any help!

[RED 0]

Well you could script it or use waypoints, waypoints would be quicker for me to explain so :

1. Give the west truck a getout waypoint next to it.

2. The a move waypoint after to a place where you want the men from the truck to go.

Thats it.

RED

[DaCrytter 0]

An empty vehicle will always show up as white/neutral, regardless of whether a soldier has just got out of it or not.

Try this: put normal (non-empty) trucks on the map, and in the initialisation field for each one type:

this setfuel 0;

This will remove the trucks fuel, so it won't go anywhere, but with the guy still in it, it will still have a side. The chopper should attack no problem :-)

EDIT: Edited, had better idea  

[Chris Death 0]

You could also try, place an enemy ai soldier into

an empty truck, and change his behaviour to careless.

I think, from now the chopper would know, that this is

an enemy truck.

put this into the init-field of the soldier:

this moveincargo your_truck; this setbehaviour "careless"

Your_truck represents the name of your truck.

[DaCrytter 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DV Chris Death @ Mar. 28 2002,13:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You could also try, place an enemy ai soldier into

an empty truck, and change his behaviour to careless.

I think, from now the chopper would know, that this is

an enemy truck.

put this into the init-field of the soldier:

this moveincargo your_truck; this setbehaviour "careless"

Your_truck represents the name of your truck.<span id='postcolor'>

Better still, combine the two!

Place a non-empty truck, and in the init field type:

this setfuel 0; this setbehaviour "careless";

Then you'll have a truck with a side that won't move, and the guy in it is no threat.

[Cabbagehead 0]

Thanks for the responses!