Removing Empty Groups

[Minizzzile 10]

Hello, I have a mission that has a spawn point that keeps on spawning units.

At a certain point the spawning will cease because the (Im guessing) group limit of 144 has been reached. Even when all the groups that have been spawned are dead.

SO, is there a way to create a script that removes empty groups so more AI can continue to spawn?

Thank you for your help.

[[frl]myke 14]

Use deleteGroup command once all units of a group are dead. This should make the group re-available to be reused again...and again...and again......

[Minizzzile 10]

Thank you for the quick response.

I have but one question. Do I have to start this up for every group that respawns?

Like I am using the The Undead Mod and it contains a spawning module that randomly selects units out of a list to spawn them at a selected interval. How can I use deleteGroup then?

[[frl]myke 14]

I don't know this mod nor it's spawn module so i can't say any specific about it.

One way to go would be to find a way to add a "killed" Eventhandler to each spawned unit which then calls the deletegroup command. As the BIWIKI says, as long there are some members alive in the group, the command does nothing. So no need to worry about deleting units by mistake.

One way to apply the Eventhandler could be a trigger.

[Minizzzile 10]

mmmmm, I see. So I could have it set up so that in a certain radius it detects empty groups and then removes them?

How would I script/set-up that?

Thank you ahead of time.

Edited February 12, 2010 by Minizzzile

[[frl]myke 14]

No, you can't detect empty groups since there is nothing to detect. You have to catch the units at the point they get created and there apply the Eventhandler.

As said, i don't know the mod or the spawn module it has. Maybe ask the creator in it's thread where he would suggest to catch new created units. Maybe his module offers a hook-in point for such purposes.