ace 2 domination lifter problem

[brawler89 10]

im trying to use the slingropes in the ace domination mission. but when i carry this ropes i dont get the action menu to attach it to the chopper. there is also no module to place and the standalone rav lifter addon doesnt work in this mission too.

has anyone an idea what i can do?

[Evil_Echo 11]

Domination had helo lifting before ACE came out with support. It's likely that Xeno has not converted his mission to use the the ACE version.

You'd either have to ask Xeno to change Domination or do it yourself.

[Woodstock21 10]

with the menu are you using the ACE menu? or the mouse roll wheel menu? i haven't tried em, saw a couple different servers with the straps in em. so try using the ace menu if you haven't already.

[Mokemann 10]

hey, i am a friend of brawler and we tried it out together in domination.

our problem is, that we can attach the slingroped to an objekt by using the ace interaction menu (right windows key on the keyboard). but when the rope is placed to an ammobox for example, we get no interaction menu to hook the rope with the heli (tried with every heli).

what are we doing wrong...plz help

[brawler89 10]

ok... now we are one step further. we can attach the rope to the cargo and hook it to the chopper. but: the pilot has no ability to release it?

do we have to do something special to release it (special key or something)?

pls help

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Haven't checked out the newest ACE lifter system yet, the one that replaces the, well, old one :P

But in the old one, things was being kept realistic. That means no lifting of most of the stuff you are able to lift in Domination. So I guess that is one of the reasons the old Domination system was still used. Ammo crates are also local (for good reasons I might add) to player, meaning that you shouldn't be able to just lift an ammo crate out to the field the way the old ACE system allowed. I tried it in my own edit, but had to decide against utilizing it.

Edited April 20, 2010 by CarlGustaffa

[brawler89 10]

ok thanks for the answers... but has noone an idea how i can release these items? to hook is no problem, but the releasing...

[Two Dogs 12]

Did you disable the Domination lift script? By that I mean did you make the choppers normal choppers?

Look for the following code in the "i_common.sqf". Change the choppers to normal and try again.

// chopper varname, type (0 = lift chopper, 1 = wreck lift chopper, 2 = normal chopper), marker name
d_choppers_west = [["HR1",0,"chopper1"], ["HR2",0,"chopper2"], ["HR3",0,"chopper3"], ["HR4",1,"chopper4"]];
d_choppers_east = [["HRR1",0,"chopperR1"], ["HRR2",0,"chopperR2"], ["HRR3",0,"chopperR3"], ["HRR4",1,"chopperR4"]];

[Mokemann 10]

We tried it, but the pilot can't release the rope...we testet it in domination and in a simple test mission, selfmade in the editor...no action menu for the pilot

Edited April 21, 2010 by Mokemann

[Mokemann 10]

no idea?

can you at least tell if it works for you?

[UGLY58 10]

Same issue with trying to lift M119 Guns yesterday.

I found that it was very hard to get the heli at the right height to hook up. Then you could land the helicopter on, with the gun underground, releasing the gun externally resulted in the gun being destroyed. I have placed a bug report on Dev Heaven.

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Have people on the ground or a loadmaster to giude you? Don't think much can be done about object being located under ground, as I expect attachTo is being used, which uses a fixed offset from the lifter vehicle. If old setPos was used, this could be fixed, but unfortunately (at least in Arma1) caused catastrophic deaths due to setPos bug putting eh object inside the helicopter. Also, setPos looks horrible in multiplayer compared to attachTo.

Best solution is to learn the heights or get external assistance, the latter being the most realistic anyway.