AI "go to" or Man position

[xALIENAx 10]

Im wondering how I could do this scripting wise. Im refering to getting AI units to go to specific locations on a building (in much the way you can order your squad to.. say.. stand in a 2nd floor window)

Im a little lost with this one as im Unsure how to find an exact object name for a specific building?

ive been playing with the editor for some time and ive always wanted to have my AI make better use of the buildings in urban areas :D

[Wokstation 0]

Put a logic next to the building, then turn on IDs in the editor and get the object's ID. I'll assume it's "123456" for this and you want to go to position #1...

Put in the logic's init: TheBuilding1 = nearestObject [getpos this, 123456];

Now you've got a reference to the building, "TheBuilding1", you can use in the script.

Then give your guy the command YourSoldier doMove ((getpos TheBuilding1) buildingPos 1)

That should work - it's completely untested and I've never tried it myself, but this:

this setpos (((getpos this) nearestobject 123456) buildingpos 1); puts unit THIS into building 123456, so I've just used the same method on the doMove command. Hope it works - let me know, I'd be interested :)

[Big Dawg KS 5]

I'll assume it's "123456" for this and you want to go to position #1...

Hold on there. BuildingPos indicies start at 0. That means for position #1 (as it appears in game or WP menu), you would use buildingPos 0. A lot of people either forget or don't realize this, and probably wonder why their AI are moving to the wrong place.

[xALIENAx 10]

Thanks much guys.. ive just tested it with a few units from verious factions, setting my self as a civ so i could go into thier midst and verify they are indeed where i want them, works a treat. now just gota go in and edit the missions i want to make use of this :D

should be alot more dynamic for my special forces campighn with the enemies actually uisng whats there rather then just standing next to buildings i want them guarding.

[Wokstation 0]

Hold on there. BuildingPos indicies start at 0. That means for position #1 (as it appears in game or WP menu), you would use buildingPos 0. A lot of people either forget or don't realize this, and probably wonder why their AI are moving to the wrong place.

Yup, you're right - it's something I tend to forget unless I'm actually looking at the building in the game (with the move-to order ready, so it gives the "normal" positions),

Thanks much guys.. ive just tested it with a few units from verious factions, setting my self as a civ so i could go into thier midst and verify they are indeed where i want them, works a treat.

Excellent. I'll have to add that to my little code snippets list :)