WayPoints & Joining Group question -

[meade95 0]

1. Is there a way to cycle ahead in your Waypoints for your group? Say you want to move right to Way Point 4 (skip 2 and 3)...Can you do this? In a manner in which it is recognized by your entire group?

2. I am trying to get a group to Join with my Team once we find them (it is a QRF mission, in which we are looking to meet up and Evac a small sniper team that finds itself in the sh*t, so to speak).

What is the best way to do this? A simple trigger I thought?

Thanks for any info / help

[kylania 546]

1. http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setCurrentWaypoint

2. http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/joinSilent

For both you could use a trigger. Read the notes of setCurrentWaypoint though, seems to have a lot of issues. :) If you're skipping two waypoints though, why were they even there? If these are locations where you should have optional tasks to do, don't use waypoints just use setSimpleTaskDestination.

[meade95 0]

I can't seem to get a simple trigger to work......That isn't part of a way point (at least not with my group)....The group in question (small Sniper team) could have a way point.....But I would rather my unit not need one........ Just a trigger that once I within range they link up with me...

[kylania 546]

In your sniper team leader's init:

sniperTeam = group this;

In your Delta team leader's init:

deltaTeam = group this;

Set up a Trigger and GROUP it to your Delta Team Leader. This will change the Activation to "vehicle", change that to "Group Leader" or "Any Group Member" maybe then: Present, Once.

Put this as the On Act:

{[_x] joinSilent deltaTeam;} forEach units sniperTeam;

[meade95 0]

Thank you! Will put it together when I get home from work - Much appreciated!

Now where you have

deltaTeam = group this;

Can I make that SEALTeam = group this; (as the unit I will be using is a SEAL ORF Team)

Edited July 22, 2010 by meade95

[kylania 546]

the whatever = group this; is never seen by the player.

So you could do this in the group leader's init:

sealTeam = group this; sealTeam setGroupID ["SEAL QRF Team"];

That way triggers and in game things will refer to the group as "sealTeam", easier to type. :) While in chat their "name" will be referred to as "SEAL QRF Team 1" where the number is the number of the unit, Leader being 1.