beastxjason

ok I have far too many hrs invested in this. What I want to do. Spawn 6 guys I want them to wear my loadout and look the same (gang) How I want this to work-Trigger. I want the player to trigger an ambush. What I have from my lack of knowledge. This is what I did might be completely wrong but I get a blank error in editor so I have no idea what I am doing wrong _my_group = [getMarkerPos "gang", EAST, 5] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup; {removeAllWeapons _x; removeAllItems _x; ... _x addHandgunItem "muzzle_snds_L"; _x addWeapon "Laserdesignator_02"; _x addWeapon "srifle_LRR_camo_F"; _x addPrimaryWeaponItem "optic_DMS"; _x addWeapon "hgun_Rook40_F"; _x addHandgunItem "muzzle_snds_L"; _x addWeapon "Laserdesignator_02"; _x forceAddUniform "U_C_Poor_1"; _x addItemToUniform "FirstAidKit"; _x linkItem "ItemMa_x linkItem "ItemCompa_x linkItem "I_UavTerminal"; _x addVest "V_PlateCarrierGL_rgr"; _x addHeadgear "H_Bandanna_blu"; _x addGoggles "G_Bandanna_beast"; ... } foreach units _my_group; // _x is a local variable in {...} forEach array code _wp = _my_group addWaypoint [getpos player,0]; _wp setWaypointType "MOVE"; // or "SAD" _wp setWaypointBehaviour "COMBAT"; // see all possibilities on BIKI, behavior, combat mode, speed... 0 = [_wp,_my_group] spawn {while {alive player && (count units (_this select 1)) >0} do { sleep 2; (_this select 0) setWaypointPosition [getpos player,0]}}; So to my understanding I am spawning a group and telling them to attack player. What I do not understand is why this doesnt work. this a 3 player co-op mission. I am really losing my hair on this. I know I can simply place units down and put the loadout in the init but i am going to need so many of these guys they would bog server down. So bottom line is 1: how should this code look and will it even work or should I abandon all hope 2: Can you illustrate where i went wrong and show me the correct layout in the trigger init so I can move onto the next hurdle? Thanks for your time. This is pretty hard at first and I know one of you is just laughing at my feeble attempt haha

Can you lay it out for me I am going wrong with the loadout. I think I discovered some of my first issue. I was trying to call a local variable at first via the trigger act box and it says that wont work so changing the _x should remedy that. Ideally a script would be the way to go then simply trigger it via a trigger. Something is wrong with the way I was shown to do loadouts I think. I am not sure if the "..." are suppose to be in there. I also see that everybody tends to type out their code differently. I see some examples with wierd spacing but it looks clean then I see other examples with no spacing. I am determined to get this to work. I have learned a lot.

Something is wrong here because without this they spawn and attack etc, this screws it up. {removeAllWeapons _x; removeAllItems _x; ... x addHandgunItem "muzzle_snds_L"; x addWeapon "Laserdesignator_02"; x addItemToBackpack "16Rnd_9x21_Mag";}; x addWeapon "srifle_LRR_camo_F"; x addPrimaryWeaponItem "optic_DMS"; x addWeapon "hgun_Rook40_F"; x addHandgunItem "muzzle_snds_L"; x addWeapon "Laserdesignator_02"; x forceAddUniform "U_C_Poor_1"; x addItemToUniform "FirstAidKit"; x linkItem "ItemMap"; x addVest "V_PlateCarrierGL_rgr"; x addHeadgear "H_Bandanna_blu"; x addGoggles "G_Bandanna_beast"; ... }

Ya this is all going onto a trigger's init box. I do not have a group leader on the editor I was under the impression the spawn function would give me 6 random guys and all I had to do was give them all the same loadout to wear. So far all I can do is get the guys to spawn without my loadout using just the example on the bis page. I gave them the attack player wp and they began to move towards the player. Thank you for the simple clear explanation on the "_" The mission is just a mp hosted mission. Ya I have been using just the error box in editor was not aware there was a log created. This all started because I thought I could make this easily spawn 5 guys wearing my loadout. Not so easy. [getPos aPos, EAST, 5] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup I only wasted a few days trying to make this work. If I have to define a guy or leader etc this is out of my league and I misunderstood the spawn function command.

that shouldnt be ike that odd paste maybe? was from this linkItem "ItemMap"; this linkItem "ItemCompass"; this linkItem "I_UavTerminal"; was changing to the _x linkitem "itemMap" I got my loadout using arsenal which was comment "Enemy Gang"; comment "Remove existing items"; removeAllWeapons this; removeAllItems this; removeAllAssignedItems this; removeUniform this; removeVest this; removeBackpack this; removeHeadgear this; removeGoggles this; comment "Add containers"; this forceAddUniform "U_C_Poor_1"; this addItemToUniform "FirstAidKit"; this addVest "V_PlateCarrierGL_rgr"; for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {this addItemToVest "HandGrenade";}; this addItemToVest "Chemlight_red"; for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {this addItemToVest "7Rnd_408_Mag";}; this addBackpack "B_FieldPack_cbr"; for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {this addItemToBackpack "16Rnd_9x21_Mag";}; this addItemToBackpack "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"; for "_i" from 1 to 14 do {this addItemToBackpack "7Rnd_408_Mag";}; this addHeadgear "H_Bandanna_blu"; this addGoggles "G_Bandanna_beast"; comment "Add weapons"; this addWeapon "srifle_LRR_camo_F"; this addPrimaryWeaponItem "optic_DMS"; this addWeapon "hgun_Rook40_F"; this addHandgunItem "muzzle_snds_L"; this addWeapon "Laserdesignator_02"; comment "Add items"; this linkItem "ItemMap"; this linkItem "ItemCompass"; this linkItem "I_UavTerminal"; comment "Set identity"; this setFace "WhiteHead_16"; this setSpeaker "Male01ENG"; [this,"GryffinRegiment"] call bis_fnc_setUnitInsignia;

the arma is strong with this one

so nice thanks for sharing

this makes life easier

they let the intern decide where to put it :P

ya this is a bit silly. was wondering what was going on thanks

look at what haleks did with ravaged mod.

cant make an intro for multiplayer in intro section. Has to be in mission section for mp.