CptBBQ

Thanks guys! Your answers explain why the motorcycle takes off like a rocket while the heavier car won´t move much at all. So, I´ll experiment with a loop and see what happens. Maybe there´s a better way to achieve what I intended. So I´ll explain a little.. The vehicles will be driven by civilian AI´s which, at some point in a mission, will head towards the closest blufor troops and blow them self up when they are close enough. For the movement I used the 'doMove' command. This worked fine for pedestrians, but AI in a vehicle will not come closer than 20-30m to it´s target. So at that point I let kick in the acceleration, which was enough to nudge the motorcycle towards it´s target. As I´ve just learned, a much heavier vehicle will take a whole different kinetic impulse to reach it´s target. But of course, I want to control both (and maybe even more) vehicles with the same script. So, maybe the doMove command is more of a problem than the relative acceleration code. I´m still learning and always thankful for a insight on how others would solve the same problems. Cheers, CptBBQ EDIT: Executing the code within a loop results in a very choppy, "laggy" movement. Looks like the car goes right back to its original velocity after every loop. I think I need to take a different approach...

Interesting Mod you´ve got there. The stop command does indeed work for most situations. Only when the destination is arrived, he still disembarks. I just added a getInDriver command as a workaround. For now it´s sufficient. Thanks!

Ok, I should´ve been more specific ... In my case I need a civilian to drive a car to a marker. But he keeps leaving the vehicle at random occasions, especially when shots are fired. DisableAI didn´t work as I expected. Any ideas?

Hi all! Has anyone found some kind of workaround for this problem? I´ve tried all commands mentioned in this thread, to no avail. Any help is appreciated. Cheers, Bbq.

Gotta say, really awesome post, some_kind_of_guy. I´ve started editing a few weeks ago and this info would´ve made the first steps much easier for me. Still learned something from it, though =) Cheers, CptBBQ.

Alright, I think I get it ^^ Thanks for helping everyone. You guys rock!

Hi there! I´m new to scripting and I tried to do something what I thought would be really easy: Have a team of AI´s spawn with me, delete it whenever I die and respawn them at my location. Also my gear is spawned by this script. All this works just fine in single player. But now when I want to host my map on a dedi, the problems start. Most of the time to many units are spawned, some of them don´t belong to my team (cannot give any orders to them) but they follow me like a shadow... I´ve read a few times that some scripts should only be executed by the server and some by clients only. In fact, throwing in a "if (isServer)..." helped, but still, the script is acting weird in multiplayer. It looks as if the timing is completely fubar. Delays are ignored and things just don´t happen in the correct order. And at least when respawning there are still to many AI´s created. Maybe some of you experienced modders can have a look at it. So here´s what I´ve got: // respawn1.sqf sleep 3; waitUntil {alive myplayer}; _unit = myplayer; removeAllWeapons _unit; _unit addWeapon "M107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_10Rnd_127x99_T_m107"; _unit addWeapon "ACE_Glock18"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit addWeapon "Binocular"; _unit addWeapon "NVGoggles"; //Team1 incl. gear is spawned at player position "spawn1" setMarkerPos getpos myplayer; deleteVehicle ai2; deleteVehicle ai3; deleteVehicle ai4; deleteVehicle ai5; deleteVehicle ai6; deleteVehicle ai7; deleteVehicle ai8; deleteVehicle ai9; deleteVehicle ai10; if (isServer) then { sleep 3; ai2 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_HAT", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai3 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_HAT", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai4 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_HAT", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai5 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_Medic", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai6 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_SoldierS_SniperH", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai7 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_MG", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai8 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_SoldierM_Marksman", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai9 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_AR", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; ai10 = alpha createUnit ["USMC_Soldier_AR", getMarkerPos "spawn1", [], 10, "FORM"]; // arm javelingunner1 _unit2 = ai2; removeAllWeapons _unit2; _unit2 addWeapon "M16A4"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit2 addWeapon "Javelin"; _unit2 addMagazine "Javelin"; _unit2 addWeapon "ACE_Glock18"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit2 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit2 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit2 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit2 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit2 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit2 addWeapon "Binocular"; _unit2 addWeapon "NVGoggles"; // arm javelingunner2 _unit3 = ai3; removeAllWeapons _unit3; _unit3 addWeapon "M16A4"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_30Rnd_556x45_T_Stanag"; _unit3 addWeapon "Javelin"; _unit3 addMagazine "Javelin"; _unit3 addWeapon "ACE_Glock18"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit3 addMagazine "ACE_33Rnd_9x19_G18"; _unit3 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit3 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit3 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit3 addMagazine "HandGrenade_West"; _unit3 addWeapon "Binocular"; _unit3 addWeapon "NVGoggles"; // same with ai4 to ai10 }; exit; // init.sqs: execVM "respawn1.sqf"; //for initial gear and ai alpha = group myplayer; And a trigger: Condition: (!alive myplayer) On act.: myplayer exec "respawn1.sqf"; Also, there is a second player using an identical script called respawn2.sqf, only with different unit names and gear. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Cheers, Bbq.

Wohooo! It works :bounce3: Thanks Murklor. Just out of curiosity: what does "nul = " do? ;)

@Reimann: Did you host it on a dedicated server? Because for me it work´s fine hosted locally but not on a dedi. I just made a test where I placed only the trigger and the marker on the map (and me as a player). When I enter the trigger area exactly 13 enemies are created (note that the script only calls for 7). @shk: when I try to enter "execVM" in the OnAct line of a trigger the editor won't let me close it. It says "Type Script, expected Nothing". I found [] exec "script.sqf" to be the only working syntax (within the editor). Besides, the script obviously gets called. This is starting to get frustrating... I really have no idea what I´m doing wrong, or what else to try :(

I´ve got this if (isServer) then { Grp1 = Creategroup EAST; _Leader="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "Grp1=this", 1, "Sergeant"]; _Unit2="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "", 1, "Corporal"]; _Unit3="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "", 1, "Corporal"]; _Unit4="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "", 1, "Corporal"]; _Unit5="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "", 1, "Corporal"]; _Unit6="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "", 1, "Corporal"]; _Unit7="RU_Soldier" createUnit [getMarkerPos "Marker1", Grp1, "", 1, "Corporal"]; exit; }; Called by a trigger (which is placed in the editor). Strangely, resulting in 13 (if I haven´t miscounted) enemy AI´s spawning at Marker1... EDIT: in case it matters... the trigger fires on BluFor, present, once. On Act.: [] exec "opfor1.sqf"

well, that is actually one of the first things I´ve tried. I tried "if (!isServer) exitWith {}" and "if (isServer) then { ...myscript}". In some cases it had no effect, in others parts of the script weren´t executed at all while even the "extra spawns" continued. Thats when I came here ;) So, what am I doing wrong?

sorry for the triple post... but this has become a general problem for me. When scripting for multiplayer (dedicated server), creating AI´s and vehicles is a pain in the a##. Most of the time, I get more units then ordered... Event handlers seem to do the job, but I doubt there´s one EH for every situation... For example, I need to spawn friendly AI and player gear at gamestart. And I need to spawn enemy AI when a certain trigger area is reached by blufor. How do you guys get around such issues? Are there any existing threads about this I´ve missed searching the forum (which I did quite a lot)? Can someone refer me to any example scripts (scripted for multiplayer) that achieve the things I´ve mentioned above? Is there a complete list of event handlers or is there an EH-Addon that could help? I know, thats a lot of questions.. but I´d be happy to get an answer for any one of them. Please, help me to help myself ;) Cheers, CptBBQ.

Alright, fixed it so far. It was just my stupidity getting in my way ^^ @SNKMAN: if I wanted it to be executed by the server only, could I just add this at the top? if (!isServer) exitWith {}; EDIT: I just tried and it dind´t work. But how would I ensure, that a script is executed once and only once? And if thats not possible, how else would one spawn team members at the beginning of a multiplayer game in an orderly manner?

ahh, I see. Reimann used that line on the event handler too. I guess it also only has to be added once. Im only starting to understand this stuff, so thank you. Unfortunately I have to correct my last post: the script is executed correctly, but only for player1. There also is a player2 and I made sure the scripts are identical exept for unit names and variables of course. But he is still spawning loads of unsolicited AI´s at respawn. Any ideas how this can be? Cheers, Bbq.

Ok, I figured out the problem is that respawn1.sqf is called once via init.sqf. When I skip it no errors occour but I start without my gear or my team. So I´d have to respawn once on the beginning of a game. What would be the right way to trigger the function once at gamestart without causing troubles in multiplayer? Please help =)

* bump * Come on guys, this can´t be to hard, can it? Reimann´s event handler works, but the "deletevehicle" part of my script isn´t executed. What could be the reason for this? How could one fix this? Please help. Thanks in advance, Bbq.

hmmm, as my scripts work right now, every player calls his own respawn script (i.e. respawn1.sqf and respawn2.sqf). So I think I´ll have to use the player names and make one eventhandler for each player. So I´ve deleted the trigger and now call this .sqf from the init.sqs (also I removed the if (isServer) line from my script): if ( isNil{myplayer getVariable "mk_killedEHadded"} ) then { myplayer addEventHandler ["killed", { [] spawn { waitUntil { alive myplayer }; execVM "respawn1.sqf"; }; }]; myplayer setVariable ["mk_killedEHadded", true]; }; Wich again works fine when hosted locally. On the dedi the units aren´t deleted, so I get 9 new Ai´s but still have the old ones in my team after respawn. I think if I can get around this everything would work. Thanks for your help so far. And yes, I would love to learn about those other things you mentioned, but on another occasion. I have a feeling that I´ll stay for a while ;)

Thanks for the kind replies =) I already feared things wouldn´t stay that simple...^^ So, I have a few questions about that 'Event Handler' thing... - well, first of all where would I add it? ;) - I guess, I´ll have to replace 'player' with 'myplayer' in this case? - will my script then behave as nicely as it does in single player? ^^ Luckily I won´t be scripting for more than two players, so JIP won´t be an issue. Hope that makes things a little easier. Thanks again! Cheers, Bbq.