Am I the only one who disliked the futuristic approach?

[Am I the only one who disliked the futuristic approach?]

I will certainly love it. Future, past or present! I play arma because of way the fights are handled, the way the AI works and the possibilities with infantry, helis and tanks. I don´t play arma because the weaponnames are realistic.

[Why do units I place keep running around like they're in combat?]

I stopped using ZEUS after the last patch because something is screwed with it because of the AI changes in 1.59.

[Check if units are dead]

This way it doesn´t show errors:

{if (((side _x) != West) && (not alive _x))
then 
{
_jok = random 10;
if (_jok >= 5) then 
{_x addaction ["Look for a clude", "Clude.sqf"];
sleep 100;
}}} forEach allUnits;

But I don´t know about the functionality.

[How to make a single L-G artillery request?]

if you want it really simple do this:

into init field of unit:

this addAction ["Arty Shot", "artyshot.sqf", laserTarget player, 6, false, true, "", "currentweapon player == 'Laserdesignator'"];

artyshot.sqf

_round = "sh_120_he" createVehicle [getpos cursorTarget select 0, getpos cursorTarget select 1, 5];

You will get the action when you use the Designator. Point at something and boom!

If you want to do real artillery action take a look at this:

Artillery Module

[Check if units are dead]

Sorry, but you should really do a syntax check.

What do you want to do?

Check on all units if they are not west and not alive. If true addaction to all units?

[Trigger via script then grouped]

Your code will not work because you forgot arguments at settriggerstatements and triggeractivation doesn´t work that way.

Take a look at that:

Triggerattachvehicle

and createTrigger with the subcommands

btw. you would better use a program like ArmaEdit or Squint to write your scripts. It will make your life a lot easier.

[Animations question]

Ok,

He plays it one more time after the switchtrigger. But this has worked:

1. Into init-field:

an2 addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {an2 switchMove "UnaErcVelitelProslov1"}];

2. Trigger opfor detected by blufor with

an2 switchMove "";  an2 removeEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", 0];

I used this for captives in one of my missions.

[Animations question]

I would do it this way:

1. Create a waypoint after the cycle

2. Place a Trigger with OPFOR detected by BLUFOR. Set Type to Switch and sync it with the cycle waypoint. Maybe place in the on act. Field unit switchmove "";

3. In case of friendly fire I would use the firednear eventhandler with switchmove "";

or set a variable to true with the firednear eventhandler and make it another condition for the trigger at 2. (this OR hasfired)

[Gravity does not exist??!?!?!]

Yes, RPG7 fly how far? 150-200 meters before they drop. Not exactly forever flying.

[For-Loop inside of a forEach loop]

_tempRuckMagList + [_tempclass];

this should be changed to

_tempRuckMagList = _tempRuckMagList + [_tempclass];

[Simulate Photo]

just use addaction:

player addaction ["TAKE PHOTO", "Photoscript.sqf", [], 0, false, false, "", "player distance target1 < 100"];

photoscript:

titletext ["", "WHITE OUT"];
titletext ["", "WHITE IN"];

phototaken = true;

Don´t know about a sound. You have to look through the soundfiles or add one.

[Delete units from an unused side mission?]

Demonized is right. Just spawn stuff if you use it.

I found something helpful to get rid of an area of objects:

I placed a gamelogic called "sidemission" at the center of the area I want to delete and create a trigger with the following On Act.

{deleteVehicle _x} foreach (position sidemission nearEntities 200); {deleteVehicle _x} foreach (position sidemission nearObjects 200);

Deletes even furniture and crews of vehicles.

[Spawn heli and set name to it]

This works:

stealm18 = createVehicle ["Ka52Black", getMarkerPos "helimarker", [], 0, "NONE"];
stealm18 setvehiclevarname "stealm18";

stealm18 setFuel 0; 
stealm18 allowDamage false;

why more complicated?

And what is _vehicle in your code? It don´t see where it points.

Or just:

_vehicle = createVehicle ["Ka52Black", getMarkerPos "helimarker", [], 0, "NONE"];
_vehicle setvehiclevarname "stealm18";
_vehicle Call Compile Format ["%1=_This ; PublicVariable ""%1""","stealm18"];
_vehicle setFuel 0; 
_vehicle allowDamage false;

[Unreliable building destruction]

I noticed when you spawn explosives a few meters above the ground they do more damage.

[Spawn heli and set name to it]

To name it I use setVehicleVarName

[Resynchronize Module]

hm, don´t think so.

I joined a unit to the player group and called SHK_fnc_readdFAModules.

The First Aid action shows up but doesn´t respond.

[Resynchronize Module]

Shuko do you think your code would work also on spawned AI soldiers that join the player group?

[Help formating a String]

Hi,

to get a string out of it I would do:

thearray = ["1","2","3","4"];
thestring = format ["%1,%2,%3,%4", thearray select 0, thearray select 1, thearray select 2, thearray select 3];

To do this dynamic.. I don´t know. You can get the number of array elements with

count thearray

I don´t know about string manipulation in arma/sqf.

EDIT: Wasn´t that hard:

thearray = ["1","2","3","4","5"];
_string = "";

for "_i" from 0 to (count thearray) -1 do
{

   _string1 = format ["%1,", thearray select _i];
   _string = _string + _string1;

};

hint _string;

EDIT2: And if you want to get rid of the last comma:

thearray = ["1","2","3"];
_string = "";

for "_i" from 0 to (count thearray) -1 do
{
   if (_i == ((count thearray) -1)) then 
   {
       _string1 = format ["%1", thearray select _i];
       _string = _string + _string1;
   }else 
   {
       _string1 = format ["%1,", thearray select _i];
       _string = _string + _string1;
   };
};

hint _string;

[First Aid-- I fail to create a script without help]

Try to insert a few hints to see what works in your script and what not.

1. What is _sw and _hide for?

2. while (alive local player)

does this ever return true? I don´t know much about the mp stuff but biki says it checks if someone is local. I don´t think this one checks the right condition.

[Ai attacks allies]

Please give us more information.

What is your side? OPFOR?

Have you set Resistance friendly to OPFOR?

[Squint - the sqf editor and error-checker]

Thank you for the great tool!

One Thing:

I noticed the command setWaypointVisible is not included.

[Which tools do you use for editing?]

I forgot one important addon is use:

Loki Lost Key

You can basicly test everything ingame with this tool.

[Random Spawn]

I see you are using the RESISTANCE side for the spawned groups. Are you sure you set them to hostile to the right side?

[Cached Units with Vehicle Support - v2.0]

Hi,

I tried your script today and noticed something strange:

Most of the groups I place in the editor without waypoints start to run to some random position a few hundred meters away when I start the mission.

It seems like this isn´t a problem in your code but some new ai behaviour, because when I use the RMM_Reducer from Rommel they do the same.

I include a sample mission:

http://www.mediafire.com/?852yzuqix29ftj6

When I start the mission, the USMC unit starts to run to a place near the airport and the russian one stays at its starting point.

Edit:

When I create a waypoint for the USMC group he first runs to his random spot and then moves to the waypoint.

Edit2:

Just tested it: The remaining unit is fleeing (tested with fleeing _unit) when all his friends disapear.

Edit3:

I have inserted two lines of code into the fsm:

At "Cache Units" :

_cep_grp allowFleeing 0;

before the group is deleted

and

At "Normalise Units":

(group _cep_leader)  allowFleeing 0.3;

as last line.

This way it works even when the AI skill is low. I would like to set the allowFleeing to the value it was before the unit is cached but I don´t know how to get the number.

[Random Spawn]

When there are no editor placed units of a faction, they really behave abnormal.

Just place a unit of the faction and set possiblility of presence to 0.

Could be your problem.