How to define a specific order of convoy vehicles??

[gundernak]

Hi,

I would like to set a certain order as my convoy moving. I mean a certain vehicle after another after this and that, and so on. As you know too the game orders the convoy vehicles as it wants, not as I placed them.
So, how can I define an exact order of vehicles?

thanks in advance

Andris

[.pablo.]

if the convoy starts on a road it should work fine...

[peter]

if it is a group you can order them using different ranks ...

[Knut Erik]

Try to rank the units in the order that you want them to move.

Car1 = Colonel
Car2 = Major
Car3 = Sergant

And so on....

It might work.

[gundernak]

thanks guys!

[gundernak]

Hi again,

I tought the problem solved, but unfortunately have not... :-\

If I set the ranking as I want them to move an armored breaks up the order and passes the next vehicle.

to get the situation clreared a little more, the 5 vehicles are:

- UAZ   as Colonel
- T72   as Major
- Scud  as Captain
- BMP   as Lieutenant
- BRDM as Sergeant

- problem is BMP always passes the Scud ignoring totally the ranking and takes the 3rd place in the column and perhaps crashing vehicles and  behaving silly

- they are placed on the road
- next waypoint is on the road
- their behaviour is safe
- their formation is column
- they acts the same when they 'Special' parameter have set 'in formation' or set ' none'

weird but true, seem to be simple, I guess it need to be scripted, I searched but have not found.

thanks in davance
Andris

[LCD]

use da dofollow command

in da init of each unit

unitname dofollow unitinfront of it

EG

T72name dofollow UAZname - i think it shud work

LCD OUT

[Kaliyuga]

 What if you just give the initial vehicle waypoints and then use a bunch of dofollow commands ?

like tell the second vehicle to follow the first.. and so on and so forth until you're telling the final vehicle to follow the second to last ..

[gundernak]

After setting the 'dofollow' form to each vehicle, or to the first init waypoint there is no change, every vehicle are moving nice like little ducks, exept the d*mn BMP.

It makes total chaos around, until it passes the scud.

If the BMP is placed much farer behind in the road, the effect is the same, the scud is waiting and moving left-right even backwards until the bmp passes him.

Believe me, I wrote the dofollow in correst syntax, and the ranking is correct as well...

Should I satisfy the order what game forces or it is worth to try more?

[peter]

tested it, hereÂ's a solution: just change the bmpÂ's rank to "private" ...

[gundernak]

thanks peter, it worked!

[Sui]

# Topics Merged

Gunderdak, could you please limit yourself to one thread per question...

Finding 3 threads on exactly the same problem from the same forum user makes us mods cranky ;D ;D

Anyway, for further reference, convoy order is also defined by which order the vehicles join the group.

So if nothing else is working, make the convoy join the lead vehicle in the order you want them to travel... eg:

[car2] join car1
~0.1
[car3] join car1
~0.1
[car4] join car1

etc.

Hope you get your problem sorted...

[Tim Pink]

Hi

Another simple way of making a convoy move in a column is by placing the vehciles on the map in the order you want and in the unit screen there is a box for commands such as flying, in formation and non( the name of the box escapes mem but i think it is formation).

put the units as formation none and they'll move in the order you placed them.

but be careful with armoured vehicles as they tend to push to the front.

Hoped that helped

Cya
Tim

[Tim Pink]

Hi

Another simple way of making a convoy move in a column is by placing the vehciles on the map in the order you want and in the unit screen there is a box for commands such as flying, in formation and non( the name of the box escapes mem but i think it is formation).

put the units as formation none and they'll move in the order you placed them.

but be careful with armoured vehicles as they tend to push to the front.

Hoped that helped

Cya
Tim

[Tim Pink]

Hi

Another simple way of making a convoy move in a column is by placing the vehciles on the map in the order you want and in the unit screen there is a box for commands such as flying, in formation and non( the name of the box escapes mem but i think it is formation).

put the units as formation none and they'll move in the order you placed them.

but be careful with armoured vehicles as they tend to push to the front.

Hoped that helped

Cya
Tim