How do i creat a unit

[WW2ECAssassin]

He he well here i am swallowing my pride and asking for help.
Can anyone tell me how to create like 4 to 5 units at once when i walk into a trigger.
what i need is when the player walks into a trigger the trigger will exec a script that produces 4 to 5 enemy i would hope where i place a gamelogic flag im not sure exactly how it works but if someone could help that would be great thanks.

[m21man]

;Script segment

_ambpos = getmarkerpos "ambush_mkr"
_ax = _ambpos select 0
_ay = _ambpos select 1
_az = _ambpos select 2

"soldierx" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],groupbravo,"",0.5,"sergeant"]

"soldierx" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],groupbravo,"",0.5,"corporal"]

"soldierx" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],groupbravo,"",0.5,"private"]

"soldierx" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],groupbravo,"",0.5,"private"]

;
Hope this works ;D.

[m21man]

By the way, "soldierx" is the type of unit you want created.

[WW2ECAssassin]

so do i place a marker named ambush or game logic flag this is where i get confused? by the way thanks for the reply

_ambpos = getmarkerpos "ambush_mkr"  this line is the line i need explained what exactly do i put in the editor ?

Actually what i need to know is what do i name the marker or gamelogic and how exactly do i call the script

[m21man]

"ambush_marker" is a marker. It should be invisible, and you could use a mini-script to make it "stick" to the player. Then you could have a large trigger activated by your character that runs the unit creation script.

[WW2ECAssassin]

Well i dont want it to be that technical and how do i call the script also what is ambpos is that a gamelogic flag im lost lol

[m21man]

In the trigger which you'd have something like this in the On Activation field: [] exec "ambush.sqs"

This assumes that the primary ambush script is named "ambush.sqs".

_ambpos is just an inscript variable, it doesn't take anything from the game. All you need is a marker named "ambush_mkr". Or you could change the script so that it uses the player as the target for the random spawning.

[m21man]

Another thing you could do is use a script to warp in the units. And where do want the units to pop up? In buildings or just in a random circle 'round the player.

[WW2ECAssassin]

yeah thats what i use now . by the way the script you put up doesnt work i dont get an error but the units dont appear not sure why i put the marker in called ambush_mkr and i used the trigger []exec "create.sqs" but still nothing

[m21man]

Rename "soldierx" to whatever type of unit you want created. Some examples:

"soldierEMG" = Eastern machinegunner.
"officerE" = Eastern officer.

[m21man]

If you're doing this with custom units , find their editor names and use them. "SoldierX' is just filler, it isn't a unit.

If worse comes to worse, you could always have a script that teleports in the units from a safe place on the map.

[WW2ECAssassin]

yeah i had done that already i have changed the units names to units i wanted still didnt work ?

[m21man]

Then you'll just have to make a teleporation script. Just setpos the units from a secure area.

[Unnamed]

Assassin,

If you want to add men to your own group it should be:

Code: [Select]

_ambpos = getpos player
_ax = _ambpos select 0
_ay = _ambpos select 1
_az = _ambpos select 2

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],group player,"",0.5,"sergeant"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],group player,"",0.5,"corporal"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],group player,"",0.5,"private"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],group player,"",0.5,"private"]

If you added an AI unit in the editor and named him Man1, you could assign the new guys to him with:

Code: [Select]

_ambpos = getpos Man1
_ax = _ambpos select 0
_ay = _ambpos select 1
_az = _ambpos select 2

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],group Man1,"",0.5,"sergeant"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],group Man1,"",0.5,"corporal"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],group Man1,"",0.5,"private"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],group Man1,"",0.5,"private"]

If you want to add a completle new group you have to be a bit tricky, off the top of my head it's something like:

Create an ai soldier and add this to his init field:

Code: [Select]

MyGroup1=Group This ; DeleteVehicle This

This creates a copy of his group, so when he gets deleted at the start of the game. He leaves a copy of his group in the variable MyGroup1.

Just assign your guys to this group:

Code: [Select]

_ambpos = getmarkerpos "ambush_mkr"

_ax = _ambpos select 0
_ay = _ambpos select 1
_az = _ambpos select 2

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],MyGroup1,"",0.5,"sergeant"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax + (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],MyGroup1,"",0.5,"corporal"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay + (random 10),_az],MyGroup1,"",0.5,"private"]

"soldierWB" createunit [ [_ax - (random 10),_ay - (random 10),_az],MyGroup1,"",0.5,"private"]

You can create upto 64 groups this way, including civilian and Res.