createunit

[Ryu]

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this?

"KEGSSoldierEB" createunit [getpos pos1, officer1, "sol1 = this; this setbehaviour safe", 0.8, "PRIVATE"]

It creates the unit but not in safe mode. Officer1 is already in safe mode.

cheers

[Artak]

The syntax for setbehaviour is unitname setbehaviour "safe".

To get it working you'd put the 'safe' in {}'s

"KEGSSoldierEB" createunit [getpos pos1, officer1, "sol1 = this; this setbehaviour {safe}", 0.8, "PRIVATE"]

like so.

[Ryu]

No, that doesn't work. No error message but not safe mode

[deaddog]

If Officer1 is a UNIT, then you're using createunit wrong.  Try this:

"KEGSSoldierEB" createunit [getpos pos1, group officer1, "sol1 = this; this setbehaviour {safe}", 0.8, "PRIVATE"]

You have to create units into an existing group (which can be empty of units).

[Artak]

If the group was not defined right the unit would not have been created at all I think.

What a puzzle.

Ok, consider this. Maybe the unit is not created to safe mode because the group leader of the group the unit is created in is not in safe mode.(?)

[Ryu]

  NO, still no luck. The officer is on patrol and set to safe.

[deaddog]

The answer is to set the behaviour separate from the createunit command:

"SoldierEB" createunit [getpos officer1, group officer1, "sol1 = this", 0.8, "PRIVATE"]; group officer1 setbehaviour {safe}

You can put the setbehaviour command after all units have been created.  This also means you won't have to name each unit as you create it.

[Ryu]

 :)Great, that did it.
BTW I like to name the units I create to deleate them when they are no longer needed.

Thanks guys