Two Names For A Unit, Is It Possible?

[Alex]

Hi All,
        Is It Possible To Have Two Names For A Unit Like crashchopper And player?

[macguba]

In SP you can refer to the player unit as "player", or you can give it a name.    So I suppose it is possible in that case.   In MP I think "player" is local, but I'm not sure.    

And I suppose if you had a unit called loon1 you could write

loon2 = loon1


What are you trying to do?

[Raptorsaurus]

The player controled unit can always be refered to as "player".  If you also name him (in the name line in the editor) he can then be refered to either as "player", or the name in his name field.  So for the player controled unit the answer is yes.  For AI units I would say the answer is no.

[Chris Death]

First, it's not as giving a unit a name, if you say: loon1 = player

It's more like assigning the referback loon1 to the object/unit
player.

Therefore you could say:
loon1 = player
loon2 = loon1
loon3 = loon1
loon4 = loon1
loon5 = player
loon6 = loon3

result: each loon will refer to the object/unit: player  

~S~ CD

[Alex]

I Mean I Am Trying To Do An Intro With A Chopper That Spins And Crashes, The Script Requires It To Have The Name crashchopper But I Need It To Have The Name player Or object1 Or Something But I Don't Know How To Get It. Hope That Made Sense Lol  

[dmakatra]

Just edit the script m8, put it up here and I'll fix it.

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:

[icarus_uk]

Or use a dummy chopper, after its crashed, replace it with the one you want.

[Alex]

Here Armstrong,

[Alex]

Hello?

[fragsta]

Alex, it's easier to post it in the actually message, for future knowledge...I can't help you, I'm afraid...anyone? Here's the script, read up to find the problem:

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; tail-rotor fail script by Vektorboson
; SYNTAX
; [CHOPPER, <RANDOMKILLS, MAXKILLS>] exec "effects\tailrotor.sqs"
; CHOPPER is the helicopter
; RANDOMKILLS is either true or false (random people are killed)
; MAXKILLS is maximum of randomkills

_heli   = _this select 0
_random = true
_maxkills = 4
?count _this == 2: _random = _this select 1; _maxkills = 4
?count _this == 3: _random = _this select 1; _maxkills = _this select 2

; Position of helicopter engine (adjust this for different helicopters!)
_enginePos = [0, -3, 1]

drop ["cl_fire", "", "Billboard", 1, 1, _enginePos, [0,-3,1], 0, 1, 1, 0.001, [1,5], [[1,1,1,1],[1,1,1,0]], [0], 0.1, 0.2, "", "", _heli]
~0.05
drop ["cl_fire", "", "Billboard", 1, 1, _enginePos, [0,-3,1], 0, 1, 1, 0.001, [1,5], [[1,1,1,1],[1,1,1,0]], [0], 0.1, 0.2, "", "", _heli]
~0.02
drop ["cl_fire", "", "Billboard", 1, 1, _enginePos, [0,-3,1], 0, 1, 1, 0.001, [1,5], [[1,1,1,1],[1,1,1,0]], [0], 0.1, 0.2, "", "", _heli]
_AddDir = 0.1
~(random 1)

#loop
_dir = getDir _heli
?_AddDir < 5: _AddDir = _AddDir + 0.05
_heli setDir (_dir + _AddDir)
_v = Velocity _heli
_heli setVelocity  [((_v select 0) / 1.001), ((_v select 1) / 1.001), -5]
drop ["cl_basic", "", "Billboard", 7, 7, _enginePos, [0,0,0], 0, 1, 1, 0.001, [1,5], [[0,0,0,0],[0,0,0,0.7],[0,0,0,0]], [0], 0.1, 0.2, "", "", _heli]
~0.01
?getPos _heli select 2 > 2: goto "loop"

?alive _heli: _heli setDammage 0.8; _heli setFuel 0
?!alive _heli: exit

?!_random: exit
; now the randomkills
_crew = crew _heli
_c = count _crew
_i = 0
_kills = 0
#crew
_unit = _crew select _i
?random 1 > 0.8 && _unit != player: _unit setdammage (random 1)
?random 1 > 0.8 && _unit != player && _kills < _maxkills: _unit setdammage 1; _kills = _kills + 1
_i = _i + 1
?_i < _c: goto "crew"

[Unnamed]

Alex, sounds like your taking the example mission that probably came with the script, to literally.

In the editor just give your helicopter the name Heli01 or whatever:



Then call the script using the following:

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[Heli01] Exec "TailRotor.sqs"

[Alex]

Thanks So Much Mate!  ;D