A "GET_OUT" Trigger

[CYRIUS]

Im rather new to OFPEC, and I know the most basics of editing and i have been searching for answears to a trigger.

I have a MAN driving a CAR along the road. If hes car is damaged or destroyed he will leave the car and continue on foot.
So i want a trigger to activate if he EXITS the car, so the player will be notified
if that happends. Or so i can activate some other fancy thing with the trigger.

ANYONE HAVE A SUGESTION?

[LCD]

so what u basicly need is the condition of the triger ? not a poblem

not (unitname in carname)

LCD OUT

[CYRIUS]

Eeee, Thanks.
That was easy.

[Red Ant]

Will that always work, though? I mean the dude might also leave the car temporarily because he's under attack, but the car might still be in perfect condition.

[olseric]

Well, if you want it only if the car is shot up...

? damage yourcarname > 0.9:stuff you want here

That'll check to see if the car is driveable.  You may have to fiddle with 0.9 to find the actual damage level that the car is non-driveable.

[PsyWarrior]

Greetings,

Actually, OFP already comes with a command to check if a unit is non-drivable: canMove.

So
? canMove _unit: _yourCode = "here"
Would be a better solution than checking for a certain damage threshhold.

the dude might also leave the car temporarily because he's under attack

This should not happen. A unit should only disembark from a vehicle:
-When ordered to.
-When the vehicle is no longer able to move.

LCD's solution will work.

-Supr. Cmdr. PsyWarrior
-Psychic Productions

[Red Ant]

Well yeah, but if he's the only guy in his group then he may essentially "order himself" to disembark and fight, no?

[PsyWarrior]

Well yeah, but if he's the only guy in his group then he may essentially "order himself" to disembark and fight, no?

If a unit is in a vehicle, he will try to drive on (if the vehicle is unarmed), or will engage with the vehicle's weapons.

Unless he is given a specific order by a player commander, or through scripting (for example, using a HIT eventHandler to detect when the unit is under attack, and then ordering the unit out), which overrides the default behaviour. I have never seen the driver of an unarmed vehicle stop and disembark to engage the enemy of his own volition when he comes under attack. He usually just drives on, and gets shot through the windscreen...

But maybe I just don't spend enough time playing with unarmed vehicles
Certainly, when the driver of a repair/ rearm truck or M113 ambulance comes under attack when on a support mission, they just keep driving towards the group they are on their way to support.

-PsyWarrior

[Red Ant]

Hmmm, coulda sworn I had seen some truck drivers jump out and fight ... but I'll just take your word on that.  

[PsyWarrior]

Hmmm, coulda sworn I had seen some truck drivers jump out and fight

It is possible. As I said, it could be scripted. If you saw it in one of the campaigns or missions, chances are that it was a scripted reaction to a scripted attack...

Or if you saw it in the mission editor, ignore...
It could be, of course, that an enemy unit had a lucky shot, and hit the tyre of the truck...

-PsyWarrior

[CYRIUS]

Thanks for all the good advice and tips all, they will come in handy. I used the tip i got from LCD. And now the MAN wil drive the car following the waypoints even if he is attacked.
If the car is disabled then he leavs the car and begins to fight.

I set the trigger to activate General Barrons "Surrender AI script"
So when the car is disabled the MAN disembarks the car and eder flee, fight or surrender randomely.
A good Script.