ai as tankers

[Zombie]

I'm trying to make a mission where ai in my squad take command of tanks driven and gunned by ai not in my squad.  Is this possible?  I can't seem to get it to work.  They will enter the tank on command, then do nothing else except leave the tank.  

[Tomb]

 :afro: hey m8. Try this example:

say, you have YOU, an officer, make him Captain or alike.
Then create 3 crew guys and make them all Sergeant in rank, grouped to YOU!

Now, if you create 3 EMPTY tanks and then 6 crew guys that are NOT grouped to you
but only to themselves (two-and-two: driver, gunner) for each emty tank, then you can
tell them to moveinDriver/moveinGunner/ moveinCommander of all three tanks.

Now, your commanders will not pop up in the group bar (bottom of play screen) but you DO have
command of their tanks (and thus: them too). I've attached a sample mission (click to download below).

If you wanna know their group numbers (i.e. "FIVE move to 4.5.6" etc.) then just place them NEXT to the tanks and
tell them to get in as commander via normal ingame command mode.

The sample mission is on desert island, put in PLAYER- Missions folder and check it out yerself, mate

later! :cheers:

[Zombie]

i was on the right track, didn't think about making my squad members higher in rank than the ai crewman, that may be why my guys would enter the tanks but then the tanks wouldn't follow orders after that.  Never used the dostop command either.  Other than that I was doing exactly what you were doing, I figured it was something easy.  Thanks!

[Tomb]

 :afro: neah probby mate! ;D keep it simple - that's what I always do.


(mainly coz thats all I can do!) :tomato: :beat: ;D

And when it gets complicated, ask Sui - it gives ya more time to drink beer while he's sweating for ya!   ;D ( )