to make halo start in the air via script

[voodzia]

Hi,
It's me again and this time I got another chopper and another problem
I want to create a chopper but not to be on the ground. I want it to fly immediately as it being created. So I wrote this:

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bird = "UH60" createVehicle  [getPos carrier select 0, getPos carrier select 1, 500]
bird setDir 0
bird flyInHeight 250

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"SoldierWPilot" createUnit [getPos carrier, alpha, "bird_pilot=this", 1, "LIEUTENANT"]
[bird_pilot] join grpnull;
w_plts = group bird_pilot
bird_pilot assignAsDriver bird
bird_pilot moveInDriver bird

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"SoldierWPilot" createUnit [getPos carrier, w_plts, "bird_gunner=this", 1, "SERGEANT"]
bird_gunner assignAsGunner bird
bird_gunner moveInGunner bird

bird_pilot action ["engineON", bird]
Btw, carrier is a GL not a real aircraft carrier
Unfortunately something is wrong here because chopper is on the ground and moreover the engine is off.
Could you tell me what did I do wrong this time?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Kind regards,
voodzia

[Planck]

Try :

bird action ["engine on", bird]

or

bird action ["engine on"]


Planck

[voodzia]

I don't know how you guys do that but it's working. I mean the engine is ON now. But the chopper is still on the ground.

[Planck]

Strange......emm try creating the crew first, then create the chopper.....then immediately move the crew in and start the engine before it ploughs into the ground.

Unless I missed some typo in your example, the code looks ok....it must be my new vision.  


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[voodzia]

I did as you said but it doesn't work. I even increased height to 1000m but it didn't help either

[Planck]

I think I'll fire up OFP and have a go myself.


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[bedges]

try attached...

[Planck]

I got it to work, but I created the chopper at [0,0,0] first, then setpos'ed it to 'carrier'.......however it needs about 800 metres to survive.

Also it just lands on the ground and ignores the flyinheight command.

Try out bedges example though.


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[voodzia]

I made some changes in my code as you suggested me and now this script looks like this:

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"SoldierWPilot" createUnit [getPos carrier, alpha, "bird_pilot=this", 1, "LIEUTENANT"]
[bird_pilot] join grpnull
w_plts = group bird_pilot
"SoldierWPilot" createUnit [getPos carrier, w_plts, "bird_gunner=this", 1, "SERGEANT"]
bird = "UH60" createVehicle  [0,0,0]
bird_pilot moveInDriver bird
bird_gunner moveInGunner bird
bird action ["engine ON", bird]
bird setPos [getPos carrier select 0, getPos carrier select 1, 900]
bird flyInHeight 200
bird setDir 0
Code is almost OK I hope - I just need to make this chopper to hover over the carrier object - because now I don't know why but it's landing on the ground Or it'd be even better if I could make this halo to have some WP's and follow them. Could you tell me how am I to do that?

EDIT: bedges script works fine but I don't understand actually how it works. And that's why I'd like to stick to my script - if it's possible of course.

[bedges]

it's the same as yours basically, all i've added is a 30 second loop which keeps the chopper in the air until the engine has started up properly.

i don't think waypoints can be added in script, but you can 'fake' them using GLs or markers, and lots of 'domove' commands. you're on the right track though - good luck

[voodzia]

Thanks bedges for that tip about "faking" WP's. It works fine and I made this chopper to move to the evac point without any problems. But afaik making AI halos to land can be a real pain in the neck so I'd like to ask if you could recommend me some good script that takes care of that operation.
EDIT: I forgot about one thing - can AI units be fast roped from default Mi17?