Getting an AI chopper to fire it's rockets

[Kaio23]

Posted this in the script idea forum as well. Anyone have any idea how to make an AI fire it's FFAR rockets rather than always using mini-guns and homing rockets?

This is especially important for Vietnam missions.

Thanks!

[rado1265]

Do you need those other weapons, and which chopper you will use?

[Kaio23]

In theory, I guess, I'd just make individual choppers to fire rockets and one to fire miniguns.

I plan to use the attack hueys in SEB NAM 2

[456820]

if you get rid of their other ammo they will have no choice but to use the ffar's and you can just add their ammo back when you want. Plus i thought they did use their ffar's anyway

[Kaio23]

Maybe a patched fixed it, but they always just used their miniguns and homing rockets back when I was making missions.

[Morglor9]

helicopters will use FFAR's on tanks and armour, IF they don't have homing babies. miniguns are obviously used only on cars, trucks and men.

i take it u would like to make a mission like Kilgore's Raid in the movie Apocalypse Now. for this, i'd suggest using the invisible target addon. I believe it's availible in the Addons Depot.

[rado1265]

Well, I don't know nothing about that nam units, cus I never played any nam mission, so I don't have any nam addons.  I'm not sure if I can help you about this, but if those choppers use the "standard" weapondry, try this:

<unitname> removeWeapon "HellfireLauncher<choppermark>" for homing missilies,
and "MachineGun30" for the mgun.

If this not work, then look in the addon readme, the authors usually write there the weapons and the ammo names, and replace those names that I gave you with that readme (original) names.

[Kaio23]

Can someone link me to Invisible Target?

[Dubieman]

Someone should really submit that invisble target addon to our addons depot and have done with it....

I made a script like that a while ago. Chopper support script, used the principle of a target placed on the infantry dude and the chopper would usually just use FFARs or Hellfires on infantry. Of course, remove the Hellfires (or equivalent) and FFARs would rule the day.

I imagine searching ofp.info or opflahpoint.org for invisible targets...