Making a helocopter land

[SAS4Life]

I know everyone hates copters because they can never get them do exactly waht they want them too but. i need to know how to make a helocopter land. it has to land exactly on a H though and the people cant get out.

[xCIA_BlackThorn]

Try somthing like this script I've made up. It kinda fakes the landing, then at the last few feet FlyInHeight -0 then waiting 5 seconds then shutting down by means of fuel cut. If you dont know anything about scripts then copy and paste this in a notepad.txt and rename it to HBLZ.sqs then placing it in your mission folder. Put this in your Activation field of a trigger called by radio. [] exec "HBLZ.sqs"   If you add the pilots seperate from the chopper at start, then you will be able to order them to get out or whatever after the chopper lands. If you don't want the Engine to shut off, just remove the cut fuel part at the end so that when they FlyInHeight 0 they will leave the engine on.

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;Home-Base Landing-Zone (HBLZ)

? UH60MG Distance HBLZ < 100 : GoTo "End"

UH60MG SetFuel 1
UH60MG FlyInHeight 150
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG SetSpeedMode "LIMITED"

#Loop
? UH60MG Distance HBLZ < 200 : GoTo "LS1"
~2
GoTo "Loop"

#LS1
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 100
? UH60MG Distance HBLZ < 110 : GoTo "LS2"
GoTo "LS1"

#LS2
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 80
? UH60MG Distance HBLZ < 90 : GoTo "LS3"
GoTo "LS2"

#LS3
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 60
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 65 : GoTo "LS4"
GoTo "LS3"

#LS4
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 40
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 45 : GoTo "LS5"
GoTo "LS4"

#LS5
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 20
~2
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 25 : GoTo "LS6"
GoTo "LS5"

#LS6
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 10
~2
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 13 : GoTo "LS7"
GoTo "LS6"

#LS7
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 8
~2
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 11 : GoTo "LS8"
GoTo "LS7"

#LS8
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 6
~1.5
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 9 : GoTo "LS9"
GoTo "LS8"

#LS9
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 4
~1
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 7 : GoTo "LS10"
GoTo "LS9"

#LS10
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight 2
~0.5
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height <= 5 : GoTo "LS11"
GoTo "LS10"

#LS11
UH60MG DoMove GetPos HBLZ
UH60MG FlyInHeight -0
_Height = GetPos UH60MG select 2
? _Height < 2 : GoTo "Landed"
GoTo "LS11"

#Landed
~5
UH60MG SetFuel 0
Exit

#End
CutText ["Pilot: I'm already there!", "PLAIN DOWN"]
~3
CutText ["", "PLAIN"]
Exit


[voodzia]

Wow - that is a pretty complex script. But if you have a "H" or "Invisible H" object on the map then giving helo command land "mode" should work without problems I guess. Only make sure that LZ is in right place - it means no obstructions nearby (trees, bushes, rocks, buildings, etc) and ground should be quite flat there too.

[THobson]

Invisible H and a land instruction should work, but it doesn't always.

What I have done in the past is to giev the chopper a series of waypoints very close together with a steadily reducing flyinheight.

Specifically:
WP1: Limited speed; flyinheight 50
WP2: flyinheight 45
WP3: flyinheigth 40

etc.  down to 5 and then 0

[xCIA_BlackThorn]

Yes the script is alittle long,   but it works flawlesly,   with obstructions in the way, because i am kinda cheating the land or forcing if you will.

[voodzia]

xCIA_BlackThorn - I got just one small suggestion - your script looks pretty good but you could make it a bit more universal to use in other situations. Call it e.g: [helo,lz] exec "hblz.sqs" and just replace this UH60MG with _helo=_this select 0 and HBLZ with _dest = _this select 1. It'll make your script more flexible I think.

[SAS4Life]

right thanx guys that should cover it. thanx a lot

[999chris]

heli land "land"

[xCIA_BlackThorn]

Your right voodzia, Ill do that, Thanks.