creating vehicle

[sharkattack]

ive done this before .. but im buggered if i can remember how.was a long time ago .
im trying to create the illusion of a chopper dropping of a zodiac using createvehicle command  ..
thanx in advance  shark attack

[Mandoble]

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_poc = getPos _chopper
_dir = getDir _chopper
;Assuming the open chopper's door is at its left side
;The zodiac will spawn at the left of the chopper, 2 meters away and 1.5 meters down
_rad = 2
_ang = _dir - 90
_pos = [(_posc select 0)+sin(_ang)*_rad, (_posc select 1)+cos(_ang)*_rad, (_posc select 2) - 1.5]
_zodiac = "zodiac object type" createVehicle _pos
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exit


[Mr.Peanut]

Won't hurt either to give the zodiac the same velocity as the heli to start.

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zodiac setVelocity velocity heli

[sharkattack]

hey guys i put the above information into a script call zodi obviously i changed the helo name and the class name of the zodiac .i created a trigger to call the script  and nothing happens .. any ideas as to what im doing wrong ?

[Mandoble]

Change
_poc = getPos _chopper
by
_posc = getPos _chopper

[sharkattack]

still no joy ... cant get it .

[JasonO]

What do you have in the trigger activation?

[sharkattack]

i put the codes into a script and named it zodi ..
in the trigger i have  [] exec"zodi.sqs"..