objects on buildings & choppers over buildings

[slaymaker]

Am trying to place objects on buildings for some roof top action, and also would like to use a chopper for dust off.... But the chopper won't come near the building.  (the objects always appear IN building, not on) Have seen someones mission which does similar - but can't get either to work. No scripting experiance, so init field etc or nothing please!!!

[ShadowD BOB]

Usually when u place an object directly ontop of a building it goes onto the roof (if u use the flats on nogova) not sure about other buildings.  if not put this in the init field on the unite u want on roof-

this setpos [(getpos this select 0), (getpos this select1), 7]

The 7 at the end is the height in feet, play around until you have the desired height.

Hope that helps.

[Skumball]

make sure you put a space between 'select' and '1'
Simple mistake I know but it won't work otherwise

[nik]

It should be:  

  this setpos [(getpos this select 0),(getpos this select 1),7];

 

If you want to make it more precise you can do it like this: For examble: 7.1, not 7,1 (a point not a "," ).