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[Ryu]

I am having no luck creating a unit
I made a unit gave him group ID "Alpha".
Made a flag as a position for created unit to start at.
Put this in a trigger "Soldier1" createUnit [getMarkerPos "flag",groupAlpha]
The trigger is activated with no error message, but no unit is created.
can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

[LCD]

u have 2 put in da init of da unit

groupname = group this

u can use ny groupname

nd wen i wanna create unit in da group u give right

"Soldier1" createUnit [getMarkerPos "flag",groupname]

LCD OUT

[Ryu]

Thanks for the reply but no luck
I made unit called Alpha1 with Groupname = group Alpha in the init field
then trigger with "Soldier1" createUnit [getMarkerPos "flag",groupnameAlpha]
No error message but no unit is created
BTW Is group name different from group ID?

[CrashnBurn]

LCD just needs some coffee. You have to specify what type of soldier you want. I use gamelogics as spawn points.For example, if you want a West machinegunner soldier you'd put this in your trigger-

soldier1 = "SoldierWMG" createunit [getpos g1, Alpha, "", 1, "PRIVATE"]

g1 is the name I gave the gamelogic. Put your flag name there instead. The group name comes next, then the ini string which you cant use but the double quotes need to be there. The 1 is his skill level, followed by his rank...simple stuff.

[Sui]

Welcome to the forums, Ryu

For createunit to work, you must spawn the unit into an existing group. So you must have a unit already in that group.

Your line here:

Groupname = group Alpha

isn't quite right... try:

group = group this

where group is the name of your group (ie. alpha)

Now, you can create a unit using the first line you had:

"SoldierWB" createunit [getpos g1, group ]

Just note the soldier type ("SoldierWB" in this case) must be an actual type. Check the official command reference for the types

Oh, on a side note...

Your line Crashnburn:

soldier1 = "SoldierWMG" createunit [getpos g1, Alpha, "", 1, "PRIVATE"]

won't have the desired effect. To assign a created unit a name, you need to use a line like this:

"SoldierWMG" createunit [getpos g1, Alpha, "soldier1 = this", 1, "PRIVATE"]

Assigning the whole line equal to the command will work on created vehicles, but not units. To assign units a name you need to include it in the init part of the syntax