crouching?

[SnakeFart]

i need to make an ai soilder crouch so he can try to hold a house from incoming forces how do i tell him to crouch...

this "effectstandcrouch"     doesnt seem to work

(init fields needed..dont know scripting with notepad yet )

[macguba]

this switchmove "effectstandcrouch"

or playmove.

You may find that the loon won't stay down, however.  

You'll find a full listing of switchmove/playmove animations in the Ed Depot, in Pending.

If you're writing stuff in init fields, that's scripting.     Read Abuu's Basic editing tutorial followed by Johan Gustafsson's Scripting guide.   And of course snYpir's Friendly introduction to code snippets.

[SnakeFart]

ahh switchmove roger that..but i dont understand the format of scripting with notepad...thats my only issue

[macguba]

There is no format ... you just write the same kind of stuff as you would in the init field.

[Gameer_77]

Animations don't work in init fields. You need to use triggers (Or scripts, which you don't like ;D)

For the whole crouch thing, the soldier must be made in setunitpos "up", he must be in combat mode and must be stopped.

If you make a script named crouch.txt (or .sqs, but it doesn't actually matter) then in it put:

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_croucher=_this select 0

_croucher setunitpos "up"
_croucher setbehaviour "combat"
_croucher switchmove "Crouch"
_croucher stop true
Then in the unit's init field put [this] exec "crouch.txt" (Or "crouch.sqs" if you made it a .sqs) and it should work. It should work

Gameer

[JerryK_387]

Ok... I was just wondering how to use loops and stuff like that to keep the guy crouched... cuz I would like to keep a guy behind some sandbags, but it's pointless when he's standing up, and won't fire from behind it laying down.... anybody want to write the script for me please  ;D

[_DaRkMaN_]

doesnt
aP setUnitPos "DOWN"
work

[Flapje]

about scripting in notepad: if you want to do i.e. switchmoves in a script, you just do this:

bla switchmove bla

bla2 switchmove bla

END

that's it, you wrote yourself a script mayb add some time or anything, but you get the idea?

ps: this makes dude bla and bla2 do something when the script activates

[Tomb]

...If you make a script ...then ...put:

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_croucher=_this select 0

_croucher setunitpos "up"
_croucher setbehaviour "combat"
_croucher switchmove "Crouch"
_croucher stop true

Gameer

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 Just a detail here:  

         "_croucher stop true"

- is not a perfect way to make a d00d hold, as it will sort of freeze the moron  
Ya might wanna try "DoStop _croucher" instead if ya want him to stand still and yet be able to shoot when attacked.   Now, to make a guy crouch the easy way, I'd try som'n like the crap below:

Create the moron, put a WayPoint next to him & slide it upon his head.
Then set the behaviour to "STEALTH" in the WP window and put this lot in the "On Activ." field :

 This setUnitPos "UP"; this switchmove "crouch"; DoStop This  


That'll tell Bob to get on his knee and stay there!
PS - be sure to remove all handgrenades, as he might get up on his feet again
if he suddenly feels like throwing eggs at the enemy!   ;D


CYA

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PS. Oh, and just in case! To remove all handgrenades, put

  This RemoveMagazines "HandGrenade"

 in the guy's INIT field.  

[Gameer_77]

 

Whateva!

Gameer

[Tomb]

now that we talk crouching, I'm not even sure if the "doStop" is nessesary at all
as any crouched (via switchMove) d00d tend to stop/freeze by default, though he WILL fire.


mm. aah, well... gah! nuff 'z' nuff   Tomb crouched.


(should of been my ol' lady!)

[Gameer_77]

Aye? :-X

I think they end up standing up to fire on them when you un-stop them.

Gameer

[KottE]

that switchmove thing never works for me!
watts wrong !?!?!?
  :'( :-\

[LCD]

mebe try loopin da switchmove commend

#loop
unitname switchmove "Crouch"
~1
goto "loop"

i cant c snakefart sain dat it works - nd it didnt work 4 me also (till i looped it ;D)

LCD OUT

[Dandy]

Put this in the init of the soldier:

this setBehaviour "combat";this setUnitPos "up";this switchMove "combattocrouch"

It works. Yes it does

Remember me: Dandy