Does anyone know any of the intricacies of landing a chopper on an LST? I am trying to start a mission with the chopper on an LST and then finish off by landing back on the LST again. However I cannot always get to land the chopper properly.
Sometimes when I am landing the chopper, I get the additional menu option of "GET OUT" appear, which means I can successfully turn off the engine and get out of the chopper, and walk around on the PAD of the LST. And other times it just wont appear at all, and the chopper just forces the LST to go under the water. (hmm problem in the conservation of momentum algorithm I think)
The other question I have is with the actual start of the mission, and beginning with the chopper on the LST helipad. Here is the script I have exec from the init field of the chopper
_unit flyinheight 10
_heading = direction _boat
_x = (getpos _boat select 0) - 77 * sin(_heading)
_y = (getpos _boat select 1) - 77 * cos(_heading)
_z = 12
_unit setdir _heading
_unit setpos [_x, _y, _z]
obviously _unit is the chopper and _boat is the LST of concern.
This works if you start the chopper as "FLYING" with an AI chopper, the chopper will appear at the correct spot, fly up and then fly down to the correct posn. However this will not work with a human pilot, or if the chopper is not "FLYING" to start.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx