join grpNull == No more AI?

[CosmicEvo]

HELP!

 I've been trying to create a way to remove units from a players group to allow for leaving them defending an area in a large scale mp game.  But everytime I remove a unit from a group they go into STUPID mode, and no longer target, move, or respond to an enemy, even if the enemy is standing next to them with a gun pointed at their head..  I can't figure out how to make the AI respond again, it's almost as if the disableAI command has been performed.  

PLEASE HELP, I am at a loss on this one...

Cosmic

[uiox]

If you unjoin AI of player AI is disable.
Use create unit.

[CosmicEvo]

Yeah,
  I created the units using createunit, but I wanted to be able o disband guys to protect my flanks in the mission I'm working on.   Oh well, I'll just leave that option out for now, I guess....


Cosmic

[Chudley]

What to do is - assign them a new group!!

This is how to do it if , for example, you remove 3 men from a group.

newGroup = formLeader unitname1
[unitname2, unitname3] join newGroup

[Longjocks]

Just to ask a question to expand on this...

How can you now use this group as normal with their own waypoints, etc, from the time they are separated from the main group?

[Chudley]

i.e.

newGroup commandMove getMarkerPos "WP1_NewGroup"



hope this helps, obviously you'll have to place and define the markers first though.

[Longjocks]

Understood. Thanks a heap, mate.

[CareyBear]

A question re: this...

If I have a group of 4, say unit1 - unit4, can I set them up with different move commands each.. like

#loop
[unit1, unit2] move getmarkerpos "marker1"
[unit3, unit4] move getmarkerpos "marker2"
@ unitready unit1
@ unitready unit3
[unit1, unit2] move getmarkerpos "marker2"
[unit3, unit4] move getmarkerpos "marker1"
@ unitready unit1
@ unitready unit3
goto "loop"

And make a psuedo-synched patrol loop? I want some small patrols, but I want to keep the number of groups as low as possible & don't really mind if there's scripting overhead to do it.

So, will this work, or will they keep coming back into formation all the time?

[Bremmer]

The Move command effectively creates a new move waypoint that the whole group will want to go to, so this wont really work.

DoMove is a whole different story, and only applies to the units you specify. Therefore you could change your script to ...


#loop
"_x domove getmarkerpos ""marker1""" foreach [unit1, unit2]
"_x domove getmarkerpos ""marker2""" foreach [unit3, unit4]
@ unitready unit1
@ unitready unit3
"_x domove getmarkerpos ""marker2""" foreach [unit1, unit2]
"_x domove getmarkerpos ""marker1""" foreach [unit3, unit4]
@ unitready unit1
@ unitready unit3
goto "loop"


... it might just work.

 

[CareyBear]

WhooHOO! Sweeeeeeet....

Actually... It works perfectly.

[CosmicEvo]

What to do is - assign them a new group!!

This is how to do it if , for example, you remove 3 men from a group.

newGroup = formLeader unitname1
[unitname2, unitname3] join newGroup

Thanks,

    That would be perfect if I could get the join function to work in MP.  Unfortunately it doesn't seem to allow anyone other then the server to use the join command.  And furthermore, if I create a server/client setup to work around, it still won't switch to another group.    Oh well, so much for '2ndary group converge on location'...  

Maybe someone knows how to get around this "bug" in the MP coding?  If so, any suggestions would be appreciated...

Cosmic