Lighting a fire and sitting down

[Skorp1on]

I'm sure that these are very simple scripts, but I have been unable to find them in the OFPEC editing depot. I need a script that will make a soldier light a fire and then sit down next to it. If this is all included in one script, I will also need a script that makes other soldiers sit down, preferably starting off sitting down, at the fire. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Skorp1on

[MadFred]

don't know bout the light fire command, but to make a soldier sitdown use

unitname playmove "EffectStandSitDown";

if playmove doesnt work try switchmove, can never recall
which one it is. but you'll figure that out.

MadFred

[macguba]

You can't use switchmove in a unit's init field, so for the starting sitting down loons give them a hold waypoint where they start and put it in that.  Each loon will have to be in his own group ..... otherwise they will sit round the fire in wedge formation which would look at bit odd.

As for the loon lighting the fire, you could also do it with waypoints and a little code.   Give him some move waypoints, experiment with the timeout field to get him to stay in the right place for the right length of time.

To light a fire its

fire1 inflame true

To do is scriptwise it would be something like

loon1 domove getpos fire1
@(loon1 distance fire1 < 1)
loon1 playmove "crouchtocombat"   (or something, dunno which one would be best)
~1.5         (that's a guess, experiment to find the right time)
fire1 inflame true
loon1 domove getpos GL1    (GL1 being a gamelogic placed where you want him to sit)
@(loon1 distance GL1 < 1)
loon1 playmove "EffectStandSitDown"
exit

this is very much a sketch rather than a working script, you'll have to play with it, check the syntax and so on.    And of course at the end he'll go straight off to his next waypoint unless you do something about it.... which is why I'd be tempted to use waypoints.    Read snYpir's Friendly Intro to Code Snippets and Johan Gustafsson's Scripting Tutorial - both are essential reading.

[Skorp1on]

Thanks, that really helped. I assume a loon is a unit? (I'm new to editing)

[Planck]

A loon means a guy....a lad......a boy.

A scottish term.......some areas of Scotland anyway.


Planck

[Skorp1on]

Ok, hey, thanks for the map! Looks like you spent a lot of time on it. I'm going to enjoy making it a purgatorial unforgiving land of suffering and pain! Thanks again.

[Loup-Garou]

"Subject : sit down" ? Thanks, guy ! I finally found  :cheers: !!!!!!!!!! Note : for the fire, you can do it easily in the editor (initialization : this inflame true , if  I remember correctly  ;D ).

[Skorp1on]

Thanks, i'll try that, i'll let you know if it works.

[Pipski]

You can't use switchmove in a unit's init field, so for the starting sitting down loons give them a hold waypoint where they start and put it in that

I'm using a very old copy of OFP (1.0.0.1) but I've used switchmove for "EffectStandSitDown" in the init field and it works okay.  

[macguba]

Some animations work in the init field and some don't.  

[Tomb]

A loon means a guy....a lad......a boy.

A scottish term.......some areas of Scotland anyway.


Planck

LMAO  ;D

[Skorp1on]

I tried both the fire and the sit down snippets. I couldn't get them to work all in the same script though.

 unitname inflame true definately works, (in init) and
unitname playmove "EffectStandSitDown" works, but only on a waypoint or trigger (not init). I tried switchmove too, but that didn't work for me. Thanks again guys, my mission is coming along very nicely now, and I owe it to you  
I hope you will enjoy my mission when it's ready. It might come in two parts though, as it's a long mission.