reload trouble

[Blanco]

Hello, I'm working on a cover & hold script using those new ICPanims from the VDV2.0 effectpack.
The reason why I want to use them is :

- They look cool.
- Different from all the other custom anims I've seen, AI is able to turn and shoot! (with all respect to all the other animators, but these can be used in a mission and not only for eyecandy)
- You can kill them, A deadly shot is followed by a default death animation.

I could find only one nasty bug : They can't reload while they're in the pose.
So I thought... maybe this can be solved with some scripting, so I did.
You can easily break the animation with _unit switchmove "" but it doesn't look good. So I made it so the animation between look as smooth as possible.

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;test.sqs
; run it with [this] exec "test.sqs" in the init of your AIunit.

_unit = _this select 0

#start
_wep = (weapons _unit select 0)
_mag = (magazines _unit select 0)
_crposes = ["ICPaim1","ICPaim2","ICPaim5"]
_cc = count _crposes
_cr = random _cc
_cr = _cr - _cr % 1

_unit switchMove (_crposes select _cr)

#ammocheck
;;###DEBUG###
;hint format ["%1",_unit ammo _mag]
?_unit ammo _mag < 1 :goto "Reload"
~1
goto "ammocheck"
 
#Reload
;### DEBUG ###
;player globalchat "reload"

_unit setunitpos "UP"
_unit switchmove "crouchtocombat"
~1
_unit switchmove ""
_unit addmagazine _mag
@_unit ammo _mag > 1
_unit switchmove "Combattocrouch"
~0.5
goto "START"

This works great with the BIS soldiers but not with addons like BAS, MAP,...
When I use addons the script jumps directly to the #reload label, so I guess there's something wrong with the ammocheck loop.
I really want to find this problem so I can use it with every addonsoldier. My final goal is to create a cover & hold script where AI is able to shoot from buildings and even change their position(floor) in a random period. But first I need to solve that nasty reloadbug... :angry:

Any1 knows what wrong with it?

you can find the anims HERE
They work with any unit (you don't need VDV2.0) but they look best with the VDV.20 troops.Great stuff!

[Unnamed]

Glad to see someone has finaly made some fixed crouch anims that work properly. I'm no animator, so I could never work out how to removed the foot prints and foot step sounds from the original BIS crouch anims.

You could try using the SomeAmmo command, as fas as I know this will return true when the AI are getting low on ammo.

[Homefry31464]

From the Official Com. Ref.

someAmmo unit
Operand types:
    unit: Object
Type of returned value:
    Boolean
Description:
    Check if unit has some ammo.

Example:
    someAmmo vehicle player
I'm just guessing/rambling, but maybe you could try this:

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#ammocheck
_shotsleft = _unit ammo _mag
?_shotsleft == 0 : goto "Reload"
~1
goto "ammocheck"

It seem's that using the _mag = (magazines _unit select 0) will make _mag an array.... maybe its including handgun magazines as well.  Not sure why that would effect anything, but try removing their handgun's and the related ammo first.

Good luck.

[Blanco]

thx 4 replies,

I tried the someammo command, but it seems to work only with vehicles.
Anyway I could fix it with a temporaly EH fired.
Once the unit fires, I store the _muzzle in a variable,
_Muzzle = _this select 2
Once I have it, i remove the EH.

Then I run my ammocheck script with that muzzle variable.
Works great, except for Units with rifles with attached grenadelauchers or mortars...  

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[_muzzle] exec "ammocheck.sqs"

_ammotype = _this select 0


....
#ammocheck
;;###DEBUG###
;hint format ["%1",_unit ammo _ammotype]
?_unit ammo _ammotype < 1 :goto "Reload"
~1
goto "ammocheck"
...

The script is done, right now I making a cool mission with it.

here are some pics btw,

Swifty aiming outta the window
Swifty got contact
Roy
Ice and Lester ready to fire
4Eyes giving the best of himself
Eagle aiming for a headshot
BEAST getting the time of his life

These are all AI units running the ICPanim with my C&H script.
Very cool to fight against.