Respawn-run-respawn-run

[greg147]

Hi all,

Is there a way to make a group of soldiers run falwards, then when they die there is a 20 second wait, and then their bodies are deleted and the group respawns at the original starting place, and follows the same waypoints?

Thanks

[bored_onion]

you could use a script. something like:

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*command to create your group* (sorry I can't remember how atm)

grp leader domove gamelogic

#check

?!alive grp leader: goto "Continue"
goto "check"

#continue
~20
[] exec "thisscript.sqs"
the use of "grp" could be wrong but substitute it for the actual command that sticks a group into an array.

[greg147]

Thanks  
So I put that in a script called 'thisscript', find out the create group command, and it should work?

I'll try it.  ;D
Does anyone know the command for creating a group?  

[bored_onion]

found this in the official comref to do with the group command so where I wrote "grp" write "group"

group obj

Operand types:
obj: Object
Type of returned value:
Group
Description:
Group in which given unit is assigned. For dead units GrpNull.

Example:
group player == group leader player

to create a group you may just need to create individual units and group them together separately.

EDIT: Having re read my original post there may be some gaping syntax errors which need ironing out. Just fiddle with it or wait for more suggestions.

[macguba]

to create a group you may just need to create individual units and group them together separately.

Wrong.    ;D   Sorry.

Every unit is a member of a group.    (Unless it is dead.)    Automatically.   A unit that is not a member of a group is an impossibility.    If you have a unit, you have a group.  

You can't createUnit a loon except into a pre-existing group.  

If you place a unit in the editor you are by definition creating a group, although you can immediately destroy that group by putting the unit into another group.

AFAIK there is no command to create a group.   The only way to create a group is to place units (including gamelogics) in the mission editor.

The command group returns the group of which the object is a member.     It has nothing to do with group creation.



Returning to the original question, there are certainly dead body deletion scripts in the Ed Depot and I suspect respawning scripts too.

[bored_onion]

yeah, listen to macca. he knows what hes talking about

[greg147]

I checked the editors dept, and there were some group respawn scripts, but not really what I needed  

They were more of, when the player gets to a place, units are spawned there. I was kinda looking for more when everyone dies they start again. I'll keep looking though