And finally ... it works!
My solution to get the ID of (MOOSE-)spawned carrier:
local carrierSpawn = "CARRIER" .. math.random(1, 999)
local BRC = math.random(1, 359)
local allZones = shuffleList(inListLike('CSZ', getAllTriggerZones())) -- shuffleList(), inListLike(), getAllTriggerZones() are self coded functions
local spawnZone = ZONE:New(allZones[1])
local SP = SPAWN:NewWithAlias('CARRIER', carrierSpawn):InitCountry(country.id.USA):InitHeading(BRC):SpawnInZone(spawnZone, true)
--
-- code,code,code...
--
local CGI = Group.getByName(carrierSpawn.."#001"):getUnits()
local CGI2 = CGI[1]:getID() -- ID of the carrier
The attachment shows un-randomized parking hornets.
Solved, the following code makes it: (maybe useful for other MOOSE beginners)
-- ###LUA!### <-- Token to search for in dcs.log in case of crashing script
-- Defined random spawns of ground-units for weapontraining:
-- MOOSE: https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Core.Spawn.html
-- env.info( 'maybe some special token to set a tail on in dcs.log' )
knownSpawnZones = { ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_1") , ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_2") , ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_3") }
spawnPlan = {
-- { quantity, templateName, target zone }
{ 1 , "TGT_Tank1" , "TANK_SPAWN_1"},
{ 2 , "TGT_Tank1" , "TANK_SPAWN_2"},
{ 3 , "TGT_Tank2" , "TANK_SPAWN_3"}
}
totalSpawns = 0
for i,plan in ipairs(spawnPlan) do
q = plan[1]
templateName = plan[2]
targetZone = plan[3]
tmpTargetSpawnZone = ZONE:New( targetZone)
dbgMess = MESSAGE:New( i .. ": " .. tostring(q) .. "x " .. templateName .. " randomly in " .. targetZone):ToAll()
master = GROUP:FindByName( templateName ):GetTemplate()
for ii = 1,q do
local newAlias = "Tank-" .. i .. "-" .. ii
local tempTank = SPAWN:NewWithAlias( templateName , newAlias)
:SpawnInZone( tmpTargetSpawnZone , true)
totalSpawns = totalSpawns + q
end
end
dbgMess = MESSAGE:New( tostring(totalSpawns) .. " tanks spawned"):ToAll()
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