Making AI Helos Land in a random spot of my Choosing

[Milkbone]

How Do I get Helos to land? I tell them to go as low as they can but they just slightly hover and never land.

 

Thanks for all the help by the way!

[baltic_dragon]

Use advanced waypoint -> Perform Command (or task, don't remember now) -> LAND.

You will see a small line pointing to the exact place the Helo will try to land. You can move it around freely, however you have to remember about a few things:

 

1. The place to land should be flat. If it isn't, Helo will be slowly moving backwards until it finds a good spot. But if there is something in a way behind him, he will just crash. So test if the spot is fine.

 

2. Be sure to check the type of mission of the Helo. From my experience the transport ones will not land until the area is clear - even if you give them "ignore threat" option in advanced waypoint tasks. So if there are enemies nearby and you want your UH1 to land, give it a CAS mission, works much better in my experience.

 

3. Before you build a mission around this, first test if the chopper would land in the designed zone. When it does, start adding other things (enemies, triggers etc.) and check from time to time if all is still fine. AI is very picky when it comes to landing.