Prevent ground units from stopping when attacked

[firefly2442]

How can I prevent ground units from stopping when they are attacked? I have a convoy of enemy tanks and vehicles that I want to continue to their final waypoint, regardless of if they get attacked. Right now, I can attack the lead unit and they'll just scatter and not move any more.

 

Thanks :)

[Zaz0]

In the first WP you want they had this propiety: (at route start if you want allways)

 

Advanced Waypoint Actions > ADD > Set Option > Disperse Under fire > Unckeck (OFF)

[ENO]

Actually- to add to that... some people were finding they still dispersed when set like that. Their solution was to leave it checked but have the dispersal set for 0 seconds.

[Flagrum]

I'd like to add a question here: assuming that the group now continues on their route even if attacked, how can I now change the speed of the group? I want them to "get the hell outta Dodge" when they come under fire and my first idea was to use a triggered action that does a "perform command" or "set option" ... but of course there is no "set speed" available in the ME. So I guess, one has to use scripting? Any pointers how to archive that?

[Zaz0]

I didnt try it but I think you can use "switch to wp" with the condituon of flag X is true (and make a trigger that turn on that flag when group will be damage, and set the desired speed at the wp switched.

[Exorcet]

I'd like to add a question here: assuming that the group now continues on their route even if attacked, how can I now change the speed of the group? I want them to "get the hell outta Dodge" when they come under fire and my first idea was to use a triggered action that does a "perform command" or "set option" ... but of course there is no "set speed" available in the ME. So I guess, one has to use scripting? Any pointers how to archive that?

Expanding on what Zazo said, make your normal waypoints. At the last waypoint put a trigger zone and make is so when the units cross the zone they stop. Now add duplicate waypoints with high speeds next to the old waypoints. Use a switch waypoint trigger to set the group to follow the fast waypoints.

[Flagrum]

Nice idea, but does not work for ground units. Switch to WP is not available for those.

[ENO]

Getting them to didi out of there at high speed might be easy with the mist group to random zone or distance from self- It's getting them back on track I'm not sure about.

[Flagrum]

Getting them to didi out of there at high speed might be easy with the mist group to random zone or distance from self- It's getting them back on track I'm not sure about.

Yes, thought so as well. But I want them to continue their original route. So I figgured, I would have to "extract" the current route and modify one or more waypoints and then "inject" the new, modified route back.

I can read LUA quite well, but writing something like this is still ... erm, yeah. :o)

 

I wish, we could have a library of functions that allows access such properties in a more direct way (ideally directly in the ME, but, well ...).

 

Like getUnit("bla").getNextWP().setSpeed(30)

[ENO]

Then in addition you run into the likely convoy issue... Now may not be the time to work too hard on this.