Embarking / disembarking troops. Here we go AGAIN...

[DarkFire]

Intention:

OK, I have a FARP, set up as the take-off waypoint for 2 x Mi-8MVT2 helicopters. About 150m away I have 2 x groups of soldiers, each group comprising of 12 x soldiers.

 

What I want to achieve is for the soldiers to embark on the transport helicopters, then for the helicopters to fly a set of waypoints before disembarking the troops at the final waypoint.

 

 

Embarkation:

I have the waypoint actions for the troops and the helicopters set up as in the attached screen shots. This simply doesn't work. The helicopters take off, wander around, as do the troops. One helicopter then lands and shuts down. The second helicopter then eventually flies off having picked up zero troops.

 

What am I doing wrong????? How should I set this up?

 

Second question:

I can't find a "disembark" waypoint task for the helicopters. How does this work? Do I need to set further waypoints for the 2 groups of troops at the point where I want them to disembark?

[Paganus]

Troop transport is a work in progress. Its functionality is not yet complete. For now use a script or use triggers to simulate transport.

[Belgeode]

Howdy. I am not sure exactly HOW the embark and disembark commands work, but I was able to make a small mission where I could at least give THE IMPRESSION of embarkation and disembarkation. I uploaded a video of it to youtube, so rather than write a long treatise on how I made it work for me, I can point you there. Just so you know, I did not use the embark or disembark options at all, just the landing waypoint action, and a couple triggers. See video link below.

 

I hope this helps you. I absolutely love using the Mi-8 to pick up and drop off troops.

 

You might also want to download the "Sochi Olympics Crisis" mission on the user files page, and dissect that. While that is a bit more complicated, involving lua scripting (I am so not at that level yet), it does give an idea how to do things like fast-roping from a helo.

 

 

 

If anyone else knows how to PROPERLY use embark and disembark, please share with us newer mission creators. Thanks!

Edited February 7, 2015 by Belgeode

[DarkFire]

@ Paganus: I thought that might be the case. Ah well, hopefully it'll be working in the future.

 

@ Belgeode: Just watched your "Mission building 101" tutorial video. Very, very helpful, what you did there with the flags is exactly what I'll have to do for my mission. I'm guessing you used the same technique for your Spetsnaz mission? Anyway, now I'm on track to being able to at least simulate troop carriage in choppers. Rep to you!

[Belgeode]

Yeah I did, DarkFire. It was that video that prompted people to PM me and ask how I was able to get it to work.

 

Awesome, I am happy to have helped! Best of luck to you!

[Wrecking Crew]

It works in this mission -- see the attachment.

 

WC

[Wrecking Crew]

The helicopters that have embarked soldiers aboard simply land (Advanced Waypoint Action = Land) at a designated spot that is also the Disembark waypoint location for the soldiers. The helicopter will land and the soldiers get off and continue on their route. I have the helicopter landing duration set to 3 minutes for the disembark.

 

I'm making a new mission that has Embark/Disembark for both Red and Blue. Red works fine -- the Mi-8 (Task = Transport) lands and the Red infantry embarks. But I'm not able to get it to work for Blue with either a UH-60A or a CH-47D (both are Transports).

 

For the Blue settings, I can't get the Blue infantry's Advanced Waypoint Actions dialog boxes to show the Vehicle Group and the Bind To Transport values.

 

The new mission is attached.

 

WC