dissignator Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Hey Pilots! I want to build a Recon-Mission but can´t find anything who allows me to activate a trigger when the Pilot has spoted a enemy Unit. Did anyone have a link for a Script or something for me? Greetings
ESAc_matador Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Unit inside moving zone? You can do it in the Mision editor. If the enemy to be spotted is moving, use moving trigger zone. That works for me. You can use the line of sight also but you need to script that in lua. Actually the best thing would be both conditions.
dissignator Posted November 5, 2015 Author Posted November 5, 2015 Is it possible to script something that activate a trigger when i have a unit spotted with the camera?
Wrecking Crew Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 It is easy enough to add a Radio command that the Pilot can activate that will get the result you want. I don't know the answer to your question, though. I might do this -- When the pilot enters a zone around the target, Message to the Pilot to start looking, and include"Use Radio F10 menu to notify your flight that the target is spotted." You could repeat this broadcast every few minutes while the Pilot is in this zone, up until the Pilot use the Radio F10. Then the Pilot use Radio F10 to report in. Another way is to make a very small spherical zone over the target and tell the Pilot they have to get within x distance. WC Visit the Hollo Pointe DCS World server -- an open server with a variety of COOP & H2H missions including Combined Arms. All released missions are available for free download, modification and public hosting, from my Wrecking Crew Projects site.
Wrecking Crew Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 I like your handle. :) Visit the Hollo Pointe DCS World server -- an open server with a variety of COOP & H2H missions including Combined Arms. All released missions are available for free download, modification and public hosting, from my Wrecking Crew Projects site.
vicx Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) I assume you mean the player and not an AI aircraft doing the spotting. The feature "Visual Recon mode" would probably work for your purposes. When you "Enable Visual Recon mode" (button press) you get a black crosshair. You place the crosshair on the object to be identified and click. This adds the identified object to the F10 map where it can be target using other units AND it also sends a radio message. Using a script you could monitor for recon radio messages and set a flag/variable when a radio message matches the recon pattern. This would give you the coolness of the built-in recon mode and the power of mission scripting. * Note - I've only just found "Visual Recon Mode" recently. * Update There is a bug in 1.5 Openbeta where the black crosshair disappears behind world geometry. I have made a a bug report on this. You have to be very accurate with the crosshair to get the target recognised and it's too tricky to know exactly where the crosshair is pointing. Would recommend another method until this bug is fixed. Edited November 5, 2015 by vicx * Update
Stonehouse Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Unit inside a moving zone works well. There is a Mist function that makes it really easy.
dissignator Posted November 5, 2015 Author Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks! I used already the moving Triggerzone, i will check the Version with the "Visual Recon Mode" . Someone another idea?
Flagrum Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 I assume you mean the player and not an AI aircraft doing the spotting. The feature "Visual Recon mode" would probably work for your purposes. When you "Enable Visual Recon mode" (button press) you get a black crosshair. You place the crosshair on the object to be identified and click. This adds the identified object to the F10 map where it can be target using other units AND it also sends a radio message. Using a script you could monitor for recon radio messages and set a flag/variable when a radio message matches the recon pattern. This would give you the coolness of the built-in recon mode and the power of mission scripting. * Note - I've only just found "Visual Recon Mode" recently. * Update There is a bug in 1.5 Openbeta where the black crosshair disappears behind world geometry. I have made a a bug report on this. You have to be very accurate with the crosshair to get the target recognised and it's too tricky to know exactly where the crosshair is pointing. Would recommend another method until this bug is fixed. How would that scripting look like? Can anyone give me some pointers, please?
ESAc_matador Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 But, what return do you want? A picture? Video? Confirmation message?
vicx Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 How would that scripting look like? Can anyone give me some pointers, please? I might have to back pedal on this. I'm looking at a few approaches right now but no wins. iCommand_ExplorationStart 1616 iCommand_ExplorationCansel 1618 iCommand_ExplorationTargetSelection 1617 Is what I am looking at for the first part.
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