Is it possible to use map objects that are not on the ME list

[klem]

Is it possible to use map objects that are not on the ME list of, say, static objects? I am thinking of object types like CHURCHLSM, RURALHOUSE13, etc. because the house types on the static lists are very limited not to say unattractive.

 

I tried editing in CHURCHLSM in place of the Air Show cone I had placed but it didn't work. I may have overlooked something.

 

 

[1] =

{

["category"] = "Fortifications",

["canCargo"] = false,

["shape_name"] = "CHURCHLSM",

["type"] = "CHURCHLSM",

["unitId"] = 210,

["y"] = 200151.33085714,

["x"] = -62087.446571424,

["name"] = "Cathedral",

["heading"] = 0,

}, -- end of [1]

}, -- end of ["units"]

["y"] = 200151.33085714,

["x"] = -62087.446571424,

["name"] = "Cathedral",

["dead"] = false,

}, -- end of [153]

}, -- end of ["group"]

}, -- end of ["static"]

["name"] = "Third Reich",

}, -- end of [6]

 

 

[IAF.AssafB]

MIST allows you to set a flag to "true" when a map object gets destroyed within a trigger zone using

mist.flagFunc.mapobjs_dead_zones

 

HTH,

Assaf.

[klem]

MIST allows you to set a flag to "true" when a map object gets destroyed within a trigger zone using

mist.flagFunc.mapobjs_dead_zones

 

HTH,

Assaf.

 

Thanks but that wasn't what I wanted to know.

 

I want to create a Template mission map for Normandy with a few towns etc in England amd perhaps Paris (just off the map) and I would like to use the houses etc we see on the Normandy map where there are towns. There are none like those buildings in in the ME.

 

The only way seemed to be to extract and edit the mission file from the .miz file and hand edit it with different house types/names that are not in the ME. I know what they are called in the map towns, I have extracted them, but can't seem to use them.

[snowsniper]

maybe you can test something like that ( from old CTLD script), must be a bit tweaked but can give ideas. (this one was used in ATME engine so you'll find some specific function)

 

local function staticcargo(player,zone) --spawn wooden cargo

 

--[1] = "FARP Fuel Depot", -- model for Fuel

--[2] = "skladik", -- model for Cargo ( cargo caisse bois)

--[3] = "Crowd1", -- model for Passengers ( foule )

--[4] = "rsp_esd-20", -- model for Generator

--[5] = "UAZ-469", -- model for UAZ-469

--[6] = "cadaver", -- model for Injured Pilot dom2c-all

--[7] = "dom2c-all", -- model for Injured Pilot dom2c-all maison ne pas utiliser

--[8] = "boat-2", -- model for Injured Pilot dom2c-all

--[9] = "boat-1", -- model for Injured Pilot dom2c-all

--[10] = "box2", ne fonctionne pas

--[11] = "FARP Fuel Depot", -- model used to spawn a logistic item DEFAULT

 

local pos = zone --( x,z,y)

local nameplayer = player:getName()

player.modules[moduleName].indexspawned = player.modules[moduleName].indexspawned +1

local i = player.modules[moduleName].indexspawned

local nam = nameplayer..i

local pos2 = autour(pos,15,20)

 

-- table for the object to span

local staticObj = {

["type"] = "skladik",

["unitId"] = math.random(1,100),

["heading"] = 0,

["groupId"] = math.random(1,15),

["shape_name"] = "skladik",

["y"] = pos2.z,

["x"] = pos2.x,

["name"] = nam,

["category"] = "Fortifications",

["heading"] = math.random(1,360),

["rate"] = 100,

["dead"] = false,

}

 

coalition.addStaticObject(1,staticObj) -- generic static DCS function staticObj is the table above

--player:display(" object spawned "..staticObj["name"],10)