detecting cargo pick up and drop off via lua scripting

[wolle]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find anything. Is it possible, using lua scripting, to determine whether a sling load cargo has been picked up or dropped off. E.g. is there a world.event for those events? Or any other method?

 

Many thanks in advance for answers!

[feefifofum]

Quick & dirty I believe there is a trigger to check for cargo in a zone; if it's out of the zone it has been picked up, if it's in the next zone it has been dropped off.

There's probably a more elegant solution in .lua land but depending on what you're going for that might do the trick.

[wolle]

Quick & dirty I believe there is a trigger to check for cargo in a zone; if it's out of the zone it has been picked up, if it's in the next zone it has been dropped off.

There's probably a more elegant solution in .lua land but depending on what you're going for that might do the trick.

 

 

Thanks, if you have some info on a solution in lua land, that would be what I'm looking for, because I'm scripting a dynamic mission with dynamically generated cargos...

[feefifofum]

Here ya go.

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_Class_Static_Object

[wolle]

For all it's worth this is the simplest way I could make it work:

 

checkCargo = function(args)
local cargo = args[1]
local onGround = args[2]
if onGround and cargo:getPosition().p.y-land.getHeight({x = cargo:getPosition().p.x, y = cargo:getPosition().p.z}) > 1 then
	trigger.action.outText(cargo:getName() .. ' has been picked up!',10)
end
if not onGround and cargo:getPosition().p.y-land.getHeight({x = cargo:getPosition().p.x, y = cargo:getPosition().p.z}) < 1 then
	trigger.action.outText(cargo:getName() .. ' has been dropped off!',10)
end
timer.scheduleFunction(checkCargo,{cargo,cargo:getPosition().p.y-land.getHeight({x = cargo:getPosition().p.x, y = cargo:getPosition().p.z}) < 1},timer.getTime() + 1)
end

ifFound = function(foundItem, val)
local name = foundItem:getName()
trigger.action.outText('Found ' .. name, 10)
timer.scheduleFunction(checkCargo,{foundItem,foundItem:getPosition().p.y-land.getHeight({x = foundItem:getPosition().p.x, y = foundItem:getPosition().p.z}) < 1},timer.getTime() + 1)
end

local zone = trigger.misc.getZone('Zone at center of map')
if zone then
local volS = {
   id = world.VolumeType.SPHERE,
   params = {
	 point = zone.point,
	 radius = 500000
   }
 }
world.searchObjects(6, volS, ifFound)
end