mist.respawnGroup unit just sits idle

[hardnick]

I finally learned to use the mist.respawnGroup successfully.

But there have been some problem

 

if not Group.getByName(v.ID) then
           mist.respawnGroup(v.ID, true)
end

 

The original unit(Group) works properly! after that... any respawned unit it can Follow the route But just sits idle.

What am I doing wrong?

I can even formation with it :pilotfly:

 

Thank You.

 

My DCS version 2.5.3.21708

MIST version mist_4_3_74

[hardnick]

I made a file to test the problem I said.

Please use the F10 menu to activate a su27

Then when you shoot down the first one, please use F10 to respawn a su27.

Then it began to show a idle(sluggish?) situation.

ReSpawn Test.miz

Edited September 24, 2018 by hardnick

[Grimes]

Appears to be related to having late activation checked. The group will attack normally with a normal spawn.

[hardnick]

Confirm that the late activation if canceled

respawn can work Very well!!!

Is there a better solution to this problem?

(except uncheckedlate activation)

 

Thank you~~~ Grimes

[Zayets]

Group.getByName('MyGroupName'):activate() once the group is spawned.

[hardnick]

Thank you! Zayets, I will try it. ^^

[hardnick]

I tested. if the group is activated() then the mist.respawnGroup won't work.

[hardnick]

I think of a way.

If I destroy All those groups at the beginning of the mission

Group.getByName(SomeGroup):destroy()

I don't need to use the "later activation".

 

Although this is not the perfect solution

But at least it can solve the problem :)

 

Thank you all.

[Zayets]

You have to call activate after you call the respawn function.

[hardnick]

Thank you, Zayets, but I have tried it, it still doesn't work.

 

local function B_SpawnAI(v)
local TextSpawn_A = "RED "..v.AIGroup_BGF.." activated"
local TextSpawn_B = "RED "..v.AIGroup_BGF.." ReSpawn"
local TextSpawn_C = "RED "..v.AIGroup_BGF.." Already performing a task"
    if not Group.getByName(v.ID) then
           mist.respawnGroup(v.ID, true)
		Group.getByName(v.ID):activate()
           trigger.action.outTextForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, TextSpawn_B, 30)
         elseif Unit.getByName(v.UnitName):isActive() then
                trigger.action.outTextForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, TextSpawn_C, 30)
           else
                local myGroup = Group.getByName(v.ID)
                Group.activate(myGroup)
                trigger.action.outTextForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, TextSpawn_A, 30)
            end
         end
         




local Menu_BlueItem = {"ReSpawn Test"}
local SubMenu_BlueItem_1 = {"su27"}

local Blue_Menu1 = missionCommands.addSubMenuForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, Menu_BlueItem[1], B_SpawnAI)

missionCommands.addCommandForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, SubMenu_BlueItem_1[1], Blue_Menu1, B_SpawnAI, {AIGroup_BGF = SubMenu_BlueItem_1[1], ID = "su27", UnitName = "U_su27"})

ReSpawn Test.miz

[Zayets]

Question, can you output the value of v.ID ? By the looks of it it returns the group ID and not the name of the group. I haven't checked the mission yet

[hardnick]

Yes v.ID output is the group name (su27)

[Zayets]

There you go, mate. I took your script and loaded it after mist was loading. It should work now.

ReSpawn Test.miz

[hardnick]

Thank you so much! But I can't see the respawn.lua file you edited.

[Zayets]

I just took your script from the DO SCRIPT trigger action and created a new file which I loaded 5 seconds after mission starts with DO SCRIPT FILE. So basically it is exactly as you wrote it. If you want to see the file you will have to unzip ReSpawn Yes.miz and then simply look into the folder for it.

[hardnick]

Oh, "DO SCRIPT FILE" Now I get it!

but the second Su27(respawn su27) is still very peaceful and not aggressive.

But thank you very much, Zayets.

[Zayets]

Yeah, tasking on the respawned units sometimes sub par. They do what's expected quite often for me. One thing I do myself is to use dynAdd instead of respawn. It is the same approach, have a late activated group and then use dynAdd. This function is more to my liking as I can modify the route on the fly. It does take more coding but it (almost) never fails.

[hardnick]

Ok~Thank you!

I still have a lot to learn about Lua ^^