Only invisible to AI?

[Mr_sukebe]

I'm trying to set a ship to be invisible and have clicked in the option to do that.

That seems to have stopped the enemy side shooting at it.

However, the ship in question is clearly visible to myself as a player.

 

Is there a way to make a ship/aircraft or other object invisible to all, including players?

[feefifofum]

Nope. "Invisible" only means other AIs won't take offensive action. There is no way to make the 3D model disappear.

[Exorcet]

Out of curiosity, why would you want to make it invisible to all? Knowing that might allow someone to suggest a work around.

 

 

One thing you might try is late activate, as a non activated group is essentially the same as one that is totally invisible except that it can't be damaged accidentally.

 

 

If you're trying to hide the ship from the map, set it to hidden (but it will still be visible if you fly near it, or use radar on it, and other AI will see it) or Hidden on Planner to make it hidden from intel when starting a mission.

[Mr_sukebe]

I've been thinking about how to include some sub-hunting into the game.

Struck me that if I had an invisible ship (doesn't really matter what kind), then set moving zones (linked to the ship), that it could be used to simulate detection ranges of dropped sonar arrays from helicopters.

 

I've got the zones and detection side running, but can't hide the ship.

[ENO]

Seems there was a script for some asw work when the jury came out... in fact it was pretty elaborate... I’m going to take a look for it but it would definitely save you from reinventing slices bread.

 

Edit: here it is https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=116429