Scripting : getting group task

[CougarFFW04]

Hi everyone,

 

 

I am pretty sure that I already asked this question and that the answer was "no" but I can't find it anymore.

 

 

So the question is : when you create a group in the mission editor there is a field labeled "task" that can be for exemple "AWACS", "ESCORT" or whatever.

 

 

Is there any scripting function that allows to get this field for a particular group ? I didn't find any DCS function that would do it.

 

 

 

Thanks

[R-22]

Task Only applies to the Unit you selected.

Depending on the Bird you selected the Tasks are limited to the Air-frame.

 

An A10's Task cannot be AWACS.

What specifically are you trying to do?

[CougarFFW04]

Hi R22,

 

Task Only applies to the Unit you selected.

Depending on the Bird you selected the Tasks are limited to the Air-frame.

 

An A10's Task cannot be AWACS.

What specifically are you trying to do?

 

AWACS was just a particular exemple...

 

Tryning to explain better.

Let's suppose that in the mission editor (ME) I spawn an E3 (let's call it SQN01 in the mission editor name field) to which the task label in the ME is selected as "AWACS" (obviously).

 

Knowing the name (SQN01) I would like a scripting function thyat would allow to get the content of the ME field task (here "AWACS")

[Hardcard]

@CougarFFW04

 

This is one of those things that should be easy to get... but it's a pita instead.

 

The only way I know to do this is by accessing the group template table from the database.

 

 

I do this using MOOSE in the following way (required field marked in red, don't remove quotation marks):

local Group_Template_Table = _DATABASE:GetGroupTemplateFromUnitName("[color="Red"]name of the relevant unit in ME[/color]")

local Template_Task = Group_Template_Table.task  [color="Blue"]-- This should return a string containing the name of the task assigned to the group in ME[/color]

Edited December 23, 2019 by Hardcard

[CougarFFW04]

Thank Hardcard,

 

 

Too bad that there is no simple DCS function to do it.