Thanks, and ONE MORE for you gurus...

[ChuckIV]

OK, with your help Everyone, I'm learning a ton about MOOSE but still have a long ways to go! With all your help, I was able to make this script work for uncontrolled, late SPAWNED groups you see below in the code. This script allows 3 uncontrolled, late-SPAWNED groups to follow the same SPAWNED leading group and is working perfectly. See below...

 

local LARGCL = POINT_VEC3:New( 0, 0, 914.4 )

local LARCL = POINT_VEC3:New( 0, 0, 1828.8 )

local LAROL = POINT_VEC3:New( 0, 0, 2743.2 )

 

function GP_FOLLOW( Followed_GP, Following_GP, Vec3 )

local FollowedGP = Followed_GP

local FollowingGP = Following_GP

local GP_Offset = Vec3

local GP_Task = FollowingGP:TaskFollow( FollowedGP, GP_Offset:GetVec3() )

FollowingGP:SetTask( GP_Task, 1 )

end

 

GP_FOLLOW( Fw190D9GP4JG301, Fw190D9GP5JG301, LARGCL )

GP_FOLLOW( Fw190D9GP4JG301, Fw190D9GP6JG301, LARCL )

GP_FOLLOW( Fw190D9GP4JG301, Fw190D9GP7JG301, LAROL )

 

 

NOW, I want to do the same thing with groups that ALREADY EXIST in mission (not spawned).... I want to use the same 4 groups that are NOT late activated, but already exist at mission start. Any ideas anyone to make simple changes to this code???? I await your enlightenment... ChuckIV

 

On a side note... I saw this coding online and tried this as well, but no luck...

 

function CONTROLLABLE:TaskFollow( FollowControllable, Vec3 )

self:F2( { self.ControllableName, FollowControllable, Vec3 } )

local DCSTask

DCSTask = { id = 'Follow', params = { groupId = FollowControllable:GetID(), pos = Vec3 } }

self:T3( { DCSTask } )

return DCSTask

end

Fw190D9GP5JG301:TaskFollow( Fw190D9GP4JG301, LARGCL )

Fw190D9GP6JG301:TaskFollow( Fw190D9GP4JG301, LARCL )

Fw190D9GP7JG301:TaskFollow( Fw190D9GP4JG301, LAROL )

Edited January 3, 2020 by ChuckIV
changed sentence order

[Hardcard]

You need to find the relevant existing units (they must be alive when the script runs) and task them the same way you did with the spawned groups.

 

There's a chance the AI won't switch tasks when doing FollowingGP:SetTask( GP_Task, 1 ), in that case, you can try clearing their current tasks immediately before, using :ClearTasks()

 

Also, if you define the offsets in vec3 format, there's no need to use :GetVec3() in the task declaration.

 

[color="blue"]-- Define offsets in DCS Vec3 format[/color]

local LARGCL = { x = 0, y = 0, z = 914.4 } 
local LARCL = { x = 0, y = 0, z = 1828.8  }
local LAROL = { x = 0, y = 0, z = 2743.2 }


[color="blue"]-- Define GP_FOLLOW function[/color]

function GP_FOLLOW( Followed_GP, Following_GP, Vec3 )
   local FollowedGP = Followed_GP
   local FollowingGP = Following_GP
   local GP_Offset = Vec3
   local GP_Task = FollowingGP:TaskFollow( FollowedGP, GP_Offset ) [color="blue"]-- Note that [i][b]:GetVec3()[/b][/i] is no longer needed, since the offsets are already declared in Vec3 format[/color]
   
  ---FollowingGP:ClearTasks() [color="Blue"]-- Use this line ONLY if you have trouble getting the following groups to switch task[/color]
   FollowingGP:SetTask( GP_Task, 1 )
end


[color="blue"]-- Define following and followed groups (they all must be alive when this script runs)[/color]

local Following_Grp_1 = GROUP:FindByName("[color="Red"]name of the first following group in ME[/color]")
local Following_Grp_2 = GROUP:FindByName("[color="Red"]name of the second following group in ME[/color]")
local Following_Grp_3 = GROUP:FindByName("[color="Red"]name of the third following group in ME[/color]")
local Following_Grp_4 = GROUP:FindByName("[color="Red"]name of the fourth following group in ME[/color]")
[color="Blue"]-- etc...[/color]

local Followed_Grp_1 = GROUP:FindByName("[color="Red"]name of the first followed group in ME[/color]")
[color="Blue"]-- etc...[/color]

[color="blue"]-- Call GP_FOLLOW function with the desired parameters[/color]

GP_FOLLOW( Followed_Grp_1 , Following_Grp_1 , LARGCL )
GP_FOLLOW( Followed_Grp_1 , Following_Grp_2 , LARCL )
GP_FOLLOW( Followed_Grp_1 , Following_Grp_3 , LAROL )
GP_FOLLOW( Followed_Grp_1 , Following_Grp_4 , LAROL )

Edited January 3, 2020 by Hardcard

[ChuckIV]

THANK YOU HARDCARD!

 

HardCard,

 

I changed all the offsets to DCS Vec3 format like you suggested. Then, after removing the :GetVec3(), I changed all the Group.getByName to GROUP:FindByName for the groups in the ME.

 

*** I thought Group.getByName was for SPAWNED aircraft only and GROUP:FindByName was for EXISTING aircraft at startup only. ?????

 

HardCard, can you explain to me the difference of these two definition methods?? This is what caused my problem.

 

ChuckIV