Stop Condition Task

[Winfield_Gold]

I have a mission which involves 2 aircraft taking off after a flag is 'positive' and will follow my aircraft.  This works brilliantly, what I would like to achieve is that the 2 aircraft stop following me once I enter a zone radius over an airfield so that these 2 aircraft do not crash and burn, or lower their gear and keep following me.  

 

Is their an 'end follow task' script of some description that I can use or a lua script I can 'borrow' in order to end the follow task?

 

Thank you in advance for assistance.  

 

  

[toutenglisse]

3 hours ago, Winfield_Gold said:

I have a mission which involves 2 aircraft taking off after a flag is 'positive' and will follow my aircraft.  This works brilliantly, what I would like to achieve is that the 2 aircraft stop following me once I enter a zone radius over an airfield so that these 2 aircraft do not crash and burn, or lower their gear and keep following me.  

 

Is their an 'end follow task' script of some description that I can use or a lua script I can 'borrow' in order to end the follow task?

 

Thank you in advance for assistance.  

 

  

 

When you reach your zone, you can use "mist.goRoute" to immediately assign them a new Wpt (example : landing at their mainbase, using mist.fixedWing.buildWP).

Mission Scripting Tools Documentation - DCS World Wiki - Hoggitworld.com

Edited May 7, 2021 by toutenglisse

[Winfield_Gold]

1 hour ago, toutenglisse said:

 

When you reach your zone, you can use "mist.goRoute" to immediately assign them a new Wpt (example : landing at their mainbase, using mist.fixedWing.buildWP).

Mission Scripting Tools Documentation - DCS World Wiki - Hoggitworld.com

 

Thank you @toutenglisse, will using M.I.S.T engine conflict with ED if I released a 'free' campaign using the M.I.S.T scripts in my missions?  my query is, with ED's updates and using MIST....I am worried that the mist engine will not be compatible until the publisher of mist updates their lua engine to coincide with ED future releases.

 

in short....the VEAO Hawk saga where the developer were waiting on ED's updates to make their product function.  I was hoping for a fix that only relied on ED's mission editor, not a 3rd party work around.   

[toutenglisse]

9 minutes ago, Winfield_Gold said:

Thank you @toutenglisse, will using M.I.S.T engine conflict with ED if I released a 'free' campaign using the M.I.S.T scripts in my missions?  my query is, with ED's updates and using MIST....I am worried that the mist engine will not be compatible until the publisher of mist updates their lua engine to coincide with ED future releases.

 

in short....the VEAO Hawk saga where the developer were waiting on ED's updates to make their product function.  I was hoping for a fix that only relied on ED's mission editor, not a 3rd party work around.   

 

I would say no, no particular issues or conflicts to be expected. What can be an "issue" and that I've experienced in the past, is that sometimes some functions can evolve and need correction in a script to keep being functional, but in the exact same way a function or option in mission editor does evolve and also need correction.

 

All things done in mission editor are in fact scripts and can be displayed as scripts, and Mist uses DCS script functions to make other, more complex or extended functions from it and from lua functions.

 

Also Mist creators allow to use Mist with a campaign that you want to offer for money.

[Winfield_Gold]

Perfect @toutenglisse, I'll run with Mist

[toutenglisse]

On 5/7/2021 at 11:07 AM, Winfield_Gold said:

...Is their an 'end follow task' script of some description that I can use or a lua script I can 'borrow' in order to end the follow task?...

 

  

 

I was thinking for a scripted way to do that, but in your example the simple solution is the "execute AI task" action when the unit reach the zone (create the task to execute in "follower" AI's triggered actions : switch to landing waypoint).

[Winfield_Gold]

It is people such as yourself that make the DCS community what it is.  Works exactly as I was expecting. 

[sirrah]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why would you want to use a script for this when this can easily be done without scripting.

 

- Once you enter the specific zone - create a trigger to set flag to "X"

- Set the AI 'follow task' stop condition to that same flag

Done

 

Or wasn't that what you meant?

[Winfield_Gold]

@sirrah I used that concept 1st with a flag set once the player entered the zone.  However, the F-16's would follow to the zone, flag is active, then turn back and land at another base.  Or, They would not ignore the player get to waypoint and just turn back and land.   

 

That was why I asked here.  I have attached a very quick demo mission for reference using the Hornet and 2 AI F16's showing the issue. toutenglisse solved the problem though as above.

 

Maybe I was doing something wrong....maybe.   

 

My research pointed to anything in the 'stop condition' in the advanced waypoint makes the task void, Hence why I was stuck.

    

 

stop condition test.miz