Switching ROE with MOOSE?

[Frag]

Hi guys,

 

I am pretty sure that I have done this in the past, but it seems that it no longer works. Unless I miss something. Here is a simple question.

 

How do I change the ROE of a group with moose so it will start attacking the enemy?

 

In my sample mission example I:

 

- I start moose as usual on a mission start trigger.

- Put a blue Bradley, with the group name "bradley" on the field.

- Close by, I put a red M818 group named "truck"

- For the bradley, at the initial waypoint 0, I set the option ROE->Weapon Hold

- I create a trigger "Time more 20" which execute that script after 20 seconds

 

gpPlayer = GROUP:FindByName("bradley")

gpPlayer:OptionAlarmStateRed()
gpPlayer:OptionROEWeaponFree()

 

 

The effect should be that the bradley do not attack the truck in the first 20 seconds. There are no error in the logs. I even notice after 20 seconds that the bradley deploy its missile system. But it never attacks the truck.

 

I tried with few unit types, same issue.

 

What am I doing wrong? I found few very old thread on the subject, but I was not able to find the answer to this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by Frag

[Frag]

I was able to do this with the following, but not with moose.

 

- On the bradley I create a Trigger action named "SwitchToFree" in the group menu.

- On my trigger "Time more 20" I add the action "AI Task Push (SwitchToFree).

 

 How could I still do that with moose?

 

 

Edited May 9, 2021 by Frag

[dark_wood]

Hi, i think it needs to be CONTROLLABLE:OptionROEWeaponFree

https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Wrapper.Controllable.html

https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Wrapper.Controllable.html##(CONTROLLABLE).OptionROEWeaponFree

[Frag]

I am a bit surprised that nobody could hint on this. It seems like quite a basic functionality. 

 

19 hours ago, dark_wood said:

Hi, i think it needs to be CONTROLLABLE:OptionROEWeaponFree

https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Wrapper.Controllable.html

https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Wrapper.Controllable.html##(CONTROLLABLE).OptionROEWeaponFree

 

Thanks for the answer, but it is exactly the call I am using and wrote down in my example.

 

gpPlayer = GROUP:FindByName("bradley")

gpPlayer:OptionAlarmStateRed()
gpPlayer:OptionROEWeaponFree()

 

 

[dark_wood]

1 hour ago, Frag said:

Thanks for the answer, but it is exactly the call I am using and wrote down in my example.

 

Right, apologies, sometime I hurry and read mainly the title - maybe is the 20 seconds trigger?

Try to use a scheduler instead, or try to do debug it, spit out a message with something else than ROE:

 

local gpPlayer = GROUP:FindByName("bradley") 

local groupLive= gpPlayer:GetLife()

trigger.action.outText('Group life is:  '..groupLive, 10)

 

Also, you can move initial ROE 'hold' from waypoint to advanced tasks, and push it on with MISSION START trigger

 

Maybe you should attach the .miz file to a post here, so we can take a look at it.

[toutenglisse]

On 5/9/2021 at 4:49 PM, Frag said:

...How do I change the ROE of a group with moose so it will start attacking the enemy?...

 

You can try with the original DCS script functions :

Group.getByName('bradley'):getController():setOption( 0, 0 ) --ROE weapon free
Group.getByName('bradley'):getController():setOption( 9, 2 ) --Alarm State red

[dark_wood]

Tested myself, is working with open fire

 

local gpPlayer = GROUP:FindByName("bradley")
gpPlayer:OptionROEOpenFire()

 

moose_test.miz

See attached miz file

Edited May 10, 2021 by dark_wood