AI TANK REARMING

[Lineaxe]

I am adding in a TANK sortie into CHOP-U mission.  All my controllable tanks can get rearmed when I request it .   I have waypoints set up around  enemy rearming/refueling Trucks.  I am thinking I need them to stop at a waypoint inside the radius of the rearming truck ( a URAL 4320t )and have them wait there for a bit of time ? or can I pass through the waypoint slowly and have it rearm them?   Not sure how to get the AI to do that . Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Lineaxe]

I guess I ask the good questions since no-one really knows how to do it .  Now ,where or who do I go to next I wonder to find out more?

[Livers]

As far as I'm aware, rearming will not start while the vehicle is in motion. The time needed depends on the vehicle and the ammo type being loaded.

[Lineaxe]

Hmm I guess I should include a script that stops any AI tanks motion near the  URAL 4320t for like 7 minutes  or so before going to its next waypoint. Maybe they will automatically rearm during that time ... I have seen messages of like 420 seconds come up when I drive up and rearm a tank.

[Lineaxe]

I am currently changing my code over to this process: 

 Using the  me and under  ADVANCED WAYPOINT ACTIONS  I have added the HOLD action . Now I want to include a STOP condition under the DUR sets of fields.

After checking on   the    DUR  check box I want to input some values   .  There are 4 fields filled in with .   0 :  15 : 0: / 0  .

Now is this  15 seconds , 15 minutes , 15 hours ?   I tried looking up 'filled  in' examples on the internet ,but , heh, I am thinking that it means 15 minutes for the tests ahead .  Not used to seeing time Set up in this format.  Anyhow I have got the tanks to go inside of the rearming zone and then Stop for 1 minute. Once the group has Stopped I hope that the AI will start up  the rearming process and then release the Group back to its next waypoint after they are armed.  

Now , how would I know if they get rearmed  I wonder?? ... Only way is to go in and find out.   I guess the AI tanks on my team would also rearm automatically like this.

I will keep posts on anything I learn while testing the AI Rearming process out ...

 

 

Edited October 1, 2022 by Lineaxe

[Shadow KT]

The AI will automatically start rearming themselves if they have been sitting idle for a long enough period. What that period is, I have not tested, but they will do it. In the DCS 2020 manual you can find rearming times for different vehicles (how much time it takes to rearm them).