Way to capture bases

[gammaxy]

I'm relatively new to the mission editor and I was trying to make a way so I can land my plane on a base with no enemy units on it to change its coalition to mine. I've tried many different ways but none I tired worked, so if you know a way i'd greatly appreciate it. 

[pete_auau]

When your in the  map   click on the  base  you want  to land  etc  and  on the  top  right  make  sure  you select neutral  or  blue  forces

[cfrag]

9 hours ago, gammaxy said:

I can land my plane on a base with no enemy units on it to change its coalition to mine.

This is currently not supported in vanilla DCS. In order to capture a base, you need 'boots on the ground' - infantry: a solider or a vehicle. So what you need is a small script that, when you land on an airfield, it spawns a unit of your coalition inside the 2km airfield zone, and if that unit is the only ground unit, you'll capture the zone. 

If I have the time, I'll try and come up with a small script that can do that for you.

[cfrag]

10 hours ago, gammaxy said:

so if you know a way i'd greatly appreciate it. 

Here's the script, simply paste it into a DOSCRIPT Action on MISSION START. It will monitor all your landings, and if you (a player) land on an airfield that does not belong to your faction, it puts an infantry soldier close to your touch-down point in an attempt to capture the base. You'll see a message appear when you were successful.

Script:

Spoiler

grabber = {}
grabber.version = "1.0.0"
grabber.uuid = 0

function grabber.getUUID()
    grabber.uuid = grabber.uuid + 1 
    return grabber.uuid 
end
--
-- script to "grab" an airfield after landing a plane 
--
function grabber.getClosestAirbase(theUnit)
    local p = theUnit:getPoint()
    local all = world.getAirbases()
    local dist = math.huge
    local closest = nil 
    for idx, theBase in pairs(all) do 
        local ap = theBase:getPoint()
        local dx = ap.x - p.x 
        local dz = ap.z - p.z
        local d = math.sqrt(dx * dx + dz * dz)
        if d < dist then 
            dist = d 
            closest = theBase
        end
    end
    return closest
end

function grabber:onEvent(event)
    if not event then return end 
    if not event.initiator then return end 
    if event.id == 10 then 
        trigger.action.outText("Airfield " .. event.place:getName() .. " was captured by " .. event.initiator:getName(), 30)
        return 
    end 
    
    if event.id ~=4 then return end -- not 'landing'
    local theUnit = event.initiator 
    if not theUnit then return end 
    local theField = grabber.getClosestAirbase(theUnit)    
    -- player landed on 'theField'
    local coa = theUnit:getCoalition()
    if coa == theField:getCoalition() then return end -- belongs to us 
    
    -- drop a SoldierM4 slightly away from out landing pos 
    local p = theUnit:getPoint()
    local groupData = {}
    groupData.name = "grabby-"..grabber.getUUID()
    groupData.task = "Ground Nothing"
    groupData.units = {}
    local gUnit = {}
    gUnit.x = p.x + 100
    gUnit.y = p.z + 100
    gUnit.name = groupData.name 
    gUnit.type = "Soldier M4"
    table.insert(groupData.units, gUnit)
    
    -- spawn it 
    coalition.addGroup(theUnit:getCountry(), Group.Category.GROUND, groupData)
    
    trigger.action.outText("Attempting to grab airfield " .. theField:getName(), 30)
end

--
-- start up
--
world.addEventHandler(grabber)
 

 Demo mission and script as file below. You many need to change to A-10 to any aircraft that you currently fly and can land reliably.

 

grab'em now.miz grabber.lua

[gammaxy]

Thank you so much it works really well

[74DELTA]

You sir, are brilliant! I am a scripting newb and have been working with MOOSE and MIST for days to get my idea to work, looks like you did that over a lunch break.

 

Many Thanks!

Edited February 21 by 74DELTA

[DD_Friar]

@74DELTA, Sir, @cfrag is a god to me. Go check out his DML Tool box. You will not have to learn coding to do things like this. You just drop in the required module. Its not a mod either so put the required module(s) in your mission and everyone then gets it. No need for them to do anything extra.

Modules are added just as he described with the script he did for you, use DOSCRIPT and paste the module code in. Job done. It has transformed my mission building.