logical question about iterrated spawns of units over a lua-table in MOOSE

[Atari800XL]

Hi,

I'm learning MOOSE and have actually a logical problem (hopefully):

-- Defined random spawns of ground-units for weapontraining:
-- MOOSE: https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Core.Spawn.html

knownSpawnZones = { ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_1") , ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_2") , ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_3") }

spawnPlan = {
    -- { quantity, templateName, target zone }
     { 1 , "TGT_Tank1" , "TANK_SPAWN_1"},
     { 2 , "TGT_Tank1" , "TANK_SPAWN_2"},
     { 5 , "TGT_Tank5" , "TANK_SPAWN_3"}
}   
totalSpawns = 0

for i,plan in ipairs(spawnPlan) do
    q = plan[1]
    local templateName = plan[2]
    local targetZone = plan[3]
    local tmpTargetSpawnZone = ZONE:New( targetZone)

    local dbgMess = MESSAGE:New( i .. ": " .. tostring(q) .. "x " .. templateName .. " randomly in " .. targetZone):ToAll()

    local tmpTargetSpawnZone = ZONE:New( targetZone )
    --[[
     tempTank = SPAWN:New( templateName )
                        :InitLimit( 3, 3 )
                        :InitRandomizeRoute( 1, 1, 200 )
                        :SpawnInZone( tmpTargetSpawnZone )
                        :Spawn()
    --]]
    
    totalSpawns = totalSpawns + q
end

dbgMess = MESSAGE:New( tostring(totalSpawns) .. " tanks spawned"):ToAll()

Every template and zone exists in my mission, the defined templates should be useable over the whole spawnPlan, not only one time. (duplicate template before instancing?)
My Problem: during the iteration over the table spawnPlan every time my last spawned tank is overwritten so finally only one tank appears (but all dbgMess are displayed so the iteration runs through).

My Question: is there a kind of queue, a stack or something like that where I can push my tempTank and the DCS-engine makes the rest?
Or any other MOOSE-workflow for this iterated spawns?

Thanks and best regards,
Andreas

Edited September 20, 2023 by Atari800XL

[Atari800XL]

I tried to copy my tank-template but this also fails:

local master = GROUP:FindByName( templateName ):GetTemplate()
 local tempTank = SPAWN:NewFromTemplate( master ,"Tank")

 

[Atari800XL]

Solved, the following code makes it: (maybe useful for other MOOSE beginners)

-- ###LUA!### <-- Token to search for in dcs.log in case of crashing script

-- Defined random spawns of ground-units for weapontraining:
-- MOOSE: https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Core.Spawn.html

-- env.info( 'maybe some special token to set a tail on in dcs.log' )

knownSpawnZones = { ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_1") , ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_2") , ZONE:New("TANK_SPAWN_3") }

spawnPlan = {
    -- { quantity, templateName, target zone }
     { 1 , "TGT_Tank1" , "TANK_SPAWN_1"},
     { 2 , "TGT_Tank1" , "TANK_SPAWN_2"},
     { 3 , "TGT_Tank2" , "TANK_SPAWN_3"}
}   
totalSpawns = 0

for i,plan in ipairs(spawnPlan) do
     q = plan[1]
     templateName = plan[2]
     targetZone = plan[3]
     tmpTargetSpawnZone = ZONE:New( targetZone)

     dbgMess = MESSAGE:New( i .. ": " .. tostring(q) .. "x " .. templateName .. " randomly in " .. targetZone):ToAll()

     master = GROUP:FindByName( templateName ):GetTemplate()
    for ii = 1,q do
        local newAlias = "Tank-" .. i .. "-" .. ii
        local tempTank = SPAWN:NewWithAlias( templateName , newAlias)
                              :SpawnInZone( tmpTargetSpawnZone , true)                 
        totalSpawns = totalSpawns + q
    end
   
end

dbgMess = MESSAGE:New( tostring(totalSpawns) .. " tanks spawned"):ToAll()