Mission Editor Q: Placement of Helis

[Ploppy]

Hi,

 

I am a complete novice at mission editors, so pls have mercy. I have used the manual and read some threads here already. Sadly it seems nobody else is as much of a noob as me :).

 

What am I trying to do?

- I´m trying to adapt the Tutorial mission by ParaBellum for 8-way Multiplayer and have those 8 helicopters appear in positions *I* want them on the airfield.

 

Now I have managed to make it 8-way multiplayer with no problems. What I cannot do is CONTROL where these Helis appear on the airfield.

 

To prevent the game using the next available spot, which is one of those square parking lot-type places with protective hills around them, I added a new plane group. This group occupies that spot I dont want to use.

 

The next 4 helicopters after that all enter on a large shared parking lot, which is where I want them. The 5th though gets dumped in its own area again. I tried inserting static objects into those parking lots I dont want to use with my Helicopters but the game doesnt really understand that the parking lot is then occupied.

 

I dont want to have active airplane groups whizzing around the airfield and clogging up airspace just so I can get these choppers entering the game close to eachother in places that I define. SO please tell me what the trick is ?

 

 

Thanks a lot for your time

Plops.:joystick:

[Ploppy]

:helpsmilie:

 

If this is a case of RTFM please feel free to reply with a pagenumber at least as Im obviously too stupid to find it by myself :).

[Dusty Rhodes]

If I am reading you correctly, then the answer is that you do not have a choice of where the chopper goes. It is placed by the sim and you have no power over that except as to whether you take off from the runway or the tarmac.

 

BTW, RTFM would be a rude answer to give to you IMNSHO.

[nemises]

yeah, I dont think you can control that sorry...

One possible work around is to create the choppers as "in flight" but going at 0 kph at an altitude of 1 Mtr ? ... they would spawn in with engines started, and would drop like a stone , but they would atleast be in the right position ...?

[Ploppy]

Thanks for the hints. If only the game would recognize static objects as occupying the spots, it would be easy .. albeit a little tiresome :).

 

nemesis I already tried your suggestion using Mig29s but they did a rather strange move of nosediving to their death (lol!) from 1m altitude at 0 speed. Maybe a chopper would land on its feet and just "sit" there, ill give it a shot, thanks for the idea :).

[2GvSAP_Dart]

Well, if it's takeoffs you want to control (and that's about all one can in multiplayer!), cheat and put FARP objects down where you want the helicopters to spawn in at. Just make sure their takeoff point is on the FARPs.