Force open door AI Editor

[TheOofBoii]

Hello,

I'm trying to do some cinematic shots in DCS world with the UH-1H Module. I have 5 AI controlled hueys in formation and would like them to all have open doors on startup of the mission. I don't know how to do it from the game itself, do i have to script it ? And if so, could someone help me with how to do it please ?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

[SpikeGondorff]

A bit late, but if you still need help with this...

Create a new Trigger and under the Actions dropdown select X: Cockpit Perform Clickable Action.

The Criteria for the Action is:

Cockpit Device: 9

Command: 3035 (for the right door) or 3036 (for the left door)

Value:  1

I think you can put any positive number in the Value field.  It's a Toggle, so if you use the same Action later it will close the doors.  

Hope that helps!

[TheOofBoii]

Hello,

First of all thank you very much for the reply.

I tried setting everything up in editor but i'm pretty new in editing and scripting and i can't make it happen. I can provide a screenshot of what i attempted to do.

Thanks in advance for the help

[Rudel_chw]

On 7/25/2024 at 6:37 PM, SpikeGondorff said:

Create a new Trigger and under the Actions dropdown select X: Cockpit Perform Clickable Action.

 

That works only for player controlled UH-1s ... on this case the OP needs it for AI helos.

[Rudel_chw]

45 minutes ago, TheOofBoii said:

I tried setting everything up in editor but i'm pretty new in editing and scripting and i can't make it happen. I can provide a screenshot of what i attempted to do.

 

Unfortunately, the X:COCKPIT triggers only work for player-controlled aircrafts, so it won't work for your AI helos.

What you could try is to edit a livery with the doors open, I did something similar to have some AI Viggens start the game with their canopies open, adding this instructions to the livery description.lua file that they used:

 

custom_args = 
{
     [38] = 0.9,--canopy open
}

 

This way I could have a bit more variety at the ramp, like this:

 

 

Unfortunately I don't know which is the argument number on the UH-1 to open its doors, perhaps someone else has that info.

Best regards,

 

Eduardo