Rework slingloading task such that mission editors can specify a route to take (like the embarking task)

[Northstar98]

Hi everyone,

At the moment, upon reaching the cargo transporation waypoint, the AI navigates to the cargo and then flies directly to the trigger zone that defines the drop point.

This however reduces flexibility, flying direct is all well and good, but it means I don't have much control over what route the AI follows, nor the speed or altitude - I can't for instance utilise terrain masking or have aircraft go around threats instead of just going in a straight line.

Ideally, what I'm after is something like the embarking/disembarking tasks - how that works is the helicopter flies its route until reaching the waypoint with the embarking task, whereby it'll navigate to the ground unit group to be embarked, it then follows the route as set by the mission editor until reaching the disembarking task, which specifies where the helicopter should land to disembark the ground units. Following the same principle, have a task which has the helicopter pick up the cargo and a task to drop the cargo which allows you to specify exactly where.