Troops spawn at variable location

[dr_hippo]

Dear,

I am trying to setup the following scenario.

I have a enemy convoy with different types of vehicles including truck that supposed to transport troops.

When I attack that convoy it shoot come to a stop and the troops must be spawned near the truck.

I know the trigger to activate the troops.

I do not know how to make the spawn variable ( near the truck ) as it depends when and where I attack the convoy.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanx 

[DD_Friar]

Using the standard DCS tools are you having the troops spawn into a zone? If so you can link the zone to the truck so it moves with it.?

Which trigger are you using to spawn the troops?

Are you using the standard DCS troop embark/disembark options?

[dr_hippo]

Hi DD_Friar,

Thanx for the response, I will give it a try later this day.

I was trying to link the troops to the unit.

That was not possible.

I did not try it with a zone.

For the trigger to spawn the troops there is something like: Group alive less then X %. ( do not know the exact syntax as I am not behind my PC )

Best regards

[dr_hippo]

Hmmmm,

I kan create a triggerzone and link that trigger zone to the truck.

Nevertheless I have no idea how to spawn the troops in that trigger zone??

 

Best regards

 

[sirrah]

On 10/31/2024 at 8:23 PM, dr_hippo said:

Hmmmm,

I kan create a triggerzone and link that trigger zone to the truck.

Nevertheless I have no idea how to spawn the troops in that trigger zone??

 

Best regards

 

You can't, at least not without scripting.

What you describe in your OP can't be achieved with current mission editor tools.

 

Perhaps it can be done with scripts , but someone else should chime in on this, as I have no scripting knowledge.

[Paganus]

This old Mbot script worked the last time i used it.

 

DismountsScript.lua

[Javier]

With DML you can link the spawn zone to a unit.

[Darcaem]

I do something similar on my missions to simulate an "assault squad" being drop by a helo. But I do use MOOSE

You need to have a late activation group (in my case named "BLUE ground infantry assault"), and with this code I spawn the troops, in my case with an F10 radio menu command, but you could use the "do script" command on your trigger to call the spawn method

 

BLUE_GROUND_INFANTRY_ASSAULT = SPAWN:New("BLUE ground infantry assault")
	:InitLimit(100, 100)
	:OnSpawnGroup(
		function(SpawnGroup) 
/** DELETE this: in this example my spawned group is send to attack the enemy position closest to the drop zone
			local ag=ARMYGROUP:New(SpawnGroup.GroupName)
			ag:SwitchROE(ENUMS.ROE.OpenFire)
			ag:SwitchAlarmstate(2)
			local targetPos = findClosestGroundRed(SpawnGroup:GetCoord()):GetPositionVec3()
			local coordinate = COORDINATE:New(targetPos.x, targetPos.y, targetPos.z)
			ag:AddMission(AUFTRAG:NewCAPTUREZONE(OPSZONE:New(ZONE_RADIUS:New("Target", coordinate:GetVec2(), 50, true), coalition.side.RED), coalition.side.BLUE, 25, 0, "On Road"))
			FLAG_LOCK_MARKER = false
*/
		end
	)

function spawnBlueGroundAssault(group)

	local coordinate = group:GetCoord()
	BLUE_GROUND_INFANTRY_ASSAULT:SpawnFromPointVec3(COORDINATE:New(coordinate.x + 10, coordinate.y, coordinate.z + 10)) -- experiment with this value, +10 works for me

end

 

you would need to call "spawnBlueGroundAssault(group)" on your script, where "group" is the group unit you want them to spawn close to. So if your truck's group is named "TRUCK" you would need to call spawnBlueGroundAssault(GROUP:FindByName("TRUCK"))

 

If you haven't used MOOSE, you can download it here https://github.com/FlightControl-Master/MOOSE/releases/tag/2.9.9, you have to load it on ME with a MISSION START trigger > Do script file