Allow placement of all ground units on ships

[WirtsLegs]

So right now any ground unit can be placed on a whip via directly editing the miz file and getting the coordinates right, or through spawning with a lua script, this is a painful process though if you just want to add a few manpads to a seemingly civilian ship etc. However once you get them placed they work fine, they stay on/with the ship and engage targets according to ROEs etc.

 

So a pretty simple request, I would suggest that placement on ships be permitted for all ground units through the editor, don't bother trying to enforce size or weight limits just leave it up to the mission maker to decide what is reasonable to put on which ships.

[Wroblowaty]

+1

I wanted to place MANPADS on oil rigs in one of scenarios on Persian Gulf but couldn't. Placing infantry or small ground units on ships and sea based installations would allow for some interesting missions.

[Gunfreak]

I've wanted to do a helicopter landing to take back oil rig captured by terrorists. But can't have infantry on oil rigs. And can't have them disembark on oil rig from the helicopter 

[DD_Friar]

Take a look at the DML Toolbox by @cfrag. This is as excellent utility (NOT a mod) that gives you the ability to add scripts to your mission with absolutely no scripting skill required. Also if you build a mission for multiplayer your other players DO NOT have to download / install anything extra. All the magic is in the mission you build.

You build you mission by using zones with controlling parameters. Using this tool has completely changed the way I build my missions. I can not recommend it highly enough.

You can find all the details here....

 

For example using the "Spawn Zone" module you can achieve the below....

 

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Edited November 4, 2024 by DD_Friar

[Northstar98]

Yep: