johnv2pt0 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 Hi everyone, I like to use troops and specifically troop columns in some of my missions but have been unable to get them to move while in their formations. Selecting "custom" in formation, then the template that I created for the formation does not allow them to move. Has anyone had success with this? Thanks in advance ~
Chris CDN Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 The custom setting usually works for me. Can you post the mission file? NSDQ
SmokeyTheLung Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 Place your template, select unit 1, choose custom from the formations drop-down, and add wayponts That should work, for me anyways System specifications: Computer, joystick, DCS world, Beer
johnv2pt0 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Posted April 26, 2011 Thanks guys, I think it has to do with the distance between individual soldiers. I'm testing it out...will reply back with confirmation or a track.
johnv2pt0 Posted April 27, 2011 Author Posted April 27, 2011 It seems that it will work, but the column needs to be facing the direction of the waypoint to start off with, and the troops have to be in the correct order for the movement. It's a pain, but it does work. Once the waypoint changes to a different direction though (say from west to north), then they effectively stop moving because they get into a loop of shuffling positions.
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