MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist)- enhancing mission scripting Lua

[Grimes]

Yeah its a bug with mist. Right now its simply a matter of the function used to get the groups information for teleportation, mist.getCurrentGroupData(), doesn't fully return everything from the DB that mist.getGroupData does. Which means that an important entry "playerCanDrive" is missing thus is assumed false, and you can't control them via Combined Arms. It'll be fixed soonish, just going to change how that function works slightly.

[IAF.AssafB]

Yeah its a bug with mist. Right now its simply a matter of the function used to get the groups information for teleportation, mist.getCurrentGroupData(), doesn't fully return everything from the DB that mist.getGroupData does. Which means that an important entry "playerCanDrive" is missing thus is assumed false, and you can't control them via Combined Arms. It'll be fixed soonish, just going to change how that function works slightly.

 

Glad to hear, thanks Grimes!

Assaf.

[Grimes]

Fixed. Download from github here: https://github.com/mrSkortch/MissionScriptingTools/releases/tag/4.3.74

[chromium]

might be the wrong place but... is Group.getByID working in MP? Don't care if doesn't work for clients. Else, is there a fast and reliable way to get Group from Group ID whitout having to loop units?

 

thanks!

[ESAc_matador]

thank you grimes

[Grimes]

might be the wrong place but... is Group.getByID working in MP? Don't care if doesn't work for clients. Else, is there a fast and reliable way to get Group from Group ID whitout having to loop units?

 

There is no getByID function in DCS, only getByName.

[chromium]

Yeah, re-discovered for the 1000th time yesterday evening. :(

 

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[IAF.AssafB]

Fixed. Download from github here: https://github.com/mrSkortch/MissionScriptingTools/releases/tag/4.3.74

 

Thanks very much Grimes!

Assaf.

[Highlander]

Morning all,

 

I'm trying to set up a ground patrol using,

mist.ground.patrol('tg1', doubleBack, 'On Road', 15)

When the units gets to the last WP DCS will crash and I get a pop up asking if I want to debug DCS.

 

Any ideals whats going on here? And what program would be best for the debug option that pops up?

[Grimes]

Can you post a mission file that causes the crash so I can take a look? There is nothing for you to debug, it'd be an issue with the game.

[Highlander]

Can you post a mission file that causes the crash so I can take a look? There is nothing for you to debug, it'd be an issue with the game.

 

Ok this one I just put together to test it again. Once the units drive over the bridge they should double back but, at last WP it crashes the game both when viewing it from the ME or in multiplayer.

 

DCS World 1.5, updated to current.

 

Just set up the same mission in DCS World 2.0 and it runs just fine. So problem is just with 1.5.

test.miz

Edited September 30, 2016 by Highlander

[Highlander]

Ok, so I figured out what was wrong with the above mission and the patrol.

 

I was using this in the last WP for the unit and it was crashing DCS.

mist.ground.patrol('tg1', 'doubleBack', 'On Road', 15)

Found my notes form a year ago and started using this in the last WP for the unit and it works.

mist.ground.patrol('myGroupName', 'doubleBack')

You can put it in a trigger activated when group enters the zone or put it in groups last WP.

[Hafody]

Help in Setting up MIST on DCS server and implementing respawn of enemy planes

 

I would like to know how to implement MIST in DCS for respawning enemy planes on mission created for target practice? Ty in advance.

[Nu-NRG]

I'm new to mission editor but I would need the following:

 

When "UNIT" passes "Trigger zone RESPAWN" re-spawn "GROUP X, Y and Z"

 

Can someone help me out how to implement this with MIST script if possible?

Edited October 15, 2016 by Nu-NRG

[ESAc_matador]

In the mission editor do

 

- TRIGGER ONCE

- UNIT INSIDE TRIGGERZONE "RESPAWN"

- DO SCRIPT

mist.respawnGroup('x', true)

mist.respawnGroup('y', true)

mist.respawnGroup('z', true)

[Nu-NRG]

In the mission editor do

 

- TRIGGER ONCE

- UNIT INSIDE TRIGGERZONE "RESPAWN"

- DO SCRIPT

mist.respawnGroup('x', true)

mist.respawnGroup('y', true)

mist.respawnGroup('z', true)

And the first trigger is the one to load the script as written in documentation?

[Ignition]

Hi. I have a problem with if not Group.getByName. It doesnt work unless I deactivate the group.

 

How can I detect when a group is destroyed or how can I deactivate a group with mist?

 

Thanks.

 

Edit: this is my code.

 

for i = 1, cant_rus_sam, 1 do

trigger.action.outText('rus_sam '..i, 10) --group test

 

if not Group.getByName('rus_sam '..i) then

mist.respawnGroup('rus_sam '..i, true, 10)

end

end

Edited October 25, 2016 by Ignition

[Sierra99]

I would like to know how to implement MIST in DCS for respawning enemy planes on mission created for target practice? Ty in advance.

 

Let me know if you prefer Caucuses, Nevada or both. I will send you a mission tomorrow based on the CGI / CAP script.

 

Sierra99

[Grimes]

Hi. I have a problem with if not Group.getByName. It doesnt work unless I deactivate the group.

 

Yeah thats been an issue of sorts for a while now. Easiest way is to see if you can get group data and if you can to use Group.getUnits() and simply count the number of units returned. I made this function for use in On Station. Basically it will do either isExist() and getUnits() checks if a group is returned, if the group isn't returned then the value is true.

 

local function groupIsDead(groupName)
	if (Group.getByName(groupName) and Group.getByName(groupName):isExist() == false) or (Group.getByName(groupName) and #Group.getByName(groupName):getUnits() < 1) or not Group.getByName(groupName) then
		return true
	end
	return false
end

[ESAc_matador]

Hello Grimes.

 

I am using this... function.

 

function CASstop(CASgroup)		
	
	mist.goRoute(CASgroup, mist.getGroupRoute(CASgroup)) 
end

 

It works well, but it only gets the waypoints. What I do is:

 

I put a group of 2x10 doing wp 1 and 2, In the second wp, I put and advanced task to go to wp 1, so the unit is in a loop.

 

Then via F10 menu, i send a group to attack, and it works fine... But I would like the option to cancel the attack and come back to the original path. This function works fine, but it seems it looses the advance task, and once it goes to the wp 2 it goes to base.

 

ANy suggestion?? I used moose, but now, I dont know it is not working at all, or only works sometimes... I dont know.

 

So in the end... the question is:

 

Does mist.getGroupRoute(string groupName ) get advanced tasks too? if not. Any suggestion?

[Grimes]

And the documentation was missing a variable. There is an optional variable that defines whether or not the task data is retrieved.

 

Fixed the documentation.

[mrfoxik]

Hello.

It seems that "mist.respawnGroup" does not assign tasks after group is respawned. In otehr words, respawn command works (ground objects), objects can respawn but they will not start to follow the rute.

It is on mist_4_3_74.lua

[Grimes]

Are you using it with a 2nd variable? mist.respawnGroup('groupName', true)

[mrfoxik]

Thank for fast answer. I had: mist.respawnGroup('Spawnable', 10)

I have subsitude 10 for ture and it is working fine now.

So mist.respawnGroup('Spawnable', true) is correct. What does 10 mean? 10 minutes? I remember that it was 10 sec in the past.

 

Thank you for help

[Grimes]

Its seconds. After that time it will reassign the task.