Dismounts Script

[Zulu]

Anyone know how you would get the mortar team to fire on a specific target when it is dismounted?

[J13 Serenity]

Hello

 

Does anyone knows how to add WW2 dismounts - M1 garand and Mauser 98?

After changing Infantry unit names to M1 garand, halftracks spawns Leopard tanks!

 

Thank you

[zeufman]

The question is => is F10 menu available for CA players ? If yes, just do a menu to pick-up/drop off your soldiers.

And the answer is....... YES it works :thumbup:

cannot find this option in the F10 menu

any help ?

[fargo007]

Does this work with a late activated unit?

[EasyEB]

I had a look at the script and added some logic so that it keeps track of remaining alive units. So if 3 guys die and they mount up and dismount again, only 3 will come out.

 

I also added an optional flag parameter you can pass in (ie. to check if both the carrier vehicle and it's cargo are dead). Flag is set to 2 (mounted) 1(dismounted) 0(dead). You can use that to check if trigger if both carrier and group are dead.

 

Mind you my lua is quite crappy (had to copy units table, remove those that are dead from copy, transfer table over) so im sure there are better ways to optimize this script. But from my testing it worked out pretty good.

 

Attached script and miz file (miz is 2.0 nevada).

 

Could someone help me with how to add more different units to this list? I'd like to add for example a rifle group without RPGs, a rifle group with insurgent soldiers and so on, but when I just make another group to the list, the way the old ones are formatted the script just does not work. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated!

[hu16flier]

I know this is a shit load to ask but is there anybody willing to take 20 min over discord to figure this out? i'm not intelligent on scripting but really want to learn

[Dangerzone]

On 8/5/2019 at 5:16 AM, fargo007 said:

Does this work with a late activated unit?

It appears as though it detects it as not moving, and dismounts the units in the non-activated units location.

I'm not great at lua, but trying to find if I can get a solution for this at the moment... Will let you know if I'm successful.

[Dangerzone]

OK - seemed as though it was easier to do than I realised...

Just change the line in the CheckMovement() function to the following:

 

From:

if v.x == 0 and v.y == 0 and v.z == 0  then --Check if speed is zero

 

To:

if v.x == 0 and v.y == 0 and v.z == 0  and u:isActive() then --Check if speed is zero

 

(So just adding an "and u:isActive()" check in there) seemed to do the job.

 

Disclaimer - I'm a hack at lua, not proficient. YMMV... test well. 

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by Dangerzone

[fargo007]

This is how everyone does it. At least for a substantial period of time. 

[Shrike88]

Hey guys I know this is an older thread and an oldie but a goodie script.  There is a limitation on putting it on delay activation groups.  So if groups are spawned later with a trigger the dismounts are spawned on map load.  Wondering what the fix or a work around for that would be ? 

Execute the script after the group is spawned ? 

Also is there a way to make them hidden from the Map when they do spawn ? 
Thanks !  

Edited July 17, 2022 by Shrike88

[Shrike88]

On 8/4/2019 at 2:16 PM, fargo007 said:

Does this work with a late activated unit?

Any luck ? or make them hidden with late activated  ? 

[WinterH]

5 hours ago, Shrike88 said:

Hey guys I know this is an older thread and an oldie but a goodie script.  There is a limitation on putting it on delay activation groups.  So if groups are spawned later with a trigger the dismounts are spawned on map load.  Wondering what the fix or a work around for that would be ? 

Execute the script after the group is spawned ? 

Also is there a way to make them hidden from the Map when they do spawn ? 
Thanks !  

 

Hi, try this:

https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts

It is something I'm working on, has some of the bits of MBot's work here, but mostly its own thing with different features. I add to it as I find time/motivation, but it's already usable in current version. Do tell me if it works well for you

I was going to create a thread for it later on with a few more features, but hey ho

[fargo007]

We both went our own way it seems!  

 

https://github.com/Fargo007/TROOP-TRANSPORTS

 

vidya:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BnJ_z7BlzM

[WinterH]

25 minutes ago, fargo007 said:

We both went our own way it seems!  

 

https://github.com/Fargo007/TROOP-TRANSPORTS

 

vidya:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BnJ_z7BlzM

Seen yours from I think a video about maybe a month-ish ago  indeed seems to be the case :))

[Hairdo1-1]

On 7/17/2022 at 4:31 AM, WinterH said:

Hi, try this:

https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts

It is something I'm working on, has some of the bits of MBot's work here, but mostly its own thing with different features. I add to it as I find time/motivation, but it's already usable in current version. Do tell me if it works well for you

I was going to create a thread for it later on with a few more features, but hey ho

Hi,

 

Awesome script! One question, if I use assignSetSquadTypeToVehicle(‘hostVehicle’, ‘squadType’), can I assign a squad to any vehicle in the ME or does it still have to be one of the preset vehicle types you've listed in the PDF?

[WinterH]

4 hours ago, Hairdo1-1 said:

Hi,

 

Awesome script! One question, if I use assignSetSquadTypeToVehicle(‘hostVehicle’, ‘squadType’), can I assign a squad to any vehicle in the ME or does it still have to be one of the preset vehicle types you've listed in the PDF?

Hi, glad you liked it

For now it's working for a few preset vehicle types, but I will make it so that you can give a squad to anything next time I update it. 

[WinterH]

On 7/19/2022 at 4:54 AM, Hairdo1-1 said:

if I use assignSetSquadTypeToVehicle(‘hostVehicle’, ‘squadType’), can I assign a squad to any vehicle in the ME or does it still have to be one of the preset vehicle types you've listed in the PDF?

Hi, latest version here: https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts/releases/tag/v0.9.2-beta allows you to add 7-men squads to anything using this function now

[Hairdo1-1]

3 hours ago, WinterH said:

Hi, latest version here: https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts/releases/tag/v0.9.2-beta allows you to add 7-men squads to anything using this function now

Wow! Thank you!!!

[Hairdo1-1]

On 7/20/2022 at 7:17 AM, WinterH said:

Hi, latest version here: https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts/releases/tag/v0.9.2-beta allows you to add 7-men squads to anything using this function now

Hi. Using the script and it’s great. I am using the mechanizeall function mainly, I have a few mods installed that I’d like to use that with. How would I go about adding those to to the script?

[WinterH]

Just now, Hairdo1-1 said:

Hi. Using the script and it’s great. I am using the mechanizeall function mainly, I have a few mods installed that I’d like to use that with. How would I go about adding those to to the script?

First off, thanks!  Glad you're enjoying it.

I did add French Pack vehicles to the pack recently, and thinking of adding a few others as I find time. For other mods, or anything really, you can add specific vehicles their squads using "assignSetSquadTypeToVehicle" but that would be one by one and not randomized so may not be ideal for every situation.

If you would like it to work for the mod you use like it does for vanilla vehicles, you will need to first find the vehicle's type name, you can find it by opening a .miz file with a zip utility like 7zip or winzip, and take a look at the "mission" file inside, there you can find the type names of the vehicles you need to use. Then, you will need to add them to the code within mechanizAll and determineRandomSquad functions both, as these are the sections where it a: only automatically add squads to supported vehicle types, b: actually going about giving them a squad. I am adding some code these days to make it a lot simpler to support mod units and/or adding squads to random units though. So soon enough it'll be easier to do hopefully. Actually, this gave me an idea. I can add something like "addTransportType(vehicleType,transportCapacity)" which can add squads to all vehicles of the type given, with the given size, so it is easier for end user to add unit types that aren't supported by default.

[Hairdo1-1]

6 hours ago, WinterH said:

First off, thanks!  Glad you're enjoying it.

I did add French Pack vehicles to the pack recently, and thinking of adding a few others as I find time. For other mods, or anything really, you can add specific vehicles their squads using "assignSetSquadTypeToVehicle" but that would be one by one and not randomized so may not be ideal for every situation.

If you would like it to work for the mod you use like it does for vanilla vehicles, you will need to first find the vehicle's type name, you can find it by opening a .miz file with a zip utility like 7zip or winzip, and take a look at the "mission" file inside, there you can find the type names of the vehicles you need to use. Then, you will need to add them to the code within mechanizAll and determineRandomSquad functions both, as these are the sections where it a: only automatically add squads to supported vehicle types, b: actually going about giving them a squad. I am adding some code these days to make it a lot simpler to support mod units and/or adding squads to random units though. So soon enough it'll be easier to do hopefully. Actually, this gave me an idea. I can add something like "addTransportType(vehicleType,transportCapacity)" which can add squads to all vehicles of the type given, with the given size, so it is easier for end user to add unit types that aren't supported by default.

Thank you!I think what might be helpful is adding squads to vehicles by name prefix. For example adding a certain squad to any unit that starts with “apc” or “truck” (just as an example). Would this be possible with your script? As a side note I’m trying to use it with the lhl insurgent mod vehicles 

 

[WinterH]

Yes, that was a planned feature from beginning but was postponing it after completing some other stuff, I can add it soon then, I can see that it would be helpful for people using the script.

[WinterH]

6 hours ago, Hairdo1-1 said:

Thank you!I think what might be helpful is adding squads to vehicles by name prefix. For example adding a certain squad to any unit that starts with “apc” or “truck” (just as an example). Would this be possible with your script? As a side note I’m trying to use it with the lhl insurgent mod vehicles 

 

https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts/releases/tag/v0.9.21-beta

Give this a try and let me know, I've added both ways to add troops to not normally supported vehicle types in the script:
- If you add "TRANSPORT##" at the beginning of a vehicle's unit name in the editor, it will take 7 men squads.

- If you use addTransportType(vehicleTypeName,troopCapacity), every vehicle of that type will get squads of the size given in troopCapacity parameter.

[Hairdo1-1]

6 hours ago, WinterH said:

https://github.com/erdenizsanlav/Dcs-Dismounts/releases/tag/v0.9.21-beta

Give this a try and let me know, I've added both ways to add troops to not normally supported vehicle types in the script:
- If you add "TRANSPORT##" at the beginning of a vehicle's unit name in the editor, it will take 7 men squads.

- If you use addTransportType(vehicleTypeName,troopCapacity), every vehicle of that type will get squads of the size given in troopCapacity parameter.

This is perfect. Thank you!

[Hairdo1-1]

@WinterHyou seem to be a scripting whiz.. this moose class (https://flightcontrol-master.github.io/MOOSE_DOCS_DEVELOP/Documentation/Functional.Suppression.html) is no longer being developed and is pretty much dead. Something like this tied in with your dismounts script could be a game changer for ground warfare in DCS

Edited August 17, 2022 by Hairdo1-1