Galwran Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 In my mission I would like to have a few planes/helicopters wait at the airport/farp with all systems on so that they are ready to take off and can be ordered to do so via map or by jumping in to cockpit if necessary. What would be the best way to do this without AI shutting down after a few minutes? Fuel expenditure is not a problem, but I don't want to have helicopters hovering at 1m altitude :)
ENO Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Can't you just give them a hold condition until a user flag (1-100) stop condition is met? "ENO" Type in anger and you will make the greatest post you will ever regret. "Sweetest's" Military Aviation Art
Galwran Posted October 3, 2013 Author Posted October 3, 2013 Can't you just give them a hold condition until a user flag (1-100) stop condition is met? Well I kinda could, but that HOLD would have to happen at the parking spot. :hmm:
ENO Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Um- wasn't that what you asked for? Alternately you could apply a hold condition at a prescribed time couldn't you? Watch the game play out and time how long it takes to get aircraft to where you want them the app,y a start condition for that amount of time. "ENO" Type in anger and you will make the greatest post you will ever regret. "Sweetest's" Military Aviation Art
Galwran Posted October 3, 2013 Author Posted October 3, 2013 Um- wasn't that what you asked for? Alternately you could apply a hold condition at a prescribed time couldn't you? Watch the game play out and time how long it takes to get aircraft to where you want them the app,y a start condition for that amount of time. The problem is that I cannot make a condition like "wait for 10 minutes" for the "Takeoff from parking"-task, nor can I turn the unit AI off because the unit is an airplane. I believe that this can be done, but it is a bit tricky.
ENO Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 You're right- my bad. I thought you could issue hold orders for aircraft but as you knew you can't. "ENO" Type in anger and you will make the greatest post you will ever regret. "Sweetest's" Military Aviation Art
Grimes Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 The only time AI wait with engines running is while they wait for the other members of the flight to taxi in front of them. Take Kobuleti for instance, start the flight lead from a parking spot north of the runway and the rest of the flight south, the wingmen will wait until the flight lead gets ahead of them. All other times AI just spool their engines up and taxi as soon as possible. You can always use the uncontrolled start feature to make the AI aircraft visible before spawn and then using the triggered action "Command> Start" for the pilots to load in and begin aircraft startup. The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world. Current Projects: Grayflag Server, Scripting Wiki Useful Links: Mission Scripting Tools MIST-(GitHub) MIST-(Thread) SLMOD, Wiki wishlist, Mission Editing Wiki!, Mission Building Forum
Wrecking Crew Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 Galwran - I have a mission, Thunder Of Kojori, where I want AI a/c on the tarmac. I put down a flight of four and hemmed them all in with Static Object aircraft. :-) The AI a/c aren't needed to go anyplace, they can't cause they are blocked. I want them there as bombing targets. Maybe you could hem in your a/c with vehicles and drive them out of the way later. WC Visit the Hollo Pointe DCS World server -- an open server with a variety of COOP & H2H missions including Combined Arms. All released missions are available for free download, modification and public hosting, from my Wrecking Crew Projects site.
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