is this possible with dcs lua?

[bojangles_25]

Hi

I had a look at the wiki on lua scripting and although its ok it doesnt tell you that much.. is it possible to:

• programmatically delete a unit from the world (if its destroyed or otherwise)
  
• programmatically add a unit to the world (given unit type and coordinates)
  

If so, how?

 

Appreciated

[Flagrum]

Hi

I had a look at the wiki on lua scripting and although its ok it doesnt tell you that much.. is it possible to:

• programmatically delete a unit from the world (if its destroyed or otherwise)
  
• programmatically add a unit to the world (given unit type and coordinates)
  

If so, how?

 

Appreciated

Check out the Mission Builders Forum: http://forums.eagle.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=210

 

And there you probably want to have a look at the MIST package - a collection of lua functions that add a ton of possibilities to the standard mission editor when using your own code/scripts.

[number3]

Still waiting to hear about about deleting a destroyed unit from the map (if that's what you are asking)

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1930512

 

Yes, there are many ways to add a unit to the world

[bojangles_25]

Still waiting to hear about about deleting a destroyed unit from the map

I'm guessing thats what I want. I'm guessing that 'destroyed' units are still considered present by the game, and that there must be some sort of unit limit (or performance degradation) so would be nice to trigger a cleanup.

 

I'm not really impressed that MIST seems to be the way to go... does this mean I would have to have other people download MIST too?

[number3]

Not sure what you mean exactly.

 

But other people wouldn't need to download MIST to play your mission(s), because the MIST library is included in your mission archive (.miz).

 

See the how to use it? section

[bojangles_25]

Yeah sorry I looked up more about how to use it. Its good that all dependencies are just bundled in the miz

 

cheers