Friend or foe

[Mandoble]

That is the question.

Is unit A friend or foe of unit B?

How to know?

[LCD]

u cud use countEnemy

unitA countEnemy [unitB] > 0

even tho i think deres a better way

LCD OUT

[Mandoble]

LOL Yep, I'm waiting for that suposed "better way". But it seems to not be so obvious.

[LCD]

deres da enemy command as in

unitA enemy (SIDE unitB)

now dat returns a true or false... works 4 whole side not 4 a unit tho

i hope i got dat 1 right... enemy command is not explained good

LCD OUT

[Mandoble]

Seems "enemy" is just the side of renegade units, these that kill any friendly becomes renegade (enemy side).

[Cheetah]

The friendly command has almost the same description but I don't know how one could use it to determine if a unit is friend or foe.

There are numerous alternatives for this but as far as I know there is no single command which can do the job right now. Might be good to create a function for this.

[LCD]

u cud also use da findNearestEnemy...

unitA findNearestEnemy (getpos unitB)

shud return unitB if it is

but dats probably not wat ur lookin 4 also

btw in da COMREF it says dat sideEnemy is used 4 renegades... but it doesnt say dat on da Enemy command

LCD OUT

[Mandoble]

"enemy" seems to be the same, that is a side for enemies to all sides (renegades).

[JasonO]

Hmm.

KnowsAbout ?

I don't know if this is any use.

[Mandoble]

mmmm nope, knowsabout tells you how much do you "know" a unit, but it is worthless to determine if friend or foe.

[Rellikki]

If the units A and B are on the same side, how about checking unit A's rating?
According to Biki:

Each hit in a single player game will affect the player's rating. If it goes below -2000, he will be considered an enemy, and be attacked by all units.

So you'd need to check if unit A's rating is below -2000, which happens like this (I think):

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rating unit_A = -2000 : goto "enemy"
goto "friendly"

#enemy
Hint "Unit A is an enemy"
Exit

#friendly
Hint "Unit A is friendly"
Exit
Just a thought, not sure if it works.

[Mr.Peanut]

Won't work. All units have a positive rating unless they attack their own side.

[Blanco]

u cud use countEnemy

unitA countEnemy [unitB] > 0

even tho i think deres a better way Huh?

LCD OUT

Note that empty enemy vehicles return as friendly, a least in OFP. I don't know how the command behave in Arma.

[Mandoble]

And that is good, dont destroy what you may steal later 

[Blanco]

Yes, but why do they destroy the vehicle when the crew disembarks? What is the real threat here? The empty vehicle or the crew that's firing upon you?