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Title: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: Kneehi on 24 Dec 2011, 19:57:06

Hi guys!
I've been trying to do this for a while now, with no succeed... :confused:
What I'm trying to do is:
I have a group that is moving between two waypoints. Between those waypoints i inserted a Trigger(in the place that i want the action to happen), with this written on the activation field:

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{_x Setbehaviour "safe"} foreach units grp

Where Grp is the name of the group i've chosen...

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In the leader's init field i've written: Grp=group this

Then i grouped the trigger with the group.
The problem is: When they enter the trigger area, only the group leader changes its behaviour, and the other group members also stop following the leader!
Please, any ideas? :P (I really need this to be done with a trigger/script.. Can't be done with a waypoint..)

BY THE WAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :)  :D

Thanks... :)

Title: Re: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: Gruntage on 25 Dec 2011, 00:19:43

Hmm have you tried changing the group name?

I tried the exact same thing as you did with 'wgrp1' as the group name and it worked; all of the units of that group switched their behaviour to 'safe'.

It's possible that the game may interpret 'grp' as part of a command, namely GrpNull. If this is the case, then it would explain why the party members stop following the leader.

Hope this helps

Gruntage

Title: Re: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: savedbygrace on 26 Dec 2011, 20:35:40

Double check your syntax, because I duplicated your scenario as you explained it and it worked fine for me. The spelling is not case sensitive either.

Title: Re: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: Kneehi on 26 Dec 2011, 22:41:44

Gruntage, thanks bro, that worked.. Can't believe it was that obvious..  :cool2: Hahaha

savedbygrace, that's wierd, i just Ctrl+C Ctrl+V from my editor... Can't be a syntax error... But nevermind, the problem is solved...

Cheers! :)
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Damn, now i got another wierd issue...

First i'll have to give you guys a context of the mission...
It is basically this: At the start, I got loads of soldiers boarding two Chinooks, then they para-jump in a certain area, than proceed between cities to kill the enemy.
The point is: Before i added the triggers to change the groups behaviour, everything was ok, but after i inserted them, the problem showed up!
I tested the trigger system sepparatedly from my mission, and it worked ok... But when i do the same damn thing in my mission, i get this:

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'wgrp1|#|=group this; ': Error Reserved variable in expression

And the mission starts with no one boarding the Chinooks...

Any clues? :P

Title: Re: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: savedbygrace on 29 Dec 2011, 02:01:06

Seems like your using wgrp1 as a variable twice. Once as a group name and again as a unit name. Check all of your unit and group names.

Title: Re: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: Kneehi on 29 Dec 2011, 03:50:29

No, i'm sure i'm not.... I think it's something related with the moveincargo command I'm use in the init.sqs to start the mission with the soldiers already boarding the chinooks.. =/

Title: Re: How to set behaviour of whole groups using triggers?
Post by: Gruntage on 29 Dec 2011, 09:50:18

You could just put this in the init line of the group leader:

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"_x moveincargo chinook1" foreach units group this
So you don't have to use an init.sqs to move everyone inside vehicles.

I've had that error before now and it was because I had 'eg1' in the group leader's name box and:

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eg1 = group this
...in his init box.