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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => OFP - Editing/Scripting General => Topic started by: BlinkDog on 12 Dec 2002, 05:23:49

Title: An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: BlinkDog on 12 Dec 2002, 05:23:49

Okay some thing just occured to me and it may work who knows. With aircraft like the Harrier and osprey people have only been able to make it fly like a heli or a fixed wing aircraft. A possible solution may be to use both.

Now your probebly asking how?

Well would it be possible to create a script to change flight characteristics in mid game? So a pilot would take off/ Land like a heli but when getting sufficiant airspeed would then choose the "thrust forward" option in the scroll menu and the aircraft would change classes and fly like a fixed wing?

I wouldn't really know where to begin since programing is a weak point but it might work.

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: BlinkDog on 12 Dec 2002, 05:47:55

I put this in the wrong section. can a mod move it to editing general please. Thanks

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: Colonel_Klink on 14 Dec 2002, 10:30:39

Vtol scripts have been made and will b utilised in a sea harrier and av8 which is currently under construction.

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: BoNeCoLLeCToR on 14 Dec 2002, 10:53:51

Klink m8 are you include the script in the pbo file ???

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: KTottE on 14 Dec 2002, 12:58:53

Klink, you're with the Falklands team, right?

Anyway, there is a solution to VTOL aircraft, and it's being worked on. But that doesn't mean we can't continue to discuss it.

After all, a script can always be improved upon ;)

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: Colonel_Klink on 23 Dec 2002, 03:01:15

Quote

Anyway, there is a solution to VTOL aircraft, and it's being worked on. But that doesn't mean we can't continue to discuss it.

After all, a script can always be improved upon

Very true. No problems there at all mate. I'm hoping there will be an easy way to implement it from within the addon.
Cheers
Klink

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: 1B1KSniper on 23 Dec 2002, 07:15:17

Is it possible to use the class UserActions to execute a script from the cpp?

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: Loc-Dog on 14 Jan 2003, 04:06:31

Execute this script for example: Place a Cessna and write this in its init field

Code: [Select]

[this, cessna] exec "vtol.sqs"This is not an awnser on that ccp question but its the script.

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: Pandoz on 17 Jan 2003, 07:39:01

thats a pretty tight script man..the only thing that sux is the whole hitting the reverse horizontal movement and u snap back into a parallel position to the ground...but o well...its still WAY WORTH the download! great job

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: Eviscerator on 17 Jan 2003, 17:14:18

i think pretty much all we need for a vtol to work is for there to be the 'Auto Hover' action of a helicopter on a plane, not sure if this is possible with scripting though, it may be one for BIS

Title: Re:An idea for VTOL aircraft
Post by: Josef on 29 Jan 2003, 16:43:06

The 40k mod has a Thunder Hawk that has not yet been released...

It have several PBO scripts ;D