How to delete dead crewmen?

[Bama]

I'm running a dead removal script on my MP missions and works great, except dead crewman from tanks or other vehicles.  They seem to stay and are never deleted.  I've searched and tried several other dead removal scripts but have yet to find one that will take care of the removal of crewman.  Is there a way or can anyone point me to a script that will work. TKS

[j0e]

Can you attach the removal script you are using?
There are many way to manage the units deletion.

[robertoHrvat]

Hey, I can help you:
1.) First make an trigger with radius 0-0
2.) In condition box write this: not (alive (gunner TankName))
3.) Activation box: deletevehicle (gunner TankName)

if you wanna delete all the crews follow this:
1.) Make trigger
2.) in condition box write this: not (alive (gunner TankName)) and not (alive (driver TankName)) and not (alive (commander TankName)
3.) Activation box: deletevehicle (gunner TankName);deletevehicle (driver TankName);deletevehicle (commander TankName)

cya, if you get troubles with this report me.

[Bama]

We're running a map to the max of both East and Resistance tanks, naming them would be a nightmare to try to do.  I've tried several different ways but here is one way....again it will delete units and vehicles but not the crewman of the vehicles. Another note is we always have a lot of floating bodies on the map.

I create a trigger for the entire Island set up as :  anybody ;once;   with the on activation line: "_x addeventhandler [{killed},{_this exec {removedead.sqs}}]" foreach thislist


removedead.sqs


_unit = _this select 0
_unit removealleventhandlers {killed}
~90
deletevehicle _unit
exit

[j0e]

I propose you something similar.
I'll take and modify my script to fit your needs.

These are the requirements:
° create a trigger you will call "trg_removal" and
  setup it "anybody,once", size to cover all units on map,
  empty init line;
° create a logic you will call "lgc_iamserver";
° put: 0 Exec "removal.sqs" in the init.sqs -the best way- or
  in the init of an other trigger "none,once", condition:true;

No names, no global variables.

[removal.sqs]
?!(Local lgc_iamserver):Exit
_uns=(List trg_removal)
_grs=[]
_i=0
_t=(Count _uns)
#LoopGroups
_gr=(Group (_uns Select _i))
?_gr In _grs:GoTo "NextGroup"
_grs Set [(Count _grs),_gr]
{_x AddEventHandler ["KILLED",{_THIS Exec "removedead.sqs"}]} ForEach (Units _gr)
#NextGroup
_i=_i+1
?_i<_t:GoTo "LoopGroups"
Exit

[removedead.sqs]
~90
DeleteVehicle (_THIS Select 0)
Exit

This script retrieves all groups and works the related units, also those ones the trigger doesn't list: the gunners and commanders of the vehicles.

Of course, it expects the AI units are all local to the server, so you must provide a separate script for the bodies of:
° players (each machine has its player local);
° AI in which leader is a player (they are local to that player's machine);

I didn't consider the vehicles, because locality tests should be done:
° a vehicle becomes local to the player who drives it, can the server delete it?;
° when a vehicle is destroyed, does it return local to the server?;

For the moment, try this solution for soldiers.

[Walter_E_Kurtz]

I was under the impression that EventHandlers don't work correctly in Multiplayer.

Assuming that you're using a Lone~Wolf style method, what you want is a filter script to intervene. Again you need a trigger covering all units set to Anybody, Present, Once and the On Activation field to read:

{_x exec "filter.sqs"} forEach thislist

Code: (Filter.sqs) [Select]

{_x exec "removalscript.sqs"} forEach crew _this
This will cause the script to be run solely on units, if you want old vehicles / armour to be removed along with their dead crew you'll have add that to removalscript.sqs.

[h-]

I was under the impression that EventHandlers don't work correctly in Multiplayer.

This was probably true in some of the early versions of OFP..