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I was bothered that there is no ambient air traffic in Arma (with all the ambient cars, animals and people), so I scripted my own. I'll release it here in the hope that it might be useful.

How to use it

The script is called in init.sqf like this:

Code:

[ _minTime, _maxTime, _minAlt, _maxAlt, [_vehicleList], _playerGroup, _spawnDistance] execvm "fhq_randomAirTraffic.sqf";

_minTime and _maxTime define an interval denoting the minimum and maximum time between spawns (randomly chosen). Likewise, _minAlt and _maxAlt give minimum and minimum altitude for the spawns. _vehicleList is a list of planes or choppers; one is picked randomly each time the time interval is hit. _playerGroup is the group around which the planes should be spawned, and _spawnDistance gives the distance to the spawn location.

The script generates a timeout between _minTime and _maxTime, and then creates a randomly chosen vehicle from the list between _minAlt and _maxAlt at _spawnDistance from the player group's leader. The plane will then fly towards the player (+- 45 Â°) and desspawn when it reaches _spawnDistance from the player again.

Example

Code:

[    

Â  180, 300,

Â  100, 400, 

Â  ["L39_TK_EP1", "L39_TK_EP1", "L39_TK_EP1", "Su25_TK_EP1", "Su25_TK_EP1", "Su25_TK_EP1",Â  "Su25_TK_EP1", "Su25_TK_EP1"], 

Â  FHQ_playerGroup,     

 3500] execVM "fhq_randomAirTraffic.sqf";

The example spawns a plane from the list at intervals of 3 to 5 minutes, at an altitude of 100 to 400 meters, 3500 meter away from the leader of FHQ_playerGroup

I gave this a try, all aircraft spawned empty until I checked BIKI on BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle

You either need a civilian unit in mission or a createCenter in the script for this to work.

edit:

Script doesn't like attack helicopters with a pilot and gunner, they just spawn and hover at default altitude, completely ignoring the part of the script that follows:

Code:

Â  Â  Â  Â  _grp = _vehicleVec select 2;

Â  Â  Â  Â  _vehicle = _vehicleVec select 0;

Â  Â  Â  Â  (driver _vehicle) disableAI "TARGET";

Â  Â  Â  Â  (driver _vehicle) disableAI "AUTOTARGET";

Â  Â  Â  Â  (driver _vehicle) disableAI "FSM";

Â  Â  Â  Â  _vehicle flyInHeight _altitude;

Â  Â  Â  Â   

Â  Â  Â  Â  _wp = _grp addWaypoint [_targetPos, 1];

        _wp setWaypointType "MOVE";

Â  Â  Â  Â  _wp setWaypointSpeed "NORMAL";

Â  Â  Â  Â  _wp setWaypointBehaviour "CARELESS";

Â  Â  Â  Â  _wp setWaypointCombatMode "BLUE";

        _wp setWaypointStatements ["true", "this call FHQ_RAT_deleteVehicle"];Â

I think the issue is in the first two lines, but I'm not sure.

(03-18-2014, 10:13 AM)Outlawz7 link Wrote: [ -> ]I gave this a try, all aircraft spawned empty until I checked BIKI on BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle

Hmm, strange, it doesn't do that for me, I can perfectly spawn stuff without civilian units on the map. Is that in Arma 2 or Arma 3 ?

edit:

(03-18-2014, 10:13 AM)Outlawz7 link Wrote: [ -> ]Script doesn't like attack helicopters with a pilot and gunner, they just spawn and hover at default altitude, completely ignoring the part of the script that follows:

Code:

Â Â Â Â _grp = _vehicleVec select 2; Â Â Â Â _vehicle = _vehicleVec select 0;

I think the issue is in the first two lines, but I'm not sure.

Don't know why this should matter, though. The spawn function returns the group and vehicle in 2 and 0, respectively. So adding a waypoint for the group should do the trick, really

In any case, I'll take a look! Thanks for the feedback

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