Unit grouping

[olearych]

Hi guys,

Just a quick question, couldn't find the answer in search.

How do i stop a unit I am grouped to, starting next to me?

Example.

I'm a Forward Air Controller in a town, and I have an AH-1Z at an airport waiting for my orders. ***When i place the AH-1Z on the runway and myself in a town, the AH-1Z is always hovering above me.

Hope you understand ^^ thanks in advanced.

[Big Dawg KS]

Select Groups (F2) in the editor, left click & hold on either the player or the chopper, drag the cursor to an empty space on the map and release the left mouse button. The blue line between the two units should disappear, indicating that they are no longer grouped.

Edit: Oh, my bad, you want to know how to make a grouped unit start out of formation. Well in the chopper's special field, change "IN FORMATION" or "FLYING" to "NONE". Unfortunately, selecting "FLYING" automatically puts them in formation too, unlike OFP.

[olearych]

Thanks but I still need to be able to give the AH-Z1 orders, ungrouping will mean i no longer control the AH-Z1.

[Frederf]

In the AH-1's unit settings in the editor there are a few "Special" options.

In Formation
Flying
None

None is what you want I think. Although when you start out they will be in "follow" mode so they will quickly move to formation if they can.

To have a unit start with a "Stop" order, you can have the following code in the initialization field for the unit:

doStop this;

To have all group members (except leader) have a "Stop" order at the beginning, you can use the following code in the init field of the group leader.

{doStop _x}forEach units group this; this doFollow this;

[olearych]

Wow thanks for the fast response guys. Works perfectly now!

Many thanks again!