Sereph

i gave the code you provided ago and messed around with it for a while but it didn't work it wouldn't display the addaction at all in or out of the chopper in or out of a vehicle in the chopper. i might just do what you suggested before and make the addaction target the car im loading into the chopper im sure it will be easier to restrict when that shows then trying the other way.

cool thanks i will give that a go when i have a chance and get back to you.

all i have scripted so far is an addaction command for the helicopter which i will now move to the vehicle its a single line where to go from here i have no idea although now that i am moving the action to the vehicle i can start researching how to only show the action when im in the helicopter something i have not looked for before im still not sure what to add to the readyfortakeoff.sqf to get it to start the waypoints as i said i was thinking along the lines of a scripted trigger with a wait until command or something or maybe set the first waypoint as a hold waypoint and set the readyfortakeoff.sqf to change that to a move waypoint again not sure how to do that but it sounds good in theory. blackfish_1 addAction ["Ready for take off", "scripts\readyfortakeoff.sqf"];

wow i feel dumb all of a sudden i never considered that i was assuming that since its the helicopter i was wanting to control it would have to be added to that but i can just have the addaction show from the vehicle but have it effect the helicopter. i guess that brings up another question can i make the addaction only show when the vehicle is loaded into the helicopter ? and the other thing is still making the helicopter wait until it gets the go command im sure there is a way of adding a trigger to the waypoint and saying wait until it gets the command but my knowledge is not sufficient to figure it out at this point.

thanks for the quick replies the link you posted would work if i was actually in the helicopter but being in a vehicle in a helicopter i cant seem to access any commands for the helicopter because the game is only detecting that im in the car. ultimately i down the track i want to be able to give another command at a waypoint for the helicopter to unload the vehicle and paradrop the vehicle and all players in it to the ground but one step at a time

Hey im trying to teach myself how to script in arma and am making slow progress. they issue i am having at the moment and have been unable to find an answer on google is this. i want to jump into a car drive it up to the back of a helicopter and then load it into the back all which is doable by default in arma but then while i am in the vehicle that is now loaded into the helicopter i want to be able to use a custom action to tell the helicopter to take off and start the flight plan i have created in the editor. so far i have managed to get the addaction to show when i am near the helicopter or in it as a passenger but it wont show if i am in a vehicle in the back. also the other problem i am having is that the helicopter takes off and starts the waypoints imedietly and i cant seem to make it wait for the action command. any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.