Autonomous CAP and GCI AI fighter script

[rogonaut]

ok cool i get the overall point, gotta look into the matter way more - thx for the direction this helps alot.

 

cheers!

[Shaman]

How to make CAP flights and GCI flights use set pool of callsigns so they do not steal it from other flights?

 

F.e.

Blue, Enfield 91 to 99

Red, 991 to 999

[Grimes]

How to make CAP flights and GCI flights use set pool of callsigns so they do not steal it from other flights?

 

F.e.

Blue, Enfield 91 to 99

Red, 991 to 999

 

http://wiki.hoggit.us/view/DCS_command_setCallsign

 

You can't change the 2nd digit for the US callsigns via script as that is associated with the flight member. Alternatively when each unit is spawned there is a callsign variable just like in the mission file that you can change as desired so the group spawns with callsigns already defined.

[Stonehouse]

That would actually make it really easy for lukrop to add as he could just have a few more user set variables in the script which are used later for CAPs and GCIs. Kind of like reserved callsigns. The script already is setting the bort number of each unit.

Edited May 18, 2016 by Stonehouse
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[Panthir]

Is it possible to use the script in one of my missions only for one side (red), as long as blue side players are all clients.

 

How can I deactivate blue side GCI and CAP in script.

[Stonehouse]

Set the appropriate variables to false in the script

 

--- Enable/disable red CAP flights.

gcicap.red.cap.enabled = true

--- Enable/disable blue CAP flights.

gcicap.blue.cap.enabled = true

--- Enable/disable red GCI flights.

gcicap.red.gci.enabled = true

--- Enable/disable blue GCI flights.

gcicap.blue.gci.enabled = true

 

Is it possible to use the script in one of my missions only for one side (red), as long as blue side players are all clients.

 

How can I deactivate blue side GCI and CAP in script.

[Panthir]

Many Thanks

[cameroon]

Hi all, thanks for the work on this script - it'll make creating some background activity much easier! :) I'm running into a couple strange problems though - DCS 1.5, latest GCICAP from github and MIST 4.2.66. Everything seems to be working mostly correctly, except for these two things:

 

1. When one unit from a GCI or CAP mission lands or is otherwise cleaned up, the whole group is deleted even if its still in the air. I think I fixed this, by deleting the unit if the group count > 1, otherwise deleting the group (in clearApron and airfieldwreckagecleanup). I also modified arrivaltableINT so that it always adds the landing aircraft to landedaircraftsING.

 

This seems to be working as expected, but I suspect there's something more I need to account for there so I'm including it in case someone knows that I'm going to run into a problem this way. :)

 

2. I set up a simple mission, with borders. My CAP flights launch for red & blue and patrol the CAP zones (though it does not distribute them evenly all of the time).

 

If I then send a C130 across the border to orbit a EWR at Sochi, Red will start to send one of the CAP flights. It will get part-way there, then turn around and RTB.

 

Then it will launch a GCI flight, which will also start heading for the C130 and then RTB. Then it seems to spam a bunch of GCI flights, well over the limit and even though taskinginterval is 1800.

 

#2 happens even with a completely stock GCICAP lua file from github.

 

[Edit] I just noticed it's using timer.scheduleFunction and not mist.scheduleFunction so my original thought is definitely not true.

 

Anyway, nothing I do seems to change the behavior so I'm hoping someone has an idea :)

Edited May 29, 2016 by cameroon

[cameroon]

Well nevermind to the original question, just realized the lukrop's rewrite is basically what I was looking for ;) Wish I'd seen that first, spent some time starting my own rewrite, hah!

 

Though now I've got a different problem. The CAP flight is vectored to my C130, but does crazy acrobatics along the way and doesn't seem to want to engage.

 

I'll keep messing around with it, I'm probably missing something simple.

[Pikey]

Is there a way to attach the CAPzone to a moving trigger (or move a trigger zone physically) because 'unit inside moving zone' moving trigger type does not work, the trigger zone stays where it was initially placed, regardless of the unit zone reference?

 

I'm looking for ways to dynamically alter the CAP zone mid mission.

[SNAFU]

@cameroon:

 

The latest release version has a bug, which makes scripted ground AI pretty much useless. Maybe this also affects air AI units. I would not be surprised. Ground AI do not move anymore after spawning, do not attack, nor do they take any new tasks, which worked in DCS release version prior to the latest patch. Did not test this with air groups, but what you describe, it appears so.

 

@Pikey:

 

You could regularly get the position of a certain unit or an waypoint and set the center of the CAPzone to this coordinate.

[Pikey]

Hi Snafu, I tried exactly that, but its the "setitng the center of the CAPzone" that I cannot do, i was using the inbuilt unit in moving zone to do that, but the flights head to the zones first location even after a few hours.

[SNAFU]

Sorry, I didn´t mean the ME moving triggerzone or built-in trigger. You have to modify the script.

[Pikey]

apparently it returns an array as the zone has a distance as well as a vec3, so I need to rewrite a bit, its likely beyond me.

[Custard]

Are there issues with these scripts in the latest patch? I can't get AI fighters to spawn, not even in Stonehouse's test mission.

[Stonehouse]

@Custard, you should really be using Lukrop's version and test missions these days as my last version had issues and was back in Nov 2015 and quite a few patches ago. The most common reason for lack of spawning or some aircraft spawning and then stopping is the unit name being incorrect on the template aircraft. You must get this part right (and make sure there are not leading or trailing blanks accidently introduced by hitting the space bar by mistake) for it to work. If you check that and don't find an issue then report back and we can see what we can do.

 

Cheers,

Stonehouse

[klem]

I am trying to call GCICAP function from the ME Action DoScript as follows:

gcicap.spawnFighterGroup('red', 'Aggressor1',1, 'Beslan','air', 'CAP',false)

 

I am getting an error to do with the Airbase (Beslan). Beslan is red and I have placed a zone over Beslan named 'Beslan'. Can anyone see any error in my call?

[Stonehouse]

Not sure why you are trying to call a function outside the script as it was not designed for you to do that but possibly it is looking for the airbase id not the name? Posting the error details might help people help you.

[klem]

Not sure why you are trying to call a function outside the script as it was not designed for you to do that but possibly it is looking for the airbase id not the name? Posting the error details might help people help you.

 

Thanks Stonehouse. That put me on the trail. I am just being opportunistic btw.:)

 

EDIT: forget all that, I just found out my GCICAP file is not the same as the latest!

Edited June 19, 2016 by klem
Bad file

[Alwandy]

Hi started using this with MOOST and MIST..

 

Followed your tutorial, tried.. I got script hung.

Re did everything again then got this:

00322.586 INFO SCRIPTING: Mist version 3.3.22 loaded.

00322.591 ERROR DCS: Mission script error: : [string "C:\Users\Julian\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\/~mis00003A4A"]:269: attempt to get length of global 'redborderline' (a nil value)

stack traceback:

[C]: ?

[string "C:\Users\Julian\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\/~mis00003A4A"]:269: in main chunk

 

 

Ideas why?

[Pikey]

3.3? wow. Thats from like nineteen canteen. Update MIST. You need the dev version as specified in Lukrops readme on GIthub.

[SNAFU]

It seems that the script is looking for a group with the name "redborderline". By default the name of the group the script is looking for is "redborder". I guess you edited the script somewhere and now he cannot find the group "redborderline" anymore?

 

I also recomment to use the latest MIST version. 3.3.2 is not combining well with DCS 1.5+, as far as I know.

[S D]

Greetings all, i'm hoping for a little help. I'm pretty new to all this, but think i have the basics down for this script. Bravo for your guys work on this, it really is a little gem.

 

I have a question relating to aircraft type used in the GCI & CAP roles. Is it possible to define different types of aircraft to a certain CAP or GCI area?

 

For example, lets say i have CAP zones within Russian airspace, with Su27's. Would it then be possible to set up addition CAP zones in Abkhazian airspace, but using Mig21's just on those CAP zones.

 

Thankyou in advance for any help on this matter.

[MasterZelgadis]

Not from the script itself I think, because it randomly chooses from your list of flights. But you could reprogram the script to behave like that

[S D]

Thanks for the reply, i wouldn't know where to start in modifying the script. Guess i'll have to think of something else.