Scripting help needed, problems with task (ground unit route assignment)

[gromit190]

Hi,

 

I am trying to understand how to assign a task (route of waypoints) to a group. I want this to be a "vanilla" script (no script tools/mods).

 

In my attempt, I am simply trying to make the unit go from its current position to a point 200 units away. But the unit does not move.

 

Can someone please point at what I did wrong here?

 

local function foobar()
  env.info("WAYPOINT TEST")
  local group1 = Group.getByName("Group1")
  local group1Pos = group1:getUnit(1):getPosition().p
  local waypoints = {}
  waypoints[1] = {
    x = group1Pos.x+200,
    y = group1Pos.z,
    speed = 20,
    action = "Cone"
  }
  local task = {
    id = "Mission",
    params = {
      route = {
        points = waypoints
      }
    }
  }
  group1:getController():setTask(task)
end
foobar()

 

I am checking the logs, and I see that the info message "WAYPOINT TEST" is written.

 

Furthermore, I am certain that the group is found and that the position data is really retrieved because I tried printing them to log too. I see that the data exists (is not nil).

 

So I am not sure why this doesn't work.

[gromit190]

It seems like the problem was that the function was called too soon (immidiately) after mission start.

 

This is a working script:

 

local waypoints = {}
local function addWaypoint(x, y)
  waypoints[#waypoints + 1] = {
    x = x,
    y = y,
    speed = 20,
    action = "Cone"
  }
end

local function foobar()
  env.info("WAYPOINT TEST")
  local group1 = Group.getByName("Group1")
  local group1Pos = group1:getUnit(1):getPosition().p
  addWaypoint(group1Pos.x, group1Pos.z)
  addWaypoint(group1Pos.x + 2500, group1Pos.z)
  addWaypoint(group1Pos.x + 2500, group1Pos.z + 2500)
  addWaypoint(group1Pos.x, group1Pos.z + 2500)
  addWaypoint(group1Pos.x, group1Pos.z)
  local task = {
    id = "Mission",
    params = {
      route = {
        points = waypoints
      }
    }
  }
  log(group1:getController())
  group1:getController():setTask(task)
end
timer.scheduleFunction(foobar,nil,5)