when editing or making a mission I have found (started with the rescue boat) when I place the boat (or armored truck this has happened) it sometimes "glitches" and puts the boat (or truck) near me but in a very akward spot. first time this happened I was trying to spawn the boat in the water but it kept putting it up in the rocks killing the driver. even when I moved it a bit it would put it in the same spot. sometimes it will just blow up. other times it will just kill the driver and even the whole crew. this seems to only happen when the unit is grouped to me. if I put an empty one it will spawn exactly where I want it. it has been frustrating trying to create missions with AI taking me to a destination. I hope this is not just something that is happening to me and can be fixed.
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Details
- Legacy ID
- 3758277637
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Not A Bug
- Reproducibility
- Sometimes
- Category
- Editor
create a player unit in a truck "as gunner" on a road. then place a truck unit in front of you, and another in front of that but make the leader of the convoy a higher rank. group all together and put a simple move waypoint. then preview
This first happened to me when I was trying to make a simple "drop me off" kind of scenario with a boat. I put the boat clearly in the water, but it kept spawning the boat up in the rocks on shore killing my driver. after moving it more and more out to sea I noticed the editor kept spawning the boat in the same spot up in the rocks. I got frustrated and found a different way to do my mission. then I tried a convoy scenario getting hit by an IED, the first two trucks spawned fine but the third in the convoy glitched just off the road in the trees and was unable to move. even my truck was in the bushes a bit but followed the first truck fine.
Event Timeline
By default the editor places grouped units in their default formation (Wedge) when created, regardless of placement position in the editor. Open the unit's editing tab and change it from "In Formation" to "None." Keep in the mind the units will attempt to move into the default formation unless it is changed.
As Tholozor says, by design, units that are set to <i>In Formation</i> will automatically begin the mission in a formation position relative to their leader. If you believe this can cause issues for some vehicles please file a feature request to alter the behavior for those.