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Helicopter Transport will not land
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Description

When I try to setup a Helicopter Transport so that I can pick up my troops and then fly off to another location, the Helicopter will only sometimes land and very often if it does somehow manage to land, when it flies away, it just flies a hundred meters or so and then just stops. I think I've gotten it to pick me up and drop me off once out of over 20 different setups. The only one I ever got to work was when I had zero enemy on the entire map, I had my character and four other troops setup at Camp Maxwell and I had a transport helicopter setup at Camp Rogain. It picked me up at Maxwell and then dropped me off back at Rogain. Every other scenario I've tried have absolutely failed.

Updated Notes: I just confirmed that the Heli Transport does not work with enemies anywhere on the map. This was confirmed by setting up two scenarios. One without enemies (which worked) and one with enemies (which didn't). See Updated repro steps. {F21423}

Details

Legacy ID
1828824975
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
AI Issues
Steps To Reproduce

1.Setup your Rifle team at Camp Maxwell
2.Setup the Helicopter Transport at LZ Connor
3.Request for Helicopter Transport to pick us up at Helipad at Camp Maxwell
4.The helicopter transport will confirm that it is going to pick you up.
5.The helicopter takes off, flies a couple hundred yards, and then just idles in the air and never picks us up. The closest enemies are at Air Station Mike-26

Updated Repro Steps:
1.Setup your Rifle team at Airbase Stratis
2.Setup the Helicopter Transport at Camp Maxwell
3.Request for Helicopter Transport to pick us up at Helipad at Airbase Stratis and then drop us off at LZ Connor.
4.If there are enemies at Spartan (which is really far away from LZ Connor), the helicopter will NOT land at LZ Connor.
5.If there are NO enemies, it will land at LZ Connor. This is reproduce-able every time.

Event Timeline

bixer edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Aug 15 2013, 1:48 AM
bixer edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
bixer set Category to AI Issues.
bixer set Reproducibility to Always.
bixer set Severity to None.
bixer set Resolution to Open.
bixer set Legacy ID to 1828824975.May 7 2016, 4:01 PM

This issue has been lingering for awhile now, pretty sure there's alot of tickets in for this one. It is very frustrating when mission building.

bixer added a subscriber: bixer.May 7 2016, 4:01 PM
bixer added a comment.Aug 15 2013, 3:10 AM

Thanks AmTheAgent. I noticed some previous notes regarding waypoints and helicopters but not the Helicopter Transport. Hopefully the devs can fix this before release.

If its AI related, it needs a repro mission.

bixer added a comment.Aug 15 2013, 4:20 AM

Ok ProGamer, I'll generate one and add to the ticket.

bixer added a comment.Aug 16 2013, 2:17 AM

I uploaded a mission that does not work because apparently the opfor that is located all the way at the bottom of the map at Spartan are too close to LZ Connor, where I'm trying to get my troops to land. To repro this very basic mission, call for heli transport to your current players location and tell the helicopter to drop you off at LZ Connor. The heli won't land there though cause the troops that are miles away at Spartan are too close.

bixer added a comment.Aug 23 2013, 3:14 AM

Quick update on this ticket. It looks like they fixed the issue. The heli transport will now land, even with enemies close by.

Good to hear!

@bixer I'm still having trouble getting the choppers to land, it's bloody painful.

@AmTheAgent, hmmm, that stinks. I tried it again and it definitely is fixed for me. The repro I did was taking the super basic mission I attached above and transporting my character from Airbase Stratis to LZ Connor and setting up an OPFOR Base just south at Agias Cephas. The Heli shot back at the Base as it was landing but it landed no problem without just hovering there like it used to.

Mass closing resolved tickets from last month.