createVehicle array

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Description

Description:
Creates a vehicle of the given type (type is the name of the subclass in CfgVehicles). If the markers array contains several marker names, the position of a random one is used. Otherwise, the given position is used. The vehicle is placed inside a circle with this position as center and placement as its radius. Special properties can be: "NONE", "FLY" and "FORM". "CAN_COLLIDE" creates the vehicle exactly where asked, not checking if others objects can cross its 3D model.
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Syntax

Syntax:
createVehicle [type, position, markers, placement, special]
Parameters:
[type, position, markers, placement, special]: Array
type: String
position: Position
markers: Array
placement: Number
special: String
Return Value:
Object

Examples

Example 1:
_veh = createVehicle ["ah1w", position player, [], 0, "FLY"]
Example 2:
_veh = createVehicle ["2S6M_Tunguska", getMarkerPos "marker1",["marker2","marker3"], 0, "NONE"]

Additional Information

See also:
createVehiclecreateVehicleCrewcreateVehicleLocalcreateUnitcreateUnit arraydeleteVehiclecreateGroupcreateCenter

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 25 Jun, 2014 - 15:50
ffur2007slx2_5
(ArmA3 1.22)Types that createVehicle can create or not:
types availability
unit Yes (unit is lifeless)
vehicles & objects Yes
Locations (Base, Area, Camp, City, Outpost, Town, Village) N/A (Only createVehicleLocal/createUnit available)
Misc (Curator, Lock, Unlock) N/A (Only createVehicleLocal/createUnit available)
Game Logic N/A (Only createVehicleLocal/createUnit available)
Sides (BULFOR, REDFOR, Independent) N/A (Only createVehicleLocal/createUnit available)
Modules N/A (Only createVehicleLocal/createUnit available)
Sources (#lightpoint, #particlesource etc) N/A (Only createVehicleLocal available)
Virtual Entities (Zeus) Yes

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Posted on July 30, 2014 - 01:49 (UTC)
AgentRevolution
In Arma 3, the position parameter for this command is always interpreted as PositionATL.