flyInHeight

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Description

Description:

Sets the flying altitude for aircraft relatively to the ground surface. Avoid too low altitudes, as helicopters and planes won't evade trees and obstacles on the ground. The default flying altitude is 100 meters.

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Height measurement is relative to the pilot and can be approximated with ASLToAGL eyePos driver _aircraft;.

Groups:

Object Manipulation

Syntax

Syntax:

aircraft flyInHeight altitude

Parameters:

aircraft: Object

altitude: Number - flying altitude in meters

Return Value:

Nothing

2.14

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

aircraft flyInHeight [altitude, forced]

Parameters:

aircraft: Object

altitude: Number - flying altitude in meters

forced: Boolean - true to force altitude in all cases, false to behave like main syntax

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_helicopter flyInHeight 40;

Example 2:

// for altitudes below 10m _helicopter flyInHeight 5; // helicopter will land _helicopter flyInHeight [5, true]; // helicopter will hover at 5m altitude // on a landed helicopter _helicopter flyInHeight 50; // helicopter will not move until a waypoint is added _helicopter flyInHeight [50, true]; // helicopter will start to rise immediately

Additional Information

See also:

flyInHeightASL

Notes

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Hardrock - c

Posted on Aug 04, 2006 - 12:50 (UTC)

Notes from before the conversion:
From 1.80 - flyInHeight now affects not only helicopters, but also planes.

UNN - c

Posted on Aug 04, 2006 - 14:18 (UTC)

A plane's flyInHeight is restricted to a minimum of 20 meters.

Kronzky - c

Posted on Dec 16, 2008 - 01:34 (UTC)

A flyInHeight of 0 will keep the chopper pinned to the ground, even when the engines have been started.

Jtgibson - c

Posted on Apr 11, 2009 - 00:53 (UTC)

1.00

If a helo has no waypoints, it will assume a low hover without regard to this setting.

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This comment does not apply to the alternative syntax.