ArmA 3 Editor Tutorial - Simple Hostage Rescue
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- For the type of hostage rescue in this video, utilize the following:
On the hostages -
removeallweapons this; removeallitems this; removeheadgear this; removevest this; this unassignitem "nvgoggles"; this removeitem "nvgoggles"; this disableai "move"; this setcaptive true;
On the trigger -
[H1, H2] join p1; h1 setcaptive false; h2 setcaptive false; h1 enableAI "move"; h2 enableai "move";
Remember to name the person you want to have control of the hostages P1(or any name you choose), and the hostages H1, H2, etc up to however many you want to use.
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Eight years later and this tutorial still helps
Super helpful tutorial, thanks a ton! I can also confirm these commands still work with the new Eden update. Things look a bit different, but commands/placements still are the same.
Today (believe it or not), I ran a "hostage rescue" mission with my group. When we got to the hostages, my players were confused as to why they couldn't secure the hostages. All they could do, at the time, was just kill everyone around them and say, "Okay, you're safe. Bye." I explained that I didn't like messing with scripts outside of the game, and I said that I would learn to work hostages using only in game commands. Then here you are with this awesome tutorial. You're the man, Jester.
Thanks. I just started messing with the editor this week and I haven't gotten very far. It's great to see you going thru this stuff.
Jester. Nice work. Very clear, straightforward and useful. Thanks.
I haven't commented before, but always give you a "like"! Once again Jester, you have helped me. In fact, so much over the last few weeks, as I have stepped into the world of mission making. I have no doubts that I would've either have given up by now or just made a mess without your tutorials! It is so appreciated. Thanks for your generosity in sharing and making your tutorials, easy and straightforward to follow (u should be a teacher/trainer, if you're not already!). You are a legend sir!
in their init:
this setunitpos "down";
or middle or up, depending on the stance you want them in
then on the trigger to rescue them:
this setunitpos "auto";
Excellent video,i just came for a look and found the answer to a problem i have had for a while.
Thanks for the tutorial, greetings from Argentina. You're the best!
Yes. I love it when you guys figure shit out on your own. It means I'm doing my job :)
thank you i was looking for this without going to waypoint join thing which is really different cos it shows you waypoints on the map :)
Well, I took everything I hate from other videos and was careful to not repeat the mistakes :p
I'm not 100%, I miss things a lot, but I try to be as good as possible
When you start explaining about the 2 join your group u say and type [H1, H2] join P1;.But on the screen it says [H!, H2] join P1;. Just had to point it out, keep up the good work man. your vids are really helpfull!
I absolutely love all of your videos and they really help me out with figuring out the editor any everything. I've watched your tutorials a lot to get more in depth with the editor and I've made some good missions. I was just wondering if its possible that you could develop a whole mission and make a tutorial on it. It would help me out a lot and I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Thanks alot Jester, really informative.
Just for the people who might want to use this for an actual mission, a better way to use the trigger would be to name the hostage guards (red1, red2, or something of the sorts), and then have the trigger activate on "!alive red1" and such.
This was covered in a previous tutorial, but I think this will be useful for those that didn't think of using it like that.
hey there Captain - again! i (and the giant bomb squad, although they don't know it) thank you! now we'll get to rescue live hostages, instead of finding dead ones. thank you terribly much for this!
Keep them coming man. I am learning a lot from you. Thanks!
Jester814......you simply rock. simple and straightforward unlike other videos
when creating a unit, the "Name" section is for the name you want the unit to be without seeing it in the selection menu so you can script things using the same name.
When creating the unit the "Description" section is where you want to add the name you want to see in the selection menu.
hope that helps!
Thanks for the video i found it to be very helpful.
Nice video and simple method to do this, thanks !
I just wonder, is it possible to make the hostages loot automatically the equipment once they are freed ? Is there a command for that ?
First of all, thanks a ton for your videos, especially these tutorials. I've been on bed rest for 2 weeks and have passed the time watching nearly your entire library on TH-cam. I'm now starting to make my own missions for my son to play. I have a question on the hostage trigger. Let's say that I only have one hostage. How does that first line work? Is it still [H1] join p1? Or do you take the brackets off? I can get everything to work except for they won't join me when I "rescue" them.
Thanks Jester! I've found this most useful. I've come up with a small compromise.
I set my trigger activation to 'OPFOR - Not present' - so when all the OPFOR are dead, the groups are automatically sorted out.
From me, I thank you!
Also, a small question. Did you get your name 'Jester' from Ghost Recon? - I loved Jester he was my favourite.
👍Nice work and my mission group thanks you!
Another great tutorial, thank you.
thank you
Hey Jester,
I really appreciate all the tutorials you do. I was hoping you could explain how to make the hostages follow any human player that walks into the trigger. Thanks!
awesome video, great job!
Great tutorial, as always. I'm having a problem with it, though: my hostages don't go prone at the start of the mission, but stand there waiting to catch a stray bullet. This seems strange--when I read others' comments, it seems their units have no problem going prone.
I tried adding a command to make them lie down (This setunitpos "down"; removeallweapons this;), but it does not take effect until after the trigger fires (though SetCaptive seems to work prior to the trigger firing). Once the trigger fires, the ai lay down and come join my group--not what I wanted.
Any suggestions? Here is what I am using on the hostages:
This setunitpos "down"; removeallweapons this; removeallitems this; removeheadgear this; removevest this; this unassignitem "nvgoggles"; this removeitem "nvgoggles"; this disableai "move"; this setcaptive true;
Yesss I was waiting for this :P
I had it as well! I looked down and thought that I had made a comment, but it was you!
Jester, thank you so much!!!!
very informative
Love your gameplays
Cool video, good tutorial. Keep it up!
man.... im so glad they added the "Survivor" Class. Lol
subscribed! 3rd helpful tutorial for mision edits
Great vid Drum, Thank you!
Nice! Thanks again!
Great vid as always mate. Any chance is making a vid enables an enemy motar team to work with a spotter. If the spotter sees you then the mortar team would start dropping bombs? So the mission would be to hunt for the spotter to stop the mortars. Also how can we make our mortar team have loads more rounds & also wp rounds? Many thanks
Good job, you have a gift, you did not piss me off once.
Still works, no need to sync though. Cheers Bud
It's the "Description" box. At least for the game selection menu
hehe I got your point. But still, don't be so modest- you make great tutorials. Thanks once again.
hi mate just wondering if you know what i would need to do in triggers in order to drop hostages off at a safe house then moving on. As i don't really want to have to nurse maid them, all our missions are dedicated servers missions so we all play coop.
I have a question, how do you set the second objective to appear once I complete the first one? I wanted to make a mission where you have to eliminate a group of soldiers and then move to a specific place on the map. Can you help?
If you want it to fail when they die, use !aliveh1 and !aliveH2, the trigger doesn't need detection or anything, just set the action to End #1 or #2
Great vid bros!
Awesome video
hey jester, I was wondering if you could explain how you managed to get the hostages to lie down and how you managed to get them to rise again when you enter the trigger? I have tried to script in the folder "Arma / Mission / Script" using action code "AmovPpneMstpSnonWnonDnon_Healed" or "AmovPpneMstpSnonWnonDnon_AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon" who is that person lies down without a weapon. but when i use this code as the person locked in that position. so I was wondering if you could explain to me how you got there. otherwise your video is very good!
Hey Jester, I was wondering if it is possible to change then name of a unit in the role selection menu in MP. All of them have these callsigns as Alpha 1-2 or Alpha 2-3. I was hoping to change them to Omega 2-6 or X-ray 2-2?
I don't know if i'm doing it wrong ... I'm use to the editor now and your tutorial is very clear to me but it does not seem to work on the beta ... the selection in the activation menu of the trigger is different ... I noticed that you did it on the alpha does it still work for you on the beta ? (NOTE : I'm just doing a setcaptive true to false on player when tehy enter in the trigger area) thanks
Quick question can you do this with enemy AI cause I’m trying to do a snatch and grab mission and I’m curious if the method is the same
Good job
Very nice tutorial, thank you :)
Do you know what the code would have been for the sniper mission you played? Like would it be something like "this setopfor true" or something?
can u do this on arma 2 and if so can u have theese codes or script codes on the trigger and the characters, or are there any differens?
Yes. 90% of the stuff in these tutorials work in ArmA 2 and 3.
I believe that 100% of the stuff in this particular video will work in ArmA 2.
If I remember right Jester, you can use a command called RemoveAllAssignedItems this, but I can't remember. Been a while since I had to remove those items.
In the editor go to the module you want and click show info on the window bottom.
Did you know any switchmove is still can use on arma 3 for a hostage???
(get tied and sitting on the ground )
Group button(f2), then click and drag
thank you kindly sir !
hey, i have a question. I know how to make a task fail if lets say H1 or H2 die, but how to make a task succeed if you get H1 and H2 to a safe position
i mean how to make a trigger that ONLY H1 and H2 can activate.
ty for all your videos, they are great, keep up the great work and i hope you know what im asking and i hope you can help me
I checked out it's kickstarter. Seeing as how it's the spiritual successor to SOCOM and assuming it's 3rd person the answer is absolutely yes I would play it. The kickstarter isn't doing too well though and it doesn't look like it's gonna get funded :(
Hi, if a want a player to be captive and un-able to move at the very begining, how do i do that? great video by the way :D
thx you
Could this work with the hostages as civilians in place of OPFOR soldiers?
2) (not sure if THAT is the difference?) - after the player was killed (this is a human player- its not a condition- in effect it's a rescue type coop mission), "mission completed" appeared, when I was expecting the mission fail ! If that makes sense? I have named these two triggers (they weren't named before) now, not sure how significant that is? Any ideas please? Thanks.
thank you, helps, I did a bit different.
How do you know all these triggers and things that you do in your guides!?!?
Can you edit existing missions, eg add weapon crate with modded m4. How do you load existing pbo to editor
what is H Hour?
It's a mod - Sabre's US Marines
which recording program u use?
How do I make an extraction zone where I lead them to get a Mission Complete?
Im having a problem, ive typed and retyped and watched and typed word for word what you said, but the editor keeps telling me that im missing ";" in certain spots and when I "correct" what it tells me, it says something like "Type String: Expected Nothing" or "Type Bool: Expected Nothing" any ideas why or how to fix it?
@Jester814 would you mind to teach how to random position of a "hostage"
if you want the hostage to join any human player you can put the following in the trigger Condition instead of the word "this", be aware though it will make the hostage join a human player only and there's no action you just need to be close enough...
IN THE TRIGGER CONDITION
player distance NAME_OF_HOSTAGE < 2
... will make the hostage join the player when they are 2 meters or less, change the number as you wish :)
how did you get the USMC and woodland infantry stuff
Hey man is it possible to make a simple server announcement when someone joins a server? (my server) Like a little box in the corner with text? Thanks!
How do you make it so your mission is compaetet ?
I'm a Wizard, Harry.
Is there anyway you could set a trigger to have the hostages get killed if you failed an objective or were detected?
Yeap, you could have an enemy guard near the hostage, set a trigger that states on act. 'derka dotarget hostage;derka dofire hostage'(something like that, cant remember), or just have a trigger with 'kill hostage' on act. That is far from refined, so, research it a bit better :D
Set a trigger with Activation: BLUFOR Detected by: OPFOR and OnAct h1 setcaptive false;
Couldn't you also have a larger trigger set to "activated by OPFOR" and have the condition set to "not present"?
1) hey Jester- I was hoping you might help (as you have many times before, unwittingly). I have a mission where if a certain unit is killed it's a mission fail- naming the unit and using the !alive - works fine... or so I thought. When testing, I hosted my mission and checked many times that worked ok. I also have a separate endmission (1#) as complete, using a trigger after a heli extraction- again, that seems fine. But playing this mission yesterday on a server...
Couldn't you just use the survivor character instead of rifleman and removing all their gear? Or would that not work?
I want to add this but in another mission. I want to be able to select "hostage mode" and start this mission. Is this possible?
Hey jester can this be done with two different teams like civi and independent
Is there any way to make the hostages not lay down?
Do a tutorial on how to do a Defence / Sieze modual please. Cant find any anywhere.
I'm trying this with a helicopter insertion and extraction and when the game starts up the team leader is already saying "5 join group" and then the helicopter wont take off because "5" is part of the group and isnt in the helicopter. How would I go about fixing this?
Well this works for one player, how do I trigger it to join for any BLUFOR
You mean, just anyone can google things these days?
Another great tutorial, thanks.
how do i get the hostage to join any blufor that goes into the trigger area vs a particular person, as naming 20 players is annoying...
Hello Jester. I have a amazing idea for a mission/missions and i was wondering if i could get your help in making it?
I tried this adding 2 hostiles but as soon as I shoot one the other one runs off. and when I enter the trigger zone only 1 hostage joins my group
i did all this exactly but when i went into the trigger they just stood up and did nothing. i didnt get the command bar at the bottom even though i set my soldier as a higher rank than the hostages. help please!
ok ive been messing with everything and if ur trying to set up a trigger to where the hostages are executed or something like i am, wat i did was i put the semicolon (;) after this so this is wat i put, (this; h1 setcaptive false;)