[WAD] ScenEdit_SetUnitSide

[tjhkkr]

ScenEdit_SetUnitSide does not allow me to use the aircraft after changing sides.

After using the command, the ScenEdit_SetUnitSide did change the single unit airfield, but it would not let me use any of the aircraft stationed on it.
An issue?

Thank you!

[RoryAndersonCDT]

Thanks, Logged

[RoryAndersonCDT]

Further investigation, this isn't a bug, would need to change the side of those hosted units as well via Lua.

[michaelm75au]

SetUnitSide() will change all the units in group. But for hosted units, you need to change the units based there. We can't assume all units at the base should change side, as the designer may only want certain ones to change to one side or the other.

[michaelm75au]

Example of how to affect the hosted units:

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-- find the wrapper for the airfield
 local unit = ScenEdit_GetUnit( {name='RAAF Darwin/Darwin International', guid='aeeca904-d5de-4850-a208-bddd7c2f41b0'})
 print(unit.hostedUnits )
 -- loop thru the hosted aircraft
 for i =1, #unit.hostedUnits['Aircraft'] 
 do 
    -- get the wrapper for the aircraft
    local u = ScenEdit_GetUnit( { guid=unit.hostedUnits['Aircraft'][i] } )
    -- change the side of the unit
    u = ScenEdit_SetUnitSide( {side=u.side, name=u.guid, newside= 'Neutral' })
    -- response should be true/false if it worked
 end
 -- change side of the base
 ScenEdit_SetUnitSide( {side=unit.side, name=unit.guid, newside= 'Neutral' })

[tjhkkr]

Baloogan... THANK YOU very much as always.

michaelm75au A double thank you for the code to do this... SINCERELY appreciated.

May I place your example into the LUA CODE repository? Others could benefit from this...

[michaelm75au]

My Lua is your Lua [:D]