BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle

Arma 3 v0.50
First in Arma 2 v1.00

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Description

Function to spawn a certain vehicle type with all crew (including turrets). The vehicle can either become part of an existing group or create a new group.

Important
Before Arma 3 (Arma 2, Take On Helicopters):

a Functions Module must be placed in order to use this function

a side's center has to exist (by already having a unit of said side on the map)/be created via createCenter or the vehicle will spawn empty.

Syntax

[position, direction, type, sideOrGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle

Parameters:

position: Array format Position - desired position
direction: Number - desired azimuth/direction
type: String - type of the vehicle
sideOrGroup: Side or Group - side or existing group

Returns: Array format [createdVehicle, crew, group]:

createdVehicle: Object - the created vehicle
crew: Array of Objects - the vehicle's crew members
group: Group - created or passed group

Examples

Example 1

[getPos player, 180, "BMP3", east] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;

Example 2

private _result = [getPos player, 180, "BMP3", east] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;

private _vehicle = _result select 0;
_result params ["_vehicle", "_crew", "_group"];