BIS fnc spawnEnemy: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Constantly spawns enemies around a player according to array of enemy classes. The units will try to hunt down the player.
Execution:: spawn
Groups:: Object Manipulation

Syntax:: [aPlayer, target, side, classes, maxEnemies, delay, code] spawn BIS_fnc_spawnEnemy
Parameters:: aPlayer: Object - a unit that is a player
: target: Object - reference object (enemies will be spawned on same direction in respect to the player)
: side: Side - side of the spawned enemies
: classes: Array of Strings - list of enemy classes (units will form a group together)
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Classes must be of the defined side, otherwise they will attack each other.
: maxEnemies: Number - (Optional, default 10) maximum number of enemies at once
: delay: Number - (Optional, default 30) time between spawn waves
: code: Code - (Optional, default {}) - code to execute on each unit (referenced by _this)
Return Value:: Nothing

Example 1:: [player, player, opfor, ["O_Soldier_F"]] spawn BIS_fnc_spawnEnemy;

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 |s1= [aPlayer, target, side, classes, maxEnemies, delay, code] spawn [[BIS_fnc_spawnEnemy]]
-|pr= This function displays an error every time (at least in {{arma3}}) as it uses an undefined variable (typo '''line 30''', {{hl|_players}}&nbsp;)
+|p1= aPlayer: [[Object]] - a unit that [[isPlayer|is a player]]
-|p1= aPlayer: [[Object]] - player
+|p2= target: [[Object]] - reference object (enemies will be spawned on same direction in respect to the player)
-|p2= target: [[Object]] - refence object (enemies will be spawned on same direction in respect to the player)
 |p3= side: [[Side]] - side of the spawned enemies
 |p4= classes: [[Array]] of [[String]]s - list of enemy classes (units will form a group together)
+{{Feature|important|Classes must be of the defined ''side'', otherwise they will attack each other.}}
 |p5= maxEnemies: [[Number]] - (Optional, default 10) maximum number of enemies at once