remoteControl

1.001.501.000.50

LALocalGEGlobal

Hover & click on the images for description

Description

Description:

Switches on remote control of the unit. Command needs to be executed locally to the player. If driver is remote it will get transferred to players PC.

ⓘ

There is currently no getter command for remote control, but it is possible to use a trick described in Example 3.

Groups:

Remote Control

Syntax

Syntax:

who remoteControl whom

Parameters:

who: Object - controlling unit

whom: Object - controlled unit

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

Set player remote control of driver:

player remoteControl driver UAV; driver UAV switchCamera "Internal"; // switchCamera required // sometimes switchCamera is not needed player remoteControl driver UAV;

Example 2:

Return control to player:

objNull remoteControl driver UAV;

Example 3:

A dirty hack to return controlling unit because of the absence of dedicated getter:

SQF_fnc_remoteControlledBy = { params ["_obj"]; if (!isNull objectParent _obj) exitWith { UAVControl _obj select 0 }; private _res = [objNull]; isNil { private _pos = getPosWorld _obj; private _dirUp = [vectorDirVisual _obj, vectorUpVisual _obj]; private _anim = animationState _obj; private _dummy = "PaperCar" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0]; _obj moveInAny _dummy; _res = uavControl _dummy; _obj setPosWorld _pos; _obj setVectorDirAndUp _dirUp; _obj switchMove _anim; deleteVehicle _dummy; }; _res select 0 };

Usage (could be scheduled or unscheduled):

[] spawn { player remoteControl bob; systemChat str (bob call SQF_fnc_remoteControlledBy); // B Alpha 1-1:1 (KK) objNull remoteControl bob; systemChat str (bob call SQF_fnc_remoteControlledBy); // <NULL-object> };

Additional Information

See also:

switchCamera selectPlayer UAVControl

Notes

Report bugs on the Feedback Tracker and/or discuss them on the Arma Discord or on the Forums.
Only post proven facts here! Add Note

TeRp - c

Posted on Jun 04, 2009 - 18:55 (UTC)

You must use switchCamera in order to remote control a unit.
You can only remoteControl characters, e.g. if yo want to remote control a car, you have to add a driver and use

player remoteControl driver someVehicle

Lou Montana - c

Posted on Jan 25, 2010 - 14:35 (UTC)

1.05

Arma 2 v1.05:

• You can remoteControl multiple units at the same time.
• It is not needed to switchCamera to the unit to be able to control it - it is needed to be able to fire with.
• The switchCamera is fixed : the player can't change internal/external/optics view.
• Do not think about it like a selectPlayer: it is used to give the control to the vehicle role the unit is in.
• switchCamera to the vehicle the unit is in; the camera will go depending the role you are remoteControlling.
• The AI driver won't follow your vehicle move orders.
• If the player dies, the death screen will appear, not automatically turning back to the player.
• If you want to stop the remote control, use objNull as remote controller.
• Example:

player remoteControl driver jeep1; // will remoteControl it, you still will have full control of the player jeep1 switchCamera "internal"; // fix the camera to the vehicle and not to driver jeep1! waitUntil { !(alive jeep1) || !(alive player) }; objNull remoteControl driver jeep1; // removes the remoteControlling player switchCamera "internal"; // returns to the player

thedawnofallwars - c

Posted on Sep 17, 2020 - 03:01 (UTC)

Far and away the easiest way to check the unit remote controlling an AI is using BIS_fnc_moduleRemoteControl_owner This will return the unit in question which you can then run name on to find the controller's name.

private _name = "-"; _who = _unit getVariable ["BIS_fnc_moduleRemoteControl_owner", objNull]; if (!isNull _who) then { _name = name _who; };