flyInHeight

1.00

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Description

Description:

Sets the flying altitude for aircraft relatively to the ground surface. Avoid too low altitudes, as helicopters and planes won't evade trees and obstacles on the ground. The default flying altitude is 100 meters.

Groups:

Object Manipulation

Syntax

Syntax:

aircraft flyInHeight altitude

Parameters:

aircraft: Object

altitude: Number - flying altitude in meters

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_helicopter flyInHeight 40;

Additional Information

See also:

flyInHeightASLswimInDepth

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 4, 2006 - 10:50

hardrock

Notes from before the conversion:
From 1.80 - flyInHeight now affects not only helicopters, but also planes.

Posted on August 4, 2006 - 12:18

UNN

A plane's flyInHeight is restricted to a minimum of 20 meters.

Posted on December 15, 2008 - 19:04

Kronzky

A flyInHeight of 0 will keep the chopper pinned to the ground, even when the engines have been started.

Posted on 00:53, 11 April 2009 (CEST)

Jtgibson

If a helo has no waypoints, it will assume a low hover without regard to this setting.