deleteVehicle

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Description

Description:

Delete an object. Note that only units inserted in the mission editor and units created during the game's progress can be deleted by this command. Island objects and player units can't be removed.

Multiplayer:

A deleted player unit will stay visible until that player has disconnected.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

deleteVehicle object

Parameters:

object: Object

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

deleteVehicle _house1

Attention Deleting a vehicle, which is still being accessed by a running script, can result in a CTD.

Additional Information

See also:

createUnitcreateUnit arraycreateVehicle arraycreateVehicleLocalcreateVehicle

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 3, 2006 - 14:30

hardrock

Notes from before the conversion: If you run deleteVehicle for every playable soldier, the AI units will be removed. deleteVehicle unit1 will result in some very strange, and unwelcome, things happening. A safer way to delete unit1 if it is, or might be, inside a vehicle is: unassignVehicle unit1
unit1 setPos [0,0,0]
deleteVehicle unit1 This is because you cannot call deleteVehicle on a unit (soldier) who's currently inside a Vehicle. The line below works just fine for units that have been deleted. if (alive unit1) then {hint"He is alive"} else {hint"Oh no he's not"}

Posted on January 14, 2009 - 12:35

Kronzky

Units in vehicles cannot be deleted.
It doesn't matter whether it's the default crew (e.g. {driver car1}), or a unit that has been placed into a vehicle (e.g. {unit1 moveInCargo car1; deleteVehicle unit1}). In either case the unit will stay alive and visible in its position.
To circumvent this limitation, eject the unit first, before deleting it.

Posted on August 6, 2009 - 11:30

Shuko

In Arma 2 deleting units in vehicles work. Trigger with the code below will remove APC, crew and the group that is moveincargo'd. {deletevehicle _x} foreach crew (thislist select 0); deletevehicle (thislist select 0);

Posted on April 6, 2010

galzohar

Deleting a vehicle that has units in it can (but not always will) cause some weird bugs, for example "locking" the unit in freelook mode making it unable to turn or use the action menu, or leave "ghosts" of vehicle crew members if those were deleted after the vehicle deletion (deleting the crew before the vehicle works, as in the above example).

Posted on July 20, 2010

Cobra4v320

Here is a shorter and easier method of deleting a vehicle and its crew at the same time. You can place it into the vehicles ending waypoint or a trigger. {deleteVehicle _X} forEach (crew vehiclename)+[vehiclename]