I am trying to set up an airborne drop of troops. I still have not figured this out yet so here is what I would like to be able to do...

1. I need to set the altitude of my Chinook at a set height, and I need the helo to slow down to a given speed.
2. I need to get those troops out the back as fast as possible at a given location.
3. I need to get the Chinook to return to an airbase or carrier and land there, i know how to get more troops on the helo if I needed to.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.

I'm not an expert, but for 1) you could try
unitname FlyInHeight x
for x in meters.
For 2), would a normal waypoint "transport unload" do the trick?

Hmm I have always had a problem with FlyInHeight. I use it on choppers in such form "This FlyInHeight 100" but regardless of what variable I use the helicopter always starts an altitude of 50...

for 1.



should do the trick. Chopper might still change altitude a bit though.

for 2.
Transport unload works fine. Alternatively you can use one of the many paradrop scripts around and execute it if the chopper is near the ground > 2 meters. inside a trigger which is activated by either the side or vehicle (syncronize trigger with chinook).

Transport unload will not work for this.

There are a few ways of doing it. If you want a good effect, you'll need scripting, otherwise, the action command should work.



It's a bit tedious to put this for each unit in your group though, so what's usually better is this:



(Where chinook is the name of the aircraft in question, and squadleader is the name of the squadleader)

When I use this code for some reason my AI pilot decides to fly back to the default altitude of 50...

then try...



If i remember correctly the FlyInHeight command does not use the same figures as the actual altitude, can be a little weird. Try experimenting with a few different numbers.

You have to put it on your waypoint aswell