--- **Functional** -- Limit the MOVEMENT of simulaneous moving ground vehicles. -- -- === -- -- Limit the simultaneous movement of Groups within a running Mission. -- This module is defined to improve the performance in missions, and to bring additional realism for GROUND vehicles. -- Performance: If in a DCSRTE there are a lot of moving GROUND units, then in a multi player mission, this WILL create lag if -- the main DCS execution core of your CPU is fully utilized. So, this class will limit the amount of simultaneous moving GROUND units -- on defined intervals (currently every minute). -- @module Functional.Movement -- @image MOOSE.JPG --- the MOVEMENT class -- @type MOVEMENT -- @extends Core.Base#BASE MOVEMENT = { ClassName = "MOVEMENT", } --- Creates the main object which is handling the GROUND forces movement. -- @param table{string,...}|string MovePrefixes is a table of the Prefixes (names) of the GROUND Groups that need to be controlled by the MOVEMENT Object. -- @param number MoveMaximum is a number that defines the maximum amount of GROUND Units to be moving during one minute. -- @return MOVEMENT -- @usage -- -- Limit the amount of simultaneous moving units on the ground to prevent lag. -- Movement_US_Platoons = MOVEMENT:New( { 'US Tank Platoon Left', 'US Tank Platoon Middle', 'US Tank Platoon Right', 'US CH-47D Troops' }, 15 ) function MOVEMENT:New( MovePrefixes, MoveMaximum ) local self = BASE:Inherit( self, BASE:New() ) -- #MOVEMENT self:F( { MovePrefixes, MoveMaximum } ) if type( MovePrefixes ) == 'table' then self.MovePrefixes = MovePrefixes else self.MovePrefixes = { MovePrefixes } end self.MoveCount = 0 -- The internal counter of the amount of Moveing the has happened since MoveStart. self.MoveMaximum = MoveMaximum -- Contains the Maximum amount of units that are allowed to move... self.AliveUnits = 0 -- Contains the counter how many units are currently alive self.MoveUnits = {} -- Reflects if the Moving for this MovePrefixes is going to be scheduled or not. self:HandleEvent( EVENTS.Birth ) -- self:AddEvent( world.event.S_EVENT_BIRTH, self.OnBirth ) -- -- self:EnableEvents() self:ScheduleStart() return self end --- Call this function to start the MOVEMENT scheduling. function MOVEMENT:ScheduleStart() self:F() --self.MoveFunction = routines.scheduleFunction( self._Scheduler, { self }, timer.getTime() + 1, 120 ) self.MoveFunction = SCHEDULER:New( self, self._Scheduler, {}, 1, 120 ) end --- Call this function to stop the MOVEMENT scheduling. -- @todo need to implement it ... Forgot. function MOVEMENT:ScheduleStop() self:F() end --- Captures the birth events when new Units were spawned. -- @todo This method should become obsolete. The new @{DATABASE} class will handle the collection administration. -- @param #MOVEMENT self -- @param Core.Event#EVENTDATA self function MOVEMENT:OnEventBirth( EventData ) self:F( { EventData } ) if timer.getTime0() < timer.getAbsTime() then -- dont need to add units spawned in at the start of the mission if mist is loaded in init line if EventData.IniDCSUnit then self:T( "Birth object : " .. EventData.IniDCSUnitName ) if EventData.IniDCSGroup and EventData.IniDCSGroup:isExist() then for MovePrefixID, MovePrefix in pairs( self.MovePrefixes ) do if string.find( EventData.IniDCSUnitName, MovePrefix, 1, true ) then self.AliveUnits = self.AliveUnits + 1 self.MoveUnits[EventData.IniDCSUnitName] = EventData.IniDCSGroupName self:T( self.AliveUnits ) end end end end EventData.IniUnit:HandleEvent( EVENTS.DEAD, self.OnDeadOrCrash ) end end --- Captures the Dead or Crash events when Units crash or are destroyed. -- @todo This method should become obsolete. The new @{DATABASE} class will handle the collection administration. function MOVEMENT:OnDeadOrCrash( Event ) self:F( { Event } ) if Event.IniDCSUnit then self:T( "Dead object : " .. Event.IniDCSUnitName ) for MovePrefixID, MovePrefix in pairs( self.MovePrefixes ) do if string.find( Event.IniDCSUnitName, MovePrefix, 1, true ) then self.AliveUnits = self.AliveUnits - 1 self.MoveUnits[Event.IniDCSUnitName] = nil self:T( self.AliveUnits ) end end end end --- This function is called automatically by the MOVEMENT scheduler. A new function is scheduled when MoveScheduled is true. function MOVEMENT:_Scheduler() self:F( { self.MovePrefixes, self.MoveMaximum, self.AliveUnits, self.MovementGroups } ) if self.AliveUnits > 0 then local MoveProbability = ( self.MoveMaximum * 100 ) / self.AliveUnits self:T( 'Move Probability = ' .. MoveProbability ) for MovementUnitName, MovementGroupName in pairs( self.MoveUnits ) do local MovementGroup = Group.getByName( MovementGroupName ) if MovementGroup and MovementGroup:isExist() then local MoveOrStop = math.random( 1, 100 ) self:T( 'MoveOrStop = ' .. MoveOrStop ) if MoveOrStop <= MoveProbability then self:T( 'Group continues moving = ' .. MovementGroupName ) trigger.action.groupContinueMoving( MovementGroup ) else self:T( 'Group stops moving = ' .. MovementGroupName ) trigger.action.groupStopMoving( MovementGroup ) end else self.MoveUnits[MovementUnitName] = nil end end end return true end