Entity Spawning?

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Hey guys,

I am attempting to make my first callout which is a convoy attack. I am running into a problem with spawning peds and vehicles.

This is the problem:

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It all spawns on top of each other, so I tried to resolve this problem by doing this:
 

 //Officer Spawns
            officer1 = new Ped("s_m_y_hwaycop_01", spawn, 0f);
            Vector3 o1 = officer1.GetOffsetPosition(new Vector3(15f, -3f, 0f));
            officer2 = new Ped("s_m_y_hwaycop_01", o1, 0f);
            officer2.GetTextureVariationCount(0, 1); //Another "look" or "clothing style" of this ped
            o1 = officer1.GetOffsetPosition(new Vector3(12f, -8f, 0f));
            officer3 = new Ped("s_m_y_hwaycop_01", o1, 0f);
            officer3.GetTextureVariationCount(0, 2);

Basically just using GetoffsetPosition..

Is there a better / more efficient way of doing this? I'd prefer to have officers on one side, and bad guys on the other (all shielded by their vehicles).

Thanks,
Tanu / Talatactics

Edited December 10, 2015 by tanu1215

[Albo1125 4550]

Vector3 o1 = officer1.GetOffsetPosition(Vector3.RelativeFront * 3f);

Same can be done with Vector3.RelativeBack etc.

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30 minutes ago, Albo1125 said:

Vector3 o1 = officer1.GetOffsetPosition(Vector3.RelativeFront * 3f);

Same can be done with Vector3.RelativeBack etc.

So if I use this, I can make it have officers and their vehicles on one side of the street and gunmen and their vehicle on the other?

What if streets happen to be too narrow? Ex: Vinewood hills?

[Albo1125 4550]

1 hour ago, tanu1215 said:

So if I use this, I can make it have officers and their vehicles on one side of the street and gunmen and their vehicle on the other?

What if streets happen to be too narrow? Ex: Vinewood hills?

If you want precise locations, the best thing is to collect the location data yourself. 

You can oppose vehicles and officers with RelativeLeft or relativeright and relative front or relative back respectively.