#AUFTRAG/#OPS/#RESCUEHELO - make the NewRescueHelo AUFTRAG use Ops.Rescuehelo as basis. #2199

Moose Development/Moose/Ops/RescueHelo.lua

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ _RESCUEHELOID=0
 
 --- Class version.
 -- @field #string version
-RESCUEHELO.version="1.1.0"
+RESCUEHELO.version="1.2.0"
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- TODO list
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ RESCUEHELO.version="1.1.0"
 -- DONE: Possibility to add already present/spawned aircraft, e.g. for warehouse.
 -- DONE: Add rescue event when aircraft crashes.
 -- DONE: Make offset input parameter.
+-- DONE: Make useable for AUFTRAG
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Constructor
@@ -336,6 +337,9 @@ function RESCUEHELO:New(carrierunit, helogroupname)
   self:AddTransition("*",             "Status",     "*")
   self:AddTransition("*",             "Stop",       "Stopped")
 
+  
+  self:I(self.lid.."Started.")
+
 
   --- Triggers the FSM event "Start" that starts the rescue helo. Initializes parameters and starts event handlers.
   -- @function [parent=#RESCUEHELO] Start
@@ -870,15 +874,25 @@ function RESCUEHELO:onafterStart(From, Event, To)
   
   -- Delay before formation is started.
   local delay=120
-    
-  -- Spawn helo. We need to introduce an alias in case this class is used twice. This would confuse the spawn routine.
-  local Spawn=SPAWN:NewWithAlias(self.helogroupname, self.alias)
   
-  -- Set modex for spawn.
-  Spawn:InitModex(self.modex)
-
+  local UsesAliveGroup=false
+  local Spawn = GROUP:FindByName(self.helogroupname)
+  if Spawn and Spawn:IsAlive() then
+    self.helo=Spawn
+    UsesAliveGroup = true
+    delay = 1 
+  else
+    
+    -- Spawn helo. We need to introduce an alias in case this class is used twice. This would confuse the spawn routine.
+    local Spawn=SPAWN:NewWithAlias(self.helogroupname, self.alias)
+  
+    -- Set modex for spawn.
+    Spawn:InitModex(self.modex)
+  
+  end
+  
   -- Spawn in air or at airbase.
-  if self.takeoff==SPAWN.Takeoff.Air then
+  if UsesAliveGroup==false and self.takeoff==SPAWN.Takeoff.Air then
   
     -- Carrier heading
     local hdg=self.carrier:GetHeading()
@@ -898,7 +912,7 @@ function RESCUEHELO:onafterStart(From, Event, To)
     -- Start formation in 1 seconds
     delay=1
     
-  else  
+  elseif UsesAliveGroup==false and self.uncontrolledac then  
  
     -- Check if an uncontrolled helo group was requested.
     if self.uncontrolledac then
@@ -918,9 +932,9 @@ function RESCUEHELO:onafterStart(From, Event, To)
         -- No group of that name!
         self:E(string.format("ERROR: No uncontrolled (alive) rescue helo group with name %s could be found!", self.helogroupname))
         return
-      end
+      end  
        
-    else    
+    elseif UsesAliveGroup==false then   
 
       -- Spawn at airbase.
       self.helo=Spawn:SpawnAtAirbase(self.airbase, self.takeoff, nil, AIRBASE.TerminalType.HelicopterUsable)