Setup

Configuration

Waves:setup({
    adminPilotNames = {
        'Steve Jobs',
        'Linus Torvalds',
        'Bill Gates',
    },
    waves = {
        ['Wave 2'] = {
            trigger = {
                type = 'time',
                value = 12600, -- 3.5 hours
            },
            groups = {
                ['F-14B'] = {
                    category = Group.Category.AIRPLANE,
                    country = country.USA,
                    zone = 'Reinforcement Staging',
                    scatter = 15,
                    orders = {},
                    units = {
                        ['F-14B'] = 3,
                    },
                },
                ['Ground A'] = {
                    category = Group.Category.GROUND,
                    country = country.USA,
                    zone = 'Reinforcement Staging',
                    scatter = 5,
                    orders = {},
                    units = {
                        ['Infantry'] = 4,
                    }
                },
                ['Ground B'] = {
                    category = Group.Category.GROUND,
                    country = country.USA,
                    zone = 'Reinforcement Staging',
                    scatter = 5,
                    orders = {},
                    units = {
                        ['RPG'] = 1,
                        ['Infantry'] = 3,
                        ['JTAC'] = 1,
                    }
                },
            },
        },
    },
})

adminPilotNames table
- list of pilots who should see the menu
waves table
- collection of reinforcement waves for this mission
- wave
  - trigger table
    - type one of time, flag, event, or menu
    - value a time, flag name / number, event id / filter, or menu item text
  - groups table
    - list of groups to spawn
    - group
      - category a member of Groups.Category indicating the group's category
      - country a country id
      - zone where to spawn the group
      - scatter how far apart, in meters, to scatter units at spawn
      - orders table
        
        a list of DCS AI tasks for the group to perform
      - units table
        
        key: the unit type to spawn
        
        value: how many to spawn in the group