DCS Class Unit

Scripting Root

Class Name:	Unit		Added with: 1.2.0
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Inherits:	Object, Coalition Object
Description:	Represents units: airplanes, helicopters, vehicles, ships and armed ground structures.
Member Functions:	isActive, getPlayerName, getID, getNumber, getCategoryEx, getObjectID, getController, getGroup, getCallsign, getLife, getLife0, getFuel, getAmmo, getSensors, hasSensors, getRadar, getDrawArgumentValue, getNearestCargos, enableEmission, getDescentCapacity Inherited from Object Class: isExist, destroy, getCategory, getTypeName, getDesc, hasAttribute, getName, getPoint, getPosition, getVelocity, inAir Inherited from Coalition Object Class: getCoalition, getCountry
Obtained Via:	Static Functions	Functions	Events
	Unit.getByName Unit.getDescByName	Group Class Functions: getUnits, getUnit	shot, hit, takeoff, land, crash, ejection, refueling, dead, pilot_dead, base_captured, refueling_stop, birth, human_failure, engine_startup, engine_shutdown, player_enter_unit, player_leave_unit, shooting_start, shooting_end
Enumerator Types:	enumerator for Unit categories. Note that Unit.Category values are not obtained by calling unit:getCategory() - that calls Object.getCategory(unit) and will always return the value Object.Category.UNIT. Instead you need to use unit:getDesc().category to find the Unit.Category! Unit.Category = { AIRPLANE = 0, HELICOPTER = 1, GROUND_UNIT = 2, SHIP = 3, STRUCTURE = 4 } Refueling system Unit.RefuelingSystem = { BOOM_AND_RECEPTACLE = 0, PROBE_AND_DROGUE = 1 } Sensor Types Unit.SensorType = { OPTIC = 0, RADAR = 1, IRST = 2, RWR = 3 } Optic Types Unit.OpticType = { TV = 0, --TV-sensor LLTV = 1, --Low-level TV-sensor IR = 2 --Infra-Red optic sensor } Radar Types Unit.RadarType = { AS = 0, --air search radar SS = 1 --surface/land search radar }
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