changing an existing action

[Surdus Priest]

suppose you want to make an action that does something, can you can do that something a certain number of times.

its similar to the laying mines action.

when an action like this is used:

player addaction ["Use this (3 Remaining)","usethat.sqs"]

i want it to change to:

player addaction ["Use this (2 Remaining)","usethat.sqs"]

the number remaining will be dependent on what the value of a variable is.

so what i need to know is how to modify an action without interfering with the action ID,
make the text in the action dependent on the variable (something like format),
and make the action immune to deletion in some way, i dont want the action deleted because the mission
it was used in had a function that deleted all actions.

ta

surdus

[LCD]

use a variable... like lets say set da variable called "uses"    lets say u set it to 3 like in :

uses = 3

and then u do a

player addaction [format ["Use this (%1 Remaining)",uses],"usethat.sqs"];

and everytime start da script

(_this select 0) removeaction (_this select 2)
uses = uses -1
? uses > 0 :player addaction [format ["Use this (%1 Remaining)",uses],"usethat.sqs"]

after dat put da script...

LCD OUT

[edit] ive been drunk yesterdayz... so i fixed couple of wrongs  

[Surdus Priest]

i understand the format part, but you lost me with the rest.  i can do it and take your word for it that it works, but i dont actually know what it does, can you explain a little but please?

[LCD]

yeah

basicly u need 2 have a variable dat counts how many times u want da action 2 b uses (hence i called it uses) and i told u 2 set it to 3...

use a variable... like lets say set da variable called "uses"    lets say u set it to 3 like in :

uses = 3

now where u add da action u use da format command in da name of da action... so it uses da varaible 2 set da name

player addaction [format ["Use this (%1 Remaining)",uses],"usethat.sqs"];

now in da script itself u do da next steps....

1) remove da action... in an action script... (_this select 0) equals da object da action is attached 2.... (_this select 2) equals da action ID number

(_this select 0) removeaction (_this select 2)

2) reduce da amount of uses left

uses = uses - 1

3) check if dere still more uses availble... and add da action again if dere r

? uses > 0 :player addaction [format ["Use this (%1 Remaining)",uses],"usethat.sqs"]

dats it i think

LCD OUT

[Surdus Priest]

that works really well, thank you.

there are just 2 more questions, i could figure this out myself, but i wanna get this script released soon;

i need to make the number remaining, refresh when a trigger in game is activated. so it changes the action text.

i also need a way of making the action reappear incase the mission accidentally deletes it.

surdus

EDIT: actually on second thoughts forget about the making it immune to deletion part, since if the editor does accidenty delete it then its his/her own fault

but what would be handy, is the first one.

its just the same as with mines, only harder, when you use a mine, the number in the action menus goes down one, and when you pick up another mine, it goes up, so i want something like that. 

surdus again