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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => OFP - Editing/Scripting General => Topic started by: Tyger on 05 Jul 2004, 02:53:23

Title: Mine laying
Post by: Tyger on 05 Jul 2004, 02:53:23

I'm making a mission where the player is a Sergeant, and he is SIC when NATO invades one of the islands in the Malden chain. After 1-2 missions he is sent to SpecFor camp, and becomes Ranger of Black Op. Then his first mission is to lay some mines on a road.

My problem is to check and see weath the mines have been placed by the soldier. I tried Event Handlers, but I don't know wheather or not they work for V 1.46 (Yeah, I know i'm behind the times... :P).

Anyone got a solution?

Thanx

Tyger

Title: Re:Mine laying
Post by: Terox on 05 Jul 2004, 16:18:38

create an addaction script for the player in question which creates a mine at the position of the player every time he selects the action
The script would reduce the count of a global variable everytime the player uses the addaction
and then when the mine count = 0, a publicvariable will be issued which you could then have a script waiting on and do whatever it is you need to do after all the mines are placed
The below system also removes the action from the unit when all his mines are used up

Add the following to the init.sqs, where the player unit name is W1

INIT.sqs

Quote

?(Player == W1): Mineaction = Player addaction ["Lay mine","Placemine.sqs"]
tx_Minecount = 10
tx_Minesplaced = false
?(local server):[] exec "Loopingscript.sqs"

Placemine.sqs

Quote

_minepos = getpos player
_mine =  "mine" createvehicle _minepos
tx_Minecount =tx_Minecount -1
?(tx_minecount <= 0): tx_Minesplaced = true; publicvariable "tx_Minesplaced"
?( tx_Minesplaced): Player removeaction "Mineaction"
exit

You will then need your own looping script or place the following query in an existing looping script

Looping Script line

?(tx_Minesplaced): [] exec "whateveryouwant.sqs"

eg

LoopinScript.sqs

Quote

#START
~1
?(tx_Minesplaced):goto "SKIP"
goto "START"

#SKIP
Add whatever lines you need to run when the mines have been placed
exit

PS not quite sure what the classname for a mine is or whether you can createvehicle it

Title: Re:Mine laying
Post by: Tyger on 06 Jul 2004, 15:42:42

Thanx 4 the help, terox :)