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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => OFP - Editing/Scripting Multiplayer => Topic started by: Arctic on 27 Sep 2002, 01:58:12

Title: Chopper go to specific player
Post by: Arctic on 27 Sep 2002, 01:58:12

I am working on a script for an MP mission. An action menu appears on all of the players' screens which will bring up the choices for support.

How can I make it so that when player 3 calls for support, the chopper wont go to player 1. Is there a special command I should use? Or is there a code section I should put in the init of all of my scripts?

Title: Re:Chopper go to specific player
Post by: bn880 on 07 Oct 2002, 21:02:17

Best think to do is to make the Action menu appear on only one users machine.

Actually, can you post the description.ext for your dialog?  I will see what I can find out then.

Title: Re:Chopper go to specific player
Post by: Sui on 08 Oct 2002, 02:27:43

Welcome to the forums, guys

When a player activates a custom action, arguements are passed to the script. The player who called the action will be:

_this select 1

So if you use the line:

_unit = _this select 1

in your script, then make your chopper go to _unit.
However, I would definately put a piece of code at the start of the script that removes everyone's action to call the chopper... otherwise you may get more than one person calling it... and as a result get conflicting movement commands ;)

Title: Re:Chopper go to specific player
Post by: bn880 on 08 Oct 2002, 18:55:27

Quote from: Sui on 08 Oct 2002, 02:27:43

Welcome to the forums, guys

Actually I'm not new to the forum  :)  Been around since old OFPEC site, jsut don't post much cuz I don't see a New Msg search feature in YABB.

Title: Re:Chopper go to specific player
Post by: Sui on 09 Oct 2002, 01:48:17

All right then... welcome to the new forums ;D