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Title: Get vehicle type.
Post by: CopyrightPhilly on 22 Dec 2004, 12:23:41

i'm been searching the forums and the command reference but i couldnt find anything.

How would i return the type (not name) of a vehicle?
Say the vehicle is a Abrams it would return "M1Abrams"

cheers

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: Artak on 22 Dec 2004, 12:33:11

vehicletype = typeOf unitname

 :wave:

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: CopyrightPhilly on 22 Dec 2004, 12:42:25

yeai i tryed that but like the following:

vehicle init:

[this] exec "script.sqs"



script.sqs:

_unit=_this select 0
_type = typeOf _unit
hint format["%1",_type]
end




but when i run that i get an error with the _unit part:
_type = typeOf #_unit

any ideas?

cheers

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: Artak on 22 Dec 2004, 12:48:46

Hmm.. Can't see anything wrong with it. Try hint format ["%1",_unit] and see what it gives you.

by the way, what version are you running? typeof was added in 1.85 or was it 1.91  :-X

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: CopyrightPhilly on 22 Dec 2004, 12:51:11

that would explane why that one dosnt work then...

I am making it for 1.46 and not res...

is there any way to do it for 1.46?

cheers

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: Artak on 22 Dec 2004, 12:56:35

No not that I know of.
That's why the typeof command was added, to solve situations like this.  :-\

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: CopyrightPhilly on 22 Dec 2004, 12:58:16

k, what i'll do then is add the type the the exec...

so say:
[this,M1Abrams] exec "script.sqs"

that should solve me problem...

thanks for the help anyway Artak

Title: Re:Get vehicle type.
Post by: Triggerhappy on 22 Dec 2004, 13:47:57

vehicle types are strings, so it would be "M1Abrams"