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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => ArmA - Editing/Scripting Multiplayer => Topic started by: Captain on 11 Jun 2007, 10:50:18

Title: AddAction Radio
Post by: Captain on 11 Jun 2007, 10:50:18

Thankyou Mr Peanut, I hope to submit this to the Missions Depot at some point. It's based on the BAS_f Framework and uses IgorDrugov'(sp?) Platoon Control Panel among other scripts. It's a small scale coop mission for about 6 player as Igor' PCP has issues on a dedicated server, that and I have few real life ArmA players to LAN with.  So for the same mission but a different script (of which I have no reference script) I was hoping you could whip up a small script that would check when unit A was within 5 meters of unit B and that unit B has the item "MAP_Radio" in his inventory, all things being true unit A should then have an addaction assigned that says something like "Platoon Control", once clicked it should launch this line...

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[] exec "PCP\Client\DlgControl.sqs"
I'm sorry I'm a bit scripting crap. I know how to use them and have modified many but trying to write them myself... well it's like a monkey attempting shakespeare.  :(

Title: Re: AddAction Radio
Post by: Mr.Peanut on 12 Jun 2007, 16:40:36

It will work only for units in the same group. In init for each playable unit:

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nul = [this] execVM "radiocheck.sqf"If you need it to JIP combatible then you need to add that code line to your init.sqf/sqs instead.

Script radiocheck.sqf

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if (isPlayer _this) then
{
   _grp = group player;
   while {TRUE && alive player} do
   {
      waitUntil {{player distance _x < 5  && alive _x && "MAP_RADIO" in weapons _x && _x != player  && alive player} count units _grp > 0};
      radioID = player addAction["Use Radio","PCP\Client\DlgControl.sqs", [], 0, false, false, ""];
      waitUntil {{player distance _x < 5  && alive _x && "MAP_RADIO" in weapons _x && _x != player  && alive player} count units _grp < 1};
      player removeAction radioID;
    };
};
Hopefully, the dialog will open quickly enough to prevent multiple instances i.e. player clicks on the actio nagain beore dialog has opened.

     

Title: Re: AddAction Radio
Post by: Captain on 13 Jun 2007, 13:02:22

hmmm, no joy Mr.Peanut. I get an 'Error invalid number in expression C:\Docum..........\ArmA\MPMissions\missionname\radiocheck.sqf Line1' :dunno:

Title: Re: AddAction Radio
Post by: Mr.Peanut on 13 Jun 2007, 15:20:38

Arf! I see one problem! I was assuming that each unit would be filled by a player.

Change init line to:

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nul = this execVM "radiocheck.sqf"
And change first line in the script to:

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if (isPlayer _this) then
I do not think this is the bug causing the error message but it is a bug none the less. Have made these changes to my previous post.