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Title: cleandead script?
Post by: Trash Can Man on 05 May 2011, 05:48:09

I have searched for a cleandead script for ofp but i am confused. Is there a script that will cleanup dead bodies,vehicles without us having to bury them? if so...where is it? I would like to have one that starts the moment we enter the mission and run all the time.

TCM

Title: Re: cleandead script?
Post by: Lone~Wolf on 05 May 2011, 10:11:10

A quick workaround that immediately comes to mind is to use a trigger which runs once for every unit on the battlefield by having the condition field to be:

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{_x exec "removalscript.sqs"} forEach thislistand then writing the script such:

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_p = _this

#START

@((!(alive _p))||(getdammage _p >= 1))
; When the unit is killed...

_randwait = (random 120)+60
; Pick a random time to wait
~(_randwait)
; Wait that amount of time

?(!(alive _p))||(getdammage _p >= 1) : deletevehicle _p; exit
goto "START"
; Check that they haven't respawned or come back to life and if not then delete their body and exit the script, otherwise go back to the start.I just threw this together now so I can't guarantee it'll work but give it a try, or just search OFPEC for an already existing much better script.

Cheers.

Title: Re: cleandead script?
Post by: Trash Can Man on 05 May 2011, 21:59:30

well, i tried it   :confused:  I am uncertain what the activation should be...

TCM

Title: Re: cleandead script?
Post by: j0e on 06 May 2011, 12:41:22

The trigger parameters should be "ONCE", "PRESENT" and "ANYBODY".

However I have some notes and suggestions for you:

° trigger won't list empty vehicles (taken from "EMPTY" menu);
° trigger won't list vehicles;
° trigger will list only one crew of vehicles;

Do a test: place an armored vehicle in which
there are normally 3 soldiers (tanks, ..).
In the line "On Activation" write:

Hint Format ["%1",ThisList]

Maybe you expect to see 3 units + 1 vehicles in the hint message,
but surprise it is not so.
I don't remember which type of crew is listed, commander or driver.

° all machines will exec as many istances of the script as the listed units;

If you have 100 units, your machine execs 100 istances of the script.
I would use a unique script to monitor the units, but of course
the code must be structured in a different way.

° two or more machines COULD try to delete the same unit at the same time;

Yeah, not high probability, but still possible.

° after deletion, other machines COULD do a null-check;

This time the probability to happen is greater.
After a machine deleted a unit, f.e. "Alpha Black 1", the others could not
have reached in time the line:

?(!(alive _p))||(getdammage _p >= 1) : deletevehicle _p; exit

and since "Alpha Black 1" became a null-object, they'll do a null-check on "_p".
The program skips the null-check, because invalid, so the loop for
"Alpha Black 1" will never end.

° why to use "getdammage" and "!alive"?

Did I miss something?
I know "!Alive _p" is equal to "GetDammage _p==1", isn't?

Title: Re: cleandead script?
Post by: Trash Can Man on 07 May 2011, 22:11:45

lone wolf... u r a genius! It works very well, in fact too well! thanx for your help everyone! topic locked..

TCM($)