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Title: GetPOS Update me Please (forgot)
Post by: cpt.Hawkeyez on 23 Jan 2003, 18:05:11

Okay Im not sure about this but I cam created a white flare and then I need to keep it in a position in unison with a west soldier named frank so it looks like he as a flashlight on his head. Now how do you write the loop that keeps the flare with frank? I already know the position where I want the flare at so how do I   do  it.

Thanks
CymPaTheeY

Title: Re:GetPOS Update me Please (forgot)
Post by: Ranger on 23 Jan 2003, 19:03:14

I hope and assume that you created the flare within a script.  If so, you just need a loop to keep setting the flare's position.

Use the following script as an example and modify as necessary:

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_flare = "flare" camCreate (getPos frank)

#Loop
_flare setPos (getPos frank)

goto "Loop"

That's it!  You may want to add a condition that will exit the script, such as if you allow Frank to turn off the "flashlight".

Title: Re:GetPOS Update me Please (forgot)
Post by: cpt.Hawkeyez on 23 Jan 2003, 20:26:46

thanks I figured it out on my own but thanks for the help i did this

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#start
_flare = camCreate "flare" [getpos frank this select 0, getpos frank this select 1, (getpos frank this selct 2)+1.7]
~0.01
_counter this selct 0

#loop1
_flare [getpos frank this select 0, getpos frank this select 1, (getpos frank this selct 2)+1.7]
_flare setvelocity = [0,0,1]
~0.20
_counter + 1

?_counter == 80 goto "start"

exit


having trouble with the counters though
can you help on that

Title: Re:GetPOS Update me Please (forgot)
Post by: Liquid_Silence on 24 Jan 2003, 04:30:55

This should work...

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_flare = "flare" camCreate [getpos frank select 0, getpos frank select 1, (getpos frank select 2)+1.7]
flashlightOn = true
#loop
_flare setPos [getpos frank select 0, getpos frank select 1, (getpos frank select 2)+1.7]
~0.01
if (flashlightOn) then {goto "loop"}
Just set "flashlightOn = false" to stop the script...

Title: Re:GetPOS Update me Please (forgot)
Post by: cpt.Hawkeyez on 25 Jan 2003, 04:15:58

well yeah except the only thing is that the flare burns out 17 seconds after it is created.