My Script

[rhysduk]

HI guys.. wondering if you could help me with script  of mine...

Code: [Select]

_man = _this select 0
_target = _this select 1
_target = bob
;lets first check if the target is alive...
?!alive bob : goto "TargetisDead"

;if the target is not alive then the script carries on...
_man SetCombatMode "Yellow"
_man SetBehaviour "Aware"

#Loop1
_man domove getpos _target
_man dotarget _target
_man dofire _target

?! alive _target : titletext ["Target neutralized.","Plain down"]


;if the target is dead then this part of the script is executed...
#TargetisDead
titletext ["Sir, we have a problem, I cant kill someone who is allready dead.","Plain Down"]
Exit

The problem is that when i exec the script with [man,bob] exec "script1.sqs" it seems as if the script jumps to the very end and displasy the TITLETEXT MSG but then goes back to the COMBAT MODE bit and sends my guy on a search and destroy bit thats mucked it up... me and being alive dont work

Help is much appreciated..

Regards Rhys

[gundernak]

 I guess there is missing: goto "Loop1"

and

I advise to set a few sec delay to the loop section, because when you loop doMove command, the loon can be stucked, go nowhere until you push him or hit him, interesting but sometimes happens

[rhysduk]

I can see now.. but you see where i have

Code: [Select]

?!alive bob : goto "TargetisDead"

How can i modify this so if the target unit is dead the script goes to TargetisDead but if he is alive the script goes to Loop1

Else sommand im guessing

Rhys

[gundernak]

Based on you wrote this can be the right from Loop1 (experimenting with delays needed!):

#Loop1
~3
_man domove getpos _target
~1
_man dotarget _target
~1
_man dofire _target
~1
? alive _target : goto "Loop1"

titletext ["Target neutralized.","Plain down"]

goto "end"

;if the target is dead then this part of the script is executed...
#TargetisDead
titletext ["Sir, we have a problem, I cant kill someone who is allready dead.","Plain Down"]

#end

Exit

[Artak]

Code: [Select]

_man = _this select 0
_target = _this select 1
_target = bob
;lets first check if the target is alive...
?!alive _target : goto "TargetisDead"

;if the target is not alive then the script carries on...
_man SetCombatMode "Yellow"
_man SetBehaviour "Aware"

#Loop1
~10
_man domove getpos _target
_man dotarget _target
_man dofire _target

? alive _target: goto "loop1"
?! alive _target : titletext ["Target neutralized.","Plain down"]; exit


;if the target is dead then this part of the script is executed...
#TargetisDead
titletext ["Sir, we have a problem, I cant kill someone who is allready dead.","Plain Down"]
Exit

Like so?

Oh and you're defining _target twice. First as '_this select 1' and then as 'bob'.

[rhysduk]

Thanks guys... i will experiment witht he delay method Gundernak...

Artak: - your the man :thumbsup:  :cheers:

But.. could someone please explain to me the many uses of the Alive and Not Alive feature in scripting.. it seems that ?Alive is different to ?!Alive ... why ?

Thanks

Rhys

(Ill be back  :wave: )

[Planck]

I think that :

? Alive means "If Alive"

and

? !Alive means "If NOT Alive"


Planck

[Artak]

As Planck said.

It doesn't matter wether you use an exlamation mark or just type 'not'.
Thus
!alive tank     is the same thing as     not alive tank

[rhysduk]

Ill experiment and let you know thanks guys

Rhys

[Quid Novi]

_man = _this select 0
_target = _this select 1
_target = bob

and

[man,bob] exec "script1.sqs"

just wondering why you have defined _target as bob twice? in the execution, and the scipt?

[rhysduk]

I forgot to mention that this IS MY FRST SCRIPT .. im learning dude

[Quid Novi]

hehehe - thats cool - its quite a advanced first script

*looks at his old ones*

well, you don't need the line _target  = bob because _this select 1 has already defined _target as bob when u wrote him in the script exec line.

[rhysduk]

Yeah i eventually realised that  :-\  :toocool:

You know the _this select 0 and _this select 1.. this is what the syntax of executing the script takes isnt it...

What i mean is say you have 5 select thingy's (0 to 4) (0,1,2,3,4) this would mean that the [] exec "blahblah.sqs" ....  so it would be somethign like [0,1,2,3,4,5] exec script.sqs" ? Am i right

Maybe you could expand on this please ??

Rhys

[Planck]

Any values passed to the script via an array, thus:

[item0,item1,item2,item3,item4] exec "script.sqs"

can be referenced within the script by using:

select x

x will be 0 for the first value in the array, 1 will be the next etc.

So........select 4 would select the 5th value, which is 'item4' in this case.


Planck

[rhysduk]

this is what my script look likes now ..

Code: [Select]

_man = _this select 0
_target = _this select 1

;lets first check if the target is alive...
?!alive _target : goto "TargetisDead"

;if the target is not alive then the script carries on...
_man SetCombatMode "Yellow"
_man SetBehaviour "Aware"

#Loop1
~10
_man domove getpos _target
_man dotarget _target
_man dofire _target

? alive _target: goto "loop1"
?! alive _target : titletext [format ["%1 neutralized.","Plain down"],name _target]
Exit

;if the target is dead then this part of the script is executed...
#TargetisDead
titletext [format ["Sir, we have a problem, %1 appears to be dead.","Plain Down"],name _target]
Exit

I get no error messages but nothing appears on screen like it should... why the hell should this happen ??

Rhys *Off to figure it out*