deactivating mines

[magnar]

  I have looked for information on this, but have come up empty.  How can you, via trigger or script, whatever is easier, have an objective met when 5 mines are deactivated.  I tried the   not alive way, naming mines M1 through M5, but that doesnt work.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. :-\

[General Barron]

Maybe try the "isnull" command? For example:

{isnull _x} count [M1,M2,M3,M4,M5]

[magnar]

will try right now.  Thanks

[magnar]

oops.  Sorry, does this go in the cindition field of the trigger, or is it used in a script?  Noob to scripting here, my bad!

[General Barron]

That would be the condition field of a trigger.

[magnar]

with this in condition field of trigger, am getting the TYPE NUMBER, EXPECTED BOOL error.......?
 

[General Barron]

Whoops, I'm sorry, I didn't finish! It should look like this:

({isnull _x} count [M1,M2,M3,M4,M5]) == 0

[magnar]

thanks again ;D

[magnar]

({isnull _x} count [M1,M2,M3,M4,M5]) == 0  ; this makes the trigger go off but none of the mines were deactiviated yet?  hmmmmmm?

[General Barron]

Damn it... I need to go to sleep.

({! isnull _x} count [M1,M2,M3,M4,M5]) == 0

[magnar]

unfortunately same result.  It seems as if the mines are not responding to the is null command.  I really appreciate your help, and hope you can sleep soon!

[THobson]

This is really odd.  I placed a mine on the map called m1 and then I set up the following radio hint

hint format["XLocation = %1\nisNull = %2\nAlive = %3",getPos m1 select 0,isNull m1,alive m1]

And it seems that as far as the mine is concerned its location, its isNull status and its alive status are all undefined.  If I call something else m1 then the hint gives the correct values.

It seems there is some other property of the mine that needs to be checked - or maybe it is not possible.

[magnar]

I think you are right, its status is undefined, as least as far as those two commands are concerned.  Ive been looking in the command ref, but I dont see anything else (with my limited knowledge) that would serve to change its status.  Maybe its not possible, unless someone has a different suggestion?  Thanks for your help with this............

[qqqqqq]

Mines are not proper objects.   Most scripting commands do not apply to them.    magnar, give us more details or rethink your mission.   A complex and sophisticated workaround will probably be required.    AFAIK the only people who have managed to do anything like this are macguba and Sui.

[THobson]

It is as if you can't give mines a name.

I am going out now and so can't test it, but could you get the mine by using nearestObject command and then check its status?

It is a bit fiddly otherwise I would do it now.