Boomerang

[Barbolani]

I apologyse. I didn't seen the link.

True. In fact, the distance is perfectly predictable with maths, playing with doppler effect...

The angle (except about the wind speed / direction) can be detected.

BUT (of course, theres a but) I think a sniper will have enough time to move and hide... but (also) maybe not to make another shot...

Useful, useful xD

[h-]

But why do this so insanely complex when you can get the position of the sniper with 'fired' event and one line of code.. 

[Spooner]

Yeah, you need to use the format command to get variable's into a string for outputting.

I'm with h- about the fired handler though. Would make life 100x easier.

[Luke]

Alright guys,
I'll bite.

What's this single line of code?
The only way I see that done is going through each unit's init and adding an EH.
That sure doesn't seem 10000% easier to me.

@ Spooner; How would I put them in a string?
I tried hint"format ["blab 1%, blab 2%", item1, item2]
but all i got was the hint "format [".

Thanx for the replies, as always.

Luke

[Mandoble]

Might be using the correct syntax, as it is quite obvious your command has an extra "

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hint format ["blab 1%, blab 2%", item1, item2]

[Luke]

Sorry,

I meant hint"format ["blab 1%, blab 2%", item1, item2]"

Then how do you define where the hint ends?

Thanx for the replies, as always.

Luke

[Planck]

~Now your line has 2 extra ".

You don't need to enclose the format line in quotes.


Planck

[Luke]

Planck,

Doesn't that define what's in the hint?

Thanx for the replies, as always.

Luke

[Mandoble]

Then how do you define where the hint ends?

 
hint (<- ENDS HERE)
hint -> (HAS A STRING HERE)
And what returns format command is a string.
hint "2"
or
hint format ["%1", 2]
format ["%1", 2] is equal to "2" which is a text string.

[Planck]

In this case your hint is "blah %1, blah %2"

Which are already enclosed.

Planck

[Mandoble]

Hint command
Format command

[Luke]

Guys,

So I would want

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hint Direction: _nudir \nRelative Direction: _reldir \nRange: _dist \nElevation: _elev;

or

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hint format["Direction: %1,\nRelative Direction: %2, \nRange: %3, \nElevation: %3",_nudir,_reldir,_dist,_elev]


 

Thanx for the replies, as always.

Luke

[Mandoble]

Try both and see what happens, while I would go with the second one

[Luke]

Mando,

My biggest concern is the phrase:

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_bullet=nearestObjects [_boomerang, ["BulletBase"], _boomerange];
waitUntil ! _bullet isNull;
_bpos=getpos _bullet;
? Side _bullet== Side _boomerang: exit;
_bdir = getdir _bullet;

and wheter it will catch anything.

Thanx for the replies, as always.

Luke

EDIT: I'm getting an error

'[ # ]sleep 5;'
Error generic error in expression.

and a scalar bool string blab blah 000000000xefjsdfksjkgf (not verbatum) message in each field...
except elevation: that's a random number.

[Mandoble]

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waitUntil{_bulletS=nearestObjects [_boomerang, ["BulletBase"], _boomerange];count _bulletS > 0};
And now lets say _bulletS array has 300 bullets inside, what now?