Killed by Trigger Question

[santafee 10]

Situation: 2 Squads, Alpha and Bravo assigned with

Alpha=group this;

Bravo=group this;

6 enemy Tanks

If any of the groupmembers of bouth groups get killed by any of the 6 tanks, the trigger fires. Thanks in advance..!

[kylania 568]

If it matters that they are killed by a tank you'd need to use eventHandlers, but if you just want to see if any of them die you can use a simple trigger.

[santafee 10]

its important that the trigger gets only fired if they are killed by one of the 6 tanks, got a code for that? im a "not so good-scripter.."^^;-(

i would have tried to connect stuff, but so far i only found a killed, not killed by eventhandler code..

this addEventHandler ["Killed", Man1]

means that something happens if man 1 killed the units, but how do i make a trigger fires then with code..?

Edited July 27, 2010 by Himmelsfeuer

[kylania 568]

From the wiki for addEventHandler:

this addEventHandler ["killed", "hint format['Killed by %1',_this select 1]"]

If no one beats me to it, a better example coming, gotta run to a meeting though. :)

[santafee 10]

yea thats the eventhandler i saw, but it doesnt fire a trigger for my example, neither it only fires only if Squad Alpha or Bravo get killed one of the six tanks.;-) but thanks for the try allready

[st_dux 26]

this addEventHandler ["killed",{if ((_this select 1) in units alpha || (_this select 1) in units bravo) then {*insert whatever code you want here*}}]

Note that this will fire each time someone is killed. If you only want it to fire once, then you will need to make part of your custom code remove the event handlers for everyone.

[santafee 10]

thanks, but the code is not ok in the Initline somehow.

also i would need it fired only if one of Alpha or Bravo Squad is killed by any of the 6 tanks with names..iknow its a bit complicated..^^

[Reimann 10]

As not quite said in the wiki, _this select 0 is the killed, and _this select 1 is the killer in the 'killed' EH, so can be used to find whatever variables you're after - they're all held in the EH (ie. side, type, name, etc. of killed or killer). Trigger by script - it can be fired by init.sqf. The 'something = something else' in the wiki is for initline, but then you'd need to do it for everyone.

[st_dux 26]

also i would need it fired only if one of Alpha or Bravo Squad is killed by any of the 6 tanks

Ah. I misunderstood you. In that case, put the following in your init.sqf somewhere:

{_x addEventHandler ["killed",{if (_this select 1) in [tank1,tank2,tank3,tank4,tank5,tank6] then {*insert custom code here*}}]} forEach (units Alpha + units Bravo)

[santafee 10]

have you tested it? cause its not working for me..thx

[st_dux 26]

Could you be more specific? What's not working? Does the custom code not fire at all when a unit is killed? Do you get any script error messages?

[kylania 568]

{_x addEventHandler ["killed",{if ((_this select 1) in [t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6]) then {hint format["%1 killed by %2",_this select 0, _this select 1];}}]} forEach (units Alpha + units Bravo)

[santafee 10]

yep the code just didnt fire for me, i inserted a hint first as code, then i tried to delete a vehicle, nothing worked. thanks kyliana, but i need something where i can enter my code in, not only the hint format, who killed who.

[shuko 59]

Just replace the hint code with whatever you want?

[santafee 10]

still not working, this is in my init.sqf:

{_x addEventHandler ["killed",{if ((_this select 1) in [t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6]) then {Hint"SUPER DU AFFE!"}}]} forEach (units Alpha + units Bravo)

in the mission test t1 kills the whole group which is assigned by

alpha=group this, but the hint doenst appear.

[kylania 568]

Himmelsfeuer, that line as you have it written is working for me, odd, did you rename your tanks from "tank1" to "t1"?

[shuko 59]

Was that paste or did you just type this without a space?

Hint"SUPER DU AFFE!"

[kylania 568]

Was that paste or did you just type this without a space?

Hint"SUPER DU AFFE!"

Actually worked with or without a space.

[shuko 59]

Roger that, then he has prolly messed up something else in his init.sqf.

PS. Everyone editing should start their game with -showScriptErrors

[santafee 10]

eh i dont get it. i tried it several times now, looks like i miss something, the hint doesnt appear...:confused:

i dont have to replace the _x with some name right? its just that the ev is assigned at all, i dont know whats wrong ......

[st_dux 26]

The line works me also. Make sure that all of the tank names are correct and that you are naming the groups before adding the event handlers.

Also, how are the tanks killing the units? If it's by running them over, then it won't count. A unit that gets run over is considered to have killed itself by the game.

[santafee 10]

http://rapidshare.com/files/409435704/KilledTest.Chernarus.rar

this is a quick test, i dont get whats wrong...thank you..!

---------- Post added at 06:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:14 PM ----------

ehh...my fault, if only 1 unit isnt named, the eventhandler is not added.

sorry for being a stupid nub:p

thanks guys!:)

[st_dux 26]

Ah, yes. Default names screw up everything because they have spaces. This is one really stupid part of the scripting language.