Credits Script

[NGagedFX 10]

Hey guys, I'm working on mission in which you (should) get a credit for every completed task, storing these up to a maximum of 3. These can be used to purchase vehicles through the action menu of a billboard. However, I can't get the script to work correctly (since I'm new to scripting).

board1 Init:

_nil = [this] execVM "credits.sqf"

credits.sqf:

credits = 0;

switch (credits) do

{
case 0 : { hint "Your team has 0 credits" };
case 1 : { hint "Your team has 1 credits" };
case 2 : { hint "Your team has 2 credits" };
case 3 : { hint "Your team has 3 credits" };
};

It works fine when changing credit = (value), but I think the script sets it at this value ever time it repeats, making other scripts unable to change this value. Also, I'm unsure on how to add or remove a credit through a trigger.

Edited October 23, 2010 by NGagedFX

[neokika 61]

Hi,

board1 Init:

_nil = [this] execVM "credits.sqf"

credits.sqf:

credits = 0;

switch (credits) do

{
case 0 : { hint "Your team has 0 credits" };
case 1 : { hint "Your team has 1 credits" };
case 2 : { hint "Your team has 2 credits" };
case 3 : { hint "Your team has 3 credits" };
};

All I did was fix the errors you had within the switch statement.

Also, have you noticed that in the beggining of the script you say:

credits = 0;

So the credits variable will always be 0.

_neo_

Edited October 23, 2010 by neokika

[NGagedFX 10]

I'm sorry neokika, I hadn't had the script at hand so I did it from memory, but my script actually looks like what you posted (I updated the startpost).

The only problems I have, are:

-How to define the credits as starting off at 0

-How to add credits to this value (through ingame triggers)

-How to remove credits of this value (through ingame triggers)

[neokika 61]

Hi again,

Are you used to the setVariable command?

Since you have "Team" lets use groups.

One way to do it would be:

Init.sqf

if (isServer) then
{
  {
     _x setvariable ["groupCredits", 0, true];
  } forEach [_grp1,_grp2];
};

Where _grp1 etc, will be the group names you want to monitor. Just place has many you want inside the array.

Lets say you have a trigger to add 1 credit to a group.

On the OnAct:

_grp setVariable ["groupCredits", ((_grp getVariable "groupCredits") + 1), true];

Where _grp is the group name that will received the credit.

To subtract just use - istead of +.

You can then check the credits of a group, anytime and on any machine because of the third parameter in the setVariable array.

You can use the following line to check how many credits a group has.

_grp getVariable "groupCredits"

Hope that it helps,

_neo_

Edited October 23, 2010 by neokika

[NGagedFX 10]

So, in the Init of my misson, I put this:

Init.sqf

if (isServer) then
{
  {
     _x setvariable ["groupCredits", 0, true];
  } forEach [_grp1];
}

switch (groupCredits) do

{
case 0 : { hint "Your team has 0 credits" };
case 1 : { hint "Your team has 1 credits" };
case 2 : { hint "Your team has 2 credits" };
case 3 : { hint "Your team has 3 credits" };
};  

And when I try to create a trigger with the following command, it says Local variable in global space :confused:

Trigger OnAct:

_grp setVariable ["groupCredits", ((_grp getVariable "groupCredits") + 1), true];

I replaced both _grp's by just grp and fired the trigger, but there is no hint showing up.

I really have no idea what's going wrong. :(

[neokika 61]

I belive you misunderstood me.

Go in the editor, go to one of the groups/teams you want to monitor, go to the Leader of that group and put the following into his init line:

My_group1 = group this;

init.sqf

if (isServer) then
{
  {
     _x setvariable ["groupCredits", 0, true];
  } forEach [My_group1];
};

credits.sqf

switch ((_this select 0) getVariable "groupCredits") do
{
case 0 : { hint "Your team has 0 credits" };
case 1 : { hint "Your team has 1 credits" };
case 2 : { hint "Your team has 2 credits" };
case 3 : { hint "Your team has 3 credits" };
};

How to add credits to a group:

My_group1 setVariable ["groupCredits", ((My_group1 getVariable "groupCredits") + 1), true];

How to check the credits number:

nil = [My_group1] execVM "credits.sqf";

That should do the job.

_neo_

[NGagedFX 10]

I can't thank you enough, neokika. :)

This script works really nice and is a great addition to my mission.

Thanks.

[neokika 61]

I can't thank you enough, neokika. :)

This script works really nice and is a great addition to my mission.

Thanks.

Glad i could help.

_neo_