Scripting to make finding an ammo cache an objective ?

[khaki 10]

I'm creating a mission where I want the players to find a ammo cache as an objective. But how can I script this ? Can I script in a scroll menu option to complete it ?

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Sure you can. You can do almost anything with scripting ;)

Step 1: Learn the basics of scripting. Look at code, do tutorials, learn to use the references on biki.

Step 2: Make an attempt on solving your problem.

Step 3: If it fails, post it and ask why.

[MeIvin 10]

CarlGustaffa is spot on.

But you can check this out: http://www.ofpec.com/forum/index.php?topic=33468.0

It has some information about adding tasks, and should point you in the right direction for creating your very first task script! :)

Kind Regards

Melvin

[buliwyf 4]

I'm creating a mission where I want the players to find a ammo cache as an objective. But how can I script this ? Can I script in a scroll menu option to complete it ?

You can solve that with a small code... player distance ammobox < 5 is only one example of thousands...

:rolleyes:

[shuko 59]

Trigger 1:

Condition: {_x knowsabout cache1 > 0.8} count (if ismultiplayer then {playableunits} else {switchableunits}) > 0

OnAct: cacheFound = true; publicvariable "cacheFound";

Trigger 2:

Condition: cacheFound

OnAct: tskCache = player createsimpletask ["cache"]; tskCache setsimpletaskdescription ["sdfg","fdgh","hgj"];

[khaki 10]

Wow thanks for all the great replies !

I'll try out everything you guys suggested, and probably try to learn basic scripting. I've attempted before but I was so overwhelmed, I gave up :P

and BTW, the scripting language is C++ correct ?

[shuko 59]

and BTW, the scripting language is C++ correct ?

Nope, it's just their own scripting language. It's called SQF. It has the basic if-else, while, switch-case etc. that everything else has. Then you have the commands to interact with objects in the game world and so on.