createmarker works only half the time??

[igneous01 19]

this is an interesting problem that i cant really solve. I have 3 gamelogics, all spread out on the map, and in a trigger i have a script called that creates and sets up the markers. Sometimes when i pass through the trigger, all 3 are created, other times, only 2 are created, and it seems to me like it randomly picks 2 of the 3 and shows them.

Does the gamelogic disappear or become destroyed? im using it as a position to spawn a couple of units. but not all the markers are drawing.

heres the script:

primemark1 = createMarker ["pm1", (getpos m1)]; 
"pm1" setMarkerColor "ColorRed"; 
"pm1" setMarkerText "Possible Artillery position"; 
"pm1" setMarkerType "Unknown"; 
primemark2 = createMarker ["pm2", (getpos m2)]; 
"pm2" setMarkerColor "ColorRed"; 
"pm2" setMarkerText "Possible Artillery position"; 
"pm2" setMarkerType "Unknown"; 
primemark3 = createMarker ["pm3", (getpos m3)]; 
"pm3" setMarkerColor "ColorRed"; 
"pm3" setMarkerText "Possible Artillery position"; 
"pm3" setMarkerType "Unknown";

nothing too fancy, they all have their names checked out and attached to the proper logics.

so why isnt it consistent?

[shuko 45]

Maybe it needs: "marker" setMarkerShape "ICON"; ?

Game Logics dont get destroyed. If one of them doesnt exists, you should get error (with -showscripterrors) when trying to get itsposition with getpos.

[GDICommand 10]

i always tell people the same thing...use io to your advantage.

as shk suggests, use error reporting

however, sometimes it's not a runtime error, and its not a compiler error...and when this happens, you get a logic error...which basically means nothing will notify you that it's wrong, because technically, it's doing exactly what it's supposed to: its a user error (i.e. you have a boolean that says if 4+4 < 2, and it never evaluates to true)

so in this case, i suggest dumping everything you possibly can to the screen related to the problem (seeing as there is nothing to step through a mission line by line).

so, first off, verify that the points are created...put a hint before anything in your trigger gets run...then put a hint after everything that happens to verify it executes properly

although in this particular case, error reporting should suffice

[igneous01 19]

looks like im gonna have to do that, and add the seticon type (which i thought it would do it automatically)

i just find it strange that it can work and it cant. meaning the fault can be 50% logic error sometimes.

im guessing its my logic, i never got any errors in my rpt or with showscripterrors

[AZCoder 675]

If it helps, I have a slightly different way that I do this. Instead of game logics, I put down default markers with the names that I will want later on. They're not visible to the player. Then I simply adjust its attributes when I do want it to be visible. Here is an example of one of mine:

"mrkWhiskeyOne" setMarkerType "mil_arrow2";
"mrkWhiskeyOne" setMarkerDir 230;
"mrkWhiskeyOne" setMarkerColor "ColorRedAlpha";
"mrkWhiskeyOne" setMarkerSize [1,2];