Setting a Boolean Variable in addAction

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Ok, I have a script and I want it to loop until a variable is set to true.

My variable is called "free".

My script goes like this:

civilian.sqf

#anim

civ1 disableAI "Move";
civ2 disableAI "Move";
civ3 disableAI "Move";
civ4 disableAI "Move";
civ5 disableAI "Move";

civ1 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Sykes";
civ2 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Ohara";
civ3 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Cooper";
civ4 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Rodriguez";
civ5 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Sykes";

? free == true: goto "freed"

sleep 130;

goto "anim"


#freed

civ1 switchMove "";
civ2 switchMove "";
civ3 switchMove "";
civ4 switchMove "";
civ5 switchMove "";

civ1 enableAi "MOVE"
civ2 enableAi "MOVE"
civ3 enableAi "MOVE"
civ4 enableAi "MOVE"
civ5 enableAi "MOVE"

I'm just not sure how the addAction code looks, or even if my syntax is correct, I butchered a camera code file.

Many thanks,

Bashkire.

[[frl]myke 15]

The synthax is messed up between sqs and sqf style. sqf doesn't support goto command.

_civs = [civ1, civ2, civ3, civ4, civ5];
{_x disableAI "Move"} foreach _civs;
while {!free} do {
civ1 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Sykes";
civ2 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Ohara";
civ3 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Cooper";
civ4 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Rodriguez";
civ5 switchMove "ActsPsitMstpSnonWunaDnon_sceneNikitinDisloyalty_Sykes";
sleep 130;
};
{_x switchMove "";_x enableAI "Move";} foreach _civs;

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Gotcha, so how do I make "free" true? I've tried putting "free == true" and "free = true" in my addAction line but it's rejecting it.

[Deadfast 43]

== is comparison, = is assignment.

Therefore:

free = true;

This line has to be in the script that the action executes.

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Ah, I see. I was putting it in the actual line. Now I get the feeling that I'm meant to declair free as a variable. Would that be

setPublicVariable free = false;

[demonized 20]

asuming you use Mykes example, add this line to either yourself or an object:

_myAction = unit_or_object_name addAction ["text for what youll see in action menu", "myscript.sqf"]

and this is myscript.sqf:

free=true;

make sure that you set free=false in init.sqf or somewhere trigger etc on mission start.