Hidden markers

[breeze 0]

I was hoping to have several markers defined but not visable to the player until he found a map

Does anyone know how I can allow the markers to rermain hidden and then appear after a map is found?

[shuko 59]

setMarkerAlpha

0 = hidden

1 = visible

[celery 8]

When placing a marker, set its icon to "Empty". When you want to show it, setMarkerTypeLocal it into another icon: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMarkerTypeLocal

Naturally you won't see markers without a map in the first place, though.

[breeze 0]

So your saying I can make a trigger that upon activation I have this?

"MarkerOne" setMarkerTypeLocal "Location1";

"MarkerTwo" setMarkerTypeLocal "Location2";

"MarkerThree" setMarkerTypeLocal "Location3";

like that?

[celery 8]

Yes, although you might want to check the actual marker types that are listed: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cfgMarkers

Also, triggers for some reason aren't happy with strings used with the command so you probably have to do markerone="markerone";markerone setMarkerTypeLocal... first.

[breeze 0]

Celery can you explain what you mean by that sorry I am still learning alot so can you like tell me what the command means that your saying I should write?

[[GLT] Legislator 66]

Why so complicated?

1. Place your marker on the map and design/name it whatever you want.

2. Put this in your init.sqf

if (isServer) then 
{
"Name_of_your_marker" setMarkerType "Empty";
};

3. As soon as you've activated the trigger, use this code:

"Name_of_your_marker" setMarkerType "Classname";

Insteat of "Classname" use the classname of the marker you've placed in the first place. Take a look at this list: http://www.armatechsquad.com/ArmA2Class/A2/Markers/CfgMarkers/

[breeze 0]

It's not so complicated I just haven't really learned any scripting yet. But thanks for your reply.

[celery 8]

Step 1: Place the marker you want, but choose the "Empty" icon.

Step 2: markername="markername";markername setMarkerTypeLocal "hd_destroy" in the On act field of a trigger. If you are looking for the condition of having a map in your inventory, it's "ItemMap" in items player, although like I said before, you will see no markers in any case without a map.

[galzohar 31]

Yeah if you're not giving the player a map anyway you don't need to hide any markers because you need the map (or GPS, though I assume that if you give him no map you also give him no GPS) to see them.

[breeze 0]

Ohhh no I have a mission where the player kills an officer and recieves a map when he dies then I want the hidden markers to show up on the player map

So i have that part of it and that map is called like AZC_MAP

So I want to understand what condition to put in for him having it I want him to actually have to possess the map after the kill to reveal the markers.

I tried to use the HasWeapon as a condition to reveal the markers thats not working?

Edited January 13, 2011 by Breeze

[[GLT] Legislator 66]

Create a trigger with the condition

!(Name_of_the_Officer hasWeapon "AZC_MAP")

As soon as the officer loses the map it will active the trigger.

[breeze 0]

aahhh thanks man I kept trying to think of only the new guy getting it but that will work thanks so much