Hidden markers

[russin 0]

i no how to hide markers but how can i hide the grids ?

[=BFP=Cheetah 0]

dunno, but how do you hide a marker?

i create a marker give it a name : marker1 and then in init.sqs

: marker1 setmarkertype "empty"

in a trigger i put

marker1 setmarkertype "arrow"

but this doesn't work for me

[Spinor 0]

Use quotes around the markername:

"marker1" setmarkertype "empty"

@russin

What do you mean by hiding the grids? The map grid coordinates? This is AFAIK not possible.

[=BFP=Cheetah 0]

thx that worked

[KingN 251]

hey, thanks a lot Spinor! I had a problem too with hiding markers.

[russin 0]

i have no problem hiding any markers example:

Start"

"End"

"Pickup"

"Marker"

"Arrow"

"Flag1"

"Warning"

"Dot"

"Join"

"Unknown"

i want to hide a grid marker (you know big area marker the one where ya pick a grid 200 bye 200 eclipse)

[Spinor 0]

Yeah, you are right, it seems that you can´t hide the area markers (or generally speaking, use the SetMarkerType command to change the marker).

What you can still do is to move the marker off the map, e.g.

"marker1" SetMarkerPos [-1000,-1000,0]

or if you want to keep the marker position, you can also resize the marker to zero size:

"marker1" SetMarkerSize [0,0]

[russin 0]

so how do i make the marker re appear if i move it away ?

[Spinor 0]

Simply by moving it to its original position

Of course, you have to store the original position somewhere, like

origPos = GetMarkerPos "marker1"

"marker1" SetMarkerPos [-1000,-1000,0]

....

....

"marker1" SetMarkerPos origPos

I think using SetMarkerSize is easier. Lets say you want the area marker to be initially hidden. Create the marker you need in the editor and choose both size values = 0.

To make it appear during the game, simply use

"marker1" SetMarkerSize [200,300]

which would give you a 200*300 meter ellipse or rectangle.

[Chris Death 0]

Here's how a marker looks like in mission.sqm:

(this marker was used to show a movement limiter, not my homebase, just for those who wonder about the settings)

class Item3

{

position[]={9922.943359,26.730000,3998.871094};

name="deathzoneE";

text="deathzoneE";

markerType="RECTANGLE";

                          type="Flag";

colorName="ColorRedAlpha";

fillName="DiagGrid";

a=20.000000;

b=300.000000;

While you are talking about changing the: type="Flag",

you need to find a way, to change the: markerType="RECTANGLE"

I'll give that a try, if i get some time left.

~S~ CD

[russin 0]

thanks man