Get grid reference command??

[CombatComm 10]

Hey so I did a quick scroll through the comref and didnt see anything that might give me what Im after, although im not great with scripts so I probably wouldent have known anyway. Id like to have a trigger that supplies the player with the approximate location by grid reference of the target. This way it provides a clue but itsnt a marker and so still somewhat a challenge. Id imagine this is possible since somwhere in a script your AI tell you their griid ref. Thanks

[Clayman 20]

mapGridPosition

There's also a MapToGrid function in the Function Manager somewhere.

[CombatComm 10]

Cool. So after much research this is the way I went. Unfortunately I receive Any as my hint... any suggestions?

taliban3 = _this select 0;

player sidechat format["%1",taliban3];

mapGrid = (getPos taliban3) call BIS_fnc_PosToGrid;

mapgridX = _mapgrid select 0;

mapgridY = _mapgrid select 1;

hint format["X:%1/Y:%2",_mapgridX,_mapgridY];

[neokika 62]

Cool. So after much research this is the way I went. Unfortunately I receive Any as my hint... any suggestions?

_taliban3 = _this select 0;

player sidechat format["%1", _taliban3];

_mapGrid = (getPos taliban3) call BIS_fnc_PosToGrid;
_mapgridX = _mapgrid select 0;
_mapgridY = _mapgrid select 1;

hint format["X:%1/Y:%2",_mapgridX,_mapgridY]; 

Should work now, you were trying to get a local variable when you assigned a global one.

_neo_

[f2k sel 164]

Could be a mistake here though

_mapGrid = (getPos taliban3) call BIS_fnc_PosToGrid;

shouldn't it be

_mapGrid = (getPos _taliban3) call BIS_fnc_PosToGrid;

[CombatComm 10]

Awseome! It worked as NEO suggested. It gave me the grid reference box of 3 characters. Zoomed in this shows exact location. Is there anyway I can reduce the grid value? So instead of X 104, Y 064 I get X 10, Y 06? Might be trying to squeeze a dry orange here but figured id ask

[RKDmitriyev 0]

Is there anyway I can reduce the grid value? So instead of X 104, Y 064 I get X 10, Y 06?

This is a shot in the dark, because I'm not at an ArmA2-playing computer.

But try dividing the output numbers by 10 and using the round command.

So that a 0 is inserted in front of numbers less than 10 (e.g. 06 rather than 6), you'll just have to set up an if...then... command like this.

if (_number < 10) then {_output = "0" + str (_number)};

You'll probably need to use commands like str and call compile to change between numbers and strings.

[CombatComm 10]

Wow this one has been rough. Does anyone have another method? Simpler perhaps?

[mchide 0]

you can convert possition with function... You need functions module...

_pos = position player;
_result = _pos call BIS_fnc_PosToGrid;

hint format ["%1",_result];