while {true} do loop help please!

[Eclipse4349 0]

I have the following code in a script:

_target1status = 0;

_target2status = 0;

while {true} do

{

sleep 5;

if ((!alive target1) and (_target1status = 0)) then {

hint "Objective Alpha has\nbeen destroyed!";

deletemarkerlocal _alpha;

_target1status = 1};

if ((!alive target2) and (_target2status = 0)) then {

hint "Objective Bravo has\nbeen destroyed!";

deletemarkerlocal _bravo;

_target2status = 1};

if ((!alive target1) and (!alive target 2)) then {

hint "All targets have been destroyed! Mission Completed!";

sleep 8;

endmission "end1"};

_missiontime = 0;

_missiontime = _missiontime + 1;

if (_missiontime >= 360) then {

hint "The mission is a\nfailure. US forces\nmust pull out!";

sleep 8;

endmission "end1"};

};

This is part of a larger script. The rest of the script runs up to this point. I have verified this with inserting:

hint "script running";

at various points.

No matter what I do, I CANNOT get the while loop to execute. What am I missing?

Thanks! I have spent HOURS trying to get this to work! :mad:

Edited February 11, 2011 by Eclipse4349

[twirly 11]

Hi...do you have -showScriptErrors added to your games shortcut?

...and what does it say in the RPT file? Both of these will help you bigtime.

I suggest the next time you post code to use the code tags...your post is very difficult to read and a lot of people might ignore it because of that!

[tophe 69]

Didn't have time to look at your code much, but check your operators:

if ((!alive target1) and (_target1status = 0)) then {

This is probably what you mean

if ((!alive target1) and (_target1status == 0)) then {

= is assigning

== is comparing

[Eclipse4349 0]

Hi...do you have -showScriptErrors added to your games shortcut?

...and what does it say in the RPT file? Both of these will help you bigtime.

I suggest the next time you post code to use the code tags...your post is very difficult to read and a lot of people might ignore it because of that!

There are code tags? Lol... Thanks for the tips, especially the show_script_errors parameter!

Didn't have time to look at your code much, but check your operators:

This is probably what you mean

= is assigning

== is comparing

Thats probably it, THANK YOU!!!

That would explain why I got a while-do loop to work with an alternating hint/sleep/hint/sleep; but as soon as I put and if-then statement in, it wouldn't execute.

I will check it when I get home from work!

Edited February 11, 2011 by Eclipse4349