Why doesn't this trigger fire in MP?

[Guest]

So I have a trigger with this in it:

Activation

None

Condition

((p1 distance captive1 < 4) OR (p2 distance captive1 < 4) OR (p3 distance captive1 < 4) OR (p4 distance captive1 < 4))

On Act

["Task1","succeeded"] call SHK_Taskmaster_upd; captive1 addweapon AK_74; captive1 addmagazine AK_74;

It fires perfectly in the editor but doesn't work in multiplayer. How come?

Edited February 13, 2011 by Guest

[demonized 16]

i would have typed it another way, but not sure if that really matters, looks like a similar check i have used in a MP mission and it should work.

Anyway this is how i usually do it:

(p1 distance captive1) < 4 OR (p2 distance captive1) < 4 OR (p3 distance captive1) < 4 OR (p4 distance captive1) < 4

Are you sure that p1, p2, p3, p4 and captive1 really are names in your mp mission, if one of them isnull, ie non existing i think check will break.

Edit: i think maybe the error was the () around all the OR statements try my version above.

Edit 2: also set activation to whatever present, and just remove the this from condition line.

just incase None f...s it up somehow in MP.

Edited February 13, 2011 by Demonized

[Guest]

Hi, p1,p2,p3,p4 and captive1 are all proper names. I tried your code and it still doesn't fire:confused:

EDIT: I do have disabledAI = true; set in description.ext so that if player slots are not taken then the AI will not be visable. Apart from that, I have no clue why it shouldn't work...

EDIT2: Changing it to anybody present didn't make a difference either.

---------- Post added at 12:25 AM ---------- Previous post was Yesterday at 11:58 PM ----------

I just took out disabledAI = true; from description.ext and it now fires correctly in MP. Thing is, I don't want to take that out... Is there another way to check if either p1,p2,p3, or p4 are within 4m of captive1 without it interfering with disabledAI = true?

Edited February 14, 2011 by Guest

[demonized 16]

have you tried testing without the disableAI in description.ext? just to eliminate that as the cause for the problem.

[Guest]

Yeah, I done that and it was the cause of the problem but I kinda need it in there so I guess I'm kinda screwed:confused:

Edited February 14, 2011 by Guest

[demonized 16]

youll need to check if p1 is player then check for condition, else false.

think best bet is to use a script run from a trigger, with waituntil inside. basically works as trigger.

Edit: maybe this will work:

(p1 == player AND p1 distance captive1 < 10) OR (p2 == player AND p1 distance captive1 < 10) OR (p3 == player AND p1 distance captive1 < 10) OR (p4 == player AND p1 distance captive1 < 10)

[Guest]

I edited the code you suggested to this:

(p1 == player AND p1 distance captive1 < 4) OR (p2 == player AND p2 distance captive1 < 4) OR (p3 == player AND p3 distance captive1 < 4) OR (p4 == player AND p4 distance captive1 < 4)

I had a good feeling that it was gonna work but it still didn't:(

Edited February 14, 2011 by Guest

[demonized 16]

then you need to use a script and check if p1 is not isnull

then add that unit to an array if its not isnull and after check all units in array for distance.

Note: if you know that there will be a player filling all p´s place you dont need to do anythig, just stick with your first post.

---------- Post added at 02:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 AM ----------

try this script:

//check
_runcheck = true;
while {_runcheck} do {
   if (isNull p1) then {hint "nothing happens as p1 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p1 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p1 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   if (isNull p2) then {hint "nothing happens as p2 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p2 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p2 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   if (isNull p3) then {hint "nothing happens as p3 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p3 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p3 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   if (isNull p4) then {hint "nothing happens as p4 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p4 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p4 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   sleep 1;
};

// after p1, p2, p3 or p4 is within 4 of captive1 script will jump to this part.
hint "someone is near the captive";  

Edited February 14, 2011 by Demonized

[Guest]

When I try that script, I get nothing... No hints show up or anything. As if the script is not running.

init.sqf

execVM "playerdistancecheck.sqf";

playerdistancecheck.sqf

//check
_runcheck = true;
while {_runcheck} do {
   if (isNull p1) then {hint "nothing happens as p1 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p1 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p1 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   if (isNull p2) then {hint "nothing happens as p2 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p2 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p2 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   if (isNull p3) then {hint "nothing happens as p3 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p3 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p3 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   if (isNull p4) then {hint "nothing happens as p4 is not apresent on map";} else {
       if (p4 distance captive < 4 AND _runcheck) then {
           hint "here is what happens when p4 is within 4 of captive1";
           _runcheck = false;  // this will end the lwhile loop and will proced with lines after.
       };
   };
   sleep 1;
};

// after p1, p2, p3 or p4 is within 4 of captive1 script will jump to this part.
hint "someone is near the captive";

[demonized 16]

you need at least an empty [] to run a script:

like this

[] execVM "playerdistancecheck.sqf";

[Guest]

It still doesn't seem to run. I tried misspelling the file name and it says cannot locate file so it is picking it up, just not running for some reason.

EDIT: I put a hint at the top of the sqf and it outputed fine so its something within the script thats causing it not to run I think.

Edited February 14, 2011 by Guest

[shuko 45]

I assume it's a mission for 4 players.

{_x distance captive1 < 4} count playableunits > 0

PS. Doesn't work in SP editor, only in MP editor/host or dedicated server.