Newbie at SQF, trying to spawn people within a certain range...

[Stubbinz 10]

Okay, essentially i have multiplayers but i'm going to explain with _player1. Basically i have a bunch of invisible helipads laid about, and what i want is some zombies (using UNDEAD MOD) to spawn in a random radius around one of these helipad's using nearestobjects. My script im using at the moment doesnt' seem to work, advise appreciated.

_player1 = players select 0;
_spawnground = getpos nearestobject [_player1, "HeliH"];


while {spawn_zeds} do {
_group = createGroup resistance;
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Policeman" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Rocker2" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_citizen1" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Citizen2" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Citizen3" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Priest" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer4" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer3" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer2" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer1" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Policeman" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
"CHN_ZOMBIE_Policeman" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
(leader _group) setpos getpos _spawnground;
};
sleep (random 300);
};

[sxp2high 22]

Hi,

do you have a center for resistance?

Just place one Resistance aka Independent unit somewhere on the map. Without a center you cannot spawn units.

Any errors in your RPT?

Edit:

- You have one }; too much at the end.

- Your sleep 300 should be inside the loop.

- Your first two lines should be inside the loop too, otherwise the nearestObject won't be refreshed.

Like this:

while {spawn_zeds} do {

_player1 = players select 0;
_spawnground = getpos nearestobject [_player1, "HeliH"];

   _group = createGroup resistance;
   "CHN_ZOMBIE_Policeman" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Rocker2" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_citizen1" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Citizen2" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Citizen3" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Priest" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer4" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer3" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer2" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Profiteer1" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Policeman" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
	"CHN_ZOMBIE_Policeman" createunit [_spawnground,__group,this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction 

["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}], 1, "COLONEL"];
(leader _group) setpos getpos _spawnground;

sleep (random 300);
};

To locate errors please take a look at your RPT file.

Or/And start your game with the -showScriptErrors parameter

Edit2:

You have a _ too much in all createUnit lines.

__group should be _group

Edit3:

There's so much wrong :(

Again: You really need to take a look at the RPT file to sort out all these silly mistakes. ;)

I've got it working now like this:

p1 is the name of my unit.

spawn_zeds=true;

players = [p1];

while {spawn_zeds} do {
   _player1 = players select 0;
   _spawnground = getpos nearestobject [_player1, "HeliH"];
_group = createGroup resistance; 
   "US_Soldier_AMG_EP1" createunit [_spawnground,_group,'this addEventHandler ["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction ["Loot Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}]', 1, "COLONEL"];
   (leader _group) setpos _spawnground;

   sleep (random 300);
};  

Edited June 22, 2011 by sxp2high

[Stubbinz 10]

Thank you!

[Stubbinz 10]

Quick question, how would i keep the condition between two variables?

while {spawn_zeds} do {
   _player1 = players select 0;
   _player2 = players select 1;
   _spawnground_p1 = getpos nearestobject [_player1, "HeliH"];
   _spawn_p1 = floor (random 20);
   _spawn_p2 = floor (random 10);
   if (_spawn_p1 >= 0) && (_spawn_p1 <= 10) then {_group = createGroup WEST; 
   "US_Soldier_AMG_EP1" createunit [_spawnground_p1,_group,'this addEventHandler 

["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction ["Loot 

Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}]', 1, "COLONEL"];};


   if (_spawn_p1 >= 11) && (_spawn_p1 <= 20) then {_group1 = createGroup WEST; 
   "GER_Soldier_EP1" createunit [_spawnground_p1,_group1,'this addEventHandler 

["killed",{(vehicle (_this select 0)) addAction ["Loot 

Corpse","corpse_loot.sqs"];}]', 1, "COLONEL"];};


   sleep (random 10);
}; 

When i remove the condition after the && symbols it spawns the unit, but if the variable is over 11, it spawns both units which i don't want. I want it to spawn one or the other.

---------- Post added at 01:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:26 AM ----------

Nevermind. I'm a tard. ha

I realize i gotta have the AND inside the single (condition) area with the conditions. ha