Koni 3 Posted September 2, 2011 Anyone know how to turn it off when needed, calling it is the easy bit, but I am trying to use it as a kind of track down and kill a few guys, but once the indicator is pointing the way to one guy, I want to be able to turn it off when the guys killed, then start it again tracking someone else. Any ideas on how to turn the function off ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kylania 567 Posted September 2, 2011 If you can't toggle that maybe use setSimpleTaskTarget instead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loyalguard 15 Posted September 2, 2011 This might be a longshot, but to hide it try: 17 cutRsc ["DEFAULT", "PLAIN", 2]; If that does not work then we may try something more complicated. To start it again just re-call the function. Let me know if the above works. Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koni 3 Posted September 3, 2011 Yeah I knew to start it again was to call the function again, but the problem seemed that the indicator went mad once you called the function again, flashing madly. I got it working in the end, I don't think I was giving it enough time to sort it's self out. I ended up deleting the trigger that activated the first dir_Indicator fnc, then delete the first target it was tracking, that then starts the indicator to flash a bit madly, leaving it a few seconds, then activating a new trigger to call the function again, tracking the new target, and after a few seconds the indicator stops flashing and now tracks the new target. So sortred :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f2k sel 164 Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Well here's another way to do it without any odd flashing. Simpley set it to track an object ie baseball. Name it ball and in the init put ball attachto[target,[0,0,0]];ball hideobject true Then when you want to change the target just put this in a trigger or script. ball attachto[target2,[0,0,0]]; That way your only calling it once so it shouldn't cause a problem. Edited September 3, 2011 by F2k Sel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koni 3 Posted September 3, 2011 That sounds a very good way of doing it F2k Sel, thanks, will give that a go :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f2k sel 164 Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) I have found a way to turn it on and off now. save the code as kill_bis_fnc_dirIndicator.sqf ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // To use bis_fnc_dirIndicator place in a units init // dirIndicator = [player,bill,[0.706,0.0745,0.0196,1]] call bis_fnc_dirIndicator; // // to terminate bis_fnc_dirIndicator use the following in a trigger or script. // null=[dirIndicator]execvm "kill_bis_fnc_dirIndicator.sqf" visibleMap = true; // fades it out just as if you open the map sleep 1; terminate (_this select 0);// stops the program from running sleep 1; visibleMap = false; // restets visiblemap so it can be used as normal Edited September 13, 2011 by F2k Sel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schatten 271 Posted August 15, 2014 I have found a way to turn it on and off now.save the code as kill_bis_fnc_dirIndicator.sqf ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // To use bis_fnc_dirIndicator place in a units init // dirIndicator = [player,bill,[0.706,0.0745,0.0196,1]] call bis_fnc_dirIndicator; // // to terminate bis_fnc_dirIndicator use the following in a trigger or script. // null=[dirIndicator]execvm "kill_bis_fnc_dirIndicator.sqf" visibleMap = true; // fades it out just as if you open the map sleep 1; terminate (_this select 0);// stops the program from running sleep 1; visibleMap = false; // restets visiblemap so it can be used as normal If you use this code, indicator will stop hiding when opening map. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrSanchez 243 Posted August 17, 2014 If you use this code, indicator will stop hiding when opening map. Gravedigging a 3 year old thread that was originally 'closed' (more or less) is against the forum rules (§10) and you can end up getting infractions for it. Just so you know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankbuster 1735 Posted March 10, 2018 I've taken the liberty of; Adding a killswitch (on the client set a variable called indicatorrun to false) Replaced a deprecated function call with it's newer script counterpart. Added a distance indicator. (at 20m or more, the indicator is green, less than 20, it's mauve) code in spoiler Spoiler /* Author: Karel Moricky and Tankbuster Description: Direction indicator (similar to one CWC-era military game) Parameter(s): _this select 0: OBJECT - Center _this select 1: OBJECT - Related object Returns: True */ _this spawn { disableserialization; _center = _this select 0; _obj = _this select 1; _color = if (count _this > 2) then {_this select 2} else {[0.424,0.651,0.247,1];}; _size = if (count _this > 3) then {_this select 3} else {0.1045752}; _fadeIn = 0; _fadeOut = 0.8; _delay = 0.5; _delayFade = _delay; indicatorrun = true; ("bis_fnc_dirIndicator" call bis_fnc_rscLayer) cutrsc ["RscMissionScreen","plain"]; waituntil {!isnull (uinamespace getvariable "BIS_RscMissionScreen")}; uinamespace setvariable ["BIS_RscMissionScreen_dirIndicator",uinamespace getvariable "BIS_RscMissionScreen"]; //--- Definitions #define IND_DISPLAY (uinamespace getvariable "BIS_RscMissionScreen_dirIndicator") #define IND_CONTROL 1200 #define IND_W (_size) #define IND_H (IND_W * 4/3) #define IND_COEF (1.1) #define IND_1 (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + 1)) //--- Left #define IND_2 (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + 2)) //--- Top #define IND_3 (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + 3)) //--- Right #define IND_4 (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + 4)) //--- Bottom //--- Init _pos = [ (safezoneX + safezoneW / 2) - ((IND_W) * IND_COEF)/2, (safezoneY + safezoneH) - (IND_H) * IND_COEF, IND_W, IND_H ]; IND_1 ctrlsetposition _pos; IND_2 ctrlsetposition _pos; IND_3 ctrlsetposition _pos; IND_4 ctrlsetposition _pos; IND_1 ctrlsettextcolor _color; IND_2 ctrlsettextcolor _color; IND_3 ctrlsettextcolor _color; IND_4 ctrlsettextcolor _color; IND_1 ctrlsetfade _fadeOut; IND_2 ctrlsetfade _fadeOut; IND_3 ctrlsetfade _fadeOut; IND_4 ctrlsetfade _fadeOut; IND_1 ctrlcommit 0; IND_2 ctrlcommit 0; IND_3 ctrlcommit 0; IND_4 ctrlcommit 0; IND_1 ctrlsettext "\A3\ui_f\data\igui\rsctitles\dirindicator\dir_270_ca.paa"; IND_2 ctrlsettext "\A3\ui_f\data\igui\rsctitles\dirindicator\dir_000_ca.paa"; IND_3 ctrlsettext "\A3\ui_f\data\igui\rsctitles\dirindicator\dir_090_ca.paa"; IND_4 ctrlsettext "\A3\ui_f\data\igui\rsctitles\dirindicator\dir_180_ca.paa"; //--- Display again after load _this spawn {scriptName "fn_diIndicator.sqf: Load restart"; _load = [] spawn {scriptName "fn_diIndicator.sqf: Load detection"; disableserialization; waituntil {false}; }; waituntil {scriptdone _load || isnull IND_DISPLAY}; _this spawn bis_fnc_dirIndicator; }; while {alive _center && !isnull IND_DISPLAY and indicatorrun} do { if (visiblemap) then { for "_i" from 1 to 4 do { (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)) ctrlsetfade 1; (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)) ctrlcommit _delayFade; }; } else { _centerPos = position vehicle _center; _objPos = switch (typename _obj) do { case (typename {}): {call _obj}; case (typename ""): {missionnamespace getvariable _obj}; case (typename objnull): {position vehicle _obj}; default {_obj} }; _dirTo = if (_centerPos distance _objPos > 0 && _objPos distance [0,0,0] > 0) then { _dirTo = (vehicle _center) getRelDir _objPos; _dirTo = round (((_dirTo + 180) % 360) / 90); if (_dirTo <= 0 || _dirTo >= 4) then {_dirTo = 4;}; _dirTo } else { -1 }; for "_i" from 1 to 4 do { _fadeCurrent = ctrlfade (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)); _fade = if (_dirTo == _i && _dirTo >= 0) then { if (typename _obj == typename objnull) then { //--- When unconsious, blink if (lifestate _obj == "UNCONSCIOUS") then { if (_fadeCurrent == _fadeIn) then {_fadeOut} else {_fadeIn}; } else { _fadeIn }; } else { _fadeIn }; } else { _fadeOut }; if (_fadeCurrent != _fade) then { (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)) ctrlsetfade _fade; (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)) ctrlcommit _delayFade; }; if ((_objPos distance2D _centerPos ) < 20) then { (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)) ctrlsettextcolor [0.4,0.4,0.6,1]; } else { (IND_DISPLAY displayctrl (IND_CONTROL + _i)) ctrlsettextcolor _color; }; }; }; sleep _delay; }; IND_1 ctrlsetfade 1; IND_2 ctrlsetfade 1; IND_3 ctrlsetfade 1; IND_4 ctrlsetfade 1; IND_1 ctrlcommit 0.5; IND_2 ctrlcommit 0.5; IND_3 ctrlcommit 0.5; IND_4 ctrlcommit 0.5; }; From my mission; The Prowler is called Forward 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
