Personal driving score MP

[ServiceStud 1]

Hey all.

I tried searching but either the answer is not here or I am searching for the wrong things. I am a newb at mission making so maybe I got the nomenclature wrong.

Anyhow, here is my question:

I have created a tank driving range with road-cones lining the road the driver is supposed to follow.

What I want to do is to tally the amount of cones a specific player disturbs and display it (preferably in an unobtrusive format) for all players.

It would also rock to be able to reset/remove this display from a 3rd place once the driving part is done.

The map allows a max of 6 players, it is Multiplayer. If it makes any difference, the game is Iron Front.

Is this possible? I was looking at the addScore bit but I cannot for the life of me see how I would tie this to the myriad road cones.

Any tips?

Thanks in advance!

[ServiceStud 1]

Hm. After 30+ views and no response, I assume the question was either too hard or too easy. I will just have to tally score manually then.

[mikie boy 18]

Its a bit more complex than what it may appear. Objects don't generally carry a score, so you'd have to somehow turn cones into a visible variable.

possibility that using eventhandler "killed" for the cones may work, but then knocking the cones may not kill/destroy them.

you could try handledamage - but again not sure this works with cones.

could have a loop script on each to detect a vehicle which comes within a certain distance of the cone, and then penalise them for that.

best i can think of right now - maybe someone else can focus your idea - but cant honestly say that knocking cones over will excite many people on here to assist - sorry dude. good luck

[Gunter Severloh 4054]

Hi, let this help you:

Armed Assault Editing Guide - Deluxe Edition - English version

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=4847

it has what you need to know in there, look at page 231, or around there, but its in the mp section.

[ServiceStud 1]

Thanks both. I'll wrestle with it for a bit but it looks like a non-starter.

[Haviv 10]

I would like this too. I have the mission "autocross" but it only gives a time and doesn't tell me how many cones were knocked down.

[cuel 25]

Save the positions of the cones in an array and then compare each one after the course is finished?

//init var's
courseFinished = false;
_coneArray = [];

//save positions of all cones in a nested array
{
 _coneArray set [count _coneArray, [_x,getPosATL _x]];
}forEach [cone1,cone2,cone3];
//add cone names up here ^

//wait until the trigger becomes true
waitUntil {sleep 1; courseFinished};
_score = 20;

//compare the distance between the actual position of the cone and the orignal position. if higher than 5cm, score is reduced.
{
_cone = _x select 0;
_originalPos = _x select 1;
if (((getPosATL _cone) distance _originalPos) > 0.05) then {
	_score = _score-1;
};
}forEach _coneArray;

//display score
hint format ["You've completed the course.\nYour score is: %1 out of 20",_score];

Just tested it and it seemed to work just fine. I placed a trigger at the end of the course with blufor present, on activation: courseFinished = true;

Obviously not MP/reset compatible, I don't really have time for that. But it's a start.

You could delete all the cones after the course is finished, set the variable to false, and place new cones. It'll take some time to get all that working.

Edited July 12, 2012 by cuel