Change Headgear during Gameplay via Actionemnu

[sancron 32]

Hello, i am really new on ArmA 2 mission Development so i got a question

i was search for a solution, but i don't find any one that fit my wishes. So i hope some one of the community can help me out, to get my wish to work in ArmA 2.

I use the BB Mercs units and want, that the headgear is changeable during gameplay throught the actionmenu. I know it works when i use MCC and put "UNIT setidentity "XYZ"" on the Command line, but i don't find a way to get a script working that does this via actionmenu. I was show at Feints Sniper Camo Change to get a usable solution, but i don't have expirence in enhanced scripting. So my last try was this on

private ["_caller","_headGear"];_caller = _this select 1;


switch (true) do
{
   case 0: {_caller setidentity "Pro_Helmet"};
   case 1: {_caller setidentity "black_beret"};
}

And use this Code in the init line of the Unit

init="this addAction[""Pro Helmet"", ""x_custom\x_headgear.sqf"", [player, this, 0, (0)]];";

But i don't work

[cuel 25]

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

target: Object - the object which the action is assigned to

caller: Object - the unit that activated the action

ID: Integer - ID of the activated action

arguments: Anything - arguments given to the script if you are using the extended synt

So;

_target = _this select 0;
_caller = _this select 1;
_id = _this select 2;
[b]_args[/b] = _this select  3;

_var1 = [b]_args[/b] select 0;
_var2 = [b]_args[/b] select 1;
_var3 = [b]_args[/b] select 2;

This:

private ["_caller","_headGear"];
_caller = _this select 1;

switch (true) do
{
   case 0: {_caller setidentity "Pro_Helmet"};
   case 1: {_caller setidentity "black_beret"};
}

Doesn't work since _caller is not case 0 or 1. It's an object, not an integer.

You could add

switch (true) do
{
   case 0: {_caller setidentity "Pro_Helmet"};
   case 1: {_caller setidentity "black_beret"};
   default: {hint "NOTHING IN THE SWITCH WAS SELECTED";};
}

To see if the switch works (which it does not).

Anyway, a solution would be (untested):

Unit init:

this addAction["Pro Helmet", "x_custom\x_headgear.sqf",0]; this addAction["Black Beret", "x_custom\x_headgear.sqf",1]; 

headgear.sqf:

_caller = _this select 1;
_selection = _this select 3;

switch (_selection) do {
case 0: {_caller setIdentity "Pro_Helmet"};
case 1: {_caller setIdentity "black_beret"};
};

[sancron 32]

Thanks for the reply, your second solution works perfect for me. Btw, is it possible to made the actionmenu entry only for usable / visible for my own, so that i don't get actionmenu entry displayed from a other unit?

[cuel 25]

It won't be displayed unless you add the action to another unit. Is that what you meant?

[sancron 32]

Nope i mean, when i use this code

[left][color=#333333]this addAction["Pro Helmet", "x_custom\x_headgear.sqf",0]; this addAction["Black Beret", "x_custom\x_headgear.sqf",1];[/color][/left]

to me and one other unit, and i watch to the other unit, i get the menu entries displayed twice. So i want, that the menu entrie is only for the local player visible. So only i see my menu entries and the other unit see only his menu entries. So i don't get displayed both his and my custom headgear menuentries when i watch to him.

i hope i explained it right, my english is horrible.

Edited July 12, 2012 by sancron

[cuel 25]

put this in the init.sqf

player addAction["Pro Helmet", "x_custom\x_headgear.sqf",0]; player addAction["Black Beret", "x_custom\x_headgear.sqf",1];