Cant seem to hint a variable?

[BullyBoii 10]

Hi guys, i was just trying our some basic scripting to try and display the

position of a player in-game via the hint script

_playerPos = getpos solider_1;

hint _playerPos

is see no reason for this not to have worked, based on my very limited scripting

knowledge, anyone have any suggestions

[kylania 568]

hint format["%1", getPos soldier_1];

[BullyBoii 10]

thanks,

so if i wanted to create a trigger from this to kill the player if they are at a certain direction would i just script

hint format ["%1", getdir player]

if (%1 === 300) then {player setDamage 1} else {};
sleep 1;
if (alive player) then {} else {hint silent "you have been killed"};

thanks for your help, i really need to start learning how to script, ive been trying codecademy for javascript and html but its not the same as having some face-to-face teach you, plus i try and work throught the exercises too fast so i dont really learn much :)

thanks anyway

[cuel 25]

You can only hint strings, that's why you need to format the position array.

%1 is only used inside a "format" array, not outside.

You'd use something like

if ((getDir player) == 300) then {player setDamage 1};

Which is kind of a weird way to kill the player..

"else" does not need to be used in an if-then statement. It's optional.

You can also use exclamation mark ( ! ), or "NOT" for doing something that's "not true".

if (not alive player) then {hint "you're dead"};
// equals
if (!alive player) then {hint "you're dead"};

Read some scripting tutorials, keep coding, looking at other people's script etc. That's the best way to learn.

[BullyBoii 10]

cheers, i spose its really about logical thinking, its just hard trying to get into that mentality

im still gooing to keep at it, it doesnt process itself overnight :)

[kylania 568]

im still gooing to keep at it, it doesnt process itself overnight :)

hah, sometimes it actually does! There's been plenty of times where I'll be completely stumped and suddenly wake up one morning knowing exactly what to try next.

[Deadfast 43]

You need to enable script errors, then it will be immediately clear what you're doing wrong (in your case it would say "type array, expected string").

Also, if you just need to quickly hint a variable it's faster to use str instead of format:

hint str (getPos player);

One more thing...

so if i wanted to create a trigger from this to kill the player if they are at a certain direction would i just script

I don't think you realize what getDir does. It returns the direction the unit is facing. Do you really want your script to kill anyone who looks north-west? Even if that is your intention, == is an exact comparison. _dir == 300 returns true only and only if _dir is exactly 300. Because getDir returns a decimal number that is almost impossible. 300.0001 is not 300.

It might be better if you explained in detail what exactly it is you want to achieve.

Edited September 13, 2012 by Deadfast

[twirly 11]

hah, sometimes it actually does! There's been plenty of times where I'll be completely stumped and suddenly wake up one morning knowing exactly what to try next.

Same here.... too true!