debug marker not updating using while command

[hogmason 2]

gday all i am using the below code to follow spawned units but it is not updating there positions

     _HOGdebugunits = _this select 0; 
    _HOGdebugTEXT = _this select 1;

    while {alive _HOGdebugunits} do {				                   
        _DEBUGmarker = createMarker[str(_HOGdebugunits),position _HOGdebugunits]; str(_HOGdebugunits) setMarkerType "mil_dot"; str(_HOGdebugunits) setMarkerColor "ColorRed"; str(_HOGdebugunits)setMarkerText _HOGdebugTEXT;
	    sleep 1;
    };

any 1 know why thanks

[twirly 11]

Hi mate.... first off... that code is creating 1 marker every 1 second.... and not moving them anywhere! They are piling up one on top of the other. Looks like one marker but you are creating hundreds.

Then what is _HOGdebugunits?.... because you can only use alive on an object not a group.

EDIT: You can also only use position on an object. Might pay to look the commands up when things aren't working mate.

Edited October 3, 2012 by twirly

[hogmason 2]

Yeah thanks mate.

i got it working by adding a few more commands but now i am stuck creating a few markers as this 1 piece of code is being called from multiple scripts so i need it to create a new mkr every time its called

this is my code thats now working

_HOGdebugUNITS = _this select 0;
_HOGdebugTEXT = _this select 1;
_HOGdebugCOLOUR = _this select 2;
_HOGdebugTYPE = _this select 3;

if (HOG_debug) then {

       _DEBUGmarker = createMarker ["dbgmkr",getPos _HOGdebugUNITS];
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerType _HOGdebugTYPE;
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerColor _HOGdebugCOLOUR;
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerText _HOGdebugTEXT;
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerDir (direction _HOGdebugUNITS);

    while {alive _HOGdebugUNITS} do 
	{
	 _DEBUGmarker setMarkerPos getPosATL _HOGdebugUNITS;
	 _DEBUGmarker setMarkerDir (direction _HOGdebugUNITS);
           sleep 0.5;
    };

};

this is how its called

_handle = [_Su34,"jet","ColorRed","mil_triangle"] spawn HOGdebugmkrs;

//explained
_handle = [the unit,"txt","Color","type"] spawn HOGdebugmkrs;

i tried this so it gives the marker a new name every time but it does funny things like change color every secound and stuff also i am not to clear what _x does i googled and looked but cant really find a decent explanation

_DEBUGmarker = createMarker [str(_x),getPos _HOGdebugUNITS];

---------- Post added at 14:17 ---------- Previous post was at 14:11 ----------

got it all going

_HOGdebugUNITS = _this select 0; 
_HOGdebugTEXT = _this select 1;
_HOGdebugCOLOUR = _this select 2;
_HOGdebugTYPE = _this select 3;
[color="#FF0000"]_mkrName = Format ["mkr_%1",_HOGdebugUNITS];[/color]

if (HOG_debug) then {

       _DEBUGmarker = createMarker [_mkrName,getPos _HOGdebugUNITS];
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerType _HOGdebugTYPE;
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerColor _HOGdebugCOLOUR;
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerText _HOGdebugTEXT;
	_DEBUGmarker setMarkerDir (direction _HOGdebugUNITS);

    while {alive _HOGdebugUNITS} do 
	{
	 _DEBUGmarker setMarkerPos getPosATL _HOGdebugUNITS;
	 _DEBUGmarker setMarkerDir (direction _HOGdebugUNITS);
        sleep 0.5;
    };

};

[twirly 11]

Try something like these for unique names...

_DEBUGmarker = createMarker [format [%1",diag_ticktime],getPos _HOGdebugUNITS];
//or
_DEBUGmarker = createMarker [format ["%1",_HOGdebugUNITS],getPos _HOGdebugUNITS];
//or
_DEBUGmarker = createMarker [format ["%1",random(999999)],getPos _HOGdebugUNITS];

Thing is when the time comes if you want to delete the marker from another script...you won't know the name to use.

Edited October 3, 2012 by twirly
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