Checking if Magazine / Weapon is present.

[robot 1]

Hello,

I have a weapon type (ItemMap), which is one of a few that can be passed to _this.

I can see _this is populated properly by using a hint _this;

I now want to run an if statement to see if this is present.

if ("ItemMap" in _item) then {
hint "yep!";
};

No matter what I try, I get:

  Error position: <in _item) then {
 Error in: Type String, expected Array,Object,Location

The same for:

_str = "ItemMap" 
if (_string in _item) then {
hint "yep!";
};

Or

if ("ItemMap" == _item) then {
hint "yep!";
};

Is this because I am using a string and it expects a different type?

[riouken 15]

You say _this in your text and then in your code you have _item.

How are you populating _item.

_this is a protected var and you should never override it. It is used to refer to items passed to the script.

[jw custom 56]

Try this.

_weapons = weapons player;
{
 if (_x == 'ItemMap') then {hint 'player has a map'};
} forEach _weapons;

[robot 1]

You say _this in your text and then in your code you have _item.

How are you populating _item.

_this is a protected var and you should never override it. It is used to refer to items passed to the script.

Sorry, completely forget this:

_item = _this;

[Deadfast 43]

Doesn't help us, what's in _this?

[robot 1]

Try this.

_weapons = weapons player;
{
 if (_x == 'ItemMap') then {hint 'player has a map'};
} forEach _weapons;

I just solved it by reversing them, but yours looks better so I will try that too:

if (_item == "ItemMap" ) then {