Random spawn with marker

[Dr_Cox1911 10]

Greetings,

I´m trying to spawn a soldier randomly at a marker. For this purpose I wrote this little SQF-script:

_cap = _this select 0;

_ranPos = floor(random 2);

switch (_ranPos) do
{
case 0:
{
	_capPos=getMarkerPos "cap_pos0";
	_z=3;
	hint "0";
};
case 1:
{
	_capPos=getMarkerPos "cap_pos1";
	_z=0;
	hint "1";
};
};

_cap setPos [_capPos select 0, _capPos select 1, (getPos _cap select 2) + _z];
_cap setCaptive true;

The soldier has this in his init-line:

_null = [this] execVM "captive.sqf"

Can anybody tell me the error in this script? It seems that only the "setCaptive" command works but nothing else:mad:

[marker 1]

I have a function for that mate..

Give me ten minutes to find it!

[cobra4v320 27]

_cap = _this select 0;

_ranPos = ["cap_pos0","cap_pos1"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

_cap setPos [getMarkerPos _ranPos select 0, getMarkerPos _ranPos select 1, (getMarkerPos _ranPos select 2) + 3];
_cap setCaptive true;

[dwringer 45]

_cap = _this select 0;
_ranPos = floor random 2;
_capPos = getMarkerPos format ["cap_pos%1", _ranPos];
hint format ["%1", _ranPos];
_capPos set [2, 0];
_cap setPosATL _capPos;
_cap setCaptive true;

Try that one, some space saving techniques (that's assuming it works, of course; untested ;))

Edited March 24, 2013 by dwringer
change to setposatl

[f2k sel 164]

The original script probably isn't working because it's defining variables within the switch scope and as a result won't be seen outside the scope.

placing this at the begining of the script may get it working but Cobra's is simpler.

private ["_capPos","_z"];

[marker 1]

Use the code below to create fnc_location...

// location function


 private ["_pos","_locations","_closest"];

 _pos = _this;
 if (typename _pos == typename objNull) then {_pos = getpos _pos};
 _locations = [["NameCityCapital","NameCity","NameVillage"],[_pos,1000]] call BIS_fnc_locations;
 _closest = objNull;

 if (count _locations > 0) then {
   _closest = _locations select 0;
   {
     if (_x distance _pos < _closest distance _pos) then {
       _closest = _x;
     };
   } foreach _locations;
 };
 _closest

Then call it with this code...

		_loc = getmarkerpos "marker";
	_houseDist = 10;
	for "_i" from 0 to 100 do

		{
		_dist = random 250;
		_dir = random 360;
		_loc = [(_loc select 0) + (sin _dir) * _dist, (_loc select 1) + (cos _dir) * _dist, 0];
		if (!(surfaceIsWater _loc) && (count (nearestObjects [_loc,["House"],_houseDist]) == 0)) exitWith  { _i = 100};
		};
		player setpos _loc call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

			loc = player call fnc_location;

[str (format ["%1, you are in", name player]), str(loc getvariable "name")] spawn BIS_fnc_infoText;

I compiled it in the init.sqf file using this

fnc_location = compile preprocessFile "complies\fnc_location.sqf"; // location

I used it mainly for Cherno, cannot see why it wont work though..

[Dr_Cox1911 10]

Thanks guys!

I use the solution from cobra4v320, works like a charm:cool: