Make objectives random?

[BoltboxerPro 1]

I've been searching around for this but there appears to be almost nothing on it. I'm wondering how do you make objectives random?

For example, I have five different target around the map, but I want them to spawn separately, so at the beginning of the mission you get one of the several targets as your objectives, then once that objective is done you get another one, but in random order? Does anyone have any insight on how that would work? Thanks!

[Harzach 2507]

Maybe open up Domination and see how the side missions are done? The relevant subfolder is "x_missions", I think.

[lockjaw-65- 0]

I have a mission with 40 objectives and it randomly picks one until they are all done.

First make a script called random1.sqf

the code within:

if ((count missions) == 0) then {hint "No more missions"};
_mission = missions select (floor(random(count missions)));

if (_mission == 1) then {[] execVM "mission1.sqf"};
if (_mission == 2) then {[] execVM "mission2.sqf"};
if (_mission == 3) then {[] execVM "mission3.sqf"};
if (_mission == 4) then {[] execVM "mission4.sqf"};
if (_mission == 5) then {[] execVM "mission5.sqf"};
if (_mission == 6) then {[] execVM "mission6.sqf"};
if (_mission == 7) then {[] execVM "mission7.sqf"};
if (_mission == 8) then {[] execVM "mission8.sqf"};
if (_mission == 9) then {[] execVM "mission9.sqf"};
if (_mission == 10) then {[] execVM "mission10.sqf"};
if (_mission == 11) then {[] execVM "mission11.sqf"};
if (_mission == 12) then {[] execVM "mission12.sqf"};
if (_mission == 13) then {[] execVM "mission13.sqf"};
if (_mission == 14) then {[] execVM "mission14.sqf"};
if (_mission == 15) then {[] execVM "mission15.sqf"};
if (_mission == 16) then {[] execVM "mission16.sqf"};
if (_mission == 17) then {[] execVM "mission17.sqf"};
if (_mission == 18) then {[] execVM "mission18.sqf"};
if (_mission == 19) then {[] execVM "mission19.sqf"};
if (_mission == 20) then {[] execVM "mission20.sqf"};
if (_mission == 21) then {[] execVM "mission21.sqf"};
if (_mission == 22) then {[] execVM "mission22.sqf"};
if (_mission == 23) then {[] execVM "mission23.sqf"};
if (_mission == 24) then {[] execVM "mission24.sqf"};
if (_mission == 25) then {[] execVM "mission25.sqf"};
if (_mission == 26) then {[] execVM "mission26.sqf"};
if (_mission == 27) then {[] execVM "mission27.sqf"};
if (_mission == 28) then {[] execVM "mission28.sqf"};
if (_mission == 29) then {[] execVM "mission29.sqf"};
if (_mission == 30) then {[] execVM "mission30.sqf"};
if (_mission == 31) then {[] execVM "mission31.sqf"};
if (_mission == 32) then {[] execVM "mission32.sqf"};
if (_mission == 33) then {[] execVM "mission33.sqf"};
if (_mission == 34) then {[] execVM "mission34.sqf"};
if (_mission == 35) then {[] execVM "mission35.sqf"};
if (_mission == 36) then {[] execVM "mission36.sqf"};
if (_mission == 37) then {[] execVM "mission37.sqf"};
if (_mission == 38) then {[] execVM "mission38.sqf"};
if (_mission == 39) then {[] execVM "mission39.sqf"};
if (_mission == 40) then {[] execVM "mission40.sqf"};

missions = missions - [_mission];

In the init.sqf

missions = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40];

Now in the editor create a trigger

in its condition put: missiondone

in its activation put: missiondone=false; nul = [] execvm "random1.sqf";

You will also need a trigger to call the random1 script when the objective is complete

its activation: missiondone=true

you will also need a trigger to start the whole thing off. in its activation: _null = [] execVM "random1.sqf";

you could put this in the init.sqf

BTW I forgot to mention that all the objective info etc should be called within each mission script.

I can post an example of one of these if you need it...

Edited March 30, 2013 by LockJaw-65-

[BoltboxerPro 1]

Thanks LockJaw, that's going to be work well for a Police-style mission. Thanks for the help.

[marker 1]

Ths would work as well mate...

Kylania solved it for me when I was working on wasteland missions...

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?141233-Really-Stange-Missing-Errors&p=2237389&viewfull=1#post2237389

[lockjaw-65- 0]

yeah the one I posted was more for if you had your own set of specfic missions

[tryteyker 28]

Simplistic concept:

_missions = [0,1,2,3,4]; // This is just numbers, if you want to use it in conjunction with anything else use different things.
_mission = _missions select (floor(random(count _missions)));

switch (_mission) do {
case 0:
 { player createSimpleTask ["blowshitup"]; };
case 1:
 { player createSimpleTask ["defendstuff"]; };
case 2: 
 { player createSimpleTask ["attackstuff"]; };
case 3:
 { player createSimpleTask ["escortstuff"]; };
case 5:
 { player createSimpleTask ["insertstuff"]; };
};

Edit however you like. If you want to use the _missions in another way you can do so but remember to change things accordingly.

And please don't use if statements for random selections, it just makes stuff overly complicated and slow.