How to make the mission end after a certain number of friendly casualties?

[Jambird 10]

Hi, I'm pretty new to scripting or anything of that nature and I need to know the easiest way to make it so the mission ends after 25 blufor casualties have been sustained. I have looked around endlessly for threads for this with no luck. I already have base respawning on so I just need to know how I can make it so after the above amount of casualties have been sustained the mission ends (failure).

Thanks! :cool:

[Joe98 92]

If you search, some people have asked: "How can I get a mission to end if there are 2 or less enemy remaining on the map?"

In your trigger amend the given answer to read "......only X number of friendlies on the map"

[Jambird 10]

If you search, some people have asked: "How can I get a mission to end if there are 2 or less enemy remaining on the map?"

In your trigger amend the given answer to read "......only X number of friendlies on the map"

But I have respawning on, so that won't work will it?

Also, if this helps or not, there will be about 25-40 people playing this mission from my group, all on Blufor. :)

Edited May 27, 2013 by Jambird

[Silderoy 1]

that might work, not tested though:

create a file called "casualtiesCheck.sqf". inside put the following:

_deadbluefor = 0;
while {true} do
{
{
if ((side _x == west) && (getdammage _x == 1)) then
{
_deadbluefor = _deadbluefor + 1;
};
} forEach playableUnits;
sleep 2;
};

then in your init.sqf put this:

null = [] execVM "casualtiesCheck.sqf";

and it the end "lose" trigger, write in the Cond field:\

_deadbluefor = 25;

Edited May 27, 2013 by Silderoy

[Jambird 10]

that might work, not tested though:

create a file called "casualtiesCheck.sqf". inside put the following:

_deadbluefor = 0;
while {true} do
{
{
if ((side _x == west) && (getdammage _x == 1)) then
{
_deadbluefor = _deadbluefor + 1;
};
} forEach playableUnits;
sleep 2;
};

then in your init.sqf put this:

null = [] execVM "casualtiesCheck.sqf";

and it the end "lose" trigger, write in the Cond field:\

_deadbluefor = 25;

I'll try it now! Thanks :D

---------- Post added at 12:10 ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 ----------

that might work, not tested though:

create a file called "casualtiesCheck.sqf". inside put the following:

_deadbluefor = 0;
while {true} do
{
{
if ((side _x == west) && (getdammage _x == 1)) then
{
_deadbluefor = _deadbluefor + 1;
};
} forEach playableUnits;
sleep 2;
};

then in your init.sqf put this:

null = [] execVM "casualtiesCheck.sqf";

and it the end "lose" trigger, write in the Cond field:\

_deadbluefor = 25;

Okay I tried it, unfortunately it did not work :( I'll tell you what I did to make sure I did nothing wrong:

I created the casualtiesCheck.sqf with notepad and placed it in the mission folder with mission.sqm and description.ext etc, copied and pasted that code you put up there into it.

I opened up the init.sqf that I had from other attempts and pasted the code you asked me to put in there

I opened up Arma 2 oa and but a end #3 trigger down and put "_deadbluefor = 25;" in it. That's all I did with the trigger, nothing else. I did not set who could activate it or anything.

[Silderoy 1]

ok my bad, stupid mistake, change "_deadbluefor" to "DEADBLUEFOR", without the _. both on the script and in the trigger. and make sure its in the Cond field and not the On Act.

so delete anything from the casualtiesCheck.sqf, and paste this into it:

DEADBLUEFOR = 0;
while {true} do
{
{
if ((side _x == west) && (!alive _x)) then
{
DEADBLUEFOR = DEADBLUEFOR + 1;
hint format ["causualties: %1", DEADBLUEFOR];
};
} forEach playableUnits;
sleep 2;
};  

now it should hint you the number of casualties every time a bluefor unit dies.

Edited May 28, 2013 by Silderoy

[Jambird 10]

ok my bad, stupid mistake, change "_deadbluefor" to "DEADBLUEFOR", without the _. both on the script and in the trigger. and make sure its in the Cond field and not the On Act.

so delete anything from the casualtiesCheck.sqf, and paste this into it:

DEADBLUEFOR = 0;
while {true} do
{
{
if ((side _x == west) && (getdammage _x == 1)) then
{
DEADBLUEFOR = DEADBLUEFOR + 1;
hint format ["causualties: %1", DEADBLUEFOR];
};
} forEach playableUnits;
sleep 2;
};  

now it should hint you the number of casualties every time a bluefor unit dies.

Still nothing! :( I don't know if this might be the cause, but the name of the mission in game does not match the name of the mission folder. The mission folder has percentages and things in, while the actual name of the mission in game does not! I'll show you a screenshot:

I did rename the mission through the "intel" option, I'm not sure how that effects the folder.

[Silderoy 1]

you have the percents because you had spaces in the ingame name. arma files cannot have spaces, so their "name" for a space is %20...

about the script, is it showing the hints or nothing?

[Jambird 10]

you have the percents because you had spaces in the ingame name. arma files cannot have spaces, so their "name" for a space is %20...

about the script, is it showing the hints or nothing?

No, nothing at all :(

[Silderoy 1]

ok to check whats working and whats not, put that into the causaltiesCheck.sqf:

DEADBLUEFOR = 0;
hint "script is running";
sleep 1;
while {true} do
{
hint "'while' loop started";
sleep 1;
{
hint "'forEach' loop started";
sleep 1;
if (side _x == west) then {
hint "unit is bluefor";
sleep 1;
if (!alive _x) then {
hint "unit is dead";
sleep 1;
DEADBLUEFOR = DEADBLUEFOR + 1;
hint "casualty saved";
};
};
} forEach playableUnits;
hint "'foreEach' loop finished";
sleep 2;
};

now it should have alot of hints. tell me which hint you see and which you do not, what is the last hint you can see.

Edited May 28, 2013 by Silderoy

[Jambird 10]

It keeps saying "unit is blufor " "'for each' loop started" over and over again. I killed some Blufor ai, no effect.

[Silderoy 1]

the problem over here is that when a unit dies, it becomes a civilian, and leaves its group. Im trying to find a way to get it but an the moment no luck...

[Jambird 10]

ah :(

[comp_uter15776 1]

Sounds tedious, and I'm not exactly a 1337 scripting pr0, but could you not individually name them and then check how many are alive, and if it's above a certain number the game continues, if not it ends?

Just my 2p

Regards, Comp_uter15776

[Silderoy 1]

Sounds tedious, and I'm not exactly a 1337 scripting pr0, but could you not individually name them and then check how many are alive, and if it's above a certain number the game continues, if not it ends?

Just my 2p

Regards, Comp_uter15776

if he have spawn, it wont work. and if I got it right then he have...

EDIT:

But, you got me an idea!

name all of the bluefor units. something like b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6....

now in the casualtiesCheck.sqf put this:

DEADBLUEFOR = 0;
_blueForUnits = [b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6...];

while {true} do {
{
if (!alive _x) then {
DEADBLUEFOR = DEADBLUEFOR + 1;
hint "casualty detected";
sleep 1;
hint format ["casualties: %1", DEADBLUEFOR];
};
} forEach _blueForUnits;
sleep 2;
};

in _blueForUnits put all the names of the bluefor units. :p

if that one doesnt work I think you can make it with Event Handlers.

to do that get the following code into the casualtiesCheck.sqf, but only if the above doesnt work:

DEADBLUEFOR = 0;
_blueForUnits = [b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6...];

while {true} do {
{
_x addMPEventHandler ["MPKilled", {DEADBLUEFOR = DEADBLUEFOR + 1}];
waituntil {!alive _x};
waituntil {alive _x};
} forEach _blueForUnits;
sleep 1;
};

Edited May 28, 2013 by Silderoy

[Jambird 10]

Alright, doing it now! :)

[ixenocider 10]

ok to check whats working and whats not, put that into the causaltiesCheck.sqf:

DEADBLUEFOR = 0;
hint "script is running";
sleep 1;
while {true} do
{
hint "'while' loop started";
sleep 1;
{
hint "'forEach' loop started";
sleep 1;
if (side _x == west) then {
hint "unit is bluefor";
sleep 1;
if (!alive _x) then {
hint "unit is dead";
sleep 1;
DEADBLUEFOR = DEADBLUEFOR + 1;
hint "casualty saved";
};
};
} forEach playableUnits;
hint "'foreEach' loop finished";
sleep 2;
};

now it should have alot of hints. tell me which hint you see and which you do not, what is the last hint you can see.

I tried this out. It never reaches "unit is blufor." I believe it has to do with the

if (side _x == east)

part but I am not too sure.

[PlacidPaul 11]

Just to point out, if your making a mission that doesn't have respawns, just put this in a trigger

west countSide allunits <= your number

I know it doesn't really apply to OP, but it might to someone else.

[Silderoy 1]

I tried this out. It never reaches "unit is blufor." I believe it has to do with the

if (side _x == east)

part but I am not too sure.

it has nothing to do with east, because he is interested in bluefor only...