salary system for spawned units

[dematti 10]

Hi,

I'm trying to make a money system template to put extra realism into some missions.

Currently I have a bank, car seller, gun seller, unit seller and a real estate agent.

I am also trying to add daily salaries for bought units which I will have to pay for using my bank account.

The salaries owned are defined by one number which I put in my init (

ownedsalary = 0

)

So when I go to the bank the "ownedsalary" amount can be deducted by paying for it untill it reaches 0 again.

Here is my issue:

1) I am spawning the unit using one code:

classname createunit [position, group, init, skill]

How can I create a daily loop, adding to the ownedsalary code?

I should run a script from its init but I cant figure out how to make this script.

The problem is I cant name the unit because more units are spawned using the same script which means they cant have the same name?

2) I am using different skills for spawned units (0.25, 0.50, 0.75) so how can I make one unit more expensive then another?

Using multiple scripts is the best solution I guess.

3) If the unit gets killed, the script should stop and no money should be added to "ownedsalary"

Who can help me to get this to work?

Thanks for your help

edit: sorry for posting in the wrong section

Edited June 14, 2013 by dematti

[R0adki11 3945]

@dematti i moved your thread to the editing section as this is the correct area :)

[dematti 10]

Ok I found a solution for most of this.

I'm just struggling how to stop the script if the spawned unit gets killed.

How do I stop a script from running if a spawned unit gets killed? (spawned by a script which respawns MULTIPLE units)

The script needs to keep running for other alive units spawned by this script.

to spawn my unit(s) I use this code:

classname createunit [position, group, init, skill]

in the init of this unit I execute the salary script, but I need it to stop if the unit dies.

thx

[xxanimusxx 2]

I assume your script to keep track the salary of the units uses a while/true loop, am I right?

It's pretty easy if it's so, just replace the condition in the while-loop with the alive-state of the unit.

In the units init-field, call your script and use this as a parameter for your script:

init = "this execVM ""keepTrackOfSalary.sqf"";";
classname createunit [position, group, init, skill];

And in your script:

_unit = _this;

// ....

while {alive _unit} do
{
   // Well, you do know what to do here, don't you? :D
};

// ... If you're here, the unit has died, do some cleanup...

Whenever the unit in question dies the while-loop will be left and the script will run to the end.

[dematti 10]

Ok, thx xxAnimusxx!

the problem was I couldn't make the link between the unit and the script.

_this (offcourse!) was the line I had to use in the loop, when naming them isn't possible.

THX!