Lost my ofp knowledge! Help with scripting simple random location

[charliereddog 9]

Hi all,

I *KNOW* I solved this way back in OFP but I've long since lost the mission files and I can't hit my head against a wall forever again.

I'm trying to do a simple thing. I have 6 game logics on the map. I want to move a marker to one of those logics. That's all. I have

_myLocation = ceil(random 6);

to determine which of the logics to move to and

"mkr1" setmarkerpos (getpos....)

to set the marker position. What I need to fill in is the ....? Is there some way of concatenating "lc" & the myLocation variable into an object name that works?

[samatra 85]

So you placed logic objects named lc1, lc2, ... in the editor? If yes then I think this should do the deal

_randomLogic = [lc1, lc2, lc3, lc4, lc5, lc6] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
"mkr1" setMarkerPos (getPos _randomLogic);

or

_locations = [lc1, lc2, lc3, lc4, lc5, lc6];
_randomLogic = _locations select floor(random(count _locations));
"mkr1" setMarkerPos (getPos _randomLogic);

or

_randomLogic = missionNamespace getVariable format ["lc%1", ceil(random 6)];
"mkr1" setMarkerPos (getPos _randomLogic);

Last one generates lcX string and gets variable with such name from mission namescape (main scripting namespace, all named vehicles placed in editor are there too)

[charliereddog 9]

You little gem. Many thanks.