Simple Way to Count Units Alive

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Is it possible and if so how, to count the amount of remaining enemies within a trigger area and display the result?

Thanks in advance

[kylania 568]

_aliveInTrigger = {[triggerName, _x] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger && side _x == opfor && alive _x} count AllUnits;
hint format ["There are %1 bad dudes alive in the trigger", _aliveInTrigger];

Edited September 5, 2013 by kylania

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Thanks kylania, Where do I place the code and how does it fire, Radio Call??

[kylania 568]

Depends on when you want it to run I guess. When and how should you see this count get displayed?

[Ice_Rhino 3]

I tried to put it into an OPFOR Present Repeat trigger but it keeps coming up missing ;

[KevsNoTrev 44]

Ice, it won't work as shown above as there a local variables in a public space.

remove all the _ from the front of the aliveInTrigger

[kylania 568]

Oops, was missing a = in there. and the _ local variable thing KevsnoTrev mentioned :)

[Ice_Rhino 3]

You have both lost me now. I understand the remove _ from in front of the aliveInTrigger obviously nut the a= I don't get?

[kylania 568]

i edited my post. I had side _x = opfor instead of side _x == opfor

[Ice_Rhino 3]

OK, working in a trigger, however it says that there 0 units in the trigger area when there are about 25 opfor present

[kylania 568]

Change triggerName to thisTrigger

[Ice_Rhino 3]

Perfect, thanks KYL. One last question, what trigger parameters would you use in order to get this to display say every minute. I tried a repeat OPFOR present but that does nothing so at the moment it is on OPFOR detecting BLUFOR which is not ideal.

Thanks

[kylania 568]

I wouldn't put it in a trigger, I'd run it from a script as it was originally written. Just a while true, that code, then sleep 60. :)

[hajimoto 10]

Question: Is there an equally powerful command like " BIS_fnc_inTrigger" to determine the amount of enemy units that exist within a given marker?

[kylania 568]

The exact same command. :)

["someMarker", unitObject] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger;

[hajimoto 10]

The exact same command. :)

["someMarker", unitObject] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger;

I assumed because I was receiving a "0" count when entering a marker name that the command "BIS_fnc_inTrigger" was only for triggers only.

Thank you Kylania!

[Ice_Rhino 3]

KYL. how would I do that then and only count the guys within the specific trigger area?

Edited September 6, 2013 by Ice_Rhino

[hajimoto 10]

Moved to separate post so as not to hijack this post

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?163341-Enemy-reinforcement-based-on-amount-of-remaining-forces-chopper

Edited September 6, 2013 by Hajimoto
Made dedicated post