How do I remove a placed object that is now destroyed?

[Zlin 10]

Need some help please. In a mission I am working on, I spawn a radio tower as part of an assigned task via script:

tower = "Land_TTowerBig_1_F" createVehicle (getMarkerPos "cAmkr13"),0;

_VarName="tower";

tower SetVehicleVarName _VarName;

tower Call Compile Format ["%1=_This ; PublicVariable ""%1""",_VarName];

I have an addaction that allows the players to cancel the task if they desire. When a player cancels the task, I remove the radio tower with:

deleteVehicle tower;

The tower is immediately removed from the map.

The task is to destroy the tower. If a player actually destroys the tower, the tower collapses on itself and the task is completed. My issue is that after the tower is destroyed, I can't remove it from the map. I have the same command to remove the tower "deleteVehicle tower;" but if the tower is destroyed, the deleteVehicle no longer works and the tower remains on the map.

Can someone please tell me why it works this way and how I can remove the destroyed tower via a script?

Thanks in advance.

Z

[Gekkibi 11]

Why do you need to destroy the tower when you can use condition (8th parameter, probably "damage tower < 0.5") in addAction? Do you just want to remove the action in the action menu, or do you really have to delete the rubble?

[Tajin 349]

That is because the ruins of your tower are a new object and do not keep the original varname.

You should be able to delete the ruins by saving the position of the tower and using the nearestObject command with its classname.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObject

[Zlin 10]

@Gekkibi

The mission I am running runs as a persistent mission, and is all task driven. It is designed for a small group (2 - 4 players) and is focused on specific tasks. Players can request a task via radio command. The tasks are like "clear area of insurgents", "clear area of vehicles', "clear area of boats". A new task I am trying to add is for destroying specific objects, ex: Destroy insurgent radio tower near marker "X". The tasks are picked at random from an array.

So, if a player requests a task and gets a "Destroy Radio Tower" task, I use a spawn vehicle script command to place an object on the map at a specified marker. No, if the player decides he does not want to play that task, he can use a radio command to cancel the task. If the player cancels the task, I want the spawned object to be removed as the task is not longer in play. So, I can remove the undamaged radio tower just fine with the deleteVehicle command but... if the player actually plays the task out and destroys the tower, I want the tower rubble to be removed after a period of time, so if lets say after another hour of playing, users get the same task again (as a randomly selected task) there wont' be a radio tower already in rubble on the same spot that the spanwed tower is going to be spawned at.

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@Tajin

Oooohhh... I understand now. I didn't not realize the destroyed object had a new name. Thank you very much for your assistance.

Z

[kylania 568]

I didn't not realize the destroyed object had a new name.

It doesn't. (oh, it's creating a new object wreck instead of everything else in the world not doing that.) If you delete it quick enough it won't leave a wrecked version.

_tower = createVehicle ["Land_TTowerBig_1_F", getMarkerPos "mrkTower", [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
missionNamespace setVariable ["tower",_tower];
publicVariable "tower";

waitUntil {!alive tower};
hint "tower is destroyed!";

sleep 5; // give the wreck time to exist

_wreck = getMarkerPos "mrkTower" nearestObject "Land_TTowerBig_1_ruins_F";
missionNamespace setVariable ["sillyWreck",_wreck];
publicVariable "sillyWreck";

// Run these from another script or from here:
deleteVehicle tower;
deletevehicle sillyWreck;

Edited September 19, 2013 by kylania
Fixed code

[Zlin 10]

It doesn't.

_tower = createVehicle ["Land_TTowerBig_1_F", getMarkerPos "mrkTower", [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
missionNamespace setVariable ["tower", _tower];
publicVariable "tower";

waitUntil {!alive tower};
sleep 10;
deleteVehicle tower;

@kylania

Thanks for your reply. I just tried your example and it did not work. The tower rubble remains.

[kylania 568]

I edited that code, try the new stuff. :)

[Zlin 10]

It doesn't. (oh, it's creating a new object wreck instead of everything else in the world not doing that.) If you delete it quick enough it won't leave a wrecked version.

_tower = createVehicle ["Land_TTowerBig_1_F", getMarkerPos "mrkTower", [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
missionNamespace setVariable ["tower",_tower];
publicVariable "tower";

waitUntil {!alive tower};
hint "tower is destroyed!";

sleep 5; // give the wreck time to exist

_wreck = getMarkerPos "mrkTower" nearestObject "Land_TTowerBig_1_ruins_F";
missionNamespace setVariable ["sillyWreck",_wreck];
publicVariable "sillyWreck";

// Run these from another script or from here:
deleteVehicle tower;
deletevehicle sillyWreck;

@Kylania

Thank you very much sir!!!! Works perfectly now!!

Z

[kylania 568]

It was tajin's idea. :)