Help with select Random Array?

[L.Trale 10]

I'm a bit rusty at scripting as I took a few months off. Can someone help me with this?

_Select1 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"];
_Select2 = floor random count _Select1;
hint ["1%", _Select1];

The Letters are the names of AIs.

Thanks.

[fight9 14]

There is actually a BIS function for this now. A lot easier than using floor, random, and count. Unless its a random number and not from an array, of course.

_select1 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

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

[L.Trale 10]

Thank you so much. I also made a few embarrassing errors. Forgot the "format" after hint and the "%1". Thanks!

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Quick question; how do I add an action the the person selected? Thanks

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Scratch that, found it. Another quick question; how do you add an action to just the player? For example, I want A to have an action "Wave", but other players can use the action on him.

[fusion13 11]

Thank you so much. I also made a few embarrassing errors. Forgot the "format" after hint and the "%1". Thanks!

---------- Post added at 21:49 ---------- Previous post was at 21:42 ----------

Quick question; how do I add an action the the person selected? Thanks

---------- Post added at 21:58 ---------- Previous post was at 21:49 ----------

Scratch that, found it. Another quick question; how do you add an action to just the player? For example, I want A to have an action "Wave", but other players can use the action on him.

_action = a addAction ["Wave", "Script.sqf"];

But your soldiers names need to match so the if the name of the soldier..

so what you should have is

_selector = [soldier1, soldier2, soldier3]call bis_fnc_selectRandom;
_action = _selector addAction ["wave", "script.sqf"];

[L.Trale 10]

You don't need the "_action" part. The rest I have and it still allows other players to use that action.

[KC Grimes 79]

You don't need the "_action" part. The rest I have and it still allows other players to use that action.

The _action part in that case is the return value, which in the case of addAction, is the action ID. So in the event that you want to removeActive (its hidden by default, yes, but for reuseability it'd need to be removed), you would call on the return. IE, using the above as reference, _selector removeAction _action.

[fusion13 11]

;2614957']The _action part in that case is the return value' date=' which in the case of addAction, is the action ID. So in the event that you want to removeActive (its hidden by default, yes, but for reuseability it'd need to be removed), you would call on the return. IE, using the above as reference, _selector removeAction _action.[/quote']

Thanks for explaining it :D

[L.Trale 10]

Yeah, I know. Thanks for being helpful though. (I'm not trying to remove the action, I'm trying to hide it from other players)

[fight9 14]

You'd probably have to use the condition field of the addAction

[KC Grimes 79]

Yeah, I know. Thanks for being helpful though. (I'm not trying to remove the action, I'm trying to hide it from other players)

Which Fusion already explained. I was just pointing out the importance of the return value.

As Fusion said, and the biki indicates, addAction is used on objects (be it soldiers, vehicles, boxes ,etc). If you are using "player" or "this", then yes, it will be on every client. However, if you call it for, say, p1, which is the name of 1 character, it will only be on that character.

[L.Trale 10]

Do you mean _Selector = [Alpha,Bravo,Charlie,Delta,Echo] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

_action = _Selector addAction ["Wave", "Wave.sqf"];

[fusion13 11]

That is what I posted, justbwith different soldier names. Just make sure the random array is the same as the names of the soldiers you placed down..

[L.Trale 10]

I've done this, still doesn't work. I've tried messing around with the parameters for addaction but no luck. Thanks for the help though :bounce3:

[fusion13 11]

Are you soldier names the same as the one in the array?

[L.Trale 10]

Yes, they are the same names.

[fusion13 11]

then it should work.

[fight9 14]

But you are trying to limit the action to one unit right? So one randomly selected unit gets the addaction option and all other don't? Is that right?

[L.Trale 10]

Yes. The problem is that any unit can walk up to the "_Selector" and use the addaction. I've tried _Stab = _Selector addAction ["STAB", "Stab.sqf", nil, 1.5, True, True, "", "this == _Selector"]; but It doesn't work.

[fusion13 11]

See u have a speific item causeimg the addaction so you have to do a if statement for it

[L.Trale 10]

So I should add something similar to if (_Selector == this) then {_Selector addaction ["STAB", "Stab.sqf"]} else {};

Think I've gotten the answer: _Stab = if (player == _Selector) then {player addaction ["STAB", "Stab.sqf"]} else {};

It seems to work, but I'll have to do more testing.

Edited February 5, 2014 by L.Trale

[fight9 14]

Try this:

_Selector = [A,B,C,D,E] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_Selected = _Selector; // Narrow it down to one random I can use twice
_action = _Selected addAction ["STAB", "Stab.sqf", Nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "player == _Selected"]; 

I added "_selected" because I'm not sure if calling "_selector" twice will give me two different randoms or not.

Edited February 5, 2014 by Fight9

[L.Trale 10]

_Stab = if (player == _Selector) then {player addaction ["STAB", "Stab.sqf"]} else {}; is working fine, but I might need this for something else. Thanks for the help! :D