Counting Enemy and then subtracting a number

[Doodle 10]

I am using the code below in a simple radio trigger

hint format["There are %1 EAST units on this map.",{side _x == opfor} count allUnits]; 

Anyone any idea how I could then deduct a specified number from the result

For example I may have 10 enemy troops but I only want say 6 to be displayed in the hint

so something along the lines of

hint format["There are %1 EAST units on this map.",{side _x == opfor} count allUnits -4];

Thnaks in advance

[fusion13 11]

_cnt = {side _x == opfor} count allUnits;
_fake = _cnt - 4;
hint format ["There are %1 East units on this map", _fake];

Maybe??? Didn't test but it looks like it should work right :D

[tryteyker 28]

You already have the correct code, OP. Add parentheses around the count so - 4 is alone outside of it. No need for extra vars.

[Doodle 10]

Thanks guys.

Worked perfectly. Of course as I solve one issue another arises but thats half the fun.

On an unrelated matter but I think it maybe the same sort of solution.

I am using the following code to display name above players heads.

onEachFrame
{
 {
   if ((side _x == west) && (_x != player)) then
   {
     drawIcon3D ["\A3\ui_f\data\map\markers\military\dot_CA.paa", [1, 1, 1, 1], [visiblePosition _x select 0, visiblePosition _x select 1,(visiblePosition _x select 2)+3], 0.1, 0.1, 0, (format ["%2 - %1",player distance _x, name _x]), 1, 0.03, "EtelkaMonospacePro"];
   };
 } foreach allunits;
};

Works perfecet but it displays the distance to the player down to 5 decimal places. EG "player 102.12345m"

Any idea if its possible to remove the decimal place as accurate to the nearest metre is enough

thanks in advance

[fight9 14]

Use Floor to round it down to a whole integer

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/floor

floor (Player distance _x)

Edited February 7, 2014 by Fight9
corrected code mistake for future searches

[Doodle 10]

Use Floor to round it down to a whole integer

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/floor

Player distance floor _x

Thanks but I cant figure it out tried player distance floor_x & player distance floor 1.0000

neither worked - dont suppose you could give any more pointers

Thanks in advance

[fight9 14]

try

(format ["%2 - %1",floor (player distance _x), name _x])

I might have gotten my commands backwards.

Edited February 6, 2014 by Fight9

[Doodle 10]

PERFECT!

Thanks guys for helping me out on these two issues both have been bugging me for a while and are just nice little finnishing topuches to the mission

THANKS

[zapat 53]

You can use

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

instead of looping through all units, which will give you somewhat better performance.