Popping Smoke in Approximate Area via Script

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'm making a training map for a group I'm in. One of the ranges I'm making is a designated marksman range but the targets can be tricky to find at times. Therefore, I want a way to pop purple smoke nearby (see: not directly on) the targets that have not yet been hit.

I have an idea that it may go thus (NOTE: I'm aware that the bellow is not proper syntax but it gets the message across):

if (targets animate ["terc",1] then
{
_smoke = "smokeShellPurple" createVehicle within 10 meters of target;
};
else
{
exit;
};

The problem is, I have no idea how'd I'd reference the knocked down targets from the ones still up and then spawn the grenades.

I have a gamelogic in the middle of the targets called "DMR" so I can use nearestObject if I need to, I'm just unsure of the rest of the code.

Does anyone have any ideas for this?

Many thanks,

Bashkire.

[lkincheloe 12]

You could have an array of the target names, and when a target is hit, remove it from that array (variablename = variablename - (obName) ).

Then after x period of time, call the array with a forEach command.

[evans d [16aa] 12]

So something like this in the init:

DMRTargets = [T1,T2,T3,T4,T5]

And then add an event handler to each one along the lines of:

this addEventHandler ["Hit",{this exec "removeTarget.sqf"}];

removeTarget.sqf:

_target = _this select 0;
_removeTarget = DMRTargets - (_target);

Something like that?

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Ok, so my above theory / method didn't work. Can anyone else suggest another way?

[cobra4v320 27]

DMRTargets = [T1,T2,T3,T4,T5];
{_x addEventHandler ["Hit",{DMRTargets = DMRTargets - (_this select 0)}]} forEach DMRTargets;

Not tested at all by the way just guessing, but something like this should work.

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Ah ha! You reply as I come bearing new news!

My current script looks like this (removeTarget.sqf):

hint "Target should be removed"; //Debug

_target = _this select 0;

sleep 5;

if ((T5 animationPhase "terc") <= 0) then
{
_smoke1 = "smokeShellPurple" createVehicle getPos T5;
}
else
{
};

Now, as you can see, I'm only firing this script for T5 at present and it's working so far. When I change the if statement to read _target instead of T5 it flags an error (the error is flagged when it gets to the animationPhase line: "Type: Array. Expected: Object").

How would one reference all the targets in that line without having to do the somewhat untidy method of creating an if statement for all 14 targets?

[cobra4v320 27]

this addEventHandler ["Hit",{[_this select 0] execVM "removeTarget.sqf"}];

removeTarget.sqf

private "_target";
_target = _this select 0;

if ((_target animationPhase "terc") == 0) then {_smoke = "smokeShellPurple" createVehicle (getPos _target)};

[evans d [16aa] 12]

The problem is that that script wont (I believe) spawn smoke grenades on the positions of the taregts that are still up.

I think I'm sorrect in saying that the _this select 0; means that it will only reference the target that was hit and that doesn't need a smoke spawned on it.

This brings us back to the problem of removing a target from an array and then referencing that array later to spawn the smoke, but the if statement doesn't like arrays meaning that everything's fucking up again.

[cobra4v320 27]

Well then use what I posted above:

DMRTargets = [T1,T2,T3,T4,T5];
{_x addEventHandler ["Hit",{DMRTargets = DMRTargets - (_this select 0)}]} forEach DMRTargets;

Im guessing you are using some sort of a timer? How long do you have to make these shots?

[evans d [16aa] 12]

Well, gentlemen, thank you for your time but I've gone with a much longer version of the script I wanted... one with 14 if statements...

Many thanks again, people.

EDIT:

As a quick note, here's my script now. I don't know why I was trying to over complicate this in the first place. I feel rather foolish...

spawnDMRSmoke.sqf:

// initialize with
// this addAction ["Target Hint", "scripts\Actions\spawnDMRSmoke.sqf","",0];


DMRTargets = [T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9,T10,T11,T12,T13,T14];


   {
       if (  (  _x animationPhase "terc" ) <= 0) then {
       _posX = position _x;
       _pX = _posX select 0;
       _pY = _posX select 1;

       _dX = (random 30) - 15;
       _dY = (random 30) - 15;

       _pX = _pX + _dX;
       _pY = _pY + _dY;
       _bum = "smokeShellPurple" createVehicle [_pX,_pY,125];
       };
   }
forEach DMRTargets;

NOTE: This script is intended for use with targets that will stay down once shot.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Bashkire

[f2k sel 164]

I think this would do the same thing.

// initialize with
// this addAction ["Target Hint", "scripts\Actions\spawnDMRSmoke.sqf","",0];

DMRTargets = [T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7,T8,T9,T10,T11,T12,T13,T14];
 {
       if (  (  _x animationPhase "terc" ) <= 0) then {
            _bum = createVehicle [ "smokeShellPurple",(_x modeltoworld [0,0,125]) ,[], 30, "none"];
       };
   }
forEach DMRTargets;