how to get FSM current state?

[giovafr 10]

i'm discovering FSMs,have read some articles regarding this, but i'm still missing of most important informations :

1) how to debug an fsm ?

and most important :

2) is it possible to get the current state of an FSM?

perhaps a special variable?

Any help will be very appreciated.

[das attorney 858]

Put lots of this in your FSM:

diag_log format ["%1", _variableYouNeedToCheck];

You can then see what's running and work out where it is at any point.

You could assign a variable to something (like to missionNameSpace or similar) when the FSM is in a certain state so you know where it is at any given time.

[giovafr 10]

yes i use a lot of "custom tracking variable" thx :)

But i also hope there is a magic variable as _foreachindex to get current FSM state :D

[k0rd 3]

diag_debugFSM _handle

Starts visual debugging of FSM with _handle. It basically opens the FSM in an instance of the FSM Editor and shows which state is currently active: green.

(source : https://manuals.bisimulations.com/vbs2/1-60/devref/Default_Left.htm#StartTopic=Content/FSM_Manual/FSM_Manual.htm)

[giovafr 10]

i was so happy by reading your answer !

Unfortunatly diag_debugFSM doesn't exists for Arma 3, it seems available only for vbs2 :pet5:

[k0rd 3]

i was so happy by reading your answer !

Unfortunatly diag_debugFSM doesn't exists for Arma 3, it seems available only for vbs2 :pet5:

I was worried about that... sorry for getting your hopes up man...

[edit] maybe make a feedback tracker feature request for it or something similar?

Edited May 22, 2014 by k0rd

[giovafr 10]

yes, i'll do that and post link to the ticket here.

while this i set a _state variable everywhere, perhaps i'll do a tool for that ;)

Thanks for your help.