Creating Object Name based on variable?

[meatball 25]

Trying to create an object name by concatenating some text with a number that will increment based on a variable. So something like this:

_objectName = "text" + _numVariable;

I've tried to create a test object using createvehicle using this.

_objectName = "I_UAV_02_F" createvehicle (getmarkerPos "center");

Problem is, I can't use _objectName to createVehicle because _objectName now has quotes around it. I need to be able to watch for that vehicles destruction, so I'm not sure where to go next. Any ideas?

[sxp2high 22]

Not very nice looking, but this should work:

call (compile (format['%1 = "I_UAV_02_F" createvehicle (getmarkerPos "center");', _objectName]));

Or just:

call (compile (format['%1 = %2;', _objectName, _vehicle]));

Or:

missionNamespace setVariable [_objectName, _vehicle];

missionNamespace

Edited August 29, 2014 by sxp2high
2 alternatives :)

[maddogx 13]

I'm confused.

Aside from the object name issue, I understand that you are creating a vehicle and want to watch for that vehicle's destruction, but how does the name factor into that?

For example, why wouldn't the following code work for you:

_objectName = "I_UAV_02_F" createvehicle (getmarkerPos "center");  
waitUntil {!(alive _objectName)};

(Highly simplified code based on what you said you're trying to do.)

[lappihuan 178]

I guess you need the format command

E: dubble ninja'd :butbut:

[meatball 25]

I'll test some of those, but I don't really have a problem actually creating the object, it's a matter of returning the actual objects name after creation so I can use it in other functions to watch for the destruction of the object.

[Larrow 2794]

Something like....

{
//Create a vehicle
_Veh = createVehicle ["I_UAV_02_F", getMarkerPos "center", [], 0, "None"];

//Create a name 
_vehName = format[ "UAV_%1", str _x];
//Associate the vehicle with the name
_veh setVehicleVarName _vehName;
//Associate a global variable of name with the vehicle
missionNamespace set [_vehName, _veh];
//transmit global variable to all connect computers
publicVariable _vehName;

}forEach [1,2,3,4,5];

Would create 5 UAV's called UAV_1 to UAV_5 and also broadcasts the name if you need a reference to it on other machines.

[fight9 14]

BIS_fnc_objectVar can also give an object a global variable name from a string.

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