Help With Custom Objectives?

[zeroip 12]

Hello!

So I wish to make some objectives for my free roam mission for Arma 2 (Not OA, just to be clear) and I'm afraid I need some help. My idea was to have a few objectives that you couldn't see until either some random point or when you got within a certain distance of it (with the mission re-spawning after a while). On top of that, I wanted to have them be random or maybe include some sort of reward. Unfortunately, I know nothing about objectives, so some help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[opusfmspol 282]

This might help:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_by_Functionality

Click on "Briefing." Has the commands used for doing the objectives.

[zeroip 12]

Hmm... I see what you mean, but how can I apply this in game? I'm confused.

This might help:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_by_Functionality

Click on "Briefing." Has the commands used for doing the objectives.

[opusfmspol 282]

Now you want to go here:

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

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

Scripts, triggers and waypoints can all be used to execute objectives code. Locations are set using markers. Any defined condition being satisfied can cause the code to run.

Keep in mind locality is important in MP since tasks are object specific. There has to be public variable communication between server and clients with the same task. Scripting is necessary for MP. Waypoint and trigger code activations are fine for SP. There are a few videos on the web showing how to use triggers and waypoints for SP, just search videos for "Arma2 Objectives". MP setup gets more complex with the communications involved. But once you get familiar with how it works in SP setup, carrying that into MP comes with understanding how locality communications work - public variables, event handlers, server- and client-side scripts.