unable to delete object called "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG"

[drunken officer 18]

Hello.

I've spawned objects called "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG";

But i cant delete this objecst. But i need it, because it takes FPS. And i don't need longer then 2 mins.

The command deleteVehicle doesnt work.

[iceman77 18]

Post dat code. ( the announcer from the running man rings in my mind )

[giallustio 770]

Code?

[johnnyboy 3744]

It's true. You cannot delete "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG". I don't know why, probably a bug. The ship fire you see in this screenshot of my Leper Island mission is using "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG". When the ship sinks, I want the fire to go away, so I then setpos it to position [0,0,0]. Obviously it would be better to delete it, but this works.

[dreadedentity 278]

Since it can't be deleted right now, why not send it really far under the map?

_obj setPos (_obj modelToWorld [0,0,-999999];

[killzone_kid 1326]

Hello.

I've spawned objects called "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG";

But i cant delete this objecst. But i need it, because it takes FPS. And i don't need longer then 2 mins.

The command deleteVehicle doesnt work.

Here is how to do this right from the horses mouth: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?165184-Delete-Fire-Effect&p=2515539&viewfull=1#post2515539

[Mr-Pink 10]

Moving it out of the way is one possible solution, but we have managed to remove them altogether.

The following snippet of code will successfully remove all smoke/fire/bubble objects within 20m of the player that runs it.

Note that this can cause lag if you put the detection range too high, so be careful how you use it on a live server.

{ //open foreach loop
  if (typeof _x == "#particlesource") then { //if current item is particle object then do
     deletevehicle _x;              //delete particle object
  };
} foreach (player nearObjects 20); //repeat for all objects within 20m of player

Best of luck with your continued efforts.

Edited October 18, 2014 by Mr-Pink

[Naiss 28]

yourobjname = "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG" createvehicle (getpos player);
hint "Object Spawned";
sleep 5;
deletevehicle yourobjname;
hint "Object removed";

[Mr-Pink 10]

yourobjname = "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG" createvehicle (getpos player);
hint "Object Spawned";
sleep 5;
deletevehicle yourobjname;
hint "Object removed";

Logic would suggest your solution should work, but in practice however things are very different. Unfortunately the only viable solution found to date is deleting by using the nearObjects command seen above.

[iceman77 18]

Why not do what darkdruid says in the thread KK linked?

_emitterArray = theFireName getVariable "effects";
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach _emitterArray;
deleteVehicle theFireName;  

[f2k sel 164]

Interesting I never new of the getVariable "effects";

any reason not to just use

 {deleteVehicle _x} foreach (wokka getVariable "effects")+[wokka]

the other thing you can do is remove elements from the array

{deleteVehicle (wokka getVariable "effects" select _x)} foreach [0,1,2,3]

will leave the smoke but remove the flames.

[killzone_kid 1326]

Interesting I never new of the getVariable "effects";

any reason not to just use

 {deleteVehicle _x} foreach (wokka getVariable "effects")+[wokka]

Pretty sure you need parentheses around array addition operation, but that is beside the point. One of the reasons not to do it like this is that emmiters are local vehicles and fire object is global. If you do it in mp, you dont really want to delete global fire object containing emmitters array immediately on the first execution anywhere.

[drunken officer 18]

Moving it out of the way is one possible solution, but we have managed to remove them altogether.

The following snippet of code will successfully remove all smoke/fire/bubble objects within 20m of the player that runs it.

Note that this can cause lag if you put the detection range too high, so be careful how you use it on a live server.

{ //open foreach loop
  if (typeof _x == "#particlesource") then { //if current item is particle object then do
     deletevehicle _x;              //delete particle object
  };
} foreach (player nearObjects 20); //repeat for all objects within 20m of player

Best of luck with your continued efforts.

MMMH, it seems this code runs not on dedicate server

Edited October 20, 2014 by Drunken Officer

[iceman77 18]

That's because it's using the player variable. You could run it on the client(s) though.. or change the nearObjects center to a valid object. Or... try what darkdruid posted.

[Tajin 348]

Something like this should work:

fnc_killFire = {
{ deleteVehicle _x; } forEach (_this getVariable "effects");
};
publicVariable "fnc_killFire";

lightMyFire = "test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG" createvehicle (getpos player); 
sleep 5;

[lightMyFire,"fnc_killFire",true,true] call BIS_fnc_MP;
deleteVehicle lightMyFire;

[drunken officer 18]

Why not do what darkdruid says in the thread KK linked?

_emitterArray = theFireName getVariable "effects";
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach _emitterArray;
deleteVehicle theFireName;  

Maybe i'm to dumb for this....

Start the script inside the object init: [this, 50, 10] execVM "fnc\fireeffect.sqf"

private ["_fire", "_dis", "_obj", "_burntime ", "_einheiten"];
if (isMultiplayer) then {_einheiten = playableUnits} else {_einheiten = switchableUnits };
sleep 1;

_obj = _this select 0;
_dis = _this select 1; 
_burntime = _this select 2; 

waituntil  {sleep 2; {_x distance _obj < _dis} count _einheiten > 0 };
	if (isServer) then { _fire= createVehicle ["test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG", (getPos _obj), [], 0, "can_collide"]; };
	 sleep _burntime ;

_emitterArray = _fire getVariable "effects";
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach _emitterArray;
deleteVehicle _fire;

};

It works in the edior but not on Dedicate Server. It burn and burn and burn. What do i wrong?

[killzone_kid 1326]

Maybe i'm to dumb for this....

Start the script inside the object init: [this, 50, 10] execVM "fnc\fireeffect.sqf"

private ["_fire", "_dis", "_obj", "_burntime ", "_einheiten"];
if (isMultiplayer) then {_einheiten = playableUnits} else {_einheiten = switchableUnits };
sleep 1;

_obj = _this select 0;
_dis = _this select 1; 
_burntime = _this select 2; 

waituntil  {sleep 2; {_x distance _obj < _dis} count _einheiten > 0 };
	if (isServer) then { _fire= createVehicle ["test_EmptyObjectForFireBIG", (getPos _obj), [], 0, "can_collide"]; };
	 sleep _burntime ;

_emitterArray = _fire getVariable "effects";
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach _emitterArray;
deleteVehicle _fire;

};

It works in the edior but not on Dedicate Server. It burn and burn and burn. What do i wrong?

_fire is undefined on clients, should also show error in .rpt

[drunken officer 18]

i set it publiceVariable, no error. But i cant deleted it...

[iceman77 18]

Maybe i'm to dumb for this...

Maybe :confused: