Dynamic ORBAT?

[kalthramis 12]

Heya,

I'm trying to make a "Dynamic" Orbat, so the name of groups are dependent on the name of the player leading that group.

However, when I try to assign a variable, ex.

commander= Team_Lead_Alpha;

It will literally display Team_Lead_Alpha, rather than the string assigned to that value.

Anyone have any ideas?

[devilslayersbane 28]

Well, I haven't used orbat, however, this belongs in the Arma 3 editing forum in the scripting section. It'd also help to display a full example of what you're trying to do. It could be a syntax error, or it could be something that needs a more intensive workaround.

You may want to try something like this

commander = stringvalue;

instead of

commander = string;

However, without a bit more context, I can't be sure what's going on.

[kalthramis 12]

Essentially, the set-up looks like this:

class CfgORBAT
{
class playerSquad
		{
			player1="Charles";
                               id = 2;
			idType= 1;
			type = "Helicopter";
			size = "Squad";
			side = "West";
			commander = player1;
			commanderRank="Lieutenant";

		};
};

This is just an example.

You'd expect the in-game displayname to be "Charles", as the commander = player1, and player1 = "Charles". Instead, it just displays "player1." regardless of quotes or no quotes. (Honestly, I'm surprised it works without quotes.)

My ultimate intention is to get the username of the player in a squad and have their name be displayed as the commander's name in the ORBAT.

[kalthramis 12]

Still trying to figure this out.

It seems that the commander line of code accepts some of the premade Arma 3 values, such as "$STR_A3_cfgORBAT.fsmBIS_O_Brigade0". I found this in the cfgORBAT files for the campaigns.

However, when I've tried writing "$squadAlphaName = "Bob", for example, it crashes, poiting a finger at the "$" symbol.

[heinzmcdurgen 10]

Did you ever get this figured out?