Backpack content added to crate

[barbolani 198]

Hello friends,

As far as I know, if a backpack is inside a crate, and the backpack itself has some content (ammo, whatever..) there is no command to know backpacks content if it is not in a soldier.

Am I right?If yes, any workaround?

[killzone_kid 1333]

Am I right?

Nope. You can use everyBackpack command to access backpack object inside cargo then you can use cargo commands on this object to access backpack cargo. Cargoception!

[barbolani 198]

Thanks Killzone: But the problem is not to know the backpack object, the problem is commands like backpackContainer or getMagazineCargo apply to units. If you apply it to a backpack object you get nothing.

Put an ammobearer as player, a crate, name it "crate", clear the crate on init, put the players backpack, on console: backpacks = everyContainer crate; backpack = backpacks select 0; hint format ["%1",backpackContainer backpack].. says nothing. Debugging backpack is ok..

[killzone_kid 1333]

Thanks Killzone: But the problem is not to know the backpack object, the problem is commands like backpackContainer or getMagazineCargo apply to units. If you apply it to a backpack object you get nothing.

Put an ammobearer as player, a crate, name it "crate", clear the crate on init, put the players backpack, on console: backpacks = everyContainer crate; backpack = backpacks select 0; hint format ["%1",backpackContainer backpack].. says nothing. Debugging backpack is ok..

getMagazineCargo works with backpack object, what are you on about? Also hint format ["%1",backpack] not hint format ["%1",backpackContainer backpack], backpack is already a container.

[barbolani 198]

I'll put this in context:

On Antistasi (see link below, and I'm honored if a scripting guru like you tries the mission) I have a suite of scripts to make players easily load and unload on trucks any ammocrate content.

After some checks (are you in a truck? are you moving? etc..) what the script does is to store all the items in the crate, "clone" them in the truck, and vice-versa.

As it uses weaponCargo, backpacks caro etc.. works fine for everything except vests and backpacks with things in them, and I'm searching a way to know the cargo in the backpack to clone it, or even better, move the backpack itself.

EDIT: BTW getMagazineCargo backpack returns error:

21:35:41 Error getmagazinecargo: Tipo Vector, esperado Objeto

Edited February 1, 2015 by barbolani

[killzone_kid 1333]

EDIT: BTW getMagazineCargo backpack returns error:

21:35:41 Error getmagazinecargo: Tipo Vector, esperado Objeto

Says backpack is array while expected object. Are you sure you extracted backpack object from the everyBackpack array? I can write you a piece of code but I'd rather let you figure this one out. All I can say it works, I tried it before I posted.

1. get array of available containers (or backpacks) from crate with everyContainer (or everyBackpack)

2. since this is array of many "objects" you need to select 1 element.

3. the object you selected will be a container so getMagazineCargo will work on it just like on any other container.

Try this, I know this works

EDIT: Aha, I see where you got it wrong

everyBackpack returns [object, object, object]

while

everyContainer returns [["name",object],["name",object],["name",object]]

so to select container you need to

containers select 0 select 1

Don't be shy and use BIKI https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/everyContainer

Edited February 1, 2015 by Killzone_Kid

[barbolani 198]

arrrr! BIKI is my bible!

But reading bibles with blind eyes....

Thanks!!!