Delete marker script.

[Woodstock21 10]

Hello there so just wondering if any expert could help me out, Basically i kinda tossed a script together for a insurgency mission where by my playerID has the ability to see where the cache has spawned, my issue is that it would like to have the marker disappear off my map after a period of time,

Init

if ((getPlayerUID player) in ["myplayerID"]) then {
       player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Cache Location</t>", "cacheloc.sqf"];
};

Cacheloc.sqf

_m = createMarker [format ["box%1",random 1000],getposATL cache];
_m setMarkerShape "ICON"; 
_m setMarkerType "mil_dot";
_m setMarkerColor "ColorRed";

I've messed around with the deletevechile function and sleep, but i just don't know enough about the scripting language to get it to work, The above stuff works and shows the red dot for the cache in MP just its always there. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

[jshock 513]

_m = createMarker [format ["box%1",random 1000],getposATL cache];
_m setMarkerShape "ICON"; 
_m setMarkerType "mil_dot";
_m setMarkerColor "ColorRed";

uiSleep _someTime;

for "_i" from 1 to 0 step -0.1 do
{
_m setMarkerAlpha _i;
uiSleep 1;
};

deleteMarker _m;

[rob223344 12]

First can you confirm you want only you to see the marker not everyone on the server, in which case you may need to use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createMarkerLocal rather than createMarker

Also if you're trying to use deleteVehicle to get rid of the marker you need to use deletemarker or https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteMarkerLocal depending on the createmarker command used.

Edit: ah JShock beat me!

[Woodstock21 10]

Yes i would like it so that only i can see the marker that gets placed on the map, Just so that it doesn't ruin it for everyone. .

So just changing createmarker to createMarkerLocal would only create the marker on my map correct

Also thanks for the help and quick response. i shall try it out later on

[rob223344 12]

Yes WoodStock I believe it will if you're only running the script on the guy's computer that you want to see it (which it looks like you are) if it gets run on the server, I'm not so sure

[Woodstock21 10]

Well the scripts will be part of the mission which is of course hosted on the server, um sure in a couple days i will have it tested

[jshock 513]

Since you are using an addAction all the code ran will be ran locally on the player that executed the action, in other words as long as you use createMarkerLocal/deleteMarkerLocal/setMarkerAlphaLocal (just make sure all the marker commands end with "local") inside that code the marker will only be made for that particular player, no one else will see it.

[Woodstock21 10]

Awesome thank you very much i guess i missed the setMarkerAlphaLocal.

[Woodstock21 10]

Alright so i was finally able to test out the script and it kinda worked, couple issues i came across was the marker still didn't delete after the 10 seconds and upon respawn the addaction to call the script was no longer in my scroll wheel

[jshock 513]

Did you replace the "_someTime" with a 10?:

_m = createMarkerLocal [format ["box%1",random 1000],getposATL cache];
_m setMarkerShapeLocal "ICON"; 
_m setMarkerTypeLocal "mil_dot";
_m setMarkerColorLocal "ColorRed";

uiSleep _someTime;[color="#FF0000"][b]//<<<<<<here[/b][/color]

for "_i" from 1 to 0 step -0.1 do
{
_m setMarkerAlphaLocal _i;
uiSleep 1;
};

deleteMarkerLocal _m;

And for respawn put the following in the initPlayerLocal.sqf (create it if you don't have one):

player addEventHandler
[
"Respawn",
{
	if ((getPlayerUID player) in ["myplayerID"]) then 
	{
		player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Cache Location</t>", "cacheloc.sqf"];
	};
}
];

[Woodstock21 10]

Wow i cannot belive i missed that, im a idiot thanks a lot for the help on that one JShock you are the man dude. Much thanks and praise

[Woodstock21 10]

with the initPlayerLocal.sqf just put that code into that save the file and leave it onthe root i don`t need to call it from anywhere

[jshock 513]

with the initPlayerLocal.sqf just put that code into that save the file and leave it onthe root i don`t need to call it from anywhere

Correct, it's no different than the init.sqf.

[Woodstock21 10]

and i should leave the orginal code inthe init like on my frist post

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ok tested it and it works thanks again man muchly appreciate all the help

---------- Post added at 06:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:16 PM ----------

Well to be correct i tested with just myself and it was working, i finally got some guys on the server to test and what seems to happen, is that the marker will show up for everone and not go away, except for off my map, so it seems like its being done server wide

[Woodstock21 10]

Ok im back again, and things seem to kind work, what i've come across is that the marker is being placed for everyone and the marker says on the map, But my map the maker will disappear. this is what i have for the full scripts and code, any help would be great if not im just going to remove it.

initPlayerLocal.sqf

if ((getPlayerUID player) in ["myplayerID"]) then {
       player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Cache Location</t>", "cacheloc.sqf"];
};

player addEventHandler
[
"Respawn",
{
	if ((getPlayerUID player) in ["myplayerID"]) then 
	{
		player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Cache Location</t>", "cacheloc.sqf"];
	};
}
;]

cacheloc.sqf

_m = createMarkerLocal [format ["box%1",random 1000],getposATL cache];
_m setMarkerShape "ICON"; 
_m setMarkerType "mil_dot";
_m setMarkerColor "ColorGreen";

uiSleep 10;

for "_i" from 1 to 0 step -0.1 do
{
_m setMarkerAlphaLocal _i;
uiSleep 1;
};

deleteMarkerLocal _m;

Im kinda thinking that the cacheloc.sqf should have a" if ((getPlayerUID player) in ["myplayerID"]) then { " thing around it but im not sure. if that would do anything

[jshock 513]

See if changing the shape, type, and color commands to their local counterparts helps any. (setMarkerShapeLocal, setMarkerTypeLocal, setMarkerColorLocal)

[Woodstock21 10]

Ok so ya i went ahead and changed all the markers to their local counterparts and it works the way intended now, Thanks for the help, and thought i'd post that it works correctly in case someone else runs into the same issue.