Domination styled script. Need help with the syntax and variables.

[jakeplissken 77]

Hello. I have created this script that will spawn AI and a marker at a random AO. I have it mostly working, but I need help with the task completion and the setSimpleTaskDescription. How do I include the variable _spawn in the name and description of the task like I have with the hint?

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Randomize placement of a group within several spots
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

_spawn = ["Sofia","Molos","Kavala","Negades","Pyrgos","Selekano","Panagia","Feres","Panochori","Syrta","Frini","Rodopoli"] call bis_fnc_selectRandom;

hint format["AAF forces have captured %1, free the town and save Altis!",_spawn];

nul = [_spawn,3,450,[true,false],[false,false,false],false,[30,0],[12,0],"default",nil,nil,nil] execVM "LV\militarize.sqf";

_marker = createMarker ["Enemy AO", position player ];
_marker setMarkerPos getMarkerPos _spawn;
_marker setMarkerShape "ELLIPSE";
_marker setMarkerColor  "ColorOPFOR";
_marker setMarkerSize [450, 450];

A_SIMPLE_TASK = player createSimpleTask ["Free the town."];
A_SIMPLE_TASK setSimpleTaskDestination (getMarkerPos _spawn);

A_SIMPLE_TASK setSimpleTaskDescription [
  "Free the town.",
  "Remove enemy forces.",
  "Captured town."
];
A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState "ASSIGNED";

_trg22=createTrigger["Emptydetector", [0.0,0.0,0.]];
_trg22 setTriggerArea[0,0,0,true];
_trg22 setTriggerActivation["GUER","NOT PRESENT",false];
_trg22 setTriggerTimeout [0,0, 0,false ];

if (triggeractivated _trg22) then {
A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState "SUCCEEDED";
};

And I am not sure about the triggeractivated code. I want this code at the bottom to activate when all AAF forces in the AO are dead.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

[mr-blizzard 10]

well for the trigger activated you can do the following...

waitUntil {triggerActivated _trg22};
A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState "SUCCEEDED"; 

or

//the second string is the "OnAct:" field
_trg22 setTriggerStatements ["this","A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState 'SUCCEEDED';",""];

[jshock 512]

You have a string within a string so try:

hint format["AAF forces have captured '%1', free the town and save Altis!",_spawn];

//or

hint format["AAF forces have captured %1, free the town and save Altis!", call compile _spawn];

[jakeplissken 77]

I have another question, is it possible to include the variable _spawn in this code?

A_SIMPLE_TASK setSimpleTaskDescription [
  "Free the town.",
  "Remove enemy forces.",
  "Captured town."
];

I want the task to say "Remove enemy forces from Selekano." for example, but I cannot find out how to include a variable in this code."

Thanks.

[mr-blizzard 10]

A_SIMPLE_TASK setSimpleTaskDescription [
   format["Free the town of  %1",_spawn], 
   format["Captured town %1",_spawn], 
   format["Remove enemy forces %1",_spawn]
];  

not positive if this works or not, don't got the time right now to test. let me know how it works out.

[jakeplissken 77]

That code works!

This is what I get now. All I need to do now is rewrite the wording and clean up some other things and I should be on the way to completing this mission.

[jakeplissken 77]

Strange, I kill all OPFOR and the trigger will not fire. Is there a way to create a working trigger that will actually allow this to work? I spawned 5 AI and killed them and nothing happened. Please help. This is my complete spawn_ai.sqf. This is run on mission start and spawns AI as well as creating a marker and task, but the trigger will not fire when all AI are dead.

if (isServer) then {

//	_spawn = ["Sofia","Molos","Kavala","Negades","Pyrgos","Selekano","Panagia","Feres","Panochori","Syrta","Frini","Rodopoli", "Athira", "Therisa"] call bis_fnc_selectRandom;

_spawn = "hi";

_marker = createMarker ["AO", position player ];
_marker setMarkerPos getMarkerPos _spawn;
_marker setMarkerShape "ELLIPSE";
_marker setMarkerColor "ColorEAST";
_marker setMarkerSize [500, 500];

nul = [_spawn,3,100,[true,true],[false,false,false],false,[5,0],[12,0],"default",nil,nil,nil] execVM "LV\militarize.sqf"; // Spawning 5 AAF guys.

A_SIMPLE_TASK = player createSimpleTask ["Free the town."];
A_SIMPLE_TASK setSimpleTaskDestination (getMarkerPos _spawn);

A_SIMPLE_TASK setSimpleTaskDescription [
	format["Free the town of %1 and save Altis!",_spawn], 
	format["%1 has been captured!",_spawn], 
	format["Remove enemy forces from %1",_spawn]
];

A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState "ASSIGNED";

//	null = [] spawn {
//	  sleep 32;
//	  ["TaskAssigned",["","Clear the occupied town."]] call bis_fnc_showNotification;
//	};


_trg22 = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos _spawn];
_trg22 setTriggerArea[3500,3500,0,true];
_trg22 setTriggerActivation["GUER","NOT PRESENT",false];
_trg22 setTriggerTimeout [0,0, 0,false ];

if (triggeractivated _trg22) then {
   		A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState "SUCCEEDED";
};
}

Thanks for any help you can give me.

[jshock 512]

Take out the if statement that checks the trigger activation and put the following in it's place:

_trg22 setTriggerStatements ["this","A_SIMPLE_TASK setTaskState 'SUCCEEDED';",""];

[jakeplissken 77]

I got it to work. This is the code I am using now.

if (isServer) then {

_spawn = ["Sofia","Molos","Kavala","Negades","Pyrgos","Selekano","Panagia","Feres","Panochori","Syrta","Frini","Rodopoli", "Athira", "Therisa"] call bis_fnc_selectRandom;


_marker = createMarker ["AO", position player ];
_marker setMarkerPos getMarkerPos _spawn;
_marker setMarkerShape "ELLIPSE";
_marker setMarkerColor "ColorEAST";
_marker setMarkerSize [500, 500];

nul = [_spawn,2,500,[true,true],[false,false,false],false,[50,0],[12,0],"default",nil,nil,nil] execVM "LV\militarize.sqf"; // Spawning OPFOR troops.

Task1 = player createSimpleTask ["Free the town."];
Task1 setSimpleTaskDestination (getMarkerPos _spawn);

Task1 setSimpleTaskDescription [
	format["Free the town of %1 and save Altis!",_spawn], 
	format["%1 has been captured!",_spawn], 
	format["Remove enemy forces from %1",_spawn]
];

Task1 setTaskState "CREATED";

_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos player];
_trg setTriggerArea [30000, 30000, 0, false];
_trg setTriggerActivation ["EAST", "NOT PRESENT", true];
_trg setTriggerStatements ["this", "hint 'The town has been freed. Good work!';Task1 settaskstate 'SUCCEEDED';", "hint 'no civilian near'"];

}

Thanks for your help. Now I can dress up the code and get this finished. Decided to use Iranians instead of Greenbacks.