Additional BIS_fnc_randomPos Conditions

[brink_za 11]

Hi guys. I was playing around with BIS_fnc_randomPos to spawn 4 bunkers in an area, but then I realised I need to space them out (somewhat evenly). I'm creating the bunkers sequentially (1,2,3,4) so 1 will be BIS_fnc_randomPos, 2 would be BIS_fnc_randomPos and a condition to not be close to 1 by Xm, 3 would be BIS_fnc_randomPos and a condition to not be close to 1 and 2 by Xm etc.

 

I'm not really sure that's the best method, but that's how I'm thinking it through at present. It was quite an achievement for me to just get the 4 bunkers to spawn randomly with detection triggers for capture ok don't expect too much   ^_^ I'm pretty stumped after starting at the wiki trying to figure out how I can add conditions to this function...

 

Here's what I have thus far. It's pretty much a brute force because I don't have lots of experience with scripting and just wanted to see it work quick. Is there a way I could get the {} code part of BIS_fnc_randomPos to do this even dispersion for me? Otherwise I suspect I will need to loop outside the function to satisfy this extra condition(s)? If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate greatly.

 

I'm sure I'm over complicating it and someone else has done this ezpz a thousand times. The source of the code comes from I&A radiotower spawn they deserve the credit  :D I am most definitely not capable of getting this far on my own so yeah...

 

// Spawn Sector Control Points
// CREATE MORE LOGICAL/EVEN DISPERSION OF BUNKERS?

// 1
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
while {(count _flatPos) < 1} do {
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
};
_roughPos = 
[
((_flatPos select 0) - 5) + (random 10),
((_flatPos select 1) - 5) + (random 10),
0
];
Bunker1 = "Land_BagBunker_Large_F" createVehicle _flatPos;
waitUntil { sleep 0.5; alive Bunker1 };
Bunker1 setVectorUp [0,0,1];
Bunker1 allowDamage false;
"Sector1" setMarkerPos _flatPos;

// 2
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
while {(count _flatPos) < 1} do {
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
};
_roughPos = 
[
((_flatPos select 0) - 5) + (random 10),
((_flatPos select 1) - 5) + (random 10),
0
];
Bunker2 = "Land_BagBunker_Large_F" createVehicle _flatPos;
waitUntil { sleep 0.5; alive Bunker2 };
Bunker2 setVectorUp [0,0,1];
Bunker2 allowDamage false;
"Sector2" setMarkerPos _flatPos; 

// 3
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
while {(count _flatPos) < 1} do {
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
};
_roughPos = 
[
((_flatPos select 0) - 5) + (random 10),
((_flatPos select 1) - 5) + (random 10),
0
];
Bunker3 = "Land_BagBunker_Large_F" createVehicle _flatPos;
waitUntil { sleep 0.5; alive Bunker3 };
Bunker3 setVectorUp [0,0,1];
Bunker3 allowDamage false;
"Sector3" setMarkerPos _flatPos; 

// 4
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
while {(count _flatPos) < 1} do {
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
};
_roughPos = 
[
((_flatPos select 0) - 5) + (random 10),
((_flatPos select 1) - 5) + (random 10),
0
];
Bunker4 = "Land_BagBunker_Large_F" createVehicle _flatPos;
waitUntil { sleep 0.5; alive Bunker4 };
Bunker4 setVectorUp [0,0,1];
Bunker4 allowDamage false;
"Sector4" setMarkerPos _flatPos;

[Joe98 92]

Place a truck on the map. Name it  truck1.  Give it a radius of 200 meters so it always starts at a random location.

 

In this example soldier green1 starts 20 meters to the east and 30 meters to the north of a truck named truck1

 

green1 setPos [(getPos truck1 select 0) +20, (getPos truck1 select 1) +30]; 

 

 

+20 = East side   -20 = West side

 

+30 = North side   -30 = South side

 

 

 

Instead of 20 meters if you want a random number between say 20 and 100 the command is:

 

(Again the plus and minus refer to east, west, north and south)

 

green1 setPos [(getPos truck1 select 0) - 20 - (random 80), (getPos truck1 select 1) - 20 - (random 80)]

[brink_za 11]

Thanks Joe that's one way to do it for sure (if a little less random) and I may yet turn to it if I find no joy here. However, I was thinking more along the lines of using a For loop to 100 or something like this...

for "_i" from 1 to 100 do 
{
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
while {(count _flatPos) < 1} do {
_position = [[[getMarkerPos currentAO, 500],_dt],["water","out"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
_flatPos = _position isFlatEmpty[3, 1, 0.3, 30, 0, false];
};
_roughPos = 
[
((_flatPos select 0) - 5) + (random 10),
((_flatPos select 1) - 5) + (random 10),
0
];
_meters = Bunker1 distance _flatPos;
if (_meters >= 500) exitWith {};
};
Bunker2 = "Land_BagBunker_Large_F" createVehicle _flatPos;
waitUntil { sleep 0.5; alive Bunker2 };
Bunker2 setVectorUp [0,0,1];
Bunker2 allowDamage false;
Bunker2 setDir random 360;
"Sector2" setMarkerPos _flatPos;

Ok well I tested the above out and it seems to work so far. I did it for all 3 bunkers and now they roughly spawn on the four corners of a square.