execVM variable trouble

[dirtynorf 10]

So, I am trying to make a vehicle move to a marker position. I'm using execVM in the vehicle init to move it to a pre-determined marker. The marker is called "planespot1" in the NAME field and when I tried to debug the marker position get, the value returned was "any" and so I am not sure its picking the marker up.

 

How can I get a marker name into a script from execVM and then use its position?

 

Also the _plane variable does work (the engine turns on)

_plane = _this select 0;
marker = _this select 1;
_altitude = _this select 2;

_markerPos = getMarkerPos marker;
//debug bit
hint format ["%1", (_markerPos select 0)];


if ( (typename _plane != "PLANE") or (typename marker != "MARKER") ) exitwith {
	hintSilent "Invalid Parameters parsed";
};

sleep 1;

_plane allowDamage false;
_plane setVectorUp [(_markerPos select 0), (_markerPos select 1), _altitude];
_plane engineOn true;

[R3vo 2654]

[plane,"markername",50] execVM

[killzone_kid 1332]

(typename _plane != "PLANE") or (typename marker != "MARKER"

 

Let's just all calm down and stop inventing non existent data types for a second, then take a deep breath and open BIKI page for "typeName": https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/typeName 

[KiloSwiss 16]

Yes typeName "Plane" does not even exist.

It should/could either be

typeName _plane != "Object"

OR

! _plane isKindOf "Air"

And what is that:

_plane setVectorUp [(_markerPos select 0), (_markerPos select 1), _altitude];

It seems You expect setVectorUp to do something else than it actually does.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorUp

Try setPosATL instead.

[dirtynorf 10]

Yes before I posted I:

1) Had no idea what typename actually did

2) Didn't properly understand setVectorUp.

 

Thank you for the replies and the lesson in looking up everything on the wiki.