Set a variable as addAction's title

[cybercoco 16]

Hi,

 

This stores the motor's health of the vehicle in the local variable _motorhealth

_motorhealth = vehiclename getHit "motor";

then i want the result (_motorhealth) to show as the title of a addAction.

The following code snippet is taken from the internet (raw) :

_myname = name player;
_addaction = amo addAction [_myname,"scripts\rearm.sqf"];

And the following is my non-working code

_motorhealth = vehiclename getHit "motor";

vehiclename addAction [_motorhealth,"niania.sqf"];

Any ideas how it might work ?

 

C.Coco

[MrCopyright 107]

The title of the addAction has to be a string, so simply placing str _motorhealth should do the trick.

[cybercoco 16]

Hey, thank you for your response.

I have tried :

str_motorhealth = wonno getHit "motor";
player sidechat format ["%1",str_motorhealth];
sleep 4;
_lite = wonno addAction ["%1",str_motorhealth,""];
sleep 4;
wonno removeaction _lite;

You can see in the code, i've included "sidechat format" to debugg it and it does output it on sidechat.

However it doesn't work as a addaction title...

 

Hope there's a way !

[jshock 512]

wonno addAction [format ["%1",_motorhealth],{}];

Or

wonno addAction [str(_motorhealth),{}];

[cybercoco 16]

Yes ! The first code works and displays the variable as the addAction's title.

this addAction [format ["%1",_variable],"file.sqf"];

Thank you Mrcopyright and Jshock !

[cybercoco 16]

oh, and another thing, I know that this makes the addAction red.

this AddAction ["<t color=""#FF3B3E"">" + "Hi there", "file.sqf"];

So if i want to apply it to my code... Is that correct :

this addAction ["<t color=""#FF3B3E"">" + "format ["%1",_variable]","file.sqf"];

I haven't tested it ingame...

[jshock 512]

this addAction [format["<t color='#FF3B3E'>%1</t>",_variable],"file.sqf"];

[cybercoco 16]

Thanks again !

[cybercoco 16]

Sorry, me again ...

 

Why won't this create an addAction ?

_won = nearestObjects [player, ["C_Offroad_01_F"], 50];
_won1 = str _won select [1,5];
player sidechat _won1; // it outputs wonno
_won1 addaction ["working","niania.sqf"];

Can I actually use a variable as the object target of addAction ?

[MrCopyright 107]

The above code will not work because you're trying to place the addAction on a string. The data type has to be an object. Try this:

_won = nearestObjects [player, ["C_Offroad_01_F"], 50];
_won1 = str _won select [1,5];
player sidechat _won1; // it outputs wonno
_wonObject = call compile _won1;
_wonObject addaction ["working","niania.sqf"];

And in reply to your question, you can have a variable as the target of an addAction as long as the variable's data type is an object. For example:

_myVariable = player;
_myVariable addAction ["Works", "works.sqf"];

[cybercoco 16]

Thank you so much for the help, that's very encouraging.

I think i'm done now, maybe not, there's always something to do...

_won = nearestObjects [player, ["C_Offroad_01_F"], 50];
_won = str _won select [1,5];
_won = call compile _won; // stores it into a variable ? an object ??

_won addaction ["working fine","niania.sqf"];

_hpmotor = _won getHit "motor";

hint format ["%1's health : %2",_won,_hpmotor];

And it works !

[MrCopyright 107]

No worries, glad to have helped.