Two condition in "setTriggerStatements"

[cybercoco 16]

Hi all !

 

I have a small problem, I would like to add a trigger and set two conditions for it's activation. _won is the name of the car.

The first is "this", player is present in the area (cicle 3,3 around _won).

The second is "!(player in _won)", player is not in the vehicle.

 

I can't find a way to make it work...

// _won is the name of the car   

_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos _won, false];
_trg setTriggerArea[3,3,0,false];
_trg setTriggerActivation["WEST","PRESENT",true];
_trg setTriggerStatements[    
                            "this &&  !(player in _won)",
                            "hint 'yes yes yes'",
                            "hint 'no civilian near wonno'"
                         ];

[killzone_kid 1326]

add

 

won = _won;

 

before everything and change condition to 

 

"this &&  !(player in won)"

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

If the car has no name or is added via script, you may setVariable it to the trigger and getVariable it inside the condition again. That way, you don't need a global variable:

_won = createVehicle [_type, _position, [], 0, "NONE"];
_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos _won, false];
_trg setTriggerArea [3, 3, 0, false];
_trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST","PRESENT",true];
_trg setVariable ["won", _won];
_trg setTriggerStatements [    
	"this &&  !(player in (thisTrigger getVariable 'won'))",
	"hint 'yes yes yes'",
	"hint 'no civilian near wonno'"
];

[cybercoco 16]

I prefer using local variables in this script because it's going to be run locally and maybe simultaneously.

Thank you for the help Killzone_kid and Heeeere's johnny!

[whiztler 135]

A local variable is local to the code it is defined in. The scope of the local variable is the script/function/code. It does not exist outside that scope. A global variable exists in every scope on the client/entity it was created. Simple explanation:

 

car.sqf > _won only exists in car.sqf. 

 

car.sqf > won exists in all scripts/code on the client it was defined on.

 

More info on variables on KK's blog: http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-variables-part-1/

[cybercoco 16]

I am now trying to get over the issue of quotation marks...

Instead of "hint 'yes yes yes'" on activation I would like an addaction with text format inside.

 

Tried the code bellow and it works.

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ format ['<t>Hello<t>'], 'staz\staz.sqf']"

However once I am trying to change the text's color, this bellow doesn't work.

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ format ['<t color '#0000FF'>Hello<t>'], 'staz\staz.sqf']",

[cybercoco 16]

A local variable is local to the code it is defined in. The scope of the local variable is the script/function/code. It does not exist outside that scope. A global variable exists in every scope on the client/entity it was created:

 

car.sqf > _won only exists in car.sqf. 

 

car.sqf > won exists in all scripts/code on the client it was defined on.

 

Thanks Whiztler for clarifying.

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

You're missing a "=" and an opened <t> must be closed using a </t>:

 

<t color='#0000FF'>Hello</t>

[cybercoco 16]

You're missing a "=" and an opened <t> must be closed using a </t>:

 

<t color='#0000FF'>Hello</t>

Oh, I didn't pay attention, but it still doesn't work...

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

The issue must be in your "staz.sqf" then, because it works for me.

 

And btw, you don't need to use format if you don't put anything (like numbers or so) into the string.

[cybercoco 16]

The issue must be in your "staz.sqf" then, because it works for me.

 

And btw, you don't need to use format if you don't put anything (like numbers or so) into the string.

 

I don't think the file linked makes any differences because it's not yet run.

Ok, do I just write this ?

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction ['<t color='#0000FF'>Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]",

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

What exactly does not work? Is nothing happening when you use the action or is the action not showing up at all?

[Larrow 2793]

Can you not just use the action? Otherwise every time the trigger is activated there will be a new action on the car.

_won = createVehicle [_type, _position, [], 0, "NONE"];
_won addAction [ "<t color '#0000FF'>Hello</ t>", "staz\staz.sqf", [], 1, true, true, "",
    "_this distance _target < 3 && side _this isEqualTo west && !( _this in _target )"
];

[cybercoco 16]

 Larrow, is that an addaction with a condition ? Seems like a good idea...

 

 

Can you not just use the action? Otherwise every time the trigger is activated there will be a new action on the car.

_won = createVehicle [_type, _position, [], 0, "NONE"];
_won addAction [ "<t color '#0000FF'>Hello</ t>", "staz\staz.sqf", [], 1, true, true, "",
    "_this distance _target < 3 && side _this isEqualTo west && !( _this in _target )"
]; 

I didn't mention something in the first post, the deactivation is not :

"hint 'no civilian near wonno'"

but

"removeallactions (thisTrigger getVariable 'won')"

Basically each time the player gets in the vehicle or out of the 3 meters area, the addaction ealier added will be gone.

[cybercoco 16]

What exactly does not work? Is nothing happening when you use the action or is the action not showing up at all?

 

When I launch the script, it doesn't display the addaction (while stepping into the 3 meters zone).

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

Let me try a different approach here:

_won = createVehicle ["C_SUV_01_F", getPosATL player, [], 0, "NONE"];
_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos _won, false];
_trg setTriggerArea [3, 3, 0, false];
_trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", true];
_trg setVariable ["won", _won];
[
    _trg,
    {
        if (_x == player) then {
            hint 'action added';
            player setVariable ["wonAction", player addAction ["<t color='#0000FF'>Hello</t>", "staz\staz.sqf", "", 5]];
        };
    },
    {
        if (_x == player) then {
            hint 'action removed';
            player removeAction (player getVariable "wonAction");
        };
    }
] call fnc_triggerListChanged; //Source: https://forums.bistudio.com/?showtopic=179622

[cybercoco 16]

Strange thing, when I try this, it works :

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t>Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]",

When I try this, it doesn't :

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t color='#FF0000'>Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]",

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

 

Strange thing, when I try this, it works :

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t>Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]",

When I try this, it doesn't :

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t color='#FF0000'>Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]",

 

It's a quotation problem. Your second line doesn't work, because you use the same quotes for color=... as you do for the whole action text string. If you remove the quotes encapsulating the whole line, you'll see:

(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t color='FF0000'>Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]

I removed the # because it caused some unexpected behaviour with the coloration. But as you can see, the action text is pretty much broken into two pieces namely '<t color=' and '>Hello</t>' and since the interpreter cannot handle the stuff in between, it's a syntax error.

 

You can solve this by using double-double quotes, like this:

"(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t color=""#FF0000"">Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]"

[cybercoco 16]

Working !

 

quote / snip

 

:o I knew that "#FF0000" wouldn't work because it went red in the code editor. However I wasn't aware double " existed !

Thank you Heeeere's johnny!, lesson learned !

[killzone_kid 1326]

Working !

 

 

:o I knew that "#FF0000" wouldn't work because it went red in the code editor. However I wasn't aware double " existed !

Thank you Heeeere's johnny!, lesson learned !

 

Double " is not what you think, it is not a special type of quotes, it is just a way to instruct compiler to ignore quotes. In other languages \ is used for that, for example "\"" in SQF teh same quote is used to achieve the same effect "" or ''

 

hint "1""2""3"; //works - 1"2"3

hint '1''2''3'; //works too - 1'2'3

[cybercoco 16]

 

Modified your code :

_won addAction [
                                "<t color '#0000FF'>Hello</ t>",
                                "staz\staz.sqf",
                                _won,
                                1,
                                "",
                                "",
                                "",
                                "(player distance _won) < 3"
                            ];

This doesn't display the addAction, while approaching the car.

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

Double " is not what you think, it is not a special type of quotes, it is just a way to instruct compiler to ignore quotes. In other languages \ is used for that, for example "\"" in SQF teh same quote is used to achieve the same effect "" or ''

 

hint "1""2""3"; //works - 1"2"3

hint '1''2''3'; //works too - 1'2'3

 

Well, at least to some excant it is what I expected. Never tried it with the single quote though, good to know. But when I started learning SQF, I was missing the \ to escape stuff until I stumbled across this "" notation. I wonder why they introduced the \ for escaping line breaks in defines, but not for ecaping quotes in strings.

[cybercoco 16]

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[cybercoco 16]

Final code :

// script for trigger
_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPos _won, false];
_trg setTriggerArea [3, 3, 0, false];
_trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST","PRESENT",true];
_trg setVariable ["won", _won];

_trg setTriggerStatements [    
                       "this &&  !(player in (thisTrigger getVariable 'won'))",
                       "(thisTrigger getVariable 'won') addaction [ '<t color=""#FF0000"">Hello</t>', 'staz\staz.sqf','',5]",
                       "removeallactions (thisTrigger getVariable 'won')"
                          ];

[Heeeere's johnny! 51]

Please correct me if I get something wrong in the following:

 

If a blufor player enters the trigger area, this trigger activates and "won" gets the action.

If a blufor player leaves the trigger area or mounts "won", the action gets removed from "won".

If bluforPlayer1 and bluforPlayer2 enter the trigger area and bluforPlayer1 mounts "won", the action gets removed from "won", but only on the machine of bluforPlayer1.

 

So bluforPlayer2 can still use the action, because he neither left the trigger area nor mounted "won". Is that correct?