How to place INTELS about randomly placed target?

[zagor64bz 1225]

I all..

could not find anything by googling..

I want to make a mission ( COOP/SP)where the target(HVT) is randomly spawning. To be able to locate him, you have to collect INTELS that will lead you to the HVT.

How do I do that? Is it VERY complicated?

Just to give you an example, like in the great SP campaign "Hunter six". There, you could also interrogate civis, to get info...not asking that much,just so you know.LOL.

Any idea?

[cybercoco 16]

You can spawn a object (laptop, files or other) on the map, set a objective to get it (with/without marker). The item (intel) will have to have an addAction.

When the player will find the item, he will be able to click action. The addAction will execute file.

 

All is explained in details here :

 

Spawning it randomly in a certain area would require a little more.

[zagor64bz 1225]

You can spawn a object (laptop, files or other) on the map, set a objective to get it (with/without marker). The item (intel) will have to have an addAction.

When the player will find the item, he will be able to click action. The addAction will execute file.

 

All is explained in details here :

 

Spawning it randomly in a certain area would require a little more.

Thank you...

the problem is not to make them spawning  randomly, but because the "object" of the intel is the whereabouts of the HVT that WILL SPAWN RANDOMLY...

So, for istance, since in the INTERACTIVE INTELS that you can use in the editor you can put whatever info/pictures you want, if the location of the HVT change every time you restart the mission, the info inside the intels has to change also..

 

Hope I made myself clear....because I'm lost now..LOL

[cybercoco 16]

Maybe make the intel's description random or cycle through on every start (don't think the latter is possible though ;)

I'll post something in a bit !

[cybercoco 16]

In the file that's going to be executed by clicking you can put :

_array = ["first", "second", "third", "forth"];
_random = selectRandom _array; // randomly takes one of the variations

// defines what happens for each variation

if (_random == "first")
  then {hint "this is the first variation"};

if (_random == "second")
  then {hint "this is the second variation"};

if (_random == "third")
then {hint "this is the third variation"};

if (_random == "forth")
then {hint "this is the forth variation"};

Here there are four variations of the intel. You can create more, as you wish.

 

The code should be working, but it's not tested...

[zagor64bz 1225]

In the file that's going to be executed by clicking you can put :

_array = ["first", "second", "third", "forth"];
_random = selectRandom _array; // randomly takes one of the variation

// defines what happens for each variation

if (_random == "first")
  then {hint "this is the first variation"};

if (_random == "second")
  then {hint "this is the second variation"};

if (_random == "third")
then {hint "this is the third variation"};

if (_random == "forth")
then {hint "this is the forth variation"};

Here there are four variations of the intel. You can create more, as you wish.

 

The code should be working, but it's not tested...

Hey mate, thank you a lot!! I'll test it and get back to you asap.

[cybercoco 16]

Another whay whith switchdo

_array = ["first", "second", "third", "forth"];
_random = selectRandom _array; // randomly takes one of the variations

// defines what happens for each variation

switch true do {
  case (_random == "first"): hint "this is the first variation";
  case (_random == "second"): hint "this is the second variation";
  case (_random == "third"): hint "this is the third variation";
  case (_random == "forth"): hint "this is the forth variation";
};

Maybe there are other ways to do it -_-

[R3vo 2654]

Be aware that selectRandom is not yet available on the stable version.

[cybercoco 16]

Be aware that selectRandom is not yet available on the stable version.

 

I thing this will work :

_array = ["first", "second", "third", "forth"];
_random = _array select floor random count _array; // randomly takes one of the variations