Onmapclick problem

[alleycat 28]

Trying to use mapclick and calculate a distance, but the script gives errors:

finished = 0;
hint "Click on map to move #players marker.";
_posplayer = getpos player;

openmap true;
onMapSingleClick 	"player setpos _pos; onMapSingleClick ''; true";
onMapSingleClick 	"""strat_players"" setmarkerpos _pos;
					player setpos _pos;
					finished = 1;
					onMapSingleClick '';		
					
					diag_log text format [""Distance from start to end: %1"", _posplayer distance _pos];
					true";

waitUntil {(finished == 1)};


hint "#players marker moved to click position.";
hint format ["Distance from start to end: %1", _posplayer distance _pos];

Error message:

19:57:23 Distance from start to end: scalar
19:57:23 Error in expression < start to end: %1", _posplayer distance _pos];

if (true) then 
{



};>
19:57:23   Error position: <_pos];

if (true) then 
{



};>
19:57:23   Error Undefined variable in expression: _pos

[f2k sel 164]

_pos only exists within the onMapSingleClick

finished = false;
hint "Click on map to move #players marker.";
_posplayer = getpos player;

//openmap true;
while {alive player or visibleMap} do {

onMapSingleClick     "player setpos _pos; onMapSingleClick ''; true";

onMapSingleClick     " 'strat_players' setmarkerpos _pos;
                    player setpos _pos;global_pos=_pos;
                    finished = true;
                    onMapSingleClick '';        
                    
                    diag_log text format ['Distance from start to end: %1', _posplayer distance global_pos];
                    true";

waitUntil {finished};
sleep 0.1;
finished = false;
hint "#players marker moved to click position.";
hint format ["Distance from start to end: %1", _posplayer distance global_pos];
};

I added a while to make it work more than once, I'm not sure it's what your after but at least it works.

global_pos = _pos to get around the variable issue.

[alleycat 28]

How did I not see that before? Thanks.

 

Also global_pos is a global variable even when it is declared within something?

[hoverguy 177]

Also global_pos is a global variable even when it is declared within something?

Yes it is.