Scripting Guard Waypoint

[zectbumo 10]

I can't seem to figure out how to script a guard waypoint. I think I'm having trouble with synchronizing the trigger with the waypoint. I am trying this:

private _trigger = createTrigger ["EAST G", getMarkerPos "guard_1"];

{
  if (side _x == east) then {
    private _wp = _x addWaypoint [position leader _x, 0];
    _wp setWaypointType "GUARD";
    _trigger synchronizeWaypoint [_wp];
  };
} forEach allGroups;

The units do not seem to guard the marker position. If I manually create this using the editor and I synchronize the waypoint with a trigger made in the editor then it works fine. But I need to make this work solely in a script.

 

[JasperRab 26]

private _trigger = createTrigger ["EAST G", getMarkerPos "guard_1"];

Never seen createTrigger get used like that, might be wrong but I don't think thats how you create a trigger.

 

I create triggers like this,

_trigger = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getMarkerPos "guard_1"];

and then use setTriggerActivation and setTriggerStatements to set the activation and statements.

 

But might be wrong, if this is new, why didn't I know about this earlier?

 

 

Did you check if the trigger works?

[tryteyker 28]

Adding on what Jasper said, you need to use setTriggerType to set it to "EAST G" after creating the trigger (using EmptyDetector).