(Help) Error in deployment script

[androkiller 10]

Hello i have created a deployment script for a sectorcontrol mission however once i started adding MHQs to it the script doesnt work now :(

ControlPoint_Array = [
//Object For respawn                Sector Control Module
[resA,scA],
[resB,scB],
[resC,scC]
];

openMap [true,true];
onMapSingleClick "_pos call Choose_Deployment;";
player groupchat "Click on map at an avaliable deployment";

Choose_Deployment = {
private ["_pos","_object","_holder","_mhq1","_mhq2"];

_pos = _this;

if(playerside == "west") then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq2);};
if(playerside == "east") then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq2);};

if(_pos distance _mhq1 <= 50) exitWith {
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _mhq1;
			openMap [false, false];
};

if(_pos distance _mhq2 <= 50) exitWith {
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _mhq2;
			openMap [false, false];
};


{
		_object = _x select 0;
		_holder	= _x select 1;
		
		if(_pos distance _object <= 50 && ((_holder getVariable "owner") == playerside)) exitWith {
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos (getPos _object);
			openMap [false, false];
		};		
	} forEach ControlPoint_Array;
};

arma says the error is here

if(playerside == "west") then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq2);};
if(playerside == "east") then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq2);};

and the script works fine when i remove the following

 

if(playerside == "west") then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq2);};
if(playerside == "east") then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq2);};

if(_pos distance _mhq1 <= 50) exitWith {
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _mhq1;
			openMap [false, false];
};

if(_pos distance _mhq2 <= 50) exitWith {
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _mhq2;
			openMap [false, false];
};

plox help i am confused with what the problems is

 

[Larrow 2820]

playerSide returns a SIDE not a STRING.

if(playerside == west) then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos west_mhq2);};

if(playerside == east) then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos east_mhq2);};

[androkiller 10]

ok i got it working thank you i just needed to add " " around the marker names as well and looks like so.

if(playerside == west) then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos "west_mhq1"); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos "west_mhq2");};
if(playerside == east) then {_mhq1 = (getmarkerpos "east_mhq1"); _mhq2 = (getmarkerpos "east_mhq2");};

Am i right in presuming the only markers need " " around there variable names compared to objects?

Another thought does executing this script via addAction result in only the client running the script?

 

 

i have now stumbled upon another problem which i has left me baffled. So i edited the deployment by making sure the units would be moved in randomly around the area

 

_object = _x select 0;
        _holder    = _x select 1;
        _r = floor(random 50) -25;
        
        if(_pos distance _object <= 50 && ((_holder getVariable "owner") == playerside)) exitWith {
            onMapSingleClick "";
            player setPos [((getPos _object select 0)+ _r),((getPos _object select 1)+ _r),getPos _object select 2];
            //player setPos (getPos _object);
            openMap [false, false];

 

this works and provided the results i wanted.

I then changed from markers to objects for the mhq (for simplicity when wanting to attaching markers to them later). due to the player would be moved clipped inside the object i decided to provide the same method as above but instead of a random distance i used a fixed distance and applied it to both the x and y value. however this has been unsuccessful and i have been left confused in what the error is.

 

if(playerside == west) then {_mhq1 = (getPos west_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getPos west_mhq2);};
if(playerside == east) then {_mhq1 = (getPos east_mhq1); _mhq2 = (getPos east_mhq2);};

if(_pos distance _mhq1 <= 50) exitWith {
            onMapSingleClick "";
            player setPos [((getPos _mhq1 select 0)+ 5),((getPos _mhq1 select 1)+ 5),getPos _mhq1 select 2];
            //player setPos _mhq1;
            openMap [false, false];
};

...................................

 

 

 

[killzone_kid 1330]

7 hours ago, androkiller said:

 

 

I just wrote a big reply explaining markers, but STUPID forums ate it. Sorry about it.

[androkiller 10]

21 minutes ago, killzone_kid said:

 

I just wrote a big reply explaining markers, but STUPID forums ate it. Sorry about it.

thank you for the reply but this mhq problem has made me mad and i am now convinced my arma is corrupted.

i have tried these alternate methods for just the line of setting the pos of the player and still no result and arma doesn't pop up with any syntax error at all so i dont know wtf is going on. here are the other approaches i have made with no result

 

_a = floor(random 359);

player setPos (_mhq1 getPos [5,_a];) 

player setPos [(getPos _mhq1 select 0)-5*sin(_a),(getPos _mhq1 select 1)-5*cos(_a)];

player setPos ((getPos _mhq1) vectorAdd ([[5,0,0], random 359] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D));

 

[androkiller 10]

Ok so i now solved problem. but now i want to check if the mhq is moving but i do not get how in implement it in the script a originally i used (speed < 5) where it says (_speed < 5) but still that provided no result 

ControlPoint_Array = [
//Object For respawn                Sector Control Module
[resA,scA],
[resB,scB],
[resC,scC]
];

Choose_Deployment = {
private ["_pos","_object","_holder","_mhq1","_mhq2","_r","_dir","_d","_posNew","_d1","_speed"];

_pos = _this;
_d = 5;

if ((str (side player)) == "EAST") then {
_mhq1 = (getPos east_mhq1);
_mhq2 = (getPos east_mhq2);
};
if ((str (side player)) == "WEST") then {
_mhq1 = (getPos west_mhq1);
_mhq2 = (getPos west_mhq2);
};

_speed = (vectorMagnitude velocity _mhq1) * 3.6; //_speed in kmh-1

if((_pos distance _mhq1 <= 50) && (_speed < 5) exitWith {  //i dont get why this line does not work 

			_dir = floor(round(random 359));
			_posNew = [_mhq1, _d, _dir] call BIS_fnc_relPos;
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _posNew;
			openMap [false, false];

};

if(_pos distance _mhq2 <= 50) exitWith {
			
			_dir = floor(round(random 359));
			_posNew = [_mhq2, _d, _dir] call BIS_fnc_relPos;
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _posNew;
			openMap [false, false];
};

{
		_object = _x select 0;
		_holder	= _x select 1;
		_d1 = floor(random 30) + 10;
		_r = floor(round(random 359));
		
		if(_pos distance _object <= 50 && ((_holder getVariable "owner") == playerside)) exitWith {
			_posNew = [_object, _d1, _r] call BIS_fnc_relPos;
			onMapSingleClick "";
			player setPos _posNew;
			openMap [false, false];
		};		
	} forEach ControlPoint_Array;
};

openMap [true,true];
onMapSingleClick "_pos call Choose_Deployment;";
player groupchat "Click on map at an avaliable deployment";

 

[davidoss 552]

13 hours ago, androkiller said:

if((_pos distance _mhq1 <= 50) && (_speed < 5) exitWith { //i dont get why this line does not work

 

Really? Check syntax..

 

if( (_pos distance _mhq1) <= 50 && _speed < 5 ) exitWith {};

 

[androkiller 10]

Right i got it working now basically _mhq = [position array]

Thus it could not work out the speed of a position 

So simply made _speed = (speed west_mhq1) and now all working