Enable trigger only if condition is true

[Eddcapone 0]

I have a trigger which is activated if someone is inside.

However, it should only get activated if someone is inside AND if time is between 11:45 o'clock and 11:59 o'clock.

 

How would I do this?

My attempt (checkTime.sqf)

_dateNow = date;   // _now = [2017,7,2,14,05] (Jule. 2nd, 14:05pm)
_hour = _dateNow select 3;
_minute = _dateNow select 4;
        
_condA = 0;        
        
while { _condA == 0 } do {
    hint format[
        "
        Hour: %1\n
        Minute: %2\n
        "
        , _hour
        , _minute
    ];
    //only true if time is between 11:45 o'clock and 11:59 o'clock
    if ((_hour >= 11 && _minute >= 45) && ((_hour < 12)) then {
        _condA = 1;
        hint "condA is true";
        
        //return this
        this
        
    } else {
        sleep 5;
    }
};

[Eddcapone 0]

I cant edit my post, I dont pass the captcha check for whatever reason...
Im not sure If I have to return this, but it is the default value of the "Condition" section.
And also the condition should be "if ((_hour >= 11 && _minute >= 45) && _hour < 12) then {"

[mrcurry 470]

Ditch the file and put this in condition field: this && (((date select 3) >= 11 && (date select 4) >= 45) && (date select 3) < 12)

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

28 minutes ago, mrcurry said:

Ditch the file and put this in condition field: this && (((date select 3) >= 11 && (date select 4) >= 45) && (date select 3) < 12)

Alternatively (for readability):

 

this AND daytime >= 11.75 AND daytime < 12

Cheers

[Eddcapone 0]

On 3.7.2017 at 8:58 AM, Grumpy Old Man said:

Alternatively (for readability):

 

this AND daytime >= 11.75 AND daytime < 12

Cheers

Thanks, that worked. But actually I really try to solve it by using a script for learning purposes, does this work by any chance or is it not supposed to work like this?

I changed my code to this, note that I had to change "_condA" to "condA" to make it global.

 

_pThis = _this select 0;
_dateNow = date;   // _now = [2017,7,2,14,05] (Jule. 2nd, 14:05pm)
_hour = _dateNow select 3;
_minute = _dateNow select 4;
        
condA = 0;        
        
while { condA == 0 } do {
    hint format[
        "
        Hour: %1\n
        Minute: %2\n
        "
        , _hour
        , _minute
    ];
    //only true if time is between 11:45 o'clock and 11:59 o'clock
    if (_pThis AND daytime >= 11.75 AND daytime < 12) then {
        condA = 1;
        hint "condA is 1";
        
        //return 1 so that the condition is evaluating to true
        1
        
    } else {
        sleep 5;
    }
};

And this is how the condition part looks now:

 

_ret = [this] execVM "checkTime.sqf"

 

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

What's your question exactly?

Do you want to do the check from a script and activate the trigger from within the script?

What's _pThis? The trigger?

 

Cheers

[Eddcapone 0]

Yes I want to check the condition of the trigger in the script, so I can add more complex code.

 

Im not sure If I even need _pThis it is the argument which I pass to the script in the Condition section of the trigger via 

_ret = [this] execVM "checkTime.sqf"