Group alive?

[Fenris 0]

I want a trigger that detects whether there is anyone left alive from a squad. I'm sure this has been done to death, but I searched and couldn't find anything (often difficult to know what to search for).

I could do it the long winded way (i.e. name each unit, and check each status individually) but I think I can assign them to a group or something and there is a way of checking to see if anyone is still alive in that group.

If anyone could do a brief step by step I'd be appreciative.

P.S. Sorry about the vagueness, but I had very heavy night last night, still haven't slept and am on a come-down. Please be gentle!!

[bn880 5]

How about the condition: count (units Group) <= 0

[ralphwiggum 6]

first, in the beginning of the mission, make an array of the units.

for example something like this.

grparray = units group <name of a soldier in the squad>

then ,make a trigger with condition

"!alive _x" count grparray == 0

[Chris Death 0]

Ralph, check your condition again and have a laugh yourself

You've checked, for the whole squad to be alive.

detail: if zero men of grparray are not alive, the condition

will be activated.

Now zero men not alive is the same as all men alive

But basically you've been right.

correct condition: "alive _x" count (units grparray) == 0

bn880 - your suggestion doesn't work (trust me - that was

one of the first ways, i've tried out).

The count command requires the _x variable in this case.

Consider it to be the equivalent to the foreach when executing

some commands for a whole group.

~S~ CD

[Chris Death 0]

Fenris, just after reading your question again;

do you want to check at a specific point in the mission,

wether there is still somebody of the group alive

(if so, excuse me Ralph )

OR

do you want to check instantly, for the whole group

being killed?

method 1 would be:

"alive _x" count (units grparray) > 0

:note - this condition would be true, from the start of the

mission, so you need to add any other condition to it.

e.g: go AND "alive _x" count (units grparray) > 0

"go" is a boolean, which you could use this way:

initialize it by using the players init field:

go = false

now at the point of the mission, where you want the check to

become hot, just use: go = true

somewhere in a script or activation field (trigger,waypoint).

method 2

Just use the condition i wrote one post above, in combination

with that: grparray = group this, Ralph posted above.

~S~ CD

[Fenris 0]

I'm a little lost (must just be me being dense, will read through again). What I want is a trigger that checks if anyone from a unit is alive. When all units are dead is displays a message saying something like "Charlie Platoon has been wiped out".

[Fenris 0]

I think I need this method:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">"alive _x" count (units grparray) > 0<span id='postcolor'>

but I'm not really sure about assigning units to an array. Haven't done it before!

[RED 0]

You don't need to just use this:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">(count units nameofgroup) > 0<span id='postcolor'>

RED

[Fenris 0]

Cheers RED, you're always helpful!

Last question then (showing how thick I really am! ), how do I name the group?

[RED 0]

Put this in the group leaders init field:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">bobsgroup = group this<span id='postcolor'>

RED

[Fenris 0]

Okay got it working like this:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">aplatoon = units group T55Crew1;<span id='postcolor'>

in leader's init field, and:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">"alive _x" count aplatoon == 0;<span id='postcolor'>

in the trigger condition field.

Cheers boys!