How to make custom "Inventory" action?

[yonose 12]

How can i custome the inventory action on a ammobox?

I got several ammoboxes close together, to easily seperate them, i want to make custom inventory actions, to change name, color and distance.

 

Example

Change "inventory" action to something like "Medical Supplies" (red color).

[Tajin 348]

1. Hide your ammobox with

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObject

 

2. Place a different object (one without an inventory, or a simpleObject version of the ammobox) and an action to it via:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction (actions there can be named and colored however you wish)

 

3. In that addaction use setPos to position the ammobox where the player is and then force him to open the box, like this:

yourhiddenammobox setPos getPos player;
player action ["Gear", yourhiddenammobox];

 

 

[yonose 12]

Thanks for reply.

 

I think i did what you wanted me to do, but result didnt work out properly.

 

When my character spawned, it opened the hidden ammobox and showed the supplies immediately.

When i go to the ammobox, it dosent show the supplies from the hidden ammobox, it didnt show the option "Gear" either on the scroll-menu

 

 

Hidden simpleobject that contains supplies:

Variable Name:
med_liq

Init:
hideObject med_liq;

 

Empty Ammobox that should contain supplies from the hidden ammobox:

Init:
med_liq setPos getPos player; 
player action ["Gear", med_liq];
bis_fnc_createSimpleObject;

 

[Tajin 348]

The snippet I posted is just to move and open the box, you still have to place that into an addAction code to make it accessible via the scroll-menu.

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

Take a look at the scripting commands wiki, lots of useful stuff there:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Medical Supplies</t>", {

	params ["_actionHolder","_actionCaller"];
	yourhiddenammobox setPos getPos _actionCaller;
	_actionCaller action ["Gear", yourhiddenammobox];

}];

Would be a barebones example.

 

Cheers
 

[yonose 12]

Ok, you both been to great help so far.

Tajin: didnt know what getPos and setPos was doing, but its clear for me now.

 

So i removed the hidden ammobox and getPos and setPos, since it wont be needed.

My problem now, is to set a distance limit to "Medical Supplies" option, as it is now, you can see the option where ever you are. Looking for a distance of 5-10m

player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Medical Supplies</t>", { 
 
 params ["_actionHolder","_actionCaller"]; 
 _actionCaller action ["Gear", boxbag]; 
 
}];

Also looked at the addAction radius, but i dont know how to define the radius, as i understand it has to be in order(?). I tried to set a distance with the syntax "distance" and "nearestObjects", but they havent worked out.