addGroupIcon not working

[target_practice 162]

I've been attempting to try out addGroupIcon to see if it's worth using, but I can't get it to work at all.

theGroup addGroupIcon ["b_inf",[0,0]];

Using it in this way doesn't return any errors or anything, it just does nothing.

I'm also unsure of the locality of this and associated commands. The BIKI doesn't say anything, but I assume its global?

[gc8 970]

Do you have:

 

 setGroupIconsVisible [true,false];

 

[target_practice 162]

I didn't, and adding does indeed work, thanks.

I'm still quite confused as to the locality of all these commands though, the documentation for them is rather lacking.

 

As an additional question if anyone can answer, is there any particular performance gain to be had over using normal map markers scripted to update their position on each frame?

[gc8 970]

2 minutes ago, target_practice said:

the documentation for them is rather lacking.

 

true

 

I call the functions client only like so:

if(hasInterface) then
{
 setGroupIconsVisible [true,false];

};

 

And then I call the addgroupicon on client. Not sure if this is the best way but for me it has worked...

 

[target_practice 162]

So the command is local then?

[gc8 970]

2 minutes ago, target_practice said:

So the command is local then?

 

Idk. that's just how I have used it. could work on server too, untested