[SOLVED by bypassing] get roleDescription of vehicle

[Fastfood4Bigfoot 0]

Hi,

I'm currently trying to get the "Role Description" attribute of a vehicle. Would like to get this value for a script, but as one of the comments on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/roleDescription says: "roleDescription works for playableUnits only. [...]" Using it on a vehicle return an empty string. Is there any way to optain this value?

 

Thx!

[HazJ 1288]

I think you mean displayName?

getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _vehicle >> "displayName")

Adjust accordingly.

getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "C_SUV_01_F" >> "displayName")
// Returns:
SUV

 

[killzone_kid 1326]

15 minutes ago, Fastfood4Bigfoot said:

Hi,

I'm currently trying to get the "Role Description" attribute of a vehicle. Would like to get this value for a script, but as one of the comments on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/roleDescription says: "roleDescription works for playableUnits only. [...]" Using it on a vehicle return an empty string. Is there any way to optain this value?

 

Thx!

Role description is what you see on role selection screen when you select what unit you want to be, since you cannot be a vehicle then you cannot have role description for a vehicle. You obviously want something different but not telling what, but looking in the wrong direction

[Fastfood4Bigfoot 0]

16 minutes ago, HazJ said:

I think you mean displayName?

getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _vehicle >> "displayName")

Adjust accordingly.

Don't think that's what I'm looking for. Rightclick on a quad bike for example. "Attributes..." > "Object: Control" > "Role Description". It's explained in hover overlay as "Multiplayer role description visible in the multiplayer lobby. When undefined, the object type name will be used by default." Because https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/roleDescription says "Returns unit description set in Editor and visible on role selection screen in MP. Works in MP and SP.", I hoped to be able to access the value in any game mode from a script. The value can be set in editor also for unplayable objects like vehicles.

 

Any idea what I could instead use to determine an assigned vehicle class? I want to be able to define to which class a vehicle belongs to react with a script function. Until now I use

if (vehicleVarName _x find "loadoutMG" >= 0) then {...}

but wanted to avoid using the variable name field to store that info. Maybe some custom variable in the Init text field?

[HazJ 1288]

Huh??? What are you trying to do? "assigned vehicle class" ???

Please specify more details. No point in me guessing.

[killzone_kid 1326]

You can always set a variable on the vehicle

this setVariable ["vehiclerole", "garbage truck"];

and check it in a script.

if ( _vehicle getVariable "vehiclerole" == "garbage truck" ) then { hint "it's a garbage truck!"};

 

[Fastfood4Bigfoot 0]

Thx killzone_kid, that's exactly what I was looking for, had problems with the scope. I was working on loadout script to initialize vehicles. To use it, create a Init.sqf:

// Quadbike, all variants
{
  if (_x getVariable "replaceLoadout" == "true") then
  {
    clearBackpackCargoGlobal _x;
    clearMagazineCargoGlobal _x;
    clearItemCargoGlobal     _x;
    clearWeaponCargoGlobal   _x;
  };

  if (_x getVariable "vehicleRole" == "loadoutAT") then
  {

    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["FirstAidKit",          2];
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["launch_NLAW_F",        1]; // PCML launcher
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["NLAW_F",               6]; // PCML missile
  };

  if (_x getVariable "vehicleRole" == "loadoutMG") then
  {
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["FirstAidKit",          4]; // First Aid Kit
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["MMG_02_sand_F",        1]; // SPMG (Sand)
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["optic_DMS",            1]; // DMS scope
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["muzzle_snds_338_sand", 1]; // Silencer .338 (Sand)
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["acc_pointer_IR",       1]; // Laser pointer
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["optic_Hamr",           1]; // RCO scope 
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["130Rnd_338_Mag",       3]; // SPMG mag
  };

  //...

} forEach nearestObjects [[worldSize / 2, worldsize / 2, 0], ["B_Quadbike_01_F", "B_G_Quadbike_01_F", "B_T_Quadbike_01_F"], 1000000];


// Prowler, all variants
{
  if (_x getVariable "replaceLoadout" == "true") then
  {
    clearBackpackCargoGlobal _x;
    clearMagazineCargoGlobal _x;
    clearItemCargoGlobal     _x;
    clearWeaponCargoGlobal   _x;
  };

  if (_x getVariable "vehicleRole" == "loadoutAT") then
  {
  	_x addItemCargoGlobal ["launch_NLAW_F",        2]; // PCML launcher
    _x addItemCargoGlobal ["NLAW_F",               4]; // PCML missile
  };

  //...
} forEach nearestObjects [[worldSize / 2, worldsize / 2, 0], ["B_T_LSV_01_armed_F", "B_T_LSV_01_AT_F", "B_T_LSV_01_armed_CTRG_F", "B_T_LSV_01_unarmed_F", "B_T_LSV_01_unarmed_CTRG_F", "B_LSV_01_armed_F", "B_LSV_01_AT_F", "B_LSV_01_unarmed_F", "B_CTRG_LSV_01_light_F", "B_LSV_01_armed_black_F", "B_LSV_01_armed_olive_F", "B_LSV_01_armed_sand_F", "B_LSV_01_unarmed_black_F", "B_LSV_01_unarmed_olive_F", "B_LSV_01_unarmed_sand_F", "B_T_LSV_01_armed_black_F", "B_T_LSV_01_armed_olive_F", "B_T_LSV_01_armed_sand_F", "B_T_LSV_01_unarmed_black_F", "B_T_LSV_01_unarmed_olive_F", "B_T_LSV_01_unarmed_sand_F"], 1000000];

Afterwards you can add e.g.

this setVariable ["vehicleRole", "loadoutAT"];
this setVariable ["replaceLoadout", "false"];

to the Init textbox of a vehicle and the choosen loadout gets applied (instead or on top of the default inventory).

Still thinking about how to use this for Zeus mode. Best would be an event handler which opens a GUI dialog box (with a combo where you can select one of the predefined loadouts) as soon as you spawn a vehicle. Better ideas? I'm just a complete beginner regarding scripting in Arma.