Locate Ladder Position in Building object [SOLVED]

[johnnyboy 3743]

Anyone know how to find Ladder positions in buildings?  You can use selectionNames to find doors, but not ladders.

 

Maybe there is something in the building config that would help?

 

Solution:

This script is an example of how to find top and bottom positions of any building's ladders.  To use this script, open the editor and move player unit near any building that has a ladder.  Run the mission and look at the ladder, then press escape to get to the debug console.  Run this script from debug console.  The script will create an arrow at top and bottom position of the building's ladders.  It works on editor placed ladder objects also.

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_house = cursorObject;  
_ladderArray = getArray (configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf cursorObject >> "ladders" ); 
hint str [_ladderArray,_house];
_ladderPositions = [];
_inModelPosition = [];
{
	player groupChat str _x;
	_ladderStart = _x select 0;
	_inModelPosition = _house selectionPosition _ladderStart;
	_arrow = "Sign_Arrow_Yellow_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
	_arrow setpos (_house modelToWorld _inModelPosition);
	player sidechat str ["_inModelPosition",_ladderStart, _inModelPosition];
	_ladderPositions pushback (getposatl _arrow);
	
	_ladderEnd = _x select 1;
	_inModelPosition = _house selectionPosition _ladderEnd;
	_arrow = "Sign_Arrow_Cyan_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
	_arrow setpos (_house modelToWorld _inModelPosition);
	player sidechat str ["_inModelPosition",_ladderEnd, _inModelPosition];
	_ladderPositions pushback (getposatl _arrow);
} forEach _ladderArray;
systemChat str [typeOf _house,_ladderPositions];

 

Credit: @pierremgi and @beno_83au for their help.

[pierremgi 4739]

Something like?

configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Shop_City_07_F" >> "ladders"

returning:

ladders[] = {["Ladder_1_start","Ladder_1_end",2.5,"Ladder_1_action"]};

 

then:

theHouseObject selectionPosition "Ladder_1_start"  // [0.81087,7.85884,0.238917] relative to model center I guess

✌️

 

[johnnyboy 3743]

30 minutes ago, pierremgi said:

theHouseObject selectionPosition "Ladder_1_start"  // [0.81087,7.85884,0.238917] relative to model center I guess

 

Thanks a million Pierre!  I am going to try this out tonight or tomorrow morning.  Much appreciated.

[johnnyboy 3743]

16 hours ago, pierremgi said:

Something like?

configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Shop_City_07_F" >> "ladders" 

returning:

ladders[] = {["Ladder_1_start","Ladder_1_end",2.5,"Ladder_1_action"]};

Hey Pierre, this line:

configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Land_Shop_City_07_F" >> "ladders" 

 

returns this:

bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles/Land_dp_smallTank_F/ladders

 

I think there must be another step that returns this?

["Ladder_1_start","Ladder_1_end",2.5,"Ladder_1_action"]

 

How do I get that Ladder array?  Thanks.

[beno_83au 1362]

I'm assuming he used getArray. 

[johnnyboy 3743]

11 minutes ago, beno_83au said:

I'm assuming he used getArray. 

Perfect.  That worked.  Thanks.

[johnnyboy 3743]

I am reviving this topic because I never actually finished this script until now.   The top post contains the code for finding the 3D positions of tops and bottoms of ladders on building objects.