Random Flagpole Teleport

[Jordan Booth 2]

I have a basic flagpole teleporter with 4 markers. How would you make it so that it randomly chooses one of the spawn points and send you there rather than choosing one yourself? 

 

Flagpole init:

 

this addaction ["Rock1","Rock1.sqf"]; this addaction ["Rock2","Rock2.sqf"]; this addaction ["WindmillRock","WindmillRock.sqf"]; this addaction ["Other","Other.sqf"];

 

Rock1.sqf:

 

 _tele = _this select 0;
_caller = _this select 1;

_caller setPos (getpos (Rock1));

[pierremgi 4740]

this addaction ["Teleport","teleport.sqf"];

and in teleport.sqf

 

params ["","_caller"];   // same as  _caller = _this #1;

_caller setpos getmarkerPos selectRandom ["yourmarker1", "yourmarker2","yourmarker3","yourmarker4"];

 

CORRECTED

[Jordan Booth 2]

Thanks, i just tried it but is says "error missing ] in line 1 of teleport.sqf"

[ZaellixA 383]

Yep, there's a typo in pierremgi's snippet.

 

He writes

params ["",_caller"];   // same as  _caller = _this #1; 

where it should be

params ["","_caller"];   // same as  _caller = _this #1; -> MISSING ONE " BEFORE _CALLER

Haven't tested it, but it is simple enough to be able to say that it SHOULD work now.

 

Please don't hesitate to ask again if you encounter any other issues.

[Jordan Booth 2]

 

Thanks that works now. I put the " before the _ at first because i'm stupid and thought it still didn't work but after moving it to before the _ it works.

 

EDIT:   After trying it a few times it doesn't teleport me to the correct position and teleports me into the sea.

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

20 minutes ago, Jordan Booth said:

 

Thanks that works now. I put the " before the _ at first because i'm stupid and thought it still didn't work but after moving it to before the _ it works.

 

EDIT:   After trying it a few times it doesn't teleport me to the correct position and teleports me into the sea.

Make sure there are no typos and upper/lower case errors in your marker array or editor placed markers.

Also post the snippet that didn't work.

 

Cheers

[Jordan Booth 2]

Flagpole:

 

this addaction ["OG Castle","hmm.sqf"]; 
 

hmm.sqf:

 

params ["","_caller"];
_caller setpos getmarkerPos selectRandom ["Rock", "Stone","Corner","Main"];

 

 

Are these compatible i am having problems. I have double checked there are no spelling mistakes or typos but could some please check. Thnx

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

2 hours ago, Jordan Booth said:

Flagpole:

 

this addaction ["OG Castle","hmm.sqf"]; 
 

hmm.sqf:

 

params ["","_caller"];
_caller setpos getmarkerPos selectRandom ["Rock", "Stone","Corner","Main"]; 

 

 

Are these compatible i am having problems. I have double checked there are no spelling mistakes or typos but could some please check. Thnx

What kind of problems? Besides a missing closing bracket?

Always check the wiki for syntax and enable -showScriptErrors as startup parameter.

Also good to use a text editor that supports .sqf syntax highlighting.

 

Alternatively you could get rid of the .sqf file and put this into the objects init field:

this addaction ["OG Castle","_this#1 setpos getmarkerPos selectRandom ['Rock', 'Stone','Corner','Main']"];

 

Cheers

[Jordan Booth 2]

58 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

 

this addaction ["OG Castle","_this#1 setpos getmarkerPos selectRandom ['Rock', 'Stone','Corner','Main']"];

 

This also teleports my into the ocean in the bottom left corner of the map.

[RCA3 581]

Have you tried with parenthesis?

this addaction ["OG Castle","_this#1 setpos (getmarkerPos (selectRandom ['Rock', 'Stone','Corner','Main']))"];

 

Are "Rock, Stone, Corner, Main" markers?

 

[pierremgi 4740]

All these solutions work. So check your markers. I guess you wrote "rock", "stone"... in the init field of markers. That's not correct. You must write the name without quote in these fields: rock, stone, ...  as any object's name in editor. Then in script you need to refer at the quoted name "rock", "stone" because that's markers (with specific getMarkerPos apply to the marker string,  instead of getPos for an object (not stringed))

[Jordan Booth 2]

Solved, sorry for wasting everyone's time. 

[pierremgi 4740]

No problem.

[ZaellixA 383]

Hey @Jordan Booth, would care to share your solution for other people to benefit from it in the future?

 

In the end of the day this is one of the many purposes of the forums, for people to exchange information and benefit from it.

[Play3r 143]

On 7/19/2019 at 9:09 PM, Jordan Booth said:

Solved, sorry for wasting everyone's time. 

How did you do it ??