Needed help, command "random".

[Valeriy 0]

as by means of commands "Random", force soldier to pronounce accidentally chosen phrases "RUS1", "RUS2",

"RUS3", ......, "RUS19" ?

[Bart.Jan 0]

I think there is no simply way like unit say ("rus"+random19)

try this :

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_speech=["RUS1","RUS2","RUS3", ... ,"RUS19"]

_number=(count _speech)-0.001

_pick=-0.499+random _number

_picked=_speech select _pick

soldier say _picked

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[KTottE 0]

Right, that seems odd. Random will produce random numbers, with fractions.

I suggest something like this:

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_speech = ["RUS1,"RUS2","RUS3",..."RUS19"]

_number  = (count _speech)

_randomNumber = random _number

_randomNumber = _randomNumber - (_randomNumber mod 1)

_picked = _speech select _randomNumber

soldier say _picked

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Wait a minute, I just came up with an idea, add a parameter to it.

*rewrites*

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_soldier = _this select 0

_speech = ["RUS1,"RUS2","RUS3",..."RUS19"]

_number  = (count _speech)

_randomNumber = random _number

_randomNumber = _randomNumber - (_randomNumber mod 1)

_picked = _speech select _randomNumber

_soldier say _picked

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Now, this is better, as it lets you define the soldier dynamically.

So you just do a trigger, init, or whatever call to the script with this.

[speakingSoldiersName] exec {speechScript.sqs}

That way, you can add the script to several triggers, and several soldiers, without rewriting the script.

Now, you could do it so that you could enter what to say manually, but I think that's over doing it.

[bn880 5]

What Bart said will work fine, could rewrite it:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_speech=["RUS1","RUS2","RUS3", ... ,"RUS19"]

_number=count _speech;

_picked=_speech select _pick

soldier say (_speech select ((random _number)-0.5))<span id='postcolor'>

Or

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_rNum = random 19;

_rNum = _rNum - (_rNum mod 1);

soldier say (format ["RUS%1",_rNum]);<span id='postcolor'>

should work... not tested as usual

[Bart.Jan 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KTottE @ Jan. 09 2003,18:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Random will produce random numbers, with fractions.<span id='postcolor'>

Yes, but if you use number with fractions for SELECT, engine automaticaly rounds that number.

It's standard math rounding : -0.4999 to 0.4999 is rounded to 0, 0.5 to 1.499 is rounded to 1 and so on.

I posted script with several variables for better apprehending. You can also use :

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_speech=["RUS1","RUS2","RUS3", ... ,"RUS19"]

soldier say (_speech select (-0.499+ random (-0.001+count _speech)))

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The format thing sounds promising. I must try it.