Marker Area for BIS_fnc_findSafePos

[Steel UK 40]

Good afternoon, all and I hope everyone is doing well.

 

I am looking for some assistance with something here. 

 

I am trying to use this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_findSafePos

 

The function call has an optional parameter of blacklistPos which takes a String - marker area as a value. 

 

However, there appears that this marker area string does not exist.

 

I have found a matching method for triggers but not markers: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerArea

 

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Thank you for any help anyone can provide me with.

[Steel UK 40]

So in case anyone comes across this, I have managed to solve my issue by simple putting the marker in an array and providing that as a variable. 

 

So:

 

_pos = [player, 1000, 10000, 3, 0, 3, 0, [_markerFriendlyTerritory]] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

 

as opposed to:

 

_pos = [player, 1000, 10000, 3, 0, 3, 0, _markerFriendlyTerritory] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

 

 

[Harzach 2518]

19 minutes ago, Steel UK said:

However, there appears that this marker area string does not exist.

 

Not sure what you mean here. The string is the name assigned to the marker when it was created.

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createMarker

[Steel UK 40]

The documentation specifically asks for "String - marker area" when it should really say "String - marker name". 

 

That's what was throwing me off. 

 

 

[Harzach 2518]

Context clues 😄

 

[Tankbuster 1747]

Have you got the blacklist to work? I never did.

[Harzach 2518]

3 hours ago, Tankbuster said:

Have you got the blacklist to work? I never did.

 

It works great. The Biki entry was incorrect for a long time, though:  https://feedback.bistudio.com/T149812

[killzone_kid 1332]

10 hours ago, Steel UK said:

So in case anyone comes across this, I have managed to solve my issue by simple putting the marker in an array and providing that as a variable. 

 

So:

 

_pos = [player, 1000, 10000, 3, 0, 3, 0, [_markerFriendlyTerritory]] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

 

as opposed to:

 

_pos = [player, 1000, 10000, 3, 0, 3, 0, _markerFriendlyTerritory] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

 

 

Thats what is says in ingame help

 

Quote

7: (Optional) ARRAY - black listed areas in format [area1, area2, area3, ...areaN], where area is: 
                ARRAY - array in format [topLeftCorner, bottomRightCorner]
                or
                OBJECT - trigger area
                STRING - marker area
                LOCATION - location area
                ARRAY - array in format [center, distance] or [center, a, b, angle, rect] or [center, a, b, angle, rect, height]

The blacklist is a list, i.e array because it could be multiple areas, multiple markers