Loop over all vehicles and add action to it

[tebbbs 33]

I want to loop over all vehicles and add an action to it (also those vehicles, that i spawn with Zeus) how do i do that?

[Von Quest 1161]

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

[Harzach 2507]

Also:  https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/forum/154-arma-3-mission-editing-scripting/

[tebbbs 33]

i know what a foreach loop is.. but arma 3 is a pita when its about locality.. thats the main issue i had in the past and before i start over again, i though someone knows exactly in which file and where i have to put it..

 

On 8/12/2020 at 2:06 PM, Harzach said:

Also:  https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/forum/154-arma-3-mission-editing-scripting/

 

i dont think so.. this will be part of a small mod

[Harzach 2507]

24 minutes ago, tebbbs said:

i know what a foreach loop is.. but arma 3 is a pita when its about locality.. thats the main issue i had in the past and before i start over again, i though someone knows exactly in which file and where i have to put it..

 

 

i dont think so.. this will be part of a small mod

 

Then start a topic for the development of your mod. As it is, this is a scripting topic.

I'm not rules-lawyering, though it is indeed a forum rule. The point is that putting your topic in the wrong subforum can result in fewer eyes on it.

[laxemann 1673]

On 8/12/2020 at 11:26 AM, tebbbs said:

I want to loop over all vehicles and add an action to it (also those vehicles, that i spawn with Zeus) how do i do that?

 

So your key issue is that you want to add actions to every spawned vehicle?

In this case, a loop would be a very inefficient solution.

 

You can use init Eventhandlers in the vehicle's config:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Init

[snkman 351]

5 sec. loop:

private "_vehicles";

private _array = [];

while { (True) } do
{
    _vehicles = (vehicles - _array);
    
    if (True) then
    {
        if (_vehicles isEqualTo [] ) exitWith {};
        
        _array append _vehicles;
        
        {_x addAction ["Your action here!", {} ]; } forEach _vehicles;
    };
    
    sleep 5;
};

[haleks 8206]

Better yet : instead of creating numerous actions, add one single action that works for all vehicles to the player itself.