Syntax help adding features to convoy script

[RS30002 28]

So...have this script that id like to "featurify"

//nul = execVM "scripts\Convoy.sqf";

if (isServer) then { 

_spawn = selectRandom [[8160.49,9756.76,0],[5627.6,11179.5,0],[6192.19,8574.57,0],[5387.58,9308.15,0],[7221.36,10170.5,0],[7235.13,8206.8,0]];
_destinations = selectRandom [[3041.08,6268.01,0],[5724.09,3534.61,0],[7910.19,4112.91,0],[8277.03,6040.78,0],[3688.16,3397.91,0],[1157.59,596.056,0]];
_centerspawn = selectRandom [[5663.42,6979.83,0],[7092.33,6241.3,0],[3650.26,8450.71,0],[4978.65,7449.72,0]];
_truck = selectRandom ["O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_03_covered_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_02_Box_F","O_T_Truck_02_F","O_T_Truck_03_transport_ghex_F"] createVehicle _spawn;
truck = _truck;
sleep 0.1;
_2ndspawn = (_truck getrelPos [-10, 0]);
_truck2 = selectRandom ["O_T_Truck_03_covered_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_02_Box_F","O_T_Truck_02_F","O_T_Truck_03_transport_ghex_F"] createVehicle _2ndspawn;
truck2 = _truck2;

sleep 0.1;
truckers1 = creategroup east;

"O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1,0,0],truckers1,"trucker1 = this; trucker1 moveindriver truck",0.8,"corporal"];
"O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[0,1,0],truckers1,"trucker2 = this; trucker2 moveindriver truck2",0.6,"private"];
if (truck isEqualTo "O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F") then { "O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1.5,0,0],truckers1,"trucker5 = this; trucker5 moveingunner truck",0.8,"private"]};
truckers1 setbehaviour "careless";
truckers1 setformation "column";

//_cycle1 = (_spawn getrelPos [0.2, 0]);

_wp = truckers1 addWaypoint [_destinations, 0];
_wp setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";
_wp1 = truckers1 addWaypoint [_spawn, 0];
_wp1 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp1 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";
_wp2 = truckers1 addWaypoint [_spawn, 0];
_wp2 setWaypointType "CYCLE";
_wp2 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";






_truck3 = selectRandom ["O_T_Truck_03_covered_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_02_Box_F","O_T_Truck_02_F","O_T_Truck_03_transport_ghex_F","O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F"] createVehicle _destinations;
truck3 = _truck3;
sleep 0.1;
_4thspawn = (_truck3 getrelPos [-10, 0]);
_truck4 = selectRandom ["O_T_Truck_03_covered_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_02_Box_F","O_T_Truck_02_F","O_T_Truck_03_transport_ghex_F"] createVehicle _4thspawn;
truck4 = _truck4;

sleep 0.1;
truckers2 = creategroup east;

"O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1,0,0],truckers2,"trucker3 = this; trucker3 moveindriver truck3",0.8,"corporal"];
"O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[0,1,0],truckers2,"trucker4 = this; trucker4 moveindriver truck4",0.6,"private"];

if (truck3 isEqualTo "O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F") then { "O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1.5,0,0],truckers2,"trucker6 = this; trucker6 moveingunner truck3",0.8,"private"]};
truckers2 setbehaviour "careless";
truckers2 setformation "column";


//_cycle2 = (_destinations getrelPos [0.2, 0]);
_wp3 = truckers2 addWaypoint [_spawn, 0];
_wp3 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp3 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";

_wp4 = truckers2 addWaypoint [_destinations, 0];
_wp4 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp4 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";
_wp5 = truckers2 addWaypoint [_destinations, 0];
_wp5 setWaypointType "CYCLE";
_wp5 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";


_truck5 = selectRandom ["O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_03_covered_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_02_Box_F","O_T_Truck_02_F","O_T_Truck_03_transport_ghex_F"] createVehicle _centerspawn;
truck5 = _truck5;
sleep 0.1;
_6thspawn = (_truck5 getrelPos [-10, 0]);
_truck6 = selectRandom ["O_T_Truck_03_covered_ghex_F","O_T_Truck_02_Box_F","O_T_Truck_02_F","O_T_Truck_03_transport_ghex_F"] createVehicle _6thspawn;
truck6 = _truck6;

sleep 0.1;
truckers3 = creategroup east;

"O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1,0,0],truckers3,"trucker7 = this; trucker7 moveindriver truck5",0.8,"corporal"];
"O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[0,1,0],truckers3,"trucker8 = this; trucker8 moveindriver truck6",0.6,"private"];
if (truck5 isEqualTo "O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F") then { "O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1.5,0,0],truckers3,"trucker9 = this; trucker9 moveingunner truck5",0.8,"private"]};
truckers3 setbehaviour "careless";
truckers3 setformation "column";

if (player side == east) then {player moveincargo truck};

_wp6 = truckers3 addWaypoint [_spawn, 0];
_wp6 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp6 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";

_wp7 = truckers3 addWaypoint [_destinations, 0];
_wp7 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp7 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";
_wp8 = truckers3 addWaypoint [_centerspawn, 0];
_wp8 setWaypointType "CYCLE";
_wp8 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";



0 = [] spawn {
[west,["taskConvoyRandom"],["Prevent the PLA from resupplying the occupation force and reinforcing their positions.","Destroy the cargo trucks traversing the island.",""], getPosATL pole ,1,2,true,"destroy"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
waitUntil {!(alive truck) AND !(alive truck2) AND !(alive truck3) AND !(alive truck4) AND !(alive truck5) AND !(alive truck6)};
["taskConvoyRandom", "SUCCEEDED",true] spawn BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
};




};

 

It's 3x2 trucks with random spawn/waypoints and task

 

My questions/wants:

 

-When the script comes to a waypoint array (_spawn, _destinations...) does it calculate a random position every time or just once on init and then uses those positions for the remainder of staying active?

In other words is _spawn at _wp1 same as _spawn at wp2????

I dont think it cycles if it picks the cycle wp again at random from _spawn and they are different coords? idk

 

_wp1 = truckers1 addWaypoint [_spawn, 0];
_wp1 setWaypointType "MOVE";
_wp1 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";
_wp2 = truckers1 addWaypoint [_spawn, 0];
_wp2 setWaypointType "CYCLE";
_wp2 setWaypointSpeed "LIMITED";

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-//_cycle1 = (_spawn getrelPos [0.2, 0]);

 

...i tried to remedy not knowing the answer to the first question by simply putting the cycle wp near the last move wp but it didnt work. 😔

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-if (truck isEqualTo "O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F") then { "O_T_Soldier_F" createUnit [[1.5,0,0],truckers1,"trucker5 = this; trucker5 moveingunner truck",0.8,"private"]};

 

im not sure if this is happening....if the syntax is correct in telling to the game if a chosen type is a MG equipped vehicle it should spawn a gunner for it.

 

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-i would also like "if truckX isequalto KamazFlatbed then attach a static MG to truckX, create gunner in the driver's group, move him to mg and off they go"

 

but i don't know how to write it.....

 

 

Any insight is much appreciated! 

 

 

 

 

 

[sarogahtyp 1109]

truck is an object which you created by using createVehicle.

Always look at biki pls to get to know what arguments a command needs and what the return value will be.

as told above createVehicle returns an object - just the vehicle object.

Comparing an object with a string does not have any sense. The answer will always be false because an object can't be a string.

But in this line you do exactly that. You are comparing an object with a string:

if (truck isEqualTo "O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F") then ...

what you could do in this case is to get the classname string of the truck object and compare that with your string:

if ( typeOf truck isEqualTo "O_T_MRAP_02_hmg_ghex_F" ) then ...

As you can see in the biki typeOf is returning the classname string of the object given as argument.