[SOLVED] Vehicle Object to Button Action

[AaronZockt 0]

Hello there!

I'm trying to pass a vehicle Object to a button action.

 

On vehicles with variable names my current version works perfectly fine, but on vehicles without variable name it isn't...
So do you guys have any ideas on how to pass the _vehicle variable to the button?
 

// My current Version
buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver %1;", _vehicle]];

 

[Harzach 2517]

Where is _vehicle being defined?

[AaronZockt 0]

12 minutes ago, Harzach said:

Where is _vehicle being defined?

 

In the same SQF File, it is passed via the inGameUISetEventHandler and getInDriver Action, in my case the _target parameter is _vehicle

[Harzach 2517]

7 minutes ago, AaronZockt said:

In the same SQF File

 

It would make it easier for others to help you if you shared all of your code.

[AaronZockt 0]

29 minutes ago, Harzach said:

 

It would make it easier for others to help you if you shared all of your code.

 

private _onVehicleBoarding = '
    params ["_vehicle", "", "", "_action", "", "", "", "", "", "", "_event"];
    if (_action == "getInDriver") then {
        if (_event == "Action") then {

            createDialog "test_dialog";
            _idc = 1600;

            buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver %1;", _vehicle]];

            };
        };
        true
    };
';

inGameUISetEventHandler ['Action', _onVehicleBoarding];

 

[Harzach 2517]

You are using format incorrectly, and the result is creating the string "player moveInDriver _vehicle;". 

buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver %1;", _vehicle]];

So:

private _onVehicleBoarding = '
    params ["_vehicle", "", "", "_action", "", "", "", "", "", "", "_event"];
    if (_action == "getInDriver") then {
        if (_event == "Action") then {

            createDialog "test_dialog";
            _idc = 1600;

            buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver %1;", _vehicle]];

            };
        };
        true
    };
';

inGameUISetEventHandler ['Action', _onVehicleBoarding];

[AaronZockt 0]

I know, corrected it already, it's getting late :S

But that doesn't solve my original Problem with vehicles without a variable name^^

[Larrow 2820]

Format of an OBJECT to STRING produces erroneous results like "B Alpha 1-1:1 (Dev)" ( <- this is an example format of a player object ) unless the object has a vehicleVarName where format will return the variable name.

So player moveInDriver B SomeRubbish 1-1-:1 makes no sense and results in a error.

Use the function BIS_fnc_objectVar to return a vehicleVarName for the OBJECT. If the object already has a vehicle var name it will be returned, if it does not one will be set and returned.

 

buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver %1;", [ _vehicle ] call BIS_fnc_objectVar]];

 

[AaronZockt 0]

Thank you very much for your help @Larrow and @Harzach

buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver %1;", [ _vehicle ] call BIS_fnc_objectVar]];

works like a charm and was exactly what I'm looking for.

[Larrow 2820]

You can also use NetID to do the same thing.

buttonSetAction [_idc, format ["player moveInDriver ( '%1' call BIS_fnc_objectFromNetId );", [ _vehicle ] call BIS_fnc_netId]];

 

[mrcurry 496]

Good stuff from @Larrow and @Harzach per usual.

 

For posterity's sake here's an another way to pass data into the button click-event using the button's variable space and the ButtonClick eventhandler.

 

Good for passing more complex data or situations where you can't or don't want to rely on the parsing of mission namespace variables.

createDialog "test_dialog";
_idc = 1600;

private _ctrl = displayCtrl _idc;
_ctrl setVariable ["TAG_myVariable", _vehicle];
_ctrl ctrlAddEventHandler [
	"ButtonClick",
	{
		params ["_ctrl"];
		player moveInDriver (_ctrl getVariable "TAG_myVariable");
	}
];

 

[pierremgi 4851]

18 hours ago, mrcurry said:

Good stuff from @Larrow and @Harzach per usual.

 

For posterity's sake here's an another way to pass data into the button click-event using the button's variable space and the ButtonClick eventhandler.

 

Good for passing more complex data or situations where you can't or don't want to rely on the parsing of mission namespace variables.

 

Yes. Probably better than inGameUISetEventHandler . Adding an EH on click, rather than setting the  UI EH with filter.

[mrcurry 496]

2 hours ago, pierremgi said:

Yes. Probably better than inGameUISetEventHandler . Adding an EH on click, rather than setting the  UI EH with filter.

To clarify, my example would be placed inside the inGameUISetEventHandler to get OP's intended effect of interrupting the "get in" action with a dialog. It's merely an example of how to pass data without resorting to globals. 🙂