Update Variables | Player Name | Show on Billboard

[SirBassi 10]

Hello everyone,

 

as a non-trained programmer but a motivated mission builder, I am contacting you again today with a small problem in which I am sure I am just missing a small thing.

 

Background:

I have a trait switcher in the mission where players can select a role as Medic, Engineer or Explosive Specialist. These roles are limited. I would like to set up a billboard next to the role switcher that shows which player currently has which role or which roles are actual unused.

 

My problem:

When I test in Selfhost MP, after a selected role, it gives me the role description that is stored on the slot instead of my player / profile name. In another Testplayer sot, it brings me the correct player / profile name of me but still with the current group, which is not needed and does not look good in terms of space / layout.

 

Since my native language is German, a short explanation: String "unbesetzt" means "actually unused".

 

Any dedicated requirements have not yet been checked, first of all everything should work.

I hope that I haven't made any major mistakes from the performance side, even if there is certainly a more elegant way, but I'm glad to have created a working basis for now.

 

Following script is actually called in init.sqf by execVm:

 

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while {true} do {

 

_allplayers = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";

_medics = _allPlayers select {_x getUnitTrait "medic"};

_explospecialist = _allplayers select {_x getUnitTrait "explosiveSpecialist"};  

_engineer = _allplayers select {_x getUnitTrait "engineer"};      

 

_medic1 = _medics select 0;  

_medic1 = if ( isNil "_medic1" ) then {_medics pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_medics select 0)};

_medic1 = _medics select 0;  

 

_medic2 = _medics select 1;  

_medic2 = if ( isNil "_medic2" ) then {_medics pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_medics select 1)};  

_medic2 = _medics select 1;  

 

_medic3 = _medics select 2;  

_medic3 = if ( isNil "_medic3" ) then {_medics pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_medics select 2)};  

_medic3 = _medics select 2;  

 

_medic4 = _medics select 3;  

_medic4 = if ( isNil "_medic4" ) then {_medics pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_medics select 3)};  

_medic4 = _medics select 3;  

 

_medic5 = _medics select 4;  

_medic5 = if ( isNil "_medic5" ) then {_medics pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_medics select 4)};  

_medic5 = _medics select 4;  

 

_medic6 = _medics select 5;  

_medic6 = if ( isNil "_medic6" ) then {_medics pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_medics select 5)};  

_medic6 = _medics select 5;  

 

_explosivespec1 = _explospecialist select 0;  

_explosivespec1 = if ( isNil "_explosivespec1" ) then {_explospecialist pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_explospecialist select 0)};

_explosivespec1 = _explospecialist select 0;  

 

_explosivespec2 = _explospecialist select 1;  

_explosivespec2 = if ( isNil "_explosivespec2" ) then {_explospecialist pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_explospecialist select 1)};

_explosivespec2 = _explospecialist select 1;  

 

_engineer1 = _engineer select 0;  

_engineer1 = if ( isNil "_engineer1" ) then {_engineer pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_engineer select 0)};

_engineer1 = _engineer select 0;  

 

_engineer2 = _engineer select 1;  

_engineer2 = if ( isNil "_engineer2" ) then {_engineer pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_engineer select 1)};  

_engineer2 = _engineer select 1;  

 

_engineer3 = _engineer select 2;  

_engineer3 = if ( isNil "_engineer3" ) then {_engineer pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_engineer select 2)};  

_engineer3 = _engineer select 2;  

 

_engineer4 = _engineer select 3;  

_engineer4 = if ( isNil "_engineer4" ) then {_engineer pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_engineer select 3)};  

_engineer4 = _engineer select 3;  

 

_engineer5 = _engineer select 4;  

_engineer5 = if ( isNil "_engineer5" ) then {_engineer pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_engineer select 4)};  

_engineer5 = _engineer select 4;  

 

_engineer6 = _engineer select 5;  

_engineer6 = if ( isNil "_engineer6" ) then {_engineer pushBack "unbesetzt"} else { name (_engineer select 5)};  

_engineer6 = _engineer select 5;  

 

call compile format ['monitor setObjectTexture [0,"#(rgb,512,512,3)text(1, 1,""EtelkaMonospacePro"", 0.045, ""#FFFFFF00"", ""#FFFFFFFF"",Sanitäter 1: %1\nSanitäter 2: %2\nSanitäter 3: %3\nSanitäter 4: %4\nSanitäter 5: %5\nSanitäter 6: %6\nSprengstoff Spezialist 1: %7\nSprengstoff Spezialist 2: %8\nPionier 1: %9\nPionier 2: %10\nPionier 3: %11\nPionier 4: %12\nPionier 5: %13\nPionier 6: %14"]',  

_medic1,_medic2,_medic3,_medic4,_medic5,_medic6,_explosivespec1,_explosivespec2,_engineer1,_engineer2,_engineer3,_engineer4,_engineer5,_engineer6];

 

sleep 5;

 

};

 

Thanks a lot for Feedback and ideas how I could handle the "nameproblem" best.

 

[_foley 192]

Neat concept 🙂

It seems that _medic1, medic2, etc. are still references to the objects instead of their names in string form.

 

Try replacing the part from _medic1 = _medics select 0; to _medic6 = _medics select 5; with this:

_medics resize 6;
_medics = _medics apply {
  if (isNil "_x") then {
    "unbesetzt"
  } else {
    name _x
  }
};
_medics params ["_medic1", "_medic2", "_medic3", "_medic4", "_medic5", "_medic6"];

If it works then you can do the same for the other roles.

[SirBassi 10]

@_foley

 

Thanks a lot 😍

Works perfectly great and also adhoc on Dedicated.

 

The resize - apply combination commands were the missing points I searched for, I guess.

 

Thanks for bringing me back on track. 🙂