About nearestobject

[Shark111 0]

Now it’s time for nearestobject. How do I use this? I want to put in a variable the object of a specific type that is nearest to the player. My scripts did not work, here’s what I used:

_near = nearestobject [player, “manâ€]

_near = nearestobject [player, man]

_near = nearestobject [getpos player, “manâ€]

_near = nearestobject [getpos player, man]

These all gave ObjNull as value of _near.

_near = nearestobject getpos(player)

This, instead, gave always and only West Bravo Black: 1, i.e. the player’s unit. What have I to do, if I want _near to be the nearest man, for example, or Scud Launcher, or any other accident?!?

Thx

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[RED 0]

Yes I was having problems with this, I just did something like:

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_i = 0

#loop

_pos = [(getpos player select 0) + sin (getdir player + 180) * _i, (getpos player select 1) + cos (getdir player + 180) * _i,0]

_nearest = nearestobject _pos

_i = _i + 0.1

?_nearest == player && _i < 20: goto "loop"

That will search out from behind the unit for 20 meters unit it finds something other than the player.

RED

[toadlife 3]

Unfortunately nearestobject only works with spcific types , not base classes, so...

_near = nearestobject [player, “manâ€]

...will never work.:crazy: This of course, REALLY sucks.

You would have to do something like this to get it to work:

_near = nearestobject [player, “SoldierWBâ€]

[uiox 0]

Here it is radar script for land objects

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ArrayTarget = []

_TempArray = []

#Loop

;player globalchat format[" Nb %1 List %2 ",count ArrayTarget ,ArrayTarget ]

~1

; Trigger follow the drone

Radar setpos getpos objDrone

_NbUnits = count list Radar

_ArrayRadar = +list Radar

updateTargetlist = false

; Remove player and drone from list

If (player in _ArrayRadar) then {_ArrayRadar = _ArrayRadar - [player]}

If ( objDrone in _ArrayRadar) then {_ArrayRadar = _ArrayRadar - [objDrone ]}

If (count _ArrayRadar == 0) then {If (count ArrayTarget !=0 ) then {arrayTarget = [];updateTargetlist = true}; goto "loop"}

_i = 0

_TempArray = []

#SearchLand

if ( ("Land" countType units ( _ArrayRadar select _i ) !=0 ) && (player countEnemy [ _ArrayRadar select _i] != 0 ) ) then {_TempArray = _TempArray + [_ArrayRadar select _i] }

_i = _i +1

If (_i < count _ArrayRadar) then { goto "SearchLand"}

;update the unit list

If ( ( count ArrayTarget == 0 ) && ( count _TempArray == 0 ) ) then {goto "loop"}

_i = 0

#updateSetNewTarget

if ( ! ( (_TempArray select _i ) in (ArrayTarget ) ) ) then {updateTargetlist = true; ArrayTarget = ArrayTarget + [_TempArray select _i] }

_i = _i +1

If (_i < count _TempArray ) then {goto "updateSetNewTarget"}

If (updateTargetlist ) then {goto "Loop"}

_i = 0

#updateOldUnit

If ( ! ( ( ArrayTarget select _i) in (_TempArray ) ) ) then {updateTargetlist = true; ArrayTarget = _TempArray; goto "loop" }

_i = _i +1

If (_i < count ArrayTarget ) then {goto "updateOldUnit"}

Goto "Loop"

It uses a trigger "Radar" following an object "objDrone" and updates an array "ArrayTarget" last it sets to true "updateTargetlist" boolean when the list is update...

[Shark111 0]

Yes, I tried the script suggested by RED, and it works, but it takes a lot of time to individuate a soldier at about 5mt away from the player’s position. Is there something in the code that could be faster or is NearestObject a command which significantly slows down the execution? My code was this:

_i = 0

#search

;starts searching from the player's position, then will

;shift along player’s direction

_xc = GetPos Player Select 0

_yc = GetPos Player Select 1

_dir = GetDir Player

_pos = [_xc + _i * (Cos _dir), _yc + _i * (Sin _dir), 0]

_near = NearestObject _pos

_i = _i + 0.1

~0.1

;executes some tests to establish wether _nearest is an

;enemy healthy soldier or not. If a test fails, searches

;again from another position

?(_near == Player) : GoTo "search"

?(Side (_near) == Side (Player)) : GoTo "search"

?(!(CanStand _near)) : GoTo "search"

;if there's nothing interesting within 20.1mt. stops the

;script

?(_i > 20) : GoTo "end"

;this should give the debug output

TitleText [Format ["Found: %1", _near], "plain down"]

[_near] Exec "surrender.sqs"

#end

Exit

Would it be faster if the range from player’s position is incremented by 1mt instead of 0.1 each time? I hope so…

…continues

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