help re nearestObjects

[fawlty 30]

activation of a trigger I'm trying to use this directed to opfor in this case east

 

{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach nearestObjects [cap0_1, ["all"], 51];

 

I want to change "all" to "east" but it's more complicated than that.

 

I use this to have patrolling opfor forces rush us. If I leave it as "all" the civilians will also approach us.

[soldierXXXX 107]

Hi,
if you need to return opfor units + opfor vehicles you can filter them with select command
 

nearestObjects [cap0_1,["O_Soldier_base_F","LandVehicle"],51] select {side _x == EAST};

But if you need only on foot units it might be better use nearEntities which is much faster
 

cap0_1 nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51];

 

[JCataclisma 78]

Try something like this:
 

private _nearbyEastTroops = nearestObjects [cap0_1, ["Man"], 51] select {_x isKindOf 'SoldierEB'};
{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach _nearbyEastTroops; 

 

[fawlty 30]

soldierXXXX, I probably have this wrong 
{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach nearestObjects [cap0_1 nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51]];
it's a no go

JCataclisma. worked great.

BTW; if I want to make west the enemy do I just change the 'nearbyEastTroops' to 'nearbyWestTroops'

I'm not sure about that  'SoldierEB' bit

 

Thanks to you both

 

Edit; just tried it out and it looks like east to west is all that's needed

Thanks again

[JCataclisma 78]

11 hours ago, fawlty said:

 

BTW; if I want to make west the enemy do I just change the 'nearbyEastTroops' to 'nearbyWestTroops'

I'm not sure about that  'SoldierEB' bit

 

Mostly, no...and yes. 😂
Providing _nearbyEastTroops is just a custom/random name I've chosen for such variable, it could be ANY other name, like "_closeEnemies", "_nearestTargets", or whatever.
'SoldierEB' ('E' is for 'East') is the config name/kindOf for the Opfor units, which you can find when you go in the editor, right-click on the unit and check the "View in config file".
The combination of 'Man' and 'SoldierEB' is what actually does the trick, so you can use 'SoldierGB' for Independent faction ('G' for 'Guerrilla') and 'SoldierWB' for Bluefor/West.

I forgot to mention that such code I use is specifically for soldiers, not necessarily targeting vehicles.

Just as a more clear example, this is what I am currently using, some kind of fake gas bomb, which should act differently upon each kind of "people" nearby its area of impact
('_charge_9' is the variable name for the gas bomb):

		private _nearbyEastTroops = nearestObjects [_charge_9, ["Man"], 7] select {_x isKindOf 'SoldierEB'};
		private _nearbyGuerTroops = nearestObjects [_charge_9, ["Man"], 7] select {_x isKindOf 'SoldierGB'};
		private _nearbyBlueTroops = nearestObjects [_charge_9, ["Man"], 7] select {_x isKindOf 'SoldierWB'};
	sleep 4;
		{
		_x setDamage 1;
		} forEach _nearbyEastTroops;
		{
		_x setDamage 1;
		} forEach _nearbyGuerTroops;
		{
		_x setUnconscious true;
		} forEach _nearbyBlueTroops;
	sleep 2;

 

[soldierXXXX 107]

7 hours ago, fawlty said:

soldierXXXX, I probably have this wrong 
{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach nearestObjects [cap0_1 nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51]];
it's a no go

Yep, you got this wrong. You can't combine nearestObjects with nearEntities. It's either one or the other. So like this:
 

{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach cap0_1 nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51];

You can of course change O_Soldier_base_F for SoldierEB,SoldierWB or SoldierGB. O_Soldier_base_F is child of SoldierEB.

[fawlty 30]

Figured I had it wrong, although I did try various formats re; You can't combine nearestObjects with nearEntities

 

Hate to say it but I'm still getting error msg's with

{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach cap0_1 nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51];

[soldierXXXX 107]

Yep, probably would be better to put it between round brackets
I tested it with this, 

{[_x, 2500] spawn {params ["_unit","_number"];systemChat str ("Unit:" + str _unit + " Number: " + str _number)}} forEach (player nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51]);

So your code should look like this

{[_x, 2500] execVM "fn_taskRush.sqf"} forEach (cap0_1 nearEntities [["O_Soldier_base_F"],51]);

Also I noticed that you had there empty characters, which also causing errors.


 

If you're satisfied with @JCataclisma's code (which works), there's no actual need to change that. We're talking about milliseconds here, so regular users won't notice the difference anyway 🙂.

[fawlty 30]

Yup that got it soldierXXXX, just needed a set of brackets.

JCataclisma works but it was good to get your script to work as well.

 

Thanks again to both of you for the help.

Cheers