Semi-random custom faces

[Hjaldar 0]

Hi there,

it's about custom faces again.

I know about the "setface"-command and about this code I found by searching

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class Faces

{

units[] = {};

weapons[] = {};

requiredVersion = 1.20;

};

};

class CfgFaces

{

class b

{

name="b";

texture="\vash\b.jpg";

east=1;

west=1;

};

class bx

{

name="bx";

texture="\vash\bx.jpg";

east=1;

west=1;

};

class b1

{

name="b1";

texture="\vash\b1.jpg";

east=1;

west=1;

};

but what I need are semi-random faces for different soldiers in one config. I made a somewhat tweaked CTI with customized soldiers for Woodland, Desert, Jungle.

For example, a regular Woodland soldier looks like this:

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class SoldierUSRifle:HYK_USsolWL {};

class ARESCTISoldierUSRifle:SoldierUSRifle

{

displayName = "US Rifleman";

weapons[]={"C8XJAMM16","BAS_JM1911","NVGoggles","Throw","Put"};

magazines[]={"JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","J

AM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","HandGrenade","HandGrenade","HandGrenade"};

vehicleClass = $STRARESCTICLASSNAME;

};

Desert:

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class SoldierUSRifleD:HYK_USsolDe {};

class ARESCTISoldierUSRifleD:SoldierUSRifleD

{

displayName = "US Rifleman";

weapons[]={"C8XJAMM16","BAS_JM1911","NVGoggles","Throw","Put"};

magazines[]={"JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","J

AM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","HandGrenade","HandGrenade","HandGrenade"};

vehicleClass = $STRARESCTICLASSNAME3;

};

and now Tropic (for Jungle missions):

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class SoldierUSRifleT:HYK_USsniper1WL {};

class ARESCTISoldierUSRifleT:SoldierUSRifleT

{

displayName = "US Rifleman";

weapons[]={"C8XJAMM16","BAS_JM1911","NVGoggles","Throw","Put"};

magazines[]={"JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_W556_30Bmag","J

AM_W556_30Bmag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","JAM_M1911mag","HandGrenade","HandGrenade","HandGrenade"};

vehicleClass = $STRARESCTICLASSNAME2;

};

All of these guys are in one config.cpp that I use for my mission (in a file called arescti.pbo).

Now to my problem: I'd like my Tropic soldiers to have random and custom (=camoflaged) faces, but not the other guys.

Since the soldiers are created ingame, the "setface in init-line"-trick doesn't work.

Can you help me? Thanks in advance.

[gandalf the white 0]

zombies are spawned with something in their init, check out the zombie mod: Q&A topic

(why am i allway's just forwarding? )

[Hjaldar 0]

Sorry, but I could not find the codelines you thought of. Could you please post them?

[crashdome 3]

Don't know anything about zombie's but all you need to do is create a global array with a list of the faces ... then setFace to a random face by generating a random number

example:

Imagine I have a list of faces defined as Face1, Face2, Face3, etc...

In init.sqs:

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FaceList = ["Face1","Face2",Face3",etc...]

If the soldiers are created in-game.. then there HAS to be a createUnit command.

In that createunit command, find out how the init line works and add

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The above code generates a random number for 'x' based on the number of faces you listed, rounds it  up or down to an integer to be used by select command, and then picks that face. Should be semi-random.

EDIT: edited to optimize some of the code. I added the rounding up or down since the chances of getting the last face as a choice was very remote if you round down only.

[newiy 0]

Alternatively, you can add a random facescript in your init part of your eventhandlers in your config cpp. Since I don't have reference handy, syntax not guaranteed.

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class EventHandlers

{

init = "(_this select 0) exec ""\arescti.pbo\facescript.sqs""";

};

Face script would consist of a list of faces in an array and a random no. generator plus a setface command.

Hope this helps