_THIS This and ... this ?!

[[aps]gnat 28]

Ok, for a config'ed EH, this works;

Quote[/b] ]fired="[_this] exec ""\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs""";

but from standard Triggers or unit INIT line;

Quote[/b] ][this] exec "\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs"

doesnt work !!!

Error; Type Object, expect Array ..........

How do I call the same script from outside the model ?

Start of script is;

Quote[/b] ]_array = _this select 0

_weapon = _array select 1

_ammoname = _array select 4

_plane = _array select 0

thx

[ProfTournesol 956]

Well, it's because "fired" eventhandler does return a lot of informations...not only one, all globalized in [_this].

Quote[/b] ]"Fired" string:weapon,string:muzzle,string:mode,string:ammo

It means that [_this] returns :

_this select 0 : the vehicle who fires ;

_this select 1 : weapon fired ;

_this select 2 : muzzle of the weapon (a weapon can fire multiple ammo, such as bullets or grenades) ;

_this select 3 : mode of the weapon (single, semiauto, auto...)

_this select 4 : ammo fired.

If you wanna use this script through init line of unit, you should write :

nameofunit addEventHandler ["fired",{_this exec "\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs"}]

Voila  

[hardrock 1]

Gnat @ June 26 2005,17:01)]fired="[_this] exec ""\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs""";

_this in this case is an array with the entries you mentioned, first being the vehicle itself etc.

Thus the script will receive such an array: [ [unit, muzzle, ...] ]

Quote[/b] ][this] exec "\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs"

this in this case is the object, be it a unit or a trigger.

Thus the script will receive this array: [ unit ]

You know why it doesn't work in both cases?

[[aps]gnat 28]

You know why it doesn't work in both cases?

Huh!?    riddles ?

Anyhow, thanks ProfTournesol but I need to trigger manually so I can't use the Fired EH.

But from what u are saying I could be in trouble .... the Fired EH contains the info Im after ......... but does that mean a standard unit query (array call or whatever) wont yeild the info I want ?

[hardrock 1]

Gnat @ June 27 2005,05:15)]does that mean a standard unit query (array call or whatever) wont yeild the info I want ?

Exactly. Just look at my last post, the script receives different arguments, that's why it doesn't work in the second case. (_array = _this select 0 -> object, when you try to do a = _array select x the error message comes up, as you can't 'select' an element of an object)

[UNN 0]

Put this at the start of firemissiles.sqs to see what is being passed.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Player SideChat Format ["Param1 %1 Param2 %2 Param3 %3",_This Select 0,_This Select 1,_This Select 4]

Most of it can be put straight into your trigger call.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[MyPlane01,<Param2>,,<Param3>,] Exec "\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs"

But I have to ask, do you just want your aircraft to fire it's weapon when it passes over a trigger?

[ProfTournesol 956]

Quote[/b] ][MyPlane01,<Param2>,,<Param3>,] Exec "\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs"

No, i don't think this will work because the script isn't built that way :

Quote[/b] ]_array = _this select 0

_weapon = _array select 1

_ammoname = _array select 4

_plane = _array select 0

In your example, _array = _this select 0 will only return "MyPlane01", and not an array of infos. And the script will bug...

What will work, i think, is (i've tested it on a simple script) to double the "[" and "]" like this :

Quote[/b] ][[MyPlane01,Param2,,,Param3]] Exec "\GNT_B52\firemissiles.sqs"

Where : param2 is name of weapon,

param 3 is name of ammo.

And the ",,," are used for item 2 and 3 of the array, not used by the script (but if not, param3 will not be the 5th item of the array, but only the third).

Voila  

[[aps]gnat 28]

Ok .... thanks guys .... I got it now

The extra [ ] did work, and I understand why now, so I changed the script start to accomidate without the extra [ ] and the blanks.

Quote[/b] ]_plane = _this select 0

_weapon = _this select 1

_ammoname = _this select 2

? (_ammoname == "B52Bomb"): goto "B52BombRailx"

exit

#B52BombRailx

?(not alive _plane): goto "Exit"

_plane fire _weapon

#Exit

exit

so its called;

[A1,"BB52BombRailx","B52Bomb"] exec "\GNT_B52\dropbombs.sqs"