Problem with random car placing

[jens198 0]

Hi,

got this little script that drives me nuts!

I simply want to create a car by random. Right now nothing hapens. Can anyone help me?

Thanks !

Jens

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_r = random 5

~1

? _r = 5 : goto "bluecar"

~0.1

? _r = 4 : goto "greencar"

~0.1

? _r = 3 : goto "redcar"

~0.1

? _r = 2 : goto "truck_c"

~0.1

? _r = 1 : goto "Car"

exit

#bluecar

pos = getMarkerPos "vehicle_origin_1"

bluecar = "SkodaBlue" createvehicle pos

bluecar setdir 90

exit

#greencar

pos = getMarkerPos "vehicle_origin_1"

greencar = "SkodaGreen" createvehicle pos

greencar setdir 90

exit

#redcar

pos = getMarkerPos "vehicle_origin_1"

redcar = "SkodaRed" createvehicle pos

redcar setdir 90

exit

#truck_c

pos = getMarkerPos "vehicle_origin_1"

truck_c = "TruckV3SCivil" createvehicle pos

truck_c setdir 90

exit

#Car

pos = getMarkerPos "vehicle_origin_1"

car = "Skoda" createvehicle pos

car setdir 90

exit

[Arne 0]

getMarkerPos gives you a 2D position, but you need a 3D position.

Try making a [x,y,z] like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

my2DPosition = getMarkerPos "whatever"

my3DPosition = [my2DPosition select 0, my2DPosition select 1, 0]

I confess that I don't know if that's the problem!

[j-man 0]

It's probably the way you check the variable "_r" at the begining of the script.

Try something like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

_r = random 5

~1

?( _r <= 5) && (_r > 4) : goto "bluecar"

~0.1

?( _r <= 4) && (_r > 3) : goto "greencar"

~0.1

? (_r <= 3) && (_r > 2) : goto "redcar"

~0.1

? (_r <= 2) && (_r > 1) : goto "truck_c"

~0.1

?( _r <= 1) && (_r > 0) : goto "Car"

exit

[crashdome 3]

j-man's right... a random number is between 0 and n..

so 'Random 5' could be 3.23442

you could use j-mans script or simply add:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

_r = (_r+0.5) - ((_r+0.5) % 1)

after the first line. This will round the number up if above x.5 or round down if x.499999

[RED 0]

Also you syntax is incorrect here:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

? _r = 5 : goto "bluecar"

~0.1

? _r = 4 : goto "greencar"

~0.1

? _r = 3 : goto "redcar"

~0.1

? _r = 2 : goto "truck_c"

~0.1

? _r = 1 : goto "Car"

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

? _r == 5 : goto "bluecar"

~0.1

? _r == 4 : goto "greencar"

~0.1

? _r == 3 : goto "redcar"

~0.1

? _r == 2 : goto "truck_c"

~0.1

? _r == 1 : goto "Car"

RED

[jens198 0]

Thanks a lot guys. Got it working with j-man's soulution.

Jens