Custom Array not working...

[The_Oakster 0]

Hello,

I have the following code in a script:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_veh = ["SKODA","SKODARED","SKODAGREEN","SKODABLUE","TruckV3SCivil"]

car = nearestobject[ch2,"_veh"]

ch1 domove getpos car

ch2 domove getpos car

But it doesnt work, however if I do this then it does:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">car = nearestobject[ch2,"skodared"]

ch1 domove getpos car

ch2 domove getpos car

Is there something wrong with how I have defined the array, or do arrays not work for nearestobject?

Ben

[Metal Heart 0]

"_veh" != _veh

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[The_Oakster 0]

If I change it to:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">car = nearestobject[ch2,_veh]

I get an error message:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">'car = nearestobject[ch2,_veh|#|]': error type object, expected number

[suma 8]

Arrays do not work for nearestObject. There is even nothing in the command references which could create an impression they do.

[The_Oakster 0]

Arrays do not work for nearestObject. There is even nothing in the command references which could create an impression they do.

I noticed that but I just wondered if it would, I am just getting to grips with things and I was just wondering and playing about

Ben

[Guest [B.B.S.] T_D]

hardrock made a function for that, fNearestObjectList:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">private ["_p","_o","_a","_d","_di","_no","_r"];

_o=_this select 0;

_a=_this select 1;

_d=200;

_r=objNull;

_p=if (_o in [_o]) then {getpos _o} else {_o};

{

_no=nearestObject[_p,_x];

_di=([_p,getpos _no] call fVectorTo) call fVectorLength;

if(_di<_d)then

{

_r=_no;

_d=_di;

};

}

forEach _a;

_r

This function returns the nearest Object, but you can take a list of different objects as a parameter:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_veh = ["SKODA","SKODARED","SKODAGREEN","SKODABLUE","TruckV3SCivil"]

fNearestObjectList = loadFile "fNearestObjectList.sqf"

car = [ch2, _veh] call fNearestObjectList

But this function need two other ones:

fVectorTo.sqf

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

private["_p1","_p2"];

_p1=_this select 0;

_p2=_this select 1;

[(_p2 select 0)-(_p1 select 0), (_p2 select 1)-(_p1 select 1), (_p2 select 2)-(_p1 select 2)]

[\CODE]

and fVectorLength.sqf

sqrt( ((_this select 0)^2)+((_this select 1)^2)+((_this select 2)^2) )

These have to be initialized, too, so your final script would look like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>[b]Code Sample[/b] </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_veh = ["SKODA","SKODARED","SKODAGREEN","SKODABLUE","TruckV3SCivil"]

fVectorLength = loadFile "fVectorLength.sqf"

fVectorTo = loadFile "fVectorTo.sqf"

fNearestObjectList = loadFile "fNearestObjectList.sqf"

car = [ch2, _veh] call fNearestObjectList