Dynamic addAction

[maxqubit 1]

Edit: Sorry for the title. A ? is missing. This is a question (not a solution)

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I would like to pass parms to the script i define in addAction. Can that be done (ArmA) and if yes, how?

This works:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_idct = sabheli addAction ["BCN" + (r5names select 1), "test.sqs"]

But i want to pass parms to test.sqs like in:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">[player, sabheli, "sabhelitxt", 1000, 1] exec "test.sqs"

This doesn't work (as expected):

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_idct = sabheli addAction ["BCN" + (r5names select 1), [player, sabheli, "sabhelitxt", 1000, 1] exec "test.sqs"]

But in the wiki some 'arguments' is possible after script ... What are those and how to use them? Like so? (doesn't work):

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_idct = sabheli addAction ["BCN" + (r5names select 1), "test.sqs", [player, sabheli, "sabhelitxt", 1000, 1]]

Tia

[Lolsav 0]

According with biki with addaction you can get those values. I managed to be sucessfull with that in the editor. The thing is, maybe because of my lack of knowledge, i found it to be buggy when it comes to multiplayer.

Parameters of the called script:

An array of parameters is passed to the called script:

[unit, caller, ID]

Ill try to explain with an example:

actionid = something addAction ["Switch on", "activate.sqs"]

in the script i would have:

_unit = _this select 0;

_caller = _this select 1;

_id = _this select 2;

By then, having these variables, you can decide what you want to do with them.

I hope i was clear enough and it helped on your needs.

[maxqubit 1]

Thx but not exactly what i want (to know)

In stead of:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">actionid = something addAction ["Switch on", "activate.sqs"]

I want something like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">actionid = something addAction ["Switch on", ["parm"] exec "activate.sqs"]

So, i want to pass "parm" to the script (activate.sqs). I know select 0,1,2 are already reserved for unit,caller,id.

If above is not the right way to go i have another question. The wike says:

unit addaction [action, script,(arguments,priority, showWindow, hideOnUse, shortcut)] - for ArmA

So what are ,(arguments,priority, showWindow, hideOnUse, shortcut) doing? And how/why would you use them?

[UNN 0]

You can pass a parameter like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Player AddAction ["Buy an Ice cream","Script.sqf",99]

To access the passed parameter (in this case 99) from within Script.sqf, you just use:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_Param=_This Select 3;

Hint Format ["I would like a %1 please.",_Param];

[maxqubit 1]

You can pass a parameter like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Player AddAction ["Buy an Ice cream","Script.sqf",99]

To access the passed parameter (in this case 99) from within Script.sqf, you just use:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_Param=_This Select 3;

Hint Format ["I would like a %1 please.",_Param];

Absolutely 100% what i was looking for. Thx mate!

I've used it like this:

addaction script:

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

r5 = [r5heli, r5unit1, r5unit2, r5unit3, r5unit4]

r5txt = ["r5heli", "r5unit1", "r5unit2", "r5unit3", "r5unit4"]

r5names = ["HLI174", "Lt. Kowalski", "Corp. VandenBerghe", "Sgt. Jackson", "Pvt. Mhin"]

r5beaconrange = [1000, 100, 100, 100, 100]

r5beaconfreq = [1, 5, 10, 10, 10]

for [{_i=0}, {_i<5}, {_i=_i+1}] do {_id = r5heli addAction ["Beacon " + (r5names select _i), "pbt.sqs", [player, (r5 select _i), (r5names select _i), (r5beaconrange select _i), (r5beaconfreq select _i)]];};

action scrpt (pbt.sqs):

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

_parms = _this select 3

_pbt = _parms select 0

_beacon = _parms select 1

_beacontxt = _parms select 2

_beaconrange = _parms select 3

_beaconfreq = _parms select 4

... etc ...

resulting in:

- dynamic building of action descriptions

- just 1 script called

- parms to this 1 script passed thru an array of values

Thx again!