Get ID of object

[dr_eyeball 16]

Quick question:

Q: How do you get the (Visitor) ID of a static object (like a house) programmatically?

(Assuming you've got an object variable of the house already using something like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_Houses = [getPos _unit select 0, getPos _unit select 1] nearObjects ["House", 50];

_House = _Houses select (floor (random (count _Houses)));

_id = ? ? ?;

...

_waypoint = _group addWaypoint [ position _House, 0 ];

_waypoint waypointAttachObject _id; // <- need the id for here

_waypoint setWaypointHousePosition 1;

There are lots of functions to get an object from an ID, but I don't see one going the other way.

Thanks in advance.

[SenseleSS Violence 0]

might need to set your own once you have your obj:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_id = _House setVehicleId 1

setVehicleId

[dr_eyeball 16]

The id from SetVehicleId doesn't appear to be suitable for the waypointAttachObject where I need it.

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

There must be a way to get the proper static ID.

Edit: Or it may be that waypointAttachObject doesn't work, even with a valid ID from the map.

There doesn't seem to be a way to get the number of house positions in a building either, for use by setWaypointHousePosition.

[charonos 0]

That's a tricky one since object ID has been removed there is the workaround with nearestposition to at least get a pointer to the map objects, but for the actual ID i have no clue.

I wonder anyway why BIS removed the object ID option,

since you still can change objects in the map, it's just slightly more complicated, so it can't be to prevent cheating or some similar motivation. Have you tried out SenseleSS Violence's tip?

[the unknown 0]

Isnt there just a button in the editor saying Show ID's

And when you press it and zoom in enough it shows you the object ID's?

Or did they removed that option?

[charonos 0]

Right, there is that editor option , i assumed he wants to retrieve the ID with a script, but that would be the easiest way

[.kju 3245]

Quote[/b] ]I wonder anyway why BIS removed the object ID option

afaik its related to the streaming engine - better ask an expert here though.

[Dark Angel 0 0]

As far as I know (I have v1.02) the option 'Show IDs' works... At least it does for me - I see the IDs...

[dr_eyeball 16]

Yes I know "Show ID's" button works, but I need to deal with hundreds of ID's randomly based on their class type, so you can guess now that I wanted it to be obtained programatically.

I guess I just wanted confirmation whether a command for it exists, given that some commands still expect a StaticObjectID instead of the object itself, with no way of automatically obtaining it. Reading elsewhere, apparently OFP had a suitable command but it's not in ArmA.

Thanks.