Displaying variable in hint

[Somerville 0]

Hi,

In my mission, you can request permission to fly a chopper. Once you've done this, a senior officer on the map has the action to check if you're, in effect, licenced to fly.

The variables is "P6F" (Player 6 Fly, basically). Now, once this has been approved/denied, the senior officer walks up to the player, and hits "Check status". This displays a hint, along the lines of:

"Player: [Name]

Fly? [Yes/No]"

This is determined in the script, liccheck.sqs:

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? P6F : Player6Fly = "Yes";

? (!P6F) : Player6Fly = "No";

hint format ["Player: %1 \nFly? %2", name unit6, Player6Fly]

That's just basic - I'm at work at the moment, so I can't get more detailed than that. Anyway, it's always saying "No". I've tested by putting down a trigger that turns P6F to true, but it still just says "No" for Status. How come this is so?

[dmarkwick 261]

Try structuring the code slightly differently:

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if P6F then {Player6Fly = "Yes";} else {Player6Fly = "No";};

[Somerville 0]

That hasn't worked.

What I did to test it, was to put down a trigger set to BLUFOR present, with Player6Fly=TRUE; in the activation line, with 'this' as the condition.

It just doesn't seem to register with ArmA. If I change it in init.sqs, then it automatically comes up as yes in the hint. But if it's changed by any other script, it just doesn't work. The spelling is correct, as it has been copied then pasted from the init.sqs to ensure this.

Oh my God this is doing my NUT in ><

[mattxr 9]

Indeed can some expert or something come help us with this its very important.

Thankyou

[dmarkwick 261]

Try using true & false in lowercase.

[combat-agent 0]

Test this, it worked

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?P6F == 1: _1 = "yes"

?P6F == 0: _1 = "no"

hint format ["Player: %1 \nFly? %2", name player,_1]

Just depends if you want "Player6Fly" a global var or not

[Somerville 0]

That didn't work, it displayed an error in the top-left of the screen to do with using boolean data.

The problem I believe is, as simply as can be put, this:

1) Player gets credentials to fly. Variable P6F in that script is set to true as follows:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">P6F=TRUE;

2) Senior officer checks credentials. Script for this checks to see if P6F is true, in order to determine whether the end value is "Yes" or "No". See earlier posts to see an example of the script used.

3) The script is returning the value as No at all times, only saying "Yes" if I change the value to true in init.sqs.

Why does ArmA not like being told a variable is true?

[UNN 0]

Quote[/b] ]Senior officer checks credentials. Script for this checks to see if P6F is true, in order to determine whether the end value is "Yes" or "No". See earlier posts to see an example of the script used.

This is for a multi player mission?

Quote[/b] ]Why does ArmA not like being told a variable is true?

If it's a Multi Player mission, you have to broadcast the variable with publicVariable once you change it from the default state. If it's not MP then make sure your reaching the point in the code that actualy does changes it.

[mattxr 9]

Oki i have just leanrt this.. ok This is my example.

Target.sqs

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showresult = false

Publicvariable "showresult"

TargetHits = 0

publicVariable "TargetHits"

Targetmiss = 0

publicVariable "Targetmiss"

targetcount = 0

publicVariable "Targetcount"

#Time

showhint = false

Publicvariable "Showhint"

~0.25

?(getdammage _target > 0.1) : goto "hit"

timecount = timecount + 0.25

?timecount < time : goto "time"

_target setdammage 1

Targetmiss = Targetmiss + 1

Publicvariable "Targetmiss"

~1

showhint = true

Publicvariable "Showhint"

goto "next"

#Hit

_target setdammage 1

TargetHits = Targethits + 1

Publicvariable "TargetHits"

~1

showhint = true

Publicvariable "Showhint"

goto "next"

#next

~2

deletevehicle _target

~2

?localtargetcounter >= targets : showhint = true ; Publicvariable "Showhint" ; goto "end"

goto "loop"

#end

testinprogress = false

Publicvariable "testinprogress"

showresult = true

Publicvariable "showresult"

testnumber1 = 0

Publicvariable "testnumber1"

testnumber2 = 0

Publicvariable "testnumber2"

Showhint.sqs

Quote[/b] ]

#hint

hint format ["Currently:\n%5\nTarget %6 of %7\n\nHits: %1\nMiss: %2\n\nHit ratio: %4 percent",TargetHits,Targetmiss,targetcount,percent,testmessage,testnumber1,testnumber

2]

showhint = false

Publicvariable "Showhint"

exit

Look this over and see how it works maybe it will help i will also look at your script and see what i can do.

[mattxr 9]

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

? (!P6F) : Player6Fly = "No";

? P6F : Player6Fly = "Yes";

hint format ["Player: %1 \nFly? %2", name unit6, Player6Fly]

With this i think its how it works:

Quote[/b] ]

? P6F : Player6Fly = "Yes";

Publicvariable "Player6Fly"

? (!P6F) : Player6Fly = "No";

Publicvariable "Player6Fly"

hint format ["Player: %1 \nFly? %2", name unit6, Player6Fly]

[Somerville 0]

Thanks Matt, I'll give it a bash.

[Somerville 0]

No, no joy!

[Rastavovich 0]

I could imagine the problem is the variable P6F that got not sent. Do you use publicVariable on it when setting it to true?

Is there a reason why you dublicate information with P6F and Player6Fly?

else you can also try the code below

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

hint format ["Player: %1 \nisFlying: %2", name unit6, P6F]

Hope it helps

[Somerville 0]

I set P6F to true, then put PublicVariable "P6F".

For some reason, it is only with this variable it does not work. However, with other variables, they display in the hint.

Arrrghh. My brain hurts.

[Rastavovich 0]

Well in that case you need to provide a bit more information.

Do you test the whole thing in the single player editor, the multiplayer editor or even directly on a dedicated server?

Can you reduce your testmission down to the point that it shows only the P6F never turns true issue?

[ColonelSandersLite 0]

Tell us what's returned when you do this:

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player sideChat format["P6F: %1", P6F];

? P6F : Player6Fly = "Yes";

? (!P6F) : Player6Fly = "No";

player sideChat format["Player6Fly: %1", Player6Fly];

hint format ["Player: %1 \nFly? %2", name unit6, Player6Fly]

If the first sideChat returns a scalar bool array message, then you haven't initialised P6F and the test is failing every time due to that. In fact, now that I think of it, that's most definatly the most likely cause.