Check Presence Of Specific Unit

[FinalSin 10]

The triggers are really cool for checking whether an entire side is present or not present, but can you check the presence of a unit by name? Is there a function for that?

[Inkompetent 0]

If you want to check if someone is alive/existing at all you can use the alive command. For example using !alive nameOfSomeDude in the condition field of a trigger.

If you want to check if someone is present within a trigger area you can check for specific unit(s) in the area covered by the trigger with the thisList variable.

For example if you want to activate a trigger if player5 that is a BLUFOR soldier is in an area, then set up the trigger as usual to BLUFOR PRESENT, and change the condition field to:

this && player5 in thisList

The trigger can only become true (activate) if all conditions are true.

[f2k sel 164]

That's a good one I've never seen that before (thislist) used in that way.

You can also just group the trigger to the unit.

[FinalSin 10]

Superb. That's very handy indeed.

[gnarly_rider 0]

In a similar vein, I have a IED trigger that needs to go off when any BLUFOR unit is present, EXCEPT for a designated role "A_SASR_13b"

Set trigger as Blufor Present repeatedly, with

Condition

this && !("A_SASR_13b" in thisList) && (alive charge10)

I think the second bit is totally incorrect !("A_SASR_13b" in thisList). How do I get the trigger to go off for any Blufor except this unit? getting confused, thought I'd be using the != boolean check, but can't get it to work. I'm sure its somehting really simple.... :bounce3:

Oh and this is on a dedicated server, and all blufor units (including the one mentioned ) are Players

---------- Post added at 03:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 AM ----------

Nevermind, worked it out! :yay:

this && ({_x isKindOf "A_SASR_13b"} count thislist) < 1 && (alive charge10) 

Edited June 20, 2010 by gnarly_rider