Dynamically created objects and AddAction Problems

[mr_centipede 31]

I am trying to make an autosave point at a SatPhone created using script

Problem is now fixed. Thank you all :)

sleep 0.1;

_pos=_this select 0;
_dir=_this select 1;

_obj="SmallTable" createVehicle _pos;
_obj setDir _dir;

_objSave="SatPhone" createVehicle _pos;
_objSave setPos [(_pos select 0),(_pos select 1),(_pos select 2)+0.8];
_objSave setDir _dir;

[b]_objSave addAction ["Save Game","SavePoint\saveGame.sqf"][/b];

but the bold part does not work. I tried putting the satPhone in the editor and put the addaction in the initLine and it works.

Does addaction command cannot be used with dynamically created objects?

[edit]

nevermind... the script works, its just that it takes a while to kick in

Edited July 28, 2009 by Mr_Centipede

[Taurus 20]

hehe!

Nice!

I tested your script and it works as you noticed.

I was to write

"Have you tried scrolling your mouse wheel, it can take a while for the game to update the object and display the action"

[Big Dawg KS 6]

Try using reveal on the object to reveal it to the player. That way the actions should show up sooner (if not right away).

[Tajin 348]

add this to the bottom of your script:

group Player reveal _objSave;

That will make it work faster.

Edit: Ok dawg was faster xD

[Big Dawg KS 6]

You should have revealed my previous post... :p (lame joke)

[Tajin 348]

I cant help but revealing your "spoiler" from time to time, that will have to be enough. ^^

:cancan::cancan::cancan:

[JDog 11]

Centipede not sure if you figured it out yet. Using reveal might work, but whenever I use addAction I always format it like this and it works for me:

[b]_newAction = [/b]_objSave addAction ["Save Game","SavePoint\saveGame.sqf"];

I don't know if you must, but I THINK you always have to define the new action, which you can do like that as a local variable. In my mission I have a "sabotage" action added to some objects, and my script looks somethin like this:

_newAction = target1 addAction ["Sabotage","killObject.sqf"];
_newAction = target2 addAction ["Sabotage","killObject.sqf"];
_newAction = target3 addAction ["Sabotage","killObject.sqf"];
(etc...)

If you're adding them to multiple objects, doesn't matter if you give the local variables different names, I used the same name in this example, unless you plan to refer to them individually later somehow. I just had removeAction commands scripted though and had no need to refer to the variable name.

[mr_centipede 31]

yes, thank you all. The problem is now fixed. :)

[JDog 11]

Which method ended up working for you?

[mr_centipede 31]

I use reveal command, or just wait a while. Then the action will be there in the action menu. Havent got the time to tries yours (JDog) method yet