"waituntil" problem

[RolloTomassi 10]

Hello, i have an problem with the "waituntil" command in my sqf script. It doesn´t works with distance command.

_troop = team1;

_mark = createMarker ["mark1",[0,0,0]]; 

mapclick = false;
onMapSingleClick """mark1"" setMarkerPos _pos; clickpos = _pos; mapclick = true; onMapSingleClick """";true;";

waituntil {mapclick};
_pos = clickpos;

_mark setMarkerColor "colorRed";
_mark setMarkerShape "icon";
_mark setMarkerSize [1,1];
_mark setMarkerDir 0;
_mark setMarkerType "hd_destroy";
_log = "logic" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_log setPos _pos;

sleep 2 +random 3;
_wayp1 = _troop addwaypoint [_pos,1];
[_troop,1] setWaypointType "move";
[_troop,1] setWaypointPosition [position _log,0];
_troop setCurrentWaypoint [_troop,1];
hint "CHECK 1";

waituntil {leader _troop distance _log < 50};
hint "END of SCRIPT";

The last hint - "END of SCRIPT" wil not be reached. The problematic line is:

waituntil {leader _troop distance _log < 50};

[snkman 351]

Edit. Sorry did not see there was some more code after the mapclick = true; :D

[dmarkwick 261]

Perhaps try a couple of brackets:

waituntil {(leader _troop distance _log) < 50};

or maybe restructuring the code:

while {!((leader _troop distance _log) < 50)} do {sleep 0.1};

Not tested BTW, just giving some ideas :)

[RolloTomassi 10]

Don´t works :-(

[galzohar 31]

I don't know how Arma 2 handles ambiguity, so this may or may not be the issue:

leader _troop distance _log

Might be interpeted as:

leader (_troop distance _log)

Rather than:

(leader _troop) distance _log

Obviously you want the second, so might as well write it like that as well. If it doesn't solve your issue at least your code will be more readable ;)

[RolloTomassi 10]

Nothing works. :-/ Maybe game bug?

[Bellicosity 10]

Have you tried doing something like

hint format ["%1", getPos _troop]

and

hint format ["%1", getPos _log];

into radio calls and seeing if they are actually within 50 meters of each other?

(Change the variables so they aren't private in scope first though)

[DnA 5138]

You can no longer create Logic objects through createVehicle and should use createUnit. You can compare the case to trying to create a soldier using createVehicle. Your script could not continue because _log is a null-object. Try:

_log = _troop createUnit ["Logic", [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "NONE"];

Note 1: avoid position [0, 0, 0] where you can, it's dangerous :)

Note 2: create a dedicated group for the Logic on side sideLogic. This will be the safest and in the future may become required for Logic objects.

[sbsmac 0]

Note 1: avoid position [0, 0, 0] where you can, it's dangerous

Hmm, I use this extensively in my scripts. What do you recommend instead ? [1,1,1,] or some other location ?

[RolloTomassi 10]

nothing works :(((

[shuko 59]

nothing works :(((

There is something else wrong. That script in your first post works just fine. I opened a new mission, pasted your code into an sqf file etc. Worked nicely.

[wiper 0]

Thanks for the hints DNA !

always was courious why you guys now set [1,1,1] instead of [0,0,0] and already started to change my habits too, particularely since I noticed that move commands tend to be ignored by outside_of_map units.

However I allso still use vehiclelocal without problems for logics yet. I take it its better to change this habit for future versions, too ?

RolloTomasi:

maybe your variable team1 is the culprit.

Are you sure its a group you are referencing to ?

otherwise the leader function wouldnt return something "useful" ...

did you check arma2.rpt or set start parameter -showScriptErrors for errors ?

[RolloTomassi 10]

Ok, i set now hint message in the script:

hintC format ["troop - %1\n_Log - %2\n_Log dist troop - %3\nleader troop - %4",_troop,_Log,_Log distance leader _troop,leader _troop];

The effect:

troop - B 1-1-C
_Log - <No group>:0
_Log dist troop - 278.749
leader troop - men2

But the horizontal distance to the logic object is only 80~100 meters. Can the problem be the vertical position? The location of the group is in the hills.

[wiper 0]

yes, distance returns the absolute distance (3D) iirc

[RolloTomassi 10]

I tested it on the coast and now it is working. But not in the hills.

What i must do to positioning the Logic object on the ground height?

_pos = clickpos;
_Log setPos _pos;

[shuko 59]

What i must do to positioning the Logic object on the ground height?

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setPosATL

Didn't test, but [x,y,0] should be ground.

[RolloTomassi 10]

I have it:

_Log setPos _pos;
_Log setPos [(getPos _Log select 0),(getPos _Log select 1),1];

Thanks all for the help.

[dfear 10]

do you execVM this script?

edit: nevermind, i have not readed latest posts...

Edited August 13, 2009 by dfear