RemoveAction help

[froggyluv 2136]

I'm using a trigger near an object to initiate a "Photograph" action as well as call a task finished.

player addAction ["Photograph", "cam2.sqs"]

this calls a 'camera.sqs' script and gives the effect of taking a picture.

 ....
player cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"]
camDestroy _camera

[b]player removeAction ["Photograph", "cam2.sqs"][/b]


tsk2 setTaskState "SUCCEEDED";nul = [objNull, ObjNull, tsk2, "SUCCEEDED"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";hint "War crime evidence found";nul = execvm "spawn3.sqf";

but I can't cancel the action after the shot is taken and it's pretty disruptive during combat. I know that's not the proper way to end an action as I need some kind of an index but I really don't understand how to call it.

[Binkowski 26]

I did this for mine...

player addAction ["Assist","scripts\assist.sqf"]

That is the scripts call, as usual.

Now this is what's written in the assist.sqf file.

assist = true;
s1 sideChat "ROGER PAPABEAR WE WILL ASSIST AT PETROVKA, OVER.";
player removeAction 0;
player removeAction 1;

"dkz_attack" setMarkerAlpha 1;
"vy" setMarkerAlpha 1;
"obj2" setMarkerAlpha 1;

tskObj1=player createSimpleTask ["Liberate Petrovka"];
tskObj1 setSimpleTaskDescription ["Petrvoka is currently under attack by CHDKZ forces, stop them.","Liberate Petrovka","Liberate Petrovka"];
player setCurrentTask tskObj1;

[froggyluv 2136]

Hmm, didn't work for me. Is 'Assist' the name of your action and shouldn't it be in quotes?

trigger when player approaches and its OnActiv is player addactiv is

player addAction ["Photograph", "cam2.sqs"]

Cam.sqs

 [b]photograph = true;
player removeaction 0;
player removeaction 1[/b];

cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 5]
showCinemaBorder true
_camera = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0]
_camera cameraEffect ["internal", "back"]
_camera camPrepareTarget [-82857.03,-29270.84,-39317.81]
_camera camPreparePos [3279.63,2884.74,2.11]
_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700
_camera camCommitPrepared 0
@camCommitted _camera
~2
player sidechat "holy...Shit"
playsound "sound7"
_camera camPrepareTarget [-82857.03,-29270.84,-39317.91]
_camera camPreparePos [3279.37,2884.65,2.14]
_camera camPrepareFOV 0.611
_camera camCommitPrepared 0
@camCommitted _camera

~2
_camera camPrepareTarget [-82857.03,-29270.84,-39317.90]
_camera camPreparePos [3279.43,2884.57,2.13]
_camera camPrepareFOV 0.349
_camera camCommitPrepared 0
@camCommitted _camera

player cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"]
camDestroy _camera




tsk2 setTaskState "SUCCEEDED";nul = [objNull, ObjNull, tsk2, "SUCCEEDED"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";hint "War crime evidence found";nul = execvm "spawn3.sqf";

---------- Post added at 05:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 AM ----------

Finally got it. It seems that the 'ID' element must be the removed one so

player removeaction 2

did the trick :)

Edited September 7, 2009 by froggyluv

[fbbull 10]

@froggyluv

call your Addaction with :

ID1 = player addAction ["Photograph", "cam2.sqs", [], 0, false,false,'teamSwitch',""];

ID2 = player addAction ["Action2", "Script2.sqs", [], 0, false, false, 'teamSwitch',""];

Syntax:

Number = unitName addAction [title, filename, (arguments, priority, showWindow, hideOnUse, shortcut, condition)]

to remove : player removeaction ID1;

so ID1 & ID2 are the Index of your Actions.

CU

Edited September 7, 2009 by fbbull

[froggyluv 2136]

Thanks fbbull. Your way seems far cleaner than how I did it.

Actually I'm not even sure why my way worked. I changed the initial detection trigger to

player exec "photo.sqs;

"

 photoact = player addAction ["Photograph", "cam2.sqs"];
player removeaction 0;
player removeaction 1;

...and the cam2.sqs is the same as above but at the end of it I put the

player removeaction 2

and for some reason it worked :confused: I'm surprised that it knew what the "2" was relevant towards as it's in an entirely different script.

This stuff is great but all knew to me. After hours studying the bikis trying to really grasp 'Arrays, elements, and local vs global variables, it's slowly starting to sink in. Someone needs to make a school for this stuff :D

[fbbull 10]

removeaction 2 calls the 2'nd Addaction you made. If you use the ID variante you don't have to count all your Actions to remove the right one!! :)