Task created twice?

[calo_mir 10]

The following is called from a trigger with execVM at the start of the

mission. There's no other code in the mission:

E0_mission_done = false;

E0_mission_task = player createSimpleTask ["kill_soldier"];
E0_mission_task setSimpleTaskDescription ["Kill soldier", "Kill the Russian!", "Danger"];
E0_mission_task setTaskState "Created";
[nil, nil, E0_mission_task, "Created"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";

E0_death_handler = {
 _killed = _this select 0;
 _killer = _this select 1;

 hint format ['%1 killed by %2', _killed, _killer];
 E0_mission_done = true;
};

soldier_0 addEventHandler ["killed", E0_death_handler];

waitUntil {E0_mission_done};

E0_mission_task setTaskState "Succeeded";
[nil, nil, E0_mission_task, "Succeeded"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";

sleep 10;

endMission "END1";

Two identical tasks are created and the task hints are displayed twice. When the task is successfully completed, task completed hints are displayed for both.

What's going on?

[manzilla 1]

E0_mission_task setTaskState "Created";
[nil, nil, E0_mission_task, "Created"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";

Is the line:

[nil, nil, E0_mission_task, "Created"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";

needed in this instance? I don't use that line when I set up tasks. Did you try to remove it?

EDIT: Actually my mistake. I do use it but I use "Assigned" instead of "Created".

Here's a sample from my mission:

tskEvidence1 = player createSimpleTask ["Talk to Commander"];

tskEvidence1 setSimpleTaskDescription ["Go get the marching orders from the Commander.", "Talk to Commander", "Talk to Commander"];

tskEvidence1 setSimpleTaskDestination (getMarkerPos "Mrk1");

player setCurrentTask tskEvidence1;

[objNull, ObjNull, tskEvidence1, "ASSIGNED"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";

Maybe try it with out:

E0_mission_task setTaskState "Created";

It seems those two lines do the same thing, I think.

I hope this helps.

Edited November 1, 2009 by Manzilla

[calo_mir 10]

Hm, doesn't seem to be it.

Even with the two lines commented out:

E0_mission_task = player createSimpleTask ["kill_soldier"];
E0_mission_task setSimpleTaskDescription ["Kill soldier", "Kill the Russian!", "Danger"];
// E0_mission_task setTaskState "Created";
// [nil, nil, E0_mission_task, "Created"] execVM "CA\Modules\MP\data\scriptCommands\taskHint.sqf";

I don't get any task hints shown (as expected) but still, two tasks are created:

---------- Post added at 01:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:41 PM ----------

Heh, commenting out every single line except:

E0_mission_task = player createSimpleTask ["kill_soldier"];

... still causes the creation of two identical tasks.

Looks like a bug to me.

Same thing happens with your code.

[ProfTournesol 952]

Seems like the script is launched twice, isn't it ? No init.sqf ?

[manzilla 1]

Hmmm. Very odd indeed. Do you have a briefing.sqf set up as well? If so, is the task created there as well.

[calo_mir 10]

There's myself, a russian soldier and a trigger on the map. The trigger condition is set to 'true' and it executes:

nul = [] execVM "init.sqf";

init.sqf is the code I posted earlier.

Nothing else going on. I'm as confused as anyone...

---------- Post added at 02:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:37 PM ----------

OH DEAR.

"init.sqf" isn't a file that's treated specially by ArmA, is it?

[shuko 45]

init.sqs and init.sqf are ran by the game automatically.

[ProfTournesol 952]

...and so launched twice for you....

[calo_mir 10]

Thanks for the moral support.

Won't make that mistake again...