Creating an object within a randomised radius.

[Muzza 0]

Hello, in my new mission a player will create a marker using an m203 flare.

Air support will make life within a radius of this marker very difficult.

I am using the createvehichle command to add an explosion on the position of the marker, however i would like more explosions wthin 50m of this marker.

Either i can createvehicle within a radius of my marker, or i can create a makrer 25m north, 25m south,.... so that when the first marker is made, a few others are made in a set around it.

Does anyone know how i can do this?

[jw custom 56]

I think you could find this script useful:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=89376

Also take a look at Urban Patrol Script it have code you might get ideas from.

Here's a part of a script i made which drops mortar/arty in a radius of 300m. It's not perfect but it works decently.

while{mortar1}do

{

_iniposX = (getMarkerPos "mortarPos1" select 0) - 300;

_iniposY = (getMarkerPos "mortarPos1" select 1) - 300;

_dropPosX = _iniposX + (random 600);

_dropPosY = _iniposY + (random 600);

_shell = "Sh_85_HE" createVehicle [_dropPosX, _dropPosY, 150];

sleep 3;

};

[shuko 59]

Either i can createvehicle within a radius of my marker, or i can create a makrer 25m north, 25m south,.... so that when the first marker is made, a few others are made in a set around it.

Does anyone know how i can do this?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=89376

SHK_pos = compile preprocessfile "SHK_pos.sqf";

_m = createmarker ["theNorthMarker", ([getmarkerpos "nameOfTheFirstMarker",0,25] call SHK_pos)];
_m = createmarker ["theSouthMarker", ([getmarkerpos "nameOfTheFirstMarker",180,25] call SHK_pos)];

You can do as many as you wish and in any direction (0-359) and distance.

[Defunkt 431]

Snap, just wrote the following while you were posting:

_origin = markerPos "Flare";
_new_x = (_origin select 0) + (Random 25) - 50;
_new_y = (_origin select 1) + (Random 25) - 50;
_create = createMarker ["Add1", [_new_x, _new_y, _origin select 2]];

Edited December 2, 2009 by Defunkt