Problem with detection - 1 unit only

[RonnieJ 10]

Hey guys... im having some problems with detection.

I want an enemy to do a speciel action when he detects one of the players in-game but im not sure how to do this...

I know you can create a detection trigger to look for a speciel unit... but not how to make a single unit look for 10 speciel players s1- s10...

I guess its some on going loop looking fo s1-s10 inlist? or something... really not sure how to do it hehe :P

[jw custom 56]

s1 in thisList

P.S. remember to set Activation to Anybody or a specific side!

Edited December 29, 2009 by JW Custom

[bhaz 0]

If the players are in the same group, you can group the trigger to one of the units, which will add extra options in the trigger's settings.

[RonnieJ 10]

Ye but its only one enemy unit that I want to take action when he and he alone detects one of the 10 players... so im not sure thats what I need...

Its because I want the single enemy unit to mark us with a laser and call in an enemy aircraft... that bit is sorted but im not sure how I can make only that unit detect only s1-s10 :S

[jw custom 56]

Ye but its only one enemy unit that I want to take action when he and he alone detects one of the 10 players... so im not sure thats what I need...

Its because I want the single enemy unit to mark us with a laser and call in an enemy aircraft... that bit is sorted but im not sure how I can make only that unit detect only s1-s10 :S

Like i said:

s1 in thisList

P.S. remember to set Activation to Anybody or a specific side!

That will make trigger go off if the unit named s1 is inside the trigger area.

s1 in thisList and s2 in thisList

will make trigger go off if the units s1 and s2 is inside the trigger area.

s1 in thisList || s2 in thisList

will make trigger go off if unit s1 or s2 is inside trigger area.

[RonnieJ 10]

JW Custom> that will force the trigger to go off if any of the 100 OPFOR detects any if the s1-s10 units in the trigger but that is not what im asking for! :) I want only 1 of the 100 OPFOR to do something when he and he alone detects s1-s10

[bhaz 0]

_unitArray = [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8, s9, s10];
if ({enemyUnit knowsAbout _x > 3} count _unitArray > 0) then {
   hint "player spotted by enemyUnit";
} else {
   hint "enemyUnit hasn't spotted a player yet";
};

That more along the lines of what you're after?

[afp 1]

Check the Awarness script in my signature, its pretty similar. A trigger is a loop at 0.5 seconds, if you do your own loop you can set it more specific.

[RonnieJ 10]

bhaz> thats perfect! Just what I needed.... thumbs up - thx m8

[RonnieJ 10]

bhaz> if I want an array of enemys as well... how would I do that? if possible...

So I can use this nice code on a couple of guys insted of copy paste for each unit

[bhaz 0]

bhaz> if I want an array of enemys as well... how would I do that? if possible...

If it's not important to know who spotted them, then something like this would work:

_unitArray = [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8, s9, s10];
_enemyArray = [enemy1, enemy2, enemy3, enemy4];
_i = 0;
_spotted = 0;

for "_i" from 0 to ((count _enemyArray) - 1) do {
   _spotted = _spotted + ({(_enemyArray select _i) knowsAbout _x > 3} count _unitArray);
};

if (_spotted > 0) then {
   hint "units were spotted";
} else {
   hint "no units were spotted";
};

If you need to know who spotted the player/s:

_unitArray = [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8, s9, s10];
_enemyArray = [enemy1, enemy2, enemy3, enemy4];
for "_i" from 0 to ((count _enemyArray) - 1) do {
   if ({(_enemyArray select _i) knowsAbout _x > 3} count _unitArray > 0) then {
       hint format ["player has been spotted by %1", _enemyArray select _i];
   };
};

Problem is with this one, if a player has been spotted by all enemies, the script will trigger itself once for each enemy.

edit: I haven't actually tested either of these, might go do it now.

edit2: working as intended :) You can also change the number "3" something else to change sensitivity of the script. knowsAbout ranges from 0, being completely unknown to 4, "i'm looking at you".

edit3: You could also use the first script and add the enemies that spotted players to an array:

_unitArray = [p1];
_enemyArray = [e1, e2, e3, e4];
_spottedBy = [];
_i = 0;

for "_i" from 0 to ((count _enemyArray) - 1) do {
   if ({(_enemyArray select _i) knowsAbout _x > 3} count _unitArray > 0) then {
       _spottedBy = _spottedBy + [(_enemyArray select _i)];
   };
};

if (count _spottedBy > 0) then {
   hint format ["Player/s were spotted by: %1", _spottedBy];
} else {
   hint "No players were spotted";
};

For example, if players were spotted by e2 and e4, the hint would display as "Player/s were spotted by: [e2, e4]".

Edited January 5, 2010 by bhaz
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