Addaction for one player

[Toasted Duckie 0]

Hey guys, I'm always finding myself struggling with actions, but usually I can manage..

This time however, I can't seem to find a solution.

Very simple actually, but can't figure it out.

Question: how to add an action for just one player? player is variable.:confused:

:rolleyes:

Much love

[Rick01 10]

Name the player in the editor i.e. "P1",

then in your script

P1 addaction .....................

[Mayhem McAwesome 10]

if you want an object to hold an action that only one player can activate, you can also use the "condition" parameter (check commands wiki) and use it to check if the player is who you need it to be, if not, the action doesn´t show

cheerz

[Toasted Duckie 0]

and that's what I don't want to do. When the player is in an area I want him to have an action.

Also, would P1 addaction.... not just give the object (in this case unit) P1 the action, so everyone close enough to P1 has the action?

---------- Post added at 03:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 AM ----------

I see Moach_Mayhem, would that look like this?

_increasetargets = _player addAction [format ["Increase targets. %1",_tar],"targetsettings.sqf",  "",1, false, false, "", (_target == player)];

Above code is wrong, must be filling in some parameters faulty ... :( Can someone help this poor man out? :D

Edited March 5, 2010 by Toasted Duckie

[shuko 59]

Well, you have an area trigger right? If it doesn't have a name yet, name it.

So, change that (_target == player) to:

"player in list myTriggerName"

[Toasted Duckie 0]

Thanks, but

_increasetargets = _player addAction [format ["Increase targets. %1",_tar],"targetsettings.sqf",  "",1, false, false, "", (_player in list _trigger)];

doesn't work.

Other players still have the action when looking at the person in the trigger area.

Same goes for this:

_increasetargets = _player addAction [format ["Increase targets. %1",_tar],"targetsettings.sqf",  "",1, false, false, "", (player distance _player <1)];

[shuko 59]

Well, if you bother reading the wiki, it clearly tells you the condition is a string. That's why I said:

"player in list myTriggerName"

and not

player in list myTriggerName

[Bon 12]

You want the action assigned locally on the player, not globally. Then the editor, or more specifically, a trigger, is a very bad idea to do so.

Name the player, let's say, P1.

Then write into a script, e.g. the Init.sqf file:

if(player == P1) then{
      _increasetargets = player addAction ["Increase targets.","targetsettings.sqf",  "",1, false, false, "", ""];
};

EDIT:

That's it for your intial concern / what your initial post was about. For restricting the action to be in a certain area, the very last post of shk should finally give you all information you need: Name the trigger that describes the area, and edit the addAction statement to the following:

if(player == P1) then{
      _increasetargets = player addAction ["Increase targets.","targetsettings.sqf",  "",1, false, false, "", "player in list <triggername>"];
};

Edited March 5, 2010 by Bon

[tj72 0]

So this way the action is completely hidden from other players?

I thought actions always show up if another player is close enough to the unit that has it......

[Bon 12]

I thought actions always show up if another player is close enough to the unit that has it......

No. It is just a thing of locality. An action assigned from within a script that runs locally on certain machines can't be shown on other machines, as it doesn't exist for 'em.

Edited March 5, 2010 by Bon

[Toasted Duckie 0]

Thanks for the help Bon, the thing is, it's variable which player gets the action. When player x is in trigger area, ONLY player x gets the actions. When player y steps in that trigger area, only player y gets the commands

[Bon 12]

Name the trigger, and write this into your init.sqf:

_increasetargets = player addAction ["Increase targets.","targetsettings.sqf",  "",1, false, false, "", "player in list <triggername>"];

This way every player will have the action enabled once s/he enters the trigger area and looses it when leaving the area. The action assigned to the player won't be shown on other machines.

You want the action assigned only once a time? So if it is already assigned to player x it can't be assigned to player y even if player y enters the area?

[Toasted Duckie 0]

That is exactly what I want bon! Right now I have a trigger, and if bluefor enters the are it fires a script. In that script _player is assigned to the first element of the array that contains the players in the trigger area.

_player = _this select 0

in the script that is fired by the trigger. So yes, I only want one person per time to have the action.

But wait, I'm getting crazier:p

I have

_var = player addAction [format ["Some text %1", _avariable],"script.sqs",etc]

And want to change that _avariable quite often, actually every time the player executes the action. So I figured I would want to add the actions in a script, and when triggered remove and re-add those actions, thus seeing a change in the _avariable. That can't be accomplished from the init file, can it?

:rolleyes:

[Toasted Duckie 0]

Also, while on the subject off addactions, is it possible to call a function from the addaction code, instead of just executing a script? So have values return to the script that adds the action?

[TheHarvesteR 11]

No... I tried it too... apparently the addaction function can only call scripts... it won't call functions or run a single commandline

I think that's how the addAction function is wired... which is too bad because it would be very handy in situations when all you need is a single line to be executed

Cheers