selectionPosition? Bug?

[snkman 334]

Hey guy's,

after some test's with the "selectionPosition" command it look's like it do not work... It alway's return's [0,0,0].

Can anyone confirm this?

[Big Dawg KS 5]

Works perfectly fine. It's used extensively in BD MultiGunFix.

[snkman 334]

Hmm... Strange... So there must be something wrong on my side.

Thanks for the replay Dawg. ;)

Edit:

It works with vehicles but soldiers do only return [0,0,0]... Too bad...

Edited July 18, 2010 by SNKMAN

[CarlGustaffa 3]

Biki syntax:

Array = object selectionPosition selectionName

Biki example:

_object = player selectionposition "head_hit"

Ehh, what, _object? When hinted I get a [0,0,0] position, not an object, or "heat_hit" doesn't exist for player. Did something change, or is it just a weird example?

[Synide 0]

'head_hit' is not in the Memory LoD it's in the HitPoints LoD so obviously your selectionPosition returns [0,0,0].

If you'd like to know the available Memory LoD points for any given model then just ask.

Edited July 19, 2010 by Synide

[snkman 334]

Well i have tryed it with a "E.H. Dammaged" which will return every selection name in (_this select 1).

Example E.H. Dammaged:

_unit = _this select 0;
_selection = _this select 1;

_selectionPosition = _unit selectionposition _selection;

hint str _selectionPosition;

The variable "_selectionPosition" should now return the position of where the unit was hit but it only returns [0,0,0].

[Synide 0]

The event handler for damage uses the Hit Points LoD from memory. The selectPosition scripting command uses the Memory Points LoD. While there are many similarly defined named selections/component names between the 2 LoDs there are significantly dissimilar ones as well.

As I said before. 'head_hit' is not in the Memory LoD so selectionPosition returns [0,0,0].

The method discribed in the Biki for deducing named selections to use with selectPosition is flawed. But, will suffice 'most' of the time.

You can only use named selections from the Memory LoD with this command in A1/A2/OA. In VBS2 the command searches the Memory LoD first then the Geometry LoD, then the Fire Geometery LoD. But, this isn't VBS2 is it.

If you specify which model you are trying to use selectPosition with a list of available named selections could be provided.

Edited July 19, 2010 by Synide

[CarlGustaffa 3]

For generic purposes, I guess "man" or "soldier" would do for me.

[Synide 0]

Instead here's ( 9 Kb link NOT 24/7) a little program that will create a report of named selections for the Memory LoD only from odol's so you can use the 'selectionPosition' scripting command a little more effectively. Output is to a text file of the comma seperated value variety.

Read the readme.txt to get the gist. Let me know if there's a problem with it.

Cheers, Sy.

Edited July 20, 2010 by Synide

[CarlGustaffa 3]

Even better. But wasn't able to grab it.

[Synide 0]

Oh dear, hmmm try it again... but if not then... memrpt_v0.0.0.1.7z @ FileFront.

Cheers.

[CarlGustaffa 3]

Thanks. Got it.