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  2. Posted

    Nevermind that last question.. i've made a very nice/workable solution :)

    In the server "loop":

       while {NewTargetName == _OldTargetName} do {
       _random = round(random(7) +1);
       NewTargetName = "CombatZone" + (format ["%1", _random]);
   };

   _message = format ["Enemy forces have been sighted in %1.", (_villages select _random)];
   ServerMessage = [_message, "taskNew"];
   publicVariable "ServerMessage";

    and then in the player init:

    waitUntil {alive player};
// Update the current target.
"NewTargetName" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
"CombatZoneMarker" setMarkerPos (getPos CombatzoneTrigger);
};
"ServerMessage" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
taskHint [(ServerMessage select 0), [1, 1, 1, 1], (ServerMessage select 1)];
};
//-

    Works like a charm, thanks for the tip guys :D

  12. Posted

    Ok here's the problem...

    on init.sqf i check if it's the server or a player that's running it.

    If it's a server, it starts the following loop:

    while {true} do {
        if (AreaCleared) then {

        while {NewTargetName == _OldTargetName} do {
           NewTargetName = "CombatZone" + str(ceil(random 32));
       };

       _OldTargetName = NewTargetName;
       "CombatZoneMarker" setMarkerPos (getMarkerPos NewTargetName);
       CombatZoneTrigger setPos (getMarkerPos NewTargetName);

       [West,"HQ"] sideChat "New area selected.";

// Do stuff, spawn russians, etc..

   }

   publicVariable NewTargetName;
   sleep 10;
};

    This works.. a russian spawns at the marker.. if i kill it, 10 seconds later a russian spawns on another random marker. So... the trigger is moved, and the marker is also moved.

    if it's a player that's running the init.sqf it runs the following code:

    waitUntil {alive player};

"NewTargetName" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
   "CombatZone" setMarkerPos (getPos CombatzoneTrigger);
};

while {true} do {

   player setVehicleInit "_return = this execVM ""scripts\player_init.sqf""";
   processInitCommands;

   waitUntil {!alive player};

   hint "you died... sucks to be you, man... ";

};

    This works fine in the editor, but it doesn't do jack shizzle in multiplayer. The russian guy spawns, but the marker on the map stays rock solid on the old location. For some reason it doesn't see that the variable NewTargetName changed, and so it doesn't move the marker for the user.

    first of all, i thought markers were for all users, not per user ? So how come it works for player1 ( unit is "player" ), but not for player 2,3,4,5,6, etc (unit is "playable" ) ? And how come it works for player1, untill he disconnects and then reconnects ? it doesn't work anymore after that.

    Any ideas guys ? :confused:

  17. Posted

    :confused:Ok.. here's the situation..

    i spawn a vehicle using the following code: 

    HMMWV = "HMMWV_Armored" createVehicle (position HMMWVSpawner);
HMMWV setdir 45;
HMMWV setVehicleInit "[""HMMWV""] execVM ""scripts\vehicle-bluefor_init.sqf""";

    the init script is as following:

    scriptName = "vehicle-bluefor_init.sqf";

_unit = (_this select 0);
[West,"HQ"] sideChat _unit + " is now available on base.";

waitUntil {!alive _this};

// Vehicle died, clean it up.
[West,"HQ"] sideChat _unit + " died.";
deleteVehicle _unit;
//-

    all works as planned, and CROSSROAD tells me "HMMWV is now available on base." as it spawns.

    The problem however is... once the thing blows up, nothing happens. I should be getting a message, and it should be cleaning up after itself; but nothing happens. It's as if the waitUntil {!alive _this}; doesn't trigger.

    I've tried it with:

    waitUntil {!alive _this};

    waitUntil {!alive this};

    waitUntil {!alive _unit};

    but it never triggers. Any ideas ? :confused:

  21. Posted

    I'm trying to make an on/off toggle for a function, but i can't get it to work somehow.. maybe you guys can help me out ?

    In the player's init i put:

    Enabled = true;
_this addAction ["Disable", "toggle.sqf", "", 0, false, true, "", "(Enabled)"];
_this addAction ["Enable", "toggle.sqf", "", 0, false, true, "", "(!Enabled)"];

    toggle.sqf I put:

    if (Enabled) {
 hint "off";
 Enabled = false;
else { 
 hint "on";
 Enabled = false;
}

    While it does show me the option on the mousewheel menu, clicking the option doesn't seem to do jack shizzle.

    Any ideas? :confused:

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