Random Building, and Random Position

I created a script to chose a random building and create a target in the building (east man). If I set him to a random building pos, nothing happens, if I run crb_HousePos he dies and if I run the house patrol script on him nothing happens? This is one of the most bazare things I've seen in arma, but I just need this high-value target to be in a random room in the building so hes not standing on the roof? Im not worried about patroling, actually he can just hide in the room but I cant get him to be anywhere but the roof! Any ideas?

Note: Im testing on Lingor, meaning there are some custom buildings, perhaps theyre not indexed? But it still does not work with A2/OA buildings either :(

Something along these lines maybe...

_house = position leader wsqd1 nearestObject "Building";

_posarray = [];
_rndpos = [];
_pos = [];
_cnt = 0;

while {format ["%1", _house buildingPos _cnt] != "[0,0,0]" } do {
_pos = _house buildingPos _cnt;
_posarray = _posarray + [_pos];
_cnt = _cnt + 1;
sleep 0.01;
};

_rndpos = _posarray select (floor (random (count (_posarray))));

targetdude setpos _rndpos;

How can I create fnc_pick_housepos with that code so I can use

fnc_pick_housepos later in the script to do that?

// execute with _null = unitname call fnc_pick_housepos;
// will place unitname in a random house position in nearest building to him at the point script is run.
// remove last line "_this" and use spawn instead of no need for wait until completed.

fnc_pick_housepos = {
_house = getPos _this nearestObject "Building";

_posarray = [];
_rndpos = [];
_pos = [];
_cnt = 0;

while {format ["%1", _house buildingPos _cnt] != "[0,0,0]" } do {
	_pos = _house buildingPos _cnt;
	_posarray = _posarray + [_pos];
	_cnt = _cnt + 1;
	sleep 0.01;
};

_rndpos = _posarray select (floor (random (count (_posarray))));

_this setpos _rndpos;
_this
};

not checking any coommands, only changed unitname to refer to called from call or spawn command.

This is how you set up a function, functions can be local or global (global, _local)

the only thing I dont understand is

A) Is this local or global? Global right?

and B) why does it in end with _this?

A: it is a local function, so if you run it from within a isServer check it will be local to server.

Im still a little fuzzy on the whole locality issues, it seems kindof everything i "local" but the execution is determining the locality.

Also there is local/global commands so that must be counted in as well.

Edit: yeah its a global function, can be called from anywhere, inside or outside of script.

functions can be local or global (global, _local)

B: call

requires a return value without ; at end, spawn does not, read more in link, useful to know that the function has completed its task.

The link you gave me links to ArmA actions? :P

And so how could true/false returns work?

any returned variable works.

This code still wont position him...

fnc_pick_housepos = {
[size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_house[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]getPos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]_this[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]nearestObject[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] "Building";

[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_posarray[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [];
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_rndpos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [];
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_pos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [];
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_cnt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = 0;

[/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]while[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] {[/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]format[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] ["[/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]%[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2]1", [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_house[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]buildingPos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_cnt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2]] [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]![/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2]= "[0,0,0]" } [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]do[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] {
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_pos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_house[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]buildingPos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_cnt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2];
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_posarray[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_posarray[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] + [[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_pos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2]];
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_cnt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_cnt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] + 1;
[/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]sleep[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] 0.01;
};

[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_rndpos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_posarray[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]select[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] ([/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]floor[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] ([/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]random[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] ([/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]count[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] ([/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_posarray[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2]))));

[/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]_this[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]setpos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] [/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_rndpos[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2];
[/size][size=2][color=#008000][size=2][color=#008000]//_this
[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2]}; 
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvtposition[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] = mso_hvt_locations [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]call[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] BIS_fnc_selectRandom;[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvtclasses[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] = ["Ins_Commander","Ins_Lopotev","TK_Soldier_Officer_EP1","TK_INS_Warlord_EP1","TK_GUE_Warlord_EP1"];[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvtclass[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] = [/color][/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvtclasses[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]call[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] BIS_fnc_selectRandom;[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_grp[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] = [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]createGroup[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]EAST[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]; [/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] = [/color][/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvtclass[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]createUnit[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [[/color][/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvtposition[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000], [/color][/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_grp[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]];[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]allowDamage[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]false[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000];[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]sleep[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] 1;[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_null[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] = [/color][/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]spawn[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] fnc_pick_housepos;[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]sleep[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] 1;[/color]
[/size][size=2][color=#808080][size=2][color=#808080]_hvt[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#ff0000][size=2][color=#ff0000]allowDamage[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]true[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000];[/color][/size]
[size=2][color=#000000]

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[/size]

getPos_thisnearestObject :j:

there is no command called that, or any of the other things in the above scirpt, you need to keep spaces, as they were.

And you use call with no return value, for that use spawn instead, but then no pause or wait will be done.

My eyes was crossed.

No wonder it does not work... :j:

No, the copy paste took out all of the spaces... odd, I found the problem, createUnit doesnt have a handler.

use createUnit array instead.