Using strings in arrays

[DarkAngel]

Hey guys,

I'm devising a mission where your chopper has been shot down and one of your men has been seriously injured. I've already got a loop in which his condition gradually worsens, what I want to do now is set it up so that he "speaks" (using SideChat) one of a number of pre-selected phrases each time his SetDammage is increased.

At the moment the routine looks like:


#complaintloop
; insert different phrases so it gets interesting.
_chatArray = ["SIR, I'M BLEEDING HERE","DAMN, THIS HURTS.","SIR, AM I GOING TO MAKE IT"]
_chat = random 3
_woundedguy sidechat _ChatArray select _chat
goto "loop"

("loop" being the main loop where his condition worsens)

Doesn't seem to work, though. Does anyone know why this is?

Thanks,
DarkAngel

[macguba]

random returns a number between 0 and the number specified.    

I can't remember how array things are counted, does it start from 0 for the first one or 1, not sure.

In either case, you still have a problem.    random 3 could return

0    (which won't work if the counting starts at 1)
1.29837     (dunno what happens there)
3      (which won't work if the counting starts at 0)

You need to discover what the counting system is.    You probably also need to convert your random number to a whole number.    There is a handy little item in the FAQ which explains how to do this.

[Igor Drukov]

Try this :

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_chatArray = ["SIR, I'M BLEEDING HERE","d**n, THIS HURTS.","SIR, AM I GOING TO MAKE IT"]

_rand=random ((count _chatArray)-1)+0.5
_rand=_rand - (_rand % 1)

_woundedguy sidechat (_chatArray select _rand)