Distance checker won't work?

[Drozdov]

I can't get the game to check the distance between two objects. I've tried putting this in the condition field of a trigger: (unit1 distance unit2 > 70) but upon testing the mission it came up with an 'unkown operator distance'. Now as far as I can see the syntax is right (it's exactly as it is in Lusty's command ref thing). I also wrote this script to produce the same effect (with an extra bit added that isn't that relevant with this problem) but it comes up with the same error. Here's my script...

_player = _this select 0
_unit = _this select 1

#check

?(_player distance _unit > 80): cuttext ["Where are you going? Get back here!", "PLAIN DOWN", 1]; goto "poschange"

~5

goto "check"

#poschange

~2

cuttext ["Returning to formation...", "BLACK OUT", 2]

~2.5

_player setpos [(getpos _unit select 0)+2, (getpos _unit select 1)-1, getpos _unit select 2]

cuttext ["", "BLACK IN", 2]

goto "check"

Why the hell isn't this working?  

[Knut Erik]

Try to remove the ()

?(_player distance _unit > 80): cuttext ["Where are you going? Get back here!", "PLAIN DOWN", 1]; goto "poschange"

Try this ::

?_player distance _unit > 80: cuttext ["Where are you going? Get back here!", "PLAIN DOWN", 1]; goto "poschange"

[Drozdov]

Nope, that didn't work.  :help:

[deaddog]

I just tried your script and it worked great.  That means you are probably calling it incorrectly.  Show us how you call the script.  

[Drozdov]

I'm calling it like this...

[mv, rescom] exec "awayscript.sqs"

MV is the name of the player and rescom is the name of his groupleader. I have also tried it using the identities I gave them (using setidentity) but this didn't work.

[deaddog]

That's weird.  I'm doing the same thing you are and it works.

Here is my example mission on desert island.

[Drozdov]

Could it have something to do with the fact that both the units are in a group array? I don't see why, but there's nothing else I can see...

Edit: Well, it isn't the group array, because I removed it and still nothing. However, the example mission you gave me works fine... What the hell's going on?  

[Drozdov]

Here's the mission file... see if you can work anything out...

[deaddog]

So far I'm getting the same error as you.  I haven't figured out what is going on.  I'll keep checking though.

BTW, an easy way to remove all weapons from a unit is:

removeallweapons this

See, that was easy  No need to use the individual removeweapons and removemagazines.

[Welshmanizer]

hehe Got it .

The error message appears because the trigger you are using to execute the script "awayscript.sqs" is named "distance". Change ithe trigger's name to "distancecheck" or something like that. You can't give it the name of a command.

 

[deaddog]

Awesome find !!  

My version worked because I didn't name the trigger anything.  

Good job.

[Drozdov]

Woohoo that worked! Thanks Welshman  . Thanks to deaddog for trying as well... Although I do actually use the removeallweapons this command. That doesn't get rid of handgrenades though. Nor the magazines.