Help with script syntax.

[Ace Productions]

Can someone please help me correct my script syntax. I'm getting an error for the position array in the drop command.

private ["_vehicle","_crewman","_alpha","_theta","_newangle","_nX","_nY","_nZ"];

_vehicle=_this select 0
_crewman=_this select 1

;Obtain the angles theta and alpha.
GetDir _vehicle=_alpha
GetDir _crewman=_theta

;Calculate the new angle.
(_theta + 84.28940686)-_alpha=_newangle

;Obtain new coordinates.
cos _newangle*1.004987562=_nY
_nX=_nY*10
_nZ=0.1

Drop ["cl_basic","","Billboard",0.9,0.8,[_nX,_nY,_nZ],[0,-0.1,0.2],0.9,1.3,1,0,[1.5,0.8,0.3],[[0,0,0,1],[0,0,0,0.2]],[0,0,0,0],0.1,0.1,"","",_vehicle]
~0.66
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[Igor Drukov]

Hey !

There's a lot of debugging to do here.

First, it shouldn't be :

GetDir _vehicle=_alpha
GetDir _crewman=_theta

;Calculate the new angle.
(_theta + 84.28940686)-_alpha=_newangle

;Obtain new coordinates.
cos _newangle*1.004987562=_nY

But :

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;Obtain the angles theta and alpha.
_alpha=GetDir _vehicle
_theta=GetDir _crewman

;Calculate the new angle.
_newangle=(_theta + 84.28940686)-_alpha
;Obtain new coordinates.
_nY=cos _newangle*1.004987562
Otherwise, neither "_alpha", nor "_theta", nor "_newangle", nor "_nY" will be considered as defined by the script.

Then, out of the 19 arguments the "drop" command requires, you use... 20 !!

It's your AnimationPhase and RandomDirectionPeriod that are wrong.

"[0,0,0,0.2]" corresponds to nothing, and "[0,0,0,0]" should be something like : "[0,1,0]".

Besides, if your particle is to have several sizes, as defined with "[1.5,0.8,0.3]", you should also define several colors : "[[0,0,0,1],[0,0,0,1]]" instead of "[0,0,0,1]".

There we go. I've just tested all I've said, and the afore-mentioned corrections MUST be made, or else it won't work.

Suggested line :

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Drop ["cl_basic","","Billboard",0.9,0.8,[_nX,_nY,_nZ],[0,-0.1,0.2],0.9,1.3,1,0,[1.5,0.8,0.3],[[0,0,0,1],[0,0,1,0]],[0,1,0],0.1,0.1,"","",_vehicle]
(The particle is then blue... )

Ig.

[Ace Productions]

Igor my friend you are perfectly right and thanks a lot!