closest unit in array(or something crappy like that)

[dmakatra]

Hi m8s, how's it going? Seen any dancing bananas latley? No? Then you have to help me with my problem here. Great, I appricate it m8y.

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OK, so I have these guys, and I want to see which one is closest to the player, the closest person gets this marker on him. My OFP skills are a little dusty so I hope u understand

I've got to writing the guys in an array but then it got locked... I have no idea what to do later on.

I think it must be something like:

Code: [Select]

#loop

~1

_array1 = [person1,person2,person3,etc]

_closest = some crappy code here I dont know wtf to write

"marker" setmarkerpos getpos _closest

goto "loop"
:beat: *Gets (ar)rayed* :beat:

[Sui]

Hmm... something like this maybe?

Code: [Select]

#loop

~1

_array1 = [person1,person2,person3,etc]

_i = (count _array1) - 1
_closest = _array1 select _i

#closestloop
~0.1
_i = _i - 1
? ((_array1 select _i) distance player) < (_closest distance player): _closest = (_array1 select _i)
? _i > 0: goto "closestloop"

"marker" setmarkerpos getpos _closest

goto "loop"

Try that out... it's untested, and it's been a fair while since I wrote any OFP scripting so go easy on it ;D

[dmakatra]

OK, Sui thx m8. I'll check that out soon.

:beat: *Gets Suicided* :beat:

[deaddog]

Try this:

Code: [Select]

_array1 = [person1,person2,person3,etc]

_dis=999999
_closest=0

{_d=player distance _x;if (_d<_dis) then {_dis=_d;_closest=_x}} foreach _array1

"marker" setmarkerpos getpos _closest

[Chris Death]

too bad the site is still not fully back up, as if i remember
right: there should be a function available, doing exactly
what you want Armsty

Maybe you do a search thru the forum, as the creation
of this function could have made somewhere in the forums
too  

let's say: closest unit array
could be good words to start the search  ;D

~S~ CD

[dmakatra]

I used deaddog's cause it have lesser typing(and it looks more cool with shit I've never seen ). Thx every1!

:beat: *Gets Locked* :beat:

EDIT: Uhm, yea, just a small Q again. How do I found out who's _closest? I tried ? _closest == person1 but that doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?

[deaddog]

? _closest == person1

That should work (if person1 is the closest).  What does it do or not do?

Also, did the marker get set to the right location?

[dmakatra]

ya, the marker worked. I have put this in a line:

? closestIP == JerSon : _close = "blahblah"
? closestIP == JerPef : _close = "blahblah2"

etc.

Doesn't seem to work(I've changed person1, person2 and _closest in your script)

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:

EDIT: I used Sui's script instead and it works now. Must have been me who messed around with something I didn't understood in deaddogs script.

:beat: *Gets Locked* :beat: