how to create user action?

[AvalanCh3]

hi all happy new year, i wish to create a user action when triggered the player will lock the vehicle but i do not know how to go about doing it please help me

[nominesine]

Syntax not completely guaranteed, but...

player addAction ["Lock Vehicle", "lock.sqs"]

... should work if you make a small script called lock.sqs. This will add an action to your payers action menue. In lock.sqs you simply write...

myCar lock true

Check out the lock and addAction commands in the comRef

[AvalanCh3]

thanks however i feel that if i add these user actions into the config file would't it be easier?

[Lean Bear]

Umm, no, not really

Also, this way you can disable it using the action ID (see below)

That's pretty much correct nominesine.

As all addActions are given an ID, they normally go 0,1,2,3 etc.

But, to make things easier (ie. if you have more than one action or if you need it to be disabled quickly) you can give it it's own ID. eg.

LockCar = player addAction ["Lock Vehicle", "lock.sqs"]

Then the ID would be set as "LockCar".

Although..having said that...there was some bug or something which meant that in the earlier versions of OFP, you couldn't set it //or something along those lines.

[macguba]

In earlier versions of OFP the action Id was not returned .... that's the bug you are referring to Lean Bear.   It has now been fixed.

Using an explicit id like LockCar has always worked.

Use removeAction to remove the action when it is no longer appropriate.

Remember that lock only works on human units, it doesn't affect AI.    (And if you're using this in MP remember that scripts are local.)

[h-]

it doesn't affect AI.

Just to confuse

Actually it 'semi-affects' the AI...
No AI in player's group can enter the vehicle if it's locked...
At least not when ordered in by the player (and who else )

EDIT:
Oh, and you can get the specific action id with
_this select 2
in the script that is executed by the added action...