Distance from position

[LCD]

Is dere ny command dat calculates da distance from unit 2 position (da 1 dat u get wid da getpos command) ?

cus da distance command works only wid objects

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[seanver]

My god! your message is a gibberish.  :hmm:

 Try to use a gamelogic at the position you want, just get the position with the getpos command, and then set the position of the gamelogic with setpos.

[LCD]

i know how 2 use GLs but dat dont solve my prob - im usin dis 2 remember positions of a created/deleted units if i put GLs instead of em it just replacin it wid oder 1 so it dont help me - it wil keep da unit count da same  ;D

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[walker]

Cough From the unofficial command manual Cough

Command :
Distance
 
Description :
Used to find the distance between 2 units/objects.
 
Syntax :
Name1 Distance Name2

Name1 is the name of a unit or object.
Name2 is the name of a second unit or object
 
Returns :
Distance in meters between Name1 and Name2.
 
Example:
?(MyGuy Distance MyLeader > 300):MyLeader SideChat "Get over here!"
 
or

thedistanceyouwant = MyGuy Distance MyLeader

 

[LCD]

cus da distance command works only wid objects

i need 2 calculate da distance between unit and a position(da 1 dat i get with getpos objectname) - not object and object

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[Sui]

You could throw a couple of gamelogic's down on your position(s)... eg to get the distance between two positions:

bob = "logic" createvehicle [ position ]
sid = "logic" createvehicle [ other position ]
dist = bob distance sid
"deletevehicle _x" foreach [bob,sid]

so you will end up with a variable dist which is the distance you are after.

For the distance between a position and an object/unit, you will only need to create one logic unit

[Bremmer]

If you dont want to use game logics then just use pythagoras theory to work out the distance - you can find the x, y and z distances between the position and object you are interested in easily enough - the straight line distance is simply the square root of the sum of the squares of these three.

eg

_x = _pos select 0 - getpos player select 0
_y = _pos select 1 - getpos player select 1
_z = _pos select 2 - getpos player select 2
_distance = (_x^2 + _y^2 + _z^2)^0.5

 

[Chris Death]

LCD - i can't really imagine, what you wanna do in your
mission, but i can try to understand. Everyday i learn some
new things, so why shouldn't i, however;

You need that, to remember positions of deleted units.
So why don't you create a gamelogic at this position, before
deleting the unit. Or deleting the gamelogic, if creating a
unit.

Or, if i'm totally wrong now and you mean:

you delete a unit, let's say 5 meters north of the player, and
you want to create this unit later again 5 meters north of
the player, regardeless to where the player is now,

then there would be a way to:

example:

acoor = (getpos unit select 0) - (getpos player select 0);
bcoor = (getpos unit select 1) - (getpos player select 1)

:note - don't take the syntax to serious now, because i'm
not sure, if the "()" are placed correctly. You'll find out, or
already know it.  

then when you need to create it again, you can use

createunit ...blablabla [(getpos player select 0) + accor,(getpos player select 1) + bcoor]

hope, there's something for yer help here

:edit - huh - again i've learned something new,
i need to type faster  ;D

~S~ CD

[Bremmer]

 ;D

 

[LCD]

@ chris - yeah i know dat    ;D


but im goin 2 use Bremmers idea  ;D but without da high part  ;D

wat im trin 2 do - is a creating/deleting vehicles script dat wil work like dat

wen daplayer enters 500 M around da place da patrol should be created - wen da player is goin 2 distance more dan 500 m from da patrol it wil disappear nd wen da player enter da area 500 M aroun were da patrol guys each 1 of em wil b created exactly in da plce he was b4  ;D but 4 dis i need 2 know wen da player is in distance from da place dey were widout creatin anoder unit - cuz wen i create anoder unit it remembers its skill, rank nd everythin else even if i dont define em - so it wil take place in my mission.sqm

i think dats all  ;D

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