attaching vehicles, adding proximity

[Major Draper]

Im am adapting the attaching vehicles script, in editors depot, to be activated by a guy on the ground by activating it in an action, so far it works. the only problem is that i can be any where and hit the action and it attaches on the chopper.

How can i make it not attach if the chopper is not hovering above it?

[bedges]

hmmm... this is only a hunch, but try a trigger, doesn't have to have any size, but set it to repeating. in the 'condition' field put

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not (player distance chopper_name <5)
and in the 'on activation' field put

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player removeaction action_name
that assumes you've added the action using

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action_name = player addaction ["This is an action","action_script.sqs"]


alternatively, at the top of your vehicle attach script, put

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?not (player distance chopper_name <5):hint "The chopper isn't close enough";exit

like i say, just a hunch

[Major Draper]

Going off sugestion 4 i added this, this is what the add action leads to to activate script

?not ("M113a" distance aCarrier <5):hint "The chopper isn't close enough";exit

[aCarrier,M113a] exec "attachvech/1.sqs"

exit

then goes to attach vech

_carrier   = _this select 0
_cargo      = _this select 1

endCargoSession = false

goto debug

#nochmal

_x = (getPos _carrier) select 0
_y = (getPos _carrier) select 1
_z = (getPos _carrier) select 2

_cargo setPos [_x, _y, _z - 5]
_cargo setDir (getDir _carrier)

~.01

? (!endCargoSession) : goto "nochmal"

exit

i changed the player to the name of the vech, since thats what i want to have a certain distance from each other.

However in that line i get an error...    "aCarrier <|#| 5):hint"

What im trying to do is not have he person in the chopper load it but a man on the ground hits the action to attach it to the vehicle (Multiplayer, srry probably should have put it in there).

[Major Draper]

Ok i think i figured a way to do it but i need to know how to get a script to switch in this...

1?not ("M113a" distance aCarrier <5):hint "The chopper isn't close enough";

2[aCarrier,M113a] exec "attachvech/1.sqs"

exit

If the chopper is withen 5 meters away then it goes to the number 2 wher the script works but if its not true then it goes to exit and not the execution

[Planck]

Try this one:

?!("M113a" distance aCarrier <5): goto "exit"

[aCarrier,M113a] exec "attachvech/1.sqs"
exit

#exit
hint "The chopper isn't close enough"
exit

Edit: Are you allowed to have a '/' in the script name?
Or should it be a '\'?


Planck

[Major Draper]

woot never mind i did it, case closed.... i guess i can do this stuff