Lights

[bigdave003]

Hi, ive made a script to kill the lights in a base when the player trips a trigger. There are two lights, so the trigger's "on activation" field i have:

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[object 118906,object 173123] exec "Lights.sqs"
The script is as follows:

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_light1 = _this select 0
_light2 = _this select 1

;wait 4 minuts for player to get into position
~240

;light 1 goes out
_light1 inflame false

~4

;light 2 goes out 4 seconds after light 1
_light2 inflame false

;lights are out for 11 mins
~660

;light 1 comes back on
_light1 inflame true

~4

;light 2 comes back on 4 seconds after light 1
_light2 inflame true

exit
Problem - The lights dont go out. Can anyone see what im doing wrong?

Thanks

[THobson]

Try:

_light1 switchlight "OFF"

[John Smith]

Is there a reason that you have to use script? Can't you just use the simple switchlight command on it's own for each individual light?

[Dane]

I think yes because one script can be less laggy than several triggers. I think so

and also less triggers to clutter up the mission editor.

[bigdave003]

Yeah that, plus i want to give the player a fixed time of around 10 mins of darkness. Is there a way i can randomly generate a number between 540 and 780? (so the player could get darkness for anywhere between 9 mins and 12 mins?)

[bedges]

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;generate random number between 540 and 780

#loop
_rand = random 780
?_rand <540 : goto "loop"

_rand = _rand - (_rand mod 1)
that will return a rounded number between 540 and 780

[bigdave003]

How would I put that into my script? Appologies, I'm not very good at scripting

[bedges]

when you want it to wait for between 9 and 12 minutes, put

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#loop
_rand = random 780
?_rand <540 : goto "loop"

_rand = _rand - (_rand mod 1)

~ _rand
and don't worry about being new to scripting - everyone starts somewhere

[bigdave003]

Cool, thanks for your patience  :cheers: