setWPpos...

[TERA_Forrest]

Thought I would post here because I need this for a multi-player map.

I've tried everything that I can think of to get some wp to move but cannot get it to work.  This is what I've done:

1. Set a group of soldiers and in the leaders "init line" i've put...

soldiers group this

2. created 3 wp's for the group
-move
-move
-seek&destroy

3. created three markers named...
-pos1
-pos2
-pos3

4. in wp 1 in the activation I have...
-move

5. made a trigger that activates on "alpha" and in the activation field i have...
-[] exec "move.sqs"

6. move.sqs has this in it....
move=true
[soldiers,1] setwppos getmarkerpos pos1
[soldiers,2] setwppos getmarkerpos pos2
[soldiers,3] setwppos getmarkerpos pos3
exit

7.  ERRORS!
-not getting any errors from OFP
-the group continues to move on the wp's that I've set but the wp's do not move to the markers

8. this is what I thought I was doing...
[name of group, coorasponding wp number] setwppos getmarkerpos markername

is that right?

Now i've been searching these forums and the BIS forums for 2 1/2 hours, i've given up in the hope that somone will plz help me out with this.

thanks in advance

[Wadmann]

I am taking a stab at this until one of the "pros" drops by as I am not a good scripter, much less a MP scripter.

First thing that looks wrong to me is the init line. Try:

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soldiers = group this
I am not sure if it makes a difference, but that is how I name my groups and I rarely have a problem with that part of editing.

Secondly, as it is for MP, I think that you have to declare your variable so that all will recognize them. When "move" is made true, add the "publicvariable" command like so:

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move; publicVariable "move"
If these tips do not fix the problem, then you may have to wait until a more seasoned scripter drops by to give you a real answer.

Wadmann

[macguba]

move

This is a command.    Never use commands as variables:  application behaviour is "undefined".

And check the syntax of your getMarkerPos command, it looks wrong but I'm not sure why.

[Pilot]

Getmarkerpos must be a string:
[soldiers,1] setwppos getmarkerpos "pos1"
[soldiers,2] setwppos getmarkerpos "pos2"
[soldiers,3] setwppos getmarkerpos "pos3"

-Pilot

[TERA_Forrest]

hey thanks allot guys, I got it working by putting the "" around the marker position.  Somthing else I noticed is that [soldiers,1] doesn't coorispond to wp1 it coorisponds to wp0 wich i thought was strange but oh well.

one more question...

if I add this to a script, does it make it multi-player friendly?

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