problem with "if"

[ido]

I'm creating an ending cutscene for my first mission, I want to make the camera move along the team members and make each member report his health (with a subtitle).

I wrote the following script for each unit in the squad:

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_cam camsettarget unit1
_cam camsetrelpos [-1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 2
@camcommitted _cam

if (getDammage unit1=0) then {
TitleText ["2 ok","PLAIN DOWN"] }

else {
_inj=_inj+1
if (getDammage unit1=1) then {
TitleText ["...","PLAIN DOWN"] }

else { TitleText ["2 Injured","PLAIN DOWN"] }
}
~2
when i run the script I get error messages for the TitleText ["2 Injured","PLAIN DOWN"] command. what did I do wrong ?

[bedges]

when assigning a value to a variable you use =, as in

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_variable = value
when checking if a variable is equal to another value, you should use ==, as in

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if (getDammage unit1==0) then {
TitleText ["2 ok","PLAIN DOWN"] }
and welcome to OFPEC!

[ido]

when assigning a value to a variable you use =, as in

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_variable = value
when checking if a variable is equal to another value, you should use ==, as in

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if (getDammage unit1==0) then {
TitleText ["2 ok","PLAIN DOWN"] }
and welcome to OFPEC!

bah correct...
my programing is alittle rusty

another one, if I want the subtitle shown to show a number that is stored in a variable, should it be like this?:

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TitleText ["Ok, radio back to HQ that we enliminated the threat\nwe have "_inj" men down and waiting for further instructions","PLAIN DOWN"]
or should it be like in C with the % operator (%d for integer is it ?)

[bedges]

flashpoint's proprietary scripting language shares many similarities with other languages, but this is not one of them.

you need the format command.

thus the lines become

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_message = format [{"Ok, radio back to HQ that we enliminated the threat\nwe have %1 men down and waiting for further instructions"}, _inj ]

TitleText [ _message, "PLAIN DOWN"]
you could create one line of titletext including the format command, but for simplicity (and sanity) it's better to separate them.

[ido]

bedges, thanx I'll give it a try

changing the "=" to "==" didn't help I still get the following errors:

'|#|}': error invalid number in expression

'else |#|{ TitleText ["3 Injured","PLAIN DOWN"] } }': Error unknown operator
(I get this one to each one of the soldiers)

'if (_inj==0) then {|#|': Error Missing )

this is my whole code:

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group player setBehaviour "STEALTH"
_inj=0


_cam = "camera" camcreate [-37037.96,93060.63,-32977.34]
_cam cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]
_camera camSetTarget [-37037.96,93060.63,-32977.34]
_camera camSetPos [9340.43,10925.47,74.68]
_camera camSetFOV 0.700
_camera camcommit 0
@camcommitted _cam
~7

_cam camsettarget player
_cam camsetrelpos [1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 3
@camcommitted _cam
TitleText ["Ok, I think we've got'em all\nlie down and keep covering to the front","PLAIN DOWN"]
~5
TitleText ["Team! Status report","PLAIN DOWN"]
~2

_cam camsettarget unit1
_cam camsetrelpos [-1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 2
@camcommitted _cam

if (getDammage unit1==0) then {
TitleText ["2 ok","PLAIN DOWN"] }

else {
_inj=_inj+1
if (getDammage unit1==1) then {
TitleText ["...","PLAIN DOWN"] }

else { TitleText ["2 Injured","PLAIN DOWN"] }
}
~2

//.
//.
//.
//the last camera script is repeating for all the squad members

_cam camsettarget player
_cam camsetrelpos [-1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 0
@camcommitted _cam

_message = format [{"Ok, radio back to HQ that we enliminated the threat\nwe have %1 men down and waiting for further

instructions"}, _inj ]



if (_inj==0) then {
TitleText ["Ok, radio back to HQ that we enliminated the threat\nand that we are waiting for further instructions","PLAIN DOWN"]
~6
}

else {
TitleText [_message,"PLAIN DOWN"]
~6
}

TitleText [" ","PLAIN DOWN"]
~5

_cam cameraeffect ["terminate", "back"]
camdestroy _cam

exit

[Cheetah]

Make sure that the if-statement is only one line, the engine can't deal with multiple lines (I think).
Also, to make a comment in the code, you have to use the semicolon ( and you can put your comments after it. But only on that line.

Tried this and it's working:

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group player setBehaviour "STEALTH"
_inj=0


_cam = "camera" camcreate [-37037.96,93060.63,-32977.34]
_cam cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]
_camera camSetTarget [-37037.96,93060.63,-32977.34]
_camera camSetPos [9340.43,10925.47,74.68]
_camera camSetFOV 0.700
_camera camcommit 0
@camcommitted _cam
~1

_cam camsettarget player
_cam camsetrelpos [1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 3
@camcommitted _cam
TitleText ["Ok, I think we've got'em all\nlie down and keep covering to the front","PLAIN DOWN"]
~5
TitleText ["Team! Status report","PLAIN DOWN"]
~2

_cam camsettarget unit1
_cam camsetrelpos [-1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 2
@camcommitted _cam

if (getDammage unit1==0) then { TitleText ["2 ok","PLAIN DOWN"] } else { _inj=_inj+1; if (getDammage unit1==1) then {TitleText ["...","PLAIN DOWN"] } else { TitleText ["2 Injured","PLAIN DOWN"] } }
~2

;the last camera script is repeating for all the squad members

_cam camsettarget player

_cam camsetrelpos [-1,2,0.5]
_cam camcommit 0
@camcommitted _cam

_message = format [{Ok, radio back to HQ that we enliminated the threat\nwe have %1 men down and waiting for further instructions}, _inj]

if (_inj==0) then { TitleText ["Ok, radio back to HQ that we enliminated the threat\nand that we are waiting for further instructions","PLAIN DOWN"]; } else { TitleText [_message,"PLAIN DOWN"] }
~6
TitleText [" ","PLAIN DOWN"]
~5

_cam cameraeffect ["terminate", "back"]
camdestroy _cam

exit

[ido]

working !
anyone feels like testing my mission and telling me what he thinks ?

[bedges]

that's why we have a missions beta testing board