using execVM in the activation field of a waypoint

[Terox]

[group this, array] execVM "myscript.sqf"


can't get a waypoint to accept this code in it's activation field
however it will happily accept

[group this, array] exec "myscript.sqs"

is this a feature/bug or am i doing something wrong with the execVM

[h-]

sqf is still considered to be a function by the game instead of regular script (or something like that), so you need to use either:

Code: [Select]

foo=[group this, array] execVM "myscript.sqf"or

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call {[group this, array] execVM "myscript.sqf"}
Personally I prefer the latter..

[Terox]

thx H, that did it

[Killswitch]

It's a feature of the intended kind - in other words, that's how it's supposed to work.

The reason why the execVM attempt fails and exec works is that the former is a command that returns a value (a script handle) whereas exec returns nothing.

h- showed two ways of handling it - you either make use of the return value from execVM or you do a call "trick" to throw it away.

[h-]

I stand educated

Is there some other use for the script handle than the use with the command terminate?

[Mandoble]

Yep, you may check if one script is finished using its handler for scriptDone command.

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_script1=[group this, array] execVM "myscript.sqf";
waitUntil {scriptDone _script1;};
hint "MyScript.sqf finished";


[h-]

Right, knew about that command but completely forgot it..
Way too many new commands to make sense out of..