detect a player's altitude

[The-Architect]

How do I do it?

I have aguy who starts in a plane, (this moveindriver). He gets shot down but ejects. How do I detect the height he is at when he ejects or any altitude on the way down to the ground?

[Mandoble]

If you are interestend into above ground altitude:

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getPos vehicle player select 2
If you are intereseted into above sea level altitude:

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_sea = "EmptyDetector" createVehicle [0,0,0]
_sea setPos [getPos vehicle player select 0, getPos vehicle player select 1,0]
_asl_altitude = _sea distance vehicle player
deleteVehicle _sea
exit


[The-Architect]

I don't understand it Mandoble.

How would I use the first one in a script?

? getPos vehicle player select 2 : goto "whatever"

Like that? 

And what about if I want to check whether he's at 2000m or higher?

[Mandoble]

For AGL:

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? (getPos vehicle player select 2)>=2000:goto "whatever"
For ASL:

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_sea = "EmptyDetector" createVehicle [0,0,0]
_sea setPos [getPos vehicle player select 0, getPos vehicle player select 1,0]
_asl_altitude = _sea distance vehicle player
deleteVehicle _sea
?_als_altitude >= 2000: goto "whatever"
...
...
exit


[The-Architect]

Ok cool. Now, how would it look if I wanted to setpos him to a certain height?

What happens is this,

I have a guy who bails. If he's above 2000 he blacks out and wakes up at say 500.

Obviously I get his height, then blackout with camera stuff and then set his height during a fade.

[Mandoble]

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_unit = _this select 0

_sea = "EmptyDetector" createVehicle [0,0,0]
_sea setPos [getPos vehicle _unit select 0, getPos vehicle _unit select 1,0]
_asl_altitude = _sea distance vehicle _unit

?_als_altitude < 2000: goto "skipblackout"

<... BLACK OUT CODE HERE

_logic = "logic" createVehicle [0,0,0]
_logic setPos [getPos vehicle _unit select 0, getPos vehicle _unit select 1,0]
_height_of_ground_here = _logic distance _sea
vehicle _unit setPos [getPos vehicle _unit select 0, getPos vehicle _unit select 1, 500 - _height_of_ground_here]
deleteVehicle _logic

<...AWAKE CODE HERE

#skipblackout
deleteVehicle _sea
exit


[The-Architect]

It don't work. I get an error type any expected object on the following line,

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_logic setPos [getPos vehicle _unit select 0, getPos vehicle _unit select 1,0]

[Mandoble]

How do you execute that script? Do you pass the soldier unit as agument?

[The-Architect]

no just a [] exec

[The-Architect]

Works now that I used [pilot] and changed the lone "_als_altitude" to "_asl_altitude".

Cheers m8 you're a star. 

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