cam create smoke

[456820]

ive got some error when i try to cam create a smoke shell on a game logic i use

_smk2l = "SmokeShell" CamCreate getpos smokeshelllogic2 ;

to create it the game logics named right and the smoke gets created where i want it to but
i stil get an error wich is

error local variable in global space

but the smoke still gets created where i want it to
why is this happening ?

plus it ruins apmospshere lots of nice shootings then an error message

[bedges]

if it's in a trigger, then remove the underscore (_) which tells flashpoint it's a local variable.

[456820]

forgot to mention its in a waypoint's on activation field by a helicopter
the thing is ive already got that in a waypoint but instead of _smoke2l its just _smoke and i get no error's with that and i just copied and paste the syntax

[Triggerhappy]

local variables can only be sed in scripts afaik.
i know that waypoints can't have global variables
what might be happening is that both waypoints are going off at the same time, so the second error overwrites the first?

[456820]

nope there are 3 choppers everyone boards in them then one sets off then roughly 5 seconds later the next and then the next one chopper activates the waypoint i get text smoke no error then about 5 + seconds the next waypoint activates i get smoke and an error message then the last chopper activates its waypoint smoke and error message

[Davies1]

maybe you could put

grenade = "smokeshellgreen" camcreate [getpos smokeshelllogic2, select 0, getpos smokeshelllogic2 select 1,1]

the last number is the height that it appears, i think in metres.

making sure that the logic is called 'smokeshellogic2' or whatever you want to call it.

Maybe you could put this in a trigger activation instead? over the waypoint?

either way it should produce smoke at the location once activated.

Good luck

[456820]

oh wait i forgot this was solved i just missed out the _smk1 = bit so i basically didnt name it cause there was no need and i dont see any error messages
so thanks to Bedges for the idea of removing the _ wich gave me the idea to not name it
but Davies1 thanks for showing interest

anyway
topic solved