onMapSingleClick & setPos

[macguba]

I have a little bit of code (see below) ..... CSM is the group that is moving.     bob is meant to be a gamelogic:  when CSM get to where they have been told to go, its proximity to bob triggers a radio message as you can see.

The bizarre thing is, this script works perfectly ... as long as bob is a soldier/civilian.   If he is a GL or an object like a tent or invisible H, it doesn't work.

Any ideas?    Solutions?   Workarounds?    

Many thanks

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#move

onMap=false

onMapSingleClick {CSM move _pos; leader CSM sidechat "CSM Moving on"; bob setPos _pos; onMap=true; onMapSingleClick {}}

@onMap


#marker

"CSMmarker" setMarkerPos getPos (leader CSM)

~4

? bob distance leader CSM <= 10: leader CSM sideChat "CSM.  In position."; "CSMmarker" SetMarkerType "End"; "CSMmarker" setMarkerColor "ColorBlue"; exit

goto "marker"

[LCD]

strange  

mebe try changin

 bob distance leader CSM

to

bob distance (leader CSM)

only thing i can think bout ;D

noder thing is - da csm is movin right ?

LCD OUT

[macguba]

very strange

you can even make "bob" a marker and move that with setmarkerpos .... but then you can't, for some reason, bob setpos marker (yes I use different names).

If bob is a GL then the CSM moves ok but the distance if ... then doesn't work.

I'll try playing with brackets, you never know.   It works beautifully if bob is a soldier:  even when he gets run over by one of the vehicles  ;D.     CSM moves no problem, and thanks to your tips the tanks don't have to go too

Thanks m8

[LCD]

prooly should b  bob setpos getmarkerpos "marker"

tel me if it works ;D

LCD OUT

[macguba]

lol yes I did use

bob setpos getmarkerpos "marker"

I may be bad at syntax but I'm not that bad.    ;D  Same problem.   bob does not get set to the pos.   That's why its such a bizarre problem, its not even directly attributable to onmapsingleclick.

*suddenly thinks - I haven't tried rebooting.    first rule of using Windows ......*

[LCD]

lol mebe rebootin wil do ;D

try debugin it (make radio call wid hint dat sais wat is da distance between da CSM and bob) tel mewat it returns wen it suposed 2 b close ;D

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[edit] also try setposin urself 2 bobs pos 2 know if it realy setposed ;D

[macguba]

Rebooting and brackets didn't help, but I have more information on what is happening.

If you use a soldier, it gets setposed to ground level

If you use an empty vehicle, it gets setposed to the same x-z position, but -106 on the y, which I presume to be sea level.

This explains why interposing a marker didn't help - they must be at sea level too.

It looks as if the _pos returned by onMapSingleClick is essentially at sea level, but there is a hardcoded fix for soldiers.   Does that make sense?



(aside - I don't know much about the format command either  ;D  This works

_far = bob distance Tank1C
_position = position bob

titletext [format ["bob distance %1\nposition %2",_far,_position],"plain",1]

but I couldn't figure out how to make it a hint.      )

[LCD]

k if dats all da prob i have a solution ;D

just wen u setpos it do like dat

bob setPos [_pos select 0, _pos select 1,0]

bout da hint thing

hint format ["%1",bob distance Tank1C]

:cheers:

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[macguba]

bingo

works like a charm now

many thanks LCD, my saviour as ever  

(I was putting too many " " in the hint thing.)