Naming multiple vehicles using "createVehicle"?

[Andy]

   I am using the createVehicle command to dynamically create police cars.  I would like to link a marker to follow each car that is created, so when I go to map view I can see where they are.  Since markers can't be dynamically created, I would already have them off to the side and relocated to the new car once created.
   I know that I can set a name for my new car using the "newcar1 = "Police_car" createVehicle getMarkerPos Marker1" command.  If I create a second car, that car can't have the same name, so how do I refer to it?

[Mandoble]

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_i  = 1
#createcar
call (format["newcar%1", _i]) = "Police_car" createVehicle getMarkerPos format["Marker%1", _i];
_i = _i + 1
? _i < 5: goto "createcar"

Will create newcar1 for marker1, newcar2 for marker2, newcar3 for marker3 and so on.

[Andy]

I tried the script and I was able to create the vehicles, but the names weren't created for them. I can't figure out what the game named it.

[Mandoble]

The resulting global variables should be newcar1, newcar2, newcar3 ...

[Andy]

I know that is what they are suppossed to be, but when I tried to refer to newcar1, nothing happened.  Is there a hint line that could be added to the code that would tell me exactly what the global variable created is each time I execute it?

[Mandoble]

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_i  = 1
#createcar
call (format["newcar%1", _i]) = "Police_car" createVehicle getMarkerPos format["Marker%1", _i];
hint format["%1", typeof (call (format["newcar%1", _i]))]
_i = _i + 1
? _i < 5: goto "createcar"



[Andy]

I am getting the same result and I'm not receiving the hint.  I also had to change the equals sign in front of "Police_car" to a double equals.  I was getting an error before that.

[Mr.Peanut]

Need extra quotes around "Marker%1" ?

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call (format["newcar%1", _i]) = "Police_car" createVehicle getMarkerPos format[""Marker%1"", _i]

[Mandoble]

Nope, format already returns an string, which is the required parameter for getMarkerPos

[Andy]

OK, this last code worked pretty well, but what I need it to do is only create one vehicle each time.  Right now it is creating four cars and naming them car1, car2, car3, and car4 all at once.  What I am trying to get to is to create only one car at a time and each time I execute it will name the car the next number up.  Changing the 5 to a 2 in the last line will create one car each time, but names it car1 each time. 
This was the code that was used:

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_i  = 1
#createcar
call [format["newcar%1 = ""Police_car"" createVehicle getMarkerPos format[""Marker%1""]", _i];
_i = _i + 1
? _i < 5: goto "createcar"



[Mandoble]

Then use a global instead of a local for _i, and initialize it outside that script, so this script only increments it.

[Andy]

Unfortunately, I don't really know how to do that.  Do you have an example?

[Mandoble]

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call [format["newcar%1 = ""Police_car"" createVehicle getMarkerPos format[""Marker%1""]", my_global_index];
my_global_index = my_global_index + 1

Before anything, for example in the init field of the player, put: my_global_index = 1

[Andy]

PERFECT!!! This worked beautifully.  Thank you very much.  Will this work in multiplayer?

[Mandoble]

Everything works in MP. Just make sure you dont make it work more than once. You may run it only on the server side, create a logic, give it a name and make sure it is local, this way you ensure it is the server:

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? !local nameofthelogic:exit

Do whatever you want to do only in the server here