Can you use a condition as parameter?

[Blanco]

I wanna know if it's possible to use a simple condition line as parameter to execute a script?

something like this:

[unit1, (getdammage unit2 > 0.5)] exec "script.sqs"

I tried it with

call _this select 1

but it doesn't work...

[macguba]

I am famous, at least with me, for my ignorance on scripting matters.    Consequently, no matter how embarrassng the following is, I'm not embarrassed.

Could you pass the conditional bit as a string, and then un-string it in the script?

[General Barron]

macguba is correct. What you are doing is passing the true/false result of that condition to the script. Using a boolean with the "call" command will cause an error. Instead, pass it as a string, and then use the "call" command on it:

[unit1, "getdammage unit2 > 0.5"] exec "script.sqs"

_damaged = call (_this select 1)

[macguba]

Whoo-hoo! :wow:  :toocool:

[Blanco]

I tried it that way General, but nothing happens, no errors, just nothing...


[this,"Getdammage unit2 > 0"]  exec "script.sqs"

Code: [Select]

_damaged = call (_this select 1)

#loop
?_damaged : hint "ok":exit
~1
goto "loop"
I killed unit2, but no hint  

[Planck]

Just a thought but when this line is executed:

[this,"Getdammage unit2 > 0"]  exec "script.sqs"

Won't that make 'select 1' equal to 0, as he is still alive at that time.

Possibly you need to take:

_damaged = call (_this select 1)

and put it inside the loop.


Planck

[Triggerhappy]

just thinking aloud... can you assign a condition to a variable?

_dammaged = _this select 1
#loop
?(call _damaged) : hint "ok":exit
~1
goto "loop"

that looks better to me

[Blanco]

Wohoo! It works! Thx a lot! (all of ya)

Planck is right. Very nice...

PS: I also tried your code Triggerhappy, it doesn't work, at least not in my example.

[Planck]

Did you copy TriggerHappy's code via cut and past?

He has a titchy little typo there:

_dammaged.......and then

_damaged.

If you didn't copy/paste it just ignore me.


Planck