check if any1´s dead (Newbie Q)

[dmakatra]

Hi! HereÂ's a newbie Q. Plz help:

I want to check if any1Â's dead in west side and a certain action will happen. I want to do this over and over again untill I reach 30 dead men. IÂ've tried to search and look at tutes but no luck. Plz help.

Thx in advance.

[macguba]

if its specific dudes that matter look at the alive command (combined with not, perhaps, as in "not alive)

if its numbers look into the "count" command.   you can use it on groups, west soldiers ina specific area via thislist in a trigger, or use logic to add up the numbers inseveral groups or whatever you like

(count units group1) + (count units group2) < 9

or whatever, check the syntax, spelling and everything else.    you can use this in the condition field of a trigger or in a script, which you will probably want to loop.    If you're not sure about loops it came up in this forum a couple of days ago or check Johan Gustafsson's excellent scripting tutorial.    The whole count thing came up the other day too, so try a forum search.

[Artak]

hmm.. maybe I could come up with a script for that

create a file called dead.sqs in you mission folder

execute in some units init field with   [] exec "dead.sqs"

put this in the dead.sqs file:

_startamount = 0
_deadamount = 0
_startamount = west countside

#start

_difference = 0
_deadamount = west countside
_difference = _startamount - _deadamount

?_difference > 29: goto "exit"
~3
goto "start"

#exit
hint "more than 30 dead on west side!"
exit



who knows, maybe it will even work. try it out  

[LCD]

no wsay ur script works Artak sry  :-\

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_deadamount = west countside
west countside wat ?

LCD OUT

[Artak]

 ;D

ok so make a trigger covering the whole area where the action takes place and take the value with west countside thislist.  

Don't blame me for my screw ups. do something about it!  ;D

[LCD]

ur script is f00ked up - it count how meny west ppl dere r dere - not how meny dead ppl  

but i dont wanna help armstrong from personal reasons  

*tries 2 use hipnotizin in armstrong

go and try ma misions

* hopes it helps and stops

LCD OUT

[Artak]

If the mission has 100 west people at start then when it has 70 it means 30 are dead right? so it does work?

I will try this when I get home, then we'll know. I just made it because it's so boring here at school.  

but i dont wanna help armstrong from personal reasons

Maybe you should think about it this way - You don't help Armstrong, but the entire OFP community, with your comments and opinions.

I'm not really sure if the script will work or not but I'm just making a point of view which may have someone thinking and then solve the problem in some other way.

[LCD]

no cuz da start amount dere is 0

LCD OUT

[Artak]

_startamount = west countside

it's set to 0 but then we have this line right after it... which you already pointed out does nothing, but which I replied then that you should

ok so make a trigger covering the whole area where the action takes place and take the value with west countside thislist.

[LCD]

right ;D didnt look enough on da script  

but den u dont have 2 put it 0 @ da start

LCD OUT

[Artak]

I thought you had to 'format' every variable before they can be used in storing a number    Thanks, LCD it saves me some work now that I know I don't have to do that  

[dmakatra]

ok....... Not that I understand anything you are talking about but, ehm, thanks......

[macguba]

  if you don't understand, then ask .... we're glad to help.

But if you have no idea where to start then spend some time with Johan Gustafsson's scripting tutorial in the Ed Depot and then have a look at the command reference to get to grips with the commands that have been mentioned.

If it still doesn't make sense ... ask.

The summary of the answers so far is that Artak tried to make you a script.    LCD kindly pointed out that it wouldn't actually work.     The basic structure of the script is fine, but it needs some work on the details.     Which is your job.

But hey, if you get stuck, ask.

[dmakatra]

Ok then. Thx everyone

*Topic solved and locked(for now)*

[Artak]

actually I just spend 3 hours on it and came up with a working solution.

I'm not encouraging to copy/paste but here it is if you want it quickly.




Make two triggers covering the whole area of your mission

activate by west present

1st trigger
condition: this
on activation: startamount = west countside thislist; [] exec "dead.sqs"

2nd trigger
make this activate 'repeadetly'
condition: trig2
deadamount = west countside thislist


then make a file called dead.sqs
put in that file the following:

#start

~3

trig2=true

~1

_difference = 0
_difference = startamount - deadamount

?_difference > 29: goto "exit"

trig2=false
~3
goto "start"

#exit
hint "more than 30 dead on west side!"
exit



and that's it. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.