Detecting "man" class distance

[Colonel_Klink]

Scenario:
Rescue boat toodles off to find a downed pilot marooned on an island. Simple enuff?

Problem:
Script to detect, from script in rescue boat addon, if the nearestvehicle/object/unit is derived from the man class. By using the following script <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">
_boat = _this select 0

_timer = 200

#loop
~0.001

_person = nearestObject getpos _boat

? &#40;&#34;man&#34; counttype &#91;_person&#93; == 1 && _person distance _boat &#60; 20&#41; &#58; goto &#34;pickup&#34;
_timer = _timer-1
?&#40;_timer&#62;0&#41;&#58;goto &#34;loop&#34;
exit


#Pickup
_person assignAsCargo ***_Boat
_person moveincargo _Boat
_boat Sidechat &#34;Passenger on board&#34;
exit[/QUOTE]
it only works when the boat has gone on shore and is on top of the rescuee. *** ***Not favourable enuff unfortunately. So any suggestions to detect the guy at a minimum radius from the rescue boat?

Oh and I have tried to figure this cos/sin mathematics thingee based upon the direction of the boat and its x,y positions, but it doesn&#39;t seem to gel in my old rain very well.


P.s. this is for the Police launch with the next fishing boat release.

[MidShip]

Holds type "man" valid in water ?
What&#39;s your navigational issue (bearing from _boat to _person ?)

[Footmunch]

Nearest object only works out to 50 metres, but I can&#39;t
remember if it&#39;s a box or a sphere.

Does the marooned man &#39;request&#39; pickup? If so, you can
include him in the script, and just do a &#39;distance&#39; between the
boat and man, and wait for that to drop below 50 or so.

[MidShip]

With the right man type, for instance "civilian" etc. it works.
nearestObject[boat , "civilian"]
(man within 50m constraint of course)

[Colonel_Klink]

Quote[/b] ]With the right man type, for instance "civilian" etc. it works.
nearestObject[boat , "civilian"]
(man within 50m constraint of course)

This part works no problem. However I dont want to write this code for every "man" type class. What I&#39;m aiming to do is get the rescue boat to pick up any human unit based on the parent class .e.g. "man".

Quote[/b] ]Does the marooned man &#39;request&#39; pickup? If so, you can
include him in the script, and just do a &#39;distance&#39; between the
boat and man, and wait for that to drop below 50 or so.

No. He doesn&#39;t request pickup. That is entirely a different script.

[Korax]

Well i guess if you use nearestobject right at the same spot as the boat, it will always return the boat as being the closest, no? ***Try checking in random positions AROUND the boat for any people.. like this
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_boat = _this select 0

_timer = 200

#loop
~0.001
_pos = &#91;&#40;getpos _boat select 0&#41;+ 10 - random 20,&#40;getpos _boat select 1&#41;+10 - random 20,0&#93;
_person = nearestObject _pos
? &#40;&#34;man&#34; counttype &#91;_person&#93; == 1 && _person distance _boat &#60; 20&#41; &#58; goto &#34;pickup&#34;
_timer = _timer-1
?&#40;_timer&#62;0&#41;&#58;goto &#34;loop&#34;
exit


#Pickup
_person assignAsCargo ***_Boat
_person moveincargo _Boat
_boat Sidechat &#34;Passenger on board&#34;
exit[/QUOTE]

Or if you want a Sin/Cos formula for finding people infront of the boat, or beside it, I can help you with that too.

[Colonel_Klink]

Well i guess if you use nearestobject right at the same spot as the boat, it will always return the boat as being the closest, no? ***Try checking in random positions AROUND the boat for any people.. like this
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_boat = _this select 0

_timer = 200

#loop
~0.001
_pos = &#91;&#40;getpos _boat select 0&#41;+ 10 - random 20,&#40;getpos _boat select 1&#41;+10 - random 20,0&#93;
_person = nearestObject _pos
? &#40;&#34;man&#34; counttype &#91;_person&#93; == 1 && _person distance _boat &#60; 20&#41; &#58; goto &#34;pickup&#34;
_timer = _timer-1
?&#40;_timer&#62;0&#41;&#58;goto &#34;loop&#34;
exit


#Pickup
_person assignAsCargo ***_Boat
_person moveincargo _Boat
_boat Sidechat &#34;Passenger on board&#34;
exit

Or if you want a Sin/Cos formula for finding people infront of the boat, or beside it, I can help you with that too.[/QUOTE]
I&#39;ll try that thanks. y the way I would be interested in the sin cos functions to place objects on addons that have to move or change direction with the addon..


edit: It works&#33;
That got the guys a&#036;&#036; off the island. Thanks once again, Korax. The police boat is another step closer to release