Unreadable Object ID's - Utes

[Shadow.D. ^BOB^]

Hello, i'm currently in the process of creating a mission on Utes. Part of the mission "extras", is the ability to destroy some power generators to turn off the islands streetlights etc.

Now i have everything working, but have just hit a dead end with two of the object id's a need for the streetlights, being unreadable as they are covered by a dock rectangular marker. The area i refer to is the dock on the northern side of the island, grid 032005. There are two streetlights here, but i cannot read the id numbers.

Does anyone have any idea what these id numbers are? or anyway i could get them? Its bloody annoying...


Thanks for any help.

[Andy455]

This thread could help you a fair bit, maybe use the search function next time?
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=94115

[Shadow.D. ^BOB^]

Well thankyou for that. I have been around here for a while now and i always do a search first. That was how i got the current way i am using.

I didnt ask for a solution to turning lights off, i asked for a solution to the id problem. Again thanks for that link, which i did not discover on my search. But the problem still exists, there might be work arounds and at the end of the day i will probably have to do that. Although using the id method i have, gives me greater control over individual lights. Which works better for the scenario i want. Still there is no need to jump on people with your presumtions.

[Mosh]

This thread could help you a fair bit, maybe use the search function next time?
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=94115

And what exactly does that post have to do about answering a request for a missing ID number? Maybe read the whole post before using the hair-trigger 'search' response?

[ProfTournesol]

And what exactly does that post have to do about answering a request for a missing ID number? Maybe read the whole post before using the hair-trigger 'search' response?

Agreed. This forum is for helping each other, and if you don't take 2 seconds to read the question before being harsh, you'd better keep away from it.

[Deadfast]

Put this in your init.sqf:

while {true} do
{
     hintSilent str (nearestObjects [player, [], 3]);
     sleep 0.01;
}; 

This will display all objects within 3 meters of you. Walk up to the lamp and it should appear in the list. The number at the start is the object ID.

[Mosh]

Are you talking about the 3 digit IDs?

I barely see 3 of them, but can only guess also as to what they are (I would guess they are 728, 708, 709 but not 100% sure). Is there a way to open up the island in a map editor and see? I have never tried that though...

Good luck.

EDIT - or what he said ^^

[Shadow.D. ^BOB^]

Thanks alot Deadfast, will have a look at that now.