Creating a marker NEAR and object (and not on it)

[mcnools 62]

I'm trying to get back into editing a bit, and I'm trying to make a simple intel-collection system where after collecting an intel item, a marker should appear in an area near a target. The point is to have to gather several intel items to figure out the position. (I want the marker to spawn somewhere in a circle around 500 metres around the target, the targets position itself will be randomized at startup).

 

I know how to spawn a marker at a specfic position with this line:

 

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", position target];

 

Is there some code I can add to the position to make it randomize around the target? I've tried googling but couldn't find anything that answered my question.

 

 

Thanks!

[R3vo 2652]

[position target select 0 + (random 500 - random 500),position target select 1 + (random 500 - random 500),position target select 2]

Use that instead of

position target

500 is the max distance between marker and target

[mcnools 62]

Thanks very much for the quick reply!

 

Edit: hm, I can't seem to get it to work, this is how my "on activation" field looks for the trigger that should trigger the marker:

 

_marker = createMarker ["target1", [position target select 0 + (random 500 - random 500), position target select 1 + (random 500 - random 500),position target    select 2]];  "target1" setMarkerType "hd_unknown";  "target1" setMarkerSize [1, 1];  "target1" setMarkerDir 0.93884;  "target1" setMarkerColor "ColorRed";     "target1" setMarkerPos getMarkerPos "target1"; deletevehicle intel1;

[donelsarjo 60]

I would suggest using BIS_fnc_relPos.

Something like:

_targetPos = [_targetPos, (400 + random 200), random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos.

Gives you a position based on the input that is 500m +/- 100 way from the input. It is based on a vector with n random angle.

With this method you can define the minimum/maximum distance very easy. In the example it is 400/600

[mcnools 62]

how would that look when added to createmarker-thing I quoted in the post above? I have no idea where to put it, haha. (even though I've been making missions since OFP I still can't get my brain around these things, it's way too logical for me, haha). With this method I assume I can have a distance farther than 500? 500 seems a bit too close if I want to have to gather several intel-items to know what town the target is in.

[donelsarjo 60]

_targetPos = 

[

    position target,       //position to start from

    (

        400                    //minimum distance from starting position           

        + 

        random 200 //maximum distance from starting position to add to the minimum distance from starting position

    ),                          

    random 360           // direction, where to set the new position

] call BIS_fnc_relPos.

_marker = createMarker ["target1",_targetPos];

"target1" setMarkerType "hd_unknown";

"target1" setMarkerSize [1, 1];  

"target1" setMarkerDir 0.93884;  

"target1" setMarkerColor "ColorRed";     

"target1" setMarkerPos getMarkerPos "target1"; 

deletevehicle intel1;

[killzone_kid 1326]

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", position target vectorAdd [500 - random 1000, 500 - random 1000, 0]];

[R3vo 2652]

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", position target vectorAdd [500 - random 1000, 500 - random 1000, 0]];

 

It can sometimes be so easy :D

[killzone_kid 1326]

It can sometimes be so easy :D

Actually even simpler way has been already suggested with BIS_fnc_relPos only I would use command instead (in next stable hopefully):

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", target getPos [random 500, random 360]];

Because you can easily tweak it, if for example you want marker not closer than 100m and not further than 500m:

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", target getPos [100 + random 400, random 360]];

[mcnools 62]

Hm, I tried this:

 

 

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", position target vectorAdd [500 - random 1000, 500 - random 1000, 0]];

"intelmarker1" setMarkerType "hd_unknown";
"intelmarker1" setMarkerSize [1, 1];  
"intelmarker1" setMarkerDir 0.93884;  
"intelmarker1" setMarkerColor "ColorRed";     
"intelmarker1" setMarkerPos getMarkerPos "target1";
 

 

But the marker just shows up at the bottom left of the map (right at the edge) every time (far, way more than a 1000 metres) from the unit called "target".

 

Edit: oh, nevermind,  the last thing should also say "intelmarker1" instead of "target1", made a small mistake there!

[killzone_kid 1326]

Hm, I tried this:

 

 

But the marker just shows up at the bottom left of the map (right at the edge) every time (far, way more than a 1000 metres) from the unit called "target".

 

Edit: oh, nevermind,  the last thing should also say "intelmarker1" instead of "target1", made a small mistake there!

 

because you put it there with this command

 

"intelmarker1" setMarkerPos getMarkerPos "target1";

[mcnools 62]

_marker = createMarker ["intelmarker1", position target vectorAdd [500 - random 1000, 500 - random 1000, 0]];

"intelmarker1" setMarkerType "hd_unknown";

"intelmarker1" setMarkerSize [1, 1];  

"intelmarker1" setMarkerDir 0.93884;  

"intelmarker1" setMarkerColor "ColorRed";     

"intelmarker1" setMarkerPos getMarkerPos "intelmarker1";

This code seems to work fine! for anyone who searches and finds this topic in the future. :)

[killzone_kid 1326]

This code seems to work fine! for anyone who searches and finds this topic in the future. :)

I cant see it working fine as first you create marker at random position then you move it to position of target1 marker. But if this is what you were looking for, then cool.

[donelsarjo 60]

Creating markers. Rocket science :P

[mcnools 62]

I cant see it working fine as first you create marker at random position then you move it to position of target1 marker. But if this is what you were looking for, then cool.

 

Sorry, I made a mistake in the code and forgot to change target1 to intelmarker1 there at the end. I corrected it now.

[killzone_kid 1326]

Sorry, I made a mistake in the code and forgot to change target1 to intelmarker1 there at the end. I corrected it now.

Yeah that looks more like it, but really you dont need that last line at all.

[mcnools 62]

I'm having problems with this on a dedicated server, for some reason the marker isn't created. Do I need to modify it somehow to work on dedicated servers?