finding a targetname via a different value

[lizardkid]

I have 7 (max) different guys that i assign the same value, squad #, and i want to be able to find their targetnames via their squad number. How is this possible?

EDIT: on the same note how could i detect a chair without knowing it's $targetname and assuming there's more than one?

[Rookie One.pl]

They need to be assigned to a local, level, group or game variable. If they're not, you cannot do this.

[bdbodger]

COD does that but not mohaa it has to be assigned a targetname or spawned useing a variable like level.thing = spawn ....

[lizardkid]

alright then it looks like i need to make some sort of dynamic namer.. :S
(this is for the AI side of the squad script)

so how could i make a thread that adds a variable to a new variable's name.

like say level.existantSquads is 4. each new squad gets that number then it's incremented. suppose the convention would be

level.squad#_guy# = self

so i'd probably have a set part of code that went like...

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level.squad#_guy1 = $guy1
level.squad#_guy2 = $guy2

etc. that'd be childs play, but how could i add the value of level.existantSquads to the # part of the variable?

[Elgan]

im confused:S

why cant u just have them in a array?

then access them via their squad number...

and the chair thing wud be world unl;ess u spawned it:P

[lizardkid]

why cant u just have them in a array?

then access them via their squad number...

because i don't know how many there will be.

i want to access them via their squad number, that's what i was trying to do, find entities based on a value other than targetname.

the reason i can't do a level.squad = ... array thing is because there could be any number of squads, there could be one there might be 10.

then access them via their squad number...

explain

[jv_map]

Arrays can have variable sizes in mohaa

[bdbodger]

You can do something like this if you give all of them the targetname $guy

for(local.i=1;local.i <= $guy.size;local.i++)
{
level.guy[$guy[local.i].squad] = $guy[local.i]
}

then you can use the number level.guy[2] for example to get the guy with that squad number or you can do it like this

for(local.i=1;local.i <= $guy.size;local.i++)
{
level.guy+($guy[local.i].squad]) = $guy[local.i]
}

that way will give you level.guy2

[lizardkid]

OH! so make an array of arrays and access based on the squad number?

cool i didn't know i could make an array of arrays.

[Elgan]

why not just array the targtanmes. like players;)

[lizardkid]

i ended up realizing that just now

thanks guys.

[bdbodger]

why not just array the targtanmes. like players;)

Well $guy[2] may not have the squad number 2 if that is even really needed if you make another $guy then $guy[2] will become $guy[3] I belive they are incremented up when new guys are added to the targetname array .

[Elgan]

really?, i didnt know tbh.. ill do some testing today./ it wud be odd if it moved a thing up the array:S

he cud still find what dude is what though and he cud give them a variable also. He cud also just use a level var in the end.

whatever is easiest to udnerstand

[bdbodger]

yes you can go though all $guys and find the one with the right squad number level is not nessesary . Without seeing the script no way to say what way to do it there maybe several ways to do something one no better than another .

[lizardkid]

well what i did in the end was knowing that max amount of guys i each squad was 7, so i wrote it in little blocks of 7, first 7 is squad one.. second is squad 2... etc. just used a little multiplication with the squad number, works good for me

but that's interesting you can do entity arrays like that, might come in handy.