Event Handler Advice Needed

[rocky scaffold]

_player is already defined

and the marker is also defined in the editor

[dire nebula]

is "vn_m18_purple_mag" the exact class?

if so:

"vn_m18_purple_mag" == _magazine

if not and you want any class with purple in it:

"purple" in toLowerANSI _magazine

see the difference? in is used for looking IN something, like a string or array or vehicle etc

[rocky scaffold]

Yes but to rule it out I changed it to vn_m18 which works with a diferent event handler.

so ill change it back since thats not it

[dire nebula]

i'm just making sure you understand the use of in vs using a comparison

"apple" in ["pear", "apple", "grape"] // true

"purple" in "vn_m18_purple_mag" // true

"purple" in "VN_M18_Purple_Mag" // false - case sensitive

[rocky scaffold]

oh I dont lemme see.

So you use it to look inside a container or sorts?

[dire nebula]

yeah

[rocky scaffold]

I think it makes more sense to use == then because im looking for a very specific class.

Im starting small with the EH but the gist is to have an audio file play for each color of smoke. So for now im just trying to get one working.

[dire nebula]

are you starting to log stuff yet?

you should be

[rocky scaffold]

remind me what that is again please?

[dire nebula]

so make an event handler to start. lets do your fired one. and just log what each of the variables are when you do something, like fire or throw something

see what values they contain

etc

[rocky scaffold]

Then no I havent done that before.

to further simplify it I changed everything to player

if (triggerActivated ExtractConvo) then {
    player addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_vehicle"];
        if ("vn_m18_purple_mag" == _magazine && (player inArea "Grenade_Marker" || player distance markerPos "Grenade_Marker" < 100)) then {
            hint "Purple Seen";
        };
    }];
};

still doesnt work so thats not the issue

question: do hints print on top of each other?

[dire nebula]

no, use diag_log

and view the RPT file

[rocky scaffold]

im going to do a hint for my trigger. but i am also using a hint for the EH

[dire nebula]

like do you even know that A, the event is added, B, that _magazine is even giving you what you want, etc

start logging when you have a problem to find the problem

that way you can start to figure stuff out on your own

[rocky scaffold]

Sounds great. I found the file path for my rptfiles. What is diag_log?

[dire nebula]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_log

also, heres a hint. you don't even have to use an event handler for this

[rocky scaffold]

Do I run that in the debug console?

[dire nebula]

anywhere

each time you start the game though, a new rpt file is created

this is where "watching" the file in different editors allows you to keep the active file pulled up

[rocky scaffold]

Im browsing thorugh the rpt file. I see CBA debug console

The wiki says diag_log needs an output

[dire nebula]

yeah you put in what you want to show

so for instance

diag_log _magazine
// or
diag_log str _magazine

and it will log whatever is inside _magazine

at that frame

[rocky scaffold]

so do it AFTER what you are trying to diagnose?

[dire nebula]

depends on what you want to see. in your case, you want to see what the engine is giving you, so before. if you make an edit and want to see if the edit worked, then after

you can even do things like:

diag_log format["The magazine stored in _magazine is %1", _magazine];

or

diag_log format["[%1] ?= [%2] - %3". "vn_m18_purple_mag", _magazine, "vn_m18_purple_mag" == _magazine];

// will output - ["vn_m18_purple_mag"] ?= ["vn_m18_purple_mag"] - true
// if it was the same

[rocky scaffold]

I tried diag_log _magazine. There is a lot here.

but I dont see magazine

[dire nebula]

its probably a class name, might not even have the word magazine in it

add some text with format to give something you can search

or you can use systemChat if you want during the game to see, that's an option too but its not copy paste friendly

btw, i would just check to see if the magazine exists in the area you are wanting the grenade thrown instead of doing an event handler

Inside of a trigger:

player in thisList && "nv_m18_purple_mag" in thisList

or

[player, "nv_m18_purple_mag"] findIf {!(_x in thisList)} == -1

might need to use the ammo class instead of the magazine class, but worth a try

[rocky scaffold]

Whew my brain is fried. I've been work on this mission all day. I will revisit this issue tomorrow with fresh eyes and a better attitude. And I will try your suggestions above as well. The only reason I am trying an EH is because I already have a working one that someone helped me with a year ago and I thought it would be easy to reconstruct for my new idea. LOL.

[rocky scaffold]

I tried these a few times and couldn't get them to work. The closest I got was to get player in thisList to fire but only by itself. Would it be better to place them in a if then anyways since I need to fire a system chat based on the color of nade?

Anyways, after messing with the EH for a few hours I got it working. I only got like 1.5 weeks left before work starts up again and my time will be limited so I'm gonna move on the next problem in the mission. At some point I will circle back to these because they seem simpler to understand.

[dire nebula]

@rocky scaffold sorry bud I passed out after work last night. I'm off today but my computer is apart so I can put my led system together on the desk. I'll be able to help tonight tho.