Adding new type of event based on SupplyBox Event

[GolovaRaoul 220]

Hello,

I'm trying to make a new type of event based on the existing SupplyBox event, which is located in @Exile_Server_Config
So I added this to config.cpp in @Exile_Server_Config

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class gearcrate
        {
            /*
                Drops a supply box on a parachute next to a random airport on the map.
                The box may contain items. The box can be transported to a territory
                and installed to become a normal storage container.
            */
            type = "spawn";
            function = "ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start";
            minTime = 1; // minutes
            maxTime = 1; // minutes
            minimumPlayersOnline = 0;
            dropRadius = 500; // 500m around an airport (including the main airport on Altis!)
            dropAltitude = 0; // altitude of the drop
            markerTime = 5; // minutes

            /*
                These are different types of boxes can be dropped.
                You can specify the cargo a box should contain.
                The type of box is chosen randomly from the following list.
                Add a type multiple times to increase the chance of being used.
            */
            types[] = {"KSVK", "Lynx", "WoodSupplies", "Mk48", "L115A3", "ConcreteBuildingSupplies", "Explosives", "Grinding", "BreachingCharge", "Stinger", "Money", "Medical"};

            class BoxTypes

I activate the event in enabledEvents, and I copied/pasted ExileServer_system_event_supplyBox_start to fit my needs. I renamed this to ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start and packed it in @ExileServer.

Now, I'm triggering the event every minute for testing purposes. But I get this error in my RPT, and it seems to me like the ExileServer can't find the file? I doublechecked it's in the code folder in @ExileServer packed PBO.

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17:28:10 Error in expression <ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start>
17:28:10   Error position: <ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start>
17:28:10   Error Undefined variable in expression: ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start
17:28:10 "ExileServer - Spawning ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start..."
17:28:10 Error in expression <on] call ExileServer_util_log;
[] spawn _functionCode;
}
else 
{
format ["Callin>
17:28:10   Error position: <_functionCode;
}
else 
{
format ["Callin>
17:28:10   Error Undefined variable in expression: _functioncode
17:28:10 File exile_server\code\ExileServer_system_event_thread_spawn.sqf, line 32

What am I missing? A config somewhere or...?

Thanks for helping me out
GolovaRaoul

[red_ned 643]

23 hours ago, GolovaRaoul said:

Hello,

I'm trying to make a new type of event based on the existing SupplyBox event, which is located in @Exile_Server_Config
So I added this to config.cpp in @Exile_Server_Config

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class gearcrate
        {
            /*
                Drops a supply box on a parachute next to a random airport on the map.
                The box may contain items. The box can be transported to a territory
                and installed to become a normal storage container.
            */
            type = "spawn";
            function = "ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start";
            minTime = 1; // minutes
            maxTime = 1; // minutes
            minimumPlayersOnline = 0;
            dropRadius = 500; // 500m around an airport (including the main airport on Altis!)
            dropAltitude = 0; // altitude of the drop
            markerTime = 5; // minutes

            /*
                These are different types of boxes can be dropped.
                You can specify the cargo a box should contain.
                The type of box is chosen randomly from the following list.
                Add a type multiple times to increase the chance of being used.
            */
            types[] = {"KSVK", "Lynx", "WoodSupplies", "Mk48", "L115A3", "ConcreteBuildingSupplies", "Explosives", "Grinding", "BreachingCharge", "Stinger", "Money", "Medical"};

            class BoxTypes

I activate the event in enabledEvents, and I copied/pasted ExileServer_system_event_supplyBox_start to fit my needs. I renamed this to ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start and packed it in @ExileServer.

Now, I'm triggering the event every minute for testing purposes. But I get this error in my RPT, and it seems to me like the ExileServer can't find the file? I doublechecked it's in the code folder in @ExileServer packed PBO.

  Hide contents

17:28:10 Error in expression <ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start>
17:28:10   Error position: <ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start>
17:28:10   Error Undefined variable in expression: ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start
17:28:10 "ExileServer - Spawning ExileServer_system_event_gearcrate_start..."
17:28:10 Error in expression <on] call ExileServer_util_log;
[] spawn _functionCode;
}
else 
{
format ["Callin>
17:28:10   Error position: <_functionCode;
}
else 
{
format ["Callin>
17:28:10   Error Undefined variable in expression: _functioncode
17:28:10 File exile_server\code\ExileServer_system_event_thread_spawn.sqf, line 32

What am I missing? A config somewhere or...?

Thanks for helping me out
GolovaRaoul

1st thing is all local variables for missions etc should always start with an underscore but I am no expert on server config driven missions.

I would brand your global variables like gearcrate to GRgearcrate and then any local variables in the script function  becomes _function

Edited April 23, 2017 by red_ned

[Mezo 1263]

^ No idea what he's talking 'bout 

open up bootstrap/fn_preinit in exile_server and add your new function name and it's path to the init.

[GolovaRaoul 220]

23 minutes ago, Mezo said:

^ No idea what he's talking 'bout 

open up bootstrap/fn_preinit in exile_server and add your new function name and it's path to the init.

Thanks, works perfectly now

[NeverAgain 80]

@GolovaRaoul

Update on this page?I need this.Good work !!!

[GolovaRaoul 220]

17 hours ago, NeverAgain said:

@GolovaRaoul

Update on this page?I need this.Good work !!!

It's actually pretty simple. Just copy/paste the excisting SupplyDrop event, rename it a bit and voila. Don't forget to activate the event and do as Mezo said ^^

[M6mal 39]

i am using malden and the supplybox only drops on the top left island airport, i have a trader at top of airport on mainland and thats why it does not drop there, is there any way i can override this so i get a drop incoming

[GolovaRaoul 220]

22 hours ago, M6mal said:

i am using malden and the supplybox only drops on the top left island airport, i have a trader at top of airport on mainland and thats why it does not drop there, is there any way i can override this so i get a drop incoming

You can overwrite it. I don't know the variable names out of my head (RIP English), but if you open up the code located in @ExileServer\code, you will find the file located in there. In that file, there's something like _airportPositions.   You can comment that out, and make an array of locations where your Airports should be.

So it will look a bit like this:

// _airportPosistions = call exilefunction find airport bla bla bla
_airportPositions = [[2000,2000,0],[3500,5000,0]]

Hope this will help you out a bit.

[M6mal 39]

ExileServer_system_event_supplyBox_start.sqf