[Tutorial] Simple Scripting Lessons - Preparations

[moggel]

Me again...

I'm into scripting now and things are slowly starting to fall into place. I've experimented with triggers, got some planes to drop a wing and so on, all in the good name of exploration.

However, I really do miss the ability to write some output into a console window. I've seen several scripts that write to the normal System.Console and since it's possible to configure an "Info Window" to write "Console Output" I thought I had found the way to do it. However, the only stuff that goes into such an Info Window is the stuff written by the game engine it seems. I never see any of my own stuff ending up in there.

Is there some neat trick I need to know about in order to make use of System.Console? Why else do script authors bother to write to the System.Console?

[FG28_Kodiak]

you can write things into console with
example:
GamePlay.gpLogServer(null, "Teststring", null);

Explanation
void gpLogServer(Player[] to, string format, object[] args);
first argument is the addressat.
null = all can read it.
new Player[]{ player} = single player
or Array of players, which will get the message

second parameter is the Message itself.

third parameter are additional values.
null = none.
new object[]{ value1, value2}
example:
GamePlay.gpLogServer(null, "Red has {0} Points, Blue has {1} Points", new object[]{redpoints, bluepoints});

[moggel]

Works perfectly! Thanks mate.

BTW: In C# you can initialize arrays implicitly:
GamePlay.gpLogServer(null, "Red has {0} Points, Blue has {1} Points", new[] {redpoints, bluepoints});

Cheers

[moggel]

Ok, another one:

I have found no way to dynamically create an AiActor and spawn it from my script. Is it not possible? If so, how does all those wonderful dynamic campaigns work?

[FG28_Kodiak]

No it's not possible directly but you can create a "in memory" mis - file. And load it to the main mission.

for example

internal ISectionFile CreateNewPlaneAtAirfield()
        {
            ISectionFile f = GamePlay.gpCreateSectionFile();

            f.add("AirGroups", "BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Flight0", "1 2 3 4 5 6");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Class", "Aircraft.Ju-87B-2");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Formation", "VIC");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "CallSign", "30");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Fuel", "100");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Weapons", "1");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "SetOnPark", "1");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Idle", "1");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03", "Skill", "0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3");
            f.add("BoB_LW_StG2_II.03_Way", "TAKEOFF", "298417.47 127327.45 0 0");

            return f;
        }

Then you can load it with

GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad(CreateNewPlaneAtAirfield());

For more example take a look on
Tanks from narvy (added as atachment)

[moggel]

Nice...

I think using a more or less textual declaration like that is even more powerful (and elegant) than pure code.

Thanks again!

[Smokeynz]

Just note Kodiak,
There is a syntax error in this line in your example
ISectionFile f = gamePlay.gpCreateSectionFile();

Should be this, capital G
ISectionFile f = GamePlay.gpCreateSectionFile();

Oh from your example above I managed to create random generating flight including plane types, numbers and skills that is a response trigger loc to player and army specific. Still work in progress, but the basic script is working.