BIS fnc taskCreate

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Description

Description:

Create a task.

Execution:

call

Groups:

Tasks

Syntax

Syntax:

[owner, taskID, description, destination, state, priority, showNotification, type, visibleIn3D] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate

Parameters:

owner: Task owner(s)

• Boolean - true to set task of all playable units
• Object - set task of a specific object
• Group - set tasks of all objects in the group
• Side - set tasks of all objects of the given side
• Array - collection of above types

taskID:

• String - Task ID
• Array - In the format of [task ID, parent task ID]

description:

• Array - Task description in the format ["description", "title", "marker"] - "marker" is depreciated, functionally does nothing
  • Description and Title can also be a format array [ "Text", var1, var2, ... ] where Text will be localized and then formatted per client, see Example 4
• String - CfgTaskDescriptions class name, if empty string is used then CfgTaskDescriptions is searched for a class matching the tasks TaskID

destination (Optional): Task destination

• Object - Use objNull to set no position
• Array - can be one of:
  • format Position
  • [target, precision] (as used by setSimpleTaskTarget)
    • target: Object
    • precision: Boolean - false to use owner's knowledge of target, true to force display even if target is unknown to owner

state: (Optional, default "CREATED") task state. Can be:

• String - can be one of following:
  • "CREATED"
  • "ASSIGNED"
  • "AUTOASSIGNED" ("ASSIGNED" when no task is assigned yet, otherwise "CREATED")
  • "SUCCEEDED"
  • "FAILED"
  • "CANCELED"
• Boolean - true to set the task as current
• Number
  • 0 or less for false
  • > 0 as true

priority: Number - (Optional) priority. When the current task is completed, the system selects the one with the largest priority >= 0. To avoid auto assignment of that task, give it a priority of -1.

showNotification: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to show notification, false to disable it

type: String - (Optional, default "") vanilla values or custom task type; if not defined, empty (no) type is used

visibleIn3D: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to make task always visible in 3D

Return Value:

Boolean

Examples

Example 1:

[civilian, "task1", ["Do this and you get a cookie", "Earn Cookie", "cookiemarker"], [0,0,0], "ASSIGNED", 2, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;

Example 2:

[west, "parentTask", ["This is the parent task.", "Parent task", "cookiemarker2"], objNull, 1, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate; [west, ["subTask", "parentTask"], ["This is the subTask.", "subTask", "cookiemarker2"], objNull, 1, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;

Example 3:

in Description.ext

class CfgTaskTypes
{
	class my_CfgTaskType
	{
		displayname = "Tank";
		icon = "Tank_MCO.paa";
		icon3D = "Tank_MCO.paa";
	};
};

SQF:

[east, ["taskType_"], ["Setting taskType", "The simple way", "marker2"], objNull, 1, 3, true, "my_CfgTaskType"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate; // task with a custom icon

Example 4:

in Stringtable.xml

<Key ID="STR_CITY_TASK">
	<English>Clear %1 of enemies</English>
	<!-- more languages -->
</Key>

SQF:

[ _side, _taskID, [ // format array, string to be localised, parameters for format %1, %2 ... [ "STR_CITY_TASK", _cityName ], [ "STR_CITY_TASK", _cityName ], "" ] ] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;

Additional Information

See also:

Arma 3: Task Framework

Notes

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Lou Montana - c

Posted on Feb 02, 2018 - 13:15 (UTC)

You can define a CfgTaskDescriptions part in description.ext, such as:

class CfgTaskDescriptions
{
	class myTask
	{
		title = "$STR_MyTaskTitle";
		description = "$STR_MyTaskDescription";
	};
};

This should allow tasks to be localised for every player in MP if created locally. You can use "myTask" as description (3^rd) parameter.

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For a proper localisation everywhere, see Hypoxic125's note below.

Hypoxic125 - c

Posted on Nov 13, 2022 - 04:13 (UTC)

Example of Correct Localization Setup Using CfgTaskDescriptions

class CfgTaskDescriptions
{
	class hyp_infiltrate
	{
		title = "STR_HYP_TASKS_INFILTRATE_TITLE";
		description = "STR_HYP_TASKS_INFILTRATE_DESCRIPTION";
		// requires stringtable key - NOT localized string
		// note the lack of "$" before the stringtable key - if "$" is included, languages will be incorrect
	};
};

// Server Execution [east, "infiltrate", "hyp_infiltrate", objNull, "ASSIGNED", -1, true, "MOVE", false] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;