drawArrow: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Draws a single line arrow on the map. As this command needs to be called every frame, it is preferable using the onDraw UI Event Handler. To draw a color filled arrow of custom shape see BIS_fnc_drawArrow.
Groups:: GUI Control - Map

Syntax:: map drawArrow [from, to, color]
Parameters:: map: Control
: from: Object or Array in format Position2D or Position3D - arrow start position
: to: Object or Array in format Position2D or Position3D - arrow end position
: color: Array - arrow color in format [r,g,b,a]
Return Value:: Nothing

Example 1:: findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", { _this select 0 drawArrow [ player, player getRelPos [100, 0], [1,0,0,1] ]; }];

See also:: drawEllipse drawIcon drawLine drawRectangle drawPolygon drawTriangle drawXPolygon BIS_fnc_drawArrow

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Waffle SS. - c: Posted on Jul 07, 2015 - 21:28 (UTC)
: Be careful when using this command. Unlike map markers, the draw commands can decrease your framerate.

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 |gr1= GUI Control - Map
-|descr= Draws a single line arrow on the map. To draw a color filled arrow of custom shape see [[BIS_fnc_drawArrow]]
+|descr= Draws a single line arrow on the map.
+As this command needs to be called every frame, it is preferable using the [[User Interface Event Handlers#onDraw|onDraw]] UI Event Handler.
+To draw a color filled arrow of custom shape see [[BIS_fnc_drawArrow]].
 |s1= map [[drawArrow]] [from, to, color]
@@ Line 36: / Line 38: @@
 {
 	_this select 0 drawArrow [
-		player, player getRelPos [100, 0], [1,0,0,1]
+		player,
+		player getRelPos [100, 0],
+		[1,0,0,1]
 	];
 }];
 </sqf>
-|seealso= [[drawEllipse]] [[drawIcon]] [[drawLine]] [[drawRectangle]] [[drawPolygon]] [[drawTriangle]] [[BIS_fnc_drawArrow]]
+|seealso= [[drawEllipse]] [[drawIcon]] [[drawLine]] [[drawRectangle]] [[drawPolygon]] [[drawTriangle]] [[drawXPolygon]] [[BIS_fnc_drawArrow]]
 }}