joinAsSilent: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:11, 10 September 2015

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Description:: Joins the unit to the given group, if position id is available, this one is used. Avoid any radio communication related to joining.
Groups:: Uncategorised

Example 1:: player joinAsSilent [_group, 4];
Example 2:: To get the position id: getUnitPositionId = { private ["_vvn", "_str"]; _vvn = vehicleVarName _this; _this setVehicleVarName ""; _str = str _this; _this setVehicleVarName _vvn; parseNumber (_str select [(_str find ":") + 1]) }; player joinAsSilent [createGroup west, 5]; _id = player call getUnitPositionId; hint str _id; //5

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I haven't done a thorough test but this function doesn't seem to work for Civilians, use joinSilent instead.

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-|x1= <code>player joinAsSilent [_group, 4]</code>|= EXAMPLE1
+|x1= <code>[[player]] [[joinAsSilent]] [_group, 4];</code>|= EXAMPLE1
+|x2= To get the position id: <code>getUnitPositionId = {
+	[[private]] ["_vvn", "_str"];
+	_vvn = [[vehicleVarName]] _this;
+	_this [[setVehicleVarName]] "";
+	_str = [[str]] _this;
+	_this [[setVehicleVarName]] _vvn;
+	[[parseNumber]] (_str [[select]] [(_str [[find]] ":") + 1])
+};
+[[player]] [[joinAsSilent]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[createGroup]] [[west]], 5];
+_id = [[player]] [[call]] getUnitPositionId;
+[[hint]] [[str]] _id; //5</code>|= EXAMPLE2
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