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[ADDED] Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but c... - 10/30/2018 4:44:17 PM

TheOttoman

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I have a big Lua script to set up a scenario that among other things, adds ports, creates a ferry mission to that port, creates some units, and then adds those units to the mission. I've included the script for troubleshooting.

The germane portion of my issue is this. I create the mission using this script:

ports = {"Port of Singapore","Port of Batu Ampar","Port of Jakarta"...} <- I've created the facilities earlier in the script

for i, nameofport in ipairs(ports) do
    ScenEdit_AddMission('Commercial','Transit to '..nameofport,'Ferry',{destination=nameofport})
end

and then

-- [[Commercial Container Vessel - Panamax]]
ccvpname = {"[VTM] M/V Vinalines Queen","[VTM] M/V Hai Nam 89","[VTM] M/V Vinalines Sunrise","[VTM] M/V Vinalines Brave","[VTM] M/V Inlaco Express"}

for i, name in ipairs(ccvpname) do
    RandomNumber()  
    RandomPort()
    ScenEdit_AddUnit({type="ship",unitname=name,side="Commercial",dbid="2028",base=PortName})
    RandomNumber()
    ScenEdit_AssignUnitToMission(name,'Transit to '..PortName)
end

RandomNumber is a 1,24 random number generator, and RandomPort assigns the variable PortName to a specific port based on the number randomly generated..

When I run this in Lua, I get the message in the game message window "[VTM] M/V Vinalines Queen is not an aircraft and cannot be added to a Ferry mission" or something similar for each ship it tries to process.

However.... if I go into the Mission Editor (F11), I see all of the missions created as expected, and I see all of the ships as unassigned units, and I can manually assign them to any of the missions.

Am I doing something wrong in the Lua script?

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 10/31/2018 8:21:23 AM

michaelm75au

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I will take a look.

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 10/31/2018 8:57:34 AM

michaelm75au

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The base code doesn't allow a non-aircraft unit to be assigned to a mission.
I don't believe it has been updated for ship/submarines as the Editor Mission has empty settings for the ship/submarine also.
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Okay, ships can be assigned to mission, but the code hasn't been fully updated.

I will look into it.

Thanks for heads up.

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 10/31/2018 12:35:38 PM

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for i, name in ipairs(ccvpname) do
    RandomNumber()
    RandomPort()
    ScenEdit_AddUnit({type="ship",unitname=name,side="Commercial",dbid="2028",base=PortName})
    RandomNumber()
    ScenEdit_AssignUnitToMission(name,'Transit to '..PortName)
end

Is this structured correctly? You are adding a ship to 'PortA', and then assigning it to 'transit to portA'.
Isn't this just going to leave the port, and then follow the mission to go back to the port?? It isn't going anywhere.
Shouldn't it be doing

        RandomNumber()
RandomPort()
[with some sort of check that it is not going to the port it is based at]
    ScenEdit_AssignUnitToMission(name,'Transit to '..PortName)

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 10/31/2018 1:21:03 PM

TheOttoman

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In theory, the first random number generator will deliver a number and based off of that number assign it to the corresponding Port. It then runs the random number generator again and uses that result to set the destination for the Ferry mission.

There's currently 24 numbers, so yes, there's a 1:24 chance that the ship will be assigned to the port it's currently in.

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 11/1/2018 8:53:24 AM

michaelm75au

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I was trying to point out that the variable PortName is set in RandomPort(). You run RandomNumber, but don't set a new PortName.

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 11/1/2018 6:23:15 PM

TheOttoman

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quote:

ORIGINAL: michaelm75au

I was trying to point out that the variable PortName is set in RandomPort(). You run RandomNumber, but don't set a new PortName.

Gotcha.

I guess I'll have to do RandomPort() again

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RE: Cannot add ship to ferry mission via Lua, but can t... - 11/9/2018 12:02:44 AM

TheOttoman

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998.13 seems to have mention of a fix for my issue.... at least it says "Part 1"

I've installed the build and the script works as expected.

Thanks!

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