Simple Math Formula Script -- Possible?

[pdmarsh]

If possible, I would like to calculate percentage of mission completion by dividing the value of one flag into that of another flag. Flag 1, for example, would be the total number of groups to be destroyed, while Flag 2 would count up as any given unit gets destroyed. Dividing Flag 2 by Flag 1 would give the percentage achieved. Is it possible to script something like this?

 

In this particular multiplayer mission, the total number of things to be accomplished will vary depending on the number of players, so the value of Flag 1 will vary accordingly. Flag 2 will always simply count up as any given objective is achieved. At a certain point, the mission will end and the percent accomplished would be calculated.

 

Thanks,

Paul

[mwd2]

You can extract the FLAG value with

trigger.misc.getUserFlag(x)
with x FLAG

and

trigger.action.outText(String, time)

 

will display a String.

[pdmarsh]

@mwd2 -- Thank you for the function code. I'm having a little trouble finding examples of how to apply it. What I would need to do is the following:

 

trigger.misc.getUserFlag(2) / trigger.misc.getUserFlag(1) = ?

trigger.action.outText(?, time)

 

I think I'm getting close to the answer, but I am very new to scripting and have a lot to learn.

 

Thanks,

Paul

[mwd2]

Here a sample for the Trigger

 

ONCE() // Time More(3600) // Do Script(
a = trigger.misc.getUserFlag('1')
b = trigger.misc.getUserFlag('2')

c = b/a
trigger.action.outText('Value:' ..tostring(c) ,20)
)

 

FLAG #1 and FLAG #2 will check after 60min. and the value of FLAG 2 / FLAG 1 will display for 20 sec.

[pdmarsh]

Here a sample for the Trigger...

 

 

@mwd2 -- Thank you very much! This is extremely helpful.

 

Sincerely,

Paul

[ajax]

You may want to ensure 'a' is non-zero before the division operation.

[mwd2]

if a == 0 then 
  trigger.action.outText('All done.' ,20)
else
  c = b/a
   trigger.action.outText('Value:' ..tostring(c) ,20)
end

[pdmarsh]

I got a chance to test this code in a mission this evening with my flying group and it worked like a charm. Thanks again.

 

Paul