Assistance with mist.cloneInZone script

[MikeSinn]

I am a complete newbie to Lua programming and only slightly less so to the DCS Mission Editor. I am trying to create a simple bomb range script that selects a random target, clones it and places it in a bomb range zone.

 

The code I have so far is:

-- Clone Random target & zone

local tgt = 'tgt_bmb_easy'

local tgt_zone = 'bmb_zone'

local tgtChoice = mist.random(2)

local zoneChoice = mist.random(6)

tgt = tgt..tgtChoice

tgt_zone = tgt_zone..zoneChoice

trigger.action.outText(tgt,10)

trigger.action.outText(tgt_zone,10)

mist.cloneInZone(tgt,tgt_zone)

this is triggered via a F10 radio message but when executed I get the attached error. I have also attached a copy of the .miz file.

 

I can see the tgt and tgt_zone variables are being formatted correctly via the outText command. My guess is that I'm not passing them correctly to the cloneInZone function. I just can't figure out the missing element. Any and all guidance is appreciated.

Training Range04.miz

[MikeSinn]

For those that may ever have a similar issue, I found the problem.

 

My simple CloneInZone script actually worked as designed. There error message looks to have been due to using an older version of mist (3.3). I didn't realize there was a newer version until today. After loading 4.1 into my mission, the script worked fine.

 

One more stumble step towards figuring LUA and the editor out.