Get all zones

[Wrench]

Hey all, is there a way to get get all the zones defined in the ME?

something like getZones()?

[Grimes]

No direct function but anything in the mission file is accessible to the scripting engine as a table env.mission. They are indexed numerically. So you can open a .miz file and then open the mission file in notepad++ to note the formatting. In this case it is:

 

env.mission.triggers.zones = {listOfZones}

 

They are in this format.

           [2] = 
           {
               ["y"] = -1606.310285714,
               ["radius"] = 22.86,
               ["zoneId"] = 58,
               ["x"] = 107906.32142857,
               ["color"] = 
               {
                   [1] = 1,
                   [2] = 1,
                   [3] = 1,
                   [4] = 0.15,
               }, -- end of ["color"]
               ["hidden"] = false,
               ["name"] = "Naval Staff",
           }, -- end of [2]

 

For instance this his how mist creates a DB of the zones

	if env.mission.triggers and env.mission.triggers.zones then
		for zone_ind, zone_data in pairs(env.mission.triggers.zones) do
			if type(zone_data) == 'table' then
				local zone = mist.utils.deepCopy(zone_data)
				zone.point = {}	-- point is used by SSE
				zone.point.x = zone_data.x
				zone.point.y = 0
				zone.point.z = zone_data.y

				mist.DBs.zonesByName[zone_data.name] = zone
				mist.DBs.zonesByNum[#mist.DBs.zonesByNum + 1] = mist.utils.deepCopy(zone)	--[[deepcopy so that the zone in zones_by_name and the zone in
																							zones_by_num se are different objects.. don't want them linked.]]
			end
		end
	end

[CougarFFW04]

Hi

 

Hey all, is there a way to get get all the zones defined in the ME?

something like getZones()?

 

Thanks for asking.

 

I was about to ask it :smilewink:

 

And thanks Grimes for the answer.

Always there and helpfull :thumbup:

 

 

 

Thans so much

Edited January 17, 2020 by CougarFFW04

[Wrench]

Grimes, I really should start either putting your name in the subject line or sending you PM, lol.

 

As always sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman. :smartass:

[Grimes]

Just post the questions on the forums because it allows other people to learn something or find it if they have the same question.

[CougarFFW04]

Hi Grimes,

 

I had sometime to look at this and I was looking for a mist function that would return all DCS zones in a mission. But I didn't find it...

 

Did I miss something or should I code this myself ?

 

Thanks

[Grimes]

Its in the DB tables for mist.

 

mist.DBs.zonesByName

mist.DBs.zonesByNum

 

So iterate those however you want to get the zones.

[CougarFFW04]

Its in the DB tables for mist.

 

mist.DBs.zonesByName

mist.DBs.zonesByNum

 

So iterate those however you want to get the zones.

 

 

Don't get you :cry::joystick::joystick:

Sorry

[Grimes]

https://github.com/mrSkortch/MissionScriptingTools/blob/master/Example%20DBs/mist_DBs_zonesByName.lua

 

Mist saves a table of all of the zones in the mission. It is basically what would be returned via getAllZones() type of function. The following would create red smoke at 0 ASL at the center of each zone.

 

 

for tName, tData in pairs(mist.DBs.zonesByName) do
trigger.action.smoke(tData.point, 1) 
end

[CougarFFW04]

Hi Grimes,

 

Thanks SO MUCH

 

YOU ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Any idea about : https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=261080

 

:D:D:smartass: