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[Marcos Paes]

Hello, everyone, and sorry for the question that might seem very silly, but I'm looking to do this in a simple way: how can I count how many people are flying, and have this number of people added to a FLAG?

This way, I could more accurately determine the number of enemy aircraft that will take off. We usually fly in groups of 5 to 15 people, and if I plan the mission for 15 people and only 5 show up, it becomes impossible. On the other hand, if I plan for 5 and 15 show up, it becomes too easy.

So, I just wanted a script that could count how many aircraft are flying, allowing me to adjust the groups according to this number from the flag!

Thank you in advance

[Kanelbolle]

Hi!

You can use coalition.getPlayers for this. See the example on hoggit.

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_func_getPlayers

 

Then sett your flag with trigger.action.setUserFlag

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_func_setUserFlag

 

Hope this helps

[Marcos Paes]

I'm really new. i will try to use ur tips. thank you.
Do i need Mist to use this commands?

 

I am trying this. but nor working at all

local function setFlagForConnectedPlayers()
    local bluePlayers = coalition.getPlayers(coalition.side.BLUE)
    
    for i = 1, #bluePlayers do
        local playerUnit = bluePlayers[i]:getUnit()
        if playerUnit and playerUnit:isActive() then
            local currentFlagValue = trigger.misc.getUserFlag("10")
            trigger.action.setUserFlag("10", currentFlagValue + 1)
            env.info("Pilotos Ativos: " .. trigger.misc.getUserFlag("10"))
        end
    end
end

setFlagForConnectedPlayers()

Edited November 4, 2023 by Marcos Paes

[Marcos Paes]

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[Marcos Paes]

UPDATE:

This is working:
 

local bluePlayers = coalition.getPlayers(2)

for i = 1, #bluePlayers do
    local playerName = Unit.getName(bluePlayers[i])
    env.info("Aumentando FLAG 10 para jogador: " .. playerName)
    
    local currentFlagValue = trigger.misc.getUserFlag("10")
    trigger.action.setUserFlag("10", currentFlagValue + 1)
end



But everytime the script run, it count again everyone. i want this to ignore already counted active players!

[Kanelbolle]

Hi again.

If you simply want the amount of players in the mission you don't need to do a loop like the example.

Would refrain from using numbers for flag names to, gets confusing fast.

local bluePlayers = coalition.getPlayers(2)

-- local currentFlagValue = trigger.misc.getUserFlag("PlayerAmount") --Not needed
trigger.action.setUserFlag("PlayerAmount", #bluePlayers)

env.info("Amount of players: " .. #bluePlayers)

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Kanelbolle

[Marcos Paes]

Thank you i got this

trigger.action.outText( 'Total Aircrafts: ' .. trigger.misc.getUserFlag ( '10' ), 5 )

local bluePlayers = coalition.getPlayers(2)
trigger.action.setUserFlag("10", #bluePlayers)