Strange behavior of script

[AlfreDCS]

Hello! Sorry for my poor English. First of all, I'm pretty new to programming... BUT... I have a strange problem... the following code simply randomly removes objects at the start of a mission. BUT ONLY FULLY WORKS if the "for...end" goes from 1 to 3... otherwise (for example from 1 to 10), the lines that come AFTER the End of the For are NOT EXECUTED... What am I doing wrong?

The code:

local nroObjeto = 1
local strObjeto = "Static" .. nroObjeto

for i=1, 10 do
   
  if math.random(1,100) > 50 then
    
    Unit.getByName(strObjeto):destroy()
    trigger.action.outText("Erased".. strObjeto,5)
    
  end
  
  nroObjeto = nroObjeto + 1
  
  strObjeto = "Static" .. nroObjeto
  
end

trigger.action.outText("End Random process...",15) -- NOT EXECUTED WITH for i=1, 10

Unit.getByName("Static7"):destroy() -- NOT EXECUTED WITH for i=1, 10

[cfrag]

1 hour ago, AlfreDCS said:

I have a strange problem...

You are happily invoking "destroy()" on something that you did not make sure that it exists, inviting an error. If you don't get an error dialog and for some reason some lines in your code aren't executed, make sure that you have enabled the error box, else debugging becomes impossible without checking the logs.

Try below simplified code of yours (untested, sorry, on a train). I suspect that some of your units that should be named "Static1" through "Static10" do not exist.

... which brings me to the next point: You call them "Static", but try access them with Unit.getByName(). If whatever you are trying to remove are units, that is fine, just ensure that their name matches. If they are static objects (i.e. NOT units), you need to access them vie StaticObject.getByName()

for i=1, 10 do
	if math.random(1,100) > 50 then
		local strObjeto = "Static" .. i
		local o = Unit.getByName(strObjeto)
		if o then 
			Unit.destroy(o)
			trigger.action.outText("Erased ".. strObjeto,5)
		else 
			trigger.action.outText("unit <" .. strObjeto .. "> does not exist", 30)
		end
	end	  
end

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by cfrag

[AlfreDCS]

Excellent, cfrag...! My fault! Obviously I was mixing Units with Static Objects... and wanting to interact with what doesn't exist! Your code worked perfectly.

Thank you so much