Need help making radio commands using MIST

[Zachc12385]

Hey guys I recently made a mission that uses radio commands to spawn air units infinitely and it works great. The only thing i want to learn is how to add radio commands using scripts as opposed to triggers in the mission editor. I tried messing around with some of the scripts on the mist website like...

 local requestM = missionCommands.addSubMenu('Request Asset')
 local rSead = missionCommands.addCommand('SEAD', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = 'SEAD"})
 local rCAS = missionCommands.addCommand('CAS', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = 'CAS"})
 local rCAP= missionCommands.addCommand('CAP', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = 'CAP"})

...but for the life of me i cant figure it out. can someone help this make sense to me? I can add the sub menu however the commands always return an error. I attached my miz file to show you what im working with. Its a great mission i just want to get to that next level and do some more complex scripting. Thank you

Syria dynamic AA.miz

Edited January 11, 2024 by Zachc12385

[Grimes]

Those functions are native DCS scripting functions and have nothing to do with mist. I don't actually have any functions built into mist to create menu items for people. 

 

To answer your question the doRequestFunction has to be a function that is declared somewhere. Otherwise when you select the command it won't know what the execute. 

 local function doRequestFunction(vars)
    if vars.type == "SEAD" then
    
    elseif vars.type == "CAS" then
    
    elseif vars.type == "CAP" then
 	
    end   
  end
 local requestM = missionCommands.addSubMenu('Request Asset')
 local rSead = missionCommands.addCommand('SEAD', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = "SEAD"})
 local rCAS = missionCommands.addCommand('CAS', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = "CAS"})
 local rCAP= missionCommands.addCommand('CAP', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = "CAP"})

Also that sample on the wiki had some typos with mixing " and ' to define strings which would have also caused an error. 

[Zachc12385]

@Grimes Thank you for responding im still however having issues. heres my script im not sure what is wrong

 local function doRequestFunction(vars)
    if vars.type == "SEAD" then
 if not Group.getByName('Aerial-21') then
   mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-21', true)

 if not Group.getByName('Aerial-22') then
   mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-22', true)
 end
    
    elseif vars.type == "CAS" then
if not Group.getByName('Aerial-23') then
   mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-23', true)
if not Group.getByName('Aerial-24') then
   mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-24', true)
 end
     
    end   
  end
 local requestM = missionCommands.addSubMenu('Request Asset')
 local rSead = missionCommands.addCommand('SEAD', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = "SEAD"})
 local rCAS = missionCommands.addCommand('CAS', requestM, doRequestFunction, {type = "CAS"})

I'm pretty new to lua. all i want to do is spawn 2 groups when the radio command is selected.
 

[Grimes]

mist.groupIsDead("Aerial-21") == true as the condition instead of if not Group.getByName()

 

Could also try adding logging to see where it gets to. For example 

 local function doRequestFunction(vars)
     trigger.action.outText(mist.utils.tableShow(vars), 10)
    if vars.type == "SEAD" then
       if not Group.getByName('Aerial-21') then
        trigger.action.outText("RESPWN Aeiral 21", 10)
   mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-21', true)
      end -- you forgot to close is by the way. 
 if not Group.getByName('Aerial-22') then
   mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-22', true)
 end

 

Could also use a program like notepad++ to write the code in. Use the lua visualizer and it can help spot bugs like failing to close if statements. 

[Zachc12385]

@Grimes i got the radio item to pop up but i doesnt spawn the gorups that i want any ideas here? p.s i use notepad++ but i dont know how you get it to show up like that

local function request(vars)
   if vars.type == sead then
   
       mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-21')
     end

       mist.respawnGroup('Aerial-22')
     end

 local requestAsset = missionCommands.addSubMenu('Request Asset')
 local seadAsset = missionCommands.addCommand( 'SEAD' , requestAsset , mist.respawnGroup, {type = sead} ) 

Edited January 22, 2024 by Zachc12385

[Grimes]

One of the icons on the toolbar opens a UI that you can select the code used for the syntax highlighting. Its the icon that looks like <>. 

 local seadAsset = missionCommands.addCommand( 'SEAD' , requestAsset , request, {type = sead} ) 

The 3rd input for that function is the function to run. You had it as mist.respawnGroup, which can work, but not with what you sent to it. However you want it to run the request function. Which will then in turn run the mist function with the correct inputs. 

[Zachc12385]

	local function requestSEAD(vars)
	 if vars.type == SEAD then
		
		mist.respawnGroup('SEAD-1', true)
	end
		mist.respawnGroup('SEAD-2', true)
	end 
	 
	local function requestCAS(vars)
	 if vars.type == CAS then
		
		mist.respawnGroup('CAS-1', true)
	end
		mist.respawnGroup('CAS-2', true)
	end 
	 
	local function requestCAP(vars) 
	 if vars.type == CAP then

		mist.respawnInZone('CAP-1', 'BLUE')
    end
		mist.respawnInZone('CAP-2', 'BLUE')
	end 

	 
	local requestAsset = missionCommands.addSubMenu('Request Asset')
	local seadAsset = missionCommands.addCommand( 'SEAD' , requestAsset , requestSEAD, {type = SEAD} )  
	local seadAsset = missionCommands.addCommand( 'CAS' , requestAsset , requestCAS, {type = CAS} )  
	local seadAsset = missionCommands.addCommand( 'CAP' , requestAsset , requestCAP, {type = CAP} )
	 


	

I got the code to work now i just need to figure out how to add a message whenever a group spawns in. I also want to figure out how to do a while loop as well. thanks for your help its finally all starting to make sense. @Grimes any luck figuring out how to use witchcraft? i feel like it would help a ton. for some reason I cant get function whatever(vars) to work with flags or anything else for that matter

Edited January 22, 2024 by Zachc12385