[QUESTION] Couple Scripting Questions

[F13MTA]

I was wondering if anyone knew how to make items spawn randomly at differenct coordinates I supply. (IE: I want there to be 4 possible items spawn at 123.1, 123.1, 123.1)

 

Also.. if I have 10 people in one dimension, how can I select one of the 10, and set them to their own team. I know how to set them to the team and all, but selecting one person at random.

 

If you know of any resources on the community or anything I can use for reference or use, it'd be much appreciated <3

[Forthwind]

1. You can either make a table such as: 

myTable = {

[1] = [itemID, x, y, z),

[2] = [itemID, x, y, z),

--etc

}

function spawnObject()

number = math.random(1, 2) -- First item and last item in table

createObject(myTable[number][1], myTable[number][2], myTable[number][3], myTable[number][4]) 

end -- add some edits to make it loop whatever times you want it to loop, to spawn said items

 

or, if you're working on a flat surface where z is always the same you can do:

createObject(itemID, math.random(x first side, x other side), math.random(y first side, y other side), z)

Althrough I would recommend using the first method as you got full control.

 

2. Haven't really had any experience with this but I'm suggesting you to read the wiki about getElementsByType.

 

Edited March 13, 2018 by Forthwind