How to: cancel or hide an objective if another objective is completed?

[Bikerdude]

Evening

 

Got a objectives, the first 2 are lethal objectives (3,4) and the second 2 (5,6) and non-leathal. What I would like to happen is -

• if the player completes either of the lethal objective its cancels both of the non-leathal.
  
• if the player completes either of the non-lethal objective its cancels both of the leathal.
  

Is there an easy way to do this in the objectives editor..?

[RJFerret]

Yes, via entities. An important part is for your objective numbers to not change, as which are switched are specified by number.

 

There are two entities to choose from: atdm:target_setobjective_state or atdm:target_setobjective_visibility.

 

The former lets you set an objective to incomplete, complete, failed, or invalid. The latter makes it disappear or appear in the list.

 

See the Objectives wiki entry for full details, but basically...

 

If by cancel you mean you want them to disappear from the list, use two atdm:target_set_objective_visibility entities in your map.

 

Have the objective completion target of 5 and 6 activate the one which is set to have 3 and 4 disappear ("obj_id1 3" and "obj_id2 4" with "object_visibility 0"), and have the completion target of 3 and 4 set to the one that makes 5 and 6 disappear.

 

Alternatively, if you want the others to remain on the list but get checked off as complete, then use two atdm:target_setobjective_state entities in a similar fashion.

 

The same "obj_id#" spawnarg is used to specify which objective is affected. In this case, "obj_state" is set to "1" for complete, other numbers for other conditions (see pop-up in DR).

 

So all you do is put in two entities, target them from your four objectives upon completion, one of the two entities affects your non-lethal objectives, the other affects the others, make sense?

[Bikerdude]

Yes, thanks mista.

[RJFerret]

Most welcome, let me know if any issues, I did all sorts of crazy objective control in my last mission.

[Bikerdude]

Hmm, might have to PM you to have a look then mista as its not working as intended.

[Bikerdude]

As RJ seems to be busy is there anyone else that can help me with this..?

[Bikerdude]

Bump..?

[RJFerret]

Sorry, long day, just got home, PM in your box, glad to help.

[Bikerdude]

ta.