Vector can't get distance on class "Men"

[bux]

Arma3: 1.24 Mods: CBA_A3 1.8 rc3, AGM_dev, TaskForceRadio AGM_dev from: 2014-08-11T08:10:54.702Z Tested on: self hosted MP mission Zeus enabled: Yes Modules: No modules

Can't get a distance with the Vector on an AI unit: (Holding "Distance Key" till the circle appears, then releasing "Distance Key")

Rangefinder for comparison:

It works on vehicles:

[commy2]

Engine limitation.

[CorruptedHeart]

I have no idea if this would work and it's probably a terrible idea, maybe createVehicleLocal some object and "shoot it" along the path checking for EPEContactStart?

[nicolasbadano]

It could be feasable to find people near the vector line using a series of _pos nearObjects ["Man", _r] and check collition with the vector ray using some algebra. The vector distance reading takes some time, so we could spawn a thread that test collitions in a succesion of circles like this:

[commy2]

I guess the easiest solution would be scraping _fnc_getTargetDistance and ctrlTexting the RSC element that calculates the distance.

@esteldunedain I use Newton iteration with lineIntersect commands, so I don't think that would work well.

Here is the script: https://github.com/KoffeinFlummi/AGM/blob/master/AGM_Core/functions/fn_getTargetDistance.sqf

[commy2]

distance round parseNumber ctrlText ((uiNamespace getVariable ['AGM_dlgVectorOptics', displayNull]) displayCtrl 151)

azimuth round parseNumber ctrlText ((uiNamespace getVariable ['AGM_dlgVectorOptics', displayNull]) displayCtrl 156)

inclination round parseNumber ctrlText ((uiNamespace getVariable ['AGM_dlgVectorOptics', displayNull]) displayCtrl 182)

[commy2]

Yay for RSC magic.

[KoffeinFlummi]