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Hey,

Does anyone have some suggestions to alternate a boolean result?
Currently I use something this:

minimap.clickCompass(random(2));

But I would like to alternate a true and false (camera north and south).
I suppose I could store it globally? But unsure how to do it without using 10+ lines.

Ended up using this:

       minimap.clickCompass(Compass);
    if Compass then
      Compass := false
    else
    compass := true; 

Well minimap.clickCompass() specifically is a procedure, so doesn't give you that capability.

But any routine that is a function which returns a boolean (such as minimap.isFlagPresent()) you could assign to the result of the function.

compass := minimap.isFlagPresent();

or even

if (minimap.isFlagPresent()) then

. It can be used exactly like any old boolean, since it returns one.

If you want to get really cool, I suppose you could modify .clickCompass() to return a boolean, but I'm not sure if that would be useful considering the nature of the routine.


***

More to the point of your question, you could use a case statement if you really wanted to randomize the angle, here's how I do it:

Declare these

const
  MM_DIRECTION_NORTHEAST = 45;
  MM_DIRECTION_SOUTHEAST = 135;
  MM_DIRECTION_SOUTHWEST = 225;
  MM_DIRECTION_NORTHWEST = 315;

and then call this

function TRSMinimap.randomAngle(return:boolean = false):boolean; //Turns to a random angle. Returns to original if "return" is true.
var
  a, b:extended;
begin
  writeDebug('Altering angle direction');
  a := self.getAngleDegrees();
  writeDebug('Angle is currently ' + toStr(a));

  case random(8) of
   0: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_NORTH);
   1: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_SOUTH);
   2: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_EAST);
   3: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_WEST);
   4: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_NORTHEAST);
   5: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_SOUTHEAST);
   6: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_NORTHWEST);
   7: self.setAngle(MM_DIRECTION_SOUTHWEST);
  end;

  b := self.getAngleDegrees();
  writeDebug('Angle was altered to ' + toStr(b));

  if (return) then
   begin
     writeDebug('Returning angle to ' + toStr(a));
     self.setAngle(a);
   end;
end;

***

But if you wanted to be really cool, you could dump .setAngle() and use .isAngle() which I find to be a tad more efficient.

function TRSMinimap.isAngle(deg:extended; turnTo:boolean = false):boolean; //Returns true if the current compass angle is within a few degrees of "deg"
var                                                                        //Will also turn to "deg" if turnTo is true.
  a:extended;
begin
  a := self.getAngleDegrees();

  result := inRange(round(a), (deg - 5), (deg + 5));
  writeDebug('isAngle(): angle is currently ' + toStr(a) + ', threshold was ' + toStr(deg) + ', returning ' + lowercase(toStr(result)) + '');

  if (not (result)) then
   if (turnTo) then
    begin
      writeDebug('isAngle(): altering angle to ' + toStr(deg));
      self.setAngle(deg);
    end;
end;

To alternate, you could do something like

var
  north: boolean;

procedure moveCompass();
begin
  minimap.clickCompass(north := not north);
end; 

Not even close to what I asked but thanks anyway.
Clickcompass() has the option to right click it and select south.
This way I can just alternate between north and south, and that is exactly what I needed.

From: lovebotter
Not even close to what I asked but thanks anyway.
Clickcompass() has the option to right click it and select south.
This way I can just alternate between north and south, and that is exactly what I needed.

To whom is the first line directed? I edited my original post, added a bit more information. Is it still irrelevant? :(

Glad you found out about .clickCompass()'s optional boolean lol, I must not have understood the question properly or I'd have suggested it

From: The Mayor
To alternate, you could do something like

var
  north: boolean;

procedure moveCompass();
begin
  minimap.clickCompass(north := not north);
end; 

Thanks! Quite a bit shorter then mine!
So it starts true or false on default? Or would I have to mention that?

From: KeepBotting
To whom is the first line directed? I edited my original post, added a bit more information. Is it still irrelevant? :(

Glad you found out about .clickCompass()'s optional boolean lol, I must not have understood the question properly or I'd have suggested it

Well the mayor's reply is exactly what I was looking for. Just didn't come up with the way to write it that short.

Yours is helpfull, but not needed for me :)

From: lovebotter
Well the mayor's reply is exactly what I was looking for. Just didn't come up with the way to write it that short.

Yours is helpfull, but not needed for me :)

Ah, I see. Sorry I couldn't be of more help :p it's really early..

From: lovebotter
Thanks! Quite a bit shorter then mine!
So it starts true or false on default? Or would I have to mention that?

Well the boolean is uninitialized and defaults to false, so to start with north, you could go:

var
  north: boolean := true;

From: The Mayor
Well the boolean is uninitialized and defaults to false, so to start with north, you could go:

var
  north: boolean := true;

Was just wondering if I actually had to set it true/false first before using it :)
Thanks!

@keepbotting,
I usually use camera.setangle(random(360)),
But that usually makes camera spin rather retarded, like it tries to find the exact degree.

But for my current script (combat) just having it alternate north/south works perfectly.