LUA scripting radio commands (F10)

Does anyone have any examples that they can share where, in a lua script, you add/remove commands from the f10 radio?

Just happened to have tested for 1.2.3 and it was still sitting there in notepad++ so ...

ADD:-

trigger.action.addOtherCommandForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, 'Request SAR cover', 40)

REMOVE:-

trigger.action.removeOtherMenuItemForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, 'Request SAR cover')

Is there some option that does not use triggers? Something that might call a lua function instead?

I saw this one on the scripting wiki but I can't figure out how I might create a CommandFunction

Path missionCommands.addCommand(string name, Path or nil path, CommandFunction сommandFunction, any argument)

More info: I am working on a script that can be plugged into a mission and generate dynamic downed pilots that can be rescued by SAR units. It doesn't use triggers but periodic LOS calculations to determine when to initiate events. I am working on how I can, as I have seen missions with triggers do, have a recovery team spawn or have the pilot move to the SAR unit.

Before I get more complicated with my code, I'd like to see if I can trigger a couple of these 'behaviours' from the radio list.

The code Druid posted is Lua-script without using triggers. I guess what you mean is without using flags. Without having tested it first I think you could just do something like this:

missionCommands.addCommand(
        "My radioitem #1", 
        nil, 
        function (My_Argument)
           ... code goes here ...
        end,
        My_Argument)

Holy wow! It is _that_ easy! I was expecting some work to cast a function as a CommandFunction - I must be over thinking it :-)

function PilotDown.radioCommand (test_text)
msg.text = PilotDown::radioCommand (): " ..  test_text
msg.displayTime = duration
msg.msgFor = {coa = {coalition}}
mist.message.add (msg)
mist.debug.dump_G ("PilotDown-main-radio_command-dump_G.log")
end

[...]

PilotDown.tmp_data = missionCommands.addCommand ("SAR Test and Debug", nil, PilotDown.radioCommand, "Test and Debug")

path_data was a table that looked like this in the mist dump:

["PilotDown"]["tmp_data"] = table: 0000000021EE2860         {
       ["PilotDown"]["tmp_data"][1] = "SAR Test and Debug",
       },

Sure enough, under the comms F10 menu my SAR Test and Debug option was there and selecting it triggered the message and the mist dump.

Easy. :-)

Now I have to figure out my coalition stuff to only get those messages to show for the correct side.

Is it going to be that simple to add options under the "SAR Test and Debug" comm menu by passing the tmp_data table to subsequent addCommand calls in the path parameter? Can I just pass nil for the command and argument in that case or do I have to have an 'empty' command (a command that does nothing)? Can I even add commands under the SAR Test and Debug command (like a tree)?

Now I have to figure out my coalition stuff to only get those messages to show for the correct side.

Replace missionCommands.addCommand with missionCommands.addCommandForCoalition :smilewink:

Is it going to be that simple to add options under the "SAR Test and Debug" comm menu by passing the tmp_data table to subsequent addCommand calls in the path parameter? Can I just pass nil for the command and argument in that case or do I have to have an 'empty' command (a command that does nothing)? Can I even add commands under the SAR Test and Debug command (like a tree)?

From what I can see: YES! :P

Hello everybody,

Just a question: I need to get the unit name of the human who executed the F10 missionCommands:

• I can attach the whole F10 menu to each new human when spawing with missionCommands.addCommandForGroup() with groupId as an input parameter to the function executed.
  
• I would like to do missionCommands.addCommandForCoalition() once , but how to fetch the name of the unit ? Not possible ?
  

Thank you

Curious if anyone has been able to nest an addCommand within a submenu. I can't figure out what needs to be used for "path" to get the addCommand menu item into the desired submenu. Any luck?

Yes it works:

local MiscPath = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Misc",nil)
   missionCommands.addCommand("Assign menu to all clients", MiscPath, assignF10MenuToClients, nil)
   missionCommands.addCommand("Print client forces",        MiscPath, printForces,            nil)

Path = nil when it is main menu

Can be a parent path to become a submenu.

Works perfect, thanks galevsky06.

Works perfect, thanks galevsky06.

You are welcom' :)

Just happened to have tested for 1.2.3 and it was still sitting there in notepad++ so ...

 

ADD:-

trigger.action.addOtherCommandForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, 'Request SAR cover', 40)

REMOVE:-

trigger.action.removeOtherMenuItemForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, 'Request SAR cover')

Any plans to fix this command? Can't seem to get it working as described.

Any plans to fix this command? Can't seem to get it working as described.

If the update hasn't broken it I believe it has been working for a while. Check out my scripts here http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=107303 or better here http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1756962&postcount=20

Yes it works. I had another bug ;) . Fixed now :)

hello fellas, i have this problem.

I add this.

local _path1 = missionCommands.addSubMenuForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE,"Ground units", nil)

local _path2 = missionCommands.addSubMenuForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE,"All groups", _path1)

local _path3 = missionCommands.addSubMenuForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE,"CAS Support", nil)

local _path4 = missionCommands.addSubMenuForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE,"CAS1", _path3)

missionCommands.addCommandForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, "Mark enemy troops with blue smoke",_path2, function ()reconmarkerblue()end, nil)

missionCommands.addCommandForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE, "Report enemy situation",_path2, function ()reconadviseblue()end, nil)

[code/]

and in the middle of the game I add also this in the _path4

[code]

missionCommands.addCommandForCoalition(coalition.side.BLUE,targetgrouppos, [b]_path4,[/b] function ()CASattack()end, nil)

[code/]

what happen is... instead of show in _path4 as ordered it goes to the main root of F10... it works, but not in the place it should.... I getting crazy here!!!

You've declared _path4 local. Is it still in scope when trying to add the command to the menu? Is it in a file or just using the DO SCRIPT action in the mission editor? Not sure if local variables remain in scope if using the DO SCRIPT in the editor.

Nice work digging up a 2-3 year old post too :P

I am asking many things!... I try to keep the forum clean!

And thanks for the answer! It make sense, i declare path4 ina function called at the beggining and the function is closed when I called the nrw one. i am in "starting to create lua things fever" mode!.

I use LUA to build a nested menu, but am trying to figure out how to remove a command. Example snippet below from a section of the menu you'll see after clicking "AI Hornets" in the main menu. After issuing the "Start Up" command for either of the Hornets below, how can I remove the command from the list and leave the CAP and RTB where they are? I can't find the function. Thanks!

[color=#d4d4d4][font=Consolas][color=Black]local AIHornetMenu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("AI Hornets", nil)
   local AIHornet5Menu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Hornet 5 (CAP)", AIHornetMenu)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Start Up", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 1) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Fly CAP", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 17) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("RTB", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 10) end, nil)
   local AIHornet6Menu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Hornet 6 (SEAD)", AIHornetMenu)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Start Up", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 1) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Fly SEAD", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 17) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("RTB", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 10) end, nil)
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I use LUA to build a nested menu, but am trying to figure out how to remove a command. Example snippet below from a section of the menu you'll see after clicking "AI Hornets" in the main menu. After issuing the "Start Up" command for either of the Hornets below, how can I remove the command from the list and leave the CAP and RTB where they are? I can't find the function. Thanks!

 

[color=#d4d4d4][font=Consolas][color=Black]local AIHornetMenu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("AI Hornets", nil)
   local AIHornet5Menu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Hornet 5 (CAP)", AIHornetMenu)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Start Up", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 1) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Fly CAP", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 17) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("RTB", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 10) end, nil)
   local AIHornet6Menu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Hornet 6 (SEAD)", AIHornetMenu)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Start Up", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 1) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("Fly SEAD", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 17) end, nil)
              missionCommands.addCommand("RTB", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 10) end, nil)
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I think this is what you're looking for:

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_func_removeItem

Also, take a look at this:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2954080&postcount=4

From what I understood, you need to include the commands in a table (assigning them custom indices), then reference these custom indices when you want to remove the commands they are associated with.

Here, I've modified your snippet, this should do it:

I think this is what you're looking for:

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_func_removeItem

 

Also, take a look at this:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2954080&postcount=4

 

 

From what I understood, you need to include the commands in a table (assigning them custom indices), then reference these custom indices when you want to remove the commands they are associated with.

 

 

Here, I've modified your snippet, this should do it:

 

 

local AIHornetMenu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("AI Hornets", nil)

 

local AIHornet5Submenu = {}

 

local AIHornet5Menu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Hornet 5 (CAP)", AIHornetMenu)

 

AIHornet5Submenu['Start Up'] = missionCommands.addCommand("Start Up", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 1) missionCommands.removeItem(AIHornet5Submenu['Start Up']) end, nil)

 

AIHornet5Submenu['Fly CAP'] = missionCommands.addCommand("Fly CAP", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 17) end, nil) -- Should be removed when the group dies, so it has a custom index

 

AIHornet5Submenu['RTB'] = missionCommands.addCommand("RTB", AIHornet5Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(9, 10) end, nil) -- Should be removed when the group dies / lands, so it has a custom index

 

 

local AIHornet6Submenu = {}

 

local AIHornet6Menu = missionCommands.addSubMenu("Hornet 6 (SEAD)", AIHornetMenu)

 

AIHornet6Submenu['Start Up'] = missionCommands.addCommand("Start Up", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 1) missionCommands.removeItem(AIHornet6Submenu['Start Up']) end, nil)

 

AIHornet6Submenu['Fly SEAD'] = missionCommands.addCommand("Fly SEAD", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 17) end, nil) -- Should be removed when the group dies, so it has a custom index

 

AIHornet6Submenu['RTB'] = missionCommands.addCommand("RTB", AIHornet6Menu, function() trigger.action.setUserFlag(10, 10) end, nil) -- Should be removed when the group dies / lands, so it has a custom index

 

Thanks! I haven’t tested it yet but will when I get home later. I appreciate it!

It works! Thanks so much!