SetReferencePoint Issue

[CaptainStephanie]

coming from here, anyway, I'll post it again.

Hey, guys, I've been looking at the doc and find some issues:

1. when trying to rename a point, the attribute 'rename' is not working, but happen to find out 'newname' works, so probably need to update the doc.
2. after manually adding a rp on the map, its bearingtype is 'Fixed', but there's no relative unit, so this 'Fixed' might get people confused, different from the one in 'Fixed or Rotating'.
3. there are three effects that I couldn't achive from console with Lua, namely,

1. manually add a rp on the map, I want to make it relative to a unit, say 'Nimitz Carrier'

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ScenEdit_SetReferencePoint({side='blue',name='RP-101',relativeto='Nimitz Carrier', bearingtype=0})

is not working

• manually add a rp on the map, set it Fixed to Nimitz Carrier, now I want to make it Rotating to that Nimitz Carrier[vice versa, from Rotating to Fixed]

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ScenEdit_SetReferencePoint({side='blue',name='RP-101', bearingtype=1})

is not working

Oh, one more question,
4. what does 'bearing' and 'distance' do in this function? and when should I use those attributes. Does it merely provide a shortcut for setting lat and lon?

any reply is appreciated~

[blu3s]

1. when trying to rename a point, the attribute 'rename' is not working, but happen to find out 'newname' works, so probably need to update the doc.

True, this docs needs an update.

2. after manually adding a rp on the map, its bearingtype is 'Fixed', but there's no relative unit, so this 'Fixed' might get people confused, different from the one in 'Fixed or Rotating'.

I guess that all RP will need to have some kind of bearingtype, it shouldn't be a problem if you check the relativeto, to get the points that are associated to a unit.

3. there are three effects that I couldn't achive from console with Lua, namely,

1. manually add a rp on the map, I want to make it relative to a unit, say 'Nimitz Carrier'

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ScenEdit_SetReferencePoint({side='blue',name='RP-101',relativeto='Nimitz Carrier', bearingtype=0})

is not working

• manually add a rp on the map, set it Fixed to Nimitz Carrier, now I want to make it Rotating to that Nimitz Carrier[vice versa, from Rotating to Fixed]

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ScenEdit_SetReferencePoint({side='blue',name='RP-101', bearingtype=1})

is not working

Yes, SetReferencePoint is not working as intended, we'll hope Michael can have a look on this, I'll suggest you make a bug report on the Tech Support forum.

This shows the bug behavior of the method SetReferencePoint. If you remove the key relativeto there isn't a update on RP coordinates if you press start, the Reference Point comes back to when is first located.

Create a side named BLUE and execute:

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ScenEdit_AddUnit({type="Ship",guid="ship-guid-001", name="Unit 1", side='BLUE',dbid=135,latitude=0,longitude=1})
ScenEdit_AddUnit({type="Ship",guid="ship-guid-002", name="Unit 2", side='BLUE',dbid=135,latitude=0.5,longitude=1})
ScenEdit_AddReferencePoint( {side='BLUE', name='Point 1',bearing=270,distance=1, relativeto="ship-guid-001", bearingtype=1} )

ScenEdit_SetReferencePoint({side='BLUE', name='Point 1', relativeto="ship-guid-002",latitude=1,longitude=-1, bearingtype=1})
-- Alternative if you remove the relativeto, execute the update you can see how the reference points moves to the new position but when press start, the RP comes back to their first position.
-- ScenEdit_SetReferencePoint({side='BLUE', name='Point 1',latitude=1,longitude=-1, bearingtype=1})

Alternatively, you can use the AddReferencePoint method to create points referencing units. I suggest you using the GUID of the unit instead of the name.

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ScenEdit_AddReferencePoint( {side='BLUE', name='Point 1',latitude = 0, longitude=-1, relativeto="ship-guid-001", bearingtype=1} )

Oh, one more question,
4. what does 'bearing' and 'distance' do in this function? and when should I use those attributes. Does it merely provide a shortcut for setting lat and lon?

It is another way to enter the location of the reference points, instead of using latitude and longitude, you use the bearing and the distance (in nmi) to the reference unit.