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minVarlat=-15
 maxVarlat=15
 varlat=math.random(minVarlat, maxVarlat)/10
 
 minVarlon=-10 
 maxVarlon=10
 varlon=math.random(minVarlon, maxVarlon)/10

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 -- included in a startup script that runs before anything else--
 function gGetLatLonVariation(min1,max1,min2,max2)
  math.randomseed(os.clock() + os.time());
  local varlat = math.random(min1, max1)/10;
  local varlon = math.random(min2, max2)/10;
  return varlat,varlon;
 end
 --
 
 --replacement line in set reference point scripts. avoiding duplicate code.
 local varlat,varlon = gGetLatLonVariation(-15,15,-10,10)
 --print(varlat ..' , '.. varlon);

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if a==1 then
 --success
 ScenEdit_SpecialMessage('Allies','Mission success: the Special Forces team has destroyed the Hawaii OTH radar')
 if myunit ~= nil then 
 ScenEdit_DeleteUnit({side="Axis", guid='2QQSQX-0HM2T33SUEIOB'})
 end
 

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 local a=ScenEdit_GetScore("Allies") -- a corrected to local var.
 ScenEdit_SetScore('Allies',(a-100),'-100 Points')
 a=math.random(1,2)
 
 if a==1 then
 --success
   local myunit = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid='2QQSQX-0HM2T33SUEIOB'}) --get the unit first into a local var.
   if myunit ~= nil then  -- now check it.
     ScenEdit_DeleteUnit({guid=myunit.guid}); --remove unit then message after it succeeds.
     ScenEdit_SpecialMessage('Allies','Mission success: the Special Forces team has destroyed the Hawaii OTH radar')
   end
 else then
   --failure
   ScenEdit_SpecialMessage('Allies','Mission failure: the Special Forces team have been killed and/or captured and were not able to destroy the Hawaii OTH radar');
 end
 

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 --in global startup script--
 --preface function with local for one only available in the SA itself.
 
 function gSetUnitOutOfComms(unitguid,value) -- parameters string unitguid, bool value. 
  if ((unitguid ~='') and unitguid ~= nil) and ((value ~= nil) and type(value) == 'boolean') then
   local myunit = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid = unitguid});
   if myunit ~= nil then 
     print('original value: ' .. tostring(myunit.outOfComms)); --check current value
     if myunit.outOfComms ~= value then --only flip it if it needs flipping.
       ScenEdit_SetUnit( {guid=myunit.guid, OUTOFCOMMS=value} ); --engage out-of-comms
       print('new value: ' .. tostring(myunit.outOfComms)); --check updated value
     end 
   end
  else
   print('gSetUnitOutOfComms() error missing guid parameter or boolean value');
  end
 end
 -- end of function
 
 --How to use in the SA and\or other scripts to call\use above function 
 gSetUnitOutOfComms('2QQSQX-UNITGUIDHERE1',true); --this way all those if then's just become 1 line per unit.
 gSetUnitOutOfComms('2QQSQX-UNITGUIDHERE2',true); --as you can see this saves a ton of lines.
 --etc..
 gSetUnitOutOfComms('2QQSQX-UNITGUIDHEREX',false);