How can I make the player lose the cops before the next part of the mission goes on?

Kieran_S

Hi, I am making a script and wondered how i can make it so when i have a wanted level the next blip will not show and a subtitle of "lose the cops" will stay at the bottom, therefore, making me lose the cops before going forward in the mission.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

mcal9909

exactly how you implement it would depend on the structure of your code.
But checking the wanted level is the basis.

If (Game.Player.WantedLevel != 0)
{
   // Player is wanted so display your subtitle.
}
else
{
   // Player is not wanted, so the mission can continue.
}

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 Thanks a load

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 Would it be possible for me to upload some code for you to guide me to where to put it as i have tried many differant ways but can not figure it out. i got it reading the "Lose the cops" at the bottom and then i lose them and it goes but the rest does not carry on after i lost them.

Thanks.

mcal9909

Discord would probably be the easiest way mcal9909#4168
Or upload it to pastebin / github or something and send me a link.

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 Here is a pastebin link of my code.

Processing.cs - https://pastebin.com/SQ7L007.
Mission.cs - https://pastebin.com/iV8Wdth.

Thanks.

mcal9909

Ok looking at your code, i think the easiest way is to add a new case for when the player is finished the mission but has a wanted level, enter this case after the robbery has happened. and leave it when the player is no longer wanted.

case MissionTask.LoseCops:
{
    If (Game.Player.WantedLevel != 0)
    {
       GTA.UI.Screen.ShowSubtitle("Lose the cops");
    }
    else
    {
       task = MissionTask.GoToSecretLocation;
    }
    break;
}

or add another MissionTask variable called something like previousTask, and then in the relevant MissionTasks check if the player is wanted. If so store the current task previousTask = task; and then set task = MissionTask.LoseCops; and break out of the current task, then at the end of LoseCops when the player is no longer wanted set task = previousTask; to carry on with the mission.

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 OK. Thank you a tonne for the help. I'll be sure to add that to my script.

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 I have put it into my code and i get the 'lose the cops' at the bottom but it also shows the waypoint. Is there something i have don wrong there? https://pastebin.com/P5ztiCE I implemented it like this.

mcal9909

not sure, do you mean destinationBlip? if so just hide it or delete it when set task = MissionTask.LoseCops; and unhide it / add it back in when you set task = MissionTask.GotoSecretLocation;

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 Not the destinationBlip. It is the getawayVehicle blip that is showing when it shouldn't.

Thanks.

mcal9909

void Processing_LoseCops()
    {
        if(getawayVehicle.AttachedBlip.Exists()) getawayVehicle.AttachedBlip.Delete();

        if(Game.Player.WantedLevel != 0)
        {
            GTA.UI.Screen.ShowSubtitle("Lose the cops");
        }
        else
        {
            task = MissionTask.GoToSecretLocation;
        }
    }

You are only removing the blip in Processing_GetBackIntoVehicle(), if the player is in the vehicle, but you are moving to LoseCops no matter the state. So you are moving to LoseCops before the blip gets a chance to be removed.

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 When i use that script here https://pastebin.com/zYmb4s5 i crashes saying there is an error on line 173. I checked but I can not see and issue, however, i am quite new to the coding.

Thanks.

mcal9909

@Kieran_S
Try

if(getawayVehicle.AttachedBlip != null && getawayVehicle.AttachedBlip.Exists()) getawayVehicle.AttachedBlip.Delete();

Or make sure the player enters the vehicle and you delete the blip before moving into LoseCops.

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 This works. Thank you for the help you gave. Just to ask 1 more thing if that is ok. Do you know why sometimes when i make a blip on the map it makes the one i want it to but then add thousands more standard red ones on top? It happened quite a few times but i moved things randomly and it seemed to work. I can't find anything online about it either. If you could let me know why this happens it would be great so I can avoid it from happening.

mcal9909

@Kieran_S sounds like the code for adding or creating the blip is running on concurrent frames. Always check if (blip == null && !blip.Exists()) to make sure the blip isnt already present before.

Kieran_S

@mcal9909 Nice one. Thanks a lot. You have been a massive help

Kieran_S

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