README.md

grad_civs_cba_statemachine

Some extensions to the CBA statemachine module. Probably nothing of interest unless you're a developer.

state stot wot?

worry not, here comes a friendly introduction:

CBA state machine for dummies

what are state machines

A state machine is a construct made of states and transitions between states. It can be visualized very easily as a directed graph with nodes (states) and edges (transitions). The state machine gets fed with a bunch of entities that inhabit the states. It periodically checks the states and moves the entities along the transitions from one state to the next.

how do they look like with CBA

Let's have a very simple example:

MY_CIV_LIST = ["C_Offroad_01_F" createVehicle position player];
_machine = [{MY_CIV_LIST}] call CBA_statemachine_fnc_create;
_state_init = [_machine, { diag_log "init"; }, { diag_log "onEnter_init" }, { diag_log "onExit_init" }] call grad_civs_cba_statemachine_fnc_addState;
_state_stuff = [_machine, {diag_log "wörk" }, {diag_log "onEnter_wörk"}, {}] call grad_civs_cba_statemachine_fnc_addState;
_transition = [_machine, _state_init, _state_stuff, {CBA_missionTime > 30}, {diag_log "changing state" }] call grad_civs_cba_statemachine_fnc_addTransition;

this will print something like this to RPT:

onEnter_init
init
# … (until CBA_missionTime > 30)
init
onExit_init
changing state
onEnter_wörk
wörk
wörk
# …