Example Code: Random Area Distribution - Revision history

Lou Montana: Fix examples

2026-03-05T16:55:15Z

Fix examples

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	private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; // private definitions		private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; // private definitions
	_center = getPosATL player; // disc center definition		_center = getPosATL player; // disc center definition
	~~private~~ _radius = 50; // radius definition		_radius = 50; // radius definition

	// random radius		// random radius
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	private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; // private definitions		private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; // private definitions
	_center = getPos player; // disc center definition - getPosASL can be used in Armed Assault		_center = getPos player; // disc center definition - getPosASL can be used in Armed Assault
	~~private~~ _radius = 50; // radius definition		_radius = 50; // radius definition

	// random radius		// random radius

Lou Montana: Fix article authorship

2025-09-30T13:07:07Z

Fix article authorship

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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	[[File:ExampleCode RandomDiscDistribution.png\|thumb\|From left to right:<ol><li>random radius<li>random position in a circle<li>Gaussian normal distribution</ol>]]		[[File:ExampleCode RandomDiscDistribution.png\|thumb\|From left to right:<ol><li>random radius<li>random position in a circle<li>Gaussian normal distribution</ol>]]
	Originally from [[User:Commy2\|Commy2~~]]'s {{Link\|https://armaworld.de/index.php?thread/3796-zuf%C3%A4llige-position-erzeugen/\|forum post}}, also fully translated on [[User:Dedmen\|Dedmen~~]]'s {{Link\|https://sqf.ovh/sqf%20math/2018/05/05/generate-a-random-position.html\|sqf.ovh post}}.		Originally from [[User:Commy2\|Commy2]]'s {{Link\|https://sqf.ovh/sqf%20math/2018/05/05/generate-a-random-position.html\|sqf.ovh post}}.

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	{{ArgTitle\|2\|{{ofp}}\|{{GVI\|ofp\|1.00}}}}		{{ArgTitle\|2\|{{ofp}}\|{{GVI\|ofp\|1.00}}}}
	{{Feature \| ~~Informative~~ \| This is an [[SQS Syntax]] example.}}		{{Feature\|informative\|This is an [[SQS Syntax]] example.}}

	<sqs>		<sqs>

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	[[File:ExampleCode RandomDiscDistribution.png\|thumb\|From left to right:<ol><li>random radius<li>random position in a circle<li>Gaussian normal distribution</ol>]]		[[File:ExampleCode RandomDiscDistribution.png\|thumb\|From left to right:<ol><li>random radius<li>random position in a circle<li>Gaussian normal distribution</ol>]]
	Originally from [[User:Commy2\|Commy2]]'s [https://armaworld.de/index.php?thread/3796-zuf%C3%A4llige-position-erzeugen/ forum post], also fully translated on [[User:Dedmen\|Dedmen]]'s [https://sqf.ovh/sqf%20math/2018/05/05/generate-a-random-position.html sqf.ovh post].		Originally from [[User:Commy2\|Commy2]]'s {{Link\|https://armaworld.de/index.php?thread/3796-zuf%C3%A4llige-position-erzeugen/\|forum post}}, also fully translated on [[User:Dedmen\|Dedmen]]'s {{Link\|https://sqf.ovh/sqf%20math/2018/05/05/generate-a-random-position.html\|sqf.ovh post}}.

Lou Montana: Fix

2022-07-25T16:04:56Z

Fix

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	{{Feature \| Informative \|		{{Feature \| Informative \|
	* <sqf inline>_object getPos [_distance, _direction]</sqf> has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}		* <sqf inline>_object getPos [_distance, _direction]</sqf> has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
	* Gaussian <sqf inline>random [~~min~~, ~~mid~~, ~~max~~]</sqf> has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}		* Gaussian <sqf inline>random [_min, _mid, _max]</sqf> has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
	}}		}}

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2022-07-25T16:04:41Z

Some wiki formatting

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	{{Feature \| Informative \|		{{Feature \| Informative \|
	* ~~{{ic\|object [[~~getPos]] [~~distance~~, ~~direction~~]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}		* <sqf inline>_object getPos [_distance, _direction]</sqf> has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
	* Gaussian ~~{{ic\|[[~~random]] [min, mid, max]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}		* Gaussian <sqf inline>random [min, mid, max]</sqf> has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
	}}		}}

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2022-07-13T22:04:51Z

Some wiki formatting

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	{{Feature \| Informative \| This is an [[SQS Syntax]] example.}}		{{Feature \| Informative \| This is an [[SQS Syntax]] example.}}

	[[private]] ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"] ~~{{cc\|private definitions}}~~		<sqs>
	_center = [[getPos~~]] [[~~player~~]] {{cc\|~~disc center definition}}		; private definitions
	_radius = 50 ~~{{cc\|~~radius definition}}		private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]
			_center = getPos player; "disc center definition"
	~~{{cc\|~~random radius}}		_radius = 50; "radius definition"
	_angle = [[random]] 360
	_distance = [[random]] _radius		; random radius
	_offset = ~~[<nowiki/>[~~[sin]] _angle * _distance, [[cos]] _angle * _distance]		_angle = random 360
	_position = [(_center [[select]] 0) + (_offset [[select]] 0), (_center [[select]] 1) + (_offset [[select]] 1)]		_distance = random _radius
			_offset = [sin _angle * _distance, cos _angle * _distance]
	~~{{cc\|~~random position}}		_position = [(_center select 0) + (_offset select 0), (_center select 1) + (_offset select 1)]
	_angle = [[random]] 360
	_distance = _radius * [[sqrt~~]] [[~~random]] 1		; random position
	_offset = ~~[<nowiki/>[~~[sin]] _angle * _distance, [[cos]] _angle * _distance, 0]		_angle = random 360
	_position = [(_center [[select]] 0) + (_offset [[select]] 0), (_center [[select]] 1) + (_offset [[select]] 1)]		_distance = _radius * sqrt random 1
			_offset = [sin _angle * _distance, cos _angle * _distance, 0]
			_position = [(_center select 0) + (_offset select 0), (_center select 1) + (_offset select 1)]
			</sqs>


	[[Category: Example Code]]		[[Category: Example Code]]

Lou Montana: Some wiki formatting

2022-04-02T17:45:21Z

Some wiki formatting

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	}}		}}

	[[private]] _center = [[getPosATL~~]] [[~~player]]; ~~{{cc\|~~disc center definition}}		<sqf>
	[[private]] _radius = 50; ~~{{cc\|~~radius definition}}		private _center = getPosATL player; // disc center definition
			private _radius = 50; // radius definition
	~~{{cc\|~~random radius}}
	[[private]] _angle = [[random]] 360; ~~{{cc\|~~angle definition (0..360)}}		// random radius
	[[private]] _distance = [[random]] _radius; ~~{{cc\|~~distance from the center definition (0..radius)}}		private _angle = random 360; // angle definition (0..360)
	[[private]] _position = _center [[getPos]] [_distance, _angle];		private _distance = random _radius; // distance from the center definition (0..radius)
			private _position = _center getPos [_distance, _angle];
	~~{{cc\|~~random position}}
	[[private]] _angle = [[random]] 360; ~~{{cc\|~~angle definition (0..360)}}		// random position
	[[private]] _randomSquareRoot = [[sqrt~~]] [[~~random]] 1; ~~{{cc\|~~random square-root to obtain a non-linear 0..1 value}}		private _angle = random 360; // angle definition (0..360)
	[[private]] _distance = _radius * _randomSquareRoot; ~~{{cc\|~~distance from the center definition (0..radius)}}		private _randomSquareRoot = sqrt random 1; // random square-root to obtain a non-linear 0..1 value
	[[private]] _position = _center [[getPos]] [_distance, _angle];		private _distance = _radius * _randomSquareRoot; // distance from the center definition (0..radius)
			private _position = _center getPos [_distance, _angle];
	~~{{cc\|~~Gaussian normal distribution}}
	[[private]] _angleHalf = [[random]] 180;		// Gaussian normal distribution
	[[private]] _randomGauss = [[random]] [-1, 0, 1];		private _angleHalf = random 180;
	[[private]] _distance = _radius * _randomGauss;		private _randomGauss = random [-1, 0, 1];
	[[private]] _position = _center [[getPos]] [_distance, _angleHalf];		private _distance = _radius * _randomGauss;
			private _position = _center getPos [_distance, _angleHalf];
			</sqf>


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	[[private]] ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; ~~{{cc\|~~private definitions}}		<sqf>
	_center = [[getPosATL~~]] [[~~player]]; ~~{{cc\|~~disc center definition}}		private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; // private definitions
	[[private]] _radius = 50; ~~{{cc\|~~radius definition}}		_center = getPosATL player; // disc center definition
			private _radius = 50; // radius definition
	~~{{cc\|~~random radius}}
	_angle = [[random]] 360;		// random radius
	_distance = [[random]] _radius;		_angle = random 360;
	_offset = ~~[<nowiki/>[~~[sin]] _angle * _distance, [[cos]] _angle * _distance, 0];		_distance = random _radius;
	_position = [_center, _offset] [[call~~]] [[~~BIS_fnc_vectorAdd]];		_offset = [sin _angle * _distance, cos _angle * _distance, 0];
			_position = [_center, _offset] call BIS_fnc_vectorAdd;
	~~{{cc\|~~random position}}
	_angle = [[random]] 360;		// random position
	_distance = _radius * [[sqrt~~]] [[~~random]] 1;		_angle = random 360;
	_offset = ~~[<nowiki/>[~~[sin]] _angle * _distance, [[cos]] _angle * _distance, 0];		_distance = _radius * sqrt random 1;
	_position = [_center, _offset] [[call~~]] [[~~BIS_fnc_vectorAdd]];		_offset = [sin _angle * _distance, cos _angle * _distance, 0];
			_position = [_center, _offset] call BIS_fnc_vectorAdd;
			</sqf>


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	}}		}}

	[[private]] ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; ~~{{cc\|~~private definitions}}		<sqf>
	_center = [[getPos~~]] [[~~player]]; ~~{{cc\|~~disc center definition - [[getPosASL]] can be used in ~~{{arma1}}}}~~		private ["_center", "_radius", "_angle", "_distance", "_offset", "_position"]; // private definitions
	[[private]] _radius = 50; ~~{{cc\|~~radius definition}}		_center = getPos player; // disc center definition - getPosASL can be used in Armed Assault
			private _radius = 50; // radius definition
	~~{{cc\|~~random radius}}
	_angle = [[random]] 360;		// random radius
	_distance = [[random]] _radius;		_angle = random 360;
	_offset = ~~[<nowiki/>[~~[sin]] _angle * _distance, [[cos]] _angle * _distance];		_distance = random _radius;
	_position = [(_center [[select]] 0) + (_offset [[select]] 0), (_center [[select]] 1) + (_offset [[select]] 1)];		_offset = [sin _angle * _distance, cos _angle * _distance];
			_position = [(_center select 0) + (_offset select 0), (_center select 1) + (_offset select 1)];
	~~{{cc\|~~random position}}
	_angle = [[random]] 360;		// random position
	_distance = _radius * [[sqrt~~]] [[~~random]] 1;		_angle = random 360;
	_offset = ~~[<nowiki/>[~~[sin]] _angle * _distance, [[cos]] _angle * _distance, 0];		_distance = _radius * sqrt random 1;
	_position = [(_center [[select]] 0) + (_offset [[select]] 0), (_center [[select]] 1) + (_offset [[select]] 1)];		_offset = [sin _angle * _distance, cos _angle * _distance, 0];
			_position = [(_center select 0) + (_offset select 0), (_center select 1) + (_offset select 1)];
			</sqf>

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	{{ArgTitle\|{{arma3}}\|2\|{{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}}}		{{ArgTitle\|2\|{{arma3}}\|{{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}}}
	{{Feature \| Informative \|		{{Feature \| Informative \|
	* {{ic\|object [[getPos]] [distance, direction]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}		* {{ic\|object [[getPos]] [distance, direction]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
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	{{Feature \| Informative \|		{{Feature \| Informative \|
	* [[getPosATL]] has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma2\|1.03}}		* [[getPosATL]] has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma2\|1.03}}
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	{{Feature \| Informative \|		{{Feature \| Informative \|
	* [[getPosASL]] has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma1\|1.00}}		* [[getPosASL]] has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma1\|1.00}}
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	{{ArgTitle\|{{ofp}}\|2\|{{GVI\|ofp\|1.00}}}}		{{ArgTitle\|2\|{{ofp}}\|{{GVI\|ofp\|1.00}}}}
	{{Feature \| Informative \| This is an [[SQS Syntax]] example.}}		{{Feature \| Informative \| This is an [[SQS Syntax]] example.}}

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	{{Feature \| Informative \|		{{Feature \| Informative \|
	* {{ic\|object [[getPos]] [distance, direction]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.55}}		* {{ic\|object [[getPos]] [distance, direction]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
	* Gaussian {{ic\|[[random]] [min, mid, max]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.55}}		* Gaussian {{ic\|[[random]] [min, mid, max]}} has been introduced in {{GVI\|arma3\|1.56}}
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Example Code: Random Area Distribution - Revision history

Lou Montana: Fix examples

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