Slitherine

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

minVarlon=-10 
maxVarlon=10
varlon=math.random(minVarlon, maxVarlon)/10

-- 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);

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

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

--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); 

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ORIGINAL: BeirutDude

Also probably also created with the Build 11 BETA.

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Yes, it’s with the newest beta build. I always update to these and didn’t think about the fact that it could be an issue. So I guess this scenario will only work for those who also update to the this beta.