{"name":"BIS_fnc_taskPatrol","operator":null,"title":"BIS fnc taskPatrol","type":"function","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_taskPatrol","revid":364486,"updated":"2024-05-16T20:41:57Z","groups":["Tasks"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Create a random patrol of several waypoints around a given position.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> In Arma 2, the Functions Module is required.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"[group, position, distance, blacklist] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"group","type":"Group","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"the group to patrol","types":["Group"],"since":null,"text":"group: Group - the group to patrol"},{"name":"position","type":"Position","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"the position on which to base the patrol","types":["Position"],"since":null,"text":"position: Position - the position on which to base the patrol"},{"name":"distance","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"maximum distance between waypoints in meters","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"distance: Number - maximum distance between waypoints in meters"},{"name":"blacklist","type":"Array","optional":true,"default":null,"description":"blacklist of areas","types":["Array"],"since":null,"text":"blacklist: Array - (optional) blacklist of areas"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":null,"text":"Boolean"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n[group _unit, getPos _unit, 1000] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;\n```","code":["[group _unit, getPos _unit, 1000] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["Functions Library","BIS_fnc_taskAttack","BIS_fnc_taskDefend"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 2: Functions","Arma 2: New Functions","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Functions","Arma 3: Functions","Function Group: Tasks","Functions","Introduced with Arma 2 version 1.00","Take On Helicopters: Functions"],"docblock":null,"filled_from_docblock":[]}