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How can I find out if one of my group members isn't present?

This is what I have so far, but it's untested and I doubt it's going to do what I want:

Rich (BB code): 
	/if (${Ini[GTFO.ini,settings,groupsize]<[${Group}]})
	  {
	  	/echo looks like we've lost a buddy!
	        /call exit
		/return
	  }

Ideally I'd know if everyone is within a certain radius, and if it all checks out, continue the macro.


edit: new solution here

http://www.redguides.com/community/showthread.php/39333-AnyoneMissing
 
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If it's just checking for distance, you could loop through the group, and if one's distance exceeds your radius, quit.

Rich (BB code): 
/declare g int local
/for g 1 to ${Me.GroupSize}
  /if (${Spawn[${Group.Member[${g}]}].Distance} > ${MaxDistanceVariable}) {
    /echo Someone's out of range
    /call exit
    /return
  }
/next g

Is this sort of what you're thinking? Or do you need to check for LD, out of zone, etc as well?
 
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The loop is there to check each group member one at a time. I don't think there's an easier way of accessing the Spawn class for each group member than by checking each by index, but maybe there is?

Updated Code:
Rich (BB code): 
/declare g int local
| Do this once for each group member
| Group.Member[0] is me, so loop through members 1 - (GroupSize-1)
/for g 1 to ${Me.GroupSize}-1
  | Declare a temporary variable of type spawn that represents the current group member being checked
  /declare temp spawn local
  /vardata temp Spawn[${Group.Member[${g}]}]

  | If the spawn is null, the group member is not in zone - check logic/syntax, not sure on this one
  /if (${temp}==NULL) {
    /echo ${Group.Member[${g}]} is not in zone
    /call exit
    /return
  }

  | If the spawn is a certain distance away from this character
  /if (${temp}.Distance} > ${MaxDistanceVariable}) {
    /echo ${temp} is out of range
    /call exit
    /return
  }

  | If the spawn is linkdead
  /if (${temp}.Linkdead) {
    /echo ${temp} has gone linkdead
    /call exit
    /return
  }
  | Clean up local variable
  /deletevar temp
/next g
| Clean up local variable
/deletevar g

Edit: A couple edits to the code.
 
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Looks good, but we hit a snag: Group.Member doesn't tell you if they're in the zone or not, it always returns the character name.

I'm not even sure if it's possible for MQ2 to tell us if a group member is in the zone.
 
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Redbot said:
Looks good, but we hit a snag: Group.Member doesn't tell you if they're in the zone or not, it always returns the character name.

I'm not even sure if it's possible for MQ2 to tell us if a group member is in the zone.
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Hmm, my thinking was to get the group member as a spawn type by setting ${temp} to Spawn[GroupMemberName]. If ${temp} is null, that would indicate that the group member is not in zone or offline.

Edit:
Try changing that statement to
Rich (BB code): 
| If in zone, ID is the group member's ID. If out of zone, ID is null, and the statement gets executed
/if (!${Spawn[${Group.Member[${g}]}].ID}) {
    /echo ${Group.Member[${g}]} is not in zone
    /call exit
    /return
  }

Edit:
There may be some issues with the ${temp} variable, I haven't written macros much, and don't have experience with them. Assuming ${temp} is a spawn type, would distance be ${temp.Distance} or ${temp}.Distance or ${${temp}.distance}? Not knowing myself, I would try all and see what works.
 
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You did it! Thank you so much Max.

The only issue that came up was a weird one: ${Group.Member[$0]} starts at zero, and ${Me.GroupSize} starts at 1, leaving "6" as a disagreement between the two.

Here's the finished zone check, tested as working:

Rich (BB code): 
	| Is everyone in the zone? - thanks Maxranor

	/declare g int local
	/declare gsize int local
	/varcalc gsize ${Me.GroupSize} -1

	| Do this once for each group member
	/for g 1 to ${gsize}
        | If the spawn is null, the group member is not in zone - check logic/syntax, not sure on this one
	/if (!${Spawn[${Group.Member[${g}]}].ID}) {
		/echo ${Group.Member[${g}]} is not in zone
		/call exit
		/return
        }
	/next g

	| Clean up local variables
	/deletevar g
	/deletevar gsize

	| end groupcheck
 
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Nice, glad it's working! I noticed the 0 index thing for Group.Member a little late and edited one of my earlier posts, glad you caught it. Looking at the TLO's, you could get rid of ${gsize}, and instead use ${Group.Members}, which returns the count of other people in group.
 
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