arma3_scripting

[cedar cape]

alr

[little raptor]

it might break subsequent waypoints for that group

[cedar cape]

oh

im tryna have it so it flys to a waypoint and then rappels the player

but im activating the rappel script using a trigger

and the ai keeps flying not exactly on the waypoint so the trigger doesent activate

[little raptor]

well try that script for now and see how it works

[cedar cape]

alr

do i put it in on activation

oh no

it gave me an error

[little raptor]

fixed

[cedar cape]

alr

alr

it doesent really work

heli just spins around that area

[little raptor]

well vanilla pilots are terrible and they can't correctly fly exactly to a position

[cedar cape]

is there a mod that changes it

makes the pilots better

[little raptor]

not really

[cedar cape]

sad

[little raptor]

why not use unit capture?

[cedar cape]

whats that

[little raptor]

you fly the heli yourself and capture its movement

[cedar cape]

wait thats a thing???

how do i do this

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_UnitCapture

[cedar cape]

ok so

how do i start doing it

the wiki is confusing

[hearty quiver]

When this question is solved, I have one more myself

[little raptor]

what part of it is confusing? you just use the command and put the variables you need:

[unit, duration, FPS, firing, startTime] spawn BIS_fnc_unitCapture
``` it even has an example
```sqf
[BIS_Vehicle, 50, 30, true, 10] spawn BIS_fnc_unitCapture;

then it starts recording

[cedar cape]

what are the numbers

[little raptor]

you don't have to wait, just ask

[cedar cape]

is that the length it records for

[cedar cape]

dont wait my question might take a while as im a smooth brain and understand none of this XD

[cedar cape]

ah

what does startTime do

is that the time it starts at or something

[little raptor]

it's like a counter before it starts recording after you've run the command

[cedar cape]

can i set it to record when i do something

nvm

alr

will it say when its recording

or not

[little raptor]

just use

[blackHawk, 50, 50] spawn BIS_fnc_unitCapture

and start flying

increase the first 50 if your flight time is longer

[cedar cape]

can i set it higer than 50 and then stop it

because idk how long it will take

[little raptor]

yes

using Esc

[cedar cape]

how do i stop recording

ok

[little raptor]

just set it to 1000

[cedar cape]

alr

so

where do i put that code

[little raptor]

[blackHawk, 1000, 50] spawn BIS_fnc_unitCapture

[cedar cape]

is it in a trigger or something

[little raptor]

debug console

[cedar cape]

alr

so

[little raptor]

that's for recording not playback

[cedar cape]

how do i play back

[little raptor]

once you hit Esc it copies the stuff to clipboard

paste the data to a file

[cedar cape]

yep

what do i do with the data

in the file

[little raptor]

for now just do the recording

[cedar cape]

alr

sorry if i sound really stupid lol

ive never done this before

[hearty quiver]

My second question is how to add actions/code to a spawned vehicle. I'm specifically looking to add an ACRE rack, the ability to change the waypoint (and associated loiter) and the ability to despawn the aircraft and teleport the player back to a specific spot

this addAction ["Create Covey",
{
_Covey = createvehicle ["uns_ov10_usaf", getMarkerPos "AO", [], 0, "FLY"];

_Pilot = [[0,0,0], WEST, ["vn_b_men_aircrew_25"],[],[],[],[],[],232] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
((units _Pilot) select 0) moveInDriver _Covey;
player moveInGunner _Covey;

_wpCovey = _Pilot addWaypoint [getmarkerPos "AO", 800];
_wpCovey setWaypointType "LOITER";
_wpCovey setWaypointLoiterRadius 200;
_wpCovey setWaypointLoiterType "CIRCLE_L";
_Pilot setBehaviour "CARELESS";
}];

[cedar cape]

is it possible to disable the init.sqf

the intro sequence still hapens

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_unitPlay

[blackhawk, parseSimpleArray loadFile "data.txt"] spawn BIS_fnc_unitPlay 

[little raptor]

just put this in it:

if (true) exitWith {};

on first line

[cedar cape]

what does that do

[little raptor]

skips it

[cedar cape]

ah

and then i remove when im ready correct?

[little raptor]

ye

[cedar cape]

wait

i have a problem

with capture

i want it so the heli waits until player gets in

then takes off

if im controlling the pilot

[little raptor]

you can do that with unit play

just do the capture

[cedar cape]

so like

ok

[little raptor]

get in the heli

start unit capture

[cedar cape]

ok

[little raptor]

start the engine and fly
once you're done hit Esc

[cedar cape]

is that 50 seconds until recording starts

[little raptor]

no

that's FPS

[cedar cape]

or does it start as soon as i excute it

ah

so it starts as soon as i execute the command

[little raptor]

yes

[little raptor]

just use another addAction

also next time post your codes with syntax highlighting

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

```sqf
// your code here
hint "good!";
```
↓

// your code here
hint "good!";

[hearty quiver]

Oh, my apologies

[little raptor]

this addAction ["Create Covey",
{
_Covey = createvehicle ["uns_ov10_usaf", getMarkerPos "AO", [], 0, "FLY"];
_Covey addAction ["My action", ...];

_Pilot = [[0,0,0], WEST, ["vn_b_men_aircrew_25"],[],[],[],[],[],232] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
((units _Pilot) select 0) moveInDriver _Covey;
player moveInGunner _Covey;

_wpCovey = _Pilot addWaypoint [getmarkerPos "AO", 800];
_wpCovey setWaypointType "LOITER";
_wpCovey setWaypointLoiterRadius 200;
_wpCovey setWaypointLoiterType "CIRCLE_L";
_Pilot setBehaviour "CARELESS";
}];

[cedar cape]

small problem

im shit at flying

[little raptor]

practice

[cedar cape]

yeah

but like

its the hovering

it took me so long to get into hovering above the trees

the player would have rappeled already

in the time it took me to hover on the waypoint

[little raptor]

use autohover then

[cedar cape]

i did

but it took a while to get it in the right place

because its rappeling into trees

it needs to be exact

or the player breaks both thier legs

[little raptor]

no it has several errors

[cedar cape]

ok so

i have data

what do i do with it now

[little raptor]

as for the syntax highlighting:
you type 3 `
```
then type sqf
then hit enter (next line)
```sqf
hint

and then end with ```

```sqf
hint
```

[hearty quiver]

this addAction ["Create Covey",     
{     
_Covey = createvehicle ["uns_ov10_usaf", getMarkerPos "AO", [], 0, "FLY"];
_Covey add action ["Retask", {Action of interest};];
_Covey [_Covey ["ACRE_VRC64", "Upper Dash", "Dash", false, ["inside"], [], "ACRE_PRC77", [], ["intercom_1"]], false, {}] call acre_api_fnc_addRackToVehicle;   
}];```

So, theoretically, this would work? I've peered through the ACRE documentation a few times already and that add rack fnc is giving me a lot of trouble. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with it either

Aha

[little raptor]

@cedar cape

[cedar cape]

ok

[little raptor]

put the data in a file called data.txt in the mission folder

then put that code in a trigger

[cedar cape]

ok its all in data.txt

do i delete the ai waypoints i made

actually

[little raptor]

it doesn't matter

AI can't do anything during unit play

[cedar cape]

if this doesent work

or it goes wrong

are you any good at flying

because if the player gets killed

its down to my shit flying skills

[little raptor]

I am but I won't do it

just practice

[cedar cape]

sad

so i put [blackhawk, parseSimpleArray loadFile "data.txt"] spawn BIS_fnc_unitPlay into the trigger correct?

[little raptor]

this addAction ["Create Covey",     
{     
  _Covey = createvehicle ["uns_ov10_usaf", getMarkerPos "AO", [], 0, "FLY"];
  _Covey addAction ["Retask", {Action of interest};];
  [_Covey, ["ACRE_VRC64", "Upper Dash", "Dash", false, ["inside"], [], "ACRE_PRC77", [], ["intercom_1"]], false, {}] call acre_api_fnc_addRackToVehicle;   
}];

it has nothing to do with ACRE

your SQF code was wrong (incorrect syntax)

[little raptor]

yes

[cedar cape]

alr

[little raptor]

the trigger that fires after the player gets in

or was it just init.sqf?

[cedar cape]

i put it in a trigger

i could put it in init.sqf

infact i might do that

so i have as little stuff in the mission as possible

[little raptor]

you might want to do it like:

blackhawk engineOn true;
[blackhawk, parseSimpleArray loadFile "data.txt"] spawn BIS_fnc_unitPlay

[cedar cape]

also

[hearty quiver]

I see, and that makes sense. I was scratching my head in confusion for a good while with that

[cedar cape]

can i enable interior light by default

like its already on

using a script

[little raptor]

#arma3_editor message

[cedar cape]

thats for a door isnt it

or does the same thing work with the light

[little raptor]

the steps are similar

[cedar cape]

bruh

heli wont stay in the same place

this unit capture thing is annoying me

i swear i had hovered at this point

but it keeps hovering

flying up

hovering

flying up

[little raptor]

did you keep recording while hovering?

[cedar cape]

no

i press esc

oh wait

i stopped as soon as i hovered

[little raptor]

then how do you expect your hovering data to be there?

[cedar cape]

thats why

im so smart

HDWSADF

i will just ask one of my friends to fly it

who is much better at flying than i am

[hearty quiver]

Thanks for the help Leopard. It's been much appreciated, especially when I've been essentially just teaching myself SQF scripting

[cedar cape]

thanks aswell

the entire start of my mission wouldnt be in existance if you didnt help

[pliant cradle]

Good Evening, does somebody know if it is possible to use BIS_fnc_timeline_play on a dedicated Server? I tried so much fifferent ways to call. By Code direct in Script, as separate remoteExec Script, calling as Trigger, calling as Function and nothing worked. I also used the call BIS_fnc_timeline_init before and I am complete clueless, now. On SP and MP it works and so I expect it should work also on Dedicated. I am so thankful for any ideas 🙂 Thanks a lot.

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting

[pliant cradle]

Yeah, I know this page. Thanks. But it begins that I can't found out inside the Bohemia Wiki if this Modul is working from localisation like Triggers for example.

[little raptor]

generally speaking, if something works in SP and local MP but not in dedicated MP or non-local MP, it means that the function either needs local args or has local effect

but either way the solution is using remoteExec

[hollow adder]

Hello. I need a few commnds.

How do I make
Myself invincible
My friend invincible
Our vehicle invincivle
Our vehicle have infinite ammo

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowDamage

[pliant cradle]

Thats the point. calling direct with remoteExec and the Args doesn't work also calling in separate script by remoteExec and execVM won't work. Thats the reason whyy I am struggling. But thanks for now. I will do a post with used Code in Forumm tomorrow.

[open fractal]

there's also a checkbox in the editor

there's multiple ways to do infinite ammo, you can probably find some variation of that with a quick google

[hollow adder]

@open fractal

How do I make other players invincible

player allowdamage false; worked, but only on the player doing it

[open fractal]

it takes a local argument so it has to be executed on the player's machine

[_player, false] remoteExec ["allowDamage",_player];
``` `_player` being your variable for the player

[hollow adder]

Wait

but does he replace something with my name or whatever

[hollow adder]

This doesn't work

Not sure why

he tried ["Hello"] remoteExec ["hint"]; and it worked

I saw hint

[open fractal]

how did you define _player?

[hollow adder]

I don't know

what is it supposed to be

He just did that command

[open fractal]

replace _player with the variable you set for the player unit

[hollow adder]

What variable did I set for that

what unit

we are in a mission

[open fractal]

um

your mission?

[hollow adder]

no we're in antistasi

[open fractal]

{[_x, false] remoteExec ["allowDamage",_x]} forEach allPlayers;

do this i guess

you should share more context to begin with if you want help in the future

[smoky rune]

is there any reliable way to get building real height?
i'm trying to use

private _buildingBoundingBox = 0 boundingBoxReal _building;
    private _p1 = _buildingBoundingBox select 0;
    private _p2 = _buildingBoundingBox select 1;
    private _maxHeight = abs ((_p2 select 2) - (_p1 select 2));

and it's still returns position 1-2-4 meters higher than it should

[hollow adder]

Thanks

[dreamy kestrel]

hello, refreshing my VS Code bits, I seem to recall there was an updated LINT or something like that? anyone happy to have that reference handy? thanks...

[little raptor]

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=skacekachna.sqflint

[dreamy kestrel]

I found it, BTW, if anyone was tracking that... https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=blackfisch.sqf-language

[dreamy kestrel]

that one is obsolete apparently; it was forked and updated.

[little raptor]

wat?

[runic quest]

hi friends

How drawIcon3D corresponds to the image texture in the task file?

[dreamy kestrel]

IDK where you got that info from... this is from the Code extensions marketplace v2.0.3 ...

Released on 11/19/2015, 05:10:25
Last updated 3/14/2019, 16:00:47
Identifier armitxes.sqf

Versus v2.0.6

Released on 4/11/2022, 10:21:18
Last updated 4/14/2022, 17:24:27
Identifier blackfisch.sqf-language

Ah I see... LINT versus 'language' yessir...

although if that LINT is a fork, as forks go, 0.12 is 'more recent' in release date only, not a 0.13, in version number only, FWIW... how confusing is that. 🤣

if I was the maintainer there, I might bump the version out beyond 0.13+ at least, to avoid confusion

[storm arch]

    a = 0;
    testDummie removeAction _myID;
    }];``` How do I get _myID not undefined in this

[dreamy kestrel]

it has been awhile, but AFAIK, when you assign _myID it is a local variable. it will go away when the scope goes away. you should stow that on the testDummie, perhaps, as a variable that you can reference later, or on the action handler, for instance.

[storm arch]

Is it not possible to pass it through params in this instance?

[winter rose]

and thou art correct 🙂

[winter rose]

negative, as the value is provided only after the action is added

you can alternatively setVariable the action id

[hollow adder]

How do I heal all units?

more specifically players

I don't want to heal ai

[winter rose]

with, ironically, setDamage

[hollow adder]

With ace?

[winter rose]

no idea

the safest would be to ask on ACE Discord (listed in #channel_invites_list)

[tight cloak]

allPlayers call ACE_medical_treatment_fnc_fullHealLocal;

if that doesnt work: try

{
_x call ACE_medical_treatment_fnc_fullHealLocal;
} forEach allPlayers;

only reason i give you two methods is because im not 100% certain on syntax for all players, ive only ever healed individuals via script

[winter rose]

fullHealLocal, doesn't it require remote execution?

[tight cloak]

good question, not 100% on that

"ACE_medical_treatment_fnc_fullHealLocal" remoteExec [call, -2]; 

would work, -2 being every client not the server

[granite sky]

You can't skip the parameter.

also syntax is pretty busted there

probably best to use fullHeal instead, and then you can just do this:

{
    [_x, _x] call ace_medical_treatment_fnc_fullHeal;
} forEach allPlayers;

[frigid oracle]

Is there a guide to optimizing while loop performance somewhere?

[little raptor]

optimize what part of it?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation

nvm that page doesn't have what I wanted

anyway, a while loop has pretty much nothing to optimize. at least not the loop itself

[granite sky]

SQF optimisation is mostly about using as little of it as possible :P

[frigid oracle]

in my case a loop that creates a beep warning. while a condition is true. idk if there is a better practice for such a thing. lemme post what I got

[little raptor]

you can use sound sources instead

other than that there's nothing you can do for looping sounds

[frigid oracle]

so pretty much
say2d then sleep is all I got to work with?

[granite sky]

Well, sleep as long as possible, but that was probably obvious.

[little raptor]

and sound sources. yes

[frigid oracle]

what does sound source mean in this case?

[little raptor]

you can also play it as music

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createSoundSource

[frigid oracle]

is this faster than using say2d on the player?

[little raptor]

well sound sources are 3D

but the engine handles the looping so definitely faster

you just call the command and that's it

and when you want it to stop you delete the source

[frigid oracle]

another idea I thought in my head was having long sleeps but it "compiles" a sequence for sounds.

the case for this would be geiger ticks. I think playing the same audio track is kinda boring so im trying to spice it up with random ticking. But im realizing arma might hate this.

[tough abyss]

Pretty sure sound sources have support for random sound selection

Could just put different tick noises in as separate sounds and have it pick randomly as it plays

[frigid oracle]

Yeah its pretty much doing that already. From looking at the code optimization wiki page I think Lazy evaluation can help with the speed im worrying about.

[tough abyss]

Lazy evaluation definitely helps

Though as others said the best optimisation with sqf is generally just using as little as possible

[frigid oracle]

gotcha sounds about right. basically condensing it down right?

[granite sky]

Lazy evaluation does not always help, because it's extra SQF itself.

If you have two conditions that are both simple then you're better off without it.

[tough abyss]

^

[frigid oracle]

if more than 2 use it?

[tough abyss]

Mostly just use it if you have expensive checks

[granite sky]

Also depends how often you're hitting the no-evalution cases.

[frigid oracle]

gotcha I understand a bit better. Also is it better to have a waitUntil inside the while loop? or just have the condition on the while itself

[tough abyss]

That depends what you're doing, waitUntil and while are not equivalent

waitUntil is going to actually suspend your code until a condition is met, while is just going to continue until a condition isn't met or skip immediately if it isn't met initially

[frigid oracle]

in my case it sounds better to merge the waituntil with the while then given your example. As i dont really need the while to fire until all the conditions are met for my simple case.

[tough abyss]

It makes sense to wrap a waitUntil with a while only if you need to repeatedly wait for a condition to be met

[frigid oracle]

gotcha gotcha

[copper raven]

"lazy eval" in sqf is usually only worth if you have something like cheapcond && expensivecond, in other cases it's actually slower than if you used no "lazy eval", fx., _a > 0 && _b > 0 both are cheap(ofc if you have multiple of them then it depends, also the likely/unlikely part), another case where it's useful is if the right operand requires left to be true, fx., !isNil "_a" && { _a blabla... even though it's cheap}

[tough abyss]

And a lot of the time you can simplify a conditional chain with logical laws of simplification.

associativity, Idempotence, Complementarity, Identity, Distributivty, etc.

[winter panther]

I have a script that runs when a player triggers an action on an object. The script does this:

• creates a curator with some limited objects
• assigns the curator to the triggering player
• opens the zeus interface
• waits for the interface to close
• destroys the curator
  This works in a local MP server from the editor, but I assume it won't work in a dedicated server, since I need to execute things both on the server (creating the curator, assigning addons and limitations) and the client (open zeus interface, wait for it to close. How can I sync this to work in a dedicated server?

I'm still pretty new with locality stuff. I assume it works on a local MP server, because addAction runs locally, and I'm both a client and the server.

[tough abyss]

Everything that needs to be handled by the server should be handled by the server everything handled by the client handled by the client

And yes on a local MP server you are both client and the server

One way you can do it is wrap it in isServer

conditional check to execute only on the server

or for client if (hasInteface) then {}

The other way to do it is use the cfgFunctions.hpp file

and use cfgRemoteExec.hpp

[winter panther]

hmm yeah I thought about that. The problem is that the script has things that have to run on client and server in a specific order. I shouldn't open the zeus interface until the curator is created, and while I wait for the interface to close, I have a loop doing something else on the server

I guess I could somehow make both client and server do remoteExec on eachother

[tough abyss]

Curator things should be handled serverside

[open fractal]

you don't have to wrap your entire script just use exitWith

[tough abyss]

Not client.

[open fractal]

if !isServer exitWith {};

[tough abyss]

^ Or you can use my technique of explicitly isolating subsystems by client and server

[winter panther]

yeah, I know. That's why this is a bit complex for me. Most things are done on the server, except opening the interface and waiting for it to close

[tough abyss]

Well that should run on the client

and that information passed to the server from the client

[winter panther]

hmm maybe I could use a broadcasted var on the player, so the server knows when he closed the interface? But I should also tell the client when the curator is created, so I can open the zeus interface

[tough abyss]

Yeah you could use that.

Bare in mind it will have to be local to the client

[open fractal]

you can define a function in CfgFunctions and use your action to remoteExec to the server

[tough abyss]

If you have more than 1 player.

[open fractal]

since it's curator I think the only thing you need to run clientside is opening the interface

[tough abyss]

^

The server is where you should store all important things.

The client shouldn't handle anything that requires a singular reference point and copy.

Server is overlord and controller.

[open fractal]

curator assignment has to happen on the server or it won't happen at all

curator commands are server execution only

[tough abyss]

Use an EH on the client

and listen for the opening of the curator interface

Then pass that message to the server using setVariable

[open fractal]

?

you can force the interface open via script

[winter panther]

currently I'm using openCuratorInterface to force it open, and a waitUntil findDisplay is nil, to know when he closed it

that works, I just need to figure out how to synchronize it

I guess I could run the same script both on client and server, and use waitUntil to sync the order of execution, using broadcasted variables on the player

[open fractal]

you can define a function with both an "open" and "close" condition to create and destroy the curator object respectively

and remoteExec to the server

[tough abyss]

^

ID number 2

to send it to the server only

params remoteExec ["Function name or code",2,false]; 

[open fractal]

if !isServer exitWith {};
params ["_open","_caller"];
if _open then {
    //create curatorobj
    //make curator assignments
    remoteExec ["openCuratorInterface",_caller]; 
} else {
    //delete curator obj
};

pseudo code for how I would go about it

[tough abyss]

Is the exitWith really needed?

[open fractal]

not really but I put it there instead of commenting that it should only be run on the server

[winter panther]

I think I'm gonna try this:

addAction:

• remoteExec script on SERVER

server:

• create curator, customize it, assign to player
• remoteExec script on CLIENT
• wait for player broadcasted var
• cleanup

client:

• open zeus
• wait for player to close it
• broadcast var

so I'm gonna have two scripts, one for server and another one for client

[tough abyss]

Realistically yes you should

Putting client / server code in the same file is a nightmare to debug

[open fractal]

I doubt you need to remoteExec anything on client except the openCuratorInterface

[tough abyss]

^

The server is waiting for the message nothing more.

[winter panther]

yeah, the only code on client's side is opening the interface, and waiting until it's closed, to broadcast a var

[open fractal]

if you look at the example I sent above you just remoteExec that function from the client first with true to initiate the interface then with false upon closing

[tough abyss]

My missions / other projects use 3 folders.
client, server and common, common is for utility functions that are not used client or server side but are used everywhere.

[open fractal]

imo if you're broadcasting a variable you're overcomplicating it

[winter panther]

yeah, I guess I could remoteExec twice instead

[tough abyss]

Yeah you don't even need a var.

[winter panther]

sounds better

[tough abyss]

I've used server side listeners to add TFAR radios to cars that don't have them.

[open fractal]

i.e. [true, _caller] remoteExec ["max_fnc_curator",2];

[tough abyss]

Basically a piece of EH code would listen for vehicles being placed then would setVariable and add a radio to them.

[open fractal]

then false upon closing it

[winter panther]

by the way, if I declare a private set of instructions, and use remoteExec on that, will it work on the server? I mean, the piece of code is local to the client, and the server has it too (it's on init), but I don't know if it will run

[tough abyss]

Put your client code in something like MAX_fnc_clientOpenedCurator

then call it on the client

[open fractal]

use CfgFunctions, no reason not to

[winter panther]

yeah I wanted to avoide using CfgFunctions cuz it's a very small script 😛

[tough abyss]

_opened remoteExec ["MAX_fnc_clientOpenedCurator",2,false];

[open fractal]

it takes like 2 minutes to set up

[tough abyss]

@open fractal Or you could have something like I have that auto generates it 😛

[open fractal]

i also have that yes

[tough abyss]

Python?

[open fractal]

I wrote batch files for hpp files

[tough abyss]

Nah I use PowerShell

Much more powerful and less buggy

[open fractal]

have had no issue with batch

[tough abyss]

Didn't you get the memo microsoft only keeps batch around for backward compatibility PowerShell has basically set powershell to replace batch

PS is also OOP capable.

[open fractal]

batch is fine

[tough abyss]

Each to their own.

[winter panther]

btw thanks for the help ppl

[past wagon]

[100, ["RscZoneTimer", "PLAIN"]] remoteExec ["cutRsc"];
for "_i" from _seconds to 0 step -1 do {
    private _timeString = ([_i, "MM:SS"] call BIS_fnc_secondsToString) select [1, 4]; //The problem is not here
    if (_i <= 10 && _i % 2 == 0) then {
        [_timeString, { (uiNamespace getVariable ["ZoneTimer", displayNull]) displayCtrl 1003 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText ("<t font='PuristaBold' size='2.3'color='#d41a0d'>" + _this + "</t>"); }] remoteExec ["call"];
    } else {
        [_timeString, { (uiNamespace getVariable ["ZoneTimer", displayNull]) displayCtrl 1003 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText ("<t font='PuristaBold' size='2.3'>" + _this + "</t>"); }] remoteExec ["call"];
    };
    if (_i == 0) then {
        ["FD_CP_Clear_F"] remoteExec ["playSound"];
    };
    sleep 1;
};
[100, ["", "PLAIN"]] remoteExec ["cutText"];
```I am having a weird issue with my structured text display here. I am trying to create an on-screen timer, and it *was* working perfectly. Now, it is only displaying the first 3 characters of the timer unless the last character is a 1. For example, with an 8-minute timer, it looks like this:

8:0
7:5
7:5
7:5
7:5
7:5
7:5
7:5
7:5
7:51
7:4
7:4
7:4
7:4
7:4
7:4
7:4
7:4
7:41

[tough abyss]

Interesting

Does it happen without the select [1,4] on the time string? I know the comment is there but it seems like the most obvious possible cause

[past wagon]

I'll test that

oh, btw, this is the display:

import RscText;
import RscStructuredText;
#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\definecommongrids.inc"

class RscTitles {
    class RscZoneTimer {
        idd = -1;
        duration = 1e+6;
        fadeIn = 0;
        fadeOut = 0.5;
        onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['ZoneTimer', _this#0]";
        onUnload = "";
        class Controls {
            class TimerText: RscStructuredText {
                idc = 1003;
                text = "";
                x = 0.912595 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
                y = 0.203 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
                w = 0.0515744 * safezoneW;
                h = 0.055 * safezoneH;
            };
        };
    };
};

[past wagon]

yeah, that doesn't fix it. Now I'm just getting 08:0, 07:5, and so on

[tough abyss]

Hmm well worth making sure I guess

[past wagon]

oh wait I was gonna try something and then I got sidetracked

I think it might be out of the gui box

lemme check

[tough abyss]

Interesting that it would only do so for numbers other than 1, but possible

[past wagon]

hmm

well 1 is a small number?

very skinny

it's still on the right tho lol

[tough abyss]

Not sure if structured text uses normalized font sizing or not

If it does then all of the characters should be uniform width anyways

[past wagon]

true

well yeah that's what it was

[cedar cape]

["cutscene", true] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus; 
[{ (getPosATL player)#2 < 1 }, { 
    showCinemaBorder false; 
    ["cutscene", false] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus; 
}] call CBA_fnc_waitUntilAndExecute;```

this is script

im using

for some reason it works

like

[tough abyss]

Why wouldn't it work?

[cedar cape]

wait

its supposed to

first half works fine

but when its finished rappeling the player

the cinema borders dont disable

and i cant move

like its supposed to disable ace interact whilst the player is rappeling, enable it when they are on the ground and remove the cinema borders

but none of that happens

it disables it but doesent remove cinema borders or renable ace interact

[tough abyss]

Hm

Perhaps just do the waitUntil yourself instead of using the CBA function and see if it works

Or use isTouchingGround instead of the ATL z pos check

[cedar cape]

so how would i change that script

to use those

also how do i change altitude of heli using a waypoint

instead of using unit capture i went back to ai pilots and it works fine with going to the waypoint but its flying to high atm

so the rappels ropes are too short and the player dies

is there like a script i could use that makes it so the heli flys like idk

20m above the ground

[tough abyss]

I don't do mission making so I don't know the best way to do it

Unlikely that forcing it via script is the best way to do it though

[cedar cape]

i belive there is a script that does im not sure tho

like setHeight

not sure how it works tho

ill figure that out on my own

but i do need help with the other one, the rappel script

[tough abyss]

Instead of the getPosATL condition you'd change it to just

isTouchingGround player

[cedar cape]

i belive this might work for my heli problem _helicopter flyInHeight 40;

where would i put that in the script i have already

[tough abyss]

Could put it in the heli init or just before you tell it to move

Seems like a good way to do it

[cedar cape]

im confused

[blackHawk] call ace_fastroping_fnc_deployAI;

["cutscene", true] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus;
[{ (getPosATL player)#2 < 1 }, {
showCinemaBorder false;
["cutscene", false] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus;
}] call CBA_fnc_waitUntilAndExecute;

where do i put it in there

im executing that script with a trigger

[tough abyss]

Oh you mean the other thing

[cedar cape]

yeah

ive figured out the heli height

i think

[tough abyss]

I'm on mobile otherwise I'd just write it for you

[cedar cape]

i think i can put it in a waypoint

[cedar cape]

oh

can you try to or not

as im horrible with scripting

[tough abyss]

See the code that says getPosATL player etc.

[cedar cape]

yea

[tough abyss]

Just replace that with { isTouchingGround player }

[cedar cape]

["cutscene", true] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus; 
[{ ({ isTouchingGround player })#2 < 1 }, { 
    showCinemaBorder false; 
    ["cutscene", false] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus; 
}] call CBA_fnc_waitUntilAndExecute;```

so that?

it doesent look right

[tough abyss]

Nope the entire thing needs to be replaced

[cedar cape]

ohhhhh

[tough abyss]

Everything in the {}

[cedar cape]

["cutscene", true] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus; 
[{isTouchingGround player}, { 
    showCinemaBorder false; 
    ["cutscene", false] call ace_common_fnc_setDisableUserInputStatus; 
}] call CBA_fnc_waitUntilAndExecute;```

so that?

[tough abyss]

Yup

[cedar cape]

so would that remove cinema border and reanble ace interact when the player hits the ground

[tough abyss]

Yes if that function is actually working properly

[cedar cape]

i assume it is

it disables ace interract

[tough abyss]

If it still doesn't work we can try without the CBA function

[cedar cape]

and its the piece of code ppl on the ace discord told me to use

[cedar cape]

alr ill give it a shot

idk if this is the problem

but

the original piece of code had showcinemaborder true at the start

[winter rose]

group your messages please

[cedar cape]

ok

[winter rose]

or I'll spam in-between huehuehue

[cedar cape]

and i removed it because it have it in the init.sqf and left the disable cinema border

[tough abyss]

Won't matter

[cedar cape]

alr

ill give this a shot and find out

question, whats the difference between flyInHeight and flyInHeightASL

oh wait nvm its different altitudes for different behaviours

[tough abyss]

First based on ATL pos second based on ASL pos

[cedar cape]

an

ah*

bruh, it works kinda but i cant test it properly because the heli flys way to high so i just die because the ropes are too short and i hit the ground

[tough abyss]

Dunno what to tell you there

[cedar cape]

oh wait

i think i know why

_helicopter flyInHeight 40;

im supposed to replace _helicopter with variable name

i think

[tough abyss]

Yes lol

[cedar cape]

am so smart

[tough abyss]

Replace it with the variable representing the helicopter

[cedar cape]

yeah

ill give it another go and let you know if the height works and if the script works

[tough abyss]

👍

[cedar cape]

yeah same problem

it flies to heigh, rappel rope too short player go big splat on the ground

[tough abyss]

Perhaps that ace rappel function lets you adjust rope length

[cedar cape]

it doesent

[tough abyss]

Could also just temporarily make the player invincible

[cedar cape]

its way too high

i could but it would look so unrealistic

[tough abyss]

Not sure why your heli is still flying so high

[cedar cape]

because the player would fall for like 20+m before hitting the ground and not dieing

yeah

idk why

[tough abyss]

Does it have waypoints?

[cedar cape]

yes

i put the code in the waypoint and told it to fly 20m above the ground

[tough abyss]

Hm interesting

[cedar cape]

the way ace rappel works is you use ace interact to prep the FRIES system and then use the rope you brought in the aresenal to rappel

and it has different lengths of rope in the loadout

but thats without the script, the script auto does all of that

i belive

[tough abyss]

Might be able to get more help by asking in #arma3_scenario

Must be a reason your heli isn't flying low enough

[cedar cape]

yeah

[tough abyss]

@cedar cape FligtInHeightASL is Above Seal Level

Meaning the 0 point on the z axis is at the ocean level

Not the terrain level

[cedar cape]

will that make the ai fly low

how can i force the ai to ignore the trees

like its bc there are trees

and the ai are terrified of going near it

[tough abyss]

Disable their path finding

Sorry

aiUnitName disableAI "FSM";

[winter rose]

I see explosions in your future

[smoky rune]

is there any reliable way to get building real height?
i'm trying to use

private _buildingBoundingBox = 0 boundingBoxReal _building;
    private _p1 = _buildingBoundingBox select 0;
    private _p2 = _buildingBoundingBox select 1;
    private _maxHeight = abs ((_p2 select 2) - (_p1 select 2));

and it's still returns position 1-2-4 meters higher than it should for the majority of buildings

[winter rose]

using lineIntersects commands from the top of the bounding box

[smoky rune]

something like

private _realHeight = _maxHeight;
while {!lineIntersects [_maxHeight, _realHeight]} do {
  _realHeight = _realHeight - 0.5;
};

this?

function description requires positionASL though, and it seems that boundingBoxReal returns ATL height

[winter rose]

you have ATLtoASL commands

[smoky rune]

so, do I need to ATLToASL the height?

oh ok

looks like there will be some quirks and gotchas, but at least it's something
thanks for suggestion!

[winter rose]

but I would recommend e.g lineIntersectsSurfaces

draw from the top of the bounding box to the bottom, stop at first result, check distance from intersection to bottom 🙂

[smoky rune]

hmmm
it has much more arguments though
i guess it should be something like
lineIntersectsSurfaces [_buildingHeightAsl, _buildingHeightRealAsl, ???, ???, true, 1, "GEOM" or "VIEW", probably don't needed, true]

[winter rose]

lineIntersectsSurfaces [_buildingTopBBoxASL, _buildingBottom];
```all the default options are what you want actually 🙂

[smoky rune]

yeah, seems that default parameters are good enough
thanks for help!

[austere nymph]

This reminds me of Coltan Blues in Arma 2 OA. Anyone has the faintest idea how the password protected intel is done ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCl-yzOTGhI

[winter rose]

here? it is camera + 2D UI work + screen texture 🙂

[stable dune]

I think it's same way done than mine IED numpad project, mine is not ready to publish, but idea is mostly same on that than yours video which you posted
https://youtu.be/BjNaH7m30JU

[winter rose]

@languid tundra you have a fan!

[cedar cape]

Lol

[cedar cape]

where do i put this

is it the init of the object

oh wait

nvm

[tight cloak]

            _loadoutClass = getPylonMagazines _vehicle;
            {
                _indexString = str _forEachIndex;
                _loadoutMark = ["_loadoutMark", _indexString] joinString "";
                _loadout = ["_loadout", _indexString] joinString "";
                _indexMod = _forEachIndex + 1;
                _incr = (-100 * _indexMod);
                _loadoutDisplay = getText (configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _x >> "displayName");
                systemChat format ["%1", _loadoutDisplay];
                _loadoutMarkPos = (getMarkerPos _markername) vectorAdd [0,_incr,0];
                _loadout = createMarker [_loadoutMark, _loadoutMarkPos, 1]; // put it just under the Asset 
                _loadoutMark setMarkerColor "ColorBlue";
                _loadoutMark setMarkerShape "ICON";
                _loadoutMark setMarkerType "hd_dot";
                _loadoutMark setMarkerText _loadoutDisplay;
                systemChat format ["%1", _loadout];
                _markerCount append [_loadout];
                publicVariable "_markerCount";
            } forEach _loadoutClass;
        };
        case false: {
            deleteMarker _markername;
            {
                deleteMarker _x;
            } forEach _markerCount;
            systemChat format ["%1", _markerCount];
        };

for some reason, it fetches all in _markerCount, will delete them but not the marker? so post "deletemarker" the array is empty but the markers remain

[winter rose]

you cannot publicVariable a local variable

[tight cloak]

create it as a GlobalVariable then?

[winter rose]

that would be ugly

[cedar cape]

doesent work

i tried it

[open fractal]

Send exactly what you wrote

[cedar cape]

blackhawk disableAI "FSM";

[tight cloak]

well i cant modify the entries in the array at all

so i cant delete the markers, seems its scope stuff

and still new to sqf so im not sure the best approach

[winter rose]

that's a vehicle, not a unit? try driver blackhawk

[winter rose]

can you make a simplified version of your code issue?

[cedar cape]

ah

would blackhawkD disableAI "FSM"; work

[winter rose]

perhaps yeah

[tight cloak]

EH for engine on
engine on: makes a series of markers via foreach loop using the pylons (posts their loadouts on the map)
engine off: delete all markers
^ intended functionality
currently in the loop i have each marker being added to an array, so i can call upon it later to delete them. and in the output of systemchat it has entries for each pylon, 0-3 (4 pylons)
but on engine off, i try to delete the markers, and the array "deletes" them using delete marker, except all it does is empty the array and not delete the markers

[winter rose]

and you want everyone to see the markers, or just the pilot?

[tight cloak]

everyone

[winter rose]

I take that it's a function that is called with "is engine on" argument, and in the case of false:
_markername is undefined
_markerCount is undefined

[cedar cape]

can i reverse this for enable ai again or not?

[tight cloak]

i figured, so i tried making the arrays visible outside the scope

i think ill just rewrite it to rely on waituntil (engine off)

[open fractal]

see the wiki

[cedar cape]

so i can get it to fly back to base without blowing up

[cedar cape]

okie

ok i can neat

[winter rose]

not how you do it
you could use a global variable CBB_LoadoutMarkers directly
but if it's MP, and the script happens on one machine and is not executed again, markers will stay

sooo public variable it would be, or (better) setVariable on the vehicle

[tight cloak]

alright ill give that a go

[austere nymph]

Probably right. I haven't done any gui related scripting or interaction before so excited to discover that.

[austere nymph]

Is he the one who designed the coltan blues mission or the video I shared. Fan is an understatement. Always impressed by how creative the community can get

[winter rose]

Coltan Blues seeming to be an official campaign's mission, I think not, as I don't think Kex is an (ex-)BI staff 🙂
it does not diminish in the slightest the quality of their work!

[austere nymph]

Oh indeed. The community thinks of stuff BI staff never even imagined.

[winter rose]

ooooooh yeah. 😎

[cedar cape]

didnt work

ahdhsdeherdwh

or atleast i dont think it did, im tryna make it so the ai ignores the trees and hovers at the fly height i set but instead it keeps flying 50+m above the ground

[faint oasis]

Hi, i'm trying this command to get a "flight plan" straight but i don't know why the plane always point to the heading : 207

plane enableAIFeature ["PATH", false];

Is there a way to change the default dir ?

[cedar cape]

wait are you tryna disable it

shouldnt it be disableAI ["PATH"]

i might be wrong

im just guessing there

it might be disableAI "path";

[faint oasis]

yeah but the "enableAIFeature" is new i will try "disableAI"

[cedar cape]

wdym enableAIFeature is new

why should that mean you cant use disableAI

[faint oasis]

actually you still can use this function. Btw i tried and it still doesn't work

[cedar cape]

ah

[tight cloak]

{
    _x addEventHandler ["Engine", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_engineState"];
    _crew = crew _vehicle;
    _names = [(name (driver _vehicle))], + [(name (gunner _vehicle))];
    _markername = str(_vehicle);
    PRIVATE _markers = [];
        if (_engineState) then {
            _className = getDescription _vehicle;
            _className = _className select 0;
            _displayName = getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _className >> "displayName");
            _listing = createMarker [_markername, [5700,7600], 1];
            _markername setMarkerColor "ColorBlue";
            _markername setMarkerShape "ICON";
            _markername setMarkerType "RedCrystal";
            _markername setMarkerText _displayName + "//" + str _names;
            _loadoutClass = getPylonMagazines _vehicle;
            {
                _indexString = str _forEachIndex;
                _loadoutMark = ["_loadoutMark", _indexString] joinString "";
                _loadout = ["_loadout", _indexString] joinString "";
                _indexMod = _forEachIndex + 1;
                _incr = (-100 * _indexMod);
                _loadoutDisplay = getText (configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _x >> "displayName");
                _loadoutMarkPos = (getMarkerPos _markername) vectorAdd [0,_incr,0];
                _loadout = createMarker [_loadoutMark, _loadoutMarkPos, 1];
                _loadoutMark setMarkerColor "ColorBlue";
                _loadoutMark setMarkerShape "ICON";
                _loadoutMark setMarkerType "hd_dot";
                _loadoutMark setMarkerText _loadoutDisplay;
                systemChat format ["%1", _loadout];
                _markerCount append [_loadout];
            } forEach _loadoutClass;
        }
        else {
            deleteMarker _markername;
            systemChat format ["%1", _markerCount];
            {
                deleteMarker _x;
            } forEach _markerCount;
        };
}];
} forEach vehicles;

the marker called "marker name" gets removed

but not the array of markers made in _loadout

[winter rose]

normal

1/ _markername is defined before the if-else, _markerCount not
2/ use pushBack instead of append []
3/ rename _markerCount to e.g _loadoutMarkers

[winter rose]

what did you change since last time?

[tight cloak]

just did that, nothing changed

[tight cloak]

i tried using setvariable and getvariable and the effect was the same

[winter rose]

I don't see that here

[tight cloak]

because i removed it after syntax errors and the same effect of it not being deleted, so i took a few steps back for reproach rather than clutter it up

[winter rose]

did what

the code flow as I see it:

• if the engine is on, create the markers and store them in the vehicle with setVariable
• if the engine is off get the markers from the vehicle with getVariable

that's it

[tight cloak]

all 3 of those bullet points, ill give set variable and get variable another go

[winter rose]

good luck, soldier!

well, Captain

[true frigate]

I feel like an idiot for asking this because its so simple but I haven't done it in so long.
I'm trying to make a tank shoot at a target, which is an empty vehicle with the var name t1.

Right now, I've tried following a tutorial online I couldn't get working, and the doTarget and doFire commands, on both the gunner of the tank, and the tank itself. I'm still not getting anything from it, so I figured I'd ask here. I know its trivial, sorry 😅

[winter rose]

'not knowing' is not a crime, persevering in it is

so, welcome! 😄

[true frigate]

Haha I suppose, I've been trying this for around 15-20 minutes now as well as tweaking the rest of the mission, its just kind of annoying at this point because I've done it before but can't remember how 😄

[winter rose]

add an invisible enemy and call it a day? :D

[true frigate]

That's possible, I'd rather have it controlled on a trigger though

[open fractal]

you can have a crewman with ai disabled and use a trigger with setcaptive

[true frigate]

That's true, I will give that a go. Thanks! 🙂

[little raptor]

use fireAtTarget

[true frigate]

I would have to specify the main gun then wouldn't I?

[little raptor]

it does

tho I think you should use it on the gunner

[true frigate]

Yeah I just looked at the config and saw it haha, I'm going to try both of these solutions and see if I get it 🙂

Ah thats interesting, currentWeapon is returning the MG for the tank, I might have to find the string for the main gun and try it again

[open fractal]

weaponsTurret will return all of them

[true frigate]

Sorry, do I need to run doTarget first or would it run that automatically with fireAtTarget?

tnk2G fireAtTarget [t1,"CUP_Vcannon_2A46_Txx"];``` I'm using this right now, but it doesn't seem to be firing, or even moving the turret. I could very well have messed it up though haha

Not sure if this would affect it, but the units are around 1.1km away, probably should have mentioned that at first :/

[little raptor]

try the tank itself

do I need to run doTarget first
iirc no

[true frigate]

Still not having any effect, it is returning True when I put it in extended debug console though 🤔

[open fractal]

_veh doWatch _target;
waitUntil { _veh aimedAtTarget [_target] > 0 };
_veh fireAtTarget [_target];
``` maybe try this template, see if it actually aims at the target?

[little raptor]

yeah I guess it needs to look at it

[little raptor]

yep

[true frigate]

I had just noticed that on the wiki haha, but yep it looks promising 😄

[open fractal]

maybe try reveal if the target isn't being detected? Odd that true was returned though

[true frigate]

Ayy it worked

Thanks guys! I don't remember it being that complex though haha

When I did it last time I mean ^, but that must have been 7+ months back now

[sullen sigil]

Hello my fellows how does one go about scripting low gravity to a3

I have tried setting the gravityfactor for everything to 0.5 through a config however that seems to have had no effect

[little raptor]

I doubt that does anything

[little raptor]

depends what kind of object you're dealing with

[sullen sigil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/329978448938532868/1001948894495785140/unknown.png

it had this effect

[sullen sigil]

literally every object

i want it on every object which has physx

[little raptor]

there's no good way for it then. at least not scripted

[tough abyss]

could theoretically accomplish it by applying a fractional setMass to all PhysX objects

not sure if the game uses actual physx forces for gravity though

if not, then that won't work

[sullen sigil]

how would i go about doing that for the sake of it

[tough abyss]

truthfully I'm not sure the best way to grab all physX objects in a mission, as not all of them have uniform inheritance or anything AFAIK

I know many but not all inherit from ThingX

[sullen sigil]

would changing the mass for all objects not work anyway

seeing as the ones without physx arent moving regardless

[little raptor]

most objects are not PhysX

[tough abyss]

^

[little raptor]

even players are not PhysX

[sullen sigil]

oh

i mean things that fall in that case

[tough abyss]

Well they can be affected by physX things but any sort of force just causes them to ragdoll

[sullen sigil]

so things that fall instead of just physx

[tough abyss]

"things that fall" are physX generally

emphasis on generally

you can try the setMass thing but I'm not sure the internals of how the game simulates gravity

[sullen sigil]

can i not just change the mass of every object or will that cause some funky monkey behaviour

[tough abyss]

changing the mass would only work for simulating low grav if the game actually simulates gravitational force based on mass

[little raptor]

doesn't work

[tough abyss]

well there we go then

[little raptor]

it simply makes them bouncier...

[sullen sigil]

can i turn a grenade into a bouncy ball :o

throw it at a wall and it pings off every wall in the room

[sullen sigil]

i mean if it does it the 'proper' way it wont

but i have no idea how it does it myself seeing as theres no simple mass slider in eden attributes 💀

[tough abyss]

If it were using newtonian gravity changing the mass would work

[little raptor]

no

they act weird

[tough abyss]

Fg = G*m*M/r^2

making either of the masses a fraction of their original mass would result in fractional gravitational force

[sullen sigil]

oh yeah i forgot theres another m

i doubt BI is quite on the level of being able to simulate gravity according to einstein just yet tbh

[tough abyss]

newtonian gravity isn't hard to simulate but they probably didn't want to need to apply actual grav force calcs to everything

as that would be horrendous for performance I'm sure

[sullen sigil]

according to the wiki doing setMass only changes it for PhysX objects

[tough abyss]

Then again...

I suppose even if that worked you'd end up with the same acceleration since the mass would be smaller

so you'd need to somehow only adjust the mass for the grav force calc without actually dropping the mass of the object for the applied force

RIP

[little raptor]

changing the mass wouldn't change anything since there's no bouyancy or drag as far as I see

[little raptor]

yes, acceleration is the same

[tough abyss]

I just don't think they actually simulate gravity with forces

or at least not mass-based

[sullen sigil]

wait how do flaps work then in that case

does that just reduce the maxspeed of a vehicle or something

[little raptor]

maybe you can change gravity in CfgWorlds

[tough abyss]

Yeah I had a physics brainfart when I was pondering the mass change

good ol' feather and hammer test

[sullen sigil]

cant find any matches on cfgworlds wiki page for acceleration, gravity or freefall

[little raptor]

no

[tough abyss]

Although...

you might be able to do an onEachFrame handler or similar that constantly adjusts the Z-axis velocity to a set fraction of its current value

as that would simulate fractional acceleration

[sullen sigil]

yeah thats what i was thinking too lol

[sullen sigil]

would that not hit performance pretty bad?

[tough abyss]

...perhaps

[little raptor]

it does

[tough abyss]

cant think of a better way to do it though tbh

[sullen sigil]

how would i go about doing it for the sake of testing if its possible

just fetch every objects z-axis velocity every frame and halve or w/e then set that as a new z-axis velocity?

[little raptor]

it's technically not correct

it changes the trajectory

e.g. a plane can't nose dive anymore

[tough abyss]

Indeed not technically correct as you're affecting non-gravitational movement

but not sure how you'd avoid that

[little raptor]

it even changes the gravitational movement

e.g. a ball thrown up

[sullen sigil]

wouldnt it just have half as much 'force' downwards?

[tough abyss]

yeah you'd have to handle some things differently

[sullen sigil]

tbh it doesnt need to be exact just needs to somewhat simulate low gravity

[little raptor]

well if you measure the acceleration you could somewhat do it

[tough abyss]

problem being that gravity operates on acceleration which we can't work with directly

yeah you'd need to measure it

[little raptor]

well if the FPS is high enough you can just subtract two subsequent velocities and multiply by FPS

for each object...

each frame...

[tough abyss]

yuuup

[sullen sigil]

i dont think arma will ever have high enough fps for that

[tough abyss]

I mean there's setAccTime but that will affect everything, not just gravity

[little raptor]

anything above 20 FPS will do

it's an approximation after all

[sullen sigil]

i dont intend on having the world time change

[tough abyss]

yeah I figured not

[sullen sigil]

setAccTime would also just make everything look slow wouldn't it

rather than for instance if i throw a grenade up it'd go twice the height or whatever

[tough abyss]

yes which is what I meant by everything

[sullen sigil]

is also disabled for multiplayer according to the wiki anyway

[little raptor]

onEachFrame {
  _accDiff = 9.807 - 5;
    _dt = accTime * diag_deltaTime;
    {
        if (isTouchingGround _x) then {continue};
        _v2 = velocity _x;
        _w2 = _v2#2;
        _w1 = _x getVariable ["lastAcc", 0];
        if (_w2 > 0 || {_w1 - _w2 > 9.807 * _dt}) then {
            _w2 = _w2 + _accDiff * _dt;
        };
        _v2 set [2, _w2];
        _x setVelocity _v2;
        _x setVariable ["lastAcc", _w2];
    } forEach vehicles;
};

[frigid oracle]

If a client is waiting for data to update from a target, is there some method more robust than a sleep or using CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute as a sleep. Like idk remotexec'ing back a confrimation of a change or something?

[little raptor]

actually this is still wrong

let me fix one thing

[sullen sigil]

i'll test it for the sake of testing but i expect that wouldnt work well enough in MP for an op or something

[sullen sigil]

yo no way does that work

[little raptor]

I know

...

still trying to fix

[sullen sigil]

no it works

somewhat

[tough abyss]

lol not yet

[sullen sigil]

its funny with helicopters

[little raptor]

well it gives upward acc to stationary objs right now

[sullen sigil]

oh lol

oh yeah i see now

[tough abyss]

another issue this is going to run into is that terminal velocity won't really be a thing anymore

[sullen sigil]

perfect

[tough abyss]

unless you do the acceleration measuring method

[sullen sigil]

allow people to a c c e l e r a t e to their demise

(i dont intend on anyone really freefalling too much so probably wont be noticeable)

[tough abyss]

onEachFrame {
  _accDiff = 9.807 - 5;
  {
    if (isTouchingGround _x) then {continue};
    _v = velocity _x;
    _v set [2, (_v#2) - _accDiff * diag_deltaTime * accTime];
    _x setVelocity _v;
  } forEach vehicles;
};

pretty sure this would be sufficient as long as you don't care about terminal velocity, no?

given gravitational acceleration should always be negative on the Z axis

[sullen sigil]

that doesnt seem to do anything i dont think

[tough abyss]

might be better like this

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
    _accDiff = 9.807 - 5;
    {
      if (isTouchingGround _x) then {continue};
      _v = velocity _x;
      _v set [2, (_v#2) - _accDiff * diag_deltaTime * accTime];
      _x setVelocity _v;
    } forEach vehicles;
}];

as onEachFrame is a bit gross

[little raptor]

try this

[sullen sigil]

oh golly

i'll try both one second

[sullen sigil]

interestingness happens with this one, helicopter out of fuel and otherwise normally "falling" goes upwards whereas a car goes downwards

the car does go downwards at a lower speed though

[sullen sigil]

this one is increasing acceleration downwards i think?

yeah i hit localexec a load of times and it accelerates downwards faster

[tough abyss]

hm yeah I suppose it's just adding to the existing gravity

[sullen sigil]

subtracting 15 instead of 5 seems to fix it here though @little raptor, unsure why

[smoky rune]

How to apply animation on dead unit?
I’m using Acts_Death-series animation on alive unit, everything is fine but he’s rolling his eyes and moving his head thus completely ruining the idea of the scene, and it seems that simple “switchMove” call is not working on dead unit

[little raptor]

use disableAI "ANIM"?

apply animation on dead unit?
not for that. that's not possible

tho iirc doing switchMove does give them a jolt (reminds me of a funny bug in one of my mods...)

[sullen sigil]

@little raptor is it possible to do a similar thing with units on this

[little raptor]

use allUnits + vehicles

[sullen sigil]

muahahaha

[little raptor]

what a huge mess

[sullen sigil]

it mostly grounds helis btw but that should be no issue

should be

so i want forEach allUnits + vehicles at the bottom right

[little raptor]

@sullen sigil

onEachFrame {
    _dt = accTime * diag_deltaTime;
    {
        if (isTouchingGround _x) then {continue};
        _v2 = velocity _x;
        _w2 = _v2#2;
        _w1 = _x getVariable ["lastAcc", 0];
        if (_w1 - _w2 > 4 * _dt) then {
            _w2 = _w2 - 5 * _dt;
            systemChat str _W2;
        };
        _v2 set [2, _w2];
        _x setVelocity _v2;
        _x setVariable ["lastAcc", _w2];
    } forEach allUnits + vehicles;
};

this should be clearner

and work correctly

[sullen sigil]

roger i shall use that one moment

im not noticing a hit on performance tbh

will that change in MP or

[tough abyss]

quite frankly MP will be a nightmare with this

[sullen sigil]

this one isnt altering unit's properly, previous one was

[sullen sigil]

a nightmare in performance or a nightmare in behaviour

i can tolerate a nightmare in behaviour

[tough abyss]

potentially both depending on how you go about it

I'd distribute the workload to the server and clients and only have them work on things that are local to them

[little raptor]

setVelocityTransformation might be better

because it's local

[tough abyss]

indeed

[sullen sigil]

i think players will always be odd with it because initially falling has a high velocity i believe?

i'll try from higher up

yeah same ting

[little raptor]

onEachFrame {
    _dt = accTime * diag_deltaTime;
    {
        if (isTouchingGround _x) then {continue};
        _v2 = velocity _x;
        _w2 = _v2#2;
        _w1 = _x getVariable ["lastAcc", 0];
        
        if (_w1 - _w2 > 5 * _dt) then {
            _w2 = _w1 - 5 * _dt;
            _v2 set [2, _w2];
            _x setVelocity _v2;
        };
        
        _x setVariable ["lastAcc", _w2];
        
        
    } forEach allUnits + vehicles;
};

what about that one

[sullen sigil]

player is definitely falling slower but vehicles are falling super slow

think player might need to be multiplied by a different value tbh

[tough abyss]

I'm currently cooking up a potential method as well

[little raptor]

I think they might have a slower sync rate

[sullen sigil]

that'd make sense to me tbh

its not suuppeerr noticeably slower but ACE is only giving me bruises when falling with that and breaks bones when falling without so

helicopter seems to be falling the wrong way again

except its so slow i cant tell 💀

ok no nvm it just takes a while to start falling

which is fine

[little raptor]

this seemed to work
but the motion was laggy...

[frigid oracle]

Sorry to bother but anybdoy have a good solution to this? I'm asking as I realized spaming setvar with a global update in a while loop may not be the best idea so im figuring out a less intense workaround.

[sullen sigil]

roger will try

it does indeed seem to have worked

[sullen sigil]

iirc motion appearing laggy is unavoidable without major major fps hit -- its how ACE did their old speed limiter thingy

which did hit fps, just not super badly

[little raptor]

that's not the thing here tho

[sullen sigil]

o

[little raptor]

when I was doing setVelocity every frame it seems that the engine was not updating the velocity

so it was falling with almost constant speed

so now I only change it when it needs to

but because the sync rate of PhysX objects is weird it gets laggy

[little raptor]

you should use a "promise" system

[frigid oracle]

Whats that?

[sullen sigil]

oh right, got you -- i suppose that's unavoidable then?

[tough abyss]

Isn't this current gravity system still going to hard-limit Z-axis acceleration to the gravitational acceleration

[little raptor]

it's a name I've heard people call it. it comes from other languages like C++, JS. I personally just prefer calling it callback
anyway, the client that does the remoteExec stores some ID
then the remoteExec target does another remoteExec on the caller using that ID
you don't need an ID tho
it can just be a callback function

here's an example:

fn_remoteExec.sqf

params ["_params", "_function", "_callbackParams", "_callback"];
_result = _params call (missionNamespace getVariable [_function, {}]);
[_callbackParams + [_result]] remoteExec [_callback, remoteExecutedOwner];

usage:

[[_var1, _var2], "my_fnc_remote", [_var3], "my_fnc_local"] remoteExec ["my_fnc_remoteExec", _target];

what happens is:

1. your local machine remoteExecs the my_fnc_remoteExec on the target machine
2. when that function executes, it runs the my_fnc_remote on the target machine, using the [_var1, _var2] args you passed
3. then it appends the result to the parameters of the function that needs to be called on the local machine (my_fnc_local) and remoteExecs it.
4. now the local machine can access the result by doing: params ["_var3", "_result"] in my_fnc_local

[little raptor]

it limits the falling acceleration only

(negative acc)

[tough abyss]

yeah that's what I mean

[frigid oracle]

i see, ill see what I can do with that example

[tough abyss]

so still limits the acceleration of nosediving planes etc.

[sullen sigil]

to test this theory i shall try and nosedive a plane

[tough abyss]

though I'm not sure there's any way around that so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[little raptor]

yep. (I replied to the wrong comment btw. I meant to reply to @tough abyss )

[sullen sigil]

oh wow

[little raptor]

you could put an upper limit on the acceleration

[sullen sigil]

thats cool

i literally cannot go downwards

i cannot nosedive

[tough abyss]

I tried with an A-10 and it didn't seem too noticeably different w/ a value of 5 for the new grav

but with a low value it might have... bad consequences

[sullen sigil]

I mean I don't intend on nose diving with anything anyway

We probably won't have air support

@tough abyss @little raptor surely there's an internal value seeing as all objects seem to be falling at the same speed?

ive just tested it with a shit ton of them and all are hitting the ground at the same time

[little raptor]

helis won't be able to lower altitude properly either...

basically any object that willingly accelerates downwards will be affected

[tough abyss]

^

though it's probably the best you're gonna get

[little raptor]

well you could ignore planes and helis with their engines on

[sullen sigil]

I don't think we're going to touch the skies tbh seeing as the op'll likely be set on a moon so

No atmosphere and tings

oh bruh thats interesting

hang on let me check im not seeing things

i think the MATV just hit the ground a second or two after a few others

yeah im definitely not seeing things

[little raptor]

onEachFrame {
    _dt = accTime * diag_deltaTime;
    {
        if (isTouchingGround _x || {
          isEngineOn _x && {
          toLower getText (configOf _x >> "simulation") in ["airplanex", "helicopterrtd", "helicopter"]
        }}) then {continue};
        _v2 = velocity _x;
        _w2 = _v2#2;
        _w1 = _x getVariable ["lastAcc", 0];
        
        if (_w1 - _w2 > 5 * _dt) then {
            _w2 = _w1 - 5 * _dt;
            _v2 set [2, _w2];
            _x setVelocity _v2;
        };
        
        _x setVariable ["lastAcc", _w2];
        
        
    } forEach allUnits + vehicles;
};

[sullen sigil]

DAGOR is hitting the ground before MATV and quad bike so either theres something I don't understand in your code or something I don't understand in how BI did 'gravity'

[little raptor]

this code should ignore air vehicles with engines on

[sullen sigil]

air vehicles with engines on dont need to be ignored for me though heh

likely wont be used

#screenshots_arma DAGOR is definitely below the MATV

thats after ive put the script on

all start from same altitude

[little raptor]

they drop the same for me

or is that with the "low gravity" code?

[sullen sigil]

with the low gravity one

just tried dropping from 1k+ meters and theyre remaining at the same height without so

idk whats going on there

[sullen sigil]

ok whats even weirder is regular objects are falling slower than before too

even though they shouldnt be impacted??

[little raptor]

any PhysX object and units should be affected now

[sullen sigil]

im still using the old code lol

i'll try with the new one

ah yeah thats cool -- dagr is still falling faster than matv & quad for some reason though

surely there's just got to be some constant somewhere to change 😂

[tough abyss]

I don't think so unfortunately

[sullen sigil]

i want to find out what gravityFactor does now

[tough abyss]

keep in mind even with this code drag can still make objects fall slower than the cap

[sullen sigil]

can you not change the drag

[frigid oracle]

oh man I need to wrap my head around this one.
If understand correctly _var3 is what data is being sent back?

[little raptor]

yes, and the result will be added to that too

also one thing I forgot to say is that that code is meant for 1 remoteExec target

[frigid oracle]

So what is my_fnc_local exactly?

[little raptor]

a function
that will be called on the PC that does the remoteExec

[frigid oracle]

sorry for asking just this setup seems a bit more advanced than what im used too atm.

Ok I understand better now

[little raptor]

basically the whole purpose of that code is to avoid waiting, as you wanted

let's say you're in function A right now (on the client)

you execute function B on the server. function A exits without waiting

once function B is executed, the server gives the result back to the client, by executing function C

[frigid oracle]

I see, does that example always pass to the server?

[little raptor]

no

another client

but it has to be 1 client

you can change it to support multiple

[frigid oracle]

Ok thank you for the extended explanation.

[little raptor]

but it gets more complex

[sullen sigil]

it just changes gravity for the casings 💀

[little raptor]

this is more descriptive I guess...
fn_remoteExec links A and B
fn_remoteExecCallback links B to C

[tough abyss]

the joys of remoteExec

[sullen sigil]

uhhhh

uhhhhhh

@little raptor @tough abyss did you guys actually test setting the mass

while its not working for players its definitely having an impact on vehicles

[tough abyss]

but is it actually simulating low grav

[sullen sigil]

using {_x setMass (getMass _x * 0.1)} forEach (allMissionObjects "All"); inside of a trigger with radio alpha (just so i can compare) and it does alter the 'gravity'

[winter rose]

yep
for PhysX objects

humans are not exactly that

[sullen sigil]

theoretically, i guess? if you halve the mass of something its downwards force will be halved which seems to be all the engine cares about

in the real world its different

[tough abyss]

force is halved but so is the mass so acceleration should still be the same

which is the problem leopard and I mentioned

[sullen sigil]

should be though

but its not

[tough abyss]

interesting

could just be falling slower since drag + lower mass

[little raptor]

yes

[little raptor]

I set the mass of a tank to 0.1 and it fell the same way

but when it landed it started to bounce around

[sullen sigil]

I'm using VR with a MATV and messing with it's mass driving it off a ramp

It's definitely going further

Setting its mass to 0.1 has funny results but I don't want it as 0.1 so 🤷

[little raptor]

so? it falls the same

[tough abyss]

is it going further because it's falling slower or going further because it's able to accelerate to a higher speed

yeah ^^

[sullen sigil]

this is a valid point

I suppose I can record them both and time it?

[tough abyss]

I suspect it's still falling at the same speed

[winter rose]

set a negative mass? 😄

wheeeeee

[sullen sigil]

I mean, either way it still has the same effect on the surface

[tough abyss]

but that's not low grav

true low grav would have it fall slower

[sullen sigil]

yeah but the people in the op will think its low grav if i tell them it is

i dont exactly think theyre going to bother to calculate it

[tough abyss]

[sullen sigil]

im timing it either way

[tough abyss]

why not just use the low grav script provided earlier

[sullen sigil]

mp + fps

[tough abyss]

fair

[sullen sigil]

if it was a single player scenario i would

ok yeah @tough abyss I think you're right, both are ~2 seconds of freefall so

Though I suppose I could try it higher up to reduce any uncertainty 🤔

fuck it imma do that

Yeah +/- 0.4 seconds in my second test at ~8.5 seconds average so I think you're right

Either way it still has the effect of simulating low gravity

As for how I'm going to explain off players seeming normal 🤔

[tough abyss]

you could potentially get the gravity script provided earlier to be performant in MP

but it'd take some remote execution and locality checks and etc.

and even then it would maybe run horribly

not to mention desync between clients

[sullen sigil]

Yeah, unless BI let us just change the constant I don't think it'll be worth it beyond the "poor mans" route imo

Thanks for the help though both of you 🙂

[tough abyss]

👍

[frigid oracle]

Oh noob moment, but today I learned say2d is much slower than playsound

[winter rose]

ah yes
say2D relates to the 3D world, playSound to UI only I believe, some "more straightforward process" in a way

not n00b
newbie eventually

https://cad-comic.com/comic/glossary-newbnoob/ 😉

[sullen sigil]

After actually testing it in a proper situation I see what you mean now

People aren't propelling themselves off ramps to notice lower gravity, they're hitting bumps and stuff which isn't noticeable if it's only horizontal distance further

I'll experiment with trying to get your script somewhat working in MP but I doubt I'll be able to tbh

[stiff isle]

How can I put different squads' variables into a group?

[open fractal]

elaborate?

[past wagon]

I'm trying to create a "repair vehicle" script that will have the caller continuously do a repair animation while they are repairing the vehicle. I have tried several methods, and none of them have worked. This is one of them. The player gets stuck on the animation. What would be the best way to do this?

params ["_vehicle", "_caller", "_actionID"];
_vehicle removeAction _actionID;

_caller setVariable ["repairing", true];

private _repairTime = if ("ToolKit" in flatten getUnitLoadout _caller) then {
    20
} else {
    100
};

private _repairDistance = _caller distance _vehicle;

[_vehicle, _caller, _repairDistance] spawn {
    params ["_vehicle", "_caller", "_repairDistance"];
    waitUntil { !(_caller getVariable "repairing") || { _caller distance _vehicle > (_repairDistance + 2) || { _caller distance _vehicle > 3.5 || { !(alive _caller) } } } };
    _caller setVariable ["repairing", false];
};

[_caller] spawn {
    params ["_caller"];
    while { _caller getVariable "repairing" } do {
        if (animationState _caller != "ainvpknlmstpsnonwnondnon_medic_1") then {
            _caller playMoveNow "AinvPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_medic_1";
        };
    };
    
};

for "_i" from 1 to 100 do {
    if !(_caller getVariable "repairing") exitWith {
        hintSilent "Repair Failed";
        _caller switchMove (switch (currentWeapon _caller) do {
            case "": {"AmovPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon"};
            case primaryWeapon _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon"};
            case secondaryWeapon _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon"};
            case handgunWeapon _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSrasWpstDnon"};
            case binocular _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSoptWbinDnon"};
        });
    };
    hintSilent ("Repairing: " + str _i + "%");
    sleep (_repairTime / 100);

    if (_i == 100) exitWith {
        _vehicle setDamage 0;
        hintSilent "Repair Finished";
        _caller switchMove (switch (currentWeapon _caller) do {
            case "": {"AmovPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon"};
            case primaryWeapon _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon"};
            case secondaryWeapon _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSrasWlnrDnon"};
            case handgunWeapon _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSrasWpstDnon"};
            case binocular _caller: {"AmovPknlMstpSoptWbinDnon"};
        });
    };
    if (animationState _caller != "ainvpknlmstpsnonwnondnon_medic_1") then {
        _caller playMoveNow "AinvPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_medic_1";
    };
};

_caller setVariable ["repairing", false];

_vehicle addAction ["Repair Vehicle", "jump.sqf", nil, 1, false, true, "", "vehicle _this == _this", 3.5];

[past wagon]

I've just tried so many different ways of "after the player finishes the animation, make them do it again until they are done repairing the vehicle", and none of them work...

[open fractal]

have you tried the event handler

"AnimDone" I think

something like that