arma3_scripting

[sullen sigil]

Gotcha I thought so then

[granite sky]

I wouldn't necessarily bother.

[sullen sigil]

For fine tuning the velocity I assume I'm just changing the 30 in both of these?

[granite sky]

yes.

[sullen sigil]

Gotcha, should be all -- thanks for the help 🙂

[velvet linden]

hello! I have a question is there a way to add weapon optics Eg. for the addWeaponTurret

like adding the HMG from an APC to another vehicle then enabling optics for aim

[hallow mortar]

That would require config changes (and maybe model changes)

[velvet linden]

ok 😦

[warped igloo]

is there a script command that can run an input on the player's behalf?

i.e if the player presses shift to run, I can have a script that forces the player to stand up

[graceful kelp]

Weird Question is there a script or method for me to introduce artifical lag/low fps, so i can test my scripts funcs under those conditions to ensure proper output

[graceful kelp]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/action

[copper raven]

spawn a bunch of scripts 😄

[warped igloo]

omg thank you, my brain is running at half power right now so this really helps ❤️

[graceful kelp]

i am trying and failing to find something that causes lag but dosent crash me instantly

[copper raven]

just run something like

[] spawn {
  for "_" from 0 to 10000 do {
    [] spawn {
      while { true } do { sleep 1; }
    }
  }
}

[warped igloo]

I'm getting an unknown enumerator error for player action ["Stand", player];
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction/actions
any idea why that is?

the script works perfectly otherwise, but it doesn't recognize the action

[copper raven]

those are input actions you're looking at

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Actions

[warped igloo]

ah ok

[warped igloo]

I'm not finding anything here to change the player's stance

[copper raven]

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

_unit playAction "PlayerStand" should work

(assuming _unit is local)

[warped igloo]

ooh, that works in the console, let's see if it works in the script

ah it works, but it freezes all player inputs lol

[copper raven]

🤔

[warped igloo]

I'm trying to add a switchAction with an empty recipient to see if that overrides it

I suspect the action lasts a fair bit longer than the animation, thus only "ending" sometime after the animation has played out

[copper raven]

i just tried what i sent and it works fine, no input freezing or anything like that

[warped igloo]

must be a local problem then

I had a good 10 seconds of input freeze afterward

could still look around but not move

ah yeah, because I had it inside a while true loop

thanks for the help!

[past wagon]

I am using ctrlTextHeight to set the size of my structured text control, but it doesn't seem to be getting it quite right...
Here is my script:```sqf
_ctrlTitle ctrlSetStructuredText parseText ("<t size='1.25'>" + _title);
_ctrlMessage ctrlSetStructuredText parseText _message;

_ctrlTitle ctrlSetPosition [1.2, -0.37, 0.3125, 0];
_ctrlMessage ctrlSetPosition [1.2, -0.31, 0.3125, 0];

private _titleHeight = ctrlTextHeight _ctrlTitle;
private _messageHeight = ctrlTextHeight _ctrlMessage;

_ctrlTitle ctrlSetPositionH _titleHeight;
_ctrlMessage ctrlSetPositionH _messageHeight;

Here is what is showing up on screen: https://imgur.com/a/yx7Zr3v
I am repeating the script with different messages. It seems to be getting it correct for the 1-liners, but giving me values too high for the longer ones.

[maiden bay]

Is there a script that would force a player to place their backpack on the ground? Like with a "Hold Space" Prompt?

[open fractal]

I think there's a drop backpack action

bis_fnc_holdActionAdd with the action command to drop bag

[copper raven]

set initial ctrl height to something high

set the text, then call ctrlTextHeight

also ctrlCommit before you get the height

[past wagon]

ok

[maiden bay]

bis_fnc_holdActionAdd; player action ["DropBag", _gwh, typeOf OPTRE_Fury_Backpack_Nuke player]; trying this, but its saying im missing a [ , not sure where its suppossed to go

[copper raven]

making stuff up will not magically make it work

[scenic shard]

Is it possible to add some text to a TV or other monitor? Would like to add a countdown.

or would it require making 60 texture files and swapping them by script?

[copper raven]

texture files i'm guessing

[maiden bay]

bis_fnc_holdActionAdd; gwh = "a" createVehicle getPosATL player;
player action ["DropBag", _gwh, OPTRE_Fury_Backpack_Nuke player]; changed it a bit, it its still giving the same error

[open fractal]

you are trying to combine two separate steps.

Step 1: write script to force the player to drop the bag

Step 2: input it into the holdAction function

[maiden bay]

ah

[open fractal]

you need to follow syntax on the wiki for both of these steps

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

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Actions#DropBag

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

@maiden bay I think these are all the resources you need to achieve your goal

lmk if you have specific questions about the instructions on the page

[maiden bay]

cool

will do

[open fractal]

actually you also need to create a weaponHolder to contain the bag

[maiden bay]

Can it be any object, or has to be something with an inventory

[open fractal]

the target needs to have an inventory I believe

[maiden bay]

its supposed to be placed at the foot of an object

with the wording on it the wiki, it says it can be placed on the ground, assuming an invis helipad would work

[copper raven]

no, you need to use a weapon holder

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicle to create an object of class "GroundWeaponHolder" at the desired position

you can get a position array by either right clicking in eden and logging the position to clipboard or using a getter like getRelPos

[maiden bay]

hm interesting, i might be able to just spawn the backpack or nuke object

[open fractal]

so your list is now

1. create weaponholder
2. force player to drop bag into weaponholder
3. incorporate script into hold action

i believe you still need to make a groundweaponholder to physically spawn the backpack

[maiden bay]

Honestly, it really dosent have to be a hold action, it can just be a clikc promt

[open fractal]

the hold action is the simplest part

#arma3_scripting message

here is an example of creating a groundweaponholder

[maiden bay]

oooofffffff, thats some large stuff

[open fractal]

_target = "GroundWeaponHolder" createVehicle (player getRelPos [0.5, 0]);
player action ["DropBag", _target, backpack player];
```example of creating a weapon holder and dropping the bag into it

all of these commands highlighted in red have wiki pages

actually there's already a working example on the wiki

see example 2 under the DropBag action

(and comments explaining why it's better than the code I just wrote)

[drowsy geyser]

how would i ensure that a trigger only works while one player is inside the trigger area?
is this right?

{isPlayer _x && side _x == west} count thisList == 1

[willow hound]

What do you mean by "a trigger [...] works"?

[drowsy geyser]

the trigger is set to:
any player
repeatable
I want the trigger to only work for one player at a time. So if a player is in the trigger area, it should not work for other players entering the trigger area

[willow hound]

In that case, yes, your condition should work.
Since the trigger activation is set to Any player, you can remove isPlayer _x from the condition (because thisList only contains players for triggers with that activation).

[smoky verge]

how can I disable both a geometry and roadway lod of an object?
disablecollisionwith is stated to not disable the roadway
tried to attach it to something else but I don't think that actually matters

scaling an object up often does the job but I need the original size

[south swan]

at which point? If inside BIS_fnc_findSafePos - then it's probably because your last argument if just one position, when the function calls for two

[rough summit]

_questDestination returns number

And this number always is first number of building cords array (x)

so, trouble in ```sqf
, getPosATL _questBuilding]

but if u do like that , u always get center of object

, [getPosATL _questBuilding, getPosATL _questBuilding]]

[south swan]

Well, that's it then 🤷‍♂️ the function expects to see two default positions in the last argument

[rough summit]

My bad then...May be

[tough abyss]

anyone able to help, I'm trying to get friendly targets on sensor / radar to show as enemy instead of friendly. But cant seem to find the right place to look.

[sullen sigil]

Is there a command for detecting whether a position is on the underside of an object? Everything I've tried to do thus far hasn't worked as intended...

[kind cedar]

How can I enable team switch on an AI during gameplay with zeus

[stable dune]

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

You can force it if you are playing and you have debug enabled to logged admin from mission display

cursorObject enableAi "teamSwitch";

Curator display

(curatorSelected #0#0) enableAi "teamSwitch";

(I'm not sure of curator selected array, cannot test that currently, but you can check what it return on watchlist curatorSelected #0#0

Or use
curatorMouseOver #0

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

When player switches and leaves behind AI unit, you need to enable "TeamSwitch" AI on it _unit enableAI "TeamSwitch" so that the unit continues with waypoints.

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

[kind cedar]

So im trying to do this in singleplayer, which means im admin automatically right?

[stable dune]

Yeah 👍

If you have debug console showing when you play you can use these , you can change that from settings or enable via description.ext
Here is guide to do that
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Debug_Console

[kind cedar]

Is this what your talking about

Well I cant send a picture

But when I press ESC it shows an "extended debug console"

[stable dune]

Yeah, then you have it

[kind cedar]

I have zeus enhanced

Sweet, now I just type in "cursorObject enableAi "teamSwitch";" this and it;ll work?

[stable dune]

Should yeah

[kind cedar]

When it says "cursorObject" does this mean I select the unit and then press ESC and type that in?

[stable dune]

And just point that ai what you want or from Zeus use selected

[kind cedar]

Now how do I execute the command?

Just leave it in there and un pause?

[stable dune]

And in single player you can use command
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addSwitchableUnit

[velvet linden]

Hello, I've seen select being used in scripts, but how does it work? I've read the wiki and am still confused? can someone help me understand this?

[copper raven]

which part are you confused about?

[velvet linden]

im just wondering how do you use it? and its general purpose

[copper raven]

read the wiki again

it literally has everything described there

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

[velvet linden]

ok ill read it again!

[copper raven]

examples at the bottom

[velvet linden]

Hello! is there a way to stop playing a sound? I'm using `playSound3D and want it to stop when an action is stopped, how can I accomplish this?

[copper raven]

no, use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/say3D instead

it returns a sound source which you can https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteVehicle

[velvet linden]

will this delete the sound or my object or both when used?

[copper raven]

only the sound

[velvet linden]

ok thanks!

[copper raven]

see example 3

of say3D

[velvet linden]

its saying my sound isnt found but it was working on playSound3D

[open fractal]

say3D takes a classname not a path

make a CfgSounds definition if you havent already

[velvet linden]

how do you do that?

[open fractal]

see description.ext on the wiki

[velvet linden]

k

[pseudo ridge]

Can i delete the dust from a explosion?

From "HelicopterExploBig" explosion.

This explosion generates lot's of small dust objects.

[pseudo ridge]

allObjects will help.

Explosion dust is local?

[violet lintel]

Anyone know of a script that disables the "load" option in Zeus spawned Virtual Arsenals?

I'm trying to make a truly limited arsenal that will get players actually involved in the stories I'm trying to create for them

[shut reef]

Is _args ever a magic word in sqf?

I got a peculiar piece of code that does indeed work but refers to _args without ever defining it and the wiki is silent on it

[copper raven]

what piece?

magic word is more or less something that the engine sets in the scope

i never recall any _args

[shut reef]

[[_target] call LOOTER_fnc_calcLootTime, [_target, _nearestVehicle], {[_args select 0, _args select 1] call COMPILE_FILE(fnc_lootContainer)}, {false}, "Looting", [_args select 0] call LOOTER_fnc_canLoot] call ace_common_fnc_progressBar;

It's from Looting Enhanced

Nowhere is that variable ever set

[copper raven]

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/common/functions/fnc_progressBar.sqf#L47 its set here

nothing magic about it

[shut reef]

But how does that work?
The call is not coming from the same scope

[copper raven]

it is though

[shut reef]

that hurts my brain xD

So cause a variable by that name is defined in the function I am calling I can refer to it in the paramters I give to that function?

[copper raven]

_forwardCall = {
  params ["_fn", "_args"];
  call _fn;
};

[{ hint _args }, "Hello"] call _forwardCall

[south swan]

it's defined in many places, i'm slow

[shut reef]

It's not defined in the code that calls it

[copper raven]

just look at the snippet i sent

[shut reef]

and I'm still used to programming languages that would laugh at you for trying sth like that

[copper raven]

its literally what it is

[shut reef]

yeah, as I said, it doesn't work like I'd expect it to

[copper raven]

local variables carry into child scopes

its literally same thing if you wrote an if statement

[shut reef]

But that is not carrying into a child scope, it's anticipating a variable that will defined in a child scope.

It's calling code from another mod entirely

[willow sandal]

Ok so,

I have a parachute jump target being used for a separate script that spawns objects on said target.

However I need that parachute jump target raised in height so it will then spawn the objects on top of something (E.G. an aircraft carrier). setPos?

[copper raven]

code is just a set of instructions,

_print = { hint str _a; };
_a = 5;

call _print;
//exact same
call { hint str _a; };
if true then _print;
//exact same
if true then { hint str _a; };

[shut reef]

good luck trying that in C++ 😉

[copper raven]

well yeah obviously

[shut reef]

Anyway, thanks for pointing it out

I still feel like this should be illegal xD

[copper raven]

sqf is basically dynamic scoping

[shut reef]

Yeah, I hate it 😄 It never works where I would need it and then it just fricks my brain like that

[winter rose]

don't take a look at PHP then :p

[sullen sigil]

@winter rose am i going crazy or is getPos page on the wiki incorrect? it says return in x, y, z but uses select 2 in the example for finding height..?

[winter rose]

and what is the issue…?

[hallow mortar]

Yes, Z is height

[sullen sigil]

surely it should be select 3

[hallow mortar]

Remember, select is 0-indexed

[sullen sigil]

Wait

Yes

[winter rose]

😁

[sullen sigil]

Im a moron

[winter rose]

nah, just had a brainfart

[sullen sigil]

Sorry for useless ping 💀

That would explain why my code wasn't working too

Was trying to use select 3 in getPos

[winter rose]

(well it's not mutually exclusive but still, don't worry 😂)

[sullen sigil]

Excuse me while I was muted I turned nearly all my retexture config into macros and made ketamine in arma

I am frankly intellectually brilliant this past week

[pseudo ridge]

Can i know what Particles video settings the player is using?

[copper raven]

i don't think so

you can maybe hack the ui though and read it from there

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: getting my feet wet understanding procedural textures in the context of drawEllipse. Not sure this is quite the right channel to ask. More of an ellipse fill question than a texture question I think, but definitely texture protocols in nature.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Procedural_Textures
How do I spec out a color that is translucent? I assume that is perhaps the alpha channel in the rbga .
Also trying to understand what the preamble means.

    "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,0.6,0,1)"
//         ^^^^^

In this example the color filling the ellipse shows up all black, which I am not sure should be the case.

    "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,0.6,0,1)"
//                     ^^^^^^^^^

Even taking into consideration the alpha channel, red, green, blue are definitely not black. At least I might expect it to appear brownish.

[copper raven]

the wiki page you linked answers the first part of your question, the second i'm not sure, have you tried argb instead if rgb?

[copper raven]

did you also set the line color to [1,1,1,1]? (in drawEllipse)

[dreamy kestrel]

I am not trying to render anything to surface. I have an ellipse that I am drawing on a map control via drawEllipse, would like to fill it appropriately, I grasp the alpha channel. I think the colors might be what I am looking for although a bit confusing why the first appeared more black than brown.

did you also set the line color to [1,1,1,1]? (in drawEllipse)
Re: line colors, yes, initially the color is responding correctly, with correct coloration, etc. this is next level maturation of the algo in question.

What I do not understand are the height width mips aspects...

I gather maybe this is a kind of compression (i.e. much in less) perhaps?

[south swan]

texture height (in pixels), texture width (in pixels), mips are (iirc) basically LODs with lower sizes

[dreamy kestrel]

so (rgb,8,8,3) is probably optimum without getting too crazy.

[south swan]

so #(rgb,8,8,3) is 8x8 pixels base size with 2 extra downsized versions 🤷‍♂️

tbh i don't understand what's wrong with (rgb,1,1,1) for monochrome, but who am i to ask?

[dreamy kestrel]

so I can focus on the color part. that's fantastic, what I need to know.

[dreamy kestrel]

IDK either except I think maybe it is a kind of compression, at least if the wikipedia has any authority on the subject.

but this level of graphics is also not my specialization.

okay doo, thanks folks

[worthy igloo]

im making a big wall going across terrain that uses scaled up wall pieces, would there be an easier way to connect them up rather than playing in single player checking its positioning then going back to editor

[willow sandal]

With the "createLocation" Syntax, where do I put the actual script?

[real tartan]

is there a way to check if _vehicle is loaded in _plane's cargo space ?

never mind, found: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Vehicle_in_Vehicle_Transport

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds
{

    class EASZombie2
    {
      name = "EASZombie2";
      sound[] = {"sounds\EASZombie2.ogg", 1,1};
      titles[] = {0,""};
    };
    class Othersound
    {
      name = "...";
      sound[] = {"sounds\....ogg", 1,1};
      titles[] = {0,""};
    };
    class Othersound
    {
      name = "...";
      sound[] = {"sounds\....ogg", 1,1};
      titles[] = {0,""};

    };
};

is that correct if i wanted to add 3 custom souns?

[drowsy geyser]

yes!

[sullen sigil]

3den enhanced has a slider in attributes for sizing which changes it in the editor

[coarse dragon]

my lord arma 3 add echo to custom sound if one is inside...

[winter rose]

depends

[coarse dragon]

inside a aircraft hanger

[sullen sigil]

getPos should be returning above any surfaces including objects, right..?

Or have I misunderstood and it doesn't include objects?

[south swan]

"don't use getPos!" in 3...2...

But yeah, in theory it should include objects

[sullen sigil]

i want to find the height above the next surface down so yes use getpos

[south swan]

Or lineIntersects (or whatever it's called)

[sullen sigil]

but it seems to be ignoring objects... going from the underside of a vr cube with an object beneath the position isnt including it and neither is the position being on top of the vr object

[south swan]

Maybe it only includes buildings. Or map-placed objects. Or some other subset. Or just inconsistent

[sullen sigil]

except running getPos player on top of said object works fine as expected...

but when i getPos of the projectile it seems to ignore all surfaces underneath...

[winter rose]

it's "don't use setPos" ^^

[sullen sigil]

yes that too

[winter rose]

how?

[winter rose]

ooooooh might it be that getPos makes an exception for projectiles e_e

[sullen sigil]

does it actually

[coarse dragon]

well when i do the sound via a trigger for a brifein inside a hanger, theres a echo.. but outside of it there is no echo.

[winter rose]

use say3D's alt syntax, we talk scripts here sir 😎

[coarse dragon]

no

but ok

[sullen sigil]

i could use lineintersects........

or i could create an object on the position, getPos it, and then delete the object

this way when i start optimisation i feel better about myself

[winter rose]

hehehe

[winter rose]

not sure which costs more tbh

[sullen sigil]

i assume it is a marginal impact

i dont know how to test the latency my code creates so i will be blissfully ignorant

also the exception isnt on the wiki as far as i can see lou

_entityPos = getPosASL _entity;
_thePosition = createVehicle["CBA_B_InvisibleTargetVehicle",_entityPos];
_thePosition setPosASL _entityPos;
_entityPosAboveFloor = getPos _thePosition;```

god i hate this

[coarse dragon]

does teleport work with a module?

[sullen sigil]

...and it doesnt even work

[coarse dragon]

what r u trying to do?

[sullen sigil]

find the height of a position above its highest surface beneath it

[coarse dragon]

try a ruler

[sullen sigil]

i think i will just lineintersectssurfaces

not even that works its returning the object its impacting on

wtf

[hallow mortar]

LineIntersectsSurfaces returns an array of arrays. Each array represents one intersection (it can be made to not stop at the first). The first element is the positionASL of the intersection. You can use distance, or just compare Z values, to determine how far away that position is from your reference.

[sullen sigil]

its fine i think i just need to bump it down a short tad

and then i need to exit if the array is not empty

done

[pseudo ridge]

I have hundreds of BIS_fnc_dynamicText in my mission.
I use very big numbers for the rscLayer parameter, and now i just noticed this make the fps fall from 70 to 45. For example:

["<img shadow='0' size='3.5' image='images\shot_head.paa'/>",0,0.25,1,0,0,5343245] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText```

After this code above run, FPS drop from 70 to 45 forever.

If i change 5343245 to 12, for example (small number), the FPS is not affected.

This is a bug?

[hallow mortar]

It might be, but it also might be because of how Arma handles large numbers. Any number with more than 6 digits is converted to a floating point format, e.g. 1,000,000 is actually stored as 1e+006. Your number, having 7 digits, is converted, and this may have a performance impact.
Very large floating point numbers also lose precision due to rounding. I'm not sure if your number is big enough to run into that, but it might be, and if so that's probably not good for it.

Try it with 1 less digit and see if that helps.

[pseudo ridge]

Thanks, starting to fix hunderds of BIS_fnc_dynamicText 😔

🧕

[drifting portal]

Better start learning GUI, it will help a lot

[pseudo ridge]

🐒

[winter rose]

or using the UI number generator function?

[pseudo ridge]

Hmmm, seens good!

[winter rose]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_rscLayer ?

[winter rose]

aren't all numbers in Arma floats?
if I had to guess, I would suppose that the GUI id system is e.g filling an array from 0 to -number- with null or something like that, assigning intermediate values

but again, it is only a guess and nothing more

[granite sky]

Yeah, that's kinda fun.

Feels like a bug if it does that. Surely some people were using fairly arbitrary large numbers to avoid collisions.

I recall some dodgy old code in Antistasi that uses 7000 or something.

[boreal parcel]

how would I go about finding what vehicle a wreck goes to? Like if I have a m1a1 wreck, how would I get the classname for m1a1

is it possible to get this from a wreck in-game?

[violet gull]

I'd imagine the typeOf command should do fine.

[velvet linden]

Hello! I'm having an issue with the BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd its being executed globally through remoteExec, Everything works but in the progress part of the code seems not to be letting people other than me in MP use it. Here is my arguments for progression "(satc distance _caller) < 5",. satc is another object next to the target object, anyone sees a reason or possible reason that I'm the only one who can use it?

[warm hedge]

Post the full code please

[velvet linden]

GAZ_fn_Hacked = {
[      
    tower,     
    "Plant Explosives",     
    "\a3\ui_f_oldman\Data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\destroy_ca.paa",      
    "\a3\ui_f_oldman\Data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\destroy_ca.paa",     
    "true",      
    "(satc distance _caller) < 5",    
    {hint "Planting Explosives"},     
    {},      
    {call GAZ_fn_Tower_Main, [tower, _actionId ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionRemove", 0, tower];},      
    {hint "Planting Explosives\nUn-Successful!"},      
    [],      
    30,     
    0,      
    true,      
    false      
    ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, tower];

};```

GAZ_fn_Hacked is executed by another script

tower is the object the code is in

satc is another object placed next to tower (EDITED)

[south swan]

how is satc created? In editor? In some other script?

[velvet linden]

in editor

its a physical object thats placed next to tower

[south swan]

and both tower and satc are assigned those variable names in the editor?

[velvet linden]

yes

as i said it works

but only for me?

[south swan]

and what happens for other people?

[velvet linden]

other players cannot progress the script

"(satc distance _caller) < 5", is to progress the action but its not letting anyone else progress

[velvet linden]

they see the action but when they go to press it its cancels out and gives the interruption message

[south swan]

and are they close enough to satc object? Because exactly your code works well on my machine with both in-game hosting and dedicated server 🤷‍♂️

[velvet linden]

weird ill re-test it with a friend

[velvet linden]

I just retested it twice with my friend and he says that it doesent work for him, do you think this is because of remoteExecCall? and maybe i should use remoteExec?

[south swan]

what remoteExecCall

[velvet linden]

im using that to execute the BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd

[south swan]

] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, tower];
then maybe try to use the code you've posted here 🤷‍♂️

or do you mean you remoteExecCall the GAZ_fn_Hacked?

[velvet linden]

yea

i was just about to clarify

[south swan]

doesn't matter

[velvet linden]

ok

[south swan]

maybe try to print the actual satc distance _caller in the fail message and see if anything is strange with that

[velvet linden]

ok

[velvet linden]

do i do that by adding a variable?

[south swan]

GAZ_fn_Hacked = {
[      
    tower,     
    "Plant Explosives",     
    "\a3\ui_f_oldman\Data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\destroy_ca.paa",      
    "\a3\ui_f_oldman\Data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\destroy_ca.paa",     
    "true",      
    "(satc distance _caller) < 5",    
    {hint "Planting Explosives"},     
    {},      
    {call GAZ_fn_Tower_Main, [tower, _actionId ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionRemove", 0, tower];},      
    {params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; hint str ["Planting Explosives\nUn-Successful!", satc distance _caller];}, // something like that     
    [],      
    30,     
    0,      
    true,      
    false      
    ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, tower];

};```

[still forum]

std::string a;
auto print = [&]{ Hint(a); };
a = "5";

print();
[&]{ Hint(a); }();

if (true) print();
if (true) [&]{ Hint(a); }();

[copper raven]

but you're capturing a dats cheating!1!1 😄

[scenic shard]

is it possible to remove the climb action from a ladder? I tried using removeAllActions on it but that did not work

[warm hedge]

No

[shut reef]

Doesn't count, you declared a before using it 😛

[hallow mortar]

All numbers are technically floats but only some are converted to the exponent format, and only some potentially lose precision.

I too was guessing, which is why I asked them to test it.
If the problem was the number being huge, but not the exponent threshold specifically, dropping one digit should have improved performance but not completely fixed it, since the number is still very big. It sounds like it did fully fix it though, so...

[winter rose]

afaik it's only the tostring representation, it doesn't change how the number is used?

[hallow mortar]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Unless they come back and say "actually, that only partly fixed it" then it seems being over a million is some kind of special threshold, whether it's because of the exponent or not

[winter rose]

that's because of your negative attitude!

:D

@still forum tells no tales 😛

[still forum]

leaves

[drowsy geyser]

if i create a lightpoint via the init field of an object will it be available for all clients in MP?
should i use createVehicle or createVehicleLocal?

[copper raven]

local

if you use an init field it will run on every client thus you will be creating a lightpoint locally on every client (which is correct)

[worthy igloo]

when I do setscale the hitbox is also bigger is it like that in mp?

[coarse dragon]

call { [] spawn titleText ["<t align = 'center' shadow = '2' color='#00ff00' size='1.5' font='PuristaMedium' >Command</t><br /><t color='#ffffff' size='1.5' font='PuristaMedium' shadow = '2' >Copy that get out of there.</t>", "PLAIN DOWN", -1, true, true]; sleep 5; call { [] spawn titleText ["<t align = 'center' shadow = '2' color='#00ff00' size='1.5' font='PuristaMedium' >Command</t><br /><t color='#ffffff' size='1.5' font='PuristaMedium' shadow = '2' >Copy that get out of there.</t>", "PLAIN DOWN", -1, true, true]; }}

anyone know how to fix that? i get a error saying suspending isnt allowed. but the top message works

[warm hedge]

You failed to spawn it

[coarse dragon]

what do i need to do?

[warm hedge]

[] spawn {
    // first titleText
    sleep 5;
    // rest of the code
}```

[coarse dragon]

thank you very kindly

color='#00ff00'

is there a list of colors somewhere?

[warm hedge]

That's not how the Hex color works

https://g.co/kgs/1b8cja <- Google Color Picker

[coarse dragon]

oh right

sweet thanks

[kindred zephyr]

The Arma 3 LOD limits still apply, meaning walk-able surfaces can only be X m in size, and collision in general will only work up to X m from object center. This command works on all objects in Eden Editor or scenario preview, but it will not save and will reset when objects get moved. Eden Editor support is only intended for artists.
ⓘ
Setting the scale of non-simple objects, such as vehicles with players/AI in them, static objects (simulation = "house" in config), etc. might be possible, but not officially supported. You may encounter issues.
⚠
Changing the direction of the object (e.g. using setDir, setVectorDir, etc.) will reset the object back to its original size (probably because the engine normalizes the directions, thus the scale in the transformation matrix becomes 1), so those commands should be run before resizing the object.

setObjectScale is global, so yes its effects are available disregarding execution origin.
Regarding the hit box, the wiki states that this command is restricted by the same rules regarding LODs in each object, so it's would likely be limited to 100m x 100m x 1km in size, however that is also dependant on the way each object is made, so this threshold might actually be smaller case-basis. Better to outright experiment instead, since this command is used mostly for decoration, as using it in gameplay actually involves looping in non-simple objects afaik. Might be wrong, hopefully someone can complement if I'm

[winter rose]

btw 70m* for the max size iirc

[kindred zephyr]

^

[tough abyss]

hey just quickly would this be a function? i can see that the brackets arent closed please ignore it sqf ncl_fnc_spookparticle2 = [] spawn {

[winter rose]

spawn returns a Script Handle, what ncl_fnc_spookparticle2 will be
see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/spawn

[tough abyss]

ok cool ill just change iy just had brain stop and needed smart person to tell me if not hanks lou

[kindred zephyr]

think it like this:

ncl_fnc_spookparticle2 = {hint "code here, inside the brackets";};

call ncl_fnc_spookparticle2;

Alternatively, instead of call, use remoteExec or Spawn according to needs and scheduling requirements.

Although, your naming convention suggest that this functions is intended for the function library, so why not declared it in cfgFunctions directly instead, since the file that contains it still needs to be execVM from its file if its not compiled?

You also get the benefit of having them be a bit more secure in the long term

[tough abyss]

I know how to fix it just can't think enough to determine if it is a function

[winter rose]

function is (more or less) code in Arma

myBadFunc = { hint "OK" };
myScriptHandle = 0 spawn myBadFunc;

[real tartan]

is there a way to prevent player for adding more items that he already have in inventory when I have whitelisted items in arsenal via BIS_fnc_addVirtualItemCargo ?
want to prevent example: when I have whitelisted that only medic can have Medikit, but player pick one from ground and duplicate them via arsenal
ACE does have this handled, not sure how to do it in BIS arsenal

[copper raven]

"function" does not mean anything in sqf itself, there is no such type "function". there is only a CODE type {}, there is the CfgFunctions part, but under the hood it's no different than doing my_fnc_blabla = { hint "blabla" }; (apart from it maybe making the "function" final aka compileFinal/compileScript)

[real tartan]

I am trying to prevent player for multiplying restricted items in arsenal, that they found on ground or picked from enemy, got this, but items from inventory are available in whitelisted arsenal

    _box setVariable ["bis_addVirtualWeaponCargo_cargo", nil, true];

    [_box, _items, false, false] call BIS_fnc_addVirtualItemCargo;
    [_box, _weapons, false, false] call BIS_fnc_addVirtualWeaponCargo;
    [_box, _magazines, false, false] call BIS_fnc_addVirtualMagazineCargo;
    [_box, _backpacks, false, false] call BIS_fnc_addVirtualBackpackCargo;

    ["Open", [false, _box, _player]] call BIS_fnc_arsenal;

[coarse dragon]

is there a code so one doesnt take friendly fire damage?

[hallow mortar]

Use a HandleDamage event handler with a check to see if the shooter's side is the same as the target's, and return the existing damage value if it is.

[coarse dragon]

this addEventHandler ["handleDamage", {(if (east, opfor (_this select 3) ==     west, blufor (_this select 0))) then {false}}];

hows one get this to work?

[boreal parcel]

so like _vehWreck typeOf _vehClass ?

[violet gull]

typeOf _vehicle == "MyVehicleClassname"

[boreal parcel]

ah I should have read the typeOf docs, thanks

[worthy igloo]

is there a way to add map marker info without using strategic map for example you hover over a marker and a box of info appears or something

[boreal parcel]

I know you can do it with a click event on the map

[open fractal]

this is nonsense

that will install an event handler but the attached code makes no sense

[hallow mortar]

this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  // Separate the EH information into easily usable variables
  params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
  // Check the sides of the victim and shooter
  if (side _unit == side _instigator) then {
    // If  they are the same then the new damage should be set to the same as the old damage
    _damage = _unit getHit _selection;
  };
  // Return the damage value to override the EH. If the side check failed, this will be the normal damage the unit would take from the hit.
  _damage
}];

Don't forget to read through and try to understand why this is how it is.

[graceful dagger]

how do i man hook hand ghook car cdoor

[wind hedge]

Isn't sqf side group _unit isEqualTo side group _instigator a better practice?

[tough abyss]

ok so i have an array of objects and i want to turn them all into cordinates them create a vehicle at its position (a particle source) would i be able to use getpos in a foreach then turn it into a variable of cordinates then place that variable in the position part of the createvehcile?

[open fractal]

how so?

wouldn't the group command just be an extra operation?

[open fractal]

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

you're overcomplicating it

alternatively you can just create the particle source in the forEach loop (probably better, unless you need that array of coordinates)

[tough abyss]

thx

[wind hedge]

There are some instances in which the side of a unit would differ from their real "original" side, while their "Group Side" always remain the original one

[open fractal]

besides the instigator being dead?

[south swan]

or damaged player being setCaptive that sets the unit's side to CIV

[tough abyss]

id like to keep the array for cleanup

[open fractal]

then put the particle sources in the array instead

make an array and just append with pushBack when you create the particle sources, you don't need to keep the coordinates

[velvet linden]

I'm trying to get hints to execute for everyone, but is it only working for me? this is how I've structured it

CODE ---> remoteExecCall ["TAG_fn_Test", 0, testobject] ---> TAG_fn_Test = {hint "This is a Test for MP Compatibility!!!"}; (Just Something I put together for an Example use only)

[copper raven]

because other clients don't know what TAG_fn_Test is

you have to define it on other machines too

[velvet linden]

how can i do that?

do i use publicVariable?

[open fractal]

use CfgFunctions

[pseudo ridge]

Why destroy a city give 25% less fps to all clients, even if they aren't near the destroyed city? https://imgur.com/OxF8eLe

[pseudo ridge]

I'm scripting mass destruction weapons, but this destroy a lot of houses and the more the destroyed houses, the less the general fps.

If i destroy all map houses using a simple script, fps fall to 5.

Why destroyed houses are so heavy?

Help!

[winter rose]

try destroying, then disabling simulation of the original object + the ruin perhaps?
also how do you destroy houses

[pseudo ridge]

The original object is still there?
I destroy the city just by spawning lots of bombs on it.

After bombs gone, no more dust, no more craters, fps is 25% less to all players.

[winter rose]

well then yeah, that's gonna tank the performance while things are being destroyed
if it stays the same later, yep that's bad

[pseudo ridge]

@winter rose☝️

Ops

[winter rose]

… I did notice ^^

try using scripts, first

[pseudo ridge]

During explosions fps is horrible, yes, but it never back to normal even after an hour.

[winter rose]

do you want 100% of buildings down?

[pseudo ridge]

Before explosion: 70 fps
During explosion: 20 fps
After Explosion: 50 fps
Only one city destroyed (Kavala)☝️

Not 100%. I destroyed 100% of the buildings just to check performance inpact, and general fps was 10 or less, 5/7 for me.

[winter rose]

the thing is: the server has to stream the state of each destroyed building to players, on creation and on players movement iirc (not 100% certain of this). So yeah, it has an impact

[pseudo ridge]

People are able to destroy cities.

But this will affect all players FPS.

Sad.

So i will make the bombs just kill AI, vehicles and players, not buildings.

😔

🛠️

[winter rose]

maybe a scripted solution exists, but I am not certain at all
like destroying certain specific buildings locally (each client destroys his own local buildings) and disabling their simulation globally

very unsure but worth a try

[pseudo ridge]

Thanks for insisting in the topic, now i understand you. I already have some ideas based on what you talked. Thanks!!!

[willow hound]

@echo yew https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createLocation
Example 3 shows what works and what doesn't.

[granite sky]

A lot of map markers aren't locations and you can only hide them by replacing the map, IIRC.

[kindred zephyr]

^

[sharp grotto]

had the same problem, ruins and other destroyed map objects seem to be globally simulated for a unknown reason.
you can reduce it a bit by running this on the server (reduced simulated objects by ~35%)

{ 
   _x enableSimulationGlobal false; 
} foreach allMissionObjects "RUINS";

you still have other destroyed objects being simulated tho

tried to find out what type/kind they are but no success

[coarse dragon]

[plucky hornet]

Hey guys, I am trying to make a mission where the player i walked through the use of the use of ACE equipment for sniping etc. through tasks (simpleTask), and for the most part it is going very well, but for some reason I am running into an issue here. I have a task which instructs the player to move into position, and then a trigger which will make the new task when the player enters the trigger area, the use of vector-21.
Problem is that the task is shown on mission start even though no one has entered the trigger 🙃
Activation: Any player
Activation type: Present
Trigger init: this
Trigger on activation

Sniping_Task_Vector = player createSimpleTask ["Getting target data",Sniping_Task_Parent]; 
Sniping_Task_Vector setSimpleTaskDestination (position Ammo_Marker);
Sniping_Task_Vector setSimpleTaskDescription [ 
   "Using the Vector-21 you can aquire data on your target (long explaination following)", 
   "Getting target data", 
   "Getting target data" 
];
Sniping_Task_Vector setSimpleTaskType "scout";
Sniping_Task_Vector setTaskState "Assigned";
["TaskAssigned", ["", "Getting target data"]] call BIS_fnc_showNotification;
Sniping_Task_Move_2 setTaskState "Succeeded";
["TaskSucceeded", ["", "Get into position"]] call BIS_fnc_showNotification;

Thanks beforehand, hope the message isn't too long!

[copper raven]

well are you sure that you have no players in the trigger at the beginning?

[plucky hornet]

Yes 100p

[copper raven]

cannot reproduce

something wrong on your end

[plucky hornet]

well fuck

[pseudo ridge]

Nice, i will try! 👍👍👍

[kindred zephyr]

Earlier this year IIRC Leopard or Lou talked about houses and wrecks being basically duplicated when destroyed, as original houses only hide but their simulation still remain somehow. I dont remember the details, but someone suggested getting the house entities that were fully damaged, hiding them and disabling their simulation to "remove" the duplicate houses, since you cannot delete map objects. Might aswell try that

[sharp grotto]

Thats not the reason the ruins are even simulated when no player is nearby ^^

[pseudo ridge]

Can i get the ruin class of a house? I can find only the damaged version of a house (when texture changes, damage < 1) but not the ruin class name (when damage = 1).

[fair lava]

this addEventHandler ["Fired", {  
    moveOut (driver cursorObject);
    hint "moved out";
}];

so im running this in debug console, i'm tryna make a "crowbar" that can get someone out of a wrecked vehicle, but its not working, the hint isnt hinting either

am i using the addEventHandler wrong? or does cursorObject not work in a event callback

[opal night]

could anyone help me with a mod i cant make it work properly?
Its that i dont know how can i make it work writing a command but dont know where

[south swan]

i'm not even sure there is a proper link from building to ruin class and not p3d model in configOf _house >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Ruin1" 🤷‍♂️ At least the wiki seems to only mention the ruin model at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Building_Configs

[copper raven]

is this defined?

if you're running that in debug console

[fair lava]

oh

thanks lol

[copper raven]

need context

[south swan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Building_Land_Classes also says that. So the way to find a ruin class would be to find a DestructionEffect with "ruin" simulation, get a "type" from that and find a "Ruin" subclass with matching "model" property. And if i read correctly they may no even be a matching strings

[opal night]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1024364680799584266/1024364941127467068/unknown.png

[copper raven]

well it's right there in the example

[opal night]

i dont know how can i set this mod to a flagpole like where do i have to write it

[copper raven]

initPlayerLocal.sqf i'm assuming is where you'd want to run that

[opal night]

its not in the ini of the object? like in the ini of the flag i want to make it work

?

[copper raven]

init of the object might be too early

i don't know the source so can't tell

[pseudo ridge]

Thanks!
Strange thing: I'm on stable 2.10, and i can't create a ruin object with createSimpleObject or createVehicle, the result is allways a null object, i tried with "Land_Cargo_Tower_V3_ruins_F" (i checked and this class exists).

[opal night]

what u mean like too early??

[copper raven]

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

[opal night]

sorry i am really new in scripting arma 3 so i am just starting to learn

[south swan]

although now that i think about it, there is a BIS_fnc_createRuin function. Let me check the source :3

yeah, it seems to look into the "Ruin1" effect

[pseudo ridge]

🙌

[south swan]

and dev 2.10 creates said class for me with createVehicle [ "Land_Cargo_Tower_V3_ruins_F", screenToWorld [0.5,0.5], [], 15, "NONE"] 🤔

[pseudo ridge]

Yes, i was wrong. I can create a ruin, my code was fault 😬

[boreal parcel]

is this a valid trigger activation condition?

{
 if (_x isKindOf "Car") exitWith { true; };
} forEach thisList;

[winter rose]

meh

[real tartan]

remove ; after true

[winter rose]

no

[winter rose]

thislist findIf { _x isKindOf "Car" } != -1
```should do the trick 😉

[real tartan]

true; is not boolean

[winter rose]

no, true is
yet the ; doesn't matter here

private _result = if (_condition) then { true; } else { false; };
_result == _condition; // true

[boreal parcel]

ah thanks. Im planning on basically making it so that while vehicle wrecks are in the trigger an addAction is added to the wreck.

Are wrecks still considered their original type? like car wreck is still a car or helicopter wreck is still helicopter?

[winter rose]

while vehicle wrecks are in the trigger an addAction is added to the wreck.
🙀

[boreal parcel]

is that the wrong way to go about something like that?

[winter rose]

yes ^^
"while" mean "do this until it's false"

"- is there a car? yes? add an action"
second check
"- is there a car? yes? add an action"
etc.

you then get multiple actions ^^

[boreal parcel]

I was thinking add the addAction onActivation and remove it on deActivation

[winter rose]

Are wrecks still considered their original type? like car wreck is still a car or helicopter wreck is still helicopter?
wrecks as in working vehicles that got destroyed, yes
wrecks as in "decorative asset", no

[winter rose]

I would say a trigger is not exactly good for this

[boreal parcel]

I was thinking that while looking into it. What would you recommend?

[copper raven]

if there aren't many vehicles, you can just add actions from the get-go to them and check if they're in the trigger area as action condition

[south swan]

well, if trigger is used as a marker for inArea...

[winter rose]

as long as OnAct/OnDeact is not used…

[boreal parcel]

there could be alot of vehicles. I am adding a feature to liberation to be able to recover wrecks and repair them for a portion of their original cost

[coarse dragon]

vehicle this fire "rhs_weap_fab250"
mig flyinHeightASL [30, 30, 30];

i have them both in a move waypoint. the jet drops bombs.

but the code gives a error

[copper raven]

missing semicolon

[coarse dragon]

erm

,?

[open fractal]

; semicolon

[winter rose]

a line return doesn't separate statements, a semicolon does

[runic edge]

Hello guys ! Is it ok to post ace related questions here ?

[open fractal]

ace discord may be more appropriate

[runic edge]

Can you invite me to it, my mp should be open !

Thanks

Please ignore my dumb question, i found it in #channel_invites_list

[unborn bronze]

Hello quick Q, I'm trying to assign to increment the sum of player distance2d getPosATL _object for all players that are under 20 meters of _object.
What's a non-dumbass way of achieving this?

I'm very much a script kiddie, so any hints or help would be really appreciated even if this is very basic

[granite sky]

You actually want the distance sum, not just the count?

private _objPos = getPosATL _object;
private _allPlayers = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";
private _nearPlayers = _allPlayers inAreaArray [_objPos, 20, 20];
increment = 0;
{ increment = increment + (_x distance2d _objPos) } forEach _nearPlayers;

[unborn bronze]

I'm looking for the sum, so for 4 players who are 10, 3, 2, and 22m from the object, I would want the variable "increment" to be 15 (since 22 would be excluded)

[granite sky]

well, that's what I wrote, out of sheer bloodymindedness :P

[unborn bronze]

oh okay! SQF is hard to read for me, but I'll wrap my head around it!

Oh wow I didn't know about inAreaArray, very neat

[granite sky]

If you don't need it to be fast then just use the dumb version:

increment = 0;
{
  private _dist = _x distance2d _object;
  if (_dist <= 20) then {increment = increment + _dist};
} forEach (allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F");

[unborn bronze]

Thank you so much! I learned a lil today

[granite sky]

oh yeah, it's probably faster to do the headless client subtraction after the inAreaArray.

Array subtraction on large arrays is... not quick.

maybe not significant, because the headless client count is small.

[unborn bronze]

We don't use em so we should be good!
Array should never be bigger than 10-12 in our use case

[shut reef]

Is there a way to use localize with formatted string? As in, the sentence contains a variable?

(besides localizing the parts before and after separately, which does not work for all languages)

[south swan]

Localize the format string, then run format on that 🤷‍♂️

See example 3 at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/localize

[shut reef]

Oh! Damn, skipped over that comment. Thank you!

[plucky hornet]

Hey, do any of you know if it is possible to find out the actionName for the actions in ACE3? Can't find a straight forward list like there is for vanilla ARMA, but thought some of you might know a way 🙂
Vanilla arma list https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction/actions

I need it for executing a script w. inputAction https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction

[jade acorn]

so this script is supposed to delete one group + their vehicle on their last waypoint, how should it be modified to delete a group of three vehicles (well, a convoy)? brain machine melted, whatever I try it either deletes the first vehicle or removes only the crew, unless I give everything a variable name which I'd like not to do

cleanUpveh = vehicle leader this; {deleteVehicle _x} forEach crew cleanUpveh + [cleanUpveh]; deleteGroup this;```

[proven charm]

have you checked actionIDs & actionParams commands?

[cosmic lichen]

Loop through all group units and save the unique vehicles inside an array.

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: I wonder is there a good way of converting text to speech?

[plucky hornet]

@proven charm Not those pages actually, but I am having difficulty understanding how to get them to work.. But if I understand them correctly I dont think they work, as I need the ID of using the control to use the Vector from ACE to find distance and azimuth.. I know that the control it [TAB] + [R] but I need the ID of the control

[plucky hornet]

I have used these sites
https://voicemaker.in/
https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/
https://speechify.com/text-to-speech-online/?landing_url=https%3A%2F%2Fspeechify.com%2Ftext-to-speech-online%2F

They seem to provide a decent "normal" voice and not too robotic, but all of them have limitations when used free

[dreamy kestrel]

However I gather no mods per se, no scripting commands or functions. I have to convert to the audio file and so forth first.

[jade acorn]

Arma has no built-in text-to-speech feature, you make your own .ogg sound file, put it into the mission or wherever and play it

[dreamy kestrel]

^ ^^ gathered

[jade acorn]

and if free TTS services are not enough it might be better to just hire some voice actors from fiverr for a couple of bucks, prices for premium TTS can be really high sometimes

[dreamy kestrel]

LOL right... fair enough

thanks

[plush belfry]

How do you interrupt sound files from playing when you're using playsound3D to play multiple dialogue files one after the other?

For example, an AI is speaking but when the player gets detected by the AI, I want him to stop speaking that dialogue

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe a similar question, instead of playing sounds, how might I cause a unit to 'identify surroundings, other units, etc'

my goal there is that his verbiage is audible by players

[pseudo ridge]

"BUILDING" don't work with nearestTerrainObjects?

"BUILDING" is on the list of names you can use.

[sharp grotto]

Try "HOUSE"

[pseudo ridge]

Ah! Thanks!

[dreamy kestrel]

"Building" works for me. I do not think it is a terrain object. usually nearestObjects of a type (class).

[granite sky]

A lot of the nearestTerrainObjects types are unused in Arma 3, IIRC.

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestTerrainObjects see by yourself clicking this tiny button 😉

[granite sky]

In practice it's all a pain because it's based on the 2d map icon, which is used... artistically.

So on Altis you'll often get graves and some walls marked as HOUSE, for example.

[winter rose]

yes - also note that empty (0) results are not listed in the wiki result table

[granite sky]

empty?

[winter rose]

e.g no "VIEW-TOWER" on Altis

[granite sky]

Oh, you mean stuff that isn't used on the map.

[winter rose]

yes
I wonder if we could make a giant table listing all the numbers (and if it would remain readable)

[granite sky]

It's fine, you have the full type list at the top.

What tends to need investigation is what actually counts as what in practice.

[boreal parcel]

could I do this? or should I instead use an exitWith condition check?

thislist findIf { _x isKindOf "Car" || _x isKindOf "Helicopter" }

[winter rose]

can do

but you want a boolean as a result

so check != -1

[boreal parcel]

yeah I do, also this is in relation to the wreck script I mentioned yesterday. Is there a way to tell if a vehicle is a wreck? would I just check if vehicle health is 0 or something? or is alive?

[copper raven]

alive _veh

[boreal parcel]

alright thanks

[boreal parcel]

so im testing and the trigger activates for living vehicles but it doesnt trigger after I blow them up. Perhaps isKindOf "Car" isnt detecting the Car wrecks

[wanton swallow]

setParticleClass "ObjectDestructionFire1Smallx"

How to find a list of all classes?

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setParticleClass
CfgCloudlets

look at```sqf
private _particleClasses = "true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgCloudlets");

[rich frost]

How can i define a drone's waypoints altitute / the altitute it loiters in?

I cant seem to find an appropiate command for that.

nvm, i found it in the waypoint commands group page

[drowsy geyser]

can someone tell me how to point a laser at a players head?

addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    drawLaser [
    eyePos laserPointer vectorAdd [0, 0, 0],
    getCameraViewDirection laserPointer,/// how to aim the laser at the head of a player?
         [1000, 0, 1],
         [],
         0.7,
         0.3,
         500,
         false
        ];
}];

[hallow mortar]

Direction parameter:

(eyePos laserPointer) vectorFromTo (eyePos yourTarget)```
If you're going to vectorAdd [0,0,0] you don't need vectorAdd

[drowsy geyser]

many thanks!

[velvet linden]

how can I make it so every time a player is incapacitated a script function is called eg.
When incapacitated code ---> calls TAG_fn_Test
butI i cant find a way to make it so when incapacitated the function is called

[winter rose]

try a hit/damaged Event Handler?

[velvet linden]

k

[sonic linden]

hi did anyone write a quick converter script that parses
getUnitLoadout player to class format ?

class MyLoadout
{
    uniformClass = "U_B_CombatUniform_mcam";
    backpack = "B_AssaultPack_mcamo";
    linkedItems[] = { "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr", "H_HelmetB", "ItemCompass", "ItemWatch", "ItemRadio", "NVGoggles" };
    weapons[] = { "arifle_MX_ACO_pointer_F", "hgun_P07_F" };
    items[] = { "FirstAidKit", "FirstAidKit", "FirstAidKit" };
    magazines[] = {"30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag","SmokeShell","HandGrenade" };
};

[fleet sand]

Hi guys question what is the best way to get the bullet impact position?

[winter rose]

it would be to use the new projectile event handlers

see e.g https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HitPart_2

[fleet sand]

Ty. So i want to create small sphere at the bullet impact point on objects and this is the code i have for that:

player addEventHandler["Fired",{
    _bullet = _this select 6;
    _bullet addEventHandler ["HitPart",{
    _pos = _this select 3;
    player sideChat format ["%1",_pos];
    _Spherere = createVehicle ["Sign_Sphere10cm_F",_pos,[], 0, "FLY"];
    }];
}];

But when i shoot on Objects the sphere is just floating in air any tips? Ref Picture: https://imgur.com/AX1NSsY

[drifting portal]

well first thing, hitpart returns pos as ASL not AGL, second is that you have the parameter "FLY"

player addEventHandler["Fired",{
    _bullet = _this select 6;
    _bullet addEventHandler ["HitPart",{
    _pos = _this select 3;
    _pos = ASLTOAGL _pos;
    player sideChat format ["%1",_pos];
    _Spherere = createVehicle ["Sign_Sphere10cm_F",_pos,[], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
    }];
}];

[drifting portal]

Use parameter "CAN_COLLIDE" instead, or else the vehicle will spawn in a place where it doesn't collide, since you are spawning it on a bullet impact, that means the bullet is colliding with a surface

[fleet sand]

Yea thank you very much i didnt see the hitpart was using ASL for position

[drifting portal]

I have a bunch of vehicles (Minigun qillin) that are supposed to fire continuously, gunner is an AI with their AI disabled, in single player, this code works, but in multiplayer they don't fire, any idea why?

[] spawn {

    while {Tro_DBMove_IsAboutToGround} do {

        {
            [_x, "LMG_Minigun_Transport"] call BIS_fnc_fire;
        } forEach Tro_DBAttack_MinigunA_Vehicles;

        sleep 0.01;
    };
};

Tro_DBMove_IsAboutToGround is true
Tro_DBAttack_MinigunA_Vehicles is an array of vehicle objects, now here where it gets tricky, vehicles are spawned on each client using createvehiclelocal, then a gunner is spawned using createunit on each client too, for every vehicle, so the unit that is sitting in the local vehicle is also local to the client themselves, maybe that it causing the problem? idk

here is how the vehicle is spawned if anyone is wondering: https://sqfbin.com/bujuhogifuxezudanave

btw BIS_fnc_fire is returning true

[copper raven]

use ammo event handlers

[kindred zephyr]

This might be better going in #arma3_gui and in case it does, i can move it there;

I've come across a problem that is very much probable me being a irremediable dumb-dumb, I'm having a very specific issue with a custom GUI I'm building.

Everything works great, interaction, logics etc etc.

The only real part that I can't seem to be able to get to work for some reason are 2 controls of the RscListNBox type, these controls, according to the game itself, are not being created, however they are being called in the exact same way another GUI I made and have working in the same mission space are done, which, weirdly enough, is using the same type of controls but with different IDC and they work. Same applies to an additional mod I made, when loaded into the mission the mod shows it correspondent GUI with it's correspondent RscListNBox correctly.

I'm a bit in a loss here, as I don't really know what I should be looking for as this only happens to those specific controls.
At first I thought they were using maybe, remotely, reserved IDC numbers but even changing it doesn't really change anything.

If anyone could shine me some knowledge in why could this happens, I'm all ears.

[shut reef]

What's the best practice way to get all objects in a mission that are of a certain class which I got the name of as a string?
Specifically for this example, how to retrieve all objects in the mission that are "Land_RepairDepot_01_tan_F"?

I tried entities, but it does not recognize it like that. ThingX is the deepest into the hierarchy that makes it recognize the object

[warm hedge]

allMissionObjects I guess. It is somewhat performance unfriendly command so watch out

[shut reef]

It's not gonna be called often.
Thanks, I'll try that one

Ugh. Nvm, entities works. I had the wrong class name xD

[jade acorn]

is it possible to view what action was/is enabled on object? what I mean is I want to check if player has WeaponOnBack action (that was added through SoldierOne action ["WeaponOnBack", SoldierOne];) and execute a script if it returns true

[copper raven]

if you ran the action yourself, you can keep track of it

[granite sky]

Where's that spawn running?

[drifting portal]

fixed it using forceweaponfire, the answer is that its running on each client so that each unit that is local to them fires the vehicle that is local to them

i suspect bis_fnc_fire runs on the server? that's why it didn't work

[copper raven]

yes it does

the function itself is ran server side no matter what, from there, it tells the correct machine to fire

[bright robin]

Hello

i've finally started to learn some coding

[winter rose]

welcome aboard the madness train!

[bright robin]

hey

hello :0

i remember you

xd

well, now i'm trying to DIY my way into making a per player system

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;

Would that work?

as well as the fact that i wasn't able to add a "disable respawn" way

for now i don't get much on how to do it

[copper raven]

your code adds 3 tickets to the player

[bright robin]

nice, is what i want to, my question is, how do i add it to the player

what i don't get is now to check how many tickets each player has

[copper raven]

how do i add it to the player
your code literally does that

[bright robin]

no,i mean as a file into the mission

[copper raven]

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

tickets: Number - added respawn tickets. When missing or set to 0, number of tickets won't be affected, which means you can use the function to simply get amount of tickets.

[bright robin]

as a initPlayerServer.sqf

[bright robin]

i explain myself poorly, sorry

[copper raven]

you can do it there, initPlayerLocal.sqf is also fine

[bright robin]

ok, how do i shut donw the sv on 3den, or how do i quickly test it out
so
the code should be (i'm going to do it, not asking)
set tickets for each player to 3
when they respawn, they lose 1
if the player has 0 tickets, they are no longer able to respawn
if the player has 1 ticket, allow then again

[copper raven]

the first is all you need to do

the rest is done automatically

[bright robin]

am i a moron for asking somethink like so?
well, and how do i add tickets to only players from one side?

[copper raven]

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

target

[bright robin]

as well ans how do i shut donw the server on the 3den

[copper raven]

you can pass a side, fx., west aka blufor

[bright robin]

^is a bummer to start as a single player

[bright robin]

thanks

[copper raven]

i don't know actually 😂

i just exit the editor if i need to do that

and enter back in

[bright robin]

ah, no ploblem

[bright robin]

i already knew that one, and is so time wasting-intensive

xd

[copper raven]

actually, you can click Play at the top and play in single player

[bright robin]

i knew that one already

[copper raven]

that'll shut it down

[bright robin]

but is TOO weird that there's a specific button to shut it off

[copper raven]

no idea

[bright robin]

AAA

run into a problem

units don't use the custom loadout i've gave then

also

code seems to not work (weird)

[copper raven]

can't help without context

[bright robin]

ok, sorry
for now i'm running the game with ACE3,on respawn on custom position with manual respawn
and it allows more than 3 respawns

wait, i can't pass images?

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
if (_playerTickets = 0) then { Hint "no tickets" };

@copper raven would that be fine?

[copper raven]

no

1. = is assignment, == is comparison
2. _playerTickets is never 0 here

[bright robin]

i see, i dont get the syntax then

[bright robin]

wait, why not?
if you die, you lose 1 ticket right?

that means you are going to go to 0 right??

[copper raven]

you're adding 3 tickets to the player then immediatly comparing it to 0

[bright robin]

ah, what i want to do is to check if the player has no tickets

to see if at least the code detect the player has no tickets

[copper raven]

pass 0 if you want to return the actual tickets (without adding)

[bright robin]

ah, so i have to compare to 1?

[copper raven]

why 1? you said you want to check if they have none

[bright robin]

because of what you said

i'm confused

[copper raven]

tickets: Number - added respawn tickets. When missing or set to 0, number of tickets won't be affected, which means you can use the function to simply get amount of tickets.
you're passing 3, which means you add 3, so the function returns current tickets + 3

if you want the current ticket count, pass 0 like i said, instead of 3

[bright robin]

no, i want to be noticed when you have no tickets

aaa

i'm so embarrased

[bright robin]

wait, then how do i check the player's current number of tickets

[copper raven]

i've answered that 3 seperate times already

check the wiki link i sent again

[bright robin]

haven't even realised

holy

sorry

ok

i don't get it

[south swan]

sigh

you add 0 tickets to get the current number

[open fractal]

the function always returns the resulting tickets, ergo add 0 to get the existing tickets

[bright robin]

you're talking about how you set up this?

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;

i was asking about how do i check the number of tickers the player currently has

[open fractal]

read this carefully

[bright robin]

uhm...
that also works for counting the number of tickets a player has?

[open fractal]

what do you think is stored in _playerTickets

[bright robin]

the ammount of tickets the player currently has

[open fractal]

the returned number of tickets, look what the return field says on the wiki

[bright robin]

why do i feel so stupid holy, i'm gettins stressed out of this, simple because i don't get why i don't get it

sorry

i don't get it yet

[open fractal]

do you know what return means

in the context of functions

you can say no I'll send a link if you dont

[bright robin]

yes, but in this context no
do we mean that when he dies, he adds one to _playerTickets?

i feel so dumb that is unreal

[open fractal]

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

BIS_fnc_respawnTickets is just a block of code, call is a command to execute this code with the inputs you provide

[bright robin]

ok
that's why
_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
only adds 3 tickets

i get that

[open fractal]

_variable = call _function will store whatever the output of the code is into the _variable

the output of BIS_fnc_respawnTickets is the remaining tickets after they are added

[bright robin]

ok, but is there a way to check the ticket's of the current player?

[open fractal]

what do you add to get the same number

[bright robin]

ok... so you're saying that _playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
_playertickers = 3 ?

[open fractal]

no

[bright robin]

gosh

[open fractal]

_playertickets will be existing tickets PLUS 3

[bright robin]

this is painfully stupied

[open fractal]

as it says on the wiki

[bright robin]

i know

[open fractal]

Return Value:
Number - remaining tickets after adjustment

[bright robin]

and if we start with 0 tickets

[open fractal]

yes

it will be 3 if you add 3 to 0

so to get current tickets you add 0

[bright robin]

ok, and if the player respawns, it will subtract 1 right?

[open fractal]

that is what the wiki says

[bright robin]

or do i have to tell the code to add that event

[bright robin]

ok, and how do i get that return value?

[open fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/stairs-steps-fall-falling-fell-gif-15373342

[bright robin]

uggggg

i feel so stupid

sorry

i'm really sorry

[open fractal]

read

[bright robin]

ok, so return value is 3 in my case

right?

[bright robin]

ok...

[open fractal]

if the function returns 3 then 3 will be stored to your variable

[bright robin]

i dont get it yet

i'm getting closer

[bright robin]

so i have to use _variable?

[open fractal]

you already made a variable

_playerTickets

you can reference _playerTickets later

*in the same scope

[bright robin]

ok, so i just have to use if (_playerTickets = 0) ?

[open fractal]

==*

=sets a variable, == checks it against something else

[bright robin]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

FCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

you're right

now i see it

i was stating that _playerTickets was 0, instead of comparing if it was 0 right?

[open fractal]

yeah the = syntax sets the variable

[bright robin]

then this has to be allright?

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
if (_playerTickets == 0) then {Hint "No tickets"};

[open fractal]

how will it be 0 if you're adding 3

[bright robin]

by dying/respawnning 3 times?

ah

[open fractal]

first line adds 3, second line checks if it's 0

[bright robin]

i have to place a onplayerdeath?

[bright robin]

_playerTickets doesn't get substracted by 1 when you die?

[open fractal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#onPlayerKilled.sqf

[bright robin]

or do i have to place a onplayerkilled?

[open fractal]

the first line adds 3 tickets and returns the total to _playerTickets, _playerTickets will never be 0 with this code

[bright robin]

ok, so i have to place a event when the player itself dies, right?

[open fractal]

I don't know what you want to do. If you want to check tickets when the player dies, yes, just input 0 instead of 3

if ([player, 0, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets == 0) then {Hint "No tickets"};

[bright robin]

what i want is to
Set the player's tickets to 3
when it dies/respawns, susbtract 1
if the number of tickets the player has is 0, he cannot respawn again

^for now just make a message pop up

[open fractal]

you need to do those separately

set tickets to 3 in initPlayerLocal (I think, depends on locality with the function), check if 0 in onPlayerKilled

[bright robin]

2 files for making this?

[copper raven]

i already told you that the game automatically doesn't allow respawning if you have 0 tickets, all you have to do is just set the initial tickets

[open fractal]

well there you go

[bright robin]

tested it, and it seemed to fail

[copper raven]

are you using the apex template?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Respawn_Templates

[bright robin]

no

[copper raven]

then it won't work

[bright robin]

or i don't think so

[copper raven]

it's even stated in the wiki page here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_respawnTickets

Manage respawn tickets used by Tickets respawn template.

[bright robin]

how do i check it

[copper raven]

read the wiki, you need to setup a description.ext

[bright robin]

ok, so to sum up
i have to state that the game is going to use the "respawn = 3;" for example on the Description.ext file
once done i can use the " _playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; " on the initPlayerLocal.sqf file

is that all?

because i'm being really dizzy about this for how weird it is being to me

[copper raven]

you also need the template like i said

something like respawnTemplates[] = { "MenuPosition", "Tickets" };

[bright robin]

that states that you're going to respawn on the "select respawn point" menu, and that tickets are going to be used?

respawn = 3;
respawnTemplates[] = { "MenuPosition", "Tickets" };

[copper raven]

it should yeah

[bright robin]

@copper raven i'm going to use it with this

[copper raven]

the second line makes no sense

[bright robin]

why?
i don't get it
what i want on the second line is the following
if the player has 0 tickets
it pops up a message saying that they have no tickets

[copper raven]

it doesn't work like that

[bright robin]

damm, how could i do it then

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Scripted_Event_Handlers respawnTicketsExhausted

[bright robin]

not wanthing the code

[bright robin]

you mean a call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; ?

[bright robin]

wait

and now i've respawned 3 times

and it teleported me to another spawn point

what

[bright robin]

update
current description.ext

respawn = 3;
respawndelay = "3";
respawnTemplates[] = { "Tickets" , "MenuPosition" };

current initPlayerlocal.sqf

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;

what's wrong there?

[fair drum]

Why is your respawn delay a string?

It might be erroring out because it wants a number thus it doesn't reach the template line.

[bright robin]

OH, nice to see you hypo, i've started a university degree, and learned to code on C

and that impulsed me to try to do SQF

rn i'm trying to do the infamous "individual ticket"

for now the only problem that seems to pop up is information related about tickets and AI

anyways

the goal is to have a ticker per player, so when the "X" times they respawn, they no longer can

and it was mentioned that with BIS_fnc_respawnTickets it could be done

[fair drum]

There is a hidden ticket type which you might want. It's not listed on the wiki (I might change that). I'll look it up when I get home.

One removes the ticket before respawn (on death), the other removes the ticket after respawn.

But yeah, I'll walk you through what you want when I get on my PC in a few hours.

[bright robin]

are you jokinly talking about the default one?

[fair drum]

Tickets is the default one. There is an additional one that is not on the wiki that acts opposite of it.

[bright robin]

why is it hidden

[fair drum]

It's in the config but I don't remember off the top of my hand

[bright robin]

i just want to have tickets per individual player 😔

[fair drum]

You can. Let me get home.

[bright robin]

great, i'll be here

[fair drum]

It might be late. Work has been rough the day after the hurricane.

[bright robin]

ah, no problems

AND also i'm back to the good'ol problems of "my units respawn with armamtent that doesn't correspond

[wary needle]

How would I go about making a limited arsenal

I cant find info on it online

[winter rose]

see BIS_fnc_arsenal doc I believe

[bright robin]

Description.ext requires anything to load it up?

[open fractal]

it's automatically detected

description.ext

just make sure it's in the same directory as the mission.sqm

[bright robin]

ok, now it wants to work, neat

well

back to my topic

xd

[bright robin]

ok, so now description.ext seems to work out for me

with this

respawnOnStart = 1;
respawn = 3;
respawnDelay = 2;
reviveMode = 0;
respawnTemplates[] = { "Tickets" , "Counter" , "MenuPosition" };

now the question is, how do i setup the ticket system

[exotic flax]

Use a limited respawn ticket pool for players. Pool can be applied to everyone, a side, a group or a single unit.
Use BIS_fnc_respawnTickets to update the amount of available tickets. Note that the template will have no effect if this function is never used, meaning players outside of all given pools will have infinite respawns.
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Respawn#Official_Templates

[bright robin]

i was already on that track, nice, still
what i'm not sure is to place it on a even script

on in wich way

for now i've tried init.sqf and the initPlayerLocal.sqf

[exotic flax]

I believe it has to be in initServer.sqf

[bright robin]

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;

just to try it

[bright robin]

and then how to i check the number of tickets someone has?

ok

let's try it

[bright robin]

doesn't seems to work out

[exotic flax]

set:

[west, 5] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; // set 5 tickets for bluefor

get:

_westTickets = [west, nil] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; // get amount of tickets for bluefor

If the second parameter is 0 or nil, it will return the current number, otherwise it will set it to the given number

[bright robin]

if you haven't read preoviusly, the point is to make a per unit ticker system

[exotic flax]

in that case change west to player

and set it in initPlayerLocal.sqf (after the player exsits)

[bright robin]

_playerTickets = [player, 3, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; like so?

uggg

great

:)

[bright robin]

thank you so much, but one question, how do i add more respawns to only players from one side?

[exotic flax]

you could check to which side a player belongs, and add more (or less) tickets

[bright robin]

yes, i mean, the syntax behind it

(mainly for capture points or triggers)

simple, but can't recall how it was done for capture sectors

is literally
detect wich side capture
give a X number or respawns

[exotic flax]

probably with something like this:

_winner = west; // set to team which should get the points
{
   if (side _x == _winner) then {
      [player, 5, true] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; // add 5 tickets
   }
} forEach allPlayers;

can probably be written much better, I'm a bit rusty with SQF 😉

[bright robin]

Winner in this case what means

[bright robin]

don't worry

i am as well

[exotic flax]

winner is the side which got the capture or trigger (by getting the side of the players who triggered it)

[bright robin]

why in that case you said winner = west?

i don't get that part

[exotic flax]

just as an example, since west is one of the sides

[bright robin]

wait, so winnter means only who captured the flag?

[exotic flax]

yes

[bright robin]

no need for _winner = west; ?

[exotic flax]

no, but you do need to know and set _winner to the side which should get the points

[bright robin]

hmm....
you can set it _winner_1 and _winner_2?

[copper raven]

[west, 5] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets should produce the exact same thing, you meant _x instead of player there i think 😅

[bright robin]

could that be applied for a sector changing sides constantly?

[copper raven]

sure

[bright robin]

also, where do i place it

as a event

i mean

or as a trigger

[copper raven]

up to you

[bright robin]

fine,i'll se you tomorro, here is 3:30AM

[fleet sand]

Hi guys Quick question what would be best way to get building position index. I have this script where i get building positions:

///House building positions.
_house = nearestBuilding position player;
_test = _house buildingPos -1;
{
    _Sphere = createVehicle ["Sign_Arrow_Large_F",_x,[], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
}foreach _test;

and _test prints:

[[1816.72,5641.87,0.561687],[1818.56,5651.83,4.07474],[1819.68,5647.61,0.627316],[1818.08,5645.42,3.96448],[1813.88,5642.38,4.0001],[1821.29,5646.01,4.0001],[1820.99,5641.13,4.0001],[1820.17,5653.21,4.07474],[1823.02,5649.9,3.99574]]

How i can declare that [1816.72,5641.87,0.561687] position is building position inedex 1 ? or how if there is a fnc or command that gives me building position index that would be nice ?

[copper raven]

do you want to get a specific position only? i don't understand your question

[fleet sand]

No i want to get the index of the building position.

[copper raven]

use find

but only if you have the original array reference from the list of positions

else you need to just pick the closest one, or do some rounding, because of float precision

[tough parrot]

what exactly is "" _selection in HandleDamage EH?

@warm hedge I was in the wrong channel. Not sure what this is about:

   private _curDam = call {
        if (_selection == "") exitWith {
            damage _unit;
        };
        (_unit getHit _selection)

[warm hedge]

selection is selection, basically the part of the vehicle that got a damage

[tough parrot]

I know, but why would it be blank?

[warm hedge]

Because it could be blank when the damage is a generic one

[tough parrot]

is that damage that goes directly to global health pool without hitting a specific part? i didn't know that was possible.

[warm hedge]

HandleDamage can be fired multiple times per a damage source. Without hitting a specific part might be possible, but multiple HandleDamages are more likely to happen

[tough parrot]

is there a way to detect explosive being planted?

I'm trying to make a team kill detector. I doubt that event handlers will be totally reliable with explosives.

[stable dune]

Good morning,
Friend of mine have problem with forceweaponfire. Is there some other way get correct muzzle and weapon to plane.
Plane is
waypoint position

[[_dropZone #0,_dropZone #1,200],0];

But even this they did not do CAS

_weapon = (weapons _veh) select 3;
_mode = (getArray (configFile >> "cfgweapons" >> _weapon >> "modes")) select 0;
if (_mode == "this") then {_mode = _weapon;};
(driver _veh) forceWeaponFire [_weapon, _mode];
//Force a CAS fire a rocket.

I do not know do i have set pylons to planes (CAS) and try different modes

[tough parrot]

at best forceWeaponFire will only make ai fire at empty space. that is the problem with ai planes.

use only gunships for ai cas. fixed wing ai = garbage.

[stable dune]

Using this https://armedassault.fandom.com/wiki/A-164_Wipeout

[copper raven]

only potential issue i'm seeing is locality, rest looks ok to me

forceWeaponFire takes local arg

[drowsy geyser]

how would i run a while loop for 10 seconds? cant figure it out XD

[hallow mortar]

Get current time > add 10s > while time is less than newtime...

[exotic flax]

private _future = diag_tickTime + 10;
while { diag_tickTime <= _future } do {
   // your script
}

[hallow mortar]

I think you have the comparison operator backwards

[exotic flax]

true... copied it from a waitUntil, where it is correct 😉

[fair drum]

Keep in mind @drowsy geyser the differences in while loops in unscheduled and scheduled environments.

[fleet sand]

Hi Guys i have a question how i can create a vehicle spawner where i have this array:

private _groundVehicleArray = [["B_MRAP_01_F",5],["B_MRAP_01_hmg_F",2],["B_APC_Tracked_01_AA_F",1]];
``` And then on the object i have a ( addaction or aceinteraction ) list of vehicle names and amount of vehicle avaiable and when i spawn 1 vehicle the amount decreses by 1.

[tough abyss]

so what is the question?

[fleet sand]

Basicly how i would go about creating that kind of vehicle spawner where i have class name of vehicle and amount avaiable. And if i want to spawn specific vehicle decreses the amount available. And if the amount is 0 to not spawn the vehicle ?

[tough abyss]

do you want it to last for 1 session or save to a database?

[fleet sand]

For 1 session only

[tough abyss]

ok

so the way id do it is have some box and remotexec an addaction on it when someone opens it opens gui and they can remove a vehicle and doing so changes a global variable that counts how many of that type of vehicle are stored and then use createvehiclelocal and attachto to show them a place to put it then getpos on the local vehicle to fil out the position of a createvehicle give them an addaction to place it

or you can fiddle with nested arrays

[tough abyss]

unless any of the more experienced people have some smarter ideas

[fleet sand]

Thank you for your input. Yea i had the same idea but never the less the direction i go GUI, or interaction via ace or addaction i will need to deal with neasted arrays and sorting them so i will need to play with that a bit in future.

[tough abyss]

i wouldnt figure with ace actions there isnt too much documentation iirc and addaction is usually sufficent enough

[exotic flax]

ACE Interactions actually has a decent documentation, for both configs and scripted: https://ace3.acemod.org/wiki/framework/interactionmenu-framework#3-adding-actions-via-scripts

[tough abyss]

thank you from what i heard it was quite limited havent dont too much modded stuff in a while

[exotic flax]

add_action is just "add action to object and forget about it"
ACE Interact can do the same, but also allows for more complex things (conditions, before/during/after functions, etc)

[rare ether]

hello, is there any way a mod can detect if the user is in the main menu of Arma (the menu with singleplayer, multiplayer, tutorials and options) ?

[cosmic lichen]

A combination of these might help https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isGameFocused https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isGamePaused

@rare ether

[fair drum]

To go through your array in a array in a for each, you'd use

_x params ["_class", "_count"]

On my phone so I can't type out much more atm.

[cosmic lichen]

et = {; ?!?

[south swan]

perams;?

[fair drum]

et=tu?

[cosmic lichen]

Post the whole code

formatted

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[cosmic lichen]

moving semicolons around is usually a bad thing since they only have one place to go

[hallow mortar]

You have semicolons in the wrong places, and you're spelling and using params wrong

[cosmic lichen]

We don't neither, since we haven't seen your code

uff

You sure you just switched a few semicolons?

Looks more like a fist hit that code

[hallow mortar]

currentturret addEventHandler ["Disassembled",{params ["_entity", "_primaryBag", "_secondaryBag"];
[_primaryBag,_secondaryBag] spawn disturret;}];```
and replace select 1 and select 2 with 1 and 0 in the other script

[south swan]

the current state of code is: "When the turret is dissassembled - delete two backpacks". In a very, very, VERY broken SQF

[cosmic lichen]

No need for that inline function really

[tough parrot]

learn how to use semicolons before anything else

[rare ether]

sadly that didn't worked, thanks for the idea tho 😄

[cosmic lichen]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Topics

[cosmic lichen]

Why not?

Oh, because of MP I recoN?

[hallow mortar]

Your semicolons are in the wrong place and you're spelling and using params wrong

currentturret addEventHandler ["Disassembled",{
  params ["_entity", "_primaryBag", "_secondaryBag"];
  [_primaryBag,_secondaryBag] spawn {
    sleep 1;
    {
      deleteVehicle _x 
    } forEach _this;
  }
];```

[rare ether]

basicly i execute the script post Init of the mission, but as you have the map screen game is still paused there

at least the logged values from both functions show that in the log

[hallow mortar]

If you have problems with the documentation you should mention them in #community_wiki , we're always trying to improve it

[south swan]

it would probably sound rude, but one bit of understanding can replace 100 bits of trying every possible combination 🤷‍♂️

[hallow mortar]

_in #community_wiki _
For now, try the code I posted just now.

[tough parrot]

@lilac ravine https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQF_Syntax "Terminating an expression"
nothing wrong with the docu

the only difference from normal is that you need semicolon after {} in some cases, like the code after "then"

if () then {};

script = {};

if you use the eclipse ide you should get the "sqdev" plugin. it catches syntax errors.

except it hasn't been updated since 2019, so somje commands are not in it

[open fractal]

what's wrong with the docs?

what are you looking for?

[hallow mortar]

Arma's documentation has been compiled over the course of, what, 2 decades? Mostly by users, not developers. It does have some flaws and blind spots - a lot of the knowledge is reverse-engineered, or recovered from badly-written blog posts from 2005, and some of it is just not known. But for most basic things, it is possible to figure out how stuff works by reading the pages for the commands and following links in examples. And, of course, you can ask for help here (...politely)
I know you've come from other languages so you have experience with them, but sqf has a lot of weird quirks so it's better to not come in with a lot of preconceptions.

And if you have suggestions for specific improvements, post them (...politely) in #community_wiki and someone will probably try to help or get it fixed.

[tough parrot]

use "site:https://community.bistudio.com keyword" in google to search the wiki.

[hallow mortar]

The wiki search is case-sensitive btw, some people are looking at how that can be changed but for now, just keep that in mind

[tough parrot]

wiki search engines are fairly useless

[cosmic lichen]

Guys, get back to scripting, everything related to docs can go into #community_wiki

[open fractal]

you deciding to randomly place a semicolon after an opening bracket is not the fault of the wiki authors

[hallow mortar]

If we assume that the semicolons were originally properly placed, the code was close to working, but it was blocked by the incorrect spelling and usage of params.
The page for params (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/params) clearly lays out the proper syntax, and now that you've seen it in action in the fixed code, you can hopefully understand why it works now.

I'm not 100% sure about other languages, but SQF will definitely fail to work if a command is spelled wrong.

[cosmic lichen]

Not to mention there is a finished example 🙂

[hallow mortar]

No, I'm pretty sure you got wrong exactly what I just said you got wrong

[open fractal]

if you scroll to the top of that sqf syntax link there's a bunch of links to direct you to the different aspects of the language

not to get into the wiki stuff like r3vo requested but in terms of scripting it should have everything you need

and honestly I find everything just fine by opening a search engine tab and typing in what I want to accomplish, it usually serves up the wiki page of the command in the first couple results. Hopefully this information helps you cut down on your frustration

[cosmic lichen]

My feelings =/

Most of the stuff was rewritten a few years ago

[south swan]

SQF is an old small primitive language. With some quirks, but they are few as the language is primitive and small. And most of modern(-ish) looking features are just code conventions (which are sometimes taken into engine, but are still mostly external to the language itself) 🤷‍♂️

[winter rose]

The thing is, if you can write this code, don't blame it on documentation.
You may also learn a thing or two by listening to the people here who have decades of SQF knowledge and kindly help

sorry, I meant this message.

(@hallow mortar soz, wrong post!)

[south swan]

not like i myself wasn't criticized by not reading the goddamn "Discussion" page on FSM (are there any relevant "Discussion"s on the wiki other than that?)

[cosmic lichen]

harder than what? No documentation at all 😄

It Just takes time to get familiar with it

That's the thing with all docs

[open fractal]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/469559428710924308/1025820700910551130/unknown.png

[winter rose]

not entirely yet 90% of it, hey
there are welcome pages, tutorials, command pages, etc
and #community_wiki remains open to suggestions

no joke, this wiki is still maintained

I see you blaming doc in 90% of your messages here, or the "shit language", but there is some logic behind it all, I swear!

[cosmic lichen]

is there? tell me, now ? 😄

[winter rose]

if you have doubts or questions, the channel is here for you, no problem

[south swan]

shoo, guys. Can you please stop?

[hallow mortar]

Well...the major problem with your code could have been solved by simply going to the page with the exact name of the command. Sometimes it can be difficult to find things if you don't know what you're looking for, but that doesn't seem like one of those times

[winter rose]

(not you @cosmic lichen)

plz provide sugg

[cosmic lichen]

It's always the one infront of the screen

Someone told me

[winter rose]

anyway, back to your problem and how to solve it

[hallow mortar]

Wiki -> #community_wiki
Code problem -> <#arma3_scripting message>

[cosmic lichen]

Then go #community_wiki and make suggestions

[open fractal]

needs a pebcak page

[winter rose]

Pretty sure if you type "event handler" in the search bar, you don't end up or Kirby's website 😄

[cosmic lichen]

Yeah, that prarams was not the issue.

[hallow mortar]

Sometimes I fear that half of my messages are simply vanishing into the void never to be read

[cosmic lichen]

They are read, but not by the one you think cough CIAcough

[winter rose]

not reading that sorry

[tough parrot]

there should be event handler for placing explosives

[hallow mortar]

There is; it's the Fired EH with the Put weapon

[granite sky]

For ACE explosive placement you have to use their CBA handler instead, but IIRC that one is documented.

[tough parrot]

so if you place a mine/charge _weapon = mine/charge object?

[hallow mortar]

No, mines, charges, and grenades are magazines for the Put and Throw weapons

[tough parrot]

i need the position of the placed item

[granite sky]

That's not a problem. Fired/FiredMan EH gives you the projectile as a parameter, so you can do getPosATL _projectile

[little parrot]

Hi, was a pub Zeus and someone ran a Script where only SLs can use side channels and it disables global chat. Anyone have a link to it?

[tough parrot]

@little parrot https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableChannel in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#initPlayerLocal.sqf with the given condition

[open hollow]

hello, i want to force to have a minimum amount of grass, how i can do that?

[winter rose]

the server's options can force that, that or setTerrainGrid

[open hollow]

i want to move the darter using a look down camera, how i can do it?

im trying to change where the "pilot" camera is looking, but i cant find how to do it

[hallow mortar]

You could create a new camera and allow/force the player to change their view to that. However, changing the position of the actual native pilot camera would be a config or model change, not possible with scripting.

[open hollow]

any idea on how to have the same "UI" as the gunner?

[hallow mortar]

Do you mean:

• as the pilot, you receive the same UI as the gunner [does]
• as the gunner, you receive the same UI [as the pilot does]
• as the new virtual camera, you receive the same UI as the gunner [does]
  Note that because the gunner's camera is on a turret, it is possible to force its direction using lockCameraTo, so if you're OK with them using the gunner's camera, that can be made to work the way you want. Giving the gunner's camera the pilot's HUD is probably not possible though.

[open hollow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/763643908080009226/1025929029062250556/unknown.png
maybe that image will ilustrate what i need lol

to aim that, you should be able or to have an pip with a "crosshair"
or a secondary camera, where you can control the drone looking to the ground

[fleet sand]

If you want to shoot from drone camera i guess you could just add magazine and turret to drone and shoot when in gunner exmpl:

_this addWeaponTurret ["LMG_Minigun_Transport2", [-1]];
_this addMagazineTurret["2000Rnd_65x39_Belt_Tracer_Green",[-1],2000];
``` just replace the name of the weapon and magazine with what you want.