arma3_scripting

[jade acorn]

do you get any on-screen error or in rpt?

[blazing zodiac]

I do not

[wind flax]

Hey guys, what's the best way to escape characters? For example

_path = "\NAV\";
_path

Would return "AV", I'd want it to return "\NAV", what's the best way to do this?

[open fractal]

you can always use format and input a string

I just tested your code, it returns "\NAV\", are you sure you need to modify your string?

[wind flax]

Yeah

[open fractal]

can you give a better example?

[wind flax]

Slides_fnc_next = {
    params ["_object", "_total", "_prefix"];

    _currentPage = _object getVariable "page";
    if (_currentPage >= _total) exitWith {};
    
    _currentPage = _currentPage + 1;
    _path = _prefix + (str _currentPage) + ".jpg";
    
    _object setObjectTextureGlobal[0, (str _path)];
    _object setVariable["path", _currentPage];
};

I'm writing a simple slideshow script (ACE one won't work well, lots of slides)

Idea is to pass the object (where to set the texture), the total amount of slides, and the file path for the images.

All the images are numbered based on the order they should be (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc).

[open fractal]

you've isolated that _prefix is not returning what you input?

_prefix = "images\";
[_prefix] call {
  (_this # 0) + "1" + ".jpg";
};
``` returns `"images\1.jpg"`

[wind flax]

I have an idea

1 sec

[open fractal]

likewise for "images\slideshow\1.jpg"

[wind flax]

Fixed it

Using str is what was causing it

So instead of

    _object setObjectTextureGlobal[0, (str _path)];

Should just be:

    _object setObjectTextureGlobal[0, (_path)];

[open fractal]

yeah

[wind flax]

Assuming it's because of the formatting logic

makes sense

[open fractal]

 _prefix = "images\"; 
format ["%1%2%3", _prefix, 1 ,".jpg"];
``` `format` is cleaner imo

it'll still work but it's condensed and less messy yk

_path = format ["%1%2%3", _prefix, _currentpage, ".jpg"];
``` cuts out the need for `str` operator when constructing your path

[wind flax]

Haha, that's what I did for the addAction

_object = class_screen;
_total = 21;
_prefix = format["\%1\%2", "PboName", "Path\To\Files\"];
[_object, _total, _prefix] remoteExec ["Slides_fnc_next"];

Needs some cleaning up for sure.

Thanks for the help

[finite bone]

Is it possible to save an entire code into a variable - that can be actively called for execution?

[untold copper]

Create a function.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Function
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library

[finite bone]

Yea, but what if I want to have a 'dynamic' function

Kind of like preProcessFileNumbers but without the file, in game, dynamically, in real-esque time

[untold copper]

It's preprocessFileLineNumbers and you've lost me.

[finite bone]

Consider this - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_showAANArticle and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createDiaryRecord
I want to create a diary record which calls actual function whenever I click it.
This works in a standard way.

Now, if I want to have the same but with values for the AANArticle all entered dynamically (in game) - how'd I achieve this?

Assume I already have the necessary data in various variables (like _title, _box, _meta etc) - I want to execute the function with this data and have it create a diary record that will call this function

Essentially this example ```sqf
TAG_fnc_myArticle = {
[
[
["title", "My Article"],
["text", "Flavour text"]
]
] call BIS_fnc_showAANArticle
};

player createDiaryRecord ["diary", ["articles", "<execute expression='[] call TAG_fnc_myArticle'>My Article 1</execute>"]];

is it even possible?

[granite sky]

well, that's not really hardcoded?

you are free to change the value of TAG_fnc_myArticle at any point.

It's what you said, just some code stored in a variable.

[finite bone]

If I execute the article twice wouldn't the expression call the most recent one?

[granite sky]

As far as I can tell, <execute> is undocumented.

So I have no idea.

[finite bone]

TAG_fnc_myArticle = {
    [
        [
            ["title", _title],
            ["text", _text]
        ]
    ] call BIS_fnc_showAANArticle
};

player createDiaryRecord ["diary", ["articles", "<execute expression='[] call TAG_fnc_myArticle'>Article 1</execute>"]];

Lets run two test cases:
TC (A): _title = "A" and _text = "A" and call it "Article 1"
TC (B): _title = "B" and _text = "B" and call it "Article 2"

once these two statements are executed one after each other, regardless of what TC (A) had, when the player clicks on Article 1 or Article 2, it will display the values of TC (B) since they both refer the same function TAG_fnc_myArticle

or im completely confused and wrong about how the linking between <execute expression= and createDiaryRecord works

[untold copper]

Away from Arma so can't play around.
You can use arguments / parameters with a function but I'm not sure you can call / spawn functions within execute expression.

Set up a test function and try to execute it from the diary.

TAG_fnc_test = { hint str time; };

player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Execute","<execute expression='call TAG_fnc_test;'>TEST ME ONE</execute>"], taskNull, "", false];
player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Execute","<execute expression='hint ""W0rD!"";'>TEST ME TWO</execute>"], taskNull, "", false];
player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Execute","<execute expression='hint format [''Hello, %1!'', name player];'>TEST ME THREE</execute>"], taskNull, "", false];

It may not work but... That is progress.

Wait a minute.
I just checked out the BIKI for BIS_fnc_showAANArticle.

TAG_fnc_myArticle =
{
    params ["_title", "_text"]
    [
        [
            ["title", _title],
            ["text", _text]
        ]
    ] call BIS_fnc_showAANArticle
};

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "articles",
        "<execute expression='['Fake News', 'Arma IV drops next week.'] call TAG_fnc_myArticle'>My Article 1</execute>"
    ]
];

I'm guessing you want more articles added throughout the mission. Is that right?
EDIT: Can you check if the above works?

[finite bone]

The diary with 'articles' is created in an empty box

[finite bone]

One and Two works - Three does not.

Its basically an empty record - no info/title

[untold copper]

Aye. I just used that as a test before I realised that you can use functions in execute expression ( I hope ).
Did you test the latest test example?

[finite bone]

same as Test Me Three

Can't upload images here oof...

[untold copper]

Ach! I'm out of ideas until I can get to Arma tomorrow.

[untold copper]

You can't?
How about imgur links?

[finite bone]

wanna hop in a vc quick?

https://imgur.com/a/TE64Z4D

[finite bone]

Those blank spots are the ones with arguments passed in the function

[finite bone]

So I was thinking, instead of calling the function in this example, how about i just paste the entire code in it

[untold copper]

Do you mean the BIS_fnc_showAANArticle function?
Are you wanting the article to show up on missions start? And, Do you need more articles to show up later?

[finite bone]

and it works

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "test",
        "<execute expression='[[[""title"", ""test""],[""title"", ""test""]]] call BIS_fnc_showAANArticle'>My Article 1</execute>"
    ]
];

[finite bone]

I got this working too

Had to substitute single " / single ' to double " quotes

TAG_fnc_myArticle =
{
    params ["_title", "_text"];
    [
        [
            ["title", _title],
            ["text", _text]
        ]
    ] call BIS_fnc_showAANArticle
};

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "articles",
        "<execute expression='[""Fake News"", ""Arma IV drops next week.""] call TAG_fnc_myArticle'>My Article 69</execute>"
    ]
];

[untold copper]

Ugh... Apostrophes, quotations, semicolons, square and curly brackets will be the death of me!
Sorry for holding up your progress.

[finite bone]

Now the next problem - cant pass variables inside the expression

""Fake News"" works but _variable1 does not 😂

[untold copper]

Try a global variable.

[finite bone]

like the function is being called, but its not printing any values

[untold copper]

I'm off to sleep. Good luck.

[finite bone]

thanks a lot and good night

[finite bone]

Solved it by using global variables too! thanks!

[mighty bronze]

Hello, is there an easy way to set respawn points base on units? for example, tanks crews respawn on diferent position than infantery. I am doing a DM and I dont want riflemans useing t72

[finite bone]

Are the models of your tank crews different from the other infantry? If so, you can separate them by typeOf function

Else, if your tank crews are under their own 'groups' then you can separate them by groups.

[mighty bronze]

They are on diferent groups

How can I set the respown point for each group?

[finite bone]

what is the current code that you have?

[mighty bronze]

Code? I am useing the respawn module

[finite bone]

If you are using the standard vanilla respawn module in zeus, the its not possible in separating them unless you add in some custom code/function

[mighty bronze]

So, how can I do it? I am not on zeus

I am on eden

[finite bone]

Ah

give me a sec

how are the tank crews classified/distinguished?

[mighty bronze]

Just different units

[finite bone]

do they have a unique gear (helmet, vest, backpacks), naming scheme

[mighty bronze]

Yes

To all

[finite bone]

then you can accomplish it by adding a trigger in the respawn area to automatically 'teleport/move' tank crews to different position by comparing the unique gear they have against infantry

[mighty bronze]

And how I do that?

[finite bone]

what is the unique helmet / vest the tank crews would be wearing?

[mighty bronze]

uk3cb_ard_b_h_crew_cap

[finite bone]

.
0. Grab the coordinates of the location you want played to be teleported to. [ Right-click on the area > Log > Log position to clipboard ]. Save it handy.

1. Create/Determine a detection zone in the respawn area (say 25x25m)
2. Use the 'Triggers' menu (press F3) and place one trigger with the determined 'detection' zone done in Step 1.
3. Set Type to None.
4. Set Activation to Any Player or as per your requirement.
5. Set Activation Type to Present
6. Check / Enable Repeatable
7. Uncheck / Disable Server Only
8. In the Conditions box type this
9. In the On Activation box type:

if (headgear player == "uk3cb_ard_b_h_crew_cap") then { player setPosATL "your coordinates here" };
```10. Click ok.

[mighty bronze]

Thank you!

I will try that, thank you..

[finite bone]

Alternatively, you can paste this in your On Activation field:

{ if (headgear _x == "uk3cb_ard_b_h_crew_cap") then { _x setPosATL [14640.5,16762.5,0] }; } forEach thisList;

[mighty bronze]

Thanks

[finite bone]

corrected a mistake

[mighty bronze]

It worked perfect, thank you very much

Question: this will teleport just the player inside the trigger or the whole tank unit? I just want to teleport the guy inside trigger

The crewman that die and repawned

[finite bone]

I'd highly recommend you split the condition and activation. Here is a more 'safe' code as it does not accidentally teleport wrong players.
Condition box:

this && player in thisList && headgear player == "uk3cb_ard_b_h_crew_cap"

On Activation box:

player setPosATL [14640.5,16762.5,0]

[finite bone]

This will teleport any/all players matching the condition box. Which in the case above is a player, currently inside the trigger area (thisList) wearing the headgear of uk3cb_ard_b_h_crew_cap.

[mighty bronze]

Perfect

And by the whole team teleporting in the same coord, they dont bug and die in a big explosion, correct? lol

[finite bone]

@untold copper - (For when you are back) - My initial theory holds true. The memory swap overwrites previous changes so any old change is rewritten. Hopefully I can figure out the dynamic variable naming and passing it through without needing to utilize 128 gigs of ram . Moreover, the Article Name cannot be parsed as a variable since its converting the variable name to string.

[finite bone]

They wont. But if you want to be extra careful, add in random in the position.

For example, change:

player setPosATL [14640.5,16762.5,0]
``` to ```sqf
player setPosATL [14640.5 + random (20),16762.5 + random (20), 0]
``` and they will spawn randomly in a 20x20 grid

[mighty bronze]

thank you!!

Genius

[finite bone]

I have this:

if (isNil "TEST_markerIndex") then { TEST_markerIndex = 0 };
testTitle = format ["TEST_TITLE_%1", TEST_markerIndex];
TEST_markerIndex = TEST_markerIndex + 1;
``` I'm trying to achieve different strings/data stored with different variables created using the snippet above - which I can then call anytime to provide that data.
i.e., I want 
``testTitle`` or ``TEST_TITLE_1`` to store the string "asdasdasd"
``testTitle`` or ``TEST_TITLE_2`` to store the string "hdffjfdhdfhf"
``testTitle`` or ``TEST_TITLE_3`` to store the string "kfdgjdsftsd"

How'd I go about this?

[south swan]

Check https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getVariable and specifically example 3

[finite bone]

But my varies do not exist prior to my dynamic creation

[south swan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable is exactly 1 click away 🤷‍♂️

[finite bone]

I saw that (especially Example 5) in getVariable (which is same as Ex. 4 in setVariable) - i had a dilemma with that and call compile

[warm hedge]

I got it! The command to get such display it is uinamespace getvariable "IGUI_displays" not allDisplays nor findDisplay
CC. @copper raven

[proven charm]

worth a ticket?

[warm hedge]

Every airports/runways in vanilla A3 only accepts planes from south

[proven charm]

really, that explains it...

[warm hedge]

Which is, you know, a strange limitation

[proven charm]

yeah

I wanted to write an air traffic control script but I guess it's not possible then

[proven charm]

well i could just check for airfields on top of the plane Y axle and if none are found then pick the closest , maybe this is how the engine chooses it as well?

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/landAt
Probably this is what you want to use?

[proven charm]

i think its for AI only

[warm hedge]

Aha, I think I get your situation

[solid ocean]

hey peeps, im making a mission where in theres a town that needs to be taken but the town is cutoff by a river and the only bridge into town has been destroyed.

i was going to make it so that my engineers can build a bridge to bridge the gap. I figure i can hide some bridge components and then when they interact with it once the interaction is complete the bridge will be un hidden. thus looking like theyve "built it".

Only thing which is stumping me is i dont know how to implement add action into this

[frank mango]

addaction "run bridge repair script" ?

[solid ocean]

thats the simple part, i meant how can i change the interaction time etc.

Sorry i didnt put that in my first message

[hallow mortar]

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

[solid ocean]

Perfect

exactly what im looking for thanks!

[kindred zephyr]

Hey guys,
Is there any documentation in regards of how quickly is defaultAction (FIRE) is executed after pressing the button that executes it?

I was wondering this, since FIRED and FIREDNEAR event handlers activate a bit too late to what I wish to do.

Alternatively, is there any way to detect the firing action both for non local and local players as well as the AI before it executes, or to be more concise, before the gunshot sound is made?

I got a function going already that does this but its a bit unreliable, as it seems that the evaluation onEachFrame and the execution itself on the script is not fast enough when looking for the defaulAction > 0

[hallow mortar]

.....How much faster are you looking to get? I'm pretty sure Fired is about as fast as is possible, and it's very fast.

You could try a userActionEventHandler listening for defaultAction, but no guarantees this will be faster than Fired

[solid ocean]

so im having some trouble with my HoldAction sqf:

[laptop,
"Raise Bridge",
"\a3\ui_f\data\igui\cfg\holdactions\holdaction_connect_ca.paa",
"\a3\ui_f\data\igui\cfg\holdactions\holdaction_connect_ca.paa",
"player distance laptop > 5",
"player distance laptop > 3",
{},
{},
{this {Br1 hideObject false;Br2 hideObject false;Br3 hideObject false;Br4 hideObject false;Br5 hideObject false;Br6 hideObject false;Br7 hideObject false;},
{["task1","canceled"] call bis_fnc_tasksetstate},
[],
5,
0,
true,
false]
remoteexec ["bis_fnc_holdactionadd", 0, laptop];

This is the script in using but nothing is happening and im stumped as to why.

[hallow mortar]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[hallow mortar]

{this {Br1 hideObject false;Br2 hideObject false;Br3 hideObject false;Br4 hideObject false;Br5 hideObject false;Br6 hideObject false;Br7 hideObject false;},```
This is probably the issue. You can't use `this` here and anyway it's not doing anything. (and **an improperly closed {}**)
Try this for that line instead:
```sqf
{
  {
    [_x,false] remoteExec ["hideObjectGlobal",2];
  } forEach [br1,br2,br3,br4,br5,br6,br7];
},```

[solid ocean]

ok

right now the objects are hidden i want them to be revealed at the end of this will this code do this?

[hallow mortar]

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

Syntax: object hideObjectGlobal hidden
Parameters:
object: Object
hidden: Boolean - true → hidden; false → visible

[kindred zephyr]

to be more concise, before the gunshot sound is made. The thing is that Fired executes after the action is finished, not during it :C. I need to execute a script before the sound for the gunfire is made, as there is a code im trying to exec asap in there. As mentioned, Im doing an evaluation per frame to check on the activation of defaultAction, but the code is not fast enough to exec before the gunshot itself. Think about the LAxemann mod for "environment ducking" but im doing the opposite.

[solid ocean]

sorry ive just read through it now im guessing [_x, false] means it will be revealed my apologies

[hallow mortar]

I'm not sure that this is something that's going to be possible with scripting. There might be something you can do with config or sound controller modding but I don't know how far that goes.

[true frigate]

Hey! Pretty simple question,
I'm just making a script to remove any NVG items from the player. I've got a list of any possible types that we use, but I'm not too sure on how I'd make it check through the list. I imagined it would look something like this, but I'm not 100% sure. Thanks 🙂

_nvgTypes = [
"CUP_NVG_1PN138",
"CUP_NVG_1PN138_Hide",
"CUP_NVG_PVS15_black",
"CUP_NVG_PVS15_green"
];

{
   {_x unassignItem;
    _x removeItem;} forEach allPlayers; 
} forEach _nvgTypes;```

I know think I'd need something after unassignItem and removeItem, but I'm not sure what it would be. I couldn't just use _nvgTypes

[kindred zephyr]

ah, that was my assumption. Thanks

[hallow mortar]

Don't use a prescriptive list, just use the return from hmd.

{
  _x unlinkItem (hmd _x);
} forEach allPlayers;```

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hmd
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/unlinkItem

[true frigate]

Ah, I didn't know that existed! That makes this a lot simpler! 🙂

[hallow mortar]

Oh, that wouldn't account for nvgs they're not wearing. One sec

Okay, two options. The first one uses the item's config to guess whether it's an NVG. This should automatically get all NVGs, but it might also get mod items that go in the NVG slot but aren't NVGs (I've seen it happen...)
Second one just gets whatever you tell it to.

{
  _x unlinkItem (hmd _x);
  {
    // Simulation type seems to be the most reliable way of detecting NVGs
    private _simType = getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _x >> "Simulation");
    if (_simType == "NVGoggles") then {
      removeItem _x;
    };
  } forEach items _x;
} forEach allPlayers;```
```sqf
_nvgTypes = [
  "CUP_NVG_1PN138",
  "CUP_NVG_1PN138_Hide",
  "CUP_NVG_PVS15_black",
  "CUP_NVG_PVS15_green"
];
{
  {
    if (_x in _nvgTypes) then {
      removeItem _x;
    };
  } forEach items _x;
} forEach allPlayers;```

[true frigate]

Ah awesome, thanks a ton!

[finite bone]

private _temp1 = "Title 1";
private _temp2 = "Sub-Title 1";
if (isNil "NEWS_markerIndex") then { NEWS_markerIndex = 0 };
NEWS_markerIndex = NEWS_markerIndex + 1;
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp1];
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_BODY_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp2];
player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        "<execute expression='
        [] spawn 
        {
                disableSerialization;
                [
                    [
                        [""title"",(""NEWS_TITLE_"" + str (NEWS_markerIndex))], 
                        [""text"",(""NEWS_BODY_"" + str (NEWS_markerIndex))]
                    ],findDisplay 46,true
                ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
        }
        '>Article 1</execute>"
    ]
];
``` And so there seems to be a problem - not with the code but with the execution flow.
Regardless of what value the ``NEWS_markerIndex`` passes on, the script still refers to the most recent executed title and text.

i.e. - When executed first, the variables ``NEWS_TITLE_1`` and ``NEWS_BODY_1`` both get set to ``Title 1``" and ``Sub-Title 1`` and executed/saved accordingly through the ``createDiaryRecord`` function.
Now, when the second execution happens, ``NEWS_TITLE_2`` and ``NEWS_BODY_2`` gets set to ``Title 2`` and ``Sub-Title 2`` and executed/saved accordingly through the ``createDiaryRecord`` function. 

However, when checking the diary entry of the first execution, it has been replaced by the entries of the next/recent execution.

[copper raven]

yeah, it was in igui displays 👍

[indigo wolf]

Hi! Quick question, is there a way to receive number of arguments dynamically? I'm trying to remoteExec to another sqf but the number of arguments might differ each execution.

Would if (isNil (_this select x)) work to check/verify if extra arguments exist?

[astral bone]

looks into params. I think it might be of interest?

lets ya tell if it's allowed to be ObjNull (not there) or not. Plus, can say "It needs to be an array or a number, otherwise invalid call" and such

What would I use addWeaponCargo for? As opposed to addWeaponCargoGlobal, that is.

[indigo wolf]

params ["_var_a", "_var_b", "_var_c", "_var_d", "_var_e"];
```so would this accept any amount of arguments passed between a through e without throwing errors?

[astral bone]

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

it can, if I understand you correctly

if you set it up correctly

[copper raven]

yes

all params does is assigns values

[1,2,3] params ["_one", "_two", "_three"]

[astral bone]

it also lets you say if the function accepts certain datatypes, default datatypes

[variableName, defaultValue, expectedDataTypes, expectedArrayCount]

[indigo wolf]

[1,2,3] params ["_one", "_two", "_three"];
[1,2]   params ["_one", "_two", "_three"];
``` would these both work on the same params

[astral bone]

are you in a function?

[indigo wolf]

my idea is to initialize params with max arguments that can be passed from another sqf via remoteExec and then proceed executing the intended script based on the params passed

[astral bone]

[1, 2, 3] call {
    private ["_one", "_two", "_three"];
    _one = _this select 0;
    _two = _this select 1;
    _three = _this select 2;
    // ...
};

// Same as above, only using params
[1, 2, 3] call {
    params ["_one", "_two", "_three"];
    // ...
};

lemme get something else

[1, 2] call {
    if (!params ["_var1", "_var2", ["_var3", true, [true]]]) exitWith {
        hint str [_var1, _var2, _var3];
    };
};
// The hint shows [1,2,true]
// Script exits, default value was used due to missing value

[1, 2, 3] call {
    if (!params ["_var1", "_var2", ["_var3", true, [true]]]) exitWith {
        hint str [_var1, _var2, _var3];
    };
};
// The hint shows [1,2,true]
// Script exits, default value was used due incorrect value type

[1, "ok", [1, 2, 3]] call {
    if (!params [
        ["_var1", 0, [0]],
        ["_var2", "", [""]],
        ["_var3", [0,0,0], [[], objNull, 0], [2,3]]
    ]) exitWith {};
    hint "ok";
};
// Passes validation

[1, 2, [3, 4, 5]] call {
    if (!params ["_var1", "_var2", ["_var3", [], [[], objNull, 0], 0]]) exitWith {};
    hint "ok";
};
// Fails, because passed array is expected to be of 0 length, i.e. empty

you can find this on the wiki by the way

[astral bone]

see this link

[indigo wolf]

yea i saw that but my question is a little different thats not explained in the examples

[astral bone]

default Values?

[indigo wolf]

will line 2 work

[astral bone]

If you tell it to use a default value, yes

[astral bone]

see here

[indigo wolf]

ah so a default value has to be forced

otherwise dynamic arguments cant be initialized without throwing errors

[astral bone]

Yes. Can make the value it looks for be objNull tho

[indigo wolf]

cool i learnt something new 👍 thanks

[astral bone]

Making it have a default value and/or making it accept objNull can both work to accept a 'blank' argument

default value means if it doesn't match what you expect, it will make it be a predefined value. Allowing you to avoid having to do a nil check and if nil, make it be a value.

[indigo wolf]

now the question of how to make it ObjNull

[astral bone]

where

[indigo wolf]

the default value

params ["_var1", "_var2", ["_var3", objNull]``` maybe?

[winter rose]

];

[astral bone]

Lou leads me to beleive that is correct, although it has a syntax error :P

[winter rose]

params [
  ["_varname", defaultValue]
];

[indigo wolf]

ah yes syntaxes

[astral bone]

yea, they want it so defaultValue is set to "objNull"

[indigo wolf]

params ["_var1", "_var2", ["_var3", objNull]];

now this should accept values of either 2 arguments (and make the 3rd one as objnull) or 3 arguments as they are sent correct?

[winter rose]

yup

[indigo wolf]

thanks a lot!

[finite bone]

So how do we store/retrieve something dynamically when its also being executed

that whole execution flow is messing up my mind

[astral bone]

wait huh?
Yes, why is my loadout array 10 long-

OH WAIT b/c the unit loadout page has 0 as the primary weapon 😅

[finite bone]

ok im totally lost on this one and need some advanced/expert guidance in pointing the right direction

for some reason this does not work the way it should be - or ive configured something wrong and blaming it on the processor

[astral bone]

NEW_markerIndex is a global

NEWS*

[finite bone]

yes

[winter rose]

and you are calling the global in the code
you are not using the value at the time of code creation

[finite bone]

the idea being, I create a variable dynamically (based on the number of executions) and then assign the values to them - which is then passed to the code as variables - then executed

[astral bone]

What you want to do, I believe, is exit the string

"
[""title"",(""NEWS_TITLE_"" + " + str (NEWS_markerIndex) + ")], 
"

ignore the 1st and 2nd line, needed it to be a string :P

_array = [["First Aid Kit",3]];
{
  _unit addWeaponCargoGlobal _x;
} forEach _array;

I tihnk that'll work

[winter rose]

"First Aid Kit"? really?

[astral bone]

ahem hem hem
i- i might want to use 'FirstAidKit'

[winter rose]

try without spaces 🙃

[astral bone]

xD

[winter rose]

yeah 😄

[astral bone]

I realized that as you said it.

and now, once this works, I have a random loadout script :D
It can probably be better, but ya know xD

there ain't a way to use hashMap get key and have key be non-case sensitive right?

[copper raven]

store the key lowercase

and also get lowercase

[astral bone]

i am just curious b/c I am dumb and I can see myself not storing the key as lowercase xD
I have the get going to lowercase though.

_loadout = ratchet_loadoutLoadoutHashmap get (toLower _occupation);

hmm- still nothing being added-

[copper raven]

huh? you are getting it only here

not setting anything

[astral bone]

I am setting, but it's a one time set.

[copper raven]

print _occupation

[astral bone]

Basically, just need a static table

err

_loadouts = createHashMapFromArray [
  ["miner",[
    [], // Primary Weapons - ["arifle_MX_ACO_pointer_F","","acc_pointer_IR","optic_Aco",[],[],""]
    [], // Launcher Weapons
    [], // Handgun
    [["U_C_ConstructionCoverall_Black_F",[]]], // Uniforms
    [["V_Safety_orange_F",[]],["V_Safety_yellow_F",[]]], // Vest
    [["B_LegStrapBag_coyote_F",[]]], // Bag
    ["H_Construction_headset_orange_F","H_Construction_basic_orange_F","H_Construction_headset_orange_F","H_Construction_basic_orange_F","H_Construction_headset_yellow_F"], // Helmet
    ["G_Respirator_white_F"], // Facewear
    [], // Binocs (See Weapon)
    [], // Assigned Items (Map,GPS,Radio,Compass,Watch,NVG
    [["FirstAidKit",3]] // Inventory Items.
  ]]
];

_loadouts;

I can see myself accidently making "miner" be "Miner" then tearing my hair out for a day trying to figure out why it won't work xD

does it take a moment before setting a loadout and being able to add items to the stuff?

[copper raven]

and where are you storing the result of this?

[astral bone]

what

result of what

[copper raven]

of the code

[astral bone]

uh-

I'm not sure what ya mean-

OH

_loadouts when called

[copper raven]

its a local variable

[astral bone]

it's being set to ratchet_loadoutLoadoutHashmap

if (isNil "ratchet_loadoutLoadoutHashmap") then { ratchet_loadoutLoadoutHashmap = [true] call ratchet_internal_fnc_initLoadouts;
};
_output = [[],[],[],[],[],[],"","",[],["","","","","",""]];
_loadout = ratchet_loadoutLoadoutHashmap get (toLower _occupation);```

[copper raven]

yeah, how?

[astral bone]

can prob clean it up a bit, but shh ;P

Anyway, yea. Now, why isn't this working-

[copper raven]

diag_log ["_occupation", _occupation] somewhere and check rpt

[astral bone]

_unit setUnitLoadout _output;
{
    _unit addWeaponCargoGlobal _x;
} forEach (_loadout select 10);

[astral bone]

no, it's working, I am just curious if I can make the get be non-case sensitive

[astral bone]

this ain't tho :P

[copper raven]

select 10?

[astral bone]

select 10th item

[copper raven]

yes i know, but the hashmap you sent, select 10 gives you an empty array

[astral bone]

no?

[copper raven]

?

[astral bone]

array's start at 0 :P

[copper raven]

dude i know

[copper raven]

what you sent here, is what i mean

the only value there is, select 10 is an empty array

[astral bone]

_loadout = ratchet_loadoutLoadoutHashmap get "miner";
_loadout select 10;```
in debug console gives `[["FirstAidKit",3]]`

[copper raven]

oh you had the comment there, hard to read lines on phone (the weapons one)

[copper raven]

should be addItemCargoGlobal for FAKs

[astral bone]

... oh...

If I put a weapon into the inventory items, would is still add it?

or a magazine

[copper raven]

should work

[astral bone]

still no

restart gets rid of global var's or no?

[copper raven]

wiki says that addItemCargoGlobal works with everything but backpacks

[copper raven]

yes

(the missionNamespace ones)

[finite bone]

Tried all variations - no go

[astral bone]

huh?

[finite bone]

your code threw generic expression error - i tried to convert it to string - started displaying the whole expression as the title, like, NEWS_TITLE + str (NEWS_markerIndex) +

[astral bone]

well, my code was to show that you need to exit from the string

[tough abyss]

+ " +

^ error

[copper raven]

it has missmatched quotes

[astral bone]

yea, but the first plus is in the string

[tough abyss]

right, mismatched one is at the end

[astral bone]

ohhhhh

wait no, but it is code

[tough abyss]

this formatting hurts

[finite bone]

exactly

[astral bone]

ih

oh*

[""title"",(""NEWS_TITLE_"" + str ("" + NEWS_markerIndex + ""))],
what about this-

[hallow mortar]

You can use ' for an inner layer of quotes instead of having to double up ". It'll help you keep track

[finite bone]

tried before - converts to string - output = NEWS_TITLE_" + NEWS_markerIndex + "

[astral bone]

wait what

OH RIGHT

[tough abyss]

[""title"", ""NEWS_TITLE_"" + str NEWS_markerIndex],

[astral bone]

[""title"",("+ (NEWS_TITLE_ + str (NEWS_markerIndex)) + "))],

wait the parenthatis might be wrong

[tough abyss]

I don't see why the parentheses spam is necessary

[astral bone]

 [""title"",("+ (NEWSTITLE + str (NEWS_markerIndex)) + ")],

it helps me with pemdas xD

[finite bone]

returns the variable name as string - instead of its value

[astral bone]

try this

wait

[tough abyss]

Did you try it or is that just what happened before?

[finite bone]

I executed it now

[tough abyss]

[finite bone]

Does not work - Ref- #arma3_scripting message

[tough abyss]

This isn't an issue with precedence then

otherwise + (str NEWS_markerIndex) would work

[finite bone]

Yea

[astral bone]

[""title"",("+ (missionNamespace getVariable ("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex))) + ")],

agh wait

[""title"",("+ (missionNamespace getVariable ("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex))) + ")],

I think that should work

[finite bone]

The only way I could make it work is actually storing in hardcoded values

[astral bone]

what about this

[finite bone]

missing a parenthesis

[astral bone]

what

oh...

smart boi i am

wait no, what

[finite bone]

i tried to dig further as to whats causing this - any code executed does not get stored in any way unless its hardcoded

so unless a definite string is passed, any subsequent executions will overwrite previous calls too

[astral bone]

Lou you able to help?

missionNamespace setVariable ["NEWS_TITLE_1","hello my darling"];
_cheese = " [""title"",("+  (missionNamespace getVariable ("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (1))) + ")],";
hint (_cheese);```

[tough abyss]

Seems to boil down to the execution context of <execute expression=

of which I am sadly not familiar

[astral bone]

you need to completely exit the string so the (missionNamespace getVariable ("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (1))) is outside of a string completely

[tough abyss]

doesn't make sense if the expression string is compiled

which it must be

[astral bone]

no, you want to have the value of it at that moment be apart of the string

[hallow mortar]

why not use format instead of this hellish abuse of +

[astral bone]

idk

wait yea, use format xD

[tough abyss]

it would be the value of it at the moment, assuming the expression is compiled in place

[astral bone]

no, he wants it so when the string is being made, it uses the variable at that time

[tough abyss]

yes I know

[finite bone]

at this point, im like, hardcap the number of possible executions to 5 and use switch case to copy paste the code over and over

[astral bone]

I'd suggest taking a break

[finite bone]

guaranteed to work as intended (as ive tried it out of chaos)

[astral bone]

maybe use that, then come back tomorrow

[tough abyss]

private _temp1 = "Title 1";
private _temp2 = "Sub-Title 1";
if (isNil "NEWS_markerIndex") then { NEWS_markerIndex = 0 };
NEWS_markerIndex = NEWS_markerIndex + 1;
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp1];
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_BODY_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp2];
player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        [] call {
          [] spawn {
                  disableSerialization;
                  [
                      [
                          ["title", format ["NEWS_TITLE_%1", NEWS_markerIndex]], 
                          ["text", format ["NEWS_BODY_%1", NEWS_markerIndex]]
                      ],findDisplay 46,true
                  ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
          };
          "Article 1"
        }
    ]
];

How about this

[finite bone]

Working code (using copy/paste and switch) - https://sqfbin.com/ebezoxarakudepuwijor

[finite bone]

Error at L17 [""title"",(""NEWS_TITLE_"" + str (NEWS_markerIndex))], - Missing a ]

[tough abyss]

my bad, didn't edit it fully

try now

[finite bone]

works but the values are wrong

its displaying the variable name instead of its value

[tough abyss]

oh lol

right yeah give me a sec

[finite bone]

it seems that any kind of string manipulation within the <execute expression:' block seems futile

[tough abyss]

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        [] call {
          [] spawn {
                  disableSerialization;
                  [
                      [
                          ["title", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_TITLE_%1", NEWS_markerIndex])], 
                          ["text", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_BODY_%1", NEWS_markerIndex])]
                      ],findDisplay 46,true
                  ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
          };
          "Article 1"
        }
    ]
];

that should do the trick

oops actually

there, parentheses fixed

...and fixed again

[finite bone]

Title and Body are empty

[tough abyss]

oh duh

god I am forgetting basic stuff today

[astral bone]

yes xD

sane :P

same*

[finite bone]

we all are so no worries xd

[tough abyss]

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        NEWS_markerIndex call {
          _this spawn {
                  disableSerialization;
                  [
                      [
                          ["title", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_TITLE_%1", _this])], 
                          ["text", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_BODY_%1", _this])]
                      ],findDisplay 46,true
                  ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
          };
          "Article 1"
        }
    ]
];

NEWS_markerIndex needed to be passed as param

give that a shot

[finite bone]

still empty

[tough abyss]

are the NEWS_TITLE and NEWS_BODY vars in missionNamespace?

[finite bone]

yes

private _temp1 = "Title 1";
private _temp2 = "Sub-Title 1";
if (isNil "NEWS_markerIndex") then { NEWS_markerIndex = 0 };
NEWS_markerIndex = NEWS_markerIndex + 1;
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp1];
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_BODY_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp2];

[tough abyss]

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        [NEWS_markerIndex] call {
          _this spawn {
                  disableSerialization;
                  [
                      [
                          ["title", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_TITLE_%1", _this#0])], 
                          ["text", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_BODY_%1", _this#0])]
                      ],findDisplay 46,true
                  ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
          };
          "Article 1"
        }
    ]
];

[finite bone]

a workaround to this would be to use pointers/call by reference to another variable - but then again lies the problem of overwriting previous calls

[finite bone]

It WORKS!

[tough abyss]

Haha nice

[finite bone]

now to convert it to an actual diary record with <execute expression:'

Ah yes, now back to the original conflict of - overwrites

private _temp1 = "Title 1";
private _temp2 = "Sub-Title 1";
if (isNil "NEWS_markerIndex") then { NEWS_markerIndex = 0 };
NEWS_markerIndex = NEWS_markerIndex + 1;
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp1];
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_BODY_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp2];
player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        "<execute expression='
        [NEWS_markerIndex] spawn 
        {
            disableSerialization;
            [
              [
              [""title"", missionNamespace getVariable (format [""NEWS_TITLE_%1"", _this#0])], 
              [""text"", missionNamespace getVariable (format [""NEWS_BODY_%1"", _this#0])]
              ],findDisplay 46,true
             ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
        }
                '>Article</execute>"
    ]
];

[tough abyss]

Hm? What's going on w/ overwrites?

[finite bone]

When I execute the same code with different values for _temp1 and _temp2 - it also affects the previously executed values of _temp

First Execution Values (say Article 1) -

_temp1 = "Title 1";
_temp2 = "Body 1";
NEWS_markerIndex = 1;
``` Output - ```
Title 1
Body 1```

Second Execution Values (say Article 2) - 
```sqf
_temp1 = "Title 2";
_temp2 = "Body 2";
NEWS_markerIndex = 2;
``` Output - ```
Title 2
Body 2```

However, Article 1 also displays output of Article 2 instead of its own (which should be ``Title 1`` and ``Body 1``)

[tough abyss]

May have a solution in a few minutes

Show me how you're executing both though

[finite bone]

It seems like when clicking on the link after these have been executed - the script executes it again and fetches the most recent/last values of 'NEWS_markerIndex'

[finite bone]

Literally the above code twice but different values for _temp1 and _temp2

[tough abyss]

Sounds about right

Think I can fix that in a few

Is there an ammo in game that I can use to make a laser gun? I am thinking something like this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel_halting_and_stimulation_response_rifle

But lethal

[finite bone]

There is an aliens mod in the workshop that uses laser weapons

You can probably use that - but its heavily custom scripted

[tough abyss]

Can you link it?

[finite bone]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656514091&searchtext=aliens

[tough abyss]

Problem is I would rather not plagiarize someone else's work

[frank mango]

use the mod as a dependency then?

and inherit the ammo for use in your own weapon system?

[tough abyss]

Or have dependencies,

Is there anything in base game that is close enough?

It doesn't have to blind enemies,

Just kill them, and be invisible, no recoil, very little bullet drop

[finite bone]

An idea would be to use the Laser (ref IR laser if you are looking for laser light) and then use getDir and deal damage

[tough abyss]

Would probably be easiest to just learn ammo configging tbh

[tough abyss]

Where can I start?

Not very hard

Look at the CfgAmmo reference on the biki and look how other mods do things

[finite bone]

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

The best way to learn something is reverse engineering something you know

[tough abyss]

Thank you

private _temp1 = "Title 1";
private _temp2 = "Sub-Title 1";
if (isNil "NEWS_markerIndex") then { NEWS_markerIndex = 0 };
NEWS_markerIndex = NEWS_markerIndex + 1;
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_TITLE_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp1];
missionNamespace setVariable [("NEWS_BODY_" + str (NEWS_markerIndex)), _temp2];
player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        format ["<execute expression='
        [] spawn 
        {
            disableSerialization;
            [
              [
              [""title"", %1], 
              [""text"", %2]
              ],findDisplay 46,true
             ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
        }
                '>Article</execute>", missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_TITLE_%1", NEWS_markerIndex]), missionNamespace getVariable (format ["NEWS_BODY_%1", NEWS_markerIndex])]
    ]
];

@finite bone This should fix it

*now

can cut it down a lot if you just get rid of the variables though (if you don't need them somewhere else)

i.e.

private _temp1 = "Title 1";
private _temp2 = "Sub-Title 1";
player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        format ["<execute expression='
        [] spawn 
        {
            disableSerialization;
            [
              [
              [""title"", ""%1""], 
              [""text"", ""%2""]
              ],findDisplay 46,true
             ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
        }
                '>Article</execute>", _temp1, _temp2]
    ]
];

[finite bone]

              ["title", Title 1], 
              ["text", Sub-Title 1]>
23:53:51   Error position: <1], 
              ["text", Sub-Title 1]>
23:53:51   Error Missing ]```

[tough abyss]

oh lol let me fix that

[finite bone]

ooh i like this very very much

[tough abyss]

fixed

[finite bone]

especially the fact that i have around 20 variables per execution xd

[tough abyss]

cleanest would be no variables, just

player createDiaryRecord
[
    "diary",
    [
        "News Article",
        format ["<execute expression='
        [] spawn 
        {
            disableSerialization;
            [
              [
              [""title"", ""%1""], 
              [""text"", ""%2""]
              ],findDisplay 46,true
             ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
        }
                '>Article</execute>", "TITLE", "SUBTITLE"]
    ]
];

[finite bone]

thanks a lot,, you've been of tremendous help

[tough abyss]

no problem, glad I could help and remembered how to program

also would probably be helpful for you to make a function to generate articles, i.e.

PEPE_fnc_createArticle = {
  params["_title", "_subtitle"];
  player createDiaryRecord
  [
      "diary",
      [
          "News Article",
          format ["<execute expression='
          [] spawn 
          {
              disableSerialization;
              [
                [
                [""title"", ""%1""], 
                [""text"", ""%2""]
                ],findDisplay 46,true
               ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
          }
                  '>Article</execute>", _title, _subtitle]
      ]
  ]; 
};

but depends on how often you'll be needing to do it

[finite bone]

I'm creating a zeus module centered around this function

where absolutely everything is customizable

[tough abyss]

then functions are probably a good idea

you'll probably want to learn how to use CfgFunctions if you don't already know

[finite bone]

oh yea

[mighty bronze]

Hello, is there any command or script to make players inside a zone not taking damage? Is for a mission deathmatch, and I wont both sides spawn zones to be safe zones.

[tough abyss]

arma deathmatch? I might be interested in that

[finite bone]

Do you have a trigger setup?

Use this as ref - #arma3_scripting message

[mighty bronze]

Hello, yes I have the trigger, all I need is the code

[finite bone]

Here:
Condition box:

this && player in thisList

On Activation box:

player setdamage 0; // Use this if you also want to heal.
player allowDamage false;

On Deactivation box:

player allowDamage true;

Make sure its set to Repeatable

[mighty bronze]

Thankyou, and it will work for only the players inside, correct?

[finite bone]

yes

[tough abyss]

I'm attempting to add water bottles to a water bottle pallet that doesn't have an inventory. To do this I have two boxes, one named waterpallet (which is the pallet of water bottles) and one box named water (the box with the water bottles in it)

This is my code in the init box of the water pallet:

{water setPos position (_this select 1);  
(_this select 1) action ["Gear", water]},[], 6, true, true, "", "(_this distance _target)<1.5"];```

Currently, the water pallet has no interaction. The addAction command appears to do nothing. It does not add an action to the pallet.

Depending on how big the pallet is, it's possible your 1.5 radius check isn't wide enough

also I'd recommend just using the radius param for a distance check rather than making it an expression

I'll up it to 3 and see if it works then

Yes that now works

Now to hide the box that spawns in lmao

[hasty current]

Is it possible to set a unit's hands' positions via scripting using the game's IK system? I know it uses IK for drivewheel rotation when in vehicles (and possibly also for pedals), but I don't know if that system is accessible through scripting in any way.

[midnight niche]

not at my pc at the moment, can you somehow inverse BIS_fnc_findOverwatch to find a lowpoint? or is there another similar command?

[granite sky]

The BIS_fnc_ stuff is functions, not commands. So you can just take the code and modify it.

see the functions viewer on the escape menu.

[worthy igloo]

does _x setskill ["courage",1]; effect morale

[modern agate]

Any idea on a getting a tracer module to work off a trigger, idk if ive missed an obvious solution but i cant find any clear answers

[worthy igloo]

place and invisible dude and have him shoot in the air with infinite ammo

pretty sure thats how the module one works

[modern agate]

aight

[worthy igloo]

[] spawn {
waitUntil {morale _x <= -0.1 && _x call BIS_fnc_enemyDetected};
sleep random 10;
_x action ["Eject", vehicle _x];
_x playmove "AmovPercMstpSsurWnonDnon"; 
_x disableAI "ANIM";
_x setcaptive true;    
};
``` y this get error

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/986756278699294750/1037251682981126194/dwatdfcwd222.gif

[granite sky]

_x isn't defined there. It's a spawn.

[worthy igloo]

               {
                _x allowFleeing 0;
                _x disableAI "FSM";
                _x setskill ["aimingAccuracy",0.31];
                _x setskill ["commanding",1];
                _x setskill ["aimingShake",1];
                _x setskill ["aimingSpeed",0.35];
                _x setskill ["spotDistance",1];
                _x setskill ["spotTime",0.66];
                _x setskill ["endurance",1];
                _x setskill ["general",1];
                _x setskill ["reloadSpeed",1];
                [] spawn {
                waitUntil {morale _x <= -0.1 && _x call BIS_fnc_enemyDetected};
                sleep random 10;
                _x action ["Eject", vehicle _x];
                _x playmove "AmovPercMstpSsurWnonDnon"; 
                _x disableAI "ANIM";
                _x setcaptive true;    
                };
                _x setVariable ["MAZ_fnc_SkillSet",true];        
               } forEach (allUnits select {side _x isEqualTo east AND !(_x getVariable ["MAZ_fnc_SkillSet",false])});

thats the full code

[south swan]

_x still isn't defined inside spawn, because it spawns a separate threadtask

use sqf [_x] spawn { // to pass _x into the spawned task params ["_x"]; // to name the passed value _x inside the task //whatever code }; 🤷‍♂️

[cyan dust]

There is no need for additional array and params actually

_x spawn {
private _x = _this;
...
};

[south swan]

i'd say sticking to arrays and param is a good practice in general. And performance cost is 0.7 microsecond (as in 0.0007 ms) on my machine. Completely neglectable.

[worthy igloo]

                [
                    _x,                                            
                    "Tag n Bag",                                        
                    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_secure_ca.paa",
                    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_secure_ca.paa",
                    "_this distance _target < 3",                        
                    "_caller distance _target < 3",                        
                    {},                                                    
                    {},                                                    
                    {_x switchMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Loop"; sleep 2; deleteVehicle _x;},        
                    {},                                                    
                    [],                                                    
                    3,                                                    
                    0,                                                    
                    true,                                                
                    false                                                
                ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _x];
``` how do I pass _x for the switchmove

[winter rose]

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

hint: arguments 😉

[tough abyss]

politely ask _x to behave

[worthy igloo]

so I put _x in arguments then _this select 3 instead of _x in the script?

[winter rose]

use params

[worthy igloo]

got it

[proven charm]

can you create virtually non-existent unit/object to be used with the chat commands?

I tried createUnit "sideLogic" but that didnt work

[south swan]

_emptyLogic = (createGroup sideLogic) createUnit ["Logic", [1,2,3], [], 0, "NONE"]; 🤷‍♂️

[proven charm]

ah thanks it was "Logic"

[open hollow]

you want to "increase" the volume when a shot fired, so its more hearable i suppose.
Maybe the work arround this is the other way, you make the sound when other fires, i dont know if its posible to supress the gunshot, but you can make your "own" gunshot sound locally on each player arround

[kindred zephyr]

Ty I already found a way to do what i required (which was indeed supressing), its for the emulation of dynamic low-pass filters on certain headwear.

[chrome hinge]

Greetings everyone, im having trouble getting BIS_marta_mainscope setVariable ["duration", 30]; command to work. I have tried placing this piece of code on mission init, military symbols module init, individual soldier init and have trie it in form (group group1) setVariable ["duration", 30]; But i dont seem to get it to work, there have been few forum posts about this and none of them seemed to gain solution to the problem. Could anyone point out what im doing wrong here?

[winter rose]

iirc, name your module BIS_marta_mainscope

[chrome hinge]

thanks! now it started to react but threw some error at me. maybe ill get forward from here

[proven charm]

is it bad idea to use radio Channel for client side only? i want to display message on each client at a time. which mean I need to add all players to the channel but call customChat only on one client at a time

like send message from base to just one client via customchat

[winter rose]

why a custom channel?

[proven charm]

because its cool 😎

[south swan]

also, you don't have any way to send a message to more than one user with one command anyways 🤷‍♂️

[proven charm]

yes

[south swan]

given that all chat commands are local effect and stuff

[proven charm]

yea i was just thinking if it's bad for performance to have everybody registered to same channel.. even enemies

[hallow mortar]

Why would that be bad for performance?

[proven charm]

idk 🙂

[south swan]

channel ID is just a number 🤷‍♂️

and all users are already joined to the global chat

[proven charm]

alright i will then just use what I have now. thx guys 🙂

[hallow mortar]

Custom channel does have the benefit of letting you control the colour and how the callsign is displayed

[proven charm]

that's why I wanted to use it

[hallow mortar]

There's not really any downside to using a custom channel beyond the work of setting it up. If you've added the units to it properly it just behaves like any other channel. The locality of customChat is no different to e.g. sideChat - local effect, so it's very easy to only show messages on certain clients, with that being the default behaviour of the command.

[drowsy geyser]

im trying to execute a code after all players fully loaded the mission and are in game but i have troubles to get it work,
because as soon as the first player loaded the mission, the code is executed for him.

initPlayerLocal.sqf:

player setVariable ["TAG_playerLoaded", false, true];
addMissionEventHandler ["PreloadFinished", 
{
  player setVariable ["TAG_playerLoaded", true, true];
}];

init.sqf

player setAnimSpeedCoef 0; 
cutText ["", "BLACK FADED",9999]; 
_msg1 = "msg1" call BIS_fnc_rscLayer;  
["<t size='0.8' shadow = '2' font='EtelkaMonospaceProBold' color='#FFFFFF'>Loading... Please Wait</t>",-1,-1,999,1,0,_msg1] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText; 

waitUntil {({_x getVariable ["TAG_playerLoaded", true]} count allPlayers) == count allPlayers};

sleep 2; 
cutText ["", "BLACK IN",1];   
player setAnimSpeedCoef 1; 
_msg1 cutFadeOut 0.5;

[proven charm]

there's no way you can tell all players have joined, there can always be more joiners

[hallow mortar]

Your getVariable is assuming each player's variable is true if not set, so if that hasn't propagated across the network yet it will assume they've finished loading even if they haven't.

[drowsy geyser]

makes sense xD

[drowsy geyser]

hmm, i have set the variable in initplayerlocal or no?

[south swan]

inb4 initPlayerServer

[hallow mortar]

Yes, so the local client knows about its own variable, but the variables for remote clients may not be immediately available, due to network conditions/different speeds of loading

The waitUntil is happening basically as soon as the local client starts running init.sqf. There's no guarantee that other clients have finished their own initPlayerLocal.sqf, or finished sending their variables over the network, at that time - and if they haven't, the waitUntil will return true and go ahead.

If it were me, I would add a sleep 0.01; right before the waitUntil, which would force it to only even start being evaluated once the player has left the briefing phase and entered the game.
(And I would also assume false in the getVariable, for safety)

Also I don't think there's any reason these script pieces need to be separated between init.sqf and initPlayerLocal.sqf. They could both go in initPlayerLocal.sqf.

[drowsy geyser]

did what you said but unfortunately it didn't work.

[cobalt path]

is there a way to rearm, repair and refuel an aircraft on trigger? I want players to fly though a trigger and have their aircraft patched up

[hasty current]

Anyone?

[granite sky]

As far as I know, all you can do with script is switch between predefined animations.

not my thing though.

@drowsy geyser So what's your case here? You have a bunch of players assigned to roles in the lobby, and you want to know when they've all finished connecting?

[drowsy geyser]

exactly

[south swan]

i've seen things like "10 minute warmup time on mission start with admin/zeus having "+5 minutes" and "start now" buttons" 🤷‍♂️

[granite sky]

The trouble is that there's no command that gives you a client list.

Only player objects, which are generated late in the connection process.

You could experiment with the onUserConnected and onPlayerConnected mission event handlers, but I don't know if they fire reliably in that situation.

[real tartan]

I am trying to set player setOxygenRemaining 0.5; to drown player, but if he got V_RebreatherB, setOxygenRemaining does not have effect. Is there a way to force player to drown without removing vest (V_RebreatherB) ?

[granite sky]

well, you could just kill them :P

[real tartan]

I want to see them suffer ^_^

[granite sky]

You could make a vest in config that looks like the same but has no rebreather capabilities, and then they couldn't tell.

[real tartan]

that would require creating a mod, need script option

[drowsy geyser]

maybe a while loop and decrease oxygen?

[real tartan]

I already mentioned that, this does not work. I decreased their oxygen to 0, but if they have rebreather, they still live

[jade acorn]

iirc the damage vignette and sounds are visible and hearable underwater, so maybe set their damage to 0.5 and increase it overtime? additionally with some choking sound played on loop

[real tartan]

any idea where should I search for those drowning effects? want to use vanilla effects

[jade acorn]

A3\sounds_f\characters\human-sfx

maybe something will fit your needs, if not then perhaps you could try a vignette effect similar to what ace shows when you're unconscious, so a big black vignette growing depending on how close you're to be ded

[south swan]

_i1 and i1 are different things
and you can run thisList joinSilent i1, because thisList is already an array 🤷‍♂️

[jade acorn]

how would I go about adding additional arguments through function params? I have a function with loop

while {alive _unit && isNil "GF_KillBreathingFog"}```
 and I would like to pass an optional argument to it: `&& !(goggles _unit == "gm_gc_army_facewear_schm41m")`

[south swan]

what's wrong with sqf while {alive _unit && isNil "GF_KillBreathingFog" && !(goggles _unit == "gm_gc_army_facewear_schm41m")}?

[jade acorn]

units may have different goggles

[south swan]

[_unit, _gogglesClass] spawn {
  params ["_unit", "_gogglesClass"];
  while {alive _unit && isNil "GF_KillBreathingFog" && ! (goggles _unit == "_gogglesClass")};
  // whatever
};
``` 🤷‍♂️

[drowsy geyser]

this one
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_fatigueEffect

[jade acorn]

if I don't add anything to _gogglesClass it won't work on units without goggles, so that's not perfect at all I think

I'll just make another function then

[south swan]

[_unit, _gogglesClass] spawn {
  params ["_unit", ["_gogglesClass", "", [""]]];
  private _noClass = _gogglesClass isEqualTo "";
  while {
    alive _unit && 
    isNil "GF_KillBreathingFog" && 
    (_noClass || {!(goggles _unit == "_gogglesClass")})};
};``` 🤷‍♂️

[pulsar pewter]

Thanks!
So, my trigger to have any player that wanders into its area join a different side's group works (currently just have, as suggested, thisList joinSilent i1)

I now want to see if I can make it so that the player rejoins their previous group, whatever that was, when they leave the trigger area. Any suggestions, by chance?

Happy to figure it out on my own, just looking for some pointers or suggestions! Thanks!

[south swan]

save the old group (and side) with player setVariable ["TAG_oldGroup", [group player, side group player]]; before joining them to their new group;
When they need to re-join, run something like sqf player getVariable ["TAG_oldGroup", [grpNull, civilian]] params ["_oldGroup", "_oldSide"]; if (isNull _oldGroup) then {_oldGroup = createGroup _oldSide}; // if the old group is deleted - create a new one for the same side [player] joinSilent _oldGroup;

[pulsar pewter]

Oh, that makes sense. I had the general idea, but wasn't sure how to save the old group, so what I was trying definitely wasn't working! Thanks a lot!

[stable dune]

Just to ask and learn why there is an empty "" and an empty [""], does this check both? array and just string?
["_gogglesClass", "", [""]]
I know that copy pasting is an easy way to do without knowing what you are doing.

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/params
See the parameters section for a full explanation. This code describes a default value "" and an array of accepted data types [""]. This means that if the value either is not passed into the script, or is not of data type String, params will make _gogglesClass contain "".

[cobalt path]

question, is there a way to spawn a cruise missile as object? So it could just sit there on the ground for example?

[open fractal]

createSimpleObject

[blazing zodiac]

can we get the local player from the machine network ID somehow?

[granite sky]

by searching allPlayers, I guess.

[pulsar bluff]

@blazing zodiac https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getUserInfo

[south swan]

doesn't seem to take the owner network ID as an input though

[granite sky]

@drowsy geyser From this I just found allUsers. You could combine that with getUserInfo to do what you want. Probably.

[drowsy geyser]

Thank you,I will try that.

[finite bone]

Little late but you could also try this - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getClientStateNumber @drowsy geyser

[stable dune]

hi, is there command to check is player using UAV ? I mean i want disable ability to open another GUI when player using UAV drone

[finite bone]

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

[drowsy geyser]

I tried this once but it didn't work, maybe i used it wrong

[stable dune]

How this return true for unit ? I mean how to get boolean to condiotion via this?

[hallow mortar]

if (!isNull getConnectedUAVUnit _unit) then { ...

[finite bone]

You can either assign a variable and then compare it with the 2nd parameters, like ex:

private _tempvar = UAVControl uavname;
if (((_tempvar select 0 ) != objNull ) and ((_tempvar select 1) != "")) then 
{
hint format ["its being controlled by player";
};```

Alternatively, you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getConnectedUAV which is much simpler

[south swan]

getConnectedUAV returns the UAV linked to the terminal even when it's not in use

[south swan]

private _control = UAVControl _UAV;
private _index = _control find player;
if (_index > -1 && {_control select (_index + 1) isNotEqualTo ""}) then {
  hint "Player is actively controlling some slot of this specific UAV";
};```

check against getConnectedUAV player if the intent isn't including this being a one specific UAV

[stable dune]

Thanks, i will test these out

[south swan]

although unitIsUAV cameraOn seems to work okay as well while being way more direct 🤔

except when player is being a passenger in the Stomper

[real tartan]

is there a way to differentiate that player is in lake/pond or sea/ocean ?

[true frigate]

When using [this] call BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject; are AI able to "see" through the object?

[winter rose]

getPosASL

[warm hedge]

No

[true frigate]

That's interesting, maybe they're able to see through some of the default rocks in game. I've made this compound and they're constantly shooting at the player position through the walls

[south swan]

with vanilla buildings?

[real tartan]

that only tell me if I am under/over water level, looking for way to see difference between fresh water and sea water

[true frigate]

getPosASL, if = 0, probably sea water, unless the fresh water is at sea level

[winter rose]

ASL is above SEA level

[south swan]

and the "fresh water" bodies have their surface above the seal level, i assume?

[real tartan]

so you are saying that there is no lake under sea level

[true frigate]

Well that would be the sea

[winter rose]

see?

[real tartan]

what if I am diving in lake, how would I know if I am in sea water or fresh water ? both can be under sea level

how would I know I am swimming in river/lake and not sea ?

[warm hedge]

Probably by checking the command getPosASLW

[real tartan]

check if getPosASLW and getPosASL difference is 0 == fresh water ?

[true frigate]

Height = getPosASLW player select 2; would show the current vertical pos of the player from sea level including waves

[warm hedge]

Check if getPosASLW select 2 == 0

[true frigate]

Beat you to it 😄
But it took me 5 minutes to test because I wasn't sure if it would work and I was being dumb

[warm hedge]

I actually don't really know if it does so

[true frigate]

Looks like it does for me

Apparently I'm at 239.657 rn

Tall map

[real tartan]

this will still can give me false positive if you dive in lake

[true frigate]

Only if the lake is below sea level

What map is this on?

[real tartan]

*any

[true frigate]

I don't doubt some maps probably have lakes like that, but for most maps, lakes would most likely flow from uphill, so it may be rare

[real tartan]

example: VR/ there is a small pond, but it is on sea level

is that a pond or sea ?

[warm hedge]

It's a sea

[real tartan]

a VERY SMALL sea

[warm hedge]

Yes, it is

[real tartan]

need to check, but in Chernarus, there are ponds at sea level ( near Kamino )

[warm hedge]

I do not know what is your definition of a sea and a pond

[true frigate]

Try something like this

height = getPosASLW player select 2;
heightCheck = if (Height <= 0) then {"Player is in salt water"} else {"Player is in fresh water"}; 
hint str heightCheck;```

It would work if the player is in a lake above sea level, but for ones that are near or below it, it may fall apart

[real tartan]

I would still need to check on surface

[warm hedge]

Actually, the only proper water source in Arma 3 is just sea that at height = 0

Everything else is really fake one

[true frigate]

I think some maps have additional sources, and some are even functional, but yeah its usually that

[real tartan]

dunno how it will affect sea level when using flooded maps

ex: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2531857535

[true frigate]

iirc, these are just the default maps that have been "moved down"

So technically, sea level should be true to those maps

[warm hedge]

No, the sea level can be adjusted, not the terrain

[true frigate]

Oh really? I'd been told the opposite

Well thanks for correcting me 🙂

[warm hedge]

(Official) Terrain height cannot be adjusted so far

[winter rose]

you cannot have a pond below sea level
sea is everywhere under the terrain

ASL is sea level, so you can't have sea below sea level

[hallow mortar]

Arma 3 doesn't distinguish between "fresh" and "sea" water. There's just one big water plane across the whole map. Sometimes the map maker dips into it to make ponds or rivers; sometimes they use it to make sea. There isn't really a way to determine which, on an engine level - it's subjective, not mechanically defined.
The only other possibility for water is an artificial pond object. These are sometimes used on mod or CDLC maps to create water above the map sea level. One could assume that these are always fresh water, but the engine doesn't make this distinction and the map maker could use them to represent the sea if they wanted.

[real tartan]

so ugly solution would be to place markers on "lakes" on map and do surfaceIsWater and inArea check

[winter rose]

…what are you trying to do, what is your use case

[real tartan]

calculate pressure in sea or lake

[winter rose]

so you have a 3D world position for that, correct?

[real tartan]

yes, based on player position

[winter rose]

private _isInLake = surfaceIsWater _posASL && { _posASL select 2 > 0 };
```ta-daaa

[finite bone]

{
    _x createDiaryRecord
    [
        "diary",
        [
            _diary_title,
            format ["<execute expression='
            [] spawn 
            {
                disableSerialization;
                [
                    [
                        [""title"", ""%1""], 
                        [""meta"",[""%2"",""%3"",""%4""]],
                        [""textbold"",""%5""],
                        [""image"",[""%6"",""%7""]],
                        [""text"",""%8""],
                        [""textlocked"",[""%9"",""%10""]],
                        [""author"",[""%11"",""%12""]]
                    ],findDisplay 46,true
                ] call bis_fnc_showAANArticle;
            }
            '>""AAN Article""</execute>", _title, _editor, _new_date, _timezone, _subhead, _main_img, _main_img_desc, _body, _body_locked, _lock_msg, _editor_img, _editor_info]
        ]
    ];
} forEach ((call CBA_fnc_players) select {(side _x) in _sides || {(group _x) in _groups} || {_x in _players}});
``` This code executes without error - however, its displaying it like this - https://imgur.com/a/TE64Z4D (the two blanks in the top)

pinging @tough abyss since he was kind enough to help me earlier

[true frigate]

Whoa, surfaceIsWater is a thing? How do you find these?

Wait, nvm, Bohemia

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands ?

[winter rose]

↑ 😄

[true frigate]

Is it just burned into your memory at this point? 😄

[winter rose]

& https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Positions category 🙂

[winter rose]

yes

I do SQF since 2002 🙂

[warm hedge]

LIAR

[winter rose]

SQS/SQF, okaaay 😛

[true frigate]

I started last year and I still get confused on what Local and Global is sometimes

[warm hedge]

LESS LIAR NOW

[winter rose]

that's not a problem! you can click on aL/eG etc icons to get an explanation 🙂

[true frigate]

Here's me thinking SQF was an actual language like Python, C++ or something, then said that I was using it to my friends who actually code/script and they all turn around like:
"Dafuq is that?"

[south swan]

it is an actual language. Turing-full and stuff.

[true frigate]

I mean, not just inside of ArmA

[south swan]

except the language is primitive and there's a whole lot of commands

[winter rose]

NOT LIAR!!! SQF was introduced in OFP:R 1.85, and 1.85 was released on October 2002 😄

[true frigate]

Whats the word I'm looking for, universal?

[south swan]

general-purpose, maybe

[warm hedge]

I said LESS

[true frigate]

Sounds more appropriate for a coding language

[south swan]

no, it's not. Although there is at least one outside-of-the-game implementation of SQF VM 🤣

[true frigate]

I think it'd be really funny one day, if someone tried to ping Lou, and it went to me because they press enter too soon.
It's only a matter of time 👀

Unless his always appears on top of mine in the list because roles

Anyway, off topic, back to scripting.
How in the hell do you navigate this? Ctrl + F? 😄
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands

[warm hedge]

We all do! 😄

[warm zenith]

As a lot of SQF is 🍝 code it's easier to navigate when you are fluent in Italian.

[winter rose]

Ctrl+F, or search field (always top-right of the wiki)
you can also use scripting command groups

[true frigate]

I've used the search field before, but the best thing about Ctrl F is that you can search for anything inside of that term, whereas you kind of have to know what you're searching for with the field

[stable dune]

Have you checked does it work for just test forEach call CBA_fnc_players, because i gave some values to your all 12 variables and it works on me.
So maybe you havent define all correclty or you forEach doesn't work correclty

[true frigate]

Take surfaceIsWater for example, using the search field you get a load of results for "water" but it doesn't show up and can be difficult to locate

[copper raven]

what changes between the diaries? you aren't changing any variables in your code, or is that not the exact code? whatever you're trying to format it might be breaking the thing

[true frigate]

But with Ctrl F you search for water on that page and get 2 results

[winter rose]

I use Ctrl+F myself
the search bar is useful if you are looking for alike terms, e.g lakes, water, ocean, sea etc

[true frigate]

Ah I suppose that's true

I'll need to bookmark this 👀

[copper raven]

it's a simple math expression based language (3 operators and literals), very easy to use once you get used to it

[finite bone]

think the forEach call might be the cause of the issue - regular execution works fine

[south swan]

are you trying to create an entry on every player's machine, or are you trying to create an entry on your machine for every player that fits the requirements?

[finite bone]

This is the whole code - https://sqfbin.com/inokoyacaselabajijip - minus the part where i declared variables based on user input (all variables are properly defined and works as intended, since the regular BIS_fnc_showAANArticle call works fine

[finite bone]

a bit of both - trying to create a diary for all players that are either in _sides or _groups or _players variables

[copper raven]

are you running this server side?

[finite bone]

local with hasInterface

since the func is LA/LE

[copper raven]

yes, but then you're looping over players and trying to add

which makes no sense

[finite bone]

i tried modifying Line 8 with player instead of _x - nada

[finite bone]

now that i think about it- yea

[solid ocean]

so im trying to do a script where in an ambush occurs after a trigger goes off: this is what ive got so far but nothing happens heres the script:

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[solid ocean]

if (_x side == east) then enableSimulation true; 
 if (_x side == east) then hideObject false;

[acoustic berry]

Can anyone help with the AI & knowsAbout? I was experimenting with some stuff (like playing around with the undercover system found in Antistasi and Vindicta) and it seems like it's impossible to hide from the AI. I did a couple tests, where I would hide in a building and shoot a couple shots at a group of AIs that are a few hundred meters away, and immediately close the door and lay down. Then later I sprinted down a few hundred more meters away into another building and laid down with the doors closed, and the AI would always sit at a value of 4, even though they had never spotted me, they all have perfect knowledge. I tried waiting 15ish minutes and the value never dropped from 4 for the entire squad.

Is there something I'm missing, or is the AI just omniscent?

[warm hedge]

Fogiv me since I'm drunk too much so if I'm misunderstood something your... intention but

if (side _x == east) then {_x enableSimulation true; _x hideObject false};```

[hallow mortar]

Don't forget you can look up commands on the wiki to see the correct syntax, e.g.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableSimulation

Syntax: entity enableSimulation state

[drowsy geyser]

idk why, but i did this and it works, i guess the game waits until the unit is a player and that happens after the mission is loaded
waitUntil {count allUnits isEqualTo count allPlayers};

[cobalt path]

I still need to get the model class name from somewhere

[hallow mortar]

It'll be in cfgAmmo

I actually know this one since I did it in a mission not too long ago, one sec

"A3\Weapons_F_Destroyer\Ammo\Missile_Cruise_01_F"

[cobalt path]

I wonder if I can spawn it using "create3DENEntity"

[hallow mortar]

When it comes to positioning the object, keep in mind that for many models, the forward direction of the model is not what you'd expect by looking at it

[hallow mortar]

Highly unlikely, create3DENEntity requires a classname, not a model path, and it doesn't look in CfgAmmo

[steady matrix]

So - I am working on a name generation script, which pulls from a list of a total of 500 first name combinations for male characters, and a total list of 2000 surnames... which gives me exactly 1 million possible unique combinations for US/American names. I decided to test it, and this is the first name it generates....

[naive needle]

The script wants to tell you something

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: re: setting variables on target machines...

_object setVariable ["variable", true, 2];

That lands on the server only? Or is the local machine also included?
Elaborating a bit, true for pub argument would be overkill. I just want it set on 'local' (i.e. client) and server machines.
Thanks...

[granite sky]

I figured that as server-only, so I used this for local + server:
_object setVariable ["variable", true, [2, clientOwner]]

Not sure if I tested 2-only though.

Firing up the DS is a bit of a pain.

[south swan]

you can always fire up two clients with battleye disabled

[dreamy kestrel]

yeah agreed, but it could make sense

[sullen sigil]

Not really a scripting question but does anyone have a definitive answer as to what the difference between simulation enabled and disabled objects are from a network pov?

[dreamy kestrel]

You mean starting with the docs? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableSimulation
Locality i.e. MP v SP may be a question as well, i.e. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableSimulationGlobal

[sullen sigil]

I mean how often does an object update the network shits if its simulation is disabled versus enabled

[pulsar pewter]

Hey all! Quick question:
Creating a little script that adds an action to an object; for the script, I want the script to give the player a weapon. addItemToUniform won't work because the weapon doesn't fit the player's inventory, and they'll be starting without vest/packpack. What command should I be looking at instead? Is there anything that creates the object and has player equip it directly?

[granite sky]

addWeapon?

[pulsar pewter]

omg Im an idiot. Forgot about that command...

was just focusing on the addItemToX variants...

[granite sky]

There are also at least two ways to overstuff a container, I think.

[pulsar pewter]

Might be! But at least teh addItemToUniform commands, the BI wiki says that if the item doesn't fit the inventory, command gets ignored.

[granite sky]

You can get the container with uniformContainer, and IIRC you can then overstuff that.

Also now you can use setMaxLoad, although it's server-only.

[pulsar pewter]

Ah, gotcha. Will look into that just to learn how it works, though addWeapon fits what I need thsi time. Thanks John!

[granite sky]

If you're working with players with no storage, also note that addPrimaryWeaponItem can be used to add a magazine to the weapon.

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe with a _pub arrayIntersect _pub in the event client is the server i.e. [2, 2]

[copper raven]

2 only = server only

[granite sky]

Tested?

[copper raven]

yes

(doesn't set on the caller)

[granite sky]

👍

[drowsy geyser]

actually this is even better:
waitUntil {count allUsers isEqualTo count allPlayers};

[proven charm]

Idk if that code is very safe to use as it might get stuck there if some changes happen in the player roster...

[dreamy kestrel]

what does that account for, joined players? new joins? slotted vs not slotted? perhaps also admin or headless clients...

[granite sky]

allUsers should be all clients connected to the server (probably including the host for localhost?). allPlayers would be all units assigned to a client, which is late in the connection process.

[wild lance]

I want to know where should i start to learn arma 3 scripting if you guys don't mind

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting
and the linked pages in there - of course, any questions belong here 🙂

[wild lance]

Will do thanks alot!

[tropic mirage]

thats like one in a million!

[wild lance]

I've read the whole beginner post what should i do next?

[hallow mortar]

I'd recommend finding a reasonably small objective that you want to achieve, and trying to figure out how to do it. It's usually not practical to "just learn everything", you should have a focus to launch from.

[dreamy kestrel]

Is there no way to get the current action text but to keep track of a separate variable on player? Approaching whether to update setUserActionText, for instance. Thanks...

[dreamy kestrel]

I agree... Usually I like to approach things, learn just what you need to know, and maybe 1-2 levels beyond that for additional insights.

[wild lance]

any recommendations on kind of objective?

[hallow mortar]

Well, I mean...what do you want to do? It should be something you're interested in, ideally. Just don't pick something huge and ridiculously complex. No one makes an ACE competitor on their first day.

[dreamy kestrel]

it is your vision; what do you want to accomplish...

[dreamy kestrel]

right, or a CBA, whatever, for that matter...

[dreamy kestrel]

corollary to that, is it reasonable to expect action text can be set during the condition callback itself? or do I need to think about a separately running utility function for that? i.e. condition responds true/false, and regardless side effect updates the action text.

[wild lance]

I want to do something like a auto zeroing for scope

whenever i aim some where it does the zeroing automatic

[hallow mortar]

If you want to make a new specific scope type that does it inherently, that will be quite complex and requires making a mod. So, step 1 there would be to learn how to work with item configs - how to make a new scope type, essentially - and then after you've got that, try to figure out how to do automatic zeroing. You should look into how existing scopes work, particularly ones that have rangefinders like the Nightstalker, and how zeroing works in Arma.
Or, to put it another way, you've picked something that may seem basic if you don't know anything about how Arma works, but you actually need to know a lot about how Arma works in order to do it.

[wild lance]

Thanks alot man!

[finite bone]

Is there a way to grab all entities in a defined 3d area? Think of a floating cube like dimensions.

I'm not sure how I can use nearEntities in this case

[open fractal]

you can take the pool of entities and filter it down with inAreaArray using a rectangle as the input if there's no way to do it directly

[finite bone]

b: Number - y axis (y / 2)``` what do these mean in the syntax?

oh wait its a range?

+/- 'a' from the defined position?

[open fractal]

private _center = [0,0,0] //object or array
private _radius = 10;
private _angle = 0;
private _nearEntites = _center nearEntities _radius;
private _cubeEntities = _nearEntities inAreaArray [_center, _radius, _radius, _angle, true, _radius];
_cubeEntities;
``` from my understanding this should return all entities detected by `nearEntities` within a cubic area

I've been wrong before though

wait i'm wrong the sphere will be smaller than the cube in this case

ask pythagoras

[finite bone]

_nearbyunits = allUnits select {(vehicle _x isKindOf "Air") || (_x isKindOf "CAManBase")} inAreaArray [(getPosATL _enemy_hq), _defense_range, _defense_range, 0, false, 50];
``` So this should return all units in a 3d space defined by the ranges of the defense systems ``_defense_range`` yea?

hmm but the allUnits seems off...

[open fractal]

idk if elements returned by allUnits will ever be under "Air"

you might need to do vehicle _x instead of _x

[finite bone]

edited it

[sharp grotto]

Any way to disable the auto refuelling near fuel trucks without completely disabling the FuelCargo system (obj setFuelCargo 0) ? 🤔

[finite bone]

the code works, but returns individual units inside the vehicle and not the vehicle itself

[open fractal]

that's what allUnits is for

(allUnits apply {vehicle _x}) select {...}

this is running multiple operations on a potentially large array so it may be slow

[finite bone]

im going to split that into two - allUnits for players and vehicle for vics

_nearbyunits = allUnits select {(vehicle _x isKindOf "Air") || (_x isKindOf "CAManBase")} inAreaArray [(getPosATL _enemy_hq), _defense_range, _defense_range, 0, false, 50];
_nearbyvehicles = vehicles select { _x isKindOf "Air" } inAreaArray [(getPosATL _enemy_hq), _defense_range, _defense_range, 0, false, 50];

[open fractal]

vehicles will return every CfgVehicles entity iirc

it'll work just fyi it can be a lot of processing

it's also redundant

and only collects vehicles local to the client

wait

"available to current client"

i think I misread

[finite bone]

maybe a temporary range using nearEntities followed by inAreaArray as per ur first example?

should'nt tax performance much

[open fractal]

that's what I'd do, just increase the radius of the sphere to encompass the entire cube

[open fractal]

like this just use a larger radius for nearEntities

[finite bone]

Did twice the radius for nearEntities and my helicopter is not being picked up... hmm.... fixed it - had a check issue on my part

[shut reef]

Is it not possible to get mouse/key events from a render2texture UI element, or am I just missing some switch somewhere?

[wild lance]

I am willing to learn arma 3 scripting if somebody can help i would really appreciate that!

I've read the bohemia tutorial and i am still kinda lost

[warm hedge]

What you want to do?

[wild lance]

So i kinda need a helping hand to help step by step if possible

[wild lance]

what are my options?

[warm hedge]

Well... without knowing what exactly is your goal, can't say really

[wild lance]

I was thinking in making items like scopes

and RP items like ids and stuff

[warm hedge]

In-game item? That can be mounted on a rifle?

[wild lance]

I mean scopes and items

weapon scopes

and items like id and passport

[warm hedge]

So that's a “yes”?

[wild lance]

Yes

[warm hedge]

Then head to #arma3_config , it is none of the scripting job

[wild lance]

Thanks, but what is scripting job?

[warm hedge]

Script does in-game thing, mission thing, basically uses what the game offers
Config adds what the game offers

(slightly broken explanation, yes. It's hard to explain)

[wild lance]

I got it thanks for your time

[sturdy delta]

remoteExec [RadioHQ addAction ["Send a RifleSquad to Hell", "scripts\sendRifle.sqf"]];

does anything look wrong about this?
do i just need to "remoteExec" the script or must the script contain "remoteExec" commands aswell?

[copper raven]

check the pins

[sturdy delta]

very thanks

[copper raven]

how are you testing it?

there can be many reasons

check that stuff is defined and that the script runs

diag_log "sending updates";
[] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_WL2_clientFundsUpdate", -2];

diag_log text format ["updating %1", getPlayerUID player];
private _uid = getPlayerUID player;
private _playerCurrentAmount = player getVariable ["BIS_WL_funds", 0];
...

etc

[worthy igloo]

usti hlavne is the memory point for where most things turrets are facing but its not for the qilins how would I get that one

[sturdy delta]

_this = "cwr3_b_m939_open" createvehicle (getPosATL spawn1);
so i spawned a Truck wich is called "_this" but when i try to execute
deleteVehicle _this; in the debug console, it wont work and i get https://i.imgur.com/pCdp2IO.png
thanks for any help

[winter rose]

try to name it _createdVehicle

[sturdy delta]

I did, now i dont get the error message, but the vehicle wont disapear either 😦

i now did
_createdVehicle = "cwr3_b_m939_open" createvehicle (getPosATL spawn1);
and then
deleteVehicle _createdVehicle; but the vehicle wont disapear, i did this earlier on a plane, i wonder why it wont do an this truck 🤔

[winter rose]

you are most likely not running this code in the same scope

[sturdy delta]

ok thanks, got to figure out how to get it into the same "scope" i guess

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Scopes
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Magic_Variables (why you couldn't use _this)

[sturdy delta]

very thanks!

[winter rose]

if you do not know what a scope is, don't hesitate to ask
if you want to post your code, either use ```sqf Discord formatting, or if it is a big chunk (please try to simplify it though) use https://sqfbin.com/

[sturdy delta]

thanks for beeing that kind, i dont knew if i was just too newbish to be in here and ask noob questions allday long

[winter rose]

newbie is newcomer, noob is someone who refuses to acknowledge he doesn't know everything 😉
you are welcome here, no problem!

[sturdy delta]

however ive been trying to make a script that makes some Rifleman get into their truck then drive somewhere, get out and after the next waypoint delete the truck. (so you can just do this over and over again without creating a truck cementary at some point 😄
well it all works fine except deleting the truck

private ["_createdVehicle", "_mygroup", "_wp1", "_wp2", "_wp3", "_wp4"];

_createdVehicle = "cwr3_b_m939_open" createvehicle (getPosATL spawn1);
_createdVehicle setDir 180;
_mygroup = [getPosATL spawn1, west, ["cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82"]] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
_mygroup addVehicle _createdVehicle;


_wp2 = _mygroup addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "wp1", 0];
_wp2 setWaypointType "GETOUT";
_wp2 setWaypointBehaviour"AWARE";


_wp3 = _mygroup addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "wp3",0];
_wp3 setWaypointStatements ["true", "hint 'check'; deleteVehicle _createdVehicle"];

_wp4 = _mygroup addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "obj1",0];
_wp4 setWaypointType "SAD";```

maybe you have a clue, the [hint 'check'] does work but [deleteVehicle _createdVehicle] does not

[hallow mortar]

The activation statement of _wp3 is a different scope to the main script, so the local variable _createdVehicle is not available there

[sturdy delta]

and also i wonder if that all will work as intendet in multiplayer if its just gets triggered like that
[RadioHQ,["Send RifleSquad to Hell", "scripts\sendRifle.sqf"]] remoteExec ["addAction", 2];

[sturdy delta]

interresting, i wonder what i can do know 🤔

[hallow mortar]

It would be best to handle the deletion in the main script rather than trying to put it in the waypoint statements - perhaps by using a waitUntil to check if the group is near wp3

[sturdy delta]

nice, "waitUntil" seems tobe a very powerful tool i didnt see first, thanks @hallow mortar

i still wonder if all that will work multiplayer, probably have to find out the hard way 😄

[hallow mortar]

Well remoteExecing addAction with the target set to 2 won't work, because 2 is the server. That will cause the action to only be added on the server (which, if it's a dedicated server, can't use actions at all) and not any of the clients.

[sturdy delta]

ah yeah i should make some logic that determines the players number and inserts there before the action gets added i guess...

[pulsar pewter]

Hey all! So, I'm trying to setup a trigger so that, when it's activated, all the members of a group will randomly get assigned to either blufor/independent.
The process I was thinking was the following:

1. Create array with all the units I want included (they're not all actually in the same group, for other reasons I can't get past)
2. Then, have a forEach script applying to all members of that Array.
3. Have a script that randomly selects 1 or 2 (using [1, 2] call BIS_fnc_randomInt) and then a pair of If, then statements: if 1, then joinSilent w1 (for joining the western group), if 2 then joinSilent i1 (for joining the independent group)

Question is: what exactly does step 3 look like? Do I need to set a variable for the BIS_fnc_randomInt, then do if _x==1, etc? Still fairly new to scripting, so although I have the general idea, not super sure of exact specifics

[sturdy delta]

it WORKS now thanks to everyone!

private ["_createdVehicle", "_mygroup", "_wp1", "_wp2", "_wp3", "_wp4"];

_createdVehicle = "cwr3_b_m939_open" createvehicle (getPosATL spawn1);
_createdVehicle setDir 180;
_mygroup = [getPosATL spawn1, west, ["cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82", "cwr3_b_soldier82"]] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
_mygroup addVehicle _createdVehicle;


_wp2 = _mygroup addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "wp1", 0];
_wp2 setWaypointType "GETOUT";
_wp2 setWaypointBehaviour"AWARE";


_wp3 = _mygroup addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "wp3",0];
_wp3 setWaypointStatements ["true", "hint 'check'"];


_wp4 = _mygroup addWaypoint [getmarkerpos "obj1",0];
_wp4 setWaypointType "SAD";
waitUntil {getpos _createdVehicle inArea [getmarkerpos "wp1", 10, 10, 0, false, -1]};
sleep 30;
deleteVehicle _createdVehicle;```

[winter rose]

if (random 1 < 0.5) then
{
  // join group 1
}
else
{
  // join group 2
};

[pulsar pewter]

Oh duh. I'm dumb. hahahahahaha that's way easier. Thanks Lou!

[copper raven]

private ["_createdVehicle", "_mygroup", "_wp1", "_wp2", "_wp3", "_wp4"]; you can type private inline with the assignment, private _createdVehicle = "cwr3_b_m939_open" createvehicle (getPosATL spawn1);

[dreamy kestrel]

Bah this may be an elementary issue... considering addAction, the condition, the special variables in particular. If I do something like invoke a compiled function, "[] call MY_canDo", let's say, seems to be a different thing than if I respond with a string condition. Not sure quite what the difference is. _target, _this, etc, do not seem to be treated the same.

Or would I be better served to relay the special variables to the function via the condition and not expect a special contextual variable, i.e. "[_target, _this] call MY_canDo"?

[dreamy kestrel]

hmm I think I may see what is going on... _this is being hijacked by the functional context. Literally seen as [] rather than any caller. so it seems like my conclusion may be on target.

[dreamy kestrel]

or could I say also, "call MY_canDo" for the same effect

[south swan]

special variables are only accessible inside the condition itself, not inside anything it calls 🤷‍♂️ or are they

[copper raven]

huh? no, you sure?

[south swan]

okay, i'm wrong in assuming the game defaults to private.

[copper raven]

call doesn't do anything special

it's same as if true then { }, just creates a new scope and executes some code in it, whatever locals were defined in the parent scope are accessible with no issue

[south swan]

wait, privates are fed into the child context/scope as well

[copper raven]

private just says, assign this variable to this scope, don't look at parent scopes if it was defined previously or no

[dreamy kestrel]

most of the time they do... _this is kind of a black sheep in that context, though.

[copper raven]

it's not

[dreamy kestrel]

anyway, I relay _target _this in the string condition, and that fixed it

[copper raven]

if you use binary call, the left argument is assigned into _this in the scope it creates

[dreamy kestrel]

try it.

_this = player;
[] call { _this isEqualTo player; }
// I think it yields 'false' why because the code sees '_this = []'

[copper raven]

5 call {
  hint str _this;
};
call {
  private _this = 5;
  hint str _this;
}

they both do the same thing

yes? that's what im saying?

[copper raven]

^

[dreamy kestrel]

right but remember my question revolved around _this special variable in the string condition. _this = [] is not the same thing. i.e. [] call ... not call ...

[copper raven]

what condition are you talking about?

[dreamy kestrel]

addAction see OP

[copper raven]

it is the same thing, what? except in a binary variant the engine makes the assignment

[dreamy kestrel]

no it is not the same thing, literally caller i.e. player, not [] as seen by the function

[copper raven]

are you telling me this code doesn't do the same thing?

[dreamy kestrel]

anyway, follow the bouncing balls there. I got it sorted.

[dreamy kestrel]

exactly what I am telling you. my example above is closer to the case in question.

[copper raven]

it is the same thing, what? except in a binary variant the engine makes the assignment

[dreamy kestrel]

#arma3_scripting message

[copper raven]

yes? what about it?

it's a binary call, you're passing an empty array as left argument, the engine creates a scope, sets _this to [] and runs the code you passed

which is equal to

call {
  private _this = [];
  _this isEqualTo player;
}

[dreamy kestrel]

🤦‍♂️

I can't help you. follow the bouncing balls.

[hallow mortar]

What does that mean??!?!?

[copper raven]

i don't know

w/e

[dreamy kestrel]

I tried, really I did. from the OP to the short snippet example. that was the crux of the issue. does not phase him.

[hallow mortar]

I'll be honest, the way you phrase things usually makes it very difficult to follow what you're saying. It's hard to describe why, but it's very...overcomplicated? I really struggle with figuring out what your messages mean.

[dreamy kestrel]

what was complicated about the OP?

[hallow mortar]

I feel like the question is probably not complicated, but your phrasing, the way you have asked the question, makes it difficult for me to figure out what it actually is. Almost all your messages are like this. I'm not trying to be mean, only factual, but it does make it difficult to help you.

[dreamy kestrel]

still nothing specific about 'what' was so complicated

[hallow mortar]

I did say originally that it was hard to describe. I'm not a professor of linguistics, I can't really dissect it. All I can give you is "the phrasing is difficult to follow". Again, I'm not trying to have a go at you, I'm just trying to explain why people may have trouble understanding what you're saying.

[dreamy kestrel]

alright well moving on. appreciate the feedback.

[winter rose]

1 call {
  isNil "_this"; // false
  hint str _this; // 1

  call { // no arguments? it takes the _this from the scope above
    isNil "_this"; // false
    hint str _this; // 1

    3 call {
      isNil "_this"; // false
      hint str _this; // 3

      _this = 4;
      call { 
        isNil "_this"; // false
        hint str _this; // 4
      };
    };
  };
};
```@dreamy kestrel

[dreamy kestrel]

again not what I was after... this is closer to what I was sorting out.
#arma3_scripting message

[tough abyss]

Don't see why this is surprising at all, [] becomes the value of _this in the called scope

which is exactly to be expected per the functionality of call

and the special _this value of the condition string gets passed by default if unary call is used, which is also to be expected

TEST_FNC = {
  hint str _this;
  true
};

cube addAction ["action", {}, [], 5, true, true, "", "[_this, _target, _originalTarget, _actionID] call TEST_FNC"];

result:
[player, cube, cube, 0]

cube addAction ["action", {}, [], 5, true, true, "", "call TEST_FNC"];

result:
player

[sullen sigil]

Is there a scripting command to setVelocity in the direction of another object? i.e I want to setVelocity of object 1 at Xm/s in the direction of object 2

[tough abyss]

@sullen sigil
No, but you can use this

KJW_fnc_SetVelocityToward = {
  params [["_obj1", objNull, [objNull]], ["_obj2", objNull, [objNull]], ["_vel", 0, [0]]];
  _obj1 setVelocity ((getPosWorld _obj1 vectorFromTo getPosWorld _obj2) vectorMultiply _vel);
};

[player, box, 5] call KJW_fnc_SetVelocityToward will set player's velocity toward box at 5 m/s

[sullen sigil]

You are a legend, thank you 🙂

[tough abyss]

No problem

[sullen sigil]

Would it not need to get pos for both objects in vectorFromTo?

as it takes the positions

[tough abyss]

Ah my bad, forgot it doesn't have an alt syntax for objects

fixed, edited

[sullen sigil]

Ya was just checking I wasn't going insane lol

Thanks for the help man 🙂

[tough abyss]

Yup no worries

[azure steppe]

hello comrades!!!
I throw you a doubt, to see if you can shed some light (I anticipate that I am null with all this and I end up getting things based on trial and error), thanks in advance!!!!

I'm with a script in an addon that I'm modifying to open doors by kicking... I want to make it more interesting by changing the sound that is reproduced depending on the material of the kicked door... ("metal" or "wood"), I know that objects usually have materials and other characteristics like the noise they make when they are hit or when they receive a bullet... maybe that's the way it goes.

Does anyone have any idea how to do it?

At the end of the script _select_door is used to name the door (and make it open)... I guess you can take the material out of " _select_door", no???? thanks!

[ember pier]

I try to make a scroll menu action that produces a random sound from a list when activated. I have my sound files in the folder 'sfx' in the mission directory

This is my description.ext;

onLoadName        = "Taunt Test";

class CfgSFX
{
    class taunt_aus
    {
        sound01[] = {"\sfx\aus1.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound02[] = {"\sfx\aus2.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound03[] = {"\sfx\aus3.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound04[] = {"\sfx\aus4.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound05[] = {"\sfx\aus5.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound06[] = {"\sfx\aus6.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound07[] = {"\sfx\aus7.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound08[] = {"\sfx\aus8.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound09[] = {"\sfx\aus9.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound10[] = {"\sfx\aus10.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound11[] = {"\sfx\aus11.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound12[] = {"\sfx\aus12.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound13[] = {"\sfx\aus13.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound14[] = {"\sfx\aus14.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        sound15[] = {"\sfx\aus15.ogg", db-10, 1.0, 1000, 0.2, 0, 15, 30};
        taunt_aus[] = {sound01, sound02, sound03, sound04, sound05, sound06, sound07, sound08, sound09, sound10, sound11, sound12, sound13, sound14, sound15};
        empty[] = {"", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
    };
};```

This is in the init of the player character;
```this addAction ["Taunt", {player say3D "taunt_aus"}];```

However, when I activate the action, it gives the error 'Sound taunt_aus not found'

What did I do wrong?

[hallow mortar]

say3D uses cfgSounds, not cfgSFX

[ember pier]

I tried to change that but it didn’t work

Or does CfgSounds not support a list of files from which one is picked like CfgSFX?

[hallow mortar]

It does not.
You can define each sound separately and use selectRandom to pick a sound name from an array.

[ember pier]

Ah ok

A potential issue I just spotted is that I did not use getMissionPath, would that matter if I tried to use a function that worked with SFX?

Not the issue now but in other cases

[hallow mortar]

• you don't need getMissionPath in the config [in description.ext], it automatically looks there
• if the command takes a config class, you don't need it because you're not specifying a path, you're specifying a class name
• if the command takes a file path, you don't need CfgSFX, but you may or may not need getMissionPath, check the command's wiki page

[sullen sigil]

This would need to be remoteExec on MP, right?

If being executed on a different unit than the player

[tough abyss]

If you're doing it on anything non- local, yes

I could just change it to handle that case though

One moment

@sullen sigil

KJW_fnc_SetVelocityToward = {
  params [["_obj1", objNull, [objNull]], ["_obj2", objNull, [objNull]], ["_vel", 0, [0]]];
 [_obj1, (getPosWorld _obj1 vectorFromTo getPosWorld _obj2) vectorMultiply _vel] remoteExec ["setVelocity", _obj1];
};

[sullen sigil]

the devil works hard but sysroot works harder -- thanks again man

That'd be more optimised than doing a remoteExec on the entire function for each unit, right?

[tough abyss]

Yup indeed

And no problem

[sullen sigil]

thanks, making gravity and antigravity grenades 🙂

[tough abyss]

Ah nice

I made a black hole for my recent mod, funny stuff with gravity

[sullen sigil]

i submitted a feedback tracker request for a way to alter gravity with sqf btw, dont know if you saw

[tough abyss]

Nah I don't keep up with the tracker

Good request though

[sullen sigil]

ya fair -- i did briefly look at physx documentation though and it looked complicated for in-progress alteration so i asked for cfgworlds entry failing that too 🙂

[tough abyss]

Yeah I mean there's plenty of ways to implement it, I have my doubts it's terribly difficult

[sullen sigil]

just looked like you'd have to mess around with every object in the scene so 🤷

either way ive no real idea how it works, hopefully we'll get gravity stuff at some point though

[hasty current]

Is there any way to create a render texture dynamically through a script and then get the graphics API handle of that texture?

[sullen sigil]

Okay, got another issue with this now, and that is that other units don't seem to be falling where they land..?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/605149433730170890/1038291883874594936/graviteee.mp4

Any clue what could be causing it?

(They teleport to a different position upon landing)

[tough abyss]

Hm

Try this out

KJW_fnc_SetVelocityToward = {
  params [["_obj1", objNull, [objNull]], ["_obj2", objNull, [objNull]], ["_vel", 0, [0]]];
  private _newVel = (getPosWorld _obj1 vectorFromTo getPosWorld _obj2) vectorMultiply _vel;
  if !(local _obj1) then {
    [_obj1, _newVel] remoteExec ["setVelocity", _obj1];
  } else {
    _obj1 setVelocity _newVel;
  };
};

[tough abyss]

Creating a render texture dynamically is doable, don't think you can get the graphics API handle, though.

[finite bone]

whats the best way to waituntil a code is complete? like ```sqf
waitUntil { {[_x, false] remoteExec ["allowDamage"]} forEach _nearunits };

[granite sky]

If it's a remoteExec then you'd need to explicitly send information back.

[hasty current]

Sad

Good to know that first part though, thanks

Might still be able to figure something out..

[sullen sigil]

Nope, doesn't seem to have fixed it

Or actually has it

One moment

Nope, it hasn't

Same issue as before with no change

[finite bone]

hmm - im trying to make a non-lethal mortar function - i tried setting allowDamage to false but it didn't work - thought it was an execution timing issue

any alternatives on how it can be achieved?

[granite sky]

you mean other than making a non-lethal mortar? :P

[finite bone]

xD

[finite bone]

Its not really a mortar but a shell being dropped

{[_x, false] remoteExec ["allowDamage"]} forEach _objectsInRange;
_round_hit = _round_type createVehicle _random_position;
[_round_hit, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
_round_hit setVelocity [0,0,-100];
{[_x, true] remoteExec ["allowDamage"]} forEach _objectsInRange;

[granite sky]

You're spawning it some distance above?

[finite bone]

ye like 2 meters above - just for the effect

[warm hedge]

Easiest way is make a Mod so there is a mortar config with no damage, but I know it wouldn't be the choice

[granite sky]

Everything else is horrible. You can install a HandleDamage which gives you a bit more precision, but it still has locality/timing issues and I'm not sure if it's possible to identify the damage source here.

[sullen sigil]

You could just have a deleted EH for the projectile and disable damage for a half second or so?

[warm hedge]

The horrible and best way I can think is just make particles, sounds and camera shakes so you can mimic it

[granite sky]

I'm not even sure how allowDamage works. Might need to execute locally to the target and then propagate to the locality of the projectile, and those propagations are often very slow.

But maybe it just needs to apply locally to the target, in which case remoteExecCall plus a delay of a second or two should be reliable.

or at least, reliable enough :P

[tough abyss]

Can I see how you're running the function?

[granite sky]

Shouldn't be spamming them globally then though. More like this:

{[_x, false] remoteExecCall ["allowDamage", _x]} forEach _objectsInRange;

[sullen sigil]

It's near on 4am here so I'm heading to bed, but essentially just in a forEach nearestObjects for all men in 10m radius of the grenade inside a deleted eh inside a fired eh

[tough abyss]

I see. No worries. Ping me again tomorrow or whenever and I can try to help you out more.

[sullen sigil]

Ya, will do man, thanks for the help 🙂

[tough abyss]

No problem

[finite bone]

its still causing timing issues - maybe an extra sleep would help?

[granite sky]

I said you'd need a delay of a second or two.

This is the best case scenario. I don't know how allowDamage works. There are multiple possibilities.

[tough abyss]

I'd go with your original idea of waiting until the remote clients are synced

it's not terribly difficult to implement

[granite sky]

Well, easiest is if allowDamage has to propagate back to the damage source anyway...

because then you can just scan the objects for isDamageAllowed.

but this might be much slower than required.

[finite bone]

Even with 2 seconds delay and just 1 unit inside the field, its not working (hmmm)....

[granite sky]

Have you confirmed that your _objectsInRange calc is working?

[finite bone]

debugging atm

[tough abyss]

probably overkill but here

SYNC_FNC_UNLOCK = {
  params ["_mutex"];
  _mutex setVariable ["SYNC_LOCKED", false, true];
};

SYNC_FNC_EXEC_AND_LOCK = {
  params ["_mutex", "_params", ["_code", {}, [{}]]];
  if !([_mutex] call SYNC_FNC_LOCKED) then {
    _params call _code;
    _mutex setVariable ["SYNC_LOCKED", true, true];
  }
};

SYNC_FNC_LOCKED = {
  params ["_mutex"];
  _mutex getVariable ["SYNC_LOCKED", false];
};

SYNC_FNC_ALL_LOCKED = {
  params ["_mutexes"];
  (count (_mutexes select {[_x] call SYNC_FNC_LOCKED})) == (count _mutexes);
};

{
  [_x, _x, {_this allowDamage false}] remoteExec ["SYNC_FNC_EXEC_AND_LOCK", _x];
} forEach _objectsInRange;
waitUntil {sleep 0.1; [_objectsInRange] call SYNC_FNC_ALL_LOCKED};
{
  [_x] call SYNC_FNC_UNLOCK;
} forEach _objectsInRange;
_round_hit = _round_type createVehicle _random_position;
[_round_hit, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
_round_hit setVelocity [0,0,-100];
{[_x, true] remoteExec ["allowDamage"]} forEach _objectsInRange;

you'd need to define the SYNC functions somewhere that all clients have them, though

ideally CfgFunctions

[finite bone]

nope - maybe the range is too low for the mortar?

[granite sky]

You never pasted that part of your code, so I have no idea what range you're using.

[finite bone]

just realized

[finite bone]

wow that is indeed an overkill - will try that Soon™️ thanks btw

_cfgRange = getNumber (configfile >> "CfgAmmo" >> _ground_type >> "indirectHitRange");
diag_log format ["CFG Range: %1", _cfgRange];
_objectsInRange = allUnits inAreaArray [_rel_Pos, _cfgRange * 2, _cfgRange * 2];
diag_log format ["Objects In Range: %1", _objectsInRange];
{_x allowDamage false;} forEach _objectsInRange;
sleep _ground_speed;
_bomb = _ground_type createVehicle _rel_Pos;
[_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
_bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
{_x allowDamage true;} forEach _objectsInRange;

So for an 82mm Mortar Shell - CFG Range = 8 // This way the _objectsInRange should cover 16x16

[granite sky]

I'm pretty sure that those can damage stuff beyond 8m.

Might be some sort of exponential scale, like 8m => half damage, 16 => quarter damage.

[tough abyss]

Had to make a small edit to my code btw, will want to grab the new one if you copied it somewhere already

[finite bone]

will do

[finite bone]

tried it with range of 500m and still nope

[tough abyss]

What are your diag_logs showing

[finite bone]

10:48:58 "Range: 100"
10:49:10 "Nearby Units: []"
10:49:12 "Nearby Units: [2178a001090# 1780167: b_soldier_01.p3d]"
10:49:13 "Nearby Units: [B Alpha 1-2:1]"
10:49:13 Ragdoll - loading of ragdoll source "Soldier" started.
10:49:13 Ragdoll - loading of ragdoll source "Soldier" finished successfully.
10:49:14 "Nearby Units: [B Alpha 1-2:1]"

[finite bone]

i used this and still nothing

[tough abyss]

That doesn't match the logging set up in your code above

has your code changed?

[finite bone]

while {(fake_artillery) and (!isNull _art_object_name)} do 
{
    sleep _ground_speed;
    
    _rel_Pos= [getPos _art_object_name,random _range_art, random 360] call BIS_fnc_relPos;

    if (_sound_only) then 
    {
        _art_object setPos _rel_Pos;
        _ground_sound = ["explosion_1","explosion_2","explosion_3","explosion_4"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
        _art_object say3D [_ground_sound,2000];
    } else 
    {
        if !(_islethal) then 
        {
            _bomb = _ground_type createVehicle _rel_Pos;
            [_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
            _bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
        } else 
        {
            _nearbyunits = (_rel_Pos nearEntities [["CAManBase", "LandVehicle"], (_range_art + 5)]) inAreaArray [_rel_Pos, _range_art, _range_art, 0, false, 10];
            diag_log format ["Nearby Units: %1", _nearbyunits];

            {
                [_x, _x, {_this allowDamage false}] remoteExec ["SYNC_FNC_EXEC_AND_LOCK", _x];
            } forEach _nearbyunits;
            waitUntil {sleep 0.1; [_nearbyunits] call SYNC_FNC_ALL_LOCKED};
            {
                [_x] call SYNC_FNC_UNLOCK;
            } forEach _nearbyunits;

            _bomb = _ground_type createVehicle _rel_Pos;
            [_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
            _bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
            {[_x, true] remoteExec ["allowDamage"]} forEach _nearbyunits;
        };
    };
};

[tough abyss]

ooooh boy

[finite bone]

_nearbyunits = (_rel_Pos nearEntities [["CAManBase", "LandVehicle"], (_range_art + 5)]) inAreaArray [_rel_Pos, _range_art, _range_art, 0, false, 10];
diag_log format ["Nearby Units: %1", _nearbyunits];
{_x allowDamage false;} forEach _nearbyunits;
_bomb = _ground_type createVehicle _rel_Pos;
[_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
_bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
{_x allowDamage true;} forEach _nearbyunits;
``` also tried this for no effect

[tough abyss]

hm

while {fake_artillery && {!isNull _art_object_name}} do 
{
    sleep _ground_speed;
    
    _rel_Pos = _art_object_name getPos [random _range_art, random 360];

    if (_sound_only) then 
    {
        _art_object setPos _rel_Pos;
        _ground_sound = selectRandom ["explosion_1","explosion_2","explosion_3","explosion_4"];
        _art_object say3D [_ground_sound, 2000];
    } else 
    {
        if !(_islethal) then 
        {
            _bomb = _ground_type createVehicle _rel_Pos;
            [_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
            _bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
        } else 
        {
            _nearbyunits = (_rel_Pos nearEntities [["CAManBase", "LandVehicle"], (_range_art + 5)]) inAreaArray [_rel_Pos, _range_art, _range_art, 0, false, 10];
            diag_log format ["Nearby Units: %1", _nearbyunits];

            {
                [_x, _x, {_this allowDamage false}] remoteExec ["SYNC_FNC_EXEC_AND_LOCK", _x];
            } forEach _nearbyunits;
            waitUntil {sleep 0.1; [_nearbyunits] call SYNC_FNC_ALL_LOCKED};
            {
                [_x] call SYNC_FNC_UNLOCK;
            } forEach _nearbyunits;

            _bomb = _ground_type createVehicle _rel_Pos;
            [_bomb, -90, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;
            _bomb setVelocity [0,0,-100];
            {[_x, true] remoteExec ["allowDamage"]} forEach _nearbyunits;
        };
    };
};

improved the code a bit for you

might work differently

did you define the SYNC functions in CfgFunctions?

[finite bone]

#include "\battle_functions.hpp"

[tough abyss]

Is that in the sqf file?

[finite bone]

this one yes