arma3_scripting

[pulsar bluff]

need a little help debugging an issue with menu/dialog

is there ever a reason with menus that it can work fine testing in editor but fail in MP?

I cant think of a reason why a menu/dialog script would fail in MP when it works fine in editor

same code compiled

this is a snippet

params ['_type'];
systemChat str _this;
if (_type isEqualTo 'init') exitWith {
    missionNamespace setVariable ['QS_client_loadoutTarget',cursorObject,FALSE];
    createDialog ['QS_RD_client_dialog_menu_inventory1',TRUE];
};
private _buttonCooldown = 0.5;
private _saveLimit = 10;
if ((getPlayerUID player) in (['S3'] call (missionNamespace getVariable ['QS_fnc_whitelist',{[]}]))) then {
    _saveLimit = 20;
};
if (_type isEqualTo 'onload') exitWith {
    systemChat '0';
    _display = [findDisplay 19000];```

and config

    idd = 19000;
    movingEnable = 1;
    enableSimulation = 1;
    onLoad = "['onload',(_this # 0)] spawn (missionNamespace getVariable 'QS_fnc_clientMenuLoadout');";```

it is failing to enter the 'onload' scope

no errors ... ive checked all the syntax, no bracket/semicolon errors, works fine in editor

[pulsar bluff]

solved ... apparently _type doesnt work when called from UI context in multiplayer

params ['_type']; fails, while private _type = _this # 0; works

must be a secret reserved variable

[drowsy geyser]

any help?

[little raptor]

your sorting method is not exactly correct. don't you want to know which player is first too?

[south swan]

select {!isNil "_x"} or filter argument of sortBy to get rid of non-existing elements of array 🤷‍♂️

_input = [nil,nil,nil,3,1,2];
_out = _input select {!isNil "_x"};
//_out == [3,1,2];

_out = [_input, [], {_x}, nil, {!isNil "_x"}] call BIS_fnc_sortBy;
//_out == [1,2,3]```

[little raptor]

I recommend doing it as follows:
use setVariable to store finish times on the players:

_player setVariable ["FinishTime", time];

then simply read them back and sort:

[allPlayers, [], {_x getVariable ["FinishTime", 1e10]}, "ASCEND"] call BIS_fnc_sortBy

[stable dune]

Well im too slow for this 😳

What mean ,1e10? Any number?

[little raptor]

1e10 = 1 * 10 ^ 10

so a very large number

(for players that haven't finished yet)

[sharp grotto]

Use servertime tho, time is different for every client ^^

[little raptor]

it's local, so all times are the same

[copper raven]

wat, seems nonsense 🤔

[pulsar bluff]

yes itwas quite frustrating

never had that one before

i still dont quite understand it, however its solved by simply using another private variable name

i guess it would be like in an event handler using params ['_thisEvent'];

perhaps params checks reserved/magic variables

in any case i now use a different var

if (_fuckyouarma isEqualTo 'init') exitWith {```

[sharp grotto]

Arma is fun, isn't it ?

[south swan]

inb4 sudden game crashes with reason "NO_U"

[grand stratus]

I have a question when it comes to the internals of 'triggers'. I want to optimize a few things and trying to cut down on the amount of triggers I have. None of the trigger radius overlap, so I want to take a list of all relavant units/players, and check the most probably trigger areas for them to be first, then pruning them from the list when they are within a triggers range, and continuing down all the trigger areas. I'm curious if something like this is already done or if it would be worth my while to give a go.

[jade tendon]

Am i reaching with this.

if!(isServer)exitWith{};
waitUntil{!(isNil"dmpReady")};waitUntil{dmpReady}; //Wait for the mod to load first
sleep 60;

{!(_x isEqualTo objNull)} count _bomber; //Count all spawned Suicide Bombers
    private ["_unit"];
        _unit = _x;

        // Only run where the unit is local and it isn't a player
        if (((count _bomber) >0) && !isplayer _unit ) then {

    // Remove bombers vest if equipped and replace it with bomb vest
        if ("V_TacChestrig_cbr_F" in assigneditems _unit) then {_x assignItem "UMI_Bomb_Vest"};

 } forEach allUnits;

[copper raven]

cannot reproduce with your own code

something wrong on your side

perhaps you have a macro that messes with _type part (you put the varname in single quotes)

actually no, wouldn't make sense, you said it works fine in sp

[pulsar bluff]

yea, weird

my guess is reserved variable filtered by params, but that doesnt explain why it worked in editor

[copper raven]

it works fine for me, so it's not anything "reserved"

in sp and mp

[pulsar bluff]

called from onload?

[copper raven]

i copy pasted your code

[pulsar bluff]

i can restore to the broken state and send you everything for a repro

if youre interested

[copper raven]

if you don't mind, sure 😄

[pulsar bluff]

ill put it together tomorrow

[drowsy geyser]

thank you, that's much easier.

[naive needle]

[player,"Animation"] remoteExecCall ['switchMove'];
[player,"Animation"] remoteExecCall ['playMove'];```

is this necessary?

when I executed on myself

[wary sandal]

How do I make the phalanx cannon constantly fire at target?

i've used fireAtTarget and commandFire but it only fires once

do i have to put it in a while loop or would that break it?

[neat monolith]

Hello, I have an issue and I need help. I have made a DM with tanks, so they respawn when destroyed or abandoned. The problem is, that if some reason some one get in on a tank at the starting poing, and then get out, the new tank will spawn inside the old tank and blow them both. It seems to be due to a server lag, on eden test it does not happened. On eden, the old tank vanish first and the new tank respawn.

Is there anyway to delay the respawn of the new tank when they are abandoned? The delay only seems to work when they are destroyed.

Thanks

[little raptor]

yes you need a loop

[little raptor]

how have you set up the respawn? using veh respawn module?

[neat monolith]

Yes

Delay 50
Deserted distance 30

[little raptor]

it should have a variable for when to respawn. I should check it in the game. wait one

[neat monolith]

Thanks

It has a delay one, but due to the fact that the vehicle is abandon, as soon as it dissapiars, it spawns. On eden is no problem, but on server with a bit of desync, it spawns one milisecond before it vanish, and boooom

[little raptor]

yeah the module function does check for getIn and getOut so the problem is not the delay but network desync as you put it

if you're comfortable with using scripts instead of modules you can turn that module function into a script and modify the respawn part to add a little delay before the vehicle reappears

[south swan]

ah, the usual module cycle. "Let me use the module" - "i need to change something, let me look at its code" - "it's easier to just rewrite it" 🤣

[neat monolith]

I dont know how to make scripts, I underestend them and modify them, but not to make them.

[wary sandal]

yeah, i figured it out

another question, i managed to set the VLS fire delay to 0 so that it shoots all its missiles almost instantly, but i can't find how to completely remove/reduce the VLS reloading time

i've tried using vls setAmmo [currentWeapon gunner vls, 18]; in an onEachFrame event but it doesn't seem to do anything

[south swan]

probably https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMagazineTurretAmmo

[little raptor]

afaik it's not an ammo. it fires the whole mag

[south swan]

at least it seems to work with Slammer for me 🤣

[little raptor]

so setAmmo or setMagazineTurretAmmo won't do anything

if setMagazineTurretAmmo doesn't work try adding a new mag, then set weapon reload time to 0

[wary sandal]

thanks mate, it seems to be working

here's my code if anyone wants to see
g1 setMagazineTurretAmmo [g1 currentMagazineTurret [0], 18, [0]];

[south swan]

or just sqf this addEventHandler ["Fired", { params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"]; _unit setMagazineTurretAmmo [_magazine, 999, _unit unitTurret _gunner]; _unit setWeaponReloadingTime [_gunner, _muzzle, 0]; }]; for universal fun

[wary sandal]

nice haha

did you test it on the vls?

[south swan]

yep

[wary sandal]

unlimited fun indeed

one tomahawk missile gifted for each civilian

[open hollow]

you can draw d-picks with it

[wary sandal]

lmao, how do you get your missiles to circle around like that

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011005890779943003/1043586534437306508/image.png

there are so much missiles that the particles almost don't render in anymore

[open hollow]

an objetive in the air lol

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: about cameras, how can I show or enable the XYZ axes indicator?

[little raptor]

you can't enable them. you have to draw them yourself

[zealous night]

What's the script that allows players to save their arsenal loadout while having access to a full arsenal

[grand idol]

I have a try/catch structure that seems to catch the error in an IF statement, throw the appropriate exception when executed in the catch block at the end of the script but still executes a command within the try block AFTER the IF statement that caught the error. I didn't think that was possible. There are no errors being reported in the server or client RPT. Any idea why the try scope isn't being terminated?

[south swan]

doc says it's terminated and minimal try/throw/catch example terminates the scope 🤔

[proven charm]

i dont think the try block throws at any script errors

[grand idol]

Not at any error, but at the specific condition in the IF statement.

in this case :
if (count _position == 0) throw "Spawn position occupied!";

So I have something like:

try {
// ... some code that should populate _position with an array ... //

  if (count _position == 0) throw "Spawn position occupied!"; // array is actually empty, so throuw error

  if (1 + 1 == 2) then
  { hint str "Yep"; };

}
catch { hint str "Array is empty!"; };

And I'm getting both the exception when the array is empty AND the result of the second IF statement. I expected to get one or the other.

[cold quartz]

does forceUnicode work with callExtension?

[true frigate]

Is there a way of getting the loadout of a unit as a string through variablename of the unit?

[fair drum]

i mean you can grab the unit loadout with getUnitLoadout and then turn it into a string. Why do you want a string instead of just using setUnitLoadout with the loadout array?

[still forum]

it does nothing, if you mean that

[true frigate]

I basically want to store it, so take the loadout from a player and keep it without them knowing, so that enemies in a different mission can use them.

[fair drum]

can you grab and store the array itself instead of using a string?

then use setUnitLoadout? its really quick

[cold quartz]

So am I restricted to only receiving ANSI characters using callExtension?

or am I missing something more basic?

[still forum]

no

it passes as utf-8

you can handle it yourself

[true frigate]

I should be able to do that, but I'd like to have it stored in a notepad for future use, so if possible, copyToClipboard would be nice, but I can always run the variablename through the extended debug console and copy each one after I've taken them

Since it's just a one time thing, I might end up doing that actually, sounds less complex

[cold quartz]

Ah, ok. My extension is written in c# and I've been marshaling using Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi((IntPtr)function);

but this should work as well? Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8((IntPtr)function);

[fair drum]

if you do

copyToClipboard str ["item1","item2"]

it will paste in notepad as
["item1","item2"] not '["item1","item2"]'

you can then just paste the array directly without worrying about extra '

so just do

copyToClipboard str getUnitLoadout _unit

[true frigate]

Alright, thank you! 🙂

[cold quartz]

That did it, thanks!

[shut gate]

I can't seem to get the syntax right for cutRsc and remoteExec. Does anyone know what's wrong with my attempt? 😦

[["Jump", "PLAIN"]] remoteExec ["1 cutRsc"];

When activated via trigger it should flash an image on screen for about ~2 seconds but instead it barely shows it for a frame.

Normal usage, i.e.

1 cutRsc ["Jump", "PLAIN"] still works fine, just local to the person who activated it

[copper raven]

see pins

[shut gate]

Thank you 🙂

[fair drum]

I don't see an animation source for them being stored. I think you might be out of luck with retracting them.

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: re: inArea angle is that literally a direction, or do I have to do some math to figure that in terms of radians?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea

[tough abyss]

It's degrees iirc

But getting radians isn't difficult either, can just use rad to convert

[dreamy kestrel]

Sweet thanks.

[dreamy kestrel]

okay so it is a decent enough start... I have a lasso selecting objects in a build engine mode.
now I want for the lasso to be orthogonal to the camera view window.
I suspect jumping to/from world to screen coords, interchanging some coord components, all four corners worth.
Also taking into account the camera direction for angle.
Currently oriented toward 0 (N), but the lasso is correct it appears, and the selection is also well behaved inArea.
For what it is.

I am trying to find RGBA docs on the wiki... IIRC, alpha indicate luminescence or intensity? i.e. when drawing lines and such 'in game'?

[dreamy kestrel]

i.e. even full green seems rather dim... [0, 1, 0, 1] not sure what is going on there, maybe I need to increase its Z somewhat? or is there a line style I can set so that it is not masked quite as heavily?

[granite sky]

What are you drawing exactly?

0,1,0,1 should be full green pixels in general.

Alpha means blending/transparency. 1 is solid colour, 0.5 is half foreground half background etc.

[dreamy kestrel]

trying to draw a lasso rectangle. the line style appears to be dashes not solid, and the color is especially dim, not full green as I might expect.

maybe there is a line style I need to hit first of all...

[granite sky]

Draw where and with what?

[dreamy kestrel]

drawLine3D literally in a camera view

player mouse down event, hold and move to lasso.

[granite sky]

Check whether it looks different at night.

[dreamy kestrel]

as it happens it is at night, and it is rather faint looking. but again like I said, styled in dashes, etc. not a solid line...

[tough abyss]

Should be solid lines, are you are calling drawLine3D from within the draw EH?

Only reason I can think the line would be appearing dashed/faint is that you're either not calling it within a draw EH or there's z-fighting

[sturdy delta]

{
    _wp1 = _rfl addWaypoint [getMarkerPos (_x select 0), 0];
    _wp1 setWaypointBehaviour (_x select 1);
    
} forEach _waypoints;```

i wonder if when `_wp1` gets overwritten, is the fromer waypoint gone then? 🤔

like would the group just end up with just one waypoint, no matter how long the _waypoints array is?

[warm hedge]

Overwritten in what sense?

[sturdy delta]

like if I do ```
_wp1 = _rfl addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "markername1", 0];
_wp1 = _rfl addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "markername2", 0];
_wp1 = _rfl addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "markername3", 0];

will the `_rfl` group endup with just one waypoint?

or are these actually added?

[warm hedge]

No, will get three additional WPs

[sturdy delta]

thanks!

[warm hedge]

_wp1 in this context is just an array to get the waypoint in scripting scope, nothing to do with actual existence of the wp

So yeah, nothing to worry

[sturdy delta]

good to hear that!

[dreamy kestrel]

within a PFH, yes. could be Z I guess, so how do I draw so that it 'could' be seen? add something greater than 0?

[tough abyss]

Just a tiny z offset should do the trick

0.01 or the like

Also PFH != Draw EH

There's an actual draw3D EH that ties into when the engine draws that you should be using

[little raptor]

doesnt make any diff here

[tough abyss]

I've always seen that the draw related commands are better used with the draw EH

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[little raptor]

it's only better when you don't want to draw when e.g. the game is not focused (which you shouldn't ofc)

otherwise it's the same as per frame

[tough abyss]

I see, thanks

Still would recommend going for draw rather than PFH for the reason mentioned

Not to mention it's a trivial change

[little raptor]

why not just use controls?

I mean RscLine

[dreamy kestrel]

not familiar with that, and do what with it exactly?

[little raptor]

you said you want to draw rectangles orthogonal to the camera

lasso selecting objects in a build engine mode.
if you mean a 2D rectangle, then you should use contorls

[dreamy kestrel]

sounds interesting. and I can map that to screen coordinates as I receive mouse events?

[little raptor]

map that to screen coordinates
you mean world coords?

[dreamy kestrel]

I am trying to lasso objects in a rectangle. closest analog is the 3den editor selection feature.

it's mostly working, but the selection feels more like an ASL than an AGL at the moment.

[little raptor]

well then you want to map screen coords to world

[little raptor]

as I said here

[dreamy kestrel]

right right, I understand how to manage all those jumps in units and so forth

[little raptor]

anyway, yeah it's possible. screenToWorld

tho it doesn't work when you aim at the sky

[dreamy kestrel]

that would be nonsensicle 😛

[little raptor]

anyway, you can also do it the other way
i.e project the positions of all selectable objects onto the screen (using worldToScreen) and then simply do an inArea check to see which objects fall in the rectangle

[dreamy kestrel]

I mean not that the control approach does not have merit. but the bottom line rubber meeting road I think, still I need to gauge some rectangle and objects in area.

not to mention distance between 'here' and getting there, introducing controls, ids, and all the rest.

[little raptor]

don't you want to select those objects with the mouse cursor?

[dreamy kestrel]

that is what I am doing now, more or less. but the in area seems a bit misbehaved

pretty sure all my positions before and after the screen transformations are AGL.

screenshot what I got so far. assuming all my coords are calculated correctly through to and including inArea (or inAreaArray in this case), but the shape of the selection seems a bit amiss.
https://pasteboard.co/eFU5VmBuo8eL.png

[little raptor]

well here give this a test:

_disp = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";
_rect = _disp ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 123];
_rect ctrlSetText "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,0.1)";
_disp displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", {
    params ["_disp"];
    _disp setVariable ["ClickStart", getMousePosition];
}];
_disp displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonUp", {
    params ["_disp"];
    _disp setVariable ["ClickStart", nil];
}];

_disp displayAddEventHandler ["MouseMoving", {
    params ["_disp"];
    if (!isNil {_disp getVariable "ClickStart"}) then {
        _oldPos = _disp getVariable "ClickStart";
        _newPos = getMousePosition;
        _oldPos params ["_x1", "_y1"];
        _newPos params ["_x2", "_y2"];
        _rect = _disp displayCtrl 123;
        
        _rect ctrlSetPosition [_x1 min _x2, _y1 min _y2, abs(_x1 - _x2), abs (_y1 - _y2)];
        _rect ctrlCommit 0;
        
        _area = [[(_x1 + _x2)/2, (_y1 + _y2)/2], abs(_x1 - _x2)/2, abs (_y1 - _y2)/2, 0, true];
        
        _units = [];
        {
            _scrPos = worldToScreen ASLToAGL aimPos _x;
            if (count _scrPos != 0 && {_scrPos inArea _area}) then {
                _units pushBack _x;
            }
        } forEach allUnits;
        
        systemChat str _units;
    };
}];

not tested

[dreamy kestrel]

yeah well I have other mouse EH callbacks in the mix as well. bit more to chew off adapting this in than simply just dropping it in I think.

[dreamy kestrel]

i.e. all the downs, ups, holdings, movings, etc.

and keyboard combinations as well for modifiers and such.

excusing the macro shorthands, the algo is basically this transforming the starting and current mouse inputs, transformed depending on the need, for "draw" or for "area".

private _zero = [0, 0, 0];
params [
    [Q(_mode), Q(draw), [""]]
    , [Q(_startPosAGL), LGVAR2(_lassoStartPosAGL,_zero), [[]], 3]
    , [Q(_endPosAGL), LGVAR2(_lassoEndPosAGL,LGVAR2(_lassoCurrentPosAGL,_zero)), [[]], 3]
];
[_startPosAGL, _endPosAGL] apply { worldToScreen _x; } params [
    [Q(_alpha), [], [[]], 2]
    , [Q(_bravo), [], [[]], 2]
];
(_alpha + _bravo) params [
    [Q(_ax), 0, [0]]
    , [Q(_ay), 0, [0]]
    , [Q(_bx), 0, [0]]
    , [Q(_by), 0, [0]]
];
private _xmin = _ax min _bx;
private _xmax = _ax max _bx;
private _ymin = _ay min _by;
private _ymax = _ay max _by;
private _rectScreenCoords = [
    [_xmin, _ymin]
    , [_xmax, _ymin]
    , [_xmax, _ymax]
    , [_xmin, _ymax]
];
private _simpleScreenCoords = [
    [_xmin, _ymin]
    , [_xmax, _ymax]
];
private _rectWorldCoords = _rectScreenCoords apply { screenToWorld _x; };
switch (toLower _mode) do {
  case Q(draw): {
    _rectWorldCoords;
  };
  case Q(area): {
    _rectWorldCoords params [Q(_tl), Q(_tr), Q(_br), Q(_bl)];
    private _rectPos = _tl getPos [_tl distance _br, _tl getDir _br];
    private _a = 0.5 * (_tl distance _tr);
    private _b = 0.5 * (_tl distance _bl);
    private _isRectangle = true;
    private _camera = LGVAR2(_camera,objNull);
    private _cameraDir = getDir _camera;
    [_rectPos, _a, _b, _cameraDir, _isRectangle];
  };
  default {
    _simpleScreenCoords apply {
      screenToWorld _x;
    };
  };
};

It feels almost like the camera angle is an influence there...

at one point I had a rectangle drawing angle 0 (N), selection seemed appropriate to that however...
but I really want that rectangle orthogonal to the camera if at all possible, inArea(s) included

[little raptor]

ofc it is

first of all a rectangle projected into world is no longer a rectangle (it would be if you looked from the top)

[dreamy kestrel]

understood ofc, it just has to be accurate aligning drawn lines to selected objects

not sure what you mean "no longer a rectangle"

[little raptor]

it's not a rectangle anymore

[dreamy kestrel]

transform taking AGL pos in, to screen, doing the calcs there, then projecting back to world

[dreamy kestrel]

if not a rect then what is it?

[little raptor]

a polygon

[dreamy kestrel]

a poly? of what? did you look at the mins and maxes in the code above?

[little raptor]

in the world it's a polygon

not a rectangle

your mins and maxes are for creating the rect in UI coords

[dreamy kestrel]

ok, of four points, or four edges. still a rectangle

[little raptor]

no

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe I could share my screen in VC, cuz I am really not comprehending what you are saying

[little raptor]

just look at your own screenshot

[dreamy kestrel]

in and of themselves the draw is just lines, edges. in that sense I suppose a polygon. but inArea takes X and Y differences, transformed from screen to world, and involving the a and b components, right... therein would lie the rub methinks.

[little raptor]

well in any case just use this

it works

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe just using inPolygon ...
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inPolygon

[little raptor]

yes, but remember that screenToWorld may fail you

[dreamy kestrel]

🔑 so inArea does not care whether world or screen; in fact it looks like you are using the screen coordinates there?

[little raptor]

yes

[dreamy kestrel]

ah okay... I understand now. yep, would be subtle, and not difficult to switch up.

thanks.

[naive needle]

How can I check if the scrollwheel action menu is open

[warm hedge]

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

[naive needle]

yea just found it , thank you !

[torpid mica]

I have a question. I tried using KillZoneKid´s PiP Script (http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-uav-r2t-and-pip/) but I´m having the problem that the render to texture does not work. I´m always having a black screen (on the object). Also tried another script but same thing happened. any ideas?

//-> all Credit to KillZone_Kid
/* create render surface */
_bb = "Land_Billboard_F" createVehicle position player;
_bb setObjectTexture [0, "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(uavrtt,1)"];

/* create uav and make it fly */
uav = createVehicle ["B_UAV_01_F", _bb modelToWorld [0,100,100], [], 0, "FLY"];
createVehicleCrew uav;
uav lockCameraTo [_bb, [0]];
uav flyInHeight 100;

/* add loiter waypoint */
_wp = group uav addWaypoint [position _bb, 0];
_wp setWaypointType "LOITER";
_wp setWaypointLoiterType "CIRCLE_L";
_wp setWaypointLoiterRadius 100;

/* create camera and stream to render surface */
cam = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];
cam cameraEffect ["Internal", "Back", "uavrtt"];

/* attach cam to gunner cam position */
cam attachTo [uav, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos"];

/* make it zoom in a little */
cam camSetFov 0.1;

/* switch cam to thermal */
"uavrtt" setPiPEffect [2];

/* adjust cam orientation */
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    _dir = 
        (uav selectionPosition "PiP0_pos") 
            vectorFromTo 
        (uav selectionPosition "PiP0_dir");
    cam setVectorDirAndUp [
        _dir, 
        _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]
    ];
}];

```         //-> does not put out any error, spawns the Billboard and drone correctly but leaves the billboard black. Maybe something changed in between Arma Versions?

[south swan]

It (kk's example) worked when i last checked. Do you have PiP active in game's video settings?

[torpid mica]

yes, high and redering up to 6000m

[torpid mica]

but it seems like the display is emitting a weird glow

@unique sundial maybe you can help me?

[vernal mural]

is the init event handler of objects executed on JIP clients ?

[sand phoenix]

Hello, I'm trying to do an artillery barrage on a position.
I call a script.sqf with a trigger activation, works fine.

Script do return marker's position array, but BIS_fnc_fireSupportVirtual doesn't work.
Can anyone help me please ?

Here is my script :
_loc = getMarkerPos "trg"; [_loc, "32Rnd_155mm_Mo_shells", 100, 2, 10] spawn BIS_fnc_fireSupportVirtual; hint str _loc;

[vernal mural]

looks like the wiki is wrong

or at least confusing

mag: String - (Optional, default "Sh_82mm_AMOS") magazine (if left empty, first available magazine will be used)

Sh_82mm_AMOS ==> this is ammo, not magazine

32Rnd_155mm_Mo_shells contains Sh_155mm_AMOS ammo

if I try your line, nothing happens (and no error, which is weird)

if I try [getPos player, "Sh_155mm_AMOS"] spawn BIS_fnc_fireSupportVirtual, hell start to rain, as expected

so, when using this function, remember to understand the mag parameter as an ammo type name from CfgAmmo

@sand phoenix

[sand phoenix]

@vernal mural Thank you very much !
I did mistake magazine for ammo.

[vernal mural]

you were absolutely right trying a magazine, according to the wiki

with a bit of experience, things like Sh_82mm_AMOS don't look like magazines, that's what hinted me on the right way

but when sticking to what is written, magazine type was a good try

[sand phoenix]

Now I can see it was written down all along, but couldn't see it before knowing the difference you taught me, thanks again !

[south swan]

re-checked again, literally pasting the code from article (with comments removed) into the debug console works on my machine 🤷‍♂️

[torpid mica]

wft you´re right. i posted it in the debug console and it workt as well. but executing from a script didn´t work for me🤔

[south swan]

🤔

[glossy pine]

if u compile the sqf files into SQF bytecode do u still need the sqf files?

[torpid mica]

//i have a problem with the addAction in the initPlayerLocal.sqf. If I want to acces the player and add the Action to him how do i have to do it?
_cabingetinID = player addaction ["<t color='#FF0000'>MOC: Enter MOC trough cabin</t><br/>", tostring {
                                                                                                        _pos = getPos interrior;
                                                                                                        player setPos _pos;    
                                                                                                    }, [], 99, false, true, "", toString {vehicle player == MOC;}]; // so 

params ["_player", "_didJIP"];
_cabingetinID = _player addaction ["<t color='#FF0000'>MOC: Enter MOC trough cabin</t><br/>", tostring {
                                                                                                        _pos = getPos interrior;
                                                                                                        _player setPos _pos;    
                                                                                                    }, [], 99, false, true, "", toString {vehicle _player == MOC;}]; // or so? 
//or did i do something completely wrong? 

[torpid mica]

when executing from a script it has black screen. when i the execute it from then debug menu it spawns a working one and makes the other one work as well

[little raptor]

the second one is incorrect

_player is not defined in the action code and the condition

[torpid mica]

_bb = "Land_Billboard_F" createVehicle position player; 
_bb setObjectTexture [0, "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(uavrtt,1)"]; 
 

uav = createVehicle ["B_UAV_01_F", _bb modelToWorld [0,100,100], [], 0, "FLY"]; 
createVehicleCrew uav; 
uav lockCameraTo [_bb, [0]]; 
uav flyInHeight 100; 
 
_wp = group uav addWaypoint [position _bb, 0]; 
_wp setWaypointType "LOITER"; 
_wp setWaypointLoiterType "CIRCLE_L"; 
_wp setWaypointLoiterRadius 100; 

 
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", { 
    _dir =  
        (uav selectionPosition "PiP0_pos")  
            vectorFromTo  
        (uav selectionPosition "PiP0_dir"); 
    cam setVectorDirAndUp [ 
        _dir,  
        _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0] 
    ]; 
}];


sleep 10;

cam = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0]; 
cam cameraEffect ["Internal", "Back", "uavrtt"]; 
 
cam attachTo [uav, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos"]; 
 
cam camSetFov 0.1; 

so it works for me even executed from a script 😱

[torpid mica]

so i need to pass the _player variable to the script and the nit will work? Since the first one doesn´t work either

[little raptor]

no I don't think it'll work

the first one should work too

what's the problem again?

no action is added?

[torpid mica]

it won´t show the action when i´m in the vehicle (conditon) i haven't tested if it´s added or not

[little raptor]

does it work if you execute it from console?

[little raptor]

afaik no

but you might need them if the compilation fails

[little raptor]

try a terminate effect before internal

[torpid mica]

yes it works when executed from debug console. But i used some hints to check... the code runs during the setup so it should work from the script as well 😭

[little raptor]

then I guess player is not defined when the script runs

put a short sleep before the addAction

[south swan]

can't pass arguments to condition of addAction

[little raptor]

does this work now?

[winter rose]

Fixed now, thanks for spotting
Cc @sand phoenix 🙂

[torpid mica]

It work just by attaching the camera last. Even without the sleep. Just changed the position in the script and now it works like a charm

[serene sentinel]

Can someone help with script for AI rearming and drop/pickup weapons?

[fair drum]

What you need help with? What do you have so far?

[serene sentinel]

I have one script (originaly from A2) , it seems to be written well, but there are some problems. AI must pick up magazines and grenades from dead bodies when they needed and weapons when he unarmed. He picking up grenades , but he don't pickup weapon. Just goes to dead body and playing animation "take weapon" infinitely.

how can i put .sqf file here?

[frank mango]

if its small, then use the embed ```

if not, pastebin

[serene sentinel]

pastebin. com/GdU8XVvy

[winter rose]

or use https://sqfbin.com if it is for some help

[dreamy kestrel]

breakthrough, it works, fantastically I might add. so much better behaved after you clued me in to the screen v world thingy. cannot 👍 👍 👍 that nugget enough.

[dreamy kestrel]

gonna bookmark that one, thank you!

[sullen sigil]

Is there any way to maintain automatic offset with attachTo while having memory point too?

[little raptor]

it already "maintains offset"... (?!)

[sullen sigil]

but you have to specify an offset to specify a memory point..? just using [] doesnt work

[little raptor]

[0,0,0]

[winter rose]

you can use the BIS fnc

[south swan]

so, replicate BIS_fnc_attachToRelative but with attaching to a specific mempoint?

or bone?

[sullen sigil]

ah, didnt know that was a thing as it doesnt appear on the seealso

but yes that

[sullen sigil]

I should be able to just get the difference between the player's pos and the object's pos and use that as the offset, right..? because that's not working

[hallow mortar]

use worldToModel

[sullen sigil]

private _orient = [this, player] call BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative;
private _relPos = this worldToModel ASLtoAGL getPosASL player;
 
this attachTo [player, _relPos, "spine2", true]; 
this setVectorDirAndUp _orient;``` this seems to attach it in the wrong place, offset down and to the right of the player ![thonk](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/700311400152825906.webp?size=128 "thonk")

it also doesnt seem to be following the bone rotation up and down, im not sure if thats supposed to happen or not

[little raptor]

you're attaching it to a point relative to the player himself, not his spine2 (both pos and vdup are wrong)

[sullen sigil]

Am I not doing that..? Setting the offset to 0,0,0 with spine2 mempoint puts it at the players feet

[little raptor]

offset is relative to bone

not object

if it puts it at the player's feet then your mempoint doesn't exist

try "head" for example to see what I mean

[sullen sigil]

oh bruh

the forum lied

what mempoint should i use for backpacks rotation then..?

[little raptor]

spine3 maybe

[sullen sigil]

ah

so i would want the position of the mempoint instead of player?

[little raptor]

if you want to attach it relatively, yes

plus its vdup

[sullen sigil]

so i need to get the offset of the object from the spine3 mempoint

private _orient = [this, player] call BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative; 
private _relPos = this worldToModel (getPosASL this - AGLtoASL(player modelToWorld (player selectionPosition "spine3"))); 
  
this attachTo [player, _relPos, "spine3", true];  
this setVectorDirAndUp _orient;``` seems to work in my head but not in practice

[sullen sigil]

ok, think i need help understanding

_playerPos = getPosASL player;
_spinePos = player selectionPosition "spine3";
systemChat str (AGLtoASL (player modelToWorld _spinePos));
systemChat str (_playerPos vectorAdd AGLtoASL _spinePos);``` in my head would print the same thing twice, but the top one is 5m below the bottom one, why is this?

[little raptor]

because the AGLtoASL conversion is not in the right place

[sullen sigil]

I've got it now, I just need to get the dirandup working 🙂

[little raptor]

it should be AGLtoASL(_playerPos vectorAdd _spinePos)

[little raptor]

you need to create a transformation matrix for that

[sullen sigil]

i hear matrix and instantly lose what you are talking about

[little raptor]

you can do it without matrices too

[sullen sigil]

looking at the function it just does

_obj2 vectorWorldToModel vectorDir _obj1,
_obj2 vectorWorldToModel vectorUp _obj1```

[little raptor]

just measure the dot product of each component of dir and up by those of the bone's

[sullen sigil]

surely i can just modeltoworld the selectionpos and do the same thing?

[little raptor]

the function does something completely different from what you want

[little raptor]

no

you need to use bone coords

not model coords

[sullen sigil]

that sounds confusing

[south swan]

inb4 attaching invisible object to bone and then relatively attaching the target object to invisible one

[little raptor]

what are you trying to do again? just trying to make sure I'm not unnecessarily complicating things

[sullen sigil]

just trying to attach an object with rotation to the player with it remaining in the position

i explained that poorly

[south swan]

attach to bone while keeping relative offset

[sullen sigil]

yes that

[little raptor]

this one works too
it's simpler
and you don't need math anymore
tho you don't need to attach 2 objects
just attach one. measure the relative dir and up and pos. then delete the object

[sullen sigil]

with the direction etc kept the same

messing with helper objects has given me tons of headache in the past so would like to be avoided

however i could just mess with the vectordirandup stuff until it looks good

as that part can be kept the same

basically at the moment the object is rotated too far forwards because it was doing diranduprelative to the player and not bone position

[little raptor]

do it like this

[sullen sigil]

getRelPos and getRelDir, right?

[little raptor]

no

vectorWorldToModel and worldToModel

[sullen sigil]

ok youve lost me now

oh wait just use the object in the BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative function?

[south swan]

llll attachTo [player, [0,0,0], "head", true];
[hhhh,llll] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;```

[sullen sigil]

ok yeah i got confused lol

[little raptor]

or that yeah

[south swan]

llll being emty logic and hhhh being a hemmet. Can confirm it works XD

[sullen sigil]

is there any specific helper object i should use

[little raptor]

no need to attach 2 objs. just measure the relative axes and pos. then delete the logic

[sullen sigil]

wait yeah logic works you just need to attach

[south swan]

meh

[sullen sigil]

got confused because all my helper objects i just did for ropes and jfc i hate physx because of it

[south swan]

two attaches = two lines. Measuring = math with more possibilities for error 🤷‍♂️

[sullen sigil]

this is probably a stupid question
but how do you create a logic? createVehicle?

[south swan]

well, for this specific test i've just placed it in 3DEN 🤷‍♂️

[little raptor]

only if you're bad at math 😛

also two attaches -> constant waste of performance (because you don't need one at all)

[south swan]

well, i'm eventually good at it. Generally. Meaning i error up first 3 or 4 (or 12) times but end up doing it correctly

[sullen sigil]

so that sort of works but the object gets shifted forwards

elLogic attachTo [player, [0,0,0], "spine3", true];

private _orient = [shotty, elLogic] call BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative;  
private _spinePos = AGLToASL (player modelToWorld (player selectionPosition "spine3"));
private _relPos = getPosASL shotty vectorDiff _spinePos;
   
shotty attachTo [player, _relPos, "spine3", true];   
shotty setVectorDirAndUp _orient;```

rather than staying in place

[little raptor]

measure the relPos using worldToModel

your current relPos is not in bone coords. it's in world coords

[sullen sigil]

oh so just worldToModel the entire thing?

[little raptor]

entire thing?

[sullen sigil]

private _relPos = worldToModel (getPosASL shotty vectorDiff _spinePos);

[little raptor]

no

that's not even valid syntax

[sullen sigil]

i have now discovered that

oh is it the getPosASL shotty that needs doing

[little raptor]

elLogic worldToModel ASLtoAGL getPosASL shotty

tho I think it should be getPosWorld not ASL

[sullen sigil]

gotchu i will try both

[south swan]

seems to give some spurious Z offset in my testing 🤔

[sullen sigil]

yeah it is for me too

with both

[south swan]

of like -2 meters of world Z

[little raptor]

maybe attaching doesn't happen instantly

try a delay to see if that's the issue

[sullen sigil]

private _relPos = elLogic worldToModel ASLtoAGL getPosASL shotty vectorDiff _spinePos; puts it at over 1km above the player

[south swan]

private _relPos = elLogic worldToModel ASLtoAGL getPosWorld shotty; seems to work 🤔

[little raptor]

that shouldn't make a "2m" diff

problem is elsewhere

[south swan]

it should if hemmet origins differ by that much

[little raptor]

most likely this

[little raptor]

I mean worldToModelVisual you had before

but obviously it should be getPosWorld

[sullen sigil]

aha

[little raptor]

as I said here

[sullen sigil]

i may have it working

one sec

oh no it doesnt need a delay

[south swan]

getPosWorld hhhh vectorDiff getPosASL hhhh gives [0,0,1.79925], which roughly matches the z offset 🤷‍♂️

[sullen sigil]

elLogic attachTo [player, [0,0,0], "spine3", true];

private _orient = [shotty, elLogic] call BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative;  
private _spinePos = AGLToASL (player modelToWorld (player selectionPosition "spine3"));
private _relPos = elLogic worldToModelVisual ASLtoAGL getPosWorld shotty;
   
shotty attachTo [player, _relPos, "spine3", true];   
shotty setVectorDirAndUp _orient;``` works for me

[south swan]

_spinePos isn't needed at all then. And elLogic can probably get detached and deleted

[sullen sigil]

yup, does create/deletevehicle work in that instance?

[little raptor]

And elLogic can probably get detached and deleted
well yeah that was the whole point here. not having 2 attaches

[south swan]

and worldToModelVisual/worldToModel both seem to work

[sullen sigil]

my only issue is that the object seems to move differently to the backpack but i think thats just arma

[south swan]

talking about eventually correct

[sullen sigil]

as in it clips into the backpack when stationary but not when moving etc etc

no big deal

[little raptor]

try spine1 instead

[sullen sigil]

roger doger

doesnt exist

[south swan]

ehm, wut

[sullen sigil]

it puts it at players feet

spine3 seems to be the only spine that exists 💀

[little raptor]

it does exist tho. but maybe not in mem LOD

[sullen sigil]

meh, its not a huge issue for me so

you can createvehicle a logic, right? or is there a specific command

[south swan]

you can

[sullen sigil]

uh oh

[little raptor]

better use local tho

[sullen sigil]

createvehicle on the logic just broke it

[south swan]

createUnit then 🤷‍♂️

with createGroup sidelogic before it

[sullen sigil]

as in broke the offset

[south swan]

To create objects of type "Logic", use createUnit. on createVehicle biki page

[sullen sigil]

bruh moment

no way to create a local unit is there?

thats a stupid question

[little raptor]

pretty sure createVehicleLocal works too

[south swan]

or, you know, just run the attach/get offsets/rotation once and save that in mission :3

[sullen sigil]

it puts the offset further away for me

adding a delay doesnt rectify that either

[south swan]

eventually correct

[little raptor]

try createSimpleObject too

[south swan]

retrying the question, though. Should that be changed during the mission? Or would getting offset/rotation beforehand and hardcoding it be enough?

[sullen sigil]

im confused what you are asking

[sullen sigil]

does the same thing

[little raptor]

I mean try something other than the logic e.g. Land_Wrench_F

[sullen sigil]

oh right

[south swan]

Place stuff in editor. Attach logic. Get _relPos and _orient, copy them to clipboard, then just run attachTo with those values

[sullen sigil]

oh, want to be able to change it rather than hardcoding yeah

[sullen sigil]

Nope, does the same

[south swan]

on the other side of the problem. The game seems to have a "launcher" mempoint 🤔

[sullen sigil]

aim is to be able to throw shotgun offset position into config for a backpack to make it put there if player has shotgun in it, just trying to get the attaching working properly before anything further

...i might've been a bit silly

one moment

ok so it wasnt the issue but i wasnt passing the createvehicle one into the dirandup function

[south swan]

createVehicleLocal seems to work 🤔

[sullen sigil]

...or the later stuff yes i was a bit silly hang on

ok yeah i was stupid

that does work 🤦

only difference is the offset is slightly different again

but a tiny amount so shrug

i'll just end up messing with rotation and shit

[south swan]

and the "laucher" mempoint seems to be synced to backpack pretty well https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/737175675818999898/1043966162930769970/image.png

[sullen sigil]

this way works fine i think

but for the sake of it i'll check

[sullen sigil]

actually causes more backpack clipping 😅

[south swan]

player selectionNames "MEMORY" gives all the mempoints if you intend to find anything more suitable

[sullen sigil]

nah this one works fine just a matter of fine tuning really

next step is to figure out how to make the shotgun not able to be picked up by anybody

[south swan]

so, between "if you're good at math" and eventually getting there we spent what? 5 screens worth of messages?

[sullen sigil]

all for me to probably abandon this soon

_mempoint = "spine3";

_elLogic = "Logic" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_elLogic attachTo [player, [0,0,0], _mempoint, true];

private _orient = [shotty, _elLogic] call BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative;  
private _relPos = _elLogic worldToModelVisual ASLtoAGL getPosWorld shotty;
   
deleteVehicle _elLogic;

shotty attachTo [player, _relPos, _mempoint, true];   
shotty setVectorDirAndUp _orient;

systemChat str getposasl shotty;
systemChat str getposasl player;``` final code if you want it

[south swan]

[hhhh, (unitBackpack player)] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative; when standing near the hemmet. And then going prone. Causes me to slide forward at 50 km/h 🤣

also yeah, (unitBackpack player) returns the backpack object 🤷‍♂️

[sullen sigil]

Ya I tried messing with that earlier but was too much of a pain in the ass

Now I just need to think of how to make this into something useable lol

and the relative offset passed through to it

[torpid mica]

i have a addaction in my mission and want to execute the code on the whole sever and not only locally. is that possible? and if it is then how?

[south swan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting in general and remoteExec specifically 🤷‍♂️

[granite sky]

probably with JIP too :P

[south swan]

remoteExec does accept JIP parameter in it's, uhm, parameters

[restive ocean]

Is there anyway to define what unit switchCamera effects within a trigger?

[torpid mica]

can i just put all my code in the remoteExec?

[south swan]

you can. Be sure to check Example 5 at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec

although if you need to execute that frequently - storing the executed code as a function/global variable and just remoteExec-ing that would be preferable. Sending the whole code is more for one-off hack job

[torpid mica]

https://sqfbin.com/nesuwayujosahomuzopi so is this correct? -> not much code

[little raptor]

wdym?

[torpid mica]

the first one ist the code i used to use, but i need to execute that globally so the second one is hopefully using the remoteExec correctly?

[south swan]

toString isn't actually needed, addAction can take code as code

[torpid mica]

but otherwise it´s ok?

[south swan]

other than questionable formatting choices seems OK at first glance. Please, consider formatting long parameter arrays like https://sqfbin.com/udoqirotugisarasasod (one extra tab, new line after every (long?) parameter) 😉

[torpid mica]

yeah the formating is a bit of since i´ve changed and copied a lot of stuff XD have around 10 addActions in the same script and dindn´t want to type everything new

[restive ocean]

so im attaching something to a players head and defining it in a trigger for the purpose of serving as a camerea, but I also cant put switchCamera into that trigger because then it effects all units, but i want it to affect a different unit than from the one with the thing attached to it

and i tried putting in init but doesnt work

[proven charm]

shouldn't it be with "call": ```sqf
{} remoteExec ["call", 0];

[torpid mica]

yeah youre right

i missed it

[south swan]

there you go for trusting me to proofread your code 🤣

[little raptor]

i want it to affect a different unit than from the one with the thing attached to it
well if it's a specific unit you can just use its variable name

[restive ocean]

i get the error "missing ;"

unless im formating wrong

player2 Cam switchCamera "Internal";

[little raptor]

you are

[sullen sigil]

not strictly scripting related but still function related, anyone know wtf im doing wrong here?

[restive ocean]

whats the proper way?

[little raptor]

what did you mean by that code?

[restive ocean]

?

[little raptor]

no cat

[little raptor]

I mean what is it supposed to do?

[restive ocean]

switch the camera of 1 of the units to the sphere attached to my head

[south swan]

you seem to miss one more layer of subclasses?

[little raptor]

yes. no cat

"category" in case you were thinking of 🐱

[sullen sigil]

adding category subfolder and class doesnt help it 😕

"KJW" comes up in function viewer and so does the function name but can't click it (using ADT)

[south swan]

define "doesnt help it"

[sullen sigil]

and ADT complains of undefined variable KJW_fnc_attachToBoneRelative

[little raptor]

then you need remoteExec

[torpid mica]

how can i use sleep in the {} remoteExecute ["call",0]; ? it always outputs: Suspending is not allowed in this context

[sullen sigil]

you need to run it in scheduled code

[little raptor]

[cam, "internal"] remoteExec ["switchCamera", player2];

[sullen sigil]

this spawn {/*code here*/};```

[torpid mica]

i just need to wait a short amount of time

[little raptor]

what is your config rn?

[sullen sigil]

oh

category path

🤦

[little raptor]

no need

did you close the mission?

[sullen sigil]

nope -- its working now

i forgot category in the file path

[little raptor]

well you don't need a category folder

[sullen sigil]

🤷 works now so

[torpid mica]

[] spawn 
{
     {
           someCode;
          sleep 1;
          someCode;
     }remoteExec ["call", 0];

};

thats how i did it, but it outputs an error everytime 😦

[sullen sigil]

{} not []

[little raptor]

it's ` not ´

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[torpid mica]

where?

[little raptor]

you can't use sleep there

[sullen sigil]

{} spawn instead of what you have which is [] spawn

[torpid mica]

is there any other way to wait a specified ammount of time?

[little raptor]

remoteExec spawn instead

or make a function and don't send the whole code over network

[south swan]

remoteExec should put the sent code into the scheduled space though 🤔

[little raptor]

no

remoteExecing a command is unschd

[dapper cairn]

Anyone able to help me with a script? Have a few weapons on a ship with simulation turned off but want to have it where if the players mouse wheel on a laptop they can "turn on" the weapon system

So
W1, W2, W3, W4 would be the weapons, players mouse wheel on a laptop and get the prompt "Reboot Weapon Systems."

[south swan]

Functions are executed in the scheduled environment; suspension is allowed
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec with remoteExecCall being the unscheduled version, though

[little raptor]

call is not a function

it's a command

[south swan]

ah, i'm dumb and don't read the very next line. Thanks.

[little raptor]

laptop addAction ["Turn On", {
  {
    [_x, true] remoteExec ["enableSimulationGlobal", 2];
  } forEach [W1, W2, W3, W4]
}];

[dapper cairn]

Thank you Very much friend

[little raptor]

np. if you want to put it in the laptop's init (which is what you want to do I assume), change laptop to this, i.e it becomes: this addAction ["Turn On", ...

[dapper cairn]

gotcha

[sullen sigil]

Is there an event handler for contents of player's inventory changing? Can't seem to find it if there is one 🤔

[little raptor]

no

you can only use inventoryopened/closed/put/take EHs

• maybe a helper loop in case the user "cheats"

[sullen sigil]

inventoryput/take?

[hallow mortar]

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

[little raptor]

no just put/take

[sullen sigil]

ah 😅

[torpid mica]

i now have some addactions executing locally and some which use remoteExec to execute globally. But now everything gets executed globally 😦 I really don´t understand why

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: concerning camera AGL Z component limiters...
I am creating a camera, map happens to be Altis, location the wind turbines south of Oreokastro. happens to be, I think, one of the more extreme locations in terms of position ASL.
The camera seems rather restricted Z wise; I'm not sure how to 'allow' for more of a fly over in that sense.
By contrast when I am in Zeus, there is no such limitation.
Is it a camera command I can issue that allows for that?
Thanks...

[sullen sigil]

There's surely a smarter way to do this (check if shotgun has been added or removed from players inventory, cant use opened/closed EHs as other people can take and put into backpack) than hooking in to both put and take EHs

[little raptor]

there's no limit on camera's Z

[dreamy kestrel]

there isn't? it is behaving like there is... cannot zoom out beyond a certain feels like max ASL Z component.

[south swan]

i remember searching for a reliable way of detecting player inventory changes. I don't remember ever finding one.

[little raptor]

yep. there is none

[sullen sigil]

Yeah, certainly seems to be the case... Probably an engine limitation if its not been added by now?

[little raptor]

the most reliable way is a loop

[south swan]

with storing loadout and checking for changes? Oof

[little raptor]

no. I guess perf concern (inventory changes even when you fire)

[sullen sigil]

loop of inventory searches?

[hallow mortar]

BIS_fnc_hasItem in a while true just to make the optimisers sad

[sullen sigil]

my shotgun must be removed i n s t a n t l y

[little raptor]

how do you zoom?

[south swan]

"x" in flatten getUnitLoadout player was like 10x faster than BIS_fnc_hasItem iirc

[sullen sigil]

actually
I guess both put and take makes sense? Put for checking for adding the shotgun, take for checking for removing?

[south swan]

because why bother with walking a tree in SQF? 🤣

[little raptor]

uniqueUnitItems is a thing...

[sullen sigil]

i would also need to check its not equipped too

[south swan]

but returns an array of arrays and using in would be a hassle 🤷‍♂️

[little raptor]

uniqueUnitItems returns a hashmap

[sullen sigil]

is there a shotgun in the inventory?
does the backpack have config values for the position for the shotguns?
does the shotgun support this?

[south swan]

inb4 getWeaponCargo backpackContainer player;

[sullen sigil]

but vest too

some people have vests with huge capacity for some reason

[south swan]

i'm not reading again

[sullen sigil]

wait you could just check vestcontainer too lol

ignore me

[dreamy kestrel]

I am using the 'normal' camera controls, navigation with WASD, mouse, scroll wheel back. does NOT zoom out. seems limited by max world ASL...

[dreamy kestrel]

like I said, by contrast, the same gestures in Zeus 'work'...

[little raptor]

oh that. idk

[dreamy kestrel]

so I wonder there is some primitive, cam command, etc, I need to tell the camera a new limit.

[little raptor]

I personally always make my own cam controls...

[little raptor]

there's an example on wiki:

private _camera = "CamCurator" camCreate [0,0,0];
_camera camCommand "maxPitch 89";
_camera camCommand "minPitch -89";
_camera camCommand "speedDefault 0.1";
_camera camCommand "speedMax 2";
_camera camCommand "ceilingHeight 5000";
_camera camCommand "atl off";
_camera camCommand "surfaceSpeed off";

maybe one of those "commands" controls it

ceilingHeight I guess

[dreamy kestrel]

seems like the natural fit, the one command I do not have accounted for.

[sullen sigil]

I shouldn't need to worry about anything locality wise for this in MP, right?

[dreamy kestrel]

is ceilingHeight ASL or AGL?

[little raptor]

dunno

see the wiki

doesn't say anything...

well if you find which plz let me know to put it on wiki

[fair drum]

I would assume ASL since the environment is probably a very large cube including water.

[sullen sigil]

Aaand Put and Take EHs don't seem to work as I want them to 😦

[dreamy kestrel]

gonna go on the hunch, camCreate in terms of AGL, so maybe consistent?

[little raptor]

test it on a hill

e.g. limit it to 100. then read the AGL and ASL heights as you go up the hill

[dreamy kestrel]

ASL

which is a bit counter intuitive given camCreate
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/camCreate
"position: Array - format PositionAGL - position to create the object at"
but whatever

[little raptor]

thanks. I'll put it on wiki

[dreamy kestrel]

may also include a blurb about cam ASL Z limits by default. seems like world ASL Z max.

[sullen sigil]

what would be the correct way to iterate through here for the classes? im using this but im like 99% sure its not the right way to do it at all

private _uniqueUnitItems = uniqueUnitItems [player, 0, 2, 2, 2, false];
if !(_uniqueUnitItems getOrDefault ["sgun_HunterShotgun_01_sawedoff_F", false] > 0) exitWith{};```

[little raptor]

"sgun_HunterShotgun_01_sawedoff_F" in _uniqueUnitItems

[sullen sigil]

ah, thought you had to use special commands or something thx

[torpid mica]

i have a problem with an attached Object. I scaled an container and some lamps to other sizes (container x1.1, lamps x0.5) than i did some tests and my friend noticed that the container did not get scaled sometimes (e.g when I´m driving) and randomly jumped back to normal size, while the lamps where scaled perfectly. Does anyone has suggestions how to avoid that?
P.S. all objects where placed in the inventory and have the attachto and scale command in their init line

[tough abyss]

setObjectScale isn't intended to work properly outside of the editor.

[torpid mica]

therefor it did pretty good XD.
how to do it properly?

[tough abyss]

Any sort of updates/movement to the scaled object will unscale it

There is no clean solution for scaling objects consistently

Closest solution would be to scale it each frame, but that won't work well in MP

[torpid mica]

but damn setObjectScale worked pretty good in MP. For me it was perfect all the time (i´m the host) but for my friend it wasn´that good. Only the container had problems with the scaling. the rest worked like a charm as well

[tough abyss]

Yeah getting it to behave consistently is the issue

It isn't designed for it, unfortunately

Hopefully one day we get a proper mp-compatible scaling command

@torpid mica In the meantime, you can try the EachFrame solution, but be warned it may lead to weird behavior and/or performance issues:

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
  // Put code for scaling here
}];

[torpid mica]

Thank you. I'll try that for sure

[tough abyss]

👍

[gaunt tendon]

when I do

_Ctrl ctrlSetText (getText (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> (currentweapon player) >> "picture"));

is there a way to flip the image and make the gun point in the other direction?
from ︻デ═一
To ╾━╤デ╦︻

[copper raven]

no

[dreamy kestrel]

hey question for the youtubers (or video producers in general)... is there a mod that display key presses for things like modifier keys as I am pressing them, and display on the screen? that would be tremendous for this particular demo.

[hallow mortar]

You don't really need an Arma mod for that, you can use something like this https://github.com/univrsal/input-overlay

[dreamy kestrel]

will that work; I am using OBS to record in game. it will see the overlay as well?

ah says so in the release notes, v28+ ✅

[hallow mortar]

Yes, things like that are designed to work with OBS because they're used by competitive streamers and such

[dreamy kestrel]

huh interesting, is there a preset just for keyboard mouse inputs? otherwise, if I wanted to customize a subset of that for demo purposes, I need to do what? cook up some textures?

[hallow mortar]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I mean if you want to make something more specific it wouldn't be too hard to make an EH (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers) that does precisely what you want. It can output as a chat messages, or hints, or you can make a small custom UI...nothing too complex needed

[sullen sigil]

Is there a way to add "fake" mass to the player's equipment? i.e add 10kg without having to have a 10kg object fill inventory space

[gaunt tendon]

this?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMass

[] spawn{
sleep 2;

private _Disp = findDisplay 46;
private _Ctrl = _Disp DisplayCtrl 666;
CtrlDelete _Ctrl;

_Ctrl = _Disp CtrlCreate["RscObject", 666];
_Px = safezoneX;
_Py = safezoneY;
_Pw  = (600/1280)*safezoneW;
_Ph  = (300/ 720)*safezoneH;
_Ctrl ctrlSetPosition [_Px, _Py, _Pw, _Ph]; 
_Ctrl ctrlCommit 0; 

_Model = getText (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> (currentweapon player) >> "model"); 
_Ctrl ctrlSetModel _Model;

};

I'm testing out 3d controls
anyone know why the model wont show up?
is RscObject the correct class?

[sullen sigil]

Not the same

[gaunt tendon]

then you probably want a custom config and change the mass property of the item in particular, something like:

class CfgMagazines{
  class CA_Magazine;
  class SatchelCharge_Remote_Mag: CA_Magazine;
  class DemoCharge_Remote_Mag: SatchelCharge_Remote_Mag{
    mass = 10;
  };
};

[gaunt tendon]

_Ctrl = _Disp CtrlCreate["RscObject", 666];
hint str _Ctrl;

hints No control...
RscObject is working?

[hallow mortar]

Potentially useful commands:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMaxLoad
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFatigue
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setStamina

[warm hedge]

RscObject is not something you can add/remove on the fly, you need to define in a display config AFAIK. Also #arma3_gui

[fossil peak]

Is there a way to make a mod to run an SQF in the mod folder instead of adding the sqf to the mission folder?

or I should say just have a mod initialize an SQF?

[tough abyss]

Yes

make a CfgFunctions in the mod's config.cpp and set an sqf file as preInit or postInit

[fossil peak]

lemme give that a try

[fossil peak]

this should work right?

I'm not sure if that's broken or if the sqf is broken lol

oop I just saw what I did I think

forgot to close the postinit lol

lemme see if that works

hmm still seems to not work

@tough abyss this should work right?

[tough abyss]

perhaps, seems you're missing a tag though

and the path is likely incorrect

there's a few different ways to write a CfgFunctions, just check against that biki link and pick a way to do it

[fossil peak]

I'm sorry I'm newbish what do you mean by tag?

Oh the tag

[tough abyss]

My bad, I gave you the wrong link

this one will show you

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

[fossil peak]

oh thanks

[copper raven]

you are defining the category only here, no actual functions, a category also takes a folder path, not actual source file,

class CfgFunctions {
  class MyTag {
    class MyCategory {
      file = "myFolder"; // category folder
      class MyFunction {
        file = "myFolder\myFile.sqf"; // explicit source file specification, otherwise it would look for a file in "myFolder\fn_MyFunction.sqf"
        postInit = 1;
      };
    };
  }
};

[fossil peak]

?

like this?

[copper raven]

i just realised i missed the tag in my example, but yeah

[fossil peak]

it seems like maybe my file paths are wrong? cause it still does nothing lol

[copper raven]

i don't know how you are packing your addon exactly so can't help you with that

but the \addons part seems wrong

also why name the file initPlayerLocal.sqf? it's missleading

[fossil peak]

I was just placing a different script in there that would be easier to tell if it works or not

[tough abyss]

keep in mind the sqf file name will have to follow the format

fn_whateverElse.sqf

like that page states

[fossil peak]

aaaaaaaaaaa

[tough abyss]

sorry

[fossil peak]

thats fine lol

[tough abyss]

fn_whateverElse.sqf

is the file name

and then to call it as a function it'll be TAG_fnc_whateverElse

(if you need to call it as a function)

[copper raven]

also it's cleaner this way

you don't have to specify the exact file(s) for the functions

(what you currently are doing)

[fossil peak]

?

also this is the file structure

[copper raven]

no

you don't need the file = in the most inner class

you named your function postInit (for some reason), so you would have to name the file fn_postInit.sqf it's basically fn_<classname>.sqf

[fossil peak]

I renamed the file too

that should work?

[gaunt tendon]

is there a better way to do this?

Fnc_SHARED_bIsKindOf = {//call
//----------------------------------------------------------
params["_StrClass", "_aCfgClass"];
//----------------------------------------------------------
private _bRet = FALSE;

{//foreach _aCfgClass
  ScopeName "FindLoop";
  if(_StrClass isKindOf _x) then{
    _bRet = TRUE;
    breakOut "FindLoop";
  };
}foreach _aCfgClass;

_bRet
//----------------------------------------------------------
};

_bVehicle = [_OBJ, ["LandVehicle", "Plane", "Helicopter", "Ship"]] call Fnc_IsKindOf;

[copper raven]

fn_postInit.sqf not postInit.sqf, must be fn_ prefixed, also by

you don't need the file = in the most inner class
i meant entire thing

[copper raven]

_aCfgClass findIf { _StrClass isKindOf _x } >= 0

[gaunt tendon]

ty

[copper raven]

...
class Cat1 {
  file = "\addons";
  class postInit { postInit = 1; };
};
...

[fossil peak]

that'll run the postinit sqf?..

would it be easier to voice call and just stream what I'm doing lmao

[copper raven]

yes, specifically addons/fn_postInit.sqf

[fossil peak]

lemme see if this works

[copper raven]

"\addons"; what's that?

that's not what i wrote

[fossil peak]

you're right lol lemme fix that

sorry I'm just confused at this point I fixed that lemme see if it works

omg it works

holy cow

thank you

I have no idea how it works but it does lmao

[tough abyss]

the page goes into some detail regarding how it all works

tl;dr though the reason it works is because you're defining the contents of that file as a function by including it in CfgFunctions

and having postInit = 1 tells the game to automatically run that file after a mission finishes initializing

you can also do preInit = 1 to run it before missions finish initializing

and some other things

[fossil peak]

Mhm well thanks both of you guys

I didn't realize running an SQF from a mod would be so challenging for a newb like me lol

in missions its just with the initplayerlocal and whatnot

[tough abyss]

yup well now you know 👍

keep defining functions in their own files with CfgFunctions, much cleaner than spamming execVM or defining functions in an init file

[drowsy geyser]

Is it possible to disable the mouse steering via code?

[little raptor]

nope

[drowsy geyser]

and disabling the mouse completely?

[winter rose]

put your mouse away

[drowsy geyser]

Was trying to prevent the player from changing its direction

[winter rose]

disabling the mouse could be done creating an empty display I guess

[drowsy geyser]

oh, thanks i will try that

[chrome hinge]

Hi everyone

Im trying to set up my MARTA settings and im thrown this error when i name the module to BIS_marta_mainscope. I have tried to rename marta module to other things and refer to that name, use this and set marta variables to unit inits, group inits, and mission init. I also tried to fish out this file location to look closer whats wrong but could not find it. my A3 file does not have modules folder. Any tips on what to try next? Has anyone a working example of mission with modified MARTA settings so i could take a look? 16:01:54 Error position: <_targets - [objnull];
_targetStrings = >
16:01:54 Error Undefined variable in expression: _targets
16:01:54 File A3\modules_f\HC\data\scripts\HC_local.sqf..., line 97
16:01:55 Error in expression <e getvariable "enemygroups";

[tough abyss]

The core issue is that _targets is undefined, whatever that represents. I'm not familiar with MARTA, but I'd start by making sure you're not missing any target related settings.

Also, that file is packed into the base game, which is why you can't find the folder.

[chrome hinge]

This only happens when marta module gets this name

oops meant to tag the first line

[tough abyss]

And why are you naming it that?

[chrome hinge]

i was told here to name it that last time i asked, it threw the error then too but i thought i try to dig it up myself before bombarding question after question here 😄

[tough abyss]

According to this page https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Military_Symbols

It seems like BIS_marta_mainscope is pre-defined for setting variables, which would explain why overwriting it causes issues

If you're using a module you should probably use the init method shown later on the page

[chrome hinge]

I have tried that and it did not give any response

i also tried to referring to BIS_marta without naming the module

[tough abyss]

So you tried like this in the init?

this setVariable ["rules", [["o_", [0.00001, 1, 0, 1]], ["b_", [1, 0, 0, 1]], ["n_", [0, 0.7, 0, 1]], ["n_", [0.8, 0.8, 0, 0]]], true]

But with whatever your settings are?

[chrome hinge]

No, i tried these 2

[tough abyss]

Try doing it the way I showed then

[chrome hinge]

with this setvariable?

i tried that too

[tough abyss]

Hm

[chrome hinge]

also tried putting the setting to mission init, inits of units and triggering the setting after mission starts

[tough abyss]

Not sure then, can't test anything on my end at the moment and not familiar with what this system even does

Sorry

[chrome hinge]

Alright, it is th esystem that creates nato markers on map and in 3d when using high command

It can also display them without HC, and that i got to work but anything else doesnt seem to respond. Also just displaying the symbols command didnt refer to BIS_marta

but thanks anyway!

[tough abyss]

Yeah no problem

You made sure to set this up properly too?

[chrome hinge]

yeah, that was the only thing that worked

[sullen sigil]

Is anyone aware of a way to run weaponsItems on just the primary weapon of the player? The array returned is in the order of which they were taken by the unit so is not consistent

[south swan]

as in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/primaryWeaponItems?

[sullen sigil]

That's what I'm using at the moment but doesn't have the array in the same format

[sullen sigil]

Ok, so -- I've nearly got an array formatted properly, I'm just struggling to find out how I'd know what the player's secondary muzzle is?

_pWM = primaryWeaponMagazine player;
_arr pushBack [(_pWM select 0), (player ammo primaryWeapon player)];
if (count _pWM > 1) then {_arr pushBack (_pWM select 1);} else {_arr pushBack [];};``` is what I have atm

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponsItems should answer: no

[sullen sigil]

Yeah just having to format it manually 😅

Just need that secondary muzzle bit

[south swan]

inb4 filtering weaponsItems for element that matches player's primaryWeapon is actually faster than formatting the stuff by hand

[sullen sigil]

Bruh moment
now how do i do that

[south swan]

(weaponsItems player) select {(_x#0) isEqualTo (primaryWeapon player)}?

[sullen sigil]

ah, thank you lol

i am rather obviously hopeless with arrays

[smoky rune]

Is there any way to get addon logo's path to .paa file?

I'm talking about logo that is shown in Arsenal in the items list

[sullen sigil]

the .paa file..?

[smoky rune]

yeah, paa, my mistake

[sullen sigil]

complains of syntax (with player in front) being Object select Code

[south swan]

player is actually missing from weaponsItems, it seems. Oops 🤷‍♂️

[sullen sigil]

ah nvm incorrect bracketing on my part

Ah it's an array inside of an array

[south swan]

select 0 it then 🤷‍♂️

[sullen sigil]

Yup, works perfectly now

aaaand that way doesn't work for the offset

[hallow mortar]

the hitPart EH includes a param called isDirect, which indicates whether the hit in question was a direct hit or splash damage. Is it possible to make an equivalent check in a handleDamage EH, given that it doesn't have that param?

[wary sandal]

how do i pass variables in a spawn statement?

params ["this", "target2"];
(gunner this) commandArtilleryFire [getPosATL target2, "12Rnd_230mm_rockets", 12];
};```
i tried a couple different ways like this one but i can't get it to work

[hallow mortar]

It's because you're using the wrong syntax for params

params creates local variables (indicated with a leading _underscore), not global ones; that's its purpose

Also, inside the spawn, _this is still a special variable (in fact, it's the special variable that params is interpreting - private _param1 = _this select 0 is the same as params ["_param1"]) and you shouldn't overwrite it. Use a different name for your first param.

[south swan]

I'm pretty sure that overwriting _this works and is proposed somewhere on biki

[hallow mortar]

It might "work" but I would personally describe it as bad practice

[south swan]

In user comments, though, not in the main content. On the very params page

[wary sandal]

well i wasn't aware for _this

should've not given this sample as an example, since params shouldn't be needed in my case (i think)

i just want to pass the variable target2 which is a vehicle i defined in the 3den editor, and this which is the artillery battery

would something like this work?

(gunner _this) commandArtilleryFire [getPosATL target2, "12Rnd_230mm_rockets", 12];
};

[hallow mortar]

Well, you don't need to pass target2 since it's a global variable already

[wary sandal]

uhm, the reason i'm passing it is because target2 isn't defined

in the spawn scope

[hallow mortar]

No, because when you write it like this _this is an array containing target2. Inside the spawn, _this contains whatever you passed to it (in an array if you passed arguments as an array)

[south swan]

le confusion

[hallow mortar]

If target2 is the Editor variable name of an Editor-placed object, it is globally available on all machines in all scopes

(unless overwritten by something else)

Even if it's not Editor-defined, it's at very least a global variable, which is available in all scopes on the machine where it was defined

[wary sandal]

oh well i think i got it

(gunner (_this select 0)) commandArtilleryFire [getPosATL (_this select 1), "12Rnd_230mm_rockets", 12];
};```

[wary sandal]

why did it throw an error then?

[south swan]

And params is just a syntactic sugar for _this select X

[wary sandal]

indeed haha, i mainly code in js and lua which makes sqf horrible to understand to me

[wary sandal]

yeah, as nikko said

[hallow mortar]

I don't know. I don't think I've seen the exact code you used at the time, so it's hard to say. But you can clearly see it's a global variable which is available in all scopes by how it doesn't start with an underscore. And if it's defined in the Editor, its contents may change if overwritten but it won't become undefined.

[wary sandal]

i debugged it and it seems that target2 is indeed available in this scope but not this

which led me to think that both variables were not defined

my bad

[hallow mortar]

Yes, this is a special variable. While it appears to be a global variable, it's not really, and it's specific to the current scope.

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

[wary sandal]

thanks for having enlightened me mate

i would've never figured out

[sullen sigil]

How do I detect when an animation has finished playing on the player? waitUntil animationPhase blah blah blah doesn't seem to work

[hallow mortar]

animationState?

[sullen sigil]

seems to complete automatically

[hallow mortar]

What do you mean?

[sullen sigil]

0 spawn {
player playMove "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon";
waitUntil {animationState player != "amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon"};
systemChat "hi!";
};``` prints "hi" straight away

(used copied animationstate of player straight after running for the check hence difference)

[hallow mortar]

playMove doesn't necessarily take immediate effect - the current animation needs to complete, the transition animation might have a different name - and you're checking on the very next frame. You might need to add a small delay.

[sullen sigil]

tried that too, still does it

0 spawn {
player playMoveNow "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon";
sleep(0.5);
waitUntil {animationState player != "amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon"};
systemChat "hi!";
};``` still doesnt wait beyond the sleep

[hallow mortar]

Try having it output the animationState constantly during this process so you can see what it actually thinks is happening at what time

[sullen sigil]

ah nvm

[hallow mortar]

Also you don't need () on sleep

[sullen sigil]

works now

0 spawn {
player playMoveNow "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon";
sleep(0.5);
waitUntil {animationState player != "amovpercmstpsraswrfldnon_amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon"};
systemChat "hi!";
};``` works

just need to figure out how to play the animation without stopping the player from moving -- is this an animation specific thing?

[hallow mortar]

Probably

[sullen sigil]

Doesn't seem to be an animation specific thing, using the same one as ACE/EM -- whichever lets you hit 0 to holster weapon to back and still can't move

[hallow mortar]

Difference between gestures/actions and playing full-body moves.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Actions#WeaponInHand_.2F_WeaponOnBack

[sullen sigil]

Just makes you point it towards the ground (i.e ctrl double clicked)

Trying to make it so the player will appear to change primary weapon with animations 🤔

[hallow mortar]

You probably used WeaponInHand instead of WeaponOnBack ...

[sullen sigil]

player action ["WeaponOnBack", player];

Ah, puts weapon on back but equips pistol -- which is what I'm trying to avoid too lol

[hallow mortar]

player action ["SwitchWeapon", player, player, 100]```

[sullen sigil]

That does nothing for me

Probably because there's no 100 weaponindex?

[hallow mortar]

Yes, that's the point. If you try to select a muzzle that doesn't exist you switch weapon to nothing

I know it works because I just did it

[sullen sigil]

Hm... Are you running any mods?

[hallow mortar]

Nope

[sullen sigil]

I'll try unmodded then in case it's whichever mod adds the 0 functionality to check

Don't know if its EM or ACE

[hallow mortar]

You should check what weapon indexes you actually have, I wouldn't be surprised if ACE adds up to 100 and you're just selecting some invisible thing. Might need to use a higher number.

[sullen sigil]

Is there a quick way to do that?

[hallow mortar]

weaponsInfo

[sullen sigil]

Isn't that just for one object

nvm

you can ""

[hallow mortar]

Well, here's how ACE does it:

_unit action ["SwitchWeapon", _unit, _unit, 299];

[sullen sigil]

Where is that? was looking for it earlier 😅

[hallow mortar]

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/weaponselect/functions/fnc_putWeaponAway.sqf

[sullen sigil]

Ah, ty

Yeah that's working for me now, any easy way to figure out once it's finished?

[hallow mortar]

currentWeapon would probably do it

Unless that part takes immediate effect I guess

I mean you should be able to just see roughly how long the animation is and wait that long, no need to check

[sullen sigil]

it does from what testing I've just done

And yeah, would just be nice in case another mod changes it or smth 🤷

[hallow mortar]

Well, about the worst that can happen is they stand there awkwardly for like a second or two, I don't think it would be a huge deal.
The previous animationState check would probably also work though.

[sullen sigil]

Yeah, not like they're going to be stood in the middle of a field this way actually

Perfect, that works great now

[shut reef]

Does anyone here have experience with ```sqf
BIS_fnc_slerp

It... does not do what I would expect it to do

[fair drum]

Sorry I don't kiss and tell.

😉

[shut reef]

I'd wager you do, you just want people to beg first.

[fair drum]

I'll look into it when I get home. Didn't even know that function existed

[shut reef]

Yeah I also only found it and there is no real documentation on it

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

Though I kinda solved my own question, as I entirely forgot again that it takes normalized vectors. duh xD

So it probably actually works the way it should. xD
But hey, now you learned of a new function

[shut reef]

Or maybe not? It doesn't seem to actually slerp the vector, but rather lerp each individual value within the array

[granite sky]

Did you check the code?

[shut reef]

I'm not fluent enough in trigonometry to debug that.
Hence my asking.
I've tried this:

private _a = [-1,0,0];
private _b = [1,0,0];
private _slerpVertices = [0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9,1] apply { [_a,_b,_x] call BIS_fnc_slerp };
diag_log _slerpVertices;

which I'd assume would return a curve, but in fact:

[[-1,0,0],[-0.951057,0,0],[-0.809017,0,0],[-0.587785,0,0],[-0.309017,0,0],[4.37114e-008,0,0],[0.309017,0,0],[0.587785,0,0],[0.809017,0,0],[0.951056,0,0],[1,-0,-0]]    

[granite sky]

That looks like a non-normalized slerp to me.

So just normalize the result and you should be fine.

[shut reef]

The result first and foremost does not actually produce a slerped vector from all I can tell, cause y and z are never touched

[granite sky]

well, there isn't a unique valid slerp between your two inputs.

The two input vectors have to define a unique plane.

If you wanted a 180 degree curve then make two 90-degree curves.

[shut reef]

That reduces the usefulness of the function a lot :/

[granite sky]

You can't expect it to just guess which plane to use.

[shut reef]

I guess not. But hence my asking. Might be a good tidbit to add to the wiki page.
Thanks either way!

Is there any telling from the outside whether slerp or just rotating vectors is faster?

It's 1 matrixMul, 2x cos, 2x sin vs 1x acos, 1xcos, 1xsin and a couple vector commands.

[granite sky]

for anything O(1) in SQF you can get a good estimate by just counting the commands.

[shut reef]

but are trig functions and vector functions both O(1)?

[fair drum]

Disappointed that the function does not play a slerp sound, nor does it spawn me a slurpie.

Oh yeah, this one is over my head math wise lol.

[brazen lagoon]

how do you find if a vehicle has ammo or not?

[granite sky]

probably needs magazinesAllTurrets for general cases.

[brazen lagoon]

thats what i was afraid of..

its a shame magazinesDetail doesnt really give you anything machine readable

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: dealing with camera EHs, mouse down, mouse up, mouse holding, mouse button click...
I am finding more of a mouse holding event being triggered than a mouse button click (literally down+up, right).
Assuming button click does what I think it should do, that is a better place for things like object selection, clearing selections, ctrl toggling selections, and so on.
Which would free up mouse down I think for some other event combinations, shift append to selection, for instance.
But I am finding that instead of a distinct boundary between button click and holding, more of a holding procedure seems to be happening...
So I wonder how better to handle that.

[tough abyss]

I mean the only difference between clicking and holding should be a more extended delay between mousedown and mouseup

[dreamy kestrel]

I totally agree, but it appears to be like direct opposite, button click then holding, no space in between or the line is just that blurred...

[tough abyss]

So it's registering as a click while still holding?

[dreamy kestrel]

that's what it feels like to me. what I might consider 'button click', does not appear to isolate and contain that, moves straight into holding

[tough abyss]

Hm

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe I need to signal button click was the last 'handled' EH of any import, and ignore the next holding

but it seems like kind of an EH kluge to me

[tough abyss]

Yeah or you may be better off just using the raw mousedown/mouseup EHs with timers for differentiating between clicks and holds

[dreamy kestrel]

I do have downs, ups, holdings, movings, handled as well. that is true.

okay thanks.

[tough abyss]

👍

[dreamy kestrel]

follow up question, what sort of timer might be appropriate the to isolate and contain the button click event?

reading a couple of unrelated (non A3) generally, 200 ms? 1 s?

otherwise it is kind of smh territory that would not be isolated by A3, but hey...

starting with something simple like [QMVAR(_mouseLeftTime), true] call BIS_fnc_deltaTime; and measure during the button click and/or holding events...

question for me is, to be consistent with the mouse button click, what is the time for that EH? that should be my boundary edge for holding concerns, I think.

[tough abyss]

I'm not sure, you'll have to do some testing

Ultimately you're going to be doing deltaTime checks mixed with timeouts to set and unset flags

The exact timeouts to go for I'm not sure

[dreamy kestrel]

clear does not appear to be clearing anything. I am systemChat diagnostic measuring that, and the delta is definitely increasing no matter what I do.

// mouse down EH, capture _mouseLeftTime state
private _mouseLeftTime = [QMVAR(_mouseLeftTime), true] call BIS_fnc_deltaTime;
// button click EH, measures the delta
private _mouseLeftTimeNow = [QMVAR(_mouseLeftTime)] call BIS_fnc_deltaTime;
_mouseLeftDelta = abs (_mouseLeftTime - _mouseLeftTimeNow);
// _mouseLeftDelta increasing from 30s+ ... half expecting it should yield a 'new' boundary
// assuming Down always comes before Click

Leaving out that the state is stored and kept between EH invokes, it is.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_deltaTime
I see, somewhat expectantly, starting up the mission, from 30s+ into the mission, but is always increasing.
I expect that I should be clearing the variable but it is not.
Can we inspect the deltaTime code perhaps? i.e. is it a diagnostic bug?

Here's a simple test in the console, the base is always 0.001, okay, happy with that. but the delta delta appears to always be increasing?!

_timer = 'mytimer';
_a = [_timer, true] call bis_fnc_deltatime;
_b = [_timer] call bis_fnc_deltatime;
[_timer, _a, _b, abs (_a - _b)]

That is a bit disconcerting, because is it reliable then? Certainly does not appear to be even remotely deterministic.
It is not a true RTOS, of course, but I would expect at least some consistency there.

shouldn't clear actually clear it?

[south swan]

looks like the first run after clearing just returns time (or close to that). Sounds logical to function's description 🤷‍♂️

[dreamy kestrel]

well the docs do warn time ... so looks like maybe we need to roll our own based on the diag_tickTime.

[south swan]

🤷‍♂️ what's the intended usecase?

[dreamy kestrel]

er, maybe I misread the docs a bit... based on the example anyway, on second glance.

so left and right edges should look the same. call a third time with true for clear to reset.

[south swan]

call once, wait, call once more - you get time between calls

first ever call returns time - 0.001

"clear" makes it behave as if the next call is first call

[dreamy kestrel]

well, I misread it, but not by far. even with this pattern, which is closer, if not following, the example, still is increasing...

_timer = 'mytimer';
_a = [_timer] call bis_fnc_deltatime;
_b = [_timer] call bis_fnc_deltatime;
[_timer, true] call bis_fnc_deltatime;
[_timer, _a, _b, abs (_a - _b)]

[south swan]

and _b should be 0, because no time passes between calls

[dreamy kestrel]

run it for yourself. and repeatedly. tell me what it does.

[south swan]

here's the code sqf private _oldTime = missionNamespace getVariable [_id, SMALL_NUMBER]; missionNamespace setVariable [_id, time]; time - _oldTime;

[dreamy kestrel]

now a couple minutes out, I am getting this, ["mytimer",195.163,0,195.163]

[south swan]

well, duh

[dreamy kestrel]

["mytimer",220.394,0,220.394]

[south swan]

because _a is first call that returns time - 0.001, and _b is the second call that returns time between two calls that is 0

[dreamy kestrel]

the timer should be reset. I should see very little delta, if any. but it is increasing! how is that "duh"?

[granite sky]

I don't understand what you're expecting it to do.

[south swan]

_b is delta

_a is time - 0.001

[dreamy kestrel]

but it is not _b from the very 'first' call. should be _b from the clear call, no?
according to the example.

[south swan]

no

[dreamy kestrel]

I ran it again, ["mytimer",361.707,0,361.707]

[granite sky]

well yeah?

[dreamy kestrel]

I am blind okay, now I see it lol

[tough abyss]

361.707 - 0 = 361.707 :P

[dreamy kestrel]

being literally start time, then delta

[south swan]

*time - 0.001

[dreamy kestrel]

okay that is a much better measurement. about 0.5 s button click, probably not less than 1 s before responding to mouse holding.

distribution being anywhere from about 0.4 s but I saw as much as 0.6 also.

I wonder, as mouse EH goes, I should see mouse up before button click, yes?

[granite sky]

You'd have to test it. I found recently that click is before doubleclick.

but one can't guess these things :P

[dreamy kestrel]

that what is before what? well, that one seems obvious... or did you mean double click before click?
I need to gauge from down, up, holding, maybe also moving, button click...

[south swan]

clicks don't seem to affect "MouseHolding" in my testing 🤷‍♂️

[dreamy kestrel]

how do you mean?

[south swan]

onMouseHolding
Fired on: Fires continuously while mouse is not moving with a certain interval.

[dreamy kestrel]

and it seems like a common mouse EH issue, not exclusive to A3...

[south swan]

so "MouseHolding" is "mouse cursor is placed over this control and is not moving" or something like that

and has nothing to do with clicks 🤷‍♂️

[dreamy kestrel]

I just need to delay responding to "and hold" gestures (or moving) events for a bit, time for the click to be digested.

assuming mouse down is my left edge...

[south swan]

wait for buttonUp, check the deltaTime 🤷‍♂️

[dreamy kestrel]

yeah I could drop the button click altogether and just measure right edges around up/holding...

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe a dumb follow up question... mouse button click occurs before mouse up?

so answer appears to be button click after mouse up, which would make some sense

this is interesting, click and hold then up, events go: mouse down, button click, mouse up... still get a button click in that... INTERESTING. would NOT have expected that.

[south swan]

mouseClick does fire 0.5s after mouseBtnDown even if there were no mouseBtnUp

[dreamy kestrel]

it is funny in the above scenario I just described, button click fires off much SOONER than even that... like < 0.1

but is significantly delayed when the mouse went up in a typical down then up button click.

[south swan]

for me it's like 0.2-0.5 s between down and click if button is up, roughly 0.5 s if button is held down

input handling (and ui in general) is hell anyways 🤷‍♂️

[dreamy kestrel]

sure, okay. it may depend on the system IO. mouse and keyboard are both connecting through USB 3.0 for me.

you got that right, sir ^^
anyway I think I have a little better handle on the dynamics involved I think. enough to sort out some better EH responses.

[jade acorn]

I store my initial fogParams as an array in variable msnFog and I want a trigger to setFog to the initial values if current fog values are different. But whatever I try, like comparing msnFog to fogParams or other variable that would have the array of current fog params, it always throws an error about condition == type array, expected bool, number etc. I am pretty sure I did something like that last year and worked as it should, now it doesn't

[hallow mortar]

== doesn't work with arrays, you need isEqualTo

[chrome hinge]

"MARTA_reveal" makes a group always visible and "MARTA_hide" makes it always invisible. Is there any way to hide a group so that it can still be revealed later?

[meager spear]

Hello! I am looking to create a sqf script to execute the zen_modules_fnc_moduleExportMissionSQF every X minutes. The idea is to create an autosave system with a txt file created every X minutes.
Any idea on how to create it?

[shut reef]

Yeah that threw a wrench into my plans, too

[frosty juniper]

Can someone help me write a script?

To pull audio such as vehicle RPM out of the game so I can pair it up with another piece of software

[proven charm]

you cant create txt files via script but you can use profilenamespace or alike to save your stuff

[tough abyss]

Trying to port a liberation scenario, however I'm getting this error:

https://imgur.com/a/mf1eA63

I have no idea whats causing it as I have not edited that specific file

[hallow mortar]

It's relying on a variable that's presumably supposed to be defined somewhere outside of that file, but that's not happening. I don't know enough about Liberation to say where that would be; possible locations might be init.sqf, initServer.sqf etc. or in one of the Liberation init/setup functions.

[granite sky]

I would guess that militia_squad is composed of classnames from faction files that you have edited, and the first error is there and causes militia_squad to be undefined. Check the RPT.

[wary sandal]

could anyone guide me on how to make the ship move foward? (I don't want to make it "walkable") My guess would be to get the bis_carrierParts on the full model and increment the Y position in a foreach loop but i'm not sure how to do that

||also i'd like to add some foam at the front of the ship by maybe attaching some invisible speedboats to the Liberty||

[dreamy kestrel]

I think I understand even better now how to arrange the "onMouseButtonClick" events with regard to "onMouseButtonDown" and "onMouseButtonUp". Especially gauging whether to handle a simple mouse click response; contrasted with a click and hold action, lasso, drag, rotate, whatever.

It is kind of a chick egg catch 22 relationship.

Simple button click sequence: down -> up -> click
Contrast that with, "and hold" gestures: down -> click -> up

So instead of measuring timers or whatever, I can scan for down, or having been up, during a normal click. If necessary also prohibit gesture states.

Contrast that with gestures, would watch for the 'open' button click, that is my gate before initiating and/or continuing gestures. Stoppage, of course, when up is discovered.

[dreamy kestrel]

don't think you can, it does not have a pilot, no engine, etc.

[tough abyss]

tl;dr forEach with setVelocityTransformation on each constituent part

just keep in mind the movement of the pieces isn't guaranteed to be synced over a network which could result in some weird looking behavior if you're using it in MP

[sharp grotto]

I guess you could attach each element to the other and only move one, then movement in MP would be smooth
Still a bad idea to move such a huge object i guess 🤷‍♂️

[granite sky]

I would guess that it's not a vehicle simulation, so update rate might be rubbish anyway.

In that case you'd want to attach all the pieces to a can or something :P

[hallow mortar]

I think onEachFrame position setting would probably do it. I have doubts about setVelocity working since it's a static object without physics.

I believe they used Keyframe Animation to move it in the Art of War mission, but I kinda struggled with those modules when I tried them so...

[dreamy kestrel]

it is really not designed for it. that and the Freedom.

even if you could inch 'all' of its LODs along, because some platforms are traversable by infantry and/or vehicles, gonna be a mess I think.

[hallow mortar]

The original question mentioned that it did not need to be walkable.