arma3_scripting

[tender fossil]

(I somehow thought that compileScript does it automatically but yeah, it doesn't and shouldn't do it because sometimes you want to call the compiled code and sometimes not)

[quiet gazelle]

i don't think there's much of a point in putting it in a seperate file either

[tender fossil]

Mostly for clarity

[quiet gazelle]

valid point

[tender fossil]

Also I'd highly recommend using Visual Studio Code with blackfisch's SQF extension (at least), it makes your life a lot easier and VS Code is a magnificent code editor in general 😛

Or actually these two extensions

[crystal lagoon]

I'm not sure how to do this

[tender fossil]

You can just also copy the path from the file explorer (assuming you use Windows). Just remove the preceding part of the path so that it doesn't include the yourMissionName.mapName\ and path preceding it

[crystal lagoon]

Is that all in the pbo?

Like, the path

[tender fossil]

So e.g. copy-paste from my file explorer
C:\Users\Ezcoo\Documents\a2waspwarfare\[55-2hc]warfarev2_073v48co.chernarus\Common\Functions
->
["Common\Functions\yourFunctionName.sqf"]

So you need to do these things:

1. Copy file path from explorer
2. Remove part preceding the mission folder (including the mission folder itself)
3. Add quotes that wrap the path
4. Add square brackets to wrap the path with quotes
5. Paste the whole thing after call compileScript
6. Add the semicolon

So my example would look like this:

call compileScript ["Common\Functions\yourFunctionName.sqf"];

[tender fossil]

I'm not sure what PBO you're talking about

[crystal lagoon]

When you export to multiplayer

[tender fossil]

I haven't indeed touched Arma 3 for a good while so I'm not 100 % sure about this but I can't figure out any reason why the custom scripts wouldn't get included in the PBO (given that they're in the correct folder that contains the scenario file being edited)

But I might be wrong indeed here

[hallow mortar]

If they're in the mission folder they get put in the PBO. Everything in the folder does, straight up.

[crystal lagoon]

I am aware, yes

[hallow mortar]

Also use cfgFunctions you barbarians

[tender fossil]

Hey, one step at a time 😛

[crystal lagoon]

Everything has to be in the file, because I don't have access to the server

Which is what I was kinda getting at. Apologies, I'm not all here atm

[distant egret]

Everything you put in your mission folder will be packed into the mission PBO.

[crystal lagoon]

Am I going to have to call the function a different way?

[distant egret]

No, the way Ezcoo told you is that you put your function.sqf into your mission folder and compile it in another script where it will be used. That's is an ok way of doing it.

[slow isle]

How can I set the damage of AA rockets to 0 (or other value)?

_x addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",
{
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];

    _aaMissiles = [
        "ammo_Missile_BIM9X", 
        "ammo_Missile_AMRAAM_C", 
        "ammo_Missile_AMRAAM_D", 
        "ammo_Missile_AA_R73", 
        "ammo_Missile_AA_R77", 
        "ammo_Missile_rim116", 
        "ammo_Missile_rim162", 
        "M_Air_AA", 
        "M_Air_AA_MI02", 
        "M_Air_AA_MI06", 
        "M_Zephyr" 
    ];

    if (_projectile in _aaMissiles) then {
        systemChat (str _unit + " NOT damaged by ammo " + _projectile + " w/ damage " + str 0);
        0
    } else {
        systemChat (str _unit + " DAMAGED by ammo" + _projectile + " w/ damage " + str _damage);
        _damage
    };                
}];

This is my code ^
And this is what I get when I shoot a mohawk with 1 BIM9X:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081125148704378880/image.png

[slow isle]

It currently blows up the helicopter regardless of returning 0;

[distant egret]

When do you want to set the damage? Because when they hit something they get destroyed I assume.

And for what purpose?

[slow isle]

I want to make them less powerful, so you need about 4 to blow up a plane for example

[distant egret]

Oh you want to change the damage done to the vehicle

[slow isle]

yes

But I want every other weapon to remain the same

I can't give the planes more hitpoints

[distant egret]

The return value of handleDamage is the damage done to the object.

(if I'm reading it correctly)

So you could return like _damage/2

[slow isle]

in this case it would do this for every ammo type. I need it to work only for the following classes:

    _aaMissiles = [
        "ammo_Missile_BIM9X", 
        "ammo_Missile_AMRAAM_C", 
        "ammo_Missile_AMRAAM_D", 
        "ammo_Missile_AA_R73", 
        "ammo_Missile_AA_R77", 
        "ammo_Missile_rim116", 
        "ammo_Missile_rim162", 
        "M_Air_AA", 
        "M_Air_AA_MI02", 
        "M_Air_AA_MI06", 
        "M_Zephyr" 
    ];

[crystal lagoon]

So if my PBO file is "mission.Altis" would it just be

call compileScript ["yourFunctionName.sqf"];

[distant egret]

Well then add an if statement like you already have and return a altered damage if the missile type is in the array.

[slow isle]

I've already done that but it's not working

[distant egret]

Yea just seen 😅

[slow isle]

I set the damage to 0 to not blow up the vehicle for tesitng

[distant egret]

Yea the vehicle can also be blown up by other explosions.

Because you've got direct and indirect damage.

[slow isle]

so you're saying the missile spawns an explosion when it hits something?

[distant egret]

Can you try just returning 0 for all damage?

[distant egret]

Maybe, but would be weird.

But looking at your output I think it might be because it's saying ammoHelicopterExploSmall

And ammo

[slow isle]

yes and Im not sure if it's caused by the missile destroying the helicopter or it's because the missile spawns it

[distant egret]

Well you've overwritten the missile damage so... Idk 😂

[slow isle]

I set all damage to 0 and it still gets destroyed

this is very interesting

1 sec ill turn on logging again\

[distant egret]

Did you put it at the end of the eventHandler? Might be that if statement breaking it. It shouldn't though...

[slow isle]

yes

[tender fossil]

Yes, if yourFunctionName.sqf is in the mission root folder (i.e. in the mission.Altis folder before packing it as PBO)

[crystal lagoon]

Ok, cool

Thank you

[slow isle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081128006149476362/image.png

all is 0, vehicle still blows up

maybe this is the unit inside

and the vehicle is not considered a unit

[distant egret]

Oh...

[slow isle]

Ill try with hitpart

[distant egret]

Yea where did you attach the eventhandler to?

[slow isle]

omg that might be the cause of the issue

1 sec

[distant egret]

Because that looks like an group ID + unit # as object.

Maybe name the helicopter something as variable in the editor so it gets that name in the log as well.

Easier to figure out who gets damaged.

[slow isle]

yep, it was who I was applying the script to

I'm going to make it work correctly now

works great!

thanks

[meager granite]

@still forum Figured a hack to display non-squished text on non-1:1 textures, you just make your display in 1 by 0.5 ui size, then have another display which draws RscPicture with that display in it but stretched vertically.

Found another issue though, looks like during initial texture setting, target texture was drawing in lower quality mipmap and I got this error and entire texture failed to load (blank white)

So having mipmaps is useful not just for using them on the vehicles

I guess this probably can be fixed by first displaying the texture on UI in an invisible control and only then applying it to a world object?

Gonna play around with it more

[still forum]

text doesn't support mip mapping. Has to be mip amount 1

https://github.com/intercept/intercept-plugin-template/blob/master/src/main.cpp#L12 in there

    static auto _testCommand = host::register_sqf_command("testCommand"sv, ""sv, [](game_state&) -> game_value {
        return "Hello World";
    }, game_data_type::STRING);
    static auto _otherCommand = host::register_sqf_command("otherCommand"sv, ""sv, [](game_state&, game_value_parameter right) -> game_value {
        return "Hello " + static_cast<sqf_string>(right);
    }, game_data_type::STRING, game_data_type::STRING);

hint testCommand; // "Hello World"
hint (otherCommand "Peter"); // "Hello Peter"

[still forum]

didn't know you could have displays in RscPi... ooooh.. :u schmart

[meager granite]

Issues when displaying these ui2texture textures on low textures, they appear solid (display mean color)

Oh, it just refuses to display textures if they don't have mipmaps below certain texture size

[quiet gazelle]

so i put that in there and it says host is an undeclared identifier

it suggests changing it to client::host

with that changed it let me build a dll

now where do i put that dll?

[still forum]

You have a mod for your thing?

you have
@mod/addons/stuff.pbo
then
@mod/intercept/yourdll_x64.dll

[quiet gazelle]

not yet

i see there's a config.cpp in the template, should i use that to make a pbo?

[still forum]

You'll want mod with this
https://github.com/intercept/intercept-plugin-template/blob/master/addons/main/config.cpp#L16-L22

The pluginName matches the dll name, so my example above would be "yourdll"

[quiet gazelle]

where do i get the intercept_core it depends on?

[meager granite]

So, in total, this mipmap issue happens if you do display inside display trick, inner ui2texture fails to load if you're too far away from the object (I guess it tries to draw its textures in lower quality?)

To counter it, you need to draw inner ui2texture textures on actual UI first, so textures load, then you draw wrapped displays

All in all, proper mipmap generation wouldn't hurt (maybe optional)

[quiet gazelle]

is it this? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1645973522

[still forum]

yes

[still forum]

also FT ticket

it shouldn't try to load any lower mipmap, if only one exists

[meager granite]

No idea why it tries to, but the issue is there

[meager granite]

I guess you could do manual mipmap generation for vehicles, by preloading ui2textures of lower resolutions and changing the textures depending on distance from vehicle to camera 🤔

and video settings, put that new getVideoOptions command to a good use

[still forum]

Would be cool if you could share same display (with state, uniquename) across multiple different resolution variants

[quiet gazelle]

so the test command is not working
i did change the line to

static auto _testCommand = client::host::register_sqf_command("testCommand"sv, ""sv, [](game_state&) -> game_value {
        return "Hello World";
    }, game_data_type::STRING);

cause it didn't want to compile otherwise

[meager granite]

Does creating new texture of same display and displayUniqueName but different resolution destroys old display and creates a new one?

[still forum]

looks right to me

attach debugger, set breakpoint, make sure _testCommand variable is filled with thing

[still forum]

doesn't destroy old, but creates new I think

dunno, try it 😄

I don't remember what i did

[meager granite]

I already sort of do the same thing with UI textures. Since UI always displays mipmap 0 from the texture and UI resampler produces very crispy textures, I had to do:

    private _logo_width_pixels = _logo_width / pixelW;
    _ctrl_logo ctrlSetText (switch(true) do {
        case (_logo_width_pixels > 256):    {"i\logo512.paa"};
        case (_logo_width_pixels > 128):    {"i\logo256.paa"};
        default                    {"i\logo128.paa"};
    });
```to make sure my logo always looks smooth on all UI sizes and resolutions (until we get 16K displays or something)

[quiet gazelle]

how do i do that?

[still forum]

visual studio, click left of the line onto the line number to set breakpoint.
Then on top Debug->AttachToProcess

start arma, attach to Arma while you're still in the splash screen (be quik)

[meager granite]

This made me wish for a procedural texture like #(rgb,128,32,1)mipmap('logo512.paa',2)

So it force uses mipmap 2 from the provided file

Or have proper but slow resampler algorithm so it produces smooth texture

Optional of course, having it on all UI textures will probably slow down UI rendering quite a bit

Or maybe its not THAT slow and its time to update the game and put GPU to use for at least the UI

Would've helped make these small icons not as crispy among other things

[quiet gazelle]

so the debugger says that there's an exception in intercept,
the details it gives are these:
Exception thrown at 0x00007FFB24F360B1 (kernel32.dll) in arma3_x64.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000000000002.

[still forum]

Debug - windows - callstack or calltrace or smth

To see where it's crashing

[still forum]

GPU is already rendering the UI.

That's why UI/text have no mip support.
Unlike normal textures and procedurals, it's rendered directly on gpu

[quiet gazelle]

intercept_x64.dll!RVExtension(char * output, int outputSize, const char * function) Line 78 C++

[still forum]

🤔

Is that the top?

Are you running last week's dev branch?

[quiet gazelle]

nope

running 2.12 if im not mistaken

thats the entire call stack window

[still forum]

I'm not aware of something being broke in intercept :x

Oh wait

Just press continue/F5

Or tell visual studio to ignore that, that's not a crash

[quiet gazelle]

if i ignore that it goes on

tells me that the breakpoint i set can't be reached cause no symbols have been loaded for that document

[slow isle]

Any idea why this code is causing the zoom in-out bug? I also am locked to freelook and have the weapon of my unit instead of the vehicles'.
I would guess it's something to do with the ejection seat.

player addEventHandler ["GetOutMan", {
    params ["_unit", "_role", "_jet", "_turret"];

    if (true) then {
        moveOut _man;
        _jet setDamage 1;
        _unit setDamage 1;
    };
}];

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081175349653680230/image.png

[still forum]

Then your plugin hasn't been loaded.
Did you load intercept mod in Arma? Is your config correct? Correct plugin name there, matching the dll name

[still forum]

You can tell visual studio not to break on this exception. In the little popup dialog you get

[quiet gazelle]

i think so, i'm gonna doublecheck

[still forum]

I'll let you fiddle with it, I'll be back in half an hour 😄 good luck

[slow isle]

I'll provide more context. Once the player respawns, he gets teleported in the jet and then the issue happens. Without this GetOutMan eventhandler there are no issues

[agile cargo]

yep, but now i'm facing what I think is an engine limitation on how many text draw calls it can make. Some times a text procedural texture just won't render until I change the text. It were all mipmap level 1

like. Let's say that the engine decided to not render the text "x1". If call the same function again but change it to "x2" it will render.

I then call it again, but changing back to "x1". it won't render

[still forum]

There shouldn't be an engine limitation

It probably thinks it already has rendered x1
So it won't rerender when you switch back.
If you use displayUpdate on the display, it will rerender

There must be some bug where first render sometimes fails.
Repro plus ft ticket for that

[agile cargo]

I'll try to get a repro mission

I don't think I can just write a step-by-step. A sqm works for you?

[slow isle]

Oh I have an undefined variable _man causing the issue. Im not exiting the vehicle

All good now

[meager granite]

You can only update procedural texture with displayUpdate, setting the texture with same name again will just display previous render result

[agile cargo]

makes sense

[modern agate]

Ive been trying to make a intro for a mission, with a black screen background
so far the text will appear just fine but the background will not go black
this is what ive got in the sqf

cutText ["", "BLACK FADED"];

playMusic "intro";

sleep 8;
["<t size='1.0' font='PuristaMedium' color='#ede9e4'>It has been two years since the loss of Harvest:</t>",-1,-1,4,5] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep 1;
["<t size='1.0' font='PuristaMedium' color='#ede9e4'>Humanity's Civil War still rages, insurrectionists fight the UNSC.</t>",-1,-1,4,5] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep 1;
["<t size='1.0' font='PuristaMedium' color='#ede9e4'>Madrigal is embroiled in a insurrectionist offensive for the capital city.</t>",-1,-1,4,5] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep 1;
["<t size='1.0' font='PuristaMedium' color='#ede9e4'>UNSC reinforcements have arrived, victory is close.</t>",-1,-1,4,5] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep 2;
["<t size='2.0' font='PuristaMedium' color='#ede9e4'>OPERATION BADAJOZ      Battle For Madrigal</t>",-1,-1,10,5] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep 1;
titleCut ["", "BLACK IN", 5];

[meager granite]

Looked at your code and maybe it is indeed same issue of trying to display high resolution texture onto a low resolution\LOD object? Try using my hack? Preload all distance textures on normal UI first, before displaying them on world objects?

[meager granite]

Try adding waitUntil{!isNull findDisplay 46}; before all your lines?

[slow isle]

is there a way to discard a parameter like in C# with _? (_d1) params ["_respawnTemplateJet", "_d1", "_playerUnit"];

[mint goblet]

@pliant stream how do I poll a extension that has already returned a value finished? Doesn't every callextension call create a new instance of the extension?

[tender fossil]

I guess there isn't a direct way to pass the "result" of spawned code (not status, but the result itself) to the scope where it gets spawned?

_CCinProximity = [_friendlyCommandCenterInProximity, _associatedSupplyTruck] spawn WFBE_SE_FNC_CheckCCProximity;
waitUntil {scriptDone _CCinProximity};
``` So I'd like to get the value of `_friendlyCommandCenterInProximity` neatly as local scope variable

// WFBE_SE_FNC_CheckCCProximity
private ["_associatedSupplyTruck"];

_friendlyCommandCenterInProximity = _this select 0;
_associatedSupplyTruck = _this select 1;

{
  if (_x isKindOf "Base_WarfareBUAVterminal") then {
    _friendlyCommandCenterInProximity = true;
  };
} forEach (nearestObjects [(getPos _associatedSupplyTruck), [], 100]);

_friendlyCommandCenterInProximity

[drowsy geyser]

maybe this:
cutText ["", "BLACK FADED", 999];

[tender fossil]

Actually I wouldn't even need to pass the result as long as the value of _friendlyCommandCenterInProximity gets updated in the outer scope (the scope spawning the function call) as well

[quiet gazelle]

why are you spawning the function in the first place instead of calling it?

[tender fossil]

It seems to be a bit heavy operation so I'm trying to optimize it

[cold rampart]

http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=24584

[quiet gazelle]

if you can use a waituntil right after your code is already scheduled

[cold rampart]

praise the lord

[quiet gazelle]

there's no need for the spawn and waituntil in that case

[meager granite]

params ["", "_d1", "_playerUnit"];
```?

[tender fossil]

I'd just like to avoid server getting stuck processing that function because it gets called quite often (multiple instances running at the same time) and it seems to decrease FPS

Oh, I'm a turd

That's true haha

[slow isle]

Yep, thanks

[cold rampart]

No more perma ear deafness with ace when debugging missions :)

[quiet gazelle]

@still forum it works now

installing more components into visual studio fixed it

thanks for all the help

[meager granite]

nearEntities is much faster than nearestObjects, you can just do count(getPos _associatedSupplyTruck nearEntities ["Base_WarfareBUAVterminal", 100]) > 0

But in general for your question, no way to easily return from script thread, you need to setup your code around it

Like already be inside scheduled thread so you can call it instead of spawn

[meager granite]

Ticket done: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170766

[tender fossil]

I think we tried this before with my friend and it didn't work for some reason, and it doesn't work now either. A bug maybe? (Arma 2: OA v1.64 again btw)

[modern agate]

yeah i tried a few more things including that, tried it in vanilla and i think one of the copious ammounts of mods might be wrecking it cuz it works fine in vanilla

[meager granite]

Make your own black background

[modern agate]

since its in Operation Trebuchet i just made them do a very high altitude ODST drop, might change it to a key frame camera intro thing later if i can be bothered

[meager granite]

"someLayer" cutRsc ["RscTitleDisplayEmpty", "PLAIN"];
private _display = uiNamespace getVariable "RscTitleDisplayEmpty";
private _black = _display ctrlCreate ["RscText", -1];
_black ctrlSetPosition [SafeZoneXAbs - 1, safeZoneY - 1, SafeZoneWAbs + 2, SafeZoneH + 2];
_black ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0,0,0,1];
_black ctrlCommit 0;

[modern agate]

NICE, ill try this out tomorrow, getting real late for me

[meager granite]

True, the stupid command doesn't return it

[tender fossil]

Yeah

[meager granite]

count(getPos player nearObjects ["Base_WarfareBUAVterminal", 100]) > 0
```works

[tender fossil]

Nice! Thanks 😄

[tender fossil]

Actually this one doesn't either. Arma...

[meager granite]

I just did, it works

Also speed is the same as nearestObjects

Probably because there is nothing to sort

[tender fossil]

Hmm, weird. It does nothing in my test

[tender fossil]

Yeah, nothing here. Is it because it's spawned during the mission and not in init?

The UAV terminal I mean

[meager granite]

I spawned it during the mission

Are you sure your terminal has Base_WarfareBUAVterminal as base?

I used RU_WarfareBUAVterminal one

[wary sandal]

is it possible to change the texture of ATMs via setObjectTextureGlobal ?
the getObjectTextureGlobal command returns []

[warm hedge]

If it is [], you can't

[hallow mortar]

There is no getObjectTextureGlobal command 🤔
Be aware that getObjectTextures always returns [] when executed on a simple object, which many map objects are. To be sure, use an Editor-placed ATM to test.

[modern meteor]

How can I immobilize a unit at mission start in the editor?

[winter rose]

kill it

[granite sky]

this disableAI "PATH" in the script box should work.

[modern meteor]

Perfect, thank you

[winter rose]

mine would have worked too

[granite sky]

Lou's method works for players too :P

[agile cargo]

cursorObject disabledUserInput true

[granite sky]

I wonder if enableSimulation works on player units.

[quiet gazelle]

i don't think it does

this setAnimSpeedCoef 0 would probably work tho

how do you do inline code in discord?

[hallow mortar]

Three ` is for a code block. One is for inline.

[quiet gazelle]

thanks

[hallow mortar]

You can completely immobilise players by attaching them to things

[quiet gazelle]

depending on what you attach them to it may mess up animations tho

[hallow mortar]

If you're trying to immobilise them immediately on mission start, that's probably fine

[modern meteor]

Is there a way to detect if a friendly AI unit is ready to fire? (after assigning a target to them)

[proven charm]

how do you deny group from leaving heli? the infantry group in the heli always seems to want to get out

[slow isle]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lock
or
this setUnloadInCombat [false, false];

[proven charm]

thx will try!

[slow isle]

Another thing you can do is set them to careless and i think it would also work

[proven charm]

hmm, didnt get any of that working

[wary sandal]

mb about that getObjectTextureGlobal
i tried with editor placed atms and it still returns []

[slow isle]

this setUnloadInCombat [false, false];
this refers to the vehicle, not the units

[wary sandal]

so can i import a custom mesh with a different texture in my mission?

[proven charm]

i know

[slow isle]

Hmm strange

where are you placing this code

[wary sandal]

and how do i get the original mesh, i managed to export the p3d but creating objects requires a .paa right?

[slow isle]

in the vehicle's init?

[proven charm]

nah i have lots of code...

[slow isle]

It's a local argument so you might have to use remote execution

I'm currently reading about locality and I can't fix my issue for several hours now lol

[proven charm]

well that wont be problem atm since im in the editor

[slow isle]

hm?

[proven charm]

i mean the locality

its only issue when you run server

[slow isle]

try placing the code in the vehicle's init to see if it changes anything

[proven charm]

script created vehicles :/

[slow isle]

ah

[_jet, _playerUnit] spawn {
    params ["_jet", "_playerUnit"];

    [player, _jet] remoteExec ["moveInDriver", _playerUnit]; // line 58
};

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081253616427466802/image.png

I'm so confused

It's right there, how is it not defined

[little raptor]

not defined in outer scope

[proven charm]

must be not defined in the scope before spawn

[slow isle]

my hero

lol

thanks

i think it's time for a break

[little raptor]

what?

[hallow mortar]

I don't recommend doing this, custom objects can't be fully defined in mission config, and no one likes downloading huge mission files which custom models will cause

[little raptor]

if by mesh you mean p3d, you're not allowed to modify other people (or vanilla game)'s p3d without their permission

[hallow mortar]

Try addVehicle and/or assignAsCargo

[proven charm]

tried both

[slow isle]

I have a problem with locality again. I don't understand why the former works and the latter doesn't:

if (isServer) then {
  player moveInDriver _jet; // this works
  [player, _jet] remoteExec ["moveInDriver", _playerUnit]; // this does not
}

I need it to work for all clients, not just me.

the former also doesn't work in multiplayer for other clients

Do I need to provide more info or is it clear?

[slow isle]

edited* the code

[winter rose]

player targets the local unit

[slow isle]

This code is inside a function fn_spawnjet.sqf which is called from a jet's init

[winter rose]

[_playerUnit, _jet] remoteExec ["moveInDriver", _playerUnit];

↑ makes more sense, no?

[slow isle]

Doesn't moveInDriver require the player (local)?

and if we're using _playerUnit doesn't remoteExec become obsolete?

[winter rose]

no, that's precisely what you got upside-down 🙂

on a dedicated server, player is null

so you say "hey you, this unit over there! wherever you are, use this command on you there (aka local to yourself)!"

[slow isle]

Aha, I see. Is there a case ever when [player, ...] remoteExec ["...", ...]; should be used?

[winter rose]

no.

[slow isle]

Oooh I see

Thanks a lot

and lastly, can I use [..., { ... }] remoteExec ["spawn", _playerUnit]; to not write many remoteExecs?

or does using spawn somehow defeat the purpose of it

or can I use remoteExec w/ call, wrapped in spawn for a scheduled environment

[winter rose]

it is considered bad practice - create a function instead

[hallow mortar]

You can do that, but typically if you're remoteExec'ing enough code to need to do that, you should be making a function and remoteExec'ing that instead

When you remoteExec a spawnfull of code, all that code gets sent in plain text over the network, which is a pretty large message

[winter rose]

you are literally sending code and that's not nice

a remote-executed function is simply "run this function, here's the name"

[slow isle]

by this you mean remoteExec w/ function, all wrapped in spawn?

or is the spawn inside of the function

[hallow mortar]

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

Functions are executed in the scheduled environment; suspension is allowed.

[winter rose]

remoteExecCALL, on the other hand, is all unscheduled

[slow isle]

How does this look:

LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet = {
    params ["_jet", "_playerUnit"];

    sleep 2;
    _playerUnit moveInDriver _jet;
    systemChat format["%1 %2 %3", player, _jet, _playerUnit];
};

[_jet, _playerUnit] remoteExec ["LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet", _playerUnit];

it doesn't actually display the systemChat message

and it doesn't teleport me

is it because it's an inline function?

[quiet gazelle]

are jet and playerunit defined?

[slow isle]

I believe so but I'll tripple check 1 sec

Yes

LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet = {
    params ["_jet", "_playerUnit"];

    systemChat "Code reached TP"; // can't reach
    sleep 2;
    _playerUnit moveInDriver _jet;
    systemChat format["%1 %2 %3", player, _jet, _playerUnit];
};


systemChat format["BEFORE REMOTE EXEC: %1 %2 %3", player, _jet, _playerUnit]; // can reach
[_jet, _playerUnit] remoteExec ["LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet", _playerUnit];

I can't reach systemChat "Code reached TP";

[winter rose]

LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet =
this is not how you define a function

here you create a code piece on the server and that's it

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

[slow isle]

ah sorry, I though those were inline functions and that they worked the same. I'll add it to the function library now

[proven charm]

that's not the reason why your code doesn't work though

as long as LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet is defined in the same PC where you want to execute it, it should work (_playerUnit PC)

[quiet gazelle]

are you sure about that?

because with that definition it's just a code-type variable

i'm gonna try it

[slow isle]

LDR_fnc_spawnJet inside of a jet's INIT

if(!(isnil "LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet")) then
{
    systemChat "LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet is available"; // it is
};

[_jet, _playerUnit] remoteExec ["LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet", _playerUnit];

LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet

params ["_jet", "_playerUnit"];

sleep 1;
_playerUnit moveInDriver _jet;
systemChat format["%1 %2 %3", player, _jet, _playerUnit];

Still doesn't work

[proven charm]

same with functions defined in func lib

[quiet gazelle]

yep i just checked you are indeed right

[quiet gazelle]

really? i always thought they had some sort of different status

the more you know

[winter rose]

they are "unerasable global code variable"
and they are available on all machines, hopefully

[proven charm]

where are you running the code, editor?

[slow isle]

LAN Multiplayer

[proven charm]

oh in that case LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet needs to be defined in client so that server can call it (remoteExec)

[slow isle]

How can I do that

[quiet gazelle]

yeah just put the declaration in the global init

[proven charm]

init.sqf one place 😄

[slow isle]

should I just call it in there

or assign a global var?

[proven charm]

define the LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet in there

[slow isle]

What do you mean by define?
myFnc = "LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet"; this?

[quiet gazelle]

just put ```sqf
LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet = {
params ["_jet", "_playerUnit"];

systemChat "Code reached TP"; // can't reach
sleep 2;
_playerUnit moveInDriver _jet;
systemChat format["%1 %2 %3", player, _jet, _playerUnit];

};

[slow isle]

alright 1 sec

[quiet gazelle]

keep the remoteexec wherever you have it now

[slow isle]

no luck :c

[quiet gazelle]

thats quite odd

[slow isle]

I should mention that even before I added LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet to init.sqf I had it available to me

if(!(isnil "LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet")) then
{
    systemChat "LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet is available"; // it is
};

it wrote it out

[proven charm]

that code in client?

[winter rose]

is it defined in CfgFunctions?

[slow isle]

it is in spawnjet

[slow isle]

yes

class LDR
{
    tag = "LDR"
    class functions 
    {
        file = "functions";

        class deleteRespawnMarkers {};
        class destroyOnGetOut {};
        class movePlayerInJet {};
        class spawnJet {};
        class destroyParentAndResupply {};
        class initialObjectiveDisplay {};
        class zoneRestriction {};
        class serviceVehicle {};
    }
};

[winter rose]

if it is in CfgFunctions and in a fn_file.sqf then you don't need that init.sqf declaration

also systemChat format["%1 %2 %3", player, _jet, _playerUnit]; ← "player" has no room here

[slow isle]

forgot it from before

[frigid oracle]

How does addaction memory points work extactly? Im trying an action to a user texture but it seems to just not work.

[winter rose]

is your function present and filled in Functions Viewer @slow isle ?

[slow isle]

I'll check now

through eden right

[winter rose]

user texture object itself is most likely not interactable

[frigid oracle]

so having a geo lod is mandatory for interactions like addaction?

[slow isle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081267903678136320/image.png

[slow isle]

yes

[winter rose]

most likely yeah

[frigid oracle]

darn. Good to know.

[slow isle]

[] remoteExec ["LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet", 0]; works

[frigid oracle]

Hmm I wonder what the memory points on the user texture prop are even for then. (I know it's most likely a modeling question but still.)

[slow isle]

I'll debug further

[] remoteExec ["LDR_fnc_movePlayerInJet", _playerUnit]; DOES NOT! Interesting

_playerUnit is defined

[wet geode]

How do you go about selecting a player form a list like in a trigger?

[wary sandal]

even the vanilla assets?

[wary sandal]

it's 40 kilobytes

[wary sandal]

would you mind checking the older pings

[frigid oracle]

Is your question about comparing a player to a list of players or finding a player inside a trigger?

[wary sandal]

with that rotation issue

it really bothers me

[wet geode]

Finding a play in a trigger

[frigid oracle]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea
should be what you're looking for

[slow isle]

Okay this was the issue. _PlayerUnit indeed was defined but it wasn't actually the player, but a role... I had some params[] that were left out from old code and they seem to have overwritten what _playerUnit is...

Thanks all!

[tepid vigil]

Why does this function return nothing? Aren't all cases handled so that something should always be returned?
https://pastebin.com/FYn7j5Xc
EDIT: DUMP() macro wasn't defined, solved

[little raptor]

yes

[wary sandal]

why so?

[little raptor]

because EULA says so

[wary sandal]

so you have to find a different ATM model to put in your arma missions

#arma3_scripting message

you seem to be the only person here who isn't clueless on this issue

[little raptor]

using the models themselves as included in the game files is ok

you're not allowed to redistribute (i.e. repackage in your own mod or mission) and modify them

if you have any questions regarding that you can ask in #other_ip_topics I guess

[little raptor]

idk what I'm looking at

[wary sandal]

walls being replaced with super simple objects when they are in a 20m radius

you can clearly notice the rotation of the walls changing

it becomes even more apparent on steep terrain

how can I make it more clear?

the rotation of the walls created by the script doesn't coincide with the original walls' rotation

[little raptor]

oh that

[wary sandal]

my guess is that it ignores one axis (for some reasons) or that there is a property that makes the object snap with the terrain normal

[little raptor]

well like I said it is related to super simple object being reversed compared to the normal object

[wary sandal]

but it isn't

[little raptor]

yes there is such property but it should be defined in the model

[wary sandal]

when i reverse the walls they just show another side

reminder of the code:

private _reversed = typeOf _x == "" || {getNumber(configOf _x >> "reversed") == 1};
private _dir = [1, -1] select _reversed;
private _copy = createSimpleObject [_modelPath, [0, 0, 0]];
            
_copy setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir _x vectorMultiply _dir, vectorUp _x];
_copy setObjectScale (getObjectScale _x);
_copy setPosWorld (getPosWorld _x);

[little raptor]

typeOf cursorObject returns "" for those objects right?

[wary sandal]

yeah

[little raptor]

can you check what vectorDir _obj vectorDotProduct vectorUp _obj returns?

the original objects

not after replacement

[little raptor]

it should be zero for all of those objects

[wary sandal]

almost 0

[simple trout]

That's zero

[little raptor]

private _reversed = typeOf _x == "" || {getNumber(configOf _x >> "reversed") == 1};
private _dir = [1, -1] select _reversed;
private _copy = createSimpleObject [_modelPath, [0, 0, 0]];
_dot = vectorDir _x vectorDotProduct vectorUp _x ;
if (_dot != 0) then {systemChat str _dot};
_copy setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir _x vectorMultiply _dir, vectorUp _x];
_copy setObjectScale (getObjectScale _x);
_copy setPosWorld (getPosWorld _x);

[little raptor]

use this one instead

[little raptor]

if it returns very small values like this change it to abs _dot > 1e-5

[little raptor]

I'm checking if the object is skewed

[little raptor]

so yes

well unfortunately Arma doesn't allow you to skew an object by scripts

maybe try creating the object exactly at the final coordinates instead of [0,0,0]

[simple trout]

Well you can, but it's not a pleasant equation. You can use euler angles to convert it to a up vector. Commy has a github gist about it.

[wary sandal]

this is what the vectormultiply does

[wary sandal]

mhm?

[little raptor]

there's no setter for it

so no you can't

setVectorDirAndUp always forces the vectors to be perpendicular, even if they're not

[wary sandal]

dir is the lookvector?

[little raptor]

wat?

[wary sandal]

the unit vector

the direction where the object points

[little raptor]

it's not necessarily a unit vector

but yes

[simple trout]

https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/issues/1352

fnc_convert3DENRotationToVectorDirAndUp = {
  params["_rotation"];
  _rotation params ["_rotX", "_rotY", "_rotZ"];

  _vectorDirAndUp = [
    [
      (cos _rotY) * (sin _rotZ),
      (cos _rotX)*(cos _rotZ)+(sin _rotX)*(sin _rotY)*(sin _rotZ),
      -(sin _rotX)*(cos _rotZ)+(cos _rotX)*(sin _rotY)*(sin _rotZ)
    ],
    [
      -sin _rotY, 
      (sin _rotX)*(cos _rotY), 
      (cos _rotX)*(cos _rotY)
    ]
  ];
  _vectorDirAndUp
};

[little raptor]

that's not what I'm even talking about

[simple trout]

Oh

[little raptor]

and that function is kinda childish

grownups use vectorCrossProduct

[simple trout]

Grownups write an intercept plugin that uses quaternions /s

[wary sandal]

so basically here i'm screwed

there's no fix at all

[little raptor]

why are you even replacing objects with super simple objects?

[wary sandal]

to make walls/fences indestructible

[simple trout]

I mean it is childish on purpose. Inputting three angles in degrees is easier than having someone learn vectors, but I digress.

[wary sandal]

it's one of the solutions samatra proposed

[little raptor]

a simple enableSimulation doesn't work on them?

[wary sandal]

no

nor does allowDamage

this is what i get on steep terrains

absolutely horrible

[simple trout]

increase the mass

[little raptor]

it looks too wrong to be due to skewness tho

[little raptor]

they're not PhysX

[simple trout]

It probably is

it is CBA

[little raptor]

give me the coords

[simple trout]

"Land" class?

Fudge

[simple trout]

are you using setPos, or setModelPosition?

sorry, setPosWorld

simpleObjects don't have land contact points

[little raptor]

don't worry I've fixed those parts before

[little raptor]

this is the code

[little raptor]

@wary sandal so?

[simple trout]

Wait, does setPosWorld set to the terrain normal?

[wary sandal]

one moment

x 18012
y 15306

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

altis?

[wary sandal]

yeah

wall, grid 153180, front

[simple trout]

what's the center point of the model then....

[wary sandal]

answer:

i can send the full code in dms if you need

[simple trout]

try this

private _reversed = typeOf _x == "" || {getNumber(configOf _x >> "reversed") == 1};
private _dir = [1, -1] select _reversed;
private _copy = createSimpleObject [_modelPath, [0, 0, 0]];
_dot = vectorDir _x vectorDotProduct vectorUp _x ;
if (_dot != 0) then {systemChat str _dot};
_copy setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir _x vectorMultiply _dir, vectorUp _x];
_copy setObjectScale (getObjectScale _x);
_bb =  0 boundingBoxReal _copy;
_copy setPosWorld ((getPosWorld _x)vectorAdd [0,0, (((_bb#1)#2) - ((_bb#0)#2))/2]);

[wary sandal]

but what matters is the code snippet leopard sent

[wary sandal]

holy shit contact dlc

[simple trout]

oof

God damn bounding boxes

[hallow mortar]

Try using one of the clipping types (i.e. 0 boundingBoxReal _copy), it can help a lot with wacky boxes

[simple trout]

it's a simpleobject

those might not exist

[hallow mortar]

Try

[simple trout]

ah wait, 0 should exist

[simple trout]

@wary sandal

[little raptor]

the "vectorRight" of that object is not perpendicular

so it's skewed in the other direction

which you can't even get in SQF

[wary sandal]

bruh

so it's screwed?

[little raptor]

skrewed 😂

[wary sandal]

why does it have to be so difficult

i just want to make fences indestructible lmao

[simple trout]

I'm idiot, the boundingBox was wrong

try this

private _reversed = typeOf _x == "" || {getNumber(configOf _x >> "reversed") == 1};
private _dir = [1, -1] select _reversed;
private _copy = createSimpleObject [_modelPath, [0, 0, 0]];
_dot = vectorDir _x vectorDotProduct vectorUp _x ;
if (_dot != 0) then {systemChat str _dot};
_copy setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir _x vectorMultiply _dir, vectorUp _x];
_copy setObjectScale (getObjectScale _x);
_bb =  0 boundingBoxReal _copy;
_copy setPosWorld ((getPosWorld _x)vectorAdd [0,0, (((_bb#1)#2) - ((_bb#0)#2))/2]);

[wary sandal]

but he said it wasn't possible

[simple trout]

ah, the model is askewed

[little raptor]

@wary sandal https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170775

made a ticket

[wary sandal]

thank you so much for your efforts

i hope it will get addressed

with the amount of tasks being submitted every day i doubt that anyone from bohemia will care, but it's worth a try ig...

[little raptor]

well it won't exactly fix your issue. but if you know that vector you can rotate the object a bit to align the top

[wary sandal]

would that allow us to match the true orientation of the terrain objects?

[little raptor]

no

that feature I mentioned is just a getter

tho I just updated the ticket to request a setter too

[wary sandal]

this why we'll be able to match the exact rotation right

[wary sandal]

mb i didn't have the "getter" and "setter" terminology
english is not my first language

[kindred zephyr]

if this feature is implemented i can see a lot of map using objects from A2 assets being greatly benefited by automated object replacement using scripts. It would be my wildest dream being able to replace a lot of buildings using enoch assets in a lot of maps without remaking them from scratch haha

[wary sandal]

^

[kindred zephyr]

of course you can to a certain degree, but rotation and skewing of buildings make it look anti-natural as opposed to hand placed stuff

[wary sandal]

it will open many possibilities

[little raptor]

getter and setter are more like programming terms
getter gets the value of something. setter sets it
and yeah currently sqf doesn't support setting the "skewness" of objects

[little raptor]

like I explained here

[wary sandal]

i never ever heard "setter" and "getter" surprisingly

it's why I didn't immediately make the link

[wary sandal]

is there any particular reason explaining that they added setVectorDirAndUp instead of just a more general function like the one you proposed

it doesn't make much sense

[little raptor]

I guess if you could make any object skewed you could screw many things up

plus not everyone knows how to make a full rotation matrix I guess

[coarse dragon]

class CfgSounds
{

    class Skullsradiobeep
    {
      name = "Skullsradiobeep";
      sound[] = {"skullblitsSounds\sound\Skullsradiobeep.ogg", 1,1};
      titles[] = {0,""};
    };
    class SkullsBattlesounds
    {
      name = "SkullsBattlesounds";
      sound[] = {"skullblitsSounds\sound\SkullsBattlesounds.ogg", 1,1};
      titles[] = {0,""};
    };
};

can anyone spot a mistake?

[little raptor]

and also usually most objects are not skewed so 99% of the time the right vector is redundant

[little raptor]

looks fine as far as I see

[coarse dragon]

humm soon as i added the sound sound. they both stopped working

2nd sound*

[stable dune]

does it need sounds

class CfgSounds
{
    sounds[] = {};
    class wolf1
    {
  ....
    }
};

[coarse dragon]

🤷‍♂️ it just does not work at all now

[little raptor]

yes but he means for a mod

there's no need for sounds[] in mods

(in fact if you add it you break stuff)

[stable dune]

Good to know, just is examples of cfgSounds is that so I thought its needed there, I mean in description, so I thought it goes same way in config.cpp

[coarse dragon]

i forgot about one little s. lol

[stable dune]

\sounds\

?

[stable dune]

How that break stuff? Never heard this before

[little raptor]

the game already defines sounds[] which is not empty

if you do sounds[]={} you make it empty

I'm not sure where it's used tho

you might not break anything at all

the game defines these:

[slow isle]

Why does this work for server-host but not for clients?

LDR_fnc_JetEH = {
    params ["_jet"];
    _jet addEventHandler ["Handledamage", {
        params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitindex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
        0
    }];
};

[_jet] remoteExec ["LDR_fnc_JetEH", 0];

I tried without remoteExec (sever only) but the same thing happens

[little raptor]

because LDR_fnc_JetEH is not defined on their computers

[slow isle]

Ooh I see, alright

thanks

[faint oasis]

Hi, i made a custom move script that can handle basic movement and use the animations to move the unit but i have a problem. Almost everytimes i re-enable the AI after the animation the AI got teleported back to his position before the animation. Is it normal ? I need to change what to avoid this problem ?

[little raptor]

not possible

if you draw the exact same thing, use a function

_mainMap addEH ["draw", {call some_fnc}];
_uavMap addEH ["draw", {call some_fnc}];

no

it has nothing to do with call

you were doing something wrong

I can't tell you what

you can put it on pastebin and I might look at it

where's the call?

[faint oasis]

I have a question ? When we play an animation for a unit that was in combat the unit is teleported back just after we re-enable the AI "ANIM"

but this doesn't happen when we move the unit with the zeus so is there a solution to bypass that ?

i tried to setpos the unit directly just after the AI is re-enabled but it's not working

[little raptor]

yeah it's a game bug

[little raptor]

afaik there's no solution

[little raptor]

you can set the position 1 frame after

[faint oasis]

ah yeah it's sad

[faint oasis]

Awesome but how i know it's only 1 frame after ?

[little raptor]

I don't think so. your function is slower than it needs to be tho

actually it does have a problem

you're not returning a default value

[faint oasis]

I thought it was a sleep but i'm not sure about how much is one frame because it's relative

[little raptor]

that can cause the game to silently spam the rpt and cause the game to slow down

[little raptor]

if you have CBA use waitUntilAndExecute

[faint oasis]

ok i will try and is it possible without CBA ?

[little raptor]

that or just use exitWith instead of then and put a final value at the end

it's gonna be faster than switch

[little raptor]

sleep 0.001

that might wait more than 1 frame

[faint oasis]

ah ok thank you i will try

[little raptor]

MRTM_fnc_iconSize = {
    params ["_e"];
    if (_e isKindOf 'Man') exitWith {20};
    if (_e isKindOf 'StaticWeapon') exitWith {15};
    if (_e isKindOf 'LandVehicle') exitWith {30};
    if (_e isKindOf 'Ship') exitWith {25};
    if (_e isKindOf 'Air') exitWith {30};
    10;
};

[little raptor]

if you're running in unschd you can create your own scheduler using an EachFrame EH and an array as the scheduled code stuff

[faint oasis]

ah interesting

but sadly it's not running in unscheduled

but wait i have a question ? I need to put in the array the "EnableAI" too right ?

because if i put an "Oneachframe" event handler then i need to make a system for each frames because otherwise (Maybe i'm wrong) but the whole code in the Oneachframe will run for only one frame so i need to run each code but separately in the Oneachframe then Edit : Maybe not if we delete the index at 0

[little raptor]

I mean like this:

scheduledCodes = [];
onEachFrame { // use EachFrame mission EH instead, and only add it once of course
  _removed = false;
  {
    _x params ["_args", "_code", "_frameDelay"];
    _frameDelay = _frameDelay - 1;
    if (_frameDelay <= 0) then { // run the code if it's time
      scheduledCodes set [_forEachIndex, -1];
      _removed = true;
      _args call _code;
    } else {
      _x set [2, _frameDelay];
    }
  } forEach scheduledCodes;
  if (_removed) then {
    scheduledCodes = scheduledCodes - [-1]; // remove executed stuff
  };
};
scheduledCodes pushBack [[AI, getPosWorld AI], {_this#0 setPosWorld _this#1}, 2];

[faint oasis]

ah interesting but

why did you put "use EachFrame mission EH instead" ?

what is the "EachFrame Mission" ?

i will try with the "sleep 0.001" and otherwise i will make my handler then

[little raptor]

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame"

[little raptor]

I said EachFrame Mission Event Handler

[faint oasis]

ah ok thank you then i will try

[faint oasis]

i made my own handler and even with "60" frames after it's still teleporting back some units.

so thank you a lot for your help but i think it's almost impossible to change. My handler work because 60 frames is almost 1 second and it teleport almost 1 second after so the problem come from the game and not from my handler. The handler is in the same EachFrame event of the Enable AI. I will try to put the squad in careless to see if something change.

[faint oasis]

The last hope seems to work. I don't know exactly why but i set unitgroup setBehaviourStrong "CARELESS"; before the DisableAI and i enable the AI before re-enabling the Aware mode and it's working. I'm not sure if it will work everytime but it seems to work

[manic kettle]

If you need something run with time and not per frame, try the CBA per frame handler

[sterile arch]

I have this intro script for a mission I'm making, and I'd like the text to stay on the screen for at least 10 or 15 seconds, how can I do that? I'm assuming "sleep" has to go somewhere in here

any=[
[
["Ground Zero","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],
["Bir Dakhla, Sefrou-Ramal","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],
["0530 Hours, 19 April, 2524","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t>"]

]

] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText;

[meager granite]

Had a look into the BIS_fnc_typeText function, it doesn't take any arguments for timeouts but there is number of blinks argument that you can use as timeout

Add another line array ["", "", 100]

This should work as 10 seconds delay

@sterile arch ^

[sterile arch]

Mind if I DM you?

[meager granite]

Better ask here so others can help or find the answers through search later

[sterile arch]

Ok Well it threw up an error

any=[
[
["Ground Zero","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],
["Bir Dakhla, Sefrou-Ramal","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],
["0530 Hours, 19 April, 2524","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t>"]
["", "", 100]

]

] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText;

[meager granite]

Missing comma

Also you don't need any=

[sterile arch]

Where is the comma missing

I dont get it

[peak pond]

after ["0530 Hours, 19 April, 2524","<t align = 'center' size = '0.7'>%1</t>"]

[sterile arch]

OOOOOO

thanks lol I guess I need to take a break from staring at this screen

[crystal ingot]

Was freeExtension released in the update 2.12? It says on the wiki page it was supposed to be but I may be mistaken. I am trying to use it in the "normal" release but it is not returning anything as if it has not been added.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/freeExtension

[warm hedge]

https://dev.arma3.com/post/spotrep-00109
No mention here, maybe postponed

[crystal ingot]

yeah thats what I was wondering cause I checked there as well

[warm hedge]

Can confirm? @pastel python

[brazen lagoon]

anyone ever managed to make AI planes attack something like, at all

[peak pond]

Nope, I mostly just let them buzz around like bumblebees

[granite sky]

@brazen lagoon With their built-in AI? They can fire medium-range missiles at other planes at least.

Anything else? Nah not really.

[brazen lagoon]

yeah I've never seen more than that or chasing other planes with guns

[granite sky]

They will occasionally fire rockets and guns at ground vehicles, but extremely ineffectively.

The one exception I've seen is that the CUP Reaper is insanely dangerous.

[peak pond]

Sorry if dumb question, but would it help to attach a laser target to enemies?

[granite sky]

we have an extremely complex CAS routine to make ground attack aircraft attack.

[peak pond]

@granite sky Could you share any details?

[granite sky]

For the actual attack runs there's an eachFrame setVelocityTransformation to fly towards the target, some fireAtTarget & forceWeaponFire stuff to fire the initial bursts and a Fired EH to adjust the bullets and rockets in the right direction.

Fun fact, if you force-fly the things on the path, they'll often fire the missiles on their own unless you block them. Even though they'll never use them when flying with AI.

[peak pond]

Lol, so they have to be lined up perfectly.

[granite sky]

It's not even perfect :P

we aim something like 50m above the target.

[peak pond]

Interesting, so adjusting the projectiles is to improve their accuracy?

That's pretty cool

[hallow mortar]

I think it's mostly that fixed-wing are bad at spotting targets, and also lack the precision to position themselves to engage

[granite sky]

They didn't seem any more effective with continuous forced-reveal.

so I suspect it's mostly the positioning.

[hallow mortar]

If you force target detection they will try to attack a bit more, and if they have detection they'll sometimes autonomously use weapons that don't require precise aim, like ATGMs and AAMs

A few times, I've used the vanilla CAS Gun Run Zeus module and the A-164 decided on its own to blow away a nearby helo with a Sidewinder as it went through

[granite sky]

hah

[proven charm]

anyone know how to prevent infantry group from leaving heli? they want to get out because they have attack waypoint

[pulsar bluff]

something like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnloadInCombat

[proven charm]

tried that one already

[peak pond]

Maybe try different waypoint type. Not sure, maybe attack WP makes them dismount because the heli can't directly be used for attacking.

[proven charm]

maybe but i would like to keep the waypoint

[peak pond]

Maybe something in here will help: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/AI_Group_Vehicle_Management

[proven charm]

read but still no luck :/

[tender fossil]

This code works. I suspect it has something to do with the isKindOf check ```sqf
{
if (_x isKindOf "Base_WarfareBUAVterminal") then {
_friendlyCommandCenterInProximity = true;
};
} forEach (nearestObjects [(getPos _associatedSupplyTruck), [], 80]);

[meager granite]

Spawn RU_WarfareBUAVterminal, and run:

count(getPos player nearObjects ["Base_WarfareBUAVterminal", 100]) > 0
```near it.

[tender fossil]

I'll do that soon, need to boot my brain with a cup of coffee (just woke up). Thanks again for help! 🙂

[dusk gust]

Does anyone happen to know a way to return the "progress" or number of an item inside of an inventory? https://i.imgur.com/9KlDu9x.png

I'm trying to return the count from the UI specifically, because the physical item commands don't work accurately when say a uniform gets bugged on the ground (that has no storage and cannot be equipped/moved into an inventory, but allows item duping). The physical commands (everyContainer etc, etc) will always return that the item is proper, except inside the UI, where it shows no load bar, and there is an item count instead of the normal > of containers inside inventories.

EDIT: Any of the listbox commands do NOT return either of the values I need, however they seem to be a part of it, from some extensive testing.

[still forum]

It was supposed to be dev branch only and stay that way

It even says so on the wiki

[tender fossil]

When it comes to freeExtension documentation on BIKI: Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.12. I think this can misinterpreted easily. I understood it initially wrong as well before reading further

We need a Lou version of the "Morickyyyy...!" meme once again

[winter rose]

the first one is a thing that was not removed on 2.12 release
the warning is the second one

[stuck palm]

I've got a supply crate that restores an arsenal loadout, that I only want accessible under specific conditions. The area has a flag, that after captured changes the color of a marker to match that of the side of the calling player.

i want to apply something similar in principal, but am getting stuck. If the markercolor is colorblufor and the player is side west, then they should be able to get the addaction (same with opfor and indy). if they dont match, then there is no addaction displayed, and the supply crate is a paperweight.

Below is what I have in the supply box init:

_mrkr = "TowerPost1"; 
_mrkrcolor = getMarkerColor _mrkr; 
_color = switch (side player) do 
{ 
 case west: { "ColorBlufor" }; 
 case east: { "ColorOpfor" }; 
 case independent: { "colorIndependent" }; 
}; 
 
_canRearm = switch (_color) do {  
    case _color == "ColorBlufor" && _mrkrcolor == "ColorBlufor": {true};  
    case _color == "ColorOpfor" && _mrkrcolor == "ColorOpfor": {true};  
    case _color == "ColorIndependent" && _mrkrcolor == "ColorIndependent": {true};  
    default {false};  
}; 
 
if (_canRearm) then {  
    player addAction ["Rearm", {  
        private _customLoadout = player getVariable "enh_savedloadout";      
        if (isNil "_customLoadout") exitWith {      
            player setUnitLoadout (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf player);      
            systemChat "Could not find custom loadout";      
            systemChat "Restored default unit loadout";      
        };      
        player setUnitLoadout _customLoadout;      
        systemChat "Rearmed and Reloaded";      
    }];  
};

3:58:51 Error ==: Type switch, expected Number,Bool,String,Namespace,Not a Number,Object,Side,Group,Text,Config entry,Display (dialog),Control,Network Object,Team member,Task,Diary record,Location
3:58:51 ➥ Context: [] L10 ()
[] L11 ()

[meager granite]

Wrap your case conditions in ()

[tender fossil]

Just a slightly educated guess; what if you wrap the switch cases? So e.g. like this:

_canRearm = switch (_color) do {  
    case (_color == "ColorBlufor" && _mrkrcolor == "ColorBlufor"): {true};  
    case (_color == "ColorOpfor" && _mrkrcolor == "ColorOpfor"): {true};
// etc.

Damn, I'm slow 😄

[meager granite]

Your whole check can just be _canRearm = _color == _mrkrcolor though

[south swan]

Uhm. switch (true) do {...

[meager granite]

Oh yeah, also that

[stuck palm]

tried this. no error, but nothing happens:

_mrkr = "TowerPost1";  
_mrkrcolor = getMarkerColor _mrkr;  
_color = switch (side player) do  
{  
 case west: { "ColorBlufor" };  
 case east: { "ColorOpfor" };  
 case independent: { "ColorIndependent" };  
 default { "ColorGrey" };  
};  
  
_canRearm = switch (_mrkrcolor) do  
{   
    case "ColorBlufor": { _color == "ColorBlufor" };  
    case "ColorOpfor": { _color == "ColorOpfor" };  
    case "ColorIndependent": { _color == "ColorIndependent" };  
    default { _color == "ColorGrey" };  
};  
  
if (_canRearm) then {   
    player addAction ["Rearm", {   
        private _customLoadout = player getVariable "enh_savedloadout";       
        if (isNil "_customLoadout") exitWith {       
            player setUnitLoadout (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf player);       
            systemChat "Could not find custom loadout";       
            systemChat "Restored default unit loadout";       
        };       
        player setUnitLoadout _customLoadout;       
        systemChat "Rearmed and Reloaded";       
    }];   
}; 

[tender fossil]

It's because _canRearm doesn't get a boolean value now, it assigns _color variable instead (without setting the boolean value) Nvm, I misread the code

Just a tip I've learned the hard way and I hope others don't have to. One of the best computer science lecturers in my uni has this saying: "The difference between great and bad programmers is that great programmers use debugging/logging 100x more" 😄

Also see what Sa-Matra wrote above, you can replace all the checks with single line of code in the switch statement

[stuck palm]

basically, i tried to operate without a default, and it throws more of those errors in the rpt. cant use true, cant use false (im new as shit at this, if you can't tell), so trying to figure out how to tell it : if the player side and marker color dont match, dont do shit

[tender fossil]

No worries, you learn by trial and error! 🙂 And the earlier you learn the habit to test your assumptions constantly by excessive dumping of e.g. variable values to system chat or log files (or wherever you want to), the less painful the process will be 😛

[tender fossil]

So this: sqf _canRearm = switch (_mrkrcolor) do { case "ColorBlufor": { _color == "ColorBlufor" }; case "ColorOpfor": { _color == "ColorOpfor" }; case "ColorIndependent": { _color == "ColorIndependent" }; default { _color == "ColorGrey" }; }; can be just: ```sqf
_canRearm = (_color == _mrkrcolor);

It's kind of the beauty of programming in general, you can replace things that used to require lots of (manual) work with "smart" ways of doing stuff – and like we see here, it applies also to programming itself 😄 Getting your brain in the new mode just takes a while; for some shorter, and for some longer but it will happen eventually. So don't worry if you feel like you're struggling, it's part of the process

[south swan]

or you replace things that require lots of manual work with even more even dumber work that's done by machine instead 🤣

[tender fossil]

Hey, let's not add reality into the mix here 😄

[stuck palm]

diag_log confirms it passes the default value, so the hangup is in getting it to update after the flag is captured and the marker color is changed.

thats a direction. thanks!

[tender fossil]

Speaking of which, this is a super old but still relevant program to follow your log files in real time. You can even highlight keywords https://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/index.php

[restive hinge]

Is there a way to selectRandom the _randomHouse only with _isHouseEnterable being true?

_locationsArray = nearestLocations [[worldSize / 2, worldsize / 2, 0], ["CityCenter"], 25000];
_randomLocation = selectRandom _locationsArray;
_randomLocationPosition = locationPosition _randomLocation;
_housesArray = nearestObjects [_randomLocationPosition, ["building", "house"], 400];

_randomHouse = selectRandom _housesArray;
_isHouseEnterable  = [_randomHouse] call BIS_fnc_isBuildingEnterable;
_positionsArray = [_randomHouse] call BIS_fnc_buildingPositions;
if (_isHouseEnterable and count _positionsArray > 1) then {
    _randomHousePosition = selectRandom _positionsArray;
    systemChat str _randomHousePosition;
    player setPos _randomHousePosition;
} else 
{
    systemChat "Got a building without positions...";
};

Specifically this line:

_randomHouse = selectRandom _housesArray;

This gets all the buildings in radius...

[south swan]

you first filter the array and then select random house from filtered array 🤷‍♂️

[tender fossil]

There might be a smarter way as well but you can always just make a new array that goes through the _housesArray and adds only... Ffs, I'm slow again really! @south swan

[south swan]

i've scrapped my long commentary with code when i've noticed you typing

[fossil cradle]

Heyo, does anyone here know about the behavior of the steamID argument passed into the newly added RVExtensionContext when using callExtension?
It states on the wiki it functions like getPlayerUID or "0" however unlike getPlayerUID even in singleplayer steamID is a valid ID. Also throughout my testing I was unable to find a scenario in which it returns "0" so was wondering if someone here knows more about when "0" could occur?

[tough abyss]

i wanna get into scripting but only small things. could someone help me?

[warm hedge]

You should to tell us what you want to do

[tough abyss]

idk what type it is but my brain hurts

[tough abyss]

weapons ammo switching. i can do vics just fine its the guns for players n what not

[warm hedge]

Weapons ammo switching as in?

[tough abyss]

like from 7x62 to sout daft like a 20mm. i use UAS and it lets me do it but very limited without actually changing anything. ive never done arma scripting before

[warm hedge]

If you want to do in a script, you can't. A config/Mod does

[tough abyss]

there are some script things (i think. i saw a yt vid on them awhile back) i wanna do like hiding parts of a vic to make custom comps

[warm hedge]

Huh, I thought you're talking about weapons ammo switching thing?

[tough abyss]

yeah but i mays well start wi sout that dosnt need a mod so i can get used to certain things

[round scroll]

a question on multiplayer/dedi server scripting: setVelocity uses a local argument and has global effects. On the Nimitz the run_dll towing script uses setVelocity for towing, and the elevators use it as well to keep the planes on the platform. Both, towing and elevator use, do not reliably work on dedi server it seems. Is there a way that I could make a plane local to a players machine, without having the player enter it? Or would it be better to fire the setVelocity command to all involved systems via bis_fnc_MP or remoteExec so it will eventually be executed on the system where the plane is local?

[cold rampart]

Most scripts/mods I see fire it on each pc

[proven charm]

something is nil in drawIcon, it seems

btw there is no reason to have global variable "map" just make it local "_map"

[tepid vigil]

What does this mean in my RPT? My game crashed right after

17:48:28 No alive in 10000 ms, exceeded timeout of 10000 ms
17:48:39 No alive in 20812 ms, exceeded timeout of 10000 ms
17:48:49 No alive in 31422 ms, exceeded timeout of 10000 ms
17:48:59 No alive in 41422 ms, exceeded timeout of 10000 ms

[sterile arch]

Still getting an error

[pliant stream]

@mint goblet no the first time you call your extension all the assemblies are loaded and stay that way until the process shuts down. global state (i.e. statics in c#) remain between extension calls.

so you can start a new thread say in the static constructor of the entry point class and queue tasks for execution using a blocking collection

[frank cedar]

@round scroll from my experience it is better to run setvelocity on all systems using remoteExec (bis_fnc_MP is deprecated now, sinc remoteExec available)

[tough parrot]

I need to a script way to point artillery gun as if map position clicked on artillery computer. The script is ultimately supposed to check the path near the gun to make sure there is no tree/building in the way of firing.

The tricky bit here is getting the position that the gun will be in when firing.

[digital hollow]

Direction is easy, and do you really need to worry about a few degrees of elevation? If not, you could just check for anything above 30 or 35 degrees.

[tough parrot]

so far i'm trying to scan 89 to 60 degrees using checkvisibility in "fire" lod. i suppose i try doWatch on the xy plane and then use "memoryPointGun" as the source position.

no, it would need to be dowatch on on a higher angle

[digital hollow]

use the rotation axis, turretAxis, not memorypointgun, then use vectors to check toward target and up

[tough parrot]

livonia has so many trees. on altis you wouldn't need to bother with this.

[tough parrot]

memorypointgun is for [_vehicle, "FIRE", objNull] checkVisibility [_vehPos, _testVec];

except _vehPos needs to be the gun

[digital hollow]

right, but like you say, the end of the gun, moves, so you should use the part that doesn't move, the axis of the rotation.

[tough parrot]

How do you access turretAxis? configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "B_MBT_01_arty_F" >> "Turrets" >> "MainTurret" >> "turretAxis" returns nothing.

[digital hollow]

hmm. OsaVeze will work for most hopefully. Not sure if there is actually a way to get it.

[tough parrot]

I can't find either of those terms in the config for the scorcher.

[jovial aspen]

Hi

im trying to make a script for friendly fire message

something like this

[digital hollow]

How do you access turretAxis configFile

[jovial aspen]

player addEventHandler ["HitPart", {
  (_this select 0) params ["_target", "_shooter", "_projectile", "_position", "_velocity", "_selection", "_ammo", "_vector", "_radius", "_surfaceType", "_isDirect"];
  _unitName = name _target;
  _instiName = name _shooter;
  _item = typeOf _causedBy;
  //private _logMessage = format ["Hello World"];
  //_logMessage remoteExec ["diag_log",2];
  if(isPlayer _shooter AND isNull (getAssignedCuratorLogic _shooter)) then {
  //if(isPlayer _shooter) then {
    private _message = format ["%1 has friendly fired %2 with %3", _instiName, _unitName, _ammo];
    timesFriendlyFired = timesFriendlyFired + 1;
    publicVariable "timesFriendlyFired";
    private _message2 = format ["Friendly fire incident: %1", timesFriendlyFired];
    _message remoteExec ["diag_log", 2];
    _message2 remoteExec ["diag_log",2];
  }
}];```

also where do i place this? initplayerlocal or init server?

[wind sparrow]

is there anyway to change the Hud font with scripts for a single player mission?

[slow isle]

Yes, one sec

[slow isle]

titleText ["<t color='#00000000' shadow='0' size='10'>MARGin</t><br/><t font='PuristaSemiBold' color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>KILL ASSIST</t><br/>", "PLAin", 1, true, true];

font=...

Oh or are we talking about the font of elements already on the screen

[wind sparrow]

yeah the hud on the screen like the ammo count and stuff

[sterile arch]

Why would a script not open on mission start when it's called to open in the mission init? It says its not found but it's in the damn scripts folder

[little raptor]

wrong name or format

or script is not in your mission folder

[tough parrot]

probably something like: allControls findDisplay 46;

[tough parrot]

try asking in gui modding about the id for different elements and whether it is display or control or whatever

[wind sparrow]

i was just wondering if there was a easy way of doing it

[south swan]

change the gui scale in game options, boom, done 🤣

[hallow mortar]

That's probably part of the material, not the texture; it's reflecting the sky

[halcyon hornet]

Quick question - Is there any equivalent of currentMagazine player to return the current item in the players NVG slot?

[south swan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/assignedItems + select 5? look below

[hallow mortar]

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

[south swan]

even better

[halcyon hornet]

Thanks dude

Tried every sensible version of nvg etc on the wiki

Wasn't thinking hmd lol

[tough parrot]

searching by category works better than search bar bc search bar only finds exact term

@halcyon hornet https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands

@halcyon hornetusing google domain specific search also works well: e.g., site:https://community.bistudio.com/wiki goggles

[sullen sigil]

private _triggerInfo = [boardingzone] call CBA_fnc_getArea;
private _entryCenter = Temp1 worldToModel _triggerInfo#0;

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
    _thisArgs params ["_triggerInfo","_entryCenter"];
    private _distA = _triggerInfo#1;
    private _distB = _triggerInfo#2;
    private _distC = _triggerInfo#5;
    private _isRectangle = _triggerInfo#4;
    systemChat str _triggerInfo;
    systemChat str _entryCenter;
    systemChat str _distA;
    systemChat str _distB;
    systemChat str _distC;
    systemChat str _isRectangle;
    if ((getPos player) inArea [Temp1 modelToWorld _entryCenter, _distA, _distB, getDir Temp1, _isRectangle, _distC]) then {
        systemChat "hi";
    };
}, [_triggerInfo, _entryCenter]];```
above code complains about `Type Any, expected Number` at the `inArea`. At my wits end but like 90% sure I'm just blind, anyone able to point it out for me?

[cold rampart]

doesn't bis_fnc_MP make use of remoteExec now?

[tough parrot]

you need a more detailed error showing which param is any

[sullen sigil]

player) |#| inArea [Temp1 mod

[tough parrot]

"any" typically show up when you have some unexpected result of a script that then gets put into another. but you should be able to see what the wonky value is from the systemchats

[sullen sigil]

i know, thats why theyre there. said systemchats are fine as far as i can see

[jade abyss]

with next Patch afaik

[tough parrot]

if i whittle the code down to (and run in my console):

(getPos player) inArea [_entryCenter,_distA,_distB,getDir Temp1,_isRectangle,_distC
]

I get the same error all the way until I change _distA to objNull. If I then run your entire code and only change _distA to objNull same thing... So I would say something is wrong with _distA. Considering that nearly all of that isn't even defined on my machine, that one thing being the only first change that changes the error.

[nocturne bluff]

it does

[torn hemlock]

From v1.50 bis_fnc_mp is using engine based remoteexec

[tough parrot]

on second thought, i tried creating an obj and trigger with the same name and there is no such index as 5 from [boardingzone] call CBA_fnc_getArea;

systemchat does nothing if the value is nothing

[hallow mortar]

I bet you're using CBA_fnc_getArea when you should be using BIS_fnc_getArea

[sullen sigil]

bis_fnc_getarea returns 0 for the a b and c

[hallow mortar]

Try it as boardingzone call BIS_fnc_getArea, without the []. It can also accept an array, so passing it an array containing only an object may be confusing it.

[sullen sigil]

gotchu, makes sense, one mo

nope, same issue

...thats probably because i didnt change it from the cba func one moment

script error has gone but does the code work

time to find out

[tough parrot]

https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/common/fnc_getArea-sqf.html it says that is deprecated

[hallow mortar]

Because it's been replaced by BIS_fnc_getArea, which is the function that actually has the 6th output (height)

[sullen sigil]

the code does not work as intended but thats probably my issue -- error is gone now

trying to make it check if the player is in an area of the model that is represented by a trigger area at the start of the script being called if it wasnt clear

[hallow mortar]

Isn't that what inArea is for?

[sullen sigil]

the trigger doesnt stay with the model the entire time

engine limitation at the moment with what im doing -- the model its checking against is attached to an object. trigger breaks when attached to the object for some reason, don't know why but think it's just one of those arma things 🤷

[tough parrot]

the strange thing with that bug is the CBA one returns an array with 5 elements but the 6th one is selectable without zero divisor error.

[hallow mortar]

That's a behaviour of select:

When the index equals the size of the array, there is no error for out of range selection and nil is returned.

[slow isle]

Why does this not work for clients but works for server host?

// in init.sqf:
{
    [_x] call LDR_fnc_destroyOnGetOut;
} forEach allplayers;


// in fn_destroyOnGetOut.sqf
params ["_player"];

_player addEventHandler ["GetoutMan", {
    params ["_unit", "_role", "_vehicle"];
    
    [_unit, _vehicle] spawn {
        params ["_unit", "_vehicle"];
        
        waitUntil {
            _vehicle != vehicle _unit &&
            !isnil { _vehicle getVariable "isJet"}
        };
                
        moveOut _unit;
        
        waitUntil {_unit == vehicle _unit};
                
        _vehicle setDamage 1;
        _unit setDamage 1;
    }
}];

[sullen sigil]

it returning a zero divisor error is likely an error

private _arr = [1,2];
systemChat str (_arr#3);``` will give 0 divisor error

[sullen sigil]

Executed when mission is started (before briefing screen)
other players likely havent joined yet

[slow isle]

Thanks! I'll fix tihs now

[sullen sigil]

see: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#init.sqf

[slow isle]

@sullen sigil init.sqf now looks like this:

[] spawn {
    while {true} do {
        {
            [_x] call LDR_fnc_destroyOnGetout;
            _x setVariable ["onGetoutEventHandled", true];
        } forEach (allplayers select {
            isnil {
                _x getVariable "onGetoutEventHandled"
            }
        });
        
        sleep 5;
    };
}

But sadly it still doesn't work for clients

[sullen sigil]

//in initPlayerLocal.sqf
params ["_player", "_didJIP"];
[_player] call LDR_fnc_destroyOnGetout;```

no need to run for all clients

that will also be JIP compatible most likely

[slow isle]

Sadly it still doesn't work

It works for host only

[sullen sigil]

how on earth did you test that quickly

[slow isle]

I have two armas open

lol

PC is screaming

[winter rose]

in Eden mode I hope

[slow isle]

Eden>Multiplayer

[sullen sigil]

yeah having closed to eden, edited, then reopened to mp?

you did change it to initPlayerLocal.sqf too, right?

[winter rose]

gud
don't want to lose debug time on a non-refreshed MP mission 😄

[slow isle]

Yep

[slow isle]

Yep

I have VSCode on my second monitor and 2 armas on the first one

[sullen sigil]

erm.
that should be running on all clients when theyre joining, only working for host machine is... odd.

[slow isle]

Im going to use some systemchat messages to see

[sullen sigil]

your initPlayerLocal just says the following, right?

params ["_player", "_didJIP"];
[_player] call LDR_fnc_destroyOnGetout;```

nothing else?

only working for host machine in that context is very odd given youre only using global commands insofar as their relevant effects etc unless im being totally blind

[tough parrot]

since that issue with nil not being printed by system chat, i tried format. it prints any and nil in array prints [any]. so format is needed to catch a plain nil.

str nil does not work

[slow isle]

After testing, all the code seems to run. It's something to do with locality inside

    [_unit, _vehicle] spawn {
        params ["_unit", "_vehicle"];

        systemChat "Spawn successful";

        
        waitUntil {
            _vehicle != vehicle _unit &&
            !isnil { _vehicle getVariable "isJet"}
        };
                
        moveOut _unit;
        
        waitUntil {_unit == vehicle _unit};
                
        _vehicle setDamage 1;
        _unit setDamage 1;

        systemChat "Spawn end";
    }

systemchat sends spawn successful and spawn end

[tough parrot]

not sure what you are doing, but have you read about the locality being on driver?

[sullen sigil]

that doesnt matter here

[sullen sigil]

Where are you setting the isJet variable? Vehicle init?

[slow isle]

something like that, yes

spawnJetScript.sqf

[sullen sigil]

thats not vehicle init

where is spawnJetScript.sqf ran?

all clients?

[slow isle]

it is set properly though, otherwise I wouldn't reach spawn end

[slow isle]

server

[sullen sigil]

send the setvariable line

[slow isle]

_jet setVariable["isJet", true];

[sullen sigil]

gotcha

needs to be ,true, true

otherwise is not synchronised

see: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

[slow isle]

Works like a charm!

Thank you @sullen sigil

i would've never figured it out lol

[sullen sigil]

just dont set that variable on every frame or something and youre fine

[slow isle]

its only on jet spawn

[sullen sigil]

ok ur sound for network optimisation then

[slow isle]

Does an event handler attached to a player get deleted on his death?

[meager granite]

Engine-respawned units retain their event handlers and variables

[slow isle]

I thought so as well but every time my player dies I think he loses it and it's confusing me a lot

It's most likely a mistake in something else but that behavior is very interesting

[meager granite]

You can test it yourself, add an event handler, some variables, respawn and see if they're still there

[granite sky]

wiki only says that some EHs are respawn-persistent.

It doesn't say that the others aren't though :P

[meager granite]

Either way, if unsure, make a test setup, add event handler that writes a log, trigger it, respawn, try triggering it again and see if it still writes a log

[granite sky]

It's not complete either. HandleRating is respawn-persistent, IIRC.

[slow isle]

Will do but tomorrow as a last resort because it's going to take a lot of time

I'll do some chat debugging

[granite sky]

Note that the persistence probably only applies to locally-attached event handlers.

[slow isle]

I've been working on locality this whole week and I still can't get it right 😭
https://prnt.sc/ToxLxb3pXQJU

[meager granite]

That's Arma development for ya

Takes hours and hours of R&D to get something done right

[slow isle]

I have 2 persistent bugs which I cannot fix for days now

[winter rose]

// just comment them out

[slow isle]

lol

15 hrs 21 mins …s/fn_handleEntityKilled.sqf
On one of these bugs I spent 15 hours so far I think

[sullen sigil]

if you run ace then iirc ehs are persistent throughout respawn for ACE_Player

[slow isle]

this is excl. research (wakatime)

[sullen sigil]

however im not 100% on that and its only a suspicion when using ace_player has probably fixed other things

[slow isle]

God has abandoned me in my development and at 4 AM now I think there's no coming back and nothing can help me lol

[sullen sigil]

i started working on my code at 10pm its now 2am and all i needed to do was change a function name and rotate a trigger by 90 degrees

[slow isle]

RAM is only a number

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081767299104657478/image.png

[sullen sigil]

you are insane

[slow isle]

I need to test client vs client

lol

Nothing works

im going to sleep

[meager granite]

HandleDamage is not that complicated 🤔

[slow isle]

I'm doing kills, assists, indirect kills and team kills

[meager granite]

Oh, that's complicated then

[slow isle]

I made a pretty nice assists logger but I'm having trouble with the locality of stuff

It's so foreign to me

I understand the whole idea behind it and I read the wiki 3 times so far, yet I still fuck shit up

[meager granite]

There are also bugs with HandleDamage firing on remote entities and doing nothing

HandleDamage false firing on local units

I wanted to rewrite my kill-assists system recently but amount of issues with HandleDamage made me put it on hold again and switch to something else

#arma3_scripting message

[slow isle]

If I haven't figured it out by tomorrow evening, I'll just post my whole handledamage in here with detailed comments to hopefully find a solution

[meager granite]

So, to display ui2texture inside ui2texture on an object you need to:
Frame 1: Set outer texture to object
Frame 2: Set inner texture to outer display's RscPicture, do displayUpdate on outer display
Frame 3: Do displayUpdate on outer display again

2 hours of R&D to figure the most efficient error-free method

Probably gonna take 2 more hours to figure how to update such setup per frame, if possible at all

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2030598429700767641/4640578BEF9D81B14DBDD0AB8900B6E025F50BF0/

[meager granite]

Now if only we had mipmaps so texture doesn't look so terrible at the distance 🤔

[manic kettle]

How do you run multiple clients like this for testing?

[meager granite]

Run another exe with -noLauncher

You can join your own LAN servers from same steam account

[manic kettle]

Interesting, thanks!
That's super helpful to know

[meager granite]

Here is my .bat file to launch additional clients.

arma3_x64.exe -nopause -nosplash -world=none -skipIntro -noLauncher -useBE -ShowScriptErrors

You can also make them auto connect to your server at 127.0.0.1 with -connect and other options:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Startup_Parameters#Client_Network_Options

@still forum Another ui2texture ticket for ya, now requesting mipmaps: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170799

UI2Texture tickets so far:
Lack of mipmaps: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170799
Mipmap error: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170766
Aspect ratios: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170754

All this "next frame" hacking makes me wish for something like:

_this callNextFrame {
    //Unscheduled on next frame
};

I wonder if doing:

// Frame 1
_this spawn {isNil {
    // Frame 2
}};
```is reliable method to execute something in exactly next frame, in case of scheduler being overloaded?

[simple trout]

have you tried using a addAction? If you add the action to the player the code in the conditional check is executed each frame in a unscheduled environment

[pliant stream]

It is absolutely not reliable.

[meager granite]

I meant easy way to queue code to be executed once on next frame

[meager granite]

Yeah, guessed as much. Having to add and remove on each frame event handlers for a reliable next frame execution

[pliant stream]

I do it too, but in my case i'm in full control of onEachFrame, so it's fine. I just have a dispatch function that sets everything up. The onEachFrame handler changes itself back afterwards.

I guess you'd want CBA or whatever you use in A3 to include a function like this.

[jade abyss]

erm, nope? I think it was in the last or the patchlog before.

[midnight niche]

I'm hiding the actionMenu with showCommandingMenu, problem is, when I want to show it again, I'm finding I have to right click (presumably to close the hidden menu) before it allows the actionMenu to display again...
Is there a way around this? Showing a new menu then hiding that one doesn't fix it either ..

tia

[quiet geyser]

Hey, had a quick question regarding createVehicle spawning an object in a spot I don't want it to. Essentially, I'm trying to set up an easy system for a multiplayer mission where a player can use an addAction on an object to generate a crate of mortar rounds. For whatever reason, it always spawns the crate offset and not on the position exactly (which is what I want). I've tried the script two ways so far, both of which bumping into issues:

this addAction ["Spawn 82mm Ammo Crate", {"ACE_Box_82mm_Mo_Combo" createVehicle getMarkerPos "cratespawn"}];
^ this is my ideal implementation; I just want it to spawn exactly on the marker position but it doesn't want to.

this addAction ["Spawn 82mm Ammo Crate", {"ACE_Box_82mm_Mo_Combo" createVehicle position player}];
^ this was my backup to just try and get it spawning at the activating player's feet, to no avail.

Any thoughts on this? Also, will the way this script/addAction is generally laid out be alright running on a dedicated server?

[meager granite]

Use newer syntax of the command

createVehicle ["ACE_Box_82mm_Mo_Combo", getMarkerPos "cratespawn", [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"]

Also, will the way this script/addAction is generally laid out be alright running on a dedicated server?
Init fields are executed on each client, including dedicated server and players that join later

[quiet geyser]

Worked like a charm, thanks a bunch!

[drowsy geyser]

Is there a way to return a players voice volume when he is speaking in game?
I want to create a progress bar that display his voice in a range of 0-1.

[quiet geyser]

Another quick question:
[vehicle, 20] call ace_cargo_fnc_setSpace
The above line is used to set the ACE cargo capacity of a given vehicle/object where vehicle is <object>. If I don't want to define a variable name for it and just have this line in init (and then executed from the expression field of a respawn module later), what should I be using to reference the vehicle at the start of the array?

Ignore me, you can just use this.

[fair drum]

Be sure to add a server or local filter

[quiet geyser]

Pretty green with scripting; could you elaborate on that please?

[fair drum]

Read sa-matras final line above

means you can have repeating code on accident if you don't filter where you want it executing

[quiet geyser]

Yep, how do I add that filter? I've not had that issue previously but I obviously want to avoid it

Currently, the vehicle init reads as:

this addWeaponCargoGlobal ["CUP_m252_carry", 2];
this addItemCargoGlobal ["ToolKit", 1];
[this, 6] call ace_cargo_fnc_setSpace;```

[fair drum]

yeah if you had 50 clients, you added 100 baseplates for example

if (local this) then {
    this addWeaponCargoGlobal ["ace_csw_carryMortarBaseplate", 2];
    this addWeaponCargoGlobal ["CUP_m252_carry", 2];
    this addItemCargoGlobal ["ToolKit", 1];
    [this, 6] call ace_cargo_fnc_setSpace;
};

or you can use if (isServer) then {};

[quiet geyser]

So which one do I want to use here if it's only executing it once? The isServer one?

[fair drum]

server is fine. checking for local matters for when you start adding headless clients

[quiet geyser]

Ah

We do have a headless client

[fair drum]

if run a single time, either or is fine. when ownership starts changing later due to the headless, anything additional you have to be mindful if scripting globally

[quiet geyser]

This particular vehicle won't be getting offloaded to the HC; just placed in editor to show up at start and then synced to a Vehicle Respawn module which will execute the above script with _this substituted in. So which one would you say is preferable?

[fair drum]

Had to look up the ace function to determine its locality. All of your commands are global effect and global arguments so it doesn't matter. I would keep it all on the server then.

if you had a command with a local argument, I would say do local check. You can see what is global and local on the top of the wiki page for a particular command

[meager granite]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2030598429701916751/658829F23855B0E6897FF8D30EDA63B32F3E22D2/

More cool ui2texture stuff

Hack on top of hack to display this properly, hope it gets easier once bugs are fixed

[nocturne bluff]

?

It already does,.

As far as i am aware.

[meager granite]

And then I realised it was pointless to make it all this dynamic because you can't see other team's laptops anyway

[jade abyss]

I believe it wasn't implemented until next version. hmm... can't check the Blogs right now.

[split nebula]

couldn't find any mention of it in the spotreps for 1.50 or 1.52 so i guess its not live yet

[slow isle]

Is there a "on unit spawned" event handler or do I have to have an infinite loop with sleep?

[meager granite]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EntityCreated

[slow isle]

Thanks!

[slow isle]

Does it work for eden placed units?

or only post mission start

[meager granite]

Not sure, try it?

[slow isle]

Thank you

[golden patio]

Hello! I am trying to make a stopwatch to count upwards but I cannot get it to work. Could someone take a quick glance and see if they find why Arma 3 has a missing ; somewhere

// Start timer loop
private ["_startTime", "_currentTime", "_timeElapsed", "_timeString"];
_startTime = time;

while {true} do {
    _currentTime = time;
    _timeElapsed = _currentTime - _startTime;

    _minutes = (_timeElapsed / 60) floor2 "";
    _seconds = (_timeElapsed % 60) floor2 "";
    _milliseconds = (_timeElapsed mod 1 * 1000) floor2 "";
    _timeString = format ["%1:%2:%3", _minutes, _seconds, _milliseconds];

    hint _timeString;

    sleep 0.01;
};```

[meager granite]

Post the error from RPT

There isn't a floor2 command

I guess you want toFixed 0?

or floor(expression)

[golden patio]

_seconds = (_timeElapsed % 60>
13:11:13   Error position: <floor2 "";
_seconds = (_timeElapsed % 60>
13:11:13   Error Missing ;```

I want it always rounded downwards

[meager granite]

There is no floor2 command

_minutes = floor(_timeElapsed / 60);

[golden patio]

I see

I get this error now

13:15:20 Error in expression <onds = floor(_timeElapsed mod 1 * 1000)
_timeString = format ["%1:%2:%3", _minut>
13:15:20   Error position: <_timeString = format ["%1:%2:%3", _minut>
13:15:20   Error Missing ;```

[meager granite]

It says exactly what's wrong

[golden patio]

oops

Thank you for the help @meager granite

[little raptor]

Keep in mind that your sleep won't necessarily delay your code by 0.01s

[south swan]

also, replacing hint with hintSilent can preserve your hearing in some cases

also, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_secondsToString

[drowsy geyser]

is there any way to get the players voice volume when he speaks?

[chrome hinge]

Is there a way to search mission file for all pieces of code written in different triggers?

i know what to look for but cant find where i have placed it in the editor

[tender fossil]

Use Visual Studio Code, open the mission folder with it and use the global search function on the left side panel (or press LEFT CTRL + LEFT SHIFT + F)

There are also very handy SQF extensions for VS Code

[chrome hinge]

thanks!

ill look into it

[chrome hinge]

Do i need this for finding it?

[tender fossil]

Also if you use that method, make sure you're not binarizing your SQM/mission file when you save it (it's a setting in the save dialog in editor). The SQF extensions are not obligatory but they make your life significantly better 😛

[chrome hinge]

well to be fair i have been slamming crap around in wordpad so far

I might as well use my knuckles as walking assistance at this point lol

[pliant stream]

with publicVariableServer whats the best way to determine the ID of the sender?

[slow isle]

is it normal for an event handler ("handleDamage") to trigger 4-6 times

iirc SaMatra said it's buggy

is it that buggy?

[tender fossil]

It used to be that buggy, not sure if it still is (but seems like so lol)

[slow isle]

// LDR_fnc_attachAssisters

params ["_newEntity"];

_newEntity setVariable ["assisters", []];

_newEntity removeAllEventHandlers "Handledamage";

_newEntity addEventHandler ["Handledamage", // doesn't work for clients
    {
        params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitindex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
        
        if (!isNull _instigator) then {
            _unit setVariable ["lastShooter", _instigator];
            (_unit getVariable "assisters") pushBackUnique _instigator;
        };
        
        _assisters = _unit getVariable "assisters";
        _lastShooter = _unit getVariable "lastShooter";
        ["$ON HIT #Assists: " + str (_assisters apply {
            name _x
        }) + "#Killer is " + name _lastShooter] remoteExec ["systemChat", 0];
        
        _damage
    }];
    
    _newEntity setVariable ["passedThatHandledamage", true];

This is how my HandledDamage looks

1 round from client 3 registers 6 times:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714773557628108831/1081919279139663953/image.png

[tender fossil]

Are there any routing scripts that are open source? Like GPS scripts where it shows the route from starting location to destination using roads

[slow isle]

1 round from client 2 registers 3 times and 1 round from host registers 4 times

and numbers stay consistent per player for following rounds

I think it's just how arma is. EH get attached only once (tested it)

---

I discovered something. Host player does not lose his "handledamage" EH when killed,
where as all clients do lose their "handledamage" EH when killed

Is this normal behavior? How can I fix this?

[meager granite]

HandleDamage is called for each affected hit point and for overall damage

[golden patio]

How can I call a function from a script? I wanna run it so it stops my stopwatch but I cannot figure out how.

Context: Object with "addAction" is supposed to run a function from my script

I've looked at remoteExec but I cant seem to get it to work with a function.

this addAction ["Start Race", {[] execVM "RaceScript.sqf"; _stopwatchRunning = true;}]; 
this addAction ["Stop Race", remoteExec ["stopwatchStop"]]; 

Do I need to specify my script when remoteExecing?

[meager granite]

stopwatchThread = [] execVM "RaceScript.sqf";

terminate stopwatchThread;

[golden patio]

I dont want to terminate the script

[meager granite]

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

Then set some flag which script checks

[golden patio]

This is the function I wanna run ```sqf
// Function to stop the stopwatch
stopwatchStop = {
_stopwatchRunning = false; // set stopwatch state to stopped

// Get final time in minutes, seconds, and milliseconds
_finalMinutes = floor(_timeElapsed / 60);
_finalSeconds = floor(_timeElapsed % 60);
_finalMilliseconds = floor(_timeElapsed mod 1 * 1000);

// Format final time as a string
_finalTimeString = format ["%1:%2:%3", _finalMinutes, _finalSeconds, _finalMilliseconds];

// Show white text for 5 seconds
titleText ["Final Time: " + {_finalTimeString}, "PLAIN", 5];

};```

[meager granite]

call stopwatchStop

Actions are local btw, if one player starts stopwatch it will happen only on their client

[golden patio]

Yeah Ill fix that later

I need it to work first

@meager granite I need to reference the script running, no?

Because call stopwatchStop doesnt do anything

and I dont want to exec the script again because that would mess things up

[meager granite]

Your approach is wrong then

[golden patio]

I just wanna call a function of a script from an object :/

[meager granite]

Change while {true} do { in your script to while {stopWatchIsActive} do {

Then have your end code after the while block

[golden patio]

okay

[meager granite]

_stopwatchRunning = true; to stopWatchIsActive = true;

your variable assignment is local, its not reachable for elsewhere

while{flag} do {
     //active stopwatch;
};
//stopwatch ended

[golden patio]

How would I change the flag on the object?

I assume just setting it to false, but would I use call?

I got it to work.

Thanks again

[slow isle]

Okay, my kills system finally somewhat works! It only took about 20 hours

🎉

[winter rose]

resilience, one of the most important skills!

[warped oak]

Isit possible that if I have lets say bangalore, to make it blow up.in linear fashion