arma3_scripting

[sullen sigil]

"doesnt work" isnt very helpful for being able to solve that -- i dont know what code youve tried to execute nor the effect of what its running

[gloomy spear]

_t = 0; _p = 0; _r = 90;
this setVectorDirAndUp [ 
[sin _t * cos _p, cos _t * cos _p, sin _p], 
[[sin _r, -sin _p, cos _r * cos _p], -_t] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D ];
[this, ContainerHEMT] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

all it does is just turn it

it doesnt attacj

[sullen sigil]

youre able to drive the truck away from it?

[gloomy spear]

not the first time, when i start the scenario its attached, but when i try to spawn it in again it doesnt attach

[sullen sigil]

how are you spawning it in again

[gloomy spear]

as a composition

[sullen sigil]

thats because compositions dont save init text iirc

[gloomy spear]

huh

[sullen sigil]

when spawned from zeus (which i assume is how youre spawning it mid scenario)

[gloomy spear]

but all my other compositions work

[sullen sigil]

nvm it does run init code tf

have you actually saved the most recent version of it

[gloomy spear]

yes

ill try again to be sure

[sullen sigil]

spawn it in 3den from the composition and tell me what the init says

[gloomy spear]

tf is 3den... 🥺

[sullen sigil]

the editor

[gloomy spear]

oh

says the same thing

[sullen sigil]

ok now try it in zeus after youve saved it again

[gloomy spear]

_t = 0; _p = 0; _r = 90;
this setVectorDirAndUp [ 
[sin _t * cos _p, cos _t * cos _p, sin _p], 
[[sin _r, -sin _p, cos _r * cos _p], -_t] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D ];
[this, ContainerHEMT] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

[sullen sigil]

oh

[gloomy spear]

i did, didnt work

[sullen sigil]

its because ContainerHEMT is a global variable that isnt assigned to the one you spawn

duh pea brain kjw

private _truck = (getPosASL this) nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F"; and then putting _truck instead of ContainerHEMT is a better approach

[gloomy spear]

alright

let me try this

thank you

[sullen sigil]

thats assuming that bit worked in the first place for you

(use getPosASL instead of getPos as getPos is position above highest surface beneath you)

[gloomy spear]

still doesnt work, i dont know why

private _truck = (getPosASL this) nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F";
_t = 0; _p = 0; _r = 90;
this setVectorDirAndUp [ 
[sin _t * cos _p, cos _t * cos _p, sin _p], 
[[sin _r, -sin _p, cos _r * cos _p], -_t] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D ];
[this, _truck] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

[sullen sigil]

does that work from the editor

[gloomy spear]

in the editor it just spawns it wherever, it only starts to do anything when i load the scenario

[sullen sigil]

yes

when spawned in the editor and you load in

does that work

[gloomy spear]

oh yes

[sullen sigil]

have you actually saved it properly as a composition again

[gloomy spear]

yes

[sullen sigil]

spawn one from a composition and copy paste what is in the init here

[gloomy spear]

private _truck = (getPosASL this) nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F";
_t = 0; _p = 0; _r = 90;
this setVectorDirAndUp [ 
[sin _t * cos _p, cos _t * cos _p, sin _p], 
[[sin _r, -sin _p, cos _r * cos _p], -_t] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D ];
[this, _truck] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

[stray flame]

im trying to apply a thing to an entire layer, is this the right way of doing it?

getMissionLayerEntities "UNSC Drake-Class Corvette" params ["_objects1"]; 

_objects1 apply { [_X, false, [3, -2, 2], 20] call ace_dragging_fnc_setDraggable; };
_objects1 apply { [_X, false, [0, 3, 1], 10] call ace_dragging_fnc_setCarryable; };

the thing im trying to apply to that entire layer:

[this_, false, [3, -2, 2], 20] call ace_dragging_fnc_setDraggable;
[this_, false, [0, 3, 1], 10] call ace_dragging_fnc_setCarryable;```

[sullen sigil]

spawn one from a composition in the editor and see if that works when you load the mission

[gloomy spear]

it does

[sullen sigil]

so you have 2 hemtts spawned?

[gloomy spear]

oh wait, now it also attaches when i spawn it from zeus. it just doesnt go to the spot i need it to be

[gloomy spear]

no 1 HEMT, two planks

[sullen sigil]

send a screenshot

[sullen sigil]

I presume it's not working which is why you're asking?

[gloomy spear]

it stays where i spawn it, it doesnt go a specific place

[stray flame]

yeah it seems like it isnt. But I am not sure as the command itself has had mixed results thus far

[sullen sigil]

what is the command and what are said mixed results

[sullen sigil]

are you positioning it on the composition already

[gloomy spear]

i dont think so, if you mean where i spawn it i just spawn it on the ground

[sullen sigil]

no
in 3den does it look the same as it should when its spawned

[weary smelt]

Tested on malden, seems to work ok. Join-in-progress load time is about +20 seconds (about the same amount of time it took to execute). But when I tested on Altis it is significantly slower, and I mean it does each chunk slower, not just total time. Any idea why that is? Does the terrain grid have a higher "resolution"?

[gloomy spear]

it stays in the same spot yes

oh wait, no its not in the right position yet

[stray flame]

[this_, false, [3, -2, 2], 20] call ace_dragging_fnc_setDraggable;
[this_, false, [0, 3, 1], 10] call ace_dragging_fnc_setCarryable;

This is what I do to make objects un-carriable and un-draggable in ace. This has worked on my end when put into the init of an object, but when hosting a server, it seems local as other players see no effect from it. Therefore I intend to put it in a script and apply it to an entire layer at a time, as that way I dont need to repeat it like 100 times.

if I need to, I could remote-exec the script itself

However so far I am trying to get a functional script version of this that applies this_ as being an entire layer of objects

and thats where I now struggle

[sullen sigil]

then why are you modifying the vectordirandup if its already in the right position

[little raptor]

well malden is too small
Altis is both bigger and has many more objects

[gloomy spear]

this is how its supposed to look in the end

[gloomy spear]

because the plank spawns horizontally and i need it vertically

[sullen sigil]

because thats not a variable

[sullen sigil]

and youve positioned it like in that screenshot in 3den?

[stray flame]

you mean "this_"?

[sullen sigil]

yes

[stray flame]

thats fine, I know

[sullen sigil]

then why are you trying to use it in the function

[gloomy spear]

no, ive done

this attachTo [getPos this nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F", [-1.22, -0.7, -0.3]];
_t = 0; _p = 0; _r = 90;
this setVectorDirAndUp [ 
[sin _t * cos _p, cos _t * cos _p, sin _p], 
[[sin _r, -sin _p, cos _r * cos _p], -_t] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D ];

to attach the planks to where they need to be once spawned

[stray flame]

its the effect I intend to replicate, I instead do this:

getMissionLayerEntities "UNSC Drake-Class Corvette" params ["_objects1"]; 

_objects1 apply { [_X, false, [3, -2, 2], 20] call ace_dragging_fnc_setDraggable; };
_objects1 apply { [_X, false, [0, 3, 1], 10] call ace_dragging_fnc_setCarryable; };

This, is what isnt working

I dont use this_ here for obvius reasons

[sullen sigil]

why not just position them in the composition and use the bis function??

[weary smelt]

I realize it's bigger lol. But that makes sense about the objects if there are more of them per square foot that it has to move...

[gloomy spear]

because when i use the BIS it just stays where i spawn it and just attaches to the truck from there

[sullen sigil]

and its not working insofar as its only doing it locally?

[sullen sigil]

yes
so why not just position it properly in the first place in the composition?

[little raptor]

I mean the heightmap too is bigger, not just terrain size

[stray flame]

I'll just run it and send a screenshot

[gloomy spear]

let me try that

[stray flame]

I should say its part of a bigger script. But the other things are not an issue, I can assure that. This is at the end, and is the part that causes problems

[sullen sigil]

my guess would be that it's because you're using _x and ace doesnt accommodate for that for some reason
but it should do

[stray flame]

so this should work

but ace is being dumb

[sullen sigil]

does the same thing happen if you run the same code with this instead of _x in the init of an object?

[sullen sigil]

not necessarily

[gloomy spear]

still just spawns where i click and stays there

[sullen sigil]

with what code

[meager granite]

Display will init at uncertain time, findDisplay will not work on same or even next frame.

[stray flame]

this is what I would run on a singular object.

[this_, false, [3, -2, 2], 20] call ace_dragging_fnc_setDraggable;
[this_, false, [0, 3, 1], 10] call ace_dragging_fnc_setCarryable;

I cant carry or drag objects in ace, but apparently others can. Therefore I belive its local

[gloomy spear]

private _truck = (getPosASL this) nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F";
_t = 0; _p = 0; _r = 90;
this setVectorDirAndUp [ 
[sin _t * cos _p, cos _t * cos _p, sin _p], 
[[sin _r, -sin _p, cos _r * cos _p], -_t] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D ];
[this, _truck] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

[sullen sigil]

not this_

[weary smelt]

So, I guess I will have to tweak it some more to make the chunk size optimal for each map. Hopefully I can get the total execution time down to something reasonable (as well as JIP load time)...

[sullen sigil]

dont use this_

[sullen sigil]

get rid of the setvectordirandup bit

[stray flame]

hm?

[sullen sigil]

use this

[stray flame]

right

[sullen sigil]

not this_

[stray flame]

would that fix the multiplayer issue?

[little raptor]

nope, not really possible

it's already optimal

[sullen sigil]

i have no idea what youre actually running as you seem to be flip flopping between this and _x

_x is what should be used with apply

[stray flame]

_x is used on a script,

this_ is used in a object init

[weary smelt]

Maybe it's just a fluke that it executed faster when I had lower chunk sizes?

[gloomy spear]

doesnt change anything

[sullen sigil]

correct
so if its in an init use this if its not use _x

[stray flame]

okay

[sullen sigil]

did you save the composition properly

[gloomy spear]

yes

[sullen sigil]

because the planks wouldnt be on their side in zeus if you got rid of the vectordirandup part

[little raptor]

so you tried a smaller chunk than 512 and it was faster?

[gloomy spear]

they are on their side, they still just wont go to where to need to go

[sullen sigil]

are they attached

[stray flame]

if I change all the this_ to this, can I expect any actual improvement on my issues? as thus far ive not seen a difference between the 2 thises

[gloomy spear]

yes

[sullen sigil]

right so its a problem with zeus spawning

[weary smelt]

Yes, but then there is a trade-off with the JIP load time.

[sullen sigil]

likely due to the fact zeus compositions try to spawn everything on the ground iirc

[sullen sigil]

what

this_ isnt a variable

[weary smelt]

At any rate, ty for your help

[stray flame]

discord is being really weird

[gloomy spear]

is it constantly restarting?

[stray flame]

no it just wouldnt let me write this_ for some reason

[gloomy spear]

oh damn, my discord just decides to restart every minute

[sullen sigil]

move the hemtt to 0,0,0 on the terrain and position the planks where you want them and take the plank coordinates

[gloomy spear]

alright

[sullen sigil]

then use

_myplank setPosASL (_truck modelToWorldWorld [thecoordinatesyougotbefore]);
//your attaching command here``` to position them properly with the zeus composition

[gloomy spear]

x = -1.293 y = -0.619 z = 2.297

[stray flame]

I have now changed the object init, can I expect it to now apply to other people, or is that not really relevant to that?

[sullen sigil]

if its in the init of them all itll run every time a new client joints
i presume ace has a check for that meaning you shouldnt see any performance problems if theres shit tons of stuff

[stray flame]

because regardless of it this_ was written improperly, it still applied to this

[sullen sigil]

probably the _ after causing problems but it really shouldn't do

[stray flame]

okay, beyond that

[stray flame]

is there any known fix I may try for this? Or should I just look for more guides on how to turn these things off in ace online?

[sullen sigil]

its a local function

[stray flame]

gotcha

[gloomy spear]

still nothing happing

[stray flame]

but I dont intend to remoteexec every single object individually with this command

[gloomy spear]

happening*

[sullen sigil]

you just need to have it in init

that runs for every person when they join if its a call

ignore me before with performance issues i was thinking of remoteexec as ive been dealing with stupid people using that when they dont need to

[stray flame]

alright, I will try to get to writing that then

[sullen sigil]

this should already work

[sullen sigil]

with what code

[gloomy spear]

_myplank setPosASL (_truck modelToWorldWorld [-1.293, -0.619, 2.297]);
private _truck = (getPosASL this) nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F";
[this, _truck] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

[stray flame]

alright

[sullen sigil]

right
how do you expect that to work before you define _truck

[gloomy spear]

ah

right

[sullen sigil]

do you have script errors turned off?

[gloomy spear]

you make a good point

[gloomy spear]

no, i got nothing though

[sullen sigil]

you also dont define _plank there

replace that with this

[sullen sigil]

you should've done

[gloomy spear]

uhhh

this is not where it is in the editor

[sullen sigil]

yes thats because you didnt set the hemtt to be 0 height

wait no

3den measures height above terrain not sea level mb

one moment

[gloomy spear]

no worries

[sullen sigil]

ok take 5 from the z coordinate

[gloomy spear]

its late for me, im barely here myself lol

so -3?

[sullen sigil]

should become -1.293, -0.619, -2.703

[gloomy spear]

well im not 100% sure but i am pretty sure that the reason i can no longer see the plank is because its under the map

[sullen sigil]

uhhhhhh ffs

one moment then

[gloomy spear]

youre good

[sullen sigil]

private _truck = (getPosASL this) nearestObject "B_Truck_01_flatbed_F";
this setPos (_truck modelToWorld [-1.293, -0.619, 2.297]);
[this, _truck] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;```

try that copy pasted

plank init

[gloomy spear]

magical experience lol

hold on i think i might know a trick to get the coordinates

[sullen sigil]

that trick should've been the trick

try take like 1m off the coordinate height until you get something you like i have no idea why its not working and thats probably the simplest way

if you want to get the height properly you can put it over the pond in the top right and do the same trick there just for up and down

[gloomy spear]

truck worldToModel getPosATL plank;

[plank, truck] call BIS_fnc_vectorDirAndUpRelative;

using this i should get the coords

[sullen sigil]

getPos not getPosATL but on vr terrain makes no difference

but probably yes

im quite tired right now my own code isnt working properly even though it should be

[gloomy spear]

[-1.21997,-0.699878,-0.308341]
[[4.09273e-012,1,-2.79397e-009],[1,4.09273e-012,-4.38325e-008]]

[-1.32996,-0.699879,-0.308341]
[[4.09273e-012,1,-2.79397e-009],[1,4.09273e-012,-4.38325e-008]]

[-1.42993,-0.69988,-0.308342]
[[4.09273e-012,1,-2.79397e-009],[1,4.09273e-012,-4.38325e-008]]

done it for all three planks

[sullen sigil]

just to confirm truck isnt the box on the back of it right

[gloomy spear]

yes!!! its the truck

[sullen sigil]

bruh moment

oh my god

that'll be why it was being dumb

what

youre confusing me

hang on

[gloomy spear]

sorry im tired

[sullen sigil]

ill test myself

this might just be a vanilla hemtt moment

[gloomy spear]

the HEMT is named "truck"and the three planks are named "plank1" "plank2" and "plank3"

[sullen sigil]

systemChat "balls";
systemChat str (getPosASL this);
systemChat str (this modelToWorldWorld [0,0,0]);```
just *doesn't run* on the hemtt when in its init field ![notlikemeowcry](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/724201124369793068.webp?size=128 "notlikemeowcry")

[gloomy spear]

do i just copy and paste?

[sullen sigil]

the coordinates that you got yeah use those as setPos worldToModel (coordinates here) and vdirandup

[sullen sigil]

needed a wait
for some reason it seems to return different z coordinates by 1.8m ❓

think I'm not understanding how models work or something there but in my head they should both be the same

[meager granite]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zowojfq3v6etm5/altis.png?dl=0
In case somebody needs full 30720x30720 PNG Altis satellite texture

[sullen sigil]

I will print this out and frame it

in altis we trust

[meager granite]

Needs some color correction first

I tried to magic wand select the water in photoshop but its so tiresome, often includes sandy beaches in it, can't do that properly manually

Might have to do per pixel height check in game and generate mask off that to color the water

[sullen sigil]

i would offer to try edit but i dont think paint.net would be able to handle it

[meager granite]

Dont bother, generating mask from in-game height data will produce accurate result without manual labour.

Though I don't care anymore, abandoned the idea for its usage.

Also had an idea to use actual sat textures in game instead of assembling it outside of the game into a big texture.

[frank mango]

It can. (with some loading times ofc).
But this is the issue that the wand has

https://i.gyazo.com/429adf41db3bd2e5b94fe98b08dea8a5.png

Thats a road, a beach and the water.

It's very very faint to work out what is what from here.

and the wand regards it as one thing.

[meager granite]

Yeah, its useless to do that manually, better to just generate a mask off actual height data

[frank mango]

^Just reinforcing that, literally no point trying on that download!

But, if you want a map, without proper colours. its good.

Like this: https://i.gyazo.com/8af7f8249d1912d23107dc057d9c82bb.png

[meager granite]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i50l8ltdqx84gyi/altis_colored.png?dl=0
Here is my previous color correction attempt, with sea also colored to map color, but shoreline is messed up.

Didn't bother to correct it with a proper heightmap mask.

[meager granite]

ctrlSetScale on RscControlsGroup doesn't scale controls inside it

[ivory locust]

Why isn't getMissionLayerEntities working

I'm using strings that are present in getMissionLayers and it's returning empty for every layer

[winter rose]

To be used when the scenario is running, not in the editor workspace.

[kindred zephyr]

Good evening/morning/ afternoon everyone.

Particles created using particle emmiters have limitations?

I was wondering that since it looks like some particles behave weirdly when using billboard against spaceobject and viceversa, same when trying to apply colors to some of the particle types, it looks like some particles like sparks have force colorations?

[kindred zephyr]

probably locality, those are server only commands

[mortal saffron]

Could someone help with the following addaction on an object, calling a script. Was working in MP in the editor:

if (local own) then { [this, ["Release Black K9",{execVM "scripts\BlackK9script.sqf";},nil,1.5,true,false,"","",3,false,""]] remoteExec ["addAction",0,this]; };

"own" is the name of my unit who id like to be able to call the addAction, only

[ivory locust]

Ah I see

[ivory locust]

It was returning [[],[]] inside the scenario too, must be the server thing

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionLayerEntities if in doubt

[acoustic abyss]

Awesome! Thank you for this

[vast wharf]

Alright question: you know how in the showcase mission for the Art DLC, a helicopter lands exactly in the middle of a smoke grenade, and doesnt take off immediately?
How do I do that? Because AI will instantly take off after landing on smoke for some reason

[abstract gorge]

class CfgSentences
{
class ConversationsAtBase
{
class Briefing
{
file = "brief.bikb";
#include "brief.bikb"
};
};
class ConversationsAtObjective
{
class Complete
{
file = "objective1.bikb";
#include "objective1.bikb"
};
};
class ConversationsAtObjective2
{
class Complete2
{
file = "objective2.bikb";
#include "objective2.bikb"
};
};
class VisualContact
{
class SquadChatter
{
file = "eyesoncamp1.bikb";
#include "eyesoncamp1.bikb"
};
};
};

Can any body possibly tell me why this wouldn't work? when i go to activate the third script under squadchatter, i get a no entry cfgsentences SquadChatter error. Been pulling my hair out, its just the same as the top portion but extended i thought correctly.

[modern meteor]

After spawning the crew of a vehicle, how can I set their audibleCoef and camouflageCoef?

[modern meteor]

Never mind, it's working now.

[drifting portal]

[] spawn {


    TestCam = "camera" camCreate [1494.88,5775.99,1.594];
    TestCam cameraEffect ['Internal', 'Back', 'ui2t_r2t_test'];

    laptop setObjectTextureGlobal [0,'#(rgb,1024,1024,1)ui("RscDisplayEmpty","ui2t_display_test")'];

    sleep 5;

    with uiNamespace do {
        
        _display = (findDisplay "ui2t_display_test");

        _picture = _display ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 1201];
        _picture ctrlSetText "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(ui2t_r2t_test,1)";
        _picture ctrlSetPosition [0.27852 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.357 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.309042 * safezoneW, 0.341 * safezoneH];
        _picture ctrlEnable false;
        _picture ctrlCommit 0;

        displayUpdate _display;

    };


};

Tried this one, (findDisplay "ui2t_display_test"); returns Display #-1, still can't see the RscPicture on the UI to Texture.

Does Display #-1 mean I can't edit it? not really sure (findDisplay "ui2t_display_test") displayCtrl 1201 returns Control #1201

[meager granite]

You need to update the display twice, looks ui2texture display updates before camera make r2t texture.

Basically:

ui2texture triggers r2t render, but this happens after ui2texture already finished drawing the display

Twice as in again on next frame

[proven charm]

I'm trying to save unit loadout to config but I don't know which syntax is allowed. then I ended up something weird, the config variable is without quotes but it can still be read as string (getText). I mean this: ```startingLoadoutWest = [[],[],[],["U_B_HeliPilotCoveralls",[["FirstAidKit",1]]],["V_DeckCrew_yellow_F",[]],[],"H_HelmetCrew_B","",[],["ItemMap","ItemGPS","ItemRadio","ItemCompass","ItemWatch",""]];

[meager granite]

[] spawn {
    TestCam = "camera" camCreate [1494.88,5775.99,1.594];
    TestCam cameraEffect ['Internal', 'Back', 'ui2t_r2t_test'];

    laptop setObjectTextureGlobal [0,'#(rgb,1024,1024,1)ui("RscDisplayEmpty","ui2t_display_test")'];

    sleep 5;

    with uiNamespace do {
        _display = (findDisplay "ui2t_display_test");

        _picture = _display ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 1201];
        _picture ctrlSetText "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(ui2t_r2t_test,1)";
        _picture ctrlSetPosition [0.27852 * safezoneW + safezoneX, 0.357 * safezoneH + safezoneY, 0.309042 * safezoneW, 0.341 * safezoneH];
        _picture ctrlEnable false;
        _picture ctrlCommit 0;

        _test = _display ctrlCreate ["RscText", -1];
        _test ctrlSetPosition [0,0,1,1];
        _test ctrlSetFontHeight 0.1;
        _test ctrlSetText "It works!";
        _test ctrlCommit 0;

        displayUpdate _display;
        onEachFrame {
            displayUpdate (findDisplay "ui2t_display_test");
            onEachFrame {};
        };
    };
};

Modified your script

If you'll remove that onEachFrame bit, you'll only see "It works" text

Alternatively you can try display that r2t somewhere on UI so texture loads, then by the time ui2texture display renders the texture is ready

ui2textures are pain in the ass to use unfortunately

Full laptop screen for u2t is [0,0,883/1024,1] btw

[pulsar bluff]

ill let you guys do the r&d and ill come in the 2nd wave once u know what works and whats broken 😂

[meager granite]

Already spent this whole week tinkering with it, ended up scrapping most of it

[pulsar bluff]

jks i probably wont use ui texture ever

does it work on control objects, like ctrlmodel

[meager granite]

Didn't try, I bet it does

[pulsar bluff]

you are trying a pretty gimmicky thing though, like a map on a billboard. something simpler like a menu on a billboard would probably be less glitchy

a simple text box vs a map control

[meager granite]

You likely can render any complex UI into a texture and then have it inside control object, iirc controls inside objects were very limited in how they work.

[pulsar bluff]

if i try anything, it will be to first put the escape menu onto a texture

[meager granite]

Now control object only has to display RscPicture which draws ui2texture texture

You can make modern shooters 3D UIs, have it wiggle as you run, etc.

[pulsar bluff]

actually i need to learn how to script “wiggle”

i have a 3d model on screen but it looks 2d cause no wiggle

[meager granite]

Have it move a bit with camera movement or rotation

Take velocity or position delta distance, % modulo it and then feed into sin for a smoother movement, something like that

[modern meteor]

How can i spawn a flying object at a certain height (800m) via script?

[hallow mortar]

createVehicle

[modern meteor]

Thanks, I am trying to spawn it 800m above the player

[drifting portal]

so you are saying if I display it on the player's UI then later display on ui2texture it should work?

[drifting portal]

that's really weird

so you are telling me you found this fix by trial and error or you already knew the behaviour beforehand? (just curious)

also I should not forget to thank you

[meager granite]

Both expecting how engine works and trial and error

ui2texture requires plenty of preloading and frame by frame fuckery to work reliably

[drifting portal]

damn and I just thought I would use ui to texture to revolutionise my scripts

[meager granite]

Make a function that preloads images by demand, have some control outside of visible screen and set pictures that you want to preload there

[drifting portal]

so is the sleep needed here?

[meager granite]

Some kind of delay is needed

That u2t display only inits after the engine tries to render the texture, which happens after unknown amount of frames after you set the u2t texture.

What I mean by unknown is that if you set it to an object that's outside of your view distance, display won't init until your camera is close enough so object tries to draw that procedural texture

Solution: Make your own display which calls your function with onLoad event handler.

So you don't have to sleep or guess anything

Sending arguments into u2t displays can be done through global variables

description.ext:

class MyU2T {
  onLoad = "call myUI2TextureOnLoadFunction";
  ...
}
```Scripts:
```sqf
myUI2TextureOnLoadFunction = {
    params ["_display"];
    private _my_name = displayUniqueName _display; //Will be ui2t_display_test in your case
};

There is a bug with u2t always rendering in 1:1 regardless of actual texture resolution, you'll need to have ui2texture inside ui2texture to overcome that

This is going to need more frame by frame and preloading mess because inner u2t displays try to access non-0 mipmaps of textures displayed in them for some reason

[drifting portal]

now I'm scared of using u2t

[meager granite]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170766

This is my ticket regarding mipmaps, repro can be used as an example of how to bypass non-1:1 aspect ratio limitation by using u2t inside u2t

The general fix for mipmap errors is to preload all textures on UI beforehand

[drifting portal]

the function doesn't seem to do anything to help initialise u2t?

Probably I'm not understanding how calling this function can cause the engine to initialise the u2t?

[meager granite]

1. You apply your u2t somewhere
2. Once engine decides to draw it (after unknown amount of time), it will create display and call this event handler

You don't have to sleep or check if each frame

Then from there you can work with controls inside u2t display

[modern meteor]

Still struggling to spawn an object 800m above the player. This is the code I have so far:

hawkeye = createVehicle ["B_UAV_02_dynamicLoadout_F", getPosWorld player, [], 0, "FLY"];
_grp = createVehicleCrew hawkeye;
_wp = _grp addwaypoint [getPosWorld player, -1];
_wp setWaypointType "LOITER";
_wp setWaypointLoiterRadius 50;

But how can I set the heights above the player?

[hallow mortar]

(getPosWorld player) vectorAdd [0,0,800]
Note that the "FLY" mode creates the vehicle at a default height. You should instead use the "NONE" or "CAN_COLLIDE" mode, and give the vehicle a starting speed boost with setVelocity.

[modern meteor]

Works perfect. Tyvm!

[drifting portal]

Thanks for the comprehensive answers! Thought my problem with u2t will fall flat but you came along.

[proven charm]

#arma3_scripting message anyone? just trying to figure the proper syntax here

[fluid wolf]

Man I hate Remoteexec... can someone help me figure out what's wrong with

["dropships1", true, 0] remoteExec ["playsound", 0];```

[proven charm]

that runs the sound on server too which isnt good

[fluid wolf]

well currently it doesn't run the sound at all

ATM I am the server so I need it to play to the server so I can test it first, then I'll run it on -2

[proven charm]

have u tried that the sound plays at all?

in client

[fluid wolf]

yes, I can get it running using just playsound but something in how I've written it there seems to be busting it...

I needed an extra set of Brackets, found it.

[["dropships1", true, 0]] remoteExec ["playsound", 0];```

Man remoteexec gives me a headache

[hallow mortar]

It's because remoteExec is [leftArg,rightArg], and for playSound you need to send just the right argument, which is an array itself. Your first try was being interpreted as [leftArg,rightArg,thirdArg], which doesn't make any sense.

[fluid wolf]

Ahhhh ok. I get it now. Thanks

[meager granite]

Couldn't understand your question

[proven charm]

just trying to figure what is valid syntax for strings in config

[meager granite]

key = "value";?

[proven charm]

yes

[meager granite]

key = "value ""quotes"" string";

[proven charm]

i had problem putting str (getunitloadout player) in to the config

so i did (str (getunitloadout player)) regexReplace ['"', "'"]

to get a proper string

[meager granite]

str str getUnitLoadout player

another str doubles the quotes

[proven charm]

oh

[meager granite]

str getUnitLoadout player:

[["arifle_MX_GL_F","","","",["30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag",30],["3Rnd_HE_Grenade_shell",3],""],...
````str str getUnitLoadout player`:

"[[""arifle_MX_GL_F"","""","""","""",[""30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag"",30],[""3Rnd_HE_Grenade_shell"",3],""""],..."

[proven charm]

that's a lot of quotes 😯

i think I prefer this for now "[['arifle_MXC_F','','','',['30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag',30],[],''],[],['hgun_P07_F','','','',['16Rnd_9x21_Mag',16],[],''],['U_B_CombatUniform_mcam_vest',[['FirstAidKit',1],['30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag',2,30],['Chemlight_green',1,1]]],['V_BandollierB_rgr',[['30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag',3,30],['16Rnd_9x21_Mag',2,16],['HandGrenade',2,1],['SmokeShell',1,1],['SmokeShellGreen',1,1],['Chemlight_green',1,1]]],[],'H_HelmetCrew_B','',[],['ItemMap','','ItemRadio','ItemCompass','ItemWatch','NVGoggles']]"

[meager granite]

Will work until you'll have some string with ' in it

Just let the engine handle it

[hallow mortar]

I don't think item classnames can have ' in them

[proven charm]

hmm well its for loadouts only

[meager granite]

They don't, but maybe he'll store some other data like procedural texture using same method

Well, up to you

[proven charm]

what was interesting to me (dont know if its feature or not) was that this formed a valid string: startingLoadoutWest = [[],[],[],["U_B_HeliPilotCoveralls",[["FirstAidKit",1]]],["V_DeckCrew_yellow_F",[]],[],"H_HelmetCrew_B","",[],["ItemMap","ItemGPS","ItemRadio","ItemCompass","ItemWatch",""]];

notice there is no start or end quotes

[meager granite]

Formed where?

[proven charm]

config

then getText

[meager granite]

Where do you output your config to?

[proven charm]

the debug console..

[meager granite]

What did you execute there?

[proven charm]

just getText

[meager granite]

Strings always appear with quotes in debug console output, you probably did something else

[proven charm]

dunno this is what I did ```loadouttest = [["arifle_MX_ACO_pointer_F","","acc_pointer_IR","optic_Aco",["30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag",30],[],""],[],["hgun_P07_F","","","",["16Rnd_9x21_Mag",16],[],""],["U_B_CombatUniform_mcam_tshirt",[["FirstAidKit",1],["30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag",2,30],["Chemlight_green",1,1]]],["V_Chestrig_rgr",[["30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag",5,30],["16Rnd_9x21_Mag",2,16],["HandGrenade",2,1],["B_IR_Grenade",2,1],["SmokeShell",1,1],["SmokeShellGreen",1,1],["Chemlight_green",1,1]]],["B_Carryall_mcamo_AAA",[["Titan_AA",3,1]]],"H_HelmetB_light","",["Rangefinder","","","",[],[],""],["ItemMap","","ItemRadio","ItemCompass","ItemWatch","NVGoggles"]];

in console: player setunitloadout (parsesimplearray (gettext (missionconfigfile >> "loadouttest")))

[winter rose]

doesn't setUnitLoadout take config?

[winter rose]

this is… not config array

[south swan]

Syntax 1 of setUnitLoadout takes an array. Syntax 3 takes config classname from CfgVehicles, Syntax 4 takes config

[hallow mortar]

That's kind of a weird way of putting it into config though. Normally you'd lay it out as a class loadouttest { ... structure, rather than that variable-style loadouttest = [array]. I'm sort of surprised it (apparently) works.

[proven charm]

loadouttest is string, thats the point

atleast thats what getText returns

[hallow mortar]

Yes but why do this, when you could use the much more readable actual config class structure and not need to worry about all this getText stuff

[proven charm]

you mean for the setUnitLoadout ?

[hallow mortar]

I mean put your loadout information into the config class structure described here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnitLoadout and then you can just do player setUnitLoadout (missionConfigFile >> "loadouttest")

[south swan]

linking non-standard optics, for example, doesn't look easy with setUnitLoadout config

[proven charm]

right. its because I prefer the copy-paste solution. putting it in class maybe tricky to some modders

[winter rose]

tanking the operation's perf and disallowing other systems from accessing a somewhat known data structure

(and potentially breaking your description.ext in the process, mind you)

[little raptor]

The easiest way is just recording the movement all the way up to take off

See BIS_fnc_unitCapture

[little raptor]

No

getPosASL uses the land contact pos

[sullen sigil]

ah -- i assume in the model the suspension or something means the hemtt is further up?

[little raptor]

[0,0,0] is the center of the model
Obviously the land contact of land vehicles is their wheels (if they're upright ofc)

Which is below the center

[sullen sigil]

oh i thought the center referred to erm

the icon bit in 3den

dont know why

probably my half past midnight brain

[little raptor]

IIRC If you use the 2 or 3 gadget it does use the center

[sullen sigil]

the what

oh the axis movement thingy

[little raptor]

Press 2 or 3

[little raptor]

Yes

[sullen sigil]

nope

ditto for rotation 🤷

[lethal dew]

any ideas on how to slow down each for a certain job explicitly created vehicle, on entering a specific location, without much boilerplate, anyone?

[manic sigil]

Question's a bit unclear; what exactly are you trying to achieve?

[lethal dew]

Basically this (not tested yet, but you might get the idea)...

FDM_scheduleRegularSpeedlimitCheckAtLocationForVehicle = {
    params["_vehicle", "_locationReferencePoint" /*OR JUST LOCATION DATATYPE??*/, "_validDistance", "_speedLimit"];

    Discard = [] call FDM_fnc_increaseSpawnedWorkerthreadsCounterValue;

    while { !isNull _vehicle } do {
        Sleep 5;

        _vehicle limitSpeed -1;
        if (_vehicle distance _locationReferencePoint < _validDistance) then {
            _vehicle limitSpeed _speedLimit;
        }
    };

    Discard = [] call FDM_fnc_decreaseSpawnedWorkerthreadsCounterValue;

    FDM_Output = true;
    FDM_Output
};

...which would be spawned along with each created vehicle, the vehicle has to pass n Checkpoints that could be anywhere on the map. This function posted here checks for 1 and only 1 location which is fine to me right now. However, I am seeking to avoid this kind of solution because of several motivations, like keeping spawned (custom) continous logic at the possible bare minimum.

I am fairly unexperienced with SQF itself, so any other idea on a solution that might be better than this did not come up to me yet...

[winter rose]

for your information, Discard = [] call: Discard = is useless and can be removed

[sullen sigil]

daft question but should call not be used with compile inside of it?
nvm i found out the answer straight after you just dont use curly braces

[spiral sundial]

How would I go around to attaching the turret of FV-720 Mora to the hull of a Marshall? I managed to remove the turret from the marshall but I dont know how to remove the hull from the Mora

[hallow mortar]

You can't really

[lethal dew]

At first glance, sure, but this is because I in principal like to avoid writing functions that do not return anything, so I just keep this as a placeholder in case I want to be reported about the ending of a function if otherwise it would just end up quiet. So I try to make sure each of my functions returns at least a boolean, some of them gets "discarded" for now, until I really want to know. Overall that's the idea.

[hallow mortar]

You might be able to hide the textures for the hull and tracks with setObjectTexture (assuming none of them are shared with turret bits) but it'll still be there, just invisible

[hallow mortar]

Right, but whatever it returns will be automatically discarded if you just don't save it to a variable. You don't need discard = to discard it, the game will do it for you.

[lethal dew]

Yes you are right, it's just a habit from other languages.

[spiral sundial]

How do people make these compositions then? They just hide the hull via the texture method you mentioned?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2890078244&searchtext=

[lethal dew]

I am a peasant, peasants like habits. At least they say so.

[hallow mortar]

They hide the hull by making the textures invisible, and it works out OK because the Rhino hull is about the same size as the Marshall hull, so it's close enough to completely inside it. (You can see the shadows on the sides where it clips through a little bit) The Mora hull, I think, is slightly wider, so you'll have those bits of Mora hull hanging out the sides where they can be shot or bump into things. You can check the size to be sure, though.

[sullen sigil]

setObjectScale and have a tiny turret

[spiral sundial]

multiple tiny turrets

and create a landship

tiny gun somehow still firing 120mm shells

I really need to learn some scripting because I love creating compositions

[sullen sigil]

step 1 of learning to script is learn how to read the wiki

[spiral sundial]

Isn't that the truth. I always struggle to figure out what to look at when people link me stuff

[lethal dew]

I understand you are wondering about this. Any ideas on the problem domain though?

I am pointing at you because I remember you had a good idea in the past already 🙂

How about writing custom events, is that even possible?

[winter rose]

scripted event handlers exist yes
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Scripted_Event_Handlers

[sullen sigil]

for worldToModel to later be used to modelToWorldWorld I should be using ASL position in the first instance right?

oh im having pea brain it should be setposworld

but thats also not solving my problems

[lethal dew]

And the events themselves?

[sullen sigil]

_createdObject setPosWorld (_shipHelperObject modelToWorldWorld (getArray (_partsConfigPath >> _iteratedClass >> _x >> "position"))); //Set object position.
where position is attained from_shipHelperObject worldToModel ASLtoAGL getPosASL _createdObject

[winter rose]

what about them

[lethal dew]

^

[winter rose]

^

[lethal dew]

Would you show me the part where it tells how to create own custom events?

[winter rose]

sure
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Scripted_Event_Handlers#Related_Commands

which should be renamed Related Functions btw

[sullen sigil]

[missionNamespace, "myfancyeventname", {systemChat "hi everyone";}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;
[missionNamespace, "myfancyeventname", [myarguments]] call BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler;
//systemchats hi everyone

dont need to use missionnamespace either

[lethal dew]

What do you mean exactly by "myfancyeventname" ?

[sullen sigil]

the name of your event

like the default bi ones

"Fired" and so on

just prefix them with your tag

so "maxron_blewselfup"

[lethal dew]

How do I create one like "Fired" and register it?

[sullen sigil]

the first function

you dont need to "create" one you just call one with a name

so (it doesnt) but in the backend the game will have
[missionNamespace, "Fired", [/*whatever the args are*/]] call BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler;

for all intents and purposes

and that will make all the added event handlers of type "Fired" run their code

[winter rose]

you can't have a "onUnitPutLeftFootDown" out of the box
you can script an event and trigger it, yourself, on your conditions ↑

[lethal dew]

I am afraid I don't get it. Can you show me an example please?

[sullen sigil]

so if i want to do something and then have an event that happens when that thing is done it'd be something like erm

player action ["SwitchWeapon", player, player, 299];
[missionNamespace, "KJW_SwitchedWeapon", [myarguments]] call BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler;```
and then elsewhere in an object's init
```sqf
[this, "KJW_SwitchedWeapon", {this setDamage 1;}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;```

[hallow mortar]

BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler creates a "listener", which listens for mentions of the name you give the event.
BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler is what you use to mention the event and activate the listener.

[sullen sigil]

So when the first bit of code is ran the bit in the added handler will run

all adding an event handler really does is just shove the code into a list of executions to get ran when the event happens

[manic sigil]

This is why I ask people to elaborate on their intent, tends to lead to better feedback :p

[lethal dew]

Understood, thank you everyone.

Only that's the exact same way of logic to handle my outlined problem I outlined already. Any further ideas much appreciated.

[sullen sigil]

what is the problem

[lethal dew]

To reduce code

[sullen sigil]

what

[lethal dew]

    while { !isNull _vehicle } do {
        Sleep 5;

        _vehicle limitSpeed -1;
        if (_vehicle distance _locationReferencePoint < _validDistance) then {
            _vehicle limitSpeed _speedLimit;
        }
    };

My basic question was if there is a better builtin solution or not?

[sullen sigil]

erm
trigger areas?
_x limitSpeed -1 in a foreach of all vehicles in thislist

[lethal dew]

Only at runtime spawned vehicles and of them only specific ones.

[sullen sigil]

set variable -> check variable

{
  if (_x getVariable ["MySpecialCarVariable", "Default"] isEqualTo "butts") then {
    _x limitSpeed -1;
  else {
    systemChat "something";
  };
} forEach /*your array of things here*/```

[spiral sundial]

Is there a way to reduce opacity when using this setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(0.3,0.3,0.3,0.1)"]; ?
I know the "0.1" stands for opacity, but it doesn't seem to be working. Changing the value simply makes the colour darker or lighter, not more or less opaque. A higher value makes it white, a lower value makes it black. How could I reduce the opacity to let more of the original texture show through?

[sullen sigil]

rgba not rgb

[spiral sundial]

Doesnt seem to work

It just removes the color and keeps the original texture

while on another vehicle it says couldn't load texture

[sullen sigil]

model may not be set up to accept transparency then

i believe

[spiral sundial]

I'm just using vanilla quad bike and a zamak

[sullen sigil]

then probably isnt set up for transparency

[tough abyss]

where Do I execute the "setTimeMultiplier" command while in game?

[sullen sigil]

debug console

well
anywhere as you can see on the wiki

[tough abyss]

ah ight

is this correct "setTimeMultiplier 2" but i did "local exec" and its not workign for some reason

[sullen sigil]

look at your watch

[tough abyss]

k will do

time has been stopped this is good i think but lemme see will the Ai move or do stuff cuz thats what im trying to stop

ye ai still moves around and does stuff

k i figured it out

ty for help

[manic sigil]

Yeah, not really going to stop the AI. Though I'm wondering if you can mass enableSimulation pause and unpause the AI without issues...

[sullen sigil]

would make the zeus spawned units have simulation unless you ran it frequently

which erm
dont

[winter rose]

setTimeMultiplier won't slow down / pause the game btw
it will change how time is processed (as in 2 = days of 12 hours, 0.5 = days of 48h, etc)

you could "pause" game in MP withsqf { _x enableSimulationGlobal false } forEach (call BIS_fnc_listPlayers); and "unpause" with```sqf
{ _x enableSimulationGlobal true } forEach (call BIS_fnc_listPlayers);

[sullen sigil]

allUnits no?

[winter rose]

would also freeze HC and perhaps Zeus, so I'd rather not

[tough abyss]

hmm

[sullen sigil]

HC is an agent isnt it?

[winter rose]

headless client

[sullen sigil]

if not just a simple hasinterface check

[winter rose]

also don't forget virtual slots like spectator

[sullen sigil]

i dont believe in those

[winter rose]

amma make you 🔨

[sullen sigil]

spectating is for cowards

real people engage in WAR!

[winter rose]

real people avoid war, unless it is in game

[sullen sigil]

sidenote:

private _thisisaposition = logichelper worldToModel ASLToAGL getPosASL rayshield;
private _thisisanotherposition = logichelper modelToWorldWorld _thisisaposition;
private _thisistheproperposition = getPosASL rayshield;
[_thisisaposition, _thisisanotherposition, _thisistheproperposition]``` returns an array with the last two positions being the same. that's good. however when i take the first array and put it into a config and then use
```sqf
_createdObject setPosASL (_shipHelperObject modelToWorldWorld (getArray (_partsConfigPath >> _iteratedClass >> _x >> "position")));```
inside a foreach of config classes (basically just creates an object and sets it to that position), it puts it on a completely random arse position relative to the model

[sullen sigil]

i will not be responding as politics are not permitted in this discord

[winter rose]

he's avoided my trap… he's good

[sullen sigil]

https://tenor.com/IfQ1.gif

position[] = {132.993,86.5781,-41.131}; //Model coordinates in ASL. object worldToModel getPosASL thisobject. and systemchat confirms it

confirmed that the vectordirandup and so on of the spawned model is identical to the one that i did even though that shouldnt matter and it is

[winter rose]

worldToModelVisual perhaps, but especially you worldToModel an AGL pos

make temp vars when in doubt

wait, no
that is ok

OK, my attention span is below 10s now.

[sullen sigil]

its very confusing I've 0 clue why it's doing this

[winter rose]

//Model coordinates in ASL. object worldToModel getPosASL thisobject
```yeah that's not that

(also your transparency s****s 😛)

[winter rose]

object worldToModel getPosASL
where worldToModel takes AGL

[sullen sigil]

its asl in my head!

[sullen sigil]

yeah i used the first value from this array

[spiral sundial]

I found this interesting command from a composition.

[this,[0,"\a3\supplies_f_enoch\ammoboxes\data\ammobox_eaf_co.paa"]] remoteExec ["setObjectTexture",0,this];

This makes the respective vehicle a greenish color with some texture to it.
I assume that this command works much like the color-changing command I mentioned above, but instead of a color, it uses the texture of an item, specifically an ammo box.
Is there a way I could find the name of such textures to apply them to other vehicles? It seems like a great idea to bypass the flat aesthetic of using RGB, since textures come with, well, texture (dirt, scratches etc).

[sullen sigil]

so ignore that note im using logichelper worldToModel (ASLToAGL (getPosASL rayshield))

[hallow mortar]

I feel like you should be using some () even if the actual order of operations works fine, just to make this human-readable

[sullen sigil]

is that better

[winter rose]

make
temp
vars

and debug them to check the difference

[sullen sigil]

i have
its the same

its getting the right array from the config -> its applying it to the right model -> its doing the wrong thing

[winter rose]

setPosWorld ← setPosWORLD

in "_createdObject setPosASL"

[sullen sigil]

already tried

same thing

[winter rose]

then IDK, your system is cursed and you should play Squad

[sullen sigil]

it's outright on the wrong side of the model

in every axis

[spiral sundial]

How can I get the texture path of an object? (not vehicle)

[sullen sigil]

but not even by the correct amount

[sullen sigil]

through script
getArray (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> yourobjectclassnamehere >> "hiddenSelectionsTextures");

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getObjectTextures ?

[sullen sigil]

oh yeah i forgot that exists

[spiral sundial]

I have no idea how to apply this

the wiki is like reading alien language

[sullen sigil]

it tells you

give it an object

it will return the textures

[spiral sundial]

Where do I write this?

object's nit?

init*

[sullen sigil]

debug console it assuming you want to note down the paths

or just use config viewer if you dont want to script

[spiral sundial]

The what now

I had no idea a 'config viewer' existed

[sullen sigil]

you have a find in config viewer button appear on everything you right click in 3den

[spiral sundial]

getObjectTextures Box_T_East_Ammo_F is what I typed... doesnt seem to do anything

[sullen sigil]

thats the classname not the variable name

[sullen sigil]

private _alpha = logichelper worldToModel ASLToAGL getPosASL rayshield;
private _bravo = logichelper modelToWorldWorld _alpha;
private _charlie = getPosASL rayshield;

private _delta = (logichelper modelToWorldWorld (getArray (configFile >> "CfgKJWCapitalShips" >> "Venator" >> "shipParts" >> "weakPoints" >> "sideShield" >> "position")));

[_alpha, _bravo, _charlie, _delta]``` returns `[[132.993,86.5781,-41.131],[4525.25,1123.88,77.119],[4525.25,1123.88,77.119],[4525.25,1123.88,77.119]]`. 
`logichelper` is replaced with a vehicle of the exact same class with the exact same vectordirandup and position asl ![notlikemeowcry](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/724201124369793068.webp?size=128 "notlikemeowcry")

[winter rose]

_yournoncasedvariablesarehardtoread

[sullen sigil]

i'll change them to single letter ones in a moment

[winter rose]

in Eden:

• place a player
• place an ammo crate in Eden, name it "myBox"
• start the game
• pause, type in the debug console ```sqf
  getObjectTextures myBox;

- the result should appear below the input

[winter rose]

I am entirely immune to any sarcasm or joke on this very serious topic
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Best_Practices

grrrrrr 👀

[sullen sigil]

there is that better for you lou

[spiral sundial]

Yeah idk what I did wrong. I got the texture path but when I apply it, its completely black

But the writing / other details of the texture are there

so it was applied

[sullen sigil]

show what youre trying to apply

[winter rose]

^

[spiral sundial]

I need to upload pics to a website and send links

[sullen sigil]

you can upload here

oh no you cant

#rules accept them

[spiral sundial]

No way I've been sending links for like more than a year

I am getting the texture of this

[spiral sundial]

And trying to apply it to this

[sullen sigil]

fucking discord update

[sullen sigil]

why do you think that will work

of course it wont

thats not how textures work

[spiral sundial]

Because I have a composition from steam which does the exact same thing successfully

[spiral sundial]

for "_i" from 0 to 3 do
{
[this,[_i,"\a3\supplies_f_enoch\ammoboxes\data\ammobox_eaf_co.paa"]] remoteExec ["setObjectTexture",0,this];
};

[sullen sigil]

yeah
its a different box with a different texture on a different vehicle

(And sets the texture quite poorly)

[spiral sundial]

Still better than nothing

I am trying to modify texture / colour of a bunch of vehicles

to create a faction

[sullen sigil]

theres 10 better ways to do that

starting with just retexturing them properly

[spiral sundial]

Applying a texture seems to be the more detailed option, while using RGB gives a very flat result

[sullen sigil]

alternatively you can use the uiontexture bits added in 2.12 to recolour tetures iirc

[spiral sundial]

this is RGB

[sullen sigil]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Procedural_Textures#UI_On_Texture

Not a recommended method of doing this though

[spiral sundial]

The thing is I want to make it a composition instead of a mod, so changing the actual textures is something im trying to avoid

Since I am trying to keep it fully vanilla

[sullen sigil]

what you are trying to do is not possible aside from uiontexture stuff

[spiral sundial]

I just wish I could use RGBA instead of RGB. It would solve everything

all I need is to let some of the original texture show through for detail

[sullen sigil]

no that would make the textures slightly see through

use the wiki link i sent you

[spiral sundial]

Which part?

[sullen sigil]

the linked part i sent you

[spiral sundial]

Cause this is what I was already using

[sullen sigil]

no its not

oh

that bit is

but the part i sent you isnt

[spiral sundial]

UI on Texture?

[sullen sigil]

yes that is the part i sent you

[spiral sundial]

I dont get how it works

renders a UI display?

[sullen sigil]

on the texture

[spiral sundial]

whats a UI display

[sullen sigil]

anything you like

including a slightly translucent pink

[spiral sundial]

yea idk what any of this means

How do I turn this into a color..

[sullen sigil]

that is a colour

[spiral sundial]

Which part

[sullen sigil]

the rgb bit

[spiral sundial]

Yea but where do you set the values?

[zinc edge]

The numbers after rgb i believe

[spiral sundial]

RGB values go from 0 to 1

so it can't be 1024

[sullen sigil]

setObjectTexture

[spiral sundial]

thats resolution

[sullen sigil]

thats the menu screen on a plane

all you need is a black ui element

[spiral sundial]

This doesnt seem to preserve the details of the other texture

[sullen sigil]

yeah because its not translucent

use a translucent ui element and you can change the colours of it

[spiral sundial]

I've got no clue how to do that or what to even type

I am parallel with programming or scripting

what even is a translucent ui element

and where do I find it

[sullen sigil]

a ui element that is translucent

and you make it

[spiral sundial]

well how

[sullen sigil]

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

[spiral sundial]

Yea idk, this is beyond me

[sullen sigil]

like i said, the best way is properly retexturing them

[spiral sundial]

I need to install like 2 or 3 new programs just to change a texture

[sullen sigil]

_myobj setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,1,1,1)text(0,0,""Caveat"",0.3,""#13534018"",""#ff0000"","""")"];```

use the wiki example for text on texture

[spiral sundial]

Do I copy paste this into init?

[sullen sigil]

no you use this not _myobj in an init

[winter rose]

don't you think that's A LITTLE too much?

[sullen sigil]

probably

[winter rose]

@spiral sundial don't use that.

[spiral sundial]

This looks the exact same as RGB command I was already using just more complex to write

[sullen sigil]

do use that its the only way to accomplish what he wants to how he wants to

what have you written in the init

[spiral sundial]

This, except I replaced myobj with this

[sullen sigil]

no copy paste everything in the init of that

[spiral sundial]

that is everything though isnt it?

[sullen sigil]

you didnt copy paste it

open the init

ctrl + a ctrl + c then ctrl + v in here

[spiral sundial]

this setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,1,1,1)text(0,0,""Caveat"",0.3,""#13534018"",""#ff0000"","""")"];

Actually no my bad

without the _

just "this"

[sullen sigil]

clearly youre retexturing that from elsewhere then if its actually applying

_this doesnt work in object init

only this

[spiral sundial]

Yeah, thats what I am using

[spiral sundial]

Just changed it for a test when I sent this

[spiral sundial]

This image was using this

[sullen sigil]

try it on the black wasp

[spiral sundial]

same thing as on the quad

[sullen sigil]

no thats preserving the texture underneath

[winter rose]

have fun

[sullen sigil]

anything to procrastinate from my broken model coordinates lou

[spiral sundial]

Its not preserving the details

like dirt, screws etc

which is what I was talking about

[sullen sigil]

it is

[spiral sundial]

Its just a flat colour

[hallow mortar]

It's not preserving the texture underneath. setObjectTexture completely replaces the existing texture.

[sullen sigil]

that is detail

[hallow mortar]

The details you're seeing there are from the secondary texture used to fake 3D stuff on a flat surface.

[sullen sigil]

is it actually

omg

[spiral sundial]

Yea its quite the difference

[sullen sigil]

you can use alpha anyways

just how you use it ive no clue

[spiral sundial]

I tried with the previous RGB command at the start, but it seems it didn't want to work

[sullen sigil]

you need to use #rrggbbaa

wait no

[hallow mortar]

Unfortunately it's not possible to preserve the dirt/etc on most vanilla textures because they're not a separate layer, they're baked into the main texture, which setObjectTexture completely replaces. Some mod/CDLC assets have them as a separate overlay, but vanilla has never used that method.

[sullen sigil]

quaddie setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,0,0,0.1)"]; accomplishes this

but yes what nikko said

i did tell you this is the worst way to do it

[spiral sundial]

This is what I was using at the start

and thats the command I changed "rgb" to "rgba" in

unsuccessfully

[sullen sigil]

yeah you dont

quad bike doesnt support transparency in the texture

most if not all vanilla vehicles are the same

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-pleasestop-theoffice-gif-4184950

[sullen sigil]

i want my model coordinates to work!!!

[winter rose]

then make it so

torturing someone else is not going to make it happen

[hallow mortar]

It's called a normal map. It creates fake bumps in a surface that can catch light and induce shadows, without having to add complexity to the model itself. It only affects lighting and can't be used for colour and real textures.

[sullen sigil]

im torturing myself

[sullen sigil]

oh that is what a normal map is

TIL

[hallow mortar]

You're also torturing other people by not turning off ping on reply

[spiral sundial]

is there an abnormal map?

[sullen sigil]

there needs to be a default setting

i have however made some progress

i realised i can just get the model coordinates after its spawned and just ignore the fact it doesnt work how it should do
-132.993,-40.631,86.0781 -- with new method
132.993,86.5781,-41.131 -- with old method

[sullen sigil]

despite this

the only difference is the method at which theyre both spawned one is at runtime and the other is createVehicle then setposasl

guess im creating an export coordinates function

[spiral sundial]

Interesting...

I tried the RGB values 0.119, 0.119, 0.95

In a photo editing software, its a sandy color. In arma 3 its a light indigo color

🤨

Oh I see why

0.95

should be 0.095

[sullen sigil]

works, doesn't actually fix my code and means I have to remember to export the coordinates differently but whatever

[winter rose]

[X Y Z] vs [X Z Y] ?

[sullen sigil]

It seems to be the case but it makes no sense to me

like
they seemed to get flipped in MODEL space
HOW?!?!

[winter rose]

your model is on the side

or
something else

[sullen sigil]

But it's not

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/david-brent-ricky-gervais-what-gif-13906644

[sullen sigil]

I have honestly never been so befuddled and bemused

[spiral sundial]

How can I get rid of this MG's stand?

[sullen sigil]

does it have a hiddenselectionstexture for it

[spiral sundial]

Probably

[sullen sigil]

its a yes or no question

[spiral sundial]

Well I dont know how to check

[sullen sigil]

config viewer i told you

[spiral sundial]

Which bit do I look at in config viewer?

[sullen sigil]

hiddenselectionstextures

[hallow mortar]

Rightclick on object > view in config viewer > scroll the main panel until you get to H

[spiral sundial]

This?

[spiral sundial]

oh ok

It has two

[sullen sigil]

ok what are their names

[sullen sigil]

this setObjectTexture [1,""];

run that in init and see if it hides the stand

[sullen sigil]

do what the error message is telling you about

[spiral sundial]

It hid the machine gun

not the stand

[sullen sigil]

try replace 1 for 0

but i doubt it

[spiral sundial]

Oh god why does it have parts of the machine gun also

[sullen sigil]

there you are then

thats the best youll be able to get

[spiral sundial]

Guess I'm removing the optic

[hallow mortar]

Why are you doing this hacky sand-coloured texture on the quad bike when there's already a sand-coloured quad bike in the game?

[spiral sundial]

Because I am recolouring multiple vehicles and it would look weird to have a quad bike with a different camo

[sullen sigil]

consistency ig

[hallow mortar]

god if there's one thing I really wish we'd got in Contact, it's a basic green skin for all the CSAT vehicles

[sullen sigil]

mood

[frank mango]

Iirc Real engine does add a woodland version to the vanilla factions

[spiral sundial]

Is there a way to change the color of an object instead of a vehicle?

[winter rose]

same - if they have selections, use them
otherwise no

[hallow mortar]

Objects are just vehicles you can't drive

[spiral sundial]

Well the command from vehicle doesnt work on object

[sullen sigil]

then it probably doesnt allow retexturing for that selection

[hallow mortar]

It does if the object has texture selections configured. This is also true of vehicles, it's just more common for vehicles to have selections.

[sullen sigil]

config viewer is your friend

[spiral sundial]

or I will just have a wooden post

[sullen sigil]

yeah

cant retex it then

[spiral sundial]

God I wish I knew how to do modding

it would make things so much easier

than having to use tree trunks as machine gun posts

[sullen sigil]

The config seems to take [X, Z, Y] ❓
I'm more than through with trying to debug this but it's really odd

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Position#PositionConfig

[sullen sigil]

The game can recognise it's from a config when it's like 3 variables later?

I've also just made an export function that works fine without needing to flip anything around

[winter rose]

the game doesn't "recognise" anything, it reads, period
if you have v0 = 123, v1 = 456, v2 = 789 it doesn't care if it is XYZ or XZY, it just provides what it read there

it's just that the game code is written to use Z as the middle value and not the last as in SQF

[sullen sigil]

wait what

hang on i think im being pea brain

[winter rose]

basically - flip your values and you're good

[sullen sigil]

i've got a function to export it for me it's chillin now

[winter rose]

coolio

[sullen sigil]

still dont quite understand as the coords were being exported in the same way but im just getting coords after the helper object has been created relative to that instead so

means i have to restart 3den for each object which is motivation to not put like 50 on them 🙂

[winter rose]

can't read that sentence

[sullen sigil]

all i did was get the coordinates after i had created the helper object
for some reason that works
but the helper object had the same position and vectordirandup as the one before

it also wasn't just flipped z and y it had negatives etc being messed with and so on -- entirely the wrong axis i think. nbd now, solved 🤷

[drowsy geyser]

does anyone know what this errmsg means? i already fixed line 283 and everything is fine but im still getting this msg

[cosmic lichen]

post the description.ext

[winter rose]

did you reload the mission - and do you test in Eden singleplayer? 👀

[drowsy geyser]

there was a double , and i removed it, saved it and uploaded the mission again but still the same issue, i test in mp host

[granite sky]

If you upload the thing then someone will probably spot the error within ten seconds.

I would guess an array that's missing a comma between entries but parsers often don't trip up at the point you'd expect.

[drowsy geyser]

the whole description.ext?

[granite sky]

I'd recommend just pastebinning the lot as the error might not be close to the parser failure.

Often happens when you have a bracket mismatch.

[drowsy geyser]

okay

https://pastebin.com/iDKFANMC

[tender fossil]

"faceSurvivor2Healthy",
"faceSurvivor2Injured"
"faceSurvivor2Stunned",
``` There's a missing `,` there (line 287 in pastebin)

It should be ```"faceSurvivor2Healthy",
"faceSurvivor2Injured",
"faceSurvivor2Stunned",

[drowsy geyser]

omg i looked a million times 😅

thank you

[tender fossil]

Np

[sullen sigil]

Is there any difference between
missionNamespace setVariable ["myvarname", 10]; and
myvarname = 10;?

[tender fossil]

No comment on the actual question but the former syntax gives you the flexibility to use dynamically named variables with format at least

[sullen sigil]

Yeah reason I'm asking is default value of setVariable is pretty useful but wondering if using one over the other is a bad idea

[tender fossil]

Make a function that sets the variable

[sullen sigil]

KJW_CapitalShips_Ships = if (isNil KJW_CapitalShips_Ships) then {[]} else {KJW_CapitalShips_Ships};

[tender fossil]

Well, jokes aside, it sounds silly (and often is) but making everything your own function – and actually using those functions everywhere in the code – gives you a centralized point to change the core logic of the function if needed. Though, it's more useful with e.g. statically compiled languages because in that case your code editor/IDE starts nagging instantly if you change the function params' type or count. I have no idea what it does from performance's perspective in SQF if you compile the functions

[sullen sigil]

i have no idea either it'd just be nicer to have
KJW_CapitalShips_Ships = missionNamespace getVariable ["KJW_CapitalShips_Ships",[]]; than that ugly conditional

but it doesnt sound like a good idea to me for some reason

[tender fossil]

I intended it a bit differently; like make a function with a short name that takes the *etVariable parameters as params and sets the variable. Again, I have no idea if it makes sense from performance's perspective; probably not 😄

[sullen sigil]

Oh right -- it's just this one use of it so there's not much point in doing so. that one use of it also means its a really ugly line in my code and i like my code looking nice (contrary to what lou will tell you)

[tender fossil]

["yourVariable", 10] call KJW_setVar;

[sullen sigil]

one function to make a single line of code look nicer 🤔

ive done worse things before

now this has to be the daftest question I've asked
how do you find what an EH has been added to from within the EH? I'm running _x addEventHandler [...] and unsure how on earth I would find what _x is within the code I'm running

yeah so all ehs pass the object theyre assigned to as a parameter

[ivory locust]

Working on a quest framework in Intercept, all you have to do is define points of interest in the editor, then define init and helper functions that run at the start, and alongside the quest

[sturdy ice]

mortar_men_1 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_1_1", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];
mortar_men_2 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_1_2", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];
mortar_men_1 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_1_3", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];
mortar_men_2 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_1_4", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];

sleep 30;

mortar_men_1 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_2_1", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];
mortar_men_2 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_2_2", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];
mortar_men_1 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_2_3", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];
mortar_men_2 doArtilleryFire [getmarkerpos "fire_2_4", "vn_mortar_m2_mag_wp_x8", 1];

this stuff works but it will always throw an "suspending not allowed in this context. its an sqf execute with execVM by a trigger

so the second half wont be executed

ive read https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sleephttps://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sleep https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler#Unscheduled_Environment and there is states that a sqf executed by execVM is scheduled

[wind hedge]

any idea why this crashes the game sqf _group addEventHandler ["Fleeing", { params ["_group", "_fleeingNow"]; if !(_fleeingNow) exitWith {}; private _units = units _group; private _leader = leader _group; private _targets = []; _targets = _leader targets [true, 300]; private _outnumbered = false; if (count _targets > (count units _group)*2) then {_outnumbered = true;}; private _surrenderCandidates = []; if (_outnumbered) then {_surrenderCandidates = _units;} else { _surrenderCandidates = _units select { (alive _x) && !(captive _x) && !(lifeState _x isEqualTo "INCAPACITATED") && (fleeing _x) && (isNull objectParent _x) && (count (magazines _x) < 2 || damage _x > 0.3 || _x != _leader || random 100 < 50) }; }; if (_surrenderCandidates isEqualTo []) exitWith {}; private _selectedCan = selectRandom _surrenderCandidates; [_selectedCan] joinSilent grpNull; _selectedCan doWatch objNull; private _newGroup = group _selectedCan; _newGroup setGroupId [format ["%1 SURRENDERED",name _selectedCan]]; _newGroup enableDynamicSimulation true; _newGroup deleteGroupWhenEmpty true; _selectedCan triggerDynamicSimulation false; _selectedCan setUnitPos "UP"; if isMultiplayer then { [_selectedCan, ""] remoteExec ["switchmove",0]; [_selectedCan, "AmovPercMstpSsurWnonDnon"] remoteExec ["playMove",0]; } else { _selectedCan switchmove ""; _selectedCan playMove "AmovPercMstpSsurWnonDnon"; }; _selectedCan setCaptive true; _selectedCan disableAI "ALL"; }];

[tender fossil]

How are you calling it?

[sturdy ice]

execVM by a trigger

but i observed that only the first two doartillery fire are shot

[tender fossil]

Or well, execVM'ing. Yes, paste the exact code. Maybe triggers don't allow scheduled code, someone else knows better probably

[sturdy ice]

execVM "scripts\mortar_1.sqf";

tigger is set to activation OPFOR type Present

[little raptor]

you probably have another EH elsewhere and you're causing stack overflow again

[tender fossil]

Try to execVM it from a script and not a trigger; it will probably work then

[wind hedge]

I see, it is very easy to cause crashes with EHs... I could never crash Arma before using EHs extensively 😅

[little raptor]

you should not do something that triggers an(other) EH in an EH

it's easy to see that it may cause an infinite recursion

an infinite recursion in SQF doesn't usually crash the game, because its "stack" is the heap (your entire RAM), while the stack of Arma itself is just ~1 MB (usually)

[spiral sundial]

How to fix this?

[sturdy ice]

thats works. thank you very much.

[sturdy ice]

did you place it with eden?

[spiral sundial]

yeah

[sullen sigil]

disable simulation as is caused by object collision

[spiral sundial]

I did

[sturdy ice]

toggle these two

[sullen sigil]

that doesnt have an influence at runtime

[sturdy ice]

they auto align your stuff to surfaces

then you can clip him into it

[winter rose]

https://sqfbin.com thank you

[sullen sigil]

place a game logic at the position you want the unit to be then attach them to it

[spiral sundial]

however I can't disable the simulation on the player, only on the bench, because then he stops doing the animation

[sullen sigil]

thats the only way to avoid that

[little raptor]

you can attach him instead

[spiral sundial]

I havent had much success with attaching things to objects

They seem to reset their placement

I tried attaching grafitti to a building and it rotated 90 degrees, all of it

[sullen sigil]

BIS_fnc_attachToRelative

[spiral sundial]

Yes thats what I use

[sullen sigil]

do either have simulation disabled

[spiral sundial]

both

[sullen sigil]

enable it

[wind hedge]

https://sqfbin.com/ecidimiqaduboroqeret

I added a spawn in there to see if that helps with the crashes

Will try now

[spiral sundial]

didnt change anything

Without attach command:

with:

[sullen sigil]

is it a simple object as well

or local only

[spiral sundial]

Neither

I dont have option to make it simple object

[sullen sigil]

place it down again and only have that function in the init of it

dont change anything else

[spiral sundial]

doesnt work

the only thing that seems to fix it is not attaching it

[sullen sigil]

how are you calling the function

screenshot the init

[spiral sundial]

[this , house2] call bis_fnc_attachToRelative

[sullen sigil]

screenshot the init

[spiral sundial]

Its what I just said tho...

[sullen sigil]

whats the classname of the graffiti youre using

[wind hedge]

Adding a spawn fixed the issue... for now.. gonna play some more 😉

[spiral sundial]

Land_Graffiti_02_F

[sullen sigil]

and the house?

[little raptor]

monitor the number of scheduled scripts

[spiral sundial]

Land_Workshop_02_grey_F

[sullen sigil]

attached it just fine 🤷

[this, pqeokpk] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

[spiral sundial]

Identical to what I did...

[sullen sigil]

send a screenshot of your 3den setup

[spiral sundial]

what do you mean 3den setup

[sullen sigil]

how everything is placed in 3den

[spiral sundial]

Im using 3den enhanced mod

which adds more options

[sullen sigil]

show me how it is placed in 3den

[wanton swallow]

How to determine name and type of terrain object? How to separate trees from rocks?

[spiral sundial]

the attributes tab or what?

Be more specific

[sullen sigil]

no

everything

a screenshot of the objects

in 3den

[sullen sigil]

right

[sullen sigil]

so when i said enable simulation on the house

that wasnt an optional part

and on the graffiti

[spiral sundial]

yeah it works now

but can I not do it with disabled simulation?

I wouldn't like to have it turned on

[sullen sigil]

no

[spiral sundial]

I dont see why disabled simulation would have any effect on attaching

[sullen sigil]

because you disable the simulation

[spiral sundial]

So what?

The command says to attach it regardless of which way its facing

or the simulation

[sullen sigil]

no it doesnt

Attaches object 1 to object 2, while preserving object 1 initial position and orientation against object 2.

it doesnt say anything about simulation there

i also told you to have simulation enabled on the both of them

[spiral sundial]

But why does the simulation matter?...

I dont understand

Why would it affect the orientation

[sullen sigil]

because its no longer simulated

[spiral sundial]

But the model is still there

[sullen sigil]

how do you expect the engine to do a calculation on something it is no longer simulating

[spiral sundial]

The model and collision is still there though

[sullen sigil]

if youre not going to read what is being said to you then youre not going to get very far

you were told to have simulation enabled on them both and you said it made no difference when clearly that was not the case

[spiral sundial]

I am reading I just have no clue what you mean by "its not being simulated anymore"".

Does the attach command not work on the 3d model?

Why would it be affected by simulation

[wind hedge]

We really need more info on those new group event handlers, the _fleeingNow for example it doesn't say if it only fires once and until the group is no longer fleeing or if it fires continuously during the group's having fleeing=true etc etc.... the same with all the other EHs... _enemyDetected, fires only once until i changes target? etc etc

[sullen sigil]

because the object orientation, position and all of that is no longer being simulated by the game

[spiral sundial]

How does it retain its orientation and position then if I place it down?

if its not simulated

shouldn't it always revert to a defeault one?

[sullen sigil]

no

its no longer being simulated

not its being simulated to be [0,0,0]

[spiral sundial]

So how does it retain the position & orientation its placed in then?

its being simulated until it isnt?

[sullen sigil]

it is simulated -> its position and orientation is set -> its no longer simulated -> its init code is ran

[spiral sundial]

Right so its simulated initially and then it isnt anymore

[sullen sigil]

no its never simulated at a point you can access

[spiral sundial]

But you just said thats the first step

[sullen sigil]

in the engine

[spiral sundial]

Yes, and I place the grafitti in the engine also. Why does it change its orientation compared to engine?

[sullen sigil]

you cannot access the point its not simulated if you select simulation disabled in the attributes and dont put it in the init
and even then that also doesnt work

[sullen sigil]

because it is trying to set its orientation against an object that is not being simulated

[spiral sundial]

So why does it go to a 'defeault' position like I showed?

Shouldn't it just remain the same way I placed it down

what is it orientating against

if there is nothing

[sullen sigil]

because that is the way the function is made

you are welcome to create your own

[spiral sundial]

😐

object not simulated; retains orientation
object attached to non-simulated object; resets orientation

[winter rose]

simulate - attach - disable simulation

nah?

[sullen sigil]

that doesnt work i tried that before lou

dont know why but it just gets reset straight after

[winter rose]

or attach-detach - it's not like the house is going to move, no?

[sullen sigil]

although I wonder if you could waituntil scriptdone

let me try that real quick

[spiral sundial]

It is, depending on the placement

If I place this down on a slightly uneven terrain, I want it to retain position relative to the house

Right now everything is flat

but its hard to find such a spot on a real map

[winter rose]

you use attach because the house moves?

[sullen sigil]

the house doesnt actually move you just place it in a different orientation?

[south swan]

house with disabled simulation at that

[sullen sigil]

which the game... also accommodates for?

[spiral sundial]

I dont know I know nothing about scripting

Ive only used like 3 commands in my life which I copy pasted

[south swan]

so, back to basics. What were you trying to achieve?

[spiral sundial]

Just putting some grafitti up on a house's wall

and making this small base indestructible

to be a safezone

[south swan]

then place graffiti in world and don't bother with attaching. House isn't going anywhere. Graffiti doesn't go anywhere.

[spiral sundial]

Do I have to disable damage?

Can you blow up grafitti or something?

[sullen sigil]

if simulation is disabled, no

[sullen sigil]

doesnt work as far as i can figure out because script wont attach if spawned

but ive not given it much thought 🤷

Has anyone managed to make AI use direct fire on indirect fire vehicles? Kind of trying to do something similar right now but can't figure anything out

[ivory locust]

@little raptor Can you elaborate on how you're calling sqf from a queue in on_frame? I'm getting a crash whenever I do anything in that function.

Edit: Nevermind, I got your bound function method working in on_frame.

[exotic flame]

Is there any way to disable RMB zoom ?

[frank mango]

controls...

[exotic flame]

i would like to do it automatically for all players

[open fractal]

It is possible to intercept a key event with a user interface event handler, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers but this may not be the case for the mouse button event

[exotic flame]

definitely not

[weary smelt]

Hey boss. I did some more testing on different maps. Both Altis and Tanoa get me kicked off for "BattlEye: Client not responding" before the script finishes executing (this is in multiplayer environment, executed server-side). This is with the 512 chunk size. I'll do some further testing with a lower number and report back my results.

[grizzled cliff]

i am a god...

at least when it comes to sqf

:D

[weary smelt]

For Altis, 256 worked best.
For Tanoa, had to get down to 128.
For Malden & Stratis, 512 was fine.
For Livonia, 512 worked, but my client froze up.