arma3_scripting

[winter rose]

yes and no
what do you want to achieve first 😋

[astral bone]

2nd, this just feels wrong but I can't see any other way to do it xD

params["_points","_ratio"];
_valid_points = []
{
// ...if point can spawn a turret successfully, add to valid points... //
}forEach _points;
// ...Scrable array... //
_valid_points resize (round((count _valid_points)/_ratio));
{
// ...spawn turrets.. //
}forEach _valid_points;

[winter rose]

see selectRandom to get a random element, or BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle to shuffle an array

[astral bone]

Alright. Does the code I put look decent? Basically, going over the array twice seems wrong to me xD

[shut flower]

@jade abyss unfortunately I need some keybinds like F5 or F1, so sadly no option

[jade abyss]

Youre working with the the Eventhandler from Tonic?

[south swan]

_valid_points resize (round((count _valid_points)/_ratio)); does look very suspicious. What is it supposed to do?
Separate loops for filtering the input array and spawning stuff from intermediate array seems perfectly viable

[shut flower]

Removed it about 2 months ago

[astral bone]

I meant to do *_ratio but removes a certain amount of the valid points. so if 50 is given, only 50% of all the turrets that can spawn, will spawn.

[jade abyss]

eventhandler -> fire blablabla -> "true" when Var = true

[shut flower]

Wait, I can override fire action in fire evh?

[tough abyss]

Nope.

[jade abyss]

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-how-to-override-lmb/

...

[tough abyss]

Thats what I posted.

Thats the only way to do it.

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: on WAYPOINT statements, what is the OnActivation code referring to? statement in the Syntax?
"The Condition code is evaluated on the group owner's machine. When condition returns true, for some strange reason, the condition is evaluated one more time. The OnActivation code is executed globally, a.k.a on every client! See Waypoints."
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointStatements#Description

[jade abyss]

Don't know where you posted it, but it wasn't here

[shut flower]

I forgot about setAmmo :D thanks :P

[dreamy kestrel]

per RHfront comment, I gather that is the case, in which case, how might I ensure it runs ONLY on the server in a MP...
however, would be better if that were more than anecdotal indication.

[sullen sigil]

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

[dreamy kestrel]

duh yes of course... thank you.

[jade abyss]

Otherwise delete the bullet (wich is a messy way)

[shut flower]

But the weapon would still produce the shooting sound which would be a problem too

[jade abyss]

OR: Force the Weapon to the Back

[shut flower]

good Idea, will do it this way

[jade abyss]

Everytime he wants to take it back in hand -> action bla

[astral bone]

uh- how to convert to bool. Is there a thing already or

[sullen sigil]

convert what to bool

[astral bone]

anything x3

[opal zephyr]

Boolean is true or false, you cant just convert anything to it

[sullen sigil]

you need to make something return it

4 > 3 will return true

[astral bone]

ah so can't do soemthing to make 1 be true like other langs

[sullen sigil]

yes you can

[astral bone]

well

[sullen sigil]

_var isEqualTo 1

[little raptor]

x != 0

[astral bone]

1 true "true" -> true

[sullen sigil]

what

[dreamy kestrel]

private _bool = _x != 0;

[south swan]

i smell Javascript

[astral bone]

eh well

oh wait-

I uh- I meant to ask, is there a way to compare bool to non bool. As in "sdkakasdkg" == true -> false

[sullen sigil]

isEqualTo

[astral bone]

oh- right

am smort

[dreamy kestrel]

just wait until your bool is a nil 🤣 that one is always fun.

[astral bone]

oh I already got that :P

[dreamy kestrel]

😉

[astral bone]

if(isNil "_isLow" || {!(_isLow isEqualTo true)})then{
  _isLow = false;
};```
So if nil or not true, set to false.

If it's already false, then eh, only being run at mission start so- shouldn't be TOO bad right? ;P

[dreamy kestrel]

what are you trying to do?

normalize or provide a default?

[astral bone]

userInput array- I guess normalize

[dreamy kestrel]

_isLow = [_isLow] param [0, false] 🤷‍♂️

[astral bone]

:)

[dreamy kestrel]

or if you want to trap the type also, _isLow = [_isLow] param [0, false, [false]]

[astral bone]

opfor_static_turrets = opfor_static_turrets apply {
    private _type = _x select 1;
    private _offset = _x select 2;
    private _isLow = _x select 3;
    if(isNil "_type")then{
        _x set [1,1];
    }else{
        switch (true) do{
            case (_type == "heavy"): {_x set [1,3];};
            case (_type == "medium"): {_x set [1,2];};
            default {_x set [1,1];};
        };
    };
    if(isNil "_offset" || {count _offset < 3})then{
        _offset = [0,0,0];
    }else{
        _offset = _offset apply {if(typeName _x != "SCALAR")then{0}else{_x};};
    };
    _x set [2,_offset];
    if(isNil "_isLow" || {!(_isLow isEqualTo true)})then{
        _isLow = false;
    };
    _x set [3,_isLow];
    _x;
};

what I had

the heavy, medium and light to number-

[dreamy kestrel]

private _isLow = _x param [3, false]

or _x params [...] if you'd rather

anywho, good luck, good hunting 🖖

[astral bone]

I forget, if given non bool, will it error or use default

[sullen sigil]

use default

[dreamy kestrel]

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

[astral bone]

Should just be able to do this right?
_x set [3,_x param [3,false,[false]]]; instead of defining islow and stuff

or no

[astral bone]

I need to return _x b/c I'm applying the array

[dreamy kestrel]

private _type = _x param [1, 1]

[little raptor]

no. at top put: private _isLow = _x param [3, false];

[south swan]

you don't assign to _x when applying to array, you return the resulting value from the code block

[astral bone]

but- huh?

[dreamy kestrel]

apply is literally an array transformation

[south swan]

okay, i see teh example above, but your wording sounded sus

[little raptor]

then why use apply at all?!

you use set

set modifies the array by reference

[astral bone]

I'm going through the array of arrays.

Apply, you return the value you want in the place of the current

[south swan]

they return _x; in the last line here

[little raptor]

I mean use forEach

[astral bone]

opfor_static_turrets = [
    ["vn_o_vc_static_sgm_low_01","light",[0,0,0],true],
    ["vn_o_vc_static_mg42_high","medium"],
    ["vn_o_vc_static_pk_high","light",[0.155,-0.76,0]],
    ["vn_o_nva_navy_static_v11m","heavy"]
];

[little raptor]

yes I know. use forEach

[dreamy kestrel]

true if you are just trying to ensure some defaults in opfor_static_turrets, then just opfor_static_turrets param [...] or ... params ....

[astral bone]

Well, I do also need to conver the light medium heavy string to number

[dreamy kestrel]

yep or in that case forEach

[little raptor]

you do that already using set

[astral bone]

What'd the different between apply and foreach be

[little raptor]

apply creates a new array

forEach just iterates it

[astral bone]

ahh ok. So, shouldn't be a big deal if only doing this once, but preformance would be better with foreach

But apply could work here

[little raptor]

could but there's no point

since set is already modifying the elements for you

(again set modifies the array by ref)

[astral bone]

So the forEach doesn't make a copy of the array element?

wait why would it-

[little raptor]

no

_x is a ref to the current iterated element

if you modify it by ref, you modify what's in the array already

(but = doesn't modify something by ref)

[dreamy kestrel]

🧠 hurts... just think it through. know you're goal, where you're headed, Occam's razor usually a good rule of 👍 simpler is better, complexity leads to breakages.

[astral bone]

{
    private _type = _x select 1;
    private _offset = _x select 2;
    _x set [3,_x param [3,false,[false]]];
    if(isNil "_type")then{
        _x set [1,1];
    }else{
        switch (true) do{
            case (_type == "heavy"): {_x set [1,3];};
            case (_type == "medium"): {_x set [1,2];};
            default {_x set [1,1];};
        };
    };
    if(isNil "_offset" || {count _offset < 3})then{
        _offset = [0,0,0];
    }else{
        _offset = _offset apply {if(typeName _x != "SCALAR")then{0}else{_x};};
    };
    _x set [2,_offset];
}forEach opfor_static_turrets;

[south swan]

tbh, modifying inside-arrays in forEach makes my brain hurt as well

[astral bone]

yea-

I like how I've spent all day coding and 90% of it is just coding, not testing, so I'ma probably have a million errors when I get to testing, finally :P

[astral bone]

I'm a wizard! :O
I ran it first time and no logic errors! I mean, syntax erros and I forgot to finish an if statement to check a number to be greater then 25, but eh

How do I rotate around a point again? 😅

or rather-

rotate thing, then offset thing.

offset is -1,0,0, need to get what that is if the original object is rotated

[little raptor]

modelToWorldWorld

or vectorModelToWorld

depending on what you want

[simple ore]

Greetings all.

We have gained access to GPT-4 and have been using it to generate Arma code. We are trying to see if it is more valuable than GPT-3 was.

[astral bone]

what

[simple ore]

Wrong generation... sec... looking for feedback.

// Get all players on the server
_players = allPlayers;

// Loop through each player
{
    // Get the player's position
    _pos = getPos player;

    // Spawn a cube near the player
    _cube = "Land_CargoBox_V1_F" createVehicle (_pos vectorAdd [5, 0, 0]);

} forEach _players;

We were originally trying to train GPT-3 using the BIKI pull that BI provided us, but I wonder if we should shift focus.

Simple generations look good, but I would like to try more complex prompts. Not sure what to ask it.

[astral bone]

make a whole addon

[little raptor]

depends how complex you want to go

[simple ore]

Well, we are testing.

So it doesn't matter.

We can at least gleam info from it's capacity to understand logic, even if the overall code is bad.

[opal zephyr]

ask it to create a serverside addon that detects when a civilian is killed and have it display a hint on only the killers screen telling it to cease fire

[astral bone]

irl AI?

[little raptor]

try this

it was generated using GPT3 afaik

and it's not 100% correct

[simple ore]

// Define the event handler function for when a civilian is killed
_fnc_civilianKilled = {
    params ["_victim", "_killer", "_instigator"];

    // Check if the victim is a civilian
    if (side _victim == civilian) then {
        // Check if the killer is a player
        if (isPlayer _killer) then {
            // Display a hint on the killer's screen telling them to cease fire
            hintSilent "You have killed a civilian. Cease fire immediately!";
        };
    };
};

// Register the event handler function to the "killed" event
addMissionEventHandler ["killed", _fnc_civilianKilled];

[opal zephyr]

That is missing a lot

[simple ore]

Can you format the prompt for me like this.....

Generate an Arma 3 sqf script to do the following:

Output:

[opal zephyr]

edit, actually its not missing as much as I thought

[simple ore]

We found this to be more successful in our testing.

Step by steps.

[astral bone]

AI scares me :)

[opal zephyr]

I think the code it generated is mainly missing a check to make sure it runs only on the server, as well as a remoteexec to make the hint appear on the killers screen. I might be missing more though

[simple ore]

I asked it to adjust

// Define the event handler function for when a civilian is killed
_fnc_civilianKilled = {
    params ["_victim", "_killer", "_instigator"];

    // Check if the victim is a civilian
    if (side _victim == civilian) then {
        // Check if the killer is a player
        if (isPlayer _killer) then {
            // Check if the code is running on the server
            if (isServer) then {
                // Display a hint on the killer's screen telling them to cease fire
                [_killer, "You have killed a civilian. Cease fire immediately!", "HintSilent"] remoteExec ["hint", 0, _killer];
            };
        };
    };
};

// Register the event handler function to the "killed" event
addMissionEventHandler ["killed", _fnc_civilianKilled];

[little raptor]

nope the remoteExec is wrong

[simple ore]

What's incorrect?

So I can try once more.

Example prompts also increase efficiency. It's a main reason why the BIKI pull was critical for our initial project.

[little raptor]

it's showing the hint to everyone

[opal zephyr]

also, probably better to put the isserver check on the addmissioneventhandler

[granite sky]

Even weirder, it's JIPing on the killer :P

Clearly has no idea what it's doing with remoteExec, which makes sense because most SQF-writing humans apparently have no idea either.

[sullen sigil]

never used remoteexec in my life, never will 🗿

[granite sky]

It's not even using the right event, should be EntityKilled

Server check should logically be at the top. Kinda surprised it didn't figure that one when it's a common design pattern.

And the other side of the remoteExec is... wrong as well.

[robust brook]

chatGPT4 is a lot better if you havent tried that

[sullen sigil]

thats what they are using

probably doesnt work well for sqf because of it not being a standalone language

iirc it has some problems with roblox's luau too

[granite sky]

Lack of proper killer/instigator handling is weak too. I think you could just shoot the civvie with a vehicle turret to dodge this.

That's also a common pattern but it doesn't seem to have enough data to understand good SQF vs bad SQF.

[sullen sigil]

probably just looks at the bi forums all the time

[simple ore]

I think A.I. will do better with Arma 4

Since I think that language is more common.

[sullen sigil]

because it'll be 2030 at that time and they'll have taken us all over anyway?

no its a new language

GPT-4 has document reading iirc, wonder what'd happen if you gave it the BIKI's tutorial pages (code optimisation etc) and then asked it for stuff with that in mind

[robust brook]

@simple ore ```sqf
private _civilians = allunits select {side _x isEqualTo civilian};

civKilledFnc = {
params ["_victim", "_killer", "_instigator"];
// if (isServer) exitWith {}; - this returns true in local environment
if (isPlayer _killer) then {
["You have killed a civilian. Cease fire immediately!"] remoteExec ["hint", _killer];
};
};

_civilians apply {_x addEventHandler ["Killed", {_this call civKilledFnc}]};

[granite sky]

Won't work in MP.

[robust brook]

with ai or actual players

[sullen sigil]

mp involves multi players so what do you think

[granite sky]

well, I guess if all your civvies are on the server.

[robust brook]

well if you want to run it on MP just add a onPlayerKilled function and on init add player addEventHandler ["Killed", {_this call your_function}

[sullen sigil]

dont do that

[simple ore]

This is the goal!

[sullen sigil]

then do that 🤷

[simple ore]

Well, we don't have... real access for our discord bot yet like we do GPT-3.5

[robust brook]

Frost if you need more help lmk, your answer is there 🤔

[drifting sky]

Question: Is there any reliable way to get an AI infantry unit to fire a specific magazine from a specific muzzle at a specific target?

[robust brook]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/fireAtTarget might work?

[drifting sky]

only works for vehicles says the wiki

[robust brook]

doFire and doTarget seem promising then

[drifting sky]

I've tried them.

[robust brook]

private _enemyObj = cursorObject;
_enemyObj doWatch player;
_enemyObj doFire player;
``` works in eden against two blufor

[drifting sky]

I'm not able to get them to fire at a specific target with a specific mag

[robust brook]

is the target another unit or object?

[drifting sky]

i'm trying to get them to fire at an invisible target.

with a specific ammo and mag

sorry, mag, and muzzle

[stark fjord]

Mind you like UGL, or do you want ai to reload lets say tracer mag and then shoot

[robust brook]

I mean couldnt you remove all their mags/guns before they fire. Then add the specific mag and gun. After they fire re-add them back. kinda hacky but only way

[drifting sky]

first, I'm trying to get them just to throw hand grenades at an invisible target, then I'll try to tackle HE underbarrel nade launchers. Then SMOKE for each of those. The invisible target doesn't need to be anything in particular, just some thing that I can use to have them fire at a precise (but arbitrary) location.

[stark fjord]

For tossing nades it aint that straight forward. its doable but not a 1 liner. You can check how its done in ZEN for example, it does exactly what you need, throw any type of grenade at arbitrary position (does not include GL):
https://github.com/zen-mod/ZEN/blob/b9264f686dd7775aa7fbd680b22ccb367a5dd1ca/addons/ai/functions/fnc_throwGrenade.sqf

[granite sky]

Hmm. I found that doWatch/doTarget didn't work well because the units stand with a direction offset to the target due to weapon stance. Like you have to throw in a setDir.

[simple ore]

// Define a function to handle the player's death
onPlayerKilled = {
    params ["_victim", "_killer", "_instigator"];

    // Check if the killer is a player
    if (isPlayer _killer) then {
        // Send a message to the killer
        _killerSide = side _killer;
        if (_killerSide == west) then {
            hint "You killed a friendly unit. Please be more careful!";
        } else {
            hint "You killed a civilian. Please stop shooting non-combatants!";
        };
    };
};

// Add the function as an event handler for player deaths
player addEventHandler ["killed", {[_this select 0, _this select 1, _this select 2] call onPlayerKilled;}];

// Use remoteExec to execute the function on the server
if (isServer) then {
    ["onPlayerKilled", {[_this select 0, _this select 1, _this select 2] call onPlayerKilled;}] remoteExec ["addEventHandler", 2];
};

Did it do better this time? We toggled web access and told it to use the BIKI.

[little raptor]

nope

[simple ore]

Worse?

[little raptor]

than this? yeah much worse

[simple ore]

Hmmm wonder what happened.

[little raptor]

wait why is it even checking west?

[simple ore]

It decided to do that itself

I didn't prompt for that.

[little raptor]

it got side tracked a lot 😅

all it had to do was change this line:

[_killer, "You have killed a civilian. Cease fire immediately!", "HintSilent"] remoteExec ["hint", 0, _killer];

to

["You have killed a civilian. Cease fire immediately!"] remoteExec ["hint", _killer];

and it would've worked

oh wait no it wouldn't 😅

it has an extra argument for remoteExec...

the hintsilent shouldn't be there

and the _killer too...

fixed

[simple ore]

I'm going to try to debug it and see if it can figure out the right way as you have explained it.

To fix the remoteExec in this Arma 3 script, you need to use the correct syntax for the remoteExec command. According to the Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki [1], the correct syntax for remoteExec is:

remoteExec [function, target, [paramsArray, isPersistent, isScheduled]]

In the script provided, the remoteExec command is missing the paramsArray parameter. To fix this, you need to add the paramsArray parameter to the remoteExec command. Here's the corrected script:

// Define a function to handle the player's death
onPlayerKilled = {
    params ["_victim", "_killer", "_instigator"];

    // Check if the killer is a player
    if (isPlayer _killer) then {
        // Send a message to the killer
        _killerSide = side _killer;
        if (_killerSide == west) then {
            hint "You killed a friendly unit. Please be more careful!";
        } else {
            hint "You killed a civilian. Please stop shooting non-combatants!";
        };
    };
};

// Add the function as an event handler for player deaths
player addEventHandler ["killed", {[_this select 0, _this select 1, _this select 2] call onPlayerKilled;}];

// Use remoteExec to execute the function on the server
if (isServer) then {
    ["onPlayerKilled", {[_this select 0, _this select 1, _this select 2] call onPlayerKilled;}] remoteExec ["addEventHandler", 2, []];
};

In the corrected script, the paramsArray parameter is added to the remoteExec command as an empty array ([]). This tells the remoteExec command that the function being executed does not require any additional parameters.

I don't think it figured it out.

[sullen sigil]

does gpt-4 even have conversations like chatgpt does?

its not a machine learning ai

[simple ore]

It does.

[sullen sigil]

try link specific biki pages like the tutorial ones for arma 3 and so on

[brisk lagoon]

Hey I tried to attach a flag to a vehicle, when I tried it on eden editor everything worked, but when me and my unit used the mission the flags didn't spawn at all for some reason

This ForceFlagTexture "flags\TMG.paa";```

that's what I use on the flag

[manic flame]

I highly discourage the use of chatGPT for coding in SQF, you'll encounter lots of nonsense

[pulsar bluff]

i disagree. yes nonsense but you can work through that with better prompts and a little bit of SQF knowledge

[sudden yacht]

YOU CAN USE GPT TO CODE FOR YOU?!

[pulsar bluff]

in a year or two it will likely be way better, so it makes sense to just get familiar with it

and a side bonus that GPT doesnt give snarky responses that you get when asking humans for help

is a tech in its infancy, but give it 2 years and the volume of “how do i …” in this channel will be far lower than the volume of people using GPT “how do i …”

[stark fjord]

unless it learns to give snarky responses when you ask it for help 🙂

[novel basin]

Hi
how can I recover the effect when a player has no more stamina (black contrast around the screen)

[stark fjord]

like reproduce it or get rid of it?

[novel basin]

I would just like to reproduce the effect that there is on the screen, yes

[stark fjord]

you would have to know the name of the, what i belive to be RscTitles class.
And then simply display it it via cutRsc.
If its not something within engine itself.
(I accidentally hit enter)

[novel basin]

thanks i will check that

[novel basin]

dont worry xd

do you know where is the information about this titles ? on what a pbo

[stark fjord]

sadly no.

[dim cave]

Hi guys, i’m looking for a way to play the sound of a distant battle in one of my missions without the use of the SOG audio module for warsounds in the distance: i want to avoid the SOG dependency in one of my missions just for a module. Is this possible by using the “say3D” script?

[pulsar bluff]

yea true. if it does that then id agree to not use it 😂

[lethal cave]

guys, i'm trying to drawIcon3D over camCreate effect but it's not showing the icon. any advice?

[edgy dune]

will vest work on remote units?

and if not, is there away to get the vest of a remote unit?

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vest says Global Argument, so yes 🙂

[warm sentinel]

hey guys, im attempting to compile a script that lowers ai spottime and accuracy at night, I used the timemanager script @pulsar bluff and chat gpt helped me write and added in this script from the forums https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/182390-how-to-turn-init-code-in-to-a-script/?do=findComment&comment=2877603

timemanager.sqf
https://sqfbin.com/hupasejodinuqiwexixo

here is blindatnight.sqf
https://sqfbin.com/ehabeqidowajecuhurav

any suggestions?

[edgy dune]

so idk why, but for somereason the vest returns "", would using the mission event handler EntityCreated cause it to return empty string?

[winter rose]

@warm sentinel please post your code to https://sqfbin.com/ and only post links here, not a wall of code thank you!

[winter rose]

what is the context

maybe the entity is not entirely initialised, IDK
vest should work

[warm sentinel]

yea sorry, ill fix that now, i realized that could be annoying after i posted it

[winter rose]

thankies! 🍻

!quote 6

[lyric schooner]

_ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/105462984087728128/1096430025504473209/image.png _
Lou Montana; Friday, 14 April 2023

[winter rose]

please don't use chatGPT 😄

[warm sentinel]

i dont anymore, but that timemanager works just fine lmao

for sqf that is

[edgy dune]

This is wat I got, https://sqfbin.com/yetosujoyivesasucode
basically I have the EH just on the server, and I want to do something with certain units vest

I thought id try a mission event handler

[winter rose]

it might need a bit of delay, if you are certain the unit has a vest and vest returns ""

network, etc

[edgy dune]

Okay ill try that

a delay of 1 second should be fine 🙂

[warm sentinel]

looking at the wiki i dont think my idea will work anyways

can you not change ai skills during a mission?

[warm hedge]

You can, by scripting

[edgy dune]

theres a zeus module that does that

think its in zeus enhanced or something

try looking at that?

[warm sentinel]

hmm i wonder if that note on the wiki specially concerns scenarios

trying to make ai spot skill and accuracy less at night time, this is what i got so far, i need to figure out how to set the skill back to original during daytime. probably need to make a second configunits command, one for day and one for night. https://sqfbin.com/ehabeqidowajecuhurav

[pulsar bluff]

people are going to use GPT for all languages more and more and no amount of pleading will stop it 😁 it will get better too

nothing wrong with learning how to use the GPT and seeing what it spits out

if it spits out garbage, well it didnt cost anything to use, and probably didnt mind responding to potentially embarrassing questions that could garner a witty/ridiculing response in here

[warm sentinel]

i infact havent used it for sqf since you helped me with the skip time script, im trying to combined that script with another lol

[pulsar bluff]

nice!

[gaunt tendon]

Did I accidentally joined the chatgpt discord? 🤔

[warm sentinel]

the idea is for co10 escape mission ported to ifa3 ww2, since friendlies do not have night vision i wanted to script it to make them significantly less likely to spot or hit you at night time to essentially balance the fact you cant see very much

im having second thought, might just skip nightime with the original script altogether, just thought it was a cool idea, simulating ai not being able to see in the dark lol

[winter rose]

that note says that if you change the difficulty setting, you have to restart the mission
setSkill is not involved here

[warm sentinel]

ahh okay i understand, thanks

[granite sky]

Final AI skill is combination of server skill (from difficulty settings) and mission skill (from setSkill).

[warm sentinel]

so if i set setskill spotdistance, and spottime via script and the server had the aiskill level high they would still be able to spot relatively well? Is it an average of the server skill and mission? would scripting only be able to effect mission skill?

[granite sky]

Scripts can only affect mission skill, but that is the more important one.

0 mission skill is 0 skillFinal. Server skill has its strongest effect at mission skill = 0.2.

[warm sentinel]

ah okay, this has to do with the crazy looking chart that hurt my brain on the wiki 😂

[lunar goblet]

Hello, I understand this is probably leaning a bit into modding, but I am trying to figure out what the proper start/stop conditions would be if I want to start/stop the music via a radio command (like Radio Alpha/Bravo in a trigger)

or some other way to do it on command instead of just having it say true and false

[hallow mortar]

If you want it to change state when a trigger activates, you can use triggerActivated your_trigger_name

For activation by other sources, you could have your script set a variable, which the module condition checks. e.g.

// event script
kosand_var_startMusic = true;
sleep 90;
kosand_var_startMusic = false;
// Jukebox conditions
// Start
missionNamespace getVariable ["kosand_var_startMusic",false]
// End
!(missionNamespace getVariable ["kosand_var_startMusic",false])```

Alternatively, skip the jukebox module and just use playMusic yourself

[pliant cradle]

Hello together,

I would like to equip all enemy units with tracer magazines in a mission port of Liberation Gamemode. The enemy units are created dynamically in the mission via script.

My thought was to avoid the extensive way of inherting each enemy class to use the "Entity created" Missioneventhandler and I just wanted to find out whether this works with script spawned AI or only with Zeus placed units?

And if the idea worked like that, a headless client shouldn't be a problem, right? The unit is created on the server, the MissionEventHandler should take effect immediately and then the unit is offloaded to the HC, right?

Thank you for your feedback.

[crude magnet]

A rather unusual request for help (actually scrap that, nothing is unusual anymore when it comes to Arma stuff)
I'm looking for a disco light script or even a simple multiple flashing lights script to give the illusion of a club atmosphere. Ideally something I can put in a objects init or run from the mission init.

anyone come across something like this? or know any code snippets i could use?

[meager granite]

You could do it with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawLaser

[crude magnet]

That will definitely help add to the scene, thank you is there a way to give random directions/vectors? or would I have to mess with creating an array of objects to choose between?

[meager granite]

Just make random arrays by some algorithm

[hallow mortar]

This may also be useful https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Lightpoint_Tutorial (note that the intro note about not being able to direct lights into a beam is no longer true, see the helo spotlight example for use of lightreflector)

To make lights flash, just set their intensity every X ms

[stark fjord]

Then add some sparse smoke particles that sink to the ground and u r set.
Also as a side note, units have at least 3 dance animations

[crude magnet]

Yes, more what I'm looking for, I have some basic knowledge like messing around with description files, some basic commands from the init, executing scripts from triggers etc...but that's about it.

Would you be able to provide an example in context?
feed me, I'm poor 😅

[stark fjord]

Well it aint gonna be a simple "paste into init" script. But this for reference:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZGmFd9-b4

[crude magnet]

Yeah checked that, This is going to be my 'fall back' as I could look into just creating this modded grenade by a script or trigger.
There are things such as the music and animations that are open to change, going to have to dig into if the length of effects can be changed.

Thanks for you help @stark fjord @meager granite & @hallow mortar

I'll have a mess around with the light point tutorial, suppose 'doing' is the best way to learn.

[stark fjord]

Also idk if old man scenario pbo has been decrypted. But in there you can also find disco at night in town next to main airfield.

[hallow mortar]

I mean, you're collecting a huge number of objects by searching through a large area. That is inherently not great for performance.

[winter rose]

as usual, depends

[hallow mortar]

You'll be fine using it for low-frequency collections, but doing it a lot is not a good idea

They are probably not using nearObjects "ALL"

Well, have you tried running the mod? If their implementation causes the same hitching, it may be your PC. If not, you need to look closer at what they're doing.

[modern meteor]

Hi, I am using the following code on a trigger in my mission. It's supposed to be an ammo box where my AI squad auto-rearms within range.

{if(_x iskindof "CAManBase") then {_x setDamage 0; _x  removeMagazines "15Rnd_9x19_GMag"; _x  removeMagazines "CUP_30Rnd_556x45_Emag_Tracer_Green"; _x  addMagazines ["15Rnd_9x19_GMag", 5]; _x  addMagazines ["CUP_30Rnd_556x45_Emag_Tracer_Green", 30];  };} foreach thisList; hint "We got new ammo!";

The trigger gets activated on BLUFOR. My problem is that only one AI in my team rearms but not the others. I guess it is the first one which gets into the triggers range. How can I adapt the code to make sure that all AI within range rearms?

[winter rose]

the code is fine, the trigger's condition may be at fault
set it to "repeat" and not "once"?

that or forEach units (thisList select 0) to apply it to all units in the first person's group's units

[modern meteor]

I have it on repeat with interval 2. Condition is set to: this. Shall I reduce the interval or do I need to use a different condition?

I will also change the forEach. 1 sec

This works. Thanks vey much Lou!

[wet geode]

Hi, I am writing a script and I want to see what the _transmitterClass variable is. It changes and is give by the acre_api_fnc_setCustomSignalFunc.

[{
  params ["", "", "", "_transmitterClass"];
  if (_transmitterClass == "ACRE_PRC117F") exitWith {
    [1,0]
  };
  _this call acre_sys_signal_fnc_getSignalCore
}] call acre_api_fnc_setCustomSignalFunc;
```Any suggestions

[sullen sigil]

does anybody have any bright ideas for working out if the player is within a bounding box set out by 4 coordinates? i'm completely drawing a blank here, I cannot use inArea as it only has rotation in one axis

I am trying to detect if the player is in an area on an aircraft carrier that has rotation in all axis -- using inArea would mean when it is upside down the area would be inside the carrier

[digital hollow]

use inArea but in model space of object aligned with the box

[sullen sigil]

you'd still need special handling for if it was upside down though as negative c is infinite vertical

its also not as simple as a lineintersectssurfaces in the direction of the surface as the object has no collisions ("aircraft carrier" is just to simplify it) and cannot be detected by it

[digital hollow]

use the positive c, right? it's the z size

[sullen sigil]

yeah, but if you'd end up with it going upwards into the carrier

one mo i'll draw a pic

with the triangle being the carrier you'd just end up with this

so you'd need to shift the center downwards by the amount of C varying on the angle its tilted by

[digital hollow]

not if you use model space?

[sullen sigil]

that is using model space there? inArea areas cant just be rotated upside down

[digital hollow]

not trigger, alt syntax lets you define center and sizes

[sullen sigil]

yeah so you'd need special handling to shift the point further down so that the top of the box aligns with the carrier

as using just straight modelspace would cause the diagram because its the same position on the model

oh

inPolygon exists

news to me, that saves tons of effort

i could've sworn i tried to find it with no success earlier

[digital hollow]

if the carrier is upside down, then its model space is also upside down.

[sullen sigil]

i know, but the trigger area is not

[sullen sigil]

if you try use inArea with the red circle as the center w/ no special handling thats what'll be searched for

either way inPolygon is exactly what I was looking for it just required a bit of digging

[meager granite]

You're not getting it, transform positions you check into carrier model space and do inArea there

Here is my snippet to do a check against bounding box

Change bounding box area to be area on your carrier entity in its model space, turn your checked position into carrier's model space position and do the check

[astral bone]

_new_turret setPosASL (AGLToASL (_turret_point modelToWorld _tur_cent)); // not offsetting right, and on the ground.

Issue with placing the turrets from yesterday. I should be able to fix the only spawning on the ground part, but not sure about the offset being incorrect

Offset is basically b/c the red x is where the model origin is. I want the yellow X to be where the turret point is

wait a second

oh still no

[winter rose]

modelToWorldVisualWorld?

[astral bone]

the wiki isn't loading for me-

what does that do

[winter rose]

_new_turret setPosWorld (_turret_point modelToWorldVisualWorld _tur_cent);
```should place the `_new_turret` spot-on

[astral bone]

Model center isn't the same as object pos right?

[winter rose]

both commands work with model centre

[astral bone]

oh, you did PosWorld too

oh I'm an idiot

ignore the variable setting, that was for debug thing. Buuut...

[winter rose]

whenever possible, avoid AGL 😉

[astral bone]

yes. I wonder what's wrong. Surely it isn't "_tur_cent"

You know, I was also wondering why the position wasn't even seeming to change xD

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-gif-26438788

[astral bone]

uh- hmmmmm

[jovial aspen]

hello, whats the highest possible value in arma?

[manic sigil]

9

[astral bone]

that's not it...

[winter rose]

float.MAX, which is about 3.40282e+038
know that the further away you are from 0, the more imprecise it gets

(also known as 340,282,346,638,528,859,811,704,183,484,516,925,440)

[jovial aspen]

what about for int?

[winter rose]

there are no int script-side in Real Virtuality

[astral bone]

ok, end position is 6097.5, 4416.65, and 5.0005

ah yes, ok, so another issue is if the turret points are deleted, it will need to handle that.

mission.sqm shows the spot's position as {6098.2744,5.0005002,4416.71} which, swap Y and Z, should match.

Wait a second, this uses model center. So it also uses Z center.

[winter rose]

…why do you bother so much with sqm?

[astral bone]

oh, that was just to see what the ASL Z axis was

[winter rose]

private _selectedObjects = get3denSelected "object";
private _firstObject = _selectedObjects select 0;
getPosASL _firstObject select 2; // ASL altitude

or

getPosASL (get3denSelected "object" select 0) select 2; // ASL altitude

[astral bone]

wait no

the VR square has a different Z center

[meager granite]

There is model center, model placing point

You can get offset for placing point from getModelInfo

Also many entities benefit from using XY from getCenterOfMass because XY from getPosASL\ATL is same as XY from getPosWorld which results in pretty useless coordinates when entity is not top right

getPosWorld - PlacingPoint is what you get with setPosASL\getPosATL when entity is top right (Vector Up = [0,0,1])

Visualized, getPosASL is higher than getPosWorld when entity is turned over

Some static have centers really weird too, like vanilla mortar, getCenterOfMass is the best way again there

[astral bone]

what's the best way to invert a position? Multiply by -1?

[meager granite]

Yes, ... vectorMultiply -1

Or vectorDiff instead of vectorAdd depending on where used

[astral bone]

oh yea, subtraction is a thing

[brisk lagoon]

If you we’re referring to my question then I just copied it of steam workshop…

Which also didn’t answer my question

Steam guide*

Not workshop

[edgy dune]

how did u get a bounding box for the vehicle?

[manic flame]

No, i was referencing an older message. They were trying to get a script done by chatgpt and instead of manually correcting mistakes they would ask here what the issue was and then ask chatgpt to fix it. Leading to a never ending debugging loop

[winter rose]

both attachTo and forceFlagTexture are global and should not be placed inside an init field like that

[brisk lagoon]

Oh didn’t know that

[little raptor]

boundingBoxReal command gives you the bounds
you can create the lines yourself using modelToWorldWorld after getting the vertices of the BB in model coords
which are all combinations of [(x1,x2), (y1,y2), (z1,z2)] = 2 ^ 3 = 8 verts

[winter rose]

your issue most likely comes from the fact you are providing a relative texture path

[brisk lagoon]

what do you mean by relative texture path?

[winter rose]

e.g "MyTexture.paa"

[brisk lagoon]

so what am I supposed to do instead?

[edgy dune]

ah neat, is bounding box what gets used when doing ViV to determine if something will fit?

[crude magnet]

Managed to kitbash something together, rough, but it works. No scripting knowledge so I just threw different examples together lol.
_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicle getPos objectname;
_light setLightFlareSize 5;
_light setLightBrightness 1.0;
_light setLightIntensity 1000;
_light setLightColor [1, 0, 1];
_light setLightAmbient [1, 0, 1];
_light attachTo [object name, [0, 0, 0]];

sleep 2;

while {true} do {
_light setLightIntensity 3000;
sleep 0.5;
_light setLightIntensity 0;
sleep 0.5;
};

[little raptor]

you mean internally?

[edgy dune]

Yea

[little raptor]

I think there's a cargo bounding box defined in config

dunno

[edgy dune]

the mystery of arma

[little raptor]

not a mystery just need to read the docs 😅

[south swan]

and if it isn't there - just need to write the docs

and if it's inconsistent - just need to write a ticket and wait a year or two

[little raptor]

well I was correct:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Vehicle_in_Vehicle_Transport

[edgy dune]

just cause I am curious, lets say I wanted to do attachTo in the init field like he has, would only doing it on the machine that the object is local to be fine?

[little raptor]

dimensions[] = { "BBox_1_1_pos", "BBox_1_2_pos" }; // Memory-point-based override of automatic bounding box
cargoBayDimensions[] = { "VTV_limit_1", "VTV_limit_2" };

[edgy dune]

that would be the thing that is carrying the other vehicle. I was saying for the vehicle that gets put inside. like how does it know that only 3-4 quadbikes can fit in the hemmit for example

[south swan]

// or
// dimensions[] = { { 0,0,0 }, { 3,2,1.5 } }; // alternatively, positions in model space (since 2.08)

[edgy dune]

ohh wait

I see nvm

Transported Vehicle config example:

[winter rose]

if (local this)
```yes

[hallow mortar]

Yes, the problem (theoretical, attachTo doesn't break too badly if executed on all machines) is that init fields are executed everywhere. So adding a locality check to limit it to one machine would avoid any problems.

[edgy dune]

okay cool thats wat I do anyways, just making sure

[winter rose]

createVehicleLocal, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Light_Source_Tutorial

[winter rose]

getMissionPath "MyTexture.paa";

[hallow mortar]

They mentioned it being fine in local testing and only breaking on DS. If the problem was relative paths, wouldn't it not work everywhere?

[winter rose]

I got things mixed up with relative and absolute path, and it's better to try & check anyway 🙃
at worst, the wiki will get a fix

[winter rose]

I believe there was an issue with setObjectTextureGlobal when set in an init field too, so the issue is actually most likely the fact that the command is run by everyone and not just the owner
Cc @brisk lagoon wrap with```sqf
if (local this) then {};
// or
if (isServer) then {};

[hallow mortar]

This is the init field problem for setObjectTextureGlobal:

execution may happen too early and fail to broadcast over the network and to be JIP compatible.
So it may need a more advanced fix.

[astral bone]

I normally do spawn then object texture

ah yes, createVehicle uses AGL not ASL 😅

[astral bone]

I've only tested in singleplayer, but normally

this spawn{
  _this setObjectTextureGlobal [......];
};

works for me

[winter rose]

so this ↑

[astral bone]

Yea

AH HA! And I have it so it's spawning a temp vehicle when initializing and normallizing the preset turret types array, and adding the center of mass X and Y, plus PosWorld Z, and adding them to the offset position array I already had.

[little raptor]

why create a temp vehicle tho? you already have those values for the new vehicle

[raw tide]

Is there a way for arma to pull a custom texture from a link or an ftp server instead of from pbos and for everyone to see that texture? I know I could use mission file but that would get too big too fast. Or does anyone know how arma 3 units get that to work. Basically I want people to be able to upload their custom texture for example and be able to use it in game and for everyone one else to see it too without having to put those textures in pbos or mission file. Or even if someone knows what the path to logos in units would be?

[stark fjord]

As long as it works 😄

[novel basin]

Hi
Do you know why I get this error when I use the 'slotItemChanged' EH?
Error Erreur mod externe : Unknown enum value: "SlotItemChanged"

Even if I don't have a mod I get the error

[hallow mortar]

The slotItemChanged EH is only available on dev branch until the release of Arma 3 2.14

[novel basin]

Outch :/

do you know where the release arrive ?

[little raptor]

late summer; ~2-3 months from now I guess

[novel basin]

oh ok

and, for the moment, how can i ""reproduce"" this EH ?

[sharp grotto]

run a lopp and check the slot items

[little raptor]

use the dev branch to actually use the EH

[hallow mortar]

There aren't any particularly good ways, which is why it's being added

[novel basin]

but if i want put the script on my server, i can ? or not ?

[hallow mortar]

Using a loop to check the items is one of the better options, but it's not fantastic for performance.
Depending on what exactly you want to track, you might be able to get away with using inventoryOpened/inventoryClosed/put/take EH

[little raptor]

no

[novel basin]

ok

[hallow mortar]

You could run the whole server on dev branch, but that would mean everyone connecting would also have to be on dev branch, and also stuff on dev branch isn't properly tested, so it's really not recommended

[novel basin]

yes i will check with the EH of inventory and the put / take

when I saw this EH on the documentation of event handlers I was happy lmao it will make some scripts easier for me

thanks for your help Leopard and NikkoJT

[novel basin]

by the way i had another question
I'm trying to reproduce the fatigue effect (that the effect that the player has on his screen) do you think it's possible to do it with the 'PostProcessEffect'? or is there another way to do it?

[tough geode]

Maybe i'm just to stupid to find something about this but i was wondering if there is a way to use the squad logos in setObjectTextureGlobal? I can easily find the local path on a client via squadParams but i would like to use a global command for it as the squad logos should be distributed to everyone anyway.

[topaz quartz]

So I have been asking chat gpt about how to do some stuff in arma 3 and It started giving me some scripting stuff and I saw something in here about not using chat gpt for scripting. Is this accurate?

[winter rose]

it is accurate not to use chatGPT for scripting then coming here for debug

[topaz quartz]

It looks easy to learn. I know several languages allready as well. What would be a good way to learn it?

[tough geode]

#arma3_scripting message

It's in the pinned messages

[still schooner]

One issue with this code, it shoots randomly even when there is no enemy

[meager granite]

boundingBoxReal and then drawLine3D for each side

[molten yacht]

What would a thing look like that went "All AI on Blufor should have this one voice"

for each _x in blufor, set voice to no_voice...

I'd also take a way to just like, auto-change the voice of any AI that are wearing a certain uniform/mask...

[manic sigil]

You've got the right words, just gotta put them to music.

[granite sky]

units west apply { [_x, "chosenvoice"] remoteExec ["setSpeaker", 0] };

[manic sigil]

Man, I always forget Apply...

[granite sky]

This is a bit spammy. Probably better to do:
{ units west apply { _x setSpeaker "chosenvoice" } } remoteExec ["call", 0]

Also you'd normally want to JIP that.

[molten yacht]

Cool.

[shut reef]

What's with the vehicle respawn module and not respawning helicopters that died from contact with water?
Also what's with helicopters exploding on contact with water, even if they have their damage disabled?

[warm hedge]

It might be an Engine issue

[drowsy geyser]

_hintName = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyUp",
{ 
  params ["_control", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];
  if (_key == 57 && player == player) then
  {
    hint format ["Hello, %1!", name player];
  };
}];

How would i remove this local keyUp eventhandler in another .sqf file?

[digital rover]

you would need to store _hintName somehow, either as a global variable or storing it on the control or something.

Then you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/displayRemoveEventHandler

[drowsy geyser]

okay thank you, i will try it

[proven charm]

the player == player doesn't make any sense. what are you trying to do?

[drowsy geyser]

that was just an example code 😆

[proven charm]

ok 🙂

[drowsy geyser]

so i would do something like this:

_hintName = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyUp",
{ 
    params ["_control", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];
    if (_key == 57) then
    {
        hint format ["Hello, %1!", name player];
    };
}];
missionNamespace setVariable ["hintNameKeyUp", _hintName];

and then:
_hintName = missionNamespace getVariable "hintNameKeyUp"; (findDisplay 46) displayRemoveEventHandler ["keyUp", _hintName];
would this be right?

[proven charm]

looks like to me

where are you putting the removeEvent code?

[drowsy geyser]

in another sqf file

[proven charm]

ok just trying to understand what your trying to do

[velvet merlin]

setMousePosition [safeZoneW - 0.1,safeZoneH - 0.1];

trying to put the mouse cursor out of the way

1. it doesnt always work
2. while this should not be at the edge (as i understand it), in 2d map it will move the view to SE (not in all situations; especially when you tab out tho)

#arma3_scripting message

seems i have the position wrong

but was also bugged? #arma3_scripting message

this is also funny and a "nice workaround" #arma3_scripting message

finally the "new" https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetMousePosition is probably safer to use

[stray flame]

So ive been trying to get around a loadout save issue caused by a mod and I was thinking

Could I set a thing in initPlayerLocal.sqf that saves player loadout when inventory is closed?

Which could then be used as a reference for onPlayerRespawn.sqf to give the player their stuff back

The reason I've been having issues is because one of the mods I use removes player mags when in a revive state

Which means the player respawns without mags

[tough geode]

Wouldn't it make more sens to change the script that removes the mags in the first place?
Well if you want to do what you described there is an InventoryClosed event handler^^

[stray flame]

As of now ive had to turn off revive all together as this issue is too big

Its a mod that removes mags

And idk how id do that

Hm

I will look at it

As is it seems simplest to just have it activate on inventory closed. Since thats usually when players obtain new loot

[tough geode]

Do you know which mod it is? I may can take a quick look ^^

[stray flame]

Project injury reaction

[static furnace]

Really stupid question incoming, but I'm trying to setup a simple teleport trigger, and when typing the following on the "on activation" part:

player setPosATL [getPosATL tpExit];

It tells me there's a missing ";"
I try adding a ; right after tpExit, and it gives me the same result
Any help would be appreciated

Nevermind, found the issue

[winter rose]

you are trying to do

obj setPosATL [[posX, posY, posZ]];

[static furnace]

[winter rose]

yep

[static furnace]

I made a typo and typed "getPostATL

[winter rose]

well that too (that explains the ; error message
but your code remains wrong even after fixing the typo

@static furnace ↑

[static furnace]

wouldn't getPosATL take care of that though?

[winter rose]

it takes an array of numbers, not an array of arrays

player setPosATL getPosATL tpExit;
```you could also use `setVehiclePosition` to not place at exact position but at _available_ position```sqf
private _radius = 5;
player setVehiclePosition [tpExit, [], _radius];

[static furnace]

I've used a similar script before and it's worked fine though

[winter rose]

what, that?

player setPosATL [getPosATL tpExit]; // error

[tough geode]

Well the mod just runs clearMagazineCargoGlobal in some conditions so if you want to stop it from doing you could just overwrite the functions of the mod^^ But if you don't know how to do that your solution will also work ^^

[static furnace]

you even gave me the answer

[tough geode]

player setPosATL (getPosATL tpExit);
Maybe like that? ^^

[winter rose]

SELECTRANDOM

[south swan]

yaay for randomly inserting square brackets in the command

[static furnace]

but there's still getPosATL

which works flawlessly

[winter rose]

re read what I posted please

// you do
player setPosATL [getPosATL tpExit]; // doesn't work
// I do
player setPosATL getPosATL tpExit; // works
```period

[static furnace]

I-

Apologies, I completely missed that

Thanks again

[stray flame]

Thank you. Any idea why they do that?

Also is there anything I could use to save the loadout just before entering the revive state?

[jade acorn]

there's a bunch of eventhandlers you could use I reckon

[stray flame]

Mainly because the one issue that can occur with saving loadout on inventory closed is that it poorly tracks mags used. One can easily use up a bunch of ammo after last closing inventory

[tough geode]

Well i don't understand Russian but they safe them to reapply them later after the revive or what ever ^^ Seems they don't want the unconscious or captured units to have the mags before the state gets reverted.

[stray flame]

It just feels like a strange issue on their part. As mods like ace doesn't do that

[tough geode]

Not sure but looks like a mechanic to make sure critical hit units don't can fight back if they somehow are able to glitch out the unconscious animation

[stray flame]

hm

hmmm, eventhandler Respawn (that I use to play a wakeup animation on respawn) is local argument

but InventoryClosed is global argument

will this perhaps cause issues if I try to make it work within initPlayerLocal.sqf

[tough geode]

If your are talking about MPRespawn it will still be triggered locally on the machine of the player respawning so that shouldn't be a problem

[stray flame]

well I tried putting

//Save loadout on closed invenotry
player addEventHandler ["InventoryClosed",{ 
player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player]; 
}];```
into `initPlayerLocal.sqf`



`onPlayerRespawn.sqf` has the thing to restore loadout with 
```player setUnitLoadout (player getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);```

should this work?

[tough geode]

After respawning the player object has changed so you would have to get the variable from the dead unit

[stray flame]

hm.

Well how would this information translate over to the next?

the old system was using:
onPlayerKilled with onPlayerRespawn.sqf

[tough geode]

 params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
player setUnitLoadout (_corpse getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);```

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[stray flame]

where would this be?

[tough geode]

In the onPlayerRespawn.sqf

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

[stray flame]

along with the old code that was in there?

params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
player setUnitLoadout (_corpse getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);

player setUnitLoadout (player getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);```

[tough geode]

Nah the sqf player setUnitLoadout (player getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]); isn't needed

[stray flame]

alright

I will try

as for onPlayerKilled.sqf, im guessing that isnt needed anymore?

[tough geode]

What is in onPlayerKilled.sqf ? ^^

[stray flame]

player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player];```

[tough geode]

Well i would keep it as this should make sure the Unit loadout gets saved the moment of death

[stray flame]

and that wont reintroduce the issues I had earlier with players respawning without mags due to the revive state?

[tough geode]

Well that depends if it's fired before the mags get removed or afterwards. But you could first try it without the onPlayerKilled and see if it works.

[stray flame]

I will try with its current configuration

wait..

should I have

//Save loadout on closed invenotry
player addEventHandler ["InventoryClosed",{ 
player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player]; 
}];

in initPlayerLocal.sqf?

I forgot if I should have it there or íf I just forgot to remove it

atm I have
initPlayerLocal.sqf:

//Save loadout on closed invenotry
player addEventHandler ["InventoryClosed",{ 
player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player]; 
}];

onPlayerKilled.sqf:

player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player];

onPlayerRespawn.sqf:

params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
player setUnitLoadout (_corpse getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);

[tough geode]

Should work

[winter rose]

don't forget a TAG_ for good practice 🙂

[stray flame]

what now?

[little raptor]

always prefix your non-local variables with your own tag to prevent conflicts with other mods

like HMSH_Saved_Loadout

e.g CBA stuff have the CBA_ prefix

[stray flame]

well I got my mags back but.

I added sleep to a body-removal thing

becouse if it retrives it from the body I wouldnt want the body to go into the shadowrealm too early

[polar belfry]

hello is there a way to make a nofly zone in my missions. I thought a zone that when players fly over temporarily spawn some SAM and AA vics to strike them and when they are out of the zone the sams and AA Vics disappear

if I set variables on the vics will the ones that get spawned a second or third time still despawn

[stray flame]

okay yeah the script doesnt seem to work

[sharp grotto]

can't use sleep there

[stray flame]

yeah I removed that

still wouldnt work as intended

[tough geode]

Try to remove the onPlayerKilled.sqf

[sharp grotto]

getUnitLoadout / setUnitLoadout has some annoying bugs

[stray flame]

well that isnt the issue im running into

[tough geode]

What is the issue?

[stray flame]

here is me before going down

here is what I respawn with

It didnt save my loadout at all

ima see if the body removal thing was the issue

trying to disable that real quick

okay

I fixed it

Removing body thing did cause that

however

now the issue is its just the same as usual. Mags got removed when I went down and are still gone after respawn

had 3 mags before I last dropped my gear on the ground and got shot. Now I am back with none to spare

[tough geode]

Maybe try some logging?

player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player];
diag_log str getUnitLoadout player;

And see if the mags are alr missing the moment onPlayerKilled.sqf: gets fired

[stray flame]

you mentioned this. Is trying to bypass or turn it off maybe a better idea?

[stray flame]

in onPlayerKilled.sqf?

[tough geode]

Yes

[stray flame]

got it

testing..

before death

after

funny enough the gear I want to have on respawn is on my body

so currently I want it to give me that gear and then for it to remove the body

yeah

since it puts the stuff back on the dead body

I think the optimal method would be for it to just give me the gear from the dead body and for it to them put that on me when I respawn. Then remove that body

[tough geode]

Wait the dead body has the gear you want?

[stray flame]

yeah

it apparently gives it back either when revived or turned into a corpse

[tough geode]

Just scrap the save loadout part and do in the onPlayerRespawn.sqf:

params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
player setUnitLoadout (getUnitLoadout _corpse);

[stray flame]

so scrap the stuff in onPlayerKilled.sqf

[tough geode]

And in the InitPlayerLocal if you just want the gear of the dead unit back ^^

[stray flame]

would this be in onPlayerRespawn.sqf then?

ah

https://tenor.com/view/roger-roger-roger-roger-that-copy-that-robots-gif-5912820

what may I do for body-removal?

[tough geode]

Just call the body removal after you applied the gear on the new unit

[stray flame]

yeah so far its done it too early

I used to have

player addEventHandler ["Respawn",{ 
    params ["_newObject","_oldObject"];
    deleteVehicle _oldObject; 
}];```
inside of `initPlayerLocal.sqf`

okay I tried it

without body removal

ehh

I respawned without my gun

before

after

I mean that could sorta work for some survival themed stuff but

that would require me to be able to get just the gun from the ground and

well its not nearly as versatile as I want

[tough geode]

Well your problem is: When unit is killed and had a weapon, the weapon is placed inside "WeaponHolderSimulated" and dropped together with the unit. so you could either use the onKilled.sqf to save your weapon or search for the weapon holder containing your corpses weapon and adding it back to your new unit

[stray flame]

sounds like a dificult problem

any half-half solution where it only takes the firearm from when the unit was killed and the rest from the unit corpse?

I mean given it always respawns me now without a firearm it would atleast not have to replace anything that exists in unit inventory

[tough geode]

onPlayerKilled.sqf:

player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",primaryWeapon player];

[stray flame]

ya?

done

[tough geode]

So instead of saving the full load out as before you save the weapon and readd in the onRespawn

[stray flame]

will I need to add anything extra to the onPlayerRespawn.sqf?

[tough geode]

Well you would want to also get the weapon attachments and magazine and readd them in the onPlayerRespawn

so yeah you would have to add stuff ^^

[stray flame]

so ```sqf
primaryWeapon

is just for the gun itself

it should then be

primaryWeaponItems

im okay if the unit looses the mag that is loaded. Its a small loss

[tough geode]

Nope primaryWeaponItems is only the attachments not the weapon ^^

[stray flame]

yeah but would I not need to do both somehow?

weaponAccessories```
?

weaponsItems```???

weaponState```???

man there are a lot of these

weaponState looks promising

[tough geode]

onPlayerKilled.sqf:

params ["_oldUnit", "_killer", "_respawn", "_respawnDelay"];
_primaryWeapon = [primaryWeapon player, primaryWeaponItems player, primaryWeaponMagazine player];
_secondaryWeapon = [secondaryWeapon player, secondaryWeaponMagazine player];
player setVariable ["Hmch_Saved_primWeapon",_primaryWeapon];
player setVariable ["Hmch_Saved_secWeapon",_secondaryWeapon];

[stray flame]

giving it a try

trying again with the edited text

[tough geode]

onPlayerRespawn.sqf:

params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
player setUnitLoadout (getUnitLoadout _corpse);
_primaryWeapon = _corpse getVariable ["Hmch_Saved_primWeapon",["",[""],[""]]];
_secondaryWeapon = _corpse getVariable ["Hmch_Saved_secWeapon",["",[""]]];
player addWeapon (_primaryWeapon select 0);
player addWeapon (_secondaryWeapon select 0);
{
player addPrimaryWeaponItem _x;
} forEach (_primaryWeapon select 1);
player addPrimaryWeaponItem (_primaryWeapon select 2);
player addSecondaryWeaponItem (_secondaryWeapon select 1);

[stray flame]

alright, giving it a go

im guessing im replacing what was previously in onPlayerRespawn.sqf

[tough geode]

yes

[stray flame]

got it

well got this first thing in the mission

got me gun back

dont mind the one on the ground thats from the dead body

[tough geode]

Mhh guess should have set the default value to an empty array.(fixed)

[stray flame]

mags check, gun check, attachments check

just have to deal with that message

and then body cleanup

if I could use the usual body cleaning method but delay it with a few seconds it could work as usual I belive

[astral bone]

Should I be able to called hide object in postInit?
Function has postInit to 1 in description, and then does hideObjectGlobal

[brisk lagoon]

omfgggggggggggggggggggggggg i am loosing my mind, the civilian faction I made with Alive works and it appears but the OPFOR faction does not whyyyyyyyyy

same mod pack did not change shit

2 days ago it worked and now it wont appear at all

[stray flame]

okay, How may I now remove the body?

[stray flame]

my old method was

but I belive this would mess things up as it most likely removes the body before the player can get the stuff from it

I tried adding sleep to it but

[stray flame]

thats where this came from

[tough geode]

try
onPlayerRespawn.sqf:

params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
if (isNull _corpse) exitWith {};
player setUnitLoadout (getUnitLoadout _corpse);
_primaryWeapon = _corpse getVariable ["Hmch_Saved_primWeapon",["",[""],[""]]];
_secondaryWeapon = _corpse getVariable ["Hmch_Saved_secWeapon",["",[""]]];
player addWeapon (_primaryWeapon select 0);
player addWeapon (_secondaryWeapon select 0);
{
player addPrimaryWeaponItem _x;
} forEach (_primaryWeapon select 1);
player addPrimaryWeaponItem (_primaryWeapon select 2);
player addSecondaryWeaponItem (_secondaryWeapon select 1);
deleteVehicle _corpse;

[stable dune]

Executed locally when player respawns in a multiplayer mission. This event script will also fire at the beginning of a mission if respawnOnStart is 0 or 1, oldUnit will be objNull in this instance
So add check !isNull to _corpse.

[stray flame]

got it

[tough geode]

You got that when you spawned?

[stray flame]

when I started

[tough geode]

Yeah that should be caused by #arma3_scripting message

[stray flame]

got this now that I respawned

hmmmm

[tough geode]

Oh my bad ^^

[stray flame]

if that message only appears because it believes something isnt the case at the start thats fine

[tough geode]

Try

params ["_unit", "_corpse"];
if (isNull _corpse) exitWith {};
player setUnitLoadout (getUnitLoadout _corpse);
_primaryWeapon = _corpse getVariable ["Hmch_Saved_primWeapon",["",[""],[""]]];
_secondaryWeapon = _corpse getVariable ["Hmch_Saved_secWeapon",["",[""]]];
player addWeapon (_primaryWeapon select 0);
player addWeapon (_secondaryWeapon select 0);
{
player addPrimaryWeaponItem _x;
} forEach (_primaryWeapon select 1);
{
player addPrimaryWeaponItem _x;
} forEach (_primaryWeapon select 2);
player addSecondaryWeaponItem ((_secondaryWeapon select 1) select 0);
deleteVehicle _corpse;

[stray flame]

onPlayerRespawn.sqf?

[tough geode]

yes

[stray flame]

roger roger

[tough geode]

The mags are also arrays as you could have gl grenades in your weapon^^

[stray flame]

ah yeah okay so now it appears to work just fine

I am okay if it misses out on GL and that stuff but if it fixes that too then thats amazing

okay yeah seems to work well. Thank you very much I now have a more robust script that I will use for a long time

Thank you so much for your time this was vital for getting revive to work with this mod

[stray flame]

If I want to use thisList to set the effect from a trigger on the people within it

how would I apply this to a remoteexec

like for example

["Music\Temp_Music.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM",0];

[winter rose]

["Music\Temp_Music.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", thislist];

[stray flame]

thank you

[faint oasis]

Hi, is it possible to change the code when a waypoint is added to a unit when you are in the Zeus ? Because i don't understand why but when a unit is server side and is "Alone" in his group then the waypoint doesn't work. When the unit is not alone then it will work but otherwise, it's not working.

[digital hollow]

There is setWaypointStatements but it sounds like you want to fix the code in the first place, not just change it afterwards.

[faint oasis]

yeah but is there a way to "replicate" the waypoints ?

[digital hollow]

Not exactly sure what you mean. You can create and edit waypoints by script, yes.

[faint oasis]

thank you but i already know that

i wanted to know if it was possible to "replicate" the waypoints

so actually the waypoints are created but seems to be only on my computer and not on the server so i wanted to know if it was possible to transfer them directly to the unit owner so the server

[digital hollow]

addWaypoint is global arg global effect, so you shouldn't need to do that.
How about:

1. What you tried.
2. What you wanted to see.
3. What you saw instead.

[faint oasis]

1. Really simple, i wanted to move a group of one unit inside.
2. I wanted to see the unit moving at the waypoint position
3. The unit didn't move 😄

ah and actually it's why i asked if it was possible to change the "waypoint script" on the Zeus because actually the problem come from the Zeus and not from me

[digital hollow]

1. What did you actually do? ie "I went in zeus, selected the unit, and right clicked inside a building"?

[faint oasis]

Remember 2 things, the unit is server side and is alone in his group.

1. I went in zeus, selected the unit and right clicked on the floor

[tepid vigil]

Is there any way to detect unit roles, as in detect if an unit is a machinegunner, medic, etc?

[digital hollow]

ok. some possibilities:

1. sometimes it just takes a while for ai to decide to do something
2. something affecting the ai like disableAI "PATH"
3. Which building? might not have paths setup
4. AI mods?

[winter rose]

depends on criteria

• held weapon?
• unit editor name?
• selected respawn loadout?

[faint oasis]

1. Not really logical actually because it's working perfectly when the unit is not alone in his group. I tried to put them all on the server and i tried to move only one guy and didn't work and i tried to link him to an other guy and it worked perfectly so if it's that then i don't understand.
2. I thought it was something like that because i'm using this command but it's not automatic and i tried 4 times to be sure so i don't think it's that and like i said when i link to an other guy then it's working.
3. I was wrong sorry, i meant "Ground" so i'm not moving them in a building, they are outside on the road or dirt.
4. Nope

[digital hollow]

hmm. try:

1. check that the unit can move w/o a waypoint

(curatorSelected # 0 # 0) doMove screenToWorld getMousePosition

2. check that the waypoint is created, current
3. with no/fewer mods. single unit waypoints seem to work fine here.

[astral bone]

{
//... do stuff to normalize array, part of which is changing first position (select 0) to "NOT_A_VEHICLE" if no valid className exists...
}forEach opfor_static_turrets;
opfor_static_turrets = opfor_static_turrets select {(_x # 0) != "NOT_A_VEHICLE";};```
I feel weird making a new array to assign to the old array... Any ideas to make it better or?

[faint oasis]

1. I did that 😄 and my command were

(curatorSelected # 0 # 0) doMove (getpos curatorCamera);

2. It is but not on the server (I didn't check it on the server though).
3. Then maybe it's coming from a mod i'm using. I'm using "Achilles" so maybe it's coming from that. I will try without to see if it's that or not.

[quiet gazelle]

do the CBA XEH_preInits of different addons run in the order of the addons being loaded?
(assuming the answer to that is yes, is that also the case in 3DEN?)

[little raptor]

it depends when they get called
they run in the same order as whatever created them run
e.g. in CfgFunctions, in the same order as mod loading order

[quiet gazelle]

so basically to figure out the answer i have to go digging in CBAs code?

[little raptor]

like it said it depends

a mod might run its XEH_preInits via CfgFunctions

[astral bone]

private _hee = "f";
_hee

Will that return "f" or

[little raptor]

ye

[astral bone]

ok so that's not my issue

[little raptor]

you can use select instead of forEach

and combine their codes

[little raptor]

e.g.:

_myArray = [["bla",2], ["ble",1]];

_myArray = _myArray select {
  _x#0 != "bla" && {
    _x set [1, "new data"];
    true
  }
}

[quiet gazelle]

so if the XEH_preInits of all addons in question are registered by having this ```c++
class Extended_PreInit_EventHandlers {
class ADDON {
init = QUOTE(call COMPILE_FILE(XEH_preInit));
};
};

[little raptor]

for that you need to see how CBA runs their stuff

my guess is yes

(it probably just does configClasses, which returns configs classes in addon load order)

[quiet gazelle]

thanks, imma go look at CBA then

[astral bone]

why is the newly spawned object at level -88 :)

[little raptor]

what level??

[astral bone]

Z level

I think- Hope, I've got it now...

hahahahaha! YEES

[graceful juniper]

Anyone know a script where I can use a object like a laptop then use the scroll wheel menu to spawn in a helicopter?

MenuObject addAction ["Spawn MH-60M", {createVehicle [(_this select 3), (getPosATL MenuObject), [], 5, "NONE"];}, "vtx_MH60M"];

This is what I have but how do I make it spawn in on a object like a helipad?

configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "vtx_MH60M"

[hallow mortar]

The getPosATL menuObject in the createVehicle is defining the position at which the vehicle will spawn. So if you want to spawn it on a helipad, you just need to reference the helipad instead of menuObject (maybe using vectorAdd to give it 0.5m of vertical height just in case)

[graceful juniper]

Copy

[graceful juniper]

For workshop vehicles how do I get the config code for them to spawn in the vtx_MH60M is not correct

[hallow mortar]

For all vehicles (regardless of whether they come from a Workshop mod or not), createVehicle uses their classname. The classname is visible when you hover over them in the Editor, or be got dynamically from an existing vehicle using typeOf. For example, the vanilla Slammer's classname is B_MBT_01_cannon_F.

[graceful juniper]

Thank you, you have been helpful

[proper niche]

@digital hollow Hey. Hope you don't mind the ping, and I hope this is the right channel.

I am following along with your youtube video on file-patching. When you build the PBO it is just named "main", though most mods that I have seen have their PBO names formatted as "pfd_main" for example. Is there something I am missing to have the PBOs built with that naming format, or should I just be renaming my PBOs manually after they are built?

[digital hollow]

The prefix_component pbo names are made by build scripts. Addon Builder will just make a pbo named the same as the folder by default. You can manually rename them with no issue.

[proper niche]

Ah okay, I am using PBOProject

thanks for the response

[polar belfry]

I have a question is there a way to make a kill logger script that saves what people kill in a txt file

[granite sky]

8/10 on a good day?

similar to findEmptyPosition I think.

[winter rose]

without extensions, you could diag_log kills with server-side Killed Event Handlers on players

[polar belfry]

I have a script I tried to make

_killLog = "kill_log.txt";

// Add event handler to each unit
{
    private _unit = _x;
    _unit addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
        
        // Check if killer is a player and instigator is a vehicle
        if (isPlayer _killer && typeName _instigator in ["Air", "Land", "Sea"]) then {
            
            // Check if instigator is destroyed by the killer or the crash/explosion
            if (!isNull _instigator && (vehicle _instigator isEqualTo _killer || damage _instigator >= 1)) then {
                private _instigatorName = displayName _instigator;
                private _killerName = name _killer;
                
                // Append the kill to the kill log file
                private _logString = format ["%1 killed %2 at %3\n", _killerName, _instigatorName, time];
                _logString call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "log.sqf";
            };
        };
    }];
} forEach allUnits;

private _logString = _this;
_logString = format ["[%1] %2", time, _logString];
_logString = parseSimpleArray [_logString];
_logString = format ["%1\n", _logString];
_logString = parseSimpleArray [_logString, false];
_logString = format ["%1\n", _logString];
_logString = parseSimpleArray [_logString, false];

// Append the log string to the kill log file
_logString call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "appendto.sqf";

private _logString = _this;

// Append the log string to the kill log file
_logString call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers format ["%1\n", _killLog];

It's for a plane mission and I had to take precautions cause AI likes to eject at slightly getting brushed from cannon fire

[stable dune]

Your current script check if your unit isPlayer, so it wont affect to AI.
If you want attach eventHandler to object, your should add that to object, not for units.
To eject , you can use forEach crew YouPlaneVarName

[polar belfry]

So it's a kill logger for Player to Player kills?

[winter rose]

typeName _instigator in ["Air", "Land", "Sea"] what

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/typeName please 😄

you are looking for isKindOf https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isKindOf

[stable dune]

i bet , 5$, chatGpt

[polar belfry]

Used it a bit

I couldn't get over an issue

[winter rose]

here 💸

[polar belfry]

I wish AI wouldn't eject with the slightest touch of damage

[sturdy sage]

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

[polar belfry]

Is there a way to make it global?

So all AI pilots in mission don't eject?

[winter rose]

yes - apply it on all vehicles

[polar belfry]

Ok will do

Sorry for any dumb questions

Last question is there a way to attach mobility kills to players? Eg plane crashes in water after losing control after player mortally wounds it

I want them to show in the statistics tab of the map

[stark fjord]

Ugh. You could check damage inflicted and add score via script

[agile flower]

quick and daft question

how do i stitch two values into a string in sqf?

trying to get minutes from date in a MM format

here's where I'm at:

if (date select 4 <= 9) then{
_mins = ????
}
else
{
_mins = date select 4
};```

I want to prefix a "0" to date select 4 if it is less than or equal to 9

[warm hedge]

01 02 03... 09 10 you mean?

[agile flower]

yes

[warm hedge]

private _min = str (date#4);
if (count _min == 1) then {_min = "0" + _min};
_min```I'd say I would write like this

[agile flower]

lovely

cheers

[polar belfry]

do you have a code that I could use that I could use as base

[frigid oracle]

is there an alternative to using remoteExec?

[agile flower]

I'm not an expert, but it really depends on what you're trying to do

[frigid oracle]

my mod is entirely client side but I need to raise an event to the server to creative a weapon holder and add something to it so all players can see the same item on the ground.

i remember hearing remoteexec should be avoided? Cause possible exploits? but i cant remember the details from awhile ago.

[agile flower]

Based on that scant info, I'll take a punt and point you to:
setObjectTextureGlobal
addWeaponCargoGlobal

[agile flower]

Again, not an expert, but I'm not sure "avoided" is correct - I'd say more like "used accurately"

[frigid oracle]

So what does used accurately mean in this case?

[agile flower]

Only remoteExec stuff where stuff needs to be Executed Remotely

[winter rose]

if you can make the server obtain/process the information instead of the client sending it, do things server-side
if only a client can send an info (e.g local information like something on player's screen) then make the client send that info to the server for it to process

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

[drifting copper]

Getting back into mission mmaking after a few years. Running a trigger on spawn to carrier deck and used to use trigger with condition call{this && (player in thisList)} & activation player setPosASL [56.770, 1569.65, 18.229]; but it now seems to toss me way far from the point? I fetched grid from object, yet it places me a few km away from the defined grid. Can someone advice? Mentioned method used to work no issues in the past so a bit lost

[winter rose]

the location seems wrong, there's not much to it

[hallow mortar]

eh, I could see a carrier being pretty close to the map edge

[drifting copper]

It does feel off, though it is what I get on eden XYZ and if a place a object it returns the same grid

[winter rose]

I believe Eden XYZ are ATL

either that or you have something else somewhere interfering
but try that on an empty terrain, you'll see it works

[drifting copper]

Though if a place a object and grab that grid it should match the object grid, no?

[winter rose]

no
ASL != ATL
ASL = Above Sea Level
ATL = Above Terrain Level

try setPosATL eventually

[hallow mortar]

An ASL/ATL mixup, while wrong, wouldn't produce the symptoms described, though 🤔 it would result in wrong elevation but the horizontal position shouldn't be affected

[winter rose]

yep

[drifting copper]

ye ASL places me at the right height, just a good 13km of on the X axis

[hallow mortar]

Z is usually height :U

[drifting copper]

Ye meant X, typos

[hallow mortar]

Are you getting this position from the Eden carrier object?
Carriers aren't actually one single object, they're a set of section objects. The Eden object is probably some kind of placeholder and may be being removed. Have you tried with a different (smaller) object?

[drifting copper]

Bottom left readout but also placed a object in the carrier deck level where I want them to TP to. Both XYZ matches. Unless the map is borked?

[winter rose]

place yourself where you want to
start the preview
Debug Console: getPosASL player
that's your ASL position

[winter rose]

WAITAMINUTE

are you trying to use grid map numbers?

[hallow mortar]

I don't think the Eden bottom left readout displays grid numbers

[winter rose]

I did read bottom-left as map 015423 location 😬
bottom-left is terrain ASL position, not "object intersection" position

hence the offset, depending on the camera's angle 🙃

[winter rose]

@drifting copper do this and you're covered

[drifting copper]

This is the method I usually get the grid

Hence why I am slamming my heado n keyboard right now 🤣

So I just scripted a VIED that has a random chance of detonating on trigger, no issue
Scripted a random chance "flame out" for a fast mover, no issue

A bloody basic TP trigger sends me spinning. Though works now after a arma restar. FMl. Though thanks for the input @winter rose & @hallow mortar! No script change. Literally just a game restart.............

[drifting sky]

Is there a way to make an ai man aim precisely at a position? Or to just turn precisely toward a position? lookat and dowatch seem to cause the ai to rotate until they are within 30 degrees the direction they're meant to look. I'm looking for something closer than that.

[pulsar bluff]

youd have to check weapon direction vector instead of direction

[somber radish]

Just aiming IDK, but you can make him fire at a specific position using

doSuppressiveFire 

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

Maybe it is useful for you

[gaunt tendon]

U can always control the direction of the fired projectile to hit something with precision through the firedman eh, this way u dont have to worry about the ai aiming precisely... Having it face the target should be good enough

[drifting sky]

    params ["_unit","_mag_types","_weapon", "_loaded_mags"];
    private _magazine = "";
    private _muzzle = "";
    private _reload = true;
.... snip ....
    [_magazine, _muzzle, _reload];    
    
};```
Can anybody tell me why the return from this function is always undefined?  _magazine, _muzzle, and _reload are all defined.

[granite sky]

The answer will be in the snip.

[edgy dune]

when a units locality changes, does the init EH run again?

[drifting sky]

by the end of the function, _magazine, _muzzle and _reload all have defined values, so why is the array returned undefined?

[granite sky]

Probably because it's not getting to the end of the function. Either that or you're misinterpreting the calling code.

[drifting sky]

Even when I comment out everything else in the function, it still says the value returned from this function is undefined

[granite sky]

calling code then.

[drifting sky]

i.e., when everything that is "snipped" is commented out

_mag_info = ([_unit, NADE_LAUNCHER_MAGS, primaryweapon _unit, primaryWeaponMagazine _unit] call func_has_mag);

all the arguments to the function are defined

but "_mag_info" is undefined

[granite sky]

Is func_has_mag defined at that point?

[drifting sky]

yeah it's defined... the function is being called, I've confirmed that with hint inside the function. Plus all of the values in the returned array are also defined at the end of the function.

Is there some kind of trick about returning arrays from a function?

[granite sky]

No.

[drifting sky]

any theories what might be wrong?

[gaunt tendon]

Remove the ; at the end

[winter rose]

no

[gaunt tendon]

From
[_magazine, _muzzle, _reload];

[winter rose]

yep, still no / useless

private _array = call { [1, 2, 3]; }; // _array is [1, 2, 3]

[winter rose]

systemChat str the array just before the end
that or you are spawning your code :p

[polar belfry]

hello

I got dynamic spawning set up with TMF and put the "allowCrewInImmobile" since the wave spawner tmf has just copies the units and spawns them where the units were in map so now they don't eject now is the tracker time. is there a way to write kills on my players. At start I thought a script that if they do more than 40% damage the enemy plane dies but that would not grant them the kill right?

The reason I want to record almost all the kills it's for the rp element of the server and the plane shop I run in the server (like the one in ace combat games)

I thought either a score system like they kill a mig-29 and they get 100 points or a system where I do the math post op

sorry for the long text

[winter rose]

…what is your question?

[polar belfry]

which is easier to implement?

[winter rose]

you can kill with setDamage's alt syntax to set the killer

[polar belfry]

so with set damage with killer as player then that player will get a score with addscore?

[winter rose]

as if he killed them yes

[drifting sky]

Can secondaryWeaponMagazine ever return an array containing magazines that aren't actually loaded into the secondary weapon?

[winter rose]

waaaaaait a minute, first tell us if your earlier problem is solved :p

[drifting sky]

I think it is solved, but I'm not sure what the problem actually was.

[winter rose]

ok, you pass

[winter rose]

the wiki says it all, loaded

[drifting sky]

can a mag be loaded but for some reason unable to fire for reasons related to the state of the mag or the weapon?

[winter rose]

…I am going to end up asking: why

(maybe an empty mag is still counted)

[polar belfry]

For my script whenever you are free how will I set the condition of activation on the trigger

So when a player does x damage it suns the set damage thing

[winter rose]

that's not how it goes, you need to use an event handler on spawned enemies, see the framework's documentation

[polar belfry]

Ok

[polar belfry]

So I'll do

this addEventHandler ["Killed", {
    params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
}]; ```

For each vehicle

I'll modify it when I get home cause I'm on the phone

I found the tmf event handler as well

    private _groups = _this select 1;
    {
        _x setBehaviour "AWARE"; 
        _x setCombatMode "RED"; 
        _x setSpeedMode "FULL";
    } forEach _groups;
}] call tmf_ai_fnc_addWaveHandler; ```

Looks like I can put it in the spawner and it will apply to all

[drifting sky]

I'm having difficulty getting an ai unit to select his rpg and fire a mag from it. He seems a lot of the time to get stuck in a loop where he stands up, gets his rpg out, puts it away, and goes prone again. Doing that over and over. Anybody know a way to correct this?

[manic sigil]

What are you trying to have them shoot at? And what effect are you trying to achieve?

[naive needle]

Is there a way to get a player object from the remoteExecutedOwner ?

[little raptor]

You can request it from the server

[little raptor]

Constantly apply the launcher stand/crouch animation yourself

[little raptor]

What init EH? You mean init field?

Or the unit's init EH defined in its config?

[naive needle]

But how ?

[little raptor]

Without seeing the whole code no

[little raptor]

ClientOwner or something like that iirc

Check the wiki

[pliant cradle]

Hi together, just a short basic question as a non programmer because I actual cannot refind an article in BI Wiki about Loadorder between Mods, Scripts and so on.

I want to change the Loadout (change mags to Tracermags for example) of a faction which comes / loaded by Mod.
The units will be spawned while mission by script and do not exist at beginning.

Normal way is to inheritant and include changes in a own Mod, I do understand.
But I wanna ask if there is annother and maybe easier way?
First tries:

1. used MissionEventHandler "Entitycreated", Loadout is called (own Debug systemchat hint is shown at the end of the Loadout Script) but Units stays by their origin Mags
2. used CBA_fnc_addClassEventhandler but same result as in 1.

So my basic question: Do you have any ideas for me?

[naive needle]

I'm trying to get it on the server. So basically I send a remoteexec to the server and then trying to get the player object through remoteExecutedOwner. clientOwner btw only gives you the Machine Network ID which is a different ID to the ID you need for getUserInfo

Of course I can send the netID from the player or the PlayerID to the server but I thought it would be possible with the Machine Network ID from the remoteExecutedOwner to get the player object

[little raptor]

Use allUsers, then check getUserInfo

[naive needle]

yea I thought the same, but that way is meh

I will just send the netID with the call I guess

ty anyway

[quiet gazelle]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order that's the page on init order.

i assume the entityCreated EH doesn't work cause the units get their items assigned after it fires, so if you really dont wanna make a mod try spawning some code through the EH that waits till the units have their items and then applies your changes

[little raptor]

For that you should write a config patch

Using EHs will slow things down (unless you're making a mission and can't do config patch)

[quiet gazelle]

are there any data types that are not passed by reference?

[little raptor]

No

[manic sigil]

Out of curiosity, how would you do this?

I mean, I can think of a couple options, but what would best-practice be?

[chrome hinge]

How i can pick soldiers from a group and move them to driver, commander and gunner on a vehicle?

Im using a respawn system that respawns both vehicle and the crew, but crews variablenames dont seem to persist trough respawn so i cant use them directly

and when i use moveinany the crew sometimes bounces to cargo positions

[manic sigil]

MpRespawn EH, use the _corpse parameter to refer to the deceased, iirc.

[chrome hinge]

oh and these are AI soldiers im talking about

[manic sigil]

... is it necessary to respawn the crew then, rather than generate new ones?

[chrome hinge]

the way it is now is because im usign mgi advanced module ai respawn that respawns all the ai. I started this way because i thought it might be easier. Afaik the groups can be blocked form spawning too so maybe creating new crew would be good idea.

ill try that out next

thanks!

[manic sigil]

Just sounds like a lot of effort for an unclear reward - doable, but is it worth it, sort of thing.

[polar belfry]

hello I did all the stuff needed but how do I make the trigger that if a player strikes a vehicle and do x amount of damage the vehicle dies crediting the player for the kill

[winter rose]

use an event handler, not a trigger

[winter rose]

I think I said that before 🙃 😄

[polar belfry]

oh how would one normal one be cause the only thing it needs is to incorporate it within their EH by what I've found

so you can call the normal one in the one they have and it will be applied

[winter rose]

a "normal one"?

[wary sandal]

does anyone know how 3CB vehicles work? those are vehicles ported from arma 2

I'd like to make this artillery piece fire, with or without crewmen in it, doesn't matter

[polar belfry]

like one that you could make for a plane if there was not TMF there

[winter rose]

you said yourself that you cannot use the normal one because TMF copies the unit?

[winter rose]

or can you adapt this

[polar belfry]

I adapt it

[winter rose]

here is the doc 🙂 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Killed

[polar belfry]

thanks

if I put in _killer the player variable will it register the player that killed it or pass it to all players

[sullen sigil]

question unclear please rephrase

[polar belfry]

    params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
}];```
if instead of _killer I put player
```this addEventHandler ["Killed", {
    params ["_unit", "player", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
}];```

will it register the kill to the player that killed the enemy or will it give the kill to all my players

[proven charm]

it will trigger when *this * dies

[winter rose]

code excerpts are identical

[polar belfry]

fixed it

sorry

[winter rose]

no it won't, that's not how it works

these are arguments provided to the event
and btw I realise now you should not use "Killed" but most likely "HandleDamage" event

[polar belfry]

oh

[winter rose]

_enemy addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "", "", "_source", "", "", "_instigator"];
  if (not alive _x || { canMove _unit }) exitWith {};
  _unit removeEventHandler [_thisEvent, _thisEventHandler];
  _unit setDamage [1, true, _source, _instigator];
}];
```this event must be added **on the server**

[manic flame]

does execVM run in a global state?

I want to add both diarySubjects and diaryRecords to players through a file called "briefing.sqf", so Im considering just running the code with execVM.

but i dont know if it would work for newly joined players.

[proven charm]

you can run code in init.sqf or initPlayerLocal.sqf for clients that start the mission

in init.sqf you would have to do hasInterface check

[sharp grotto]

Iam stupid, how can i save a hashmap to profile namespace and retrieve it again ?
Wasted enough time so i just gotta ask since iam unable to find my issue 😄

[warm hedge]

profileNamespace setVariable ["whateverTheName",createHashMap];  //save
profileNamespace getVariable "whateverTheName";  //load```

[sharp grotto]

_hashMap = profileNamespace getVariable "whateverTheName";
And _hashmap will be a hashmap ?

[warm hedge]

Yes

[sharp grotto]

Thanks alot, i tried sh*t like that.
Shouldn't code when tired

 RW_COMMANDER_DoorNameIndex = createHashMapFromArray (profileNamespace getVariable ["CW_COMMANDERTOOGLEANAMES", []]); 

[polar belfry]

what's _x doing?
By what I understand for the script checks if unit is dead or unable to move so it will not run if those things are true
If false it will set damage to 1 killing the unit and granting the kill
I did a small modification

  if (not alive _unit || { canMove _unit }) exitWith {};
  if (not canfire _unit) exitWith {};
  _unit removeEventHandler [_thisEvent, _thisEventHandler];
  _unit setDamage [1, true, _source, _instigator];
}];```

if ((damage _unit) < 0.4) exitWith {};
this should make it so the thing work if damage over 40%

[winter rose]

mb, replace _x with _unit

[polar belfry]

ok

[winter rose]

don't you want it to be killed only when it cannot fight anymore? that's what canMove check

you could also do a canFire check if you will

[polar belfry]

I see

_enemy addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {  params ["_unit", "", "", "_source", "", "", "_instigator"];
  if (not alive _unit || { canMove _unit }) exitWith {};
  if (not canfire _unit) exitWith {};
  _unit removeEventHandler [_thisEvent, _thisEventHandler];
  _unit setDamage [1, true, _source, _instigator];
}];```

you mean something like this?

[winter rose]

yep

wait

_enemy addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  params ["_unit", "", "", "_source", "", "", "_instigator"];
  if (not alive _unit) exitWith {};
  if (canMove _unit && { canfire _unit }) exitWith {};
  _unit removeEventHandler [_thisEvent, _thisEventHandler];
  _unit setDamage [1, true, _source, _instigator];
}];

[polar belfry]

oh both checks to see if unit gets downed by missile impact as well

[winter rose]

as in "if it can still fight, leave it be"

[polar belfry]

yea

so _enemy must be declared by me right?

like a variable

[winter rose]

well yeah, target the object you want with it

[winter rose]

using this I suppose

[polar belfry]

yea

I will run my tests

[boreal parcel]

heyo, im trying to make the engine of certain vehicles indestructible but it doesnt seem to be working. Any Idea why? im using ACE as well btw, maybe hitpoints are named different?

this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint", "_directHit"];
    if (_selection isEqualTo "hit_engine") then {
        _damage = 0;
    };

    _damage
}];

[winter rose]

perhaps 🐮
debug and see _selection values

[boreal parcel]

yeah I do that, just didnt include it here. when I shoot the engine multiple hit points come up as strings including the hit_engine

that was a single shot printed with systemChat (str _selection);

[winter rose]

im using ACE as well btw
only the last HandleDamage EH is effective

ACE uses A LOT of them, sooo… that's that

[jaunty nest]

is anyone familiar with the arma 3 vanilla high command

am looking for a script (or any way at all) to disable enemy markers while using high command

[boreal parcel]

hmm, any suggestions or ways to overwrite that?

[proven charm]

its been a while since i worked with HC but this should do: sqf player setvariable ["MARTA_hide",_groupListHere];

[jaunty nest]

il try it out

[winter rose]

ugly ones yeah, like removeAllEventHandlers
try the ACE Discord, they might have solutions

[boreal parcel]

gotcha, I know I did it before but I cant remember how. Thank you