arma3_scripting

[proven charm]

you should be able to get the IDD from the GUI class via config browser

[modern meteor]

How can i check if the player has an active target? This does not seem to work:

if (assignedTarget player isEqualTo nil) then {hint "nil";};

[edgy dune]

I guess like so

class Extended_InitPost_EventHandlers 
{
    class myCoolUnit 
    {
        
        class blahblahblah
        {
            init = "[] call do_stuff_on_init";
        };
    };
};

class Extended_Local_EventHandlers
{
    class myCoolUnit 
    {
        class blahblahblah 
        {
            local = "[] call do_stuff_on_local_change";
        };
    };
};

will do_stuff_on_init run again if the locality of the myCoolUnit changes?

[little raptor]

!isNull assignedTarget player

you can't compare anything with nil

nil doesn't exist

[modern meteor]

oh, i see. thank you!

[little raptor]

class EHs run on each clients iirc

dunno about the local one

I think neither one run when locality changes

[edgy dune]

ahhhhhh I dont follow. ur saying do_stuff_on_local_change wont run when the locality of myCoolUnit changes?

[little raptor]

well dunno never used it
the class Extended_Local probably means it gets added where unit is local

local EH needs to be added everywhere for it to trigger

again I've never used Extended_Local EHs so not sure

[edgy dune]

understandable neither have i 🙂
My next plan is to follow wat ace does

🙂 and learn off their pain

[little raptor]

well it's not difficult to test.
add those 2 EHs to a vehicle
run 2 Arma instances
connect them in a mission where you have placed that vehicle in 3DEN
then make a local AI to the 2nd PC and move him into the vehicle so that its locality changes
see if they trigger again

the first one (init) won't obviously

not sure about the local one

[jaunty nest]

ok so i coultdnt get it to work. im getting this error ',player': 's' encountered instead of '='

Player setvariable ["MARTA_hide",_groupListHere]; //is the script

[pastel crater]

Don't know if this question belongs here but is there any way in which I can limit the items available on a virtual arsenal per player? Say, player A gets X weapons to choose from player B gets Y and so on

[proven charm]

did you put the groups in the list "_groupListHere" ?

[jaunty nest]

no i dint so i have alpha 1-1, alpha 1-2, alpha 1-3 how would i put the groups in?

[proven charm]

name the groups in editor to something like "theEnemy1" etc then do sqf Player setvariable ["MARTA_hide",[theEnemy1,theEnemy2]]; // etc

[jaunty nest]

okay can i also name blufor and opfor units and have them in the same line?

[proven charm]

yes

not units but groups

[jaunty nest]

okay let me check it out thanks for helping

[coarse dragon]

im using POLO's mod, and i have someone pointing. but i was wondering how could i stop it looping so he just points forward the hole time?

[jaunty nest]

im still getting \description.ext, line 0: ',player': 's' encountered instead of '='

Player setvariable ["MARTA_hide",[UAF1,UAF2,UAF3,UAF4]];

[hallow mortar]

Do you mean POLPOX's Artwork Supporter?

[coarse dragon]

yea

[hallow mortar]

Consult this guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1877568946

[proven charm]

weird maybe there's invisible character or something i dunno

[hallow mortar]

That says "description.ext"

don't put code in description.ext, it's a config

[jaunty nest]

would it work with = true or some variation?

[jaunty nest]

:0

[jaunty nest]

config as in server config?

[proven charm]

no

[coarse dragon]

thanks

[hallow mortar]

No, mission config.
Which type of config is not important right now, the point is it is a config and not a script file, you can't put ordinary SQF in it. So if that's where you've put this....don't.

If you did not put this in description.ext, then go look in description.ext because something in there is causing this error.

[jaunty nest]

i put it in description.ext

[hallow mortar]

Well, there's your problem

[jaunty nest]

can i throw it into the server config?

thats all i know how to do

[hallow mortar]

No, because this is script, not config

[jaunty nest]

ohhh

are you saying description.ext is a config?

[hallow mortar]

...Yes

[jaunty nest]

i misunderstood

[hallow mortar]

I've missed the part of this convo that explains exactly what you're trying to do with this script, but it probably belongs in init.sqf or something like that

[jaunty nest]

so like init.sqf

oh okay

[proven charm]

yes init.sqf is one option

[jaunty nest]

@proven charm @hallow mortar works just fine Thanks for being patient lmao

[coarse dragon]

well shit. thats them all broken. cant undo it rip 5 hours of set up

hm was just a conflict. fixed it

[winter rose]

• you don't use onXXX, just XXX
• also it may not make sense to add an onLoad after creation

[coarse dragon]

can POLPOX's Artwork Supporter be used to make videos ?

i dont see any way to stop the looping so the guy will point in front for longer

and none of the scrips seem to work

well that didnt work

[winter rose]

that's not its goal

[coarse dragon]

do you know of anything that could suit my pointing needs?

[hallow mortar]

You can script it yourself using switchMove and setAnimSpeedCoef

[coarse dragon]

they dont work for that ive tried them :9

[hallow mortar]

.....sure

[coarse dragon]

its an object

[hallow mortar]

I haven't used Artwork Supporter 2, but the original version does, as described in the guide, have a setting to freeze an animation at a moment of your choice. I would be surprised if this isn't in AS2 as well.

[drifting sky]

Question: In a "fired" event handler, I'm trying to set the velocity of a rocket projectile fired from an rpg7, so that it flies toward a specific position. I notice the projectile is not flying to the correct position. Could it be because the rocket is oriented in the wrong direction, so that its thrust is not aligned with its initial velocity?

[hallow mortar]

Really? I thought you were trying to animate a unit

[coarse dragon]

the anims can only be used with this

[hallow mortar]

Probably. You would want to set its vectorDir (maybe vectorDirAndUp) as well, since it has its own thrust.

[hallow mortar]

And what do you think that uses to apply the animation to the unit?
Hint: it's a script command

[drifting sky]

does it have to be a unit vector when setting orientation?

[hallow mortar]

What's a unit vector?

[drifting sky]

has a length of 1.

as opposed to something like this: [12,-6,2]

[coarse dragon]

its not a unit

its a anim object

[hallow mortar]

Looks like it does. You can use vectorNormalized to convert if you have a...larger one

[hallow mortar]

If you are going to script it yourself, you don't need the animator module (which is a front-end for applying the animation to a unit, there is still a unit involved). You just need a unit, switchMove, and setAnimSpeedCoef. But I would recommend looking a little harder (for example, scrolling down in the Unit Animator attributes to see what other options there are) in case it has its own built-in freeze thing, like the original mod does.

[drifting sky]

Did you actually find reference that it needs to be a unit vector? I just tried using a non unit-vector, and it seems to be working okay.

[little raptor]

Could it be because the rocket is oriented in the wrong direction, so that its thrust is not aligned with its initial velocity?
the rocket that got fired? no
what you modified? maybe

[little raptor]

what needs to be a unit vector?

[hallow mortar]

All the examples use a unit vector and that's what I've used 🤷

[drifting sky]

I'm wondering if the vector provided to setVectorDir needs to be unit vector.

[little raptor]

no

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorDir 👀

[drifting sky]

it wont cause any distortion of the object I presume

[little raptor]

but you shouldn't use setVecotrDir

use setVectorDirAndUp

[little raptor]

no

just use setVectorDirAndUp and provide an up perpendicular to dir

they don't need to be normalized

[drifting sky]

Why use setvectordirandup, in this case I'm only interested in where the rocket is pointed toward. Does the up vector affect its flight performance somehow?

[little raptor]

because using setVectorDir alone has "side effects"

it might rotate the up

which might affect the lift of the rocket

[hallow mortar]

I would love for those side effects to be documented

[drifting sky]

hmm... you think the lift will be important for rockets like fired out of rpg7 or mawws?

[coarse dragon]

i downloaded the orgnial one.. could you tell me how to frezze the anim after abit?

[hallow mortar]

The guide I linked contains instructions on how to do that

[little raptor]

well it's simple. you only provide a dir. the new up is calculated as: (dir cross up) cross dir

[coarse dragon]

[hallow mortar]

The wiki page says the up vector will remain unchanged, is what I'm getting at

[little raptor]

no it's impossible

up must be perpendicular to dir

[gilded niche]

Hey, if anybody can help me with this please reply back. I'm trying to know how to make a police beacon start with it being on, and how to make vehicles start with their doors open. I tried doing it with the W123 police car in global mobilization DLC.

[little raptor]

if you don't change up the model gets distorted (skewed)

[coarse dragon]

do you know which section?

[hallow mortar]

It's really not far from the start. If you read it you will find it.

[little raptor]

yes.
just do this:

_side = [_dir#1, -(_dir#0), 0];
_up = _side vectorCrossProduct _dir;
_proj setVectorDirAndUp [_dir, _up];

assuming _dir is not [0,0,1] ofc

[hallow mortar]

I am not saying that you are wrong because the wiki page says so, I'm saying that if you are not wrong, the wiki page needs to be fixed, because it doesn't mention any of this and it seems important

[little raptor]

ok will add

[coarse dragon]

yaaay

[drifting sky]

with setVectorDirAndUp does it recalculate the up vector from the two provided? (dir cross up) cross dir)?

[coarse dragon]

it didnt work

[drifting sky]

if so, I should be able to just get away with setVectorDirAndUp [_dir, [0,0,1]], right?

[little raptor]

if you don't make them perpendicular yes

if you do it like I showed no

[little raptor]

maybe

I think it calculates a new side, in which case yes

you can try it

[little raptor]

also make sure you set the velocity correctly after changing direction. you can simply use setVelocityModelSpace [0,_speed,0] after changing dir

or setVelocity (vectorNormalized _dir vectorMultiply _speed)

[gilded niche]

Hey do any of yall know how to make a police vehicle beacon turn on?

[coarse dragon]

i set it at 2. and he points super quick. then moves his arm down again but only half way

[hallow mortar]

For GM vehicles specifically, [this,'gm_beacons_blu',true] call gm_core_vehicles_fnc_beaconSwitch

[hallow mortar]

Then 2 is the wrong time index. You probably want an earlier one to catch him mid-point.

[hallow mortar]

I think vanilla vehicles have the option to turn their lights on in their Virtual Garage options. For other mods...it is a mystery

[gilded niche]

Thanks I appreciate it

[coarse dragon]

that guide be wrong then?

"The box is saying some strange gibberish. They've all meanings however, but let's forget everything, and look at the “-1”. That is the time of the animation. -1 means “don't let it stop”. If you want to stop the animation at, let's say 3 seconds, just put 3 there."

[hallow mortar]

Yes, that [the guide] is correct

[gilded niche]

Also is it possible to keep the doors open??

[coarse dragon]

so 3 is super fast loop

[hallow mortar]

animateDoor, for vehicles that have door animations available. GM vehicles do, and there's a post in the script snippets channel on the GM Discord explaining the animation naming scheme they use

Oh, actually they moved it to the wiki as well https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Global_Mobilization_Script_Snippets

[gilded niche]

What's the channel name?

Alright thanks I appreciate this alot

[hallow mortar]

If you want to stop the animation at, let's say 3 seconds, just put 3 there."
I don't really know how to restate this any more clearly than the guide.

[coarse dragon]

jezz

i put 3. it does it super fast. Thus why i said what i said

[hallow mortar]

You put in 3, it fast forwards through the animation to the 3-second mark, and pauses at the 3-second mark, because you told it to stop the animation at the 3-second mark

[drifting sky]

Is there a quick way of checking if a kind of weapon is or has a grenade launcher, or is a rocket (as opposed to missile) launcher?

[coarse dragon]

-1. normal.
1 slow at putting arm up. but then resets very quick.
2. same, but never puts arm all the way back down

[hallow mortar]

These are values in seconds (except -1 for "loop"). They do not have to be whole seconds, and the exact number you need depends on what position in the animation you want to freeze at. There is no "right answer" I can give you.
As the guide describes, the enhanced animation viewer includes a time readout in the bottom left as the animation plays, allowing you to see the exact time you need to put in to pause at a specific point in the animation.

[manic kettle]

anyone know how to reset an objects rotation to [0,0,0]? I'm trying to do this for H-barriers that auto snap to the ground

[granite sky]

_object setVectorDirAndUp [[0,1,0], [0,0,1]]

[manic kettle]

I'm coming into this issue where H-barriers (that typically snap to the ground on placement) are raised or lowered into the ground. I think this is due to the way i apply rotations. This only happens with H barriers
_obj = createVehicle [_objType,_pos];
_obj setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];

[manic kettle]

Tried this, still happens...i'm probably missing something basic hmm

[winter rose]

re-setPosATL after rotation

[manic kettle]

tried a few variations, such as

_obj = createVehicle [_objType,_pos];
 _obj setVectorDirAndUp [[0,1,0], [0,0,1]];
_obj setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];
_obj setPosATL _pos;

still get the above

[winter rose]

how did you get _pos?

[manic kettle]

getPosATL

_objectClass pushBack (typeOf _x);
_objectPosition pushback (getPosATL _x);
_objectVectorDir pushback (vectorDir _x); // or vectorDir
_objectVectorUp pushback (vectorUp _x); // or vectorDir

[winter rose]

I smell some shenanigans

[manic kettle]

i'm ripping my hair out this is so dumb lol

[hallow mortar]

Can you check _pos (e.g. systemChat str _pos) to prove it actually has a Z of 0?

[manic kettle]

ok so i'm conducting a simple experiment. I have an H-barrier in place, get its information, delete it, and then recreate it.

bob = nearestObject [(position player),"Land_HBarrier_5_F"];
_objType = (typeOf bob); 
_pos = (getPosATL bob); 
_Vectordir = (vectorDir bob);
_VectorUp = (vectorUp bob);
deleteVehicle bob;

bob = createVehicle [_objType,[0,0,0]]; 
bob setPosATL _pos;
bob setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];
bob setPosATL _pos;

this is the result

[manic kettle]

result of getPosATL [2481.86,6708.01,1.85773]

despite it looking like its at 0 hmm

If i run this multiple times it keeps going up in z direction 😢
The problem seems to be the vector somehow 🤔
OR its that small Z offset thats being weird

[little raptor]

are those terrain objs?

[manic kettle]

no

[little raptor]

then this should work

[manic kettle]

I assume you mean map originated, no i'm spawning it in through zeus/command

[little raptor]

yeah. terrain obj = obj baked into terrain and cannot be modified

[manic kettle]

By setting to 0 i found an offset, of 0.619141 so this works

bob = createVehicle [_objType,[0,0,0]];
bob setPosATL [(_pos select 0),(_pos select 1),(_pos select 2)-0.619141]; 
bob setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];

but this isnt ideal at all? and it only happens with h barriers?

[little raptor]

Z is measured from the engine computed land contact (if object has one)

[little raptor]

what is the problem/question here?

[manic kettle]

This is the problem. Its spawning them in the air

or on the ground. Its dependent on the slope/incline the H-barrier is on

[little raptor]

yes. like I said you're measuring the ATL height of a rotated object, which uses the land contact

which is rotated

this should fix your issue:

bob = nearestObject [(position player),"Land_HBarrier_5_F"];
_objType = (typeOf bob); 
_Vectordir = (vectorDir bob);
_VectorUp = (vectorUp bob);
bob setVectorDirAndUp [[0,1,0],[0,0,1]];
_pos = (getPosATL bob); 
deleteVehicle bob;

bob = createVehicle [_objType,[0,0,0]]; 
bob setPosATL _pos;
bob setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];

also pls stop using position/getpos...

fixed an error in your own code (why 2 setPosATL...?)

[manic kettle]

debugging

[little raptor]

well if it didn't work that was why

it should work now

[manic kettle]

It does work (yay) but its not ideal that i have to reset the vector of the 1st bob

I could revert it , which is fine. Just an extra bit of processing

[little raptor]

what about this?

bob = nearestObject [(position player),"Land_HBarrier_5_F"];
_objType = (typeOf bob); 
_Vectordir = (vectorDir bob);
_VectorUp = (vectorUp bob);
_pos = (getPosATL bob); 
deleteVehicle bob;

bob = createVehicle [_objType,[0,0,0]]; 
bob setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];
bob setPosATL _pos;

[manic kettle]

no thats my original code, it doesnt work

puts it in the ground, see here

[little raptor]

so you did setPosATL after rotation?

[manic kettle]

Yes, i even setPos before + after rotation as you pointed out earlier. Ran it just now as you have it

Just want to say thank you, i appreciate you for answering and giving me one possible solution haha 😄

[little raptor]

then try this:

bob = nearestObject [(position player),"Land_HBarrier_5_F"];
_objType = (typeOf bob); 
_Vectordir = (vectorDir bob);
_VectorUp = (vectorUp bob);
_pos = (getPosWorld bob); 
deleteVehicle bob;

bob = createVehicle [_objType,[0,0,0]]; 
bob setVectorDirAndUp [_Vectordir, _VectorUp];
bob setPosWorld _pos;

[manic kettle]

oh wow, that works perfectly. Is there a downside to using posWorld?

[little raptor]

no

in fact it's better and faster

[manic kettle]

nice. Thanks leo!

[little raptor]

np

[drifting sky]

Is there any risk with using checkVisibility with the VIEW LOD? For example, in places that aren't near a player.

[little raptor]

in very far places yes

if the objects are not loaded there checkVisibility won't be blocked

also if you teleport to a new location all objects won't instantly be available

so checkVisibility might return inconsistent results with time

[drifting sky]

if there are ai fighting in an area, does that mean that VIEW and FIRE LODS are loaded there?

[little raptor]

yes

(again they're loaded gradually)

[drifting sky]

k thanks.

Is there a quick way to determine if a weapon is or has a grenade launcher muzzle?

[edgy dune]

I need to find a friend to do this with then lol 🙂

[little raptor]

you don't

you can do it on 1 PC

that's why I said run 2 Arma instances

i.e. run it twice

[edgy dune]

oh, okay ill look into that, so will then one instance be considered server (like isserver would return true on one instance and false on the other instance?)

[granite sky]

isServer returns true on the host.

[drifting sky]

Question: Is there a best way to test if a line between two points will intercept a bullet?

What I mean is if there is anything along that line that will stop a bullet.

[granite sky]

lineIntersectsXXX?

lineIntersectsSurfaces with FIRE geometry I guess.

I guess the "stop" part is tricky.

[drifting sky]

I'd like to ignore trees if there's a way, since grenades and rockets can go through them.

[granite sky]

They do? :P

With lineIntersectsSurfaces you can walk through all the intervening objects and check them, but good luck reverse-engineering Arma physics.

[tranquil nymph]

cameraEffectEnableHUD true right after the camCreate effect

[gilded niche]

Do anybody know how to create different types of task and how to add dialouge?

[cedar cape]

1 enableChannel [true, false];

2 enableChannel false;

3 enableChannel false;

4 enableChannel false;

5 enableChannel false;``` im using this code here, it works except global chat wont disable

[warm hedge]

cannot disable Global channel for the admin or server host, because Global channel is always available for the admin

[drifting sky]

Is there a way to check if an AI has finished switching weapons?

[proven charm]

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

[proven charm]

what is the fastest way to get all players in MP? i have been using BIS_fnc_listPlayers because allPlayers gets delayed in MP start. but its slow because it loops all units to get the players. would looping allUsers work?

[meager granite]

Fastest as in earliest since start?

Try allUsers apply {getUserInfo _x select 10} but it will probably have lots of nulls

[proven charm]

like fast script execution

[meager granite]

Compare execution times

BIS_fnc_listPlayers is (allUnits + allDead) select {isPlayer _x}} with some fluff

[proven charm]

i tried but it returned 0ms for some reason, i will try again

funny you mention allusers/getUserInfo because I was just testing that in initPlayerServer,sqf and it seems to give valid player object

[proven charm]

wow .. arma just crashed when trying to run that code

[meager granite]

Well, I didn't try it myself, I guess it indeed contains player unit right away

Maybe its null at earlier stage, preInit or something

[proven charm]

hmm weird result still ( 0ms ) "Result:
0 ms

Cycles:
1/10000

Code:
(allUnits + allDead) select {isPlayer _x}

how can I test preinit, in unit init field?

[winter rose]

are you testing in MP? 🙃

[proven charm]

yes

well I concluded that no player objects exist in preinit. after that allUsers should have the plr object

is the Cycles:
1/10000 normal because I get 0 ms on everything? it used to work just fine

ah nvm was just too fast code

so allusers apply is too fast for testing 🙂

[meager granite]

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

For security purposes, this command will only run for 1 cycle in multiplayer, unless in-game debug console is available via description.ext option or Eden attribute setting.

[proven charm]

aah that explains it, thx Sa-Matra 🙂

[modern meteor]

Can I do an execVM from the config .cpp? I have the following code but getting an error:

    title="Loadouts";
    access=0;
    atomic=0;
    vocabulary="";
    contexsensitive=1;
    class Items
    {
        class MC
        {
            title="MC";
            shortcuts[]={};
            show="1";
            command="execVM "\Loadouts\MC.sqf"";
            speechId=0;
        };

[meager granite]

command="execVM '\Loadouts\MC.sqf'";

[modern meteor]

Thank you. This works.

My aim is to open a submenu where I can select a Loadout

Each Loadout has an .sqf file

I am using

    ["Loadout Menu", [10], "My_Loadouts", -5, [["expression", ""]], "1", "1"]

It's part of my custom menu

But when I select it in the menu it autmatically executes one of the .sqf files

Not sure why

It shows 4 different laodouts in the submenu though

But it executes without me selecting anything

Any idea why?

[meager granite]

Can't help, didn't use these menus to know.

[proven charm]

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

[modern meteor]

Many thank. I'll have a closer look

[modern meteor]

From the config.cpp. For some reason the sqfs do not get executed.

class My_Loadouts
{
    title="Loadouts";
    access=0;
    atomic=0;
    vocabulary="";
    contexsensitive=1;
    class Items
    {
        class MC
        {
            title="1. MC";
            show="1";
            enable="1";
            expression="execVM '\Loadouts\MC.sqf'";
        };
        class Arid
        {
            title="2. Arid";
            show="1";
            enable="1";
            expression="execVM '\Loadouts\Arid.sqf'";
        };
        class PMC
        {
            title="3. PMC";
            show="1";
            enable="1";
            expression="execVM '\Loadouts\PMC.sqf'";
        };
        class Ranger
        {
            title="4. Ranger";
            show="1";
            enable="1";
            expression="execVM '\Loadouts\Ranger.sqf'";
        };

    };
};

I call it from the custom menu with

    ["Loadout Menu", [10], "My_Loadouts", -5, [["expression", ""]], "1", "1"]

The sub menu opens but when I select any of the options nothing happens

[proven charm]

file path ok?

[stable dune]

For files, like info in execVM wiki page
If the same script is to be executed more than one time, declaring it as a Function is recommended to avoid recompiling and wasting performance with every execution.

So you should do functions of your files
And then you could just call your function in expression

[desert palm]

how can I set object scale in MP :<

[winter rose]

painfully

[desert palm]

ohoh what does that mean

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setObjectScale
ideally to not spam the network:
use setObjectScale on a local object (createVehicleLocal) on each frame

[desert palm]

thats what im reading rn, is there an example on what to paste in the init?

[winter rose]

not on this page

[desert palm]

where can I view em

[winter rose]

you would have to write it 👀 we help people writing scripts here

[desert palm]

oh thats painful

[winter rose]

welcome to our world!

[modern meteor]

@proven charm yes, the file path is correct. Not sure why does not work

[stable dune]

Have you tested add your addon before "\loadouts.."
-->

expression = " execVM 'myAddonName\Loadouts\arid.sqf';"

But still , I recommend do function of your files.
Take couple minutes to do and will be better in long run if you call your files more than once.

[modern meteor]

Ok, how can I do functions of my files? Haven't done this before.

[stable dune]

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

[stable dune]

So you define in config.cpp
CfgFunctions class and to files you need add fn_ before file name
Like

ranger.sqf
// Comes
fn_ranger.sqf

And depends what path you want use. You can define that under Category or name your category by your folder name

file = ""

Just ask if you need more help/ info. Here is a lot of ppl who can help you out

[modern meteor]

Thanks a lot prisoner. Last question, once I defined the functions, how do I execute them within the config.cpp?

[stable dune]

class CfgFunctions
{
    class RNB //TAG
    {
        class Loadouts // Category 
        {
           
           class ranger {}; //function
        };
    };
};

Add in file name in folder

fn_ranger.sqf

Would be called

call RNB_fnc_ranger;

[modern meteor]

Got it, thank you. I give it a shot

[sullen sigil]

attach object to something else (typically a game logic)
on each frame (doesn't work in dedicated servers)
make object simple object

attaching object to something else is the most consistent i've seen in dedicated servers but it's a command provided "as-is" -- good functionality outside of 3den or SP is not guaranteed

[winter rose]

you can through scripts

[sullen sigil]

yes you just remove the magazines from it

either config or script sided

[winter rose]

there is no "aircraft loadout" equivalent unfortunately

[sullen sigil]

some pylons for your quadbike?

yeah there's no pylons for vehicles

only changing magazines[] in config or just removing magazines with script

just removeMagazineTurret iirc

[modern meteor]

Is this the correct way to call a function from config.cpp?

        class MC
        {
            title="1. MC";
            submenu = "";
            show="1";
            enable="1";
            expression="call RNB_fnc_MC";
        };

It's still not working and I don't even get an error message. When I call the function via the debug console it works fine.

[meager granite]

Do diag_log ['My expression test', _this] instead of your function

if it logs, then it gets called

[modern meteor]

You mean in config.cpp or ingame debug console?

[meager granite]

in your expression

Is there any way to get what current action is selected apart from tracking it with inGameUISetEventHandler?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inGameUISetEventHandler
AgentRev's comment suggests it used to fire when you press spacebar (inputAction "Action"), but doesn't seem to happen anymore 🤔

[agile flower]

Hello, can anyone give me any guidance on how to do multiple simultaneous while loops?

[warm hedge]

What purpose? What kind of thing you imagine?

[modern meteor]

I am using:

        class MC
        {
            title="1. MC";
            submenu = "";
            show="1";
            enable="1";
            expression="diag_log ['My expression test', _this]";
        };

When I execute ingamge then nothing happens.

[agile flower]

I have a sound looped that plays repeatedly every 60 secs, and I want a separate loop to play a hint every 30 seconds

[warm hedge]

Why it is needed to be separated?

[meager granite]

No idea then, I never used commanding menus

[agile flower]

because I want to cancel the hint after someone carries out an ace action, but the sound to carry on

[proven charm]

where do you put this code?

[warm hedge]

Well before I answer:

1. multiple spawn scripts are bad for the performance.
2. since you only need to have two of them, are not a big concern
3. but you want to know this fact that big amount of spawn scripts makes every (well, basically every) scripted things slower

[agile flower]

I know, and my sound loop cancels after 5 mins

[warm hedge]

0 spawn {
  while {true} do {
    playSound "sound";
  };
};

0 spawn {
  while {whateverTheCondition} do {
    hint "bra bra";
  };
};```

[agile flower]

cheers bro, I tried this but didnt see a hint, will try again

[warm hedge]

Oh, the example I made doesn't have sleep on it... but you know the idea

[agile flower]

sorted

thanks

[quiet gazelle]

loop through it and swap out the closest one when you find a closer one

private _closest = [];
private _distance = 10000000000;
{
  if (_distance > (_x distance _target)) then {_distance = (_x distance _target); _closest = _x;}
} foreach _coords;

[hallow mortar]

You don't have to write such a function yourself: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_nearestPosition

[granite sky]

It does, yes. BIS functions are just SQF code, and that one has to be more general than the forEach loop.

There really should be a command for it.

[little raptor]

There is also BIS_fnc_sortBy

[granite sky]

Another BIS function that there should be a command for :/

Would be neat with Dedmen's new mini-VM.

[polar belfry]

how would I put the ammo command in a condition for vehicle rearming?

I did it in the past but I cannot remember it for the life of me

[gilded niche]

Do anybody know how to put a player in an animation and after some time the player gets out of the animation?

[lunar goblet]

How would I add an action that required a specific role to work? (Like Engineer)
I'm trying to make an AddAction that is called "Drill the Door" that takes 30 seconds, and requires the engineer role.

and ideally on completion it would open a door

[open fractal]

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

[lunar goblet]

I'm also attempting to figure out how to format the whole thing because I'm stupid, but yes that would probably work

[open fractal]

you can use getUnitTrait for the condition argument with the addAction command or you can selectively execute addAction for players that meet the condition

I've never used getUnitTrait so this is sort of a guess based on the wiki but you can do something like this:

if (player getUnitTrait "Engineer") then {
  player addAction [...];
}

which would prevent the action from being added at all if the player is not an engineer at the point of executing that script

[little raptor]

switchMove alone will do the job if the animation automatically loops

[lunar goblet]

And how would I add a certain amount of time to the action?

like to make it take 30 seconds

[manic sigil]

Make it a Hold Action

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

There is still a Conditions entry so you can limit by traits of caller, and a setting for how long it takes.

Even a space for 'what happens while doing the action', so you can playMove the caller to make them animate properly doing it.

[gilded niche]

Thanks

[polar belfry]

can you dynamically despawn vehicles?

I made a spawn system with points saying it to spawn sams on marked objects on the map (I a oil spill where I want them to spawn

[manic sigil]

Despawn?

[polar belfry]

I want to make a no fly zone with AA

I haven't found a way to implement it nicely

I want to do something like in project wingman

You fly in the no fly zone missiles come your way you get out they stop

[manic sigil]

Hrn... okay, creating the missiles is easy, stopping them will be hard.

I mean, 'hard to circumvent the games engine' hard.

'Rewrite how countermeasures work' hard.

... wait, is there a setStealth function? Hrn.

[polar belfry]

Is there a way to delete the sams and AAs I spawned

[manic sigil]

Fired eventhandler on the sams, reference _projectile in the params?

[polar belfry]

No...

[faint oasis]

Hi, i have a question ? Is it possible to do a "switchMove" on a unit without disabling the "ANIM" feature and the unit will still be able to aim and shoot while moving ? Because actually i'm using this animation : "AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDf" and this animation can be used for players so it's in "Tactical" and it's faster than the walk speed but you are still able to shoot. I'm asking that because i can't get the AI shooting while playing this animation even if the players can.

[manic sigil]

Why wouldnt this work for you, if I may ask?

[faint oasis]

you said "Creating missiles is easy" seriously ? Because i know you can make them using "createVehicle" like bombs etc but can you set a target in them ?

[manic sigil]

BIS_fnc_exp_camp_guidedProjectile, my good sir.

[faint oasis]

ah ok interesting

[granite sky]

There is actually setMissileTarget

[faint oasis]

yeah xD

i just checked

[granite sky]

usually if there's a BIS function, you should read that to see what it's doing and then write your own :P

[faint oasis]

and i found setMissileTarget

[manic sigil]

That too, if you want to render a launcher and all.

[faint oasis]

but i have a question

because it's saying "Munition"

[gilded niche]

How do you do that??

[faint oasis]

so it's what exactly ? The projectile you made ? So it's the parameter "Projectile" in the event handler "Fired" and the object that you get using "createVehicle" ?

[faint oasis]

btw someone have an idea about that ?

[winter rose]

I… don't think your question is "can a switchMove not disable ANIM" etc, rather "how can I make the AI shoot while in tactical stance", no?

[faint oasis]

Yeah sorry, i searched on google and i think i found something and yeah exactly my question is "Can i make the AI shoot while moving (tactical stance)" 😄

[torpid mica]

Hey, is there a way to let the sever know a variable? I´m remote executing an addaction on an specific client and want to return the actionID back to the server... how would i do that? I know that remoteExec does not feature a custom retrun value by itself, but there must be a workaround right?

[granite sky]

What use is the actionID to the server?

[torpid mica]

on the sever some more code is executed which should also delete that action on some condiion. therefore i need the actionId

[hallow mortar]

The actionID is specific to the client and can be different on different clients

It's better to save it in a variable on the client, which the server then orders the client to reference

[torpid mica]

and how would i do that correctly?

[torpid mica]

since i only want to delete that specific action on one client thats what i need

[hallow mortar]

This is the way I do it; expect someone else to come in with a better way 5 minutes later.
Make two functions: one that adds the action, and one to remove it.
For example:

// fn_actionAdder.sqf
mc_var_myActionID = _object addAction [ ... ];

// fn_actionRemover.sqf
params ["_actionIDvar","_object"];
private _ID = missionNamespace getVariable [_actionIDvar,0];
_object removeAction _ID;```
```sqf
// server - to add
[] remoteExec ["mc_fnc_actionAdder",_clientID];
// server - to remove
["mc_var_myActionID",_object] remoteExec ["mc_fnc_actionRemover",_clientID];```
I usually expand my adders and removers to be a bit more universal with more params and such but that's the gist of it

fn_actionAdder > locally adds the action, saves the ID as a network-local/scope-global (missionNamespace) var with a known name
fn_actionRemover > locally removes an action from the object you pass it, using the action ID saved in the missionNamespace var with the name you pass it
server > instructs the client of your choice to execute those functions, and tells it which missionNamespace var to reference and which object

[glad fable]

I'm programmatically adding crew to a vehicle. The crew are independent faction, which is hostile to both blu and opfor, yet they will not fire/aggro on me, even if i alert them to my location by shooting the vehicle. I'm adding the crew like this:

    private _crewgroup = createGroup independent; // Crew group (for player hostility)
    for "_c" from 1 to 3 do
    {
        private _nc = "I_crew_F" createVehicle _spawnpos;
        _nc moveInAny _vic;
        [_nc] joinSilent _crewgroup;
    };```

What am I doing wrong? A mission editor spawned independent infantryman will fire on me properly.

[hallow mortar]

You're creating them as vehicles, not as units. They're not very smart without brains. Try createUnit instead.

[glad fable]

Ah, okay thank you.

Trying now

Yep, that did it, thank you.

[gentle fjord]

I need a second look, for some reason this is producing a syntax error

    [
        ["B_UGV_01_F", "B_UGV_01_rcws_F", "B_T_UGV_01_olive_F", "B_T_UGV_01_rcws_olive_F", "B_D_UGV_01_rcws_lxWS", "B_D_UGV_01_lxWS",    "O_UGV_01_F", "O_UGV_01_rcws_F", "O_T_UGV_01_ghex_F", "O_T_UGV_01_rcws_ghex_F"],
        {
            deleteVehicleCrew _this;
            createVehicleCrew _this;
        }
    ],

            deleteVehicleCrew _this;
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[ERR][L4|C3|/file.sqf]    Expected '}'.
hicleCrew _this;
               ^
[ERR][L4|C9|/file.sqf]    Expected ']'.
 (empty means no errors!)

something about _this causing issues?

the wiki page for deleteVehicleCrew says it should be fine

[warm hedge]

We have no idea what is the context

[gentle fjord]

uh sorry you mean the entire file?

I am editing some object init files, here I will post it

the goal is to simply delete the entire crew of any of those vehicle classes

for kp_liberation. my big issue is it think deleteVehicleCrew has a syntax error but as far as I can tell it is correct

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

[warm hedge]

Wait a minute, I thought _this is undefined but if so the error is not like that

Are you sure that you don't have ANY strange characters around there?

[gentle fjord]

I swear I have been squinting for 20 minutes

I erased the white space, I have no idea what it is

[glad fable]

Hmm, I'm storing the name of a marker on a vehicle like so: _vic setVariable ["vicMarkerName", format ["aa%1", _i]];, and reading it back out after it's destroyed like

private _id = _vic getVariable ["vicMarkerName"];
hint format ["%1 killed %2", name _shooter, _id];``` 
(in a damage event handler) and whenever i damage the vehicle it says "shillelagh killed any" instead of the id I saved. Why might this be?

Does destroying a vehicle and replacing it with a wreck occur before damage event handlers are called or something?

[hallow mortar]

getVariable requires a default value in that syntax

The second parameter is not optional

[glad fable]

Ah

Yeah, that works, thank you.

[crisp violet]

hey guys, I just started dabbling in scripting a couple days ago, would someone be able to help me with one if they have time please? I'm trying to select AI wearing a certain uniform to enableAI, there is a lag spike when I run it but its not enabling the AI, not getting any errors. It runs successfully without the AND _uniform == "U_I_C_Soldier_Bandit_4_F" so I assume I made a mistake there somewhere?

_realTickTime = 11; 
_activateAI =  
{ 
    _units = AllUnits select {alive _x AND _uniform == "U_I_C_Soldier_Bandit_4_F"}; 
    systemchat str _units; 
    { 
       _x enableAI "all" 
    } forEach _units; 
}; 
 
while {true} do  
{ 
_ticksBegin = round(diag_TickTime); 
 if (_realTickTime >= _executeTime) then 
 {  
     call _activateAI;  
 }; 
}; ```

[meager granite]

Where do you call this from?

Do you have AI disabled for enableAI to work at all?

AI features are all enabled by default.

[crisp violet]

I'm running it from the server execute, yes I have in the object init for each unit in the editor this disableAI "all";

[meager granite]

What's with your ticks\time checks? Do you want this to execute after certain time?

[crisp violet]

yes, I have it set to 11 to skip it since the script isn't working

[meager granite]

11 of what? Run it after 11 seconds after execution?

Also AI features being disable\enable are local and only affect AI units if they're local to client that did changes to these features.

So if you'll do enableAI "ALL" from server but client owns AI units, this won't do anything because you didn't enable AI back on clients.

Init fields are run on all clients, including server and client that join later (JIP)

[crisp violet]

Once the rest of the script is working it would count to 10 seconds and execute, the _realTickTime is set above 10 so that it skips the time, normally it'll be set to 0 so that it counts up from 0. I'm running this all locally through the editor to test

[meager granite]

Reason why there is a lag spike is because you're running an infinite while loop that does call _activateAI over and over and over until while hits failsafe execution limit: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler#while_Loops

while stops running after hardcoded 10000 iterations to avoid freezing the game, thus your lag spike of 10000 calls of _activateAI function

[crisp violet]

oh shucks, I see, so I need to be putting that into a variable and then have it set to false after _realTickTime >= _executeTime

thanks, i'll give that a try

[meager granite]

And for the same reason your script didn't work when _realTickTime was 0, your while just did 10000 checks of if (_realTickTime >= _executeTime) (if (0 >= 10)) and stopped due to engine freeze failsafe.

Debug console executes are all done in unscheduled environment, i.e. right away and without any delays between them.

If you want to go from unscheduled (all done instantly in same frame) to scheduled (code execution spread over time), you'll need spawn or (worse idea) execVM

Another issue, you never define _uniform anywhere

To get uniform you need uniform command

private _uniform = uniform _x;

Or just check it inline:

uniform _x == "some_uniform_class"

[crisp violet]

OH I see, I was reading the example on the wiki backwards

I see now that it bolds the command, and the _uniform was it defining that variable

[meager granite]

// This code starts in unscheduled environment
0 spawn {
    // Now its a new scheduled environment thread
    private _fire_script_at = diag_tickTime + 10; // After 10 seconds
    waitUntil {diag_tickTime > _fire_script_at};

    // Time has come, get all units with uniform
    private _uniformed_units = allUnits select {alive _x && uniform _x == "U_I_C_Soldier_Bandit_4_F"};
    {
        // Have each and every client do: _x enableAI "ALL"
        [_x, "ALL"] remoteExecCall ["enableAI", 0];
    } forEach _uniformed_units;
};

enableAI (and disableAI) effect is local and since you were doing "SERVER EXEC", I did remoteExecCall here instead of just enableAI

If I did _x enableAI "ALL", it would've re-enabled AI only on server, but not on clients

And if your bandit units were currently controlled by some client and not the server (if they are in player group for example), they wouldn't be re-enabled

[crisp violet]

thanks, that makes sense! I see where I went wrong now. I was working on a mission for some friends and have all the AI disabled on start to try to help with performance, and then activate each 'phase' of bandit units based off their uniform as that seemed like the simplest way to select them without giving all of them their own variables

[meager granite]

I'm not much of editor user and do everything through scripts so I'd suggest doing something like in unit init lines:

this disableAI "ALL"; this setVariable ["bandit_group", 1];
```And other units have
```sqf
this disableAI "ALL"; this setVariable ["bandit_group", 2];

Then you can select them by this variable group number:

allUnits select {alive _x && _x getVariable ["bandit_group", 0] == 2};
```will select all units that have `"bandit_group"` set to `2`

[crisp violet]

that sounds so much easier, I wish I had posted here before I started manually updating each unit's loadout lol

[meager granite]

There are also ways to sync units to modules, you probably can "group" units in that fashion, get all wanted units synced to some module and re-enable them, but maybe setVariable is simpler, though not as visual as synchronisation lines coming from unit to module in editor.

Haven't done much in editor to know best practice for such task, I do everything through script.

[gentle fjord]

sorry to self bump but anyone familiar with deleteVehicleCrew? I still can not figure this out, it seems right

yet for some reason my scripts is erroring on deleteVehicleCrew and https://sqfvm.arma3.io/vm/ says it has a syntax error

[meager granite]

Your code is correct, that checker is wrong

[gentle fjord]

hm I guess I should be looking elsewhere for a script error then

[meager granite]

Looks like it doesn't like code inside arrays, maybe dedmen will fix some day

[gentle fjord]

yeah odd I suppose the script error was a number of freak variables

looking into it now, it was a zen error and another script bugging out

[tough geode]

Rather feels like https://sqfvm.arma3.io/vm/ doesn't like any commands added after version 1.66

Or at least some of them 🤔

[meager granite]

Oh true, it just doesn't recognise createVehicleCrew as a command.

[tough geode]

Yeah looks like it doesn't throws errors for some of them because it get recognized as public variable instead as script command

#arma3_scripting message It threw that errors because it checked only for the old syntax

[polar belfry]

how would I use that I want it to fire missiles at my players who I know will be using air vehicles for the campaign

so how would I write it in trigger

[lunar goblet]

I'm currently trying to add an action that allows a player to interact with a guard body to answer a pager (if they don't within 30 seconds a separate trigger starts an alarm) and the following code doesn't work:

if (!alive guard3) then {guard3 addAction ["Answer Pager", { hint format ["%1 Answered Pager", name player] }];}

(The variable name of the guard is set to guard3)

[modern meteor]

Is there a way to avoid that a waypoint is inside a build and instead a new waypoint is being generated until it is outside a building?

[proven charm]

you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearRoads to get road position for the waypoint but of course that only works if there are roads nearby

[modern meteor]

Are inside house positions defined as roads?

[proven charm]

i think they are just positions

[modern meteor]

got it

on a different note

I attach an object to the player with attachTo

The object move with the player

sometime the object disappears below the surface while moving around

is there a way that the object moves properly with the player?

for example if the player moves to the first floor of a house the object is also on the first floor

[manic sigil]

Check the wiki page, an example (2 iirc) includes how to create a missile, youll just have to find the AA missile class name you want.

My primary concern is that it only works within the missiles locking cone, which may be punishingly accurate if the Titan AA is anything to go off of, but I cant say for sure.

[little raptor]

If you mean decals it's normal
It shouldn't happen with other objects

[polar belfry]

ok

will give them the Centurion missiles

and some manpad ones

if I put it on repeatable do you think it will work till the area clears?

[polar belfry]

_missile setDir getDir player;
_tgt = player ```

I think this would be good

[hallow mortar]

You should probably set its target to the player's vehicle, not the player

[manic sigil]

As far as testing code that works, but yeah, either target vehicle player, or if youre doing multiplayer coding... youve got some work ahead.

[hallow mortar]

Also, you're setting its direction to the same direction as the player is facing. Not the direction from the missile to the player, just the direction the player is facing. Depending on position offset and the seeker cone, it may not be able to lock the target.

Also also, 200 metres is really close at missile speeds

Oh, and dir (not vectorDir) commands are compass headings, which are 2D. You're placing it 200 metres below the target and not telling it to look up.

[polar belfry]

won't it work if I put vehicle player for MP

?

also how do I make it flying terrain altittude

_missile setDir getDir player;
_tgt = player vehicle;

I tried to make it spawn from terrain

[hallow mortar]

createVehicle's position parameter is in positionATL, so if you want to create at terrain height, simply set the Z value to 0 or near 0 (probably a little more to avoid instant collision)

Your current attempt provides an ASL value, which will cause the missile to be created that many metres above the terrain

[polar belfry]

_missile setDir getDir player;
_tgt = vehicle player;```

just added 10 to the whole thing

for terrainheight that should make it 10 m

[hallow mortar]

Why are you involving getTerrainHeightASL?

[polar belfry]

I want it above terrain

and searched online and someone used it

[hallow mortar]

As I mentioned, in createVehicle, the position is ATL. That means Above Terrain Level. That means 0 is exactly on the terrain, and any positive value is above it.

getTerrainHeightASL, as the name implies, gets the terrain height above sea level at the given position. So if the terrain is 100m above sea level, it returns 100. If you then feed that into an ATL command, now you're creating at 100 metres above the terrain. And that gap depends on the terrain height ASL, so if you do it over a mountain, the gap gets a lot bigger.

[manic sigil]

Heck, Id just pick some arbitrary spots in the area and selectRandom[[position 1],[position 2,...]

[hallow mortar]

You're also still setting the missile's 2D heading to the same as the player's. So if the player is facing north, the missile will also face north. Even if the player is not north relative to the missile. This means the missile may not point at the player. (Well, it pretty definitely won't, since the player is likely to be above it, and you're only setting its 2D heading, not vertical pitch)

player vehicle isn't the right syntax, btw. It's vehicle player (passing player as an argument to the vehicle command, meaning it goes on the right side of the command)

[polar belfry]

how about a 3d heading? what do I use?

[hallow mortar]

In 3D you use vectors, not headings

vectorFromTo and setVectorDirAndUp

[manic sigil]

Hrn. Would projectiles like the missile show up on nearEntities?

[hallow mortar]

I had to use nearObjects for it, and I would have liked to use nearEntities, so probably not

[manic sigil]

... another thought.

Do missiles thay have been launched and are tracking you lose track if your faction and the other faction setFriend to allies?

[polar belfry]

the No-fly zone is the main enemy island. i'll raise the no fly zone later in an op where they destroy the main radar so they won't ever be allies

[slow brook]

Need a hand with determining if player is in a slot.

[manic sigil]

Okay, to outline fully;

If your players are Blufor and hostiles Opfor, place the AA positions as Greenfor, friendly to both sides.

If a player in aircraft is in the trigger area, Greenfor turns hostile to Blufor; radars start locking and missiles firing. Player leaves trigger area, greenfor turns friendly, and either a) missiles lose lock because POWER OF FRIENDSHIP they cant lock allies, or b) select nearObjects player's aircraft out to a respectable distance, searching for any entries in the Missile's type, apply {_x setmissiletarget objnull}

[polar belfry]

the reason I wanted the missile spawning thing was cause my players are jumpy last time someone tried this they just SEAD the main radar disabling the site

[manic sigil]

I mean, thats a valid response :p

But yeah, your options there are invulnerable targets (which would definitely draw criticism of 'why cant I blow them up again', unless you filly explain the intent), or virtually launching them yourself. Fair enough.

[polar belfry]

yea

by virtually launching them you mean like my script attempt?

[manic sigil]

Yeah, spawning the missile in rather than relying on a vulnerable launcher.

[polar belfry]

yea

the idea came to mind from the ace combat 5 mission powder keg

the excuse there was manpad holding enemies. you cannot see them but they can see you

[manic sigil]

As long as your players understand that that's the intent. Nothing breaks immersion like unplanned immersion breaking.

[polar belfry]

yea

now need a way to add the 3d vector thing

any advice?

[hallow mortar]

If you don't want them to SEAD the radar you can always not give them SEAD missiles

[manic sigil]

I mean, ARMs arent the only way to destroy a radar, but yeah :p

I dunno. If you give God stats, your players will try to kill her. Just game design philosophy; if you dont want your players to spend time/effort to engage a threat you dont want them to, dont create the target.

[polar belfry]

it's that we use firewill and pylon blacklisting is painful, we have a lot of mods

[manic sigil]

"The enemy has advanced long-range radar / satellite tracking / psychics tracking your location hooked into the missile battery, you will be unable to completely remove the threat from the air."

[hallow mortar]

From a mission design perspective I would never make a mission where the players can just bring whatever heavy ordnance they like, there's too many ways it can go wrong / be horribly OP

[polar belfry]

ok so how would I convert this

_missile setDir getDir player;
_tgt = vehicle player;```

to a 3d vector is the question

I tried following the thing in the page

for setVectorDirAndUp and vectorFromTo

maybe something like this?

_missileDir = _missilePos vectorFromTo getPosATL player;```

the missiledir tho looks wrong

[hallow mortar]

That's not the right syntax for vectorFromTo

From on the left, To on the right. Not both on the right

You still don't need getTerrainHeightASL

[polar belfry]

yea I haven't tackled that yet

I edited it

for the vectorfromto

[hallow mortar]

That will correctly return a 3D vector from the missile spawn point to the player's position

[polar belfry]

By the way is it affected if the missile is IR, Radar guided?

Cause I used the centurion missile from jet dlc

It's radar

[hallow mortar]

Putting that vector into setVectorDirAndUp is slightly complex due to the peculiarities of the intersection of dir and up, and someone else may have to explain it

[hallow mortar]

The missile's seeker type is relevant for setting its target. If it has a maximum lock range, that applies. If it's an IR seeker, the target must be hot.

[polar belfry]

They will be flying over there so yea engines will be hot and they have a radar

[hallow mortar]

The seeker's acquisition cone is also relevant, which is why we're trying to point it directly at the target.

[stray flame]

Hello quick question

If I want to write a better version of:

units Town_Squad_1 apply {_x hideObjectGlobal false; _x enableSimulationGlobal true;};
units Town_Squad_2 apply {_x hideObjectGlobal false; _x enableSimulationGlobal true;};
units Town_Squad_3 apply {_x hideObjectGlobal false; _x enableSimulationGlobal true;};```

Do I write:
```sqf
{
    _x hideObjectGlobal false;
    _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
} forEach units Town_Squad_1, Town_Squad_2, Town_Squad_3;

??

[hallow mortar]

Almost, but you can't use units like that. It doesn't accept an array of groups (and that's not a proper array)

[stray flame]

ah yeah

[hallow mortar]

You have to do units on each group separately and combine the results into one array

The brutal way is just (units group1 + units group2 + ... ) but for a longer list you'd want an apply or forEach

[stray flame]

not a super long list but good to know

{
    _x hideObjectGlobal false;
    _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
} forEach (units Town_Squad_1 + units Town_Squad_2 + units Town_Squad_3);

[hallow mortar]

Use () to ensure proper order of operations

[stray flame]

like that?

[hallow mortar]

Yes

[stray flame]

thank you

[polar belfry]

so how would I fix the _missilePos = [getPosATL player select 0, getPosATL player select 1, (getTerrainHeightASL (getPosATL player)) + 4];

[polar belfry]

_missileDir1 = _missilePos1 vectorFromTo getPosATL player;
_missile1 = createVehicle ["ammo_Missile_rim162", _missilePos1, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"]; 
_missile1 setVectorDirAndUp [_missileDir1, [0,0,1]]; 
_tgt = vehicle player;
[_missile1, _tgt] spawn {
    params ["_missile1", "_tgt"];
    sleep 0.1;
    _missile1 setMissileTarget _tgt;
};

[winter rose]

getPosATL player vectorAdd [0,0,4]

[polar belfry]

oh

so my first iteration was well

just needed other variables

_missilePos1 = getPosATL player vectorAdd [0,0,4];

[lethal cave]

roger doger, thanks!

[polar belfry]

modified the code
would this code work now?

[hallow mortar]

That's going to create the missile exactly on the player's position, but 4 metres higher. Is that where you want it?

[polar belfry]

no I want it around 600 meters behind and 150m to the left and above 4m from the terrain

[hallow mortar]

I would probably go for more like 10-20m in case of trees but that's not the main thing right now

Firstly, as I mentioned before, in positionATL, the ground level is 0. That means your Z axis, height above terrain, can be an absolute number. It doesn't need to be relative to or extrapolated from anything. If you want to spawn 4m above the terrain, just put the Z axis as 4.

[proven charm]

huh, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/parseSimpleArray example 1 shows it should work

[hallow mortar]

Secondly, determining "left" and "behind" can be complex. At the moment, we're working in world space. That means the X, Y, and Z axes are fixed, relative to the world. I can't remember whether X is south/north and Y is west/east, or the other way around, but the point is the coordinate space is fixed and not relative to any object.

[winter rose]

getPos' alt syntax, or sin/cos calculation, etc

[proven charm]

something wrong with the argument string?

[sullen sigil]

vectorDotProduct may be useful though am very tired

used it in something that sounds similar

[hallow mortar]

I was just gonna say getRelPos

[sullen sigil]

if it works it works 🤷

[hallow mortar]

// Position relative to target (we are only going to use the X and Y)
private _position = vehicle player getRelPos [700,200];
// Set the Z value to 10
_position set [2,10];

// Direction from spawn point to target
private  _missileDir = _position vectorFromTo getPosATL vehicle player;
// Create the missile
private _missile = createVehicle ["ammo_Missile_rim162", _position, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
// Set orientation and target
_missile setVectorDirAndUp [_missileDir, [0,0,1]];
[_missile, vehicle player] spawn {
    params ["_missile", "_tgt"];
    sleep 0.1;
    _missile setMissileTarget _tgt;
};```
Note: the setVectorDirAndUp is just what you had before, I haven't verified that that is correct and I'm not going to, I hate vector maths

parseSimpleArray only supports array elements that are strings, numbers, bools, and arrays of the previous 3 types. One of the things in that array appears to be an object reference.

[polar belfry]

So this would be the full trigger?

will run test

[hallow mortar]

Hiding it inside another layer of array won't let parseSimpleArray handle it, because it is still not actually one of the supported data types. Remember, it's reading from string, so all it sees is B Bravo 3-5:3 which is just a representation of the object reference, not the engine internal stuff it needs to actually interpret it.

If you can save the vehicle reference to a global-scope variable then you can pass the variable name as string, and retrieve from that. Otherwise no, not really.

[polar belfry]

is this server safe?

private _position = vehicle player getRelPos [700,200];
_position set [2,10];
private  _missileDir = _position vectorFromTo getPosATL vehicle player;
private _missile = createVehicle ["ammo_Missile_rim162", _position, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
_missile setVectorDirAndUp [_missileDir, [0,0,1]];
while{vehicle player iskindof "Plane"}do{
[_missile, vehicle player] spawn {
    params ["_missile", "_tgt"];
    sleep 0.1;
    _missile setMissileTarget _tgt;
};
sleep 3; 
}```

I want it to attack repeatedly the player if they fly a plane over the zone

[hallow mortar]

It's not safe to run on the server because it refers to the player. On the dedicated server, there is no player.
It is safe to put in a function that the server remoteExecs to the target player, and it is safe to use in a local checker that doesn't run on the server at all.

[polar belfry]

oh

[hallow mortar]

To be clear, it can be used in a mission that is hosted on a server. It can't run on the server machine, but it can run on clients that are connected to a server.

[polar belfry]

yea

by server safe I mean that it won't break the server

I put it on "repeatable" and not on "server only"

[hallow mortar]

"not server only" is not the same as "not server"

What's the trigger condition?

[polar belfry]

I just put Blufor Present

condition is "this"

[hallow mortar]

Okay, well...that setup is going to cause every player in a plane to be attacked, as long as any BLUFOR unit is in the trigger (and it's going to cause all sorts of interesting problems because it's going to run on the server too)

[manic sigil]

Oh boy, multiplayer coding, my favorite topic 😭

[polar belfry]

crap

[hallow mortar]

Change the condition dropdowns to "Anyone Present", and change the condition field to:

(vehicle player in thisList) && {vehicle player iskindof "Plane"}```
That way the condition will never be true on the server, so the important code won't run on the server. Each player will evaluate their own status locally and run their own attacks locally. As a result, only players actually in the zone will be attacked.

[polar belfry]

thanks

[hallow mortar]

*corrected code

[polar belfry]

gonna run this

btw what is thislist

[hallow mortar]

It is a magic variable only available in a trigger, which contains all the things that the trigger is currently detecting based on its configured conditions. For example, when the trigger is set to BLUFOR Present, thisList contains all BLUFOR units currently in the trigger.

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

Well, I said to set it to Anyone present and to use vehicle player in the condition, and you've done...that instead. It might work, but......... 😐

[polar belfry]

there is no anyone

did you mean anybody

?

[hallow mortar]

"Anyone" and "Anybody" are fundamentally the same thing

Yes

[polar belfry]

I think the activation is faulty

the script if activated through debug spawns the missile

[hallow mortar]

Then the problem is probably the condition, not the activation code.
That being said, the deactivation code is wrong. _missile1 doesn't exist. I would just remove the deactivation code entirely right now.

Did you change the condition code to (vehicle player in thisList) && {vehicle player iskindof "Plane"}?

[polar belfry]

I fixed it and trying it right now

nope

[stark fjord]

Does it give an error?

[polar belfry]

no

[hallow mortar]

Can you change the condition code to (vehicle player in thisList) && {vehicle player iskindof "Plane"}, please

Also, you've changed the direction in getRelPos to 300, which is ahead and to the left, not behind and to the left. If that's what you want then OK, but it's not what you said you wanted.

[polar belfry]

oh will fix it

I didn't do the math properly

will test now

Houston we have Impact

it worked

thanks NikkoJT, Lou Montana, ShiningRayde

now we just add a while loop in so the barage happens for every 3 seconds they are in

sleep 3 should be enough right?

[hallow mortar]

You don't need to. You have a repeatable trigger, just set the timeout to 3 seconds.

...Wait, no

Sorry, I got mixed up on how it works

[polar belfry]

ok

[hallow mortar]

[thisTrigger] spawn {
    while {triggerActivated (_this#0)} do {
        // rest of code
        // ...
        sleep 3;
    };
};```
Probably make it a bit longer than 3 seconds though unless you want almost certain death. Those missiles will stack up quick.

[polar belfry]

[thisTrigger] spawn { 
while {triggerActivated (_this#0)} do {
private _position = vehicle player getRelPos [900,200];
_position set [2,10];
private  _missileDir = _position vectorFromTo getPosATL vehicle player;
private _missile = createVehicle ["ammo_Missile_rim162", _position, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
_missile setVectorDirAndUp [_missileDir, [0,0,1]];

[_missile, vehicle player] spawn {
    params ["_missile", "_tgt"];
    sleep 0.1;
    _missile setMissileTarget _tgt;
};
sleep 5;
};
}```

[modern meteor]

Is there a way to create a variable IF the variable does not exist yet? I want to to avoid that a variable gets multiple times created in a while loop.

[polar belfry]

you can put the while loop under you variables like I did

[hallow mortar]

...Don't

[hallow mortar]

Everything has to go inside the loop. You need to recalculate all your variables each time it runs.

[modern meteor]

The while loop creates the variable again if it got deletes in the while loop

So it cant be outside

[polar belfry]

edited it

[modern meteor]

But it should only be created once

[hallow mortar]

You can use isNil to check if it's already been created - but variables can't actually be created multiple times. If you define it again it just overwrites the old value.

[modern meteor]

Well it creates an object

EnemyTag1 = "Sign_Pointer_F" createvehicle (getpos assignedTarget (units group player select 1)); 
EnemyTag1 attachTo [assignedTarget (units group player select 1),[0,0,2]];

[hallow mortar]

The outer layer with [thisTrigger] spawn { ... }; is actually important

[modern meteor]

I want to avoid that it creates multiple objects

Otherwise I can't delete the object via deletevehicle

The code is part of a loop

[hallow mortar]

Then use isNil, or missionNamespace getVariable ["EnemyTag1",objNull] and isNull if it could be deleted and then recreated again later.

[polar belfry]

[thisTrigger] spawn { 
while {triggerActivated (_this#0)} do {
private _position = vehicle player getRelPos [900,200];
_position set [2,10];
private  _missileDir = _position vectorFromTo getPosATL vehicle player;
private _missile = createVehicle ["ammo_Missile_rim162", _position, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
_missile setVectorDirAndUp [_missileDir, [0,0,1]];

[_missile, vehicle player] spawn {
    params ["_missile", "_tgt"];
    sleep 0.1;
    _missile setMissileTarget _tgt;
    };
sleep 5;
  };
}```?

[hallow mortar]

It would be easier to keep track of with proper indendation, but I think that's right

[modern meteor]

if (isNull EnemyTag1) then {EnemyTag1 = "Sign_Pointer_F" createvehicle (getpos (units group player select 1)); 
EnemyTag1 attachTo [(units group player select 1),[0,0,2]];};

Gives an error and does not execute because of undefined variable

[hallow mortar]

Well, that's not what I suggested doing 😐

[modern meteor]

oh, sorry. then i misunderstood

[hallow mortar]

Either:

if (isNil "EnemyTag1") then {...```
⬆️ This will detect if the variable has never been defined. So, it'll only work once. It can't detect if the object was subsequently deleted, because the variable won't become nil again. (Unless you manually set it to nil)
Or:
```sqf
if (isNull (missionNamespace getVariable ["EnemyTag1",objNull])) then { ...```
⬆️ This will detect if the variable has never been defined, _or_ if it was defined and then the object was deleted. So it can work more than once.

[still forum]

I wonder if
isNil {isNull EnemyTag1} is faster :harold:
I would expect no because it does new scope and stuff

[sullen sigil]

Trying to figure out how to get a vectordirandup relative to a model -- blue and green rectangles are same classname but different objects and orientations. red circle is teleported from blue to green but i need the direction to stay the same, anyone able to give a hand?

had something similar working a few months ago but profile corruption bug meant it got lost

[hallow mortar]

That's a kind of horrible way of doing it and I would probably avoid it just because it's unpleasant to read :U

[modern meteor]

Thanks a lot NikkoJT

[hallow mortar]

I remember this. It involved vectorModelToWorld, I'm pretty sure.

[sullen sigil]

ah, ty -- i can try search a bit more now

[distant egret]

I asked about something similar a little while back. #arma3_scripting message

I believe that was the final working version

[sullen sigil]

wait i can just erm
get relative vdirup -> worldtomodel -> modeltoworld the other one

[hallow mortar]

Here's where you were working on it before. #arma3_scripting message

[sullen sigil]

ah you legend, couldn't find it

[sullen sigil]

except i need vectordirandup now
i think this method may work though, will try

[sullen sigil]

it does not

and what i did previously is just... a bad method

[polar belfry]

it works

[sullen sigil]

Yeah I'm completely lost for doing this, previous method is completely lost/what I wrote is crap and I need vectorDirAndUp

[little raptor]

what do you need again? what is that red vector?

[sullen sigil]

That's the orientation of the red circle (player's vehicle) showing that it is the same relative to the green square

so effectively the player's vehicle needs to maintain its rotation relative to the square when it's teleported to the other one

[little raptor]

what is the square?

another object?

or in general, how is its rotation defined?

[sullen sigil]

Different object of same classname with different rotation

[little raptor]

// before rotation
_relDir = _otherVeh vectorWorldToModel vectorDir _playerVeh; 
_relUp = _otherVeh vectorWorldToModel vectorUp _playerVeh;
// after:
_newDir = _otherVeh vectorModelToWorld _relDir;
_newUp = _otherVeh vectorModelToWorld _relUp;

[sullen sigil]

_otherVeh being the square underneath?

[little raptor]

yeah

[sullen sigil]

I think I tried something like this before but I'll retry that way instead of trying to fiddle around with apply

Thanks 🙂

[little raptor]

well you can use apply yes

_relDirAndUp = _dirAndUp apply {_otherVeh vectorWorldToModel _x};

[sullen sigil]

i assume _otherVeh changes after teleportation too?

so first two lines it's blue square then second set it's green square?

[little raptor]

yeah

[sullen sigil]

gotchu thanks

[proven charm]

speaking of apply can you select only some values for the new array? or will the resulting array always be the same size?

[little raptor]

well I know you can terminate it using exitWith/breakWith, but not sure if you can skip some using continue

[proven charm]

hmm interesting

[little raptor]

I'm guessing it won't work

yeah it doesn't

you can only terminate it

[proven charm]

just tested too with continue. it makes the element null

[little raptor]

but you can do this to remove some

(_arr apply {if (_xNotValid) then {continueWith 0;}, _x}) - [0] // assuming 0 is an element that never occurs, e.g _arr is an array of strings

well better just use select 😅

[proven charm]

i made this crazy piece of code which kinda works (at least with some elements) but is nowhere near perfect 🙂 ```sqf
a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7];

r = a apply { if((_x + 1) == 3) then { a deleteAt (_x ); }; _x; };

apply doesnt have _forEachIndex so it will never work 😄

[sullen sigil]

foreachindex my favourite gender fr

[little raptor]

even if it did you're not supposed to use deleteAt on an array you're iterating on

[proven charm]

true very bad practice

[sullen sigil]

you're not?

[little raptor]

no

[sullen sigil]

more functions to rewrite then

[little raptor]

that will cause the loop to skip the next element

[sullen sigil]

oh

[proven charm]

if you loop backwards from end to start then you could use deleteAt there

[hallow mortar]

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

[little raptor]

_newarr = [];
_arr = [1,2,3,4,5,6];
{
    _newarr pushBack (_arr deleteAt _forEachIndex)
} forEach _arr;;
_newarr

// [1,3,5]

[sullen sigil]

Tbf most of my functions need rewriting so it's just as well

Or at least need me to go through and comment a shit ton

[trim tree]

is that intended behaviour that

while {benzin == true} 
    do {
        playSound3D ["a3\missions_f_tank\data\sounds\powergenerator.wss", generator, false, [6516.65,20010.7,171], 5, 1, 100];
        sleep 25;
};

needs to complete the sleep 25 if I change

benzin = false

? I hope you get what I mean 😄

[little raptor]

yes

it won't check the while condition for the next 25 seconds

[hallow mortar]

Yes, the condition is only evaluated once per loop. It checks the condition, then executes all the code in the loop, then checks the condition again. If the condition changes while the loop code is executing, it doesn't know about it until the next check.

[little raptor]

if you do this for example, you'll wait 25 seconds but check the condition every second:

_end = time + 25;
while {benzin && time < _end} do {
  sleep 1;
};

actually since you use that for playSound3D it's better to do this:

_nextSound = 0;
while {benzin} do {
  if (time >= _nextSound) then {playSound3D [...]; _nextSound = time + 25};
  sleep 1;
};

[trim tree]

hmm, that doesnt seem to work

[little raptor]

what doesn't work?

[trim tree]

hold on

when you cancel playSound3D, does it play the sound till the end, or does it cut off?

[little raptor]

till end

it doesn't cancel it

it just doesn't play it anymore and moves to the next line after while

you can only stop playSound3D using the stopSound command which is not available yet

if you use say3D instead you can stop it by deleting the sound object

[trim tree]

alright, ill have a look at that

[little raptor]

just keep in mind that it doesn't work with sound paths

you need to give it a cfgSounds entry

[trim tree]

ahhhh
😄

[restive hinge]

How can I check whether an object is not inArea of a trigger?

_cacheTrigger = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _lootCache];
_cacheTrigger setTriggerArea [300, 300, 0, false];

waitUntil {(!alive _lootCache) or (_lootCache !inArea _cacheTrigger);};
// Some stuff happens here

This throws me stack violation error...

[hallow mortar]

Your ! is in the wrong place

[restive hinge]

Is should be before trigger or the expression?

[hallow mortar]

! inverts the (bool) result of an expression, so it needs to be given a whole expression to invert. You can't put it in the middle, between the command and its arguments.

[restive hinge]

Right, thanks

[hallow mortar]

!(_lootCache inArea _cacheTrigger)

("an expression" can be just a single variable or command, provided it is or returns a bool)

[atomic burrow]

Hello - I've learned how to create a limited arsenal using the whitelist, but that still allows players to grab anything within that limit. Is there a way to limit further based on their player slot?

[restive hinge]

Do you use ACE?

[atomic burrow]

Yes!

[digital hollow]

1. set up a whitelist box for each role/playertype and place them where players can't access
2. have action on accessible box do the logic to decide which specific whitelist the player should get, then open arsenal using that box.

[atomic burrow]

OK - thanks! Is there a reference for how to write that logic somewhere? I only found out today I could do something like this

[restive hinge]

Place this in init of arsenal object.
You can use my preset for whitelisted items:

_openArsenal = ["OpenArsenal","Arsenal","\a3\ui_f\data\igui\cfg\simpletasks\types\rifle_ca.paa",{ 
    // IN THESE ARRAYS YOU DEFINE ITEMS IDs
    _uniformsArray = [""];
    _backpackArray = [""];
    _headgearArray = [""];
    _faceGearArray = [""];
    _vestsArray = [""];
    _weaponsArray = [""];
    _weaponMagazines = [""];
    _aceItems = ["ACE_fieldDressing","ACE_elasticBandage","ACE_packingBandage","ACE_bloodIV","ACE_bloodIV_250","ACE_bloodIV_500","ACE_CableTie","ACE_bodyBag","ACE_DefusalKit","ACE_EarPlugs","ACE_EntrenchingTool","ACE_epinephrine","ACE_Clacker","ACE_morphine","ACE_personalAidKit","ACE_SpareBarrel_Item","ACE_splint","ACE_SpottingScope","ToolKit","ACE_tourniquet","ACE_wirecutter","CUP_PipeBomb_M","ItemGPS","ItemWatch","ItemCompass","ItemMap","Binocular","ACE_artilleryTable","ACE_RangeTable_82mm","ACE_ATragMX","ACE_Flashlight_MX991","ACE_RangeCard","ACE_MapTools","ACE_surgicalKit","ACE_UAVBattery","ACE_quikclot","ACE_DAGR"];
    _grenadesItems = [""];
    _radioItem = [""];
    _arsenalArray = _uniformsArray + _backpackArray + _headgearArray + _faceGearArray + _vestsArray + _weaponsArray + _weaponMagazines + _aceItems + _grenadesItems + _radioItem;
 [this, _arsenalArray] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems; 
 [this, player] call ace_arsenal_fnc_openBox; 
 },{ 
  // HERE YOU DEFINE WHO CAN ACCESS THIS ARSENAL
  // You can make an array of SteamIDs for example or use a side check:
  side player == independent
  },{},[parameters],[0,0,0], 100] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[this, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], _openArsenal] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

Although I'm not exactly sure whether it's the best way to init the logic in case of perfomance

Keep in mind that objects' init fields in editor do not support comments

[digital hollow]

Completely depends on how you need the system to work. Simplest but least flexible would be manually assigning a box to each player unit like

// different boxes
kab_box_default
kab_box_antiTank
kab_box_sniper

// player 1 unit init
this setVariable ["kab_boxType", kab_box_antiTank];

// player 2 unit init
this setVariable ["kab_boxType", kab_box_sniper];

// action
private _box = _caller getVariable ["kab_boxType", kab_box_default];
[_box, _caller] call ace_arsenal_fnc_openBox;

[atomic burrow]

For defining the arsenal access - Would I be able to assign a variable name to the playable unit, and then use that variable?

[atomic burrow]

If I'm understanding this correctly, I should use X amount of boxes based on X amount of roles I have, define each role as variable A/B/C, and then put the action into the init for the public access arsenal box?

Sorry for the questions and if I'm being annoyingly dense!

[digital hollow]

yes that's how i've structured it, a hidden box for each whitelist, and a single accessible box.
Not to worry. everyone starts learning somewhere.

[atomic burrow]

Thank you both again! I will go put this new knowledge into my mind and try to implement it correctly

[restive hinge]

Yep!

Basically any boolean

I guess it would work like this:

player == mySoldier

[hasty gate]

is it possible to change player fov via scripts? I'm trying with:

cameraOn camSetFov 0.25;

but it doesnt work

[modern meteor]

Is there a way to automatically delete the save file/reset a mission when the mission has failed?

[hallow mortar]

It is not. You can only change the FoV of scripted cameras.
FoV changing is not very well supported in Arma. Players can only do it themselves with some mod or something, and that's not recommended since it breaks stuff like scopes.

[winter rose]

you need to "succeed" the mission, with a fail message

[meager granite]

Wish we could do something like ENTITY || ENTITY so it returns first non-null entity

private _cursor = cursorTarget || cursorObject;

Instead:

private _cursor = if(isNull cursorTarget) then {cursorObject} else {cursorTarget};
```which would get even uglier if there was more possible entities

[spice kayak]

Anyone have any idea what's wrong with this? Can _x / arrays not be used for marker names? D: {_x setMarkerTypeLocal "mil_Pickup";} forEach _allExtractionLocations;

[still forum]

I'd prefer the C# ?? Way

But uff. You'd also want it to work for nil really. Which. Is doable but somewhat unlikely :/
And then do we want the ?? CODE variant too? Ugh
I never want to implement any &&CODE kinda thing again, i just want a jump instruction

[south swan]

_meme = ["array", "of", "identifiers"];
_result = _meme select (_meme findIf {!isNil _x && {!isNull (currentNamespace getVariable _x)}});```...although it'd weird out if `findIf` returns -1

[still forum]

isNull doesn't take string afaik?

[south swan]

yeah, it most certainly doesn't

[restive hinge]

http://hia3.com/tools/armafovcalculator-en

RESULT:

fovTop: 
1.14
    fovLeft: 
1.82

Add both calculated values to the ArmA 3 profile configuration file [your_profile_name].Arma3Profile
Default location of a file "%userprofile%\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\[your_profile_name]"

This is client side only.

[meager granite]

Oh yeah, there is ?? in C# that sounds like a better fit. Though still feels rather limited in its usefulness.

[winter rose]

Not to be confused with: ? (SQF)

[still forum]

SQS*

[indigo wolf]

When I export a set of objects into SQF does it also export the additional parameters and code within the said objects? (Like the specific texture, code in the object's init field, object variable name etc.)

[stark fjord]

U can test that quickly. Put some code into init like: ASDF=this; and lol.jpg as texture. Then export it, paste it into your favourite text editor (i always use MS Excell for SQF editing) and press ctrl+F and search for said texture.

[quiet gazelle]

i always use MS Excell for SQF editing
i'm scared

[graceful juniper]

With ACE there is a module that lets you give other the medic perms through zeus, how could I code a script to make a MenuObj scroll interaction to give the medic perms

[sullen sigil]

_unit setVariable ["ACE_Medical_MedicClass", 1, true];

[stray flame]

quick question

how many triggers can a mission have before it approaches any sort of limit?

or causes issues

cuz I have a mission with a lot of "out of boundary" triggers

[quiet gazelle]

i guess that depends on your hardware

[stray flame]

hm, would there be an effective replacement?

instead of say 50 out-of-bounds triggers

[sullen sigil]

would it not be simpler to have inside of boundary triggers? 🤔

[stray flame]

Yes on paper but I use wild forest map and I made the playable area myself basically

its among valleys and winding hills

a lot of nuck-and crevasse I dont want players sneaking out trough

[sullen sigil]

i dont understand why the but is a but

[quiet gazelle]

you could go for invisible walls if you're into that sort of thing

[stray flame]

I do have wires running all throughout it to signal where that boundary is

but we have climbing mods so the players will always find a way

[quiet gazelle]

you could define the playing area as a polygon and run a script that checks if the players are inside it

[stray flame]

ho?

I was thinking maybe area markers would be the solution

the thing is it cant extend too far upwards

cuz there will be one player tasked with flying around on a rescue mission

[stark fjord]

Triggers marking outside player area. Set to detect any player.

In on activation {_x setDamage 1} forEach thisList

Trigger set to repeatable and server only

[stray flame]

yep that is done

I have that working flawlessly

its just

there are like 50 of them

im worried things will break even if they are set to 3 seconds

[quiet gazelle]

nah

[stray flame]

I'll hope for the best

[quiet gazelle]

50 triggers every 3 seconds will probably be fine

[stray flame]

should be

especially since they most likely wont ever need to activate simultaneously

[graceful juniper]

Thanks

[astral bone]

is Say3D broken? Is so, how?

[warm hedge]

Define broken

[astral bone]

I don't know, thus I am asking. It worked fine last time I used it, but it's in broken commands group on the wiki

[cosmic lichen]

Not sure why it was in that category. Maybe a copy & past mistake.

Command should not be broken

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=say3D&diff=prev&oldid=108987
Seems to have been in reference to the note about attenuation when in first person in a vehicle.
I think that was supposed to have been fixed at some point 🤔

[quiet gazelle]

is creating a super simple object faster if another super simple object with the same model already exists in the mission?

[manic sigil]

I've got a while-do loop that I want to create a series of marker dots while a helicopter is moving. It works, but I'm having trouble how to iterate the createMarker setup; it only creates the first one, since it references the same name over and over :/

[stark fjord]

Whole script calls probs no.
But model and texture will already be in memory so i guess yes.

[quiet gazelle]

_name = "helimarker" + str _iterator

[manic sigil]

Had a feeling that was the way, but couldn't think how to implement it.

[rain mural]

I've just watched UselessFodder's review of Global Mobilization and Force Recon.

The feature which really caught my eye is the playback of the route the player takes through the mission. It gets drawn on the map.

Excluding the obvious, is this possibly achieved with unitCapture or is there another method at play?

Tried looking around to see if I could find any glob-mob scripts but no joy apart from the snippets on the wiki.

[hallow mortar]

I would guess it just records the position of the group (either average or leader) every x seconds

*and then connects them with drawArrow

[rain mural]

That's my guess as well. Would certainly be cheaper than unitCap

[meager granite]

Wait until unit\group center moves X meters from last position, add position to array, repeat

[stark fjord]

I mean to capture 1-2h mission in even 30 fps would make a looooong file.
Array recording x,y and dir maybe every 100m would be more than nuff

[rain mural]

That method also makes sense. The arrows do seem equidistant.

[stark fjord]

Unless your whole mission takes place within 100m

[rain mural]

Split it into 1m segments? 😂

Would be pointless at that level of detail.

[hallow mortar]

I'm pretty sure it's time-based not distance-based. The arrows can be different lengths (very noticeably so if you happen to acquire a vehicle).

[rain mural]

Ooh ok. Perhaps I'll look at trying both and see what happens.

[stark fjord]

Sure i guess record every minute. Would still give plenty precision and only 120x3d array

[rain mural]

You could use a 2d array and normalize the vec2

For direction

[stark fjord]

Distance based one just prevents cluttering if players dont move. Maybe hybrid between the two

[twin oar]

I’m trying to use the Warlords modules but it’s not letting me select a sector to cap

Any help?

[stark fjord]

Yeah you could get direction by that. Except the last point

[rain mural]

Ah true

[stark fjord]

But perhaps you just plop down exfil marker for last entry in array 🙂

[rain mural]

Yeah

[boreal parcel]

whats faster even if only marginally, isEqualTo or ==? same for isNotEqualTo and !=

[still forum]

I'd assume isEqualTo

[hallow mortar]

Force Recon functions can be inspected in the Functions Viewer with GM loaded (Leopard20 Advanced Developer Tools recommended for easier navigation). Position recording is handled in FR gameDirector about line 178; playback is handled by FR showTrackedRoute.

[rain mural]

Oh thanks!

[hallow mortar]

spoilers: it is a time-based tick and drawArrow

[rain mural]

Appreciated 👍

[gloomy aspen]

Does anybody know if George Flores [GF Scripts] is still active in the community?

[little raptor]

last I checked not for a couple of years

[torpid mica]

why does vehicle leader _mygroup return myself even when i´m (player and groupleader) alive and in an vehicle?

[little raptor]

it doesn't

its string representation may be the same as yours but it's actually not the same

you can check via vehicle leader _mygroup == leader _mygroup

which should be false

[torpid mica]

hint format ["Vehicle: %1 \n Ammo: %2 \n Fuel :%3", vehicle leader _x, getAmmoCargo vehicle leader _x, getFuelCargo vehicle leader _x];

but this returns my group and says that the vehicle i´m in (the tank) has no ammo and no fuel

[little raptor]

why should it have any?

[torpid mica]

and it seems like it doesnt return the veicle

[little raptor]

it's not a supply vehicle

[torpid mica]

its fully armed

[torpid mica]

damn how do i get the fuel and ammo level of the vehicle?

[little raptor]

getXXXCargo are supplied stuff...

[torpid mica]

[little raptor]

fuel

there's no such thing as ammo level afaik

you can compare the vehicle's original loadout with its current loadout

[torpid mica]

then i can count.. but thanks... i´m just dumb.

[stark fjord]

There is ammo but its funky

[little raptor]

that returns ammo count

in current mag

not a percent like fuel

[stark fjord]

Ye, hence funky 🙂

[torpid mica]

do you know an easy way to tell if vehicle ammo is low? maybe with magazinesAmmo?

[stark fjord]

SomeAmmo if it works on vics

[gloomy aspen]

Does anybody know what I may be doing wrong here? Im using George Floros' script to replace trees, ive changed it so it creates simple objects to save FPS. However changing it from createVehicle to simple objects now means a lot of the trees it creates are floating in mid air .. Any ideas what i would need to change here?

{
GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_Count = GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_Count + 1;

GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_Objects = _x;

if (!(typeOf _x in _Exclude_List)) then {

private _pos = getPosATL _x;
private _dir = getDir _x;
private _vectorDirUp = [vectorDir _x, vectorUp _x];         
hideObjectGlobal _x;

_createVehicle = [selectrandom GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_array, getPosWorld _x, getDir _x, true, true] call BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject;
_createVehicle setDir _dir;
_createVehicle setVectorDirAndUp _vectorDirUp;
_createVehicle enableSimulationGlobal false;

[hallow mortar]

It is returning the vehicle. The vehicle doesn't have a variable name, so it's being represented for human-readability by the group ID and name of its owner. (The actual engine object reference for the vehicle is not human readable.)

[stark fjord]

Think simple object takes asl

[manic sigil]

This is actually what I was working on, just an hour before you guys talked about it XD except for recording a helicopter's positions and recreating dummy helicopters to show the flight path.

[gloomy aspen]

Thanks mate, im afraid I might need a bit more babysitting to get it fixed though. Changing getPosATL to getPosASL had no effect 😦

[stark fjord]

lets take a look, can you pastebin whole script?

[gloomy aspen]

Of course, thanks mate! https://pastebin.com/qCKfbSAf

[hallow mortar]

createSimpleObject uses the object's model centre, not its origin like a vehicle would

[gloomy aspen]

This makes a lot of sense, perhaps I could use the Bis_Fnc replace with simple object in there?

After its been created as a vehicle, thus being at the right height?

[stark fjord]

getPosWorld should retrieve model center

but it returns model center of previous tree that was there

[hallow mortar]

The docs for replaceWithSimpleObject say it shouldn't be used for many objects and definitely not in MP, so...not necessarily a good idea

[stark fjord]

do you have a list of stuffs you wanna replace aka GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_array?

[gloomy aspen]

Yeah mate its called from a seperate script, thats all working fine. I think @hallow mortar has solved the issue though mate if its using the center of the object

Thanks for looking though!

Nikko, if I was "theoretically" to use the Simple Object replace, do you know how id fit it here? Cant seem to get the syntax right

_createVehicle = [selectrandom GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_array, getPosWorld _x, getDir _x, true, true] call BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject;
_createVehicle setDir _dir;
_createVehicle setVectorDirAndUp _vectorDirUp;
_createVehicle enableSimulationGlobal false;

_createVehicle [this, true] call BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject; // This cant be right? Surely, haha.

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject
There is one parameter for the function, and it's the object you want to replace
[_createVehicle] call BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject;

[stark fjord]

_x*

[gloomy aspen]

Thanks guys, makes sense! I realise ive used the function twice in code above, just ignore that!

[stark fjord]

dunno if it would work with terrain objects. Youd still have to hide them

[little raptor]

_v = createSimpleObject [selectrandom GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_array, getPosWorld _x, true];
_v setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir _x, vectorUp _x];
_x hideObject true;

and enable simulation doesn't really do much to trees
but if you want you can add _v enableSImulation false

[south swan]

{
    ...
    GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_Objects = _x;
        ...
} forEach GF_Vegetation_Replacement_Tree_Objects;``` ![notlikemeow](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/700311897937018890.webp?size=128 "notlikemeow")

[stark fjord]

yeah im unsure what that is supposed to be

[little raptor]

probably meant to add them to an array

but for what...

[stark fjord]

it foreaches thru that same array

[gloomy aspen]

Thanks all! Some good stuff to wrap my head around there, appreciate the help!

The array is called in a different file, the original script is here and here if you wanted to look:

https://sharemods.com/c4bkl9c17axx/gf-vegetation-replacement-script-mod-version-1.0.zip.html

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/221912-gf-vegetation-replacement-script-mod/

George Floros was super creative, its a shame they dont seem to play anymore

[stark fjord]

you'd create an infinite loop that way

[little raptor]

no

[south swan]

well, not exactly. You'd derp the array loop tries to iterate over

[little raptor]

but anyway it doesn't seem to matter

[little raptor]

no

it just doesn't do anything

[south swan]

wut

[little raptor]

the variable gets assigned but what you iterate over remains unchanged

[stark fjord]

private _lol = [1,2,3];
{
    _lol = _x;
}  forEach _lol;

hint str _lol; -> 3

[little raptor]

so it will "work" but the next loop call will error out

[little raptor]

what is that supposed to say?!

it's a wrong example

[stark fjord]

thats basically what its doing rn

[little raptor]

I know

but it won't break anything in that loop

[south swan]

systemChat inside the loop would make that test complete

[little raptor]

it would just say 1,2,3

[south swan]

and it does. Fun stuff

[stark fjord]

what ive meant is after the loop _lol would be 3

but loop still loops

[little raptor]

well yeah but you said it would be an infinite loop which is not true

[stark fjord]

yeah, i was wrong

it would inf loop if there was pushBack, stead of =

[twin oar]

How do I restrict the arsenal to a specific mod pack?

[digital hollow]

Restrict arsenal by only adding specific things. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Arsenal#Add

[twin oar]

Thank you!

[sage heath]

alright yall, im gonna need some help/reccommendations

so i got a mission where uh, there's gonna be a TLAM strike, there are possibly up to 30 targets the players could mark for destruction, of those strikes there are usually allocated 2 tlams each so thats about upwards of 60+ missiles

im gonna need something beyond the artillery module to help me sort this shizz out

[stark fjord]

And how would player mark targets?

[sage heath]

their designator gives an 8 digit grid

[stark fjord]

And then?

[sage heath]

usually i can see their laser on the zeus menu, my plan was to put down a create target module

then use artillery fire mission to call in every single tlam

obviously this is a tad inefficient

but because of the fluid nature of this its kinda...well

not pre plannable

[stark fjord]

Are u using vanilla VLS?

[sage heath]

yes

i tried ITC but uhhhh dont really like it

[stark fjord]

i did that not long a ago. but player had to plant IR grenades on targets and VLS would fire missile at it

[sage heath]

yeah not gonna be possible with the current design im afraid

i really wish theres a way i could punch in the grids into a list on a console and launch em

[stark fjord]

ugh i think VLS can only lock on to actual targets as in objects

[drowsy geyser]

is it possible to add some kind of a cooldown to this eventhandler, so the code doesn't run continuously?

vehicle player addEventHandler ["EpeContactStart",
{
    params ["_object1", "_object2", "_selection1", "_selection2", "_force"];

    if (_object2 isKindOf "Car") then
    {
        //code here
    };
}];

[sage heath]

sleep?

[hallow mortar]

No, that won't prevent new activations of the EH

The way I would do it is to set a variable on the object when the EH fires. The EH checks that variable before doing any of its stuff, and cancels if it's true. Then at the end of the cooldown set the variable false again so a new activation can happen.

e.g.

if (_object1 getVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",false]) exitWith {};
_object1 setVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",true];
// ...
[_object1] spawn {
  sleep 10;
  _this#0 setVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",false];
};```

[stark fjord]

you could try running player setVehicleReportRemoteTargets true; in onPlayerRespawn.sqf

[sage heath]

what does that do?

[stark fjord]

and enable Data Link Receive checkbox on VLS

makes player report laser target to datalink

But player has to lase target, then press T

and VLS will auto fire on it

[sage heath]

idk about having the players lase a target for each missile since realistically, a TLAM strike is a saturation attack, they all would have to come in at about the same time

[hallow mortar]

Is it necessary for the players to observe the launch?

[sage heath]

yes because they’re gonna have to conduct bda afterwards

also who doesnt like a good light show?

[hallow mortar]

Not the impact, the launch

[sage heath]

oh its not necessary for that

[drowsy geyser]

so it would be like this?

vehicle player addEventHandler ["EpeContactStart",
{
    params ["_object1", "_object2", "_selection1", "_selection2", "_force"];

    if (_object1 getVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",false]) exitWith {};
    _object1 setVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",true];
    
    if (_object2 isKindOf "Car" && (_object1 getVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",false])) then
    {
        //code here
    };
    [_object1] spawn
    {
        sleep 10;
        _this#0 setVariable ["paradox_var_epeCooldown",false];
    };
}];

[sage heath]

they dont have to see the launch just the missiles come in

[stark fjord]

This snippet will fire VLS but actual targeting will be a bitch, since you will have to spawn object there, make it invisible and then fire it. Also this has to run where VLS is local

if (isNull(_tgt)) exitWith {};
west reportRemoteTarget [_tgt, 300];
_tgt confirmSensorTarget [west, true];
_vls commandTarget _tgt;
sleep 3; //Might wanna add that to give AI time to "aim"
_vls fireAtTarget [_tgt, "weapon_vls_01"];```

[hallow mortar]

That's correct, for a 10-second cooldown and for _object1 being the object that has a cooldown.

[sage heath]

getting in the targets would require it be done in zeus so this theoretically cannot be pre planned unless someone can come up with a reason why

[hallow mortar]

Where I'm going (slowly) is to skip the launcher entirely, just create a laser target object on each target position, spawn a bunch of missiles in the air somewhere miles away, and set their targets. Since there's no launcher, forEaching becomes a lot easier and there's no sensor faffing.

[sage heath]

the context for this mission is, satellite imint is not available and an enemy strike is imminent, there is no isr assets in place and thus the tlam strike would have to go forward with limited intel

[stark fjord]

yeah that would be better. My mission required launch to be visible (hidden VLS on top of a submarine) so i had to fidadle with sensors

[sage heath]

there’s also a set piece tied to activate for when the vls fires, a bunch of SAMs fire in that general direction, thats just for show of ciurse and it looks really nice

but i figured that can be reworked

[sage heath]

i have an idea for this if possible, create a forward/fires observer slot, and give them a unique add action, to tag targets, and for every target they mark 2 tlams will for that target(?)

its a little janky but it might work? otherwise im trying drongos artillery

[hallow mortar]

I'm writing something that will let you bulk specify grid references to be hit (I like this because it allows the grid references to be wrong if the players screw up)

[south swan]

*when

[sage heath]

on that last part, me too 😈