arma3_scripting

[stark fjord]

Then i dont know

[hallow mortar]

Any vanilla scripted damage handling?

[sweet zodiac]

Judging by the one Note on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/damage there isn't exactly a correlation between component Damage and actual Damage, that is if we take it as gospel.

[hallow mortar]

Does it do setDamage/setHit on the units involved?

[stark fjord]

Did you check dammage?

[dreamy kestrel]

anecdotally anyhow... thanks...

[hallow mortar]

Your issue as described was that death messages don't display the killer, right? Not that they completely fail to appear

Just refreshing my memory

[sweet zodiac]

It doesn't exist on the wiki from what I can see, must have been removed at some point

[hallow mortar]

Well, it kinda smells like something is causing the killer to be lost. Nullifying the "real" damage and applying new damage with setDamage would do it, since there's no killer to attribute it to. Creating new bullets and not setting their shotParents would also do it...but are you really doing that for every enemy?

[winter rose]

getDammage
but still

[sweet zodiac]

they are effectively one in the same, damage and getDammage are literally Aliases

[hallow mortar]

if you're just doing setDamage 0 that's not what's doing it

If the setDamage is the cause of death then that's what's doing it

[stark fjord]

Except

Do not use this command. Use setDamage instead!
Why would i not use this command, who is gonna stop me?

[dreamy kestrel]

I'm not setting any damage, only the hit points at the moment... but that is the question, shouldn't damage approximate the other? if not take the average of major components?

[hallow mortar]

setDamage has no source, it's purely scripted and cannot be attributed to any unit. So the killer is null if someone dies because of setDamage.

[stark fjord]

You can test it.

[sweet zodiac]

because it's old and not getting maintained likely

[stark fjord]

seems to me its just an alias

[dreamy kestrel]

partially true, notwithstanding the alternate syntax, but yes

[stark fjord]

And i will setDammage and getDammage as much as i damn please

[sweet zodiac]

getDammage doesn't say to not use it though 😅 only setDammage

[dreamy kestrel]

LOL nope you used one have to use the other...

[winter rose]

I shalt track you, I shalt find you… and I shalt pout so you feel bad about it

[hallow mortar]

Oh, I missed they added that to the alt syntax
@granite haven If you still want to have setDamage involved in your system, you can use the alt syntax to specify a killer that the damage will be attributed to. Note that if you do this, you must execute setDamage on the server.

[stark fjord]

I will setDammage upon you

[winter rose]

yes, because the getter is straightforward, the setter has alt syntaxes (and basically setDammage is not maintained)

[hallow mortar]

please do not dammage the Lou, we need him

[stark fjord]

Yeah wiki would be more dammaged without him

[sweet zodiac]

Just like I said earlier then because it's old and not getting maintained likely

[winter rose]

yep, you are correct

[dreamy kestrel]

so no insights approximating damage based on hit points

[winter rose]

no

[stark fjord]

I guess you could calculate it. I know wheels have minimal effect

[sweet zodiac]

Average it across all components? or maybe average only ones you deem Major, like Engine, Fuel, Hull, etc

[dreamy kestrel]

I mean it seems appropriate to average at least major components

[winter rose]

I planted a script that adds one more m every week I don't log in 😛

[sweet zodiac]

The pure dammmage you have caused us

[stark fjord]

To all funcs? Like vectorMmmultiply?

[dreamy kestrel]

alrightie then, thanks gents

[versed belfry]

Uhhh, am I using this incorrectly?

uni = uniformContainer player;
uni setMaxLoad 100;

[sweet zodiac]

what about adding another World to modelToWorldWorld

[stark fjord]

Yep, i was just about to ask

So you get ATL you use WorldWorldWorld

[hallow mortar]

Well, I have no idea whether 100 is a reasonable value, but the syntax is correct
Note that in multiplayer it must be executed on the server

[sweet zodiac]

You could get the maxLoad first then add an arbitrary amount to it

[versed belfry]

Nothing changed, I've tried 3, 5, 10, 100, 1000 and nothing changed :(

[versed belfry]

Will try that

[winter rose]

try getContainerMaxLoad for a check
you can also increase the carry ability per unit using setUnitTrait

player setUnitTrait ["loadCoef", 0.5];
// can now carry twice the weight
// does not change the containers' capacity though

[sweet zodiac]

I don't believe the Load Coef is what he is looking for specifically

It was specifically adding an Item to an already full container in this case being a player's Uniform

[inland iris]

on activation?
this

[winter rose]

I - know - that
I - am - providing - related - knowledge, that's it 😉

[sweet zodiac]

Ah

[hallow mortar]

Make sure you're doing this at a point where the unit actually has their final uniform. If they change uniform (loadout frameworks, arsenal, etc), maxLoad changes applied to the old one don't apply to the new

[versed belfry]

Def helps, that would solve one of my other issues with loadouts that are too heavy.

[sweet zodiac]

I'm not sure how you would want to implement it

[versed belfry]

Yep, have not change my uniform yet, still trying with the one I spawned with

[sweet zodiac]

I have been messing with an Idea of updating Player Traits based on the Items and/or class they are

Stances, Ghillies and Speed affecting the camouflageCoef is something I quite like so far

[hallow mortar]

Ghillies already affect camouflage (if they're configured properly)

[sweet zodiac]

If they do I have no way to determine to what level at all

[versed belfry]

Ghillies are... weird, I've had better luck sneaking around AI without them than with them.

[sweet zodiac]

From what I could see it was the Unit's Classname that determined it not the uniforms

[inland iris]

when this chinook has all of its passenger seat filled up with players in multiplayer it will land on the waypoint
sort of like a Infill to the mission that it

[hallow mortar]

What happens if you don't have enough players and it never becomes full?

[inland iris]

it will hover and wait untill it fills up

[hallow mortar]

That wasn't the question, but OK

[inland iris]

in theory it should always hover untill the seats have been fulfilled thats the plan I just dont know how I can script it

[hallow mortar]

So if you have less players on the server than the number of seats, they're just stuck forever

[inland iris]

Than I have to zeus the heli

[versed belfry]

@sweet zodiac @hallow mortar Thanks for the help, turn out while I was executing it on the server I was not passing the uniform technically since player does not refer to me when executed on the server.

[inland iris]

the heli has around 18 seats and on a Scripted Op I am expecting 20ish players

[versed belfry]

I also learned how to use publicVariable properly today, so yay!

[hallow mortar]

All uniforms have a camouflage rating in their config. For ghillies (properly configured) it's higher and for uncamouflaged uniforms (properly configured) it's lower, and this affects AI visibility

...I think, hold on

[sweet zodiac]

I couldn't determine a difference between Ghillie and non Ghillie prior

[hallow mortar]

no, it is in the unit config not the uniform config

[sweet zodiac]

Now you can see my issue

[hallow mortar]

now where did I read that it was the uniform 🤔

[sweet zodiac]

Okay I just tested the empty Positions thing, my Heli isn't landing even when the condition is true

Thanks Arma

I used a scripted waypoint checking for the Heli's Empty Positions and waiting until it == 0, side note EmptyPositions I don't believe accounts for FFV

[inland iris]

if you can get the players to spawn in the heli than it should work

because the script is working but when the positions are empty afaik know sqf

[hallow mortar]

it had better account for FFV if it's got FFV type filters

[sweet zodiac]

This should not be returning 3

[hallow mortar]

Well that's not even right for non-FFV, it's got 4 internal seats

[sweet zodiac]

Either I am handicapped or "" is straight up not working as advertised with emptyPositions

You also can't test for Copilot seat with it apparently

If the Additional Waypoint is too close the Helicopter just refuses to do it, that's concerning

[hallow mortar]

It looks like this was fixed in Feb but too late for 2.12, so should land in 2.14

if you've got dev branch you can test it there

[sweet zodiac]

I don't like scripting on the Dev branch

Because any commands unique to it I have to wait to deploy essentially

[hallow mortar]

"test it", as in to see if it was actually fixed, not "write a whole script with it"

[inland iris]

something to do with this?

[hallow mortar]

Was _heli actually defined?

[sweet zodiac]

heli1 emptyPositions "Cargo" == 0 in the scripted Waypoints Condition, make sure the Helicopter has the variable name heli1

I haven't used Waypoints in a long time so I had to double check it

In my case this doesn't actually work at all because the Land waypoint I assume is just too close and the Pilot doesn't know how to handle it

[inland iris]

oh the heli is far is quite far and I kinda was hoping that the heli would hover till condition met to initiate the land
in this case filling up the passenger seats

[sweet zodiac]

It will

Mine just wont land, could be because I am stupid and don't have a Pad for it to land on

[sweet zodiac]

This probably will work but you will have to test it, I had to use "Cargo" because "" is borked so it won't account for anything that isn't FFV or a regular Cargo Seat

[inland iris]

yep it did nt work

[sweet zodiac]

Because you didn't read what I said

[sweet zodiac]

You want to Mirror this setup

well apart from the Helicopter of course

I just used the Littlebird for my testing

[inland iris]

changing the variable name should work no?

[molten yacht]

hmm

I need some help

in the "show" condition of this holdAction

I need getGPS && X, but for X I need to check if someone is in the truck in one of the front seats

because they're supposed to be checking the truck's GPS history

I would be okay if they just needed to be the driver, if that's easier

how would I do this

_caller in crew of truck?

[winter rose]

_unit in _vehicle

[open fractal]

driver would work universally, as in ```sqf
driver vehicle _caller == _caller

[molten yacht]

Not this?

[open fractal]

in would be any seat

so you can run that check and then the driver check

[sweet zodiac]

is getGPS a variable?

[molten yacht]

yes

it's "you have been told to go check the GPS history on the truck"

[open fractal]

if you're going to have that global variable for the truck you can do

driver gpsTruck == _caller

[molten yacht]

to be clear the truck just has gpsTruck as its name in editor

I think that's global

so I want getGPS && drive gpsTruck == _caller?

[open fractal]

driver

[molten yacht]

er, yeah

sorry, I'm very tired

[open fractal]

I think so, so long as the module correctly handles _caller

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

it's likely to be _this and not _caller

[winter rose]

if you want "any front seat" you will have to find the front seats' id 🙂
see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getCargoIndex

[molten yacht]

you are correct

it's _this

[sweet zodiac]

and _target is the thing the action is on

[winter rose]

getGPS && { driver gpsTruck == _this || getCargoIndex _this in [0, 1] };
```assuming 0 & 1 are front seat IDs

[boreal parcel]

so im thinking about how to manage ai for multiple zones to be handled later. Would it be efficient to store them as an array in a missionNamespace variable? Like:
missionNamespace setVariable ["zone_1_units", [unitObj1, unitObj2], true]

[open fractal]

lazy eval gaming 😎

[winter rose]

always

[open fractal]

maybe a hashmap instead?

I don't recall how easy it is to manipulate arrays within hashmaps

[little raptor]

for multiple zones
if the zones are triggers or objects of some sort you can just setVariable on the object

[boreal parcel]

so im not really sure how to use a hasmap. From what I have ready they are like dictionaries in python right? key : value. since it can only have one value, wouldnt I just be stored an array there later and doing the same thing I would be with an array anyway?

[boreal parcel]

ah true I was thinking I couldnt cause the zones are initially just markers, but I create triggers so I can store them there instead.

[little raptor]

"manipulating arrays" is the same everywhere

[open fractal]

so when you retrieve an array from a hashmap you're just passing a reference to that array and you can modify the data within?

[little raptor]

yeah

[open fractal]

cool

[sweet zodiac]

I feel like keeping track of Elements in Hashmaps is easier on the brain than Arrays

[little raptor]

well as long as you use set, resize, pushback , etc. not =

[little raptor]

depends on the use case

[boreal parcel]

I just dont understand the use of a hashmap here

since im using setVariable

and getVariable

[little raptor]

if you just want to iterate over something arrays are the way to go. if you want to search for something then hashmaps

[sweet zodiac]

If it works, it works

[little raptor]

well I think what he meant is storing everything in one hashmap: [["zone1", units1], etc.]

[open fractal]

in my mind the use in this case would be using the zone identifier as a key and broadcasting the hashmap, I'm not sure if that's more or less efficient though

[little raptor]

yeah that

[sweet zodiac]

Hashmaps don't keep order as well so keep that in mind

[little raptor]

well missionnamespace is also a hashmap so it doesn't matter

[boreal parcel]

hmm. So your saying it would probably be better to just keep a global zone units hashmap rather than assigning a variable to each zone trigger and storing an array of units

[little raptor]

since you have triggers using setVariable on the triggers is better

[open fractal]

would it make a difference in terms of looping through and broadcasting all of the zones, for example, vs broadcasting one hashmap for MP performance

[boreal parcel]

alrighty then, thank you

[little raptor]

not much afaik

[nocturne bluff]

Add it to the wiki!

[lethal cave]

well i probably should, good advice

[boreal parcel]

when I set trigger statements it seems to run them on creation? why is that? I know at the very least for some reason TRA_fnc_spawnMilitary is being run on trigger creation

_trigger setTriggerStatements
[
    "true",
    format["thisTrigger setVariable [%1, true, true]; [thisTrigger, %2] call TRA_fnc_spawnMilitary;", str _activeVarName, _x],
    format["thisTrigger setVariable [%1, false, true]; [thisTrigger, %2] call TRA_fnc_deactivateZone;", str _activeVarName, _x]
];

[little raptor]

why do you set a variable on the trigger to indicate whether it's activated? and to make it worse you broadcast it?

you can just use triggerActivated command

I know at the very least for some reason TRA_fnc_spawnMilitary is being run on trigger creation
what is the trigger activation type?

[boreal parcel]

hmm I was doing it that way so in the deactivation script can monitor if the zone is re-activated at any point in the next two minutes. I didnt know about the triggerActivated command though ill check that out

[boreal parcel]

EmptyDetector

activate is Anyplayer and Present though

[little raptor]

so you mean no player is in the trigger area but it gets activated nonetheless?

[boreal parcel]

yep

oh

you know what I think I know what it is

yep thats my bad, I forgot the example had this for the empty condition, not true

[boreal parcel]

is this forever true once the trigger has been activated once? it appears to be

[little raptor]

if you're trigger is not repeatable yes

[boreal parcel]

my trigger is set to repeatable but it appears that triggerActivated was still true when I used it.

_trigger setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", true];

maybe I need to wait a few seconds before using triggerActivated?

[little raptor]

no

if the deactivation event triggers triggerActivated should be false too

[boreal parcel]

triggerActivated was called from the deactivation event, yet was true

it is called in TRA_fnc_deactivateZone

{
    // Create trigger
    _trigger = createTrigger["EmptyDetector", getMarkerPos _x, true];
    _trigger setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", true];
    _trigger setTriggerArea [TRA_milActivationRadius / 2, TRA_milActivationRadius / 2, getDir this, true];

    // Set Trigger Statements
    _trigger setTriggerStatements
    [
        "this",
        format["[thisTrigger, %1] call TRA_fnc_spawnMilitary;", str _x],
        format["[thisTrigger, %1] call TRA_fnc_deactivateZone;", str _x]
    ];
} forEach _military;

[little raptor]

well show me that code instead

also are you testing this in MP?

[boreal parcel]

sure, I get Deactivation Aborted here in the middle.

params ["_trigger", "_marker"];
private ["_timerStart", "_deactivate"];
diag_log format["[TRA] Deactivating Zone: %1", markerText _marker];
_timerStart = diag_tickTime;
_deactivate = false;

while {!(triggerActivated _trigger) || !_deactivate} do {
    if ((_timerStart - diag_tickTime) >= TRA_zoneInactiveTime) then {
        _deactivate = true;
        diag_log format["Time Since Deactivation: %1", (_timerStart - diag_tickTime)];
    };
};

if (triggerActivated _trigger) exitWith {
    diag_log "Deactivation Aborted";
    false
};

{
    // Current result is saved in variable _x
    if (_x isKindOf "man") then {
        deleteVehicle _x;    
    } else {
        {
            // Current result is saved in variable _x
            unassignVehicle _x;
            deleteVehicle _x;
        } forEach crew _x;
    };
} forEach _trigger getVariable format["%1%2", _marker, "_units"];

true

[boreal parcel]

no, singleplayer at the moment

that last forEach I havent actually got to yet, may or may not work

[little raptor]

using while in that code makes no sense because it's unscheduled

[boreal parcel]

ah, I was thinking about spawning this function since I think ill need to sleep that while loop every 5 or so seconds

[granite sky]

The forEach wouldn't work due to precedence issues. The getVariable needs wrapping in brackets.

[ashen ridge]

In situations where switch case is suitable, if i use a sequence of ifs i will loose performance?

The difference is big?

[little raptor]

yes. no
but if with exitWith should be faster than switch

[ashen ridge]

Thanks.

[little raptor]

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

[boreal parcel]

so I spawned this code and added a sleep 5; just before the if statement in the while loop and it appears nothing else is going on now.

I got the log [TRA] Deactivating Zone: zone_name so the script ran, but nothing else. I also tried logging outside of any conditionals/loops later in the code and that doesnt run either, so I assume the script never finishes

[little raptor]

did you fix what John said?

[boreal parcel]

yes

though the foreach doesnt run either, my diag_log was just above the foreach

[granite sky]

_timerStart - diag_tickTime looks backwards

[boreal parcel]

I do believe you are right

ah

and im diag_log inside the if statement, that was an accident

[granite sky]

if (whatever) exitWith { ... } is a much cleaner way to exit the while loop than your _deactivate var.

[boreal parcel]

I forgot you could exit loops with that, thank you

[boreal parcel]

back to this once again, one of the reasons I was using a global variable was to check in the condition if that trigger is already activated for all clients, this way the trigger isnt activated when another player enters the zone. Will triggerActivated be good for this or could it be true for the player who activated it and false for other players?

[flat oasis]

wassup i get this error when doing action menu repair refuel command

[stark fjord]

_heli is string, stead of object like error message states?

[flat oasis]

_heli = "RHS_AH64D_wd";

[stark fjord]

yes that is a string...

[flat oasis]

so how to make it object? like what it should be

[stark fjord]

you could use a global variable, that you put into variable name in editor

[opal zephyr]

When using CBA does anyone know how to get a value from an addon option? Example is I have a setting appear in addon options and I want to be able to get the value of it in my script

[flat oasis]

still not working same error

[stark fjord]

then you are still assigning string...

object isnt a text.
Text is enclosed within quotes "

[little raptor]

it's just a global var

[flat oasis]

lol i felt like the meme, i hate programming then i love programming.
yeah it works

thanks

[stark fjord]

https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/settings/fnc_addSetting-sqf.html

_setting param is also global variable

[opal zephyr]

Do you know what string its saved under?

[little raptor]

move your mouse over it and it tells you

you can also export all settings (vars) and paste them in a text file and inspect them for yourself

[opal zephyr]

Ah thats quite simple then, thankyou both very much :)

[boreal parcel]

how should I go about spawning a zone's ai/vehicles without suddenly tanking performance? I was thinking maybe give a 2-3 second sleep between each squad spawning in?

[stark fjord]

You could try 1 sec between unit i guess...

you could also preloadObject and stuff

oh nvm, with spawning in you can ignore preloadObject

[open hollow]

Hello, im doing a script that compares the mods you have loaded with a list of mods saved in a config in a mod, and if you have a missmatch i want to show an error.

the idea behind it, its preventing ppl to even try to join the server if the mods you have loaded are no the exact same as the server.

ive saved this big list in a mod, and made a function that executes when the game opens ( prestart =1) but im not sure on how to do it, since

the code in the fuction:

if !(hasInterface) exitwith {}; 
[] spawn {
    
    waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 0 )};
    private _mods_loaded =  ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgPatches") apply {configName _x});
    private _mods_allowed = getArray (configFile >> "nsn_mods");
    _nope = _mods_loaded findif {!( _x in _mods_allowed) };
    if (_nope isnotequalto -1) then {
        (findDisplay 0 ) createDisplay "errorMessage";
    };
};```
any ideas on what im doing wrong? 


ive tryed to use `["warning text"] call BIS_fnc_guiMessage;`, but with out any sucess

[sullen sigil]

what's the issue

[stark fjord]

at that point why not just use verifySignatures = 2; in server cfg?

[open hollow]

afaik that check is made after you tried to connect to the server, i want to do it before you even try to connect

[open hollow]

im not sure why the message its not shown, since ive tested the code and it works

[sullen sigil]

systemchat working?

[open hollow]

i think its initialized too early, maybe a waituntil {!isnull ( finddisplay 0 displayctrl 999) } might fixit

[sullen sigil]

run a systemchat where stuff should be happening

[stark fjord]

youd probably wanna wait until dashboard appears before trying to display anything.

[open hollow]

ive tryed and i didnt saw any systemchat, but im quite sure the function is running

[sullen sigil]

then ur code isnt getting to that line

[stark fjord]

test with diag_log

[open hollow]

yep, its not being executed

for some reason the spawn its not working there

and the code is executed before the display 0 is created

[boreal parcel]

just a btw for here but it looks like sqfbin has fallen to some ad website now

anyway, anyone have any suggestions/changes I should make for this script to spawn units at an objective? its clearly not done but I want some advice about it.
I originally planned to sleep the for loops for a second or two between each spawn however maybe its just singleplayer, but it felt so much worse than spawning without any sleeps.
https://pastebin.com/7b8nKNEz

without sleep it feels like 2-3 seconds of 10-12 fps, with sleep its like every 3-5 seconds I bounced from 60 fps to 10 fps for 2 seconds

[sweet zodiac]

If I had to make a guess the poor FPS is due to several Units being created in quick succession

[boreal parcel]

I tried sleeping every 2 units for 2 seconds, its was horrid

guess I could try sleep every 1 unit

[sweet zodiac]

createUnit iirc is fairly expensive so there is likely only so much you can do

[cold pagoda]

So, I'd like to put this in the init field of a bunch of vehicles to save on performance.
I only want them to enable sim when a player is near them:

_distance = this distance player;
if (_distance <= 25) then {
    this enableSimulation true;
} else {
    this enableSimulation false;
};```

I'm putting this in the init of the vehicles:
```sqf
[this] call compile preprocessFile "enablesimvehs.sqf";```

I've tried a couple things, I'm thinking this isn't working because player is evaluated different in MP Dedicated?

[sweet zodiac]

player refers to the running machine's player object

[cold pagoda]

yea, thats what I thought..

[sweet zodiac]

enableSimulation is also global

so you would effectively be enabling simulation on the same objects for exactly how many players are in the distance

[cold pagoda]

I'm thinking that is what I'm wanting? But this is how I normally evaluate players in MP Dedicated:

_players = allPlayers select {alive _x};```

But the problem is, I need it to be concurrent, I need to always be running if that makes sense?

I normally put that in a trigger and have it evaluate by counting nearest object. but that is only activated when the trigger conditions are met.

[sweet zodiac]

Is it only certain objects you want to disable and enable sim on?

[cold pagoda]

yea, I have a motor pool with about 30 vehicles. I want them to only be enabled when a player is near them, within 25 meters so that (I assume) cpu cycles/PhysX are not used until needed?

[sweet zodiac]

You probably could have a loop running on the Server that just looks for players in a Triggers Area and then enables simulation on all of them if the Sim isn't already enabled and vice versa

Downside is if there are no players in the area they all stop simulating

regardless if someone is driving them

[cold pagoda]

hmm i could do this:

_allObjects = (allMissionObjects "" inAreaArray thisTrigger);
{  
          _x enableSimulation true;  
      } forEach (_allObjects inAreaArray thisTrigger);

Do you think that would achieve what I'm looking for?

[sweet zodiac]

Do these vehicles need to be simulated period?

or are they for looks

[cold pagoda]

they need to be simulated when they are training with them. so yes.

its not going to be used all the time, but the days they need to, it needs to be simulated. but what I've seen is, because there are so many, it causes frame drops. but when they are not simulated, there is better preformance

[sweet zodiac]

have you tried Dynamic Simulation?

[cold pagoda]

yea, but because that controls all vehicles I've had it at a higher value. Now that I'm thinking about it, I could just do that. hmmm

well it only affects vehicles I tell it too

yea, ill do that

[sweet zodiac]

It's definitely the better choice I think, if it's not sufficient at all then you should try a handcrafted solution imo

[cold pagoda]

yea, no I'm gonna do that and just force them all if empty 50m dynamic. that is a better solution

okay, another question lol
I created this a while ago.. I have a museum and I have speakers in the museum that play 2 songs. I have them playing sound 3d which works great. I have this activating in a trigger:

OnAct:

edbuildsong = true; 
publicVariableServer "edbuildsong"; 
 
if (isServer) then { 
    [] spawn { 
        private _speakers = [speakers, speakers1, speakers2]; 
        private _speakersin = [insidespeakers1, insidespeakers2, insidespeakers3, insidespeakers4]; 
 
        waitUntil { 
            private _song = selectRandom ["armysong.ogg", "orgarmysong.ogg"]; 
 
            if (_song == "armysong.ogg") then { 
                { 
                    playSound3D [getMissionPath _song, _x, true, getPosASL _x, 1, 1, 40]; 
                } forEach _speakers; 
                { 
                    playSound3D [getMissionPath _song, _x, true, getPosASL _x, 1, 1, 40]; 
                } forEach _speakersin; 
 
                uiSleep 130; 
                hint "armysong Complete"; 
            } else { 
                { 
                    playSound3D [getMissionPath _song, _x, true, getPosASL _x, 1, 1, 40]; 
                } forEach _speakers; 
                { 
                    playSound3D [getMissionPath _song, _x, true, getPosASL _x, 1, 1, 40]; 
                } forEach _speakersin; 
 
                uiSleep 70; 
                hint "Oarmysong Complete"; 
            }; 
 
            !edbuildsong 
        }; 
    }; 
}; ```

OnDeact:
```sqf
edbuildsong = false; 
publicVariableServer "edbuildsong";```

I've been reading about RemoteExecCall and the only difference to my understanding is that RemoteExec immediately sync over the network and RemoteExecCall waits unil all is synced?

Should I use remoteExecCall here?

Also, it seems that sometimes it becomes out of sync with the speakers when you move outside of the 40 meters. Basically, is there a better way?

[sweet zodiac]

playSound3D is global

Not sure what you would use remotExecCall for

[cold pagoda]

yea, I was just wondering because sometimes I see the speakers come out of sync.

[sweet zodiac]

Also you could forgo the publicVariableServer if this only fires Server side

[cold pagoda]

okay

[sweet zodiac]

So you have a trigger that Does this and it's ticked for Server only yeah?

[cold pagoda]

yea

everything is working, just the sync problem lol

but that is good advise about the publicVariable

[sweet zodiac]

I went and changed it up https://pastebin.com/5BDwrZvE It should do everything it did before but with less bloat and it's super easy to add more songs if you wanted to

deactivation can stay the same bar the publicVariableServer since It's running on the server anyways so no need to assign it for the server then broadcast it to itself

[sweet zodiac]

Was just doing some messing about with Unit spawning and this feels good to me, but I do need to stress test it in a scenario with a full modlist https://pastebin.com/j8MZgHmX
Using this method I am unable to visual see any Hitching even while spawning 5 instances of this at once.
50 Squads, 250 Units. FPS just gradually decreases as you would expect with 250 active Units, I suck at math

[cold pagoda]

thank you! I didn't know I could use switch in arma

[sweet zodiac]

I obviously didn't test it but I would imagine it works flawlessly, unless I am dumb which is likely

[cold pagoda]

it looks good! Ill test it though!

[sweet zodiac]

You can always revert if it doesn't work just make sure to backup things while you test

[cold pagoda]

yeppers, being a Windows SysAdmin, I've learned the importance through mistakes lol

whats your opinion of publicVariables in the init.sqf file? Should I use them?

[sweet zodiac]

Like the command or that you have Global Variables in it?

[cold pagoda]

that I have global variables in it. Are they necessary?

[sweet zodiac]

It's required if you want something to be accessed by multiple disjointed scripts and in the case of Multiplayer some you want to broadcast over the network which is what publicVariable is used for so that everyone is on the same page.

I tend to do it on a case by case basis, given how massive your file is and how it already works, I wouldn't be too concerned with it unless you suspect they actually cause problems and even then you need to find a solution that would actually improve it

I often find myself refactoring small things often for little to no benefit, it's a bad habit of mine

[cold pagoda]

yea hmm

[molten yacht]

I feel like Im taking crazy pills

player rspAdd = ["mike","jed"];
player hint str rspAdd;```

This is erroring on me

[opal zephyr]

You can always attach variables to the missionnamespace too Jaeger

[molten yacht]

with or without the first player

[opal zephyr]

whats the error

[molten yacht]

"Missing ;"

[sweet zodiac]

why is player even there

[molten yacht]

I tried several things

[cold pagoda]

hmm whats the benefits?

[molten yacht]

the first player was added as a last ditch effort and changes nothing

[sweet zodiac]

remove both

[boreal parcel]

is there any performance friendly alternatives to createUnit?

[molten yacht]

hmm

ok this has left me with a very interesting issue

[sweet zodiac]

Not that I know of but I did some messing around earlier #arma3_scripting message

Maybe just try a couple different approaches to unit Spawning for your Mission

[opal zephyr]

I cant think of an example off the top of my head, but its handy when you want to avoid using a global variable for whatever reason

[sweet zodiac]

It's a global Variable attached to a mission that everyone can see

[molten yacht]

respawnInfo = [player] call BIS_fnc_getRespawnInventories;```
returns the current loadout (zeusGM in my case) in a single-entry array. Adding more loadouts manually results in `"["zeusGM","loadout2"]"` being returned instead. This has an external set of quotes on it that 
```sqf
rspAdd = ["zeusGM","loadout2"];
hint str rspAdd;```
does _not_ have. The hint doesn't have the second set of quotes.

Even thought they're both being cast to string

[boreal parcel]

ah thanks ill give that a try here soon.

[sweet zodiac]

Do note that I'm not doing any extra Handling for the Units or Groups after they are spawned, since I was just trying to do a raw performance test of sorts

[molten yacht]

....wait, I"m dumb

ignore that

goddamnit

[boreal parcel]

yep ill let you know what I try when I do try it and my results

[sweet zodiac]

was gonna say that should return an Array of Strings ["Loadout1", "Loadout2"]

[molten yacht]

yeah no the second set of quotes is because I used sidechat to return the value the first time

I'm very tired and stupid as a result

[sweet zodiac]

Bahaahaha

Don't worry I lost 4 hours trying to get a GUI to work meanwhile it was broken because I had a waitUntil being a little too egregious

Literally just that funny box on the left

[molten yacht]

....I'm baffled now, instead, that when I get the default Respawn Loadout name for an NPC, it gives me... the 5th out of 10 available loadout name from cfgRespawnInventories. Which is the 7th of 10 available in cfgRoles.

[sweet zodiac]

I have no clue what you mean

What exactly are you trying to do?

[molten yacht]

"moony" is a player's specific loadout that inherits from TL which inherits from Rifleman

It's not the last one added or the first, it's not alphabetically the first or last

[sweet zodiac]

BIS_fnc_getRespawnInventories returns all of the available Loadouts for the Unit

[molten yacht]

right

so why.... does this random zeus-spawned unit have this person's loadout

and not just them

anyone I spawn has that loadout so far

even a civilian

I'm gonna try resetting the mission

[sweet zodiac]

Do you have a Loadout script?

[molten yacht]

ok that was something fucky

resetting the mission fixed it

I think it was an earlier tinkering command assigning that loadout to Everyone

[sweet zodiac]

I am guilty of doing that too

[molten yacht]

I did figure it out

so there's a mod by Webknight that adds a funny little enemy that rips your head off and then steals your body, but doing this makes a new unit of the same class as you, that isn't you, and thereby doesn't have your respawn inventories

so the code I just came up with, meant to go on an internal eventhandler, is ```sqf
// assume player is dying unit, just for the sake of demonstration
// assume _newUnit is new unit, just for the sake of demonstration
private _respInv = [player] call BIS_fnc_getRespawnInventories;
{[_newUnit, _x] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnInventory;} forEach _respInv;

since I think you have to add respawn inventories one at a time

....bizzarely, trying to run the first part on one unit and then run the second part on a different unit gets me a "missing ;" error

hmm

oh well, doesn't matter

I'm actually looking at it and the onPlayerKilled.sqf is of interest

because I might be able to put half of this in OnPlayerKilled

[opal zephyr]

Does the second unit know about _respInv?

[molten yacht]

so I altered it when I was doing that to be a global variable, since I'm just tinkering around

so it was xxx = [_this] call etc etc and then {[_this, _x] ...... forEach xxx on the new unit

and it hated that

I'm really bafffled now though

[opal zephyr]

Whats the current problem?

[molten yacht]

private _vvva = _this getVariable tfar_squad;
_this sideChat str _vvva;```

gives me zero response

```sqf
private _vvva = _this getVariable [tfar_squad, 4];
_this sideChat str _vvva;```

gives me Error Type Any, expected String

even though that default value should be able to be an integer

now, double baffle:

private _vvva = _this getVariable [tfar_squad, "4"];
_this sideChat str _vvva;```
ALSO gives this error

what string does it want

[meager granite]

Its default for the entity variable space, not current variable space

tfar_squad is undefined in current namespace (missionNamespace likely)

[molten yacht]

.....oh

[meager granite]

It doesn't even get to part where it operates entity namespace and where default can be used

[molten yacht]

so to put that on there I go to each player and go this setVariable ["tfar_squad",2,true];

[meager granite]

private _vvva = _this getVariable ["tfar_squad", 4];
_this sideChat str _vvva;
```You probably meant this

[warm hedge]

Also getVariable takes a string. Are you sure tfar_squad is a string?

[molten yacht]

I wanted tfar squad's contents, which are usually an integer

I'm having flashbacks to java and typing var instead of valueOf(var)

[warm hedge]

Also note that SQF does have only Number (basically float), there is no int

[molten yacht]

well, ok

fair

[meager granite]

Variable names are strings, you're supplying value of tfar_squad, not "tfar_squad" string to getVariable in your example

[molten yacht]

Okay...

I'm trying to fetch _oldUnit's tfar variable so their new unit doesn't need to completely reset their radio

[meager granite]

player setVariable ["test", 123];
player setVariable ["something", 321];
test = "something";
player getVariable "test"; // 123
player getVariable test; // 321

[sweet zodiac]

My slow brain had a hard time reading that

[molten yacht]

I'm still having a hard time reading it

ok

yeah ok I get it now

private _vvva = _this getVariable "tfar_squad";
_this sideChat str _vvva;```
was indeed what I wanted

[opal zephyr]

You can probably combine it into one life if you done use _vvva later

[molten yacht]

Yeah I did figure it out

I'm just waiting to hear what the right eventhandler to use is here

[molten yacht]

ok cool

Okay, I think a full version of all this is:

addMissionEventHandler ["TeamSwitch", {
  params ["_previousUnit", "_newUnit"];
  private _respInv = [_previousUnit] call BIS_fnc_getRespawnInventories;
  private _tsq = _previousUnit getVariable "tfar_squad";
  {[_newUnit, _x] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnInventory;} forEach _respInv;
  _newUnit setVariable ["tfar_squad", _tsq];
}];

But

where do I put this?

InitPlayer?

[meager granite]

init.sqf should be OK

[molten yacht]

thanks

[boreal parcel]

out of curiosity, did you spawn that second for loop for any reason other than I assume the entire script itself isnt being spawned?

[sweet zodiac]

The main thing itself is also Spawned

It's so it doesn't have to wait for the squad to be done spawning to start spawning the next one

[boreal parcel]

oh alright

[sweet zodiac]

I have half a mind to put !! before my condition checks

[boreal parcel]

im done testing for tonight as its nearly 2 am, but I think this is the best I have gotten so far in terms of performance, not much different from yours. I could certainly be wrong though, plus I only spawned 19 patrolling infantry, 9 garrisoned inf, and 2 vehicles.
I cant seem to think of the general amount of infantry KP Liberation spawns per objective.
I think tomorrow im gonna rewrite the script a bit for a more dynamic enemy count based on the enemy awareness
https://pastebin.com/TCzS4jyy

[winter rose]

aaaaaah sh*t.

[molten yacht]

Oh goddamnit

ugh

How would I make every AI group inside the trigger area go from "hold fire" to "weapons free"? Something like...

{_x setCombatMode "RED"; _x setBehaviorStrong "COMBAT";} forEach group in thisList```

But I don't know the precise bits of it.

[stark fjord]

Close, not most optimal way but sqf { (group _x) setBehaviourStrong "COMBAT"; (group _x) setCombatMode "RED"; } forEach thisList

[molten yacht]

it's only ever gonna be like 5 groups so it should be fine

benefits of running missions for only 8-10 players

[stark fjord]

Yeah no worries then

[mystic shell]

Hi, attempting to create a custom faction for the first time. I'm wondering if there is a list somewhere where I can find available basegame identities, and the face wear available to them?

[winter rose]

Hi, see
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgIdentities
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgWeapons_Equipment

[mystic shell]

exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[ashen ridge]

allMissionObjects also return simple objects? I ask that because i just found allSimpleObjects 😬

[winter rose]

you'll have to try
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allMissionObjects
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allSimpleObjects

[ashen ridge]

Just to you know, allMissionObjects don't return simple objects.

This come to hand for what i'm doing.

[winter rose]

thanks, I will update the wiki

[narrow jolt]

Hi, I have a short question. Is it possible to add Magazines to the vest? Like a combination of addItemToVest and addMagazine? Thanks a lot 🙂

[winter rose]

the first one, with the magazine classname 😉

[flat oasis]

sup i am doing spawn vehicle script and what it does is it checks if the trigger at spawn is activated if it is then it wont spawn else it should create the vehicle
but actually nothing happens not even error idk what to do

// Spawn.sqf

if(triggerActivated trigger2) then{
    hint "There is a vehicle in service";
}
else{
    "apache" createVehicle getMarkerPos "spawn_marker" ;
};

[winter rose]

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

[narrow jolt]

Yes, but i need to add the magazine with a specific amount of ammo, like you can do with unitName addMagazine [magazineName, ammoCount]

[winter rose]

ah, then that IDK
you might have to remove all other containers, addMagazine, re-add other containers 😬

[narrow jolt]

Okay, thank you! 🙂

[winter rose]

when/where is this script executed?

[flat oasis]

// init.sqf

repairAction1 addAction ["Repair,Refuel ", "repair.sqf"];

repairAction1 addAction ["Spawn Heli", "spawn.sqf"];

[winter rose]

also "apache" might not be a proper classname. place a hint in the else

[flat oasis]

?

[winter rose]

place the heli in Eden, right-click, Log > class to the clipboard, Ctrl+V in the script

[flat oasis]

between quotes or object?

[winter rose]

between quotes; createVehicle takes a string

[flat oasis]

still saying missing }

[south swan]

hint "test'; use the same quote on both sides, please?

[flat oasis]

yes it works now

[little raptor]

Afaik it does return everything

How did you use it?

[little raptor]

Use addMagazineAmmoCargo

Get the container using vestContainer

[twin oar]

Do I add the ear plugs script in init.sqf?

player addAction ["Enable earuplugs ",{
params ["_plyr","_caller","_id"];
private _actMenu = (_plyr actionParams _id) select 0;
if (_actMenu isEqualTo "Disable earuplugs") then {
_actMenu = "Enable earuplugs";
call disableEarplugs;
} else {
_actMenu = "Disable earuplugs";
call enableEarplugs;
};
_plyr setUserActionText [_id,_actMenu];
},nil,0.8,false,true,"", ""]call BIS_fnc_MP;

[narrow jolt]

Oh I'll try this out! Thank you very much!

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[sullen sigil]

plz

[little raptor]

First of all use syntax highlighting
Second of all the script looks incorrect and as far as I see it doesn't even compile

[twin oar]

Sorry my apologies

[little raptor]

Well remove the call bis_fnc_mp part then put the script in initPlayerLocal.sqf

[twin oar]

Okay thanks!

[little raptor]

Also I don't see where you've defined the disableEarPlugs function

Is it really defined?

[twin oar]

I think so, it should just show up on my scroll menu

I just kept getting a Missing ]

[little raptor]

Showing up isn't a problem. It won't work tho

[bitter palm]

hello can anyone help me

[little raptor]

I think you're missing a }? I can't read your code because I'm on mobile

And I doubt others can either because it's not syntax highlighted

[twin oar]

I don’t understand the syntax highlight sorry

[twin oar]

I’m also sending from mobile

[little raptor]

When you removed the call, are you sure you didn't remove the ] next to it?

[hallow mortar]

This message explains how to create syntax highlighting. You have to surround the code in the ` (not ') character as it shows.
Note that on mobile this will create a code block but not show the syntax highlighting colours - big thanks to Discord for that... - but people on desktop will be able to see it.

[twin oar]

Not sure

Will update in a few when I’m at my pc and can properly do the highlight

My apologies

[meager granite]

Anybody has a convenient way to simulate lag between two local clients?

As in block sending or receiving from local client game process to local server game process?

Bet there is a software for that but I wonder if somebody can point me at a solution

[hallow mortar]

Well, he's already got the external network lag figured out

[still forum]

There is software for it, just need to find the name I saw it recently

[meager granite]

Oops, I thought I changed my mind and didn't post it 🤔

[still forum]

"Clumsy"

[meager granite]

Looking it up, thanks

I wonder why there is exactly 3 frame delay between remoteExecCall to the same client and function firing?

somefunc = {systemChat (diag_frameno toFixed 0)};
systemChat (diag_frameno toFixed 0);
123 remoteExecCall ["somefunc", 2];

[winter rose]

• sending
• travelling
• receiving
• executing
  😜

(don't take my word for it, it is only a joke)

[still forum]

Good, keep wondering. Curiosity is good

[granite sky]

Mostly in Arma it just drives you slowly insane.

[meager granite]

I call it Armanormal activity

[granite sky]

consider game loop with unscheduled scripts -> receive network -> send network -> scheduled scripts :P

[little raptor]

Are you sure it's the same client? You're doing 2

[meager granite]

Executing this one a listen server with no other clients

[south swan]

and that wouldn't work outside of where it's run anyways because somefunc isn't publicVariable'd

[ashen ridge]

I want to find objects that can be destroyed, so it is good for me that it has no simpleObjects.

[little raptor]

Well like I said it does return them. Maybe you've done it wrong
E.g. simple objects don't have class inheritance and super simple ones no classes at all

Did you do allMissionObjects ""?

[ashen ridge]

Oh! I believe i did allMissionObjects "All"

My fault 😬

[little raptor]

Then that's your answer

And there's allObjects now

Much faster than allMissionObjects

[winter rose]

can you please revert my last edit? I am in transit rn

[little raptor]

Me too 😅

Will do once I'm home

[winter rose]

can't ask a single thing

thanks tho :p

[ashen ridge]

@winter rose really sorry.

Can i spawn a crater texture my self?

And may be make it permanent.

[little raptor]

Yes. They're decals tho

Not textures

i.e. they stick to the ground

actually not sure about crater decals

There are crater objects tho

[ashen ridge]

I will check Eden first.

[ashen ridge]

Custom crater! sqf createSimpleObject ["a3\data_f\krater.p3d",_posASL];

[agile cargo]

Is there an elegant way to spawn blood spatters/pools on units that are spawning with 0 health? For ambience reasons

rather than manually placing a blood spatter object on each unit

[manic sigil]

What effect are you trying to achieve?

[agile cargo]

blood pools under bodies

I'm thinking something like

    bloodPools = ["bloodPool1","bloodpool2"...];
    {
        selectRandom bloodPools createVehicle getPosATL _x;
    } forEach  synchronizedObjects deadBodies;

[south swan]

inb4 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionLayerEntities

[manic sigil]

I meant more, are you looking for something the player experiences, or just to make building a scene easier?

[agile cargo]

it's meant for an actual mission

[boreal parcel]

is the object an addAction is on passed to the condition of the addAction at all?

like the _target provided to the script/code option

[south swan]

huh?

[boreal parcel]

oh, guess I should learn to read

how have I overlooked that so many times

[silver rampart]

Does anybody know how to make a Restricted ACE Arsenal like Rifleman, Grenadier, etc where these roles can only access the specific items?

[winter rose]

I suspect you are slightly tired

go to bed, stat

[bitter palm]

how to disable the PeripheralVision as a config or in the config for the ifa 2 iron front mod

on veteran

difficulty

at_gui is a mod and it disable the effects

in arma 2 they disabled but in iron front mod not

[snow pumice]

Hey

can i somehow put an icon in the text of drawIcon3D?
I tried parseText but i get the error Type Text, expects a string which makes sense.

Is there any way?
(I want to make a Playertags script, maybe other commands are better suited for this?)

[sweet zodiac]

Wait, but, what? is there some reason you can't just make the drawIcon3D you know, draw said Icon?

[snow pumice]

Ah sorry forgot to mention, in certain cases i want to use multiple icons

[sweet zodiac]

Oh that makes sense

I don't know of a way to do that, I don't believe it would be possible really without just another drawIcon3D but they would just collide visually

[snow pumice]

mhm yea
thanks for the answer

[manic kettle]

My mod would allow you to do this.
So you could create a variable/list, call it "infantry" and assign items belonging to that list. I then add specialist roles for specific slots like sniper or MG etc. I don't want to clog this channel so just dm any questions.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909743623

[sweet zodiac]

Oh, interesting, I just did this manually with mission specific scripts, I probably could find it again if you want a version that doesn't require a mod

I think it was something along the lines of adding a Variable to each player for their role, and checking it locally when they joined and added an Ace action to the Listed Crates that would basically Fake the Ace Arsenal by force opening a different Arsenal that was placed in the editor with the correct equipment

[manic kettle]

Yeah we used to have a script that did it that way too. But I updated to this version that has an arsenal for every role. Then check the players tags for each arsenal and add them all up.

Our community likes to go a little extra on the arsenal management. Not everyone goes that hard tho

[sweet zodiac]

Yeah my Implementation only supports having one Arsenal for each Role effectively and You can't change roles mid mission

It was a Cookie Cutter situation so to speak so I didn't design it with a lot of flexibility

[manic kettle]

While mine does allow mid mission switching I've never done it... I can't think of a use case in a milsim community that has set gear.
Maybe for an insurgent style op

[sweet zodiac]

If I was going to redesign it I would probably do it similar in the sense that several Tags could be used to determine which weapons they could access and have a couple Zeus Modules along with it and the ability for it to regenerate the Arsenal Contents when their "Tags" have been updated

Uniforms aren't a concern for my Group so I would only do it for Weaponry

[manic kettle]

Simple addaction and setVariable would be enough. Then just run the check whenever the arsenal gets accessed

[sweet zodiac]

I don't like the idea of checking it every time personally

It would lead to an unnecessary amount of checking

I would just do it once on mission start and subsequent times if their Tags update

[manic kettle]

What's the best way to check for nearby players around a point in a script that fires often?

I imagine there's a better way than looping through allPlayers

[sweet zodiac]

Small mock up, untested

_nearPlayers = [];
_nearMen = _position nearEntities ["Man", _radius];

{
  if (isPlayer _x) then {_nearPlayers pushback _x};
} forEach _nearMen;

there might be a nicer method

[manic kettle]

Yeah but that loops through all the ai which may be just as bad
Hmm...I can see how that might be better in some cases

[sweet zodiac]

It's a bit specific but if the classnames of the AI are different from the Players you could filter it like that, nearEntities can accept an Array of Strings instead of just a string.

_position nearEntities [["ClassName1", "ClassName2"], _radius]

[lavish stream]

Won't work in single player I don't think, but pretty fast. Can also replace My_Object with PositionAGL if using a marker.

#define MIN_DISTANCE 10
#define LOCATION My_Object
private _nearPlayers = playableUnits select {
    (LOCATION distance _x) < MIN_DISTANCE
};

[sweet zodiac]

That's real cheeky if that works

[opal zephyr]

I think the distance command can be pretty taxing

[lavish stream]

not even remotely.

[opal zephyr]

Ive found it to take longer than nearestObject in my testing

[meager granite]

With SQF the less commands you run, the better

[opal zephyr]

And if you're checking lots of objects against lots of players, then that adds up exponentially

[meager granite]

There is inAreaArray which is great for mass distance checks btw

[sweet zodiac]

Well it's only checking playableUnits if my understanding is correct

[lavish stream]

my example is checking players against one position, it's not taxing.

[meager granite]

playableUnits inAreaArray [LOCATION, MIN_DISTANCE, MIN_DISTANCE]

Or even preset your area to be a location, trigger or even marker and do:

playableUnits inAreaArray myLocation

Locations don't support Z, triggers do

You can also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/attachObject so you don't even have to manually update it if you want it to follow some object

But I haven't tested how well it works, that stuff is ancient

[sweet zodiac]

these are some damn spicy one liners, makes my version look horrific in comparison

[sweet zodiac]

playableUnits inAreaArray _trigger seems to be the fastest in my tests

My small test results while running on Perf Build, 23 Units including myself, take from this what you will.
swapped it to a Pastebin https://pastebin.com/GQKXk20c

I swapped out PlayableUnits to AllUnits to include AI for Testing purposes, I aimed to simulate 23 player Objects but your mileage may vary.

[granite sky]

Hmm. Are you running perf build?

The select version may be a lot faster on perf than on stable.

[sweet zodiac]

Oh shoot you right, I am running perf

I updated the message, I legit forgot about it even though it has a massive green stripe to indicate it

[still forum]

23 units

Result: 0.0210386 ms
Code: allUnits select {(player distance _x) < 40};

Result: 0.00984627 ms
Code: allUnits select {;;(player distance _x) < 40};

So yea a bit fasterish

[sweet zodiac]

<.> how does having two semicolons there make it faster?

[still forum]

Thats just my thing to enable SimpleVM in my test stuff
;; == new thing

[sweet zodiac]

Oh that's nuts

[lunar goblet]

what would be the code to get an init to repeat itself?

i.e get a sound file to play on repeat from an object

[manic sigil]

Create a while {} do {} construct.

Must be in a scheduled environment (eg, within [] spawn { here} or otherwise), and use Sleep # to delay the desired seconds.

[ripe relic]

Is there any kind of script that can simply change the color of a mission's fog? Ideally it would operate locally for all players so as to put less stress on the server.

I'd like to change the standard white/light gray fog to something like red for example.

[manic sigil]

Reddit thread on colorCorrection by zone

Cool markdown 👍

[warm hedge]

Actually it seems to have the way via diag_setLightNew but haven't made the good script

[manic sigil]

Feels like the 'oh its permanent btw, but heres how to reset' shouldnt be a footnote, but ooooooh

[warm hedge]

Yeah I know what to pass, but I don't know how to make everything else normal

[manic sigil]

Mood

[jade acorn]

what's the name of a function that lets player hold space to execute code? I forgot to bookmark its page on biki and can't find it now

and it is a specific function with a progress bar, not holdaction nor holdKey

[stark fjord]

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

[jade acorn]

not holdaction

[stark fjord]

Add*

😛

[jade acorn]

it's displayed in lower third of screen, shows text "Press and hold [BUTTON]" and a progress bar below

I'm not delusional, it definitely exists, I used it once when I was working on a Far Cry mission and tried to add custom healing system with it, unfortunately I deleted this scenario so I have to find it in biki again

too bad I don't remember its name

[stark fjord]

Also not keyHold...

Idk then

[jade acorn]

omg

[jade acorn]

it is keyHold

just not holdKey

thx lol

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

[stark fjord]

Ah, bohemia.. and their function naming. Good thing it isnt keyHoldHold

[manic sigil]

... okay, Im looking at it, but what is it for.

Am I missing the 'on execution' portion?

Theres arguments for what it says, how long you hold, but not 'code to be executed when it finishes'

[jade acorn]

now I recall I did something to it to work as a hold to heal action

[manic sigil]

It doesnt even return anything, you cant waitUntil, what even...

[stark fjord]

Check ze source.

[jade acorn]

    Allow for hold button interactions.

    Parameters:
        _this select 0 (Optional): STRING - Description of the performed action, displayed inside the progress bar.
        _this select 1 (Optional): NUMBER - Duration of the action. (Default: 2 seconds)
        _this select 2 (Optional): STRING or CODE - Condition that must be met for the action to display.
        _this select 3 (Optional): ARRAY - Arguments passed to the code executed.

    Returns:
    True if the action was successful, false if it was interrupted.

[stark fjord]

So its simple waitUntil

But tbf it needs to be fixed on wiki. No return listed, and function seems to be pointless

[manic sigil]

Question, since im AFK and cant test... would you have to define a variable for the return of the hold action, then waitUntil {thatVar}, or could you waitUntil { [] holdAction command} 🤔

[jade acorn]

ye I'll start editing rn

[stark fjord]

If youd do that, it mostlikely wouldnt work;

_var = [PARAMS] spawn bis_fnc_keyHold;
//_var would be false at that time
waitUntil {_var}; // would wait forever

So u have to do the second

[manic sigil]

As in, put it inside the waitUntil?

[stark fjord]

Ye

Wierd as it is, cause its completely diffrent than other, callback based actions.

[jade acorn]

or as artemoz posted some time ago,

[] spawn {
private _success = [PARAMS] call BIS_fnc_keyHold;
if (_success) then {hint "Successful execution"} else {hint "Interrupted"};
}```

[manic sigil]

Really weird, wouldnt think to put active functions inside of a waitUntil :x

[stark fjord]

Idk, tbf, ill try it later

I guess if you did that call inside a spawn, it would be cleaner than waitUntil

[jade acorn]

another Q, what was the function name for displaying the warning window pausing simulation with custom text like "Do you want to do this?" and buttons OK or Cancel

I have a really bad memory

[stark fjord]

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

[jade acorn]

ye, thx

[stark fjord]

In options you have select build config, select scriptedFSM

Can you screenshot real quick?

The top bar?

Try fsm attributes

Compile config

In steam path\arma3 tools\fsm something

[winter rose]

thanks btw!

[bitter palm]

how to disable the PeripheralVision as a config or in the config for the ifa 2 iron front mod
on veteran
difficulty
at_gui is a mod and it disable the effects
in arma 2 they disabled but in iron front mod not

Or how to delete

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/showHUD perhaps
also don't crosspost thank you - I deleted your message in #arma3_config for you

[bitter palm]

I think this is not what i mean, can i disable it as a addon/ mod how at gui mod?

[winter rose]

IDK myself
see how they do it in that mod?

[bitter palm]

Yes i has it same as the config for at gui but it doent worl

Work

[stark fjord]

Depbo the mod that does it, see how they do it, then undo/override it in your mod.

[deep dew]

how to active mission voting in Arma 3 server ?

[winter rose]

#server_admins may help you 🙂

[deep dew]

oh i'm sorry.

[winter rose]

no probz at all, I hope you find what you want

[bitter palm]

I have

Or can i play on mercenery (pro) in the difficulty settigs with the third person

[stark fjord]

You can make custom difficulty settings

[bitter palm]

And how?

[stark fjord]

Game settings?

[bitter palm]

I have but on profi it doent work

[stark fjord]

Im unsure what you mean. Also is it for sp or ingame hosting or dedicated server?

[bitter palm]

In arma 2 you has on the difficulty peripheral vision you can see in a unit green red and white dots

[stark fjord]

Wait... is this for a2 or a3

[bitter palm]

I will it disable it kills the realism in arma 2 there is a mod it disable these but in arma 2 with the iron front mod it wont work

I has write the config file for the mod but it dont work and on the difficulty settings you dont see this things at Expert but on veteran etc

And maybe it is ifa2mod= iron front mod for arma 2 or the config is false idk

Or delete these in the arma/ iron front folder

[stark fjord]

But anyways for a3 difficulty option for this is:
enemyTags and friendlyTags and it has nothing to do with scripting or config

Also idk how they are called in settings

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

[bitter palm]

And in arma 2 yes but on veteran they must disabled but i can see this dots

[manic sigil]

Inside the Arma community there are two wolves. One complains that it cant identify enemies, the other complains about the enemy identification helper.

[bitter palm]

Uff peripheral vision = enemy tags friendly tags etc

And it it is dont disabled on veteran in arma 2 and idk why

It make no sense

[stark fjord]

Yes. Readings above ^

Also, this is for Arma 3, as is this channel

[winter rose]

visionAid iirc

[stark fjord]

Ping him with that, not me 😛

[bitter palm]

Thanks

[twin oar]

Having an issue with the Warlords modules Dynamic "Airport" from the carriers in game

[twin oar]

Line that pops up on dyanmic airport feature from the USS liberty

class USAF_A10 : USAF_A10
{
    // ...
    tailhook = true;
    // ...
};

says missing ;

[south swan]

aaaand do you #define true anywhere? Or include any headers that include that?

[twin oar]

well it should already be defined by BIS_WL_Aircraft_Arrial

I used this from the forum

class CfgVehicles
{
    class AirportBase;
    class DynamicAirport_01_F: AirportBase
    {
        scope = 1;
        displayName = "Dynamic Airport";
        DLC = Jets;

        editorCategory = "EdCat_Structures";
        editorSubcategory = "EdSubcat_AircraftCarrier";
        icon = iconObject_1x1;

        // airplanes with "tailHook = true" will be able to land here
        isCarrier = true;

        ilsPosition[] = { -5, 150 };
        ilsDirection[] = { -0.5, 0.08, 3 };
        ilsTaxiIn[] = { 40, -60, 35, -80, 25, -80, 20, -70, -10, 110 };
        ilsTaxiOff[] = { 40, -60, 35, -80, 25, -80, 20, -70, -10, 110 };
    };

Just can't tell if it's not going to the right file

the above one says it is a config.cpp

I have a description.ext mission.spm and config.cpp

all packed into the PBO

[south swan]

replace true with 1 and try again, i guess

[twin oar]

this even says missing ;

Does that belong in the SQF or the .cpp

or the EXT

[south swan]

i don't see any mentions of dynamic airport support in what WL code i've browsed right now

[twin oar]

Is there anyway?

Chernarus 2035 doesn’t have any Airports created that follow the lines the BIS_WL_Aircraft arrival sqf

So is my best bet to just place the aircraft and put a respawn timer then?

[fresh wing]

i guys i need help, i try making B_AAA_System_01_F ataque civilian in air vehicle i try this :
, but shis dont work

[sweet zodiac]

Why not make the Aircraft Opfor?

You can also make the Rating of the Pilot really low so they become an enemy to everyone

[fresh wing]

only have praetorian in blufor editor,

[fresh wing]

how to make that?

[warm hedge]

Praetorian is not the aircraft

[fresh wing]

air craft is a jet?

[warm hedge]

I don't follow what you mean

[fresh wing]

my idea is for secure the island from civilians in helli only

[warm hedge]

^ You can simply put an OPFOR pilot into a civilian plane @fresh wing

[meager granite]

Anybody else thinks that limiting owner to just server is a strange engine design decision? Why can't client know which clients own certain entities? Sure they can't address other clients directly, but this knowledge is very useful for gameplay design features.

Wonder if this is fixable at this point

[boreal parcel]

why would the path not be found? its certainly in the sounds folder in the root of the mission with the name alarm.ogg

/* Path to the alarm file */
_alarmPath = "sounds\alarm.ogg";

/* Objects to play the alarm sound from */
_alarmObjs = nearestObjects[_markerPos, ["Land_Loudspeakers_F"], 200, true];

{
    playSound3D[_alarmPath, _x, false, [0,0,10], 1, 1, 100];
} forEach _alarmObjs;

also while im here, how should I go about looping said sound. I want to it play endlessly

[boreal parcel]

fixed the file not found error with getMissionPath but it still plays nothing, hmm

[manic kettle]

try other play commands, like playSound

[sweet zodiac]

I had no idea it was server only

[pulsar bluff]

i often have issues with this, and it feels weird just using an object variable as a getter

[still forum]

I don't even know if really only server knows the owner

Certainly during owner transfer it can happen that clients would have the wrong owner

[stark fjord]

For perfect loops createSoundSource. However, if clients go too far out of range, sound will permanently stop playing. And since this is global, you will have to delete sound object and respawn it, but there is no good way of detecting if someone went too far. Also respawning it causes interruption of sound for those who can still hear it.

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

If you dont need perfect loop, say3D with sleep <sound duration> in a while loop should do.

[candid sun]

what's the best way to filter CfgWeapons for different types of weapon (e.g primary, secondary, sidearm, item, etc) - is it some combination of "scope" and "type"? is this documented anywhere?

(Arma 3)

[lone glade]

scope 2 or scopeArsenal 2 and their slots.

[candid sun]

scope == 2 is what? primaries?

[lone glade]

no, that means that the weapon scope is public

scopeArsenal means it's available in arsenal.

[candid sun]

ahh so that should exclude base classes?

[lone glade]

yes.

You're better using scopeArsenal, that removes debug weapons used by BI.

such as the spotter variant of the cyrus.

[candid sun]

thanks very much man, super helpful

can't find any mention of scopeArsenal in anything

[lone glade]

gimme a sec,

[novel wasp]

Hi, how to create mods & scripts ? did u have a web page for explain, or youtube tutorial ?

[stark fjord]

See pins of this channel

Namely this: #arma3_scripting message

[lone glade]

scopeCurator

[novel wasp]

thanks

[lone glade]

https://github.com/alganthe/MFFA/blob/master/Addons/insurgents/units/O_ti_units.hpp#L35

[candid sun]

this returns pretty much everything:
_weapons = "(getNumber (_x >> 'scopeCurator') == 0)" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons");

[ashen ridge]

The distance in nearestObject and nearestObjects (when the position parameter is an object) is measured between the model certer of the objects?

[candid sun]

scopeCurator == 1 and scopeCurator == 2 return a few hats and some optics?

[lone glade]

erf, BI and it's consistency

[little raptor]

Yes

[candid sun]

and lack of fkn documentation :'(

[ashen ridge]

So those are equivalent searchs:sqf nearestObject _object;``````sqf nearestObject ASLToAGL getPosWorld _object;

[little raptor]

Oh you meant the center of the object used as pos
dunno not sure about that one. But I guess yes

[candid sun]

i might just manually add all the entries, dunno if i can trust these config files

[fresh wing]

is for altis life server the players is are civilian i need the praetorian atack civilian air

[sweet zodiac]

change the rating of the pilot to -8000 or something

that makes them considered Rogue and everyone will shoot them

[tough abyss]

a CfgWeapons entry is considered a weapon when
the config entry "type" is anything between 1 and 7.

type is a bit mask

2^0 == 1 for primary weapons
2^1 == 2 for handgun weapons
2^2 == 4 for launchers/ secondary weapons

[fresh wing]

can you give me example how to make that?
"the idea is have praetorian making to destroy all approach the island that is not on the independent side"

[stark fjord]

Warning to this is: all other ai will engage them too. Which is probs not what you want

[sweet zodiac]

Why not just make them opfor?

Deja vu

Oh It's because I suggested that when you asked ages ago

If you temporarily have them join an Opfor group it would do the job, otherwise the only real way I can think of is lowering the rating below -2000 for the Pilot or all players

[tough abyss]

5 would use the primary and secondary slot, but Arma 3 no longer supports this and it causes weird duplication bugs

[nocturne bluff]

Docs are decent now days ;D

[sweet zodiac]

_player addRating -2000 but the Argument is local so it needs to be executed on the player locally I believe
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addRating

[plain sable]

What script line do you need to use on a Object to Scale it bigger but its visible to everyone in Multiplayer?

( This setObjectScale 3.5 ) Isnt visible when i test it in Lan mode

[sweet zodiac]

object scale isn't something that really works in multiplayer

[plain sable]

qwq

[sweet zodiac]

iirc it only applies to SimpleObjects or attached Objects

[plain sable]

well its just like a Logo on a building i want to make bigger

[sweet zodiac]

attach the object to something else

Attach the logo to the building then resize the logo

[plain sable]

how?

[fresh wing]

the opfor is enemy too civilian right?
if is enemy maybe can use something like this "_myLocation setSide east;"

[sweet zodiac]

_logo attachTo _building

[fresh wing]

in praetorian object

[sweet zodiac]

setSide doesn't work on units

It's intended for Locations

[candid sun]

ah thanks commy

[stark fjord]

Nobody is enemy to civilians

[candid sun]

where's this documented? i could only find docs on arma 1 cfgweapons

[sweet zodiac]

except sideEnemy which is the rogue side

they hate everyone equally including themselves

I guess that's not entirely accurate, everyone hates them, I don't think they actually engage anyone if they start as a civilian

I only ever messed with it once with like 40 civilians and I set them all to -2000 rating and watched the battle royale, was good fun

[tough abyss]

2^12 == 4096 is for binoculars which are weapons too

[plain sable]

I did ( _GDILogo attachTo _Buildingref; This setObjectScale 3.5 )

It still doesnt scale it in Lan mode

the refinery building need to be attach to something else?

[tough abyss]

I don't think it is documented anywhere

[sweet zodiac]

Only the logo should need to be attached to another thing

Oh you might have to put _Buildingref into an Array _GDILogo attachTo [_BuildingRef]

[tough abyss]

You could use this script as info source

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/common/functions/fnc_getItemType.sqf

[fresh wing]

i spend all my ideas for making that working

[manic sigil]

Why can't I remove items with addItemCargo? :C Passing a negative number doesn't seem to be working.

[winter rose]

which game version do you have?

[manic sigil]

2.12.150301

[winter rose]

what version does the doc mention?

[tough abyss]

Works pretty good from what I see

[manic sigil]

... bluh.

Noted.

[fresh wing]

iu cant use that because i have other side missions using AI and is go making conflit

[candid sun]

thanks very much, you da man

[sweet zodiac]

It doesn't have the nice little 2.14 icon :c

[plain sable]

yay got it to work with ( [this, Buildingref] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative; This setObjectScale 3.5 )

https://tenor.com/view/anime-head-pat-anime-head-rub-neko-anime-love-anime-gif-16121044

headpat @sweet zodiac for help

[manic sigil]

I mean, its more on me for not reading the fine print and double checking my own version, assuming that I was running the latest and all :/

[sweet zodiac]

Well 2.14 is dev right now

[manic sigil]

So what is the preferred 'delete item from vehicle cargo' method?

[winter rose]

now it has

[candid sun]

i bet you arma 3 has a large hadron collider function in game somewhere but it's undocumented...

[sweet zodiac]

Wait how do you remove from Cargo?

The only option I see is getting the cargo as an Array and removing things you don't want in it and adding it back, unless the Unit ones like removeItems works on them

I might be missing something, I am very tired

[manic sigil]

That's what I found as well :/

Which I mean, I'm currently aiming at removing first aid kits, so it works, but I'm not a fan.

[tough abyss]

This system certainly is weird and backwards

[fresh wing]

if i make trigger civilian setFriend [west, 0];

[stark fjord]

Try, but by default none are hostile
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Side_relations

[tough abyss]

probably due to it being a mod on Arma 2 / ArmA / OFP

[winter rose]

you don't (or, well, you walk to the crate and pick up the item you want)

[sweet zodiac]

:c

[tough abyss]

Especially weird is the mine detector , which actually is a secondary weapon

Which leeds to bugs like: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=20997

[sweet zodiac]

well at least we will have a way once 2.14 rolls around

[winter rose]

that's the idea

[stark fjord]

Simple work around: spawn ai with biggest backpack, order it to pickup items, despawn ai

[candid sun]

that's ridiculous

[sweet zodiac]

simple work around start server and get players to grab the items then kick them

[candid sun]

thanks so much for that _type link

saving me a lot of time here

[tough abyss]

Took me days to debug all this :/

[tough abyss]

how would i force the ai to stay in one stance?

[winter rose]

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

[tough abyss]

thanks should work

[candid sun]

you are doing god's work

on an ace3 note, is it documented anywhere how to add custom things to the interaction menu?

[lone glade]

not yet, i'm on it.

if you need help I have some examples in my own projects

[candid sun]

it's cool, i'll wait for proper docs, nice one

[fresh wing]

yeah dont work maybe is not possible make that :/

[velvet merlin]

is there a way to adjust the audio volume via sqf of ogv videos played?

or do you have to adjust the volume in the video itself

[fresh wing]

ok guys im more close at end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0DgoEWlZJ4&ab_channel=PumaPowerPT

but receive error lin 6 what is wrong?

[south swan]

allGroups doesn't sound like it returns sides

[fresh wing]

need replace _x to player side? is that?

player and X

civilian to west like that?

the value need to be 0 ?

like this ? west setFriend [civilian, 0];

[wind flax]

Is there a way to get all map markers (player drawn lines too)?

Basically what I want to do is save all the map markers, and then re-add them when the mission reloads

[south swan]

Returns all markers in map including user placed markers
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allMapMarkers

[south swan]

something like: there should be no arrows between yellow diamond-shaped blocks. Only box-diamond or vice versa

[crisp sonnet]

Okay, okay, okay, so.

this && !alive ka50 && triggerActivated HQSEIZE && triggerActivated noindi

Why this no work?

This is in the condition of a trigger

[winter rose]

no idea.
magic, maybe. or something is wrong

[crisp sonnet]

Nothing stupid that I've missed or anything?

[winter rose]

*hint hint more details please* 😉

[crisp sonnet]

Both triggers it's waiting for are triggering correctly. The KA50 is dead. There are players in the trigger.

Trigger no fire

This is the 4th trigger that I've had that will not work with &&s

[stark fjord]

try to test by segements

first only triggerActivated HQSEIZE && triggerActivated noindi

if that works, move on to adding more

[winter rose]

^ yep - and what is this trigger's condition?

[crisp sonnet]

Any Player Present

[winter rose]

server-only triggers?

[crisp sonnet]

That's the issue, NONE of my triggers are working when I include any form of the && (and) condition. The rest of them I just found a way to get around. This one isn't so simple to do

[crisp sonnet]

No

Just regular triggers

Do they need to be server-only?

[stark fjord]

well...

[winter rose]

if you don't want to trigger multiple times

[crisp sonnet]

But Repeatable is turned off

[winter rose]

not "server only" + multiple players = multiple triggers

[crisp sonnet]

Ah. Well so far it's just me in the trigger area as a player

[winter rose]

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

The trigger could be local or remote but the result returned by this command will be for the trigger activated status on the client that executed the command.

[stark fjord]

i use && alot and it works, all the time. BUT triggerActivated will only return activated on machine where it is actually activated

that

[crisp sonnet]

This is why I've never noticed an issue... The triggers it's depending on will be complete on all clients as they're just checking if OPFOR or INDFOR are in a 500 metre radius of this trigger

But so far I'm just testing with only one player and it's not firing, and it's the 4th trigger I've used with && that refused to trigger at all. I've verified that all the conditions independently are met, but the trigger isn't realizing that all the conditions are met.

[stark fjord]

okay, you could get around it by placing in onActivation of these triggers a ```
My_Trigger_1 = true;
publicVariable "My_Trigger_1";

and then in condition of your master trigger ```this && !alive ka50 && !isNil "My_Trigger_1" && !isNil "My_Trigger_2"```

[crisp sonnet]

The trigger is firing when I use "this" "!alive ka50" and the other conditions on their own. It's only when I use && to check that all of them are met at the same time that it won't trigger

[stark fjord]

Okay

[crisp sonnet]

Like, it's not an issue with the triggers its waiting on not firing, they're firing fine and it can detect that via triggerActivated, it's just when I check for them all with && that it doesn't work

[stark fjord]

complete all requirements and test (in debug console) systemChat format ["Cond1: %1, Cond %2, Cond %3", !alive ka50, triggerActivated HQSEIZE, triggerActivated noindi];

[crisp sonnet]

Let me see if it's specifically the triggerActivated parts that are making it fail by testing if it works with this && !alive ka50 as well

[little raptor]

are you sure those triggers are active at the same time?

did you check in debug console?

[crisp sonnet]

Yeah, both detect whether or not a specific faction is in the area of the master trigger, both of them do work and fire correctly (I've added an ai in the bottom corner to use for 'sideChat "trigger1 complete" ' so it's popping up in the sidechat that the trigger is completing)

[stark fjord]

try printing it out in console.

[little raptor]

how do you know it hasn't been deactivated? test in debug console

[crisp sonnet]

Can we step back for a sec lmfao y'all are speaking enchanting table from my point of view XD

I'm still very new to scripting

[stark fjord]

^

[crisp sonnet]

This is gonna take a while, it's the very last trigger in the entire mission so I currently have to run the entire mission through in order to get to it XD

[stark fjord]

plop down gm module in editor and just hack it 😛

also spawn yourself as friendly to enemy or civilian so you dont take fire

[crisp sonnet]

Yee I'm doing that rn but it still takes a little bit because a lot of the triggers for this mission are waiting for certain amounts of IRL time to pass...

[stark fjord]

for testing purposes just decrease timers

also noindi and HQSEIZE are non repeatable triggers yes?

[crisp sonnet]

Yes

They trigger once

[stark fjord]

Then perhaps they shouldnt deactivate Leopard20, going off this:

If trigger already activated at least once, triggerActivated will only return false if trigger is set to activate Repeatedly. In other words, a trigger set to activate Once will always return true once activated at least once (even if trigger is no longer activated).

[crisp sonnet]

Yeah that's the intended effect

[stark fjord]

keep testin 😛

[crisp sonnet]

They're supposed to activate once and stay activat....

Oh

I think I know what's going on

The mission starts with the trigger conditions met

[stark fjord]

AHA!

[crisp sonnet]

The OPFOR and INDFOR forces don't enter the area until later

[stark fjord]

but is ka50 dead?

[crisp sonnet]

But in that case... Shouldn't they just be triggered already and then be waiting for the KA50 to die and then a player to be in the trigger area?

[stark fjord]

There is easy way to know for sure

[crisp sonnet]

Yeah man I have no idea what to do with that bit of script XD

[stark fjord]

you dont actually need to complete all requirements, you can run that at any point and time in game, go ahead treat yourself.

[crisp sonnet]

I am like

[stark fjord]

okay, put it in debug console yes?
and click local exec

[crisp sonnet]

Toddler level scripting

[stark fjord]

you know where to find debug console?

[crisp sonnet]

cond1 bool, cond true, cond true

!alive is returning a bool, HQSEIZE and NOINDI are both true

Why tf is !alive returning a bool

That should be false because it's alive

[stark fjord]

kill it and run again

[crisp sonnet]

Still a bool

[stark fjord]

funny

[crisp sonnet]

Weird

Hold on, crew were still alive

Wait did I remember to name the KA-50 ka50...

[stark fjord]

i was just about to ask

[crisp sonnet]

I...

[stark fjord]

and you blamed &&

[crisp sonnet]

Yeah because I've been having issues with && all mission

Watch it still not work now

[stark fjord]

lets watch

[crisp sonnet]

Setting the seize triggers to be repeatable so they can be false and aren't always active...

Okay ka50 is returning false now like it should

[stark fjord]

for testing purposes you could keep it as it is, and now test master trigger first, you know whats wrong with other two.
Changing bunch a variables between the test is not prudent

[lofty oriole]

if i wanted to do watchai battles should i create battles in eden or zeus?

[crisp sonnet]

Now we wait for the 2 minute timer to trigger

[stark fjord]

🤦‍♂️

[crisp sonnet]

I would've reduced the timer but

forgor

[stark fjord]

whatever is easier for you. If what you mean is "watch ai battle eachother"

[crisp sonnet]

Man it's so cool watching your op play out when you've spent a while on it

[stark fjord]

so i take it worked?

[crisp sonnet]

Haven't got that far yet

IT TRIGGERED

AAAAA

We gud

[stark fjord]

awesome, and remember to use debug console for testing stuff 😛

as the name suggests it helps with well ... debugging

[lofty oriole]

yeah thats what i meant sorry,

[stark fjord]

yeah, whichever you find easier to use, eden editor will allow you to do more advanced stuff later on, and also allows you to prepare battle first and then watch it, without having to do anything. But requires more setup

[crisp sonnet]

Okay so, does anyone have a parachute script for AI? Got a Xi'an full of spetsnaz but I need them to jump out and parachute to the ground. Don't know how to script it at all, if anyone has a working script for it that'd be madly helpful. Nothing too special, Xi'an reaches waypoint, AI jump out, pop a chute and then hit ground.

[stark fjord]

ACE3 does.

[crisp sonnet]

I'm using ACE3 already, no sign of a waypoint for it

[stark fjord]

oh, could be Zeus enhanced

reinforcements module, and select paradrop

[crisp sonnet]

I uh, I need it to be on existing AI

The reinforcement module makes AI and only works from the zeus interface

[stark fjord]

https://github.com/zen-mod/ZEN/blob/0dca83fe4924eefb0bd1aa0023645e02d32ae4fb/addons/ai/functions/fnc_waypointParadrop.sqf

[crisp sonnet]

oh god

that's way beyond me

I'mma just helicopter spam I think.

[stark fjord]

wait thats only the first part

[crisp sonnet]

NOPE

[stark fjord]

https://github.com/zen-mod/ZEN/blob/0dca83fe4924eefb0bd1aa0023645e02d32ae4fb/addons/common/functions/fnc_ejectPassengers.sqf

[crisp sonnet]

You've lost me

[stark fjord]

i didnt. Youve lost it.

[lavish stream]

There's a pretty simple solution actually.

[crisp sonnet]

Never had it to lose it

[stark fjord]

you've lost a chance i guess then*

[crisp sonnet]

Yeah like, 6 helicopters and waypoints

[crisp sonnet]

A chance to lose my mind, get extremely infuriated, and take another 6 month Arma 3 hiatus? Yeah.

[lavish stream]

Give your passengers parachutes, have a waypoint for the Xi'an to hit, inside the waypoint activation do:
[MY_VEHICLE_NAME] call zen_common_fnc_ejectPassengers

[crisp sonnet]

Is that it?