arma3_scripting

[ornate whale]

I can only change activate for deactivate (button press and release).

[granite sky]

You could trigger off animStateChanged instead but that's likely hard work and probably has gotchas. Sleep after onUserAction might be the best bet.

[ornate whale]

There are so many animStates ciphered behind those letter codes, my brain would explode, not to mention that it spams the event too often.

[granite sky]

yes

There might be a way to convert animation state => stance with config. I'm not sure how the game does it otherwise.

[ornate whale]

I have one little idea. Whenever he presses/releases the button it resets one shared timer for all those events. Or maybe something like a semaphore, so it won't do any chnges unless its sure that all anims are completed. But I am not yet sure how to implement it. 😄

[untold copper]

Are you using onKeyDown EH?
No idea what onUserAction event is.

[queen cargo]

Doing such things is bad for numerous of reasons
Having a star/stop method, best used with with a timeout and keep alive would be the much, much better option

Designwise, keeping a local loop (scheduled) active that says "yes continue doing that" every X seconds with a corresponding start and stop remoteexec
An external loop, checking if it still should continue doing that and aborting if it was not told to continue in X seconds
Is the smarter thing to do and much more network friendly because of less chatter

[granite sky]

What, like have a local monitor thread on every box?...

I'm not sure you understand. This is just replacing setMass with remoteExec ["setMass", 0]

[queen cargo]

It is replacing remoteExec with setMass
Not the other way around

[granite sky]

ok now I have no idea what you're talking about.

[queen cargo]

In here, you said that you are spamming remoteExec

[granite sky]

remoteExec target 0 is spam in my book.

When there's a command that should just be updating things efficiently.

[queen cargo]

Instead, do a start/keep/stop remoteExec call to reduce the spamming of the remoteExec, reducing network chatter

Spamming, in for code, means running an operation over and over again (eg. "spamming that page refresh")

[ornate whale]

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

[untold copper]

Got you. Looks like it works the same way.

Are you doing something similar to DynamicCamo?
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/223202-release-dynamiccamo-script/

[ornate whale]

Just adjusting the camouflage and audible coeficients based on player's stance.

[untold copper]

I got that. DynamicCamo, from what I recall, does exactly that.
You may want to check it out for inspiration, ideas, or improvements.

[ornate whale]

Thanks for the tip, I think that I have checked it already, and had not found it good enough. But it migh been a different mod though. 😄 It will be part of a greater stealth system, which I plan to use in my scenario. 🙂

[untold copper]

No bother. 👍

[ornate whale]

I want to make it as simple as possible (vanilla like). But it starts to look promising now, at least from my point of view. 😄

[untold copper]

But what does it look like from the enemy's point of view? 🥁
Oh... Bad joke.

[ornate whale]

Oh well, they will get their ||as*|| kicked. 😄

[little raptor]

Actions

[keen stream]

Because it works. Most people really don't care. The amount of time required to work properly with RV's SQF is huge.

Only a bunch of idiots like us would do this type of thing.. Because we are masochists... ;)

[gusty flame]

Thanks for all the answers guys!

[solid prism]

Morning Everyone

[winter rose]

'afternoon

[solid prism]

I am having issues uses an attach to effect with a aircraft but it’s a little complicated

I was told this channel might be able to help

[winter rose]

sure, if the issue is expressed 🙂

[solid prism]

I’m not home so i’m going to do my best with what I can on my phone

am I able to post config in here or no?

idk the rules on posting files

[fair drum]

Just use pastebin or something if it's long

[solid prism]

i’ll have to wait till later then for the config

[fair drum]

And if it's purely config, use the config channel

[solid prism]

i’ll head that way then

thansk

[ornate whale]

What do you mean by actions?

[little raptor]

I mean the action property in anim state config

but why do you even need that?

just use the stance command in animStateChanged EH

[kindred tide]

what happens if you exitWith from an exitWith block?

[little raptor]

you exit the exitWith block

[kindred tide]

does it mean the original exitWith will not do the exiting and continue execution of what was after it

[little raptor]

no

[kindred tide]

ok

[little raptor]

it means you return early

if (true) exitWith {
    if (true) exitWith {2};
    1
};
0

returns 2

[kindred zephyr]

this is kinda offtopic but discord seems to be mad sometimes when i try to send chunks of sqf through private chats, has anyone experienced this lately? it kinda has been happening more and more for me and my bud

[sullen sigil]

never had that issue

[stable dune]

Well easy to zip file and send. It may try send that message.txt/ is too long.

[kindred zephyr]

it happens too with >20 lines sometimes, but yeah its no biggie, was just wondering why discord thinks im trying to send maliscious code

[stable dune]

Hello,
If I want to make some kind of IED.
Well , I have.
But it's only an object where it is "bomb" attached to it , that is not a bomb, just a simple object.
So when I want to make it explode.
I delete the current object and create the bomb (like "Bomb_03_F") position of my "bomb".
When I do this on a dedicated , on server, the created bomb does not affect players, none of the client sides do not get damaged.
How do I need to create a current bomb that explodes and kills players near it.

[proven charm]

did you try createvehicle the bomb (so there is explosion) ?

[stable dune]

Yes, it explodes. But does not do damage

[proven charm]

created on server?

[stable dune]

Yep

It does work if I do that on local (local host tested, host dies 😀)

[hallow mortar]

Definitely using createVehicle and not createVehicleLocal?

[stable dune]

Yep

That's why I do not understand what I should do differently

[winter rose]

going out on a limb but it might be that the server does not have time to propagate the bomb, and once it is destroyed there is nothing to propagate
try adding a slight delay between creation and explosion?

[stable dune]

Thanks, I will try that.

[proven charm]

it should explode when the bomb touches ground

so create it on ground

[winter rose]

Yes, it explodes. But does not do damage

It does work if I do that on local (local host tested, host dies 😀)

[proven charm]

i was just thinking he uses a command to make it explode... that should not be needed

[cobalt path]

Question, this gives me error saying "Error Missing )". Why?

_loop = true;

if (_loop = false) exitWith {};

while {true} do
{

sleep 1;
waitUntil
{
    player distance2D teleportoriginobject01 < 2
};
player setPosATL (getPosATL teleportdestinationobject01);

};

[warm hedge]

_loop = false is invalid

[cobalt path]

thanks!

[sullen sigil]

use !loop as the condition instead

(or isEqualTo/isNotEqualTo for comparisons)

[distant egret]

leader player limitSpeed -1; // remove the limit This seems to have been broken?
Trying to make an helicopter move with limitSpeed and FlyInHeight.
And setting to -1 (trying to reset) will just slowly move the helicopter backwards.
While setting to 100 it will move again.

[acoustic abyss]

how to change sector owner?
[SECTOR, "WEST"] call bis_fnc_sectorcontrol;
doesnt do anything

[winter rose]

that's because this function does not even exist

[acoustic abyss]

fuck, it was typo
I mean BIS_fnc_moduleSector, now it works
thank you

[acoustic abyss]

anyway
do you know how to start capture proccess for a sector?
After save/load sectorControl doesnt work, I decide just switch owner of sector by a script, but its not a proccess as default, now its just a switch between sides of sector

doesnt work - I mean that sectors cannot be captured by any side, Im already report to BIS about this bug

[winter rose]

nope, sorry - no experience in that

[kindred tide]

if you create a wall of repair trucks, is it invincible because they all repair each other?

[little raptor]

no because they won't

[kindred tide]

hm, they do in A2

they dont repair other repair trucks in A3?

oh, it looks like it depends on whether player is in them

[hallow mortar]

It wouldn't be truly invincible because repair doesn't prevent one-shot kills

[kindred tide]

oh, their resource for repair is finite

but they can repair each other

[sullen sigil]

What's the function for creating editor preview images for units? Have forgotten it and now cannot find it

[warm hedge]

editorpreview or smth

BIS_fnc_exportEditorPreviews

[sullen sigil]

BIS_fnc_exportEditorPreviews thanks

I seem to recall seeing recommended settings for it somewhere? Got anywhere for that? 😅

Ah nvm, it's in the see also

Ofc

[warm hedge]

If you don't read BIKI, I won't slap you. Lou will

[sullen sigil]

thats why i dont read it

[jade acorn]

what do I have to do to make a part of initIntro.sqf file be played as an init of my Outro phase? Wiki says that this file is used for intro phase and both outro phases but does not say how do I put my code there so part of it is only in intro, the rest in outro.

[hallow mortar]

I'm surprised there isn't a command to get the current phase 🤔

[warm hedge]

Phase, as in, mission, intro, outro?

[hallow mortar]

No, different phases. Honger only mentioned those to confuse you

[warm hedge]

Ah, yeah

[jade acorn]

https://community.bohemia.net/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Scenario_Phases I mean these, just to clarify

right now I have a trigger in outro-win that runs my code but there is and will always be a small delay between phase start and trigger

[hallow mortar]

You could check the time? If it's under a certain amount it's probably intro, over a certain amount probably outro

Unless time resets on phase change, which wouldn't be totally surprising but would be very sad

[coarse dragon]

just wondering if anyone knows anything about this?

AI view block

[hallow mortar]

Just a guess but it's probably for blocking the AI's view

[coarse dragon]

would one know how to make something like it?

[south swan]

open object builder, create new file, create big cube in View Geometry LOD, save, pepper with some minimal config.cpp, use

[sullen sigil]

would a view block attached to yourself still block ai view 🤔

[south swan]

ah, good old Oblivion bucket-on-a-head moment

[acoustic abyss]

YES I FIXED THAT
NOW YOU CAN PLAY SECTOR CONTROL IN SP

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3018645836&searchtext=SECTOR+CONTROL+SP

[coarse dragon]

anyone wanna make it for me?

[sullen sigil]

im thinking of using it for a kjw imposters rewrite or something similar if it works 🤷

changing setcaptive can cause problems (tho it can make ai dead check bodies which is neat for sp)

[south swan]

seems to work when attaching a random person-sized rock to player in editor

[sullen sigil]

hmmmmmm

noted thank you for the test

didnt think about just using an actual object instead lmao

[hardy valve]

Hello - Is it possible to create a rearm timer for a server? One that prevents the player from rearming a vehicle for X amount of time? Any help is appreciated

[winter rose]

you could make a rearming truck unavailable for a certain amount of time, but not per player

see setAmmoCargo and the "Service" mission event handler

addMissionEventHandler ["Service", {
    params ["_serviceVehicle", "_servicedVehicle", "_serviceType", "_needsService", "_autoSupply"];
}];

[fair drum]

can you use the reforger string table editor for arma 3? or is it a completely different format?

[winter rose]

different format

[hardy valve]

Thanks ill see what i can do, appreciate the response

[winter rose]

don't hesitate to post in this channel if you need help

[hardy valve]

WIll do - i have a few things im stumped on. I also wanted to know how to change the plane landing script in warlords to make them appear on the runway as opposed to flying in and landing. The problem is that they crash in the trees and dont read the runway properly and land wonky and crash 100% of the time. Is that possible to create a script where the plane spawns near the player - or better yet spawn them inside of the jet?

Mind you I am very green with scripts

[winter rose]

like "create a jet and teleport the player in it"?

[hardy valve]

Yes but i am not sure how to incorporate that into the already existing script in the warlord mission/functions

[winter rose]

ah, that, I do not know 😄

[hardy valve]

I think i found the requestaircraft function, but from there i am lost lol

[coarse dragon]

anyone know why that dont work?

[still forum]

because you're doing it wrong

[hardy valve]

"fn_WLAircraftArrival.sqf" can I override a mission script to make it instead place the player in the aircraft? https://sqfbin.com/apepisagafuzowejoziq

[winter rose]

still no idea! 😁

I never tampered with WL scripting

[ornate whale]

I have completed my function for checking player's stance. 😄 Seems like it works reliably now. Feel free to suggest or criticize! https://sqfbin.com/gumiqetapapukixitage 👈

[winter rose]

sqfbin.com please

[hardy valve]

I see, I didnt think it would be different than a regular script. Thanks

[winter rose]

it's a framework, and an official one so I do not know what is allowed / secured

[hardy valve]

Ahh makes sense. I know someone made the redux with all this stuff but id assume its a full rewrite done privately. My quest continues ⭐ Thanks again

[ornate whale]

How to make text highlighted on sqfbin?

[winter rose]

there is a syntax highlight bug if you use #; use select instead

[sullen sigil]

is there any way of detecting when an ai unit speaks (and what they said if possible but i'll just take an event for now)

[coarse dragon]

you can get a Ai to lip sync to a speech you have done

[winter rose]

speak as in Conversation system or speak as in radio system?

[sullen sigil]

radio system/ai callouts

so contact, man, 100 meters, front etc

use case is eavesdropping on enemy ai radio comms

[winter rose]

hmmm I don't think there is such a thing

[sullen sigil]

i suspect as such given cant find anything on biki but feels like it wouldve been added by now

though at the same time i cant think of any other use case

[winter rose]

I had https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Scripted_Event_Handlers#BIS_fnc_kbTellLocal for Conversations system, but that's about it

[sullen sigil]

yeah unfortunately ai speaking is engine driven it seems

have checked through mission events too and theres nothing

theres no getter for setRandomLip either so i couldnt even take a guess

meh, back to just using randomness based on group combat state

[winter rose]

there is group "spotted" EH iirc

[sullen sigil]

eh, not really much point as cant get the voice lines

[winter rose]

(https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#EnemyDetected if needed)

[sullen sigil]

my hope was to be able to get the voice line the AI had spoken then play it to the player whilst their spectrum device was in the right frequency

[winter rose]

I see
no cigar I'm afraid. perhaps an EH request 👀

[sullen sigil]

but seems its not possible unfortunately

[sullen sigil]

I would but I cannot think of a single use case otherwise

meh, i'll request anyways

[ornate whale]

How do I make sure that a piece of code is executed within one game frame, so I can be sure that the conditions has not been changed.

if (condition) then {
command;
command;
//is the condition still true here?
command;
...
};```

[still forum]

isNil{ code... }

[ornate whale]

OK, is this good to use in practise?

[still forum]

yea

just remember the game freezes while inside there

[ornate whale]

I have this code https://sqfbin.com/gumiqetapapukixitage. It works, but in-between any condition checks, there might be a few frames gap I suppose, and if the conditions change during those gaps, then this code migh become unpredictable.

[fair drum]

if I have some variables %1-%12 and the line ends with ...Monitor%4and I need to put a 4.) next to that, how can I not trigger %44 and not have the space if I did ...Monitor%4 4.)?

[still forum]

%4%5 and put the 4.) into another argument

or just
format [...] + "4.)"

or if its just for displaying, you can use a zero-width space

[drowsy umbra]

Having some trouble using flyInHeight. I'm putting this in the init of my helicopter: this flyInHeight [5, true]; but I keep getting an error, "Init: flyinheight: Type Any, expected Object". What does that mean?

(code and syntax taken right from the wiki page https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/flyInHeight)

[granite sky]

alt syntax is 2.14 only

[drowsy umbra]

Ah... is there any way to specify I want it flying at 5m in that case? Or will it only work for >10

[granite sky]

this flyInHeight 5 is perfectly valid IME

[drowsy umbra]

okay tysm

[granite sky]

I'm not sure what the difference is supposed to be for the alt syntax.

oh, it's kinda documented.

I only used very low flyInHeight values to hold helis on the ground after a setVelocityTransformation, so maybe it doesn't work for actual hovering.

worst case you can force it with setVelocityTransformation but that's a lot more work.

[molten yacht]

Is there a good way to set, say, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th elements of an array while leaving the 4th alone?

Or is it just _arr set [0,value]; for each one

[granite sky]

{ _arr set [_x, _value] } forEach [1,2,3,5,6,7]; ?

[winter rose]

yep this, use for/foreach if needed

[granite sky]

The set-spam should be faster though. Depends on what you're optimizing.

[molten yacht]

yeah I'll just setspam

[winter rose]

devs: spending a lot of efforts to be lazy 😛

[granite sky]

Now if the array only has 8 elements then the faster way is probably to create a new array using resize (fill version) and then copy elements 0 and 4 into it.

But if there's some arbitrary amount of extra crap on the end then that's probably not a great idea.

[ornate whale]

Is there any possibility that this piece of code executed withing one frame could cause stutering of my game?

[winter rose]

yes, if you have a Pentium II

[ornate whale]

According to my calculations, under the presumption that the game runs at stable 60FPS (if only CPU dependent), the total available execution time for each frame is 16,66 milisecs. That would mean that my code consumes 0,00024% of that capacity, i.e.** 0.0024‰** of my frame. But my calculations could be wrong, because graphical FPS is not the same as game engine ticks, or am I wrong? 🤔

[winter rose]

1/ if it is needed, just do it®
2/ only two instructions in an unscheduled thingy are not going to kill the game
3/ the game: you lost it

[granite sky]

One of your calculations is wrong too :P

should be 0.024% of a frame.

wait, did you use some weird-ass percentage symbol

[ornate whale]

That's promille. 😄

[granite sky]

you used a weird symbol and got it wrong? :P

[vapid scarab]

Is there a way to retexture a unit to be completely black?

[ornate whale]

It's correct! 😄

[sudden bear]

I am not sure to be on the right channel but I have some question about how to mod the CAS Modul. To be more precise, I just bought the new creator DLC and spotted they added their plane to the CAS effect modul. I really enjoy the SOG dlc but there’s no plane added. So do you know how to edit or add plane to the list ?

[ornate whale]

What do you mean by "3/ the game: you lost it"? 😄 Explain pls.

[winter rose]

an old internet meme 😛 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game) the game's goal is to not think the game - every time you think of "the game", you lose

[open fractal]

god dammit

[cold mica]

I know players can have a custom face texture. But can an AI unit get a custom face texture? If so, what command would it be to apply a custom face texture on an AI unit?

[winter rose]

setFace

[cold mica]

Thank you ❤️

[fluid wharf]

Probably a very simple question, but I'm brand new to scripting and am experimenting and figuring things out mostly on my own.

I've got a simple sequence where a heli is unable to move via the script inside the heli init
Transport2 disableAI "MOVE";

A trigger later down the line overrides that and the heli takes off, flies a while, and then lands to collect the player squad. The issue is, the heli only lands for a few seconds before taking off again and moving to a Transport Unload waypoint to transport the players. I have the following script also in the helicopter's init
Transport2 disableAI "TRANSPORT UNLOAD"; but it isn't working.

The trigger that is supposed to set the heli to move to the transport unload waypoint is a radio trigger, but the heli will leave and go to the transport unload waypoint without the trigger being used. Obviously, something is wrong with the script itself but I can't figure out what

[cold mica]

Provide the script and the names of all relevant variables and files.

A potential method would be to tell Transport2 to land and hold on the specified position then the radio trigger would skip the hold waypoint to move to transport unload. I often use the Hold waypoint to manually pause AI movements until I am ready.

[winter rose]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/disableAI for possible values
you are trying to disable "TRANSPORT UNLOAD" which is not an AI trait but a waypoint name

[fluid wharf]

I think this is where I'm going wrong 😅 Like I mentioned, I am BRAND new to scripting and have near-zero knowledge with it and really only know a handful of things I can do using the object's init box. I've been using the disableAI "MOVE" script a lot and taking it literally- I assumed it stopped the MOVE waypoint specifically. I'm going to be trying Uncle's method of utilizing a Hold waypoint.

[winter rose]

the page says it all; you can disable AI aspects like move, target etc
if you want to prevent a helicopter from moving, prevent him "MOVE" as well

but the hold wp method is better/safer

[fluid wharf]

This worked very well, and it's really easy to set up too. Thank you!

[kindred tide]

setRepairCargo available since OFP, getRepairCargo introduced in A3. i'm taking an SDL vacation from this for now

[warm hedge]

It is not about skill, it is about imagination

Or... something else

[thorny gull]

So I need a bit of help, I am trying to make a script to go in a helicopter on a flight deck, so that when a player is detected inside, it forces them to dismount (this will be a respawn and is currently sync'd to a module) I have tried a few things but cannot get what I could find to work

[manic sigil]

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

Thatd be the command to use, all you have to do is work out how you want it to trigger, and point it at everyone aboard.

At least, thats a very hard instant get out :p

[jaunty zephyr]

i guess most sqf scripters are more enthusiastic gamers than professional coders.
some player one day decides he wants a scenario where x does y. so he goes and asks somebody how to do that. the resulting answer is treated as magical incantation rather than something that can be taken apart and understood. and so it is copied around, de-formatted, horribly disfigured but never changed.

[thorny gull]

I ended up figuring it out, Basically stuck that in a trigger in an if clause and set it to activate if a player entered the area, thus whenever a player spawned it would instantly boot them out of the vehicle

[tough abyss]

thats not true :P

but yeah there is a certain amount of players who are like that

[jaunty zephyr]

taken times ten … and you get a gargantuan mess that makes every programmer puke, and works sort-of

its the majority, me thinks. ofc, high-profile projects like ACE or ACRE are created by and attract professionals

[tough abyss]

i saw my code doing circles and found it so badly copy pasted that even the simple stuff stopped working

[little raptor]

heli addEventHandler ["GetIn", {
   params ["_veh", "", "_unit"];
   if (isPlayer _unit) then {moveOut _unit}
}]

[manic sigil]

Hadn't considered GetIn EH; would that work if a unit spawns into it rather than boards?

[slender meadow]

Does anyone have experience using isLocalOnly vs turning things into simple/super simple objects? Which would be more performant in a scenario with a large number of decorative objects?

I can find basically no information on isLocalOnly apart from:

When enabled, the object will exist as a local instance on every client. It will not be synchronized over the network. Use this primarily for static (decorative) objects in order to optimize large-scale scenarios.

[cosmic lichen]

Well

It helps in theory. If it's noticeable, that's a different story

From my experience there is no noticeable difference

[sullen sigil]

in MP it just stops network sync which does have a noticeable difference if you are creating custom maps from complete scratch using editor props (which I have done before, ~20k objects without issues)

Whether it was without issues because of local only or not? 🤷

[cosmic lichen]

If you want to get the best performance you need to combine different methos

simple object + dynamic simulation + conditional show/hide + localOnly

and so on.

[tough abyss]

but at least they put their name under the code

[solid hill]

Hello. Im trying to have an AddAction in my mission on multiplayer but I am the only one who can see the action as the host. Can somebody please tell me how to bake it global?

This script is in the init of a laptop in Arma 3
casa1crew = laptop addAction ["pickup CASA 1 Crew", {[c11, c12, c13, c14] join p24; laptop removeAction casa1crew}];

[ornate whale]

I think that, with isLocalOnly, if you disable damage and physics simulation on bigger objects (boxes, containers, hosues..), and enable simple object option on small decorations (bottle, laptop, radio, tv, furniture, or distant big objects..), then it might work. But everything local should be non-interactive (like doors) or have no effect on other units, players etc. Not sure about the performance gains though. You might put the objects into separate layers in Eden editor, and then edit them in bulk, and try both local and non-local options. And as @cosmic lichen suggested, you might combine different approaches. One group "Local only - simple objects on", second group "Local only - damage on, simulations off", third group "Global - fully interactive things".

[crude needle]

I don't think you need to choose between the two if your concern is purely performance.

I've never looked into it, but my assumption was that if you have both checked, a local simple object would be created.

Which I would think is the most optimized version of a static object possible. No network sync and limited simulation.

[slender meadow]

I mean to do simple objects in multiplayer you need to convert them with a script, as even before the box got removed it didn't work in mp. I'm pretty sure they only exist on the server, with just the geometry/textures passed to clients?

So I don't really know if they'd work together?

I'll probably do a test with like 1000 props and see if there are any noticeable performance gains.

Is there any inbuilt performance testing tool other than the one for how many ms script takes?

Or any better way to do it than just looking at average fps for 5 minutes?

[ornate whale]

FPS would be a good indicator for local machine performance impact, but network performance might not be directly associable with FPS.
Try these:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_fps
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mission_Optimisation (performance at the bottom)

[slender meadow]

Ok, thanks

Client fps is really my main goal. In the past that’s the main thing that’s been a problem for missions I make

I have no idea how I managed to miss the second link

[ornate whale]

Also, maybe try to enable dynamic simulation on AIs (unless you do something scripted (/waypoints) with them, when they are still far away from a player), or lower the number of AIs. For civilians, use civilian presence module with simple agents option on. And if it is at night, then restrict the number of dynamic light sources.

[kindred lichen]

As a professional developer, scripting in arma is only frustrating due to figuring out all the nuances of when bis functions fail. Also, i miss libraries with overloaded functions. Took me way too long to realize joinSilent only accepts arrays and not units.

[slender meadow]

Regarding dynamic light sources, do you know whether streetlights on the map would be good to hide when not in range of players?

Or would that not do anything for performance?

[ornate whale]

If the area close to the player is spammed with active light sources, then it might help to use hide terrain object module to hide some of them. But other than that, it does not matter.

[slender meadow]

Ok

[crude needle]

You need to have Simple Object selected to have the Local Only option available.

 I'm pretty sure they only exist on the server, with just the geometry/textures passed to clients?

Simple objects still have some amount of network traffic as objects if that's what you mean.

[slender meadow]

I’ve had a bit of trouble with that module quite often, as well as with the edit terrain object module every time. It only hid/changed stuff on the server and for clients both the edited and original objects were present

[slender meadow]

I think Bohemia must’ve got rid of the simple object button? Either that or 3den enhanced has got rid of it

[crude needle]

Depends on the object you are looking at, some have it, some don't.

[ornate whale]

I don't know, I think it should work in MP. But I would use operate locally, if you want to clear out many objects. If there are large quantities of redundant objects that you don't need, like a forrest or a block of buildings, then you might try if removing them helps the performance.

[kindred lichen]

Player joinSilent grp; fails - [player] joinsilent grp; correct

Or like you can't use moveInDriver on someone already in the vehicle.

[tough abyss]

i know what you mean. coding for 2 hours testing everything and than its cause of one little freaking detail

[slender meadow]

Hmm ok, maybe there was something weird going on with the server? Or I didn’t have that ticked so it didn’t sync properly with clients?

[ornate whale]

The button should only prevent excessive network traffic. This way the server does not need to tell the clients to remove the object, they do it themselves.

[slender meadow]

Ah yeah that’ll be it, I’m just coming back to making some stuff after a bit of a hiatus

[slender meadow]

Ok, some other weirdness must’ve been going on when it failed then

[ornate whale]

It is old, but they had similar issues here:
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/210154-hide-terrain-objects-module-in-multiplayer/

[cold rampart]

How about lacking a debugger :D

[queen cargo]

Also, i miss libraries with overloaded functions.
my friend you dont have to wait for long
OOS is getting better

[tough abyss]

thats what i do. i test little bits in the debug console to see if it works xD

[queen cargo]

How about lacking a debugger 😄
for that OOS will also have a solution in some future

[cold rampart]

I'm looking at ur doc but it's not really clear to me as what the idea of OOS is

it's a new scripting language?

[tough abyss]

wasnt that the object oriented one?

[spare lynx]

Sorry to bother you replying to such an old post but did you ever get this to work properly? I found the same video recently and i've been trying to get the script to work for an op i'm planning to do with my unit and part of it is having low gravity (its using the optre phobos moon map) for immersion.

[fleet sand]

Actually yes i have. I can send you the example mission in dm if you want.

[spare lynx]

I would greatly appreciate it

[cold rampart]

And I'm also missing some sort of performance profiller

Would be nice to know which scripts are being suspended a lot (e.g. are performance heavy)

[sullen sigil]

scripted low gravity is very difficult to pull off in multiplayer due to locality problems

and even then looks pretty bad

[crude needle]

If you mean inside the init box of the object in the editor, try using this instead of laptop when adding the action.

casa1crew = this addAction ["pickup CASA 1 Crew", {[c11, c12, c13, c14] join p24; laptop removeAction casa1crew}];

[vapid scarab]

Scenario: Mission on dedicated server, im zues, I have a function that needs to run on a player.
If from my client I run

// zues module
params ["_posASL","_unit"];
_isUnit = isPlayer _unit;

Assume the object passed to _unit is a player controlled unit, is _isUnit true?

[winter rose]

yes

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

[ashen ridge]

This code make sense?sqf 0 setOvercast 1; 0 setRain 1; forceWeatherChange; // Force immediate change overriding smooth transitions

0 setOvercast 1; Instant effect
0 setRain 1; Instant effect
So why the need of forceWeatherChange?

[little raptor]

0 setOvercast 1; Instant effect
0 setRain 1; Instant effect
no it doesn't mean instant effect

[ashen ridge]

time setRain rain
time: Number - transition time in seconds to the new value

transition time of zero seconds

[little raptor]

it just says "I want the weather to be like so in X seconds"

doesn't mean "magically change the weather"

e.g. if you want rain, first the clouds should appear, then the rain slowly starts pouring

and instead of randomly guessing stuff, just test

[ashen ridge]

Arma 3 is open here

But my IQ is very small.

[little raptor]

the just run these two lines in a clean mission:

0 setOvercast 1;
0 setRain 1;

nothing will happen immediately

[ashen ridge]

I understand. I tested them alone.

[granite sky]

I guess the point is that the values are not the weather and only influence the progression of it, but this is... not explained in the wiki.

[ornate whale]

I think you are correct. The change from current value to the target value may happen in zero seconds, but that might not result in an immediate storm, like swapping the sky, if it is done mid mission. Using it during the init stage might be a different story though.

[fallen locust]

"Would be nice to know which scripts are being suspended a lot (e.g. are performance heavy)"
soon™ ;)

[ashen ridge]

Thanks for the help, i'm doing ok 🫂

[split nebula]

you mean ™? :)

...

fail

looks correct in the chatbox but all sorts of different in the chatlog

[fallen locust]

Yea i know :P

[true frigate]

Hey, sorry if this is super simple, but I've looked online for this and also just tried it myself but I can't seem to get any of it working. Does anyone know a way we can create a restricted Virtual/ACE arsenal that also works with loaded equipment?
The standard restriction for getting gear works fine, the issue is that currently players can load anything up and it will simply allow them to keep it - we've switched to a kit list recently and sadly we can't actually enforce it due to this at the moment.

I should mention, we don't want to disable loading or saving loadouts - I'm aware that some modes like KP Liberation had a great save/load system but I wouldn't know where to begin with making something like that.

If anyone knows how I might be able to go about making one of these, or knows of a place I could find one, please let me know 🙂

[granite sky]

Antistasi has a system but it is appallingly complex

Somewhat easier if all items are either available or unavailable but still quite a chunk of code.

[civic cradle]

how big of a chunk are we talking?

[granite sky]

Hundreds of lines. Plus it's an Arsenal hook so fundamentally complex.

[civic cradle]

:/

bugger

[granite sky]

How are you setting the restrictions?

[civic cradle]

from what louis has said to me in the past the way they tried was "We're using the old KP liberation script that removes items loaded from arsenal if they're not allowed"

and regarding the restrictions

the basic way

sorry if thats not the awnser ur looking for, im not the one really doing it but louis has gone to sleep for now

[ashen ridge]

After testing many broken weather mods (and lost many hours of my free time) i'm doing my own weather script, with much less than 50 lines.

Just messing with setForecast, all rest automatic by Arma 3.

"Set here the time of change, for example, 30 seconds will change all in a 30 seconds cycle" - Really yes, lovely SUNNY STORM DAY!

[cold rampart]

Soon as in addon or soon as in buildin arma

[winter rose]

ping @ashen ridge

[ashen ridge]

It come back

Here is my Weather Change script. I'm sure you will love: https://pastebin.com/6FH1L17V

[ornate whale]

I think that this has to be less than, not greater than. Isn't it? 🙂
if (random 1 > CFG_chanceToChangeWeather)

[ashen ridge]

Yes, i fixed and updated the link 🤓

[ornate whale]

That's a nice little script, it kinda inspires me to implement some events tied to weather forecast in my scenario, like zombies spawning during storm, so you have to find a hideout or something before. 😄 The debug thing, I like the most about it. 😄

[ashen ridge]

@ornate whale thanks a lot, i tried to add dynamic weather on my missions many times, and today i finally understand how it works. for servers with greater timeMultiplier the changes will be faster, but there is nothing else we can do to make it faster other than increase timeMultiplier.

[sharp grotto]

If you use timeMultiplier you can do this (small example).

private _weatherChangeDelay = 300;
(_weatherChangeDelay * timeMultiplier) setOvercast 1;

Ah nvm, should read better xD
You want it faster, not slower.

[ashen ridge]

I use 0 setOvercast 1 from a 0 overcast and still the change takes 1 hour to fully happens in a progressive, flowlly and nice way (timeMultiplier = 1).

The same change will take 30 minutes if timeMultiplier is 2

Default server were 24h is 24h (timeMultiplier 1) will allways need to wait 1h more or less for a full progressive, flowed overcast change, from 0 to 1.

There is nothing that can be done about that, as i understand now.

The engine just don't let you go mad about changing overcast, like you can do with Fog for example, were a 10 setFog 1 really takes 10 seconds.

[ornate whale]

Another method would be to fade out the screen, force the change, and fade in again. Or, you can make a mid-mission cutscene with the camera pointing at the horizon, and speed up the time x times, then give the control back to the player. Like it was in Far Cry 2 hideouts. Or you can use fog as a masquerade for the transition. Build up a dense fog, force change the weather, then remove the fog.

From wiki:
NOTE: To get instant, seamless overcast change to overcast 1 advance the time 24 hours with skipTime while setting overcast transition time to 86400 seconds (24 hours) - Killzone_Kid (12:08, 15 August 2013)
86400 setOvercast 1;
skipTime 24;

// to remain on the same date:
skipTime -24;
86400 setOvercast 1;
skipTime 24;

Or try setAccTime.
https://youtu.be/WSxdmv4r9f0?si=quw_pW5vydDMvz7m

[flint sentinel]

are variable names case sensitive?

[warm hedge]

In what sense?

[flint sentinel]

specifically, in Alive, if I name a TAOR marker Town1 and then later reference it as town1, will it read Town1?

[warm hedge]

Well in that sense that is definitely insensitive

[cedar cape]

Im using POLPOX Artwork supporter and i cant find a way to have 2 animations play one after the other

[warm hedge]

You don't

[cedar cape]

how would i do an execution animation then?

[warm hedge]

switchMove or some other commands

[cedar cape]

ok

[cedar cape]

now they arent playing in the right order

man2 switchMove "Acts_Executioner_Kill";
man1 switchMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Kill_End";```

[warm hedge]

Because switchMove updates the animation right now

[cedar cape]

so how would i do it

[warm hedge]

Read BIKI around there. For instance playMove playMoveNow

[cedar cape]

currentley it only plays executionVictim_Kill_End and not the one at the begining

ok

still doesent work

the first animation isnt playing and its just skipping to the last one

[stable dune]

Like POLPOX said.
Take a look
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playMove

[digital rover]

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

[drowsy geyser]

how would i remove a specific eventHandler in another file?
_killedEH = player addEventHandler ["Killed", {//some code}];
do i need to setVariable on it?

and then remove it using getVariable? does this work with eventHandlers?

[granite sky]

Store the handle on the player with setVariable.

player setVariable ["myTag_killedEH", _killedEH]

[ornate whale]

Why is it that this code changes the orginial variable "targetsArray", and not just the private copy "_targetsArray"? Does it act as some kind of pointer?

private _targetsArray = _group getVariable "targetsArray";
(_targetsArray select _index) set [1, true];

[granite sky]

yeah, = on an array or hashmap just creates a reference.

If you want to make a copy instead, you can use +

[ornate whale]

I thought I would need to do this at the end on the third line. Like replacing it all.

_group setVariable ["targetsArray", _targetsArray];```

[granite sky]

Yeah that doesn't actually do anything.

It's just setting the reference to what it already is.

[warm hedge]

I think getVariable only returns the variable in it, not a reference of it, unlike _a = _b?

[granite sky]

Technically everything's a reference at lower levels.

[drowsy geyser]

can i do the same with addaction?
_someAction = player addAction ["",{//some code}, "", 0, false, true, "", ""]

[granite sky]

language just doesn't act like it.

@drowsy geyser yes

[ornate whale]

Can I turn on SQF (or similar) syntax highlighting in Notepad++? If so, how?

[granite sky]

2.12 added isEqualRef if you want to play around.

There was an SQF highlighter for Notepad++ but I think it's a bit dead.

[ornate whale]

How do you code then? Which software do you use?

[granite sky]

badly

I use VS Code because people forced me into using 4-space indents.

[warm hedge]

player setVariable ["test",[1,3,4]] ;
_a = player getVariable "test" ;
_a set [1,5] ;
player getVariable "test" ;//[1,5,4]```Oh! I never knew this. Thanks for your insight

[granite sky]

There are SQF syntax highlighters for VS Code but I never found a really good one. If I have a sticky syntax problem I'll sometimes paste the code into ADT.

[sullen sigil]

theres an sqf-vm linter now

[ornate whale]

Found something here. Old, but gold - better than nothing.
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/138891-arma-3-notepad-syntax-highlighting/?page=10

[manic sigil]

Its what I use, and it serves me just fine.

Granted, I am a trash coder, so 'serves me fine' in the voice of a McDonalds patron.

[hallow mortar]

It's pretty easy to add new commands to it from the "your language" window - you can use the "added in [version]" categories on the wiki to find them

[sullen sigil]

Is there any way of blocking an AI's road route? i.e they will not path through that position?

Rather than just blocking it off so they get there and go around

[granite sky]

I don't think so, but Arma's pathfinding is undocumented.

[sullen sigil]

that sounds like a brilliant rabbit hole to dive into

though time is probably better spent just thinking of an alternative

[true frigate]

Hey! Sorry for the late reply (been at work today), we have a list of allowed items, essentially when a player loads a loadout - if that loadout contains any items that aren't in that list it should reset the loadout to empty.

[granite sky]

It is feasible to build up a road navigation map in SQF and use that to generate waypoints, although you get some corner-cases with badly-made maps.

@true frigate This is ACE arsenal, right?

[true frigate]

Virtual Arsenal

[granite sky]

The BIS one?

[true frigate]

Just vanilla, yep. The issue is half of our members use ACE arsenal and the other half use Virtual - so somehow it has to work for both 🙃

This is why I've been banging my head on brick walls for months on this haha

[granite sky]

months...

[true frigate]

Yeah..

[hallow mortar]

Why not force everyone to use one or the other?

[true frigate]

I wish that was an overexaggeration, but we've been waiting for a kitlist too

[queen cargo]

There is nearestRoads

[granite sky]

that's the starting point, yes

well, and roadsConnectedTo

[true frigate]

It's just about freedom of choice really, I can see why it'd be useful but personally I use Vanilla and a lot of the rest of the squad prefer ACE

[queen cargo]

There also was some Navigation mod which allowed for road based navigation

[granite sky]

Antistasi community has a navgrid generator and editor that you could potentially use for other mods. It mostly works.

Then you can just write a basic Astar on top of that, which is quicker in SQF than you might imagine.

[granite sky]

ACE might be relatively easy because it throws events when you load a loadout.

Not sure how you'd do it with the BIS arsenal. You'd probably need to hook the UI button.

Might be easier to trigger a check when people exit the arsenal.

Even the BIS arsenal has an arsenalClosed event: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Scripted_Event_Handlers

[sullen sigil]

Possible, but could just not obstruct the road instead tbh given its just random spawns of ambient stuff

[granite sky]

oh that, yes.

Best to just avoid blocking roads if possible.

[sullen sigil]

ye idea was for police roadblocks but theres no point if they just drive around

[stable dune]

Hello,
Does anyone have some kinda workaround to check when the player gets assigned to the curator/ deleted ?
I need to add EH on my curator (s),
What would be the easiest way to do that ?
Didn't find any EH/ scripts for this.
Can I handle these via when the curator module is created/ for each already in the editor placed curator modules or something?

[granite sky]

You could try the "curatorUnitAssigned" scripted event handler.

Alternatively you could just install the curator event handlers on every client for every curator :P

[stable dune]

Yeah, i will try this one.
Thanks for the tip.

[ornate whale]

Is "ceil" a good way to prevent while-do {sleep x-y}; from cycling to infinitely smaller numbers? Next worry are extremely large negative numbers, overflowing, etc.

[queen cargo]

OOS is a highlevel lang for SQF @cold rampart

[granite sky]

It can't cycle to infinitely smaller numbers. The minimal sleep is a single frame.

[ornate whale]

For any cases:

sleep (ceil(abs(CFG_timeToLoseTarget - _difference))) mod CFG_timeToLoseTarget;
```😄
I don't know if I am being paranoid or not, but I am really not sure, whether my code will run well under all possible input values. 😄 I don't want the function to halt or cause stuttering mid mission.

The point of the code is to make AI lose track of player after certain amount of time.

[sullen sigil]

dont they do that anyway

[ornate whale]

They do but it takes 5-6 minutes. 😄 I need better control over it.

[sullen sigil]

fair enough

[granite sky]

hmm, I'm wrong. sleep for less than ~0.001 seconds apparently doesn't do anything.

Simplest way though is just add a fixed 0.01 and then you guarantee minimum one frame.

well, or _value max 0.01 if you don't want to occasionally sleep two frames when one was enough. In this case you don't care about that sort of accuracy though.

[limber heart]

what script can i use to provide a global hint with the players name who did the add action

[stable dune]

Remoteexec, and format the name of the unit (_caller).
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/format

[little raptor]

there's no need to format the name

[stable dune]

True.
It's string.

[little raptor]

well I guess you mean you want to format a message?

[format ["Player %1 completed the action", name player]] remoteExec ["hint", [0,-2] select isDedicated];

[limber heart]

so it would be like "Hello" remoteExec["hint" ]

[stable dune]

Yes, I would do that with

format ["this action activates by ..

Damn you are fast

[limber heart]

what does this do exactly?

just returns players name publically?

[little raptor]

it shows the message "Player blabla completed the action" globally to everyone, except to the dedicated server (because it cannot see the message anyway)

[limber heart]

i see

thank u ❤️

trying to pair this with a change time script for players to use, just dont want some goober changing the time tryna troll

[little raptor]

you can use a whitelist or something

[limber heart]

I can whitelist who can use a script, via a script?

[little raptor]

yes

[limber heart]

😮 how so

[little raptor]

hardcoded way would be:

Soarin_whitelist_UIDs = createHashmapFromArray (
  [
      "1234534342323",
      "5124124124124",
      ....
  ] apply {[_x, nil]};
);

// later in some script, such as an addAction

if !(getPlayerUID player in Soarin_whitelist_UIDs) exitWith {}; // not in whitelist

[sullen sigil]

Why a hashmap there?

[little raptor]

in case there are many UIDs

for faster lookup

[sullen sigil]

Ah, fair

Someone pr'd my two primary weapons to change the cba options array to a hashmap but just caused a bunch more issues than it solved

[little raptor]

probably did it wrong

[sullen sigil]

Had it convert from array to hashmap on setting change -- so it just wouldn't convert to hashmap if you didn't change the setting in that session iirc

Either way not fussed about performance for that given its a local lookup when player presses a key

[little raptor]

its a local lookup when player presses a key
it can still be slow

depends how many items you search in, and what kind of items
roughly speaking, an array of 10 numbers or fewer is fast enough without hashmap

[sullen sigil]

ya i know but im not super fussed about a brief dip in performance given the player is now just waiting for the weapons to swap

rather than it being mid firefight or something

[manic sigil]

onKeyDown for a speed boost is not ideal x_x any suggestions for a 'press E to add 10 forward velocity'?

[sullen sigil]

question is unclear, what are you actually needing suggestions for?

how you handle the input or what you do?

[little raptor]

addUserActionEventHandler?

[little raptor]

but yeah depends on what you want

[sullen sigil]

hey leopard im over 3 weeks into trying to fix that lag bug with no further headway

i love this game

[ornate whale]

Is "time" always at most in 3 decimal points, or does the engine handle it more precisely under the hood?

I wanna make sure that I for example don't try to compare myTime == 10 when actually myTime=9.9998989898 and it would never meet that condition.

[south swan]

You don't compare two floats for exact equality

Define some arbitrary small acceptable error and check for "close enough"

[ornate whale]

like is X between (Y and Y+0.1) ?

[south swan]

Yes

[ornate whale]

I was sloving it with rounding, ceilling or floring, or min maxing the numbers

[south swan]

Or waitUntil {time > 10}, for example

[ornate whale]

Is this performance efficient?

I wanted to do something like this, but I imagine how this line is runing throught the CPU again, and again 😄, without any restrictions.

[south swan]

waitUntil is rarely an efficient thing

[hallow mortar]

waitUntil {sleep 1; time > 10};

[ornate whale]

Can I use exitWith to jump out of the eventHandler body?

[winter rose]

not to return a value, otherwise yes iirc

[hallow mortar]

exitWith will just exit the EH code (assuming it's top-level within that and not exiting a sub-scope of the EH code). You can't use it to return to the script the EH was added in; EH code is not "inline" with the script it was added in, it's a separate context with no connection.

[exotic flame]

Is it possible to disturb the compass in Arma 3 ?

[stark fjord]

Yuh: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setCompassOscillation

[drowsy geyser]

Is there a way to smoothly delete a control created with ctrlCreate i.e. fade it out? because ctrlDelete deletes it immediately

[granite sky]

ctrlSetFade

[exotic flame]

thanks for your answer 🙂

[proven charm]

how can you change the flag on carrier? (via script)

[warm hedge]

What carrier?

[proven charm]

the vanilla

[warm hedge]

USS Freedom you mean?

[proven charm]

whatever comes with arma I forgot its name 😄

[warm hedge]

Well using both flag and carrier words I could imagine flag holder, but you are talking about Aircraft Carrier right?

[proven charm]

yes

[warm hedge]

Then no

[proven charm]

really, i mean the flag/banner on the carrier tower. its US by default

[warm hedge]

No, I mean, no

[proven charm]

oh weird

[warm hedge]

What have you ever seen?

[proven charm]

sorry?

[warm hedge]

I mean why you think is weird?

[proven charm]

well i expect some leavel of customization

the destroyer can have it's flag changed among other things like name

[warm hedge]

Well USS Freedom is not that customizable more like impossible by default

I've made a Mod to have multiple Gerald R Fords but that uses very stupid workaround

[little raptor]

You can cover it with a user texture

If you mean the flag on the island

[proven charm]

yeah the tower. do I create simpleobject with texture? positioning that could be challenging

[little raptor]

You can make a simple object if you want. But not super simple object

[proven charm]

ok

[warm hedge]

It does have no hiddensels

[proven charm]

hmm setObjectTexture and setFlagTexture doesnt do anything. I guess it really is nondoable

[warm hedge]

Pretty much it is

[proven charm]

can I make mod that changes the textures? or is it all in single texture

[sullen sigil]

if setobjecttexture or setflagtexture dont do anything then its model baked

[proven charm]

ok

[warm hedge]

You can check my Mod

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3004547615

[proven charm]

did you retexture the carrier?

[warm hedge]

This is why I suggest you to check this up

[proven charm]

ok thx 👍

i think im going with Leo's advice to use the UserTexture1m_F object to cover the US flag because then I can support any flag

thx all 🙂

[still forum]

👋
I'm looking for a repro of a UI eventhandler crash.
That long known bug where deleting a display from inside a eventhandler crashes the game.
Anyone have some repro for that I can test? Or multiple different ones?

I just found what caused this in KeyUp eventhandler and it was very easy fix, I want to check other cases to see if its the same

[distant egret]

Had a couple of crashes yesterday when doing 3DEN attribute UIs with list boxes, not sure because of something I did wrong and somehow fixed it in the end though. I'll have a look if I can reliably replicate it.

[still forum]

I just fixed it in KeyUp, KeyDown, Char, IMEChar, IMEComposition

I see Eden attributes also has it. If you somehow delete that control from there, you're likely to crash

[proven charm]

I had once this problem where trying to delete RscShortcutButton made arma crash. Don't know if this is related or not. The control was inside controls group

[still forum]

Probably is

[granite sky]

There are notes about that crash in the CBA progress bar code. I think that was KeyDown again though.

[still forum]

That's keyUp, that's the first I fixed today

[amber basalt]

Is there easy way to achieve something like this:

private ["_unit", "_weapon", "_ammo", "_rocket", "_missile", "_ammoCount", "_magazineReloadTime"];

_unit = _this select 0;
_weapon = currentWeapon _unit;
_ammo = _this select 4;
_rocket = nearestObject [_unit, _ammo];

if (isNull _rocket || (!isPlayer _unit)) exitWith {};

_missile = ["M_Sidewinder_AA", "M_Sidewinder_AA_F35"];

if (!(_ammo in _missile)) exitWith {};

_ammoCount = _unit ammo _weapon;
hint format ["Ammo Count: %1", _ammoCount];

// Must be two since the magazine size is two and this script is executed upon firing the weapon 
if (_ammoCount == 2) then {
    // Trying to modify it like this, but it's not possible to modify the config files
    _magazineReloadTime = getNumber(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _weapon >> "magazineReloadTime");
    _magazineReloadTime = 1;
};

(the script doesn't work because apparently you can't modify the config files in script runtime)
The issue is that the _magazineReloadTime is very long on those ammo types (30 seconds). I'm modding vanilla Arma 2 OA, but I assume it's the same thing in A3.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWeaponReloadingTime won't work either because the issue isn't reloading time itself between the rounds, rather the magazines.
After looking up from this discord that removing the weapon and adding it back might work, tried this, it didn't work:

// Must be two since the magazine size is two and this script is executed upon firing the weapon
if (_ammoCount == 2) then {
    _unit removeWeapon _weapon;
    hint format ["Ammo Count after removing weapon: %1", _ammoCount];

    _unit addWeapon _weapon;
    _unit selectWeapon _weapon;
};

I tried adding sleep timers between the removeWeapon, addWeapon and selectWeapon, and it seems that it just adds the same weapon back, it has the same reload timer.

Could perhaps use mods as last resort that are optional if there is no really way to fix this with scripting, what do you think? thanks.

[still forum]

Well you can make a mod? And config patch it

[amber basalt]

Yeah this is what I thought, but our server runs on vanilla Combined Operations, although we have an optional modpack, a scripted solution would be better (just that if it's possible), since not all players are going to download those mods.

If everything else fails (before using the mods), would it be possible to alternate between two different types of weapons that still have the same magazine? The problem is that this isn't an option for the Spike launcher that we're going to use alongside with the sidewinder modifications, since afaik there's only one type of that weapon.

[brisk harness]

im attempting to make my 1st arma mission but its not going well lol. im trying to have opfor and bluefor hold fire until a sniper kills bluefor officer then all set to open fire. I got them to hold fire with "set ai mode" but i cant seem to get my trigger to cooperate with the second "set ai mode" to allow them to fire.

[winter rose]

if by scripting, waitUntil { sleep 0.1; not alive theOfficer };
if by editor, make a trigger with not alive theOfficer as condition and synchronise this trigger to new waypoints with shooting firemodes

[tulip ridge]

Trying to make a "cooldown" script to only allow x action to work every y amount of time.
Easy enough, but when testing I realized that it also didn't work for the first y amount of seconds at the start of the mission.

Should have been easy enough but I think I've been staring at it too long and could use a second pair of eyes.

// Some other conditions...

// _lastUsed is set to time when activated, defaults to 0 if not set
// _cooldown is config property, 25 seconds in this case
if
(
    (time - _lastUsed) > _cooldown // Checks if vehicle is on cooldown
) exitWith { false };

true;

[brisk harness]

do i sync the officer to trigger then trigger to ai mode? (editor)

[granite sky]

@tulip ridge

defaults to 0 if not set
You'd need to default it to -_cooldown or lower for your use case if you want it to work correctly from the start of the mission.

time starts at 0.

[winter rose]

no need at all
just the officer should be named theOfficer

[tulip ridge]

Yep, appreciate it 👍
Had to also invert the condition but works fine

[brisk harness]

hmmm i still am having issues dose this look right?

[willow hound]

Remove the trigger owner and set the Activation to None.

[acoustic yew]

Hello, I am sorry for interjecting, May I ask if my remoteExec code is alright?

[convoyGroup, _pos] remoteExec ["MOVE", 2];```

[winter rose]

perfection would be```sqf
[convoyGroup, _pos] remoteExec ["move", leader convoyGroup];

[brisk harness]

thank you that did it!

[granite sky]

IIRC that doesn't work. Group target remoteExec does not work as expected.

you have to use leader convoyGroup unless there's a player in the group.

or groupOwner convoyGroup

[winter rose]

ah correct, mb - I got got by it some times indeed

will amend

added text highlight in the doc as well 😄

[sullen sigil]

insert me shilling cba events instead of remoteexec

[acoustic yew]

thank you :)

[acoustic yew]

player isnt in group

[winter rose]

(& John Jordan for the fix)

[ornate whale]

How do you usually interpolate values if you want to make smooth transitions?

[winter rose]

there is BIS_fnc_lerp https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_lerp

[proven charm]

also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityTransformation

[little raptor]

LinearConversion

[south swan]

BIS_fnc_lerp being added after https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/linearConversion is kinda sus, though

there being 2 different implementations of BIS_fnc_lerp is double sus

well, there's https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/bezierInterpolation as well. But i don't think there's much more in terms of applicable math available

[ornate whale]

Thank you all.

[simple trout]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171795

Can't remember if that's what you are looking for exactly, but It is trying to delete a ui element in an event handle

[vernal hinge]

Quick quesiton. Is there any way to get this command to work with a domain? I've read that it only works via IP but maybe some of y'all know a workaround?

connectToServer ["play.domain.com", 2302, "test"];```

[ornate whale]

How performance demanding is FiredNear on all AIs in the level? It gets triggered every time anyone shoots, so AIs would trigger each other. So if one fires, all 10 AIs (including the shooter) will detect the sound. How much performance would this cost, if I had few condition checks in the handler?

this addEventHandler ["FiredNear", {
    params ["_unit", "_firer", "_distance", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_gunner"];
}];```

[little raptor]

measure the performance cost of your code then multiply it by the number of times you expect it to trigger at once

what you get should be very close to what you'll actually experience

the actual one is slower tho, but you have no means to measure it

[little raptor]

afaik the command itself doesn't support it
but with an extension, you can get the IP address and then pass it to the command

[vernal hinge]

You're saying with an extension? How would that look?

[little raptor]

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

if you mean the actual code, it depends on which langauge is used

in C++, gethostbyname. in C#, DNS.GetHostAddresses (iirc)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60064172/get-ip-from-url-c

looks like getaddrinfo should be used instead

[sullen sigil]

is there any way of returning a control to its config-defined values without having to look up all of them or re-create the control?

[little raptor]

no

[fleet sand]

Hi guys simple Question. What would be the best practice to make a array objects to appear and disappear. More Context: I am making like PVP arena and i want to have selected objects in arena with a variable name to have a % to either be there or not To make arena a bit more randomized so its not always the same. How would i make it so script selects random object from array then either hides it or unhides it depending if the object has been selected and if the object was hidden in the first round how to unhide it in the second round if its selected again ?

[sullen sigil]

private _yourarrayofobjects = [];
{
  private _chance = 0.5;
  private _value = random 1;
  if (_chance < _value) then {_x hideObjectGlobal true; continue;};
  _x hideObjectGlobal false;
} forEach _yourarrayofobjects;```

should be roughly what you're looking for, alter _chance accordingly

atm half objects on average will show

if you want some objects to appear more often than others then things can get funky there, depends how much copy+paste into init you want to do

[fleet sand]

Oh snap didnt know it was that easy. Hell yea. For someobject that i would make to appear more woulnd i just make seperate array for that and saperate loop with diffrente chance ?

[sullen sigil]

depends how fine control you want

you could simply do something like uh

[granite sky]

showObjectGlobal -> hideObjectGlobal.

[sullen sigil]

private _yourarrayofobjects = [];
{
  private _chance = _x getVariable ["Legion_AppearanceChance",0.5];
  private _value = random 1;
  if (_chance < _value) then {_x hideObjectGlobal true; continue;};
  _x hideObjectGlobal false;
} forEach _yourarrayofobjects;```
then put
`this setVariable ["Legion_AppearanceChance",0.5];` in the init, and replace 0.5 with how much you want it to appear

oh is that how that works

oh wait its just not a command

bruggin

fixed

[fleet sand]

Also what is _max variable used for ?

[sullen sigil]

thats just for keeping it as a percentage

dont touch

no need

i think i intended to put random _max and just put random 1 instead

ive been doing gui all day my brain is fried

[granite sky]

understandable

[fleet sand]

understandable

[sullen sigil]

it didnt even touch a single gui component i just modified the scripts

because when i did touch a gui component i ended up with this

[ornate whale]

What is the speed of sound in Arma 3?

[warm hedge]

Almost same with IRL

[near wharf]

Can anyone help? I just bought a bisecthosting arma3 server. I'm trying to get EZM and enable scripts. I've tried everything I've seen online. Pls dm.

[winter rose]

wrong channel; try #server_admins

…I suppose?

[near wharf]

Got it thanks

[kindred zephyr]

Hey, Sorry i was a bit busy.

Looks like the control does takes the r2t BUT only the first frame of the camera is get and then no updates. Does it has to be in a OEF eventhandler?

Edit: I was just being a dumbass and had PIP option disabled xD

[vapid scarab]

If I was to define a 3den Module in a mission file's description.ext, would it show up?

[cold mica]

Try it and see what happens. Likely not because Modules need to be in a mod.

[vapid scarab]

Im kinda hoping someone could answer it before I get to testing it

[cold mica]

Is there anything wrong with running everything in a scheduled environment?

Say I wrap all my code in init.sqf between a [] spawn {} command, would it be bad for me?

[sterile flower]

Gotta share some gold I just found out, Chatgpt can write scripts for arma3

Idk how deep it can go but so far it is much better than I am and can actually explain which field to put it in

In detail

[cold mica]

ChatGPT can lie to you about what's possible in SQF, because it isn't fully knowledgeable in it.

[winter rose]

See pinned message

[sterile flower]

Damn my b

[winter rose]

you can eventually use it to learn/dig, but never ask us to fix its code ^^

[sterile flower]

Yeah no worries

I wouldn’t do that, I’ve just been using it to write tedious stuff

Stuff that I already know is possibly and that I could do but I’d have to spend an hour or more looking at the wiki for just for it to become irrelevant 30mins later

[sterile flower]

Is it just that chatgpt doesn’t understand the limitations of the code because it has been pretty good with stuff like formatting from what I can tell

[cold mica]

it doesnt know all the commands so it can just make it up

[split oxide]

Scheduled vs. unscheduled really comes down to a matter of how important it is to have your code happen immediately and in order. As far as the init.sqf, technically it's already scheduled. In singleplayer (according to the wiki), init.sqf is scheduled but it the engine waits for it for to finish before continuing, letting your init.sqf run before modules are initialized and post init functions are called.

[cold mica]

I dont know a situation where an unscheduled env would be better than scheduled env

[sterile flower]

Gotcha right thx

[warm hedge]

Is there a way to order a helicopter to move into a position precisely, like make them closer to the WP itself ~1m not ~70m?

[granite sky]

If you mean an easy way then the answer is no.

[warm hedge]

Yeah apparently I've tried a workaround that it tries to overshoot the designated position itself and eventually gets closer than 70m, but found is unreliable enough so

[granite sky]

yeah, the waypoint completion radius check is low-precision so it's pretty random.

EachFrame velocity adjustment after the waypoint completes is maybe the easiest method.

[warm hedge]

Well, yeah, please BI, I mean two decades ago... please make a simple thing simple

Have no experience with setDestination but does it even work after all?

[granite sky]

I've only tried it for ground vehicles and it's weird enough there.

It switches out of waypoints about halfway between them, so it'd probably require a lot of setup to fly to a point. Likely harder than EachFrame velocity adjustment.

[sterile flower]

Not sure if this is what you are asking, but use an invisible helipad if the landing is scripted

Oh, you aren’t talking about landing my bad

One thing I’d maybe try is within the waypoint attributes see if you can adjust the precision necessary for the waypoint to be completed

[warm hedge]

Yeah landing is not what to achieve but basically flyover

[granite sky]

setWaypointCompletionRadius isn't useful except to increase the completion radius from default.

[still forum]

I have one
https://github.com/dedmen/DAA_Mod/blob/main/main/XEH_preStart.sqf#L7
But it only handles TXT DNS entries
https://github.com/dedmen/DAA_Mod/blob/main/extension/src/main.cpp#L211-L216
Would need to copy this and add QueryType::A

[vernal hinge]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[still forum]

I could build it for you with battleye compatibility but that'll take some unspecified amount of time

[vernal hinge]

Nah thank you I'm good. I already figured it out via some ui navigation. Definitely gonna look into this extensions stuff tho

[kindred tide]

@warm hedge setDestination for an agent driven helicopter is good, i even got a whole landing script for landing/hovering precisely where i need it.

it is your responsibility though to make the trajectory safe, he wont do that kind of thinking for you

[little raptor]

Yes. It'll clog up the scheduler and make every spawned code take longer to finish

It could lead to disaster when you take into account all the mods/modules that rely on scheduled environment

The general rule is: use as few spawns/execVMs as possible. Even combine your loops if you can

[little raptor]

1. Making sure a block of code runs without interruption
   E.g. if you have 2 codes, each one reading and modifying a global variable, and they run scheduled together, it causes data race. Each read and write process has to happen unscheduled (it's not limited to read and write but you get the idea)
2. Timing in scheduled env is very inaccurate. For accurate timing one should only use unscheduled env
3. Some processes must happen unsch to be safe. E.g. if you create a vehicle and reposition it in schd env, the engine might simulate the vehicle before you get to put it in a safe pos, leading to explosion
   Well 3 is just the same as 1

[sullen sigil]

unschedule everything unless you know you need it to be scheduled

[little raptor]

No. That's also bad. Even worse if you don't know what you're doing. At least if you f up in schd you won't mess up the FPS

[sullen sigil]

you instead mess up the execution time of everything that is scheduled which is much less noticeable so you dont notice youve done something stupid

[south swan]

uncheduled is better because it forces you to fix bad code earlier

[honest coral]

just dont write bad code

[kindred tide]

if you were creating a mission with fully emergent gameplay, where nothing is 'scripted' and it's more like a sim, what would you use scheduled for?

[sullen sigil]

if you need the fps to remain somewhat stable and the code doesnt need to be executed immediately

[kindred tide]

that means that theres quite a few different systems/modules that run together and have to interact a lot, would you want the pain of synchronizing them if they were sched

[astral bone]

Is there a way to save stuff to a text file? Just out of curiousity.
My mission.sqm is kinda large and Im wondering if I could have it save some stuff outside of it. I prpbably wont implement it but again, just curious.

[sullen sigil]

example of something that using the scheduler for is a good idea is my imposters mod's main loop -- it's high cost (checking nearly every ai) but doesnt need to be executed at all if theres lots going on (youre not going undercover mid firefight etc)

[kindred tide]

sounds like a state for an FSM

[sullen sigil]

possibly but easier to disable/modify when its script

[winter rose]

just don't write code

[winter rose]

define "save stuff"

[honest coral]

you cant write bad code if you don't write code 🧠

[kindred tide]

i cant get VSCode because it requires win10, and guess what

[astral bone]

save information for a mission outside of the description.ext and mission.sqm, but still inside mission folder, and only for the mission

Like, text for example.

[manic kettle]

Describe your use case

[winter rose]

yes please

[winter rose]

(OFP runs on Windows 10)
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_70 ← the last VSCode to support Windows 7

[kindred tide]

steam will stop working on win7 in 140 days anyway

[astral bone]

I have a mod that writes data to the sqm file, currently it has written 265,747 characters. I am wondering if it was possible for it store it's data in a dedicated file.

[winter rose]

what is that data

if text, use stringtable
if object position, use spawn scripts
if "random.txt"… use "random.txt"

[astral bone]

Modify a text file via a script

[winter rose]

no can do.

(not without an extension)

[hallow mortar]

I'm assuming this is an Editor mod and this is all dynamically generated data, like object custom attributes or whatever, so it's not possible to hardcode it into a stringtable etc.
I think you're probably stuck with it, no good solution

[astral bone]

ah oki, yea, thought so :P

[kindred zephyr]

Is there any way for camera position commands to take ASL?

Im currently facing a situation in where a cam that I have for a scene has to be above water but while trying to set up positions it always ondulates with the waves motions.

//Ondulates, the script is in a loop changing around a relative position in  very short intervals to simulate a smooth traverse path
_cam camSetPos _aglPos;
_cam camCommit _speed;

And of course, using setPosASL obviously removes that issue but makes the movement super jittery. Would there be anyway to simulate the commit movement buttery smooth interpolation effect or have an alternative to camSetPos?

The logic of the relative position is getting a circumference from an object adding a degree, decreasing my movement interval and angle for my transitions helps greatly, but still causes really noticeable jitter.

Any ideas?

[sullen sigil]

can you not just use setVelocityTransformation?

alternatively, ASLtoAGL or ASLtoATL etc

[kindred zephyr]

the camSetPos takes only agl, transforming it actually gives me worse results sadly

[sullen sigil]

ah, ASLtoAGL then

[kindred zephyr]

indeed, that still leaves me with the problem of the ondulation above waves when not in a surface :c

setVelocityTransformation might be the solution

have to try if it actually moves the camera object

[sullen sigil]

It shouldn't do

[winter rose]

?

[sullen sigil]

it should be ASL not ASLW

i.e no change due to waves

[winter rose]

yet AGL is ASLW

[sullen sigil]

oh

[winter rose]

that's why I guess, AGLToASL may not consider waves in that case
tbh IDK

[sullen sigil]

wait im looking at the wrong page anyway

[sullen sigil]

but either way thats probably why @kindred zephyr

if setvelocitytransformation works use that though

it is a complicated command to get your head around initially tho

[winter rose]

how do you get this _aglPos to begin with?

private _camPosASL = [0,0,10];
_camPosAGL = ASLToAGL _camPosASL; // does it consider waves?
// if not:
private _camPosASLZero = +_camPosASL;
_camPosASLZero set [2, 0];
private _waveZOffset = -(ASLToAGL _camPosASLZero select 2);
_camPosAGLww = _camPosAGL vectorAdd [0, 0, _waveZOffset]; // ww = without wave

[kindred zephyr]

_target getRelPos [_radius, _angle];

[winter rose]

ah, and you are camCommitting so it's not instant
nah I'm afraid you're out of luck here, "it is how it is"

[kindred zephyr]

sadly 😦

I guess I can still try to remove the offset of the waves manually and account it in the position transition in camSetPos, even if its not a lot, that cam is kinda nauseating xD even reducing the wave bobbing a bit is a win

[winter rose]

if you can deal with vectors, you can always setPosASL & setVectorDir manually

[kindred zephyr]

the cam having a target set already deals with the vector direction anyway, and setPosASL is something that, while works, gives me very jittery results.
I wonder, maybe if I go in super low intervals for angle transition and loop speed it would be better

At what point would someone benefit from an OEF eventhandler in this situations?
right now im arbitrarily moving 1deg every 0.025 sec

[winter rose]

visual = onEachFrame, definitely

I reckon a full scripted camera system could be done in Arma

[sullen sigil]

if camera is local it can be

my capital ships system could be changed to camera easily

[kindred zephyr]

cameras are always local yeah

[sullen sigil]

yeah twas what i was getting at

its easy enough to do once you learn how to setvelocitytransformation

or even setposasl/setvectordirandup on each frame

[winter rose]

"Draw3D" EH would be better I suppose

[sullen sigil]

no real difference locally

[kindred zephyr]

will try both later on as well as setVelocityTransformation, thanks to both for the insight and recommendations

[sullen sigil]

once you have setposasl/setvectordirandup you can just feed them into svt on each frame, no need to bother with interval really as is local

https://github.com/SpicyBagpipes/KJW_CapitalShips/blob/main/functions/fn_capitalShipsEngine.sqf#L101

If you need any reference this moves by a bunch of arbitrary values on each frame

Works perfectly in SP, just has MP interpolation issues on orientation, not an issue for you

[exotic flame]

Is there a way to detect when selectPlayer _unit is used ?

[granite sky]

I can't see an event handler, surprisingly.

[south swan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#OnUserSelectedPlayer?

or maybe https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#PlayerViewChanged

[cold mica]

Thanks for the advice. I didn't realize the scheduler is a single instance, I thought there were multiple schedulers per spawn and per machine.

[little raptor]

well there is one per machine (or maybe better said, game instance) ofc

[cold mica]

On a separate note, how could I recreate execution from initPlayerLocal.sqf in the XEH_preInit.sqf file. I am running a bunch of CBA_fnc_addSetting functions, some running globally, that I want to run on players only.

Currently, I have it like so:

if (!isDedicated && hasInterface) then {
  // Code
};

But this does not run the code the same way as if running it from initPlayerLocal.sqf. Am I missing something?

[winter rose]

if hasInterface should be enough?

[cold mica]

!isDedicated prevents HCs from running it.

[winter rose]

is initPlayerLocal.sqf for players only, or for HC as well? and player-server?

Executed locally when player joins mission (includes both mission start and JIP).
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts#initPlayerLocal.sqf

[cold mica]

Players only. I do not want to run anything on HCs.

[winter rose]

then if hasInterface will target just peeps with interface, aka players (server or not)

[cold mica]

No way, I'm looking this up. Was my life a lie?

[winter rose]

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

[cold mica]

Wow, TIL what a Player Server is

[winter rose]

a "listen server" iirc

[cold mica]

Makes sense.

How about this. Would these two executions have the same result?

XEH_preInit.sqf

if (hasInterface) then {
// Code
};

initPlayerLocal.sqf

// Code

[winter rose]

no clue about XEH thingies ¯_(ツ)_/¯

note, maybe preInit is not good

[cold mica]

I appreciate the attempt nonetheless

[brisk plover]

Hey all, firstly trigger warning I'm going to say the "C" word. I'm looking to commission someone for two basic mods. I'm talking a ACE self interaction that makes noise & a new ammo type for a weapon. I've tried to do it myself but I've hit a wall, coding is not my strong suit

[kindred zephyr]

#creators_recruiting

[ornate whale]

If I bundle my scripts as an addon on Workshop, and I have some fundamental code lines in files like init.sqf or initServerPlayer.sqf, would it work, if someone wanted to make a mission with it? And in which file can I let the users to configure my addon behaviour? Currently I have options in init.sqf. I don't want to distribute the sourcode on GitHub.

[sullen sigil]

no you will need different logic

[ornate whale]

How can I replace init files then?

[sullen sigil]

use cba postinit/preinit event handlers

[ornate whale]

Is it not possible without CBA?

[kindred zephyr]

if its something you want to enforce you can do modules to enforce functions upon mission start or postInit attributes for functions

[kindred zephyr]

it works real good, no more vomit inducing rocking

[ornate whale]

For example, I add an eventHandler to a player when he connects and starts controlling a player avatar, in initPlayerServer.sqf

[kindred zephyr]

yeah, you can do it in modules

or

you can do unit eventhandlers for classes or parent classes

[ornate whale]

But modules has to be downloaded on both server and client side, isn't it?

[kindred zephyr]

yup

what specifically you want to do

?

[ornate whale]

Now, I have an init.sqf, where I declare some variables, mainly for configuring the scripts, and also I add some event h. to AI units. I tried to create a customInit.sqf and I gave it preInit=1, but it does nothing

[kindred zephyr]

if thats the case you can do init eventhandlers for units

This is an example, if you want to do client sided base addons to do something on units, but you might be better off doing it properly and have it be accessible on server machine

class Land;
class Man: Land ///<-- declaring that camanbase inherits from man
{
                class EventHandlers ///<-- telling the game to add to the eventhandlers class in the desired class
          {
              class MKClass
              {
                  init = "anyFunction goes here";
              };
          };
};

[ornate whale]

But where do I do this? 😄

[kindred zephyr]

cfgVehicles inside config.cpp

so #arma3_config

[ornate whale]

Will this config.cpp work also in Eden Editor when playtesting, or only with completely packed and compiled addon?

[kindred zephyr]

you could probably use the file patching to "test live", but i have no idea on that

[warm hedge]

diag_mergeConfigFile does, but if you have no clue how to use, just pack it into a Mod

[granite sky]

Normally non-mission config is only loaded at startup.

[ornate whale]

Now I have my scripts structured like if it was just for one mission (scenario with scripts), but I have no god dam* idea how to refactor my code (mainly init files) to make it even barely shippable as a mod/addon. lol I don't even know where should I learn it.

[flat eagle]

why doesnt getArtilleryComputerSettings return grid? it would make life so much easier

[warm hedge]

The answer for "why" is "it is just how it is", if you want to suggest, just #arma3_feedback_tracker

[pulsar pewter]

Does it hve to be class Man or class CAManBase? Or is it the same?

[kindred zephyr]

depends on what class/es you want to apply the init eventhandler into

[balmy fox]

I have a script I am trying to make work for a medavac tent, with a doctor in it. I want to be able to pull uncon/critical patients into it from the field, and hold action on the doctor to have them full healed.

Issue is that I cannot get it to work, and I am fairly noobish at scripting. So I was hoping I could get some extra eyes onto what I am missing.
The doctor in the tent has this line in it's init: [this] execVM "baseDoctor.sqf";

And I was trying to use an .SQF file to launch it, but the file keeps getting deleted. So I switched to using TypeSqf Editor, and a non binarized mission file.

[leaden ibex]

Hey there, I am trying to remove a magazine with specified amount of ammo in it from the players inventory/GroundWeaponHolder. I check if the magazine is in there with

private _magazines = magazinesAmmo player;
private _removed = false;
{
  if (_x#0 == _magazine && _x#1 == _ammoCount) then {
    _removed = true;
    // TODO really remove the mag from the players inventory
  };
} forEach _magazines;

I am looking at the functions, but none of them allows me to remove the exact magazine by ammo count. Any ideas?

[wary needle]

anyone know how to make the blood mist particle effect apear?

[granite sky]

@leaden ibex I think you have to remove all magazines of that type and then re-add the ones you want to keep.

[leaden ibex]

I want to die

But yeah, that's a way I didn't think of... Even though I am already doing this for some reason in my mortar script with ground weapon holders

Thank you! 4:30am brain is not functioning as it should

[fair drum]

// Global execution

params ["_doctor"];

if (local _doctor) then {
    _doctor allowDamage false;
    ["MOVE", "COVER","FSM"] apply {_doctor disableAI _x};
    _doctor setVariable ["lambs_danger_disableAI", true, true];
    _doctor setUnitPos "UP";
};

if !(hasInterface) exitWith {};

[
    _doctor,
    "Get Medical Treatment",
    "\A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\holdAction_revive_ca.paa",
    "\A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\holdAction_revive_ca.paa",
    "_this distance _target < 3",
    "_caller distance _target < 3",
    {},
    {},
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_arguments", "_progress", "_maxProgress"];

        private _units = _caller nearEntities ["CAManBase", 10];
        if (_units isEqualTo []) exitWith {};

        _units apply {
            [_x] remoteExec ["ace_medical_treatment_fnc_fullHealLocal", _x];
        };
    },
    {},
    {},
    15,
    0,
    false,
    true
] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;

you need to remoteexec the ace heal local function to where the unit is local

[tough abyss]

can I bypass the limitations of ambientAnimCombat by manually terminating a BIS_fnc_ambientAnim instead?

having some issues with getting an AI unit to actually trigger with this knowsAbout player

[fair drum]

which limitation?

[tough abyss]

the fact that theres like 7 animations instead of 40

i'd like to have a bunch of units stand at briefing, then break when they start getting shot at or detect a player

currently using [this, "LISTEN_BRIEFING", "LIGHT"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;
if ((this knowsAbout player) > 1) then {this call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim__terminate; test2=true};

through the test2 in there for debug, not even getting set to true.

[fair drum]

you can't get around the # of animations that you have available without rewriting your own version of the function.

[tough abyss]

ugh. is there some way to do this i'm not aware of?

[fair drum]

use the group/unit's behavior for detection rather than knowsAbout, use a FiredNear event handler, etc

[balmy fox]

Oh jesus. I was being to direct with approaching it. thank you.

works perfectly.

[hallow mortar]

if is a one-time check that happens at the time the code is executed. If this is in an object init field, that's during the mission init phase. So you're checking for the knowsAbout once, before the mission is even properly started, it fails, and there are no further checks.

[tough abyss]

so I should write an sqf script for this, and then execvm?

[wary needle]

does anyone know how to activate the blood effect?

[fair drum]

if you go that path, start the animation, then create your while loop for checking the knowsAbout

[tough abyss]

gonna give this a shot

thanks lads

[fair drum]

you have to find the class name that is in CfgCloudlets that looks like the blood effect you want. You would then create a particle effect

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

[wary needle]

its not some function i can call? lame

ngl to much work for a little blood spater

[fair drum]

do you want it on the screen or on the character?

screen its: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_bloodEffect

@wary needle

[leaden ibex]

I hate this so much, but it will work, thank you for the idea!

private _magazines = magazinesAmmo player; 
private _removed = false;
private _index = 0; 
{ 
    if (_x#0 == _magazine && _x#1 == _ammoCount) exitWith { 
        _removed = true; 
        _magazines deleteAt _index; 
        player removeMagazines _magazine; 
        { 
            if (_x#0 == _magazine) then { 
                player addMagazine [_magazine, _x#1]; 
            }; 
        } forEach _magazines; 
    };
    _index = _index + 1;
} forEach _magazines;

[fair drum]

be careful using deleteAt when doing a forEach

oops I mean in context with _forEachIndex

[leaden ibex]

Can't just - [x] as it would delete all the occurrences and player could have multiple magazines with the same ammo. Was my first try.
So I switched to index. What could be wrong?

Does forEach "not guarantee" it being one by one?

[fair drum]

Its a warning if you use _forEachIndex

which you aren't

[leaden ibex]

tbh, I didn't even know _forEachIndex exists

But what can be wrong with it, looking at it, it would be ok.
Mainly as I delete only once and leave.

The only problem I could see is using normal forEach and deleting one by one insted of using forEachReversed

[fair drum]

I would use continue

[tough abyss]

got this working. Again, I appreciate the help!

[leaden ibex]

I want to exit the forEeach, as I only delete one of the magazines. No need to continue searching

[fair drum]

oh ok

[leaden ibex]

So using the magic variable _forEachIndex could be used here without any worry, right?

[split oxide]

yeah, as long as you stick with the exitWith

[leaden ibex]

Alright, wonderful, thank you!

[fair drum]

take a look at the notes under deleteAt's wiki page and make sure you don't run into conflicts with _forEachIndex not keeping up

[leaden ibex]

Yeah, that's what I've written as I can see as the only problem.
_forEachIndex continuing counting while the array itself is getting smaller

I actually wonder how forEach handles it
Might need to do some testing

Yeah, it get's fucked

after the first 2, the array itself is only 7 long, but still runs 12 times

(BI please fix )

[granite sky]

The code you pasted is fine anyway. Issue is with deleting from an array that you're iterating over, which you're not doing.

[leaden ibex]

I am

[split oxide]

You're exiting when you delete, which is fine

[leaden ibex]

But in a way that won't matter

[granite sky]

wait, there's an outer loop

why is there an outer loop :P

[split oxide]

there's an inner loop that readds the remaining mags

but the outer loop is the one exited on delete

[granite sky]

yeah it's fine, just kinda weird. Normally you'd do the outer one as a findIf

[leaden ibex]

Outer loop checks if the mag is in the players inventory, as it could be on the ground too.
Deletes the one instance of the mag in the mags array
removes all the mags from player inventory
inner loops add them back in

private _magazines = magazinesAmmo player;
private _index = _magazines findIf {_x#0 == _magazine && _x#1 == _ammoCount};
if (_index != -1) then {
  _magazines deleteAt _index;
  player removeMagazines _magazine;
  { 
    if (_x#0 == _magazine) then { 
      player addMagazine [_magazine, _x#1]; 
    }; 
  } forEach _magazines;
};

should also work then

(I am coming from C, findIf is magic for me and my brain isn't wired for that)

[split oxide]

wouldn't you want to remove magazines before the deleteAt, as you would then preserve the magazine you removed

[balmy fox]

Are you scripting infinite ammo?

[leaden ibex]

I won't, as I delete ALL the magazines of a type magazine, no matter the ammo count in them

[leaden ibex]

Nah, rewriting CSW a little differently, so I can "easily" add it to vehicles.

[granite sky]

you could probably simplify it with private _magazines = magazinesAmmo player select {_x#0 == _magazine}

[balmy fox]

Ohhhh, Missed that context clue.

[leaden ibex]

True that. Can save me the loop again

[granite sky]

and a chunk of the findIf

[split oxide]

oh I see _magazine is supposed to be another variable different than _magazines

either way, good luck ilbinek

[leaden ibex]

_magazine is just a string of the classname

[split oxide]

something wrong

[leaden ibex]

Won't save me the loop, as I need to add them one by one because of the different ammo count

[granite sky]

yeah, just loses the condition within the loop.

[leaden ibex]

yep

[leaden ibex]

not pseudo, literally using it!

[split oxide]

Yeah I see that now

it's just cropped

[leaden ibex]

private _magazines = magazinesAmmo player select {_x#0 == _magazine};
private _index = _magazines findIf {_x#1 == _ammoCount};
if (_index != -1) then {
  _magazines deleteAt _index;
  player removeMagazines _magazine;
  {
    player addMagazine [_magazine, _x#1];  
  } forEach _magazines;
};

is the final form

[granite sky]

x/_x typo in first line

otherwise it is perfectly Arma

[leaden ibex]

Wrote it here, VSC should tell me I am a dumbass once I copy it over

Hey, Czechs got to continue in writing "Arma" code eh?

[wary needle]

on the charecter

[acoustic yew]

Ello :D
Im sorry for interjecting may I ask if there is a way to use while loop and have it "run" every 10 seconds?

I saw someone using while loop like this:

while {sleep 5;!isNull convoyGroup} do {
    // 
    convoyGroup setFormation "FILE";
    convoyGroup setCombatMode "RED";
    convoyGroup setBehaviour "CARELESS";
    convoyGroup setFormation "FILE";
};```
is this the same thing?

[tulip ridge]

Yeah
Although most people put the sleep at the end of the loop, rather than in the condition
It's the same thing either way though

[acoustic yew]

so I should use it this way?

[tulip ridge]

Yeah, just change the 5 to a 10

[acoustic yew]

okay ^^

also should I use isNull or isNil for a group?

[tulip ridge]

Depends on what you're checking for
Use isNil if you want to check if a variable exists, isNull if you want to see if the group the variable is for exists

[acoustic yew]

I mean convoyGroup is a variable and a group....

[tulip ridge]

If you're wanting to check if the group exists, use isNull

[acoustic yew]

okay :)

[tulip ridge]

You'd use isNil if you're checking if a variable exists

if (isNil "someGlobalVariable") then
{
    someGlobalVariable = ...;
};

You'd use isNull to check if group exists

if (isNull myGroup) then // myGroup could be null if all the units in the group died, joined another group, etc.
{
    myGroup = group player;
};

[acoustic yew]

tysm

[acoustic yew]

wait.. do I need to have the group or string/variable in quotes?

[tulip ridge]

No, that's specifically for isNil

[acoustic yew]

okay :D

[tulip ridge]

Was just giving an example for it to show the different use-cases

[trim hull]

hey all, I'm trying to filter config classes, getting a 'access/' is not a class ('side' accessed) in-game popup
min example:

{
    _displayName = getText (_x >> 'displayName');
} forEach (configProperties [configFile >> "cfgFactionClasses", "(getNumber (_x >> 'side')) <= 2", true]);

any idea how I can prevent this error? It's not a blocker, but it's an annoying popup for players...

[south swan]

configProperties [configFile >> "cfgFactionClasses", "isClass _x && ((getNumber (_x >> 'side')) <= 2)", true]

or "getNumber (_x >> 'side') <= 2" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgFactionClasses")

[trim hull]

...thanks. I had tried configProperties [configFile >> "cfgFactionClasses", "(isClass _x) && (getNumber (_x >> 'side')) <= 2", true] which still caused the issue, didn't think removing that first set of brackets would do that aha

[south swan]

probably errors out when trying to access 'side' inside non-class property. And probably works with isClass _x && (... because that's special case that can exit early.
Then the proper code should be isClass _x && {(getNumber (_x >> 'side')) <= 2} (notice the curly braces), so the right part isn't even executed when running on non-class

[still forum]

There is also "break" command to break out of the loop

[still forum]

No it's not. You are not changing the array length, you are creating a new one.

for each still runs on the old array

[still forum]

Using that is only good, if the first condition is often false. In this case it's not and you're adding more overhead than what you gain

[south swan]

In this specific usecase with isClass being treated special on engine level it's indeed faster. But in general when the right part straight up errors out if left is false - i'd argue && {} is the way.

[still forum]

Even without special treatment

If it errors then it's necessary. Ahh, yes 😄 indeed

Huh I didn't think about when I added that isClass thing

[south swan]

fun interaction indeed

[still forum]

If you make it "isClass _x" with two spaces, it would break 😄

[south swan]

as it did with "(isClass _x)" for the original poster

[still forum]

We love Arma 🫂

[storm crystal]

how do you make a script that applies to everyone indivually when exec with initPlayer doesn't work?

[still forum]

needs more details

why does initPlayer not work

[storm crystal]

i don't know

but i think i fixed

i didnt needed initPlayer

[sullen sigil]

Has anyone created a script that moves the player's control to a new unit (not remotecontrol, player straight up becomes new unit) without getting rid of the old unit? Cannot seem to figure out how to do it with selectPlayer

from looks of it it doesnt seem doable in MP

[leaden ibex]

I did something like this, but it serves as an "emergency respawn" for dead units. They are moved into custom spectator interface, but I guess it could be used.

/*
    Name: WMT_fnc_Respawn

    Author(s):
        ilbinek

    Description:
        Respawn a unit

    Parameters:
        UID of the unit to respawn

    Returns:
        Nothing
*/

params ["_uid"];

// Check that the UID is really local player, otherwise exit
if (_uid != getPlayerUID player) exitWith {};

// Check if the player is dead, otherwise exit
if (alive player) exitWith {};

// Create a unit
private _group = createGroup PlayerSide;
private _unit = _group createUnit [typeOf player, position player, [], 0, "NONE"];
_unit setUnitLoadout (getUnitLoadout player);
if (!isNil "WMT_Local_Group") then {
    [_unit] joinSilent WMT_Local_Group;
};

// Not working in arma 3? Maybe they will fix it one day and the unit will be visible in the slot selection screen?
// If they fix it, we might create a "spectator" slot that will create always at least one spectator that will be able to spectate the game
// So people that disconnected can still spectate (but that won't happen)
setPlayable _unit;

// Delete old body and move player into the unit
hideBody player;
selectPlayer _unit;

// Set HIA3 target as the new unit
HIA3_Spectator_ViewUnit = _unit;

// Make HIA "move" the camera in 1st person of the unit
player cameraEffect ["terminate","back"];
camDestroy HIA3_Spectator_Camera;
[player] call HIA3_spectator_fnc_changeTargetUnit;
HIA3_Spectator_ViewUnit switchCamera "INTERNAL";

// Turn off HIA3 spectator
("HIA3_SPECTATOR" call BIS_fnc_rscLayer) cutText ["","PLAIN"];

[sullen sigil]

Thanks; my intention is for the player to be able to hit respawn and if CBA setting enabled then they will just leave their body -- which gives medics fun and also gives the player fun

selectPlayer just didn't seem to do anything at all when I was testing on my dedi

[leaden ibex]

This worked in testing in MP, but didn't ask the admins if it was ever used

[sullen sigil]

hm, wonder what i was doing wrong then

[leaden ibex]

I sometimes managed to have my camera stuck in a unit I was not controlling, while running around in different body when creating the script (and figuring out how to turn off the custom spectator).

Possibly that?

[sullen sigil]

selectPlayer was just having zero impact at all

like, wasn't even giving me control of the unit selected

[leaden ibex]

did you set it playable?
Did you create the unit dynamicaly?

[sullen sigil]

yes and yes

but setPlayable only works in SP according to BIKI

i ran the command anyways 🤷

[leaden ibex]

(I know, bot who knows? Exactly why I do too )

[sullen sigil]

i think i'll probably have to come up with something else -- i'm trying to refrain from just spawning a unit on the player and giving it all the players wounds but i think i may have to unfortunately

or i just setdamage 1 to the player then setdamage to previous damage... 🤔

that doesnt work on dead units nvm

[leaden ibex]

@sullen sigil just did simple test, worked like a charm (editor hosted MP)

[sullen sigil]

...it may be i was createvehicle'ing

serves me right

[leaden ibex]

At least you figured it out!

[sullen sigil]

Ya, thank you 😄

[leaden ibex]

just tested on dedi, also works

[sullen sigil]

Currently seeing how much I can automate on the trello for this project too

[kindred tide]

how do i turn some word in a task description into a clickable link that scrolls the map to some location?

like e.g you have a mission description in your diary that highlights names of some villages and when you click on them the map shows where they are

[winter rose]

<a marker="MyMarker">clicky</a>?

@kindred tide
try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createDiaryRecord 's tags

<marker name="respawn_west">Respawn point</marker>

[queen cargo]

... guys
how to get the backpack added via addBackpackCargoGlobal
dont want to get ingame to fix the script of some idiot of my clan

[dusky lichen]

I had any mod idea that would work I'm not sure if it's on the workshop as I can't check right now but an ambush module that you can place down in Zeus and eden, it would branch off the "hold fire unless fired upon" ROE, for example and this is mainly for like resistance groups if you're doing a World War II role play for example you could have a single Frenchman surrendering in the middle of the street or something or maybe even a Russian or whatever the moment the players go to interact with him or shoot him the AI on either side of the road stand up and open up on the convoy/group, it would also make it easier for the Zeus not have to babysit/mircomanage the AI to make sure they don't start firing or running around trying to set one up

I am unable to do it myself so i figured i would drop the idea in here for you script jockeys to mess with and see what happens

You could also add an extra module onto this for the AI will not engage unless players are within a certain range

They will remain prone and hold fire and then stand up and open fire if players come within say 200 M for example

That would work really well if you're doing Vietnam or Japan World War II as they did that constantly

I don't expect it to be perfect by any means but it's better than nothing

[winter rose]

iiit's not exactly how it works ^^ you can ask here for help or go #creators_recruiting to hire (even for free) a scripter to do that, but suggestions or wishes here are not the way to go 🙂

[half tartan]

anyone ever had experience with missions refusing to initialize once they hit a certain size

i've been prodding around with a very edited version of the old BeCTI from years and years ago; it still seems to work today, but behaves strangely between testing and launching on the dedicated server my group is using

playing the scenario locally in "multiplayer" (a local LAN) has zero issues; but when I port the mission to the server, it spits an error code that it's got an undefined variable in the missionstart sqm, even though the variable is defined literally three lines above it

even more perplexing, sometimes the issue can be "fixed" by just aborting the mission and trying again a few times until it goes through

bisterious

[granite sky]

It sounds like your mission is making incorrect assumptions about init ordering.

[half tartan]

i apologize in advance, because i'm a bit stupid and also very new to script editing beyond prodding at config files

[granite sky]

It's not making it up about the undefined variable anyway.

[half tartan]

right, i'm assuming whatever issue is in the code, not the engine; just trying to get a better understanding of how it works

[granite sky]

And yes, mutiplayer init can be unpredictable enough that a variable is sometimes undefined.

[half tartan]

i don't know a whole lot about init ordering; does multiplayer init get shaky under heavy load or something similar?

thanks for your help, by the way

[granite sky]

Well, each machine is separate and networking is unpredictable.

If your client init needs something to have happened on the server then it should explicitly wait for it.

Some ordering is probably guaranteed, but undocumented.

Like you can assume that publicVariables arrive in order.

[half tartan]

right, gotcha

[granite sky]

On init order, this is incomplete but useful:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialisation_Order

[half tartan]

already got it open on the other monitor 😄 thanks!

[kindred tide]

that page helped, i did it this way:

   _playerTask = player createSimpleTask ["Convoy"];   
   _linkFrom = format ["mapAnimAdd [1, 0.1, %1]; mapAnimCommit;", locationPosition _from];
   _linkTo = format ["mapAnimAdd [1, 0.1, %1]; mapAnimCommit;", locationPosition _to];   
   _playerTask setSimpleTaskDescription 
    [        
        format
        [
            "Destroy convoy going from <execute expression='call %1'>%2</execute> to <execute expression='call %3'>%4</execute>", 
            _linkFrom, text _from, _linkTo, text _to
        ], 
        "Destroy convoy", 
        "Convoy"
    ];```

[half tartan]

forgive me if this is very stupid;

if !(_team in _teams) then {

[_team, _side] call CTI_S>

 7:44:58   Error position: <_teams) then {

[_team, _side] call CTI_S>

 7:44:58   Error Undefined variable in expression: _teams

 7:44:58 File mpmissions\__cur_mp.utes\Server\Functions\Server_OnPlayerConnected.sqf..., line 56

 7:44:58 "[CTI (INFORMATION)] [frameno:38836 | ticktime:904.586 | fps:46.6472] [FILE: Server\Functions\Server_OnPlayerConnected.sqf] Team [O Alpha 1-1] units are now being removed for player [Roke] [76561198043112464]."

 7:44:58 Error in expression <r _x && !(_x in playableUnits) && _x != _hq) then {deleteVehicle _x}} forEach _u>

 7:44:58   Error position: <_hq) then {deleteVehicle _x}} forEach _u>

 7:44:58   Error Undefined variable in expression: _hq

 7:44:58 File mpmissions\__cur_mp.utes\Server\Functions\Server_OnPlayerConnected.sqf..., line 76``` 

if i'm understanding correctly, the the _teams and _hq undefined variables are reading as such because the server is waiting to define them before *something*, but network connectivity issues cause the server to wait to define those variables; if a player joins before those variables are defined, then it'll spit the error

so the "fix" would be to figure out how the server wants to define those variables and when, then try and engineer a way to make them defined before a player joins?

[fallen locust]

if player. backpackContainer << will couse interesting stuff to happen
if object, everycontainer << Also will be extreamly fun to add stuff to that backpack :P

have fun1

[cosmic lichen]

Or use defaults as fall back