arma3_scripting

[cosmic lichen]

But if variables are undefined that should be avilable if a player connects then something is borked anyway

[granite sky]

Those are local variables so you'll need to tunnel a few levels down from there.

[half tartan]

gotcha

becti is delicious, spicy, incredibly complicated spaghetti all the way down

[queen cargo]

ye ... ty ...

not like thats what i already know

the question is how to get the most recently added backpack

[fallen locust]

you dont

thats why said things above

:P

Have Fun :)

[queen cargo]

you are not rly helpfull

anyway

_this addBackpackCargoGlobal [_backpackType, 1];
_backPack = (everyBackpack _this) select (count _backPacks);```

either that works or he can do it himself ...

[fallen locust]

it wont

well depends on a backpack classname or object name

smt like that

[queen cargo]

ye ...

anyway

have to play fallout

so that thats not working is no option

say it to arma

when you start it next time @fallen locust

[tough abyss]

Any solutions how to fix flag not changing texture even tho right command?

[fallen locust]

what?

[granite sky]

IIRC that's a known init timing issue.

Not sure on the best solution but you could probably just spawn & delay.

[tough abyss]

So just hit play then go back to editor?

[granite sky]

Does the command work if you run it from the debug console with cursorObject or whatever?

[tough abyss]

Never tried but I will do it

[queen cargo]

that thats not working is no option

[granite sky]

I'm not sure that those flags are changeable.

[winter rose]

also:

• where is the texture located
• does the flag pole have a "texture" field where you could set the value

[granite sky]

yeah I took too much notice of "even tho right command"

There's a whole lot wrong with this :P

[tough abyss]

Really?

I didn't knew it

[granite sky]

pretty sure that texture needs a lot more path.

[fallen locust]

thats how it is

its a fact

[granite sky]

An example flag texture path that we use:
"rhsafrf\addons\rhs_main\data\flag_rus_co.paa"

[fallen locust]

and to make it work with some trickery it requires more code then just a few lines

[queen cargo]

pah!

no time

fallout waits

and it whispers to me "dude! come back! there are still raiders to kill"

[half tartan]

_teams = _logic getVariable "cti_teams"; this indicates that the variable in question is stored somewhere else and the server needs to go get it, right?

...which also means:

_logic = (_side) call CTI_CO_FNC_GetSideLogic;
_teams = _logic getVariable "cti_teams";
if(!(isNull _team)) then {
    if !(_team in _teams) then {
        [_team, _side] call CTI_SE_FNC_InitializeGroup;
        
        //--- The leader may had a disabled slot
        if (CTI_Log_Level >= CTI_Log_Information) then {["INFORMATION", "FILE: Server\Functions\Server_OnPlayerConnected.sqf", format["Player [%1] [%2] does not belong to any CTI Groups on [%3]. Performed late-initialization and updated the Global Teams", _name, _uid, _side]] call CTI_CO_FNC_Log};
        
        //--- Update the global teams
        _logic setVariable ["cti_teams", _teams - [objNull] + [_team], true];
    };
};```

the above code is what the server cries about in the log when it fails the init; from my understanding, it hinges on the first "call" to get the tools needed to figure out wtf a "_teams" is.

according to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler a call is a scheduled script, so if the server is under heavy load, it can panic and not go through completely. not usually a problem, except in the case of server init when players are actively trying to join and start the mission; thus causing "_teams" to be misconstrued as an unassigned variable

does my assessment seem like i'm on the right track to y'all?

because i feel pretty confident in it but i'm also very, very new to this

[sullen sigil]

spawn is scheduled, call is not

if "cti_teams" doesnt have a value at the time you are trying to get the variable then _teams will be nil

you need a default value with the alt syntax (though i am under the impression you need the variable to be defined in the first place)

[half tartan]

...gotcha, thank you

[sullen sigil]

ofc if script spawns within it then all code in the spawn is scheduled

but thats generally construed as bad practice from what i have seen and spawn fnc should be used instead

[half tartan]

i feel it's worth mentioning that this code will be 10 years old in a month

[sullen sigil]

it is probably worth rewriting at that point

[half tartan]

the mission is approaching 28Mb in size and i've never scripted anything before so i am very afraid.

im very appreciative of the help, though

when you say spawn fnc are you referring to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered ?

[sullen sigil]

no,
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/spawn

[half tartan]

....gotcha

[thick sage]

Hey everyone. I would like to share with you sqf-analyzer, a VS code extension to develop missions or addons in sqf. You can find it on VS code extensions tab or at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SQF-analyzer.sqf-analyzer

It supports

• type identification and annotation
• go to definition (both local variables, cross-file global variables and functions defined in config/description)
• function arguments identification and annotation
• all kinds of error identification (function calls with incorrect types, both builtin and defined in config.cpp/description.ext, wrong number of arguments, etc.)
• complete preprocessor support (e.g. it can parse the config.cpp of ACE, CBA and antistasi)
• semantic tokens (e.g. keywords vs functions vs variables vs comments)
• windows, mac and linux

It still does not support:

• external addons (e.g. if your mission depends on addon A, it cannot identify errors in using functions from addon A)
• CBA-based functions during initialization (i.e. it can't tell that such function is defined in the namespace and thus analyze code accordingly)
• much more ^^

I am looking for feedback to make it more robust to the different mission and addon variations, as well as bugs, improvements, etc (here or github issues)

Hope it reduces the mental workload in creating the amazing content that this community creates

(image of it being used with Antistasi, bonus if you can identify why the analyzer is complaining)

[winter rose]

please also post it in #production_releases with a small description (e.g 3 lines) text

[grizzled cliff]

X39 I decided to give you a little competition. Whipped this up last night: https://github.com/NouberNou/carma2

a lot of stuff not comitted yet, and it's not functional (in game) yet.

[storm crystal]

how do you make a titleText appears to everyone in a script ?

[split oxide]

remoteExec

[["line1\nline2\nline3", "PLAIN"]] remoteExec ["titleText"];```

[storm crystal]

does it work if I do?

["", "BLACK FADED", 999] remoteExec ["cutText"];

[split oxide]

you need the second set of straight braces, [ ], around the first argument, see the third part of Example 1 on remoteExec, so

[["", "BLACK FADED", 999]] remoteExec ["cutText"];```
would work

[faint oasis]

Hi, i have a question ? Is it possible to toggle the detail mode on a control map ? Because when you are in the map, you have a button to toggle the detail mode or the satellite mode but in an RscMap in a gui, you only have the satellite map not the detail one.

[leaden ibex]

This is not entirely the correct place for this question, but still the best I would say.
We have an event against a community that uses A3Sync, so us, workshop users, need to add their mods that aren't on workshop manually to Arma 3 launcher.
I've written a simple program that downloads the mods, generates the Arma 3 launcher preset HTML, but I need to import the local mods to the launcher, otherwise they won't be recognised.

Is there a way to point to the folder of the mod in the HTML, or can I run the launcher with some cmd params to import the mods? Or do I have to trust that my players aren't full stupid?

(I would love to tell them all to just use A3Sync and what to do, but I would assist at least 40 people with broken workshop folders, even if I tell them DON'T)

[little raptor]

you can run the whole game with command line params, instead of using the launcher

[leaden ibex]

Yeah, but different people have different parameters, like memallocs etc

[south swan]

or if the launcher is strictly needed - you can generate the entire -mod=... string and say people to paste it into Command Line parameter of the launcher 🙃

[little raptor]

well just tell them to add the local folder to Watch folders

[leaden ibex]

Yeah, all of those are options. But people... Are people

[sullen sigil]

Currently trying to attach an object to the player at their holster position, cannot make it work as for some reason returned offset is incredibly small
Currently using the following to do so, don't understand why it doesn't work:
https://sqfbin.com/momafivuvaliquvohike

(yes i am trying to make a dummy item in the holster)

[little raptor]

because you have to attach it to leg bone I guess

the holster must follow some leg bone, I guess right leg?

so the proxy offset has to be relative to that leg too

[sullen sigil]

tried putting _pistol in the bone btw and no dice there either

[little raptor]

because it doesn't exist

[sullen sigil]

it's a proxy tho?

oh as in

doesnt exist in world

which is why im doing this convoluted workaround

[little raptor]

doesn't exist in model

[sullen sigil]

ofc

eh?

[little raptor]

I mean player model

[sullen sigil]

ah

[little raptor]

it's in vest model

[sullen sigil]

ya

well that's progress

[little raptor]

well your whole code seems wrong tho

[sullen sigil]

suppose I need to... somehow find the distance between the holster and leg bone?

[little raptor]

oh private _pistol = selectionNames player select {"holster" in _x};

nvm didn't see that

[sullen sigil]

was adapted from attaching to gl script i wrote ages ago

[little raptor]

then it exists

but it shouldn't exist in the vest model

[sullen sigil]

im confused

leg bone exists but doesnt exist in vest model, yes?

[little raptor]

no the holster thing. I thought you were using the proxy from what I said a couple of days ago

[sullen sigil]

im still confused

[little raptor]

me too 😅

[kindred zephyr]

whoops, misread that

xD

[sullen sigil]

is it clear what im trying to do

[little raptor]

it is, but idk why you're using a selection from player model in vest model

does it even exist?

[sullen sigil]

im not, im using selection from vest model

because you cannot get selectionposition of holster from player

[little raptor]

selectionNames player select {"holster" in _x};

selection is from player model

[sullen sigil]

oh
player selectionPosition [_pistol, 1] works

i do be bruggin

[little raptor]

but does it work in the vest model?

you're using it in the vest model

[sullen sigil]

it does

it returns something

[little raptor]

well what is the selection name anyway?

[sullen sigil]

Now using this: https://sqfbin.com/hefeluyasifakuyibehi
Gives

[sullen sigil]

"proxy:\a3\characters_f\proxies\pistol_holstered.001"

[little raptor]

then I don't understand the point of the dummy shenanigans

[sullen sigil]

im not using dummy any more

i was using it as a "workaround" when i didnt need to for holstered proxy

[little raptor]

well still you can't just attach it like that to the leg
like I said you should get the rel pos and orientation

[sullen sigil]

{
    detach _x;
    deleteVehicle _x;
} forEach attachedObjects player;
private _pistol = selectionNames player select {"holster" in _x};
_pistol = _pistol#0;
private _proxyOffset = player selectionPosition [_pistol, 1];
private _proxyVectorDirAndUp = player selectionVectorDirAndUp [_pistol, 1];
_proxyOffset = _proxyOffset vectorDiff (player selectionPosition "rightupleg");

private _sphere = createSimpleObject ["Sign_Arrow_Blue_F", [0, 0, 0]];
_sphere attachTo [player, _proxyOffset, "rightupleg", true];
_sphere setVectorDirAndUp _proxyVectorDirAndUp;
_sphere setObjectScale 0.5;```
results in

vectordirandup looks incorrect tho

[little raptor]

did you translate them to world?

[sullen sigil]

its attached tho

[little raptor]

or is it the attached obj?

ok

[little raptor]

well you must fix the orientation too

everything must be relative

[sullen sigil]

i do that with selectionvectordirandup tho

[little raptor]

no

that's relative to player model

it must be relative to leg bone

[sullen sigil]

oh

how wonderful

i assume its not as simple as vectordiff of the vectordirandups

[little raptor]

ofc not

you need matrices

[sullen sigil]

my absolute favourite (i hate matrices)

[little raptor]

_bvx = _bvy vectorCrossProduct _bvz;
_svx = _svy vectorCrossProduct _svz;
_mat = [_bvx, _bvy, _bvz];
_relMat = matrixTranspose(_mat matrixMultiply matrixTranspose[_svx, _svy, _svz]);
_relPos = flatten (_mat matrixMultiply (_proxyOffset apply {[_x]}));

_relVUP = [_relMat#1, _relMat#2];

something like that I guess

bvn are bone's

svn are pistol selection vectors

[sullen sigil]

vy being vdir and vz being vup?

[little raptor]

yes

[sullen sigil]

thank you i love you no homo

Returns that, think that looks about right?

Given if I was to orientate a gwh to that it'd have the pistol about right

Thanks leopard 😄

[little raptor]

I guess
try attaching a dummy pistol there

[sullen sigil]

oop

[little raptor]

did you also use the relPos I gave?

[sullen sigil]

oh i didnt notice that

thats with relpos

(its possible i have the wrong bone)

[little raptor]

what if you do _relPos = flatten (matrixtranspose _mat matrixMultiply (_proxyOffset apply {[_x]}));

[sullen sigil]

[little raptor]

what is the code rn?

[little raptor]

this one was wrong btw

[sullen sigil]

{
    detach _x;
    deleteVehicle _x;
} forEach attachedObjects player;
private _pistol = selectionNames player select {"holster" in _x};
_pistol = _pistol#0;
private _proxyOffset = player selectionPosition [_pistol, 1];
private _proxyVectorDirAndUp = player selectionVectorDirAndUp [_pistol, 1];
private _boneVectorDirAndUp = player selectionVectorDirAndUp ["rightupleg","HitPoints"];

_proxyVectorDirAndUp params ["_svy", "_svz"];
_boneVectorDirAndUp params ["_bvy", "_bvz"];
_bvx = _bvy vectorCrossProduct _bvz;
_svx = _svy vectorCrossProduct _svz;
_mat = [_bvx, _bvy, _bvz];
_relMat = matrixTranspose(_mat matrixMultiply matrixTranspose[_svx, _svy, _svz]);
_relPos = flatten (matrixtranspose _mat matrixMultiply (_proxyOffset apply {[_x]}));

_relVUP = [_relMat#1, _relMat#2];

private _sphere = createSimpleObject ["\A3\weapons_F\Pistols\P07\p07_F.p3d",[0,0,0]];
_sphere attachTo [player, _relPos, "rightupleg", true];
_sphere setVectorDirAndUp _relVUP;
_sphere setObjectScale 1;```

[little raptor]

your proxy offset is missing the vector diff...

private _proxyVectorDirAndUp = player selectionVectorDirAndUp [_pistol, 1];
_proxyOffset = _proxyOffset vectorDiff (player selectionPosition "rightupleg");

from what you had earlier

[sullen sigil]

whoops, deleted in editing but not when i executed this

[little raptor]

that part was should still be there

[sullen sigil]

yeah im just tidying up and accidentally deleted it

[south swan]

And then you get the vest with different proxy placement (and weighted by multiple bones)

[sullen sigil]

this is mostly just so i can have pistols in my two secondaries appear in the holster

[little raptor]

yeah you shouldn't really use attachTo

[sullen sigil]

i intend on having cba setting for boneinfo

is there anything i should be using instead?

[little raptor]

each frame local loop 😛

[sullen sigil]

wouldnt even be the worst thing ive done with eachframes

as you know

though i suppose for all players within 10 meters or so wouldn't be too bad -- anything further is beyond the point of being able to see it probs

[south swan]

🧠 include your own holster model, attach model to leg/whatever, show pistol in it

[sullen sigil]

the word model scares me

suppose i can just modeltoworld the selectionposition and vectormodeltoworld the vectordirandup?

though createSimpleObject is GE so may not be the greatest im blind

[little raptor]

it has local arg

[sullen sigil]

yeah just saw that lmao

KJW's "Doing stupid things in eachframe loops"

[little raptor]

yeah well it's worth a try at least

that way you know you have the right selection

[sullen sigil]

heres the fun part some vests have multiple pistol selections

but thats just forEach instead of _pistol = _pistol#0;

[south swan]

Rip your sanity

[sullen sigil]

i lost my sanity long long ago

about here.

still have a weird offset tho

{
    detach _x;
    deleteVehicle _x;
} forEach attachedObjects player;

MYFUNNYOBJECT = createSimpleObject ["\A3\weapons_F\Pistols\P07\p07_F.p3d",[0,0,0],true];

onEachFrame {
    private _pistol = selectionNames player select {"holster" in _x};
    _pistol = _pistol#0;
    private _boneInfo = ["rightupleg","HitPoints"];
    _boneInfo params ["_bone","_lod"];
    private _proxyOffset = player selectionPosition [_pistol, 1];
    private _proxyVectorDirAndUp = player selectionVectorDirAndUp [_pistol, 1];
    private _world_proxyOffset = player modelToWorldWorld _proxyOffset;
    private _world_proxyVectorDirAndUp = _proxyVectorDirAndUp apply {player vectorModelToWorld _x};
    MYFUNNYOBJECT setPosASL _world_proxyOffset;
    MYFUNNYOBJECT setVectorDirAndUp _world_proxyVectorDirAndUp;
    systemChat str [_world_proxyOffset, _world_proxyVectorDirAndUp];
};```

as a sidenote i need to create a groundweaponholder regardless for this for attachments etc

[little raptor]

then you have the wrong lod or proxy

or maybe there's another transformation that's missing

[sullen sigil]

possible that its just the model offset or something due to the muzzle stuff also being there?

just to check, theres no way to get the bones a proxy is connected to via script is there

[little raptor]

no

[sullen sigil]

thought so, suppose it'll probably be functionality requiring a lot of headache

uh
think pistol proxy position on the player is constant

changing vest doesnt change where its appearing

[little raptor]

then maybe you should use the vest

[sullen sigil]

ya trying that now

[little raptor]

like I originally proposed

[sullen sigil]

did you?

[little raptor]

here

[cold depot]

I just saw your post about warlords aircraft spawning.

I made a wiki page on github with a bunch of examples of how aircraft are spawned in various warlords missions which are hosted on github. The wiki also includes info on how to setup airfields in warlords.

Here is the link:
https://github.com/korbelz/WarlordsReduxMe.altis/wiki/Aircraft-spawning-examples

[sullen sigil]

ah, couldnt remember that far back

[still forum]

omg rendering pistols in holster, my past is haunting me

[wary needle]

anyone know of any breathing soundfile names?

[still forum]

I hope you're not setObjectScaling humans there

[sullen sigil]

did it ever work?

[sullen sigil]

i am 😄

[still forum]

I hate you now

[sullen sigil]

doesnt work if not local otherwise it works fine

just eachframe it

[still forum]

uff yes.
I did something for CUP team a long time ago to.. I don't remember what

[sullen sigil]

various instances of me setting my scale to 0.1 and running around altis

[sullen sigil]

this is for two secondaries, i hope

just cannot get my head around this at all lmao

[still forum]

Ah I think I did rendering of magazine inside pistol in holster

[sullen sigil]

that sounds incredibly difficult for sqf

[still forum]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/94832760677470208/772829855192318002/Arma3NoOptInt_DX11_x64_ieAHmJhxdJ.png

[sullen sigil]

isnt it part of the engine now?

[still forum]

yes since I did that in 2020

loong time ago

[sullen sigil]

its that recent of a change? i missed that lol

[still forum]

Google for "Arma AIO Config" its very useful for things like that.
Just open it and search for breathing

[wary needle]

thanks daddy

[sullen sigil]

i can get the offset for the vest, just cant figure out how to apply that to the player now

[little raptor]

get it relative to right leg

[sullen sigil]

but how when im creating a dummy model with no player bones in it

[little raptor]

well also translate it to model first

[little raptor]

find where the vest attaches

I guess you don't need to

i.e. vest coords is the same as model

[sullen sigil]

oh hang on a moment i dont think the gun is moving when you change stance

idk if thats a me error or if its a limitation

[little raptor]

which code?

[sullen sigil]

https://sqfbin.com/uqeyoyolixabicafiyuq

[little raptor]

proxyoffset = _vest selectionPosition [_pistol,1];
proxyvdirup = _vest selectionVectorDirAndUp [_pistol, 1];
deleteVehicle _vest;
that's wrong

oh nvm that's in vest

[sullen sigil]

ya

[little raptor]

well like I said you MUST GET IT IN LEG COORDS

[sullen sigil]

i dont know how to do that given the vest has no leg

[little raptor]

T pose model

[south swan]

But it does if the holster depends on it

[sullen sigil]

does it really 🤔

[little raptor]

I'm pretty sure the vest just uses the T pose

[sullen sigil]

selectionnames on the vest returns this

no easy way to figure out which the pistol holster is using though

[south swan]

Which lod are those selections from? Memory?

[sullen sigil]

just all selections

selectionNames _vest

_vest selectionNames "Memory" returns []

so does anything with that syntax

[sullen sigil]

changing string to 1 just returns this

given it doesnt change position or orientation (does by like .05) when changing stance think ill have to call it a dead end though

[drifting portal]

is there a way to get the object of container added by addBackpackCargoGlobal?

(i need to add multiple bags to a box with different items inside them)

[little raptor]

_tPose = createSimpleObject [getText(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "b_soldier_f" >> "model"), [0,0,0], true];
private _pistol = selectionNames _tPose select {"holster" in _x};
pistol = _pistol#0;
   
private _proxyOffset = _tPose selectionPosition [pistol, 1];
private _proxyVectorDirAndUp = _tPose selectionVectorDirAndUp [pistol, 1];
private _boneVectorDirAndUp = _tPose selectionVectorDirAndUp ["rightupleg", "memory"];
_proxyOffset = _proxyOffset vectorDiff (_tPose selectionPosition ["rightupleg", "memory"]);

_proxyVectorDirAndUp params ["_svy", "_svz"];
_boneVectorDirAndUp params ["_bvy", "_bvz"];
_bvx = _bvy vectorCrossProduct _bvz;
_svx = _svy vectorCrossProduct _svz;
_mat = [_bvx, _bvy, _bvz];
relMat = (_mat matrixMultiply matrixTranspose[_svx, _svy, _svz]);
relPos = _mat matrixMultiply (_proxyOffset apply {[_x]});

deleteVehicle _tPose;
MYFUNNYOBJECT = createSimpleObject ["\A3\weapons_F\Pistols\P07\p07_F.p3d",[0,0,0],true];
onEachFrame {
    private _bonePos = player selectionPosition ["rightupleg", "memory"];
    private _boneVectorDirAndUp = player selectionVectorDirAndUp ["rightupleg", "memory"];
    _boneVectorDirAndUp params ["_bvy", "_bvz"];
    _bvx = _bvy vectorCrossProduct _bvz;
    _mat = matrixTranspose [_bvx, _bvy, _bvz];
    _matt = matrixTranspose (_mat matrixMultiply relMat);
    _pos = _bonePos vectorAdd flatten(_mat matrixMultiply relPos);
    MYFUNNYOBJECT setPosWorld (player modelToWorldVisualWorld _pos);
    MYFUNNYOBJECT setVectorDirAndUp ([_matt#1, _matt#2] apply {player vectorModelToWorldVisual _x}); 
}

something like that

could have errors tho because I copied and pasted from different places...

[sullen sigil]

will try now, tyvm

[little raptor]

also you shouldn't use hitpoints LOD for the rightupleg sel

I changed it to memory but dunno if it exists

check in the game

[sullen sigil]

running without issues but isnt positioned properly on kipchak vest

checking on regular rifleman vest now

[little raptor]

_backpacks = everyBackpack _container;
_container addBackpackCargoGlobal ...;
_backpack = everyBackpack _container - _backpacks param [0, objNull];

I guess

[sullen sigil]

that looks painful

[little raptor]

rightupleg missing I think

use another LOD

try the old hitpoints for now

[sullen sigil]

hitpoints also doesn't work i think

[drifting portal]

Oh God, I mean I wanted to try that, but isn't that going to slow the operation a lot?

[little raptor]

it does but I don't think you have a choice
(tho I'm not familiar with all inventory commands)

but I don't think it's that slow

[drifting portal]

I looked around, i never seen a command that returns an object for some reason

[little raptor]

unless the everyBackpack command is slow

[drifting portal]

what to do about other containers tho too? (vests and uniforms)

everyContainer to get

[little raptor]

I didn't even add the vest code in there 🤣

[sullen sigil]

rightupleg does exist in memory lod btw

[little raptor]

what about this?
https://sqfbin.com/vaneyuhutusesuveyiqo

[sullen sigil]

will try

yes i did the _vest bit

[little raptor]

right tpose coords are reversed

can you create a vest model and player model?

just want to make sure

[sullen sigil]

as in just _vest and _tpose?

[little raptor]

yes

I want to check visually

[little raptor]

are they at the same pos?

[sullen sigil]

i setposasl them both to players pos

fairly consistent offset

[little raptor]

then the vest coords aren't the same as model coords as I guessed

[sullen sigil]

I think this is probably more hassle than it is worth lmao

Given 90% of the time you don't even look at your holster

[little raptor]

I guess not
at least not now... I better go to sleep... 😅

[sullen sigil]

energy better spent trying to fix the latency on my capital ships given thats the only project i have worked on since february until last week

[little raptor]

well one last try:
https://sqfbin.com/zibewufiredoweyuropo

[sullen sigil]

i shall try in a minute arma is loading

just got an mpu5 model so thats yet another project on my list

[little raptor]

actually that one is also wrong let me fix it

I shouldn't have reversed all coords...

[sullen sigil]

yes you shouldve

[little raptor]

relMat = relMat apply {[-(_x#0), -(_x#1), _x#2]};
relPos = relPos apply {[-(_x#0), -(_x#1), _x#2]};

well no I think this is the correct one

actually no not that either

[sullen sigil]

i dont know enough to know what that means

oh i put them in the wrong place anyway

[little raptor]

https://sqfbin.com/razepuqufulikeriyuvo

hopefully I reversed them correctly this time

[sullen sigil]

he has developed an instance of p09 penis again

get some sleep i doubt this is something that can be fixed at liked 1am your time lol

[little raptor]

true 😅

[sullen sigil]

oh that was an accurate guess? i am a god

[half tartan]

hey, i'm having some trouble understanding how to get spawn scripts to run in order

the wiki says to use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered; would i call that command immediately after spawn?

e.g. onPlayerConnected {[_uid, _name, _id] spawn CTI_SE_FNC_OnPlayerConnected}; ->
onPlayerConnected {[_uid, _name, _id] call BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered; spawn CTI_SE_FNC_OnPlayerConnected};

[hallow mortar]

No, you use that instead of spawn. The wiki page describes the syntax.

[half tartan]

thank you i am very stupid

[ornate whale]

What is the best way to add an event handler to player object? I create an addon, thus I can no longer use initPlayerServer.sqf. I need them to be added when player spawns, respawns, takes control of, etc. OnUserSelectedPlayer event doesn't work properly in SP I think. And I don't want to use some infinite while-true-sleep cycle for it.

[hallow mortar]

Use a postInit function that adds EHs to catch the other events

[half tartan]

onPlayerConnected {[_uid, _name, _id] call BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered CTI_SE_FNC_OnPlayerConnected};

where am i missing a semicolon here?

[hallow mortar]

That's not the right syntax for BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered

[half tartan]

the original script is onPlayerConnected {[_uid, _name, _id] spawn CTI_SE_FNC_OnPlayerConnected};; i'm trying to replace spawn with BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered. instead of just replacing spawn would it be onPlayerConnected {[_uid, _name, _id] for "CTI_SE_FNC_OnPlayerConnected" call BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered};?

[hallow mortar]

No, it would be the syntax described on the wiki page

If you still have trouble in a minute I'll write more but reading it will be a start

[half tartan]

sorry. code in general is not a strong suit for me; i don't need you to write anything, i'll figure it out. thank you!

[hallow mortar]

onPlayerConnected {
  [[_uid, _name, _id],"CTI_SE_fnc_onPlayerConnected"] call BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered;
};```
however:
- you should use an event handler instead of the non-stackable `onPlayerConnected` (<https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#PlayerConnected>)
- I'm not sure that `BIS_fnc_spawnOrdered` is exactly what you want, I think "trying to get spawned scripts to run in order" is a red herring and it's either a symptom of a different issue or simply not necessary

[half tartan]

i appreciate the help

[vapid scarab]

So I am using a ZEN Module to paradrop an object. The module is placed on an object, then asking for the zeus to click on a spot in the world to paradrop the object over, then opening a menu with a height and smoke options.

I can create the ZEN Module and ZEN Dialog. The part I dont know how to do is the clicking a spot in the world. What functions or eventhandlers exist for this?

I want the same thing as the second click functionaly that the attachTo module has:

[half tartan]

i'm trying to fix an issue in the ancient warfare BeCTI mission, wherein player init sometimes "fails" mysteriously and can be fixed on a local LAN ~60% by aborting and re-trying to start the mission; but the hacky abort and restart fix doesn't work on a distant dedicated server

my best guess to this is the scheduler is failing to load certain variables required for player init while the server is under heavy load; thus, trying to get onPlayerConnected to run in spawnorder is the best fix i can think of

this code is approaching 10 years of age, though, and i'm rapidly approaching the conclusion that it might just not be worth it

[granite sky]

If it's spawning a function that needs some variables to be initialized then you could just use a while or waitUntil in that spawned function.

[half tartan]

problem is, i'm not even certain if that's the case, because the only error code i get only appears ~60% of the time when the init fails, and can occasionally appear even when the init succeeds, which makes me think it might not even be the issue

ergo, very appreciative for all help, learning a ton, love y'all, but all my herrings might be red today, lol

[hallow mortar]

Probably a combination of getMousePosition and screenToWorld

[high vigil]

I dont think this works triggerAmmo, set it inside fired EH and nothing happens to the rocket

[warm hedge]

How exactly you do?

And what is the vehicle, weapon?

[hasty current]

Is it possible to have the singleplayer death screen in multiplayer + team switch enabled?

[manic kettle]

Ok so this is a bit jank but It works for me when I have init issues. If it works in your case I have no idea since I don't know the rest of the dependent code. But if you just need variables set...

[] spawn {
Sleep 15;
//code here }

Or a wait until instead of sleep

[half tartan]

thank you!!

[rich bramble]

@grizzled cliff Wow, carma has risen from the dead. Interested to see where these two porjects will be going :)

I've got a little whishlist and I'm hoping there's a few Santa Clauses in here that can help me. I'm looking for:

• A system that handles a civilian population slowly (ideally controlled by events like civ deaths) turning aggressive on players/a certain faction
• A way to quickly and efficiently 'barricade' vanilla A3 buildings. If you've got X-cam /mcc/sqf exports/presets of e.g. barricaded/fortified buildings that would be a great start.
• A script/function that makes an (unarmed?) AI search dead bodies and crates in the vicinity until he finds a weapon + ammo. (Like a less-broken and more awesome version of "resupply")

[drowsy geyser]

Is it possible to use BIS_fnc_attachToRelative like this:
[object1, the vehicle within 3m of object1, true] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative.
This is for the composition I am working on and there could be more than one of the compositions, thats why im asking

[warm hedge]

nearestObject or something

[drowsy geyser]

ah nice thank you

[storm crystal]

Could this would show the video for everyone?

[["decompteCB2_1.ogv"] call BIS_fnc_playVideo] call remoteExec;

[manic sigil]

... I mean, maybe it's just not a way I've seen before, but wouldn't it be

["decompteCB2_1.ogv"] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_playVideo",0]

[storm crystal]

why the 0 at the end?

[manic sigil]

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

[storm crystal]

ooh yeah ty

[storm crystal]

"dynamicBlur" ppEffectEnable true;
// ^ would become this? v //
["dynamicBlur", true] remoteExec ["ppEffectEnable",0];

[manic sigil]

Looks about right, yeah

[polar belfry]

Hello is there a way to make AI holster their weapon with actions? I want them to keep their weapons off sight and in case my players mess up they then will pull them out. I had done it in the past but can't remember it. I saw the command hideweapon on wiki

[manic sigil]

Do you mean weapons on back, or completely gone until pulled out?

[polar belfry]

Weapon on back

They are like civilians with carry. The weapon exists in their holsters

Found something like this
player action ["WeaponOnBack", player]

Maybe replace player with "this"

[manic sigil]

"SwitchWeapon" worked for me, but I'm not sure the exact mechanic.

[polar belfry]

What did switch weapon do? Did it make them holster the gun till something went wrong (eg someone firing?)

[manic sigil]

Hrn, yeah, on review it worked for my unit, but not an ai. Curious.

[polar belfry]

I see

[polar belfry]

is there a way to make AI lower landing gear for a plane. I used unit capture and unitplay but the AI doesn't lower the gear. It moves the flaps but not the gear

[kindred zephyr]

There is an action binded to that

_pilot action ["LandGear", _plane];

Note the following:

Lowers the landing gear of an aircraft. In the case of AI-controlled aircraft, it has to be used in an each-frame loop to to override the AI behavior (otherwise they'll raise the landing gear when they take off).

[polar belfry]

So how do I loop it properly

[kindred zephyr]

EachFrame eventhandler

[polar belfry]

I put a trigger near the avenue of landing. With
There is an action binded to that

Pilot1D action ["LandGear", Pilot1];

I put it conditiom true with activation present for blufor

[kindred zephyr]

you are still missing the loop

[polar belfry]

so something like this

[kindred zephyr]

im not sure if using onEachFrame command itself it a good practice, its often recommended to use the eventhandler version for the mission

but if they do the same, it should be ok

[jaunty ravine]

Is there some way you can add ammunition to a magazine in your inventory, i.e. not in your weapon?

[kindred zephyr]

yes, you can modify the unit loadout

however, its a bit more complicated that it sounds to do it like that, you might as well want to find a workaround to that

[jaunty ravine]

Would that work if I wanted to add only a certain amount of ammunition? For the sake of making the discussion easier, the project I am working on is refilling ammunition across magazine classnames that use the same ammo.

[kindred zephyr]

so a repacking script, got it

yes, its possible

[granite sky]

There are no commands to add bullets to a magazine or even to remove a specific magazine. What you generally do is remove all magazines of a type and add back what you want.

[jaunty ravine]

Understood, thank you.

[granite sky]

Example magazine removal script here:
#arma3_scripting message

[unborn rivet]

Need help with relative coordinates of object B to object A. I placed 2 objects in the editor, object A and object B. Is there a way to view/calculate the relative position in Eden Editor of object B to object A? Both are far apart.

[granite sky]

I'm not sure what sort of solution you're looking for. They have 3d coordinates which you can find easily enough.

[kindred zephyr]

getRelPos second syntax sounds like what he is looking for maybe?

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

[unborn rivet]

The GetRelPos seems to return position based on distance and degree selected. I do have 2 objects already set on the map, and need to check Object B relative position to object A, not the fixed map coordinates of both objects. Let's say, how many X and Y is object B from object A.

[kindred zephyr]

check second syntax....

[unborn rivet]

The second syntax states: obj1 getRelPos obj2 , what names do I substitute the obj1 and obj2, the class names of the object?

[polar belfry]

do eventhandlers work in MP

    // no params
}];```

[kindred zephyr]

the variable names of the object that is the base/center and the target

assume that the position returned is AGL btw

[unborn rivet]

Will try

[kindred zephyr]

they are local to the machine that adds them

[polar belfry]

so for multiplayer scenarios not a good idea

[kindred zephyr]

never said that, it just means that if you want it happening in all machines, all machines have to add it. If this is for the landing gear, if the AI is created/managed on the server then the only place that needs the eventHandler

[granite sky]

Sounds like just (getPosATL _objB) vectorDiff (getPosATL _objA)

getRelPos is for if you care about the facing of the objects.

[unborn rivet]

Thanks will test it

[kindred zephyr]

second syntax delivers a "relativePosition" as XYZ, it doesnt consider orientation

[granite sky]

It's for attached objects and it's for 2.14?

wait, did 2.14 get released

[kindred zephyr]

i thought we were in 2.14

otherwise i wouldnt had mentioned it

welp, its dev

dammit

[granite sky]

If it's for attached objects then I'd be amazed if it didn't consider orientation anyway.

[unborn rivet]

I'm bit confused, do I run these commands in Extended Debug Console? I tried both and nothing returns .

[kindred zephyr]

its for a version that has not been released, at lest the getRelPos second syntax

the method John gave should work

[granite sky]

well, you'd have to define _objA and _objB

And where you run it from depends what you're trying to do with the output.

[unborn rivet]

I named both objects Variable Name: objA and objB,. Than run local Exec command: _relpos = objB getRelPos objA; nothing happens, no return of anykind

[kindred zephyr]

are you returning the _relPos var itself?

or just defining and assigning its value?

[unborn rivet]

Not sure how to answer to this question. I was hoping to return actual relative coordinates

[granite sky]

Just put this straight into the console then:
(getPosATL objB) vectorDiff (getPosATL objA)

If you do _relpos = (getPosATL objB) vectorDiff (getPosATL objA) then that will set the local var but not return it.

[unborn rivet]

Will try it

[granite sky]

You can do this instead:

_relpos = (getPosATL objB) vectorDiff (getPosATL objA);
_relpos;

[kindred zephyr]

^

[unborn rivet]

Thank you for all the hints, obviously I'm doing something wrong as I still don't get any return to the command in Debug Console.

[high vigil]

did this work for you? i tried triggerAmmo and doesnt work

[granite sky]

@unborn rivet I don't think the objects exist until you start the mission.

[unborn rivet]

Should I start the mission, than exit and check or there is a way to run Debug Console while mission is running?

[granite sky]

Just press escape.

[unborn rivet]

Willtry

[unborn rivet]

Good call, indeed I got the return now. Thankyou very much!

[spiral temple]

Is there a way to know if a EH is deleted by itself when a vehicle gets deleted script side? Or do I have to check that in my delete vehicle function?

[granite sky]

If an EH attached to an object isn't deleted with the object then that's a memory leak and it's BI's fault. There's no way for us to know.

[spiral temple]

but in general it should be deleted with the object, right?

[granite sky]

It should be.

[spiral temple]

thats what i wanted to know. thank you!

[wary needle]

Is there any commands that list the nearest players from nearest to futhest
Or commands that fetch the closest player?

[granite sky]

No, you'd need a composite.

[wary needle]

Whats that?

[granite sky]

you would need to write code

Nearest player example:

private _players = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";
private _nearest = objNull;
private _minDist = 1e10;
{
  private _dist = _targPos distance _x;
  if (_dist < _minDist) then {
    _nearest = _x;
    _minDist = _dist;
  }; 
} forEach _players;

[split oxide]

This would work as well, where _targ is the position or object you want to compare to

private _players = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";
_players = _players apply {[_x distance _targ, _x]};
_players sort true;
private _closest = _players#0#1;```

maybe use distanceSqr instead of distance, but timing may not matter (especially since it's already sorting)

[granite sky]

SQF is so slow that distance and distanceSqr are basically identical perf :P

[split oxide]

It does show up depending on player count but at that point you're trying to optimize small impacts (I think it's like twice as long if I remember performance stuff I've done in the past)

but yeah twice approximitely zero is still zero

[granite sky]

Not the point. It's more that every command is so slow that the extra sqrt at low level is undetectable.

[split oxide]

right, I agree, what I was saying was using distance vs distancesqr (if I remember correctly from testing before) doubles line runtime, but it's still in the microseconds

[granite sky]

Your memory is wrong. It's more like 1/100 difference.

[split oxide]

probably was wrong, it's been years

[granite sky]

As an example, units group player apply {_x distance player}; for an 8-unit group takes about 0.009 ms on my hardware. distanceSqr is the same. units group player apply {_x}; is 0.0063 ms.

Now your version of the closest-player code should be faster than mine except sort is a disappointingly slow command :P

[split oxide]

Yeah, as I noted before, doesn't really matter much

[granite sky]

They're both pretty grim. There should be nearestInArray commands to go with inAreaArray.

For some practical applications you're better off doing multiple inAreaArray checks with different radii rather than going straight for the nearest-position checks, which is silly.

[split oxide]

maybe even a sort option for inAreaArray

[hasty current]

Any easy way to get the simulation type of a vehicle? CarX, TankX, that kind of thing

I'm thinking taking it from the config, but maybe there's a command for it that I don't know about

[split oxide]

probably something using configOf, getText, and checking with isText and the simulation config entry

[little raptor]

getText(configOf _obj >> "Simulation")

[hasty current]

Yeaah I figured that'd probably be the answer, thanks

[kindred tide]

[storm crystal]

helped me a lot, thanks again

[amber basalt]

Is there a possibility that side player doesn't return the right faction that the players is in, if that player is killed during while the script is being ran?

Code:

// BMP-2 [HF1]
case "BMP2_INS": {
_current_heavy_level = ((side player) Call WFBE_CO_FNC_GetSideUpgrades) select WFBE_UP_HEAVY;
if (_current_heavy_level < 2) then {
    _this removeWeapon "AT5LauncherSingle";
};
};

The BMP spawned on top of me, which runs this script to remove it's weapon. Never had this problem during like 10 years...

[hallow mortar]

Dead units become civilians. Use side group player instead - the group's side doesn't change.

[kindred tide]

i was looking for a command that invokes the construction interface but then realized it's just a module

[amber basalt]

Thanks!

[kindred tide]

this has implications like, i can use that to create a colony sim or RTS in arma lol

i wonder how it does the RTS style camera controller and building

[queen cargo]

@grizzled cliff well ... always nice to have competition but ... thought carma was not capable of removing the large overhead?
((so ... then i will release 0.6.2 this WE :P))

@rich bramble first thing is ... large request, second is more or less easy to solve but requires you to set up a ton of barricade prefabs, third thing ... well ... kinda simple

[exotic flame]

Are objectIDs local or global ? I mean forexample on a multiplayer session, on my computer i have object 1780614: tracer_red.p3d, does it means that an other object on another computer of the session can have id 1780614 ?

[granite sky]

depends

That sounds like a bullet? Most of those are local objects.

Global objects have global IDs.

[exotic flame]

It is a bullet an yes it is local, but i just wanted to know if these objectIDs were unique on all computers connected to the server

[granite sky]

what, like whether any other machine could use 1780614 as an ID for that local object or another one?

[exotic flame]

exactly

[grizzled cliff]

carma2 is using a totally different under laying system for objects

[queen cargo]

kk
will be interesting to see how you solved that without type safety

[exotic flame]

neverwind, i found the answer. An objectID is local but netId is global. A same objectid can correspond to different objects depending on the machine you're looking on, which means 1780614 can be a bullet on my computer but a grenade on an other computer

[still forum]

netId is playerID:ObjectID ye

[acoustic yew]

Ello, sorry for interjecting may if my code is okay because this doesnt work :/

{
                [vehicle _x, convoyMinSpeed] remoteExec ["forceSpeed", vehicle _x]
            } forEach units convoyGroup;```

[warm hedge]

Doesn't work how?

[acoustic yew]

they dont slow down

minSpeed is 3

[winter rose]

limitSpeed

[acoustic yew]

ah okay

[hallow mortar]

forceSpeed is supposed to work for this

[winter rose]

I realised

[acoustic yew]

still it doesnt...

[winter rose]

welp
maybe it has to do with… l o c a l i t y

[hallow mortar]

Are you sure convoyGroup and convoyMinSpeed actually contain what they're supposed to?

[acoustic yew]

yes

curatorName = player;
convoyGroup = Convoy_1;
convoySpeed = 50;       convoySeparation = 50;
convoyMinSpeed = 3;
pushThrough = true;
vComAiEnabled = false;
lambsDangerEnabled = false;```

[winter rose]

note that 3 = 3m/s = 10.8 km/h

try in eden only
if vehicle _guy doesn't work, try driver vehicle _guy (even though you should get a list of them instead of calling that on every group member)

[acoustic yew]

[winter rose]

private _vehicles = units convoyGroup select { not isNull objectParent _x } apply { vehicle _x };
_vehicles = _vehicles arrayIntersect _vehicles;
private _drivers = _vehicles apply { driver _x } - [objNull];
{ [_x, convoyMinSpeed] remoteExec ["forceSpeed", _x] } forEach _drivers;
```I guess

[sullen sigil]

allUnits select {vehicle _x isEqualTo vehicle player};```

[winter rose]

no

[sullen sigil]

i am a master at scripting (please do not do this)

[south swan]

u wot

[sullen sigil]

i once set every variable in all namespaces to equal 0 and it didnt break nearly as much as i thought it would

[winter rose]

STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD SIR, I WON'T SAY IT TWICE *calling code BIS on my position, immediately!*

[sullen sigil]

BIS
inb4 dedmen corrects you

[winter rose]

up until an Arma 2 version, you could do true = false…

[sullen sigil]

could you actually that sounds so much more fun

could you do player = true

[winter rose]

ye 😄
it was patched, but I almost couldn't leave the main menu given all the errors 😄

[sullen sigil]

allUnits apply {player pushBack _x};

mashallah 🙏

[winter rose]

KJW is SCP 0x00000005 confirmed

[sullen sigil]

i'd have to be to write mods that run setobjectscale on every unit on every frame

[winter rose]

in MP

[sullen sigil]

it doesnt work if you are not local to the server in mp sadly

[winter rose]

and on every client 😄

[sullen sigil]

i didnt even look at locality when i wrote it

local args global effect

dear lord

[winter rose]

the guy breaks scripts more than I do, and that says something

[sullen sigil]

quite thankful it doesnt work in mp now

[sullen sigil]

i wrote it on the toilet

using someone sending me screenshots of what i wrote in a discord message for syntax highlighting

[winter rose]

I won't comment on your toilet-breaking abilities

[sullen sigil]

it is truly astounding how the mod even works

but all it does is make the local host hoster change size or singleplayer change size

there are limits to it you cant go below like .1 scale

else shit breaks

[winter rose]

range 0.0001..65504

[sullen sigil]

i dont think i ever found an upper bound for scale aside from you just unrendering

[sullen sigil]

on units it encounters issues being usable

[winter rose]

not 65535 son, I am disappoint

[sullen sigil]

the larger you are the quicker you can run up hills too

which makes sense but it is very comical just stepping up a 20m drop

[acoustic yew]

omg, thank you so much 🫶🏽

[ashen ridge]

At the start of the mission i use on the serversqf 0 setFog 0.1;but after some time (1, 2 hours) the fog is at 0.457, and i use no command to change the fog (nor is server or clients).

The only weather command i use is setOvercast a couple of times.

Why the fogo changes?

[winter rose]

because reasons and randomisation

0 setFog 0.1; OK
but also 3600 setFog 0.1; to enforce no changes for an hour

[south swan]

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

To prevent the engine from overwriting custom weather settings, enable the Manual Control settings in Eden Editor's intel section.

[ashen ridge]

@south swan rain, waves, lighthings and wind have a Manual Override buttom, but Fog don't: https://imgur.com/sUPD2C0

Can i use that?sqf 0 setFog 0.1; (3600*6) setFog 0.1;

[acoustic yew]

Sorry for interjecting, may I ask how I can get array for units of a convoy without the leader?

so I can use this

{        
_x join leader convoyGroup    
} forEach units convoyGroup;```

[winter rose]

join takes an array
plus, they're already in the group

[acoustic yew]

uhh

[sullen sigil]

units convoyGroup is all units in the group

so making those units join convoyGroup does nothing

[winter rose]

re-read your code 😄
"all the units of that group, join the leader of that group" yeah 😄

[sullen sigil]

reminds me of why i got so confused with 0 divisor errors before realising i was trying to find the distance to myself

i had forgotten to add player handling.

[acoustic yew]

i know what i am doing 😅 well sometimes the units wont move even after the command and manually (in zeus) joining them to the leader works and they move just fine!

[sullen sigil]

private _harold = leader convoyGroup;
_harold doMove getPosASL _harold;```

im pretty sure theres a dedicated command for moving back into formation but seeing as youre doing a convoy thing change getposasl if you want

(group leader orders all units in group to formation after reaching domove position)

[acoustic yew]

:0

okay :D

[sullen sigil]

havent tested that but imagine itd work

[livid lava]

Can someone explain to me how to add interaction to an object through which the player will receive a full loadout?

[sullen sigil]

mfw searching "addAction" returns results for addiction

[sullen sigil]

see:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnitLoadout

imo, friendliest method for mission makers:

//In obj init
this addAction [
  "myfunnyactionname",
  {
    private _loadout = getUnitLoadout bob; //bob is the variable name of the unit which has the loadout you want your player to have.
    player setUnitLoadout _loadout;
  },
  nil, //no touchy
  1.5, //no touchy
  true, //Do you want players to see the action in the middle of their screen?
  true, //Do you want the action to go from the middle of their screen after use?
  "", //no touchy
  "true", //no touchy
  10 //Radius from object action will appear
];```

ensure you have unit of variable name bob and set the loadout up on him, makes for easier editing

he can be anywhere, doesnt need to be seen by players

[cosmic lichen]

Better way would be to directly get the loadout from the config

[sullen sigil]

what if they want a custom loadout

thats the entire point of that part

set the loadout up on bob, keep bob hidden (or use him as the action object)

change bobs loadout accordingly, no faffing with arrays and stuff that are difficult for mission makers to understand if they dont script

[cosmic lichen]

Fair enough

[sullen sigil]

if you had set up the units loadout in config ofc you could just config lookup but thats most user friendly IME

[granite sky]

can even hide & disable simulation on bob if you have a lot of them :P

main issue is accidentally including in things like units west

[sullen sigil]

set as civilian

...does getunitloadout work on dead units?

[little raptor]

I'm gonna guess yes

[sullen sigil]

well then can just kill the unit too

[granite sky]

They drop their primary & secondary weapons though.

Not sure if you can re-add them :P

[sullen sigil]

ah, true

[carmine perch]

does anyone know how to fix this error i have no clue what chat to ask this in

missing 'description.ext::Header

[kindred tide]

[_x] instead of _x, or just (units convoyGroup) join convoyGroup;

do you still have to call an extra join in A3 to make sure the units side is set correctly?

[acoustic yew]

uhhh i dont think so

[kindred tide]

it's needed in A2 or else their side will be such as written in config rather than the group's side

[acoustic yew]

tho I dont have a lot of experience with join command

[kindred tide]

i thought the reason you were doing that was because their side was wrong

[sullen sigil]

no, side is set fine with one join call

[kindred tide]

one yes, one. after you did, you know, _group createUnit ..., where group already knows what side it's on

so that one call to join is really an extra

[granite sky]

Yeah, still the same. I guess they were worried that it'd break some old missions if they changed it.

Although I can't imagine the use case for having units of two different sides in the same group.

[kindred tide]

i remember trying to create arbitrary number of sides, by having all units turn into renegades and then re-join their group, so that they wouldn't shoot each other

they still shot a few of their mates sometimes, i never figured out why

[granite sky]

In the conventional case they all shoot each other, because they use the group side for targeting, apparently.

Create redfor units in blufor group and they go full all vs all.

They're probably still taking orders from the leader and sharing target knowledge, because Arma.

[kindred tide]

oh, they shot each other if they re-joined their old group. but if i created a new group (of the same side), and joined all of them into it, they wouldn't shoot most of the time lol

they still seemed jumpy like there was actual tension

[granite sky]

I'm slightly worried that this wasn't 100% :P

Maybe there's still some logic looking at the original unit side.

[kindred tide]

it's good for modeling bandits behavior, they'd suddenly shoot their mates at random as if having some inner group conflict

[wary needle]

anyone know how to add a idle animation for agents? i cant get the panic one to work

_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
params ["_agent", "_anim"];
_agent playActionNow "Panic";
}];

[kindred tide]

hmm, perhaps their rating goes up after they shot a few other renegades, and that's why they dont all kill each other

[wary needle]

this was the only way i got it to work

[little raptor]

why do you use an event handler for that?

[wary needle]

i wrote it so long ago, i have no idea

[little raptor]

do you at least play the anim?

[wary needle]

?

[little raptor]

you must play some anim on the agent for the event to trigger at all

_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
        params ["_agent"];
        _agent playActionNow "Panic";
    }];
_zombie playActionNow "Panic";

[wary needle]

no im not saying what i have now doesnt work

[little raptor]

or

_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
        params ["_agent"];
        _agent playActionNow "Panic";
    }];
_zombie playActionNow "Panic";

[wary needle]

i just want to make it work whilst idle

[little raptor]

wut?

cant get the panic one to work

[little raptor]

are you sure it's an actual action? never even seen it

[wary needle]

sorry i was unclear

the panic anim works when running or walking

when the ai is still he puts his hands down and just stands there

i want him to be paniced while idle

cant put videos shit

[little raptor]

what if you try AnimStateChanged like this?

[wary needle]

nope same problem

just tried it. only panis while moving

[little raptor]

maybe the action is not linked to the idle stand actions group

use its state instead

first make the unit play the panic action, then get its state: animationState myZombie

then use it like so:

_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
        params ["_agent"];
        _agent playMoveNow "WhatEverThatCommandGaveYou";
    }];

[wary needle]

i mean i can just fetch the animation from amimation viewer

[little raptor]

or that

whichever's easier for you

[wary needle]

i aready know where it it

is there a way to copy the name from the anim viewer?

[little raptor]

ctrl+C?

[wary needle]

cant highlight it though

[little raptor]

just select it from the list, then press ctrl+c

[wary needle]

ApanPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_G02

ApanPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_G03

ApanPpneMstpSnonWnonDnon_G02

[little raptor]

well now use it with playMoveNow

[wary needle]

got my anims

yeo

yep

it works but how do i only make him do it when idle?

[little raptor]

by "idle" you mean stopped and not moving?

[wary needle]

i could not find an eh that did it

yeah

and i would still like the other anim to work

acualy i have a solution

my zombies have a "trigger" when they get shot at

[little raptor]

_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
    params ["_agent", "_anim"];
    if !("mstps" in _anim) exitWith {};
    _agent playMoveNow "ApanPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_G02";
}];

you can try that

[wary needle]

yeh i dont think that worked

he just standing there

[little raptor]

well try making him play some anim

_zombie playMoveNow "ApanPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_G02";

or try with AnimChanged too

[wary needle]

yep did that

[wise frigate]

Hey guys, I am trying to set up a script which essentially takes the derived value of a variable and then issues a hint depending on the variables value (Numerical).
Here is what I have so far, but the numerical value doesn't appear to actually affect what text is shown on the screen.

Strength = 0.66;
Strength_Increase = 
{
    if (Strength < 0.99) then
    {    
        Strength = Strength + 0.33;

        if (Strength == 0.66) 
        then 
        (
            hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#29b00e'>NORMAL STRENGTH</t>"]
        ) 
        else 
        {
            hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#bf0000'>HARD STRENGTH</t>"]
        };
    };
};

Any help would be appreciated

[wary needle]

for some reason this does not work

[little raptor]

what did you use that worked with this?

[wary needle]

_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
params ["_agent"];
_agent playMoveNow "WhatEverThatCommandGaveYou";
}];

[little raptor]

you can't compare floats like that

[little raptor]

did you literally use that?

didn't you change "WhatEverThatCommandGaveYou"?

[wise frigate]

Ok, so what would be required to get this working?

[wary needle]

yes i did

now its not working lmao

[little raptor]

you could use a diff: abs(strength - 0.66) < 0.01 for example

[wary needle]

_zombie playActionNow "Panic";
_zombie addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
        params ["_agent"];
        _agent playMoveNow "ApanPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_G02";
    }];

i used this and it worked i mean

[wise frigate]

Or I could just use round numbers right? Like 1,2,3

[granite sky]

If strength is always a multiple of 0.33 than yes, 0-3 is preferable.

[little raptor]

also you start with a value of 0.66 and increment, so you never have 0.66 anyway

[granite sky]

Half your code is missing anyway

[little raptor]

yes

[granite sky]

It's just a function that's not called.

[wise frigate]

The function is called via a CBA Keybind, that part works so all good

[little raptor]

no clue

[wary needle]

get an entire zombie script finished and built. cant add idle anims lol

[kindred tide]

maybe something else is changing the animation like every frame

forcing it to be something

so that the zombie doesnt look normal and stays in the zombie stance

[wary needle]

?

[kindred tide]

btw zombies were an easter egg in A1, they were reskinned civilians you could only spawn from script

[kindred tide]

i mean maybe some other script is already doing playAction/playMove on the zombie

[wary needle]

i removed it to test, nope

    _zombie addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
        params ["_agent", "_anim"];
        _agent playActionNow "Panic";
            if !("mstps" in _anim) exitWith {};
    _agent playMoveNow "ApanPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_G02";
    }];

if i use this the zombie just gets frozen

without the panic it also just frezzes

[wary needle]

FOUND THE ISSUE

for some reason even though its it a agent it needs to be a unit

[wise frigate]

Still having issues, Evertime I press the relevant key, the text is still being shown as HARD STRENGTH, I have checked the variable each key press and it does appear that the actual variable itself is changing between 1-3 on the key presses, just the text is alwasy HARD

Strength = 2;
Strength_Increase = 
{
    if (Strength < 3) then
    {    
        Strength = Strength + 1;
        if (Strength == 1) then (hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#3b378c'>GENTLE STRENGTH</t>"]); 
        if (Strength == 2) then (hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#29b00e'>NORMAL STRENGTH</t>"]); 
        if (Strength == 3) then (hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#bf0000'>HARD STRENGTH</t>"]); 
    };
};
Strength_Decrease = 
{
    if (Strength > 1) then
    {
        Strength = Strength - 1;
        if (Strength == 1) then (hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#3b378c'>GENTLE STRENGTH</t>"]); 
        if (Strength == 2) then (hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#29b00e'>NORMAL STRENGTH</t>"]); 
        if (Strength == 3) then (hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#bf0000'>HARD STRENGTH</t>"]); 
    };
};
["TEST","strength_increase", "Increase Strength", {_this spawn Strength_Increase}, "", [0xF8, [false, false, true]]] call CBA_fnc_addKeybind;
["TEST","strength_decrease", "Decrease Strength", {_this spawn Strength_Decrease}, "", [0xF9, [false, false, true]]] call CBA_fnc_addKeybind;

Really lost at this point, any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

[granite sky]

Your then statements all have the wrong brackets.

[wise frigate]

It would be something as simple as that...

Arma in a nutshell

[kindred tide]

how do i make a unit honk the car they're driving? (the car is civ)

[fleet sand]

something like this myb:
driver _vehicle forceWeaponFire [currentWeapon _vehicle ,currentWeapon _vehicle ]

[wary needle]

_ZOMBIE addEventHandler ["AnimChanged", {
params ["_UNIT"];
_UNIT playMoveNow "ApanPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_G03";

}];

i got this working, how would i make it only work when idle?

[wise frigate]

Any idea how I could get the addCamShake function to work on a player that the person is looking at?
I want 1 player to be able to do an action (A), whilst looking at another player (B), and then have player (B) have a cameraShake effect

Been playing around with RemoteExec for that purpose but doesn't seem to work too good

[winter rose]

rather have a local script, especially if the effect's condition is permanent

[sudden yacht]

Question, is there an event handler for when a unit completes a waypoint, or move to position?

[winter rose]

the waypoint's completion field 😁

[hallow mortar]

Make a function (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library) that applies the camera effect locally. The action can then remoteExec that function to the targeted player. You could use cursorObject to target the player; don't forget to make sure the cursorObject actually is a player.

[torpid pike]

is anyone here familiar with hemtt ? having some issues trying to compile GUI code

[sudden yacht]

i actually did something different instead. Thank you. 🙂

[hardy valve]

hello does anyone know of a working script for a server to warn, and eventually kick a player for being afk?

[kindred tide]

did it with this:
_vehicle action ["useWeapon",_vehicle,_driver,0];

it's very important that what goes before action is _vehicle, and not _driver

[split oxide]

Brett is fairly responsive in the HEMTT channel on the ACE discord, might be a good place to ask

Unless you mean the vehicle

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: what is a circular reference to a HASHMAP?

20:00:50 Warning Message: Circular reference found in HashMap, this will cause a memory leak!
20:00:50 Circular reference found in HashMap, this will cause a memory leak!
20:00:50 Circular reference found in HashMap, this will cause a memory leak!
...

intuitively I think it is a value in one of the KV pairs being the HASHMAP instance itself, but I do not think I have any of those going on.

[granite sky]

Like:

_hm1 = createHashMap;
_hm2 = createHashMap;
_hm1 set ["hm2", _hm2];
_hm2 set ["hm1", _hm1];

[dreamy kestrel]

really? that? hmm...

here's my dilemma...

or why that caused bunch of these things to stack up before A3 finally crashed...

I have inventory being arranged in terms of hashmaps. maybe not the greatest choice, but it offers easy key ident throughout.

inventory includes weapon platforms and their accessories, which each accessory has a value reference to the platform itself. this possibly being the circular reference.

[granite sky]

sure sounds like it

[dreamy kestrel]

I use that to identify the platform from the accessory for inventory management purposes, filtering compatible items, etc.

alternatives to that is a naked array, even KVP, but that just gets ugly real quick. but if it avoids this A3 pitfall

so I have a lot of this pattern going on navigating inventory, _x getOrDefault ['_parent', _x], '_parent' having been the platform in the case of an accessory hashmap.

[granite sky]

Sounds like you need a redesign then.

[dreamy kestrel]

maybe so, slightly, anyway, even with an intermediate RYO 'hashmap' ...

otherwise so close to a functional inventory manager...

[inner nexus]

Hey, I'm getting an error "invalid number in expression"
{_x addVest "rhs_6b2"} forEach units group;
{_x addHeadgear "ssh40_helmet"} forEach units group;

not sure what's causing it

[dreamy kestrel]

usually means you have an incomplete primitive expression, along these lines. i.e. units group what? or even that group itself is undefined i.e. nil

[inner nexus]

got it fixed, just needed to use units (group this) instead

[molten yacht]

Hmm

How would I... take a playableUnit and then ask "are you in a land vehicle of any type"

or, well

I wouldn't mind "are you in a car, APC, or tank" but let's start small

Ideally I could get a switching statement that says like case car: and case apc: but that seems foolish

[granite sky]

vehicle _unit isKindOf "LandVehicle" should mostly work

There's a slightly more proper method where you look at the simulation.

[dreamy kestrel]

wdym simulation?

[granite sky]

It's a config value.

[dreamy kestrel]

have a look at fullCrew
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/fullCrew
can return an array in list form, in the shape:

[_unit, _role, _cargoIndex, _turretPath, _personTurret, _assignedUnit, _positionName]

for the most part it is dependable, but there are sometimes vehicles in which _role is not as dependable.
but AFAIK you know that the _unit is 'in' or not.

[molten yacht]

Also, what's the best way to get the prefix off of a group's name? i.e. group player gives B ALPHA 1-2 and I really just want ALPHA 1-2.

[warm hedge]

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

[molten yacht]

more like get group ID

is what I want

oh wait

GroupID is just that

lmao

nvm

thanks, you led me to the correct result anyway because I clicked on the link

[hasty thorn]

G'day peeps, need a bit of help wrapping my brain around event handlers

ive been trying to run a code on all entities on a dedicated server
the logic im looking for is as follows:

-any entity, player or not "shot in the head"
-remoteExec "function"

anyone able to offer some advice?
and where in the mission.pbo does this need to sit

[hardy valve]

Hello i need a script to set damage to a predefined area to destroy the trees. Is this possible?

[cold depot]

There is a terrain removal(I forget the proper name) module in the editor that you can place on your map to remove items like trees.

[hardy valve]

Yes but this requires player to be nearby and it also stops working about 3 hours after the mission has started. I was thinking maybe i can do a set damage to an area and just knock them down.

[fleet sand]

You can put this in invisible helipad init in Eden and it will destroy trees and delete rocks:

  private _terrain = nearestTerrainObjects [this,["Tree","Bush"],50];
  {_x setDamage 1;} foreach _terrain;
  private _objectsToHide = nearestTerrainObjects [this,["ROCK","ROCKS"],50];
  {_x hideObjectGlobal true;} foreach _objectsToHide;

[hardy valve]

I will try this! THANK YOU

[storm crystal]

is there any existing script to automatically flush cache?

[little raptor]

No

[unreal breach]

Hit me up im remastering scripts etc also can check ur scripts for any problems within the script

[sullen sigil]

Has anybody created a unix timestamp generator for arma mission time/date? Thought there were commands for it but they do not exist

Use case is having a constant time across all mission saves etc (that will be compatible with time skips)

[split scarab]

Tried using ChatGPT to help me write a script and it seems like exactly what I need except there's an error with curatorType that I can't figure out

Does anyone know?

if (isServer) then {
    {         
        _message = format ["Your name is %1",name player];

        private _curator = _x;
        if (curatorType _curator == "Zeus") then {
            _curator remoteExecCall ["systemChat", 0, _message];
        };
    } forEach allCurators;
};

[sullen sigil]

!quote 6

[lyric schooner]

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

[winter rose]

I forgot this one 😋

[sullen sigil]

i had to search for it

speaking of gpt though, anyone tried github copilot with sqf? any good?

[granite sky]

Fairly tricky. You'll need to use HandleDamage, which must be installed locally to the entity. Depending on your mission, you may need to handle units changing locality too.

There's also some tricky stuff in working out what's a head hit.

Non-head hits will often do small amounts of damage to the head, and ACE's extra hitpoint counts as head selection for some reason, so you need to use the hitpoint param rather than the selection.

[shy hinge]

have you found a solution?

@split scarab

[granite sky]

That script is so bad that I can't even tell what it's trying to do. Shoulda left the comments in :P

[split scarab]

Not quite no, I'm trying to make a Trigger message ONLY Zeus players with the name of the player who entered the Trigger zone

[granite sky]

Messaging all zeus players:

private _zeusPlayers = [];
{
  _zeusPlayers pushBackUnique getAssignedCuratorUnit _x;
} forEach allCurators; 
"Test message to zeus players" remoteExec ["hint", _zeusPlayers];

Must be executed on the server.

[split scarab]

Will that work if I slap it in the Trigger Activation field?

[granite sky]

probably not. I don't deal with triggers.

I'm not even sure that triggers can do what you want. Depends what you want to happen if a second player enters the trigger zone.

[split scarab]

Hmm, I'm making a Zeus mission where players have to travel somewhere specific and I've setup stuff along the route but I wanted to put down triggers outside of the route to alert me when they're veering off course so I can possibly spawn stuff to discourage them from continuing off the route

So I was hoping to make the Trigger message the Zeus players so we know to deal with the stragglers

[granite sky]

A repeatable trigger won't fire again until it's been reset by everyone moving out of the zone. So if you wanted a message for each player that strays then it won't work well.

[muted crystal]

SELECT item_name, item_quantity FROM box_inventory WHERE box_id = boxID;
friends, I wrote this code to save the data of the items in the boxes on my server, but it does not work.

I give an example of what I want, for example, if there are 10 windings in 1 box, there are 8 left when 2 windings are missing. When I restart, I want it to continue from 8 chargers.

So basically I want to keep the database inside the box

[kindred tide]

should i use attachTo or waypointAttachVehicle to attach a "destroy" waypoint?

oh it looks like attachTo doesnt accept waypoint type

[winter rose]

this is SQL, and SELECT is to read data, not save it

[little raptor]

There's no such thing as waypoint type. They're just arrays of [group, scalar]

[little raptor]

You can't show unix timestamp in A3, except in strings, which is pretty much useless (unless you write a scalar implementation yourself)

[little raptor]

You don't need "unix timestamp" for this

[sullen sigil]

realised arma's number processing issues would mean its useless anyways

[velvet merlin]

looking for some ideas for sorting such data in sqf

problems
a) models dont have consistent RES LOD naming
b) sort strings bunches strings together starting with the same time (ie 1, 1x, 1xx) [can be solving by adding leading 0s]
c) preferable order the data to be just index 0,1,2,3, etc regardless of th RES LOD naming - thus reshuffle the data accordingly

any intelligent way to achieve this or just basic array data reordering

[sullen sigil]

peculiar issue here; filepatching is making function viewer (using adt) return the updated file, but running str fnc is giving me the pbo function -- have i missed out on something here? pboprefix is pathed correctly (obviously, given function viewer is returning it)

[little raptor]

sorting what and by what? I don't know what I'm looking at

[velvet merlin]

LOD names

[little raptor]

name?

why not use lod resolution?

[velvet merlin]

its both RES LODs and special LODs

[little raptor]

special LODs have resolution too
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/LOD_resolutions

[velvet merlin]

however model makers dont name their RES LODs consistently

so one does 0,1,2,3, another 1,2,3,4, yet another 1,10,25,100 or 0,0.5,1,2,5,10

[little raptor]

well exactly. anything that's not a special LOD, is a res LOD
well not sure what resolutions were actually valid by the game, but you can just assume that

[velvet merlin]

if you look at the colums, its very hard to read as the values are not colum by column

you would want
value1, valu2, value3, value4, - , - , ..

[little raptor]

ADT rereads the function file. str reads what the function actually represents
you need to recompile the function

if it's not being updated your function is final

[sullen sigil]

Ah, it's cfgfunction'd -- I assume that's the purpose of CBA's PREP stuff?

[little raptor]

wut?

[sullen sigil]

using it in cfgfunctions means it is final right

[little raptor]

so are PREP functions

[sullen sigil]

they can be overwritten with mission restart

https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/main/script_macros_common-hpp.html#PREP

[little raptor]

so you mean you want it to say RES1, RES2, etc instead of 0, 0.5, 1, ...?

I really don't know what's the goal here

[velvet merlin]

another example

"1"
"2"
"3"
"0"
"4"
"3.5"
"12"
"6"
"5"
"10"
"7"
"8"
"1.5"
"2.5"

input

[little raptor]

oh

[velvet merlin]

sort leads to:
"0"
"1"
"1.5"
"10"
"12"
"2"
"2.5"
"3"
"3.5"
"4"
"5"
"6"
"7"
"8"

so 10 and 12 not at the end

• you get a lot of additional columns

[little raptor]

sort by actual numbers

instead of strings

[velvet merlin]

yeah atm doing parseNumber to detect if the LOD is a RES LOD, and then sort

however next is to simplify to RES1, RES2, RES3, .. RESn

so drop the custom numbering and reduce to minimal amount

and finally fetch the data correctly from the array of the info per model

as said can be done in basic logic step by step - was wondering if there is a more intelligent way to do it

like "squash array" to reduce to only relevant entries

[little raptor]

depending on how data is represented, this is the only part you could optimize
the rest has to be done as you said and there's no other way around it (so you still have to sort the res lods and assign indices to them)

[velvet merlin]

roger

the mess you have if you need to work with "legacy" data

[little raptor]

one thing that is not clear for me yet:
is all data being extracted from the game?

or are you just trying to sort them in SQF?

[cosmic lichen]

Why not do the sorting in Excel?

[velvet merlin]

you have too much faith there @cosmic lichen 😛

[cosmic lichen]

Huh?

[muted crystal]

what to do to save it)

?

[sharp grotto]

UPDATE

If the entry in the DB already exists

Otherwise it's INSERT

[sullen sigil]

is there any way of getting player uid in sp?

[kindred tide]

i switched from units to agents to back to units and re-wrote same code 10+ times

[tulip ridge]

Running into a weird bug where a sound that should be played locally can be heard by other clients

private _voiceLine = selectRandom getArray (_config >> "voiceLines");
private _nearbyUnits = (getPosATL player) nearEntities ["CAManBase", 30];
[_voiceLine, getPosASL player] remoteExecCall ["CWR_fnc_playLocalSound", (_nearbyUnits)];

// fn_playLocalSound
params ["_file", "_position"];

if (CWR_Voice_EnableVoiceLines) then
{
    playSound3D
    [
        _file,
        objNull,
        false,
        _position,
        1, // volume
        1, // pitch
        0, // distance
        0, // offset
        true // play locally
    ];
};

(Sound effects on the other client were muted for the recording)

I have other code that references this same function, but does not have this issue

[granite sky]

That seems pretty clear that you're calling the top routine twice?

and therefore it's working as written.

Although you're probably double-stacking the calls as well because both units are local?

[tulip ridge]

The first set of code is called in a fired event (or ace_fiedPlayer if loaded), but I don't see why it'd be called for each nearby player?

Although technically that's not true, one second

[kindred tide]

interesting detail about RPT log file

[granite sky]

@tulip ridge Are there two players there? I figured one of them was AI.

[tulip ridge]

I have two instances of arma open on a local lan server

That's why there's a (2) in the other client's name

After throwing in some debug statements, the code does seem to be called once for each unit, but the sound effect only plays once per player

So I guess something is wrong with my check for ACE?

class Extended_PostInit_EventHandlers
{
    class CWR_ThrowGrenadeEH
    {
        init = QUOTE(if isClass (configFile >> 'CfgPatches' >> 'ace_common') then { call CWR_fnc_throwGrenadeEHACE; } else { call CWR_fnc_throwGrenadeEH; };);
    };
};

[granite sky]

Do you have any documentation on CWR_ThrowGrenadeEH?

oh, I guess that's just a function that you haven't pasted.

[tulip ridge]

It's just this, adding a fired event handler

player addEventHandler ["Fired",
{
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    
    [_unit, _magazine] call CWR_fnc_throwGrenadeMain;
}];

Ace version just uses a CBA event handler for ace_firedPlayer

[granite sky]

It's the ACE one that's breaking?

Or both?

[tulip ridge]

As far as I can tell, both

[tulip ridge]

Wasn't the check at least, just threw in a message for when each handler initially starts

[granite sky]

So you've confirmed that when you throw a grenade, the handler triggers on both clients?

[tulip ridge]

Was about to check if it runs on each client twice, but it definitely runs on the client that throws the grenade twice

[granite sky]

ah, that's different.

Is that because it's installing the handler twice?

[tulip ridge]

Shouldn't be, I was only getting one message saying the handler was created

[granite sky]

Other option is that it's firing the same handler twice for the same grenade throw.

[tulip ridge]

That doesn't seem to be the case? I was only getting a single "Grenade thrown" message when I added one

This is the whole repo for it, although obviously that won't have the changes I've made right now

[ornate whale]

How can I get the head (eyes) orientation in azimuth degrees like getDir?

[warm hedge]

eyeDirection or selectionVectorDirAndUp and convert into direction 0-360

[granite sky]

_eyeDir = eyeDirection player;
_dir180 = _eyeDir#1 atan2 _eyeDir#0;
(_dir180 + 360) % 360;

[tulip ridge]

I think I might have figured out why some of the weirdness happening?
For actually sending the message in group chat I use:

[player, _message] remoteExecCall ["groupChat", (units group player)];

to send it, so maybe that's why?

There wasn't any noticeable difference when using group player for the targets

[tulip ridge]

Are players only ever local on their own machines?

[warm hedge]

Yes, players are always local on therir machines

[tulip ridge]

Yeah, but is a player ever local on another player's machine?
I'd assume no, but want to make sure

I'm assuming yes, because upon filtering out non-player units from _nearbyUnits and then putting remoteExecCall in a forEach _nearbyUnits, seems to be working

[warm hedge]

I do not think so. If a player is not local object, one cannot move the player unit properly

[granite sky]

Player objects are briefly server-local on creation, IIRC

After that they're client-local.

[tulip ridge]

I don't think that should be an issue? If anything I think it would just play a sound on the server's side, where the player spawns

Where's the setting for giving all players access to debug console?
Found it before but can't now

[hallow mortar]

It's in the Editor mission attributes, I wanna say under Multiplayer but not 100% sure

[tulip ridge]

Yeah I found it, thought I deleted my message after I did but my internet's been weird today

[hallow mortar]

[for the historical record, it's in the States section of the General attributes menu]

[tulip ridge]

The message seems to be working now, but the voice lines are not, I can still hear the sound effect playing for each player

private _nearbyUnits = (getPosATL player) nearEntities ["CAManBase", 30];
_nearbyUnits = _nearbyUnits select
{
    isPlayer _x;
};

{
    [
        _voiceLine,
        getPosASL player
    ] remoteExecCall ["CWR_fnc_playLocalSound", _x];
} forEach _nearbyUnits;

Got it figured out now, I actually ended up fixing it by going to fix another part.

I do the voice lines with "tags", and since I made the message get processed for each player, it caused each player to check those tags and then play the voiceline

[tulip ridge]

What's the script command to create a tactical ping?

[warm hedge]

I think there's nothing

[tulip ridge]

Is it just like a draw3D or something?

[warm hedge]

If you want to recreate, that may do

[tulip ridge]

A feature for another day then
Was going to put a tactical ping where the player was looking for the "Contact" callouts for the chat wheel mod I've been working on

[tulip ridge]

The only other thing is that the voice line doesn't play in singleplayer for some reason
It's because I took off my testing voice lines since I was going to publish the update the mod

[little raptor]

Actually it should be x atan2 y not y atan2 x

[granite sky]

yeah I wrote it correctly initially from memory and then misfixed it hours later after glancing at the wiki :P

[native hemlock]

Anyone have experience with tvTrees? I was messing around tonight and made this https://i.gyazo.com/ba065265d34607075ff00622a21cc9dc.gif, but it seems like tvTrees are limited. I couldn't find a way to change the text being displayed so every update to the text I would have to remove the 13 children and readd them with the updated name. In that example it seemed to work very smoothly but who knows how it might look in a multiplayer environment with a heavier load. I suppose another way would to be to remove the value I want to change, add it back and then use one of the sorting commands.

VBS gets all the nice things like advanced tvTree commands :( https://resources.bisimulations.com/w/index.php?title=Dialogs_Tree

[little raptor]

Well it depends how you look at it 😅
x atan2 y is CW from north
y atan2 x is CCW from east

For getDir like behavior you want the first

[storm crystal]

Yo, how do I set a direction to look at on a plane?
I'd like it to look at the direction of _planedirpos when it spawns and I don't really know how to

_planespawnpos = markerPos "W1";
_planedirpos = markerPos "W2";
_plane = createVehicle ["B_T_VTOL_01_infantry_F", _planespawnpos, [], 0, "FLY"];
_pilot1 = group player createUnit ["B_Pilot_F", [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "NONE"];
_pilot1 moveInDriver _plane;
_plane moveTo _planedirpos;

[little raptor]

See the getDir command

[tulip ridge]

Is there not a chat command for direct communication?

Direct chat does have a channel ID of 5, but I can't seem to find a command to use it?

[little raptor]

customRadio

but channel 5 is for directSay

it's not actually a "radio channel"

[tulip ridge]

Yeah but I was hoping there was an equivalent for sideChat, groupChat, etc. for direct chat

Unfortunate

[south swan]

maybe customChat

[little raptor]

systemChat

[tulip ridge]

It was mostly just for the text styling (more white than system)

[little raptor]

well try customChat too

[tulip ridge]

I already tried customChat, it just didn't send a message at all

[real tartan]

looking for way to detect ( on player ), if item was taken from player's backpack by another player ( or zeus )

[fleet sand]

You can check is item removed from backpack with removeItem command: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeItem
But if you are vorried about stuff desapearing becouse of players then i would use lock backpack by diwako Github:
https://github.com/diwako/lockBackpack

[hasty gate]

Does anyone know if you can adjust current heat signature on the fly via SQF or via some other trick? I want to have an object which doesn't have engine to be heated up so it can be targeted by infantry anti-tank teams?

EDIT: found it https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleTIPars

[real tartan]

trying to find some sort of event I can listen, so I can detect moment, when it was taken. Preffer not to use loops

[fleet sand]

You could also force close the inventory if the another player is trying to access the backpack of another player:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#InventoryOpened

[sudden yacht]

[10:24 PM]
Randomelement = selectRandom ["stuff"];
[10:25 PM]
Randomelement setpos pos1;

// then I get an error that there is no object.. help..

[fleet sand]

Stuff = nearestObjects [player, ["class1ect"], 200];
Randomelement = selectRandom [Stuff ];
Randomelement setpos pos1;
``` If you are not using this variables in other stuff make them private.

[tulip ridge]

There's not really an event for something specific like that
You could use a CBA event to check when a player's loadout changes, and compare that to the last loadout you checked from them

[tulip ridge]

That's because you're picking a random element from ["stuff"], not the objects you got with nearestObjects

[real tartan]

I will investigate, thanks, by any chance you would know the event name

[tulip ridge]

Change selectRandom ["stuff"] to just selectRandom Stuff

[tulip ridge]

['loadout', TAG_fnc_yourFnc, true] call CBA_fnc_addPlayerEventHandler;
'loadout' for listening to loadout changes, TAG_fnc_yourFnc is the function to call when it changes, true (or false) is whether or not to call the function when the player first spawns

[sudden yacht]

but.. Isnt it defined as stuff when i placed it.. I am easily confused.. Bear with me.

stuff = ect... that defines it right? Im not crazy.. right?

[fleet sand]

Stuff = nearestObjects [player, ["class1ect"], 200];
Randomelement = selectRandom ["stuff"];

1. Stuff is with a capital letter and in selectRandom is with small s
   (Variables are casesensetive).
2. in SelectRandom you are passing string as a element, and not passing array that you got saved in Stuff.

[little raptor]

Variables are casesensetive
no

[little raptor]

stuff is an array of objects

selectRandom command takes an array and randomly selects an element from it

so what you should do is: selectRandom stuff

in layman terms, stuff is something like [obj1, obj2, obj3, ....] so you don't need to wrap it into an array again

so if you did selectRandom [stuff], you'd get your array back again ([stuff] is an array of array of objects now)

(random can now only select one element, and it's the stuff array)

[fleet sand]

Wait are you saying that:

GlobalVariable  = 42;
//is the same as 
Globalvariable = 12;
//and it will print 12
```?

[little raptor]

yes

they're the same variables

SQF vars are case-insensitive

[fleet sand]

oh. The more you know.

[sudden yacht]

thanks leopard! i dont know why i was thinking about like the way i was 🙂

[thick sage]

not only variables, but everything except preprocessor operators. E.g. [] Call {1} works

[hallow mortar]

Some string comparisons (e.g. isEqualTo, in) are case sensitive

[calm lantern]

hey need a white list for warlords we're they can not load modern guns into the server anyone got ideas

[kindred tide]

how do i show the mission results summary, like statistic, kills, failed objectives etc?

[granite sky]

You mean without ending the mission?

[kindred tide]

with or without, whatever

oh, it shows itself lol

i thought i had to do from script

how do i change what it says though

[granite sky]

CfgDebriefing entries.

[kindred tide]

looks like the relevant one for me is briefing.html

[grizzled cliff]

Updated: https://github.com/NouberNou/carma2

[hardy valve]

This is amazing and works flawlessly thanks again

[hallow mortar]

If you want the trees to fall away from the centre point, replace _x setDamage 1; with _x setDamage [1, true, this];

[calm lantern]

hey can somone help me make the a script ?

[warm hedge]

Don't ask to ask just ask

[calm lantern]

I need to make a Para chute script

the goal is to be able to eject ai out of the plane with static Para chute I just started scripting dnt really have any idea and im trying to learn

@warm hedge

[tranquil nymph]

@native hemlock: yeah, there's not currently a tvSetText command

[nocturne bluff]

Its hurrible

[pastel quartz]

Hi all. How can I create a new team i.e. Bravo, spawn an AI-controlled soldier and assign it to that team please?

[dusk gust]

_group = createGroup civilian;
_group createUnit ["C_man_1_1_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];

Civilian can be changed out for the side you want them on - opfor, blufor, independant etc
"C_man_1_1_F" is the class name of the character type you want, this is a class without any weapons.
[0,0,0] is the position coords that you want to spawn it.

This will create a group and add that unit to it.

[pastel quartz]

Thank you but this didn't seem to do anything. Do you know if it'd work in Dynamic Recon Ops multiplayer?

[dusk gust]

I've honestly never played it, but if it uses specific teams that it makes, then it probably wouldn't work.