arma3_scripting

[tender sable]

hmm I'll have to think about that. but the inconsistency between scheduled/unscheduled regarding a nil variable is kinda whacky

[queen cargo]

to have required parameters, adding a simple check could do the trick: if (count _this < NumOfRequiredParameters exitWith { ["Your error message"] call BIS_fnc_cannotRememberTheErrorFunctionName; }; but requiring something is kinda stupid (use isNil check instead)

[queen cargo]

true
can cause troubles indeed (mostly because nil errors just go unnoticed) but there is plenty of ways to double check theese things

[astral bone]

well, count would return if you have nothing for 1, but something for 2

oh, also, you can make it so it accepts different param orders :D

[tender sable]

not too concerned with how many ways.. more concerned I am constrained to 'a certain way' if I am supplying functions to be used by others. Just because spawn/scheduled is grumpy with nil values

especially if that certain way could be reduced to an easier method that works fine in unscheduled cases

[astral bone]

params[
"_object",
["_argA",objNull,[objNull,1,true]],
["_argB",objNull,[objNull,1]],
["_argC",1,[1]]
];

//this spawn{[_this,true,1000,1] call ratchet_common_fnc_tankRefiller;};

//[object,refillOthers,maxAmount,StartAmount]
//[object,maxAmount,StartAmount]


if (isNil "ratchet_refillAceFuelTanks") then { ratchet_refillAceFuelTanks = []; };

if(isNil "_argA")then{
    ["Unexpected variable for first argument. Called by %1",typeOf _object] call BIS_fnc_error;
}else{
    _maxAmount = -1;
    _startAmount = 1;
    _isSource = false;
    if(typeName _argA == "SCALAR")then{
        _maxAmount = _argA;
        if(typeName _argB != "SCALAR")then{
            _startAmount = 1;
        }else{
            _startAmount = _argB;
        };```
(This is deprecated code tho, so x3)

[queen cargo]

... bloody filter

Just guard your stuff against that by checking the different conditions first:

params [
    ["_unit", objNull, [objNull]],
    ["_unitVariableName", "", [""]],
    ["_value", nil]
];

// Throw an exception if the unit is not provided.
if isNull _unit exitWith {
    throw [
        XMS_UNIT_VARIABLES_EXCEPTION_INVALID_UNIT_PROVIDED,
        "The '_unit' argument must be provided, must be an object and must not be null.",
        _this
    ];
};

// Throw an exception if the unit not initialized.
if !(_unit getVariable["XMS_Unit_Initialization_var_Initialized", false]) exitWith {
    throw [
        XMS_UNIT_VARIABLES_EXCEPTION_UNIT_NOT_INITIALIZED,
        "The '_unit' argument must be initialized by the Extensive Medical System.",
        _this
    ];
};```

cannot link here due to something triggering content block

[tender sable]

but that wont fail if they supplied a string for _argA

or am i wrong?

[astral bone]

part of my code. Is argA is it they supply a string, it will be objNull

[tender sable]

right. I want to catch a wrong type AND nil

[astral bone]

_argA accepts bool, scalar, and object types

[tender sable]

which params boolean does really well

[astral bone]

well again

this

[kindred zephyr]

Does this function:

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

Stacks?

Stack meaning as in: everytime I use it, it ques the function to keep running after the previous iterations ends?

I've tried using it some times but I always have some issue that make me discard it. Sometimes it feels like it ques, sometimes I can clearly see it be invoked multiple times at once. Instead of trying to guess, better come here and ask people around right?

[astral bone]

oh darn it, I forgot the not

params["_aaa",["_aab","default",[""]]];
if(isNil "_aaa" || {typeName _aaa != "STRING"})exitWith{...}; // exit if nil or if not of type string
...

[astral bone]

could check via function viewer :P

[tender sable]

yes, works. very wordy though. Not saying it cant be done as my last example in original code works fine. I just think it's redundant and stupid when first example should work fine for both sched/unsched

[astral bone]

well, I dunno what to tell ya

sad times, no one to give me opinions on my map in terrain makers v.v

[tender sable]

I realize its the VM but params and private command should put the local variables on the stack and allow nils is all I am saying. Undefined variable error should only trigger if it's not defined or passed in e.g. like a typo of a local variable - if we should even have undefined variable error at all.

problem could exist beyon just parameters - e.g. repassing a nil value through to another function

[queen cargo]

use proper tools to find typos instead

vscode has those eg.

[astral bone]

I like Advanced Debug Tools' console, and notepad++

[queen cargo]

regarding the if and if not of duck typed languages, it is this way for everything, because duck typing demands it or a hard crash

Which is nowhere implemented
as an unassigned variable is defined as nil

[astral bone]

yea, normally I try to avoid nil's. Heh, I have redundant checks. Idk why you'd call my script with a nil, but juuuust in case!

[queen cargo]

Nah
what you are doing there is just plain madness 🤣

[tender sable]

I use both. I have been coding in C# for 16 years since VS Pro 2003 . Not complaining about 'I cant seem to do this' I'm just more wondering why the VM complains about nils at all

[astral bone]

oh, the ArgA is just me being weird ;P

[queen cargo]

because

[half sapphire]

hey guys. playing around with flat empty area (optional empty. i can just hideglobal everything in the area an unhide later). can't seem to find a reliable way to do it (dynamically). fnc findsafepos with isflatempty check can take long and freeze for a few seconds. and its not exactly reliable tbh. what's your method?

[past cobalt]

anyone here use acre and have made custom presets for it?

Im trying to rack my head around on how to do this and Im completely lost

[granite sky]

It's something that's painfully expensive in SQF. If you check findSafePos it's just trying random spots within the radius until it finds one that fits.

Depending on your input parameters it might be better to do a recursive search.

[half sapphire]

while {(RPR_intelHQLoc isFlatEmpty [-1, -1, 0.1, 20, 0, true, objNull] isEqualTo []);} do {RPR_intelHQLoc =  
    [getMarkerPos "AO", 100, 600, 1, 0, 0.1, 0, [], []] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;};

that's about how generous i can be with the search params. not that they way im implementing this is the best anyway.

[half sapphire]

what would be a recursive search? 😬

[granite sky]

Like split the initial search into a bunch of larger circles, check for object count in those. Then pick the one with fewest objects and search within that.

[digital hollow]

or just make the terrain flat

[half sapphire]

don't play with my feelings... i was actually wondering if that was even possible. point me to the right direction?

[opal zephyr]

It is possible lol

[digital hollow]

setTerrainHeight
Terrain Lib https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2966168738
Bucket (zeus mod) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2967119946

[half sapphire]

setTerrainHeight is an option. the other 2 not really. the positions are randomly selected by script and change several times during mission. also mod dependency.

[digital hollow]

mod links provided for you to reference how the command is used.

[half sapphire]

ohhhh.. sorry.

before i embark on this quest, is setTerrainHeight "light"? or it sinks FPS like a mofo?

@fair drum come on dont hold back 😛

[fair drum]

got me own question lol

anyone got anything made to convert a multidimensional array to multidimensional config array?

["index1", ["index2", ["index3", ["index4", "index5"]]]]

to

{"index1", {"index2", {"index3", {"index4", "index5"}}}}

[opal zephyr]

Run it in the console and see what the time in ms it gives back it

[granite sky]

Doesn't really cover it because it'll have a persistent effect.

[opal zephyr]

Ah

[opal zephyr]

Do you just need to change the symbols? If so regex could probably handle that

[fair drum]

hmmm I always forget about that

let me try

[fair drum]

this is what I got so far which seems to work. Can I condense this further? I'm terrible at regex lol:

// Convert to config array
private _array = str getUnitLoadout _unit;

_array = _array regexReplace ["\[", "{"];
_array = _array regexReplace ["\]", "}"];

copyToClipboard _array;

fixed

[half sapphire]

well it may seem that isflatempty and findsafepos are rather stupid. sometimes gives me crappy locations when there are at least two other much better suited locations just meters away.

[vapid spoke]

anyone got a working garbage clean script?

[granite sky]

It'll just pick the first valid location.

[little raptor]

The "first dimension" thing you wrote already takes care of all

[fair drum]

okay sweet

[fair drum]

we can build you one if you let us know what you want

[vapid spoke]

The purpose is to have all ai/dead unit delete once players exit the trigger area

[granite sky]

all (live?) AI: allUnits select { !isPlayer _x }
all dead units: allDeadMen

[vapid spoke]

so something like this?
{
if (!isPlayer _x) then {
deleteVehicle _x;
};
} forEach allUnits;

{
deleteVehicle _x;
} forEach allDeadMen;

[granite sky]

yes

[vapid spoke]

Only work 50% of the time

Seems not to like looters

[fair drum]

well you also have to delete the weapon holder that a dead body creates

[vapid spoke]

How would that look like?

[fair drum]

add in

{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach (allMissionObjects "WeaponHolder");
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach (allMissionObjects "WeaponHolderSimulated");

[vapid spoke]

{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach (allUnits select { !isPlayer _x });
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach allDeadMen;
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach (allMissionObjects "WeaponHolder");
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach (allMissionObjects "WeaponHolderSimulated");

didnt work

[fair drum]

what are these looters?

[vapid spoke]

the vanilla looters, independent under looter classname

i have a trigger that spawns them in and i need something that on deactivation works as a garbage clean

[granite sky]

Deleting a dead body automatically deletes the weapon holders that it created.

[vapid spoke]

what about deleting a ai that has not been killed?

[granite sky]

They should be deleted by the allUnits line.

[vapid spoke]

you got time to hop on vc so i can show you the issue?

[ornate whale]

What is the best approach to smoothly changing and randomizing weather during game (apart from initial randomization)? I am not sure how to handle the overcast and its forecast. Thanks

[limber heart]

Is there a way i can make an obj in game with an add action set the server to nopop = true and nopop = false?

[fair drum]

i mean you could lock the server so people can't join if thats what you want?

[limber heart]

nopop as in targets popping back up...

[fair drum]

ooooh lol

[limber heart]

yea lol

[half sapphire]

why would that work on the console but not from script?

[warm hedge]

"It doesn't work" does not tell us anything. If you have an error, post it

[half sapphire]

no error whatsoever

does work if exec in console. does nothing when execVM. self hosted. ran global, server, and local.

to be even more clear. run code in console. works everytime. copy/ paste code to sqf, execvm "said.sqf" on console... nothing.

[dusk gust]

You sure the file exists where you're specifying

[half sapphire]

yup. deleted one ;, saved, execvm ... error missing ;. so, super sure im execvm'ing the right file.

[warm hedge]

Post the entire script

[half sapphire]

if you run that code on console, be aware, there is a few seconds freeze.

forgot to change it to getpos player instead of getmarker pos.

but eitherway, same thing.

[past cobalt]

Ok can someone please help me, im gonna start pulling out my hair and teeth.
I've made a init and put line 15-28 in the init. It works perfectly on editor but when I put the mission file on the server it doesnt work

https://github.com/Theseus-Aegis/MissionTemplate/blob/0babecb27406f3da63be86da4c00f83d99604e89/template/admin/init.sqf#L14

[tender sable]

Just to cover the basics, if you put a hint at top of that file, does it display? Like to make sure the init.sqf in admin folder is called?

[past cobalt]

That’s not my mission template, that was provided to me by someone on the ace discord

[tender sable]

oh gotcha

so vanilla init.sqf in mission folder? anything else in it? if so, does that work fine?

[past cobalt]

Oh thank fuck I think I got it

waitUntil { ([] call acre_api_fnc_isInitialized) }; [(["ACRE_PRC343"] call acre_api_fnc_getRadioByType), 2] call acre_api_fnc_setRadioChannel;

I added this to it

[past cobalt]

but to answer your question yes the init.sqf is in the mission folder and no there isnt anything else but the mission.sqm

[granite sky]

Kinda odd, because init.sqf is supposed to be last in the MP init order.

[past cobalt]

Now I do have another question. How do I make more tabs like these?

[fair drum]

createDiarySubject

[edgy dune]

I have a drone vehicle that is spawned via the server, and theres some issues when trying to take control with the UAV terminal. I was thinking maybe its a locality issue. Is this the command to change the vehicles localitly from server to whatever player https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setOwner

[warm hedge]

Should be

[grizzled cliff]

i might be close to something...

[edgy dune]

okay cool

[warm hedge]

I'm pretty sure it is because both Debug Console and your execVM do work properly and both failed to satisfy the while condition. In Debug Console (aka Unscheduled Environment) while is limited to 10000 or 100000 (I don't recall right now) so it will exit regardless the condition has met to prevent the game freeze. Meanwhile execVM (aka Scheduled Environment) can do it infinitely

10000, I just checked

[austere wigeon]

I'm sorry, but is this the proper channel to ask about mod scripting (ie. config.cpp files, etc. while making a mod)?

[half sapphire]

yes i figured it was related to shceduled vs unscheduled. so i tried with isnil {code} as if it was call and it worked. sorry i didn't reply on that.. it still freezes and takes too long.. and not the best flat results. its a pain.

[warm hedge]

For config, #arma3_config . This is a channel to discuss/ask for help about SQF scripting. Regardless it is from/for vanilla or modded

[half sapphire]

i mean it does return somewhat flat areas, but then 10 meters away there is a WAY better spot that was not chosen because arma. not worth the 2 seconds freeze everytime i spawn a compo.

[austere wigeon]

Thank you very much. I'm super novice but just stuck on a seemingly simple thing atm, so knowing where to go for information or ask a question is super helpful ❤️ I don't think my question super pertains to SQF scripting as far as I'm aware. I'm trying to use CBA's Settings System (which I'm fully aware is not Vanilla) to change a value in the CfgWeapons of a mod I'm making (if that's even possible in the first place).

[warm hedge]

to change a value in the CfgWeapons of a mod I'm making (if that's even possible in the first place)
There is no way to change a config parameter on the fly

Depends on what exactly is your goal, you may make it happened via some scripts though by mimicking it

[austere wigeon]

Ahh... That probably stops me in my tracks then (which isn't the end of the world). I know this is super off topic, but just to be blunt with what I'm looking to do:

• I want to make a mod that overrides ACE's ace_nightvision addon's NVGoggles class that has a unique value called ace_nightvision_border.
• It has a default value of "\z\ace\addons\nightvision\data\nvg_mask_binos_4096.paa", but I want to replace it with my own custom path to a .paa in my addon directory. I have already accomplished this successfully via class overriding (overloading? forget what it's technically called).
• I want to go a step further and have a CBA Setting of type LIST give the user an option to choose what image is used for this value. I already got the Setting created and visible in game, but I'm stuck on how to "apply the global variable value to the config" for lack of better words 😅 Like, I'm not even sure what the work around would be, or if it's even possible.

[tulip ridge]

You'd have to use a mod (could maybe do it in a mission config as well)

[austere wigeon]

Yeh, I'm trying to make that mod... But I don't even know how to begin with linking the CBA setting to the value in a CfgWeapons class that's already restricted by having to modify a specific value of a different mod (ACE).

I'll take it to #arma3_config though, which should be a better place. Sorry to derail! Thanks! ❤️

[tulip ridge]

But I don't even know how to begin with linking the CBA setting to the value in a CfgWeapons
You can't

[warm hedge]

Even though I literally have zero experience with ACE scripting/modding and barely for CBA but sounds like ace_nightvision is very scripted

[tulip ridge]

The actual overlays are done in config, they have two versions of each NVG type, one for green overlay (vanilla) and one for white/blue

[austere wigeon]

It is for the effects, but ace_nightvision_border is literally just a static .paa they throw on the screen when nightvision is activated.

Would I maybe have better luck in the ACE Discord then?

I just figured they wouldn't take kindly to inquires about modding their mod.

[warm hedge]

A vanilla overlay is not a paa, but p3d for whatever reason

Hence I suspect it is scripted after it took a paa

[tulip ridge]

Oh I thought you were trying to do something else, the effects are done through post processing effects

[austere wigeon]

I know, I'm trying to change just the border; the simpler of all things considered 😅

[tulip ridge]

Why would they?
They have channels dedicated to helping people learn and mod ace

[austere wigeon]

Oh sick, I'll give them a ring then. Thanks 🙂

[grizzled cliff]

ida soooo sllllooooow

[open hollow]

anyone made comething like this?

BIN_fnc_showHorizontalCompass dont work in arma vanilla

[twin oar]

Squad DUI Radar is the closest I know of.

[open hollow]

yea good old DUI

[twin oar]

Let me do some research

[open hollow]

https://github.com/LarrowZurb/Compass/tree/master

this will work

[twin oar]

These also work ^

[limber thunder]

I want to save all players in a radius around the player on which the script is running in an array. I would use the nearestObjects command for this.
Can someone tell me which type (class name) I have to enter so that I only get players?

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

[meager granite]

nearestObjects is very costly. You can get all players with allPlayers and filter it out with inAreaArray

private _players = allPlayers inAreaArray [getPos player, 100, 100];

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

[limber thunder]

Thanks. The first 100 probably stands for the distance, but what does the second 100 stand for?

[meager granite]

Read the article, its x and y radiuses of a ellipse or half of the side for rectangle.

[limber thunder]

Okay thanks 🙂

[slow brook]

Before I do this myself, does anyone know of a module / script or something that's been written that intercepts Zeus placed objects and forces the server to create them instead?

[serene sentinel]

Help , please. I need to count "FirstAidKit" in box. Something like this ?

{"FirstAidKit" == _x} count (getitemCargo cont1);

[proven charm]

try itemCargo instead

[serene sentinel]

@proven charm that's right

[wind flax]

Is there anyway to check if a black screen is active?

[proven charm]

what black screen?

[half sapphire]

hey guys, before i keep bashing my head against this non flat nor empty wall. have any of managed to come up with a reliable solution for finding good flat areas (dont even care about empty at this point). everything i've tried so far is unreliable, returns positions that are mediocre with very good positions near by that are ignored. if you tell me there is a way, ill keep chewing on it. but maybe you could spare me the headache and just tell me "look, don't bother, go in the editor, pick your places and store them, and work on that" or something in those lines.

[sullen sigil]

what are you using said flat areas for? spawning compositions on?

[half sapphire]

yes indeed.

using larrow's comp spawner

[granite sky]

It's fundamentally an expensive problem in SQF. You can do it, and there are better ways than findSafePos, but they're algorithmically complex and maybe too slow for your use case anyway.

This is the sort of problem where even in native code you'd want to be a bit smart about it.

And then SQF is 1000x slower.

On the other hand, if you already have a method that's nearly good enough but neglects better positions nearby, then just check for better positions nearby.

[cosmic lichen]

What are you trying now?

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

[half sapphire]

that, findsafepos, shk_pos script, selectbestplaces (meadows), combos of it in steps, all together... even tried to do my own... don't laugh too hard (state is super WIP):

 findFlatArea = {
    params ["_pos", "_radius"];

    // Check for flat areas in the radius
   for "_i" from 0 to 360 step 5 do {
    private _angle = _i;
    private _checkPos = _Pos getPos [_radius, _angle];
    private _elevation = _checkPos select 2;
    
    // Compare the elevation of the current point with the elevation of the marker position
    private _gradient = _elevation - (_checkPos select 2);

    // If the gradient is close to 0, it's relatively flat
    if (abs(_gradient) < 0.01) then {
        RPR_intelHQLoc = _checkPos;
        break;
    };
};


    publicVariable "RPR_intelHQLoc";
};

// Usage:
[_finalLoc, 300] call findFlatArea;

[opal zephyr]

what values were you putting into isFlatEmpty?

[half sapphire]

that was a hell of a headache and i don't even know what im doing thre tbh

[half sapphire]

"yes"

let me find the last attempt. i don't even know were i stopped. i know im not checking for objects anymore.

[granite sky]

Your gradient check there always passes. You're just comparing the Z value of the point with itself.

[half sapphire]

yeah i was up till 6 am, i don't even know what i tried last.

[wind flax]

Using BIS_fnc_blackIn, and BIS_fnc_blackOut, is there a way to tell if it's blacked in, or blacked out?

[digital hollow]

looks like it sets BIS_fnc_blackIn_completed to true. check Out for similar

[vapid spoke]

hey guys what would the script look like to delete just dead bodies within the trigger

[little raptor]

Dead bodies don't trigger the trigger

[vapid spoke]

i want to as blufor the player exits the trigger for any dead ai to be deleted as if tis a garbage clean

[little raptor]

{
 deleteVehicle _x
} forEach (allDead inAreaArray thisTrigger)

[wind flax]

Any way to tell if it's for your specific tag?

[vapid spoke]

its for a mp server so just using any player

[little raptor]

Deleting many units in a single frame will freeze your game in the next frame tho (for a few ms)

[vapid spoke]

something like 30-40 units hopefully it wont be too bad

[little raptor]

Dunno. It might be a bit noticeable

[vapid spoke]

thanks its working, i will keep an eye on the frames but luckily the server is running at a stable 110fps

[granite sky]

It's a lot better than killing a lot of units in a single frame :P

Apparently the animation + ragdoll is extremely expensive.

[little raptor]

Yeah. But that's due to ragdoll

[granite sky]

Can't say I noticed hitching from mass delete, but then I probably have strong tolerance for hitching in Arma.

[little raptor]

Yeah probably only noticeable with 1000+ objs. If you run deleteVehicle createSimpleObject [_model, _pos] via code performance you'll notice your game freezes in the next frame. But I guess in that case it deletes several thousand objs

[pearl whale]

Anyone have a script to trigger a camera that follows bullets shot from a mounted HMG?
I found this one

player addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    _null = _this spawn {
        _missile = _this select 6;
        _cam = "camera" camCreate (position player); 
        _cam cameraEffect ["External", "Back"];
        waitUntil {
            if (isNull _missile) exitWith {true};
            _cam camSetTarget _missile;
            _cam camSetRelPos [0,-3,0];
            _cam camCommit 0;
        };
        sleep 0.4;      
        _cam cameraEffect ["Terminate", "Back"];
        camDestroy _cam;
    };
}];

But it only works with normal weapons.

[hallow mortar]

The Fired event handler responds to the exact unit (/vehicle) it's added to. So if you add it to player it will only respond to shots fired by the player unit. When the player is using a vehicle's weapons, the player unit isn't firing - that vehicle is.
So you just need to do exactly the same thing, but replace player with the vehicle you want it to work on, in this case presumably the static HMG turret.

[molten yacht]

Is there a way to figure out on what machine a given unit is local

i.e. send a hint only to one player with remoteExec

[hallow mortar]

If you have the unit, just pass that as the remoteExec target parameter and that machine will be used as the target

[molten yacht]

Hm, I"ll have to re-test it

See, ZEN has a feature where you can double-click a unit and execute code on it

it has a _this to specify the unit as the target of scripts

I'm wondering if the person didn't notice the hint or if it doesn't quite work right

thanks

[molten yacht]

Also, there's gotta be a way to do this right but also compact

_pos = getPosATL _this; _pos select 2 = (_pos select 2) + 50; 
"SmokeShellRed" createVehicle [_pos];

but my syntax brain is somewhere between python and node rn so I can't remember sqf so good

oh

because it makes a new array doesn't it

Right, got it.

[tender sable]

_pos set [2,(_pos#2) +50];

[molten yacht]

Yeah, I got there eventually <3

[granite sky]

can also one-liner it with this. Not sure if faster or slower:

_pos = getPosATL _this vectorAdd [0,0,50];

[molten yacht]

:o

I didn't know that was an option!

It's under Vector, is why

but it'll work on pos?

It sure will.

[hallow mortar]

Vectors and Positions are technically interchangeable. They're not a unique data type, they're just arrays of 2 or 3 numbers.

[molten yacht]

Now if I can just get spawn to behave.

Let's say I wanted to do the previous thing with a 5 second delay between multiple grenades.

private _pos = getPosATL _this vectorAdd [0,0,50];
sleep 5;
"SmokeShellRed" createVehicle _pos;
sleep 5;```

For this to execute properly, it needs to be "spawned" so it's in the scheduler

so it can be slept

now, I see a lot of just like

[] spawn { private _pos = getPosATL _this vectorAdd [0,0,50];
sleep 5;
"SmokeShellRed" createVehicle _pos;
sleep 5;
"SmokeShellRed" createVehicle _pos;}```

But this doesn't seem to... work

[hallow mortar]

spawn is a separate scope to the original script, and local variables from the original script don't work unless you pass them in as arguments

_var = "blah";
[] spawn {
  systemChat _var; // fails, _var doesn't exist here
};

_var spawn {
  systemChat _this; // works - _this in this scope is _var
};

[_var] spawn {
  params ["_text"];
  systemChat _text; // works - _this in this scope is an array containing _var, which params can interpret
};```

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Scopes

[molten yacht]

Oh, I see. Thanks

[past cobalt]

Can someone that knows acre coding well, help me out please?

[warm hedge]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[past cobalt]

I’m trying to figure out why I’m having an issue… as I’m completely new to coding

[opal zephyr]

Whats the issue? Is there an error? What isnt working

[past cobalt]

So the first person that connects can hear the second person that connects, but the second person cannot hear the first person.

[past cobalt]

I dont know what I need to do. Im not sure if its a code issue or not

[opal zephyr]

That code just looks like it sets presets on the radio, is that correct?

[past cobalt]

Yea. which works now thankfully we just cant hear each other

[opal zephyr]

Hm, I havnt used acre before, but can you hear eachother normally when setting channels manually?

[drifting sky]

Is there any easy way to find the middle position of a road object?

[past cobalt]

Yea before I started even touching custom presets we could hear each other perfectly

[opal zephyr]

And you've confirmed that the players are all on the same channel?

[past cobalt]

Yea, all on channel 1 of the 152

[opal zephyr]

Is there a webpage or wiki that you got the info to so this from?

[fair drum]

#arma3_config message

Follow that. I honestly can't test the TS voice itself since I don't have TS or a TS server. But everything works fine as far as the correct channels locally.

His post above leaves out what I pointed out on the acre documentation.

[opal zephyr]

Ok, did he implement the things you mentioned though?

@past cobalt particularly assigning it before giving it to them

[fair drum]

But I'm signing off helping him because I don't have the TS platform.

I honestly don't know if he did or not. He didn't post much to confirm all he said was it didn't work.

[opal zephyr]

Alright, I also dont have access to a ts server or acre so I dont have experience with this either

[sage flume]

I want to ask for someone that might be interested in creating a mod since I cannot. My idea...

1st
…toss a grenade into a building,
…the building may or may not catch fire,
…scripting will be written to determine the probability of a fire/smoke,
…options = 0 to 100%,
…scripting will be written to determine the amount/duration/volume of fire/smoke,
“a burning vehicle ends the burn cycle, and the smoke suddenly stops and rises into the sky! I would like to see that fixed. I have numerous smoke effects that I made for a port that I made on Stazsow”. They could be used to respond to scripting that, over time the smoke slowly becomes less and less thick until it is finally spent. The Stazsow terrain also has burnt areas in the fields where fires had previously occurred. Do you know if something similar is available or could they be made as a spawnable object?

2nd
… toss a grenade at enemy out in the open, (on dry grass)
…the grass may or may not catch fire,
…scripting will be written to determine the probability of a fire/smoke,
…options = 0 to 100%,
…scripting will be written to determine the amount/duration/volume of fire/smoke,
…could a decal be placed where the fire is, to show dead, burnt area?
…enemies might be hurt by fire.

3rd
…Rockets, grenades, or any explosives do leave a decal, but I would like to see the decals last much longer as well as continue to burn to show a terrible war zone.
…Do decals influence fps?
… scripting will be written to determine the amount of time decals remain.
… options = 1-30 minutes?,

[past cobalt]

Wdym assigning it?

[opal zephyr]

Hypoxic said that you need to set the radio presets before giving the players the radios. Do you do this?

[past cobalt]

They players aren’t given radios anymore. It didn’t work when I put that in

[opal zephyr]

So how do they use the radios if they arent given them...?

[past cobalt]

They go into the arsenal

[opal zephyr]

Oh interesting, I wonder if it has to do with the init order of assigning the radio channels

[past cobalt]

🤷‍♂️ Im not sure, Im green to coding and have no idea what Im doing

[opal zephyr]

I wonder if theres an acre discord

[fair drum]

As far as I read, you can't do this. I could take a deep dive through the documentation and code, but the team does a good job at documenting so you'll just have to learn the basics then return and read very carefully.

[fair drum]

It's in the Ace discord

They aren't going to help him with basic scripting help though.

[opal zephyr]

Idk if id consider this basic scripting, its very specific to acre

[fair drum]

He's been on there today asking. Just needs to be more persistent and read the documentation that Pabst posted carefully I would think. But his responses definitely shows how green he is as he's not able to pull the important info on his own. Here's this if you want to help him further.

Still stuck at work tonight.

https://github.com/IDI-Systems/acre2/blob/master/extras/examples/mission_setupCompanySignals.sqf

@past cobalt

Take a read through this, paint that green.... Red? Or something lol

#arma3_scripting message

[molten yacht]

I'm having a lot of trouble with addactions that UAVs are meant to use. For some reason, the addaction shows up fine, but no matter how simple the actual code, it won't fire.

_this addAction ["kill", 
{_target setDamage 1;} 
,[], 10, false, true];

Like, this is super simple, and yet...?

[granite sky]

I don't get it. What's the addAction placed on, and what are you expecting that to do?

[molten yacht]

So, it's placed on a UAV

and it destroys the UAV. Don't worry about why, it's placeholder code.

I had something more complex but realized that it wouldn't fire. So I kept trying simpler code and simpler code.

[granite sky]

You walk up to the UAV on the ground, use the action, and it doesn't destroy it?

[molten yacht]

I use the action while piloting the UAV.

[granite sky]

ah

It's probably bugged then.

[molten yacht]

I have tried with like 15 different UAVs :(

[granite sky]

The UAV stuff is a shitshow.

maybe use diag_log to check what _target actually is there.

[molten yacht]

(fwiw, this doesn't work even if I walk up to it and use the addaction that way)

hmmm point

[granite sky]

oh, that's different then.

[molten yacht]

incredibly accurate comment tho

[granite sky]

Wait, you have the addAction script wrong anyway.

[molten yacht]

Okay, that's what I suspected. What's wrong with it?

[granite sky]

you need params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; at the top of it.

_target isn't a magic variable there.

[molten yacht]

....that's not passed in automatically

okay

[granite sky]

You just get a _this with that data in it.

Now _target is a magic variable in the condition.

[molten yacht]

Thanks. I guess I thought for some reason they'd pass it in automatically if it wasn't a script file @_@

[drifting sky]

Is there an existing scripting command to make an object align with the terrain?

[proven charm]

dont know but here's code from the wiki: _obj setVectorUp surfaceNormal position _obj;

[winter rose]

^

although position —> getPosATL

bad wiki, bad!

[hallow mortar]

Fixed: playSound3d was not taking into account the speed of sound on remote clients - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176809

vindication

[winter rose]

fixed

[astral bone]

heh- Probably a better way to do this, but my group position setter script- didn't take scale into consideration. So now-

private _allItems = [];
private _allobjs = get3DENSelected "object";
private _primary = _allobjs deleteAt 0;
private _oScale = getObjectScale _primary;

{
    _primary setObjectScale getObjectScale (_x);
    private _data = [_x,_primary worldToModel ASLToAGL getPosASL _x];
    _allItems pushBack _data;
}forEach _allobjs;
_allItems;
_primary setObjectScale _oScale;

_primary set3DENAttribute ["position",_newPrimaryPosition];
{
    _primary setObjectScale getObjectScale (_x # 0);
    (_x select 0) set3DENAttribute ["position",ASLToATL AGLToASL (_primary modelToWorld (_x select 1))];
}forEach _allItems;
_primary setObjectScale _oScale;

it just sets the primary object's scale when getting the relative and then when setting relative position xD

Maybe should have it set 3DEN Enhanced scale? idk

[astral bone]

wait, can I do vectorModelToWorld and vectorWorldToModel to do this?

wait no- uh-

I don't think this works x3

[astral bone]

3den you see, so it doesn't simulate

[digital hollow]

Oh it's in 3DEN. then everything needs to be set3DENAttibute.

[astral bone]

yeeea. And- trig? isn't my strong suit xD

[digital hollow]

is the issue that the scale resets when you change its position?

[astral bone]

oh no, the code above is working fine. Scale was messing it up, but I fixed that.
Now, I wanna add it so it copies input'd direction.

so it'd need to get the difference between final rotation and primary object's current rotation. Then, it'd rotate the object and all 'sub' objects that amount

Basically, when you use the widget in 3den to rotate multiple objects at once

[digital hollow]

then yes, put everything in primary's modelspace. position, vectorDirAndUp. when you set new orientation you'll need to go from vector to pitch/bank though

[astral bone]

Hmm- Do I need to do it via vectorDirAndUp?

I vaglue remember vectorDirAndUp being able to be done via like- I think BIS_fnc_pitchBank or something?

[digital hollow]

if you want to take the easy way, setVectorDirAndUp eachobject, and copy its rotation 3DEN attribute

[astral bone]

But, it doesn't update the attritube when you set it not via set3denAttribute

[digital hollow]

I know, but it's just to get the world pitch bank yaw. to actually put into the attribute, without doing the math

[astral bone]

oh- oh yea, as the input?

wait no-

confused xD

ok, well, going off of what Lou suggested- what exactly is sqf [ x * cos angleRad - y * sin angleRad, x * sin angleRad + y * cos angleRad, 0, // Y rotation - 2D only ]
doing?

is this to plug into my own code or-

[digital hollow]

to understand and implement, yeah.

[astral bone]

Where would it go? After the setting of group position?
(I don't wanna sound like I want you to do it for me, but then- I learn best when I see what works so xD)

oh also, what is render time scope-

oh, is it just a better-for-visual version?

waait, set at new would be in the 2nd for loop, save in the first, I think

[digital hollow]

this will rotate the player and keep the selected object at the relative pos and orientation

private _playerDir = ((player get3DENAttribute "Rotation") # 0 # 2) + 90;
private _v = get3DENSelected "" # 0 # 0; 
private _vdu = [vectorDir _v, vectorUp _v] apply {player vectorWorldToModelVisual _x};
private _pos = player worldToModelVisual (_v get3DENAttribute "position") # 0;

player set3DENAttribute ["Rotation", [0,0,_playerDir]];

_v set3DENAttribute ["Position", ASLToATL (player modelToWorldVisualWorld _pos)];
_vdu apply {player vectorModelToWorldVisual _x} params ["_vy", "_vz"];
_vx = _vy vectorCrossProduct _vz;
_rv = [_vz, _vy, _vx];

_r0 = [
    [0,0,1],
    [0,1,0],
    [1,0,0]
];

_r = _r0 matrixMultiply matrixTranspose _rv;
_rotation = [
    (_r#1#0) atan2 (_r#0#0),
    asin -(_r # 2 # 0),
    (_r#2#1) atan2 (_r#2#2)
];

_v set3DENAttribute ["Rotation", _rotation];

[astral bone]

getAttritube doesn't get current object value, but what ever 3den has saved, so position is right, but rotation of individual objects are not xP

although...

_v set3DENAttribute ["Rotation", _v get3DENAttribute "Rotation"];

so I need to convert from vector dir and up to 3den's rotation myself

or- maybe I could just add the new rot attrib for the primary object and the individual object rot?

no

wait

I think it's working?

I will need to update the input params tho

[digital hollow]

updated =)

[astral bone]

oh matrix's confuse me so so much xD

[digital hollow]

ngl same. It's why I hadn't attempted this until now for my snapping mod

[spare adder]

Has anyone managed to get a working version of teh SC-173 mod working in MP? I can get it to run just fine in SP, but the blink doesn't work, and the unit doesn't move.

[zenith stump]

Is there a command I could put in to unit init for them to die as soon as mission starts?

I want to have some corpses my players run into, but setting their health to 0 causes them all to die in the same exact way, causing there to be just bunch of copy/paste looking bodies, which looks really weird.

[exotic flax]

setDamage 1 ?

[spare adder]

I don't know the code for it, but give them all different move orders, and then have the setdamage run after .5 or 1 second.

[past cobalt]

Paint?

[queen cargo]

A combination of setVelocity (maybe with random) and setDamage will do the trick

[zenith stump]

How would you use setVelocity here? Can't really wrap my head around what the wiki says.

[opal zephyr]

@zenith stump _this setVelocity [random 3, random 3, random 3];

[granite sky]

maybe not the z :P

[zenith stump]

What exactly does it do with infantry?

[opal zephyr]

haha maybe not lol

[opal zephyr]

it pushes them in a direction

you could also kill them and then use addForce to push the ragdoll

[zenith stump]

What would be the simplest way to do it? Still not super comfortable with scripts.

[opal zephyr]

You're doing it in the init of each unit right?

if so, try

[]spawn{
_this setVelocity [random 3, random 3, 0];
sleep 0.1;
_this setDamage 1;
};

That will begin to move the unit in a random direction, and then 0.1 seconds later it will kill them.

[keen stream]

Why not LUA?

[zenith stump]

Got this when I put it in unit init field.

[opal zephyr]

ah mb, use this instead of _this

[granite sky]

_this is just a blank array because that's how you ran the spawn. Need to use something like this:

this spawn{
  _this setVelocity [random 3, random 3, 0];
  sleep 0.1;
  _this setDamage 1;
};

[viral marsh]

yo

currently looking at changing the main logo on the menu screen - I've seen it done before in mods and such, and I've already got a custom main menu set up but I've been struggling with finding the exact steps needed to change it

[tulip ridge]

It's not done with scripting, you'll need a mod to do it. Check out #arma3_config

[fair drum]

yeah, you say you are green at scripting. there's the resources to make you not green anymore.

[pale wagon]

Where can I find a compiled list of all the arma 3 radio callouts from AI?

[tropic spire]

Do you mean this?

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

[pale wagon]

More like how the AI call out "Man, 300 meters, front" and similar. Or calling out fast movers, etc. I'm trying to find a script for all the callouts for doing voicelines

Basically I'm just trying to find out what lines I need to cover to have the equivalent amount of lines to Arma 3

(vanilla)

If anyone does know, do send me a DM or a ping

[warm hedge]

Do you mean you want to make a new set of voicelines?

[pale wagon]

Yeah. Best way to say that lol

I just want to know what people use as a baseline for the voicelines

[warm hedge]

Then basically the article says all

[pale wagon]

So for the types of enemy vehicles I just have to guess? lol

[warm hedge]

No, literally everything you need to have is there

Also there barely are modders who makes such set of audio and config, I only know one or two

[pale wagon]

Maybe I'm in the wrong channel, and I'm confusing you. I'm just looking for the voicelines to record

[hallow mortar]

It's on that page under "full list of words". It's collapsed by default to save page space so make sure you expand the table.

[pale wagon]

I'm so mad for not seeing that. Thank you, fellas]

[pulsar bluff]

anyone done base building scripting stuff here?

[proven charm]

what kind of base building?

[pulsar bluff]

like players able to put down buildiings and barricades

[proven charm]

oh well like you probably already know zeus does that

[pulsar bluff]

i guess i mean without an external camera/zeus interface

[proven charm]

ok

i made script to allow player to place machineguns and other statics but buildings is a lot harder to do

[pulsar bluff]

yea im just wondering what the standard thing to do is to prevent people from placing floating stuff

like, allow multi-story construction, but prevent totally floating objects

[proven charm]

that's going to be tricky

[willow hound]

@cold pebble doesn't Frontlines have a base building feature?

[open hollow]

i did some stuff, but never use it in a mission lol

[open hollow]

i made that you place it where you are looking, with a maximum radius, but always in the ground, so you cant build stuff on top of other stuff.

and to prevent to build objects inside other objects i used the boundingSphereDiameter given from https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/boundingBox

you can also check with that command if a objects is clipping... but requiere a lot of code.

other alternative i was working on, was using the memory points of buildings to make fortifications stick to windows or other points you can define, its a good alternative so you can store that easly in a variable, and delete them if the building is destroyed

[pulsar bluff]

yea nice

i am trying to allow placing things ontop of other things

[rough dagger]

I have no idea if this is a thing, but is it possible to vary the height of AI units (like somehow in their config) when you spawn them in? They are all spawned in as exactly the same height as each other .. which is kinda unusual

[warm coral]

how would i make a script that checks if a player has an item out of a list of items and then remove this item?

or one of the items randomly if the player has more than 1 out of the list

i already got the command for removing the item and also know how to make the array and stuff

just confused about what to put in if ()

how it would know a player has one of the items of the array

[meager granite]

Do you mean items or magazines too?

[warm coral]

items specifically

for context i am working on a survival scenario

where players can give other survivor npcs food or water through ace

[meager granite]

// Hashmap storing item limits, key:lower case classname, value: max allowed count
private _max_items = createHashMapFromArray [
     [toLower "FirstAidKit", 2]
    ,[toLower "SomeOtherItem", 0]
];

// Temporary hashmap to store found item counts, only ones mentioned in _max_items are counted
private _found_counts = createHashMap;
{
    // Only care if this item is in _max_items keys
    private _class = toLower _x;
    if(_class in _max_items) then {
        // Increase found items counter of this class
        private _new_count = (_found_counts getOrDefault [_class, 0]) + 1;
        _found_counts set [_class, _new_count];

        // Check if found counter exceeds one in _max_items
        private _max_count = _max_items get _class;
        if(_new_count > _max_count) then {
            systemChat format ["%1 removed, can't have more than %2!", _x, _max_count]; // _x instead of _class to print original letter casing
            player removeItem _class;
        };
    };
} forEach items player;

There is another way through arrayIntersect, but I think hashmaps are perfect for this

classes have to be toLower'ed in _max_items because key look up in hashmaps is key sensitive

[warm coral]

interesting

thanks a lot

[granite sky]

Could probably make that simpler with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/uniqueUnitItems

[meager granite]

Oh, I completely missed that command

[cold pebble]

Yea, 3D preview and the like. Build stuff found here: https://github.com/DomT602/Frontlines/tree/master/Frontlines.Malden/Logistics

[digital hollow]

There's this xD https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2923101876

[rough dagger]

Thanks as always @digital hollow

Perfect 🤩

[digital hollow]

A triangle/square snap system like Rust might be a good balance. Are you looking to give more freedom than snapping standard sized components?

[queen cargo]

lua is ugly as hell

[gray bramble]

Lua (fanboys hate allcaps) could work, but they'd probably need to abandon the whole "scheduled" (preemptively pausing scripts) thing, so badly made scripts would impact framerate like in arma1. And it would usually not be obvious until it combined with all the other badly made scripts.

They'd also need extra libraries to handle savegames.

[meager granite]

Is there a video of it somewhere? Very curious how it looks

[serene sentinel]

_helmets = ((getItemCargo _container) select 0) select { 
    _itemConfig = _weaponsConfig >> _x; 
 
    ((getText (_itemConfig >> "simulation")) == "Weapon") and { (getNumber (_itemConfig >> "type")) == 131072 } and { 
        _itemInfoConfig = _itemConfig >> "ItemInfo"; 
 
        (getNumber (_itemInfoConfig >> "type")) == 605 
    } and { (getNumber (_itemInfoConfig >> "HitPointsProtectionInfo" >> "Head" >> "armor")) >= 2 } 
};
 
_helmet = if ((count _helmets) > 0) then { selectrandom _helmets } else { "" };

Can someone tell me. Can I use instead of selectrandom some command that will select the maximum value of the parameter "Head" >> "armor". It must be selectmax i think, but how can i use it here?

[meager granite]

private _max_armor = selectMax(_helmets apply {getNumber(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "ItemInfo" >> "HitPointsProtectionInfo" >> "Head" >> "armor")});
private _best_helmets = _helmets select {getNumber(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "ItemInfo" >> "HitPointsProtectionInfo" >> "Head" >> "armor") == _max_armor};
selectRandom _best_helmets;

"ItemInfo" >> "HitPointsProtectionInfo" >> "Head" is not guaranteed way to get head armor btw, hitpointName = "HitHead"; inside that class is what matters, class name "Head" might not mean anything if mod designer names it something else

[cold pebble]

I’ve not got a specific video for it, but once I’m back home at PC can do a quick video of it

[meager granite]

So true head armor lookup is a bit more complex

[meager granite]

Thanks, searching youtube and its all action with no base building there

[serene sentinel]

@meager granite thanks, will try this way.

[cold pebble]

Yea, I imagine it’ll be in some videos but you’d have to find it within 8 hours or something 😂

[ruby bronze]

Is there a way that a player or a group could have their default map marker color set to something specific? For example if I want everyone on Alpha to automatically have blue as their selected marker color

[meager granite]

Probably by force changing the dropdown listbox with colors on the map?

[ruby bronze]

Exactly, that in theory should work but I can’t find anything about it on the wiki sadly

[meager granite]

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 1090 lbSetCurSel 1
```sets second map color (red by default)

[ruby bronze]

Oh wow, thanks

[meager granite]

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 1090 lbText 1 => Red
findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 1090 lbValue 1 => 3

lbValue seems to return class index in CfgMarkerColors

configName((configFile >> "CfgMarkerColors") select 3) => "ColorRed"

[gray bramble]

What about lua was ugly again? Syntax, like using do and end instead of { and } or language as a whole?

[ruby bronze]

Thank you so much!

[gray bramble]

As an example of what I consider an ugly language, see body foreach array.

[cold pebble]

Better quality is coming but here it is atm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T08rc0787U

I never really got the collision detection as well as I wanted 😦

[cosmic lichen]

BoundingBox seems rather large. Have you tested the "new" syntax?

I think yu can reference different geometries

[cold pebble]

I agree ref BB, I haven't really done a huge amount of scripting for it, but I'll take a looksie

Ah yea, syntax 3 for bbr. Which LOD would be the best for this use I wonder

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/918185900381437982/1172219259921895515/20231109170018_1.jpg?ex=655f8542&is=654d1042&hm=886a94e81598a55ae5f0bd6ac8fda87ac24c0654390a360384e0f0c10140d327& "memory" looks good for vehicles, less so for buildings
Geometry appears to work well...

private _collisionZone = (boundingBoxReal [_previewObject,"Geometry"] select 2) + 0.5;

May be the best option

[half sapphire]

hey guys. i was hoping to use DAC, but it's pooping some errors. is it not longer working with the current ver. of arma?

DAC ver. 3.1b, script.

couldn't catch the other errors, fast moving.
_Values = ["AO",[1,0,0],[6,8,20,5],[3,2,30,5],[2,2,30,5],[1,2,5],[0,0,0,0]] ;

_Pos_1 = getmarkerPos "AO";
[_Pos_1,600,600,1,0,_Values] call DAC_fNewZone;

marker IS there. spawns only vehicles.

[little raptor]

check the rpt

[half sapphire]

i did.. would have to post it here. still, not sure if the thing is just obsolete and longer works. would start with that.

[little raptor]

idk what DAC is so you should also post the link to its doc

[meager granite]

Thank you for making this!

[half sapphire]

Dynamic AI creator, by silola?
i was just wondering if anyone knew about it's current state. maybe ppl just don't bother with it anymore.

maybe its my error, maybe the script is obsolote.

[little raptor]

well A3 is mostly backward compatible. also you're getting undefined var error which means it's most likely not due to broken backward compat

anyway check the rpt to see what the first error was

[queen cargo]

Reminds me that I still have to make my script have rotation built in (and find either better anchorpoints or integrate user modify able positioning)

[manic kettle]

Looks dope good stuff. Looks way better than my rinky dink building system

[cold pebble]

Cheers ^_^

[pulsar bluff]

yea just trying to prevent placement of obviously floating structures with nothing underneath

so id want some check of whatever is below the bounding box to be at least somewhat substantial (so a house isnt sitting ontop of a food tin as example

for snapping i hope i wouldnt have to go thru and define snap points for all assets

my build stuff is on some public servers if you want to have a play with it

[tulip ridge]

There's a mod called snapping for eden and zeus, not sure how exactly it works as I haven't looked at the code for it

[cosmic lichen]

I wonder if you could get more precise by using a rectangle instead of a circle.

Have you tried the 2nd syntax with clipping?

[cold pebble]

I tried the syntax 3 for BBR with "Geometry" and it gives a better value for both vehicles and buildings

[cosmic lichen]

I see

[digital hollow]

If the geometry is tight, most rectangular prisms corners are good enough

[long plover]

Hey there, I am looking to either make or find a script that allows me to close all doors within an area via a laptop interaction. For the purpose of closing the doors on a shoothouse once a run has been completed. Does anyone know of a script/composition that exists already for this purpose, or perhaps assist in making one?

[zenith stump]

I used ACE Object: Hold Action to recruit AI to squad with _this joinSilent player;

Next I need to have any AI following the player to leave the squad and move to another location once they reach specific area, but I have no idea how to do this. Any suggestions?

[zenith stump]

Also, the _this joinSilent player; seems to make AI the squad leader whenever I try it. Any way to have player be the squad leader?

I can't really have it join specific squad as this is for multiplayer mission and I can't predict which player might recruit each AI character.

[tender sable]

I think it's because you are passing _this which is an array of probably more than just the unit. I'm not at a pc right now but I think it's easily correctable. When I get to one, I will double check.

[tender sable]

OK, I checked, I believe in this case _this is referring to [_target, _lpayer, _actionParams] so you are having both the target and the player rejoin the group. Make it instead [_this select 0] joinSilent player;

[tender sable]

To have them leave:

private _newGroup = group [side player, true];
[ units group player - [player] ] joinSilent _newGroup;
private _newWp = _newGroup addWaypoint [ <position> , 0];
<set any waypoint specifics like type, mode etc.. here on down> ```

[zenith stump]

First one worked great, thanks! Gonna test out the second one.

How do you set that one up? A lot of stuff I'm unfamiliar with.

[tender sable]

Used a trigger before?

[zenith stump]

I have for some basic stuff like completing objectives.

[tender sable]

Set one up that has the activation as "Any Player" and "Present" and in the OnActivation code just paste the above into it. But you will have to provide a position. For example, if you were using a marker called "MoveHere" you could replace <position> with

markerpos "Movehere"

[zenith stump]

I created market called Movehere to test it and
I get error "On Activation: group: TypeArray, expected Object"

[tender sable]

Actually scratch that.. Make it Group Leader instead of Any Player if you want it to only affect one group at a time.

[zenith stump]

Right now it looks like this.

private _newGroup = group [side player, true]; [ units group player - [player] ] joinSilent _newGroup; private _newWp = _newGroup addWaypoint [ markerpos "Movehere" , 0];

[tender sable]

Oops.. One sec.

[tender sable]

OK, sorry was back and forth from PC. Set up trigger "Any Player" is "Present" and then paste in this which is MP safe:

if (player in thislist) then {
  private _newGroup = creategroup [side player, true]; 
  (units group player-[player]) join _newGroup; 
  private _newWp = _newGroup addWaypoint [ markerpos "MoveHere" , 0];}

I had typos in the above... paranthesis, group instead of create group etc.. I just tested and its ok

[tender sable]

see above - had to edit another typo

if you want it to repeat, set repeating. Especially if you have multiple players. Another consideration is to randomize the destination otherwise groups will all just pile up in one spot

[zenith stump]

Yea, it works perfectly. Thanks!

Having them pile up is not as issue since that makes it easier to count how many they rescued once the mission is over.

[tender sable]

I just realized you can take the if (player in thislist) then { ...} out too and just put player in thislist in the condition box. I am rusty with triggers. I dont think I have used one in many years lol.

[zenith stump]

It's fine. I would still be struggling to figure this out without your help.

I'm honestly impressed by all the wizardy people here manage and make it seem easy.

[tender sable]

Glad I could help!

[drifting sky]

2 questions about doArtilleryFire:

1. There seems to be weird gaps in the map where the artillery cannot fire upon. Any one know what the deal is with that?

2. Is there a reliable way to predict how long a doArtilleryFire fire mission will last?

[warm hedge]

1. How is your code and where exactly is the arty?
2. You may want to calc by RPM

[drifting sky]

what is rpm edit: how can i poll rpm?

[warm hedge]

Check for config, weapon's firemode should have its own "rechamber" time by seconds

[drifting sky]

How is my code is a complicated question. In this case, there's a mortar sitting on a hill. There are unexplained gaps in its coverage over open terrain that it should be able to easily target, and well within range.

[warm hedge]

Well I wanted to know if it is a reproducable "issue"

[drifting sky]

it's reproducable in the sense that it has happened a number of times.

Is there any way to configure what settings the ai use to calculate a firing solution? For example, high vs. low arc?

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inRangeOfArtillery
This or something maybe

[nocturne bluff]

Lua is a disgusting language

[drifting sky]

Isn't there a command to convert bool to 1 or 0?

[hallow mortar]

You might be thinking of getNumber, but that's specifically for config.
Otherwise no, I don't think so, but some commands are able to treat bools as numbers if given them (select for instance)

It's a simple conversion to make though:

_number = if (_bool) then {1} else {0};```

[dusk gust]

Slightly faster would be _number = [0,1] select _bool as well

[warm hedge]

But the question is why?

[drifting sky]

because I have use for it.

[warm hedge]

Okay...

[drifting sky]

I'm encountering a problem where checkvisibility seems to incorrectly return that there is LOS between two positions is. Does an area need to be preloaded to work correctly with this function?

[queen cargo]

@gray bramble it is CODE forEach ARRAY

And yes stuff like do & end make lua ugly

[warm hedge]

How do you use that command?

[drifting sky]

if (([objNull, "VIEW"] checkVisibility [_road_pos_asl,_test_pos]) == 1) then {

... if view is clear between road_pos_asl and _test_pos.

[warm hedge]

What exactly are _road_pos_asl and _test_pos?

[drifting sky]

standby i think I might see the problem.

[gray bramble]

I think you completely missed my point wrt foreach.

[tame sleet]

Hey yall, sorry I don't know if this is the place to ask, but I'm looking for a vehicle garage spawner. Like VSS, but something that reliable works. Anyone know of anything up to date?

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_garage
Not sure what VSS is but this?

[tame sleet]

This wouldn't pull up modded vehicles tho correct?

[warm hedge]

Yes? I mean it should

It is the same function with what you see in Virtual Arsenal

[tame sleet]

I might be dumb, but I can't get it to work. Also a fun fact, its grouped into the "broken functions" group on the wiki

[warm hedge]

Then please post what exactly you've done. Also not sure about how it is broken

[queen cargo]

Think you did not understood SQF

[gray bramble]

Sqf reads like "X is to be done for each Y" instead of "for each Y do X" - the latter gives the context of the body, needed to understand it, before the body itself, and is found in practically every other language with such a concept.
This is what makes sqf uglier than even cobol IMO.

[queen cargo]

As i said: i think you did not understood sqf

[gray bramble]

oh?

[queen cargo]

not at home right now so cannot explain sadly

[gray bramble]

I'll look forward to reading it later then.

[queen cargo]

In short: foreach ARRAY do CODE would "degrade" foreach to the same like if ... it would just mark the variable for the do so that that command knows what to do

and such practise is memory wasting BS

[gray bramble]

It's pretty much what 'for' does already. And I think the other loops too.

[queen cargo]

• makes the code you have harder to maintain (from BI perspective)

[gray bramble]

Haven't seen the bi code, so I can't speak for that, but it's not obvious it would be harder to maintain than a completely separate foreach.

The other version would make the sqf code easier to read and thus maintain, and they have plenty more of that.

[queen cargo]

Not rly

forach is just a count more or less

And changing it would just mess around more with the lang

[gray bramble]

I can certainly agree on the 'changing it now' part - but what I'm saying is that these (old) decisions make it an "ugly" language. With the note that my "pretty/ugly" has little to do with the glyphs ('}' vs end, I don't care) themselves, but more with how ideas are expressed.

(On a semi-related note, if there was a C api to the commands, we could implement our own languages as extensions.)

Such a new foreach could be added, and be backwards compatible, but I will agree that it will be harder to maintain to have both. And the old one can't go away anytime soon.

[iron tundra]

Ok, so I have initPlayerLocal.sqf script, with introduction text for players. It works as [] spawn (and then the intro code)

Is there any idea on how to make this script not working for admin logged or specific slots? I want to skip this as Zeus and prepare something for players while they are loading in intro

I had simple idea:

if (!(isGameMaster player)) then {

}

else {
[] spawn
// intro code here
}

but it didn't really work

[winter rose]

isGameMaster not being listed in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Curator 😉

private _allCuratorUnits = allCurators apply { getAssignedCuratorUnit _x };
if (player in _allCuratorUnits) then
{
  // ...
}
else
{
  // ...
};

I suppose 🙂

[meager granite]

Anybody remembers any object which has really weird bounding box where center is very offset?

Units have that with Z, but I want an object where center is offset with XY

I remember Zamaks having it, but it seems to have been fixed

Found it, carrier parts fit this very well, like Land_Carrier_01_hull_01_F

boundingBox => [[-33.8187,-25.4193,-13.9649],[33.3638,16.2517,28.1443],36.1704]

[iron tundra]

Thanks, I'll check it out, I remember seeing 'isGameMaster' earlier, but now I think it might have been a class name in some script

[winter rose]

if you use ChatGPT to code for you, don't 👀 😄

[iron tundra]

I don't xD

[naive needle]

does someone know how to get the information of the current keyboard preset from the profilenamespace ?

[meager granite]

Is it even stored there?

[naive needle]

it isnt never mind , it is stored in the other file profilename.Arma3Profile

I want to change the keybinds of the player per script but not sure if I can

[meager granite]

I don't think you can edit controls through script

Only make scripted keybinds through key press event handlers

[naive needle]

there is the button presets in controls , maybe there is a way to make a own preset per config ?

[hallow mortar]

CBA has a system for custom keybinds in missions - if you're using CBA already, I'd recommend using that for better compatibility with other mods and scripts.
If you're making a mod (not mission), you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Modded_Keybinding
I would not recommend trying to change the player's existing keybinds, especially for default game controls; if they want to do that they already have the option to do it themselves, and no one likes having their keybinds forcibly changed.

[meager granite]

Check CfgDefaultKeysPresets

[naive needle]

thanks guys, I got my keybinds already configured via the CfgDefaultKeysPresets, I wanted to change the defaultl arma movement keybinds to some other keys. Maybe I can do it via CfgDefaultKeysPresets, I will check

[half sapphire]

hey guys, quick question. 1st player to join is #3 correct? so if i wanted to remoteExec on that player i'd do for example "{code} remoteExec ["call", 3, true];". the thing is, if the player 3 disconnects, will some other player take that ID? also, if so, might a JIP take it?

[granite sky]

(this is not a quick question)

IIRC the client IDs are UID-persistent, so if a client rejoins then they get the same one.

Not the easiest thing to test though.

And completely undocumented.

Had a fun bug with this. remoteExec ["whatever", -clientOwner, true] will not just skip execution on the current client now, but also if that same client rejoins later.

So don't use negatives except -2 for JIP.

[half sapphire]

got it.

[granite sky]

There are several other options for how the allocation could work that you'd need multiple clients to distinguish between. But reassignment is certainly possible.

better general rule would be "don't use machine IDs for JIP"

[serene sentinel]

Help please. Error in {_x in _FirstAidKit} Where is the right way?

_firstaidkit = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "ItemInfo" >> "type") == 401;
_amountofFirstAidKit = {_x in _FirstAidKit} count (items loh);

[meager granite]

_firstaidkit = {getNumber (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _this >> "ItemInfo" >> "type") == 401};
_amountofFirstAidKit = {_x call _FirstAidKit} count (items loh);
```Did you mean this?

[serene sentinel]

@meager granite yeah, it works. Thanks

[meager granite]

Is there a proper way to have units say words from radio protocol? Say I want ScreamingE sound.

[meager granite]

Figured it out:

    private _cfg_voice = configFile >> "CfgVoice" >> speaker player;
    private _protocol = getText(_cfg_voice >> "protocol");
    private _dir = getArray(_cfg_voice >> "directories") select 0;
    private _file = selectRandom getArray(configFile >> _protocol >> "Words" >> "Combat" >> "ScreamingE"); 

    playSound3D [format ["%1%2", _dir, _file], player];
```will do random scream

Wrap that with onEachFrame for Serious Sam kamikaze scream

[winter rose]

HAAAAAAAAAAAA—💣 =(°□°)=💣

[nocturne bluff]

SQF is also damaged language.

But LUA would be same if not a downgrade in my opinion :)

I'm going to start uppercaseing it to annoy people

[half sapphire]

lil help. can't seem to find the right syntax to remoteExec a titleText with format. paticular case since its in a for _i loop and the magic variable is what feels the %1.

RPR_uploadCount = {for "_i" from 0 to 100 step 10 do {
[format ["UPLOADING DATA %1 PERCENT", _i], "PLAIN DOWN"] remoteExec ["titleText", 0, true]; sleep 15;} };

[] spawn RPR_uploadCount;

thats one of the many tries.

can't do { titletext stuf here} remoteExec ["call"] cos then _i gets isolated.

[winter rose]

["something", "Plain down"] → [["something", "Plain down"]]

[half sapphire]

ohh. "double tap". thanks!

[granite sky]

It's kinda weird because the engine knows that you're remoteExecing a unary command, but you still have to double-wrap the thing for some goddamn reason.

[half sapphire]

dude, i still have to gack and read what unari is. be gentle haha.

[granite sky]

binary, two parameters, unary, one parameter :P

[half sapphire]

it does not work tho. adding the format part makes me dizzy.

[granite sky]

the JIP there is pretty busted. Well, I don't think JIP is valid there at all?

[reef grove]

anyone know what im doing wrong (using intercept db)

every inteceptdb command says im missing a semi-colon

[half sapphire]

[[format ["UPLOADING DATA %1 PERCENT", _i], "PLAIN DOWN"]] remoteExec ["titleText", 0, true];
thats the one

[half sapphire]

why oh why didnt i take the blue pill

[granite sky]

shouldn't stop it working for non-JIP though.

[warm hedge]

It says the command does not exist

[reef grove]

that's what i figured but idk why that would be, is intercept out of date or something?

[warm hedge]

We don't know what is your intention

[reef grove]

I'm just trying to use this intercept-database https://github.com/intercept/intercept-database

[warm hedge]

It is not a command but extension

[reef grove]

I used this in exactly the same manner 2ish years ago in accordance with the docs here https://intercept-database.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/connection.html#dbcreateconnection-configname

[little raptor]

Your intercept is outdated

[little raptor]

Intercept can add commands

[warm hedge]

Ah hmm

[reef grove]

well i took the latest intercept-db release and i dont wanna build intercept from source so i guess im stuck for a while lol

[little raptor]

Try the steam workshop release of intercept

Also which branch of the game are you using?

[reef grove]

should just be the main production branch i'm not on dev or anything

[little raptor]

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1645973522

[little raptor]

Then this should work

[reef grove]

nah doesn't work, maybe its just not updated for latest update

since the date is Jul 22nd

[little raptor]

Did you delete the ones from the db?

[reef grove]

i overwrote them with the ones from the workshop

the releases are same date, it looks like the git repo has had commits since then but idk

i was looking into Pythia so I might just make my own thing with that, so I can use postgres as well

[little raptor]

Yeah looks like it is up to date
All I can say is it does work on 2.14

[reef grove]

ohhhh wait a sec

[little raptor]

Which is the current stable

[reef grove]

do you still need to disable battleye for intercept?

[little raptor]

Yes

[reef grove]

ah crap that's probably it

yep, that's what it was

[true frigate]

Is there a way to have multiple objects detect when a player is nearby? I have this so far

_unitInArea = nearestObjects [Tower1, ["Man"], 30];
_allUnits = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";
_notInArea = _allUnits - _unitInArea;``` But if I wanted to add tower2 or more, could I expand this to search all areas without having to run more loops (which would obviously be crap for performance). I'm not sure on how to go about this one, or if I should rewrite it in a different way.

Also I realise I should use nearObjects instead, because it doesn't need to be based on distance

[daring zinc]

python

do a battlefield 2

[rancid lance]

if i wanted a condition that is essentially (_variable <= 50%) what would the syntax need to be?

I want it to trigger at 50% of the total number, but my brain isnt working rn and i know what i have there will not work < ->
i know sqf can do percentages, is it like

_variable <%= 50 or something?

[true frigate]

Couldn't you do a percentage as a decimal? _variable < 0.5 ?
For reference https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/193099-counting-units-percentage/
Not sure what you're using it for, but this is what I found

[still forum]

it complains about missing semicolon, because it thinks the script command doesn't exist.
so intercept database wasn't loaded for some reason

[still forum]

Intercept iteslf no shouldn't. Intercept database yes. But not on dedicated server, where you would usually run it

[rancid lance]

perhaps?
but since it recognizes decimals as values wouldnt it just be like
"okay boss ill wait till it gets to 0.5"
?

oh i could do the entirety of the math probably

so 0.5 * 1000 would be half of that but i want it to be able to work with any number given

[true frigate]

A scuffed way of doing it might be just what you said, something like

variable = _input * 0.5;```

[rancid lance]

lmao
_variable <= 0.05 * _variable

[true frigate]

Well yeah exactly

My way is just overcomplicating it lmao

[rancid lance]

only then for the second check it would get 10% of the new number and then change rather than from the overall total

[true frigate]

It's currently 2am so I'm working on autopilot, sorry for the dumbassery

[rancid lance]

bro im cracked out of my mind rn i cant think about anything longer than a second for some reason so i feel ya, appreciate the help reguardless, helps me think about the problem

i feel like i know the solution i want but i cant think of it its right there in a haze

[drifting sky]

Question:

best way in arma 3, taking a random position that may presently be intersecting solid structures (rocks, buildings, etc), move the position so that it is at the top of the structure.

EDIT:

Any way better than this?

if (count _surf > 0) then {
    _pos_asl = ((_surf select 0) select 0);
};

[granite sky]

Not really. You can fiddle around with different intersects functions and geometries, but the methods are all basically the same.

Even setPos does the same thing, which is why it's so slow.

@rancid lance It's just _var <= 0.5 * _total

[rancid lance]

on a side note from my previous question
taking the _selection from the HitPArt event handler, when calculating damage to parts in my own lil damage system here i can just do
if (_slection == "shield") then {nil damage};
if (_selection == "body") then {normal damage};
And so on?

[rancid lance]

ty ty is "_total" just the outcome of that equation within the condition, so i could use it again and it wont get the total of the total?

[warm hedge]

HandleDamage can overwrite the damage IIRC while HitPart doesn't

[granite sky]

No, I'm just guessing what you mean because your description is scrambled.

Like give a concrete example.

[rancid lance]

aight one sec

if (_newHealth <= 0.5 * _newHealth && !_recharging) then {
            _target setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "808_tangent\data\paa\enforcer_sent\10percent\metal_main_CO.paa"];// we apply  the heavily damaged texture
        };

[granite sky]

Yeah that doesn't make any sense. _newHealth is always going to equal _newHealth.

You need to be comparing one value with a different value.

[rancid lance]

isnt the condition saying that if _newhealth equals the sum of 0.5 * _newhealth (its a variable that fluctuates, not static )

new health's # comes from this equation

private _newHealth = [_currentHealth - _ProjSpeed, 0, 1000] call BIS_fnc_clamp;

[granite sky]

blinks

[rancid lance]

proj speed is also a custom variable that has nothing to do with projectile speed lmao

[granite sky]

Ok I think you have issues to sort out before we get to SQF.

[rancid lance]

no, i dont think we do

anyway, thanks for what help you've given. have a nice night.

[granite sky]

_newHealth <= 0.5 * _currentHealth might make sense? hard to tell.

[rancid lance]

perhapse, i am updating the overall "health" variable every time it gets hit to reflect current health

[granite sky]

Feels more like it should just be _newHealth < 500, if the starting health is 1000.

[rancid lance]

well yea thats what im using as a stand in

but i intend for this function to be usable on other things

so i can just put this setVariable ["health",whatevervalue,true];

[granite sky]

If the maximum health of these things is variable then you'd need to store that somewhere and reference it.

[rancid lance]

i can easily just go outside the if-then and make a new variable and have that one hold the maths = w=then just say (_newHealth <= _50percent)
since i want it to remain pulling from the static total health

like i said, im a little braindead rn, im writing the code and its working as i want it to but i have a vague memory/hazy idea of doing this another way and making it more universal, but ill save all that for another update later down the line

wanted to see if anyone knew what i was on about, and from what i gather it is a thing- i just havent been thinking about it in the right direction.

ty fo tha help

[nocturne bluff]

I'd like to see C#, static typing wooo

[tender sable]

If health is your dynamic variable then you want it to be _newHealth <= (0.5 * health) since that is what you are changing and also comparing against

I think you are consfusing _newHealth with health but only in that one spot of your code

[rancid lance]

_newHealth updates "health" so that number doesnt remain static

but also thanks for showing me that i'd have to put the math in "()" i didnt htink about that

wait do i?

[granite sky]

No.

[rancid lance]

oah oke
idk im not worried about it, ill come back to it when my brain is actually working ; w; idk what wrong with me rn but i cant really think too hard on something or else it all gets foggy so i just finished what i originally settled in to do instead.

imma go eat
maybe get some rest
ty ty
here is a clip of it working as intended

whole reason im doin this is because the lad has two seperate parts that i need to track the health of seperately
so im making it to where hitting his body doesnt do much, however hitting his red spots does extra
then his largest red spots are protected by teh shield
which is part of the model

so it will have its own health value off to the side

which i already have worked out from my other mod
all i need to do is combine it into one function
did you hit the shield?
yes: damage shield, not bod
no: did you hit a weakpoint? yes: deal 1.5x damage/ no: deal basic damage, do not damage shield

ill be sure to come back if i need anymore help but i believe it will be pretty straight forward

[queen cargo]

Get away with python!

[meager granite]

If you have more towers, run search around players. If you have more players, run the search around towers

Also use inAreaArray instead

[queen cargo]

Just plain c++ with a vm and youre fine

[rancid lance]

If they are specific objects could they do like
_tower = "class_name_object"

player distance _tower <10

?

Asking for myself as well

Or would it be more like
{Player distance _x <10} forEach (syntax I don't know that makes _x = the objects with the class name in question

[tender sable]

yes, not in this context but I consider it a good practice
otherwise things like

systemchat "I like a good Ho" + "memade Dinner"

happen

[rancid lance]

it turns out i actually used something similar to what i just said as a condition on a trigger to add custom voicelines to bad actors, it looked like this

getPos player nearestObject "O_soldier_Melee_RUSH" distance player <10

and it worked freat, the extra variable i have there is a cooldown variable so that it doesnt repeat constantly

[meager granite]

swap conditions around and make it lazy

so nearestObject check doesn't fire if your cooldown is active

[rancid lance]

Ye, hopefully that helps that fella, idk if they will need the cool down

Just didn't feel like erasing it for the screenshot
Cuz I'm lazy

[manic kettle]

Don't use getpos

[rancid lance]

Yea use like getPosATL or getPosASL
But for this case I don't think it's that important since we aren't moving something, just getting a general position.

I also just scrolled up to view the original question and idk if they even needed a condition in the first place lol

Here that is for anyone who can help them

Consider this a bump(link to original message so you don't have to scroll)
#arma3_scripting message

[sullen sigil]

#creators_recruiting

[gray bramble]

Deterministic finalization ftw!

[little raptor]

It does matter in terms of performance tho

[rancid lance]

I see I see :0

[pulsar bluff]

negligibly

[little raptor]

Something like:

_positions = [tower1, tower2,tower3] apply {[getPosATL _x, 30, 30, 0, false, 30]};
_players select { count (_x inAreaArray _positions) > 0 }

[little raptor]

It's not always negligible

Its cost varies depending on roadway complexity

e.g. it's much slower on multi story buildings compared to in an empty field

[rancid lance]

I did not know that was the reason!

I would have assumed that it just narrows down it's calculation so it doesn't have to do as much.

[lunar cedar]

(sorry, im in the wrong chat, this is for Reforger, will move)

[candid sun]

a3 will probably get that enfusion scripting language or whatever it's called eventually

supposed to be closer to c++ and "300% faster" than SQF

[fallen locust]

a3 unlikelly , and its more like c#

from what limited things i saw

[serene sentinel]

Can someone suggest, how can i define is rifle with grenade launcher?

[fallen locust]

its in TOM so you can test it there

[digital iron]

What’s the code I need to create a Zeus module? I have a 3den module and it’s function so how would i be able to convert that into a Zeus place able module

[candid sun]

i heard the plan was to switch a3 to dayz's new engine if all goes well?

[fallen locust]

dayz atm runs 2 engines sooo not sure

[candid sun]

i'll be happy sticking to sqf tbh...i don't want to have wasted time learning it

[meager granite]

Check for extra muzzles, check if magazines are explosives indirectHit > 0

[fallen locust]

anything object oriented would be nice

[fair drum]

scopeCurator = 2

[tough abyss]

Don't see BIS changing the scripting engine for Arma3. Its abit late for them todo that, it would prob break to much
You are better off hoping they finish Dayz SA,
i.e finish the work so its only running a single engine & adding in modding support.

[digital iron]

legend

[tender sable]

Regarding compileFinal for hashmaps would this code:

Test = compilefinal createhashmapfromarray [["A",1]];
Test_Holder = compilefinal createhashmapfromarray [["X",Test],["Y",Test]];
Test_Holder get "X" isEqualRef (Test_Holder get "Y");  // returns false

be considered expected normal? If I do not compileFinal Test_Holder, result is true. Which is what I expected would be for both circumstances.

Actually, that's just my test code. My use case is more:

Test = compilefinal createhashmapfromarray [["A",1]];
Test_Holder = compilefinal createhashmapfromarray [["X",Test]];
Test isEqualRef (Test_Holder get "X");  // returns false

[willow hound]

@tender sable Disclaimer: I have never used compileFinal before and the documentation doesn't really explain what its effect on hashmaps is, so I'm basically just guessing here.

A = createHashMap;
B = createHashMapFromArray [["A", A]];
C = compileFinal B;
```Assuming that *final* means that you may neither modify `C` nor its contents, it makes sense for `compileFinal` to create a deep copy of `B` and `A`. Otherwise one could modify something that is contained in `C` by doing `A set [_k, _v]`.
If we assume that the deep copy implementation just deep copies everything (regardless of whether it is final or not), then we get the behaviour that you described.

[tender sable]

Good insight. I didn't think of that because I was compileFinal'ing the first hashmap (which would prevent edits). So I assume to get the refs to match, compileFinal under the hood would need to check if it's an already compileFinal'd map and branch between keeping the ref or making a deep copy (if not final). e.g. Extra work

Ok, so I can work around this but I have more of a "What would make more sense" type situation. I am making a set of cF'd HashmapObjects that are basically type safe Enumerations. So think : Pets_Cat, Pets_Dog, Pets_Bird and a helper 'class' called Pets which can return a ref by name or value. Would it make more sense to cF the Pets helper class and require this code to return a ref : Pets call ["GetEnum","Dog"] / Pets call ["GetEnum",1] - OR- just leave the helper class as "Sealed" and "NoCopy" and make it easier on the dev to use Pets get "Dog" or Pets get 1 but someone could overwrite Pets variable or it's contents and destroy the helper? I'm leaning towards former but, maybe I am being 'too safe'?

Ultimately, I want isEqualRef to work. I know I could do latter and cF it and just rely on isEqualTo but... it's just part of me really wants the refs to be the same.

Maybe I'm over doing it by that requirement. Idk

[real tartan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableUAVConnectability says uav can be Object or Array, but when I pass allUnitsUAV(array), it is throwing error that it is expecting Object. Is that documentation typo ? or what kind of array it is expecting

same for disableUAVConnectability

[tender sable]

can confirm I get same error ^ looks broken or wrong on biki

[sharp grotto]

"Enables unit's AV terminal(s) connecting to UAV."

You pass it drones, ofcourse it's gonna give an error.

[little raptor]

yes

fixed

[queen cargo]

There is kind of oop behavior nowadays in arma 3: (createHashMapObject)[https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createHashMapObject]

isEqualRef will work for all hashMaps, just like it does for all arrays
Given you do not copy them, you are fine

Tho given your prior explaination, createHashMapObject probably solves your Y problem

[tender sable]

Actully that's what I am using. A Hashmap and HashmapObject act the same with compileFinal though and the issue is the same in my code above whether HM or HMO. I'm making a HMO framework to extend createhashmapobject capabilities and provide a core library of sorts and running into these types of issues. I just used a quick hashmap to verify my actual code results and demo here.

[queen cargo]

If you explain your X problem, i might be able to help you
But i guess you do have the answers you asked already here by now

[tender sable]

Oh it was simple it turns out. Trying to keep a ref to a compileFinal'd HM (or HMO) which is inside another compileFinal'd HM (or HMO) but compileFinal seems to deep copy everything. So I am using an alternative to keep ref in tact

You can see the issue/code a few posts above the one you replied to

[mortal nacelle]

When adding a event handler "KeyDown", to close a display, how would i define which key is to be pressed? I have the keycodes just a bit confused on how to if key down then cancel sort of thing

[warm hedge]

_this select 1 is

[mortal nacelle]

Thank you 👍

[jovial cradle]

don't know if this is the right channel to ask but, how exactly do you put a headless client into your game?

i own a dedicated server and i'm assuming that's one of the benefits of buying one

[tulip ridge]

There is https://ptb.discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/105465015364018176, they probably have a better idea of how to set one up

[jovial cradle]

my bad didn't see that

yea i'll ask there

[still forum]

Arma 3 still has the Java code in it but its not initializing and the script commands to access it are disabled

ouh.... The main init function is not in anymore... That..... Makes hacking it back in kinda hard... ^^

[drifting sky]

Is there an easy way to check if there are any kind of trees, bushes rocks, or buildings near a position?

[candid sun]

when was java working? during alpha?

[still forum]

i think a short period in alpha or even beta...

But i dont think they will change SQF i hope they dont... At least they have to keep SQF in and working... And why implement a second scripting system while they already have one that does its job

[candid sun]

i agree but it's shit for beginners or people coming from other languages

[fair drum]

nearestTerrainObjects

[tough abyss]

sqf design looks a bit like a friday afternoon project with the deadline on the same night

[still forum]

@tough abyss have you read the story of OFPs developement? ^^

[mint goblet]

With other words, SQF is shit for anyone

[tough abyss]

wait incoming call :P

[mint goblet]

Doesn't take on Mars support java? Why did they choose that approach?

[formal stirrup]

Out of curiosity, It is better to do if statement or CASE, when dealing with detecting if the user has an object and then executing code

[tough abyss]

i love how ppl read maintenance announcements

[meager granite]

switch - case is a bit slower than if - exitWith, but can produce more readable code

If you're not running your check 100 times a frame, do whatever is more conventient to you

[formal stirrup]

Alright

[drifting sky]

EDIT: Sigh, never mind... was testing from the wrong position after all!

[queen cargo]

@mint goblet as far as i know there were complaints from the ArmA community about Java

in regards of "SQF is shit lang"
thats what projects like ASL or my personal project OOS are targeting on

providing you other tools to make your code look "better"

[mortal nacelle]

What would be the best way about going about adding a highlighted selection to an already existing progress bar dialog?

In my case, I've generated two random numbers for selections as the progress bar goes from 0 -> 1.00, with the minimum number being 0.10 and highest 0.90.

Then with those selections I've checked if the user has pressed space to exit out of the progress bar using ``inputAction "Action", and if they have exited in the given parameters then good otherwise fail.

But now I'm stuck on getting those to appear on the progress bar so you know when to hit space. If that makes sense

[mint goblet]

@queen cargo what complaints? That they didn't want it?

Yes I have seen your work, looks very nice

[queen cargo]

security BS and other stuff
but thats kinda #offtopic_arma

[mint goblet]

Have planned to try it soon

I see

[nocturne bluff]

Java is utter shit anyway

[tough abyss]

@nocturne bluff the language it self is well defined, but the underlying and attached stuff is really ugly

[queen cargo]

Java is kinda nice
but the people programming it are not

((stuff like "hey, why dont we create 5 anonymous objects to archive async tasks where each object has to define its code whilst the code that is to be executed last has to come first" just fucks me off ...))

[mint goblet]

What's so shit with Java?

[queen cargo]

no lambdas for example

also java is strictly bound to OOP

thus if youre not safe in OOP then you are fucked with java and your output code will be garbage

and ... as no-fucking-body is 100% safe in OOP java programmers tend to just fuck around with objects

"lambdas" in java

{
    bool getSuccess();
}

// ...

bool result = DoSomething();
Result objResult = new Result() {
    bool getSuccess() { return result; }
}```

[trim tree]

how can I open this terminal with a script? I tried searching for the bis_fnc but I havent found anything and the animation sources dont dont open it as well (but maybe Im doing something wrong, dunno). Im pretty certain its one of the new objects that were ported from argo.
https://i.imgur.com/ZQ9pvSt.png
https://i.imgur.com/GgO0ZBL.png

oh, and animationNames seems to return all the individual locks/latches and stuff but surely you wont have to animate each individual one right?

[warm hedge]

Well that is the function to do that

[trim tree]

what would be _value then?

[warm hedge]

0 or 1, so 0 or 100

[trim tree]

hmm, alright seems to work. However, Is there a way to make the animation gradual? With the fnc the transitions are instant

[warm hedge]

Make the last true false I guess

[hasty gate]

Sorry to bother, am I blind or there was no where information that the assinging an array to getVariable value will automatically change array value if setVariable is used?

NER_globalArray = [];
NER_globalArray = player getVariable["testVar1", [] ];
player setVariable ["testVar1",["test"] ];
NER_globalArray;

Result will be: ["test"]

[warm hedge]

I don't really recall if it does get the array data or getting that as a reference, but if it is, this likely to happen

[hasty gate]

I couldnt find information about that, if so, then we are screwed because all the mod authors probably also didn't know about it

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array#Array_Copy

[hasty gate]

holy... thanks a lot

missed that

btw another way for deep copy is array1 = [] + array2; EDIT: it’s not deep copy actually but shallow copy

the + operator is faster tho

[mortal nacelle]

When using CTPROGRESS are you able to add a separate section of colour aside from the original one? And that sections position will be decided by 2 random numbers?

[warm hedge]

add a separate section of colour aside from the original one
What do you mean?
And that sections position will be decided by 2 random numbers
I also am not sure about this

[mortal nacelle]

One second I will draw something and send it in now, my wording is terrible 🤣

[meager granite]

Is there any reason to use CT_PROGRESS?

I don't think you can smoothly animate the progress like you can with ctrlSetPosition + ctrlCommit on any elements

[hallow mortar]

Well, if you're not bothered about making it smooth (because of small increments or because it just doesn't matter) it's easier to set up than manually making your own progress bar

[mortal nacelle]

https://i.postimg.cc/yN9fQhWt/progress.png

@meager granite I am making it via controls, sorry, bad at explaining what I mean..

I have attached the progress bar that I want, so with the little section that is on there, I need that a different colour but I need to define it's position as it needs to be different everytime. Does that make sense?

[hallow mortar]

Is this for one of those timing minigames where the cursor moves along the bar and you have to do the thing while it's in the zone?

[meager granite]

Not sure what's your issue. Do you want to show your progress as a rectangle inside another rectangle?

[mortal nacelle]

I'm trying to do it for a skillcheck, so as the progress bar goes from 1% -> 100%, it fills up as it should, but then when it gets to that 'highlighted' section (grey bit), the user should press space and then that would pass the function and hint them 'check passed' or if they missed it, 'check failed'..

[errant iron]

if this did create a deep copy, this code should return [[1, 2], [3]] rather than [[1, 2], [3, 4]]: sqf _x = [[1, 2], [3]]; _y = [] + _x; _y # 1 pushBack 4; _x only the outer-most array is copied but its elements still reference the same values (shallow copy), hence why the nested arrays of _x can be modified through _y # 1

[mortal nacelle]

So I think what I need to is add another class in my .hpp for the seperate rectangle, and write that into the script? @meager granite

Sorry I'm really terrible at dialogs

[meager granite]

I still didn't get your idea exactly, how many % there are in your picture example?

But overall, just do two CT_STATICs inside each other

[mortal nacelle]

So the progress bar runs from 0% to 100%, but I need the rectangle to appear say inbetween 25% and 50% at a different colour

[meager granite]

Well so far the only difference I see is 1 scripting command (progressSetPosition) vs 2 scripting commands (ctrlSetPosition + ctrlCommit)

[warm hedge]

I'd suggest to have two STATICs within one CONTROLSGROUP

[hasty gate]

thank you

[hallow mortar]

To set up. CT_PROGRESS comes with all the elements properly positioned and grouped up in a single control. For someone who's not that into UI making, it's more intuitive and simpler to work with.

[little raptor]

That's not deep copy

[grizzled cliff]

java is shit. its entire philosophy is complex verbosity for the same of being verbose

[inland valve]

Hi, Im using a wingman script and wondered if its possible to automatically give an inverse value in the VectorDir but not UP in this: {
_x setPosASL ((getPosASLVisual Heli) vectorAdd [(_forEachIndex+1) * 20,(_forEachIndex+1) * 40,0]) ;
_x setVectorDirAndUp [vectorDir Heli,vectorUp Heli] ;
_x setVelocity velocity Heli ;
} forEach [BA2] ;
} ;}

[granite sky]

You're trying to make the heli fly backwards?

[grizzled cliff]

the only benefit is cross platform, and even then its still crap because its ugly as sin, and if you are doing something without a gui then 99% of the time you could do it in c++ and have it be just as cross platform and not as shit

[inland valve]

kind of, I want the other heli to do the opposite maneuver while retaining vector and height

[grizzled cliff]

and dont get me started on its use for the web

[inland valve]

sorry that was wrong

[grizzled cliff]

holy crap

[inland valve]

Im hoping it will fly the same but in a different direction but not change height

just wondering if there is a syntax to try in there

[granite sky]

In that code, everything is defined relative to the first heli.

So you'd have to decide what you want it to do relative to the first heli.

[inland valve]

can I ask for a negative value in there?

[granite sky]

Inverted vector is just _vector vectorMultiply -1

[agile flower]

hello

Does anyone know how to dynamically reference an object that an ace action is assigned to?

Current code:

actiondebugIntel1 = [
    "CheckIntel1",  
    "Collect Intel",  
    "",  
    {   
        //While actioning
        [1, [],  
        {  
            //Success
            "Intel recovered - Intel updated" remoteExec ["hint", 0];                
            deleteVehicle this; 
        },
        {
            hint "Aborted"; 
        },
        //Action bar
        "Grabbing..."] call ace_common_fnc_progressBar  
    },  
    {true},  
    {},  
    [],  
    [0,0,0], 100] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;

  
[testobject1_1, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], actiondebugintel1] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

I want to be able to delete the object that action is attached to, with the action, without calling the object itself explicitly, so I can use the same action multiple times

[granite sky]

But this code sets the position and velocity directly as well, so that's likely to be the difficult part.

[little raptor]

params ["_object"]

[inland valve]

oh yeah... it will.... so maybe the same -1 for postion?

[agile flower]

Where do I pass this? In the params section when I create the object?

[granite sky]

@inland valve You haven't even managed to express in language what you want the heli to do yet. That's the starting point.

[little raptor]

{  
            //Success
            params ["_object"];
            "Intel recovered - Intel updated" remoteExec ["hint", 0];                
            deleteVehicle _object; 
        },

[agile flower]

thanks mate

[inland valve]

@granite sky just trying to understand it

[granite sky]

Examples: Mirror in x=1000 plane. Rotate by 180 degrees.

[inland valve]

yes!

[little raptor]

what I don't understand is that you say you want a wingman script, yet why do you want to reverse the dir?

[inland valve]

Im trying to see if I can get the second plane to fly perfectly in the opposite direction

[granite sky]

I thought he had a wingman script and he wanted to do some blue angels shit :P

[little raptor]

then you just want to reverse the dir and velocity, pos is irrelevant

[inland valve]

I do! @granite sky ..@little raptor If I use them both I can do some amazing blue Angels stuff

[agile flower]

type array expected object

[little raptor]

what does systemChat str _this return?

[granite sky]

Just setting velocity works for one airplane simulation but not the other. I forget which way around.

[inland valve]

One to fly in formation, the other to fly a symetrical flight path

[granite sky]

With the other one it just hangs in the air.

I think airplanex was fine, airplane wasn't.

[granite sky]

Thing is, there are a lot of different forms of "symmetrical". You have to define it.

[agile flower]

[[],1.01465,1,0]

[little raptor]

makes no sense. ACE docs says this:

The simplest action is just a condition and statement. The code to these are passed [_target, _player, _actionParams]. _player is ace_player; _target is the object being interacted with; and the 3rd argument is the optional action parameters (default []).

ah nvm you're running that in the progress bar code

[inland valve]

If the wingman gets velocity and height from "Heli" but gets (x)-1 and dir-1?

[little raptor]

@agile flower

actiondebugIntel1 = [
    "CheckIntel1",  
    "Collect Intel",  
    "",  
    {
        params ["_obj"];   
        //While actioning
        [1, _obj,  
        {  
            //Success
            _this#0 params ["_obj"];
            "Intel recovered - Intel updated" remoteExec ["hint", 0];                
            deleteVehicle _obj; 
        },
        {
            hint "Aborted"; 
        },
        //Action bar
        "Grabbing..."] call ace_common_fnc_progressBar  
    },  
    {true},  
    {},  
    [],  
    [0,0,0], 100] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;

  
[testobject1_1, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], actiondebugintel1] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

[inland valve]

or x-1 will just become dir-1...

[agile flower]

actiondebugIntel1 = [
    "CheckIntel1",  
    "Collect Intel",  
    "",  
    {
        params ["_obj"];
        systemChat str _obj;
        
        //While actioning
        [1, [_obj],  
        {  
            //Success
            params ["_obj"];
            "Intel recovered - Intel updated" remoteExec ["hint", 0];                
            deleteVehicle _obj; 
        },
        {
            hint "Aborted"; 
        },
        //Action bar
        "Grabbing..."] call ace_common_fnc_progressBar  
    },  
    {true},  
    {},  
    [],  
    [0,0,0], 100] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;

  
[testobject1_1, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], actiondebugintel1] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject; ```

type array expected object

systemchat is variablename testobject1_1

@little raptor

[little raptor]

change [_obj] to just _obj then

[hallow mortar]

@ Misconduct, John Jordan:
you might find these useful - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_transformVectorDirAndUp
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_rotateVector3D

[agile flower]

yeah

just moved the systemchat debug and have just cpotted that

Thanks

[south swan]

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/common/functions/fnc_progressBar.sqf#L6

* Finish/Failure/Conditional are all passed [_args, _elapsedTime, _totalTime, _errorCode]

        {  
            //Success
            _this#0 params ["_obj"];
            "Intel recovered - Intel updated" remoteExec ["hint", 0];                
            deleteVehicle _obj; 
        }``` ![blobdoggoshruggoogly](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/748124048025714758.webp?size=128 "blobdoggoshruggoogly")

[keen stream]

@grizzled cliff JBoss, Tomcat Servlets etc etc? Yeah, its bad...

Despite the Horrors of .WAR they had the containerization bit right.

[inland valve]

_mirrorVehicle = {
private ["_originalPos", "_offset", "_newPos", "_newVectors"];
_originalPos = getPosASLVisual BA2;
_offset = (_this select 0) * 20;

if (_offset != 0) then { 
    if (abs(direction BA2 % 180) < 0.001) then { 
        _newPos = [ 
            _originalPos select 0 + _offset, 
            _originalPos select 1, 
            _originalPos select 2 
        ]; 
        _newVectors = [ 
            [vectorDir BA2, vectorUp BA2], 
            getDir BA2, 
            _offset, 
            0 
        ] call BIS_fnc_transformVectorDirAndUp; 
    } else { 
        _newPos = [ 
            _originalPos select 0 - _offset * sin (rad direction BA2), 
            _originalPos select 1 - _offset * cos (rad direction BA2), 
            _originalPos select 2 
        ]; 
        _newVectors = [ 
            [vectorDir BA2, vectorUp BA2], 
            getDir BA2, 
            _offset * -1, 
            0 
        ] call BIS_fnc_transformVectorDirAndUp; 
    }; 

    vehicle player setPosASL _newPos; 
    vehicle player setVectorDirAndUp (_newVectors select 0); 
    vehicle player setVelocity vectorVelocity BA2; 
}; 

};
missing ; ?

@granite sky

this is the new attempt

sry format

[real tartan]

I am trying to achieve, that I spawn a plane, going from A to B over position of an object, but vehicle do not fly directly above object when distance from A to B is 2000m. When I shorten the A - B distance (500m), it does get pretty close to fly over object position, but it breaks immersion as players can see plane spawn/despawn.

private _pos = getPos _object;
private _dir = random 360;
private _range = 800;
private _alt = 100;
private _start = _pos getPos [_range, _dir];
private _end = _pos getPos [_range, _dir + 180];
[_start, _end, _alt, "LIMITED", "B_T_VTOL_01_vehicle_F"] call BIS_fnc_ambientFlyby;

[granite sky]

Where's the object relative to A and B?

oh, A and B are start and end.

Code looks fine. Maybe that function is busted.

[mortal nacelle]

Can you make a certain section of a progress bar a different colour than the rest?

[warm hedge]

I've already gave you the possible solution

[mortal nacelle]

By two statics with one controlsgroup do you mean two static classes in class controlsBackground?

[warm hedge]

No

• CGrp
• Static with color A
• Static with color B
  And adjust CGrp and call it a progress bar

[mortal nacelle]

        {
            idc = 350;
            colorFrame[] = {0.72,0.72,0.72,1};
            colorBar[] = {0.641,0.25,0.109,1};
            text = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
            x = 0.295781 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.758445 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.403542 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.0413333 * safezoneH;

            class Progress_Colour
            {

            };
            class Progress_Colour2
            {

            }```
Like this @warm hedge ? Sorry, I'm really new at dialogs

[warm hedge]

You need to have class controls to define control within control

[mortal nacelle]

I have class controlsbackground at the top of my dialog, or does it have to be controls?

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CT_CONTROLS_GROUP#Other_examples
This is one example

[mortal nacelle]

Finally got that done 🙂 Just one quick thing, the new rectangle i added in there is covering the text, am i able to bring the text to the front somehow?

[warm hedge]

No, there is no Z-sorting command for GUI

[mortal nacelle]

Ah okay, I didn't think about this until now but what would be the best way to check if progress bar is inside the designated section?

I got the positions for them both but that's a very specific margin..

[warm hedge]

For what purpose?

[mortal nacelle]

It's just a skill check, so if is inside = true (pass), if not false (fail)

[warm hedge]

Well, you can check the X pos and W size, calculate X + W * progress

[mortal nacelle]

Using ctrlPosition to get those axis', that's okay?

[warm hedge]

Ye

And, of course, having (pos > desiredPosStart and pos < desiredPosEnd) or such can detect if it is within the range

[mortal nacelle]

Hmm im having issues getting the position of the progress bar, i think its just getting the value of the frame, not the moving bar? I can get which percent it is on though?

[warm hedge]

0 - 1 which means 0 to 100%

[mortal nacelle]

Yes, but how would the script know if the percent is in the rectangle? As I'd be checking against different things?

[warm hedge]

This?

[still forum]

No result will not be, it shouldn't be.
You are replacing the variable on player with a new one. You are not modifying NER_globalArray.
You are doing something wrong in your testing

Like if you would run your test script twice, you would get ["test"] as output. But if you run it once you wouldn't

If you really do get that on one run, then thats a serious bug. But I'm very sure you're testing wrong

[mortal nacelle]

I'm using ctrlcreates for a progress bar in a script, and I've added a percentage counter, how could I convert say, 0.2 is 100% and 0 is 0%?

_actionTime is a param

      _percentage ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='1.8' font='RobotoCondensed' align='center' color='#B8B8B8'>%2%1</t>","%",_i];
      hint format ["%1", _i * _actionTime];
      sleep 1;
    };```

[fair drum]

linearConversion

[south swan]

or just _value * 500 for the specific use-case of converting 0...0.2 to 0...100

[candid sun]

is disabledAI = 1; in description.ext only meant to prevent AI taking over player units on disconnect?

say i've got 20 playable blufor units and only 2 blufor players - how can I prevent 18 blufor AI?

[queen cargo]

By doing it manually

[candid sun]

righto, thanks!

[fleet sand]

Quick question to create particleSource in MP i use createVehicle inseat od CreatevehicleLocal ?

[warm hedge]

particleSource cannot be global

[fleet sand]

how would i create particle for everybody on server then ?

[warm hedge]

remoteExec

[fleet sand]

Like this would work ?

LEG_MyParticles = {
    params ["_pos"];
    private _posATL = getPosATL _pos;

    private _ps1 = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _posATL;
    _ps1 setParticleParams [
        ["\A3\Data_F\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 7, 16, 1], "", "Billboard",
        1, 8, [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 2.5], 0, 10, 7.9, 0.066, [2, 6, 12],
        [[0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.3], [0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.3], [0.35, 0.35, 0.35, 0.2], [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0]],
        [0.25], 1, 0, "", "", _ps1];
    _ps1 setParticleRandom [0, [0.25, 0.25, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0], 0, 0.25, [0, 0, 0, 0.1], 0, 0];
    _ps1 setDropInterval 0.2;

    private _ps2 = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _posATL;
    _ps2 setParticleParams [
        ["\A3\Data_F\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 9, 16, 0], "", "Billboard",
        1, 8, [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 2.5], 0, 10, 7.9, 0.066, [2, 6, 12],
        [[0.33, 0.33, 0.33, 0], [0.33, 0.33, 0.33, 0.8], [0.33, 0.33, 0.33, 0.8], [0.66, 0.66, 0.66, 0.4], [1, 1, 1, 0]],
        [0.25], 1, 0, "", "", _ps2];
    _ps2 setParticleRandom [0, [0.25, 0.25, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0], 0, 0.25, [0, 0, 0, 0.1], 0, 0];
    _ps2 setDropInterval 0.2;
};

[getpos player] remoteExec ["LEG_MyParticles",[0,-2] select isDedicated,false];

[hallow mortar]

Essentially, but make sure LEG_MyParticles exists on other clients - either by defining it in a script that runs everywhere, by publicVariable it, or by defining it with CfgFunctions

Also your argument is wrong, you're passing the return from getPos player as the argument and then doing getPosATL on it in the function. You can't do that, getPosATL only works on objects. Either pass getPosATL player to begin with, or pass player and let the function do getPosATL on that.

[cyan dust]

Is there any reason to set waypoint position's z-coord properly for 'addWaypoint' command? In other words - does waypoint height matters?

[winter rose]

Yes

(think foot soldiers vs helicopters)

[cyan dust]

Ok, thanks

[outer yew]

Does anyone know if there is a way to block chat on a server with sqf temporary and then be able to re enable it later? I can't seem to find anything online about it.

[still forum]

you can grab the displayCtrl and move it out of sight i think

[outer yew]

Any idea what the IDC is? Or even how I can find it myself?

[still forum]

no idea right now... ill look maybe ill find something :X

[outer yew]

Okay thanks.

[still forum]

RscDisplayChat idd = 24;
x = "(profilenamespace getvariable ["IGUI_GRID_CHAT_X",		(safezoneX + 1 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40))])";
ChatBackground idc = 1083;

try out that profilenamespace thing.. i think that may work easiest

[outer yew]

Thanks! I'll see what I can do.

[kindred zephyr]

Would anyone happened to have faced something similar to this?

I'm having issues with a mission that we've been working on for a long time now in the export aspect.

Whenever we export there is basically a 50% chance of just randomly failing on us with no apparent reason, specially when the mission is binarized, for example:

• Rpt would whine about mission files or errors in lines that doesn't report when actively testing them while in editor

• Re-exporting multiple times could yield the same result until it doesn't, without changing absolutely anything in the file itself.

• Preprocessing randomly breaks between exports, even if in editor the files are found.

• Re-exporting multiple times could yield the same result until it doesn't, files are found by engine magically.

• Exporting would give us no issue sometimes and could be played on lan hosted and net hosted, but suddenly on dedis everything breaks as mentioned above?

• Changing person that exports seems to fix all issues mentioned above, both with binarization active and inactive.

Could this be an issue with some sort of game corruption or should I look harder into code?
Asking here, since the most persistent issues seem to be randomly broken sqfs that works well when they want to.

Edit:
Similar to this issue?

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/223353-arma-multiplayer-issue/

[winter rose]

that would be #arma3_editor or #arma3_scenario
is the sqm… just too big?

[kindred zephyr]

Is there a limit in how big it can go?

we are at 6mb right now, just the sqm

[winter rose]

not really, but I would assume a performance/memory/timeout issue at one point - which may explain why it works on another's machine

[kindred zephyr]

I would never had imagined that could be a possibility, the total file size is 17.5mb if unbinarized, from that its 6mb on the sqm

[steep gale]

does anyone know if its possible to adjust armor values of vest using a fnc

[granite sky]

Short answer is no. You have to use config.

[steep gale]

ok

[hallow mortar]

Long answer is still no, but you can sort of fake it using a HandleDamage event handler. It's complicated though and still doesn't work exactly the same way.

[steep gale]

im working on making a armor plate mod using ace and thats what im wondering is do i need to use handle damage if i want to buff the base armorvalue or could i have the config call for the fnc and use an if statement to change the armor value

[granite sky]

ACE adds extra complications because it obviously has its own handleDamage. You have to wait for it to install that, remove & replace with your own and then chain call the ACE one with your modified inputs.

The mod ACE Armor Adjuster does that.

Also the ACE function to reverse the Arma damage calc was slightly wrong, last time I checked.

(uniform armour actually multiplies base armour, ACE thinks it's additive)

[digital hollow]

Probably good to reference this mod https://github.com/diwako/armor_plates_system

[sullen sigil]

uniform armour was disabled or something like that in hotfix

may just be the passthrough values disabled

[granite sky]

Issue is that it starts by reversing the original damage calc, but gets that wrong.

For most uniforms it's only slightly wrong. because it's 2x1 vs 2+1. The CSAT uniforms are special though.

[fleet sand]

Quick question how would i spawn objects in grid like fassion. With custom spacing and custom number of objects in grid ?

[digital hollow]

for loops

[granite sky]

If it's an arbitrary number of objects and arbitrary grid width then I'd go with single loop and %

It's just logic though. Nothing much SQF-specific.

[fleet sand]

I got it guys thanks. Its a bit randomised but i need it like this 😄

private _pos1 = getPos player;
private _num = 31;
for "_i" from 0 to _num do {
    private _number = random 64;
    private _xPos = _number mod 8;
    private _yPos = _number / 8;
    private _pos = _pos1 vectorAdd [_xPos,_yPos,0];
    private _creater = createVehicle ["CUP_p_Helianthus_summer",_pos,[],0,"None"];
    _creater enableSimulation false;
 };

[granite sky]

That's not a grid, it's just a square :P

[south swan]

inb4 CUP Hilux Plaza

[dreamy kestrel]

potato potato... 😉

[granite sky]

(grid would have integer rounding)

[dreamy kestrel]

integers do not exist in ARMA, but I read you...

[fleet sand]

Hi guys quick question about nearestTerrainObjects:
So i want to remove terrain objects with a certain type of class name:
Now when I execute this Code i get this:

//code:
nearestTerrainObjects [player, [], 10, false];
//result:
[232095: ,214769: krovi2.p3d,214767: powlines_transformer_f.p3d]

Now i get the model of a a object i want to remove and that is this Model:
powlines_transformer_f.p3d and the class name is: Land_PowLines_Transformer_F

But when i want to remove objects with this code it dosen't work:

private _allPowerLines = nearestTerrainObjects [[worldSize / 2, worldSize / 2], ["Land_PowLines_Transformer_F"], worldSize, false];
{ _x hideObjectGlobal true } forEach _allPowerLines;

And nearestTerrainObjects return empty
Also
Land_PowLines_Transformer_F is in Hide layer on map.
So what would be a way to remove all these objects from a map when i try to remove it with class name it dosent work ?

[granite sky]

nearestTerrainObjects doesn't take classnames as input.

you'd have to find its map property and then filter by classname, I guess.

[fleet sand]

Oh ok i found the map property then but how would i filter it. Map property is HIDE.

[granite sky]

There are only 2224 POWER LINES on Altis :P

[kindred zephyr]

ah yes, HIDE, the obscure category that has fences, clothing lines and power lines

[granite sky]

ah shit

_array select { _x isKindOf "Land_PowLines_Transformer_F" }, but if it's in HIDE that's going to be monstrously slow.

[fleet sand]

Its only gonna run once and at the start so is it that big of a performace imact ?

[granite sky]

Feel free to measure it, but that sort of operation is painful in SQF.

[kindred zephyr]

it depends on the map, as jhon mentioned there is 2.2k power lines in altis, Redux for example has 14k or so

[fleet sand]

This code is still returning empy array:

private _HideObJ = nearestTerrainObjects [[worldSize / 2, worldSize / 2], ["HIDE"], worldSize, false];
private _testArray = _HideObJ select {_x isKindOf "Land_PowLines_Transformer_F"};
copyToClipboard str _testArray;

[granite sky]

Then you either have the classname or the map property wrong.

[dreamy kestrel]

or it's not a terrain object, but rather just an object...

[fleet sand]

Code:

nearestTerrainObjects [player, ["HIDE"], 10, false];
//result:
[214754: r2_boulder1.p3d,224666: powlines_wood1.p3d]

Class name:
https://imgur.com/zUnyrgY

[granite sky]

nearestTerrainObjects [player, ["HIDE"], 10, false] apply { typeof _x }

[fleet sand]

This is result:
["",""]

[granite sky]

Whatever that is, it doesn't have a class.

A lot of terrain objects don't. They're just models.

[fleet sand]

So how would i remove models from the map ?