arma3_scripting

[young current]

the first sentence after the image

[sleek pike]

and do i just place the script in here

[young current]

no

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-gif-24935909

[sleek pike]

im new to arma scrips ive been playing vanaila for 8 years 😭 ive never done this before

[young current]

this is something you can use only if you make a custom mission

its not universal

[winter rose]

you need to create a mission, and in this mission directory create an init.sqf file
you cannot use this in any mission you want

[sleek pike]

ive had them on my charter for years (i just need the new verision in other collors)

[young current]

you have had what for years?

[sleek pike]

the nvg's that go on your head and are full screen and also do flir

[young current]

Im not quite sure what the problem is then

[sleek pike]

they throw me out of a car or helicopter due to a bug that they hav and i need the new ones. and i got them from someone else and i dont know how to do it....

[young current]

so you are not playing vanilla at all

[sleek pike]

its vanila game no mods. just scrips, i just dont know how to use them

[young current]

its not vanilla if its scripty hacks.

but that one cant be used unless you make a custom mission anyway

[sleek pike]

q, wen i save a mission why does it not pop up here

[winter rose]

it goes to your Documents
you can click "browse directory" in Eden Editor

[bleak nebula]

I think the ones you are referring to are part of ace mod

[hallow mortar]

There is one vanilla set of secret fullscreen NVGs - green vision, uses the sand-coloured NVG model. The only other vanilla fullscreen NVG options are the Jet Pilot helmet and the Special Purpose helmet, which have them built-in. Any other type of fullscreen NVG is part of a mod and not vanilla.

That script isn't an equippable set of NVGs, it's a script that detects the NVG keypress and forces the NVG effect on you. In order to use it you need to build it into a mission or have access to the debug console.

[ornate whale]

Is it possible that some lods for hand placed buildings in Eden are not initialized (ready to be used when the missions starts - during init.sqf) ?
I have a function that finds some doors and exit points and places units there:. It works from debug console, but not from init or postInit files.

[kindred zephyr]

I believe objects are fully initialized before init sqf runs lol skimmed through ~hand placed~ nvm

[opal zephyr]

The lods themselves, unlikely. Its possible the object isnt loaded yet. Try doing a waitUntil {!isNull _object}

or print the object and see if its valid

[ornate whale]

Will try. It's weird cause I don't get any errors, but any calls after that don't get called, so there must be some problem that halts init.sqf. Also I have a if isNil exit in place, but it passes this check.

[spiral canyon]

How would I go about scripting Web Knights zombies to use the tracker in SOG?

[worthy thorn]

hello, is this where i ask a question related to triggers?

[stable dune]

Yes

[worthy thorn]

Ok

So this is a bit of a noob question, I only recently started scripting instead of playing multiplayer, but is there a way to make a car bomb where a trigger spawns an explosive and immediately detonates it?

I asked the same question in the subreddit

I’m also not looking for setdamage on the car bc I find that the explosion isn’t very strong

[granite sky]

Usually you spawn in an explosive charge (eg. vanilla satchel charge) and then run setDamage 1 on it.

private _bomb = "SatchelCharge_Remote_Ammo_Scripted" createVehicle (getPosATL _vehicle);
_bomb setDamage 1;

I'm not sure exactly what sort of items this works on. I found a mortar shell didn't explode with setDamage 1, but if you spawned it in with a little downward velocity then it worked fine.

[stable dune]

Can use
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerAmmo

[dark flower]

Omgnoprisionerno

fixed

[modern osprey]

Is it possible to get the value of a variable using its name as a string?

For example, I have a variable of the form:

Module_var_Array = [1,2,3,4,5]

I get the name of the variable using:

_name = "Module";
_var = format ["%1_var_Array", _name];

How can I get the value of a variable, knowing its name, which lies in the variable _var?

[little raptor]

missionNamespace getVariable "name"

[modern osprey]

But this variable was not created in the mission namespace.

Or any global variables created using

VAR_Example = 10;

get into the mission namespace?

[south swan]

all global variables go to missionNamespace by default

unless you've done something like with uiNamespace do { // code here }, i suppose

[modern osprey]

Thanks

[indigo wolf]

this not work i try but vehicle still goes red in maaws

[warm hedge]

HandleDamage returns the total damage, not added damage

So it's not that simple, not hard anyways

I recalled I posted such concept in this server

[little raptor]

True but if it didn't work for him using that code it definitely won't work with the correct version either 😅
If you do 0.2*totalDamage you're actually healing the vehicle

[tough abyss]

Hello, good evening, could someone help me know where I could find a menu like this, about how to buy cars and so on?

[indigo wolf]

yes i see this happen when i use maaws to hit second time it heal vehicle and third time it heals even more and becomes god

[south swan]

good old ```sqf
private _oldDamage = _unit getHitIndex _hitIndex;
private _newDamage = _damage - _oldDamage;
_oldDamage + 0.5 * _newDamage;

[little raptor]

Yeah. What you should do instead is get the "dealt damage" by subtracting the new damage from previous damage

Then multiply that by your factor

Then add it to previous damage and return it

[little raptor]

Also check if hitIndex is negative

[meager granite]

This one is custom written, you can make a basic version of it with ListNBox

[south swan]

inb4 linearConversion [0, 1, 0.2, _damage, _unit getHitIndex _hitIndex]; for increased one-lineniness

[south swan]

private _oldDamage = if (_hitIndex isNotEqualTo -1) then {_unit getHitIndex _hitIndex} else {damage _unit};
private _newDamage = _damage - _oldDamage;
_oldDamage + 0.5 * _newDamage;``` ![meowsweats](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/707626030613135390.webp?size=128 "meowsweats")

[tough abyss]

And how would I do that, I don't know anything about programming and stuff bro...

[meager granite]

You'll need to learn it, even if there is a ready menu you'll need to integrate it into your mission too

[winter rose]

@shut swan Hi, please use English, thanks 😉

[faint burrow]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:GUI_Topics -- good luck.

[tough abyss]

And where would I learn it? I would also like to know how to enter it on my server.

[tough abyss]

Thanks

[indigo wolf]

i try this and i try this code https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/205515-handledamage-event-handler-explained/?do=findComment&comment=3464929 and even with 0.01 the vehicle go red with maaws, i use rhs vehicle

[south swan]

and what are the resulting damage numbers returned by, say, getAllHitPointsDamage _vehicle?

[indigo wolf]

"[[""hithull"",""hitengine"",""hitfuel"",""hitltrack"",""hitrtrack"",""hitera_l_1"",""hitera_r_1"",""hitturret"",""hitgun"",""#l svetlo"",""#l svetlo 2"",""#p svetlo"",""#p svetlo 2""],[""telo"",""motor"",""motor"",""pas_l"",""pas_p"",""era_l_hp"",""era_r_hp"",""vez"",""zbran"",""l svetlo"",""l svetlo 2"",""p svetlo"",""p svetlo 2""],[0.89,1,0.6,0.1006,0.101149,0,0,0.655328,1,0.000467219,0.000461081,0.000514696,0.000511824]]"

exact coide i run sqf this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", { params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint", "_directHit", "_context"]; private _oldDamage = if (_hitIndex isNotEqualTo -1) then {_unit getHitIndex _hitIndex} else {damage _unit}; private _newDamage = _damage - _oldDamage; _oldDamage + 0.01 * _newDamage; }];

[finite bone]

If you want an absolute horrendous (but working) way of doing this:

private _hp_curr_vic = (1 / 25); 
_this setVariable ["vic1_dam_total", 0]; 
_this setVariable ["vic1_dam_incr", _hp_curr_vic]; 
_this removeAllEventHandlers "hit"; 
 
_this addEventHandler ["Hit", { 
    _unit=_this#0; 
    _curr_dam = (_unit getVariable "vic1_dam_total")+(_unit getVariable "vic1_dam_incr"); _unit setVariable ["vic1_dam_total", _curr_dam];if ((_unit getVariable "vic1_dam_total")>0.5) then { 
        _unit setDamage _curr_dam;
    }; 
}]; 
 
_this removeAllEventHandlers "Handledamage"; 
 
_this addEventHandler ["Handledamage", { 
    0 
}];```

[meager granite]

What are you guys doing?

[meager granite]

This looks correct, are you sure you're attaching it to the right vehicle?

And there are no other scripts doing stuff like removeAllEventHandlers or something

Add logging to RPT

this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint", "_directHit", "_context"];
    private _oldDamage = if (_hitIndex isNotEqualTo -1) then {_unit getHitIndex _hitIndex} else {damage _unit};
    private _newDamage = _damage - _oldDamage;
    diag_log format ["Damage changed for %1, _hitIndex=%2, from %3 to %4", _unit, _hitIndex, _newDamage, 0.01 * _newDamage];
    _oldDamage + 0.01 * _newDamage;
}];

[indigo wolf]

"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=-1, from 0.0257788 to 0.000257788"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=3, from 0.0990476 to 0.000990476"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=7, from 0.012381 to 0.00012381"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=8, from 0.0309524 to 0.000309524"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=9, from 0.375972 to 0.00375972"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=10, from 0.38552 to 0.00385519"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=11, from 0.254322 to 0.00254322"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=12, from 0.266205 to 0.00266205"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=-1, from 0 to 0"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=-1, from 0.0597188 to 0.000597188"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=0, from 0.303074 to 0.00303074"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=7, from 0.0127517 to 0.000127517"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=9, from 0.212037 to 0.00212037"
"Damage changed for B Bravo 2-3:1 (Meth), _hitIndex=10, from 0.217421 to 0.00217421"```

[meager granite]

Did vehicle end up being fine?

[indigo wolf]

most of the things are red except for hull and vehicle is not moving

[little raptor]

What if you return 0?

Does it still get damaged?

If so it's probably because the damage is scripted

[indigo wolf]

Oh yes its still being damaged even with sqf this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {0}];

[little raptor]

What if you remove all damage EHs?

And only add your own?

[indigo wolf]

somehow this works

[little raptor]

Because all EHs are removed

So my guess was correct. Damage is scripted

[indigo wolf]

oh kurwa it is indeed

[indigo wolf]

adding removeEventHandlers before this works fine thanks a lot

[vast horizon]

Hello, could someone help me to edit DRO files to allow for factions without men/infantry units to be selected?
I need to use certain factions from the RHS Russian Forces mod.

[worthy thorn]

Ok, but is there a way to spawn the explosive in with a name? Sorry for the noob question, I couldn’t find the answer online

[granite sky]

I don't get it.

What's a name? :P

[worthy thorn]

Sorry, variable name

[granite sky]

Variable name of what?

You mean for the vehicle?

[worthy thorn]

Of the explosive

[granite sky]

In that case it's already spawned?

[worthy thorn]

Ok

[granite sky]

So all you'd need to do is MyExplosiveVar setDamage 1

[worthy thorn]

Oooohh ok, and is the explosive variable name set when you summon it?

[worthy thorn]

Like, where is it in this?

[granite sky]

Ok, let's go back to the start:

So this is a bit of a noob question, I only recently started scripting instead of playing multiplayer, but is there a way to make a car bomb where a trigger spawns an explosive and immediately detonates it?

What do you actually have at the moment?

A car? A trigger? A bomb?

None of the above? :P

[turbid nymph]

that seems to have fixed it thx so much!

[ornate whale]

How can I make a unit face a direction? When I use setDir, he always turns back to whatever he looked at? lookAt?

[faint burrow]

Check examples and notes of setDir command.

[woeful swan]

Hey so I am looking to see if someone who is decent at coding in Arma 3 can help my group out. We are using a new medical system and We are trying to add in various medications based on templates of meds already within the game. Would someone be able to DM me so you can help us look through the files. We spent like 13 hours about a week previously and was able to find where in the files everything is made, but it just does not come up in the ACE arsenal and we have no idea why

[open hollow]

i want to do this kind of markers, any ideas on how to start?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/900594155208708147/1263213903467249777/image.png?ex=66996b1f&is=6698199f&hm=ce672941238c323f832f443655c91c7c7f6994a5d20de54d82c850d0045a6432&

my initial idea was to use drawicon3d to the letter of the sector, and then use drawTriangles but im not sure yet how to draw that triangles.
maybe create a control, and using the tringles in there?

[velvet merlin]

is there a way to disable respawn for playable AI?

seems https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setPlayerRespawnTime is only for player/clients

only way i can see would be: addMissionEventHandler ["EntityRespawned", + if (not (isPlayer _x)) then {_x setDamage 1;};

but thats super bad

[open hollow]

maybe hidding it ? and when a player takes control of it unhide it?

[velvet merlin]

bad if a player is GL

[open hollow]

GL?

[tight cloak]

anyone got a way of essentially locking the movement of an object to a plane? allowing it to move freely x,y but be locked on its z?

[winter rose]

onEachFrame + setPosWorld, depending on what you want
if an air vehicle, you won't prevent it from nosediving unless setting its vectorUp

[tight cloak]

im already using on eachframe, im assuimg then im just gonna have to do some math that compares the position of the object to the "plane" z height and using setPosWorld

[winter rose]

or just grab the Z to wherever it is and use it, no?

theObjZ = getPosWorld theObj select 2;
onEachFrame {
  private _pos = getPosWorld theObj;
  _pos set [2, theObjZ];
  theObj setPosWorld _pos;
};
```or something like that

[tight cloak]

ill give it a whirl

[winter rose]

fixed, remove the first private at the beginning @tight cloak

[tight cloak]

its all good, i already caught that

[tight cloak]

_testing = addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", 
{ 
    _PlaneLock = vehicles inAreaArray runway;
    theObjZ = getPosWorld runway select 2;
    {
    if (_x isKindOf "plane") then {
        private _pos = getPosWorld _x;
        _pos set [2, theObjZ];
        _x setPosWorld _pos;
        systemchat format ["%1",_x];
    }; 
    }foreach _PlaneLock;
}];

here is the second issue, its an aircraft

the z lock works but its now completely stuck in place just like my last attempt

the reason im doing this is because i made a huge flying heli carrier out of the USS freedom that has a cockpit and flies, i was hoping to just make a simple bootleg system that lets planes land on it when it levels out for RRR so i dont have to get anymore creative that i already have.
the other option is i remove the attach system i have for the static components and isntead set their position constantly to be relative as if they were attached to maintain their collision

the mod WMO allows players to walk freely upon the deck, aircraft fall the moment the setup function is run

i guess i could just make a simple keybinding system to just vectoradd...

[winter rose]

what is the end goal?

[tight cloak]

i have big flying carrier, id like players in planes to be able to land on said carrier when it stops to repair, rearm and refuel etc

plane to land on this is the goal

im currently using an incredibly flat trigger that encompasses the carriers runway to serve as the "plane" at which aircraft get z locked when they land

also serves as an easy method to fetch landed / landing planes

what currently happens :/

[winter rose]

ah yes, grab the velocity before and apply it after

[tight cloak]

uhhh. i kinda just, explode

instantly

[winter rose]

yeah, because you cannot touch anything while flying 😅

[tight cloak]

this is the now situation, still got my speed. just in one spot still

    if (_x isKindOf "plane") then {
        _vel = velocity _x;
        private _pos = getPosWorld _x;
        _pos set [2, theObjZ];
        _x setPosWorld _pos;
        systemchat format ["%1",_x];
        _x setVelocity _vel;
    }; 
    }foreach _PlaneLock;

[winter rose]

you could also

private _velocity = velocity _vehicle;
if ((_velocity select 2) < 0) then
{
  _velocity set [2, 0]; // up/down velocity
  _vehicle setVelocity _velocity;
};
```perhaps

[tight cloak]

instead of the setpos?

ill giver a go

[winter rose]

or along, idk

[tight cloak]

the result is an ice skating plane

[winter rose]

niceee

[tight cloak]

might add a speed bleeder. but then how to know if landing or taking off~?

[keen stream]

http://i.imgur.com/Sj7NUXy.png <-- Spawn script gone wild... This explained why the server lagged.

[torn solstice]

Im trying to whitelist a spawn point for a specific group. After respawning, I expect there to show the "BLACK SITE" spawn point for members of the "redacted" group only. The spawn point does not show after respawning. Is that because of the deleteVehicle?

//Whitelist Respawn location
//add to init of object.
//make sure group is named "redacted"
if (isServer) then {
[redacted,getPosATL this,"BLACK SITE"] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;  
deleteVehicle this;  
};

[tough abyss]

Does anyone already know a script made to spawn vehicles, just to configure the cars?

[warm hedge]

createVehicle to spawn an object. Not sure what is configure cars mean

[tough abyss]

Yes, get a script that, with a bot, can select the vehicle you want to spawn.

type like that

[warm hedge]

It's not that simple

[tough abyss]

So how could I find one, I don't know how to script hehe

[warm hedge]

Learn to script. Learn to make GUIs. Learn to combine them all. Months or years of struggle

[tough abyss]

Thanks broh

[meager granite]

Apply it once, after plane stops disable it. Enable back when plane leaves the trigger

[worthy thorn]

Figured out how to do the car bomb thing, thanks to the dude who helped

[royal quartz]

HI guys quick question on the addAction function, im using the showWindow parameter to show the title parameter in the center of the players screen when looking at the object. And its working but it only shows the image in my title not the text and the image.

The priority is the highest of all the actions on the object the action was added too as per the showWindow requirement. Im aware there is no code or anything currently. I have tested all that and it works as I want, I just need to solve the issue with the text not showing next to the symbol. As you can see the photo it shows properly in the list in the top right but not in the center of the screen.

[ResupplyBox, ["<t>Resupply</t> <img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\reammo_ca'/>",{},nil,100,true,true,"","true",3]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];

[radiant minnow]

can anyone help me, new to coding and im trying to make a trigger activate a search for an item in a given storage container, get the count of how many are there and times that by 2.5 and set that value as a variable to get used in a hint and to be added to other variables with values later.

PublicVariable "payout_1";{
payout_1 = [getItemCargo "goldDrop_1"] find kindof (Item_Money_Stack, *2.5);
hint "you banked" getVariable ("payout_1") "Million $";
};

this is basically what ive got so far and to no avail

tried adding count command but no difference and the getItemCargo already gets the count

[mystic scarab]

Are the paths to Crossroads voice lines from Air Control in the Reaction Forces DLC available anywhere?

[south swan]

i'd suggest you to start with reading https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting. Whatever you've posted is not even close to working SQF code

[radiant minnow]

already did that and crossed refrenced with other codes online and thier similer, some dude used
"Item_ID" in (ItemCargo cargoVariable); just to check if an item was in the container so i cant be that far off

[meager granite]

Not exactly sure but you can edit popup text with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUserActionText

Maybe the engine strips the text or something?

[radiant minnow]

i was hoping someone could write the proper form of what im trying so i can see the differnce and have something more concrete to go off for future ettempts

[meager granite]

private _stacks_count = {_x == "Item_Money_Stack"} count itemCargo goldDrop_1;

itemCargo ENTITY returns array of strings of classes, CODE count ARRAY return number of matching conditions in the CODE

Open wiki for each command to learn more

[radiant minnow]

now im making this multiplayer do i need every variable to be public or can things be private and converted to public after execution? couldnt find anything on that and thank you btw

[meager granite]

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

Read the introduction articles to understand what's going on

Multiplayer locality is a bit complicated topic. Triggers are global, means each client does their own condition code execution and their own activation code execution, unless you tick "Server only" checkbox

If you store your money on clients, you can either:

• Have each client do their own calculation but make sure they don't do it for remote players
• Have server do the calculation and send the value to appropriate client (with publicVariable for example)

[royal quartz]

Yeah ive played with that alot too hoping it would help as on that function page there is a picture that shows text displaying in the center of the screen. And there is a example of using it but it dosnt work anymore! So I assume in some update it got updated to strip text

image for reference
and code.

_id = billboard addAction ["Some Action", {}];
billboard setUserActionText [
    _id,
    "Some Action",
    "<t color='#ff0000'>Background-----------------</t><br>Multiline<br>Multiline<br>Multiline<br>. . .",
    "<t color='#00ff00'>-----------------Foreground</t>"
];

[meager granite]

player addAction ["<t>Resupply</t> <img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\reammo_ca'/>", {}]

Shows full text properly for me

[south swan]

it also looks like it's trying in this screenshot? Icon is noticeably moved to the left of screen center.

[royal quartz]

yeah I noticed that almost like its hiding the text

but its just has no alpha

[meager granite]

Try without the mods? Maybe this display/control has weird/missing font set to it?

Thus the invisible text

[royal quartz]

ah you ran it on the player though not an object I wonder if thats the difference. Also I remeber a while ago getting different results in a eden mp hosted environment and a actual hosted server

[meager granite]

Shouldn't be different between player and object, my bet is on mod messing up the font for control that shows action text in the middle of the screen

[radiant minnow]

yeah im trying to keep it as simple as possible, only been using triggers for everything only issue ive had so for is this and possibly adding the total at end game as im assuming im gonna have to learn nil/null better since theres 3 possible drop spots and only 2 of the 3 variables might exist since a trigger never set it on activation

[meager granite]

Try

[ResupplyBox, ["<t font='RobotoCondensed'>Resupply</t> <img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\reammo_ca'/>",{},nil,100,true,true,"","true",3]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];

[royal quartz]

okay, yeah it rings a bell when I tested just with CBA, Ace and my mod (needed them for dependencies) it worked yesterday but doing the same test erlier it was broken

[royal quartz]

will do now just loading up again

[south swan]

ACE Vanilla actions

[royal quartz]

your a genius. Its an issue with whatevr font gets changed somehow by a mod. This works

ive been trying to figure this out for hours thank you 😄 I had just given up and was going to push an update to my mod when you started typing haha.

is RobotoCondensed the default arma menu font do you know?

[meager granite]

Yes

[royal quartz]

sweet. Ill add this change and finally push my update thanks alot!

[meager granite]

getText(configFile >> "CfgInGameUI" >> "DefaultAction" >> "font")

This could be where this default font is stored

[tight cloak]

how does that work with MP considerations in mind, multiple planes and all

[ornate whale]

How is Enfusion different from A3 in terms of scripting language and overall capabilities? Do you think it makes sense to learn the new engine? Thx

[south swan]

enfusion is 98% different

[meager granite]

Store the flag on each plane

[winter rose]

you can see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:From_SQF_to_Enforce_Script
the language is entirely different, it is object-oriented now

[ornate whale]

And does it make sense to move to Enfusion engine from the modders perspective, what are your thoughts? Thx

[south swan]

A3 is not eternal 🤷‍♂️ And scripting-wise i doubt A4 would return to SQF

[cyan dust]

Is there a way to createDisplay on top of another display without disabling that 'other' display in the process? I'm trying

private _customUI = _inventoryDisplay createDisplay "inventoryUIadditions";

but alas...

[royal quartz]

oh sweet, are you suggesting to write code to pull that font and use it? Or just for information purposes? Well managed to push the fix to my mod with some other extra bits so thanks for the help! Ill go sleep now 4am coding over xD

[cosmic lichen]

Don't use a display but a controls group and add it to the original display with ctrlCreate

[cyan dust]

Yeah, that's one way to do it, but it's sooo tedious
So I thought maybe there is a simpler way (especially since I already marked it up in GUI editor)
Thanks.

[still forum]

If you want to play Reforger, or prepare for Arma 4. Then you have no choice but to switch.
Is it really about sense?

[cyan dust]

Btw, why didn't you guys just adopt C# or Java for the matter? Why creating your own language again?

[still forum]

Enforce Script is basically as old as SQF

Why make something new, from scratch, now. If you already have something that works well.
Plus if you use someone elses solution, and need to make changes to it, you might be blocked because their stuff is not your stuff.
If you have your own you could do anything with it that you need

[cosmic lichen]

If you know c# you will have an easy time getting into Enscript.

And If you learn Enscript first you will have a decent foundation for c#

[still forum]

C# sounds like a nice idea.
And surely it would work well on Windows.
And then.... You want to run your game on xbox, and playstation, and switch, and linux, and mac and arm or risc...

[winter rose]

libs exist 😄

[still forum]

For some platforms yes

[south swan]

reforger switch version cinematic 2.4fps

[winter rose]

but language-wise, implementing "our own version" of C# could have been a thing yes, but it would have moved away and not evolved along C# v99+

[meager granite]

At least check what it returns with all your mods

Then figure which changes it

[meager granite]

Could've kept SQF, got rid of legacy crap and remade command groups from scratch

[digital rover]

Sqf has awful syntax and limited useful data structures, is really really slow, and static analysis beyond syntax checking is pretty much impossible.

I actually do like SQF for what it is... It is very powerful whilst being easy to use, but the "legacy crap" is literally the entire language.

Not that I like Enforce either, the barrier to entry seems a bit too high for newbs to use (especially for mission scripts) but hopefully the tooling is better in time for A4.

Also SQF does lambda functions better than any other language change my mind

[south swan]

mandatory LISP joke

[winter rose]

won't try to!

[winter rose]

the tooling/libraries is one of our concerns too; same a Scenario Framework, BI should be able to provide a more easy-to-use API

inb4 SQFUtils.setDammage(myEntity, 1);

[digital rover]

Id actually like python mission scripts but I have bad taste 😂

[kindred zephyr]

the nice thing about enscript is that you could virtually do your own wrappers for any type of language you want since its more direct in-engine interaction

and just called them as methods basically, free commands

you could end up making an esoteric wrapper and just type MOO to code

[still forum]

You can do the same in SQF because you have Extensions which could parse anything and convert it to anything else. And do that asynchronously with close to zero or very low performance impact if you wanted to.
But in Enforce Script, so far, you don't have extensions, in any of the currently available games

[kindred zephyr]

but a wrapper within a wrapper seems not that useful, its more about the sake of accessibility/convenience in the end

[ornate whale]

You say that Enforce let you manipulate the game on a lower level than SQF?

[still forum]

It does

because lots more things are written in script. Most of the game logic is in script. And everything in script can be edited/touched

[kindred zephyr]

i havent manipulated it myself, but it does looks like a more direct approach to actual coding

[south swan]

and then you suddenly have 15 BaseEventHandlers declared on an entity that only lists 11 in the editor

[ornate whale]

Can you give some examples, please?

[kindred zephyr]

thats the nicer thing about having a more strict environment, you will fail less while achieving more with less hacky methods

[still forum]

The inventory for example. Is afaik like 90% in script.
Meaning you can do massive changes somewhat easily, like adding an extra main weapon slot, or wearing a second backpack on the front.
In Arma 3, the inventory is 90+% in engine.
You can move some UI elements around, but that's about it

[ornate whale]

I like the syntax of Enforce better just by checking the biki page

[south swan]

except the "fail less while achieving more" part seems to be largely counteracted by the language not being tightly coupled to the engine anymore

[ornate whale]

I would say it's more about the system you are controlling with the scripting language than the lang itself.

[south swan]

player as command vs GetGame().GetPlayerController().GetControlledEntity()
velocity _projectile vs ProjectileMoveComponent.Cast(entity.FindComponent(ProjectileMoveComponent)).GetVelocity()

it's just difficult for me to wrap my brain around enfusion

[kindred zephyr]

in the end it will largely depend on how much time you are willing to spend both familiarizing yourself with the language and its structure

that why a lot of people said that it will be easier for coding backgrounds to approach this language rather to have keywords, which in the end can be created by 3rd parties for anyone to use, its a more familiar approach to something that is more likely to be used outside of just enscript itself and viceversa

[sullen sigil]

its a more powerful coding language but its not a good language for people getting into modding

not a3 related anyway

[ornate whale]

What I find the worst about A3 language and the engine is that its high level commands sit on top of a big black box (the game code) that you have to test and try over and over to find even the smallest quirk or bug to create a solution for anything. But maybe that's just my experience.

[sullen sigil]

i have never once had to do that

the only time the engine has caused issues for me i complained enough to dedmen and he got leopard to add the angular velocity commands so i could do it

[kindred zephyr]

for what it is, sqf is pretty powerful and user oriented. I dont think besides BI anyone else provides such a powerful game personalization tool

[sullen sigil]

game engine limitation is such a common scapegoat for lazy modders and is only true in about 5% of instances it is used

[kindred zephyr]

well, if such were the case tools like cba wouldn't exist, they are there because people needed workarounds

[ornate whale]

I don't think it's necessarily limiting, but tedious to work with at times

[sullen sigil]

theyre conveniences; 80% of the stuff in cba is in the base game now

AR also needs a CBA but nobody CBA!

[kindred zephyr]

They are conveniences now, yes

[sullen sigil]

as well as being able to avoid the scheduler

[pulsar tide]

Anyone know is there is a way to script the Land_Ind_IlluminantTower to turn on at night?

[manic kettle]

Kjws size matters has entered the chat...

[sullen sigil]

dedmen wont do it

something about dedi netcode makes it not easily possible

[kindred zephyr]

do anyone happen to know if the residual logic objects that were created when using attachTo and listed in spectator mode are still being listed?
Iirc at some point in the past year there was a conversation about that but tbh I dont remember how it ended.

[hallow mortar]

I don't remember anything about attachTo causing logics. Some functions might, particularly BIS_fnc_ambientAnim

[kindred zephyr]

ah yes, then that must be it

[kindred zephyr]

Actually, you are the source of where I heard it from haha

#arma3_scripting message

[stone escarp]

I'm looking for help creating a script that will create a popup for players joining my server, I want to avoid the popup going to every player every time someone connects. Any ideas?

[granite sky]

Easiest to just put it in initPlayerLocal, unless you need to pass some data from the server.

[stone escarp]

I'll give that a try

[granite sky]

CfgFunctions postInit would also work, I guess.

[fossil hamlet]

@keen stream That's a lot of units spawning in there ;-) We had a guy in our group work on a mission, which all looked good in preview, but he forgot locality, and that just made the units multiply when spawning. Made for an interesting and quite tense mission, albeit with a lot of lag :-)

[keen stream]

Yeah, localities are always the best.. :)

[flint topaz]

Does anybody know what RscDisplay this would be either the IDD or it's full name I need?
https://imgur.com/a/9Jw3Y0e

[proven charm]

debriefing... IDD_DEBRIEFING 50 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_IDD_List

[cosmic lichen]

This is a known error on profiling. Ignore it for now

[flint topaz]

Yeah nw the error I'm ignoring. I was just curious what the background RscDisplay is

[cosmic lichen]

RscDisplayLoading?

[flint topaz]

That seems to be the display just before

I did need that one though for what I'm doing

[gleaming rivet]

@pulsar tide look in the config editor, it should have something somewhere to enable its lights.

[royal quartz]

ah okay yeah ill have a look when there all loaded, I guess you find that threw the config viewer or function viewer?

like just in eden

and it should show what value it has or?

[spiral temple]

If I do _myArray params["_myVar1", "", "_myVar3"]; then the data, which should be _myVar2 is getting ignored, right?

[hallow mortar]

Yes

[tranquil nymph]

I should really take a look at BIs spectator and gut it out

but, that requires downloading the dev branch :P

[nocturne bluff]

My bet is that is shiet

But ya know im mean

Its pretty much zeus - editing power

[opal zephyr]

Does anyone have much experience with setObjectScale? The wiki says its awful to use onEachFrame in mp, but I'm curious if this is because of the command itself or the network usage of sending this across the network... I would be using a onEachFrame local to the client and scaling a simple object also local to the client. There isnt any network traffic like this

[warm hedge]

Simple Object does not require to run each frame

[opal zephyr]

It does if its being moved

[warm hedge]

Rescale upon move then

[opal zephyr]

Its getting moved every frame, it needs to be scaled every frame

[warm hedge]

I see

[opal zephyr]

It says it only takes 0.0003ms to run, which is pretty quick by itself

I'm just not sure if in multiplayer it will try and send something over the network even if it doesnt need to

I guess I can just try it and see

[vocal valley]

Can someone please help me with an addaction? Just want to use this menu to create a simple download data button from a laptop

[opal zephyr]

Put the underscore before "caller"

Actually, just put '(_caller distance _this) <1' in the condition box

The if is unnecessary

[vocal valley]

gotcha, okay - are the Hints correctly formated?

[vocal valley]

this didnt work

[opal zephyr]

ok, then _caller and _this probably arent valid

[vocal valley]

alright - anything else I should try?

[opal zephyr]

it looks like it should be _target not _caller

try that, if it still doesnt work then you'll need to use params

[vocal valley]

ill probably just scrap the idea if that doesnt work - this is getting too complicated

yeah that didnt work either

[opal zephyr]

Are you sure you're less than a meter away from it? thats a pretty small distance

[vocal valley]

i changed that to 2 for the sake of science and yeah I was right on top of it

getting a script error when loading into the mission

[opal zephyr]

whats the error

also, just using the default "true" in the conditionShow would work, it might have some internal stuff handling the distance by default

[vocal valley]

yeah but then you can activate the hold action from any distance if youre looking at the target - which is dumb

like not even the hints are working and im literally copy pasting from the fucking BI wiki

scripting is so frustrating and I hope its a thing of the past in Arma 4/built into the editor

[opal zephyr]

I've tried this and it appears to not have any affect on the servers fps or in/out packet sizes. This was a small test though, just putting it here for others in the future

[broken forge]

I'm a little confused on why my remoteExec is not working when testing a framework I've been developing. The server has the server and database framework I've created, while the client has the client framework, within this framework anything that calls to the database framework doesn't seem to execute or return anything to the client. The server is able to connect to the extension and pull data from it but not the client when using remoteExec.

[sharp grotto]

You remoteExec from client to server and expect the client to get the data ? Do i understand that correctly
If so, you need a extra step!
Client sends request -> Server pulls data -> server sends data to client via remoteExec/remoteExecCall

[granite sky]

To put it another way, remoteExec doesn't return data. It just puts a message into the network stack and returns immediately to the script it was called from.

[broken forge]

The function it calls is to a task scheduler that takes the arguments passed then calls to my extension which then returns the data pulled from the DB to the client function that requires the data. Net id of player is one of the arguments and it's supposed get the player object from the net id and send that to the client framework function that was specified that is also specified. But I don't see any logs from the task scheduler or extension that gets generated when pulling and sending data to the client framework just the server framework

[rough ginkgo]

Is there a script that disables texture error pop ups?

[granite sky]

@broken forge If you don't know what's breaking in a complicated system, log every step.

[broken forge]

Everything is logged, lol, but that's the problem none of what gets logged is logging client side for me when hosting a dedicated server. Just the dedicated server stuff, same logs that would be generated and much more if I was hosting it via in game

[granite sky]

well, diag_log just writes to the local RPT...

but you can remoteExec it to the server.

[broken forge]

I'll try that after work tomorrow and see what it spits out, hopefully that'll answer my question

[sharp grotto]

Just check client rpt
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Arma 3\

add diag_log to the client function, remoteExec on server, check if it fires, then validate the data etc

[granite sky]

yeah for testing ideally you just read the client RPT.

remoteExecing is for when you want to log client errors to the server in actual usage.

[tranquil nymph]

I'd settle for that, it sounds operable and since it's integrated into the game directly its more convenient for mission makers

Plus being zeus-like means consistent UX

Best case scenario it's flexible enough on its own merits, second best it's hackable enough to achieve the same thing, worst case it's neither

[unreal wharf]

Is there a means of making it so an object is locally hidden? Rather, hidden for a specific user?
The goal in mind is that there is a platform that players will be on, but they will also be entering a composition that is present under this platform. I want to simply visually hide the platform for myself as Zeus, without it being hidden for the players, as they will be on this platform frequently while simultaneously being in the composition below it.
That way I can see the composition below it, without globally hiding the platform and thus causing its model and collision to be absent for players.

[south swan]

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

[still forum]

Is it an option to attachTo it to some dummy object, and move that instead?
Attached objects don't loose the scale when parent moves

[drowsy magnet]

@still forum would it be possible to add a setFreeLook command? there is a command to check if free look is enabled https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/freeLook

[still forum]

probably

[drowsy magnet]

that would be epic if so

[drowsy magnet]

Also, if you or someone with gui object knowledge can help, I've been struggling with this control type for a few weeks. My object's x, y position seems to get further from the center of the object the further it is from the center of the screen... my object is at z = 0.25 or 1/4 meters from the screen, what is the logic behind this, like how can I get the center of the gui object in gui cordinates? I restrict the scale of the object to small interface cause it gets way to large or small otherwise...

// Adjust screwdriver scale regardless of interface size
private _screw_driver_object_scale = 0.55 / (getResolution select 5);
_screw_driver_object ctrlSetModelScale _screw_driver_object_scale;

// Update the screwdriver's position - [x, z, y] according to wiki
_screw_driver_object ctrlSetPosition [_screw_driver_position_x, _screw_driver_position_z, _screw_driver_position_y];

// DEBUG - center on position using half of the width and height (center of screen)
(ctrlPosition debug_control_01) params ["_", "_", "_debug_control_01_width", "_debug_control_01_height"];
debug_control_01 ctrlSetPosition [_screw_driver_tip_position_x - (_debug_control_01_width / 2), _screw_driver_tip_position_y - (_debug_control_01_height / 2)];
debug_control_01 ctrlCommit 0;

// DEBUG - center on position using half of the width and height (screw driver position)
(ctrlPosition debug_control_02) params ["_", "_", "_debug_control_02_width", "_debug_control_02_height"];
debug_control_02 ctrlSetPosition [_screw_driver_position_x - (_debug_control_02_width / 2), _screw_driver_position_y - (_debug_control_02_height / 2)];
debug_control_02 ctrlCommit 0;

[still forum]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[drowsy magnet]

can i get more help than that or an @ to someone who would know? lol

[still forum]

no

[drowsy magnet]

i see why game is $3 now

[warm hedge]

Nobody is very dedicated to solve a very specific issue

[drowsy magnet]

gui objects not being centered on their position doesnt seem that specific but ig

[flint topaz]

They are centered fine

I’ve used maths to make a UI show an FOF radar perfectly fine

[ivory lake]

theyre based on model center iirc so if the model is offcenter in the p3d then they're gonna be off center

[broken forge]

I've looked and the diag_log isn't showing up on the client side from the function like it's supposed to, I'll have to check through everything again once I get home

[still forum]

If it doesn't show at all, then it doesn't execute

[broken forge]

Yep, and that's what is confusing me, because I believe I'm using remoteExec properly, I'll have to look through everything again and check what is going on

[flint topaz]

My only thought is your server doesn’t have the function you are trying to call. So it’s never returning data back to the client

[drowsy magnet]

[netId player, {format ["%1", objectFromNetId _this] remoteExec ["hint", objectFromNetId _this]}] remoteExec ["call", 2];

This works fine which is what you described essentially, unless you actually need to send player object back to a client function just use remoteExecutedOwner to send back the data (even objectFromNetId remoteExecutedOwner). Possibly just error in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgRemoteExec as well

[opal zephyr]

I find using attachTo reduces my framerate significantly and isnt practical for the number of objects im using. While running setObjectSize eachframe may not be ideal, its still more performative

[flint topaz]

Strange, I don't know your context, but I agree with Dedmen. PerFrame is concerning

[opal zephyr]

I'm attaching objects to the player, if I were to use the attachTo command then the objects simulation rates would match the player characters, which is much too high. My frame rate cuts in half with like 15-25 objects attached. This is not acceptable, therefore adjusting the position of the objects manually on each frame is much more performative. Adding a 0.0003ms call to this existing onEachFrame stack has zero affect on my fps, and the server ignores it since both parties of the setObjectSize are local and exist only on the client

[meager granite]

Create dummy with low sim rate and attach everything to it

Move dummy each frame

Bonus feature: Dummy can be local so you can shift offset individually per client with no overhead, update position with variable rate depending on distance to camera

[opal zephyr]

Would need multiple dummy's per user (up to 20) this already goes into the zone of too many attachTo's to affect framerate. I'll try a test today that does what you said, but I am not confident in its results

As a note, my current system is pretty performative and is not an issue, I was just looking for extra info on how setObjectScale worked in mp

[granite sky]

What sort of objects are you attaching here?

[opal zephyr]

They're simple objects, if you mean what kind, pretty much anything

[sullen sigil]

i dont have any bad performance hit with capital ships and that can get >200 objects attached in the same scene so...

[still forum]

You're stretching the limits of Arma 😆

[sullen sigil]

youve told me its impossible about 5 times now and i still prove you wrong every time

[meager smelt]

Hi folks
Has anyone stumbled upon a script where you can addaction to an object for helo[spawned in] to swoop in and slingload it
And for it to have like mapclick function to where you want it dropped off?

[opal zephyr]

Thats a pretty complex set of things. I don't know of any existing public scripts that do that by themselves

[open hollow]

@still forum its posible to add the posibility of using drawArrow, drawEllipse,drawIcon ,drawLine,drawPolygon,drawRectangle,drawTriangle in a different control than rscmap and with relative cordenates?

[still forum]

no

[solar geode]

Does anyone know if that little hook object at the end of slingload ropes has a dedicated classname?

[frail igloo]

I'm trying to set a task to complete once certain players are in it, can I get some help? This is what I've tried in the conditions field of a trigger:
player1, player2, player3, player4 in humvee2;

[faint burrow]

You should check if any player is in vehicle using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/findIf.

[hallow mortar]

findIf is useful for checking for any player in the list is in the vehicle. If you want some or all of the players to be in it, try count.

[faint burrow]

If you want some or all of the players to be in it, try count.

([player1, player2, player3, player4] findIf { !(_x in humvee2) }) < 0

[frail igloo]

thanks, this is what I was looking for

[solar geode]

Yes it does, if anyone else is wondering, it's "RopeEnd".

Ropes are "RopeSegment".

Would be nice if they let us create ropes with custom objects for rope segments.

[fallen locust]

Or filter for it in deleteVehicle

filter in deleteVehicle.txt
//new 7 ""

sling load a car

crash the heli while slingloading

have fun kicking a whole serevr

gg

deleteVehicle log

just gives netID

[blissful current]

Can I get some help with this script please? I get an error for missing bracket related to the third line:

player addAction [
    "<t color='#FFFF00'>Radio for Extraction</t>", 
    "ExtractVariable = false; publicVariable "ExtractVariable";", 
    nil, 
    8, 
    false, 
    true, 
    "", 
    "ExtractVariable"
];```

It wont throw an error if I use it without the publicVariable portion.

Which leads me to think that it has something to do with the quotations that I am using.

[stable dune]

player addAction [
    "<t color='#FFFF00'>Radio for Extraction</t>", 
    {
      ExtractVariable = false; publicVariable "ExtractVariable";
    }, 
    nil, 
    8, 
    false, 
    true, 
    "", 
    "ExtractVariable"
];

[faint burrow]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/String#Quotes_in_Quotes

I get an error for missing bracket
Next time provide the full error message from RPT file.

[blissful current]

Okay so if I'm understanding that means that multiple strings need to be in braces?

[faint burrow]

Braces? I see only quotes, single or double.

[blissful current]

prisoner posted a corrected example with braces

[faint burrow]

He posted another variant. According to the BIKI ( https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction ),

script: String or Code - either path to the script file, relative to the mission folder or string with code or the actual script code.
This variant should also work:

player addAction [
    "<t color='#FFFF00'>Radio for Extraction</t>", 
    "ExtractVariable = false; publicVariable ""ExtractVariable"";", 
    nil, 
    8, 
    false, 
    true, 
    "", 
    "ExtractVariable"
];

Read this article: #arma3_scripting message

[blissful current]

I read that when you linked it first but it went over my head for sure. I am noticing in your example the use for more quotes though. So I do see the difference if I dont quite understand it.

[faint burrow]

You can't use the same quotes for nested strings.

[blissful current]

nested means strings within strings right?

[faint burrow]

Yes.

[blissful current]

Therefore in your example you used double quotes like this: " "

right next to each other I mean

that encapsulate the code

[faint burrow]

Correct, in accordance to the article.

[blissful current]

Can I have some help understanding the "Server Only" checkbox in the trigger field in the editor?

Currently I have a trigger area that is activated by blurfor present. It works as intended UNTIL a player JIPs. No matter how many players JIP that trigger will activate again and again. (repeatable is NOT checked btw).

So out of curiosty I set the trigger to "Server Only". Now the trigger can only be activated once as I intended. I have NO idea why this works but it does. JIP players cannot reactivate the trigger!

Can someone please explain what is going on behind the scenes to make this happen? I'm happy to have it working the way I want but I just don't understand why it works.

[fair drum]

when server only is UNCHECKED, the trigger is created on each machine, each time the game inits for each client. With server only, it only is created on the server. It doesn't exist on any clients. With that in mind though, you have to change your activation code to reflect being only on the server.

[blissful current]

Hmm Ok that kinda makes sense to me. Because players are global they can still walk into the trigger zone on the server. What does this mean:
With that in mind though, you have to change your activation code to reflect being only on the server.

I dont know what an activation code is. I think thats the key to me understanding that sentence

[fair drum]

any code in there, the environment changes based on server only

[blissful current]

Ohhh Ok I see. So "hint" wouldn't show up if it's server only. I would have to remoteExec that. Wow so that means I would have to do that for basically anything I want the players experience, right?

[fair drum]

depends what environment you want to pick and how you plan it. you can do either or for most ideas.

[fair drum]

correct, in this case, hint with server only wouldn't show to any remote clients (meaning non server). You have to remoteExec or use CBA events.

[blissful current]

How would a Server Only trigger that is connected to a task module behave? Would it only create that task on the server or all players?

[fair drum]

task modules use the task framework which doesn't care what machine its run on. its effects are global.

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

[blissful current]

Is that framework the same as the editor placed modules?

[fair drum]

yes internally

i actually never use editor task modules

just these

[blissful current]

Awesome thanks for the tutoring. Another question then. I have this publicvariable that skips a waypoint. (the variable is in the condition field of the trigger)

ChopperLZ = true; publicVariable "ChopperLZ";

It works fine but I was wondering if the publicVariable portion of the above code was redundant since triggers are global. Maybe I didn't need to add that.

And now I'm also wondering if I should set that trigger to server only since, "why have it on all clients". But its all working as intended so maybe "If it aint broke don't fix it."

[fair drum]

should transition to using:

missionNamespace setVariable ["ChopperLZ", true, true]

[blissful current]

My undertanding is they both do the same thing. What is better about the one above?

[fair drum]

i think its just cleaner

[blissful current]

I see that last true there is JIP friendly. I like that. My understanding is that publicVar also go into a JIP stack too.

[fair drum]

it does

they are functionally the same

[blissful current]

what does the middle value true do? the wiki says value but Im not quite understanding that it means

[fair drum]

except it combines both publicVariable with publicVariableClient and publicVariableServer so that's nice (read the last parameter)

[fair drum]

middle value is whatever value you are assigning:

missionNamespace setVariable ["myVariableNumber", 3, true];
missionNamespace setVariable ["myVariableBool", false, true];
missionNamespace setVariable ["myVariableString", "value", true];

[blissful current]

Hmmm so you are assigning the variable a variable? Im confused as to why thats needed?

[fair drum]

ChopperLZ = true; is a mission name space variable

you are doing the same thing

[blissful current]

missionNamespace setVariable ["ChopperLZ", 3, true]

What does the 3 mean in this example?

[fair drum]

ChopperLZ = 3; publicVariable "ChopperLZ";

same thing

[blissful current]

oh wow so true doesn't mean anything then? It's arbitrary? I thought it was litteraly "turning the variable on"

[fair drum]

nah. its purely just

missionNamespace setVariable ["myVariableName", <myVariableValueHere>, <whereToSendVariable>];

true for the last parameter just means make it public to everyone + JIP

[blissful current]

Wow my mind is blown. crazy.

[fair drum]

you can send specific variables to specific clients using the last parameter as well which is where you start to see the combination of publicVariableClient in it

missionNamespace setVariable ["Fox_RespawnTime", 30, owner HypoxicUnit];
missionNamespace setVariable ["Fox_RespawnTime", 20, owner FoxUnit];

now the variable Fox_RespawnTime are different for me and you

[blissful current]

I think I kinda see that. Is Unit on the wiki or is that another predefined variable?

[fair drum]

its just what i decided to name it. its like using the object unit i'm playing as, whatever variable that is

standby, gotta 💩

[blissful current]

but functionally the two units you made up are the different publicvariableclients I guess?

[fair drum]

They are different objects. Like heli_1

Whatever variable you are using to represent that object.

[blissful current]

This is my attempt to convert the code over to the "cleaner" format.

player addAction [
    "<t color='#FFFF00'>Radio for Extraction</t>", 
    { 
    missionNamespace setVariable ["ExtractAction", false, true];
    missionNamespace setVariable ["ChopperLZ", true, true];
    missionNamespace setVariable ["RTBAction", true, true];
    }, 
    nil, 
    8, 
    false, 
    true, 
    "", 
    "ExtractAction"
];

Holy crap it works in the editor. I got it first try without errors. It broke something in the mission though. Ill investigate.

Got it fully working now. Wow thanks for the help. That is indeed much cleaner!

[fair drum]

eventually you'll start writing everything on the server except for UI/Sounds to offload work from the clients

[blissful current]

I have noticed my mission doesn't run very well. Is that because of all the triggers? Or maybe the biggest culprit is the AI's or object clutter?

I have that addAction above in playerLocal.init. Should I be putting it in Serverinit to offload work on the clients?

[fair drum]

depends. how many objects do you have?

[fair drum]

no, actions are considered UI and should be run locally

[blissful current]

Oh so so many. I was trying to make a village looked lived in so a put clutter EVERYWHERE.

cars, trash, wrenches and tools, personal items, etc. Probably at least 50 of them total

It just felt so bare when it was a blank slate village

[fair drum]

and did you make any of these objects simpleobjects?

[blissful current]

No they all have simulation on

[fair drum]

looks like you got some work to do

[blissful current]

https://tenor.com/view/exasperated-michael-scott-gif-13179415001013058912

[fair drum]

also, you don't need 200 objects to show that a location is a hospital ya know?

like a bed here, a bed there, some basic clutter

players care more about performance than looks

[blissful current]

Good point. I was going for immersion but there's nothing immersive about 30fps

Does hiding and unhiding AI with the modules help that performance? I was guessing no since I read that the AI isn't simulated until the player is within a certain distance. This might be misinfo tho.

[fair drum]

minimally compared to simple objects

[blissful current]

I appreciate the help Hypoxic. I'm headed to bed. Catch you later.

[silent latch]

https://tenor.com/view/leespoons-u-wot-m8-gif-14609294

[broken forge]

When using publicVariable if I were to set a new value for that variable would I need to use the publicVariable again to update it? If so that may be the reason I'm having issues with getting a function of mine to continue with loading the player?

[granite sky]

Yes, publicVariable is a one-time broadcast.

It doesn't "make a variable public". It just sends out a message with the current variable name and value.

An extra non-obvious note: If you publicVariable the same var multiple times in a single frame, it will send all of the updates to each connected client.

[broken forge]

The server setup has a variable that is set to true when loading has finished. I then have a variable that is set in the client framework on when the loading of the player's arsenal is completed. When using publicVariable within the client framework like that will it then overwrite all the other connected clients? If so then I should probably use player setVariable for that?

[granite sky]

or publicVariableClient, or a targeted remoteExec.

The remoteExec is usually the correct choice.

[opal zephyr]

Is there a way to disable or enable nvg's visibility effects through sqf?
Not the color or filmgrain or lens texture, the actual increase in brightness that lets you see in the dark

[warm hedge]

Nope

[opal zephyr]

Darn, thanks. Looks like I'll have to simulate the nvg effect from scratch then

[silent latch]

are you talking about just making it possible to see more in the night? because if so its possible and polpox is just feeding you misinformation

[proven charm]

can you disable entire side in mission lobby , so that the slots cannot be taken?

[meager granite]

No\

[proven charm]

gui hacking then it is 😄

[meager granite]

Speaking of which, maybe you can mod-script disable clicking on sides and slots or something

Or do what I did, ditch engine lobby and make your own within mission

[proven charm]

I already have kick script for invalid side

[meager granite]

Brain-derped "clicking" as "kicking"

Meant ctrlEnable false on engine lobby controls in hope to forbid joining certain sides

[proven charm]

oh yes I was thinking of that

[proven charm]

humm I located the guerilla button but for some reason i cant disable it. everything else works like putting text above it 🙂

[meager granite]

Create a fake one, move real one outside of the screen

The Arma way!

[proven charm]

that should work 🙂

i was able to hide it (ctrlShow)

[meager granite]

I think you can press several buttons at once if you have hidden one behind shown one

There was some issue along these lines

Or it was the wrong one was ended up being pressed

If there are issues, move it away

[proven charm]

ok thx for the info

now I just need a way to let client know if those slots are ok to join. is there any server-client communication via script possible in the lobby?

[opal zephyr]

More specifically I wanted to have nods on but disable the improved visibility at night. And I doubt Polpox is feeding me mis-information, atleast intentionally

[warm hedge]

Okay I guess I don't know what improved visibility means then

[opal zephyr]

I'm talking about how night vision can see at night

thats not done through a ppeffect or anything, its something else, I want to disable it on nvg's

[granite sky]

It only shows sides that have playable units, doesn't it?

[proven charm]

sure

[cyan dust]

Good day. Is there a way to get containers that are opened in inventory other than storing arguments of "InventoryOpened" handler? If say, we do have access to inventory display with findDisplay 602 ?

[spring escarp]

can anyone help me get a teleporter set up in eden editor?

[fair drum]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3043987264

[spring escarp]

ah

i got the register teleport module but idk how to use it

[fair drum]

https://youtu.be/unQzzPXbrcg

[spring escarp]

ty

[fair drum]

i mean, this is the preferred way. are you having trouble using it?

[cyan dust]

offtop: I f*kn lost it on Staff Sergeant Addams AI voice 😂

[fair drum]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vU9AkL4CDSg

[cyan dust]

No troubles, just didn't want to spaghettify my code even more, though there may be some uiVariable or something (I checked with debugger and couldn't find anything related)

[spring escarp]

how do i set a destination for the teleporter it ddint say in the video

[fair drum]

think of it as a network, rather than start and end

just add another register somewhere else and try it out

[spring escarp]

o7

got it thanks

[spring escarp]

if im making a mission in the singleplayer editor can i use it in multiplayer cause i saved it and i cant find the scenario i just made

nvm figured it out

[serene sentinel]

Can someone tell me, can i make key bind in zeus so that when I click on a unit and push bind button, a script is applied to it?

[proven charm]

one way to do it: ```sqf
findDisplay 312 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown"

[drowsy geyser]

Is it somehow possible to make a player invisible with hideObject and prevent him from going through objects?

[umbral condor]

Anyone familiar with a script to set AI to become Alert and Open Fire upon players hitting a trigger? I have to segment AI hostility for a map I'm designing due to the structure not being fully recognized by AI

[kindred zephyr]

Unlikely, as Hideobject hides all the lods in a p3d model, that includes geometry

[open hollow]

ok then

[blissful current]

This is a script I'm using that detects purple smoke grenades from the CDLC SOGPF and tries to make them plume infinitely. The idea is to replace the grenade with the smoke module. In practice on a dedicated server what happens is the smoke grenade gets deleted (I think is supposed to happen) but the smoke emitter is never spawned. This works in SP but not on dedicated server. Does anyone see any errors that might stand out?

params ["_player", "_didJIP"];

if (isNil "mission_SmokeinLZArea") then {
    _player addEventHandler ["FiredMan", {
        params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_vehicle"];
        if !isNil "mission_SmokeinLZArea" exitWith {
            _unit removeEventHandler [_thisEvent, _thisEventHandler];
        };
        if (_weapon == "Throw" && {_magazine == "vn_m18_purple_mag"} && {_unit inArea "marker_1_lzArea"}) then {
            [_projectile] spawn {
                params ["_thrownSmoke"];
                waitUntil {uiSleep 1; abs speed _thrownSmoke == 0};
                if !(_thrownSmoke inArea "marker_1_lzArea") exitWith {};
                missionNamespace setVariable ["mission_SmokeinLZArea", true, true];
                private _smokeEmitter = "ModuleSmoke_F" createVehicleLocal getPos _thrownSmoke;
                _smokeEmitter setVariable ["repeat", 1];
                _smokeEmitter setVariable ["type", "SmokeShellPurple"];
                deleteVehicle _thrownSmoke;
            };
        };
    }];
};

[open hollow]

maybe dont work because the locality of the Module, that code is executed in the PC of the one who throwed the smoke.

have you tryed to create it with createvehicle instaed of createvehiclelocal? or create it in the server ( remote execute it)

[blissful current]

This was written by someone who has amuch better grasp of scripting that I do. I don't really understand much of what is written just the concept. But I'm willing to try different things. So for your idea about remoteExec. Are you suggesting that I somehow remoteExec the whole script?

[fair drum]

@blissful current you can probably use modules enhanced smoke effect to get infinite smoke

shameless plug

[open hollow]

no, remote exec the creation of the modelueSmoke, but since i dont know how the script in the moduleSmote_f work... im not sure

maybe try to get the function in the module to see how it work ( i cant do it since i dont have SOG installed)

[blissful current]

Yeah I've used the module to spawn the smoke in the vicinity before. Uts kinda jank though because if one player throws a smoke then another plume (the module) pops in a nearby location. Its a fallback option.

[meager granite]

Where this script is placed?

[ripe sapphire]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/add3DENConnection
can anyone verify if this command works?

i tried to group units but it doesnt seem to work

[warm hedge]

How is your code anyways

[ripe sapphire]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/get3DENConnections
this command also doesnt return the type as stated in the wiki, only returns the unit

get3DENConnections 51

returns [O Alpha 1-1]

[warm hedge]

It can accept Objects/Groups/whatever instead of Numbers too, so you can make it sure you are referring to them

[ripe sapphire]

it doesnt work either

i used log eden entity IDs on the unit which gives those numbers

so its definitely the right units

[ripe sapphire]

this one also returns incorrectly as its supposed to be a 2 element array

[drowsy geyser]

Is that intentional? If so, what is the reason for this?

[prime aspen]

Hello, I made a script that attaches a rope to a memory of a model, which is animated. When I put the memory in the command to create the rope, arma 3 instantly crashes and closes.
If I place the string at [0,0,0], the string is created and everything goes well.
Could anyone help me?

Knowing that I tested by modifying the name of the memories, deleting them and recreating them on OB

ropeDP = ropeCreate [_vehicle, "crochet1_memory", veh1dp, [0, 0, 0], 20, [], ["RopeEnd", [0, 0, -1]],"Rope_DEP"];```

[prime aspen]

After further testing, when the memory is not animated, everything works

[stable dune]

Maybe you could create helper that you attach to your vehicle animated mempoint and attach your rope to helper.
Like ace does
https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/fastroping/functions/fnc_deployRopes.sqf
Not sure does that work but always you can try

[fair drum]

I use get3DENConnections.

Look through my various module functions to see what I did.

https://github.com/hypoxia125/Modules-Enhanced/blob/main/addons%2Fmodules%2Ffunctions%2Ffnc_moduleMoveOnCombat.sqf

[ripe sapphire]

yeah it seems to work for sync, set random start and set waypoint but not groups

i need to script the grouping of 3den entities

[blissful current]

I am trying to build a very simple question and answer dialogue with an NPC. I know how to do the basics by using an addAction that will remoteExec a script to play for all clients. The exchange looks like this:

Q: How are you?
A: I am doing well.

To make it as realistic as possible I want to use say3D to position the audio from the player and the NPC.
The trick is, how do I make sure that audio is played specifically from the player that used the addAction and not one of the other players in the area?

For example I could do this but it would play the sound for every player:

player say3D "playerquestion";

I could do this but it would play the sound for player_1, who might not have been the player that actually asked the question:

player_1 say3D "playerquestion";

So I am looking for a solution that will play the sound for the player that actually asks the question. Does this make sense what I am trying to explain?

[fair drum]

the action is local, therefore, using a local command such as say3d inside of it will only play for that person that did the action

npcthing say3D "playerquestion"

you can test all of this stuff by turning off battleeye, clicking play again to start a second client, then local hosting on the first client

[blissful current]

This will be remoteExec so that all players can hear the conversation.

[fair drum]

i thought you said you only wanted the specific player to hear it. So now what I'm getting is that you want the audio to be heard by the people near the npc, and everyone else just to see the subtitles?

[blissful current]

I said I wanted a specific player to SAY it. (the player who initiates the addAction) So yes you understand now what I am trying to do.

[fair drum]

so you use:

params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_args"];

// make the "caller" - person that did the action (aka - _this select 1), say your thingy on all machines using say3D
[_caller, "playerquestion"] remoteExec ["say3D"];

[blissful current]

Hmm OK I am seeing some new code for me here. I've messed around with remoteExec a bit so I think I got that part. I havent done anything with underscores yet though.

let me see if there is a wiki on _caller

[fair drum]

i have to go do some shopping for meal prep, but when i get back, I can go over params with you

_caller is unimportant, as it can be anything. i could have said _booger and it would do the same thing

its the indexes that matter (positions in the array)

[blissful current]

Ok understood. I'll go do some chores. Please ping me when you are availible. I would love to understand more about this params

[fair drum]

read over this while im gone

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

[blissful current]

copy that

[safe coral]

is there a way to stop the radio channels from changing after death.
So when someone sets them at the beginning of the game and they die and respawn they don't change

[tough abyss]

How do I change flag textures with the in-game flag models added by mods because it says that the flag texture is not found and the flag becomes invisible.
IDK if I can exchange flag textures between in-game flags or it would only work if I have to drag an extra flag texture into the mission file

[hallow mortar]

It should be doable (as long as the mod is currently loaded) but you have to make sure the file path is correct

For mission files the path is relative to the mission folder, but for files in mods you have to use the complete path including addon names and the path within the addon

[fair drum]

@blissful current ok im back. made some delectable chicken marsala for this week lol

[blissful current]

Nice! I mealprepped chickpea marsala a few weeks ago with jasmine rice 🔥

[fair drum]

so you familiar on how script scope works?

after that read?

[blissful current]

So most went over my head but I think I got a couple concepts out of it.

1. Global variables can exist with deferent values on different clients. To make them all the same you need to "broadcast" it.
2. Local variables have an underscore and need to have private written before it or its possible it could somehow be overwritten

[fair drum]

Local variables have an underscore and need to have private written before it or its possible it could somehow be overwritten

only when defining that variable for the scope. once its defined, you don't use private

so do you know what parameters and arguments are?

[blissful current]

No but I do see them mentioned on the addAction wiki. I presume that this is how it will be possible to tell which player does the talking to the NPC

[fair drum]

A parameter is a variable named in the function or method definition. It acts as a placeholder for the data the function will use. An argument is the actual value that is passed to the function or method when it is called.

for example:

SQF

// Defining the function - in this example, its defining it in this script globally. Ideally, you would use CfgFunctions instead.
TAG_MyFunction = {
    params ["_item", "_count"]; // These are parameters, its a private local variable that is created that accepts an argument

    private _string = format["You have %2 of %1!", _item, _count];
    systemChat _string;
};

// Using the function
["Apples", 5] call TAG_MyFunction; // ["Apples", 5] are your arguments that will be put into _item and _count respectively. Depending on the index of placement (position in the array)

C#

// Defining the method
void MyFunction(string item, int count) // These are the parameters
{
    string text = $"You have {count} of {item}!";
    Console.WriteLine(text);
};

// Using the method
MyFunction("Apples", 5); // These are the arguments

[blissful current]

One moment while I try to digest this

The bottom example is C-Sharp right? So I can disregard that for now right?

[fair drum]

yeah im just showing these terms apply throughout multiple languages

[blissful current]

I will ignore that for now since it's difficult enough with just the SQF for me. I can see some of how the top might work. Particularly the part where the index placement directly corresponds to the params. The middle section looks to somehow print a system chat message regarding the quantity of apples you have.

[fair drum]

the big thing is that you can put in whatever you want in the arguments (types depending) and the function will give you the same type of response. this makes it so you only have to write one function, for many iterations of uses

[blissful current]

Okay I think I get that. It could be x, y, z. Doesn't have to be apples or 5 or whatever. The system chat will print whatever you place as an argument.

So if you have 3 or 4 params that would mean you could use 3 or 4 arguments as well.

Okay so it's very flexible as how many arguments you want to make.

[fair drum]

ill give you some more examples in a sec. currently setting up to do some sous vide

[blissful current]

No worries. I appreciate the help. In the meantime I will show you my progress on the addAction. This however doesn't indentify the person who activated the action. I've also received so advice to use playSound3D instead because its global. I have tried to use it before but couldn't get it to function because the get mission path doesn't work. But thats something I can move onto later once I understand how to use params.

NPC addAction [
    "<t color='#FFFF00'>Talk to NPC</t>", 
    { 
    missionNamespace setVariable ["ActionTalkToNPC", false, true]; //disables addAction 
    [player, "playerquestion"] remoteExec ["say3D"]; //plays sound from all players
    sleep 5; //lets the file finish before playing the next sound file
    [NPC, "NPCAnswer"] remoteExec ["say3D"]; //NPC response
    }, 
    nil, 
    8, 
    false, 
    true, 
    "", 
    "ActionTalkToNPC" //makes action available
];

[hallow mortar]

Don't forget to check #arma3_cooking or #reforger_cooking for more info on that

[fair drum]

do we have a food channel? if not we should

[hallow mortar]

In this server? It'd just be nothing but steve1989 videos

[fair drum]

lets make a function that creates a smoke grenade of a given color (I think you asked a question about that earlier):

FOX_SmokeSpawn = compileFinal {
    params [
        ["_position", [0,0,0], [[]]],  //Now this param only takes an array, defaults to [0,0,0]
        ["_color", "white", [""]]      //Now this param only takes a string and defaults to "white"
    ];

    private _class = switch toLowerANSI _color do {
        case "white": {"SmokeShell"};
        case "blue": {"SmokeShellBlue"};
        case "green": {"SmokeShellGreen"};
        case "orange": {"SmokeShellOrange"};
        case "purple": {"SmokeShellPurple"};
        case "red": {"SmokeShellRed"};
        case "yellow": {"SmokeShellYellow"};
        default {"SmokeShell"};
    };

    private _shell = createVehicle [_class, _position, [], 0, "NONE"];

    // returns the shell object for you after
    _shell
};

Now we can use it:

[[100,100,0], "red"] call FOX_SmokeSpawn;
[[200,200,0], "purple"] call FOX_SmokeSpawn;

obviously, you could do all of this inline using just createVehicle but its just an example to show params/args

[blissful current]

Hmm let's see if I understand. The numbers in the left bracket are XYZ coordinates correct? The color in the next index chooses which case color to use.

[fair drum]

correct, because _position is in index 0 and _color is in index 1. So when you call the function, your position data has to be in index 0 and color data in index 1

[blissful current]

Nice OK I got that 😮

[fair drum]

so if we go back to your action, you notice on the wiki it gives you some parameters to use in your code block right?

[blissful current]

yeah

[fair drum]

typically we use params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_args"]

these are given to you by the game engine to use in your action

except _args that you define right after the code block

but you could use... params ["_object", "_person", "_actionID", "_args"] if you wanted

or whatever

[blissful current]

like you said you could write _booger

its irrelevant

[fair drum]

the index/position is the important thing

[hallow mortar]

params ["_param1","_param2","_param3","_param4"]

[fair drum]

params ["_red", "_yellow", "_black", "_white"]

[prime aspen]

That work thks !

[fair drum]

params [
    ["_red", 0, [-1]],
    ["_number", "orange", [""]],
];

or use mass chaos lol

but seriously, just name them what you are comfortable in using

[blissful current]

See I was assuming they were like defined things Bohemia made for us or something. But I get that it's variables now. Right?

[fair drum]

so thats why here:

#arma3_scripting message

I used _caller to get the person using the action

[fair drum]

the things in those variables are given to you by the engine in this addaction instance. the variable name is not.

[blissful current]

Got it

They give the function we give the name?

[fair drum]

they give the arguments, you give the parameters

and say i make a function for you to use. i make the parameters, you give the arguments

[blissful current]

The wiki says _caller is "Object - the unit that activated the action". But I could call it booger and as long as it's in the second index it does the same thing.

[fair drum]

yes, _booger would then be a variable that CONTAINS an OBJECT

[hallow mortar]

Parameters are variables whose value is dynamically defined based on what you (or BI) pass to the code. So instead of hardcoding a value, you're basically saying "<varname> = whatever param 3 is".

[blissful current]

contains, yes, I need to remember that phrasing

[fair drum]

hardcoding is making a function that only does one very specific thing and has no flexibility. we typically don't want that. we want to be able to reduce the lines of code we make by making our functions flexible

[blissful current]

Seems perfectly reasonable.

Okay so how does this look?

NPC addAction [
    "<t color='#FFFF00'>Talk to NPC</t>", 
    { 
    params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_args"]; //needed for finding player that made the action    
    missionNamespace setVariable ["ActionTalkToNPC", false, true]; //disables addAction 
    [_caller, "playerquestion"] remoteExec ["say3D"]; //plays sound from _caller
    sleep 5; //lets the file finish before playing the next sound file
    [NPC, "NPCAnswer"] remoteExec ["say3D"]; //NPC response
    }, 
    nil, 
    8, 
    false, 
    true, 
    "", 
    "ActionTalkToNPC" //makes action available
];

[fair drum]

typically, you have your params at the start of a block. next, do you know what scheduled vs unscheduled code is in Arma?

[blissful current]

Maybe this should point to a SQF file instead? Cause it could get pretty busy if I wanted to add more?

[fair drum]

in addAction you are lucking out because the code block already runs in scheduled. but its something to think about

[blissful current]

No but from the sound it makes me think that its how the engine processes the code and in what order

[fair drum]

and yes, start to divide your stuff into files for organization.

[blissful current]

For example I am familiar that iniServer is ran on mission start.

[fair drum]

the scheduler is similar to a thread. it allows you to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time, rather than pat your head, then rub your belly in sequence.

[blissful current]

Got it

[fair drum]

in unscheduled space, we can't use things like sleep because we can't pause the main thread, it has to keep going in sequence, every frame. but if we spawn or execVM something, it moves it to the scheduler which allows you to pause things so that the main thread can keep going

[hallow mortar]

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

[blissful current]

Sounds like the two are run in tandem then. One that allows for pausing of the thread and one that doesnt.

But this counters my understanding that the code is only run once at mission start. I thought that there is a giant code file that is ran then the mission starts but now that I think about that how can that be because players can interact with the code so in a sense it is constantly being read.

[fair drum]

because somewhere on the main thread of the game in the underlying code, init.sqf is being spawned (in scheduled space) and a tree branch is created off the main thread.

[blissful current]

So that means that all these little SQFs I've made for various things are running in a scheduled environment.

[fair drum]

depends, as with everything. have some fun going through and seeing when you are in scheduled vs when you aren't by using canSuspend

for very time critical things, you want to jump into unscheduled space because its super accurate on timing. for example, ACE pretty much only uses unscheduled space for its calculations.

but since you can't easily sleep, you have to do frame timing manipulation

[blissful current]

Wow that's definitely out of my scope. I'm just over hear trying to use addaction 🤣

But its very impressive that people have this level of knowledge!

[restive topaz]

Running into a issue with CfgDebriefing and trying to overwrite the loser class. I'm following the example template shown on the wiki for CfgDebriefing (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Debriefing), but instead of running the proper loser debreif, it just says "YOUR SIDE HAS WON" with no further details. Am I missing something? I can link my Description.ext if that would help.

[fair drum]

link it. pastebin or whatever

[blissful current]

Can you explain this process a little more? I am currently using a laptop to run a dedicated server to test my mission. Would it be easier to do this process you have mentioned?

[fair drum]

what is whitespace...

gonna have to reformat this so i can read it better lol

[restive topaz]

Willco.

https://pastebin.com/M0StbEKP

[fair drum]

yes, on your main rig, without the game open, just launcher. turn off battle eye. start the game. when the button pops up again, hit it again. two clients will open on your machine.

you can then alt tab between them

you test things remote on the remote client to see if they are working

[scarlet tree]

How do you call it

[restive topaz]

I dont? I got the other one to operate on end1 by just putting that in the .ext. Hopefully this can be similiar.

[scarlet tree]

I mean what triggers the end, is it a command, a function ... ?

[blissful current]

The remote client is the one that DOESNT host the mission correct?

[fair drum]

yes. remember, the host is the server as well, so hes gonna see everything regardless.

[restive topaz]

Oh, I see. End1 was tied to a trigger. Lose will hopefully be out of tickets.

Just want it to replace the default lose debrief that occurs when all players dead and no more tickets.

[fair drum]

do the ticket detection yourself, then call BIS_fnc_endMission with your custom end type

[restive topaz]

Gotcha, I'll look into how to make that happen, thanks! (Arma FNG here)

[scarlet tree]

And to save you some gray hairs, evaluate tickets server-side and remoteExec the BIS_fnc_endMission

[blissful current]

@fair drum I got it working in a basic state right now. Thanks for helping with the fundamentals!

[restive topaz]

Is there any chance that a trigger condition attached to a End Scenario module could do the same job? Is that horribly inefficient? Scrambling around to find a good condition for it.

[fair drum]

[west] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets <= 0

[blissful current]

I'm trying to get playSound3D to work since its supposedly global effect but this example from the wiki doesnt work

playSound3D [getMissionPath "mySound.ogg", player]; // to play a mission directory sound

[restive topaz]

This! That could work, just gotta make it 1 or something so it doesn't do the incorrect default loser debrief. Shame that must have gotten removed.

[fair drum]

you just have a sound sitting in the mission folder named mySound.ogg? not in a secondary folder or anything?

[blissful current]

I think cause the getmissionpath is different from my mission path.

So I put my exact path in there and it works BUT

when i export the mision file it no longer works

[fair drum]

it won't work on someone elses computer

[blissful current]

yep

exactly

So how can I get around that issue to have it play the file for everyone?

[fair drum]

player is also different for every machine btw.

so its going to put it on the client that executed playSound3D in your example

not every player's unit

[blissful current]

Yeah I was thinking of using the _caller there like you explained before

[fair drum]

you need it to be directional if you are just using the player's unit?

i mean its right on top of you

[blissful current]

playSound3D ["C:\Users\danny\OneDrive\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\FoxClubNiner\mpmissions\ORB%20-%20COOP.Cam_Lao_Nam\sound\infill1.ogg", _caller];

    ```
This is what I use that works on the coputer that has the file.

[fair drum]

no, you use getMissionPath

and yes, in the context of the action, you would use _caller

[blissful current]

getmissionpath doesnt work for me unfortunantley

I think since my path differs from that generic one

[fair drum]

getMissionPath "sound\infill1.ogg"

[blissful current]

interesting let me try that

[fair drum]

remember, the mission path is to the ROOT folder of the mission (where the mission.sqm is). you have your sound in ROOT\sound

[blissful current]

nice it works! previously i tried getMissionPath "infill1.ogg" thanks you! Guess it needs that root\sound is the key

[grizzled cliff]

finally done with school for the quarter, can finally throw myself back into Intercept full time. :P

[blissful current]

I am trying to get this sound file to play louder in game. It is loud as hell in Audacity so I don't think that is the issue.

playSound3D [getMissionPath "sound\answer1.ogg", Rankin];

According to the wiki the 5th position does volume up to value of 5. But I don't need to put anything in the 3rd and 4th index so how would I write it? This example gives errors:

playSound3D [getMissionPath "sound\answer1.ogg", Rankin, "", "", "5"];

[meager granite]

Use default values from wiki article

[fallow pawn]

Use the default values as showed in the wiki

[meager granite]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D

Also volume is number, not a string

[blissful current]

Unfortunately it appears the default value for the 4th index overwrites the sound postion (2nd index).

playSound3D [getMissionPath "sound\answer1.ogg", Rankin, false, [0,0,0], 5];

I just tested this in game. The default value of [0,0,0] overwrites "Rankin". So the sound won't play from that object (Rankin).

There appears to be a note about using GetPosASL for that parameter. Tomorrow I will try that.

[charred monolith]

Just replace [0,0,0] with Rankin, it will just emit the sound at Rankin position all the times

[stable dune]

Because
soundPosition:
Array format PositionASL - (Optional, default [0,0,0]) position for sound emitter, overrides soundSource

[lime rapids]

what software do you guys recommend for modifying pbo's? got a new pc and cant remember name of what i used

[warm hedge]

What, why you need to modifying PBO itself?

[lime rapids]

just need to depbo a pbo not really modifying

[warm hedge]

depbo
You literally answered yourself

[proven charm]

link: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eliteness

[hallow mortar]

Do not directly use an object for the second position parameter for playSound3D. See the warning about that on the wiki page - you must use getPosASL _object otherwise it will try to use the wrong position format

[charred monolith]

Weird if I remember I've never used getPosASL and I've never had the problem. (I might be wrong I don't remember my script exactly)

But a the end your right ! Thanks for the clarification.

[proven charm]

is it possible to use semicolon in __EVAL? I had to use __EXEC workaround to get it working. this wont compile because of the ; test = __EVAL("test;")

discord being messy

[faint burrow]

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/202262-combining-two-macros-together-to-create-a-path/?do=findComment&comment=3154975

[proven charm]

linking to my own thread 🙂 but the question is not the same

[faint burrow]

But I provided direct link to the post having solution.

[proven charm]

i need to work with __EVAL and that doesnt like semicolons - thats the problem

even they would be in string

[faint burrow]

OK,

test = __EVAL(format ["test%1", toString [59]]);

[proven charm]

ah nice , that works 🙂

ty

i was hoping for macros only solution but that's one way

or just __EVAL("test " + (toString [59]) ); think i will go with that

[blissful current]

Is there a way to change this name "Captain" to something else? Or maybe it's hard coded? I tried renaming the object and identity but that didn't do anything.

[warm hedge]

Not by script

[blissful current]

Does your reply insinuate another method then?

[warm hedge]

Yes, a Mod can do

[proven charm]

but you have to go edit all the classes you want changed? 🤔

[fair drum]

Yes, unless it doesn't modify it's parent which then you just do the parent

[fickle hedge]

I want to restrict the use of 3rd person camera so that it is only available in base (Like, within 100meter of an object) and while in vehicles

Anyone got a similar script?

[blissful current]

I found this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawIcon3D and thought maybe it could be use to display a different "name" for a character? Has anyone tried this?

[fair drum]

Yes, but you then still have the old one too

[blissful current]

Ahhh got it. I have some POWs in my mission but when you look at them it says Captain or Medic. I thought it would be cool to change the name to POW. But I dont really want to have mods attached to my mission so it might be time to abandon the idea.

[tired cargo]

Hi guys!

Do I missed something?

[warm hedge]

Do you... what?

What do you mean miss

[tired cargo]

I have an error in the game because of this script. When I write just title and script, which I want to run - ok, but I need custom radius, not default

[warm hedge]

What error

[tired cargo]

Perhaps I specified the parameter incorrectly

[warm hedge]

You have one true that is not valid there
You have one true that should be a string

Check BIKI's Example 4

[tired cargo]

Lol

Sorry)

Thanks

[blissful current]

I've testing this out and although the get position works there are some unintended consequences with it or maybe playSound3D as a whole (I'm not sure which).

Namely, the sound source isn't attached to the object, it simply plays where the object is at the time of initiation. So in my case if the player(object) that has his character speaking moves to a different location, he will leave the "area" which is playing the sound of him speaking. So you end up with situation where there is sound from the character speaking in a spot that he is no longer at.

I'm just doing short little convos with an NPC so I shouldn't expect it to break immersion too often. But I think that say3D is superior now to playSound3D because that one allows the sound to follow the object. But you do have to remoteExec say3D for multiplayer as well as define the sound as a class which is extra work.

And after typing this I do now see a note by Killzone_Kid from 2014 explaining this issue. 🤦

[hallow mortar]

Yeah that's just how the command works.
say3D has position following, but also it must be attached to an object, and an object can only say one thing at a time. So there's ups and downs to each and it depends what you need.

[blissful current]

Can I please have some advice converting this working code to remoteExec?

_caller say3D ["question1", 100];

This is my first attempt but no sound is played and no error messages appear.

[_caller, "question1", 100] remoteExec ["say3D"];

[hallow mortar]

[_left, _right] remoteExec ["command"];
_left say3D _right;
_caller say3D ["question1",100];
[_caller, ["question1",100]] remoteExec ["say3D"];```

[blissful current]

Would you mind explaining what is going on here? This looks more complicated that my previous successes of using remoteExec.

[hallow mortar]

The last line is the only one you actually need. The others are explanatory.

[south swan]

that's the logic chain of how to come up with remoteExec command

[hallow mortar]

remoteExec is formatted like this:

[_left, _right] remoteExec ["command"];

say3D is formatted like this:

_left say3D _right;```
Your formulation of say3D looks like this:
```sqf
_caller say3D ["question1",100];

following the previously established logic, when converted to remoteExec it will look like this:

[_caller, ["question1",100]] remoteExec ["say3D"];```

Given this format for remoteExec:

[_left, _right] remoteExec ["command"];```
- `_left` is `_caller`
- `_right` is `["question1", 100]`
- `"command"` is `"say3D"`

[blissful current]

Oh wow that makes a ton of sense. This will help convert these much faster!

Is there a way to save you post for me to view as reference later? In discord I mean. Like a bookmark of sorts.

[hallow mortar]

No, but there's already a pinned post in this channel that explains much the same thing

[faint burrow]

Examples on BIKI ( https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec ) already explain that.

[raw jasper]

does anyone know if there is a way to stop a given side from targeting a given unit? like ignoreTarget but for an entire side

[south swan]

just one side or would making unit not targetable with setCaptive do?

[raw jasper]

would setCaptive force the unit into the surrended animation? sorry if thats a dumb question I'm not very experienced with arma scripting

[south swan]

no, it wouldn't play any animations. See https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setCaptive

[raw jasper]

ah nice, thank you ❤️

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFriend can help too!

[lethal cave]

@grizzled cliff good luck

[blissful current]

I'm having an issue with the setFace command. My goal is to have each player have a specific face. It actually works fine as long as everyone starts the mission at the same time. But if a player leaves the game then returns, their face is reset with their profile face.

I have this in the object init:

if (isServer) then { [scout, "vn_b_vietnamese_01_02_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, scout] };

When is the object init ran? Maybe if I put this code in initPlayerlocal it would fix that since it runs whenever a player connects?

[faint burrow]

Try to pass true instead of the 2nd scout. Or, I think this is a better way, set face inside initPlayerLocal.sqf.

[granite sky]

It's possible that the scout object hasn't been created at the point when the JIP remoteExec runs.

Other option is that you're using scout as a JIP ID elsewhere. Only the last one is stored.

If you're working with players then initPlayerLocal is an option with much clearer logic.

[blissful current]

Thanks for the info. I will try these options now.

[south swan]

Does the player-object JIP queue get cleared on said player disconnect? Or maybe the code doesn't get executed on other clients the second time. Or some other cute misinteraction

[drowsy mica]

I don’t know much about scripting but is there a simple script to increase a units max health? (Using ace) that I can put in its init?

[granite sky]

Well, in this case the object would get cleared unless the mission has AI enabled.

Reconnecting player would get a different object. Not sure how that works with object init scripts.

[blissful current]

In my case when a player exits an AI takes over.

Is there a way to copy this info in the editor so I don't have to commit it to memory then type it?

[blissful current]

So now I have this in the initPlayerlocal but it doesn't overwrite the profile face. It seems pretty striaght forward too. Remoteexec the face, send it to all clients, JIP compat set to true. Perhaps the isServer is the issue? Since the client isn't the server maybe these changes only happen on the server and that's why I cant see?

if (isServer) then { [scout, "vn_b_vietnamese_01_02_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true] };

[faint burrow]

Perhaps the isServer is the issue?
You're right.

[stable dune]

Example from wiki:

set face

if (isServer) then { [_unit, "AsianHead_A3_02"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, _unit] };
/* if the unit is created later in the game. However this will work only with stock faces, when player joins with a custom face into this unit,
all current players need to be force updated to the desired face as custom face overwrites current face. Use BIS_fnc_setIdenity for persistent identity.*/

[blissful current]

Hmm I'm not quite getting the example.

[hallow mortar]

I wouldn't suggest using the unit itself as the JIP queue tag, because only one thing in the JIP queue can use any given object - if anything else does a remoteExec that uses the unit as the JIP tag, it will overwrite whatever was in the queue with that unit before that

Probably best to just use true and let the gods sort it out

[blissful current]

Any ideas of what I could try to get it working?

if (hasInterface) then { [scout, "vn_b_vietnamese_01_02_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true] };

hasinterface seems interesting. It says in the exeample it will run on all clients. I'll try this now.

[blissful current]

Are you suggesting that I need to use setIdentity instead?

[stable dune]

Only way how I did all work was
Like with setName
#arma3_scenario message

[fair drum]

@blissful current what mod/dlc is that face from?

[blissful current]

It's from the SOGPF CDLC. It's what I'm making my mission for. And I've made some progress after a few hours stuck on this issue. One sec.

Okay I've got it working with one caveat:
initPlayerlocal.sqf:

[scout_4, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];

Thats all you need. No isServer or whatever. I tried the example on the wiki but they dont work. But this does. With one caveat. If the player dies they respawn WITH their profile face. LOL crap. So my next idea is to put that same remoteExec code in onPlayerRespawn and see what happens.

If that doesn't work maybe there is a way to "save" the player face they had much like I "save" the player loadout when they die.

Yep that did it! Just add the above code to onPlayerRespawn.sqf and when the player respawns they will retain their face. There is a brief second where you can see the change happen in real time but it's not that noticeable. And shouldn't ruin immersion too much.

@stable dune I got it working without creating the class like you did. See above.

[fair drum]

yeah? you put that exact code into onPlayerRespawn.sqf?

[blissful current]

Yes

[fair drum]

what could be an issue with what you just did?

what if I'm scout_3 and i respawn?

onPlayerRespawn.sqf still fires for me too

[blissful current]

Increased network traffic could be an issue?

[fair drum]

well if I'm scout_3, why am I dictating what is happening to scout_4? probably should add a filter to bypass the command if the player isn't scout_4. see what I'm getting at?

and lets say you have 100 players that all die at the same time and respawn. thats gonna be 100 settings of scout_4's face over the network (sent to 100 players, so really 100*100 traffics)

[blissful current]

Wow thanks for bringing that to my attention.

I have no idea how to write a "bypass command". Mind pointing me in the right direction?

[fair drum]

find a way to check if the local player object is the same as scout_4

[blissful current]

I don't know how to write if and then statements but would that apply here? Something in OnPlayerRespawn if scout_4 then remoteExec the face command?

[fair drum]

if then is getting warmer

[blissful current]

Ive heard of if else but idk the difference

[flint topaz]

if(player != scout_4) exitWith {};

[fair drum]

don't feed it to him, hes one of the few that has actually been learning this week

[blissful current]

Trust me idk what he posted

[fair drum]

and using exitWith removes everything else past that point if hes gonna use the rest of the file for other stuff, so it might not be applicable.

[flint topaz]

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

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/not

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/a_%3D%3D_b

Those wikis should assist. Take a look at the examples

[blissful current]

Thanks for the help. the only one I dont quite get is exit with

[flint topaz]

I’ll leave it to hypoxic to explain

[fair drum]

exitWith immediately stops the current scope (in this use, the entire onPlayerRespawn.sqf) and executes the code within it (a lot of times, its an empty block). It depends on usage.

exitWiths are great for filtering out the whole file/function against accidental calls that you don't want to happen. say for example, you want a script only run by the server, no matter if even a client accidentally calls it

if (!isServer) exitWith {};

// code below will only run on the server

they are also good at exiting the current scope. see an alternative to the switch statement here:

private _color = call {
    if (_conditionForRed) exitWith {"red"};
    if (_conditionForBlue) exitWith {"blue"};
    if (_conditionForGreen) exitWith {"green"};
}:

_color // returns a string of a color depending on the condition

etc etc.

however, because of how it is exiting early, you have to be careful if you want something to run after it that doesn't apply to its condition. in those cases, its better to use an if then

if (isServer) then {
    systemChat "I'm the Server!";
} else {
    systemChat "I'm a Client!";
};
systemChat "I'm a connected machine!";

[blissful current]

Holy info dump Batman gimmie sec to parse through this.

[fair drum]

so some examples of the few options you have:

if (player isEqualTo scout_4) then {
    // do something
};

// do something regardless

or

if (player isNotEqualTo scout_4) exitWith {};

// nothing down here will fire if its not scout 4

[blissful current]

Oh wow so it basically stops the code. Any lines below exit with dont get ran

Hmm but you color example has lots of exit withs

So maybe it doesnt run anything after the braces }; ?

[fair drum]

private _color = "ColorWhite";
switch toLowerANSI _userSelection do {
    case "red": {_color = "ColorRed"};
    case "blue": {_color = "ColorBlue"};
    case "green": {_color = "ColorGreen"};
    default {};
};

is the same as

private _color = call {
    if (_userSelection == "red") exitWith {"ColorRed"};
    if (_userSelection == "blue") exitWith {"ColorBlue"};
    if (_userSelection == "green") exitWith {"ColorGreen"};
    "ColorWhite"
};

[blissful current]

Okay I think if I understand this correctly then exit with would not be ideal because there are actually EIGHT players for my mission. So if were to use your bottom example: The top exit with would cancel out the bottom SEVEN exit withs.

[fair drum]

no, think of it this way...

[blissful current]

Meaning that I need to remoteExec EIGHT player possibilities of death, thus needing to reapply the faces I want.

[fair drum]

lets say your file does this in order:

1.) change the face of the player depending on unit
2.) change the loadout of the unit
3.) change the position of the unit

if you do a exitWith on part 1, part 2 and part 3 will never happen to the other people vs a if then which allows part 1 to be skipped, but still access part 2 and 3

[blissful current]

So if then is more picky choosey and exit with is better at big negations so to speak

I think I kinda get it. Let me try to put it into practice. Example:

player setUnitLoadout(player getVariable["Saved_Loadout",[]]);
[command, "vn_b_LivonianHead_8_06"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];
[scout, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];

This is my current onplayer respawn. There are only 2 player here at the moment. This will grow to 8 total. I will try to convert now:

[fair drum]

ok

you can chain if thens, a call exitWith, a switch. multiple ways.

[blissful current]

if (player isEqualTo scout) then {
[scout, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];
};

if (player isEqualTo command) then {
[command, "vn_b_LivonianHead_8_06"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];
};

player setUnitLoadout(player getVariable["Saved_Loadout",[]]);

This way the loadout is applied for any player. Also on the remoteExec is ran only for the player that is repawning.

[fair drum]

yuppers

but instead of using scout and command in the remoteexec, you can use player. up to you. since you are defining player for the remoteExec from that machine

but lets take it to the next step. lets do a switch. this will be your starting code:

private _face = switch true do {
    case // fill here
    case // fill here
    default // fill here
};
[player, _face] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];

[blissful current]

Holy crap I just wrote my first if then statement 😮 .

I havent check it in editor yet though

Okay now I will attempt the next exercise

This one is harder for me:

1. I dont see how it will choose the correct face for the player that died.
2. I dont know what default is or would be.

private _face = switch true do {
    case "vn_b_LivonianHead_8_06";
    case "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04";
    default // no idea
};
[player, _face] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];

[fair drum]

when you are using true for the switch condition, the cases must be conditions themselves

each case also needs a {} with the provided string to store into _face

[blissful current]

private _face = switch true do {
    case {
    if (player isEqualTo command) then {
    [command, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true]
    }
    };
    
    case {
    if (player isEqualTo scout) then {
    [scout, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true]
    }
    };
    default // no idea
};
[player, _face] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];

[fair drum]

relook at the switch and case wiki pages

you are pretty far off, in both syntax and application

[blissful current]

Dang and also just tested my if then in the editor and it wouldn't reapply the faces...😥

[fair drum]

don't feel like you have to do the challenge for your application. just something to ponder

[fair drum]

what was your final? didn't see if you changed anything

[blissful current]

onPLayerrespawn:

if (player isEqualTo scout) then {
[scout, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];
};

if (player isEqualTo command) then {
[command, "vn_b_LivonianHead_8_06"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, true];
};

player setUnitLoadout(player getVariable["Saved_Loadout",[]]);

onplayerkilled:

player setVariable["Saved_Loadout", getUnitLoadout player];

[fair drum]

give me a few, dinner

[fair drum]

params ["_newUnit", "_oldUnit", "_respawn", "_respawnDelay"];

if (!isNil "scout" && {_newUnit isEqualTo scout}) then {
    [_newUnit, "vn_o_vietnamese_01_01_face_04"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, _newUnit];
};
if (!isNil "command" && {_newUnit isEqualTo command}) then {
    [_newUnit, "vn_b_LivonianHead_8_06"] remoteExec ["setFace", 0, _newUnit];
};

private _loadout = player getVariable ["Saved_Loadout", []];
_newUnit setUnitLoadout _loadout;

modified - works for me
had to bring in the engine arguments for the new unit being created

you have to have the nil check in case that unit isn't selected/exists at the point of execution

[blissful current]

Let me see what is changed from mine

[fair drum]

but this was also just onPlayerRespawn.sqf with respawnOnStart = 1 and respawnTemplates[] = {"MenuPosition"}; in description.ext

[blissful current]

Ok so the if statement is checking that scout is defined AND that the respawned player is scout THEN its remoteExecing the face AND the loadout?

[fair drum]

1.) check if scout exists - if it does, then continue to the next part of the condition (thats what the lazy evaluation does {}) refer to the wiki on lazy eval. if not, then fail the condition and don't even check the second part (because the second part will error if it is nil)
2.) remote the face
3.) set the loadout

lots of languages have lazy eval built in:

false and true doesn't even evaluate true because the first part is false. making it so that the statement is always false

sqf is one that you have to tell it to do lazy evaluation, otherwise, even if the first part of the statement is false, its still going to try the other parts of the statement

[blissful current]

Why didn't the one I wrote work though?

[fair drum]

do you have script errors turned on? (in the launcher)

[blissful current]

Well the editor frequestly tell me errors so yes?

oh let me see

[fair drum]

it could have been a couple of things. player could have still been referencing the dead unit, not the new one. or scout or command didn't exist, it errored, and exited early

[blissful current]

I now have checked the box for "show script errors" in the parameter section of the launcher

Your code doesnt work for me either. And you tested it so something is up here

[fair drum]

tested with 2 clients, with rpt logging

[blissful current]

Could it be my multiplayer respawn settings? I have it set to 5 seconds repawn to make testing easier. I remember one tell if it was less than 5 secs then it wouldnt apply the new loadout.

[fair drum]

i used 3

[blissful current]

Hmmm

Im going to start a blank mission

[fair drum]

is it just the loadout that isn't working?

side note, in the future, i know that things might take a while for you to figure out, especially by just letting you figure it out with guidance instead of giving an answer. make a thread with your question to keep the chat out of the main thread.

[gleaming rivet]

Aye. We're all anxious.

[flint topaz]

Nice use of lazy evaluation, not sure what setUnitLoadout does when it’s provided an empty array, I assume it just silent fails in which case clean code

[winter rose]

it clears the loadout iirc?

[flint topaz]

Yeah that was the other thought in which case you should check for empty array and silent fail yourself

[tired cargo]

Is it possible to check the end of the say3D ?

[tired cargo]

You call so many times the sound, and these sounds line up and repeat one after another

[fair drum]

Yes it silent fails instead of making your character naked. (You use the config of empty load out to do that)

The whole 100 message thread came down to him testing things wrong. There never was a problem.

[haughty timber]

Hello, how do I make addMissionEventHandler "entitycreated" exclude player units?

I'm running a script that adds money to every unit except the player, but it keeps adding money to the player too whenever the player respawns

Also, I need this to work in Dedicated

Here is my code

    params ["_entity"];
    if (_entity != player) then {
    private _randomMoney = floor random [50, 120, 1000];
    [_entity, _randomMoney] call grad_moneymenu_fnc_setFunds };
}];```

[winter rose]

isPlayer

[haughty timber]

Where do I put isPlayer?

[winter rose]

on top of your head in the code, instead of player check?

[haughty timber]

Alright, I'll see if it works

Huh. Never seen this error before

[granite sky]

Parsing failure, probably bracket related.

[winter rose]

bad

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityCreated", {
    params ["_entity"];
    if (_entity != player) then {
    private _randomMoney = floor random [50, 120, 1000];
    [_entity, _randomMoney] call grad_moneymenu_fnc_setFunds };
}];

good```sqf
addMissionEventHandler ["EntityCreated", {
params ["_entity"];
if (not isPlayer _entity) then
{
private _randomMoney = floor random [50, 120, 1000];
[_entity, _randomMoney] call grad_moneymenu_fnc_setFunds;
};
}];

[hallow mortar]

You could perhaps save some performance by first checking whether the entity is a person at all (e.g. if !(_entity isKindOf "CAManBase") exitWith {}; ) as entityCreated fires on creation of a wide variety of different entity types, most of which the setFunds function is probably unnecessary for.

[haughty timber]

Thanks!

[haughty timber]

On another note, why do I get duplicate actions on dedicated?

[stable dune]

addAction? Or what do you mean?
If addaction, how do you call it?

[haughty timber]

This is the action

// Withdraw $1k
[
    bank_laptop,                                            // Object the action is attached to
    "Withdraw $1k",                                        // Title of the action
    "modules\grad-moneymenu\data\moneyIcon.paa",    // Idle icon shown on screen
    "modules\grad-moneymenu\data\moneyIcon.paa",    // Progress icon shown on screen
    "_this distance _target < 3",                        // Condition for the action to be shown
    "_caller distance _target < 3",                        // Condition for the action to progress
    {},                                                    // Code executed when action starts
    {},                                                    // Code executed on every progress tick
    { _this execVM "scripts\withdraw_1k.sqf"},                // Code executed on completion
    {},                                                    // Code executed on interrupted
    [],                                                    // Arguments passed to the scripts as _this select 3
    1,                                                    // Action duration in seconds
    3,                                                    // Priority
    false,                                                // Remove on completion
    false                                                // Show in unconscious state
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, bank_laptop];    // MP compatible implementation```

Here's the "withdraw_1k.sqf"

if (dmpCVP > 1) then {
    
    dmpCVP = (dmpCVP - 1);
    [player, 1000] call grad_moneymenu_fnc_addFunds;
    playSound "sonicring";
    hintSilent "You withdrew $1000";
    [format ["%1 withdrew $1000 from Company Assets", profileName]] remoteExec ["systemChat", 0, false];
    }
//If you don't have enough money, it doesn't do anything
    else {
    
    hint "You don't have enough money";
    
    };```

[south swan]

Init field gets executed on every client

every client runs remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd" adding an action to everybody on the server

[hallow mortar]

I suspect you're running that action-adding code in init.sqf or something like that - a script which is executed on all machines. So all machines are running that code, and each of them is broadcasting the holdActionAdd to all the other machines because of remoteExec

[haughty timber]

I'm running it on an action called "withdraw_actions.sqf" which is execVM'd on the init.sqf

[south swan]

well, there you go

[haughty timber]

Oh.

What would be the solution then?

Put it in initPlayerLocal.sqf or...?

[hallow mortar]

Quick options:

• don't remoteExec it
• change isDedicated to isServer add an isServer check for the holdAction remoteExec
• use initServer.sqf instead

[granite sky]

The isDedicated check is only applying to the waitUntil, not the holdAction remoteExec.

[hallow mortar]

and now we see why indentation matters :U

[last tapir]

hey guys, how is it going? quick question here:
is there a way for me to identify map objects reliably?

i am trying to make a script for fuel shortage where fuel in a persistent mission starts depleting. i wanted this to be as much as plug and play as possible, without placing custom objects (pumps) in editor. I came with the idea of basically verifying which pump is the player trying to refuel, and search for it in DB. if the pump does not exist in DB i would create a new role, and fill with the maximum amount configured, then subtract what player is fueling. If it exists just get the amount that player is refueling.

the problem is, i dont think that i can count with netID for this, because server has restarts also i am not sure if object id is the same for each restart and each client.

What reference for the object would be recomended in this case?

[granite sky]

I never found a good way. We store them by object position.

[last tapir]

that was my second guess LOL

@granite sky do you go with position2d?

[granite sky]

Not sure off the top of my head.

[last tapir]

@granite sky, just for feedback... @sharp grotto suggested me with netID, and we tested. at least for vanilla map objects (no editor placed) netID seem to be reliable. his server an my server use the same map, one specific pump in his server had the same netID that it had on my server... so... different server, diferent mission files, different clients, netID persisted the same

dont know if its reliable as well with custom map objects, because if you update your mission they could change (maybe?)

[granite sky]

Is there a netID -> object command then?

[faint burrow]

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

[granite sky]

ah yeah, even getting extended to SP in 2.18

[tired cargo]

Hi guys!

I need an advice: I made a radio on a base, from which the sound comes. But I can't decide, how to do it better. On the one side make a sound to all clients together ( global effect ), or make this sound for each clients separately ( local effect )

Nearby the radio are standing the AI soldiers, which have possibility talk to the players, but in this case, I made this sounds with local effect, for the best effect, because if each player will talk to AI solders, there will be a lot of noise - Is it right decision ?

Multiplayer mission

[willow shore]

Is it possible to add an inventory to a module?

[warm hedge]

...What sense?

[willow shore]

E.g. Add the Eden inventory attribute in boxes and vehicles but for a custom module.

[warm hedge]

Well still, what it does mean? What is your goal?

[willow shore]

In the Eden Editor, certain objects, such as boxes or vehicles, have an inventory widget, where you can modify the inventory of the said object, I was wondering whether it was possible to have this widget for a custom module, and reference this inventory with getItemCargo for example.

Just curious if its possible.

[still forum]

The inventory edit UI is scripted.
So yes you can script your own too

[willow shore]

Thank you, is there documentation anywhere for it? My google search sucks and doesnt give any good results

[still forum]

I don't think so

You could just look at the existing attributes in config viewer, and see how they do it

and copy that

[willow shore]

Thank you for the fast responses, will try that out!

[fallow pawn]

Sounds ok to me

[blissful current]

As I learn more about event scripts I'm starting to think more about what code to put where. Right now I have a lot of addactions in initPlayerLocal because I like that its JIP friendly. But the thing is most of my addActions need a global variable to be displayed. So with that in mind I suppose I could place all those addAction in initServer and it would works the same right? (Since JIP players will get the global variable in their JIP stack when they join) Is there "best" SQF to place them in?

[proven charm]

addAction doesnt work in server

[blissful current]

So not only do the different SQFs have different execution times but ceratin code will/wont work in them?

[proven charm]

yeah server or client execution

if not both, like init.sqf

[blissful current]

Ah so in my example would there be a reason to place addActions in init vs initPlayerLocal?

[proven charm]

initPlayerLocal because addAction only works in client

[blissful current]

Maybye Im missunderstanding but you just said that init does both client and server

[proven charm]

it would work in init.sqf too if you put if hasinterface condition

yes ^^^

[blissful current]

So initPlayerLocal is super clients friendly so to speak.

[proven charm]

yep

[hallow mortar]

init.sqf is a perfectly fine place to put addActions - it's "more optimal" to only do it on clients, but it won't break anything if addAction runs on the server too, the command will just be ignored

[timber shore]

Alright need some help

[blissful current]

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

I've been messing around with this one but it has a fade volume built into it which I dont like. Is there another command to get this fade in screen blur effect?

[kindred zephyr]

cutRsc probably

[fair drum]

Or doing your own post processing fade

[blissful current]

This is what I put together. I really like it except I wish having the blur in effect

cuttext ["", "BLACK FADED", 60]; //starts with black screen
sleep 3; //pause before starting typetext
[] spawn vn_ms_fnc_sfx_typeText; //message
sleep 19; //pause to finish message while screen is black
cuttext ["", "BLACK IN", 6]; //fades in from black.

[opal zephyr]

Does anyone know how to copy the code of a script to the clipboard? I assume Leopard's advanced dev tools does a version of this for the functions viewer, I just cant figure out how to replicate it, specifically with a script referenced by file path

[winter rose]

copyToClipboard?

• loadFile

[opal zephyr]

aha, loadFile is what I wanted, thankyou!

[tired cargo]

Hi guys!

Question: How Can I get addAction ID, if I use remoteExec with addAction ?

[winter rose]

you don't (the id may be different on each machine)
you store it locally 😉

[tired cargo]

I make a system, in which player can unload/load supply in a truck
But the problem is that addAction has local effect. When player use addAction "Unload supply", supply unload on the ground and addAction changes to "Load supply". So, if one player use "Unload supply", another player wont have "Load supply", but player, which performed the action, will have action "Load supply", because he used this action ( local effect )

[hallow mortar]

Make a function that does addAction and stores the action ID locally, and remoteExec that function, rather than remoteExecing addAction itself directly

[timber shore]

started out with this, not exactly what I want but it worked to a certain extent, it only it only ran when the object was there, it only ran within 7metres but the _rnd1 always didn't work... it seemed to always = 0.