arma3_scripting

[thin fox]

if is inside the major loop then yes

[keen grove]

Oh

[thin fox]

the MLRS there has 12 rounds, so in the first run _rounds will return 12, if it fire 2 rounds, the next loop it will return 10

in theory

[keen grove]

Then maybe it will be better to just do (((magazineAmmo _this) select 0)select 1) in place instead of in a variable

[thin fox]

yes, but variables keeps more readable

[keen grove]

Well that kinda goes out the window when we are dealing with a tweet length editing window for the script

[thin fox]

it's because you want to put every script inside a init field instead of just creating a init.sqf for example

but I know the feeling, I was there, in the future you see what I mean

[keen grove]

In the future i could just reuse that zamak mlr as is instead of copy pasting or adding more files to the mission

For future missions and such

[thin fox]

same deal for script files 😄

just copy and paste

[keen grove]

The script will require a lot more editing

[thin fox]

why?

how can you say that if you never tried that

but like I said, I know the feeling haha

[grizzled cliff]

tried to play rimworld, got confused, tried to start up cities, got intimidated, went back to Intercept...

[thin fox]

you are already doing more work to put those schedule codes in the init field of the units instead of just putting in a init.sqf file lol

[shell nymph]

Nou, Can you help me real quick?

[keen grove]

so, that's the basic idea

[this] spawn { params ["_this"];private _targets = (getMissionLayerEntities "Anthrakia_Targets") select 1;
private _maxAmmo =  (((magazinesAmmo _this) select 0) select 1)
{
if (!(someAmmo _this)) then {waituntil {sleep 1; (((magazinesAmmo arty) select 0) select 1) == _maxAmmo}};
_this doArtilleryFire [getMarkerPos _x,((getArtilleryAmmo  [_this]) select 0), 2]; waitUntil {sleep 1, unitReady _this}; }forEach _targets;}

[thin fox]

what is the purpose of the first waitUntil?

[keen grove]

to wait until the magazine is full.

[thin fox]

so you are going to restore the ammo outside of this code

[keen grove]

yes

the AI reloads itself with the ammo truck.

[thin fox]

then it should work

[keen grove]

it doesn't.

Q_Q

[thin fox]

of course not

you have to change arty for _this

[keen grove]

nono.. it just looses the targets after like 4 targets.

I did

btw

[thin fox]

(((magazinesAmmo arty) select 0) select 1) == _maxAmmo
(((magazinesAmmo _this) select 0) select 1) == _maxAmmo

[keen grove]

I did change it

[thin fox]

maybe put some more sleep

besides those waitUntil

[keen grove]

it skips the first and 6th targets 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔

[thin fox]

can be it's ranges

check with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inRangeOfArtillery

[keen grove]

it fired at it before from the same position

I'll try to put it further back tho it's worth a check

[thin fox]

so try to put more sleep

like 10 seconds

[keen grove]

Hmm... ok

[thin fox]

you can do like:

if ((getPos _x) inRangeOfArtillery [[_this], ((getArtilleryAmmo  [_this]) select 0)]) then {
systemChat "target is in range";
  // Code here
};

[keen grove]

still skips.

[thin fox]

show your code

[keen grove]

I want to try 1 more thing

ok so now it only skips the first one... the delay kinda fixed it. still odd tho...

code:

[this] spawn { params ["_this"];private _targets = (getMissionLayerEntities "Anthrakia_Targets") select 1;
private _maxAmmo =  (((magazinesAmmo _this) select 0) select 1);
{
if (!(someAmmo _this)) then {waituntil {sleep 1; (((magazinesAmmo arty) select 0) select 1) == _maxAmmo}};
_this doArtilleryFire [getMarkerPos _x,((getArtilleryAmmo  [_this]) select 0), 2]; waitUntil {sleep 2, unitReady _this}; sleep 10}forEach _targets;}

[thin fox]

it's arma

[thin fox]

tried a delay before doArtilleryFire?

[keen grove]

no. trying now

weird... now it didn't skip it, but it called for rearm before it's ammo was empty

[thin fox]

I've never tried that "someAmmo" command

[keen grove]

I just removed it.

it's fine without it

but still calls for refill before it's empty

I blame arma

[thin fox]

how is your code now?

[keen grove]

code:

[this] spawn { params ["_this"];private _targets = (getMissionLayerEntities "Anthrakia_Targets") select 1;
private _maxAmmo =  (((magazinesAmmo _this) select 0) select 1);
{
sleep 5;_this doArtilleryFire [getMarkerPos _x,((getArtilleryAmmo  [_this]) select 0), 2]; waitUntil {sleep 2, unitReady _this};}forEach _targets;}

[thin fox]

what do you mean by that?

[keen grove]

there are still 2 rockets in the truck before it reloads from the ammo truck.

Wait I think i solved it

[thin fox]

Well, when I tried to do this arty fire with this mlrs by getting the ammo count for a full artillery fire, it actually never fired the last round lol

[keen grove]

hmm....

I figured it out... godamit I'm stupid.

[thin fox]

tell me

[keen grove]

the assult forces on the town were shooting at the crew and that messed with the AI Q_Q

[thin fox]

lmao

disable some features, like autocombat

[keen grove]

Nah it's fine

[thin fox]

put them in careless behaviour

[keen grove]

nah I like that it's dynamic

[thin fox]

yes, but the AI is actually stupid.. so

[keen grove]

😛

[thin fox]

you could also add some event handlers to make the crew get out and such

[keen grove]

Why would they get out?

[thin fox]

shots fired, damaged vehicle...

[keen grove]

seems normal

I mean they kinda do that already

[thin fox]

so is it working then?

[keen grove]

yup

[thin fox]

nice

[keen grove]

I'm doing some testings to make sure

yup

working perfectly

well, working as intended.

[keen grove]

here's the mission if you wanna see 😄

[thin fox]

glad that you've managed to get this working

[keen grove]

yea now I can make new fire missions in every scenerio I make in the future easily 😄

[brittle minnow]

Hi, Is there any way to disable date synchronization between server and client?
I want to have a underground location that upon entrance setDate to night, but it should not apply for all players because some of them might be on surface.
Any suggestions or alternative ways to solve this problem is appreciated.

[fair drum]

it will always sync

[little raptor]

You can use setAperture instead to make the environment darker

[glad oyster]

Gods morning everyone,
Im totally new to this chat so I hope you can help me.
How much does a script cost?
Found a nice one: https://youtu.be/KZK4213pkeg?si=nCsPWueMpv-ERg9e
But as i understand they will only start on a specific place? Can i do so they will start where i am? And not with the trigger

[warm hedge]

1. What is "cost"
2. A script can be ran anytime anywhere anyhow
3. I don't watched the vid but I guess yes

[glad oyster]

Yeah I've seen other forums where people pay for scripts and I thought it was the deal here too.
Anyone who can help me with a similar script like that in the video

[warm hedge]

You write or find one, not pay or paid. The deal is not something you do/can

[real tartan]

how to detect if player used explosive to kill enemy. want to avoid using eventHandler on all units, rather something I can check from player object

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EntityKilled
Try your luck. But having Killed EH for everyone is much reliable way

[real tartan]

I am using EntityKilled, but don't have idea how to detect if player used grenade, currently only detecting weapon with currentWeapon vehicle _instigator

problem is, that this way, I will get primary, secondary or handgun only, not grenades, not explosives

[warm hedge]

There really is no cons to add Killed to everyone

[faint burrow]

Then you should use other EH, for example, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HandleDamage.

[indigo wolf]

how do I prevent a specific object from ever being deleted or destroyed (it has a variable name that I want to keep it consistent throughout so I dont accidentaly delete it)

[warm hedge]

You can't. deleteVehicle will do its job whenever they are ordered to do so

[faint burrow]

Regarding damaging, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowDamage.

[winter rose]

or make yourself a function that checks whether or not the MOS_fnc_deleteVehicle should delete the vehicle or not
but it's terrible design / lot of overhead tbh

[pallid palm]

Hi all i have a ? can you run parts of a script on the client if the script is Wrapped in if (isServer) then {some stuff};

[winter rose]

wait
what

[pallid palm]

oh nice thx Lou

[winter rose]

remoteExec, if the current code is run on the server

[pallid palm]

ah ok i see

cool

[finite bone]

What function does the terrain hide module call upon? I'm trying to hide/show terrain objects like buildings and bridges via script. I assumed isObjectHidden along with nearestTerrainObjects would do the trick but seems not.

[south swan]

you can always check in-game by opening Function Viewer in 3DEN's Tools menu and finding BIS_fnc_module<whatever> function 🤷‍♂️

[pallid palm]

in the module you can click on stuff to hide levels of Terrain

like houses and anything thats within the module radius

in a script i dont know

i don't like the fact, that all that stuff is still there even tho we hide it

i wish we could delete Terrain objects

i was woundering would this work

if (isServer) then
{
//do some stuff here

if (hasInterface) then 
{
    //do some stuff here
};

//do some stuff here

};

[finite bone]

Wait my methodology actually works its just i had an error with conditions being checked. sqf { if (isObjectHidden _x) exitWith {_x hideObject false;} } forEach nearestTerrainObjects [player, [], 50];

[proven charm]

why not. but if you want run stuff only on client use if(hasInterface)

[pallid palm]

ahh ok cool thx mate

its for my chopper command

[winter rose]

it may look like wrong design, but from that we can't know for sure

[pallid palm]

hmmm ok

[keen grove]

Is there a way to use synced objects from a trigger?

That is, refer to a synced object inside a script without a variable name?

[faint burrow]

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

[keen grove]

I don't understand the unit parameter.

[faint burrow]

Return the list of objects synchronized with the given unit.

[keen grove]

Yea, i assumed this has something of a private array?

[faint burrow]

unit: Object
It's an object, not an array of objects.

Read the BIKI, it has almost everything.

[pallid palm]

right moues ckick on the trigger, then chose synkto what ever you want

then click on the object you want

[faint burrow]

The question is not how to sync, but how to get synchronized objects.

[pallid palm]

or vice versa

oh sorry mate

my bad

[stark fjord]

Perhaps unit is bad wording on the wiki part

[brittle minnow]

Absolutely, but i have custom lighting inside the structure so it won't go on if it's not night.

[keen grove]

any idea what's wrong with this?

playSound3D [ "a3\data_f_curator\sound\cfgsounds\air_raid.wss" , this, false, getPosASL _soundSource , 5,  60, 0,false ];

it says it gets bool but expects a number

[stable dune]

offset: Number - (Optional, default 0) offset in seconds. Same as with playMusic

last false is off set, you need add default value 0 , and after that your false

playSound3D [ "a3\data_f_curator\sound\cfgsounds\air_raid.wss" , this, false, getPosASL _soundSource , 5,  60, 0, 0, false];

[thin fox]

Check BIKI before coming here.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D

[keen grove]

I did. I didn't catch that...

it happends that you sometimes are missing something. you know?

[faint burrow]

Really? The BIKI and the game itself and RPT-files provide a lot of info to solve the issue.

[keen grove]

Now it says 0 elements provided 3 expected... 🤔

[faint burrow]

This is all? How about a detailed error message taken from RPT-file?

[keen grove]

I don't know what that is

[faint burrow]

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

[hallow mortar]

That sounds like a position array failing to exist.
Is _soundSource actually defined, and defined in the scope we're working in?

[thin fox]

sometimes this is a "position" error

3 elemets are the 3 missing coords [x,y,z]

[keen grove]

Oh,yea I thought _soundSource is assigned automatically, it says int he wiki to use that if I want a following paramater.

yea using "this" solved it

[hallow mortar]

It's just saying _soundSource as a placeholder for whatever your source object variable actually is

[keen grove]

I wounder if there is a way to make the sound stretch over a longer period of time

[faint burrow]

There is soundPitch param, try it.

[keen grove]

that affects length?

[faint burrow]

Don't know.

[keen grove]

I'll play around with it thanks!

[hallow mortar]

Well, it depends what you mean by "stretch". You can make a loop that plays the sound repeatedly. But you can't slow it down or extend a specific part of the sound without editing the sound file.

[keen grove]

I see, well I guess all i need now is a while loop 😄

thanks everyone!

[hot sapphire]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[hot sapphire]

@pallid palm here the syntax highlight for discord

[keen grove]

Oh! that's how you did it, cool!

[hot sapphire]

@pallid palm Example: The new Heli class I have parameterized now in CfgVehichles.hpp its like this:

class O_Heli_Attack_02_dynamicLoadout_black_F: O_Heli_Attack_02_dynamicLoadout_F {};
    
    // aggiunta classe My_Mi48_Kajman_Blufor
    
    class My_Mi48_Kajman_Blufor : O_Heli_Attack_02_dynamicLoadout_F {
    displayName = "Mi-48 Kajman BLUFOR";
    side = 1;
    faction = "BLU_F";
    crew = "B_Helipilot_F";
    typicalCargo[] = {"B_Helipilot_F"};

    class TransportPylons {
        excludeMagazines[] = {"PylonRack_20Rnd_Rocket_03_AP_F","PylonRack_20Rnd_Rocket_03_HE_F"};
        // Aggiungi qui eventuali modifiche al carico
    };

[keen grove]

Is there a way to know if a radar system is detecting a missile in the air?

I want to setup a missile alarm system and it seems like the radars already track the missiles there are just no interceptor missiles. I want to setup the alarm system anyway.

[hot sapphire]

Example of "IncomingMissile" event handler:

radarUnit addEventHandler ["IncomingMissile", {
    params ["_targetVehicle", "_missile", "_shooter", "_ammo"];
    
    // Trigger detection here, as a missile is incoming
    hint "Missile detected!";
}];

My Mi 48 Kajmans detect the incoming missile and sound the buzzer, so I can launch countermeasures and back-turn to the side.

[keen grove]

how about something like

while {detectionOn} do
  {
    Anthrakia_missileDetected = position this nearObjects ["Missile", 500];
sleep 10;
 }

[faint burrow]

It's better to use EHs rather than while loops.

[keen grove]

hmm... I just don't see how do I set a radius

[faint burrow]

You have 2 objects. Is it a problem to calculate distance between them?

[keen grove]

i guess not

[hot sapphire]

500 is 500 meters ...the script continuously checks for missiles (MissileBase) within 500 meters of the object running the script.

[faint burrow]

Nice, then compare the calculated distance with the desired and, if it's lower, enable alarm.

[hot sapphire]

try like this if you like..

while {detectionOn} do
{
    Anthrakia_missileDetected = position this nearObjects ["MissileBase", 500];

    if (count Anthrakia_missileDetected > 0) then {
        systemChat "Missile detected near Anthrakia!";
    };

    sleep 10;
};

[keen grove]

Oh I intend on actually making an air raid alarm go off in a loudspeaker, got the louadspeaker already setup with variable and everything just need to trigger it approprietly.

[faint burrow]

What about this:

radarUnit addEventHandler [
    "IncomingMissile",
    {
        params ["_radar", "_missile"];
        
        if (((_missile distance _radar) < 500) and { /* alarm is not enabled */ }) then {
            // enable alarm
        };
    }
];

?

[hot sapphire]

better then while of course!

[hot sapphire]

// Variable to track whether the alarm is enabled
_alarmEnabled = false;

// Add Event Handler to the radar
radarUnit addEventHandler [
    "IncomingMissile",
    {
        params ["_radar", "_missile"];
        
        // Check if the missile is within 500 meters and the alarm is not already enabled
        if (((_missile distance _radar) < 500) and {!_alarmEnabled}) then {
            // Enable the alarm
            _alarmEnabled = true;
            loudspeaker say3D "air_raid_alarm_sound"; // Replace with your sound

            // Set a timer to disable the alarm after a certain period (e.g., 60 seconds)
            [_alarmEnabled, loudspeaker] spawn {
                sleep 60; // Duration of the alarm in seconds
                _this select 1 say3D ""; // Stop the alarm
                _this set [0, false]; // Reset the alarm status
            };
        };
    }
];

[faint burrow]

radarUnit setVariable ["alarmEnabled", false];

radarUnit addEventHandler [
    "IncomingMissile",
    {
        params ["_radar", "_missile"];
        
        if (((_missile distance _radar) < 500) and { !(_radar getVariable ["alarmEnabled", false]) }) then {
            // enable alarm

            _radar setVariable ["alarmEnabled", true];
        };
    }
];

[keen grove]

Looking good, will look at it further in a few! thanks a lot!

[hot sapphire]

@keen grove get ready, with your chopper and we will try to shot a missle on you! 😄

[keen grove]

hmm... don't I need to set a specific target for this to work? what I want is a catch alarm for missiles in a radius.

[little raptor]

You mean scripted lights? They can. There's a command for it (iirc setDayTimeLight or something like that)
you have to increase their brightness too because the aperture makes those lights dark too

[keen grove]

I also can't find any missile objects type Q_Q

[little raptor]

They're not listed in 3den if that's where you're looking

[keen grove]

I'm looking at the wiki

[little raptor]

Missiles should be under CfgAmmo. Dunno if the wiki even has those listed

[keen grove]

ArtilleryTarget is almot what I need. it only gets used however if the player gives fire artiliary command

[little raptor]

You can just spawn a missile and throw it towards the target and make it lock

[keen grove]

I rather it be dynamic

[little raptor]

What part of that is not dynamic?

[stark fjord]

He means realistic

[keen grove]

that's a big word

[winter rose]

realistic

now it is

[keen grove]

lol

well I also want to have a drop in system for incoming missile detection.

[stark fjord]

Woah, where is header mafia when you need them...

[hot sapphire]

Spawn an op soldier AA Soldier (Rifleman AA) and set it aggressive , and fly over him... check what's happen....

[keen grove]

well I want to have a radar object that can detect incoming ariliary and setoff an alarm in loudspeakers.

question is how do I detect artiliary projectiles

from the radar

[pallid palm]

lol @ Marko

[keen grove]

😉

[pallid palm]

lol

[thin fox]

dude, welcome to the arma 2.18, use the new MEH: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#ArtilleryShellFired

it gives you a lot of info

[keen grove]

Oh daim it straight has a shell object.

[pallid palm]

nice

[keen grove]

this looks VERY promising

[thin fox]

this is the first thing I tested in the 2.18, I was waiting for this one lol

[keen grove]

So what I'm planning to do is make a custom object/group/whatever.
that has 4 loudspeakers, attached to a trigger that checks if a variable is true (e.x: "Anthrika_AirRaidAlarm").
then have a radar somewhere, with that variable in it, which is basicly where the game logic will base his radius check. for missiles.
that leaves the game logic itself...
it will need to add the shell objects to an array and loop over that array to check for each shell distance to each radar. and setoff that radar variable to trigger the loudpeakers.

then if I want to add more areas of intrest, I just drop in this group, and it's just a matter of syncing the objects properly.

I REALLY wish I had an ingame script editor. rather then these small boxes...

[fleet sand]

There is this mod that adds that functionality btw:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1388192893
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM0vpqcuxU8

[keen grove]

I seen it exists, but I much rather have something native to the game if I can

less dependencies = less stuff that can break 😄

[fair drum]

Just use vscode and copy it over if you HAVE to use the attribute code boxes. Use 2 space tabbing to make it look good in those boxes.

Do not use tab based tabbing, it will look like garbage moving it back and forth to vscode

[keen grove]

I would probably use vim if I was to use an external editor.

[thin fox]

Advanced developer tools mod?

[keen grove]

hmm....

tempting

[opal zephyr]

Its so easy to use and will change your life

That and/or filepatching

[keen grove]

wait I also see a live feed systems, can i make screens show cameras from drones?

can i only exctract the shell object from the event or do i need to define all the params?
like can I do:

addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", {
    params ["_shell"];
//do something
}];

[little raptor]

You can but not like that

[keen grove]

how?

[little raptor]

_this # 7

[thin fox]

_this select 7

[little raptor]

The 8th parameter

[keen grove]

can you give an example? sorry

[little raptor]

_shell = _this # 7; in the EH code

[keen grove]

will that be:

addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", {
  _shell = _this # 7;
}];

[little raptor]

Yes

[keen grove]

without the params?

[little raptor]

Yes

[keen grove]

so cool. thank you!

[little raptor]

Params simply extracts array elements and defines them as variables
[1, 2, 3] params ["_var1", "_var2", "_var3"]
(If no array is provided on the left, it'll use _this)

[keen grove]

oh, that's good to know! thank you!

that's odd I can't find any object type shell

also a quesiton i just thought of... will the object just dissapear from the array after it impacted the ground and exploded?

[little raptor]

which array?

[keen grove]

I need to add the shells to an array to check all of them for distance from the radar

[little raptor]

No they just become objNull

[granite sky]

You can also do params ["_var1", "", "_var_3"] which helps occasionally.

Undocumented behaviour though.

[faint burrow]

Why "undocumented"? See examples: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/params

[south swan]

"must" is a strong word, though

[faint burrow]

This is in case you use the param.

[keen grove]

I'm confused about this example from the wiki:

private _arrayA = [1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 4];
private _arrayB = [2, 2, 4];

{
    private _index = _arrayA find _x;
    if (_index != -1) then
    {
        _arrayA deleteAt _index;
    };
} forEach _arrayB;

_arrayA; // is now [1, 3, 5, 4]

wasn't the 4 supposed to be removed too?

[south swan]

one 4 is deleted

[little raptor]

It removes the first instance

[keen grove]

oh.

yea I'm stupid xD

[little raptor]

If you did arrayA-arrayB all 4s would be gone

[south swan]

taken from params wiki page, though?

[keen grove]

assume arr1 is full of objects and some nullobj.
will arr1 = arr1 - [nullobj] remove all nullobj from the array?

[faint burrow]

And? If you need a param, then your var should be local, i.e. must begin with "_", if not, then pass an empty string.

[little raptor]

If you're reading this because you want to remove the objNulls then:
myArr - [objNull]

[keen grove]

😄

[little raptor]

Yes

[keen grove]

wait won't I need to assing the result ?

[little raptor]

Yes you do. What you wrote was correct

[south swan]

argument description says "MUST begin with underscore" and doesn't mention empty. Example does show usage of empty. Does it work? Yes. Does the documentation contradict itself? Also yes.

[faint burrow]

Examples are part of documentation.

[south swan]

and they contradict prior part of same documentation. "Must" is a strong word.

[faint burrow]

No, it doesn't.

[keen grove]

missing ;?

shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
array shells append_this # 7;
}];

[keen grove]

fuck

[south swan]

is not really a thing as well

[keen grove]

I'm stupid

shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
shells_inAir append _this # 7;
}];

this works

like it didn't return an error I mean

[little raptor]

Well in any case I fixed it

[little raptor]

You should use pushBack

Append is for appending another array, not a single element

[granite sky]

Ah yeah, example 3. Did not spot it on second read.

[keen grove]

will this do what I think it will?

if (!ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on) then {
shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
  shells_inAir pushBack _this # 7;
}];
ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on = true;
}

[little raptor]

If you have already defined that var yes

[keen grove]

is there a way to make sure it's undefined before defining it?

[little raptor]

If not, use missionNamespace getVariable ["varName", false]
It will default to false when not defined

[little raptor]

Either use the above method, or check using isNil "varName" || {!varName} (assuming the var is a boolean like above)

The {} is for lazy evaluation (if the first condition fails it won't execute what's in {}, which would otherwise cause an undefined var error)

[keen grove]

ok cool

[little raptor]

This is the better way ofc

[keen grove]

I am trying to avoid redifining the variable. does that avoid it?

because the script is going to run for ever radar I put on a mission

[little raptor]

Yes

[keen grove]

cool

thank you 🙏

[little raptor]

You can simply check
if (isNil "shells_inAir") if you don't need that bool for other purposes

Also you should "tag" your global variables to make it less likely that they'll conflict with other vars
E.g. MTW_shells_inAir

[keen grove]

I can't find a documentation for that

for the missionNamespace getVariable

[south swan]

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

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

[keen grove]

yea I just can't find that particular call

[south swan]

missionNamespace is of the type Namespace 🤷‍♂️

[keen grove]

excuse my stupidity I am new Q_Q

so will this:

missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false];
if (!ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on) then {
shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
  shells_inAir pushBack _this # 7;
}];
ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on = true;
}

do what I think it will?
if the variable isn't defined, it will define it with false boolean value.
then, if the boolean is false, it will setup the event handler with an array to add every shell object that appears.
finally it sets the variable to true, so the event won't be defined more then once at the start of a mission incase the code executes multiple times.

[winter rose]

no

private _varName = missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false];
// or
private _varName = ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on;
// or use ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on directly
if (!_varName) then
{
  // ...
}

[south swan]

i'd say if !(missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false]) then {... and then assign directly

[keen grove]

will this work?

if (!(missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false])) then {
shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
  shells_inAir pushBack _this # 7;
}];
ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on = true;
}

or do I need to setVariable in missionNamespace?

[little raptor]

Yes

[little raptor]

missionNamespace is where global vars are defined
Using setVariable on missionNamespace will be no different than a simple assignment myVar = value (except you can also define vars with weird names)

[keen grove]

in that case I actually want a global variable

[winter rose]

do you know why?

[keen grove]

because the event is global. so setting multiple of them will trigger the same event multiple times.

"same event"

[winter rose]

you can, not a bad thing
you can also set an object variable to true
and you can also make it so that an event removes all others, but that's a tad trickier

[keen grove]

I understand it's possible, but in my case setting multiple of these will just make the same code run multiple times

in effect, in my case it will add the same shell obj to the array multiple times

which isn't desireable behavior.

i can see that useful for cases where you want one event to consider some kind of system interrupts and another doesn't.

[mellow jolt]

I asked about this in mission making, but I think this may be a scripting issue.

I need to have a helicopter pilot fly a series of waypoints through anti-aircraft fire without reacting at all, but I need the gunners on the helicopter to shoot back.

Setting the pilot to careless seems to prevent the gunners from getting any fire commands and setting the pilot to anything other than careless ends with them taking evasive action and going off course

Is there a scripting solution to prevent the pilot from taking any evasive actions but still allow them to command the gunners as normal?

[hallow mortar]

I usually find helicopter gunners will shoot even if the crew is set to Careless 🤔 normally a Hold Fire behaviour setting is required to make them stop

[stark fjord]

Put gunners in diffrent group 😉

[mellow jolt]

Tried it. They don't seem to see the enemy even with skills maxed. I think they need fire orders from pilot who is too dumb to do so since without scripting the only way to keep them on course is to set them as careless

[stark fjord]

they dont, unless they dont see enemy. Pilot notices them first, cause he is looking forward tho

Put pilot in diffrent group. And co-pilot, gunners into another

set pilots group to careless and other group to aware

[mellow jolt]

I'll give that a shot. Is there also some setting I can adjust outside of the basis Eden configs to pump their detection past normal? I want to make sure they are seeing everything they can.

[faint burrow]

As written above, put gunners and pilots to different groups, also use this:

_pilot disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";

[hallow mortar]

You can use the reveal command (repeatedly) to give them knowledge of everything

(well, except knowledge of safe driving)

[keen grove]

should I use missionNamespace ["shells_inAir", [] ] too? i think that way I can even loop over the distance from the shells to the radars in the trigger itself. just a matter of figuring out how to loop of all synced radars specifically.

[stark fjord]

why are you using mission namespace in the first place?

[keen grove]

to avoid making multiple events of the same code. allowing me to create the same object with the same code without worrying about the event being misshandled.

[stark fjord]

you know that missionNamespace is same as a = 123?
eg ```
missionNamespace setVariable ["LOL", 123];

hint str LOL;

will print 123

vice a versa ```
ABCD = 321;
hint str missionNamespace getVariable ["ABCD", 0];
``` will again print 321, you are just making longer text

[hallow mortar]

The use of getVariable is for safe handling if the variable hasn't been defined yet

[keen grove]

yea

[stark fjord]

if(!isNil "LOL")

[hallow mortar]

That's not necessarily better

The point of getVariable (in this case) is to let you quickly assume a default value if the variable isn't defined, skipping the whole "if then" business

[keen grove]

missionNamespace setVariable ["LOL", 123];
//same as
if(!isnil "LOL") then { LOL = 123 }

[south swan]

no

[keen grove]

so?

[south swan]

just LOL = 123

[stark fjord]

yep

[keen grove]

LOL is undefined at that point.

[hallow mortar]

(getVariable, not setVariable)

[stark fjord]

you defined it in first line

[keen grove]

Oh i see the confusion...

[south swan]

if(!isnil "LOL") then { LOL = 123 } doesn't make sense. LOL = 123 would assign the value, it' doesn't care if the variable is already defined

[keen grove]

LOL =123 isn't considering multiple runs of the same code.

[stark fjord]

basically what you are trying to tell is missionNamespace getVariable ["LOL", 123]; is same as LOL = if (!isNil "LOL") then {LOL} else {123}

[stark fjord]

yes it is, its the same.
Its a global variable.

and you can use getVariable on LOL too even if you do it LOL = 123

observe ˙```
LOL = "IM LOLLIN LOL";

_var _isThisLollery = missionNamespace getVariable ["LOL", "Im not lolling atm"];
hint LOL;

[keen grove]

//process 1
lol = 123
//process 2
lol = "abc"

what is the value of lol?

[stark fjord]

abc

[keen grove]

how do you know?

[south swan]

sigh

[stark fjord]

lemme rephrase your statement:
Process 1:
missionNamespace setVariable ["LOL", 123];

process 2:
missionNamespace getVariable ["LOL", 321];

What is value of LOL?

[hallow mortar]

Look there's nothing wrong with using getVariable for this, it is one of its intended purposes and it will do the job just fine - arguably faster since it uses fewer commands overall

[little raptor]

By process are you trying to say 2 different scripts with race condition?

[stark fjord]

i dont mind getVariable, he doesnt need to use set variable...

He is setting a global variable regardless

[keen grove]

it can be both.

[keen grove]

yup.

[stark fjord]

same as your example, the one that executes last

[keen grove]

but you said "abc".

[stark fjord]

anyways so what changes if you use setVariable?

[keen grove]

set forces the variable into that value. get only assings on creation.

[hallow mortar]

I didn't say setVariable was needed, but "I don't mind getVariable" is also not what you originally said :U

[south swan]

getVariable doesn't assign. It only returns

[little raptor]

get doesn't assign. It just creates a new value if the var you provided doesn't have a value (aka is nil)

[south swan]

setVariable only assigns and doesn't return

[keen grove]

read the wiki.

[stark fjord]

...

[keen grove]

it literarly says what I said.

[south swan]

anything about assignment here?

[hallow mortar]

I think everyone needs to read a little more closely, and be a little more clear in their phrasing, to be absolutely certain about whether they're referring to get* or set* in every instance

[keen grove]

So if I do:

missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false];
hint ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on

I will get an error?

[stark fjord]

yes

[little raptor]

Yes if it's not defined
get doesn't assign (i.e. it'll still be nil)

[stark fjord]

no, it will error cause trying to hint non text

[little raptor]

That too

I think he just meant the var definition

[stark fjord]

_asdf = missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false];

hint str _asdf;
``` will nto error

[hallow mortar]

private _artyEvent = missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false];
hint str _artyEvent;```
correct implementation

[keen grove]

well it works.

[cedar cape]

how would i go about scripting a black screen that fades in? im looking to do a helicopter crash, when the helicopter hits the ground it cuts the players screen to black and then plays a ringing sound in their ears, blackout lasts for about 30 seconds, dismounts them all from the helicopter and gives them all random ACE injuries that make sense for a heli crash, then it fades in, transition takes about 10 seconds, with blur/chromatic aberration. im looking to do this in zeus, ive got ZEN and i will have access to the debug console, also looking for it only to affect players so i can do stuff whilst they are blacked out

[keen grove]

Oh, I was testing in the same mission where I assigned the variable already.
you all are correct and I'm a dumbass.
back to the editor 🫡

[granite sky]

cutText might be sufficient.

[cedar cape]

what about the other stuff?

[stark fjord]

try ```sqf
cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];
[] spawn {
//this will bring scren back after 5 s
sleep 5;
cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
};

[keen grove]

this should work tho

if (!(missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false])) then {
missionNamespace setVariable ["shells_inAir", [] ];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
  shells_inAir pushBack _this # 7;
}];
missionNamespace setVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on ", true];
}

[little raptor]

The setVariables are just too verbose. Use ordinary assignment

[cedar cape]

right but what about the other stuff i mentioned

[stark fjord]

if (!(missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false])) then {
shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
  shells_inAir pushBack _this # 7;
}];
ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on = true;
}

[hallow mortar]

It should work, but you don't need setVariable in this cases - you can just flat define the global variables, like shells_inAir = [];.
You might want to use setVariable if you need the variables to be network global, because it has an optional extra flag to broadcast the variable to all or some machines, but currently you're not doing that.

[keen grove]

why are they too verbose? I thought they are more readable no?

[stark fjord]

how is wall of text more readable than variable = value?

but i guess many ways to skin a cat

also, if you do go with your wall of text approach, watch where you put extra whitespaces, namely in this line:missionNamespace setVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on ", true];

[granite sky]

moveOut for getting units out of a vehicle. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Post_Process_Effects for the chromatic aberration.

Don't know audio stuff at all.

[cedar cape]

ACE has ear ringing sounds obviously, so cant i just call for them?

[thin fox]

check ace3 wiki

[keen grove]

if (!(missionNamespace getVariable ["ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on", false])) then {
shells_inAir = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["ArtilleryShellFired", { 
  shells_inAir pushBack _this # 7;
}];
ArtilleryShellFiredEvent_on = true;
}

this?

[granite sky]

You'd probably need to read ACE internals.

[little raptor]

Basically the only reason to ever use setVariable is:
You want to use a non-mission namespace
You want to define a weird var name (e.g. "#$wierd&Var+Name%")
You want to broadcast the variable on the network (setting it's public flag to true), but again most people just use publicVariable for that

[granite sky]

I don't think they provide adequate documentation for scripted injuries either.

[keen grove]

public flag?

[south swan]

it's documented on wiki

[keen grove]

looking

[south swan]

doesn't matter for singleplayer

[hallow mortar]

A global (scope) variable is normally available to all scripts on the current machine, but is not broadcast to other machines.
When you broadcast it (make it "public"), that defines the variable on other machines and tells them about its current value.

[keen grove]

ohhh, thanks.

[south swan]

which opens another can of worms

[cedar cape]

they do somewhat

i know how to script issues thats not an issue

its just the other stuff i dont know how to do

[keen grove]

now what I need is to make a loop for checking the distance from each trigger synched radar to each shell in shells_inAir.

[thin fox]

isn't easier to just use the _targetPosition parameter?

[keen grove]

I want it the alarm to set off when the shell gets close. not on lunch 😄

[south swan]

you can calculate an appropriate wait on shot and set the alarm off like 5-8 seconds before the first shell hits

[stark fjord]

Or forEach distance and rockenroll

[thin fox]

also you can get the shell ETA for the delay calculation

[keen grove]

what if the shell got intercepted on the way?

[keen grove]

sounds cool

rockenroll? a joke?

[thin fox]

is this even possible?

[keen grove]

with mods...

I have plans

for the future

great plans, good plans.

[stark fjord]

normally you just spawn object infront of them. you cant "shoot it down"

[keen grove]

probably the best plans ever.

[thin fox]

right right

I was thinking vanilla way and without interference by another script

[keen grove]

is it really possible to make a foreach distance loop?
like

{ // do something
} foreach shell in rader distance shells_inAir;

[thin fox]

Well, I don't see the problem with alarming incoming artillery shell but the shell gets destroyed before the impact

it's realistic in the same way

[stark fjord]

check forEach on wiki

[keen grove]

so the question is if distance returns a hashmap with object to array syntax

[south swan]

what is this random word salad?

[faint burrow]

apply instead of forEach can be used here.

[keen grove]

oohhh cool.

so it would be something like

shells_inAir apply { if ( (radar distance _x) < 500) then { 
  { playSound3D [ "a3\data_f_curator\sound\cfgsounds\air_raid.wss" , _x, false, getPosASL _x , 5,  200, 0, 0, false];  
  } foreach synchronizedObjects;
 sleep 2;
 shells_inAir - [objNull];
}
}

[faint burrow]

No.

[keen grove]

was I close?

[faint burrow]

Don't know, this can be solved in different ways.

[thin fox]

synchronizedObjects is a command right?

[faint burrow]

Yes.

[keen grove]

it returns an array

[stark fjord]

yours wont return anything

[keen grove]

the error here is that it doesn't return a boolean

[keen grove]

why not?

[thin fox]

dude, check biki

[keen grove]

oh it has a parameter Q_Q

shells_inAir apply { if ( (radar distance _x) < 500) then {  
  { playSound3D [ "a3\data_f_curator\sound\cfgsounds\air_raid.wss" , _x, false, getPosASL _x , 5,  200, 0, 0, false];   
  } foreach synchronizedObjects this; 
 sleep 2; 
 shells_inAir - [objNull]; 
 } 
};
false;

not complete yet I need to seprate the radar from the louadspeakers

[cedar cape]

i dont want it to fade in

just straight to black

[stark fjord]

set time to 0, last argument

[cedar cape]

where

the screen fades to black, i just want it to go black instantly

[faint burrow]

Have you read the BIKI?

[cedar cape]

i still want it to fade back in

[cedar cape]

yes

ive tried blackin

and fadeEffect

i cant get anything working

blackOut does what i want, it makes the screen black instantly

but i cant figure out how to fade it back in

i got it

[faint burrow]

speed: Number - (Optional, default 1) time in seconds to fade in resource. If 0 or less, default value is used
So if you need "to go black instantly", use small value, e.g. 0.1.

[keen grove]

Condition

private _alarmRadius = 500;
private _radars = (synchronizedObjects this) select { typeof _x == "B_Radar_System_01_F"};
{// _x = radar
  current_radar = _x;
  {// _x = shell
    if ( (current_radar distance _x) < _alarmRadius )  then { true }; 
  } foreach shells_inAir;
} foreach _radars;
false;

on Activation:

private _loudSpeakers = (synchronizedObjects this) select { typeof _x == "Land_loudspeakers_F"};
{playSound3D [ "a3\data_f_curator\sound\cfgsounds\air_raid.wss" , _x, getPosASL _x , 5,  200, 0, 0, false]; 
}foreach _loudSpeakers; 

how about this?

(sorry for the edit I movd the alarmRadius to where it was supposed to be)

[little raptor]

This is too slow for a condition

You should use findIf too stop as soon as any condition is met

[keen grove]

I wanted to move the variables to some init but there is non on a trigger

[little raptor]

Also your condition always returns false

[little raptor]

There's get/setVariable

[keen grove]

I should have checked if there is a return statement in the wiki you are right.

[keen grove]

won't work for my case.

[little raptor]

Why not? You can set/get vars on a trigger

[keen grove]

yes but I don't want to deal with new variables everytime I want to use the system

[little raptor]

Anyway I just meant use findIf. I didn't say anything about vars

[cedar cape]

how do i fade out a post process effect?

[little raptor]

Also current_radar is a global var
If you have multiple triggers they will conflict with each other

[cedar cape]

im using chromatic aberration, ive copied the example from the wiki and it just ends abruptly, ive tried copying the exaple for effect fade out and replacing the part of the post process where it disables the effect but it doesent work

    params ["_name", "_priority", "_effect", "_handle"];
    while {
        _handle = ppEffectCreate [_name, _priority];
        _handle < 0
    } do {
        _priority = _priority + 1;
    };
    _handle ppEffectEnable true;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust _effect;
    _handle ppEffectCommit 5;
    waitUntil { ppEffectCommitted _handle };
    systemChat "admire effect for a sec";
    uiSleep 3;
    ppEffectAdjust [1,1,0,[0,0,0,0],[1,1,1,1],[0.299, 0.587, 0.114, 0],[-1,-1,0,0,0,0,0]];
    ppEffectCommit 10;
    ppEffectEnable false;
};```

[keen grove]

good catch!

[keen grove]

ok.. but you also said this is too slow for a condition

[little raptor]

Yes the whole code is slow

It's an O(n2) (or O(n * m)) loop that runs unscheduled

[keen grove]

O(n * m)

I always consider only the worst scenerio

I'm bleek like that

[little raptor]

In any case you can write it like this too:

_radars findIf {
   private _radar = _x;
  _shells findIf {_x distance _radar < _alarmRadius} >= 0
} >= 0

It's not any better in the worst case ofc

[cedar cape]

anyone know how to fade out chromatic aberation?

i cant for the life of me figure it out

[little raptor]

ppEffectCommit

[keen grove]

I love getting corrected with neat code.

😛

ok I REALLY need a sqf editor..

[cedar cape]

how do i add this to the code to make it fade out?

    params ["_name", "_priority", "_effect", "_handle"];
    while {
        _handle = ppEffectCreate [_name, _priority];
        _handle < 0
    } do {
        _priority = _priority + 1;
    };
    _handle ppEffectEnable true;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust _effect;
    _handle ppEffectCommit 5;
    waitUntil { ppEffectCommitted _handle };
    systemChat "admire effect for a sec";
    uiSleep 3;
    _handle ppEffectEnable false;
    ppEffectDestroy _handle;
};``` ive got this currently

[little raptor]

First set the effect to default (using ppEffectAdjust)
Then ppEffectCommit

[little raptor]

I'm on mobile rn so I can't write long code

[keen grove]

private _alarmRadius = 500;
private _radars = (synchronizedObjects this) select { typeof _x == "B_Radar_System_01_F"};
_radars findIf {
   private _radar = _x;
  _shells findIf {_x distance _radar < _alarmRadius} >= 0
} >= 0

On activation:

private _loudSpeakers = (synchronizedObjects this) select { typeof _x == "Land_loudspeakers_F"};
{playSound3D [ "a3\data_f_curator\sound\cfgsounds\air_raid.wss" , _x, getPosASL _x , 5,  200, 0, 0, false]; 
}foreach _loudSpeakers; 

[cedar cape]

    params ["_name", "_priority", "_effect", "_handle"];
    while {
        _handle = ppEffectCreate [_name, _priority];
        _handle < 0
    } do {
        _priority = _priority + 1;
    };
    _handle ppEffectEnable true;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust _effect;
    _handle ppEffectCommit 5;
    waitUntil { ppEffectCommitted _handle };
    systemChat "admire effect for a sec";
    uiSleep 3;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust [0.005, 0.005, false];
    _handle ppEffectCommit 3;
    _handle ppEffectEnable false;
    ppEffectDestroy _handle;
};``` i did this and it didnt work

reset it to default using the default chrom value from the wiki

and then did commit

and it still just abruptly ends

[little raptor]

Put some sleep before the pp enable and destroy bits at the end

After the commit

[cedar cape]

this works, thanks

[little raptor]

np

[cedar cape]

is there an SQF plugin for notepad++

[little raptor]

There were some on the forums but idk how old they are

[cedar cape]

[] spawn {
//this will bring scren back after 5 s
  sleep 5;
  cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
};

["ChromAberration", 200, [0.05, 0.05, true]] spawn {
    params ["_name", "_priority", "_effect", "_handle"];
    while {
        _handle = ppEffectCreate [_name, _priority];
        _handle < 0
    } do {
        _priority = _priority + 1;
    };
    _handle ppEffectEnable true;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust _effect;
    _handle ppEffectCommit 5;
    waitUntil { ppEffectCommitted _handle };
    uiSleep 3;
    _handle ppEffectAdjust [0.005, 0.005, false];
    _handle ppEffectCommit 3;
    sleep 5;
    _handle ppEffectEnable false;
    ppEffectDestroy _handle;
};``` how would i make it so the effect only enables whilst the screen is fading back in

[stark fjord]

Here u go #community_wiki message

The "recentest"

[finite bone]

Anyone has any idea why I cannot load texture?

_this setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "#(rgb, 8, 8, 3)color(0, 0.5, 0, 0.5)"];```

[thin fox]

Like I said yesterday

[fleet sand]

where are you running this code ?

[little raptor]

https://github.com/Leopard20/NPP-SQF-UDL
You need to use a dark theme tho

[spiral canyon]

Would it be possible to script it so if you put on an enemy helmet, it would switch which side you were on?

[granite sky]

Two kinda tricksy things there.

[finite bone]

I am calling it via script from the server.

[granite sky]

Ah wait, there is SlotItemChanged now for the helmet change detection.

[cedar cape]

theres a mod that lets you disguise yourself as enemies by wearing their clothes

[granite sky]

To switch a units side you need to join(Silent) it into an enemy group.

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

[fleet sand]

well what is _this refrencing that is the question.

[south swan]

make sure _this is an object that supports retexturing and remove spaces from the procedural texture definition. It doesn't seem to like it 🤷‍♂️

[finite bone]

I tried without spaces in the texture definition and the _this refers to the object I'm trying to apply it to (I know it works because I can use the same command to apply a .paa file and it works flawlessly few seconds before this execution in the same block)

[south swan]

literally copy-pasting your code from here and removing whitespaces does work on my machine 🤷‍♂️

[cedar cape]

cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];
[] spawn {
  sleep 5;
  cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
};
playSound "ACE_heartbeat_norm_1";
cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];
[] spawn {
  sleep 5;
  cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
};``` trying to get this to work and it just wont

i want it to play the heartbeat sound and then "blink" the screen

it works first time but wont do it again

[little raptor]

You should use 1 spawn

[cedar cape]

wdym

[little raptor]

As in remove those 2 spawns and place a spawn around the whole thing

[flint topaz]

^

[cedar cape]

aalr

[fleet sand]

Like this:

0 spawn {
    playSound "ACE_heartbeat_norm_1";
    cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];
    sleep 5;
    cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
    playSound "ACE_heartbeat_norm_1";
    cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];
    sleep 5;
    cutText ["", "BLACK IN", 2];
};

[cedar cape]

this works, thanks

[true frigate]

Am I being stupid or is there no difference between _weapon and _muzzle in the Fired EH
I have this

player addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    // params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
    systemChat format ["Unit = %1", _this select 0];
    systemChat format ["Weapon = %1", _this select 1];
    systemChat format ["Muzzle = %1", _this select 2];
    systemChat format ["Fire Mode = %1", _this select 3];
}];``` But Weapon and Muzzle are returning the same value.

[faint burrow]

If a weapon has only one muzzle, then they're the same.

[true frigate]

Ahh I thought it meant the classname of the muzzle attachment.

I assume that's weaponAccessories?

[cedar cape]

how do i play a sound more than once?

{ playsound "rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile" } forEach units player; using this script and i want it to play like 4 times

[faint burrow]

No. For example, underbarrell GL is usually the 2nd muzzle.

[faint burrow]

Yes, this command returns attached accessories: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponAccessories

[faint burrow]

Loop this.

[cedar cape]

how?

[faint burrow]

Using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/for loop.

[true frigate]

Why not just use a for loop?

for "_i" from 0 to 10 do {
    systemChat format ["Iteration: %1", _i]; 
}; 

Bear in mind 0 still counts, so you'd probably want to do from 0 to 3 in your script.

[cedar cape]

how do i add this to the script though?

[faint burrow]

for "_n" from 1 to 4 do {
    systemChat (format ["Iteration: %1", _n]);
};

[true frigate]

Yeah thats the same thing

Well aside from _n, can you enlighten me?

[stable dune]

This will play x times you have units in the player group there where playSound is called.
You want to play x sound for every client?

[cedar cape]

it plays for all clients

i just want it to play 4 times

[true frigate]

You should probably try to have 4 players then

[faint burrow]

What do you want to know?

[true frigate]

Why you chose to use _n and not _i, or is it just a personal preference thing?

[lavish stream]

it's just the variable name.

It can be whatever you want it to be.

[cedar cape]

for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {{ playsound "rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile" } forEach units player;} ive done this but it isnt looping

[faint burrow]

Because if I want an index, which usually starts from 0, I use _i as short for "index", if I want a number showing the iteration number, I use _n as short for "number". This is just for ease of reading.

[true frigate]

Nice, thanks for the explanation! 🙂

[faint burrow]

Any error? Where do you launch this code from?

[cedar cape]

debug console

no errors, it just only plays the sound once

[lavish stream]

your code won't loop.

You're just spamming playSound 4 times.

[cedar cape]

so how do i make it loop?

[faint burrow]

You should add delay between iterations.

[cedar cape]

how?

[true frigate]

sleep

[cedar cape]

and i put it where?

[faint burrow]

Are other units in player's group players?

[cedar cape]

yes

its just for players

and it plays for everyone

it just wont loop

[faint burrow]

for "_n" from 1 to 4 do {
    "rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile" remoteExec ["playSound", units player];

    sleep 5;
};

[cedar cape]

"error suspending not allowed in this context"

[true frigate]

Oh lmao

I forgot about that tbh

[faint burrow]

Yes, debug console doesn't support this.

[lavish stream]

..no.

Sleep has to be in scheduled.

[cedar cape]

i dont think thats how that works lol

[true frigate]

Here you go

0 spawn { 
    for "_n" from 1 to 4 do {
        "rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile" remoteExec ["playSound", units player];

        sleep 5;
    };
};```

[cedar cape]

still doesent loop

[sullen sigil]

Please do not give advice if you are clearly incapable of giving correct advice

[true frigate]

It's looping for me right now mate.

Literally just launched it in debug editor for you

[cedar cape]

wait yes it does im just a bellend

[true frigate]

Lmao no worries, all been there

[faint burrow]

You should launch my code from scheduled environment, which supports suspensions.

[true frigate]

Play around with the sleep setting, it seems a little high

[true frigate]

To be fair they've been somewhat helpful so far. I forget about scheduling sometimes myself.

[cedar cape]

small problem

[faint burrow]

Which of my advice is incorrect?

[cedar cape]

when global exec'ing it it plays double

[true frigate]

Yeah we warned you about that

[cedar cape]

where

[sullen sigil]

The fact you don't know just proves the point

[true frigate]

^

[faint burrow]

Give an example.

[cedar cape]

right, so how do i make it play for all clients

[lavish stream]

Yes, debug console doesn't support this.

[cedar cape]

without going double

[lavish stream]

That. Right there.

[sullen sigil]

You have already been told you are incorrect. Don't waste our time any further

[faint burrow]

Again, give an example.

[true frigate]

Bro you said you can't use sleep in debug menu lol

[sullen sigil]

Are you incapable of reading mike's messages or something

[true frigate]

I was defending you at first but this is braindead.

[lavish stream]

I'm just invisible apparently.

[true frigate]

This is how I'd do it, but someone here probably knows a better way.

0 spawn { 
    if (isServer) then {
        for "_n" from 1 to 4 do {
            ["rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile", units player] remoteExec ["playSound", 0, true];
            sleep 5;
        };
    };
};```

[cedar cape]

im not hearing anything anymore

[true frigate]

remoteExec uses 0 so it should execute on all clients, but the isServer check means it should only execute from server side

[true frigate]

Remember to use global exec

[cedar cape]

used it, cant hear anything

[faint burrow]

@sullen sigil, @lavish stream, @true frigate, what about this: #arma3_scripting message ?
Or you don't trust the game's errors?

[true frigate]

Yeah it's very possible that I've fucked something up

[cedar cape]

because your code was wrong...?

[faint burrow]

In what place?

[lavish stream]

It ran in unscheduled, you are trying to use sleep which only works in Scheduled.

what the shit did you think it would say?

[true frigate]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler Take a read.

[cedar cape]

idfk but it didnt work and someone else sent me code that used sleep and it worked, proving you wrong

[true frigate]

I'd also recommend reading this if you're actually trying to learn, very helpful
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler

[true frigate]

MY BAD

0 spawn {
    if (isServer) then {
        for "_n" from 1 to 4 do {
            ["rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile"] remoteExec ["playSound", 0, true];
            sleep 5;
        };
    };
};

[faint burrow]

@sullen sigil, @lavish stream, @true frigate, show me that @cedar cape asked that the code be run from the debug console not for testing purposes?

[lavish stream]

It doesn't matter if it does.

you can't use sleep outside of a scheduled environment.

[sullen sigil]

Code execution in the debug console is the exact same as code execution anywhere else in the game

[faint burrow]

No.

[cedar cape]

cheers, this works

[sullen sigil]

Ok bro

If you can't take advice, you shouldn't give it

Here's some to get you started: quite being an idiot and listen to people

[faint burrow]

It's for you.

[true frigate]

(Side note, yeah that's wrong and no I don't give a fuck what it's from)

[faint burrow]

Like it? You can get it from Steam.

[true frigate]

Yw bro, the reason was units player which only affects the local player, but since it's moved to remoteExec 0 there's no need for it.
Personally, not sure why it was causing the issue, but if it works, it works.

[tender fossil]

https://xkcd.com/386 relevant comic 😅

xkcd: Duty Calls

What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!

[stable dune]

And you can use -2 , because if the player is the host, it will do it twice on the host PC.
With -2 it will exclude the server.
Or even on dedicated , there is no reason to play sound on the server if only clients will hear that

[true frigate]

Nah it's just correcting bad advice - people have done it to me before, usually you just apologise and say "Yeah nvm you got it"

Like what someone just did there, wasn't even aware you could use negative numbers with remoteExec

[tulip ridge]

Negative just makes it the opposite of whatever you put
I.e. -3 is everyone except for the client with id 3

[true frigate]

So in theory

0 spawn {
        for "_n" from 1 to 4 do {
            ["rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile"] remoteExec ["playSound", -2];
            sleep 5;
        };
};```?

[tulip ridge]

You probably don't want to JIP a sound

[true frigate]

client 3

[true frigate]

Good point, just never changed it from the original script.

[willow hound]

The server machine could be home to a player, and they won't hear the sound if you do -2.

[stable dune]

So is correct
[0,-2] select isDedicated, like in wiki examples?

[faint burrow]

Just remove the param.

["rhsusf_dws_critical_incomingmissile"] remoteExec ["playSound"];

[willow hound]

Yes, you can do that. You can also simply use 0, because a dedicated server just goes 🤷 if it sees playSound (i.e. dedicated servers probably ignore playSound).

[upper cliff]

so I think this is the right channel for this, but if i wanted to have an image fade in on the screen during a mission, stay there for a few seconds, and then fade out again, how should i go about doing that?

basically what im looking for is some image equivalent of titleText

[faint burrow]

You can dynamically create a control (ctrlPicture, for example) then use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetFade and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlCommit commands.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dynamicText function should also work.

[lavish stream]

you can do this with titleText using structured text param.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Structured_Text

[queen cargo]

no

[ionic widget]

could anyone who is well versed with scripting help me with an issue? im having some problems

[warm hedge]

Don't ask to ask just ask

[ionic widget]

im having some issues regarding a helicopter crash script, everytime i go through the trigger that is supposed to cause the script to start it just gives an error saying it couldnt find the script execute. its hard for me to explain over text, i would appreciate if someone could hop in a vc and assist

im very new to scripting in itself, i just saw some youtube videos and figured id use it for my next op

[upper cliff]

how does this work? Like if I were to implement
<img image='\a3\Data_f\Flags\flag_Altis_co.paa'/> into titleText how would I do that? Define it seperate and reference it in the script or put it straight in the titleText

because anything I've tried to do has thrown an invalid number in expression error

[tulip ridge]

Basically yeah
Check out example 4 on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/titleText

Just pass the structured text, and then pass true for isStructuredText

[fair drum]

post what you have in the trigger here

[upper cliff]

where should the file path for the image start from? Because i have it start at the scenario folder root and its not finding it

[tulip ridge]

Could you show your script?

[ionic widget]

execVM "crash.sqf";

this is in my activation

blufor present is the activation for both my triggers

my second trigger is

execVM "crash2.sqf";

both triggers says it is unable to find either of them

[upper cliff]

titleText ["<img image='\m01-Copy\images\ProteusLogo.paa'/>", "PLAIN", 3, true, true];

[tulip ridge]

You probably need https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionPath

So you'll want to save the path to a variable and then use format

[fair drum]

what does your file structure look like in the mission folder?

[fair drum]

that looks fine. can you post the whole error?

[warm hedge]

Are you sure you're playing/testing on Eden

[fair drum]

oh you know what? I thought i saw someone have a similar issue, and it was because of onedrive syncing

[ionic widget]

this is all i see

also yes i am testing it through the eden editor

and i tested it on a LAN server

[warm hedge]

Besides OD, you don't seem to have them in the coreect folder

[ionic widget]

what would i do in regards to onedrive?

[ionic widget]

also what folder would i put them in instead?

[warm hedge]

Eden Editor - top left - open folder (or whatever its called)

[ionic widget]

whenever i open it, it brings me to the folder in the screenshot i sent

[ionic widget]

^

[warm hedge]

...Then are you sure it is not crash.sqf.sqf

[ionic widget]

do i change my trigger line or the file name?

[warm hedge]

Show the extension in Explorer

[fair drum]

file name. turn on "show file extensions" within explorer

under view or whatever

[ionic widget]

oh my god

it is crash.sqf.sqf

LMAO

okay so now im having a similar issue

in the script i have it set to play a certain sound on trigger, and now its having issue finding the sound

but the script is playing out now so thats good news

this is my first line of script

it cant find sound1

this is my sounds folder

[fair drum]

you have no description.ext with a CfgSounds config

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgSounds

[ionic widget]

i have no idea how to set this up if im being honest

[fair drum]

time to read that page starting at the top then

[ionic widget]

sounds good lmao

[upper cliff]

well i got it to work

kinda

i just put the image right in the root of the scenario folder and it loads but its tiny

and when i say tiny i mean like this

[upper cliff]

oh even weirder, the bigger i make the image, the lower down on the screen it is, regardless of what i put in for valign

[placid spear]

Anyone have any ideas on how to make something attached to a parachute drift to a certain spot? This is what I have now

    if (typeOf(attachedTo _this) isKindOf "ParachuteBase") then {
        _parachute = attachedTo _this;
        _parachutePos = getPosASL _parachute;
        _dir = _parachutePos getDir [01708, 05473];
        _velocity = velocity _this;
        _horizontalSpeed = sqrt ((_velocity select 0) ^ 2 + (_velocity select 1) ^ 2);
        
        if (_horizontalSpeed < 10 || _horizontalSpeed > 10) then {
            _vel = velocity _parachute; 
            _speedAdjustment = 10 - _horizontalSpeed;
            _parachute setVelocity [ 
                (_vel select 0) + (sin _dir * _speedAdjustment), 
                (_vel select 1) + (cos _dir * _speedAdjustment), 
                (_vel select 2)
            ];
        };
    };
};```

But it tends to "teleport" the object way past the coordinates

[warm hedge]

What do you mean by "teleport" when you don't have setPos etc

[placid spear]

I say teleport, but it looks like it keeps stacking the velocity, and it zooms past. I see blips of it in between the initial start position and where it stops

[warm hedge]

How do you run it?

[placid spear]

Right now while testing it, I'm throwing a box vertical in zues, then once the parachute deploys, dropping it into the objects execute box

[warm hedge]

So execVM etc

[placid spear]

no execVM or call, or anything

[warm hedge]

Well

Let's assume it is

If it is it is because the while is executing the code 60 times per second

[placid spear]

Yeah, thought of that. But adding a sleep or uiSleep yells at me for running in an unschedule environment

[warm hedge]

You could say that error first though. It does mean Unscheduled Environment runs that code

Which means the while runs the code 100000 times in the frame

tldr. Use spawn to wrap the code

[placid spear]

That worked, thank you. Still figuring out the scheduler as a whole

[warm hedge]

tldr
Unscheduled: it needs to be run in a frame where it is executed. Trigger condition, Event Handlers, or object's init etc fall under this category. Faster to execute
Scheduled: you can suspend the code as long as you need (sleep, waitUntil etc). Slightly slower. You can stack Scheduled codes as many as you want

[tough abyss]

Is there a way to draw a laser beam and detect it hitting an object?

[warm hedge]

drawLaser

[tough abyss]

Does it detect impact?

[warm hedge]

lineIntersectsSurfaces for that

[cedar cape]

im trying to setup unitCapture, ive sort of got it working but when i play it back the helicopter rotors dont spin and theres no audio

fixed it

[cedar cape]

next question, how would i go about removing certain things from players inventories?

ive got a crash script setup where their screen blacks out and it teleports them somewhere random around the crash site, im looking to remove their backpacks, helmets, launchers, primary weapon, GPS, facewear, and nightvision

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Unit_Inventory see commands under remove* as well as unlinkItem, getSlotItemName, and forEach

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-adorable-duckling-haha-classic-gif-17283485

[tight cloak]

so: trying to find an easy way, on frame to look at the next location on the spline without it being a harsh snap. like a smooth curve

currently im just using setDir on new index

otherwise tho. train

[fiery gull]

lerp/slerp/clerp and increase progress over the course of a couple frames?

basically just a loop that sets the direction bit by bit over the course of a few frames

[tight cloak]

could do, tick it up every frame within the handler up to 1 then reset the number when the index is changed

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_clerp
seems to be the winner

[meager granite]

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

[mellow jolt]

In the multiplayer mission I'm making I intend to have some AI with their visibility toggled off walking near the players playing creepy audio but I'm playing on a jungle map where everyone makes very loud squelch noises whenever they walk.

Is there an easy way to silence an entities footsteps or to make the AI hover above the terrain a short distance when walking?

[finite bone]

Isn't it better to use playSound3D with an invisible ojbect attached to a player?

[little raptor]

say3D is better

[last rain]

how getdamage but for ace?

[mellow jolt]

I was going to have the sounds slowly moving in the jungle near the players so movement was needed.

[tulip ridge]

There isn't really a good way
You can get all of the wounds they have and try and base it off that. Depends on what you're trying to do though

[little raptor]

say3D does support movement

[open hollow]

why is better say3d? is faster for any reason? some time ago it was labeled as "broken command" iirc

[lean dove]

im trying to make a script for the ai to always shoot automatic but this doesnt work and gives an error

// Set AI skills for long-range engagement
this setSkill ["aimingAccuracy", 0.5]; // Sets aiming accuracy (0 to 1 scale)
this setSkill ["aimingShake", 0.2]; // Less shaking while aiming
this setSkill ["aimingSpeed", 0.7]; // Faster aiming speed
this setSkill ["spotDistance", 1]; // Maximize spotting distance
this setSkill ["spotTime", 0.5]; // Time taken to spot enemies

// Force AI into aggressive combat mode
this setCombatMode "RED"; // AI will be more aggressive
this setBehaviour "COMBAT"; // Always in combat mode (engage enemies)

// Ensure AI engages at long range
this setSkill ["courage", 1]; // Courage to engage at long range

[faint burrow]

What's the error?

[lean dove]

Init, invalid number in expression

[faint burrow]

Provide full error message from RPT-file please.

[lean dove]

pretty new to arma3 editor scripting, how do i get this RPT file?

[faint burrow]

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

Also, AFAIR, comments are not supported in Init fields.

[lean dove]

this was indeed the problem, thank u

[faint burrow]

Regarding "shoot automatic", AFAIK, these are config settings that cannot be changed via scripts.

[little raptor]

Because it can move
playSound3d just opens the file and plays it
say3D creates a sound object that you can move and stuff (tho it's local which might be a problem)

[lean dove]

aah ok ok

[cedar cape]

how would i remove stuff from players inventories in MP?

ive got the wiki up but i dont know how to network it

i think thats what its called when you make it work in mp for all players

im looking for it to only happen for certin players in a group

[faint burrow]

Use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec and specify target for a specific player(s).

[cedar cape]

could you give an example code for removing all players helmets

[faint burrow]

{
    removeHeadgear _x;
} forEach allPlayers;

P. S.
For removeHeadgear you don't need to use remoteExec.

[cedar cape]

right

ok thanks

how do i remove facewear?

im looking to remove backpack, primary, facewear, nvg, gps and helmet

[faint burrow]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeGoggles
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Unit_Inventory

[lean dove]

my code works now but my ai is still shooting single shots, anyone has a script that tells the ai to always shoot fully automatic?

[cedar cape]

    removeHeadgear _x;
    removeBackpackGlobal _x;
    removeItem "NVGoggles" _x;
    removeItem "GPS" _x;
    removeWeaponGlobal _x;
    removeGoggles _x;
} forEach allPlayers;```

would this work?

[faint burrow]

No.

[cedar cape]

why not?

[faint burrow]

Due to syntax errors.

I would recommend creating a function and lauching it using remoteExec.

[cedar cape]

for removeWeapon it says that i need to specify the classname for the weapon, all players will be using different weapons so im not sure how this would work, would i need to get the game to return the classname for the players primary and then delete it?

[faint burrow]

Exactly.

[cedar cape]

so it would be like

[faint burrow]

Usefull command: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnitLoadout

[cedar cape]

create variable, return players weapon classname, variable uses this classname, delete weapon uses this variable and then execute it all locally

[faint burrow]

Looks like a plan.

Use the command above.

[cedar cape]

surely there has to be a simpler way to just remove specific items from a players inventory

[faint burrow]

Sure, #arma3_scripting message.

[cedar cape]

yes but this changes their entire loadout, no?

[faint burrow]

You can change what you want, the rest will remain unchanged.

Read the whole article, not just the title.

[cedar cape]

right, but im looking to remove stuff, this just adds items

[faint burrow]

#arma3_scripting message

[cedar cape]

i stil dont get it

[faint burrow]

That's sad.

_loadout = getUnitLoadout _unit;

_loadout set [0, []]; // remove primary weapon
... // remove anything you want

_unit setUnitLoadout _loadout;

[cedar cape]

could you please explain this?

the middle part

[faint burrow]

BIKI explains.

[cedar cape]

im not seeing a _loadout set in here

[faint burrow]

Ask specific question, not general.

[cedar cape]

how does it remove the primary weapon

i get that it removes it but how?

[faint burrow]

By setting loadout array 0 element to empty array.

[cedar cape]

i gathered that part, but how do i define what it removes

[faint burrow]

Learn loadout structure: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getUnitLoadout

You can change it as you want.

[cedar cape]

oh i think i get it

[faint burrow]

Then apply to a player.

[cedar cape]

first line is weapon

like this

first line is weapon

and then so on and so forth

[faint burrow]

Exactly.

[fleet sand]

Get unit lodaout gives you array of strings like this:

private _loadout = ["GUN","SideGUN","Uniform"...];

ect..
now with set you are refrecing array in this case _loadout and on the first case you are setting it to nil and now the array looks like this:

private _loadout = ["","SideGUN","Uniform"...];

[cedar cape]

i sort of get it but im still confused

[faint burrow]

Yes, instead of sending a lot of request to remove headgear, uniform, etc., you can change loadout as you want and use single request to update player's loadout.

[fleet sand]

_loadout - array you are reffrecing.
set - command-
0 - index of the array lodaout you want to change
[] - value you are changeing to.

_loadout set [0, []];

[faint burrow]

Yes, as I said, BIKI explains everything (or almost everything): https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/set

[cedar cape]

ok so this part here

[faint burrow]

And?

[spring kestrel]

Who is owner server?

[faint burrow]

Depends on what server you are talking about.

And this channel is about scripting.

[spring kestrel]

ohhh sorry can ihave talk with someone?

[faint burrow]

Find appropriate channel.

[spring kestrel]

i go general if you can move me pls

[faint burrow]

https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462288051380224

[cedar cape]

Not at my pc anymore, I’ll figure it out tmr

[mellow jolt]

Sorry I was replying to El Pepe

[tight cloak]

trying to pass parameters into an onframe handler, i want something to fire once to setup the rest of the loop and never fire again (due to execution scope i cant do this outside the handler) any assists?

[tulip ridge]

There's https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/events/fnc_addBISEventHandler-sqf.html from CBA

[tight cloak]

okay, but i want the framehandler to keep firing

[tulip ridge]

Otherwise just make a global variable

[tight cloak]

not gonna work for this setup

otherwise i would

i played with cba frame handler that allows params to be passed in

however it doesnt really solve the issue

example:

_handler = [{
    if (somevariable) then {
        _variable1 = _param1;
        _variable2 = _param2;
    };
    somevariable = false;
    _variable1 = _variable1 + 0.2;
},
 0, 
[_param1,_param2]] 
call CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler;

[tulip ridge]

You don't have the exit the whole scope because of a condition

// CBA pfh
(_this select 0) params ["_someCondition"];
if !(_someCondition) then {
    (_this select 0) set [0, true];
    // one time setup
};

// rest of pfh

[tight cloak]

the values will be changed, edited etc within the loop. i just need it to do a onetime setup. tried using getvariable and setvariable, making them public etc and it just doesnt work

[tight cloak]

hmmm

ill give it a quick go

[tulip ridge]

I'm that you're only defining _variable1 and 2 on the first iteration. They're undefined in every subsequent frame

[tight cloak]

so i guess i just have to tag all of it to an object

[tulip ridge]

The _param1 and 2 are undefined as well

[tight cloak]

then fetch it from that

[fair drum]

if (somevariable) then {
        _variable1 = _param1;
        _variable2 = _param2;
    };

this isn't going to give you what you want.

params ["_args", "_handle"];
_args params ["_variable1", "_variable2"];

[tulip ridge]

*(_this select 0) params [...]

[fair drum]

yeah sorry if its the perframe handler yes

[tight cloak]

so i just gotta getvariable then and use something as my namespace to make sure its still in scope?

as if the variables are constantly changing and being adjusted during the handler

[tulip ridge]

What I sent should work fine
Arrays are saved by reference
-# Not the right phrasing, couldn't think of better wording

[tight cloak]

resetting them every loop wont work

[tulip ridge]

Just update the arguments array directly with set

[tight cloak]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh

[tulip ridge]

If you go with what I sent, make sure false is the first param passed to the PFH

Not sure how familiar with programming you are, but arrays are stored by "reference"

Meaning there's only one version of the array, and everything using that array gets a "pointer" to it.

private _params = ["a", "b"];
_params call {
    _this set [0, 0];
};

_params call {
    _this set [0, 1];
};

_params; // [0, 1] instead of ["a", "b"]

Wrote that on mobile, may have some syntax issues

[tight cloak]

_handler = [{
    params ["_args", "_handle"];
    _args params ["_variable1", "_variable2"];
    systemchat format ["%1", _args select 0]; // outputs _variable1
},
 0, 
[_param1,_param2]] 
call CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler;
``` something like this to call it then?

[fair drum]

if you do it this way, you don't have to do _args select 0... its already defined as _variable1

[tight cloak]

so _args becomes _variable1? how would i fetch the second then

its 1:30am for me and im having the big fatigue

[tulip ridge]

No, _variable1 would be whatever _args select 0 is

Not _args itself

[tight cloak]

thats what i thought

sorry i may just be misunderstanding hypoxic's message

[tight cloak]

so in reference to this:
i can then adjust the parameters inside the scope by using
_args set [0,1];
for example

adjusting the parameters to be updated

[tight cloak]

im familiar, arma 3 just kind of gives me a stroke still somehow

[fair drum]

just reading the background question now. since dart is on the phone, i'll write an example out. you want the frame handler to have a segment that only fires once?

[tight cloak]

well i dont mind if it fires once or just updates the parameters as the loop goes

just that the information remains accurate every cycle

[fair drum]

do you want some examples of framehandlers that I use elsewhere? maybe inspire you?

[tight cloak]

sure

[fair drum]

https://pastebin.com/m0Kc2Sva

you also really shouldn't have a frame delay of 0 unless you really know what you are doing

another example that does dynamic vehicle spawning
https://pastebin.com/Ybyjtme8

[tight cloak]

whats the unforseen consequences? filling up the scheduler?

[fair drum]

framehandlers don't work in the scheduler, they are unscheduled

[tight cloak]

so then whats the big bad from 0 frame delay

[fair drum]

if your code isn't super optimized, you'll slow your game down to a crawl

use arma script profiler to figure that all out

[tight cloak]

well my code litterally just moves an object around and sets its dir

its really not that extensive

[fair drum]

well if I knew that i would just discourage you from that idea. when you move an object around, it also has to do a network update. arma limits the network update speed for scripting. your clients aren't going to see the smoothness you see that single player sees, plus, you'll slow down everyones connection

it will be choppy for everyone else

[tight cloak]

hmm

[fair drum]

great idea for SP, not so great for MP

[tight cloak]

ive done worse in the past with no issues

[opal zephyr]

You could replicate the object on each client and move it locally

[tight cloak]

that sounds infinitely more complicated

[fair drum]

it is harder than what you currently signed up for, yes

[tight cloak]

how would i go about doing it then

[fair drum]

you would need to create each object using createVehicleLocal on each client and each client has to have their own framehandler to move them. depending on speed of each client, the object could appear to move differently than other clients

so you'd make a local function, then remoteExec that function as a whole for the clients to handle themselves

[opal zephyr]

What is the object you're trying to move and how is it supposed to be moving?

[tight cloak]

hmm

im moving a gamelogic

never had the issue described to me when ive done other horrors with this same method

im just attempting to smooth out a simple part of the mechanics of it

[opal zephyr]

Is part of the gamelogic visible to players or is it a completely invisible object?

[tight cloak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr2SR1SKtVQ
same tech, just different application

that functioned just fine in a 40 player environment

and this one is for 28

[tight cloak]

its just a gamelogic, havent touched its visiblity or otherwise

the framehandler iterates through an array to generate a spline simulating a train

i was just trying to fix its setDir to be smoother with the curve of the track and wanted to pass in an _alpha value for a clerp

which leads to the beginning of this conversation

[opal zephyr]

I guess it depends how smooth/seamless you need it to be. If you need it perfect then do it clientside, if you're ok with some stutters and a lower fps while its happening then execute it on the server like you say you've done before

[tight cloak]

thats fair

i just think going clientside overscopes the requirement of this project for the scope of the requirement

sure it creates tech debt if im upscaling but i have no intention of pushing it further

[sharp parcel]

hey there a small isse for me where my waypoint deletes once he AI unit has reached it, when I'm trying to cycle the unit continuosly through the waypoints. I can't work it out from the wiki how to stop them dissappearing, thanks

[tight cloak]

cycle needs to be last waypoint

[sharp parcel]

ah let me check I've got the right order.

[tight cloak]

btw got it working hypoxic and dart, ty vm for the help

[sharp parcel]

yeah the cylce is last in the order of move waypoints

[tight cloak]

have you let him run his course?

the waypoints are deleted until he hits cycle

at which point they come back and he re runs them all

[sharp parcel]

ok, could I be that much of an idiot.. I'll no in two more waypoint 🙂

[tight cloak]

works?

[sharp parcel]

OMG I am an idiot

[sharp parcel]

thanks Cpt 🙂

[tight cloak]

happens to all of us

i just had a stroke over parameters a second ago

[tulip ridge]

Nice, glad you got it

[tight cloak]

what the code looks like now:

trainThrust = 0.2;
_nextIndex = 10;
_trainObj = trainphys;
_alpha = 0;
_trainFuncCall = [{
    params ["_args", "_handle"];
    _args params ["_trainObj", "_alpha","_nextIndex"];
    if (!isMultiplayer && isGamePaused) exitWith {};
    _args set [1, linearConversion [0, 1, (_args select 1) + 0.01, 0, 1, true]];
    _trainObj setposASL (getPosASL _trainObj vectorAdd (((getPosASL _trainObj) vectorFromTo (spline select (_args select 2))) vectorMultiply trainThrust));
    _trainObj setdir ([getDir _trainObj, (_trainObj getDir (spline select (_args select 2))), (_args select 1)] call BIS_fnc_clerp);
    if (_trainObj distance (ASLtoAGL (spline select (_args select 2))) <= 2) then {
        _args set [2, (_args select 2) + 1];
        _args set [1, 0];
    };
},
 0, 
[_trainObj,_alpha,_nextIndex]] 
call CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler;

works a charm

cut down as much as possible to align with what hypoxic said

[fleet sand]

why do you do this:
_args params ["_trainObj", "_alpha","_nextIndex"];

and still use this later

(_args select 0)

Instaed of that why not just use _trainObj ?

[tight cloak]

good point! fixed

[fair drum]

you still need a way to remove the framehandler

you don't want it running for the end of time

[tight cloak]

gonna give it an exit once i setup the end of the "track"

[fair drum]

exitWith { _handle call CBA_fnc_removePerFrameHandler }

[tight cloak]

something like this?
if (triggerActivated trainendtrigger) exitWith { _this select 1 call CBA_fnc_removePerFrameHandler };

so its just waiting for the trigger on the other end to fire then exits

[fair drum]

personally, I would prefer when the trigger is activated, it sets a variable instead and you check that variable

[tight cloak]

alright

ill just make a public var

[still forum]

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waitUntil suspends.
Its as if you'd put a sleep 0.00001 at the end of your while loop.
It would only do at most one iteration per frame

check doesn't complete. Just like as if the waitUntil wasn't there at all.

waitUntil only does something special at the end of its execution. Nothing inbetween

[weak isle]

Can somebody explain me why it doesn't take the if stement and just skips it?

fn_taskProgress = {
    params ["_player"];
    
    with uiNamespace do {
        my_awesome_progressBar = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscProgress", -1];
        my_awesome_progressBar ctrlSetPosition [0.345, 0.3];
        my_awesome_progressBar progressSetPosition 0; // Start at 0
        my_awesome_progressBar ctrlCommit 0;

        my_awesome_text = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscStructuredText", -1];
        my_awesome_text ctrlSetPosition [0.345, 0.35]; // Adjust position for text
        my_awesome_text ctrlCommit 0;
    };

    TAG_timer = [time, time + 10, "Hacking done!"];
    hint "Hacking";
    
    _initialPos = getPos _player;

    addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
        // Get the parameters from TAG_timer
        TAG_timer params ["_start", "_end", "_text"];
        
        // Check distance to initial position
        if ((_initialPos distance (getPos _player)) < 3) then {
            hint "1";
            _progress = linearConversion [_start, _end, time, 0, 1];
            
            (uiNamespace getVariable "my_awesome_progressBar") progressSetPosition _progress;
            (uiNamespace getVariable "my_awesome_text") ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["%1%2", round(100 * _progress), "%"];
            
            if (_progress >= 1) then {
                removeMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", _thisEventHandler];
                ctrlDelete (uiNamespace getVariable "my_awesome_progressBar");
                ctrlDelete (uiNamespace getVariable "my_awesome_text");
                hint _text;
                execVM "copy.sqf"; // Execute next action
            };
        } else {
            removeMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", _thisEventHandler];
            ctrlDelete (uiNamespace getVariable "my_awesome_progressBar");
            ctrlDelete (uiNamespace getVariable "my_awesome_text");
            hint "Hacking failed!";
        };
    }];
};

[player] remoteExec ["fn_taskProgress", player];

[cosmic lichen]

Because the conditions return false😎

[meager granite]

_initialPos is defined outside of EachFrame scope

event handlers are executed in a brand new scope, no local variables from other scopes there

Store it as global variable instead

Or _player's variable