arma3_scripting

[frank lynx]

and client is outside of the server on a sqf file

Now my missions will be more quality

[true frigate]

Sorry mate, Systemchat ot hint?

[frank lynx]

And less confusion because i placed a flag and expect them to move over there to start

[tulip ridge]

?

[opal zephyr]

Look the names up on the wiki, they are just two different ways to display a message on screen. In this case, used as a debug method

[frank lynx]

So like

What is server and what is client

[tulip ridge]

If you're using a dedicated server (i.e. like a server host), the server is the server machine itself.
In singleplayer or locally hosted multiplayer, the host player is the server

[dusty steppe]

Hint has the limitation of only one hint can be displayed at a time, so multiple hints for debugging must be combined into one using format or must have wait time in between
Systemchat might be better

[true frigate]

I thought you'd typed ot for a reason haha, not or. But yeah it's not returning anything.
Currently going through the entire list on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgWeapons_Vehicle_Weapons to see if something is able to fire but gives no projectile or sound.

If nothing else, Bomb_Leaflets works

[opal zephyr]

Where are you adding the EH to the drone? In its init or through a seperate script?

[true frigate]

Init

Leaflets gives me a systemChat, so it's not an error in the EH. Or rather, I don't see how it could be.

[opal zephyr]

Which drone is it?

[true frigate]

AR-2

[opal zephyr]

hm, im surprised you're even able to add weapons to it, I think by default it just as the laser

But that could be part of the reason the "fired" eh isnt running, since it technically only has a targeting pod I believe, that might be discluded from the the standard turret setup

[true frigate]

You can add weapons to a lot of vehicles, a fun one is always the Darter with

this addWeaponTurret ["Gatling_30mm_Plane_CAS_01_F",[-1]]; 
this addMagazineTurret ["1000Rnd_Gatling_30mm_Plane_CAS_01_F",[-1]]; 
this setCustomAimCoef 0; 
this setUnitRecoilCoefficient 0;```

[hallow mortar]

the laser is also a weapon and I'm pretty sure it's even detected by the fired EH

[true frigate]

The fired EH is running though, I'm just looking for a good fit for it here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgWeapons_Vehicle_Weapons.
When I use Bomb_Leaflets, it runs the EH, but it's not ideal because it creates a load of projectiles.

Sadly the Laser isn't detected.

[sharp rune]

Does arma support parallel computing or something

Like say I want a few thousand something's go be computed in parallel

Maybe not that extreme though

[winter rose]

is that related to scripting, ooor

[tulip ridge]

Do you mean in SQF?
No, SQF in synchronous

[sharp rune]

Yea sorry should have said that

No parallel in sqf ok

[granite moat]

Did a script to climb some trees in arma and showcasing it in this little 1 min video I made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfISd-rIybw

If I can have feedback/improvment on how yo maybe manage better tree height in arma that would be nice. Using bounding box but it is not always from the bottom to the top of the tree... :/ So my solution, for each tree, have an "adjustment heigth" to know at what altitude to tp the player :/

(also, code is on git and link is in the description, feel free to change/update the script if I am not doing it )

[tough abyss]

i need help, i am trying to spawn a prop not sure that i have to use createVehicle or i have to use something else

[frank lynx]

Go into assets and select props and search the thing you want to spawn up

[tough abyss]

i am trying out how to script it, I try doing this: _workBench = "Land_Workbench_01_F" createVehicle position 13712.59,11773.621;

but didnt work

[frank lynx]

Im not an experienced scripter sorry

[tough abyss]

this is a arma3_scripting channel?

[frank lynx]

Ye ik

im new to scripting

[tough abyss]

ah okay that makes since

[frank lynx]

Are you also new?

[tough abyss]

okay never mind i figure it out, i messed up the position transformation and put the wrong setup.

[tulip ridge]

That's not the correct format for createVehicle

It should be:

"Type" createVehicle [_x, _y, _z];

(For the first syntax)

[tough abyss]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

okay that makes since now.

[thorny osprey]

Any HEMTT experts here? hemtt check is choking on this import I need for XEH keybinds: #include "\a3\editor_f\Data\Scripts\dikCodes.h"

[tough abyss]

position script was met for a object to spawn to

[thorny osprey]

error[PE12]: include not found
  ┌─ addons/main/XEH_preInit.sqf:1:11
  │
1 │ #include "\a3\editor_f\Data\Scripts\dikCodes.h"
  │           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found

[tulip ridge]

If you want to include a file, you need to put it in a folder called include at the root of your project and match the file structure

[thorny osprey]

I see, that is a bit cumbersome, but it's just one file in this case. Thanks!

[tulip ridge]

It's so Hemtt can validate stuff without having to launch the game or using a p-drive

In case an example helps, here's ace including that file

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/tree/master/include/a3/ui_f/hpp

[thorny osprey]

Cheers, DDG already found the dikCodes.inc file there 🙂

Works now, thanks again. I didn't realise ACE3 was build with HEMMT, great to have that example 🙂

[thorny osprey]

I wonder though, how will the game find this include (as in ACE3): a3/ui_f/hpp/defineDIKCodes.inc That is not the actual file path in the game files, right?

[worldly kite]

hi
is there a method i can turn the side panels of a cargo post by script? i did some search but not found anything useful.

my plan is to add an add_action to open it and the panel opens like a door

any ideas?

[thorny osprey]

Another HEMTT question (which is amazing overall btw!): does it makes it possible to edit script functions and reload them without restarting ArmA? If so, how please? 🙂

[tulip ridge]

No that's the right path

[tulip ridge]

If you're using CfgFunctions, no

If you're using CBA's compiling (i.e. PREP), yes.

Ace uses some extra macros to store functions as just global variables for recompiling. You can see that here: https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/61e6d109f26cf89b4658a6ac3a8fc2c352cc9013/addons/main/script_debug.hpp#L7-L15

You can just copy those macros, though that does rely on you using CBA's macros as well

[pallid palm]

hell Mr Dart how are you Mate

im still enjoying the fruits of your skill love you man

meaning my chopper script that you helped me with

it works so good im still in Ahhhhh of it all

not only that it works in MP Hosted and SP as well oh Yeah and DED also

thx you so much Mr Dart

[tulip ridge]

Nice, glad you enjoy it

[pallid palm]

yes sir thx you so much

your my Fav person in the hole world

[tulip ridge]

There's also a channel dedicated to HEMTT in the ace discord if you'd like to check that out

https://acemod.org/discord

[wintry gazelle]

does anyone here know how to have a Hold Action only appear for 1 player i am using 3den Enhanced if anyone can help please do i need it

[eternal spruce]

Did anyone ever found a work around to close the canopy of aircrafts, there's no option in the animation source that closes it but one does hide it.

[thin fox]

just use the conditionShow parameter

[wintry gazelle]

i know that but like the code for it.

I have the player i want set as UAVO

And the laptop named AC130Control

I used the code - UAVO distance AC130Control < 3

and i just got an error message

[thin fox]

what error message?

[wintry gazelle]

you know what typical arma 3, i just deleted it and pasted it back in again and now it works

i have been trying to get that to work for 30 mins

and all it took was Ctrl x - Ctrl v

like honestly

sometimes i cant with arma 3

[thin fox]

but you should check the last rpt file to learn what the error was exactly

[wintry gazelle]

probably but to be honest it works and if ive learnt anything with arma and scripting within mission making "if it fucking works then dont look at anything to do with it, otherwise you will want to find a way to keep it simple and you will fuck everything up, JUST LEAVE IT BE"

[thin fox]

I know what you mean, but don't think like that, you don't need to mess around with your code anymore if that's working, just read the rpt file to see what was wrong minutes ago, so next time you will know how to actually fix it

it just adds

[wintry gazelle]

yeah you right you right tbh i didnt even understand what was inside the black box error message i am clueless when it comes to code in any form let alone arma

[thin fox]

I'm sure that most of us here actually learn more from try and error, at least that how I've learned, when I'm doing a new code or editing an existing one, my rpt file is always open, even if I know it will work, sometimes that blackbox masks the real error

[wintry gazelle]

tbf i managed to figure out myself how to "remoteControl" AI units using triggers and its much easier than i thought it would be only took me a couple tries to get it

you have no idea how small and simple the code was but also how happy i was when i got it working i was almost in tears 😂

[pallid palm]

lol

awsome

[wintry gazelle]

I have made a server on discord called "Arma 3 Editor" and it has 2 channels a "Links" channel for posting links to threads/websites/videos and i have a "Codes" channel where i copy and paste all the code i learnt or know how to use so i can have easy access to them

[pallid palm]

i also control my Ai from radio triggers

[wintry gazelle]

it comes in very handy

[pallid palm]

nice

[wintry gazelle]

i also love that subtitle script

is the same type that COD uses for its subtitles

[pallid palm]

i have all my stuff i need by asking Mr Dart hes awsome

[wintry gazelle]

nothing wrong with asking other people for little help

[pallid palm]

yes Sir

and others too ofcorse

if it was not for all the awsome guys in here i would be standing on the tarmack with my head down lol

hay friend @wintry gazelle did you fix the Hold Action thing

[wintry gazelle]

i did get it fixed

[pallid palm]

rgr m8 awsome

[vapid scarab]

I just wrote short of 1000 lines of code and 730 line config.cpp file for a mod over this past week. Do enough scripting and you lose enough sanity to do stuff like this

[vapid scarab]

could you dm me a invite? I like to see stuff like that, and Im sure I have some cool stuff to drop there myself

[wintry gazelle]

sure

if anyone else would like an invite to my server where i keep all my scripts, coding and links that i use on a regular basis just DM me and ill send you an invite link and we can all help each other out

[vapid scarab]

Dropped some goodies in there and left. Also took that wavespawner script. That is simple but awesome for performance. thanks for sharing and hope yall find some use with what I shared

[vapid scarab]

How do you get the area of a module?

This here. I am trying to see if a player is in this area. Alteratively, It may be easier to create a trigger using the area from the module, but I still need to get it from the module data.

Answer: _logic getVariable "objectArea"

Another answer: dont use that but instead sync a trigger to the module, and use [_logic] call bis_fnc_moduleTriggers
Returns triggers synced to it which is great for visualizing areas to.

[digital radish]

How do the vanilla hand signals work exactly?
I noticed some units, when I give commands, they use hand signaling.
Other units don't do it at all.
How come? Do I need to remove radios or set up someting scriptingwise?

[fair drum]

nah you can use the stored area above the way you have it

you just need

canSetArea = 1;
canSetAreaShape = 1;
canSetAreaHeight = 1;
class AttributeValues {
  size3[] = {20, 20, -1}; // or whatever you shoose
  isRectangle = 0;
};

[thorny osprey]

Thanks much!

[jade acorn]

I have a trigger synced with a hide/show module. Once trigger condition is true, the module will show units and then the trigger deletes itself (through deleteVehicle thisTrigger in onActivation). Is it possible for the trigger to delete itself before the synced module starts?

I'm trying to debug an issue that I cannot repro but for another person is consistent, and I wonder if this is expected or is it a bug

[next gust]

how do you guys use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_setUnitInsignia - for me just calling it from InitPlayerLocal.sqf oder onPlayerRespawn.sqf sometimes just dont work (though most of the time it does). Is there any "best" way on calling it, so its reliable?

[sage marsh]

What is a .lip file i see in a voiced scenario?

[warm hedge]

A pseudo lipsync file that works with bikb

[sage marsh]

Don't the mouth already moves with BIKB?

[warm hedge]

No, I mean yes, but randomly

[sage marsh]

Okay, that clear things up

[jade acorn]

iirc kbTell just applies setRandomLip true on voiceline start and setRandomLip false on its end. If you throw OGG to the WAVtoLIP converter the custom lip causes speaker to open mouth according to the sound volume(?), so if you have pauses in the recording, character will stop yapping too. And setRandomLip does not disable the mimics so often you can see someone speaking while yawning, with lip files this does not happen

[sage marsh]

Ohh it's not exclusive to .WAV files

that's great then

[jade acorn]

yeah not sure why is it even mentioning WAV since those are not used for voices

[still forum]

It is the actual file path in the game files.

[still forum]

ArmA does not have filePatching.
Arma 3 does though, hemtt has a "hemtt launch" option for that that makes it especially easy

[still forum]

You can configure CfgFunctions to allow reloading

diag_log writes to RPT
systemChat writes to chat.

But is there a way to write to dedicated server console? Like the small console window?

[warm hedge]

Console no AFIAK. diag_log might work, but...

[cosmic lichen]

Don't think so. Sadly logging is quite limited.

[jade acorn]

anyone?

[cosmic lichen]

Why even use the module

[warm hedge]

Then be a volunteer to fix it

[jade acorn]

BI giveth, I taketh

[jade acorn]

I'd love to if I knew where to start, I can't find any info if synchronized stuff happens before trigger's onActivation, after or at the same time

and why is this not affecting me

[thorny osprey]

Any pointer to doc or example where CfgFunctions is configured for reloading?

[thorny osprey]

Nvm found it

[tulip ridge]

Still requires relaunching the game no?
Or mission at the very least

[thorny osprey]

Doc says upon mission (re)start. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library

Does CBA allow recompile even without mission restart?

[tulip ridge]

If CBA's caching if disabled, then functions are just saved as global variables and not compileFinal'd, so they can be freely changed

[junior moat]

hey! is there a biki page or just a document anywhere of good habits to get into when writing functions?

nevermind, just found this page: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Writing_a_Function

[jade acorn]

can I force the crosshair on in a singleplayer mission? CfgDifficulties seems to allow only forcing it off rather than on

[keen drum]

what script can i run in the debug console to kick a specific ai from my group

[warm hedge]

What is kick a specific ai

[junior moat]

try deleteVehicle group player select [unit index]

assuming youre on singleplayer

apologies, this should work (just tested it)
deleteVehicle (units player select [Unit Index]);

where [Unit Index] is the number of the unit you want to remove (without the [] brackets)

if you know the number of the unit in your group, the index will be that number - 1

[hallow mortar]

That's how you delete the AI. "Kick" typically means "move outside", like being kicked from a server, not delete.
Units must always be in a group, so there's no "remove from group" command, but what you can do is make it join a new empty group:

[_unit] join grpNull;```
You can use the `units player select NUMBER` part of Spuds' answer to target the unit, or, if you can look at the AI in question, you can use `cursorObject` to target it, which might be more convenient.
```sqf
[units player select 1] join grpNull;
[cursorObject] join grpNull;```

[little raptor]

Also be mindful of group limit. When you "kick" someone they get moved into a new group.
You can't have more than 288 groups

[keen drum]

delete is fine

[pearl stag]

does anyone see an issue with this for having AI Arty fire upon blufor detection in the area

[] spawn { while {alive ARTY_2} do { sleep 5; _ammo = getArtilleryAmmo [ARTY_2] select 1;
_tgt = getMarkerPos "marker_2";
ARTY_2 doArtilleryFire[_tgt,_ammo,3];}}

[pallid palm]

oh shit look out lol

[still forum]

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

[thorny osprey]

Thx. That seems to be for recompiling functions declared in mission. Or also for mod provided functions?

[still forum]

I'd expect it to do all of CfgFunctions

Example 3 also shows recompiling a BIS mod function. I'd expect if that didn't work, the example wouldn't show it

[cosmic lichen]

It does all of them. I use it all the time.

[thorny osprey]

Thanks guys, I will take that approach since I already use CfgFunctions

[willow hound]

1️⃣ There is no "blufor detection in the area" in that script.
2️⃣ The target position is fixed (unless the marker moves).
3️⃣ You might run into problems once ARTY_2 runs out of ammo or if getArtilleryAmmo returns an array with no element at index 1.

[junior moat]

which config are a factions vehicles under?

[hallow mortar]

You'll be surprised to hear that vehicles are located in CfgVehicles

[junior moat]

is there no way of detecting what vehicles a specific faction uses though? im trying to make a function to create a counter attack to an area and i want to just give the function the factions classname and have the fucntion automatically select vehicles from that faction to use

like, if i use IND_F, it will get the AAF Zamak vehicle.

[hallow mortar]

Vehicles have a faction config attribute in their own config which determines which faction they're listed under in the Editor/Zeus.
You'd have to make a script that goes through CfgVehicles and picks out the ones that have the correct faction listed. However, you'd have to do some additional filtering too to avoid picking out soldier classes or hidden classes.
It might be easier to make your own list of relevant vehicle classes, associated by faction. e.g.

// ONCE, at start
spuds_vehicles = createHashmapFromArray [
  ["ind_f",
    [
      "i_truck_01_f",
      "i_mrap_01_f"
    ]
  ],
  ["blu_f",
    [
      "b_mbt_01_f",
      "b_apc_01_f"
    ]
  ]
];
// ======= in spawner
params ["_faction"];
// get is case sensitive so maybe involve toLower somewhere to avoid issues
private _vehicles = spuds_vehicles get _faction;```
The advantage of doing it this way is that you can be sure you're picking useful vehicles and not, like, unarmed bicycles, without having to make a horrifically complicated system for automatically selecting them. The disadvantage is that you have to pick vehicles for every faction, so it doesn't automatically work with any random faction - you have to make the list by hand.

[junior moat]

got it, i was really hoping i would be be able to automatically pick out certain vehicles lol. this works though

[frank lynx]

How do i add an cooldown on use action command

script

[tulip ridge]

You'd have to script it in your condition

What you could do is set a variable on the player that activated the action, and then check that in your condition.

_object addAction ["Action", {
    params ["", "_caller", "_actionId"];
    _caller setVariable [format ["TAG_lastUsed_%1", _actionId], CBA_missionTime];
    // rest of your action
}, nil, 1.5, true, true, "", toString {
    params ["", "_this", "", "_actionId"];
    private _cooldown = 2; // time in seconds between uses
    private _lastUsed = _this getVariable [format ["TAG_lastUsed_%1", _actionId], -_cooldown];
    !(CBA_missionTime - _lastUsed <= _cooldown);
}];

[frank lynx]

Is there anyway to simplify that code

[tulip ridge]

Not really

I guess you could make _cooldown a macro, but that doesn't really change anything

Could also remove the _actionId part, I just kept it generic in case you want other actions with a cooldown, so that way you can just copy/paste it

[frank lynx]

I created an artillery barage mechanic 🙂

[frank lynx]

The thing with these codes is that it confuses me and if there is something wrong i cant find it

[tulip ridge]

Well most of it is just the addAction

[frank lynx]

Is there any way to only make it usable 1 time

[tulip ridge]

The only relevant lines for the actual cooldown are:

// statement
_caller setVariable [format ["TAG_lastUsed_%1", _actionId], CBA_missionTime];

// condition
private _cooldown = 2; // time in seconds between uses
private _lastUsed = _this getVariable [format ["TAG_lastUsed_%1", _actionId], -_cooldown];
!(CBA_missionTime - _lastUsed <= _cooldown);

[tulip ridge]

Yeah, just remove the action in the statement

[frank lynx]

What?

[tulip ridge]

If you want to make an action only usable once, just delete the action from the object when the action is used

[frank lynx]

How do i do that

[tulip ridge]

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

[frank lynx]

Is there any way to make like a reinforcements system with the add action so you can call an unlimited amount of reinforcements?

How do i get the action id?

[tulip ridge]

What?
An action is unlimited by default, you don't need to do anything extra

[tulip ridge]

It's passed as an argument in the statement and condition

[frank lynx]

Yeah but the units i call in wont be there anymore to be called in

i need a way to spawn them in again

[tulip ridge]

Then spawn units in the statement

[frank lynx]

What is a statement

[tulip ridge]

The code that is run when the action is run, i.e. the first thing after the action's name

[frank lynx]

I dont know the code for that

[tulip ridge]

What?
There's no special code for that, it's an argument for addAction

[frank lynx]

What is an argument?

[tulip ridge]

Something that is passed to a command, function, etc.

[frank lynx]

Wait let me try somethign

[tulip ridge]

_object addAction [
    "Action Name", // name displayed in the menu
    { /* statement */ } // code that is run when the action is selected
];

[frank lynx]

Do i add this code?

[tulip ridge]

No, that was just showing what the first two arguments are

[frank lynx]

Ok

So what exactly do i do to spawn units

with an action

[tulip ridge]

The same way you would spawn units outside of an action, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createUnit

[frank lynx]

I dont know how to do that

[tulip ridge]

Read it

There are examples for the vast majority of commands

[frank lynx]

So i got to work but how do i see the exact names of the units i wanna spawn

Nvm

im dumb

Yes

i got it working

Now for the cooldown part

I want there to be a 10 second cooldown in between spawning units

wait let me search it up on the wiki

I cant find anything but thank you for helping me

[tulip ridge]

You can either use the sleep command in a scheduled environment (i.e. using spawn), or using some of CBA's functions to run unscheduled, which is generally better for performance.

I could get into the details, but it might be a bit much. TL;DR, all scheduled code has to share timing, which gives inconsistent results. It's generally better to use unscheduled code where possible because mission makers tend to use a lot of the allotted time.

Using spawn

[] spawn {
    private _group = createGroup [west, true]; // or whatever side you want
    private _unitClasses = [...]; // class names of units to spawn
    {
        _group createUnit [_x, ...];
        sleep 10;
    } forEach _unitClasses;
};

Using CBA's functions to run unscheduled

private _group = createGroup [west, true]; // or whatever side you want
private _unitClasses = [...]; // class names of units to spawn
{
    // Time in seconds to spawn unit after.
    // First unit will spawn after 10 seconds, the second after 20, and so on.
    private _delay = (_forEachIndex + 1) * 10;

    // CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute will execute some code after a certain amount of time.
    [{
        params ["_group", "_unitClass"];
        _group createUnit [_unitClass, ...]; // Use whatever parameters you want
    }, [_group, _x], _delay] call CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute;
    // _x is a "magic" variable that will be the current value in a forEach loop.
    // In this case, it will be the current class name of the unit to spawn
} forEach _unitClasses;

The second looks complicated, but it's pretty much all comments

private _group = createGroup [west, true];
private _unitClasses = [...];
{
    private _delay = (_forEachIndex + 1) * 10;
    [{
        params ["_group", "_unitClass"];
        _group createUnit [_unitClass, ...];
    }, [_group, _x], _delay] call CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute;
} forEach _unitClasses;

[frank lynx]

I get this error when i try to spawn assist squad leaders in

but they still spawn in

and work perfectly fine

[hallow mortar]

The sleep requires its time to be given as a number. The letter O is not a number. This causes an error.

Also I'm pretty sure Arma only accepts . as a decimal separator, not ,

[frank lynx]

Its a 0 though

im pretty sure

oh thats why my squad instantly spawns in instead of waiting

[frank lynx]

oh

[hallow mortar]

I think you should double-check that, because normally numbers are all the same height in this font, and that """0""" is about half the height of the 5.

[frank lynx]

Also how do i add a end mission in victory

[frank lynx]

Yeah i misspelled it

i removed it because it would allow the player to just spam it (its supposed to be deleted

Does anyone wanna hear about my new idea for a campaign

How do i make a end mission

a success and fail type

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Debriefing (to define possible endings)
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_endMission (to end the mission)

[thorny osprey]

So is there any downside to setting recompile=1 in CfgFunctions? Seems to me it is very useful to have always!

[frank lynx]

Why does this pop up even though i have a ;

[willow hound]

According to my remote analysis, you might be missing 42; on line 628 🙃

[frank lynx]

Huh

Theres only 5 lines

[south swan]

class End1 {... whatever is not SQF

[frank lynx]

Its in a trigger

its my first time using this code

[south swan]

trigger needs SQF. You give it not-SQF. It errors out

[frank lynx]

Wait

so what exactly do i do

Let me send my code

class End1
{
title = "Mission Completed";
subtitle = "You Cleared Out The Enemies";
description = "Great Job Stand By For Next Mission";

Where do i put what

[thin fox]

read the biki further

[junior moat]

hey is it possible to get the name of the file? for example, if i have a file called BLU_F.sqf, is there a way for me to use a command inside of that file to get the "BLU_F" part as a string?

[thin fox]

it explains it, don't just copy and paste any code anywhere

[junior moat]

this is meant to go into your description.ext, not a trigger

[frank lynx]

What ist hat

[junior moat]

so, if you click scenario at the top left of the eden editor, then open scenario folder, inside of this folder, create a file and call it "description.ext"

[south swan]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext for what is said "description.ext"
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/2D_Editor:_External#Mission_Folder kinda explains where it's located

[frank lynx]

Ohhh

[frank lynx]

Im used to sqf

[junior moat]

yea i suggest you read both of those pages before going further o7

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands#FILE

[junior moat]

youre all good. just note, if you want to do things within the game, you use SQF. if youre changing configs or adding your own configs, its usually done through description.ext

[junior moat]

awesome, thank you

[frank lynx]

Oh okay

So am i supposed to connect the 2 codes somehow?

[junior moat]

it might be easier to explain to you if i actually know what youre trying to do lol

[frank lynx]

end mission with a success

Using a trigger

[junior moat]

you shouldnt need to do any work with configs for that! try looking at this function: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_endMission

[frank lynx]

Works but now for fail mission

wait i know how

This is probably my best mission yet 🙂

[junior moat]

best of luck! id love to see it when its finished o7

[frank lynx]

Its almost finished

Its finished now after the fail and succeed mission

want to try?

If you do you need spearhead 1944 and global mobilization though

[junior moat]

literally the only two CDLCs i dont have lol 😭

[frank lynx]

💀

Want to try my prairie fire mission

Or i can share my screen and show you the mission

[frank lynx]

Should I move from east germany to vietcong east germany is a bit too hard

[junior moat]

up to you, its your mission.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frank lynx]

Its way too hard ill move the faction tmr

[junior moat]

huh, getting a strange error, i have the following code:

{
    _x moveInCargo _transportTruck; // Move this unit into the next available cargo seat in the transport truck
} forEach (units _transportSquad); // Do for each unit in the infantry squad's group

but im getting the error that forEach "Error Type Array, expected Number"?

for clarification, _transportTruck is an object type and _transportSquad is a group type

[crimson lion]

Does it do it if you remove the parentheses around units _transportSquad?

[hallow mortar]

those parentheses are correct
* not required, the logic will work itself out in the end, but won't break it

that error suggests that _transportTruck is not actually an object. It might actually be an array. It looks like moveInCargo is trying to use its alternate syntax, which uses an array of [vehicle, cargoIndex, canReassign]

[analog mulch]

I'll give it a try, post link in #production_releases

[frank lynx]

do you have prairire fire

also i only can when i get home

im in school right now

[frank lynx]

Im switching from Eastern Germans to vietcong because eastern germans are too unbalanced

The eastern germans are too hard to beat since they have so much hp

[hallow mortar]

Not really scripting related, but GM East German units don't have any more health than any other unit, and they don't wear any body armour. The only place they're any more resilient than a naked civilian is the helmet, and that doesn't exactly offer a ton of protection.

[frank lynx]

It just feels like it

Im gonna keep them

its just the position the battle takes place

they have the advantage

Ill send the mission when i get home

[still forum]

Helo.
Request for feedback.

_handle = [] spawn {
  sleep 5;
  "Hello"
};

_result = waitUntil _handle;
_result // "Hello"

[warm hedge]

Feedback

Here you go

So the concept here is waiting 5 seconds to make a return?

[hallow mortar]

It's a bit edge-case since normally you use spawn precisely because you don't want to wait for the spawned thread. But I guess there would be some uses and it doesn't hurt anything to add.

[hallow mortar]

It's that waitUntil can now wait for a script handle to finish directly (bypassing scriptDone), and if you do so, then waitUntil gives you the return from the finished script. The sleep 5 is just a basic demonstration, not the point.

[warm hedge]

I never really messed with scriptDone etc so gotta ignore it 😄

[frank lynx]

My favorite code is

set action it allows you to do alot of stuff (just combine it with other code

[still forum]

Previously you could not get the return value out of a spawn.
And to wait for it to finish, you would have to waitUntil in a loop checking scriptDone.

With this, you can basically implement "await"

[stark fjord]

Could be useful in some cases

[little raptor]

What's the point?
It's never like await
If you're in scheduled env, you do "call"
If you're in unsch, your waitUntil doesn't do anything

[stark fjord]

Multiple threads spawned from one scheduled

[little raptor]

What threads? SQF is single threaded

Chaining calls will be faster

[stark fjord]

"Threads"

Eg you have some timed scripts executing, and checking for result every now and again

[little raptor]

Again you can call

[stark fjord]

You wouldnt use waitUntil tho

[little raptor]

Well yeah. Exactly my point. It won't serve any purpose

[stark fjord]

Result is more interesting on my part

[hallow mortar]

You'd use it in the same situations as the existing waitUntil+scriptDone - scheduled script needs to wait for another scheduled thread - except now you also get a return value

[stark fjord]

Ah but you cant get result unless you wait until...

[little raptor]

Well getting result makes sense. But again you have to make sure it's done
And it brings the question: what should the result be when not done?

[stark fjord]

Well, if scriptDone handle then _result = waitUntil handle; 😄

As per above syntax you only get result with waitUntil

[hallow mortar]

Well it's still waitUntil, it won't continue until the script is done

[little raptor]

Well using waitUntil scriptDone is just stupid. You can just call whatever you're spawning

[stark fjord]

If you are not doing something timed in there

[little raptor]

Call in schd is schd

[stark fjord]

Yes bit youd have to wait to complete

[stark fjord]

With this you dont

[hallow mortar]

Unless you want the initial thread to do something else while it's waiting for the other thread. Or the threads are separated for code logistics reasons (e.g. separate modules). Or you don't actually control one of the scripts - this could be used as an API tool for other people's systems, for example.

[stark fjord]

Eg

_hdl = [] spawn smthinh;
_r = 0;
while {true} do
{
// do something
if scriptDone _hdl then
{
  _r = waitUntil _hdl,
}

//do something else
}```

With call you are stopped b4 doing something else

[hallow mortar]

You shouldn't need if scriptdone _hdl then waitUntil _hdl, the whole point is that waitUntil waits for the script to be done

[little raptor]

Well let me point out a great flaw in this idea. To return the result, you must keep it in memory because you don't know when the user is gonna call waitUntil. Previously a spawned script would just destroy. Now you're wasting memory for each spawn. Infinite memory leak

[stark fjord]

I dont wanna wait, thats the point

WaitUntil is just a way of getting result

[stark fjord]

That is a good point tho...

What if... you had to pass a pointer to the memory storage if u wanted to keep result... wait thats too C

[willow hound]

That only applies if there still is an SQF reference to the handle somewhere. If nothing is holding on to the handle, you can free that memory immediately.

[willow hound]

Personally, I wouldn't mind having that kind of await in SQF, but I can't really think of a use case that would require it. Using that waitUntil presumably requires you to be in a scheduled environment, and if you are in scheduled, you can already use call to achieve the same thing today (as Leo pointed out):

_result = [] call {
  sleep 5;
  "Hello"
};
```The only additional benefit I can think of is that for any given handle `_h`, you could pass `_h` to multiple scripts / functions and then use `_r = waitUntil _h` statements to comfortably await the same result in several different scripts / functions:
```sqf
_h = [] spawn ...;
_h spawn {
  /* Do something ... */
  _r = waitUntil _this;
  /* Continue doing something ... */
};
_h spawn {
  /* Do something else ... */
  _r = waitUntil _this;
  /* Continue doing something else ... */
};

[little raptor]

Yeah fair point

Tho I'm not sure if the handle is actually a pointer. I always thought it's just a number (as in you can't store the result in it, so you'd need to create a pointer for result)
If it's a pointer already it can include the result

[still forum]

You do call if you want to wait for it now.
Not if you want to wait for it some time later

[still forum]

Well let me point out a great flaw in your idea.
All variables are reference counted. If no-one holds a handle to the script, there can be no-one to read the result, thus the spawned script would just destroy, as it had done previously.

[hallow mortar]

vague and probably wrong thought:

_result = waitUntil [_scriptHandle, _bool];```
where `_bool` is `true` to automatically discard and destroy the script handle once this `waitUntil` completes. Save having to write `_scriptHandle = nil` after you're done for cleanup

[little raptor]

there's really no need to do this now. as he said script handle is ref counted so it's ok

[hallow mortar]

I understand what he said, but if you had saved that handle to a variable then that reference still exists, until you get rid of the variable. I suppose it would have to be a global var rather than a local var as in the example I gave, since locals are routinely auto-destroyed, so it's probably not that much of an issue in the big picture.

[still forum]

Even then we can still delete the "big" scheduled script, and only need to store the result variable.
Which is as large as just storing the result itself into a global variable.

The waitUntil will just see that the script is gone (same way as scriptDone currently does it), and find the stored result value

[little raptor]

I guess instead of a bool, adding a time interval for this syntax makes sense

[still forum]

Uh nice, a maximum wait/timeout. And it returns nil if it didn't finish?

[little raptor]

time out and maybe interval too (as in how frequently check it, otherwise sleep?)

[still forum]

But what if the script itself, normally returns nil too

I don't think interval is needed. That will be a engine check. Checking interval is probably more expensive than just checking if its done

[little raptor]

that's the scripter's fault

[hallow mortar]

Ooh, if there's a timeout can it work for normal Code waitUntils as well? It's something that is currently possible with some time maths, but it would be a neat convenience if there was a shortcut

[little raptor]

or instead of nil, return a default

tho now the problem is, is time in game time (like sleep) or ui time (like uiSleep)?

[still forum]

My original note on the (year old) ticket was not about await but "This will make it easy to implement futures/promises."

We already have futures, via waitUntil+scriptDone loop. But you cannot get the result out.
That's the main thing

I think my original idea back then was to just have a command to get the result. Like

waitUntil { scriptDone _scriptHandle };
_result = scriptResult _scriptHandle;

but if I re-use waitUntil, I don't need a new command for it

for captureFrame I added time as text "0.5s" we could do "0.5s" time vs "0.5uis" uiTime. But thats ugly

easiest for me would be to use diag_tickTime.
If you want something specific (which in scheduled scripts is never specific anyway) you can use the old waitUntil scriptDone loop with your time/uiTime timeout.

[willow hound]

Let's get SQF callback hell

_handle = [] spawn ...;
_h1 = _handle onComplete [/* Callback */, /* Arguments */];
_h2 = _handle onTimeout [/* Timeout */, /* Callback */, /* Arguments */];
_h3 = _handle onException [/* Callback */, /* Arguments */];

[frank lynx]

@analog mulch Do you still want to try

?

I just need to finish testing to make sure its 100% possible

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-stop-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif-7964841

[sullen sigil]

I can't wait for people to write even worse code with this feature

[winter rose]

waitUntil we reintroduce goto in SQF

[sullen sigil]

😦

I just want my angular velocity interpolation man

[winter rose]

🇩 🇪 🇳 🇮 🇪 🇩

[cosmic lichen]

Is that the brother of spider man?

[sullen sigil]

Spider man doesn't have a brother only plot points

[analog mulch]

Yeah

[frank lynx]

Ok im testing it rn

its really hard so i recommend saving alot

in the mission you will be a squad leader

and any member you use you cant get back until you lose or win

[frank lynx]

Its almost done testing

it took me 40 minutes already

So i undone all my things

but i was pretty close to victory with not alot of casualties so its 100% possible

I clicked end instead of load

[exotic gyro]

I just want my PlaySoundSet3D

[frank lynx]

Im releasing it now please provide feedback before i publishly release

[junior moat]

the error message keeps on saying that forEach (units _transportSquad) is an array and that it cant take an array????

[stable dune]

Did you try with moveincargo with index

[junior moat]

is that a command?

[stable dune]

_soldierOne moveInCargo [_jeepOne, 1];

[junior moat]

well, i have this currently:

{
    _x moveInCargo _transportTruck; // Move this unit into the next available cargo seat in the transport truck
} forEach (units _transportSquad); // Do for each unit in the infantry squad's group

[stable dune]

{
     _x moveInCargo [_vehicle, _forEachIndex+1];
} forEach (units _squad)

[junior moat]

so like, would i have to set up a counter variable?

is _forEachIndex defined by the forEach?

[stable dune]

Maybe +1 because it starts 1, and for each index start from 0

[hallow mortar]

Yes, automatically

[stable dune]

Yes

[junior moat]

thats really useful to know, didn't realise that existed lol

[hallow mortar]

However, the code you already have should work, or if it doesn't work it should be because of cargo being full or whatever, not because of a script error. The code as posted should not cause an error,
PROVIDED
that all the variables involved actually contain what you expect them to contain. You need to check that.

[junior moat]

i absolutely did, i can re-check if needed hold on

[hallow mortar]

It would be helpful to see a bit more of the function code as well

[crimson lion]

How is _transportTruck created? i.e. via bis_fnc_spawnvehicle / createvehicle?

[junior moat]

the code is too long to post here unfortunetly

[junior moat]

via the function,

[crimson lion]

bis_fnc_spawnvehicle returns an array, you would want to select the first (0th) thing in the array which is the actual vehicle object so maybe try:

    _x moveInCargo (_transportTruck select 0);
} forEach (units _transportSquad);```

Further reading you can see here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle under Return Value

[hallow mortar]

https://pastebin.com/

[errant iron]

When I first read the docs, it seemed like a weird omission that we couldn't get the return value of spawned scripts. In practice, I didn't actually find any desire for this and could make do with polling multiple scripts periodically + appending to arrays, although FWIW I've worked on only a couple persistent missions in total...

It does reminds me of how I often needed to wait for the result of a remote-executed function, mostly client -> server -> client, and it felt somewhat inconvenient needing to decompose this into a bunch of callbacks, but I guess that isn't really a bad practice

[tulip ridge]

When I first read the docs, it seemed like a weird omission that we couldn't get the return value of spawned scripts.

It's the nature of waiting, how can you get the return of a bit of code from before it's finished executing?

[errant iron]

oh i didn't mean i was expecting script handles to yield values mid-execution, i just found it weird that when i read this page, i was surprised that there wasn't a command to await for a script handle's result:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Script_Handle

This handle's status can be checked with scriptDone, it can be terminated with terminate.

[granite sky]

Occasionally I use waitUntil + scriptDone because it's difficult to prove that the spawned code is 100% reliable in all situations and it's important not to break the calling code if it isn't.

[tulip ridge]

When would a script return a value yet not complete

[errant iron]

I can also imagine a use case in my Zombie Framework mission where I might have an objective script that ends when multiple zombie spawners are exhausted, so starting all the spawner scripts and using waitUntil scriptDone would definitely be more preferable than just calling them in order, though personally I like polling them in a while loop instead

[errant iron]

Like, are you asking if it would be useful for SQF to have generator/coroutine functions?

[tulip ridge]

No, you said it's weird that there isn't a command to wait for a script handle's result (I assumed return)

[errant iron]

Yeah, we already consider script handles done/completed when they return, don't we? For example: ```sqf
_code = {
sleep 1;
123
};
_ret = call _code; // _ret = 123

_handle = 0 spawn _code;
waitUntil {scriptDone _handle};``` The spawned _code reached 123 and that would have been its return value after the script was done, so I think it semantically makes sense that returning implies the completion of said script

[still forum]

I was thinking about coroutines too 😄

Add commands for a script to yield return a value that you can waitUntil for.
And a way to resume it

But probably not uff

[tulip ridge]

There is no explicit "return" command. A script finishes when it has no more instructions.

private _someCode = {
    0;
    systemChat "No return";
};
call _someCode; // nil

So there's no point in a command that waits for a return, because if a script returns anything it's done.

[still forum]

Return == function end

[tulip ridge]

Yeah

[south swan]

exitWith is kinda explicit return?

[errant iron]

right, there may not be an explicit return command, but call can produce the last value of a statement that a Code value executes

[tulip ridge]

You don't always return something with an exitWith

And all it does is end the script after completing whatever code is in it

[tulip ridge]

Yes, which means the script is done, so just use scriptDone

[errant iron]

But why can't we access that value for spawned scripts?

[still forum]

You do. Even if it's a nil, it's still a value

[tulip ridge]

I just meant a non-nil value

[still forum]

Only way to return nothing, is it end the function with a variable assignment

[south swan]

we can't access spawn's return because we're totally not in scope or something?

[still forum]

The return value of a call is also out of scope after the call ends.

We just store it, after the end. So that the caller can get it.
We don't store it for a spawn

[south swan]

awww, script handles aren't hashable. No direct setting of value inside some hashmap from inside the spawned code

[errant iron]

I was theorizing when I first made my objective manager that I could produce a random/incrementing variable name to pass to an individual objective script, and then have a mapping of names to scripts to let me grab whatever value each objective sets once they're completed

[south swan]

well, they already have unique script handles that are accessible from within the spawned code with _thisScript. Except it can't be used as is, so you do need to homebrew something of your own indeed

[errant iron]

Ultimately I didn't go through with it because I didn't want my loop to handle the actual logic on which objectives should spawn in, just the responsibility of replenishing them

[errant jasper]

I mean it is quite simple to work around though. But if I want to wait for spawned scripts and then do something in another scripts I have already moved to an event based system instead.

[errant iron]

I just made the connection that SQF's unscheduled vs. scheduled environment is analagous to sync/async functions in other languages

i want my python coroutines in arma 🥺

Well, maybe one day I'll play around with Pythia and make something cool with it, but for now, I'm going to sit on my rocking chair and do nothing for the rest of time

[south swan]

pycrastination

[coarse dragon]

i seem to be having a issue. i have groups hidden in a layer and have a trigger for when bob dies, they show up in 11 secs. but it does not wanna work. i have the Show/hide set up right. and the trigger is an alive bob; i cant get it to work for some reason.

[crimson lion]

if you want it to happen when bob dies, the condition should be !alive bob

[coarse dragon]

epp thanks Bromine

[weary yarrow]

does arma has access to __Linux__? Or in other words, will this work? ```#ifdef linux

#else
#include "CfgPatches.hpp"
#include "CfgNetworkMessages.hpp"

#include "CfgFunctions.hpp"
#include "CfgSounds.hpp"
#include "CfgMovesBasic.hpp"
#endif```

[tulip ridge]

No, you can read https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands to see what commands are available

[pallid palm]

Hello @tulip ridge

nice to see you m8

or should i say read you

you know Dart is a great name for you cuz you hit the Bullseye every time

[coarse dragon]

what if the dart, misses

[pallid palm]

he never miss

[granite sky]

There was a command that would tell you if the client was linux, but I can't remember what it was.

[pallid palm]

hes a super pro

and when i say super im mean a super super pro

as soon as he helped me my fun started

[tulip ridge]

It's https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/productVersion

[pallid palm]

sorry Dart i just cant say enough good things about you

[weary yarrow]

yepif(_platform == "Linux") exitWith {}; ////Professor Sugon says on deez nuts for all Linux users

[granite sky]

Is this harassment yet :P

[pallid palm]

lol

[weary yarrow]

but I need to not load particular .cpp file if game/server is running on Linux, which can only be done in preprocessing

[weary yarrow]

which is impossible to my understanding

[tulip ridge]

Correct

[weary yarrow]

What about __EVAL? Is it possible to check with it?

[tulip ridge]

No

__EVAL macros must be assigned to a config property
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands#EVAL

You'd have to just make a separate mod / addon to be manually loaded for Linux machines

[broken pivot]

Does anyone know how to setup medical facilitys on ace?
I want to setup a tarp with fortify tool and do surgerys on it

This is my code: (init.sqf)

[west, 3, [["Tarp_01_Small_Black_F", 1], ["Land_MedicalTent_01_Nato_generic_inner_F", 2]]] call ace_fortify_fnc_registerObjects;

This is my code for medical facility:

class CfgVehicles {
    class ThingX;
    class Land_MedicalTent_01_NATO_generic_inner_F: ThingX {};
    class Tarp_01_Small_Black_F: Land_MedicalTent_01_NATO_generic_inner_F {};
};

class ace_medical_facilities {
    EBER_allOfMyFacilities[] = {"Land_MedicalTent_01_NATO_generic_inner_F", "Tarp_01_Small_Black_F"}; //der Classname von dem Objekt das eine Med. Facility sein soll
};

I dont even know what "ThingX" is... this is the code from ace wiki. I dont get what the F Im doing wrong. Im into this since a few hours again...
please someone... release me

I think somewhere the ace_medical_isMedicalFacility is missing. But where and how...?

[crimson lion]

I don't think you'll need to do anything with CfgVehicles since you are defining objects that already exist in the game.

That's if you're doing it via an addon though, if you just want to do it in the scripting of a mission you're making, then you could just do as it says: _object setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalFacility", true, true]; where _object is whatever you are making a medical facility either in 3den or zeus

[tulip ridge]

Exactly what the wiki shows

class ACE_Medical_Facilities {
    TAG_yourAddon[] = {
        "TAG_yourObject"
    };
};

That's also config, not scripting

[broken pivot]

So it will look in the end like this:

class ACE_Medical_Facilities {
    EBER_yourAddon[] = {
        "EBER_Tarp_01_Small_Black_F"
    };
};

And Im entering this into config.cfg?

Or what means _yourAddon?

[tulip ridge]

The exact name doesn't matter, you would usually just name it after the addon that adds it

E.g. if you addon was called EBER_medical, you'd use that

[broken pivot]

Huh? So ace? Or whats the definition of addon in this case?

[tulip ridge]

The class name in CfgPatches

[broken pivot]

Oh its the surename and name thing?

Btw Im in creativity lounge if youve time

[tulip ridge]

?

[broken pivot]

I need help with that. So many questions and nobody can anwser them or have time

In functions you need to give it a surename and name

Or its called father brother sister. Something like that

[tulip ridge]

Do you mean a prefix?

[broken pivot]

I dont really know 😢 Im getting depressive from this...

Btw. your codes not working

This is description.ext

Wrong line ... wait

Here#

This is my error

[tulip ridge]

Oh it's a mission?
Didn't realize that

[broken pivot]

Its a sever

I want to place down a tarp with fortify tool and use it as medical facility

[tulip ridge]

Remove that bit and add this in your init.sqf

["EBER_Tarp_01_Small_Black_F", "InitPost", {
    params ["_object"];
    _object setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalFacility", true];
}, true, [], true] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

[broken pivot]

Ive not even a idea how this works...

Ill enter

Not working. What do you mean by remove that bit?

[tulip ridge]

Oh I missed a quote

Add an extra " after ace_medical_isMedicalFacility

I also fixed what I sent if you want to copy/paste

[broken pivot]

And "
Is called quote?

[tulip ridge]

Yeah

[broken pivot]

Noted and corrected

Not working

It should be there

Poor Marc...

[tulip ridge]

Hm, odd
Check your addon options to make sure "Locations boost training" is enabled

Should be under "ACE - Medical"

[broken pivot]

Its disabled I know this. Im gonna change an retry

[tulip ridge]

Oh well then that's a reason why

[broken pivot]

Its not

Even with a bigger wound

In Vanilla medical building its working so it has to be something on the script

(Operationsset, German for Surgery Kit)

[tulip ridge]

In that bit of code I sent, add:

systemChat format ["_object = %1", _object];

After the params ["_object"]; line

[digital radish]

Is there any wat to force a unit to wear two uniforms simultaneously and hide pieces of one?
Or use attachTo for that?

[broken pivot]

This is what I got. Ill try

[digital radish]

I HIGHLY recommend you install vs code (not visual studio) and get the sqf extensions

[broken pivot]

Nothing changed

[tulip ridge]

You'd have to attach it

[tulip ridge]

There's no message when you build the tent?

[broken pivot]

Noper

[tulip ridge]

Odd

[digital radish]

do you know if it'll stick to the model bones properly?

[tulip ridge]

I don't think it'd change anything, but try changing it to just "Init"?

[tulip ridge]

Look at the params for attachTo, you can specify a position and whether it should follow the bone's rotatation

[broken pivot]

@tulip ridge What are we going to do now?

[tulip ridge]

Did you try this?

[broken pivot]

What to change?

InitPost to Init?

[tulip ridge]

Yeah

[broken pivot]

Copy im into

Nope

No message no stitching

This cant be so hard... what is the Problem again. Why everybody can do this without me...
I think we should concentrate more on the wiki https://ace3.acemod.org/wiki/framework/medical-treatment-framework

[tulip ridge]

Yes, that variable being set on the object is from the wiki.

You can't use the ACE_medical_facilities method because this is for a mission, not a mod

[broken pivot]

Ok so chin up and lets keep going

    params ["_object"];
    systemChat format ["_object = %1", _object];
    _object setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalFacility", true];
}, true, [], true] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

This is my init right now

[tulip ridge]

Are you sure that's the same class name as your tent?

Could copy/paste from your fortify list to double check

[broken pivot]

Ok Ill

There it is the right classname

[tulip ridge]

Oh well that's why
In a previous sample you sent you had a different class name

[broken pivot]

no

noooo

nooooooooooooooo

So whats the issue?

Ive just typed in letter by letter. Slow. Very slow. Its the same name

[tulip ridge]

The code never runs because that class is never made

Remove the "EBER_" part

[broken pivot]

Oh ma gawd

Ill

marc is still having pain

And no message

["Tarp_01_Small_Black_F", "Init", {
    params ["_object"];
    systemChat format ["_object = %1", _object];
    _object setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalFacility", true];
}, true, [], true] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

And InitPost doesent help

Btw. why do we need the Init in it? Ive read about all commands ur using. Im not figuering out what you do

[fair drum]

The init flag makes it so that when the object is created, the code you provide is called. Very similar to the object's init field in the editor. CBA does it a different way because with vanilla arma, "init" event handler needs to be defined in the config in a mod, not in a mission.

Where is this being placed? And are you testing on a dedi as a client or what?

[broken pivot]

Im placing it with Fortify Tool and run the mission in editor multiplayer

[fair drum]

i mean the code

[broken pivot]

Its in the init.sqf

Is this what you need to know?

@fair drum

[fair drum]

chill, gotta replicate your issue

[broken pivot]

Copy this

[tulip ridge]

You can't use init for a class EH in a mission?

[broken pivot]

Whats EH?

[fair drum]

not in the traditional addEventHandler sense I thought. wiki states only config (unless they are also including description.ext, which if that is the case, probably should add that to the wiki page for clarification - class EH doesn't exist on description.ext page either, which makes me assume you can't use it there as well))

[tulip ridge]

Short for "event handler", basically some code that runs whenever something happens

[broken pivot]

Ill read the wiki page so maybe I can help

[tulip ridge]

Yeah it's a cba one
I forget how they work under the hood, so that could be the issue

[fair drum]

yeah my comment was referencing that vanilla, you can't use "init" when it comes to addEventHandler, as opposed to "init" in addClassEventHandler from CBA

probably could have wrote it better

[tulip ridge]

Ah

[broken pivot]

Work together. Mixing brain cells. Sharing knowlegde. #MakeArmaNotWar

piece love harmony

[winter rose]

peace* (hopefully? 😄)

[broken pivot]

Im so done other here. Its 2am in germany and Im into this for now 8 hours. talked to 7 diffrent people

[tulip ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/anakin-starwars-darthvader-gif-5533636

[broken pivot]

But yeah thats what I wanted to say

[winter rose]

just poking fun 😁 but yeah don't code while tired©, it's a recipe for disaster and the preamble to "a good night of sleep and… oooh so that was the issue!"

[broken pivot]

I cant sleep without making it work

Im kinda obsessed

So lets keep the chin up and stay focused

I just have to add the ace_medical_facilities command to the tarp classname

[fair drum]

well the check that ace is doing is:

#define CHECK_OBJECTS(var) ((var) findIf {typeOf _x in GVAR(facilityClasses) || {_x getVariable [QEGVAR(medical,isMedicalFacility), false]}} != -1)

so the class of the object needs to be in ace_medicaltreatment_facilityClasses

so let me test a sec, because that seems to be the issue. you might not need to do any config stuff

[tulip ridge]

Or has the variable set, which is what that script should do

Oh wait it's an array, I thought it was a hashmap

Would've been easier to just add the class name to that yeah

[broken pivot]

What is hash? (not weed)

[tulip ridge]

A hashmap, thought faster than I typed apparently

[broken pivot]

Ill read about hashmap

[fair drum]

actually, its ace_medical_treatment_facilityClasses my b

[tulip ridge]

medical_treatment

[fair drum]

yeah lol, can't type today

[tulip ridge]

@broken pivot try running this in your init.sqf, see if that changes anything:

ace_medical_treatment_facilityClasses pushBack "Tarp_01_Small_Black_F";

[broken pivot]

Ill do immediatly

[fair drum]

i think the issue is addClassEventHandler. its working on objects such as vehicles, but not this tarp, and some buildings

[tulip ridge]

Oh yeah it probably doesn't have XEH

Actually, an old sample he sent had it inheriting from ThingX, which does have it iirc

Could be wrong though

[fair drum]

yeah, the tarp is missing all the XEH handlers

[broken pivot]

WOOOO

WOOOO

[fair drum]

new strategy: use a scriptedEventHandler or cba event handler

acex_fortify_objectPlaced

// passed params
[player, side, objectPlaced]

Global

[tulip ridge]

That'd do it 🫠

[tulip ridge]

Probably a bit much for someone newer

Chances are the only tarps are the ones they're placing from ace fortify anyway

[fair drum]

ill write it for him

@broken pivot this works for me in my tests:

[west, 5000, [
    ["Tarp_01_Small_Black_F", 5]
]] call ace_fortify_fnc_registerObjects;

ace_medical_treatment_facilityClasses pushBackUnique "Tarp_01_Small_Black_F";
["acex_fortify_objectPlaced", {
    params ["_unit", "_side", "_object"];

    diag_log format["ACE_Fortify:: Object Placed: %1", _object];

    if (_object isKindOf "Tarp_01_Small_Black_F") then {
        _object setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalFacility", true];
    };
}] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

remove all the config crap you have tried before this. this is all you need if you are intending on just upgrading the placed ones

[broken pivot]

Im back guys. Thank god. Thank @winter rose

@tulip ridge youve Paypal? I want to give you something back

Just some small like 5€

I really have nothing. Really nothing. But I want to share something to you

[tulip ridge]

I do not, and please do not pay me

[winter rose]

OK, I'll take it then 😄

you're two great guys here, thanks ❤️

[broken pivot]

Ok. So please know:

Its not selfunderstanding that people are helping me the way you did.
I want to hug you and scream thank you
Im so proud that youvedid it

I cant bring my emotions in the right words cause its 3am meanwhile in germany but I hope you can feel how warm my heart is #noHomo #IveNothingAgainstGayImJustNot

[broken pivot]

Im part of Arma3 since I can think. And you all are making me so proud to be part of this

[little raptor]

idk what you mean 😅

[granite sky]

It's so we don't have to do a +0.0.1 version just because some extremely complex new subroutine fails in a corner case :P

[placid spear]

Anyone got a sane way of applying acceleration to an object?

[granite sky]

addForce is safe enough in small quantities.

[vapid scarab]

"safe enough" cough cough

[granite sky]

Well, we're talking physX here :P

[shut flower]

hey, is it possible to add a fade out/in effect to a dialog?

[bold comet]

you'll have to use animation on the components i guess

createDialog with a fade in, that doesn't seem to exist

also have in mind that if it's a dialog your players will want to access in the middle of a fight, any unecessary animation will annoy them greatly

[exotic gyro]

Cba pfh with setvelocity? Just use diag_deltatime inside it to compensate for frame rate

[vocal chasm]

Question, i recently started mission making, together with using scripts. Naturally i stumbled upon (the death of) armaholic. Where can i find/search a lot of arma 3 scripts?

[placid spear]

Got it figured out. I spawn a shell that uses shotShell to act as the carrier, use attachTo, until guidance picks up, and it detaches

[exotic gyro]

we love attaching things to bullets

[placid spear]

https://tenor.com/view/todd-howard-it-just-works-bethesda-this-all-just-works-gif-20598651

[exotic gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/no-im-not-trump-weird-horse-dr-strangelove-1964comedy-peter-sellers-gif-14713516

[jade acorn]

you can't

[vocal chasm]

Sad

[jade acorn]

check the scripting guides on wiki, there are videos on youtube, you might be able to access armaholic through web archive it it was cached.

better to write your own scripts and then come here to ask why it doesn't work so you don't have to rely on vanishing websites

just don't use chatgpt for it and we will be friends

[vocal chasm]

xD, I won't, thx for the answer

[crisp sonnet]

Heyo, it's ya boi, back here with another issue

So

[winter rose]

run!!

[crisp sonnet]

I want a trigger to add an Apex 'hold action' to a unit that is then removed from the unit when the action is completed. The action is supposed to trigger damaging an object on the map called 'Banana' and the unit it's supposed to add the action to is called martinez.

This is the script:

// Check if the script is running on the server
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

// Parameters
private _unit = _this select 0; // Unit that will perform the hold action
private _object = _this select 1; // Object to be damaged
private _damageAmount = _this select 2; // Amount of damage to apply to the object

// Function to add custom hold action
private _addHoldAction = {
    params ["_unit", "_object", "_damageAmount"];

    _unit addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
        params ["_unit"];
        if (_unit distance _object < 3 && (inputAction "UseAction" > 0.1)) then {
            private _startTime = time;
            while {inputAction "UseAction" > 0.1} do {
                if (time - _startTime > 5) then {
                    // Damage the object
                    _object setDamage (damage _object + _damageAmount);

                    //  Show a hint to the player (Debug)
                    hint "Hold Action completed. Object damaged.";

                    // Remove the event handler after completion
                    _unit removeAllMissionEventHandlers "Draw3D";
                    break;
                };
                sleep 0.1;
            };
        };
    }];
};

// Execute the function
[_unit, _object, _damageAmount] call _addHoldAction;

And this is how it's called:

null = [martinez, banana, 1] execVM "holdAction.sqf";

I'm getting an error at line 15 saying there's a missing ;. Where have I gone wrong?

[winter rose]

first, can't sleep in an EH

also, while are limited to 10k iterations in unscheduled environments

and I think that's a bad structural design overall

[crisp sonnet]

I'm very new to scripting

Tried to do this one without AI assistance and that was probably my first mistake

[hallow mortar]

The error is probably because you're trying to add a mission event handler to a specific unit, and that's not how mission EHs work

[crisp sonnet]

So, how do I go about doing this?

[hallow mortar]

Just use BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd, it is specifically for this purpose

[crisp sonnet]

...

And why did I not think of this

I shall return

[quasi rover]

What happens if there's a script that spawns vehicles from CDLC classes on a vanilla server?

[crisp sonnet]

// Check if the script is running on the server
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

// Parameters
private _unit = _this select 0; // Unit that will perform the hold action
private _object = _this select 1; // Object to be damaged
private _damageAmount = _this select 2; // Amount of damage to apply to the object

// Define the hold action parameters
private _holdActionParams = [
    _unit,                          // Unit to which the action is added
    "Begin Mission",               // Title of the action
    "",                             // Description (can be left blank)
    "",                             // Icon (can be left blank)
    "_this distance _target < 3",   // Condition for the action to be available (within 3 meters)
    "_this call myHoldActionComplete", // Code to execute when the action is completed
    {},                             // Code to execute on each frame while holding (can be left empty)
    {},                             // Code to execute on action start (can be left empty)
    [],                             // Arguments passed to the functions (can be left empty)
    3,                              // Action duration in seconds
    0,                              // Priority (can be left at 0)
    true,                           // Remove on completion
    false                           // Show HUD progress bar
];

// Function to handle action completion
myHoldActionComplete = {
    params ["_caller", "_target"];
    _object setDamage (damage _object + _damageAmount);
    
    // Show a hint to the player (Debug)
    hint "Hold Action completed. Object damaged.";
};

// Add the hold action
[_holdActionParams] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;

How's this look?

Ah heck I'm getting an error still about an 'expected object' thing

[tulip ridge]

You can just use your codeCompleted part directly, you don't need to make it a global function for this:

// Check if the script is running on the server
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

params ["_unit", "_object", "_damageAmount"];

// Define the hold action parameters
private _holdActionParams = [
    _unit,                          // Unit to which the action is added
    "Begin Mission",                // Title of the action
    "",                             // Description (can be left blank)
    "",                             // Icon (can be left blank)
    toString {                      // Condition for the action to be available (within 3 meters)
        params ["_target", "_caller"];
        _caller distance _target < 3;
    },
    {                               // Code to execute when the action is completed
        params ["_target", "_caller", "", "_arguments"];
        _arguments params ["_object", "_damageAmount"];
        _object setDamage (damage _object + _damageAmount);
    
        // Show a hint to the player (Debug)
        hint "Hold Action completed. Object damaged.";
    },
    {},                             // Code to execute on each frame while holding (can be left empty)
    {},                             // Code to execute on action start (can be left empty)
    [_object, _damageAmount],       // Arguments passed to the functions (can be left empty)
    3,                              // Action duration in seconds
    0,                              // Priority (can be left at 0)
    true,                           // Remove on completion
    false                           // Show HUD progress bar
];

// Add the hold action
_holdActionParams call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;

[south swan]

[_unit, "Begin Mission",... and [[_unit, "Begin Mission",... are different things

[tulip ridge]

But yes what Artemoz said, _holdActionParams is an array, you then pass that array inside of another array when you do [_holdActionParams] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd

[south swan]

_object and _damageAmount wouldn't be accessible inside the action code

[tulip ridge]

Also your parameters for codeComplete is swapped around, the target is the first parameter

[crisp sonnet]

🥺

I am so clueless on god

[winter rose]

on SQF too

don't worry, we're here to help 😉

[crisp sonnet]

It appears this didn;t work either

[winter rose]

(well, you can worry then)

[crisp sonnet]

Similar error, got object, expected array

[tulip ridge]

Well yeah, there are still some other issues to
For example your codeCompleted code that damages the object runs in a new "scope", meaning it doesn't have access to any of the variables defined above it like _object and _damageToAdd

[crisp sonnet]

So... what do I do?

[hallow mortar]

Script errors and popups. The script may also stop if it then tries to do operations on an object it tried to spawn (because the object doesn't exist)

[crisp sonnet]

Could you uh... help fix all that?

[tulip ridge]

I edited what I sent previously

[quasi rover]

thanks, it's not complicated.

[queen cargo]

It depends on how you implement everything and what rscs you are using @shut flower

[crisp sonnet]

Line 37, type bool, expected number

I assume this is because the 1 that's being called is being converted into a boolean for the setDamage script? I should be able to get around this by replace those parts of the script with setDamage 1 instead of using _damageAmount, correct?

[still forum]

No numbers are not just converted to bool

[shut flower]

I already did a fade in effect with ctrlSetFade on all elements when creating the gui

[still forum]

Add logging into your code to see what values are actually inside your variables

[little raptor]

Is this chat gpt generated?

[crisp sonnet]

No... it's me generated

Which is like

1000% worse

[little raptor]

It has an awful number of comments typical of chat gpt

[hallow mortar]

params isn't needed for holdAction code fields btw, the function already does that internally with the names listed on the wiki
* except for parsing _arguments obviously

[crisp sonnet]

It's based off of older GPT scripts

Specifically co-pilot

And in college we were taught to basically comment everything

[crisp sonnet]

Will do. I assume that's just using the watch debug in the 3den editor to check?

[still forum]

I don't see how you'd debug this using watch

[crisp sonnet]

Isn't there something I can type in there to find the variable?

[still forum]

You'd have to store things into global variables and then watch them?

Not local variables like in your case, no

You can use diag_log to write it to logfile

[crisp sonnet]

Well I know what should be put into those values

[hallow mortar]

systemChat is also a good way of reporting things as you don't need to tab out to find and read it

[crisp sonnet]

This is what it should be inputting when it executes the sqf:
null = [martinez, banana, 1] execVM "holdAction.sqf";

[winter rose]

just a note here, this is pure nonsense - unlearn that ASAP 😉
code must be readable, a comment is here to say why something is like this, not to say what the code does 🙂

[crisp sonnet]

Lmfao so many things college taught me that are just useless

[hallow mortar]

You don't need null =. That used to be needed for Editor code fields, but that's been fixed for ages

[crisp sonnet]

I've been doing stuff in 3den for a reallllly long time so that makes sense

Been playing for like 7000 hours and still don't know jack about scripts. That tracks XD

[hallow mortar]

btw, this script has an "exit if not on server" thing, which is often a correct locality safeguard, but then it uses BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd which is Local Effect and useless if run on the server (because the server has no player to use the action).
It should either not have that exit condition, or remoteExec BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd. Which one is correct depends on the desired behaviour and where the code is being executed.

[crisp sonnet]

So how do I fix all this and make it work?

[hallow mortar]

I'm still looking for the actual type bool expected number error

The progress condition is missing from the action parameters

[shut flower]

but unload evh for dialog is non scheduled, so I can't do the same (would require a sleep or waituntil)

[crisp sonnet]

It's before Params, apparently _target is Null?

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd
It should be:

0 Object
1 Title
2 IdleIcon
3 ProgressIcon
4 ConditionShow
5 ConditionProgress
6 CodeStart
...```
but as written, it jumps straight from ConditionShow to CodeStart. As a result the whole array is off by one and the function gets completely confused

[crisp sonnet]

Oh

[hallow mortar]

ConditionProgress can probably be just the same as ConditionShow again, but it does need to be specified

[crisp sonnet]

Like this? ```// Check if the script is running on the server
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

params ["_unit", "_object", "_damageAmount"];

// Define the hold action parameters
private _holdActionParams = [
_unit, // Unit to which the action is added
"Begin Mission", // Title of the action
"", // Description (can be left blank)
"", // Icon (can be left blank)
toString { // Condition for the action to be available (within 3 meters)
params ["_target", "_caller"];
_caller distance _target < 3;
},
toString { // Condition for the action to be available (within 3 meters)
params ["_target", "_caller"];
_caller distance _target < 3;
},
{ // Code to execute when the action is completed
params ["_target", "_caller", "", "_arguments"];
_arguments params ["_object", "_damageAmount"];
_object setDamage (damage _object + _damageAmount);

    // Show a hint to the player (Debug)
    hint "Hold Action completed. Object damaged.";
},
{},                             // Code to execute on each frame while holding (can be left empty)
{},                             // Code to execute on action start (can be left empty)
[_object, _damageAmount],       // Arguments passed to the functions (can be left empty)
3,                              // Action duration in seconds
0,                              // Priority (can be left at 0)
true,                           // Remove on completion
false                           // Show HUD progress bar

];

// Add the hold action
_holdActionParams call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;```

[hallow mortar]

Yes, but also all the other things I mentioned before I found that

[crisp sonnet]

Welp

I'm still stuck

Well I've spent about another 10 minutes staring at this code blankly so I;m just gonna alt-f4 and give up for today

[bold comet]

and players can always force shut your dialog with ESC

[proven charm]

one thing I noticed from the above code is that it runs on server, but the BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd is meant for client

Oh NikkoJT already pointed that out

[still forum]

// Check if the script is running on the server
if (!isServer) exitWith {};

params ["_unit", "_object", "_damageAmount"];
diag_log [1, _this];

// Define the hold action parameters
private _holdActionParams = [
    _unit,                          // Unit to which the action is added
    "Begin Mission",                // Title of the action
    "",                             // Description (can be left blank)
    "",                             // Icon (can be left blank)
    toString {                      // Condition for the action to be available (within 3 meters)
        params ["_target", "_caller"];
        _caller distance _target < 3;
    },
    toString {                      // Condition for the action to be available (within 3 meters)
        params ["_target", "_caller"];
        _caller distance _target < 3;
    },
    {                               // Code to execute when the action is completed
        params ["_target", "_caller", "", "_arguments"];
diag_log [2, _this, _arguments];
        _arguments params ["_object", "_damageAmount"];
        _object setDamage (damage _object + _damageAmount);
    
        // Show a hint to the player (Debug)
        hint "Hold Action completed. Object damaged.";
    },
    {},                             // Code to execute on each frame while holding (can be left empty)
    {},                             // Code to execute on action start (can be left empty)
    [_object, _damageAmount],       // Arguments passed to the functions (can be left empty)
    3,                              // Action duration in seconds
    0,                              // Priority (can be left at 0)
    true,                           // Remove on completion
    false                           // Show HUD progress bar
];

// Add the hold action
_holdActionParams call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;

Run this, after that look into your RPT, and send the logged lines and the script error into here

[bold rivet]

this removeWeaponTurret ["Laserdesignator_mounted", [0]];
this lockTurret [[0], true];

_drone = this;

createKamikazeDrone = {

private _rpg7 = createSimpleObject ["\A3\Weapons_F_Exp\Launchers\RPG7\rocket_rpg7_item.p3d", position _drone];   
_rpg7 attachTo [_drone, [0, 0.085, -0.12]];   
_rpg7 setDir 90;   
_rpg7 enableSimulation false; 

_drone addEventHandler ["Hit", {    
    params ["_drone", "_source", "_damage"];    
    private _charge = "SatchelCharge_Remote_Ammo" createVehicle (getPos _drone);    
    _charge setDamage 1;    
}];    

[] spawn {
    params ["_drone"]; 
    while {true} do {
        params ["_drone"];
        if (vehicle player == _drone) then {    **<- There is the error**
            params ["_drone"];   
            "filmGrain" ppEffectEnable true; 
            "filmGrain" ppEffectAdjust [0.5, 1]; 
            "filmGrain" ppEffectCommit 0;
        } else {
            "filmGrain" ppEffectEnable false;
        };
        sleep 1;
    };
};

};

publicVariable "createKamikazeDrone";

[this] remoteExec ["createKamikazeDrone", 0];

I tried using a film grain filter to the player that uses the drone but it always says that _drone is a unidentified variable

[dusty steppe]

Is the issue that you aren't passing "_drone" into the spawn?

[bold rivet]

i tried writing [_drone] spawn { but it didnt work

if you mean that

im using a ton of gpt and barly script myself so i dont know much

If i put ["_drone"] spawn { then it says that there is a generic error in expression at the same line as before: if (vehicle player == _drone) then

[faint burrow]

You didn't assign any value to _drone.

[dusty steppe]

GPT is bad for code, been said many times here

It looks like you have too many params statements in the spawn block
You can try removing the 2nd and 3rd params statements

Also, that while {true} loop looks like it will run forever, probably not a good way to code it
Probably should be done by an event handler that checks when view changes (uncertain what the right event handler is)

[bold rivet]

oh i wrote the params statements myself with the hope of it working then, that wasnt GPT.
And yes i know GPT is bad in general for scripts in arma but if you ask if often enough and change something yourself, it sometimes works.
Do you know wich event hander i should use? cuz i dont know them all

[dusty steppe]

I can't find the right event handler
ACE does it with CBA event handlers,
The while {true} will work, just aim to keep the code it executes to a minimum

[bold rivet]

Oh so i dont have to use a event handler? I screenshoted the chat and tips here you gave me and sent it GPT with hopes of it imporving its code but it just doesnt work now,i dont get a error message, the effect just doesnt work

[faint burrow]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#OpticsSwitch
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#PlayerViewChanged

[bold rivet]

imma try that thx

[dusty steppe]

Also, remoteControlled might be needed for getting the drone controlled by the player
I think drones work by remote control
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteControlled

[bold rivet]

So you think if i try something like if _drone = remotecontrolled by player then it should work?

not exactly like that of course but with that concept

[dusty steppe]

I think the condition you need is remoteControlled player == _drone

[bold rivet]

["_drone"] spawn {
params ["_drone"];
while {true} do {
if (remoteControlled player (here is the error)== _drone) then {
"filmGrain" ppEffectEnable true;
"filmGrain" ppEffectAdjust [0.5, 1];
"filmGrain" ppEffectCommit 0;
systemChat "filmgrain on";
} else {
"filmGrain" ppEffectEnable false;
systemChat "filmgrain off";
};
sleep 1;
};
};
};

i got the generic error in expression again

anyway, thx for all the help, i go offline now

[hallow mortar]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[bold rivet]

?

[hallow mortar]

["_drone"] spawn {```
This is incorrect

You're just passing the string (literal plain text) "_drone"

You need to pass an object reference. If _drone was a variable in the initial script, you need to pass _drone. Not "_drone".

[bold rivet]

as i said, im mainly using chat GPT, i can barly code myself

oh so using _drone instead of "_drone" would fix it?

[hallow mortar]

"_drone" is used in params because you're telling it what name to give the variable it creates, but when you reference the variable for real, you don't need to make it a string.

[bold rivet]

[_drone] spawn {

like this

?

[_drone] spawn {
params ["_drone"];
while {true} do {
if (remoteControlled player == _drone) then {
"filmGrain" ppEffectEnable true;
"filmGrain" ppEffectAdjust [1, 1];
"filmGrain" ppEffectCommit 0;
systemChat "filmgrain on";
} else {
"filmGrain" ppEffectEnable false;
systemChat "filmgrain off";
};
sleep 1;
};
};
};
i dont get a error message anymore but the filter doesnt work still

As i said, i go now, and thx for the help all.

[junior moat]

hey! anyone know why this might not be working? it adds the Transport Unload waypoint and the Move waypoint, however, the third line, which should delete the vehicle and its crew, doesnt seem to do anything, no error message.

[group _transportTruckGrpLeader, _toPosition, 0, "TR UNLOAD", "AWARE", "YELLOW", "FULL"] call CBA_fnc_addWaypoint;
[group _transportTruckGrpLeader, _transportTruckPos, 0, "MOVE", "AWARE", "YELLOW", "FULL"] call CBA_fnc_addWaypoint;
[group _transportTruckGrpLeader, 1] setWaypointScript "_this deleteVehicleCrew;_this deleteVehicle;";

[faint burrow]

You are using commands incorrectly:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteVehicle
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteVehicleCrew
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointScript
Besides this, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointStatements should be used instead.

[junior moat]

appreciated

[junior moat]

apologies, but i have the following code, and this seems to delete the vehicle but not the vehicles crew? any thoughts?

private _returnWaypoint = [_transportTruckGroup, _transportTruckPos, 5, "MOVE", "AWARE", "YELLOW"] call CBA_fnc_addWaypoint;
_returnWaypoint setWaypointStatements ["true", "deleteVehicleCrew crew vehicle this"];
_returnWaypoint setWaypointStatements ["true", "deleteVehicle vehicle this"];

oh wait

i think i see hold on

hm, no, i removed the crew command from the second line but still just deleting the vehicle

[fair drum]

if the group is just AI and you want to take out the whole group, just do:

toString {
    if !(local this) exitWith {};
    deleteVehicle vehicle this;
    thisList apply {deleteVehicle _x};
};

[junior moat]

im just trying to delete a vehicle and its crew once it reaches a waypoint

[fair drum]

well its gonna do that, if the crew is in the group that the waypoint is for

[junior moat]

oh i see

lemme try it

[tough abyss]

add a keyhandler and block key 1

[bold comet]

which will annoy players even more :p

[tough abyss]

good

fading in and out stuff already is annoying, so why not commit to it.

[bold comet]

exactly

then disable all user input and play the banana phone music on repeat

[tough abyss]

fading in stuff is 2010s loading bar

[bold comet]

forcing the player to alt F4 out of arma

[tough abyss]

block f4 too

[bold comet]

pretty sure you can't actually do that :p

[junior moat]

ok im having a massive issue now and i seriously just cannot understand why for the life of me

the error (at the bottom) is referencing this code:

if (_isArray == false) then {
    _spawnPos = [_toPosition, _fromPosition - 10, _fromPosition + 10, 5] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
} else {
    _spawnPos = _fromPosition;
};

so the second parameter in my function, gets defined to _toPosition in the function. that _toPosition variable is then used as the first parameter in the BIS_fnc_findSafePos inside of my function.

the problem is, when i call the function with an 3D position given as an array in the second paramter for my function, the error message is saying that the first parameter of BIS_fnc_findSafePos (which is _toPosition) is a scalar and not an array???

im so confused as to why

just to prove that _toPosition is actually an array, i added a line to this If statement:

if (_isArray == false) then {
    hint str (typeName _toPosition);
    _spawnPos = [_toPosition, _fromPosition - 10, _fromPosition + 10, 5] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
} else {
    _spawnPos = _fromPosition;
};

running the code now, shows this:

in the hint at the top right, its saying _toPosition is an array, which is exactly what i defined it as, but, at the bottom its saying that its a number??

[junior moat]

^ disregard everything i just said, i managed to fix my issue

[tall barn]

Hi everyone,
So I have been working on a personal invade and annex server, and I found a good file online.

I tried to edit it by re-organising the base, adding new assets, welcome messages etc, and when I play it in the editor, it seems like its fine

However, when I upload it to the server hosting website and I try to play it, I get the following error (pic attached)

I tried to solve this by creating the said file, and kept a cycle of doing this with other ones, until I was finally able to load in and at the end when I did, I spawned with no mission active.

Would someone be willing to help me out? @warm hedge

[fair drum]

you may have made it, but where did you put it

[tall barn]

Just to confirm, I did create the mission file that it said was missing, and had to do this 3 more times I believe, and I was finally able to load in with no issue into the game

However, once in the game, I spawned with no missions ever active

[tall barn]

I created a folder called Script. within that, I created another called, scripts / vehicle / then created a monitor.sqf file

This made that error go away but then other ones came up and repeated the process

[fair drum]

nope

you need it literally to be %rootmissionfolder - where your mission.sqm is%\scripts\vehicle\monitor.sqf

[tall barn]

one sec

[warm hedge]

Why I got an ping

[tall barn]

I thought you liked to help people since I see you pretty active here, and you helped last time

[fair drum]

yeah, don't ping people unless its something they specifically work on or have helped you in the past (same topic)

[tall barn]

he did

[warm hedge]

Then I'll provide no support this time

[tall barn]

No worries. I wish you well. Cya next time

[tall barn]

im trying to find the file, give me a moment

[tall barn]

Hey so I did what you said, which is what I tried also to do in my spare time when it comes to fixing the issue, and now the second error is popping up, and here is a screenshot

Based on past experience, I expect one more of this type to occur, and ultimately to load in with no missions active, but I hope its not the case

[hallow spear]

Whsn ere does the "invisible text" from lbdata come from, or where is it set? I can get magazines to show there class name, but having trouble getting custom addons to share the data.

[fair drum]

ok i'm sorry but you don't know enough to be able to modify another mission.

go back to the basics and learn how things work, then try again

sounds like your "port" is missing lots of stuff

[pallid palm]

hello does anyone know the Code to hide them wired_fences from the map

[tall barn]

Can you explain a bit more why you’re saying this?

[shut flower]

you can't block the 1 key with keyhandler

already tried that

[marsh glen]

guys, is it possible to disable the auto-trim of simple flight model. so the chopper wont keep level itself to balance state while flying?

[warm hedge]

Do you mean Auto Hover?

[pallid palm]

he must mean Auto Hover there's no Auto trim

its just a menu command

he must of been flying around with Atuo Hover On

that would be ruff

@marsh glen you can put Auto Hover On or Off is a simple menu command in the chopper

[sharp grotto]

He probably means the fact that the helicopter needs constant control, otherwise it will "steer up".

"Trim, for those who are unfamiliar, are secondary controls that adjust the main controls and counter aerodynamic forces to keep the helicopter at a set attitude".
I think that is only available in the advanced flight model.

[tall barn]

Is there anyone else that can help me with the topic I mentioned above?

[winter rose]

find where this script is called and try to figure out why you do not have the file
this is not exactly a scripting issue… more of a missing file / wrong server setup / bad mods issue

[thin fox]

where did you get the mission files from?

[tall barn]

Github

[thin fox]

quicksilver github? and what are you trying to achieve?

[tall barn]

I wanted an invade and annex server
I found a good template
Then I wanted to re-organise the base, like I mentioned in my first message,
And then add some mods,
And run the server,
But I get these weird issues

I have an invade and annex server running fine, but then I found a new template I wanted to have instead, but the issues appear

The new template is much newer it seems, has more objectives

[thin fox]

do you have any experience of editing stuff? like scripting etc

[tall barn]

A bit yeah, want to dm or stay here?

[thin fox]

dm me, send me a screenshot of the mission folder

[thin fox]

well seems like this new template is broken or you are missing how to do it

[tall barn]

it was working fine in the eden editor, but when I upload to my server hosting website, it doesnt work

[thin fox]

did you check the server rpt files?

[pallid palm]

when you say hosting do you mean Dedicated Server or Hosting server

you may just need some Code at the top of some Scripts like this

//Server Only Run
if (!isServer) Exitwith {};

//Client Only run
if (!hasInterface) exitWith {};

running a mission in the editer does not mean it will work in a Dedicated server cus the player in a Hosted server is the server ,-----> in or on a Dedicated server the server knows nothing about the player unless otherwize stated

i only know this because of the great guys in discord

thats 5 things i got right he he

and counting 🙂

[winter rose]

// Client Only run
``` more like **player** only 🙂 a player can be server as well

[pallid palm]

yes Sir Lou copy that

the player in a Hosted server is the server

[winter rose]

yisss - here's the full cheatsheet 😉
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting#Different_machines_and_how_to_target_them

[pallid palm]

copy that

nice one awsome m8

here another page where you must handle,,,,, it carefuly

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

i call this server wrap

but thats just me

for me it was hard to understand this at 1st

//Server Only Run
if (!isServer) Exitwith {};

but what this means if you think about it: means if not is the server then exit with nothing,, So it is the server then that the code gets exec on

or all the code below this would be exec on the Server

i hope im making this clear Cuz it was hard for me to understand this before

my G and M-code programing, did not help me to much in sqf lol,

but it did help with X Y Z stuff

hello again friends Does anyone know the Code to hide them wired_fences from the map

i have this in the init file but it dont seem to work

{if ((str _x) find "Wired_Fence" >-1) then {hideObject _x;};} forEach nearestObjects [GetMarkerPos "Center", [], 2000];

[tranquil nymph]

You definitely can

You can block any DIK's default engine behaviour

[tough abyss]

I successfully blocked the ESC key in the past

At least in menus.

display46 is a different thing

[tulip ridge]

Something like this should work.
Just run it local to each client when they join, like in an initPlayerLocal on each machine

private _halfWorldSize = worldSize / 2;
private _worldCenter = [_halfWorldSize, _halfWorldSize];
_halfWorldSize = _halfWorldSize * sqrt 2;

{
    _x hideObject (str _x find "wired" != -1);
} forEach (nearestTerrainObjects [_worldCenter, ["FENCE"], _halfWorldSize, false]);

Tested on Altis and it hid all the fences I could find

[pallid palm]

hmmmm ok

thx m8

[tough abyss]

lbData can be used to store information in lb items. I don't think it's used anywhere in A3

[pallid palm]

oh its Dart awsome m8 thx

[tough abyss]

Maybe in the config browser

No idea what you mean by "custom addons sharing data"

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

pls use the alternative syntax or I'll hate you forever

[queen cargo]

in regards of lbdata
what are you talking about exactly @hallow spear?

[tulip ridge]

Just realized, that should be run on the server as well, since then the fences would be visible on the server's end

[queen cargo]

the info-box in your inventory

or the actual listbox in UIs and custom user data?

[pallid palm]

copy that mate thx you

i did it it works perfect

thx you once again @tulip ridge

[hallow spear]

From inventory.

[queen cargo]

--> #arma3_config

https://github.com/X39/XMedSys1/blob/master/X39_MedSys_Items/items.cpp#L92

should support structured text

[glass nest]

[[worldSize / 2, worldSize / 2], ["FENCE"], worldSize * sqrt 2 / 2,false]

[tulip ridge]

Okay cool, you made a one liner that's harder to understand for most people.

And also have to run the same expression twice

[faint burrow]

3 times (worldSize / 2).

[glass nest]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObjectGlobal doesn't work?

[glass nest]

_halfWorldSize = _halfWorldSize * sqrt 2; >> worldSize * sqrt 2 / 2

that was the point

[tulip ridge]

It does, but I opted to not sync it over the network because it wasn't necessary.

[tulip ridge]

Except _worldCenter doesn't use the square root

[pallid palm]

so i found this does work in the init file for all

//Delete them Stupid Feance's
{if ((str _x) find "wired_fence" >-1) then { hideObject _x;};} forEach nearestObjects [getMarkerPos "Homebase", [], 16000];

[tulip ridge]

Just use the code I sent

[pallid palm]

i did its better

and thx you also Dart

[glass nest]

{ hideObject _x} forEach ((nearestObjects [getMarkerPos "Homebase", [], 16000]) select {((str _x) find "wired_fence" >-1)});

[pallid palm]

ahhh nice

[tough abyss]

the listboxes in the inventory ui don't have any lbData defined.

[tulip ridge]

nearestObjects doesn't include terrain objects unless you pass [] as the type

[pallid palm]

ahh i see ok

[tulip ridge]

Also that would waste time sorting all of the objects by their distance, but considering that doesn't matter for this, it's a bunch of wasted performance

[pallid palm]

copy that

i like better performance

[little raptor]

iirc it does. but not terrain objects without a type

[queen cargo]

ye

[pallid palm]

ahh thx guys you guys keep making my missions better and better

love you guys

[tulip ridge]

I couldn't test, I just based it off of:

Passing an empty array to define the types will also return objects with no class at all (such as trees, bushes, stones, ...). Example:
_objects = nearestObjects [_position, [], _radius];

[queen cargo]

he also was not talking about the lbData

[pallid palm]

hmm insteresting hmmm

[queen cargo]

list box as the ui element

"data" as the info box

[fair drum]

Sorry went to bed and maybe I was just tired so I might not have written that the best way without sounding harsh.

So you had an issue, which I showed you how to fix. Then post a repeat issue of the same thing which would require the same fix soon after. This potentially has many of that same fix and I can't walk through all of them with you (say there was 50 file missing errors). Try the fixes we discussed and if it still doesn't work on the next issue, post what you did and we can work on it. When a new issue starts, start over like how you did with your OP.

File structure like this is one of the first things you run into as a new mission maker. So I was just saying, learn to walk before you run. Do some basic missions and learn how the structure works, then move to modifying someone else's. Otherwise you are gonna be asking a lot of questions and not necessarily learning as much as if you tried it yourself first.

[glass nest]

.don't forget to wrap this on the client in spawn

0 spawn {code}

[tough abyss]

there is no other "data" to listbox items. Except the text and the picture

[tulip ridge]

What makes you think it needs to be spawned

[glass nest]

experience)

[tulip ridge]

Well it doesn't need to be.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[queen cargo]

exacly

[glass nest]

in MP clients have different technical capabilities

[tulip ridge]

The code I sent runs entirely on the client, it runs the exact same in singleplayer and multiplayer.

[tough abyss]

The rest is hard coded when it comes to the inventory ui

[queen cargo]

alphapan refered to the info box shown when you hover above some item

[glass nest]

what is the difference between call and spawn?

[tulip ridge]

Even if a client "[has] different technical capabilities", why do you think running that code in a scheduled environment would fix that?

[tulip ridge]

call will run a given block of code in whatever environement is being used. spawn will always run the given block of code in an scheduled environment.

[glass nest]

the client at the entrance will not hang waiting for the result

[tulip ridge]

It takes fractions of a second

[tough abyss]

Thats a tooltip

[glass nest]

there are different maps and different hardware and believe me, you get surprised later

[tulip ridge]

It won't

I have a question, do you play with ACE?

[queen cargo]

large tooltips ==> info box

[tulip ridge]

If you do, it's the exact same O complexity as ACE adding refuel points to terrain objects

It, again, takes fractions of a second to run. You will not notice a difference

[pallid palm]

btw i use no Mods

i only play on Default Game

[tulip ridge]

Running this 38 times on my own machine took a second.
This code runs once when a player connects to the server.

[pallid palm]

awsome @tulip ridge

[glass nest]

you know better... but this has the property of accumulation, then a couple more of these checks through the entire map, etc., and then we look for why this is so

[queen cargo]

tooltip is a small hint with small font size and only one length of text

line

[tough abyss]

Yep. There are no commands for these though. Scripted tooltips can only be one liners.

[glass nest]

spawn works in parallel and does not interfere with the direct initialization of the client

[tulip ridge]

It does not, SQF is entirely synchronous

[hallow mortar]

Anything that happens once on init/connect can pretty much do whatever it wants. Even a multi-second hang is basically fine, people expect to see a bit of crunch when they're first loading. In fact, it should happen under cover of the loading screen anyway, so it would be impossible to notice.

[queen cargo]

yup

[glass nest]

why?

[queen cargo]

and for items

[hallow mortar]

Why what?

[glass nest]

if this can be avoided

[tulip ridge]

Sure, if you're checking every single object in the entire map multiple times, you should look into a different method. But that's not a problem with the code itself and instead is a structural problem. At that point, (if possible) you should instead only lookup objects when they are needed, as well as caching the results / applicable objects.

[glass nest]

Why should I hide something behind the screen?)

[queen cargo]

you can add details to that info box

[pallid palm]

i'm trusting in the super pro

[hallow mortar]

Because that's what the loading screen is for? To say "hey, we're doing some initialisation stuff, wait a moment"? If there's any time it's safe to cause a performance problem, it's during a loading screen.

[queen cargo]

via config

[hallow mortar]

You really need to get a better translation service, btw. It's very hard to understand what you're saying sometimes.

[tough abyss]

Yeah. config

[fair drum]

You mean scheduled?

[tulip ridge]

Yeah, fixed

[queen cargo]

which was why i refered to #arma3_config and added an example link

[tough abyss]

description and descriptionShort I think

[pallid palm]

i like scheduled

that way i can use sleep,,, em i correct

[tough abyss]

Like the "Armor Level II" for the new vests

[tulip ridge]

Yeah, sleep requires a scheduled environment.
The bad thing about scheduled is that that all scheduled code shares the same amount of execution time. Mission makers tend to use a lot of that time so its usually better for mods to use unscheduled whenever possible so that their code runs reliably.

You can also run into "race conditions", where your code may assume something has already happened, but has not; which could result is some bugs or unintentional behavior.

TAG_someGlobalVariable = false;
[] spawn {
    TAG_someGlobalVariable = true;
};

// TAG_someGlobalVariable won't always be true here because it's changed in a scheduled environment
if (TAG_someGlobalVariable) then {
    // ...
};

[tough abyss]

The entire thing is hard coded though

[pallid palm]

and if i em correct thats 6 things i got right 🙂

oh nice

oh i see wow awsome

[tulip ridge]

ACE has another example of this on their "Scheduler and Our Practices" page:
(I've bolded the relevant parts)

The scheduler will also actually halt your script mid-execution, usually at the end of a given control block, and pause you to yield to other scripts. This can lead to drastically incorrect results when performing calculations and unexpected [behaviors]. For example, try the following code. Even though it doesn’t seem logical, it will show a hint.

myVar = true;
0 spawn {
    while {true} do {
        if (myVar) then {
            if (!myVar) then {
                hint "hi";
            };
        };
    };
};
0 spawn {
    while {true} do {
        myVar = !myVar;
    };
};

[tough abyss]

Like adding mags and weapon items to weapons