arma3_scripting

[granite sky]

Most of those event handlers are global-argument, but the EH often only fires where the object is local.

[azure portal]

And people wonder why I get a headache maintaining my community's mods 😂

Locality is the one thing that has always hurt my brain

[meager granite]

http://foxhound.international/precedence-arma-3-sqf.html

[loud totem]

yo, im making a mission revolving around CSAT and taking them down, and i want the riflemen on the CSAT side to attack civilians to show how brutal they are, is there a script to do this????

[granite sky]

You can join the civilians to a blufor group, and then redfor will shoot at them.

[loud totem]

how do i do that?? im very new lol

[granite sky]

In script it's just joinSilent. Can be done in the editor too, IIRC.

[loud totem]

ty!

okay so dumb question what would i type in ive never scripted beforre

i did

this joinSilent blufor; and its telling me joinSilent needs to be in an array

[lyric gulch]

Would this be the correct place to ask for a walk through on making a mod. I already have the code needed I just need to know how I need to package it to upload to steam so people can subscribe and it will work

[steel hollow]

I'm creating a scenario where the player is a police officer and they get dispatched to a warehouse. There are 2 suspects at the warehouse and I've been trying to write a script that makes the 2 suspects shoot the player if the player draws their weapon 15 meters near the suspects. How can I make this happen?

[icy ridge]

Hey, it's fairly straightforward when using Arma 3/Mikeros Tools.

This page provides solid documentation and should help you get started: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Creating_an_Addon

If you have questions, this channel (and the other channels regarding config etc.) is/are a good place to ask them, just try to use the channel which is most appropriate for your question.

[lyric gulch]

okay thank you so much

[icy ridge]

No problem, best of luck

[icy ridge]

You can make a trigger which changes the suspect's side to an opposing side when the player enters it, or performs a certain action etc. That should make them hostile towards the player and engage him.

Side swaps can be achieved by having them join a group on a different side. For example, given they start out as civilian and the player Blufor, you can have the suspects join an opfor group, making them be considered opfor and thus hostile to the player.

You'd need a trigger, which you can set up in the Editor and in terms of scripting these commands should point you in the right direction:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createGroup
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/joinSilent

To check whether the player has a weapon drawn, you can check the return of currentWeapon.

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

[cedar bay]

tnx guys

i'm glad the script works, just report syntax is wrong 😃

[still forum]

That is because, it doesn't use simpleVM.
Because its too large.
&& {_x} would fit

__EVAL is NOT preprocessor.
Why do you want to do that? Detect if a mod is present?

[proven charm]

I just want to detect if config class/variable exists so i dont try loading it again , just to prevent the already defined warning. my current solution is to use define checks to load the include file only once

[cosmic lichen]

I feel like there are better ways these days.

We have hasInclude for config, fileExists for script.

What tool are you using to build your addon?

[proven charm]

the official addon builder

[cosmic lichen]

[drifting badge]

Still - unsuccessfully - trying to find a way to somehow get the dropoff/pickup location of the "virtual heli transport support" module that is available in vanilla ARMA 3. There has to be a way the AI knows where to go (the player does in fact tell the module where to pick him up and where to drop him off), so the position info MUST be there somewhere and so one should be able to get/grab that info? But how best to do that?

[little raptor]

expectedDestination

if you've already tried that but failed, explain your setup/code

[drifting badge]

@little raptor - Oh that one I did not try.

So far I have the following, with works nicely (put in the INIT field of the platoon leader player). To explain the code below: If you call the virtual AI support transport heli, you can pop a green smoke grenade if you see it coming and this will move an invisible helipad to the location of the green smoke and thus force the AI to land there (effectively helping it to land at a good spot -> before the AI sometimes decided to land elsewhere, either too far away or in a bad spot, leading to its destruction). The invisible helipad then also gets moved back to its original position "off the map" after 30 seconds.

This got me thinking that it would be easier if what I am doing with the smoke grenade would happen right away, when the player calls up and selects the pickup and then after getting on the heli the dropoff position for the virtual transport heli. Because with the above one you still encounter the issue that the heli does not want to drop you off at the location where you ask him to, but looks for a different spot. (Might be that all this is due to the AI having issues with the custom map - so could be it needs this little bit of extra help.)

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[granite moat]

I hesitated to post this here but I think it can help someone create its own version of the script. And I did not find a similar implementation online so here it is

New little script to clear LZ using hatchets (cut tall grass, small trees, etc.) or C-4 for bigger trees.

https://youtu.be/JCx0XhzJ0A8

the link to the git is in the video description. And if you have suggestion to improve it feel free to ping me 👍

[drifting badge]

@granite moat - Oh that is a very cool idea!

[digital hollow]

FYI You can set the direction of the tree fall with alt syntax of setDamage

[fierce marlin]

Anyone have a method to force AI (in parachutes) to come toward ground with some speed / motivation?
On spawn each one gets; addWaypoint ("MOVE"); setWaypointSpeed "FULL"; setBehaviourStrong "CARELESS"; (Did try without setting behaviour, no difference)
They all just float down slowly / aimlessly.
CODE = https://pastebin.com/ZkBZwvKv (WP stuff @ line 100).
VIDEO = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVK11YhP3g&t=447s (~20-30 sec of relevance).
I'm sure I knew the answer here, but I don't work with AI as much as years ago. A friend however wanted me to build him a mission for practicing shooting parachutes, but it's essentially useless if they behave like this :(. Sorry for the long message!

[tulip ridge]

Just setVelocity / addForce

[fierce marlin]

o.O that is temporary / doesn't affect how they move in the parachute, they'd just come down like a cannon :D

I'll try it but I don't see that being beneficial for practicing shooting them

[fierce marlin]

Tried both, setVel is too absolute / non adjustable for the purpose, I tried using a loop of addForce on the parachutes (world & model space), but no matter how strong (10k newtons) I make it they seem to negate it after about 0.25 sec :/

[tulip ridge]

setVel is too absolute
Well sounds like you're just doing a straight setVelocity which would obviously remove their existing velocity. You'd want to add whatever values you want to their current velocity

[fierce marlin]

that's a lot of calc for constant parachuters falling tho

I'm pretty sure the issue here / fix is AI behaviour

[tulip ridge]

It's like three lines

[fierce marlin]

to do it once....

but like I said before, that's a straight line

that's not what I want for practice lol

that's why I tried a loop with addForce, so they'd change direction speed etc constantly

[tulip ridge]

Yeah if you just give it a straight line then it's going to be a straight line

You can also just increase velocity in whatever direction the parachute is facing

[quaint oyster]

Ooh I didn't know this, my trees fall random.

[drifting badge]

@little raptor I was thinking that this might be useful and could be utilized somehow:
[caller, vehicle, position, mainScope, secopScope] call BIS_fnc_transportService

since it has the "position" in there that is passed for pickup/landing

(or alternatively the addMissionEventHandler -> "MapSingleClick")

[crystal marlin]

Is it a bug if you spawn a drone and not get the AI crew along with it? Somebody posted on my Steam workshop item that he's spawning via script a couple of UAVs and the crew is not showing up, so is that something on the mods end? Or is it Arma being Arma?

[cyan thunder]

depends how hes creating the vehicle, you can create them with and without crew

[crystal marlin]

Okay, I don't know what he's doing, all he said is that the crew aren't spawning, so it might be on his end

[cyan thunder]

createVehicle on its own wont create crew

youd need createVehicleCrew, not sure there is a built in way to it in one pass, i rarely use createvehiclecrew tbh, I prefer to have more control since I like to be able to swap troops/crew out as I want

[crystal marlin]

Okay

[granite sky]

I remember specifically having trouble putting AIs in a drone manually. Like if you spawn them outside then they don't work.

So that's about the one thing we use createVehicleCrew for.

[crystal marlin]

Okay

[cyan thunder]

not at pc but as long as its B_UAV_AI or whatnot its never caused me issues and i use a lot of drones 😄

[crystal marlin]

Yeah I use that all the time, so that's not the issue.

[cyan thunder]

Possibly hes not not creating the crew or hes trying to use createVehicleCrew and thats failing somehow, config maybe but if you can place the unit in eden or zeus with crew checked i dont know how itd fail since afaik they do that internally

[crystal marlin]

Yeah as said I don't know the specifics as I don't script and didn't ask either. I'll pass this along though, and maybe that'll fix the problem.

[split scarab]

Can you overwrite settings from Description.ext on the fly? Like switching between vanilla revive system's basic/advanced incapacitate settings?

[native harness]

What is the default height?
In https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicle
"FLY" - if vehicle is capable of flying and has crew, it will be made airborne at default height.

[granite sky]

Last I checked it was 100m, but I don't know where that comes from.

[fierce marlin]

I found this function a while back that actually does them both together https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle

[topaz apex]

hello friends :)
i come with another issue, much simpler this time thankfully

I need an AI jet's radar to be forced on to make player targeting easier. So, I put this setVehicleRadar 1; into the vehicle's init.

But I still had trouble getting a lock. So in the debug menu, I ran isVehicleRadarOn jet;, and it returned false.

...I don't see anything in the documentation that says anything about that kind of behavior. The command doesn't work on player-driven vehicles, but should function on AI vehicles. Yet, again, it doesn't seem to be?

...hold on i might be stupid, I don't think I'm using a vehicle that has radar capabilities.

that was the issue 😭 ignore me.

[ornate whale]

These mission parameters can't be changed mid mission, maybe some of them, but I don't remember any command that would allow you to do that.

[ornate whale]

And usually there's no point in doing such changes.

[drifting badge]

Got another question, as I have been using the vanilla minefield module so far, but that has two issues: The first is that it does only place the vanilla mines/tripwires; the second is that the mine placement (at least for the trip wires) is less then ideal when random. So I rather place some myself at "good" locations and put in different presence percentages in regards to them being there. The problem I have is how to tell the enemy (and maybe also the civilians) where the mines are, so they do not accidentally run into them.

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/revealMine
Try this

[drifting badge]

Ah so just "East revealMine _mine;" in the init field of the mine? Thanks @warm hedge !

[warm hedge]

this instead of _mine if you're putting it into the init

[drifting badge]

got it! much appreciated

[little raptor]

if you're using virtual supports that's not the right function
module functions are defined in the module class (e.g. for the support requester it's BIS_fnc_moduleSupportsInitRequester)

anyway I looked at the code but it seems that the position is registered via the FSMs which I can't open rn

[drifting badge]

@little raptor - Thank you for looking into this. Seems such a simple issue to get the position, but it really looks like there is no simple, straight-forward way to get it. Maybe to go the eventhandler and onmapclick is the better way to do it?

[pallid palm]

@drifting badge i made a complete chopper command useing radio triggers, did you try that at all

my radio triggers call scripts for 5 diff chopper commands

[little raptor]

well I didn't look deep enough so I'm not 100% sure.
anyway, the onMapSingleClick EH can work but only if the support was called via map, and you knew that a support was being called

[pallid palm]

also for water insertion and extraction

yes Dart helped me with this onMapSingleClick EH works awsome

i like it that you can just open the map and click on the map and the chopper lands right where you clicked so you must make sure its clear where you click

[drifting badge]

yes this is the only downside, that a player has to make sure the area is really suitable for the heli to land if one puts down invisible helipads in any form - another way to get round all of it is to put down preplaced LZs for the AI transport heli to use as the AI heli will prioritize those. Essentially the heli transport is only meant for those players that really do not want to pilot helis and rather have the AI do that work (they sure are missing out as piloting helis is lots of fun).

[cyan thunder]

given the way AI pilots in helo's land "Let me just hold stationary here and slowly descend at a speed that makes an arthritic old man look speedy" doing that anywhere near PVP is a recipe for an RPG7 enema anyway - even PVE LandVehicles will shred AI piloted choppers trying to land by default

[lost leaf]

{  
 _this spawn  
 {  
playSound "AlarmCar";
 };  
}]; ```

So, dumb question. I've been stumped on this for a while. I'm currently making a custom grenade that I'd like to have play a sound once it's thrown. The above script works, but of course it triggers when "any" weapon fires.

Is there any way to have the above script trigger, but only for the class my grenade is? Not really familiar with scripting stuff like this.

[tulip ridge]

You get a bunch of stuff passed to the EH, just read the variables

Also please for the love of god do not spawn a new thread on every weapon fire

this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["", "", "", "", "", "_magazine"];
    switch (_magazine) do {
        case "TAG_yourMagHere": {
            playSound "AlarmCar";
        };
    };
}];

[lost leaf]

That's extremely helpful, and does work, thank you. This is the first time I've messed around with making custom scripts for my weapons rather than simply messing with inheritance.

The last part of my question would be, so the above script does work in-game running it with the console, but is there any way to plug the SQF file I can make with that into my weapons actual config file? Would something like that be bad for performance since I'm assuming it'd check for that specific magazine class any time something is fired?

[tulip ridge]

You'd make a function that would be called that would run that

Is your mod dependent on CBA?
Makes that a bit easier if it is

[lost leaf]

it is yeah actually

[tulip ridge]

// config.cpp
class CfgFunctions {
    class TAG {
        class Weapons {
            file = "TAG_addon\functions"; // Set where your function files will be placed
            class fired {}; // Compiles your function into a function named TAG_fnc_fired
        };
    };
};

class Extended_FiredBIS_EventHandlers {
    class CAManBase {
        TAG_yourAddon = "call TAG_fnc_fired"; // This runs your function whenever a unit fires
    };
};

// \functions\fn_fired.sqf
// This is an example of a function header, telling you what parameters it recieves, who made it, and what it returns
// These aren't mandatory, but make development much easier
/*
 * Authors: Your Name
 * Plays a sound when a grenade is thrown.
 *
 * Arguments:
 * 0: Shooter (unit or vehicle) (unused) <OBJECT>
 * 1: Weapon (unused) <STRING>
 * 2: Muzzle (unused) <STRING>
 * 3: Mode (unused) <STRING>
 * 4: Ammo (Unused) <STRING>
 * 5: Magazine <STRING>
 * 6: Projectile (unused) <OBJECT>
 * 7: Gunner (unused) <OBJECT>
 *
 * Return Value:
 * None
 */

params ["", "", "", "", "", "_magazine"];

private _sound = switch (_magazine) do {
    case "TAG_yourMagHere": {
        "AlarmCar";
    };
    case "TAG_yourOtherMagazine": {
        "SomeOtherSound";
    };
};

playSound _sound;

There's a quick little example

[lost leaf]

Geez that's insanely useful, Thanks a bunch for this! I'd been stumped on it for a while and couldn't seem to find much information, really appreciate it.

Oh wait, that actually brings me back to my other question though. Is it a bad thing to have a script like this optimization-wise, given that it seems like it'd be checking for my mod's grenade magazine class every time a unit fires, or is it a negligible difference?

[little raptor]

it's negligible for this
you can measure the code performance using the speedometer button

(you need to pass the args too because it's a function)

[lost leaf]

Cheers you guys, appreciate all the help. First time I've had to mess with SQF like this so I'm glad it can be implemented without bombing performance.

[little raptor]

instead of playSound you should use say3d btw

also since it's a man fired weapon you should use FiredMan

[static arch]

I'm trying to use the Animation Player in the Init category in the Eden Editor, but I can't figure it out, does anyone know how to use this?

[little raptor]

Animation Player?

[static arch]

I'm assuming its a part of a mod I have as it's not in the base game. I've tried googling it and using AI, neither work.

[proud dome]

Is there any functions to support connectToServer and allow me to first ping a server/check its online? Would be nice to add a little online icon to our community's servers.

[little raptor]

I'm not sure what that is but to play animations you use playMoveNow/switchMove
play the animation on some soldier (or on player), use animationState to get the anim name, and finally play it with those commands

[static arch]

Okay, thank you!

[little raptor]

if that mod is for playing anims itself you should read its docs (or get AI to summarize it for you or something)

[little raptor]

afaik no. but you can do that using extensions (there might be existing ones too)

[static arch]

Thank you so much for that hun^^

[tulip ridge]

It's only added to CAManBase objects

[little raptor]

that's not the point

Fired EH doesn't work correctly for soldiers in vehicles

[tulip ridge]

It does, or at least every single time I've used it
I copy/pasted that same setup from a flamethrower

[little raptor]

This EH will not trigger if a unit fires out of a vehicle

[tulip ridge]

Oh that
Yeah forgot you can throw grenades out of vehicles

[static arch]

Nevermind, I got it^^

[shrewd stratus]

Anyone know if its possible to disable aim down sights? I want my players to not be able to aim down sights when wearing a gas mask.

[spiral canyon]

Is it possible to switch a players model to a different one while playing? Im trying to see if it possible to have a opfor player turn into a webknight opfor zombie when they reach a certain amount of damage.

[tulip ridge]

No, it's not

You could spawn a new unit and make the player remote control the unit though

And then maybe move their original unit somewhere else

[spiral canyon]

Ok, can I do it with AI units then?

[tulip ridge]

No

You can't change the model of any object on the fly

[crimson lion]

Are there any known issues with add3DENConnection currently? Running profiling atm. This code will not group the units together. I've spent a lot of time trying different variations, explicitly fetching Eden Entity and IDs instead, using syntax 1 for create3DENEntity, etc, but nothing: https://pastebin.com/apRcX0Gw

[granite sky]

Is edenList defined somewhere?

[crimson lion]

Yes before the start of that snippet

And then line 10 fills it

[cyan thunder]

as dart said not possible but you could cheese it by just creating the new unit off map and then swap em out with getPos/setPos and (if required) delete the old unit (or keep it around to to swap back)

if any of my players ever make it that far off map they are going to see some weird things happening 😄

[digital hollow]

Rediscovering that _v setPosASL getPosASL _v; moves the object if its vectorUp is not [0,0,1]. The biki doesn't seem to say which position types change value with orientation right?

[static thunder]

hi guys,
is there a way to force an AI jet to use full throttle on take off?

[little raptor]

all except setPosWorld

[little raptor]

no. you can use setVelocity or addForce but that's not actually the throttle. you just give it a boost

[static thunder]

so in essence this will make the object move faster, but there is no way to manipulate the vehicles engine?

[cyan thunder]

directly not that I've ever seen but if you set them to combat "full" and give them a waypoint with a high fly in height they'll haul ass off the runway - that's what I did here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSQGkAhELM

[pallid palm]

hello Arma 3: Awesome people:

So if i have 10 playableUnits on my team (West side)
and only 5 of units are players, and the other playableUnits are Removed

How do i get a count, of the player units, that are still alive, and, select one player at Random

[winter rose]

private _westUnits = units west select { alive _x };
if (count _westUnits < 1) exitWith {};
private _randomWestUnit = selectRandom _westUnits;

[pallid palm]

wow holy cow Awsome Lou

that was fast as lightning

Love you man

im so glad i asked, cuz i would of had that all F-ed Up lol

[proven charm]

to get players you still need isPlayer check there

like: ```sqf
private _westUnits = units west select { alive _x && isPlayer _x };

[winter rose]

not exactly as "the other playableUnits are Removed", but always a good check - especially if more west units are added later

[pallid palm]

roger that m8s

[proven charm]

yea i may have misunderstood

[little raptor]

yes

[pallid palm]

you all did awsome imo

like he said its a good idea to check that anyway

thx you guys @winter rose @proven charm

really helpful, you guys are my ChatGODs

[cyan thunder]

I just use CBA_fnc_players 🤷‍♂️ - got bit by a HC once and that negates that happening 🙂

[winter rose]

doesn't BIS_fnc_listPlayers cover that too?

[pallid palm]

i don't use any mods like CBA or ACE im Mod free WooHoo

i used to be a Mod addict, but i whent to mod rehab, and now i kicked the Mod Habit, lol

[thin fox]

Yeah, I've always try to make scripts without the need for mods

it's very rare that I use something from CBA, but it has some very useful functions

[cyan thunder]

it really depends on the use case for me - nothing I do doesn't have ACE and CBA is a dependency of ACE so at that point I'd have to be crazy not to rely on the battle tested library built by much better sqf programmers than me 🙂 - I take the view "why re-invent the wheel as long as you understand how the wheel works* 😉

[pallid palm]

yeah i used to meet this friend on the street corner, and get Mods from him, but i don't go there any more, lol

[thin fox]

I battle myself to see if I can make a script work without cba 😂

[hallow mortar]

The other playable units were removed, but there could be other non-playable units (ordinary AI) on the same side

[pallid palm]

do you guys remember Sickboy he helped start CBA way bak in Arma 2

[cyan thunder]

😄 - suspect it's just attitudes from day job seeping in - in my world (enterprise dev) we are paid to solve problems first, program second - so the idea of not using existing good/widely used libraries is just weird - can I write a framework from scratch sure, is it a good use of my time probably not - it's an eternal debate in software development generally and I don't think there is a solution beyond "it depends" 🙂

[thin fox]

yup

[pallid palm]

it should not effect non-playableunits right ? @hallow mortar

@cyan thunder i agree to your point, but see, im retired, and i have all day to do anything i want, like play golf, or learn from the Awsome people in discord, or play Arma 3, all day long, or well you know anything,

[hallow mortar]

Try reading the messages in the conversation, and the code in those messages. It should be pretty easy to figure it out.

[pallid palm]

ok rgr that m8

if its easy then im all about that lol

yeah it wont effect non-player units, cuz of { alive _x && isPlayer _x };

[unborn rivet]

I'm looking for a script that I could put into vehicle int field to make it unlocked only to specific player by Variable Name. I have 10 players slots and one of them is Pilot that has its Variable Name and would like only Pilot to be able to get into a helicopter. I want to limit who can fly.

[hallow mortar]

You can't do player-specific locking because all the lock commands are global effect.
What you can do is use a GetIn event handler on the vehicle to instantly kick out anyone who's not authorised.

[pallid palm]

i think the best way would be to eject out the people you dont want in the chopper

[proven charm]

this addEventHandler ["GetIn", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];
}];
``` that 🙂

[pallid palm]

wow thats Awsome @proven charm

[cyan thunder]

aye and stick a this setVariable ["isPilot", true]; before that (on the actual pilot player unit) then can do if!(_unit getVariable["isPilot", false]) then { //yeet them } and that's about all you'd need to do (not how I'd do it personally but I avoid init fields entirely except for setVariable since I want to be able to move my mission code from mission to mission more easily (I'm lazy and init fields while great are pain when it comes time to change map)

[pallid palm]

init field what initfield theres no init field there what do you mean ?

[cyan thunder]

He answered a question from someone who specifically asked for an init field script and he's using this in exactly the way that you would typically see it used in an init field - so it's a reasonable assumption that that was the intended use case

[pallid palm]

o i see ok thx m8

yes i aviod init fields also i agree

[cyan thunder]

I do use them but for stuff like this setVariable ["isAggressorPilot", true] and what not though for specific things I also lock stuff off by steam UID because there is a couple of players who always do the thing I don't want them to 😄

[pallid palm]

i mostly use initfield for group id stuff

[unborn rivet]

Thank you guys, I will test it. And yes, I want to do it in init Field of an object like helicopter.

[cyan thunder]

I can always punish them (I'm in the zeus slot) but that gets boring zapping them with lightning, sending them to space so a while back I started having fun with it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwa4_pjLAWs

[pallid palm]

lol awsome lol

[cyan thunder]

final version, I broke both their legs (via ace medical) and then had 2 smashers, took 2 mins to do but they listen more weirdly 🤷‍♂️ players am I right 😄

[pallid palm]

yes lol Awsome

i had this one friend all he did was try to mess up anything he could or blow up anything he could, i did learn alot trying to stop him from doing that but yeah your right

ouch that sounds painful " broke both their legs" ouch

lol

[crimson lion]

Any other ideas on what could be tripping up add3DENConnection here? The data is good going into it

[stable dune]

You should share full code, snippet doest tell what happen before and after

[pallid palm]

@unborn rivet btw you don't have to exec the addEventHandler GetIn from the init of the chopper , you can execVM it from the initServer.sqf

but you would have to change the word this, to whatever or just addMissionEventHandler

[stable dune]

On just

If (isServer) then {
   this ...
}

[pallid palm]

rgr that my friend

i like the word "authorised" its a Awsome word

[crimson lion]

Using type "Sync" instead of "Group" works... if I switch it to Group, nothing. And if I use 3DENConnectGroup, I get lines I have never seen before (probably because this is wrong of me to do but I am testing)

[pallid palm]

you should use "Group" and not "Sync" to group the team

[crimson lion]

I did, the 2nd image is that case: No connection is made. The others were just demonstrating that the connection works for other types

[pallid palm]

are you useing "Group" on playable units or what are you grouping

you should use "Group" from the units in the team to the leader of that team

[crimson lion]

Grouping the 3DEN Entity ID's for all the opfor soldiers being spawned by the script, to the first one in the full array of all the soldiers spawned

[pallid palm]

hmmm

i kinda do the same i spawn all opfor units in one team

[crimson lion]

Unfortunately this is using create3DENEntity so it doesn't use the same parameters

[pallid palm]

oh shit yes Unfortunately

[hallow mortar]

This code as posted should put all the units in the same group (UnitsMasterGroup) to begin with, including the team leader. Trying to make group connections to the team leader might then not do anything, because...they're already grouped together.

Also, be careful with your use of global variables. You don't need to use them to make this script work, and they could conflict with other scripts (and other instances of this script)

[cosmic lichen]

So do you still need help with this?

[analog mulch]

hello
i wanted to use a soundtrack using playMusic but wanted it to play on a repeating loop

[tulip ridge]

Could use a MusicStop event handler and just start the music again
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addMusicEventHandler

Could just be something like:

addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {
    playMusic (_this select 0);
}];
playMusic "whatever";

Never used it before, so not sure if there's any issues with playing new music right as it stops

[analog mulch]

addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {
    playMusic (_this select 0);
}];
playMusic "bgm1";
    
 
playMusic "bgm1";

[tulip ridge]

Oh is it separate music classes?

[fair drum]

when broadcasting a hashmap over the same hashmap, does it resend the whole hashmap or just the changes? I'm thinking it probably resends the whole thing.

[analog mulch]

no just 1 music file i want to use as background soundtrack on a loop

[tulip ridge]

Okay then yeah just do what I had sent then
That'll just replay whatever music was playing last

If you want, you could check the class name so only your thing repeats if you want

params ["_musicClass"];
if (_musicClass == "...") then { playMusic _musicClass };

[analog mulch]

this will work if only 1 track is defined in cfgmusic right?
if there are multiple tracks i would have to do it individually

[tulip ridge]

Are you using multiple classes in CfgMusic or just a single one with the whole sound track

[analog mulch]

single one for now, but was curious to confirm how to do the same with multiple tracks as well

[tulip ridge]

You'd need to track all the songs so it knows what one to play next and when to repeat from the beginning

Probably something like this:

TAG_musicTracks = ["music1", "music2", "music3", "music4"];
addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {
    params ["_musicClass"];
    // If its the last song, repeat from the beginning
    if (_musicClass == (TAG_musicTracks select -1)) exitWith {
        playMusic (TAG_musicTracks select 0);
    };

    // Play next song in sequence
    private _index = TAG_musicTracks find _musicClass;
    playMusic (TAG_musicTracks select (_index + 1));
}];

[crimson lion]

Yes, but sorry I'm in the middle of the work day so I'm spotty back and forth. I'd be glad to share my code privately to provide the full context that snippet is used in

[granite sky]

It'll send the whole thing. If you want to do partial network updates then there's still the old logic object + setVariable hashmap method.

[fair drum]

you mean just using a "logic" object's var namespace? I'm current using a struct system (using a hash) within a object's var namespace and broadcasting that struct.

private _siloData = _silo getVariable ["CarrierStrike_SiloData", +CarrierStrike_Structs_SiloData];
// modify stuff in the struct
_silo setVariable ["CarrierStrike_SiloData", _siloData, true];

This probably sends the whole thing if I do it this way won't it.

[granite sky]

The whole of whatever _siloData is, yes.

[fair drum]

boogers. i like the organization provided by just setting up a hashmap for the data when managing a lot of it rather than the object's var namespace.

i'll just send the data to change to the client's local hash and let it handle it locally then

[tulip ridge]

They were saying to essentially use the object as the hashmap itself, which was what CBA_fnc_createNamespace does too, since it was made before native hashmaps

[upbeat sentinel]

Hi all, I'm hoping to get some advice on how to proceed with a script I'm using. Following Sneaky Kitty Game Dev's guide on making a music radio, here (https://youtu.be/ql3Mb0Cnetk?si=r1-PY07OxYPrzjSY&t=1115) they mention how you can delete an audio track from the array in order to prevent them from playing back-to-back. Then, when the array is empty, you can fill the array again with the same audio tracks. Here is my script so far (it is otherwise functional):

_songList = selectRandom [["songA", 535], ["songB", 284], ["songC", 118], ["songD", 161], ["songF", 152], ["songG", 420], ["songH", 193], ["songI", 151]];
_song = (_songList select 0);
_songLength = (_songList select 1);

[radio, [_song, 100, 1]] remoteExec ["say3D"];

radio remoteExec ["removeAllActions"];

[radio, ["Turn Off Radio",
{
    _pos = getPosATL (_this select 0);
    _dir = getDir (_this select 0);
    deleteVehicle (_this select 0);

    radio = "Land_FMradio_F" createVehicle [0, 0, 0];
    radio setPosATL [_pos select 0, _pos select 1, _pos select 2];
    radio setDir _dir;
    radioH remoteExec ["terminate"];

    [radio, ["Play Radio", {radioH = [] execVM "playRadio.sqf"}]] remoteExec ["addAction"];
}, [], 6, false, true, "", "_target distance _this < 2"]] remoteExec ["addAction"];

_waitTime = time + _songLength;
waitUntil{time >= _waitTime};
radio remoteExec ["removeAllActions"];

radioH = [] execVM "playRadio.sqf";```

tldr: How can I use **deleteAt**, **find**, **count**, etc. commands for my purpose?

[fair drum]

barebones example working with multi dimension arrays and deleteAt

private _array = [["song1", 10], ["song2", 20], ["song3", 30]];
private _songnames = _array apply {_x#0}; // ["song1", "song2", "song3"]
private _index = _songnames find "song2"; // -------------^  found at index 1
if (_index != -1) then {
    _array deleteAt _index; // deletes ["song2, 20] from the first array
};

[upbeat sentinel]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction ☺️

[pallid palm]

@granite sky Hay John Jordan you helped me make my Chopper command better after we texted the other day thx alot m8 you gave me some cool ideas about how to moveOut or eject players and Ai so it does not effect the chopper Woohoo thx m8

now my chopper command works even better woohoo

even over water insertion

[manic kettle]

What do people think is the best way to check if a player has stepped on a custom trap? I want it to execute some code if a player is on top of an object, like a mine i suppose. Obviously i could do a check for nearby players every second (or faster), but is there a better way? createTrigger maybe could work?

[tulip ridge]

Trigger's just going to be doing the same thing, loop checking X condition

[old owl]

Yep imo a trigger is definitely the way to go. Although you could just keep checking the condition within an already scheduled script, there would be a lot of nicer benefits you would get out of using a trigger. For example:

• With setTriggerArea you could make this small so it only checks when they are nearby the trap.
• With setTriggerInterval you could reduce the interval to every second or faster as you were wanting.

Don't quote me but pretty sure you could even used thisTrigger within the setTriggerStatements to automatically delete the trigger upon your traps activation too 🙂

[tulip ridge]

With setTriggerArea you could make this small so it only checks when they are nearby the trap.
Same thing as just getting objects within the same distance

With setTriggerInterval you could reduce the interval to every second or faster as you were wanting.
Not any different than making a delay yourself

Don't quote me but pretty sure you could even used thisTrigger within the setTriggerStatements to automatically delete the trigger upon your traps activation too
Just stop when the trap is triggered

I could be wrong, but I vaguely remember a trigger running slower than just something like a pfh checking the same stuff

[old owl]

I don't use them too often in our mission but I think how situational they are just kinda depends on the mission.

In the mission that I work on we have taken a lot of steps to ensure that we are being conscious of network and performance. If I remember correctly the objects created with createTrigger are global and added to the JIP queue so we tend to steer away from them. Running those conditions within an already scheduled script would likely be more performant, although I imagine that also depends on what the task is.

I think in SP missions or scenarios where optimization isn't as much of a concern, there is a lot of really convenient usages you can get out of them. Also will keep a lot of those scheduled scripts cleaner and you won't be reinventing the wheel so much.

@manic kettle dropping your @ since I expanded and added some additional information

[tulip ridge]

You don't have to run that code scheduled, you can very easily run it unscheduled

[old owl]

True. I was more just referring to it in the context of suspension as he would likely need some sort of loop to check the condition.

[tulip ridge]

You can unscheduled delays, most commonly with cba functions

[old owl]

Interesting- I didn't know that. Hasn't ever really been any cases where I've needed to use it. I see they have a function CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute. If you don't mind me asking, what are the use cases for a function like this? Does it not spawn a new script allowing _this to remain in scope?

https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/common/fnc_waitAndExecute-sqf.html

[manic kettle]

waitandExecute works well for situations where you wait some time and run the code once.
If you need to run the code every x seconds, the CBA perFrameHandler works best

https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/common/fnc_addPerFrameHandler-sqf.html

you can pass arguments through them

[old owl]

Ah cheers thanks 🙂

[tulip ridge]

They exist to run code in an unscheduled environment and still be able to use delays

Using scheduled code has a lot of negative performance impact, so large mods like CBA and ACE use unscheduled code

Especially since mission makers like to fill the scheduler

[granite sky]

It's not really for the performance impact.

More for replicability. Unscheduled functions aren't gonna get interrupted halfway with some other code that might touch the same data.

[split nebula]

I can't launch arma atm to test, but does anyone know the locality for the arguments on getPlayerUID? The wiki doesn't specify

[cosmic lichen]

So I just have the same issue right now. Sync works as documented, grouping doesn't.

[crimson lion]

Okay so I'm not going crazy Thank you for checking

[cosmic lichen]

lol

because its "groupTo" instead of "Group" @crimson lion

ffs

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/add3DENConnection I added a note here

[crimson lion]

thank you

[cosmic lichen]

You're welcome.

[crimson lion]

Well, it actually seems to only be doing the cursor effect when dragging the groups, similar to when I tried 3DENConnectGroup instead of Group

The units are not actually grouped into one

[cosmic lichen]

You are right. It says missing config.

For some reason, GroupTo is now no longer being recognized as well for me

At this point I'd say it's broken. Maybe dedmen can have a look when he has time.

[crimson lion]

Are you on profiling btw? I am on profiling when I tested this

[cosmic lichen]

I am

[crimson lion]

I'll revert to normal and test too just to double check

No luck on normal branch either so indeed this seems to be broken

[cosmic lichen]

It seems that get3DENConnections is also broken for grouping

[digital hollow]

Is _group create3DENEntity [...] not suitable for your use?

[cosmic lichen]

No for my use case

[crimson lion]

Doesn't work in my case either

[still forum]

need repro I don't know editor scripting

[rough summit]

Does anyone know how I can handle the opening of the UAV terminal?
This way don't work

 params ["_activated"];

systemChat "123" 
}];``` 

Via infinite loop with isNull display 160 is very bad i think

[cosmic lichen]

I made a ticket with instructions. See #arma3_feedback_tracker . If you need I can add a demo mission.

[proven charm]

where did you find UAVTerminalOpen? i think it should be from https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction/actions uavView or uavViewToggle

[hallow mortar]

It isn't those. Those are for opening the UAV camera side panel, not the UAV terminal.

[rough summit]

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

[proven charm]

ok the addUserActionEventHandler wiki page seems to have wrong link

[hallow mortar]

UserAction EHs don't detect those; they're for inputActions.
There may not be an EH specifically for the UAV terminal. Possibly you could try a scripted EH for "OnDisplayRegistered" to detect when the UAV terminal display opens.

[hallow mortar]

No, it's correct.

[proven charm]

k

[rough summit]

Can u please explain

Know nothing about this EH

[hallow mortar]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Scripted_Event_Handlers
BIS_fnc_initDisplay is used to load BI displays. It calls the OnDisplayRegistered scripted EH when it does that. The UAV terminal is a BI display, so it should, in theory, cause that scripted EH to be called. You can attempt to use that EH to detect when the UI terminal display is opened.

[rough summit]

Thanks

[tough abyss]

why dosent this work: this attachTo [natohunter, [1,1,1]];

[proven charm]

that in the init field?

[tough abyss]

yeah

[proven charm]

natohunter defined?

[tough abyss]

i wanna add a flag to the hunter

[tough abyss]

yes

[proven charm]

hmm

[tough abyss]

its varabile is natohunter

exactly the same

[proven charm]

make sure natohunter is vehicle and not group for example

[tough abyss]

wdym

[proven charm]

groups got init fields too. make sure its in right init field

[tough abyss]

i spawned in the vehicle by itself

[rough summit]

How can i check what given display is terminal display?
That code don't work

if (_display == (findDisplay 160)) then {
};

[proven charm]

if you spawned it later then thats why the flag failed to attach at start

[tough abyss]

wdym later

[proven charm]

init field runs at mission start, you created the vehicle after that?

[tough abyss]

i did click play scenario a few times

and then bakced to editor

[proven charm]

can you post the natohunter creating code?

[tough abyss]

i jsut reset my game and went in a fresh editor

im spawnign the object and hunter at the same time

[icy ridge]

I don't quite understand your question. Do you want to check whether the given display is open or?

[tough abyss]

how

[rough summit]

New display is display 160

[tough abyss]

im sorry im new to this

i only started using code in amra today

[proven charm]

so whats your full code like ?

[tough abyss]

this attachTo [natohunter, [1,1,1]];

just this on the object

and then the hunter is named natohunter

[proven charm]

you placed natohunter in the editor?

[tough abyss]

yes

[rough summit]

Found solution. So class of terminal display is

if (_class == "RscDisplayAVTerminal") then {
};

[proven charm]

ok then it should work

[tough abyss]

it dont

i can send a video

[icy ridge]

It's not clear to me what you mean by "new display". If you wish to check whether or not the UAV Terminal is open you can run

!(isNull (findDisplay 160))

[hallow mortar]

They don't want to check whether it's open, they want to detect the moment it is opened, using an event handler.

[proven charm]

and when you start the mission the flag doesnt attach?

[hallow mortar]

Helps to read the whole conversation.

[tough abyss]

it dosent even show

[rough summit]

Im add scripted EH for terminal display

[missionNamespace, "OnDisplayRegistered", {
    params ["_display", "_class"];
    if (_class == "RscDisplayAVTerminal") then { // Check what given display is Terminal display
        // code here
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

[tough abyss]

i followed this totorial exactly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZDTVl1lXbo

[proven charm]

the flag could be inside the vehicle

[tough abyss]

i tried diffrent positions

5

[proven charm]

ok

[tough abyss]

-5

all types

[icy ridge]

I did, thanks a lot. However, you already answered the question you referred to. The question I replied to was a subsequent issue.

[proven charm]

can you give screenshot of the flag's init field?

[tough abyss]

yes

[hallow mortar]

Actually it was a continuation of the same issue: they were trying to check, inside the scripted EH previously discussed, which display it had fired for. Not simply "is the UAV terminal display currently open", but "did this EH fire because the UAV terminal display was opened".

[proven charm]

im out of ideas, maybe flags cant be attached

[tough abyss]

i tried mortar to

[proven charm]

hmm

[hallow mortar]

Works for me. [1,1,1] isn't the most ideal offset to use, but it's clearly attached.

[granite sky]

Yeah, 1,1,1 might not be easily visible.

[hallow mortar]

Oh, it's clearly visible. Might impede your vision of the road ahead, though

[tough abyss]

ill try 5 0 0

even tho i alr did try it before

[little raptor]

natohunter is probably undefined

at that moment

[tough abyss]

it is

[little raptor]

I said at that moment (when the init runs)

[tough abyss]

im testing it in the scenario

[little raptor]

eden objects are created one by one

[hallow mortar]

I've never had any problems with Editor object inits failing to reference other Editor objects 🤔

[icy ridge]

Generally I don't quite understand why you're passive aggressively stating that reading the whole discussion is helpful. Like no shit sherlock. I did read the entire chat, it just wasn't immediately obvious what he wanted to achieve with the code he posted. Especially since you had already given him the solution to his original question and because the check statement made no sense, which is why I asked him what he wanted to do.

I gave him the answer to what I assumed he wanted to do, before he fully replied.

[granite sky]

Given how many people write stuff this way, I would guess that objects are all created and variables assigned before any init runs. But the behaviour isn't documented.

(and I could never be bothered to test it personally)

[tough abyss]

i tested it in a public zeus

still dont show

[icy ridge]

In case you do want to check via the IDD, you can use ctrlIDD on _display and check whether it's 160.

[rough summit]

One more question. How can i handle mine or explosives placed by player?

[hallow mortar]

If you couldn't reliably reference Editor objects in each others' inits, I think a lot of things would be a lot more broken than they are

[rough summit]

I have CBA, but this way looks wrong because i can't check players actions

["TimeBombCore", "init", {
    systemChat "1"
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

[icy ridge]

What are you trying to handle and when are you trying to handle it?

[rough summit]

And thats not compatible with ace

[hallow mortar]

For vanilla mine placement, you could use a FiredMan EH to detect the "Put" weapon. But ACE is a whole different animal, I don't even know how they do it.

[granite sky]

Yeah that was my reasoning. Also I just tested vehicle + unit + banner and they all existed in each other's init.

[rough summit]

I need to link the player's action of planting a mine to the explosive object itself

[icy ridge]

As stated above, you can detect the action of placing a mine, explosive etc. with Fired or FiredMan (FiredMan being more appopriate). However, this only really works in the confines of the vanilla action menu.

[granite sky]

Also works in MP but I'm not gonna test DS/client.

[hallow mortar]

Okay, it looks like ACE triggers the ace_explosives_place and ace_explosives_setup scripted EHs when the explosive is armed/placed. https://ace3.acemod.org/wiki/framework/events-framework#28-explosives-ace_explosives
(I think the descriptions of those two might be backwards on that page)

Actually, CBA EHs, not regular scripted

[granite sky]

Yeah, we use ace_explosives_place and I'm fairly sure that works.

There is also ace_throwableThrown for their special grenade throwing. Not sure if relevant.

[rough summit]

Thanks

[tough abyss]

anyone know how i can add a russian flag on the shoulder patch

[pale glacier]

Save load out

[tulip ridge]

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

Also that's #arma3_config, not scripting

[tough abyss]

i make a new patch in the files?

[tulip ridge]

Yes, you make a mod that adds the patch

[tough abyss]

im using it on publiz zeus tho

[tulip ridge]

You can't then

You can set a texture on the insignia part, but you wouldn't be able to add the texture file

[tough abyss]

how can i set the texture on the insiginia to a russian flag

the vanilla russian flag

[lean kernel]

Sorry, I've been trying to code a way for objects and units to disappear when a player isn't looking at them, but it doesn't seem to work. Has anyone been able to achieve something similar?

[tulip ridge]

_someUnit setObjectTextureGlobal ["insignia", "\path\to\texture.paa"]

[tulip ridge]

Yeah, sadly don't have the code anymore though

[lean kernel]

:'c

[tulip ridge]

Forgot to push stuff when I reinstalled windows :p

[tough abyss]

says invalid number in experssion

_someUnit setObjectTextureGlobal ["insignia", "\A3\Data_F_Enoch\Flags\flag_rus_co.paa"]

[tulip ridge]

Yeah _someUnit isn't some magic variable

You need to use an actual unit

[tough abyss]

idk what to replace there

will this work?

_this

[tulip ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/try-it-and-see-give-it-a-try-try-try-and-see-try-it-yourself-gif-24095805

[tough abyss]

invalid number in experssion

wait this worked this setObjectTextureGlobal ["insignia", "\A3\Data_F_Enoch\Flags\flag_rus_co.paa"]

@tulip ridge ty

[lean kernel]

One question: Does anyone know how to add OPEX to a new map?

I'm trying to integrate OPEX into the Archipelago map, placing markers, buildings, and everything else, but it doesn't seem to be working. I also created a file with the map name and placed it in the game folder where all the maps go. But I still can't get any missions or AI to appear.

[brittle badge]

(DATA-UPLOAD is blocked)

⚠️ Subject: Help with global initialization of my extended NVG script (similar to EZM/EP module – incl. menu attempt)

Hello, I'm currently scripting an extended NVG module for Arma 3 – similar to EZM or EP, but purely script-based, without dependencies on CBA/ACE.

The script works locally via a helipad object (init field), activates 3/4-6 switchable night vision modes via the "N" key, runs in a loop with ppEffects, includes safeguards against invalid states (e.g., VisionModeChanged, respawn), and regularly outputs system messages to confirm activity.

(- Normal → Blue → Thermal → Normal → Green → Thermal → Normal)

Working version (Helipad Init – Global via Debug Console):

[believe this is the correct one (I've made too many files/prototypes by now)] TXT FILE 1:

‼️ Problems:

The script only runs locally on the player who placed the object.
Joining players do not receive the script – even using missionNamespace or publicVariable has no effect.
Testing with remoteExec in the debug console (e.g., global execution) results in getting kicked by BattleEye with errors like:
remoteExec restriction #(random)
or Script restriction #/
A global solution via a menu should be implemented through a UI like in Simple Spot System or Crub’s Competitions.
The attempt using the Steam Workshop code under this link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3472082945 failed.
The attempt included the following script with UI menu (ENABLE / DISABLE):

[TXT DOCUMENT 2]:

Even with this menu attempt, the script could not be activated globally.
It responds locally, but not for JIP players
The server seems to ignore the global variables or they don’t get through
Despite using missionNamespace with setVariable [..., true], there’s no effect for new players

I need help.🙏🏻 -Contact me

FinalBiologic ❤️

[torn basin]

Hello guys, i got a short question.
What happens if i iterate over a group and do something like this:
blueUnit3 = (units grpPlayers) select _y;
But because units of the group suddenly die _y is now out of bound.
I assume i would get an error and the script stops doesn't it? So i guess you should always befor itterating save all the units in an new array first and iterate over that one instead?

[thick tide]

Hey y'all I've been trying to make my own fixes for ITC air weapon systems. I'm having a problem though. In vanilla ITC night vision with the TGP or Mavrik Pip open causes screen overaly glitching. However, in the dev branch this is not the case. Anyone know the code in the dev branch that is stopping this glitch or how to fix it in vanilla ITC?

[granite sky]

Less risky with forEach.

This sort of thing is an argument in favour of doing everything in unscheduled though.

[little raptor]

no. when you call units grp the array gets copied to memory, and as you iterate, even if one of the units die, you just get a null (objNull) which is safe to work with

(it doesn't cause errors but the results are "defaults", e.g getPosWorld _x will give [0,0,0])

[nocturne bluff]

seems global

[lean kernel]

:c

[brittle badge]

someone?

[fair drum]

do you have a github with it? we can just fix it for you

can't help if we don't see the code

[brittle badge]

I have an account, but I no longer have my login information. But if you say so, I'll take care of it right away. What exactly should I do once I'm logged in?

[fair drum]

you just upload it to a repository

do a quick review of how github works first

[brittle badge]

https://github.com/FinalBiologic/FINAL-NVG/issues/1

[fair drum]

you have no code on that repository

you just have an issue page

[brittle badge]

What? I have

[fair drum]

did you do a commit?

[fair drum]

thats an issue

not the editable code

[brittle badge]

The massage is to long for another theme

[fair drum]

even though I can just go through and look at it, this is important for you to learn git if you want to get further into the code world

its currently empty. go watch some short youtube videos on how github works

you can use GitHub Desktop if you don't want to mess with the command line

[brittle badge]

I'll do better next time. At least you can read it and copy it out.

[brittle badge]

Its by issue

(1)

For Code the Code was to long

Character limit

[fair drum]

are you intending on adding these event handlers every frame? I see no removals of them, so they are going to stack infinitely

well i guess you have an init check

pull those out of the frame handler and put them somewhere else

[brittle badge]

Normally, I had a protection inside the script to prevent duplication. I now have over 140 versions of the script and can barely tell them apart. The script has been limited to its core functions.

[brittle badge]

You have three versions there. 1. Global init for debug console in public zeus. 2. Enable menu by placing a helipad with the included init. 3. Helipad placement enables and disables the script (1=debugcon/2=nenu after placing/3=placing is activated).

[fair drum]

what you are doing is not going to be fun for the network on a public zeus. idealy, you would have this written as a function on every machine, then you as the zues, would remote tell every client to run that function that exists on their machine. Since its public zeus, you cannot define the function on everyones machine ahead of time. So now you are forced to remote send the entire code as a string which is going to nuke everyone's connection for a couple of seconds. if you go the route of remoteExec each command, now you just bogged down the network with EachFrame sends.

[brittle badge]

Public zeus lives on EZM and EP. These scripts do nothing else

[fair drum]

I don't use EZM, but I bet they are not handing the UI (what you are trying to do) on the clients. All of their scripts probably use the zeus as the makeshift "server". You want to handle the UI locally on the client, especially when you are doing EachFrame stuff. Your option as I see it now, is to wrap all of this code up, then [myCodeInVariable] remoteExec ["call", 0];. Players might notice a lag spike though until its all sent.

[brittle badge]

The menu (only in version 2, which I would prefer) is only visible to Zeus, and only he can enable or disable the script after placing it. Later, once that's working, I'll add a function that allows players to disable the manual for themselves after activation via a #chat command or key combination.

The script can be disabled during training by pressing L-Alt+Esc, Esc+L-Alt. (arma once into screen mode and back to full screen)

[fair drum]

Whatever you decide to do, you still should handle the PPEffects on the client, meaning you have to get the code to the client in the first place since zeus placed object inits only fire local to the zeus.

[brittle badge]

(what i want to do)

[brittle badge]

I just hope my English is good enough to understand this correctly. I'm supposed to apply these effects locally to each player, but how are new players supposed to automatically activate the script?

[fair drum]

i have to get to bed but I'll readdress this tomorrow

[brittle badge]

Same bro 🤝🏻 Thanks 1st

[gleaming onyx]

Dont know if it this thread or editor...
I have a few scripts that makes so I can call for: reinforcements, mortar, LMG, medic supplies etc.
Is it possible to create a object that has all these scripts? instead of having them in the scroll wheel menu as I have now
an object so I can walk to it and activate the scriptrs

this is how its set up for now

[pallid palm]

well triggers can do that m8

like i walk in to a trigger and it spawns in 7 soldiers on my team

but then you must mark the trigger so you can see where it is on the map

or just you can know where the trigger is

is that what you were thinking ? @gleaming onyx

i like the way you have it set up now,,,,,,,

[gleaming onyx]

Hmm, a trigger should work, the problem is that I'm not sure if I can move a trigger when playing the mission?
Im looking for a solution to have a "movable" FOB that I can move depending on how the frontline is. Cause if I somehow connect the scripts to a object, I'll be able to move take it with me in game

[pallid palm]

yes you can move a trigger any time you want to

you just must make sure it size is high enough and wide enough to fit all positions like up a side hill and stuff

[gleaming onyx]

hmm, more of a truck I think

[pallid palm]

oh cool you can make a Mobile Respawn truck

there so many ways to do this

[warm hedge]

What do you mean by "create a object that has all these scripts" in this context?

[pallid palm]

i think he or she means addaction

[gleaming onyx]

haha, pretty hard to explain but here we go
I have a few scripts that I active through the mouse wheel menu, the thing Im looking for now is to have that function (ability to call for reinforcements for example) on a radio. so when I'm standing nearr this radio, I have all the options from my mouse wheel menu (picture)

[warm hedge]

So stay within N meters of the radio instead of looking at the radio?

[pallid palm]

i think all he or she needs is a Mobile Respawn truck with 3 addactions in the init of the truck

to activate the scripts

im guessing

but i dont know unless he or she says something else

[gleaming onyx]

both ways can work, dont know whats easiest to fix. so either look at the radio and stand near it or use mouse wheel menu

[pallid palm]

i like the mouse wheel way myself

but i also have Mobile Respawn trucks and choppers

[warm hedge]

What I don't get is what is your current blocker, I assume your current script is lacking something but it really seemed what you want to achieve is already done in the pic?

[pallid palm]

agree

so it seems he or she dont like the mouse wheel way

[gleaming onyx]

Haha, scratch that, it's hard to explain 😅

[pallid palm]

i think i get you m8, i would just make a Mobile Respawn truck with 3 addactions in the init of the truck

so you can drive the truck in to any loaction and activate the scripts from the truck

then you would have to set up the respawn of the truck to get the addactions back also witch can be done though respawn modual

[gleaming onyx]

Yes, correct! Cause for now I have 5 or 6 scripts in my actions menu and I can't choose the right one when stressed out to it's always fuckup. So if I have all those action menu options on a truck, my action menu is more cleaner when I play

[warm hedge]

So the issue is having a lot of options in Action Menu?

[gleaming onyx]

Correct. And to make it more clean I want them only to be visual from a truck/radio/box or something

[warm hedge]

So the goal is apply less actions into an object, and have more objects to activate a script, so your mosue wheel less likely to confuse which to choose?

[pallid palm]

he or she wants to remove most of the mouse wheel Action Menu and move them to a truck/radio/box or something

imho

[gleaming onyx]

Not necessarily, this is how I think and I apologize for the poor explanation, English is not my native language
Currently my action menu looks like this:
-Heal yourself

• Get out
• Engine off
  -Call for reinforcements
• Call for ammo box
• Call for medic supplies
• Call for Mortar

For example.

What I want is that these are NOT tied to a player but you have to go to a radio (for example) to use them

• Call for reinforcements
• Call for ammo box
• Call for medic supplies
• Call for Mortar

[warm hedge]

And how is your current script?

[gleaming onyx]

its probably a total mess, got it from some guy haha

[warm hedge]

It is. Remove the second and third chunk of the code so it will run one addAction. The first addAction should go to an object (radio?) instead of player

[gleaming onyx]

Okok, will test, thanks!

[next gust]

Im trying to add our counter-artillery script to our mod for convienice but I have a problem:

// this addeventhandler ["fired",
     {
         [_this select 0,
         _this select 5,
         100,
         selectRandom [3,4,5],
         true,
        [enemyAri_1,enemyAri_2,enemyAri_3,enemyAri_4],[],0] remoteExec ["Redd_fnc_AriCounterFire",2]
     }
 ];

in the past we used this eventhandler in the friendly artillerys init, with static variables for the enemy artillery pieces. Im looking for a better way for missionsmakers with less scripting experience.

can i (and if so how) have a module that assigns the eventhandler to my own artillery and a second module that gathers the enemy artillery?

im thinking of something like

statement = {pusback missionnamespace friendlyartillerylist } foreach [syncedbject]

Would that work?

[warm hedge]

Not sure what really you want to "assign" in this context. Do you want to assign eventhandlers to more objects or?

[next gust]

2 things
friendly artillery need to be assigend the eventhandler above
inside that eventhandler i need to list the enemy artillery

[warm hedge]

1. Use forEach
2. Store enemy arties into an array and use it in the EH

[proven charm]

i think you could use something like this: ```sqf
{
// do something with the friendly arty (_x) here
} foreach (synchronizedObjects friendlyArties);

game logic is better option imo, assuming it can have synchronized objects

[warm hedge]

Ja, that would be "script free setup"

[nocturne bluff]

?

[empty pilot]

for eden editor.

is there is any way i can view markers that has no markerclass ?

[pallid palm]

im not sure what you mean no marker class

do you mean like view the marker from the briefing ?

you can see all markers in the eden editor. after you place them down on the map

[empty pilot]

there are some markers in cfgmarkers that are not displayed in arma 3 eden editor

the one that are not displayed has no markerclass

[warm hedge]

"no markerclass" does mean the marker does not even exist so you cannot see, place, anything. So what you say is not possible to say. If you're just trying to place a hidden marker, yes. Use create3DENEntity

[pallid palm]

agree

[cosmic lichen]

any marker that is placeable has a class in CfgMarkers. It's just that some markers are of scope = 0 and are not visible in Eden Editor or Zeus. You can still create them with create3DENEntity

[pallid palm]

like witch marker is not viewable is there a name of this maker or markers ?

[cosmic lichen]

configFile >> "CfgMarkers" >> "Contact_art1"

For example.

[pallid palm]

oh i see ok thx m8

[pallid palm]

ahh ok yes got ya

man i was woundering big time lol

so basicly you are creating a marker Entity

so that would mean this marker is alive em i right

[cosmic lichen]

No, a marker cannot be alive

[pallid palm]

oh ok good shoooo lol

[empty pilot]

your eden editor made it easier for me

thanks

[earnest ether]

is there any All-in-one_Config up to date file online like on a webpage to download?

i dont want to download dev branch to get arma3diag_x64.exe

[cosmic lichen]

There has been one on the forums but we all know what happend to the forums

[earnest ether]

with wayBackMachine i found the link in the forum to dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0ev7wwmu4671dr2z6e8wx/All_In_One_config_A3-2.18.7z?rlkey=zic5ri3sro16pty04oewql3q9&e=3&st=9tpf9r5x&dl=0

[digital hollow]

If you want to config dump, you can do that on non diag. Ofc config dump script is also on forums...

[tough abyss]

whats the .paa code for the deset camo

its like just 1 color of a tan color

[digital hollow]

If you see it on an object you can check the textures on that object.

[tough abyss]

i only see it on a tank

dosent say the texcture

[digital hollow]

Set variable name for the tank and run getObjectTextures tank

[tough abyss]

where is the console

[proven charm]

press ESC

(in game) or open it in editor

[tough abyss]

thanks

[drifting badge]

@cosmic lichen - Since you mentioned it above... - ...what DID happen to the forums, why are they still down?!? Do we ever get them back or are they now lost?

[winter rose]

it's in cleanup mode, there is no ETA, and they are of course planned to come back

[thin fox]

you can use web archive

[drifting badge]

I see - but that has been going on for quite a long time, so one keeps wondering (also it would be such a shame if all the info on the forums would be lost to us)

yeah, been using web archive as well (a bit tedious but better than nothing and of course coming here and pestering you guys with questions ;) )

[silent cargo]

Is it possible to set shot parents for a particle effect such as fire

[little raptor]

they're not shots so no

if you create an explosive that uses that particle effect maybe

[royal quartz]

I wonder if you or @warm hedge knows but the SynchronizedObjects command from my testing only works on vehicles that have AI in. If you remove the AI and use that function on the vehicle it will say nothing is linked when it is :/

[proven charm]

seems to be the case, see comments: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/synchronizedObjects

[royal quartz]

Yeah, with the exception in arma it will return the vehicle when there is AI in it, not the vehicle commander. Unlike the first comment that must be for A2 or another arma game

[little raptor]

there is nothing linked
3den links are not the same as synchronizedObjects

[royal quartz]

I used this for an Iron Dome system in working in to create your own linked networks of radars, Battle management control stations and launchers. As well as an in-game UI that lets you manage the network and link them there too.

[royal quartz]

Huh? Ok is there a command to return the 3den links? As that would work better for what I'm building I think than synchronizedObjects

[little raptor]

get3denConnections

only works in 3den afaik

[royal quartz]

Amazing I'm glad I asked! I'll change my code over and that will work much better.

[cosmic lichen]

That's what they want us to believe.😛

[royal quartz]

Ah dam. Then it might not work, I'm getting the linked connections on the init EH of the object. It's added in the mod

Not sure if it will return it on init, I'd guess not as that's game start?

[little raptor]

well synchronizedObjects only works with triggers and AI (logics too because they have AI)

[little raptor]

idk, try it

[royal quartz]

Ofcourse will do just wasn't sure if you knew before. I'm on my phone ATM I'll test later thanks for the info on that command.

[silent cargo]

Makes sense. Thanks

[dry cliff]

Looking for a script for "hacking" something like an enemy radar or a computer that controls it. Have a very rudimentary one that is just stand close and wait for x amount of time but wanted to see if anyone has something more interactive that they are willing to share. Appreciate any help out there

[dawn oriole]

Hey guys, im working on a script for my thesis, but i am encountering some issues in the way the bounding box is being calculated/displayed on screen. Since i dont really have experience im not sure what the issue is and i am somewhat running low on time.
So if some of you have dealt with that topic before, i would greatly appreciate any help. Feel free to dm me if that makes it easier, else i will check here for responses 🙂

[dry cliff]

I am currently working off of a github I found, but no worky, not giving me any action on the laptop
https://github.com/Poslovitch/HackEX/tree/0.0.4

[digital hollow]

Try to describe in more detail

[lean kernel]

Hi, sorry for the inconvenience. Does anyone have a script I can use to improve performance? We have a base, but something's going wrong with it. I don't know if there's anything that can hide the AI ​​and map objects when you can't see them. I tried doing something like that with Chatgpt, but it didn't work. :c

[fair drum]

Use less objects to start. If you just hide them, they still exist. You'd have to save everything about the object, delete it, then recreate it when you want.

[fair drum]

i went to look at this again and its just not readable how you did it. you gotta upload this the right way into github. or just paste the whole thing on pastebin

[brittle badge]

what is so hevy on this

[fair drum]

you have areas of code that are not even in a code block, so copy paste is a pain

[brittle badge]

okey

wehre to upload?

[fair drum]

https://pastebin.com/

[brittle badge]

I try to figure it out..

[brittle badge]

i will do it tomorro (today at 18/19:00) need to sleep rn a little.

[slender turtle]

what was the command that you put in the init of like the naval turrets to make them opfor?

[fair drum]

you can just place a opfor unit, then take the crew of the turret and drag them into the opfor units group. then delete the opfor unit.

otherwise, you can do:

if (local this) then {
  crew this joinSilent group opforUnitHere
};

or

if (local this) then {
  private _group = createGroup [east, true];
  crew this joinSilent _group;
};

[slender turtle]

sweet! ty!

[dawn oriole]

@digital hollow so when the bounding box is being drawn the box is not aligning at all with the Position on the vehicle on Screen. Sometimes its like 10 Meters off. Im running a vehicle spawning Script to Generate Synthetic images and my .rpt file gives me the coordinates of the box but it just doesn't match. You want the script snippet to have a look?

[dawn oriole]

Tried asking for help on fiverr, but everyone seems to be a scammer, so im trying here

[fleet sand]

You can use this to get the points of the bounding box and then spawn objects at those points and after that just display bounding box https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/boundingBoxReal note bounding box is diffrent for each objects it all depends how is it configured.

[gleaming onyx]

I have a script that should make the days far more longer than the nights, but it feels like its going super duper fast...
Have I done something wrong in the script?`

[] spawn {
while {true} do {
_hour = daytime;

    if (_hour >= 21 || _hour < 3) then {
        setTimeMultiplier 180;
    } else {
        setTimeMultiplier 40
    };

    sleep 5;
};

};

[warm hedge]

Adjust 180 and 40 to desired number

[dawn oriole]

i am already using boundingboxreal but its still not giving the right coordinates. you reckon i could send you the part that deals with it and you have a look? i can compensate you, or anyone else if interested.

[cosmic lichen]

Hard to say anything without the script. Using BB real with the correct geometry should give accurate results.

[dawn oriole]

this is the full thing
its probably not very elegant because most is with Chatgpt as i h ave no clue. i would greatly appreciate any help

[fleet sand]

Can you post a pastebin i am on a phone right now and cant download/ open that file.

[dawn oriole]

https://pastebin.com/aN6ncYYe

thats one example of what happens

[hallow mortar]

Is that a horizontal or vertical offset? I can't tell from the picture.
If it's vertical then it could be an ATL/ASL mismatch issue.

[dawn oriole]

i have tried both asl and atl before, the bounding box still wasnt accurate

[hallow mortar]

Also don't use ChatGPT (in general, but particularly for SQF). It will absolutely make up complete garbage. It does not have an actual understanding of functional code, it just tries to come up with something that "looks real" - and SQF is a particularly niche language with a relative shortage of examples of good code.

[dawn oriole]

it was able to do everything else quite good, but i agree otherwise. its just that i need to get it done for my thesis and this is the last issue im having, the rest works as its supposed to

[cyan thunder]

semi-advanced autocomplete strikes again eh

[little raptor]

fnc_getModelCenterTarget
getPosWorld already does that

_centerModel = [
        ((_min select 0) + (_max select 0)) / 2,
        ((_min select 1) + (_max select 1)) / 2,
        ((_min select 2) + (_max select 2)) / 2
    ];

we have vector commands. use those instead:

(_min vectorAdd _max) vectorMulitply 0.5

_vehicleType createVehicle _spawnPos

1. spawnPos is ASL. createVehicle needs AGL
2. createVehicle is unreliable and you must always use setPosXXX after it anyway

[little raptor]

ah you used chat gpt. well then goodbye

[dawn oriole]

Ye I know, I said that I cant do it alone. Which is why I am asking for help to fix it

[cosmic lichen]

I have a bit of a dilemma here. I wanna check if the cursor is inside the bounding box of the nearest object in Eden Editor.

I can do that fine as long as it's close to the surface ASL or AGL but if the nearest building is floating (ASL Z=20) I cannot properly do that as I don't have a Z height of the cursor.

So either I just ignore the cases where a building is floating or I use the Z height of the closest building and assume that is my cursor height. It works but doesn't look right.

Any other ideas?

Actually, I think I rubber ducked my self out of that lol.

It only looks weird if the building is floating but looks fine for all other cases. So I guess I'll roll with it as floating building should be rare anyway.

[little raptor]

you can use positionCameraToWorld to get the cam pos and screenToWorldDirection getMousePosition to get the vector from camera to where the mouse points

after that you can just intersect the line with the bounding box

if you need help with it let me know

[cosmic lichen]

But that would only tell me if the bounding box is between camera and mouse, no?

[little raptor]

well it tells you if the mouse is inside the bounding box

but it doesn't consider other objects (i.e blocked and not in view)

[cosmic lichen]

That doesn't matter

I think eden editor even intersects it with model geometry.

Let me implement hat and check the results.

Now I wonder why we don't have an intersect variant that checks if a ray passes through an area.

[little raptor]

here's the bb intersection in case you need it:

private _dir = screenToWorldDirection getMousePosition;
private _p1 = positionCameraToWorld [0,0,0];
private _obj = get3denSelected "Object" select 0;

pp = [AGLToASL _p1, AGLToASL _p1 vectorAdd (_dir vectorMultiply 100)];

_p1 = _obj worldToModel _p1;
_dir = _obj vectorWorldToModel _dir;


call
{
    scopeName "Inter";
    
    // you can also use geometry BB which is more accurate
    boundingBoxReal _obj params ["_min", "_max"];
    
    private _tmin = 0;
    private _tmax = 1e9;

    private _entry =
    {
        params ["_t"];
        
        if (_t > _tmin) then
        {
            if (_t > _tmax) then
            {
                false breakOut "Inter";
            };
            _tmin = _t;
        };
    };
    private _exit =
    {
        params ["_t"];
        
        if (_t < _tmax) then
        {
            if (_t < _tmin) then
            {
                false breakOut "Inter";
            };
            _tmax = _t;
        };
    };
    _max = _max vectorDiff _p1;
    _min = _min vectorDiff _p1;
    {
        private _d = _dir#_x;
        if (abs(_d) > 1e-6) then
        {
            private _t1 = _min#_x / _d;
            private _t2 = _max#_x / _d;
            if (_d > 0) then // positive on max negative on min
            {
                _t1 call _entry;
                _t2 call _exit;
            }
            else // negative on max positive on min
            {
                _t2 call _entry;
                _t1 call _exit;
            };
        };
    } forEach [0, 1, 2];
    true;
};

didn't test it but it should work 🤞

[cosmic lichen]

And here I am already asking myself if I am too stupid to draw a line from point1 to point2

Sqf can be an ass sometimes.

[cyan thunder]

"sometimes"

[little raptor]

@cosmic lichen btw that script had a bug which I just fixed (+ some cleanup)

[winter rose]

it's not incompatible 😄 *runs away*

[cosmic lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/mitskidiamandis-homer-gif-22246587

[next gust]

expectedDataTypes: Array of direct Data Types - (Optional) checks if passed value is one of listed Data Types. If not, default value is used instead. Empty array [] means every data type is accepted.
this line is lying, right? if i put Boolean as expected data type its not working, if i put true its working same thing with Numbers,

[tulip ridge]

Show what you're using, it's worked perfectly fine for me

[next gust]

params [
    "_ownArty",
    "_magazine",
    "_enemyArtyArray",
    ["_radius", 100, ["NUMBER"]],
    ["_rounds", (selectRandom [3,4,5]), ["NUMBER"]],
    ["_decrementRadius", true, ["BOOLEAN"]],
    ["_counterTime", 0, ["NUMBER"]],
    ["_enemyArtyRadarArray", [], ["ARRAY"]]
];

the examples also dont do data types. see example 5 here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/params

[proven charm]

wiki gone crazy

[tulip ridge]

You put a literal value there

E.g. params [["_someVar", 0, [0]] only accepts numbers

[winter rose]

yep

[tulip ridge]

?
Example 5 is fine there

[next gust]

Array of direct Data Types
sounds like it need a thing fron the linked wiki page

[winter rose]

you do not type the data type in string, you provide any data of the wanted type

[tulip ridge]

Can also just scroll down and look at the examples though

[winter rose]

e.g ["_someVar", _defValue, [0, ""]] accepts numbers and strings

[next gust]

but description and example should match, imho.

anyway now i know

[winter rose]

Array of direct Data Types
does not mean "array of strings" ^^

but I will see if I can make it more understandable

[proven charm]

wiki back again

[winter rose]

was never gone 😎

(I hope)

[proven charm]

it got buggy (unreadable)

[hushed turtle]

I think I did similar mistake the first time. I was expecting that keywords should be used like bool rather than any value of datatype. When you want to do stuff with datatype and not it's values

Bit of weird thing in SQF

[proven charm]

yea wish we could just type [boolean,scalar, etc]

[winter rose]

#define boolean false :p

[hushed turtle]

I might have done same mistake with both params and isEqualType commands 😆

[proven charm]

that would actually be useable if it didnt require including those defines to every file 🙄

[cosmic lichen]

just have a script_component.hpp and include it there

[proven charm]

or boolean = true; then its global

[hushed turtle]

That's good tip. I might do datatypes file and include that in every future script 😀

[proven charm]

now if we just had final command for variables (other than code final) 😁

[hushed turtle]

I miss that one too

You can still put your constants in final hashmap though

[shut flower]

@grizzled cliff Would it be possible to make a kind of player tags with intercept? Meaning the dll is creating a thread and doing all that stuff directly in the background?

[open marsh]

How do you make AI with RPG move to target and fire with line of sight, with script

i tried so much and he just doesnt move, get stuck, fires int oa tree kills himself, misses a lot

[pliant dagger]

I just got arma three and I'm recrating some of my old arma 2 missions, things were going pretty well with my intel task and until i open arma the next day and it doesn't work.

Does anyone have a method of making intel missions/tasks that they prefer?

[little raptor]

what did you have?

[pliant dagger]

2 triggers - one normal and the other attached to a set task state with !alive varintel as it's expression and just a normal create task

the !alive varintel trigger was synced to the intel

[little raptor]

something like this (define _dir, _ai, and _target yourself)

_ai setDir _dir;
_ai disableAI "ALL";
// run forward with launcher
_ai switchMove "amovpercmrunsraswlnrdf";
_ai playMoveNow "amovpercmrunsraswlnrdf";
_ai selectWeapon secondaryWeapon _ai;

_ai setVariable ["my_target", _target];
_ai addEventHandler ["FiredMan", {
    private _ai = _this#0;
    private _target = _ai getVariable ["my_target", objNull];
    if (!isNull _target) then
    {
        // throw the projectile towards target
        private _shot = _this#6;
        
        private _speed = vectorMagnitude velocity _shot;
        private _dir = getPosWorld _shot vectorFromTo aimPos _target;
        _shot setVectorDirAndUp [_dir, vectorNormalized([_dir#1, _dir#0 * -1, 0] vectorCrossProduct _dir)];
        _shot setVelocity (_dir vectorMultiply _speed);
    };
    
    _ai removeEventHandler ["FiredMan", _thisEventHandler];
}];
// wait for LOS
waitUntil {
    sleep 1;
    lineIntersectsSurfaces [eyePos _ai, aimPos _target, _ai, _target, true, 1, "VIEW", "FIRE"] isEqualTo [];
};

// stop
_ai switchMove ["amovpercmstpsraswlnrdnon", 0, 0];
isNil
{
  // fire launcher
  _ai selectWeapon secondaryWeapon _ai;
  _ai forceWeaponFire [secondaryWeapon _ai, "single"];
};

_ai enableAI "ALL";

it doesn't account for drop tho. so it only works if the RPG shot is really fast

[little raptor]

well using event handlers is faster and more reliable than triggers

[little raptor]

you mean the task doesn't get completed?

what is the issue with it?

[pliant dagger]

What's supposed to happen is that you're able to pick the intel up and the mission gets completed

[little raptor]

ah. well you can use the Take event handler

this addEventHandler ["Take", {
  params ["_unit", "_container", "_item"];
  if (_item == "class of item") then {
    ["pvt_pickUpIntelTask", "SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState
  };
}];

use that in the player init (if it's a SP mission)

and rename "class of item" and "pvt_pickUpIntelTask" ofc

[pliant dagger]

would it make sense for me to put it in the init for the intel if I wanted it to be a MP coop mission?

[little raptor]

how do you init the intel?

[pliant dagger]

what I just typed might be stupid nevermind on that

[little raptor]

well in any case it depends on the locality. I'm not sure if the Take EH works on remote units

if it doesn't you'll have to remote execute it on all players by making a function

[pliant dagger]

I'll give it a test

[pliant dagger]

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it

[pallid palm]

hay hi @pliant dagger

[fierce marlin]

Is there a way to make a camera orthographic in Arma3?
Kinda want to make a silly mission that works like Worms (Side view, turn based, etc).
Wasn't sure which channel to ask this in, I assume the answer is no, sorry for the dumb Q.

Can do it with perspective (Far + low FOV) but it won't be "the same" :P

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

you can use GUI

the "worms" can be 3D gui models or 2D static ones

[fierce marlin]

that's a really good idea haha

ty

not familiar with how that will work so a lot of learning (How physx & forces (gravity) affects UI models, if/how to get "world" objects in UI's collision working with them, rmt-ctrl & getting the "worms" to aim correctly...) but I'm in bc learning is fun :P.

[tulip ridge]

(How physx & forces (gravity) affects UI models)
They don't, they're gui

[little raptor]

you have to script physics yourself in that case

you can simplify collisions using simple shapes (e.g circle, rectangle, etc.)

if you're familiar with web dev you can use javascript too (in dev branch)

[hushed turtle]

On the topic of silly missions. How is this even possible I wonder? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1281184230

[tulip ridge]

Look at the mission / mod and find out

[fierce marlin]

o m g, this is amazing LOL. He got everything in that working very smooth. I know how you'd get most of the things working, but he must be insanely familiar with almost every arma limitation / methodology :P ...duke nukem / cmdr keen vibes! more duke bc of the lore focus ;P
Closest things I've done (missions not mods);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVl64KWTps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAb0vEGc1yc
I haven't done a lot with remote control / custom camera while controlling a player, but that's probably easier as a mod than mission.

[modern plank]

include another SQF script

[open marsh]

im trying to check if there's a fence (map fence) between path of 2 soldiers, which scritp can i use for this?

specifically to check for fence

[manic kettle]

Is it a specific type of fence? Or any fence

[open marsh]

its this fence

i dont know what the name or class is and im not abel to make simple script for it

its a fence belonging to the inherent map objects

[manic kettle]

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

[open marsh]

its not working

[open marsh]

Its saying there's no walls or fence detected between the two soldiers

[manic kettle]

You can run the command
TypeOf cursorobject
While looking at it to figure out the classname. This works if it's just one type of object but if you want a robust solution to many fence types it'll need a more complex answer

[open marsh]

i just need it towork for this fence, for some reason it just not detectable

[open marsh]

its givign empty result

[manic kettle]

It's a terrain fence right? You didn't put it down?

[open marsh]

Land_Mil_WiredFence_F

Yes

It only detects it if i look at specific parts of the fence

wtf this is impossible

[manic kettle]

It's not impossible, but it is difficult to work with map objects like this.
I'm not at my pc to test things. But one, albeit inefficient, method i can think of is using nearestterrain objects to get a list of all terrain objects near your 2 guys...then check every object...
{
if (_x isKindOf _classname) then {do stuff}
} foreach _objects

Hopefully someone can give you a better answer.

[open marsh]

it has no class name

or its not giving me one

[hushed turtle]

Stand right next to the fence and try this:

fence = nearestTerrainObjects [ player, ["FENCE"], 5, true, false ] #0;

[charred monolith]

Hi ! I have this script that create a unit. I set them to go to a point and load into a vehicle. The problem is that they just phase trought objects (classic arma) the problem is that it's map baked object, so It's not object without a path LOD. (+ it's arma 3 vanilla assets, so they shouldn't phase through them)

There is my code :

private _civCount = 10;
private _civType= "OPTRE_UEG_Civilian_Rural";


for [{_i = 0},{_i < _civCount} ,{_i = _i + 1}] do {
    private _group = createGroup west;
    _group createUnit [_civType,position civilSpawn,[], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
    _waypoint = _group addWaypoint [extractionVehicle, 0,-1];
    _waypoint setWaypointType "LOAD";
    //_waypoint setWaypointBehaviour "CARELESS";
    sleep 10;
};

[cosmic lichen]

That's engine behaviour. If the AI can't go around an object it will go though it.

[hollow robin]

Hello, i want to make an unit do the 'scan horizon' command through code, how do i do that?

[hushed turtle]

Isn't that just a unit slowly turning around?

[hollow robin]

Yup

Problem is thats really important for some units that are blind to anything happening outside their fov

Like radars for example

[proven charm]

maybe something like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/commandWatch or https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lookAt

[hushed turtle]

Does these commands work with Game Logic object? One could move the game logic object every couple of seconds and let the unit keep looking at it

Since I don't think there is command to turn unit slowly and doing it using setDir would be weird

[buoyant hound]

Why the ships wont work with keyframes?

[proven charm]

the commands take a position so yes it will work with game logic

[hushed turtle]

If they take position then there is no need to use game logic. You can just give it position and change it little bit later

[proven charm]

true

[little raptor]

because of the way the game engine handles them

[little raptor]

yes, many map objects don't have class names because they're already super simple objects

[little raptor]

get all terrain objects by using [] for filter
then filter them manually using select and instead of typeOf use getModelInfo and compare the models with fence model (or if you have many, create a hashmap of the models you want and search in them)

[little raptor]

you can do this instead:

1. create another object e.g a plane
2. animate it
3. hide it
4. attach the ship to the hidden obj

[hollow robin]

I was hoping it'd be automatic, what makes the Ai spin the radar like that?

Ig i can try to put an ai radar and steal the ai from that radar to put in mine

[thin fox]

does ignoreTarget (Added in 2.18) is causing crashes? 🤔

[little raptor]

why?

did you get crashes when using the command? if so send the crash dumps to Dedmen

[split scarab]

Using vanilla revive system, anyone know a way to script it so if a unit is downed/unconscious that the next hit will execute them? I tried doing this but it insta kills instead of downing them first

this addMPEventHandler ["MPHit", { 
  params ["_unit", "_causedBy", "_damage", "_instigator"];
    if (incapacitatedState _unit == "UNCONSCIOUS" && side group _causedBy == west) then {
      _unit setDamage 1; 
    };
}];

[thin fox]

yes, do I send directly to him (dm)?

[little raptor]

yeah

[thin fox]

the command is in this script of mine

[little raptor]

when you uncomment those lines does it crash?

[thin fox]

if I uncomment those lines with ignoreTarget it crashes

[little raptor]

mistyped 😅

so yeah anyway just send him the crash dumps

[thin fox]

Okay, thank you

[little raptor]

btw does it crash when you do both forgetTarget and ignoreTarget together?

[thin fox]

I use one or another, not both of them together

[hollow robin]

Does anyone know what code do the ai radars have to make them spin?

[brittle badge]

@fair drum https://pastebin.com/yg5HjEkW

[fair drum]

your final iteration starts at line 103 right?

[median perch]

could anyone help me out? there are two things i cant figure out how to do, restrict my zeus slot so only certain players can get into it and i would like to limit the arsenal based on role selected in my missions

[thin fox]

For zeus slot you can make a whitelist with steamUID, and check it in a script. If the UID doesn't match, end the mission for the client (it will return to the lobby). Maybe there is a easier way.
For arsenal based on role you can make it work with this:
https://github.com/PiG13BR/Arma-3/tree/main/ARSENAL_WHITELIST_ACE.VR

[fair drum]

ACE or vanilla arsenal?

[median perch]

ace

[fair drum]

how are you tracking what role was selected?

[median perch]

i just made and named the roled in editor

roles*

[fair drum]

like you named the unit using the Variable Name in the unit attributes? Or are you using Role Description? or are you using the classname of the unit?

[median perch]

i just did the role description, no variable name

[fair drum]

just know that roleDescription does not work in single player. if you are trying to make it compatible with both

[median perch]

i can add variable names if i need to

[fair drum]

are you using the built in respawn menu at all?

[median perch]

ok, im making it for MP only. i just dont want people using the zues slot or taking stuff outside the role they select. ive gotten pretty far without scripting much as im not that knowlegable about it but it seems that i have hit a wall lol.

[median perch]

yes, select respawns with a timer

[brittle badge]

yeah. thats the uploadet steam version with the orange menu (Enable/Disable Menu)

whats NOT working:

• Switch massage for all players (green, blue, thermal,normal....), its not working for other players (just the enable masse, the 1/5min masse (hold n) and disable amssage work for all)
• the nightvision not working for all players (the filters and colour correction ...)
• not workign automaticly for rejoin players

(code from 103) @fair drum i activate the code for some time four u

[fair drum]

so there are a few ways to grab what unit is being used in your current situation:

• Grabbing the string value of the UI that was selected in the respawn menu (hard)
• Using the roleDescription string (easy - doesn't work in SP)
• Classname comparison

then once you have that, you'll need to have to init your box globally (init of the arsenal) and add NO items to it:

// init box of arsenal
[this, false] call ace_arsenal_fnc_initBox;
//-------^ no items

then, locally on the client, you'll have to add the items locally, so each machine sees a different set of items to add to the box:

// locally
[_box, ["item1", "item2", "item3"], false] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems;
// -----------------------------------^ this is the arg that makes it so only the local machine has this set of items

[median perch]

ok i will attempt this and let you know how it goes

[fossil brook]

Hello, I'm coming to you because I'm making a server on my machine arma 3 exile, here's what I've already done and where I'm stuck, I installed the server with steamcmd, installed the database that works with the server, I opened my ports via the admin panel of my internet box, I have a fixed IP,disabled windows firewall but the server remains local and I can't put it online, would someone know how to help me

[reef granite]

Hello, I created an A3 Exile server for myself and my colleagues. Now we're having a few small problems. Could someone perhaps help us? (We don't see the vehicle HUD on the top left and right) (The pylon manager can't be opened) (When a rocket is fired, the AI ​​isn't killed, or it doesn't count respect in DMS missions)

[reef granite]

on Root server ?

[fossil brook]

yes

[fair drum]

so your functions don't exist on the other machines. and since zeus placed objects only fire locally, you need to send the function and store it locally on every machine:

private _sendFunctions = {
    GlobalFnc_01 = { /* stuff */ };
    GlobalFnc_02 = { /* stuff */ };
    GlobalFnc_03 = { /* stuff */ };
};

[_sendFunctions] remoteExec ["call", 0, "FB_SendFunctionJIP"]; // this will also make the functions available to joining late players

now you can use those functions using remoteExec to the client

[median perch]

so im going to guess i put the local items in the wrong place, i added the arsenal function unchanged in the arsenal then added the local tiems in the characters init and added a rifle to test it

[reef granite]

it looks like you didn't open the firewall properly

[fossil brook]

This is possible because the interface of my internet box differs from what I can find in tutorials on the internet.

[fair drum]

could be initialization order of the objects if you are going the init box route. you want to make sure the arsenal is initialized first, then the character's init fires.

// box init - box also needs to have a variable name - set it to arsenal_01
[this, false, false] call ace_arsenal_fnc_initBox;
//------^ no items
//-------------^ initialize locally

// character init
if (local this) then {
    [] spawn {
        waitUntil {time > 0};
        [arsenal_01, ["arifle_AK12_F"], false] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems;
        //---^ box
        //------------------^ item array
        //--------------------------------^ do this locally
    };
};

note: it will bring in what the character is currently wearing. though its not actually in the arsenal. if they were to change, leave arsenal, and reopen, you won't see what they originally wore

[median perch]

it already does that which im fine with, they all start as civilian beggers converted to blufor 🤣

[fair drum]

hopefully the comments kind of help you. know that inits in editor objects fire globally, which is why we have a local filter in it. so that when players join that don't control this object, nothing happens

same thing why we want the box to initialize locally. so that joining players don't globally overwrite it

[median perch]

i appreciate the help, i cant really script except to alter what is already created so really any help is super appricated. im just trying to play a game and guess i didnt know what i was getting myself into XD

[split ruin]

@median perch what you want exactly?

[brittle badge]

i try it right now. u mean so? https://pastebin.com/W90HvyBC @fair drum

[fair drum]

not quite, you only want to send the things that start with FinalBiologic_fnc_blahblah. you don't want to use them in this function

oh i see this is the full script, not just that function

[brittle badge]

hmm i dont understand.. but its funny "finalbiologic:blabla" haha

[fair drum]

yes, up until line 99 you are good

[brittle badge]

hm?

oh

[fair drum]

everything after line 99 is still only going to fire on the zeus client

you'll use the functions by

// if no arguments
[FinalBiologic_fnc_blahblah] remoteExec ["call", 0];

doing it like this goes against my nature of A3 scripting, but since you are trying to do public zeus stuff, and don't have access to the mission, gotta make the jank work

[brittle badge]

thank u for u help mate 🙂

[flint topaz]

[] remoteExec [“FinalBiologic_fnc_blahblah”,0];

[fair drum]

thats not registered into the function library though

[median perch]

at the moment im just trying to make it where when a player selects a role they can only pull role specific weapons and equipment from the arsenal, i however cannot make scripts and have limited understanding of scripts. i can alter them once they are created so if i can get somthing usable and put it into the right place i can add what i want to it.

[median perch]

im sure im doing somthing wrong still lol, for information purposes i have a rented server and i add mods and files to filezilla, i also have added some files to the mission folder generated by eden editor like EOS and a few copy and pasted simple scripts ive found online

its not that im not willing to learn how to do these things im just stuck in kind of a turorial hell that gives me no real usable information.

[split ruin]

@median perch you can make simple addAction and then choose and apply a loadout to the unit, does this fit your idea? I can give you the script

[median perch]

well it has to be useable from ace arsenal, meaning heres a list of things this role can pull from the arsenal you can take as much or as little from this list. the players i make missions for like arma barbie pretty much but i do need to limit who can take what.

[fair drum]

That's because most of the stuff out there is bad or not useful. Learn how to debug and read the documentation of the Ace framework.

[thin fox]

https://github.com/PiG13BR/Arma-3/tree/main/ARSENAL_WHITELIST_ACE.VR

[fair drum]

I see enough of this question I'm just gonna add a module into Modules Enhanced for it.

[median perch]

ok where do i put this and how do i use it?

[split ruin]

@median perch you want to create limited arsenal for every role having only items this role can choose?

[median perch]

yes thats exactly what i want

[median perch]

i guess i need it explained to me like im 5 and have never used a computer before lmao

[brittle badge]

@fair drum It doesn't work for people who rejoin

[brittle badge]

And I don't think it will run for other players after activation.

[fair drum]

Post what you changed...

[brittle badge]

i testet this code:

[brittle badge]

and this is not working for (i think other players) but definatly not for rejoiner

[fair drum]

I told you this wasn't going to work. You need more changes to everything past line 99

[brittle badge]

hmm okey i will chaned it now

[thin fox]

It's a mission file
https://github.com/PiG13BR/Arma-3/blob/main/ARSENAL_WHITELIST_ACE.VR/readme.txt

[split ruin]

@median perch
you can easily use something like
make some box, call it "box" 🙂
in initPlayer.sqf and onPlayerRespawn.sqf

if ((typeOf player) == "classname_assault") then {
[box, ["item1_for_assault_classname", "item2_for_assault_classname", "itemN_for_assault_classname"]] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems;
};

if ((typeOf player) == "classname_grenadier" then {
[box, ["item_for grenadier_classname", "item2_for_grenadier_classname", "itemN_for_grenadier_classname"]] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems;
};

and so on for every squad role 🙂
player with different slots with proper clasnames will se different item in the arsenal

[median perch]

Ok i will attempt this and let you know how it goes

[split ruin]

@median perch just replace with the proper classnames of the units and the gear, nothing difficult. The long part will be to copy and paste every needed item classname from the full ACE arsenal 🙂

to do this just hover the mouse over the item and press ctrl+c then ctrl+v to paste it in the script

[median perch]

ok, should be doable thank you

[split scarab]

I don't get these dogs man, what I have here works for like 2-5 minutes and then suddenly they just start walking in a straight line until the end of the earth..

OB_resetDogTrigger = {
    params ["_trig"];
    detach _trig;
    _trig setPos (getPosATL gd_trigger_reset);
    systemChat format["reset dog trigger %1", _trig];
};

randomDogPos = {
    private _randomSafePos = [];
    while { count _randomSafePos == 0 } do {
        private _randomPos = [["dog_area"], ["water"]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos; 
        _randomSafePos = _randomPos findEmptyPosition [0, 20, "C_Quadbike_01_F"]; 
    };
    _randomSafePos;
};

[] spawn { 
    sleep 30;
    _dogArray = ["Fin_sand_F", "Fin_blackwhite_F", "Fin_ocherwhite_F", "Fin_tricolour_F", "Fin_random_F", "Alsatian_Sand_F", "Alsatian_Black_F", "Alsatian_Sandblack_F", "Alsatian_Random_F"];
    _dogs = [];
    for "_i" from 0 to 1 do {
        _grp = createGroup east;
        _dog = _grp createUnit [selectRandom _dogArray, ([] call randomDogPos), [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
        _dog setVariable ["BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour_disable", true];
        [_dog] joinSilent _grp;
        _dogs pushBack _dog;
    };
    [[sideLogic, "Base"], "Guard dogs spawned."] remoteExec ["sideChat", allCurators];
    
    sleep 2;
    
    trig_guard_dog1 attachTo [_dogs select 0, [0,0,0]];

    [_dogs select 0] spawn { 
        params ["_dog"]; 
        sleep 1;
        private _animMovement = ["Dog_Walk", "Dog_Run"];
        private _animStop = ["Dog_Stop", "Dog_Sit"];

        while { alive _dog } do {
            _randomPos = [] call randomDogPos;
            _dog doMove _randomPos;
            _dog playMoveNow (selectRandom _animMovement);
            waitUntil { sleep 0.5; (_dog distance2D _randomPos) <= 3};
            _dog playMoveNow (selectRandom _animStop);
            sleep ([15, 60] call BIS_fnc_randomNum);
        };
        [trig_guard_dog1] spawn OB_resetDogTrigger;
    };
};

My best guess is that the randomDogPos function is the thing that's breaking at some point because of a bad position or something? It tries to pick a marker from a specific square marker around a house and I want it to pick a random position outside the house

[median perch]

would my "box" still have to have the ace arsenal function in the init?

[split ruin]

@median perch I think no, first try with only 3 items for two roles to see if its working, I never tried this kind of "personal arsenal", I use loadout presets

[median perch]

im just trying one item on one role atm, nothing so far. it wont give me the option for arsenal

[split ruin]

paste you code for initPlayer.sqf ...

[split ruin]

@median perch remove the variable name from the classname of the unit and the file should be named initPlayer.sqf, not initplayer.sqf

[silent latch]

does the vector they move to happen to be towards [0,0,0]?

[split scarab]

I have chat printouts in the code which I removed due to character limit but no I haven't ever seen the coordinates being [0,0,0]

They don't stray in one specific direction, they'll just carry on walking straight in the direction they were facing when it breaks

[silent latch]

are the printouts giving values that seem expected?

[split scarab]

Yes, all coordinate printouts I've seen appear were around the house

[median perch]

so i removed the variable name and its still not giving me the option for arsenal

thats where i put those files too

it worked!

i just need the arsenal fnc in the "box" and to remove the variable name

now how do i keep ppl out of my zues slot?

[fair drum]

After control of the unit is given to the player, do a steam64id check. Kick them back to lobby if it's not in the list.

[median perch]

where and how do i do that?

[brittle badge]

I've tried a lot now, but it still doesn't work. In some cases, nothing happens at all

[little raptor]

if they keep walking forever it's probably because the animation gets locked and they never get a chance to move towards the target

also that while loop for getting a position is bad and can get stuck forever

@split scarab

also you keep spawning new code (nvm I thought it was an infinite loop)

that could clog up the scheduler

[split scarab]

You mean _randomPos = [] call randomDogPos;?

[little raptor]

yeah

[split scarab]

Even though it's just meant to find the _randomPos and then exit?

[little raptor]

is there any guarantee that it does find a pos?

[split scarab]

Eventually yeah, there should be plenty of clear space for it to find one but I suspect that it somehow breaks, no idea why though

[little raptor]

where does this code run from? (as in where does it get executed) and why do you keep using spawn?

[split scarab]

initServer.sqf and because there's meant to be two dogs but I cut one of them out due to character limit

[little raptor]

well in any case you can also not guarantee that the dog will ever reach its destination

so your waituntil loop with distance check is also another potential infinite loop

[brittle badge]

@fair drum idk i tryed more than 4times to change something but nothing works. u see my tests here https://pastebin.com/BJ2c6fiL

[fair drum]

you aren't understanding at all the multiplayer locality. you only need to send the functions to the client once. this might be over your head at the moment. I've shown you the steps that are needed to do what you want, but the rest of it, you have to have an understanding.

For public zeus to run functions locally on clients (which you need because you are doing UI stuff) through object inits (which are local in zeus):

- send functions to the clients (by telling the client to save a function into a variable)
- treat local zeus as the server, he will be sending the remote calls of the functions to the client (telling the client to call the code in the variable)

Everything else is in the scripting logic. I can't, nor do I want to spend the time to go through everything in your script. So if someone else wants to take over, then go ahead. But as of now, I'm stepping away from it.

Your idea would do much better as a mod due to limitations of public zeus-ing.

[lyric gulch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/105462984087728128/1368701797044191242/image.png?ex=68192e61&is=6817dce1&hm=c4ac97fe41a58421bc0a80f91a88ea87d181c39deec79541dae14f0a076e0596&

https://github.com/Sparker95/Vindicta/wiki/DEV-Setup
Hey so I'm trying to do the dev setup for this mission so I can edit one of the factions. And I don't even know if I'm doing the first step correctly. Is there supposed to be a confirmation or anything? I'm new to all of this. Also for the second step, I don't know how exactly to set up a repository. I've done factions for liberation so I now that part the setup for this one is just way more complicated then what I have done before.

[fair drum]

don't even attempt this yet. watch some videos on what github is and how it works. look into github desktop if you don't like command line.

[lyric gulch]

I mean I know what GitHub is

[plain bramble]

uh, hey there everyone. I don't come on here often as I can usually figure stuff out for myself, but i thought I would ask here.

How can I go about making intel in the editor like you can in Zeus? I've looked up videos, watched all of them, tried my own attempts, nothing's working. I would really love some guidance on how to add intel that can be picked up with a hold action command, with the item in question getting removed.

Additionally, I would like to know how I can make it apply to stationary NPCs as well like I can in Zeus Enhanced.
Obviously, without the NPCs disappearing.

[lyric gulch]

How should I know when I’m ready to attempt it tho

Could you recommend any videos idk if I’m going to get good results if I just search up “what is GitHub”

[fair drum]

you said you don't know how to set up a repository. have you used github before? or just know of its existence. that would be the first step in pretty much anything github is setting up a repository or cloning a repository

[fair drum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdAHXoRtos

github desktop can do a lot of this stuff for you without command line

[lyric gulch]

Ive used it before

[fair drum]

you can verify the first step by using Get-ExecutionPolicy to confirm that it is bypassed

[lyric gulch]

Ig maybe I haven’t used it in that way tho I’ve only just downloaded stuff from it

[lyric gulch]

Okay thank you

[fair drum]

if you are just playing with friends, something like this will be fine:

// initPlayerLocal.sqf
private _whitelistZeus = [
    // obviously replace these
    "203958230589",
    "29385023598"
];

if (MyZeusUnitOrWhatever == player && !(getPlayerUID player in _whitelistZeus)) then {
    // boot back to lobby
    endMission;
};

[old owl]

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

Example 1:

private _maxLoad = maxLoad _yaMum;

https://tenor.com/view/blud-gif-2232788265298867531

[lyric gulch]

so I would be cloning the repository right? just to confirm

[fair drum]

i believe so according to his docs

[lyric gulch]

in the video u sent he is using visual studio right?

oh wait its just git right

he didnt explain that I downloaded github desktop

[lyric gulch]

https://git-scm.com/downloads/win I need to install this right?

[fair drum]

@lyric gulch use VSCode + github desktop

[queen cargo]

@tough abyss best ui for that is no ui (or better: no graphical)

[plain bramble]

Is there a way I can have a trigger activate when an object is deleted?

[split scarab]

Anyone able to help me script a way to instakill downed players on any hit by BLUFOR? I wrote this but instead of hits downing them first it just outright instakills them...

this addMPEventHandler ["MPHit", { 
  params ["_unit", "_causedBy", "_damage", "_instigator"];
    if (incapacitatedState _unit == "UNCONSCIOUS" && side group _causedBy == west) then {
      _unit setDamage 1; 
    };
}];

[hallow mortar]

It's possible the EH is firing after the damage has been processed and they've been set to unconscious.

This is a complex area to operate in because of all the interacting mechanics.
You might need a HandleDamage EH instead; it fires earlier in the damage process. But the medical system also uses HandleDamage EHs to do its work, and those will probably be added before yours - so if you want yours to be processed first, you'll need to remove the BI Revive EHs, add yours, and then re-add the BI ones. As I said, complex.

Working with damage processing is probably one of the most annoying and complicated scripting topics in the game.

[split scarab]

Damn, real shame because trying to execute people using the vanilla medical system is janky as hell

[fair drum]

Use the deleted event handler instead of a trigger

[split scarab]

Sometimes it takes 1 bullet to the chest and other times it takes 3 to the head

[plain bramble]

Can I get a link to the arma wiki for the deleted eventhandler? I'm not familiar with it. Still new to mission scripting.

Nevermind I've found it

This may work wonderfully, ty.

[lyric gulch]

@fair drum where do I go for commands?

[fair drum]

file > terminal

or ctrl + shift + `

[lyric gulch]

am i dumb?

okay the keybind worked

[lyric gulch]

okay I did this and I think it worked

[fair drum]

mines under file, try under view

[lyric gulch]

There it is

Thank you so much

[fair drum]

you can change the environment on the top right bar of the terminal. can do powershell, cmd, etc

[lyric gulch]

Nicee

It’s in powershell by default at least for me

[buoyant cairn]

Guys, anyone here have a script that gives the player a new mag on the last fired shot? old one i have is no longer working

[warm hedge]

player addEventHandler ["Fired",{
  params ["_unit","","_muzzle","","","_magazine"];
  if (_unit ammo _muzzle == 0) then {
    _unit addMagazine _magazine;
  };
}];```not tested

[buoyant cairn]

Thanks, gonna test and come back with the results

[buoyant cairn]

Worked perfectly, thank you very much brother

[buoyant cairn]

Another question, i have this script here:

[] spawn {
while {true} do {
{
_x setVariable ["HAF_spawned",true];
_x addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", { [_this#2, 1] select (_this#6 == player) }];
} forEach (allUnits -allPlayers select {isNil {_x getVariable "HAF_spawned"} && side _x == EAST && !isPlayer _x});
uiSleep 2;
};
};

What should be changed for it to have an effect on already spawned units and not just the new spawned ones?

[fair drum]

if you are using CBA, you should be using a class event handler with the init tag for this instead of running a loop.

https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/xeh/fnc_addClassEventHandler-sqf.html#CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler

[buoyant cairn]

Hmm, thing is, this script im using is working, just not for units already spawned, i thought about removing the variable, but i don't think it will work and might just break the whole thing

[echo nebula]

hey scripters anyone here know how to manipulate ace stuff? ive got some variables i want to change for all ace cargo and wanted to see what was possible

i want to take the utility of this image and be able to make it for a mission rather than config it for a pbo

ive seen this framework but to be truthful im too noobish to understand it
https://ace3.acemod.org/wiki/framework/cargo-framework#42-adjusting-cargo-size-of-an-object

[fair drum]

what do you mean make it for a mission rather than a pbo? that menu right there is setting the options for that object for that mission

[echo nebula]

i understand that, for an individual object it will follow those rules but i want to make it so all of that same object follows those rules ie all barrel cargo net object follow the rule of cargo size = 2 this menu only allows manual change of that one and any duplicates, if i then load into the game and try to spawn or duplicate the object it doesn't follow the same ace principles and id like it to be consistent for the mission that all follow that rule set

i figured maybe on startup i could run a script or maybe a script for each individual object in the cargo framework i noticed im not 100% sure because im new to this stuff but that was where my head was at with i

[fair drum]

Ah ok. So you'll want to use a class event handler with the init tag from CBA to execute code on everything new and old of a given class name. I'm not at my computer to give you the values to change, but in the meantime, you can look at the ACE GitHub under the addon that contains what you want to change. There are usually some public functions, if not, look in the code for specific variables to change.

[echo nebula]

ill get back to you in 30 minutes or so thx still unfamiliar with all of this but i will try

[echo nebula]

wow ace github is a repository of some fantastic public functions, i will note id like to learn this for myself to some degree but this is really really helpful if it actually works lmao, thanks so much!

im running a gamemode where supplies lead to purchasing vehicles and equipment etc and so far ive had to do alot of it manually but i really would prefer to have some functions that allow for some load of ie: players can load and unload cargo, they can purchase items for certain price of supplies, and those items and vehicles and supply all are maintained by the mission itself so thank you this is a great start for me!

[echo nebula]

how would i go about using these functions do i put the code into the init of the mission id like to learn how this works so i can do it alot

im mostly asking how do i tell what to do i dont want to just copy paste id prefer to understand how for future ref

ty btw

[modern plank]

Hello guys, I am failing to assign LAMBS-dev tasks (WP) to AI group in vehicle, does somebody have some working examples to share?

[open marsh]

guys im spawning a sniper and making him aim and fire at a target, can u guys give me just the code to make him very accurate, good stance, right AI features disabled, enabled etc...

i need the sniper to be extremely accurate

[warm hedge]

setUnitPos to change unit's stance
setSkill to set skill

[open marsh]

@warm hedge Thank you

Do you have any idea how a .50cal m107 is injuring ai at first shot instead of always killing?

no ace medical, vanilla

[warm hedge]

"HandleDamage" Event Handler to instakill

[open marsh]

but is it realistic, im asking cuz i wont do it if its realistic

if there's a reason why it is like that in arma

[warm hedge]

Urm, are you asking is it possible in script or is it realistic

[modern plank]

Can we know how many "seats" are available in a vehicle? I would like to generate the right number of bots (random but not exceeding vl capa) before moveInAny all of them (vehicle class is chosen randomly).

[warm hedge]

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

[open marsh]

is it realistic

[warm hedge]

I don't care. I will do it if it is necessary

[open marsh]

No i asked if its possible in reality that u dont get killed from this hit

[warm hedge]

I answered "I don't care"

[open marsh]

thats nice

[open fractal]

is it fun

[open marsh]

being very helpful

[warm hedge]

If it is anyways necessary to your situation, I do it

That's just about it

[open marsh]

yeah great help, bro

im gonna say that to other ppl too when they need help

guy thinks i msking his personal opinion whilst i literally asked if the arma devs had a reason for making it this way

the iq points are shining out of this one

[open fractal]

youre funny as hell for saying that to polpox of all people

[warm hedge]

Then you failed to ask your actual question

I thought you made a personal question

[open marsh]

Is there a reason why the arma devs made vanilla damage the way that a .50 cal can injure someone instead of directly kill

[warm hedge]

How does one understand that question with these three words: "is it realistic"

No, I'm not a developer

[open marsh]

Are we supposed to reverse engineer the code by using open source tools to understand this game, sicne the forums adn the docs are always so lackluster

[lime rapids]

also chances are the .50 cal is modded which can mean that it does anythign in damage depending on how it was made

[open marsh]

It's M107 though, isnt it basegame

[warm hedge]

It isn't

[open marsh]

So ur saying it's a CUP issue?

[warm hedge]

No?

[lime rapids]

not really the biki and most commands list a lot of useful information additionally this server and other servers to help exist

[open marsh]

I have nothing but CUP weapons

[warm hedge]

"It is happening" is the answer

[open marsh]

so is it the cup mod?

[open marsh]

.

[lime rapids]

could be depends on a few factors

[warm hedge]

And is it the real question you want to make?

[lime rapids]

and how it relates to scripting