#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 232

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 6:48 PM

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No

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:48 PM

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oh ok

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:48 PM

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looks good to me

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 6:48 PM

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[cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false]; right?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:49 PM

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or that

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try both

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:49 PM

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ah a missing bracket.. yeah will do

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:49 PM

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This is a good time to rant at addBackpack vs addVest and addUniform
Why does addBackpack require a local unit, but addVest and addUniform don't ?

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:49 PM

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its still says
'(_this select0) |#|setHit (_this select 1)'
Error setHit: Type Number, expected array

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:50 PM

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Same with addWeapon and addHeadgear

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:50 PM

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[cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
[cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:50 PM

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Should work

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don't restart the mission. always go back to editor

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:51 PM

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hm, doesnt the number off arrays match up on both sides?

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yes

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i do that

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:51 PM

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if you restart your display event will be caried over

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and you end up with the previous one extra

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because display 46 isn't destroyed if you restart

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:52 PM

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ah now it works

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:52 PM

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ha! knowledge is the key

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:52 PM

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maybe i just hit restart that particular time xD

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i usally dont

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:53 PM

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true

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:53 PM

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ok, atleast i got the active script working now, so now i just need to add that postinit

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btw, at the moment this script will still reside inside init.sqf, should it still be like that?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:55 PM

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I get worked up at "this shouldn't even work wtf" issues 😛

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chrish, you probably want to test in a new mission without init.sqf

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You can test your CfgFunctions settup in a descrition.ext mission

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And transfer it to config.cpp when it works

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:56 PM

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so i should just put this in the config.cpp now?

or description.ext

class CfgFunctions
{
class ImmobilizerTag
{
class CustomWeapons
{
class Immobilizer
{
postInit = 1;
};
};
};
};

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:57 PM

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Just keep in mind to load the mission ingame when you add files

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:57 PM

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im not using init.sqf at the moment.. so far im still in the config.cpp, i havent really divided it yet :S

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:57 PM

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i can't remember CfgFunctions at all, because I usually use a different frame work

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 6:57 PM

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Great.... so apparently somehow in eden description doesn't get reloaded if you reopen the same mission without first switching to another mission

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:57 PM

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You can check the ingame functions viewer if your function is defined

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 6:57 PM

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10/10 30 mins trying to figure out why the fuck this function doesn't work

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 6:58 PM

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but yeah, there is only one link for me know.. where should i really put this script?, inside the CfgFunction beside the postinit = 1;?

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one link missing*

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or in a separate sqf and call it from somewhere?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 6:59 PM

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the script has to be in the mission when you use description.ext and inside the folder of the addon if you make a mod

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:00 PM

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so i need to add the script into the mpmission.sqm on the actual server?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:00 PM

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CfgFunctions should have the path under file = "";

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:01 PM

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this is purely a mod

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i rather not want to have to deal with the missionfiles

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so i just add it to descriptions.ext then, and find that file argument you mentioned? 😛

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ext = ".fsm"; // Set file type, can be ".sqf" or ".fsm" (meaning scripted FSM). Default is ".sqf".

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i wonder if this works

class CfgFunctions
{
class ImmobilizerTag
{
class CustomWeapons
{
class Immobilizer
{
postInit = 1;
ext = "/immobilizer/immobilizer.sqf"
};
};
};
};

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:03 PM

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No, only 2 tags

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class CfgFunctions
{
class ImmobilizerTag
{
class Immobilizer
{
postInit = 1;
file= "/immobilizer/immobilizer.sqf"
};
};
};

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Or better

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actually wait

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nvm my bad

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:04 PM

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haha ok, so the last one you posteD?

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:05 PM

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class CfgFunctions {
    class ImmobilizerTag {
        class CustomWeapons {
            file = "immobilizer";
            class Immobilizer {
                postInit = 1;
                description = "";
            };
        };

    };
};

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Basically it's Tag > Category > Function

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:05 PM

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ok, it doesnt say file on bis wiki :S

class CfgFunctions
{
class myTag
{
class myCategory
{
class myFunction
{
preInit = 1; // (formerly known as "forced") 1 to call the function upon mission start, before objects are initialized. Passed arguments are ["preInit"]
postInit = 1; // 1 to call the function upon mission start, after objects are initialized. Passed arguments are ["postInit"]
preStart = 1; // 1 to call the function upon game start, before title screen, but after all addons are loaded.
recompile = 1; // 1 to recompile the function upon mission start
ext = ".fsm"; // Set file type, can be ".sqf" or ".fsm" (meaning scripted FSM). Default is ".sqf".
headerType = -1; // Set function header type: -1 - no header; 0 - default header; 1 - system header.
};
};
};
};

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:05 PM

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If you set the folder for category, it retrieves the Function based on fn_function.sqf filename

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:06 PM

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so i cant use filepath?

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:06 PM

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You can, but if you got more functions then you don't have to type the full file path out 20 times

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Look at the functions example on BIKI, it explains this stuff

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Your way works, but that example is what I'd use if I were you

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:07 PM

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ok, i usally end up finding outdated biki stuff -.-

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guess i got bad references

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:08 PM

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this is one of the pages that isn't outdated

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:08 PM

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example http://puu.sh/njYBf/0b2849c7d8.png

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:08 PM

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In what you linked (because file path isn't mentioned itll look for a file)

"functions\ImmobilizerTag\CustomWeapons\fn_immobilizer.sqf";

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:09 PM

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O RLY ?

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:09 PM

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Yeah so in Alganthe's screenshot it'll; use a file on the location "functions\misc\fn_VA_filter.sqf"

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The former these days I think

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:09 PM

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KK is a BI dev now

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there's also an other new dev

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:11 PM

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class CfgFunctions {
class ImmobilizerTag {
class CustomWeapons {
file = "/immobilizer/immobilizer.sqf";
class Immobilizer {
postInit = 1;
description = "";
};
};

};

};

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im getting confused again.. maybe we should start with how they work. what a tag is etc 😛

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:11 PM

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A tag is just so you don't get overlap with other peoples functoins

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:12 PM

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okay, the first class (under CfgFunctions) is going to be the first word of your function

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:12 PM

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So if I have a mod with a function called Immobilizer and you have one.. that they don't fuck up

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:12 PM

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so BI tag is BIS_

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:12 PM

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ah ok

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thats why bis called is BIS_fnc?

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and CBA_fnc for cba etc?

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:12 PM

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if I want my function callled herp to be derp_fnc_herp derp is going to be the first class

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:13 PM

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and CBA_fnc for cba etc?
exactly

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:13 PM

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second class is there for sorting files, third class is the name of your function.

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fnc is added automagically.

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:13 PM

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oh ok

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:14 PM

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so in my case if herp is in functions\misc\ I'll have

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:14 PM

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chr_immobilizer how would that then be?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:14 PM

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class CfgFunctions
{
    class c2017
    {
        class vehicle
        {
            file = "YourPathToTheSQF";
            class MyFunction {};
        };
    };
};

Result:
c2017_fnc_MyFunction

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:14 PM

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You don't even need to know your final functions name in this case, because it's postInit = 1 only anyway

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:14 PM

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chr the first class?

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ah thanks Dscha

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:14 PM

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Name of the File: FN_MyFunction.sqf

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class vehicle = Subclass for sorting

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:15 PM

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class CfgFunctions
{
    class tag {
        class stuff {
            file = "YourPathToTheSQF";
            class MyFunction {};
        };
    };
};

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:15 PM

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test

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"" tag_fnc_MyFunction "" (in this case)

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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{
    class Chrish88 {
        tag = "c88";
        class stuff {
            file = "YourPathToTheSQFFOLDER!!!";
            class MyFunction {}; // points to "fn_MyFunction.sqf in above folder
        };
    };
};```

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😄

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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so

class CfgFunctions
{
class IBZ
{
class Immobilizer
{
file = "immobilizer/immobilizer.sqf";
class Immobilize {};
};
};
};

would be IBZ_fnc_Immobilize?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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Yep

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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No

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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No

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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ah not the file

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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that's wrong

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:16 PM

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file = "immobilizer/immobilizer.sqf"; == Folder

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file = "immobilizer";

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:17 PM

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^

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:17 PM

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Filename: "fn_immobilizer.sqf"

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:17 PM

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class CfgFunctions
{
class IBZ
{
class Immobilizer
{
file = "immobilizer/";
class Immobilizer {};
};
};
};

so this would point to the immobilizer.sqf?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:17 PM

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without /

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:17 PM

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remove the /

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:17 PM

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nope, still missing the fn_

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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alganthe, you troll

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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the name of your function under that path need to be fn_immobilizer.sqf

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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oh, right

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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really?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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Filename.

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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Yes

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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yes.

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:18 PM

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Filename of your file is going to be fn_{CLASSNAME}.sqf

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:19 PM

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ah ok

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but where do i specify the path if say it resides in a scripts folder for example [mod]/scripts/fn_immobilizer.sqf?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:19 PM

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class CfgFunctions
{
    class MyFNC
    {
        class vehicle
        {
            file = "YourPathToTheSQF"; //e.g. (from Addon) "\YourAddonPBO"
            class MyFunction {};  //e.g. "YourAddonPBO\fn_MyFunction.sqf"
        };
    };
};

Result:
MyFNC_fnc_MyFunction

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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the path is set in the file = entry

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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so mod/scripts

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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mod\scripts

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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Its called file,because usti hlavne

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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lel

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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haha, i have seen those weird words everywhere 😛

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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because stary svetlo @little eagle

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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That's the turret hitpoint right? 😃

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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doplonvani mate

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:20 PM

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psht

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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call medevac they're ded

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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Take that: Kolgujev!

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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Do arma modding for a while and you end up speaking fluent Czech

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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hehe

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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HELP THE GERMANS ARE ATTACKING US AGAIN (france)

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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"fluent"

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setDammage

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM

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Ruhä! Still gestanden! @lone glade

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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he is french

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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Don't care if he likes Baguette

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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I eat 1 a day

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like every frenchmen should.

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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+You also drive backwards all the time? 😄

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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T.T

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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so this should work?

class CfgFunctions
{
class IBZ
{
class Immobilizer
{
file = "immobilizer/";
class Immobilizer {};
};
};
};

and would be IBZ_fnc_immobilizer?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:22 PM

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XD

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:23 PM

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E7DCoixzlDE/VlfHIOneBwI/AAAAAAAAKIM/QMhjLJdA_Ig/s1600/The%2Bweeping%2BFrenchman%252C%2B1940.jpg

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:23 PM

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oh bracket

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slash i mean

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class CfgFunctions
{
class IBZ
{
class Immobilizer
{
file = "mod\immobilizer";
class Immobilizer {};
};
};
};

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:23 PM

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👍

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:24 PM

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@sacred fox If its in an Addon file: "" file = \immobla"; "" || If missionfile: "file = "Immobla";

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"" \ "" <-- Important!

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:24 PM

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if its called fn_immobilzer and reside in mod\mobillizer?

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ah ok

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why is backslash important for paths?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:24 PM

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Missionfile or Addon file (.pbo)?

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Because Arma, thats why

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:24 PM

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that how they distignuish between addon and mission paths

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:25 PM

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ah ok, nice to know

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class CfgFunctions
{
class IBZ
{
class Immobilizer
{
file = "\mod\immobilizer";
class Immobilizer {};
};
};
};

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?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:25 PM

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sometimes they even lead with @

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:25 PM

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Filename is?

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With @?? oO

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:25 PM

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fn_immobilizer.sqf

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:25 PM

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yes

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:25 PM

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Should work @sacred fox

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strange, never seen it anywhere @little eagle

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:26 PM

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would this be IBZ_fnc_Immobilizer then?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:26 PM

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searching for it

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...

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:26 PM

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ffs... so many commy2 ... ... ...

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10x Commy2 | 1x Commy22

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wth did you do there?

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:26 PM

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he didn't wanted to sign up

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which he ended up doing :^)

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:27 PM

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oh boy

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:27 PM

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Does anyone know a good way to check whether you're previewing mission these days? The old way doesn't work anymore

((uinamespace getvariable ["gui_displays",[]]) find (finddisplay 26) == 1);
``` that used to return true in editor preview

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:27 PM

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eeerm, why do you need to check for preview ?

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:27 PM

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so commy, now when i have the CfgFunction set up and, the script itself, should it just work now, aslong as the conditions in the script are met?

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:27 PM

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Because I want some extra debug mission editing formatting while i'm previewing in editor

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Just a couple little things that you want to see while you're designing the mission

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:28 PM

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Just test it @sacred fox || Add a simple: " hint "i am working"; " then do a "" [] spawn Tag_fnc_MyFnc ""

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:28 PM

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just check if you have access to the debug console, isn't that faster ?

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:28 PM

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In the editor

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:28 PM

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ok

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:28 PM

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OR " hint str Tag_fnc_MyFncName "

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this should show you the fnc in the hint box

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:29 PM

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algantha, rather have editor preview in this case

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:29 PM

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foudn it

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class CfgSounds
{
    sounds[] = {};
    class addonsound1
    {
        name = "sound from addon";
        // start path to sound file in AddOn with @
        sound[] = {"@a3\Ui_F_Curator\Data\Sound\CfgSound\visionMode", 0.8, 1};
        titles[] = {0,""};
    };
};

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:29 PM

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foudn!

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:29 PM

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

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:30 PM

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oh wow oO

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:31 PM

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BI = Bohemia's Inconsistency

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even better.

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:31 PM

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It was shoehorned in later

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:31 PM

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i got a bunch of if statements when i did it Dscha 😛

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:32 PM

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Thats the _fnc

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:32 PM

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https://gyazo.com/6e21c630952375b245c02da7bc8684fb

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ah so this is correct? 😃

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:33 PM

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[] spawn FNC Name

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:33 PM

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hes

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yes

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:34 PM

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[] spawn FNC Name
nah. it's postInit . He doesn't even need that

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:34 PM

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In Debug console

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:34 PM

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oh forgot the postinit

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:34 PM

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just drop a diag_log in there and check the rpt

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:34 PM

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yh.. well nothing happened

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and the script doesnt seem to work O.o

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it didnt throw an error though

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:35 PM

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commy go

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:35 PM

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the function itself is

//fn_immobilizer.sqf

if (hasInterface) then {
0 spawn {
waitUntil {
(!isNull (findDisplay 46))
};
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown",
{ if (currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then {
[cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
[cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
hint 'Vehicle immobilized!';
};
}];
};
};

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:35 PM

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restart the game and try again

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is this still description.ext?

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woa red colour

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:36 PM

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i run this, and expect the script to work..

[] spawn IBZ_fnc_Immobilizer;

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no its fn_immobilizer.sqf

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and the CfgFunction class resides in config.cpp

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:37 PM

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check the functions viewer if it's there

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keep in mind that you have to start a new mission for these functions to be defined

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:38 PM

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yeah it is.. but its blank and i know why lol xD

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file = "\mod\immobilizer"; i forgot to change to the actual modname xD

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:38 PM

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it should complain if it can't find the file

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:39 PM

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im trying again now

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is it any point in downloading the discord app for computer btw? 😃

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:40 PM

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Start your game with "ShowScriptErrors"

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:40 PM

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and also alganthe what editor are you using? 😃

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too late :P, i will do that, after this test if it doesnt work 😛

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:40 PM

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ALWAYS start the game with it 😉

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:41 PM

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@chris88 it's atom

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:41 PM

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ah ok

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hang on find another typo

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found*

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:42 PM

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To answer my questoin: Editor preview >>

((alldisplays find (finddisplay 26) in [0,1]) || (alldisplays find (finddisplay 313) in [0,1]))

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:42 PM

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oh god

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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That's from Debug console code ❤ :p

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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atom
themes:

atom-material-UI
atom-material-syntax

Packages:

highlight-selected
keyboard-localization
language-arma-atom
linter-mixed-indent

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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btw where is show script errors? 😛

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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I wouldnt rely on the order of alldisplays

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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Arma Launcher?

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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Meh, it's not a very critical function, just a bit helpful and this is ripped from BIS stuff so obviously it's absolutely perfect way to do it

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:43 PM

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ah under author

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:44 PM

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this is ripped from BIS stuff so obviously it's absolutely perfect way to do it
even worse

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 7:44 PM

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/s

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:44 PM

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BI funcs spook me.

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:46 PM

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BIS_fnc_weaponComponents is the worst

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:46 PM

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ok, now it shows up in the function viewer.. but it doesnt seem to work:S

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 7:46 PM

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it's funtime now, DEBUG TIME

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:46 PM

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but if i take the same code as in the script i put it in debug window it works ofcrouse 😛

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 7:47 PM

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"arifle_mx_black_f" call BIS_fnc_weaponComponents
["arifle_mx_f"]

"laserdesignator_02" call BIS_fnc_weaponComponents
["laserdesignator"]

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:50 PM

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got any idea? afaik it should work, as the script itself works, and the function is there also showing the script.. but when only spawning the function, or not spawning the function du to postinit =1; it doesnt work :S

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 7:52 PM

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Once again: Try with a simple " hint "I am working" "

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Then [] spawn FNCName

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Just try that. If that works -> Add the normal code

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 7:54 PM

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it says Iam working

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so does that mean that the function is working? even though it isnt? 😛

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actually nevermind ^^

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potinit is the probably cause.. these fucking typos xD

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:01 PM

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potinit 😄

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:01 PM

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sometimes you stare yourself blind on the punctuations :S

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wtf, i still have to spawn it to use it,, it wont "postinit" 😛

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 8:04 PM

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... ShowScriptErrors, check the .rpt, cmon, we helped you alot. Now you can do it on your own 😉

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:05 PM

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yh sorry.. is there .rpt even for editor?

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im really thankful, i have learnt alot from, you now! thanks a bunch! 😄

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 8:06 PM

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RPTs start when you start your game and end when you close your game.

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unless you use -noLogs then you won't have any.

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:06 PM

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ok, thanks 😃

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well it doesnt load in the postinit thats for sure.. and i hate to bother you guys again, but i tried to google some, but couldnt find any answer why my postinit, doesnt seem to work :S

21:14:59 [18727,71.091,0,"XEH: PostInit started."]
21:14:59 [18727,71.116,0,"CBA_VERSIONING: cba=2.3.0.160217, "]
21:14:59 [18727,71.126,0,"XEH: PostInit finished."]

only CBA appears to load

fallen locust Feb 24, 2016, 8:20 PM

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theres your first issue 😛 hue hue hue its a joke

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:20 PM

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haha 😛

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i mean spawning my function works.. just not the postinit -.-

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:21 PM

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strange

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copy your config in the chat?

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:22 PM

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class CfgFunctions
{
class IBZ
{
class Immobilizer
{
file = "\airpatrol\immobilizer";
class Immobilizer {};
postinit = 1;
};
};
};

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and the function works

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:23 PM

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do this:

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open debug console

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 8:23 PM

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wait a sec

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does this even work?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:23 PM

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and in one of the four lines with watch enter thiss:

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 8:23 PM

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class Immobilizer { postinit = 1;};

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Shouldnt it be like that?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:24 PM

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nvm found the issue

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:24 PM

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ah

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i feel so stupid -.-

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:24 PM

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class Immobilizer {};
postinit = 1;
shoudl be
class Immobilizer {postinit = 1;};

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:24 PM

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😛

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 8:24 PM

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toooo slow 😛

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:24 PM

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ahh, the scrolling didn't work

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but that should fix it

jade abyss Feb 24, 2016, 8:25 PM

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😃

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:26 PM

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i need to take a break im staring myself blind.. if i actual check the BIS reference for CfgFunctions, its that structure..i just feel stupid 😛

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:26 PM

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at least you din't ask how to binarize a pbo

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:26 PM

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works like a charm! 😃

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well that i know ^^

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:27 PM

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now here is a prolem with your script

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:27 PM

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and there is alot of things there that can pevent it 😛

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:27 PM

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it will not work in a save game

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try it. save the mission and load the save game

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:27 PM

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okk, ill try

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i dont want to sound stupid but how the fuck do i load a saved game?, i mean if i run the editor mission, and then saves it ingame, i cant find it to load anywhere in the editor either.. this makes me feel veeery stupido xD

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:36 PM

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you have to export it as single player mission and then go main menu -> scenario

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:36 PM

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aha

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then play it, and then save it?, and then load it again?

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:37 PM

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exactly

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loading is called "resume"

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:37 PM

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got it, k

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:37 PM

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"restart" starts it over

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:39 PM

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yeah you're right it doesnt init

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the second time

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but would this be a problem when it should load when the server spawns the vehicle?

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or adds the addon

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:39 PM

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only if you resume a game in MP

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same behaviour

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most scripts and addons have this issue

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even CBA and ACE

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:40 PM

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hm ok

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:40 PM

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and that's what I'm working on since 3 weeks

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:40 PM

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so this wont work multiplayer then?

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ah

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:40 PM

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it will, but not resumed MP game

sacred fox Feb 24, 2016, 8:41 PM

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what counts as a resumed game then.. if the mission is ran on a dedicated server, and you just rejoin?

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or do the mission need to be reloaded?

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so for example server restarts?

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this script will be run on a public EXILE server. not in its current state though, but yeah, thats the point

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 8:47 PM

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when you resume it's a loaded save game

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Dunno if EXILE supports that.

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Apparently it's hard.

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rejoining will work. That's called JIP and is different from resuming

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There is another minor issue. if you restart the mission from inside the mission. Or use #restart on the server, you will have multiple mouse handler scripts

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Doesn't make a difference in your case, except double the network traffic and execution time. Pretty minor

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 8:54 PM

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if one thing is optimized in arma it's network traffic

little eagle Feb 24, 2016, 9:00 PM

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oh red text again

austere granite Feb 24, 2016, 9:12 PM

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I highly recommend saving all handles in an array, saving to uiNamespace and going forEach delete in that on missions startup to fix what commy said. 😄

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What's the most effecient way to add small dialog / rscTitle elements to the map? I'd rather not do a loop with checking shownMap and hate doing stuff on keybinds like that. Is there some way I can hook into BIS display scripts to extend functionality or something else?

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It would be great if BIS added a scripted EH for pretty much all their dialog opening/closing

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 10:15 PM

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check addons enabled in the server RPT

blazing zodiac Feb 24, 2016, 10:21 PM

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Is there a simple way to check if a buildingPos is occupied?

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 10:22 PM

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nearestObjects with man as argument with a super small radius

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could also retrieve worldPos of those units and compare them to buildingPos

blazing zodiac Feb 24, 2016, 10:24 PM

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I like the nearestObjects way, should work for what I need it for. Thanks for the tip.

lone glade Feb 24, 2016, 10:26 PM

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also, BI added a new use to buildingPos in 1.56, it can now return all positions using -1 as index

blazing zodiac Feb 24, 2016, 10:26 PM

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Yes, I'm already using that. Cleans up quite a bit.

blazing zodiac Feb 24, 2016, 10:47 PM

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Yes, also thanks again alganthe. Your nearestObjects method worked fine for my purposes.

agile pumice Feb 25, 2016, 12:20 AM

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what was that site where the ace people hang out?

snow pecan Feb 25, 2016, 12:38 AM

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Probably thinking of slack

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http://slackin.ace3mod.com/

agile pumice Feb 25, 2016, 1:58 AM

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thanks

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 1:55 PM

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would this argument work?

waitUntil{isNil CursorObject} or how would i go to check if its defined or not?

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 1:55 PM

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no

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isNull is there the right point

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 1:56 PM

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ah ok.. so thhe value "<NULL-object>" you get from watchfield in the debug console is that isNull? 😃

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 1:58 PM

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and isNil requise code or string

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:01 PM

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ah ok

#

would this work.. the logic thinking is really giving me a headache now, with all the operators and boolean values XD

if (hasInterface) then
{
0 spawn
{
waitUntil
{
(!isNull (findDisplay 46))
};

(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown",
{
  targetHit = True;
  []spawn 
    {
    waitUntil{isNull CursorObject}
    targetHit = False;
    };
    sleep 12;
  if (targetHit && currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then
      {
        [cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
        [cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
        hint 'Vehicle immobilized!';
      }
       else 
        {      
        targetHit = false;
        hint 'Immobilization failed!'
        };
}];

}

};

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shoule work.. but there is something wrong.. and i cant find it, if its a punctuation or something

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oh, i need to modifiy the else statement otherwise it would trigger always when im not aiming at the vehicle i guess

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:09 PM

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@sacred fox add 3 ` befor and after your code and its better readable

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just as small tip

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:11 PM

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3 ' what? 😛

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:11 PM

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no `

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or better befor and after your code hier in discord ```

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:12 PM

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just need to find that sign haha 😛

#

found it

#

if (hasInterface) then
{
  0 spawn
  {
    waitUntil
      {
        (!isNull (findDisplay 46))
      };

    (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown",
    {
      targetHit = True;
      []spawn 
        {
        waitUntil{isNull CursorObject}
        targetHit = False;
        };
        sleep 12;
      if (targetHit && currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then
          {
            [cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
            [cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
            hint 'Vehicle immobilized!';
          }
           else if (!targetHit && !currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeweapon") then 
            {      
            targetHit = false;
            hint 'Immobilization failed!'
            };
    }];
  }
  
};

#

oh!

#

else if (!targetHit) then 
            {      
            targetHit = false;
            hint 'Immobilization failed!'
            };

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maybe thats better as a elseif statement

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:14 PM

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if else not exist in SQF

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:14 PM

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haha lol ok xD

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well then i need to rethink xD

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:15 PM

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you only can do if () then {} else {if () then {} else{]} and so on

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:15 PM

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will the waintuntil spawn work in that way ?

#

ah ok

#

as it is now

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waitUntil{isNull CursorObject}

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:17 PM

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a sleep need scheduled enviroment too

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:18 PM

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hm ok.. well what i want is the script only to trigger if the cursor is still at the object after 12secs, so i thought a spawned waituntil would do the trick.. apparently not 😛

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shouldnt the if statement and the script triggers after the sleeptime?, and then check if the variable targethit is true or false?, in my eyes this code looks right, but yeah iguess its not that simple

#

if (hasInterface) then
{
  0 spawn
  {
    waitUntil
      {
        (!isNull (findDisplay 46))
      };

    (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown",
    {
      targetHit = True;
      []spawn 
        {
        waitUntil{isNull CursorObject}
        targetHit = False;
        };
        sleep 12;
      if (targetHit && currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then
          {
            [cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
            [cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
            hint 'Vehicle immobilized!';
          }
           
    }];
  }
  
};

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:22 PM

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if you use a sleep in a unscheduled enviroment it only throw a RPT issue and contiune without waiting

#

if (hasInterface) then {
    0 spawn {
        waitUntil {(!isNull (findDisplay 46))};

        (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", {
            [] spawn {
                TAG_targetHit = True;
                waitUntil{!isNull CursorObject}
                TAG_targetHit = False;
                sleep 12;
                if (TAG_targetHit && currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then {
                    [cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
                    [cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
                    hint 'Vehicle immobilized!';
                } else {
                    if (!TAG_targetHit && !currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeweapon") then {
                        TAG_targetHit = false;
                        hint 'Immobilization failed!'
                    };
                };
            };
        }];
    };
};

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:22 PM

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oh, so what is a scheduled environment then?

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cant seem to find anything about that on the biki

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 2:22 PM

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unscheduled cannot be halted, and waitUntil / while {} do run 10 000 only

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:23 PM

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and that stop the frame

#

what means there is not ingame time changes

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 2:23 PM

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scheduled is anything passing through the scheduler, so FSM, spawned code and some commands.

#

in scheduled code has a 3ms runtime for each script and can be halted.

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:23 PM

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so if i spawn the timer?

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 2:24 PM

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was just answering the question, didn't looked at what you wrote above 😄

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:24 PM

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the sleep command is inside a spawn.. shouldnt this work?

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:25 PM

#

a sleep only work in a spawn

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 2:25 PM

#

oh and also sleep isn't precise.

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:26 PM

#

-.- BIS giving me more and more headache 😛

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 2:26 PM

#

That doesn't change your case but it's knowledge you need to have.

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:26 PM

#

yh

#

what about this then?

if (hasInterface) then
{
  0 spawn
  {
    waitUntil
      {
        (!isNull (findDisplay 46))
      };

    (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown",
    {
      targetHit = True;
      []spawn 
        {
        waitUntil{isNull CursorObject}
        targetHit = False;
        sleep 12;
      if (targetHit && currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then
          {
            [cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
            [cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
            hint 'Vehicle immobilized!';
          };
        };
           
    }];
  };
  
};

#

now the sleep is inside a spawn, with the active script aswell

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:27 PM

#

@sacred fox add a tag to your vars to be sure that you dont collide with other scripts/functions

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:27 PM

#

oh ok

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:27 PM

#

if you use a global variable

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:27 PM

#

si just customize my varname

#

for example IBZ_targethit

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:28 PM

#

how ever you want to call your vars

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:28 PM

#

yh, just wanted to makesure i got you right 😃

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:29 PM

#

yes

#

i forexample have my vars like this JK_[module]_Name

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:29 PM

#

something is still wwong withthe code thought, trying to run it in debug console, and it says ; missing, but i cant seem to find it, have been staring at this same code for a while now!

#

😛

#

ok

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:30 PM

#

and functions yes in the secound waitUntil is a ; missing

#

waitUntil{isNull CursorObject};

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:31 PM

#

so it should be like this?
waitUntil{(isNull (CursorObject)}

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:31 PM

#

no there is a simicolon missing

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:31 PM

#

oh right

#

frustrating when you cant find them, when you overlook them all the time -.-

#

how do i hint boolean values? :S

#

this doesnt seem to work

IBZ_targetHit = True;
   []spawn              
   {                 
     waitUntil{isNull CursorObject};
     IBZ_targetHit = False;
     sleep 3;       
     hint IBZ_targetHit;     };

#

im just testing stuff in the debugconsole

#

and im always having trouble hinting variables, or get hit forexample that reports the right value in the watchfield, but a long string in a hint

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 2:45 PM

#

str true

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 2:46 PM

#

k

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 2:48 PM

#

Chris don't know if you're learning now or trying to get stuff to work, but if you're learning read up on types. Bool vs string vs scalar, etc.

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:16 PM

#

not 100% true with the "if else does not exists in SQF" :)
it is just a little bit different as usual

    case (<ExpressionGoesHere>):{};
    case (<ExpressionGoesHere>):{};
    default{};
};```
will work
only thing im not sure about is how it will handle 2 trues

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:17 PM

#

It'll take the first

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:17 PM

#

nop that is not the same behavior as a if else

#

and is slower too

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:18 PM

#

not true actually

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:18 PM

#

of cause

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:18 PM

#

performance of switch has improved

#

it highly differs on the specific case what is faster in the end

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:19 PM

#

test1 = true;
test2 = true;

switch {true} do {
    case test1: {
        
    };
    case test2: {
        
    };
};

#

there switch case fail 😄

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:19 PM

#

as i already said

#

not sure how it would behave with duplicated values

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:20 PM

#

it execute both

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:21 PM

#

Are you sure? I always thought it only executed first

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:21 PM

#

think nobodies sure on this topic

#

switch is barely used anyway

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:21 PM

#

I use it a lot 😄

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:21 PM

#

then why you do not know that?

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:22 PM

#

I haven't used it where multiple could be true in quite some time and can't remember on the other

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:22 PM

#

go ahead and check it

#

still at work so no arma around 😃

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:22 PM

#

anyone got game running

test1 = true;
test2 = true;

switch {true} do {
    case test1: {
        systemchat 'test1'
    };
    case test2: {
        systemchat 'test2'
    };
};

pls

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:26 PM

#

ohh and as little promotion :)

else if (true) {...}```
works in OOS ❤

sacred fox Feb 25, 2016, 3:27 PM

#

why doesnt this work? :S

      if (IBZ_targetHit && currentWeapon vehicle player == "fakeWeapon") then
          {
            [cursorobject,0] remoteexec ['setfuel',cursorobject,false];
            [cursorobject,["motor",1]] remoteexec ['sethit',cursorobject,false];
            hint 'Vehicle Immobilized!';
            } else {if(!IBZ_targetHit) then {
            hint 'Immobilization Failed!';
            };
          };

#

it returns Vehicle Immobilized in both cases :S

#

this is the code prior to that

IBZ_targetHit = True;
      hint 'Keep on target!';
      []spawn 
        {
        if (isNull CursorObject) then {
        IBZ_targetHit = False;
        };
        sleep 3;

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:28 PM

#

@queen cargo OOS sucks and is slow as Fuck

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:28 PM

#

bullshit

#

OOS is as fast as SQF is

#

darling 😃

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:29 PM

#

in my test i have over 90% speed lose with OOS vs SQF Pure

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:29 PM

#

would love to see that test

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:29 PM

#

its get horrible translated

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:29 PM

#

lemme repeat: would love to see that test

#

as it would mean i got room where i have to improve

#

unless that, its just your word vs mine

#

still, there is room to improve
but 90% is definitly not the case!
eg. foreach of OOS currently requires another variable assignment for simplicity (but that wont cause a 90% drop as you described it)

simmilar things going to happen when you want to compare the for loops
OOS currently is not printing the for "_var" from 0 to 10 do {...} syntax as it is kinda complicated to detect and would consume too much time from other parts which need attention

#

so lemme ask again kindly:
would love to see those tests as you seem to have created quite solid tests to say im 90% slower then SQF

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:42 PM

#

@austere granite {true} and not (true) ?

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:43 PM

#

Just wondering whether switch exists on the first true result

#

or if it'll execute both cases

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:43 PM

#

it will not execute any as there is no cases for {true}

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:43 PM

#

its a typo @meager granite ... hell not even i am doing that fucking nitpicking

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:44 PM

#

i just copied, you're right :p

#

Not my fault :3

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:45 PM

#

fuck

#

how do you do code tags here again?

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:45 PM

#

`

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:45 PM

#

can't google it either for whatever reason

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:45 PM

#

3x

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:45 PM

#

switch {true} do {
    case true: {systemChat "nope"};
    case {true}: {systemChat "yep"};
};

#

switch (true) do {
    case true: {systemChat "yep"};
    case {true}: {systemChat "nope"};
};

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:46 PM

#

the code was a typo

#

question is

#

two times true

#

expression true

#

what will get executed

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:46 PM

#

why is it red? ^

queen cargo Feb 25, 2016, 3:46 PM

#

red is not sent

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:46 PM

#

    case true: {systemChat "yep"};
    case true: {systemChat "??"};
};```

meager granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:46 PM

#

it will execute only the first case

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 3:47 PM

#

okay, so figured it would and i feel like i've used that, just couldn't check and made me unsure

zealous solstice Feb 25, 2016, 3:52 PM

#

that is interessting in 1.54 i use it

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 4:15 PM

#

call {
    if (_a == 1) exitWith {
        systemChat "First case";
    };
    if (_a == 2) exitWith {
        systemChat "Second case";
    };
};```

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 4:16 PM

#

that's a single code block, that's normal that the second if is going to be evaluated.

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 4:17 PM

#

an alternative to switch

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 4:18 PM

#

switches are used to keep the code readable.

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 4:19 PM

#

well its a control structure so its primary use is to control execution flow not readability

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 4:20 PM

#

switch is slower than a bunch of If's

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 4:20 PM

#

depends

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 4:20 PM

#

nah, always the case I did some tests.

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 4:20 PM

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if you check the most common case first it might be faster

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 4:35 PM

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0.0161s vs 0.0149s

little eagle Feb 25, 2016, 5:12 PM

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looks like 10k loops. also ms.

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depends on how many switches you use.

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death loops?

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 5:21 PM

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i dont use while true

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neither infinite for loops

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nope

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infinite loops are evil - thats what they tought me

little eagle Feb 25, 2016, 5:22 PM

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polling should be avoided, but some things can't be done otherwise

deft zealot Feb 25, 2016, 5:23 PM

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events are the replacement for polling

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you re the programmer - you create the world 😄

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vote for a drowned event handler

little eagle Feb 25, 2016, 5:25 PM

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idk, I don't touch medical if it can be avoided

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allowdamage false doesn't work underwater, because the game outright kills you with oxygenRemaining 0

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underwater is indeed totally broken

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no one fights in water anyway

gaunt patio Feb 25, 2016, 5:28 PM

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TMW createUnitLocal is only available on VBS and not ArmA. RIP... guess I gotta hide the unit on every client

little eagle Feb 25, 2016, 5:29 PM

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most useless feature in A3

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you are better off ignoring it imo. Especially if it means you need polling loops, because you can't change addon files

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I just want to let the game run as smooth as possible, while having as much cool features as possible

gaunt patio Feb 25, 2016, 5:36 PM

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So it seems like hideObject on an AI unit doesn't disable it's collisions to anything other than bullets.

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That's mildly annoying

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 6:18 PM

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the ONLY while {true} do loop that I use is ```
derp_mission1Locations = ["missionMarker_Athira","missionMarker_Frini","missionMarker_Abdera","missionMarker_Galati","missionMarker_Syrta","missionMarker_Oreokastro","missionMarker_Kore","missionMarker_Negades","missionMarker_Aggelochori","missionMarker_Neri","missionMarker_Panochori","missionMarker_Agios_Dionysios","missionMarker_Zaros","missionMarker_Therisa","missionMarker_Poliakko","missionMarker_Alikampos","missionMarker_Neochori","missionMarker_Rodopoli","missionMarker_Paros","missionMarker_Kalochori","missionMarker_Charkia","missionMarker_Sofia","missionMarker_Molos","missionMarker_Pyrgos","missionMarker_Dorida","missionMarker_Chalkeia","missionMarker_Panagia","missionMarker_Feres","missionMarker_Selakano"];

while {true} do {
_selectedLocation = selectRandom derp_mission1Locations;

_isAOempty = count ((getMarkerPos _selectedLocation) nearEntities ["Man",PARAM_AOSize]);
if (_isAOempty == 0) exitWith {
    false
};

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and i'm leaving it like this just for the lulz :^)

little eagle Feb 25, 2016, 6:25 PM

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why would you use the tag "derp" ?

lone glade Feb 25, 2016, 6:26 PM

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why not ? :^)

tough abyss Feb 25, 2016, 6:44 PM

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Is stringtable.xml limited to the languages in which a3 was released?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Stringtable.xml

gaunt patio Feb 25, 2016, 6:45 PM

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The languages usable are listed at the bottom of that wiki page

tough abyss Feb 25, 2016, 6:46 PM

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Thanks

tough abyss Feb 25, 2016, 7:44 PM

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Can you access definitions made in Description.ext in SQF?

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I'm looking for a way to have global definitions among all scripts

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With #define, preferably not as variables

indigo snow Feb 25, 2016, 7:47 PM

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#defines only remain in current file

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youd have to #include a file with all the defines in each file that needs em

tough abyss Feb 25, 2016, 7:48 PM

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Ok, thanks

austere granite Feb 25, 2016, 8:01 PM

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Dont know if anyone uses game updater tool here, but i so: How are you supposed to unfuck your steam after having used it?

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It seems like the only way to log in again is by exitting steam completely and logging in

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 12:02 AM

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kidn of #offtopic_arma ... still relates to coding and somehow i do not expect much audience there ... but not SQF ... so ... anybody here has experience with WPF?
got some quite serious problem with it which i cannot solve

sacred fox Feb 26, 2016, 12:52 PM

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Im trying to get the Fired eventhandler to work, but it doesnt seem to trigger when fired from vehicle gunner?

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if (hasInterface) then
{
  0 spawn
  {
    waitUntil
      {
        (!isNull (findDisplay 46))
      };

    (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["Fired",      {hint "FIRE!";}];

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it doesnt even trigger in debug console, when i fire with a rifle :S

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ok, got it to work with just ```
player addeventhandler ["Fired", {hint "FIRE!";}];

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nvm, got it 😃

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 2:05 PM

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Add the EH to vehicles too

lunar mountain Feb 26, 2016, 3:02 PM

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Greetings, can I access the action menu with scripts? I mean... does it have any IDC/IDD path , or is it completely engine side and it cannot be accessed?

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:05 PM

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better question @lunar mountain why would you want to do such a thing

lunar mountain Feb 26, 2016, 3:05 PM

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because you have no access at all to the engine actions. Does it really matter why?

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correction: you have, but not how they appear

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:06 PM

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@lavish ocean any ETA on the scheduled/non-blocking callExtension?

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Or is it just Enfusion stuff?

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:06 PM

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when was a non-blocking callExtension announced?

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also ...

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why you even bother about it dude

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you can simply start the thread yourself

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:07 PM

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Dwarden said some months ago to me that they're working on non-blocking callExtension

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Yes, but AFAIK, even if it runs in a thread, it blocks the whole engine (as stupid as it is)

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That's what I've been told

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:07 PM

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no, it does not Ezcoo

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:07 PM

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It does block only the thread? o.O

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:08 PM

#

...
lemme quickly write something for you together ...

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 3:08 PM

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why the hell would you want scheduled callExtension ?

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:08 PM

#

Database intensive mission

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 3:08 PM

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if you can avoid the scheduler do it.

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even more reasons to avoid the scheduler

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:09 PM

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Imagine what it would do to server performance if it used blocking callExtension all the time

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Performance is critical, minimal response time is not

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:09 PM

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ahhh
now its more clear what you want ezcoo

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you want a call extension where you can get the value later

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 3:09 PM

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he want intercept.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:09 PM

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no he does not alganthe

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:09 PM

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It's possible to wait, IF it's non-blocking.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:09 PM

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pff ...

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:10 PM

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IF it blocks the execution, then we want to get the value later.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:10 PM

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simply do what you always do on such things dude ...

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start a worker thread

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and just check with the extension if the value is available

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instead of running the actual job in the callExtension

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the worker thread is doing it

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:10 PM

#

That's what we're considering already

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:10 PM

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"considering" ... it is the only correct way to do it

tender fossil Feb 26, 2016, 3:11 PM

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But why would we need to use such solution if callExtension blocks only the thread it's running in?

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:14 PM

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im sorry to ask but ... are you dump?
so ... lemme explain you what to do:

Create a new extension with two commands, namely:
-- StartThread <-- Starts Thread if not yet started which does the heavy work
-- IsFinished <-- checks if thread is done and returns result if it is, if not it simply will return empty

in StartThread you will create a new thread and detach it from your current stack
by doing so, you can return safely from the current function
After that you just poll "IsFinished" until it IS finished

there is your non-blocking whateverHeavyWorkYouMightDo callExtension
properly implemented

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tipp: do not touch callExtension if you do not know what you are doing

#

that is the planar basic of how to properly work with callExtension

tough abyss Feb 26, 2016, 3:15 PM

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lol, someone is on her period

lunar mountain Feb 26, 2016, 3:15 PM

#

he's always like this

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:16 PM

#

im just nice as usual @tough abyss

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 3:16 PM

#

but he's right.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:16 PM

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and thats why i still can be like that @lone glade 😃

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 3:16 PM

#

I mean, if he was wrong or was doing it in pure spite ok, but this time he's right.

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:^)

tough abyss Feb 26, 2016, 3:17 PM

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seems like it could work

#

but what @tender fossil probably means is that no such hacks would have to be developed

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if you could do callExtension in an SQF thread

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and it only blocks that specific SQF script

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:22 PM

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it is no "hack" @tough abyss
the problem is the invalid expectation that it should work like so

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callExtension is calling from within a c/c++ context another function

#

due to the nature of non-virtualized stuff

#

(which C/C++ is)

#

it simply will not return out of there to the VM unless you return out of the function or tell the VM explicitly it can pause now

#

thus you always have to exit callExtension ASAP to give control back to the VM

#

callExtension is not something every scripter can catch up

#

you need serious knowledge about programming itself to actually do something with it

#

so to quickly conclude this garbage that just came out of my hands:
callExtension is blocking and should remain so! making it "non-blocking" would require at least three new script commands and a lot of background code

the reason why callExtension is blocking is because the VM gives the current context to another function which is expected to return ASAP
normally it would do so (all SQF commands you issue work that way btw. they block the VM for a short periode of time fully but exit fast enough) but when you simply stay inside of the function, the VM cannot further process, the engine cannot do too and thus you block all

its like "that guy" who drives with 10 over a highway with a single road thus blocking all other ppl behind him

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 3:38 PM

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callExtension -> parseParamas -> push that to a seperate dll thread -> return job ID or some indentifier -> arma does its thing -> callExtension (is that job done -> dll returns

#

only proper way of doing it

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aka what @queen cargo said probablly TLDR :p

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:38 PM

#

yup
just without the "return job id" as i did not wanted to also provide guidance for that ^^

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 3:39 PM

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blah easy 😛

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:40 PM

#

technically @fallen locust you have to use mutexes etc. for that

#

not that simple

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 3:40 PM

#

no you dont

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:40 PM

#

but one of the more simple tasks

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 3:40 PM

#

per thread buffers 😉

#

with single job per thread

#

stupid but no need for mutex 😛

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 3:42 PM

#

/thread

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 3:43 PM

#

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 4:10 PM

#

I think it's ironic to say "pro tip: don't touch if you don't know what you are doing"

deft zealot Feb 26, 2016, 4:39 PM

#

talk less - code more

thick oar Feb 26, 2016, 4:41 PM

#

waitUntil{itHurts}

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 4:42 PM

#

laughed

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 4:43 PM

#

for "_feels" from 0 to 10 do {halp}

austere granite Feb 26, 2016, 4:57 PM

#

There's still no way to get rid of the connections / connected messages is there?

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 5:00 PM

#

with mod there is

#

RscDisplayChat, add a onLoad script and setPosition it to [0,0,0,0]

#

text background has no idc / -1, so proably have to change that too

#

You won't be able to read server commands though. maybe some additional ifs

austere granite Feb 26, 2016, 5:03 PM

#

Plus it means i gotta create my own chat system I take it

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 5:04 PM

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proably. maybe one can do some text parsing, before hiding the contols

#

extremly hackish

#

also have to use the string tables, cause the messages are different

#

but it would work

#

RscDisplayChat is the actual window were you enter the chat, it's a different one...

austere granite Feb 26, 2016, 5:10 PM

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Meh don't worry about it for now, was just wondering about it

deft zealot Feb 26, 2016, 5:16 PM

#

@austere granite call clearRadio on each frame

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but small side effect, it removes all messages 😉

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 5:21 PM

#

oh, nvm that was the debug console

#

nope. I think it's hard coded, unfortunately

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:10 PM

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You can make callExtension non-blocking for scheduled code. ARMA would just suspend the script context until the DLL call that is marshalled to another thread/process completes and then return the value.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:15 PM

#

did today already @deft zealot :)
OOS got updated to 0.7.4-alpha

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@tribal crane you cant
ArmA is not rly threading SQF
it is actually running in sequence which means --> [] spawn {"blocking" callExtension "";}will block your game just like non-scheduled would

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:23 PM

#

ARMA can suspend a scheduled SQF script for any reason; e.g. when you do a "waitUntil" the waitUntil command suspends for an arbitrary condition.

#

There's no reason ARMA couldn't internally suspend your SQF script until the callExtension "work" off in some other thread finishes.

tough abyss Feb 26, 2016, 6:25 PM

#

Lets be honest callExtension will be blocking for the entire Arma3 Lifetime, its highly unlikely they will change how the scripting engine works when it calls an extension

#

Personnally i am still waiting on a new str command that escapes quotations properly, so i can parse nested arrays containing strings (without having to worry about user input).
Its like a 10 minute job tops coding wise
Or an engine command to list loaded callExtensions & checksums on a client. Way to easy to get a random extension whitelisted

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:34 PM

#

@tribal crane omgfg ... do you even read the shit i write?!
hell why i even make the work to write down any shit!?

#

arma CANNOT suspend if callExtension is not returning

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:37 PM

#

How does waitUntil work then?

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:37 PM

#

...

#

sometimes

#

sometimes i rly have no fucking clue how to be more bad

#

waitUntil is like call

#

just that it calls following function until it returns true

#

every command cannot be suspended

#

thus every operation (eg. player) is atomic

#

however

#

SQF can suspend inbetween those commands

#

thus

#

if you do not return callExtension ASAP

#

SQF cannot suspend

#

as youre still in your function

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

Every operation isn't atomic.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

lemme ask again
do you even read what i write?

tough abyss Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

If arma loaded the callExtension calls in a seperate thread, they could try implement a callBack feature into the scripting engine.

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

Take:

{ sleep 10; } forEach [1, 2, 3];

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

cool

tough abyss Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

But BIS won't bother todo this, its to much work for them and they risk breaking abit 😛

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

#

2 atomic operations

#

good example ian ( sleep 10 and the actual forEach which however works a little bit different )

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:42 PM

#

Actually they might, so they can run .dll's out of process, Torndeco.

tough abyss Feb 26, 2016, 6:42 PM

#

But they dont 😛

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:42 PM

#

BattlEye wouldn't have to worry about whitelisting DLL's, then.

#

X39: You can see SQF commands being non-atomic by looking at savegame dumps.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:43 PM

#

non-blocking call extension is also complete bullshit

#

dont talk trash shit

#

but dont worry @tribal crane i will write something together when my event is over

#

and explain it

#

AGAIN

tribal crane Feb 26, 2016, 6:47 PM

#

X39: Don't go to the trouble just for my benefit. What's your event?

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 6:48 PM

#

Friday ArmA mission

#

its not only for you ... there are multiple problems in understanding as it looks like ...

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 9:23 PM

#

getCargoIndex works fine for this

#

0 is driver the rest turrets / cargo seats.

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 9:40 PM

#

erf confused it with turretIndex (returned by getIn), getCargoIndex indeed only return cargo positions.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 10:52 PM

#

assignedvehiclerole might return completely wrong roles when you have an AI group leader

#

something like this:
fullCrew cameraOn select {_x select 0 == player} select 0 select 1

#

"driver", "commander", "gunner", "turret", "cargo"

daring zinc Feb 26, 2016, 11:15 PM

#

@queen cargo how often do you get punched in the face?

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:15 PM

#

too often, he's the salt god after all.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:15 PM

#

it begins

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:15 PM

#

popcorn will be spilled.

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:17 PM

#

dont see the problem with non blocking callExtension... instead of

CallExtension -> callFunc -> Return

just change it to

CallExtension 
-> CreateThread(in thread: _x=0;callFunc;_x=1) 
-> (waituntil {_x == 1};) 
-> return

wont work in non-sheduled because you cant waitUntil.. but i think that does the job doesnt it?

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:18 PM

#

you can waitUntil, just use the PFH variant available in ACE3 :^)

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:18 PM

#

example why assignedVehicleRole shall not be used:
http://i.imgur.com/UQ97fim.jpg

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:18 PM

#

dont mean waitUntil really.. its just symbolic for an engine side implementation

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:19 PM

#

oh btw, any idea why mines can't be added to zeus ?

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:20 PM

#

CfgAmmo

#

never implemented

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:20 PM

#

I'm using createMine :/

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:20 PM

#

still CfgAmmo

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:20 PM

#

T.T

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:20 PM

#

so all of that is engine side.. in the current implementation callFunc runs in mainThread and stops whole game.. my implementation only stops its own thread and that single scheduled script

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:21 PM

#

Won't that eat up all the scheduler time?

#

those 3ms

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:23 PM

#

no

#

waitUntil just checks the condition.. and if it doesnt match it just jumps to the next scheduled script.. it has some processing to do.. but very little

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:24 PM

#

so your callExtension just returns "pls wait" until it's done

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:25 PM

#

yeah... basically what we have in script currently with just polling the extension and asking if its done... just in the engine compressed into one script command

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:25 PM

#

I see no problem with that.

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:26 PM

#

i also dont... @queen cargo says thats impossible... dont know why... Seems very easy to me

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:26 PM

#

He was probably thinking of something else

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 11:27 PM

#

still in mid-mission thats why you do not get any results
@daring zinc never
@still forum callExtension is always blocking until you return
that was the question
how to make it pseudo-non-blocking (by spawning a thread etc.) was something i already have described earlier

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:28 PM

#

So you both agree after all.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 11:29 PM

#

never said something else

#

still, callExtension is a blocking call

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:31 PM

#

true. pretty sure Dedmen knows that. He proposed polling.

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 11:31 PM

#

never was in an argument with Dedmen

daring zinc Feb 26, 2016, 11:32 PM

#

that's a surprise @queen cargo, considering how you behave in this channel

still forum Feb 26, 2016, 11:32 PM

#

yeah i think i didnt think enough about what i read... i just saw people suggesting a new non-blocking callExtension.. and you stating its not possible because callExtension has to block

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 11:32 PM

#

i am always right is the problem @daring zinc

#

you just got the feeling but your inner knows i am right

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:32 PM

#

oh boy

daring zinc Feb 26, 2016, 11:32 PM

#

"my inner" knows your whois record is public

#

woops

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 11:33 PM

#

yup

#

it is

#

#dontCare 😃

#

come around

#

prepare to drink

#

((so better do not come with a car))

daring zinc Feb 26, 2016, 11:33 PM

#

yeah, that would be "dump", right?

queen cargo Feb 26, 2016, 11:33 PM

#

exactly

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:34 PM

#

Oh The Party, The Party is always right
And comrade, may it ever be so;
For who fights for the right
He is always right

daring zinc Feb 26, 2016, 11:34 PM

#

glory to arstozka

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:35 PM

#

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130813200721/papersplease/images/d/d9/Presence2.png

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:37 PM

#

I think I made my longest If condtion, ever.

#

if (!(typeOf _vehicle in _casHelos) && {!(typeof _vehicle in _secondCopilotHelos) && {0 in _turretIndex}} || {typeof _vehicle in _secondCopilotHelos && {0 in _turretIndex || {1 in _turretIndex}}}) then {
            moveOut _unit;
            ["What are you doing?","You are not in a pilot slot!"] remoteExecCall ["derp_fnc_hintC",_unit];
        };

#

yes the If is a single line.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:37 PM

#

i have seen and made worse

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:38 PM

#

but it works !

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:38 PM

#

typeOf in is case sensitive

daring zinc Feb 26, 2016, 11:38 PM

#

at least wrap that shit

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:39 PM

#

meeeeh.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:39 PM

#

Is it possible to localize hints with RE ?

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:39 PM

#

might wanna check it, but I doubt it.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:40 PM

#

Well I guess you use your own function

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:40 PM

#

it's a simple hintC without the second hint.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:40 PM

#

moveOut works on remote units?

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:40 PM

#

yep.

#

because this is an event

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:41 PM

#

the hintC is remote execed

#

so this will happen on a different machine

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:41 PM

#

oh that's for gunners.

#

wait wrong function

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:42 PM

#

They claim moveOut is global on the wiki.

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:42 PM

#

moveOut is global and the hint is remote

#

I got myself tangled with my fired EH

#

this is a getIn EH added on the vehicles.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:43 PM

#

getIn already fires for remote units

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:43 PM

#

are you trying to confuse me ?

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:44 PM

#

no the wiki is wrong

#

if bob1 enters you get a getIn event

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:44 PM

#

wait, getIn is global ?

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:44 PM

#

just a heads up

#

yes

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:45 PM

#

oh well, no biggie.

#

just someone should fix the wiki.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:45 PM

#

well it's not a MP event that sends code over the net. it will only execute on the machine were it was added

#

but it does fire for remote units and vehicles

#

both are scheduled environment

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:46 PM

#

remoteExec is scheduled same for remoteExecCall

#

whoaaaa such perf drops, this is going to be ran once in a few hours and there's barely anything running clientside on my mission.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:46 PM

#

Wha does that even mean?

#

sounds weird to me, but it might be true

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:47 PM

#

I want my hint to show today, not next week.

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 11:47 PM

#

remoteExecCall is either for the sender and unscheduled for the reciver

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:47 PM

#

:^)

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:48 PM

#

both have a huge ass delay compared to PVEH

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 11:48 PM

#

like do we need to have scheduled vs unscheduled thign again?

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:48 PM

#

just running cba as servermod, can't use them :/

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 11:49 PM

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only in certint scenarios...

#

mostly no

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:49 PM

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Grim, knowing is half the battle. You should at least know what a command does

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 11:49 PM

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What?

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:49 PM

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I wish we had in engine taskCreate for the new mission framework

fallen locust Feb 26, 2016, 11:50 PM

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remoteExecCall has nothing to do with envoiroment its executed in (scheduled/unscheduled)

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same with remoteExec

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only difrence is on reciving end

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:52 PM

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already done

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nope not in this case

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well, simple, check if the helo is in my array of helos with 2 copilots

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incoming block of code

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/*
* Author: alganthe
* Check if the unit is authorized to enter the pilot / copilot slot of the vehicle, if not they are kicked out.
* This is called by the getIn eventhandler.
*
* Arguments:
* 0: vehicle the getIn action is used on <OBJECT>
* 1: position in which the unit is entering <driver, gunner or cargo>
* 2: unit doing the action <OBJECT>
* 3: turretIndex of the position < [] for driver and [0] to n number of seats>
*
* Return Value:
* Nothing
*
* Example:
*
* yourVehicle addEventHandler [""GetIn"",{_this call derp_fnc_pilotCheck}];
*/
params ["_vehicle", "_position", "_unit", "_turretIndex"];

_authorizedPilotUnits = ["B_pilot_F","B_Helipilot_F"];
_secondCopilotHelos = ["O_Heli_Transport_04_F", "O_Heli_Transport_04_ammo_F", "O_Heli_Transport_04_bench_F", "O_Heli_Transport_04_box_F", "O_Heli_Transport_04_covered_F", "O_Heli_Transport_04_fuel_F", "O_Heli_Transport_04_repair_F" , "O_Heli_Transport_04_medevac_F"];
_casHelos = ["B_Heli_Attack_01_F","O_Heli_Attack_02_F", "O_Heli_Attack_02_black_F"];

if !(typeOf _unit in _authorizedPilotUnits) then {

    if (_position == "driver") then {
        moveOut _unit;
        ["What are you doing?","You are not in a pilot slot!"] remoteExecCall ["derp_fnc_hintC",_unit];

    } else {

        if (!(typeOf _vehicle in _casHelos) && {!(typeof _vehicle in _secondCopilotHelos) && {0 in _turretIndex}} || {typeof _vehicle in _secondCopilotHelos && {0 in _turretIndex || {1 in _turretIndex}}}) then {
            moveOut _unit;
            ["What are you doing?", "You are not in a pilot slot!"] remoteExecCall ["derp_fnc_hintC", _unit];
        };
    };
};

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yep.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:55 PM

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test = {
    systemChat str [_this, call CBA_fnc_isScheduled];
};

"call" call test;
"re" remoteExec ["test"];
"re call" remoteExecCall ["test"];

["call", false]
["re call", false]
["re", true]

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:56 PM

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I could add a seatSwitched EH and allow for the loadmaster seat to be used but meh.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:56 PM

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holy intendations

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hadouken

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:56 PM

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dat indentations and variables

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:57 PM

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assignedVehicle Role
http://i.imgur.com/UQ97fim.jpg

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If you are the group leader, yes

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:59 PM

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just sayin' v u1 and u2 aren't very good to use as params.

little eagle Feb 26, 2016, 11:59 PM

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says the one that uses "derp" as tag

lone glade Feb 26, 2016, 11:59 PM

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:^)

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if you have to ask...;

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 AM

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not very readable.

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 AM

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also, could be used by literally anything else.

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you dropped this _

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:01 AM

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OK. I tested RE vs RECall and my conclusion is that RECall is always executed in unscheduled env, while RE is always executed in scheduled env.

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Which is different from my last test that was made when these were new

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:02 AM

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so wait

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did by any chance REC execute scheduled ?

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 12:02 AM

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hahahahahah.

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:03 AM

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depends on what args you move over the net

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:03 AM

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if REC was executing scheduled that would explain so much wierd crap

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:04 AM

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REC executes unscheduled

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:04 AM

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Yea it should

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:04 AM

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on server and client no matter who send it

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:04 AM

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but is it possible that it was executing scheduled

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:04 AM

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It didn't when they were new.

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:05 AM

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that just explaind so much wierd crap

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 12:05 AM

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hahaha

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:05 AM

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@tough abyss no

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bypassing battleye?

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:08 AM

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scroll menu? ingameuiseteh was fixed

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:08 AM

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i think that still works in a2

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:08 AM

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a2 is dead

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ingameuiseteh can easily be solved in A2 by overwriting it with the mission

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:11 AM

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yup

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:11 AM

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anything else in A3 beside "" ?

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:12 AM

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""?

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:12 AM

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nothing 😉

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:12 AM

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lol

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God knows

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Well its either startis or Altis or VR but who wants to play in VR 😛

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Its not the size

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its the flatness of it 😛

queen cargo Feb 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

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ALtis size is still not enough

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

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and color palet

queen cargo Feb 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

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gimme larger maps

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

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yeah, no.

queen cargo Feb 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

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100x100km

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

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altis is 240 x 240

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:23 AM

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eeeh no it isnt 😛

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 12:23 AM

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according to BI it is : ^)

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(they don't tell you they count the water too)

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:23 AM

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more like 24x24

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 12:23 AM

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its still not 240 XD

little eagle Feb 27, 2016, 12:24 AM

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What's the point of huge maps when every city looks the same? The assets make the map

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 12:54 AM

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anyone know if there's an outbound limit on the function string length for callExtension?

still forum Feb 27, 2016, 1:00 AM

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its passing the direct pointer from the arma string.. so... The limit is only arma string limit

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 1:01 AM

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Really? So there's no limit on the character length?

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er, rather, do you know what the arma string length limit is?

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disregard: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/String

still forum Feb 27, 2016, 1:02 AM

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was just looking that up but didnt find it ^^

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 1:05 AM

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No worries, thanks Ded

agile pumice Feb 27, 2016, 1:18 AM

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is it impossible to use setVectorDirAndUp on a groundweaponholder?

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trying to attach a weapon to my character and it doesnt seem to do anything

snow pecan Feb 27, 2016, 1:21 AM

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Should be possible

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http://killzonekid.com/arma-rotating-weapon-holders/

agile pumice Feb 27, 2016, 1:35 AM

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im just gonna make a dummy weapon

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thanks for the link though, ive actually seen this before

iron mist Feb 27, 2016, 3:00 AM

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not sure if this is the correct chan, can anyone point me in the correct direction for creating a flight model for a helicopter?

agile pumice Feb 27, 2016, 3:39 AM

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might wanna try config_editing

iron mist Feb 27, 2016, 4:10 AM

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will do

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 7:23 AM

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Extension question: if I reference additional DLL's from within the extension DLL, and then place them within the @mod folder, upon calling the extension DLL, arma3 crashes with a file_not_found. If I place the additional DLL's in the root arma3 folder, it runs happily. Any way to work around that?

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 10:14 AM

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@cold quartz Max output size is passed with the call itself as a param last time i checked

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extern "C"
{
    __declspec(dllexport) void __stdcall RVExtension(char *output, int outputSize, const char *function);
};

void __stdcall RVExtension(char *output, int outputSize, const char *input)

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 11:05 AM

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and @cold quartz you can get your modules PWD and call it with that path... it should work

queen cargo Feb 27, 2016, 12:42 PM

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@cold quartz no
you run from the root folder --> your dll has to be pathes properly from there

another option is to check for your dll path and cut off whatever you need
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8605644/how-can-i-get-dll-location-path-inside-the-same-dll-in-c

gaunt patio Feb 27, 2016, 2:00 PM

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So I'm trying to convert an array in string format, back to an array. I've done it before using this exact same method and it worked fine, but it's just not working in this case.

hint _data;
_data =  call compile _data;```

The hint returns: ['Default',ObjectName]

However, trying to use the _data variable after that compile returns undefined variable. Any ideas?

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^ Object name is just placeholder btw... the object name is a passed parameter refering to a unit. I just threw in "objectName" above to save typing out the individual object ID

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 3:07 PM

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@fallen locust, I was under the impression that that was the limit on what the extension could return into arma?

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 3:08 PM

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Yes its passed from arma to the extension as 2nd param

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 3:09 PM

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Yea but I was wondering if there was a limit on what arma provided to the extension?

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 3:09 PM

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Not really as far as i can tell...

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as ouput limit is due to preallocated output buffer

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 3:10 PM

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Dedman? said it was basically whatever the limit on string length is

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 3:10 PM

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and you have no issue like that on input

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yes that is true. but max string size in arma is prity huge

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 3:11 PM

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yea, like 10k

fallen locust Feb 27, 2016, 3:11 PM

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i thing is more then that

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 3:11 PM

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No, no, you're right

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Its 10m

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wrong letter

still forum Feb 27, 2016, 4:01 PM

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@cold quartz im called dedmen without an a ;)
for the dll loading in your @mod folder you could use GetModuleFileName to get the full path of your extension and then call LoadLibrary manually with that path to grab your other dll

cold quartz Feb 27, 2016, 4:02 PM

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Sry bud. I'll get it right next time 😉

lone glade Feb 27, 2016, 6:05 PM

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@lavish ocean cleaning pleeease :^)

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 1:40 AM

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I was about to post the same issue, igi lol

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the new patch must have broken using call compuile to return vehicles from a string

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The issue can be replicated by returning: call compile str player

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 4:13 AM

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also im trying to return a variable using missionNamespace getVariable that's been publically broadcasted but its returning as nil

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_keys = missionNamespace getVariable format["%1_KEYS",getPlayerUID player]; hint str (isNil "_keys")

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its set on the server like so:

missionNamespace setVariable[_keys,_arr];
publicVariable (missionNamespace getVariable _keys)```

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 5:19 AM

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I'm thinking this might be the proper code instead:

call compile format ['%1 = %2; publicVariable ""%1""',_keys,_arr];```

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 5:29 AM

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its set on the server like so:
wrong syntax. It's:

keys = format["%1_KEYS",_uid];
missionNamespace setVariable[_keys,_arr];
publicVariable _keys

You have to pvar the variable name, not the value.
I think in 1.56 this also works:

keys = format["%1_KEYS",_uid];
missionNamespace setVariable[_keys,_arr, true];

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Also this usage of call compile hurts my feelings.

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

public (Optional): Boolean - Only available for Object types and (since Arma 1.48) for missionNamespace. If public is true then the value is broadcast to all computers.

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call compile str player
this never worked, simply because str player will be a string that is not compileable to the object reference. The only things that can reliably be compile str'd are booleans, numbers*, strings and arrays of these. It never worked for objects, groups or anything else really.

Edit: numbers below a million that is
Edit2: compile on objects can work if the object has a vehicleVarName, as str will return the vehicle var name. Since this is only an edge case, I wouldn't use this.

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 5:34 AM

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gee, use call compile only when you want your functions to be available only serverside.

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 5:38 AM

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_data = _ctrl lbData _index;

If you have to use lbData, then instead of using str on the value, simply setVariable on the list box control and use that string as lbData:

_ctrl lbSetData [_index, "data01"];
_ctrl setVariable ["data01", _data];
....
_ctrl getVariable (_ctrl lbData _index);

That way you can store any data type in the control and you don't have to worry about compile.

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 5:49 AM

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thanks commy

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and alganthe 😛

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i didnt think the global param for the setvariable would do anything for the mission namespace

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just a ltitle confused with your example

_ctrl setVariable ["data01", _data];```

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in my case, what do I substitute data01 for?:

_units lbSetData [(lbSize _units)-1,str(_x)];
_units setVariable ["data01", str(_x)];```

_units is the control, to avoid confusion

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 6:14 AM

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_x is a soldier object I guess?

_id = lbSize _units - 1;
_key = "data" + str _id;
_units lbSetData [_id, _key];
_units setVariable [_key, _x];

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_key would be your unique string "key" for that list box entry

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and the variable name on the control

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edited it. This way you don't have to convert the object to a string, which is the huge benefit

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 6:20 AM

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thanks for clarifying

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 6:22 AM

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You basically store a variable name as lbData. And the variable is stored on the control. Maybe they'll fix lbData to support any data type. Until then this is the best solution.

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 6:25 AM

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I think I understand

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 9:39 AM

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Any command that returns magazine IDs from a vehicles cargo?

currentMagazineDetail
currentMagazineDetailTurret
magazinesDetail
magazinesDetailBackpack
magazinesDetailUniform
magazinesDetailVest
soldierMagazines
uniformMagazines
vestMagazines
backpackMagazines

^ None of these work.

vapid frigate Feb 28, 2016, 9:44 AM

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

indigo snow Feb 28, 2016, 9:47 AM

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Does that return them by ID tho?

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 10:24 AM

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nope,no ids
magazineCargo cameraOn
["BWA3_30Rnd_556x45_G36","BWA3_30Rnd_556x45_G36","BWA3_30Rnd_556x45_G36","BWA3_30Rnd_556x45_G36","BWA3_DM25","BWA3_DM25","BWA3_DM32_Orange","BWA3_DM32_Orange"]

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I'm looking for smth like this:
currentMagazineDetail cameraOn
"MG5 7.62x51mm 120Rnd Belt Case(120/120)[id/cr:10000093/0]"

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 12:14 PM

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am I doing this wrong?
params ["_vcl", ["_l1","_l2","_l3","_n1","_n2","_n3"]];

getting an error:

  Error Type String, expected Array```

indigo snow Feb 28, 2016, 12:19 PM

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yes, look at the syntax on the wiki

agile pumice Feb 28, 2016, 12:21 PM

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im trying to make out the examples

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settled on params ["_vcl"]; (_this select 1) params ["_l1","_l2","_l3","_n1","_n2","_n3"];

indigo snow Feb 28, 2016, 12:22 PM

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yea

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 1:14 PM

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hey guys, long time no see

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i have people suddenly reporting issues with HCs since v1.56, anyone knows anything about that ?

indigo snow Feb 28, 2016, 1:14 PM

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yes, #headless_client

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 1:15 PM

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thanks

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" said: it's 100% broken atm, as @zealous solstice pointed out the inits are borked for HC and logics."

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ok

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they work on my end, somehow

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with a mission created before eden

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 1:20 PM

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nope, they appear to work, they don't

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 1:20 PM

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they definitely do

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 1:20 PM

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we've tested this in depth at #headless_client

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

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they definitely create local units and manage them alright, i have diags showing that

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but that's with a pre-eden mission

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

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wat.

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

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i suppose exporting the mission right now would bork it

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the people who get issue are those who modified my mission recently and exported their own version

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the last official version works perfectly fine on our server with 3 hcs

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i can send you the link if you want to test stuff with it

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 1:23 PM

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welp that's weird.

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drop it on #headless_client I can't test atm

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 1:23 PM

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ok

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not sure about the infinite loading issue tho

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we don't get this one at all in v1.56

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i'll try to get hold of my server admin first and make sure i'm getting it alright

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:07 PM

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I LOVE the changes they made to buildingPos, I never garrisoned units faster.

indigo snow Feb 28, 2016, 3:09 PM

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YES it's awesome

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Together with select {code} as well

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Mhmmm

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:09 PM

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now if we could get a nearObjects command which takes multiple classnames as arguments (like nearestObjects but without the sorting) that would be niiiice.

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 3:14 PM

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oh what did they change ?

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:14 PM

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if you use -1 as index it returns all positions inside the building.

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 3:14 PM

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so it returns what BIS_fnc_buildingPositions would have returned right

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:15 PM

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but in engine and much better.

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 3:15 PM

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ok

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:15 PM

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a great change indeed
finally no need anymore to go through all manually and doing some check ...

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:15 PM

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my biggest issue with building positions atm is that setPosWorld doesn't work quite well with them :/

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or that might be setPosWorld being too fast and my unit not spawning properly.

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:16 PM

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it could also be just some weird MP issue like i have ...

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:16 PM

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ya

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setPos works fine tho.

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:17 PM

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if somebody is interested in that issue btw.
http://pastebin.com/iiUz3n8N
hf

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"MissionReady" never gets published

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however ... the entire mission sets up correctly ...

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 3:18 PM

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they could have updated bis_fnc_buildingPositions with the new buildingPos behaviour to have both the performance gain and compatibility

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just checked the code and it's not done

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:18 PM

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I prefer in engine solution imho

bold comet Feb 28, 2016, 3:18 PM

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of course

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but since most of the old code will never get updated :p

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they could modify the old functions to take advantage of the new stuff

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they often do actually

lone glade Feb 28, 2016, 3:19 PM

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it's by dude 😄

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 3:20 PM

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@queen cargo createCenter is deprecated in A3. It does nothing.

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What is GVAR_GVARS_missionContext? a game logic?

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:23 PM

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yup

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a planar and simple game logic

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 3:24 PM

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How is it created?

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game logics have to be created with createUnit or createVehicleLocal (for a local one). createVehicle fails for whatever reason

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:26 PM

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_logic = _grp createUnit ["Logic", [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "NONE"];
[_logic] join grpNull;
deleteGroup _grp;
_logic;```

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 3:27 PM

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I think you can directly grpNull createUnit instead of the join

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:27 PM

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nop

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that wont create a unit sadly ...

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the logic is present

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the mission stuff is present

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just the stupid variable is not 😃

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 3:28 PM

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stupid. On the local machine it's set, just not on the other ones?

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Maybe the object is not* transfered during preInit, but the object isn't put on the jip stack

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Is this a 3den mission?

queen cargo Feb 28, 2016, 3:40 PM

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SP it works
MP it does not :)

converted it recently to 3den ... but not sure why that should cause trouble with a 100% scripted mission

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ohhh ... wait ... think i did shit

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if thats true what i think right now ...

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then i am one of the dumpest idiots in this fucking world :facepalm:

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yes ... i am a dump idiot

little eagle Feb 28, 2016, 3:50 PM

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What was the issue?