#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 240

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:30 PM

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and if I wanted multiple objects the array would simply be "tag_object","tag_object"

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private _objects = _unit getVariable ["atag_forthis","atag_forthat" []];

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yes?

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or "atag_forthis, atag_forthat"

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:37 PM

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no, "atag_forthis" is an array

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atag_forthis = [obj1, obj2, ... objN];

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:38 PM

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ohhh okay

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:39 PM

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you can add to the array with pushBack, but you have to always synch the variable with setVariable public again

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:40 PM

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so I can just "thearray" as "thearray"

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:40 PM

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yes

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:40 PM

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leave it*

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thanks

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I'm having issues and it's because I don't understand what's happening here: private _objects = _unit getVariable ["thearray", []];

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I understand that you're making _objects local then getting a variable from a Unit, but if I just leave "thearray" as is how does it know which variable to get?

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is it getting all variables?

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and putting them in to "thearray"?

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:54 PM

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how does it know which variable to get?

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there is only one variable named "thearray"

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:55 PM

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so do I put the varibles I set in place of "thearray" or leave it like you said before? I don't understand

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variables*

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:55 PM

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"thearray" is the array that contains all those objects you want to delete

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[obj1, obj2, ... objN]

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:56 PM

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I understand that

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im asking how that array gets filled

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:56 PM

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private _array = player getVariable ["array", []];

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_array pushBack _object;

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player setVariable ["array", _array, true];

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It's verbose, but that is SQF for you

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:57 PM

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oh so your example wasn't a copy paste, my apologies, I assumed it worked out of the box so to speak to handle this

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alright so im even more lost now

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:58 PM

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No, you have to think for your self too.

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:58 PM

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Clearly.

little eagle Jun 7, 2016, 10:58 PM

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I don't test any of this

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So there could be mistakes

shadow sail Jun 7, 2016, 10:58 PM

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Yea, none of this is working. I'll try it again later.

agile pumice Jun 7, 2016, 11:48 PM

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can someone tell me how I can replicate the arsenal camera?

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with a controllable rotation and zoom?

fallen locust Jun 7, 2016, 11:51 PM

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MouseMoving + MouseButtonDown + MouseButtonUp across a control that spans the whole screen

agile pumice Jun 7, 2016, 11:55 PM

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So there isn't a function already that creates it?

fallen locust Jun 7, 2016, 11:55 PM

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Not that im aware of

native hemlock Jun 8, 2016, 12:04 AM

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You should be able to check in the arsenal script

agile pumice Jun 8, 2016, 12:38 AM

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stripping it down now

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3076 lines to 330 lines lol

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 9:09 AM

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Are there any repo sites aside from github/bitbucket/playwithsix that regularly host arma code that I can look through? Just out of curiosity.

jade abyss Jun 8, 2016, 10:59 AM

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www.giyf.com 😃

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 10:59 AM

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want some code examples ?

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 12:03 PM

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That would be nice, alganthe.

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 12:04 PM

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https://github.com/alganthe/Co-ops/tree/dev_altis , https://github.com/acemod/ACE3 , https://github.com/acemod/ACEX

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If you want an example of what NOT to do check the MCC repo

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 12:05 PM

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lol thanks 😃

zealous solstice Jun 8, 2016, 12:24 PM

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https://github.com/drakelinglabs/projectrealityarma3 one more 😃 surreptitious advertising

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 12:25 PM

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thanks ;p

austere granite Jun 8, 2016, 12:42 PM

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Shameless self plugs are the best plugs

vagrant badge Jun 8, 2016, 12:44 PM

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can turn off the rock symbol - player slowdown if climbing on hills ?

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 12:44 PM

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Using an example off of the forums, does this look legitimate for saving score data to the client machine?

profileNameSpace setVariable ["nt_score", _score];
saveProfileNamespace;```
That would ideally go in onPlayerRespawn.sqf right? And then this next part in initPlayerLocal
```if (isDedicated) exitWith {};
waitUntil {!(isNull player)};
_score = profileNameSpace getVariable ["nt_score", 0];
player addScore _score;```

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Is there anything glaringly wrong with that code?

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 12:45 PM

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looks fine

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saveProfileNamespace isn't necessary tho, it's done even if you alt F4 anyways

vagrant badge Jun 8, 2016, 12:45 PM

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@shadow sail if i know SQL i say you but i dont know this crazy language 😛 i too old to learn SQL

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 12:46 PM

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oh saveProfileNamespace is automatic then?

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fancy

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im aware how dumb it is to store anything client side but since its a coop mission im not too concerned

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Thanks for the input, @lone glade

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 1:19 PM

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to have an either in a condition for an if statement can I do

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if (blah || blah)

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 1:20 PM

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if (BOOL || {BOOL})

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 1:20 PM

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what about or?

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if (BOOL or BOOL)?

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i.e. if either condition is satisfied proceed

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 1:21 PM

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woops

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didn't looked when I typed :p

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fixed

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 1:21 PM

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😛

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thank you!

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 1:53 PM

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hmm profilenamespace doesnt persist after server restart?

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 2:07 PM

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it does

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since, you know, info is stored on player

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 2:08 PM

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right, my bad, forgot the isServer check

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hmm

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in onPlayerRespawn.qf I have:

if (!isServer) then
{
profileNameSpace setVariable ["nt_score", _score];
};```
and in InitPlayerLocal I have:
```waitUntil {!(isNull player)};
_score = profileNameSpace getVariable ["nt_score", 0];
player addScore _score;```

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yet it doesnt seem to work, no RPT errors, no script errors showing

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thoughts?

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do I need to be putting these elsewhere?

zealous solstice Jun 8, 2016, 2:15 PM

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you need to save the profileNamespace

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 2:15 PM

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oh I thought it did it automatically, okay

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so I just need to add save profileNameSpace;

zealous solstice Jun 8, 2016, 2:15 PM

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

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 2:15 PM

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ah ha

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hmm still nothing

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if (!isServer) then
{
profileNameSpace setVariable ["nt_score", _score];
saveProfileNamespace;
};

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this is on a dedi

lone glade Jun 8, 2016, 2:44 PM

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the profileNamespace is saved when the game is quitted

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saving it is useless

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 2:45 PM

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with or without that it doesn't seem to work unfortunately

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but that's alright

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gonna look at Arma2Net since I need to get other forms of persistence up eventually

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Thank you all for your help 😃

dusk sage Jun 8, 2016, 3:35 PM

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give up with extDB?

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 3:36 PM

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I managed to get extDB3 up and running, but i know so little about how to interface with it I decided to look at other options, still havent decided

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OO-PDW with inidb might be an option

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I think extDB3 will be a long term goal

dusk sage Jun 8, 2016, 3:52 PM

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extDB3 is playing up at the moment

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For me at least

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Try using extDB2 v71

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 3:53 PM

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Well, in ideal world I would know how to actually utilize it, that's the part I am stuck on. Every DB or persistence mod seems to require understanding the calls that are native to each mod

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I can get it installed but I don't know the first thing about passing a player score to the DB and returning it on server load.

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So that might just not be an option for my machine

dusk sage Jun 8, 2016, 3:59 PM

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https://github.com/ArmaLife/extDB2

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This has examples in SQF

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 4:04 PM

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Yea, that's somewhat of a help.. I still am not sure how to even begin. I'll stare at this stuff some more I guess.

vagrant badge Jun 8, 2016, 4:27 PM

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how to remove FOG ?

native hemlock Jun 8, 2016, 4:30 PM

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While already in a mission? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFog

prime valve Jun 8, 2016, 7:05 PM

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@shadow sail summon @tough abyss

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 7:05 PM

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No worries.

tough abyss Jun 8, 2016, 7:15 PM

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Hi guys, I'm working on a safe zone that can be switched on and off by certain playres. For that I have introduced the variable Status, and when it equals one, the safezone is activated. However when it's deactivated by a player, it's only deactivated from that player and no one else. How can I fix this?
Most scripting can be found here https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/190992-creating-a-restricted-area-based-on-player-uid/#entry3028688

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@shadow sail extDB2/3 is more aimed low level.
You decide the database scheme & querys to run to store/fetch the data.
extDB just plays dumb and acts a middle person.

If you are completely confused about SQL & Databases..
Check out the following, they are both alot easier to implement

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/173743-stats-server-and-client-api-with-support-for-sql-and-nosql-databases/
or
https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/186131-inidbi2-save-and-load-data-to-the-server-or-your-local-computer-without-databases/?hl=inidb

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Stats Server and Client API with support for SQL, and NoSQL data...

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{ player1_id : { name: pl...

Bohemia Interactive Forums

iniDBI2 - Save and Load data to the server or your local compute...

Page 1 of 6 - iniDBI2 - Save and Load data to the server or your local computer without databases! - posted in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE: INIDBI2 Lastest Version : 2.05 by Code34 Direct Download from DropboxDirect Download from ArmaholicLike to Donate ? Donate with paypal inidbi2 is a rebuild from scratch of inidbi project with C# and SQF++ for windows client/server Major improvements:New architecture oriented object supportimprove differents methodsprelo...

shadow sail Jun 8, 2016, 7:29 PM

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Thanks 😃

stiff juniper Jun 8, 2016, 9:40 PM

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Hello
I made an addon that contains a file with lots of #define xxx (file path myaddon\macros_include.macro)
and in the mission description.ext I have #include "\myaddon\macros_include.macro"
this works when I am hosting the server and trying the mission
but a dedicated server crashes with "Include file myaddon\macros_include.macro not found."
I did some reasearch and couldn't find the cause
the only solution I found so far is to add a userconfig folder on the dedicated server
and modify the description.ext in the mission #include "\userconfig\myaddon\macros_include.macro"
Anyone has a better solution ? Is the userconfig trick the only solution to include files from addons ?
I would like to avoid having users manually create this folder since I want them to get updates automatically through the Workshop

tame portal Jun 8, 2016, 10:11 PM

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You cannot include something inside description ext if the mod is only accessible for either the server or the client

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as it will be executed on both and one of the two parties will crash

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In this case the mod is not being loaded by the server

stiff juniper Jun 8, 2016, 10:13 PM

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the mod folder is installed on both server and client

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what is strange is that there is no crash when I create hosted server and list the mission
but there is a crash when i connect to dedicated server (that has the mod folder too) and i use #missions

tame portal Jun 8, 2016, 10:15 PM

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Is the server loading the mod?

stiff juniper Jun 8, 2016, 10:15 PM

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i checke the logs it does

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the addon is called Zengin

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I can send you the mission and addon if you want to check it out

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both are less than 3 MB

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I just made another test and it looks like the issue comes from indirect include

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CRASHES DEDICATED SERVER (indirect include)

description.ext (#include "macros\toto.ext")
toto.ext (#include "\myaddon\macros\blabla.ext")

DOES NOT CRASH DEDICATED SERVER (direct include)

description.ext (#include "\myaddon\macros\blabla.ext")

vapid frigate Jun 8, 2016, 11:42 PM

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@stiff juniper: looks like the path to the mod is messed up? D:\docs_big\arma3_ded_serv@ZDB_Zengin

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missing a \

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 6:13 AM

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found in (773,615).
Client: Remote object 3:0 not found
"ETSERVER: OWNER:<null>:"
"ETSERVER: PLAYER OBJECT:any:"
"ETSERVER: PLAYER CLASS:any:"
"ETSERVER: PLAYER TEAM:any:"

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Anyone have any idea why arma is giving me a null 'Owner' id?

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:04 AM

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who's all around this time a day/night?

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:16 AM

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o/

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:23 AM

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where you at in the world stokes?

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:23 AM

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Murica

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:23 AM

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east coast?

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:24 AM

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Yep

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:24 AM

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I hope you enjoy scripting arma at 3:30 am as much as I do

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:24 AM

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I would if arma would actually be nice to me

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:24 AM

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put it in its place :<

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:25 AM

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You seen the error i got right? lol

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:25 AM

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i briefly looked over it, have no idea

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:26 AM

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I could send you some of my code to see if you can work it out lol

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:26 AM

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im really not your man for owner stuff lol

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:27 AM

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it's just onPlayerDisconnected, or i should say HandleDisconnect

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:28 AM

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maybe it cant fetch the data in time

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:28 AM

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addMissionEventHandler ['HandleDisconnect', { _this call ETServer_OnPlayerDisconnected; }];

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_owner = _this select 4;

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:29 AM

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and its reporting null, eh?

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:29 AM

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Yep

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:30 AM

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are you sure the object that's reporting null is you

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and not the headless client or something stupid? (I'm taking shots in the dark here)

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:30 AM

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_owner = _this select 4;
diag_log format ['ETSERVER: OWNER:%1:',_owner];
_player = _owner call ETServer_Utility_GetPlayerObjFromOwner;
diag_log format ['ETSERVER: PLAYER OBJECT:%1:',_player];
_class = _player getVariable ['ETClient_Player_Class', ''];
diag_log format ['ETSERVER: PLAYER CLASS:%1:',_class];
_team = _player getVariable ['ETClient_Player_Team', ''];
diag_log format ['ETSERVER: PLAYER TEAM:%1:',_team];

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RPT:

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2:09:34 found in (773,615).
2:09:52 Client: Remote object 3:0 not found
2:09:52 "ETSERVER: OWNER:<null>:"
2:09:52 "ETSERVER: PLAYER OBJECT:any:"
2:09:52 "ETSERVER: PLAYER CLASS:any:"
2:09:52 "ETSERVER: PLAYER TEAM:any:"

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:31 AM

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is this recent behavior?

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:31 AM

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yep

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:31 AM

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so you think the update broke it then?

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:31 AM

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worked even before the update.

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after*

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:31 AM

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hmm

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i dunno dude, your wasting your time asking me haha

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:32 AM

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what kind of stuff do you work on?

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:32 AM

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life type stuff

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:32 AM

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specifically ?

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:33 AM

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not really sure how to give specifics

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I'm working on terrain object harvesting atm

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if that counts

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kinda experimenting with diff methods

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I had it drop 4 logs when you chop the tree and made you able to carry/load them with ace

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:35 AM

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specifc would be like, 'code, gui, map, assets, etc..'

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:35 AM

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little bit of everything really

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I'm helping with the australia map

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i mostly do code

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Im not really a gfx artist or modeller

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got somewhat good with manipulating already made objects in object builder

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most of my object builder experience has been with buildings and stuff ported from other games

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I did some cars back in A2

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Havnt had much like with A3

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I did most of the work on the Sydney Opera House (aside from actually modelling the thing) but I had to clean up a lot of bad geometry

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:39 AM

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cool

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I'm kinda new to arma scripting, but i can get the job done, it's just errors like what i have there i have no clue... lol

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:40 AM

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id be stumped too

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nothing to be ashamed of

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its shit like that that makes me want to quit

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If I could trade the time I've put into learning a3 modding (3-4 years) for experience with Unity, I would

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:41 AM

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That's the only thing that sucks in the monring, is people that know what they are doing isint on 😭

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go to unreal engine 😛

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:41 AM

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nah, ive done my "shopping"

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I like unity

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 7:41 AM

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but blueprints 😛

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 7:42 AM

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thats what 3dsmax is for

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lol

agile pumice Jun 9, 2016, 8:19 AM

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anyway, off to bed with me, goodluck with your issue

runic spoke Jun 9, 2016, 8:21 AM

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i fixed it ;P

jade abyss Jun 9, 2016, 9:10 AM

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Tweaked: The addAction command’s functionality was extended (WIP)
Anybody knows, what's been added?

jovial nebula Jun 9, 2016, 9:31 AM

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Hi guys, i'm trying to switch a doorphase on a Land_Garage_V1_F using BIS_fnc_DoorClose

I took the statement from the config viewer but no way to have it working

Anyone has a workaround?

tame portal Jun 9, 2016, 12:45 PM

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I guess theres no BIS function for 3d text on the fly?

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Like having an actual object with text on it

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but only the text is visible. hnn

prime valve Jun 9, 2016, 1:44 PM

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3d marker ?

queen cargo Jun 9, 2016, 1:50 PM

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@tame portal what do you mean exactly ... there is the draw3d mission EH where you simply can render the text then inside

tame portal Jun 9, 2016, 1:51 PM

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Like uhm

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Wait let me post what I mean

queen cargo Jun 9, 2016, 1:51 PM

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example use to show playernames & ranks:

    _x = cursorTarget;
    if(isNull _x) exitWith {};
    if(_x distance player > 100) exitWith {};
    if(side _x == playerSide) then
    {
        _dst = (cursorTarget distance player);
        _size = 1 - (_dst / 100);
        _pos = position _x;
        _pos set[2, (_pos select 2) + 2.25];
        if(_dst < 50) then
        {
            drawIcon3D [format["\A3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\Ranks\%1_gs.paa", rank _x], [1,1,1,1], _pos, abs sin (time * 100) * _size, _size, 0, name _x, 0, 0.1 * (_size * 0.5), "PuristaSemibold"];
        }
        else
        {
            drawIcon3D [format["\A3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\Ranks\%1_gs.paa", rank _x], [1,1,1,1], _pos, abs sin (time * 100) * _size, _size, 0, "", 0, 0, "PuristaSemibold"];
        };
    };
    false
}];```

tame portal Jun 9, 2016, 1:56 PM

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But drawIcon3D cannot be hidden behind an object right?

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I basically mean something like this https://youtu.be/gkSBmi2HU_Y?t=1m28s

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But I guess its not possible without actually creating an object and giving it a texture

peak epoch Jun 9, 2016, 1:56 PM

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is it possible to create area markers with create3DENEntity? i havent managed to figure it out

queen cargo Jun 9, 2016, 2:12 PM

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thats possible @tame portal ... but not as simple as this lil call

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simplest way is creating an object ...

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hard way would be creating the objects as UI ...

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i recommend you to just forget about that completly 😃

tame portal Jun 9, 2016, 2:16 PM

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meeeeeh

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back to simple on screen texts with the texttiles function

jade abyss Jun 9, 2016, 2:16 PM

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ooohh mmmyyyy

tame portal Jun 9, 2016, 2:17 PM

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what happened dscha

jade abyss Jun 9, 2016, 2:17 PM

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ooohhh mmmyyyy happend

lone glade Jun 9, 2016, 2:17 PM

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he saw today's dev branch changelog I guess 😛

jade abyss Jun 9, 2016, 2:17 PM

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Nah, i have seen "oohh mmmyyyy" - Ask @queen cargo 😄

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He has seen it too

tame portal Jun 9, 2016, 2:20 PM

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Wat

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I only know that sexy voice "Ohh myy" sound effect

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OKAY

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Whatever you do

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DO NOT ASK DSCHA what "Ohh myy" means

queen cargo Jun 9, 2016, 2:27 PM

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well @tame portal ... you had to check it dont you?

jade abyss Jun 9, 2016, 2:29 PM

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he did.

stiff juniper Jun 9, 2016, 7:31 PM

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quick question: is it normal that a dedicated server crashes when a pbo packed mission includes à file from an addon (#include "\myaddon\abc.hpp")
and the dedicated server does NOT crash when the same mission is not packed in pbo
?
are there any problems leaving a mission as folder (not packed as pbo) in mpmissions folder on a dedicated server?

sterile ravine Jun 9, 2016, 8:04 PM

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maybe you missed the filepatching parameter in the launch paramters of the dedi server. therefore the server can't locate the .hpp outside the pbo and crashes

bronze trellis Jun 9, 2016, 8:08 PM

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any idea why "classname hideObject true;" doesn't work in the editor?

dusk sage Jun 9, 2016, 8:09 PM

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it takes the form object hideObject boolean

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So using a classname (which for a start is a string, and also not pointing to any object), wont work

bronze trellis Jun 9, 2016, 8:12 PM

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ah ok, so how would i hide all objects of the same type?

dusk sage Jun 9, 2016, 8:15 PM

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loop through all map objects with the certain classname

bronze trellis Jun 9, 2016, 8:21 PM

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how do i see the object name or do i have to set a name for each when i loop through all objects ?

torn juniper Jun 9, 2016, 8:30 PM

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What are you trying to do?

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Just hide one type or multiple?

prime valve Jun 9, 2016, 8:31 PM

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On the init of the object, use this hideObject true;

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or else declare the objects within a variable

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for multiplayer, better to use hideObjectGlobal

bronze trellis Jun 9, 2016, 9:02 PM

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sorry guys was afk, I want to hide several of the same object

vagrant badge Jun 9, 2016, 9:37 PM

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why this dont work:

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// The above array was built using the following code snippet called from the mission editor debug console:
/*
_atms = [];
{
if ((str x) find ": atm" != -1) then
{
_pos = _x modelToWorld [0,0,0];
if (surfaceIsWater _pos) then
{
_pos = _pos vectorAdd ((getPosASL _x) vectorDiff (getPosASLW _x));
};
_atms pushBack _pos;
};
} forEach nearestObjects [player, [], 999999];

copyToClipboard str _atms;
*/

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after use code atms=... nothing in clipboard

little eagle Jun 9, 2016, 9:40 PM

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because it is commented out?

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/* comment that is removed by preprocessor */

torn juniper Jun 9, 2016, 9:41 PM

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That would be my guess

vagrant badge Jun 9, 2016, 10:30 PM

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i use

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atms = [];
{
if ((str _x) find ": atm" != -1) then
{
_pos = _x modelToWorld [0,0,0];
if (surfaceIsWater _pos) then
{
_pos = _pos vectorAdd ((getPosASL _x) vectorDiff (getPosASLW _x));
};
_atms pushBack _pos;
};
} forEach nearestObjects [player, [], 999999];

copyToClipboard str _atms;

torn juniper Jun 9, 2016, 10:36 PM

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Isnt it array find "blah" ?

vagrant badge Jun 9, 2016, 10:36 PM

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dont work on tanoa who know how to edit this for tanoa ?

torn juniper Jun 9, 2016, 10:37 PM

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Either way use systemchat to output if its found or not so you can see if it works while running

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And the code wouldnt change depending on the map, you have nothing that requires a map there?

vagrant badge Jun 9, 2016, 10:38 PM

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on altis work but dont work on tanoa

torn juniper Jun 9, 2016, 10:39 PM

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Probably because there is nothing with :atm in the name?

vagrant badge Jun 9, 2016, 10:40 PM

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in SQL can use * for all syntax ?

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maybe i must add atm

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atm *

vagrant badge Jun 9, 2016, 11:15 PM

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WTF no ATM-s on tanoa

dusk sage Jun 9, 2016, 11:15 PM

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That sounds like your issue

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👍

torn juniper Jun 9, 2016, 11:45 PM

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Thats exactly what I said lol

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 3:04 AM

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where can I find a list of dik codes to use for keydown/key up handler?

native hemlock Jun 10, 2016, 3:31 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DIK_KeyCodes
https://resources.bisimulations.com/wiki/DIK_KeyCodes

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You probably don't need to look at the bisimulations one

earnest valve Jun 10, 2016, 3:45 AM

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BIS' site isn't bad. I still use the site today (bad habits :P )

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 3:52 AM

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thanks

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I got tired of looking and wrote a handler to tell me what key i press lol

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Also, this is how far I got with trying to rip the arsenal cam:
http://pastebin.com/raw/d6ZSXxuR
http://pastebin.com/raw/HJr1Lerm
http://pastebin.com/raw/bDUzVrWT(edited)
currently not working

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:00 AM

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i need a script to put an AI into a players group from scroll wheel. How could i do this?

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Like a player would be able to walk up and get make him recruitable. Preferabily not using MCC.

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:03 AM

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have you done addaction before?

runic spoke Jun 10, 2016, 5:05 AM

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Hi eagledude4 o/

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:06 AM

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this addAction ["Recruit",{[_this select 0] join (group player);},"",0,false,false,"",' alive _target && (group _target) != (group player)'];
the addaction would go in the unit's init

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heya stokes

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:39 AM

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oh awesome

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and if i wanted to limit it to a select group of players what would i do

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say they were named S1,S2,S3,S4

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:48 AM

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_x addAction ["Recruit",{[_this select 0] join (group player);},"",0,false,false,"",' alive _target && (group _target) != (group player)'];

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:49 AM

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haha ok

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ill try to figure it out

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:49 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/forEach refer to the examples

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:49 AM

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ok cool

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:50 AM

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take a crack at it and ill tell ya if you did it wrong

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:54 AM

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so how do i establish an array

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nvm found wiki

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:55 AM

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this addAction ["Recruit",{[_this select 0] join (group player);},"",0,false,false,"",' alive _target && (group _target) != (group player) && player in [s1,s2,s3,s4,s5]'];

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:55 AM

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okay thank you. Whats a good resource to learn scripting if you dont mind me asking?

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 5:56 AM

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

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thats useful to have on hand

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as is https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

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and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Functions

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these tutorials are also useful

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http://killzonekid.com/category/tutorials/

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 5:58 AM

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thanks man i apreciate it

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hmm, thats script goes in init right? Does not seem to be working.

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 6:02 AM

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the foreach loop script would not go in the unit's init

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it would go in init.sqf. or alternatively, have this addAction ["Recruit",{[_this select 0] join (group player);},"",0,false,false,"",' alive _target && (group _target) != (group player)']; in each unit's init

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 6:04 AM

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ah ok

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so how would i assign it to the unit that i wanted recruitable?

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So i have like 5 units that i want recruitable and say i only want players s1,s2,s3,s4 to be able to recruit those units.

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 6:06 AM

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oooooooooooh

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i understand now

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 6:06 AM

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yeah i think i explained it badly

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haha

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 6:07 AM

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this addAction ["Recruit",{[_this select 0] join (group player);},"",0,false,false,"",' alive _target && (group _target) != (group player) && player in [s1,s2,s3,s4,s5]'];

jagged halo Jun 10, 2016, 6:07 AM

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awesome!

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wiocked that worked

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thank you very much

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 6:09 AM

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np

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:25 AM

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[ (getPos this select 0) + ((-17.502) * cos (-getDir this) - (-17.920) * sin (-getDir this)), (getPos this select 1) + ((-17.502) * sin (-getDir this) + (-17.920) * cos (-getDir this)), 1 ] hey guys do you know if i have calculated it right? is is a vector from the position of a building pointing at a certain point of the building. it is calculated depending on the roataion of the building

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the position i usually get is always a bit of. i got the values from placing a building at [0,0,0] and getting my reference by another object's position places at the desired point.

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so building @ [0,0,0] and the position of the reference object @ [-17.502,-17.920,1] ( the vector points to a door is want to attach a useraction to)

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orientation = 0°

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:29 AM

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wasn't there a bis_fnc_getVector (or something similar)?

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:30 AM

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well i need a vector and it has to bo rotated if the orientation of the building is not 0

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there is a bis_fnc by kilzonekid but it should look the same

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:31 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorFromTo <- ?

vectorFromTo

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:31 AM

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and `[[123,123],getDir this] call Bis_fnc_rotate2D select 0 does not look nice ^^

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i do not have a fix memorypoint

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:31 AM

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(haven't rly read the function :P)

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why memorypoint?

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:32 AM

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so i have nothing to go to.

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:32 AM

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Okay, another Q: What do you want to achieve?

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:32 AM

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it is a useraction condition. so if the player is next to a door of a building the condition ios met

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the problem is that the dor has no memorypoint

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:33 AM

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lineInterSectsWith

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then check from the Geo the "door_*"

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:33 AM

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there is no "real" door. it is just texture

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:33 AM

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oO

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confused

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:34 AM

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it is a closed building. i wanted to do the teleport to roof script someone released on the forum to work without triggers

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:34 AM

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I currently think about the door script

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ah, yeah

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modelToWorld

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with pre-cached Coords

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+distanceCheck

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 7:35 AM

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sorta like this

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player addAction ["Access ATM",life_fnc_atmMenu,"",0,false,false,"",' _CL = (nearestObjects [player, ["Land_Centrelink"], 20]) select 0; _modelPos = [5.53125,-11.1084,-0.881197]; (life_role == "civ") && (player distance (_CL modelToWorld _modelPos)) < 2 '];

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:35 AM

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For example

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:35 AM

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[ (getPos this select 0) + ((-12.385) * cos (-getDir this) - (-17.991) * sin (-getDir this)), (getPos this select 1) + ((-12.385) * sin (-getDir this) + (-17.991) * cos (-getDir this)), 7.4 ] distance getPos player <= 8

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this is my actuial condition

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:35 AM

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Its "overcomplicated"

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Go with the modelToWorld thing, easier and less heavy 😛

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:36 AM

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this should work with all buildings of this type anywhere and with any rotion

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 7:36 AM

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Dscha, is my example what he's looking for?

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:36 AM

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but i will look into modeltoworld

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:36 AM

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I think so @agile pumice

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I mean, thats how i would do it. Easier & faster 😛

agile pumice Jun 10, 2016, 7:37 AM

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you can get the modelposition using (getpos building) vectorFromTo (getpos player)

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:38 AM

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oO

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worldToModel + modelToWorld 😛

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:38 AM

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modeltowirld sounds nice. it uses the some mechanics as attachto doesn't it?

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:38 AM

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combined with cursorObject

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yes and no

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The array looks almost the same

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or wait, yeah.

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:39 AM

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well something attached to an object rotated with the object

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:39 AM

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Yep

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:39 AM

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ok

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:39 AM

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No need to Dir/Vector/etc

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 7:39 AM

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beware modelToWorld is in posAGL

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:40 AM

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If you use worldToModel from the player + get the modelToWorld from the cursorObject -> nothing to think about 😛

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:40 AM

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z will always be 1

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:40 AM

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No

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 7:40 AM

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nope

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:40 AM

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Since the center of the mtw obj. is always different

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Just play around a bit, its pretty easy

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:41 AM

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ok thx for the tip

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:41 AM

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get the WTM.Pos of the Player related to the cursorObject MTW
check the Dist
magic happens

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(brain is not rly awake yet, wtm and mtw could be switched :P)

placid root Jun 10, 2016, 7:42 AM

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😃

jade abyss Jun 10, 2016, 7:42 AM

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+my name is spelled: "Dscha", not Dascha 😄

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j/k

tame portal Jun 10, 2016, 10:44 AM

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Daschar

vagrant badge Jun 10, 2016, 11:12 AM

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Land_Centrelink - australian map 😛

muted tapir Jun 10, 2016, 1:25 PM

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Is it possible to create the name of a variable out of two things (something like this "xyz" , _target = ...)

vapid frigate Jun 10, 2016, 1:33 PM

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not sure if you can with private variables, but with namespace variables you can (if i understand correctly)

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ie missionNamespace setvariable [format['target%1', "xyz"], ... ];

muted tapir Jun 10, 2016, 1:48 PM

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Yea that works. Thanks!

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 2:36 PM

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how can i check if the player is copilot in a vehicle?

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 2:36 PM

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oh I have something for that

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 2:36 PM

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i always assumed checking for gunner would be ok but apparently it's not

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 2:37 PM

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You're fine with CBA functions ?

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 2:37 PM

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i need that as condition in a useraction

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yes its ok

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 2:37 PM

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If you have ACE3 in your mod pack there's a function for that

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 2:37 PM

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nuh, it's for cup, CBA is ok but ACE is not 😛

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 2:38 PM

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then gimme a sec for copying the code

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private _coPilotTurret = [_vehicle] call {

            params [["_vehicle", objNull, [objNull]]];

            fullCrew [_vehicle, "turret", true] apply {_x select 3} select {
                getNumber ([_vehicle, _x] call CBA_fnc_getTurret >> "isCopilot") == 1
            } param [0, []]
};

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calling _coPilotTurret will return the turret which is the copilot seat

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I use this here https://github.com/alganthe/Co-ops/blob/master_altis/functions/misc/fn_pilotCheck.sqf#L29

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(ported cba func so I use a different tag for it)

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 2:39 PM

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i see

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it's weird though that the game doesnt recognize the copilot as gunner 😦

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since he technically is a gunner

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 2:42 PM

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props to @little eagle for that part of the code:
https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/36205e386493e22c4689f8ceab306e3e015653e0/addons/common/functions/fnc_getTurretCopilot.sqf

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 2:50 PM

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copilots are always "turret gunners"

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But the gunner command is only about the "primary gunner"

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"primary gunners" cannot be copilots

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 2:51 PM

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oh that explains it

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thanks

lavish ocean Jun 10, 2016, 2:57 PM

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https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/191515-ai-driving-feedback-topic/#entry3041276

Bohemia Interactive Forums

AI Driving - Feedback topic - ARMA 3 - DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

AI Driving - Feedback topic - posted in ARMA 3 - DEVELOPMENT BRANCH: They told me to explain what is new AI driving and how it works. Weve been working on it for many months, in almost complete secrecy (excluding occasional Oukej talking about vacuum cleaners).
It is mandatory to mention, that it is still Work In Progress, has few bugs I know and many which I dont know about yet. Also, currently this new AI driving works only for wheeled vehicles, otherwise known as Cars.
Now let me try to...

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 2:57 PM

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you forgot #announcements 😛

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 3:07 PM

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is this going to be in 1.62 @lavish ocean ?

lavish ocean Jun 10, 2016, 3:24 PM

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it's not announcement, just for those who want give feedback

pliant shell Jun 10, 2016, 3:31 PM

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ok, thanks

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 3:56 PM

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I'm trying to use _assignedItems = assignedItems player; and keep getting an undefined variable. This is part of a modified Quiksilver restrictions.sqf called in init.sqf. I'm not sure why this is happening?

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 3:57 PM

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because it's called in init.sqf .......

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use initPlayerLocal for that stuff

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 3:58 PM

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its a while {true}

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for multiple restrictions

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 3:58 PM

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............

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 3:58 PM

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hey I didnt write it

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dont yell at me lol

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 3:58 PM

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Your players obtain their gear via arsenal ?

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 3:58 PM

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yea

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 3:58 PM

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no VAS right ?

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 3:59 PM

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correct

lone glade Jun 10, 2016, 3:59 PM

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then my restriction system should apply, gimme a sec

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https://github.com/alganthe/Co-ops/blob/dev_altis/functions/misc/fn_VA_filter.sqf
https://github.com/alganthe/Co-ops/blob/dev_altis/functions/misc/fn_gearLimitations.sqf
https://github.com/alganthe/Co-ops/blob/dev_altis/initPlayerLocal.sqf#L81
https://github.com/alganthe/Co-ops/blob/dev_altis/defines.hpp#L55

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need to enable remoteExec protections and whitelist what you use, keep arsenal blacklisted

shadow sapphire Jun 10, 2016, 4:18 PM

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Today, I am trying to make a radio trigger that, on activation, will change the loadout of players already in a mission. I tried the simple approach of just having the radio trigger run a loadout.sqf, but it did nothing.

shadow sapphire Jun 10, 2016, 4:35 PM

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I want a trigger area that will regear players as they enter the trigger zone.

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 4:57 PM

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Is there a more effective way to offload ownership to an HC than:

waitUntil {!isNil "HC"};
 ["HCS_addToHC", "onEachFrame", {
    if (isNil "HC") ExitWith{};
        _HC = owner "HC"; //"HC" denotes the name of the unit in-game
    {
        if ((!isPlayer _x)||(!( _x in units group _HC ))) then {
         _x setGroupOwner _HC;  //adding all units that aren't player or aren't already under HC to HC
         };
    } forEach allUnits;
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;```?

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That was a script from reddit but anytime a majority of AI on the mission are aware of one unit my server FPS just shits the bed

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No RPT errors aside from "Destroy waypoint not linked to a target: Near target acquisition is slow and may even select friendly unit."

indigo snow Jun 10, 2016, 5:02 PM

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arma doesnt like setGroupOwnering AI too much, since it wont switch over stuff like their danger.fsm

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best bet will always be to just create those AIs on the HC

shadow sail Jun 10, 2016, 5:03 PM

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ah okay

shadow sapphire Jun 10, 2016, 6:23 PM

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Is there a fairly easy way to have one group create waypoints, then another group basically copy that same waypiont a few seconds later? I'm trying to create an AI platoon that moves like a real platoon, with fire teams in wedges, squads in column, platoon in column, but without having to mod formations. Preferably, if it could use BIS_fnc_taskPatrol, that'd be awesome. I could have a scripted platoon spawn and conduct a platoon size patrol.

jovial nebula Jun 10, 2016, 8:09 PM

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Hi guys,is there a clean way to terminate the whole script and not the current scope?

tame portal Jun 10, 2016, 8:16 PM

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terminate

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 8:42 PM

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Any super scripting Gurus know of a way to make the actual in-game map stream to a settexture? Had an idea to have the map, with all current mission markers and drawn lines displayed on a briefing screen. Is this possible? I've done it before with UAV streams, but never tried a map. Any help, or suggestions appreciated!

night void Jun 10, 2016, 8:43 PM

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Hello Lords! help us please a bit, tell me how to simulate kills player Xkilled by player Z? I heared varinat with create bullet and set owner?!

jovial nebula Jun 10, 2016, 8:45 PM

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@tame portal , what about doing it inside the script to be terminated?

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 8:46 PM

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@night void Maybe make a simple trigger, name the unit a specific name like "man1" and use setDamage 9;

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@night void Unless you are trying to do it in a script, or more complex event

tough abyss Jun 10, 2016, 8:46 PM

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if (X) exitWith {player sideChat "F**k it"};

night void Jun 10, 2016, 8:46 PM

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no no

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i need to simulate real kill

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likes unit was killed by bullet from rifle

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 8:47 PM

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Oh, you want side chat to pull up Player InsertName killed PlayerNoName?

night void Jun 10, 2016, 8:47 PM

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or smashed by car 😃

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what about create bullet, set owner and throw it to target head?

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 8:47 PM

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or make car explode.

night void Jun 10, 2016, 8:48 PM

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i need owner! for count points, traitor side, etc...

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 8:49 PM

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not sure on that one. sorry! You'll no doubt have to use set owner

night void Jun 10, 2016, 8:55 PM

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how to make the game thing one player killed another on command?

night void Jun 10, 2016, 9:10 PM

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Damn! Im setting reward on that shit! who solve it i will pay!

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:02 PM

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how to make the game thing one player killed another on command?
you can't

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there is no API for that

shadow sapphire Jun 10, 2016, 10:21 PM

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If I was setting a waypoing like this:

_wp1A = _Group1A addWaypoint [getpos leader _Group16, 0];

But I wanted the waypoint to be exactly twenty meters west of leader _Group16. How would I do that?

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:44 PM

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(getpos leader _Group16) vectorAdd [0,20,0]

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I think y+ is west. not sure though

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:48 PM

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Anyone know of a way to lock ammo boxes? I don't want players to be able to access the inventory of the boxes.

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:50 PM

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yes

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player addEventHandler ["InventoryOpened", {

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unit: Object - Object the event handler is assigned to
container: Object - connected container or weaponholder

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use setVariable, getVariable on the ammo box

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do your checks

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and then return true with the event

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That will abort / overwrite the box opening

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:51 PM

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Okay, and what about changing the color of an add action?

this addaction ["Remove All Weapons","removeall.sqf"];

Want to make that blue or something

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:52 PM

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I don't think that is currently possible

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Oh, wait

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:52 PM

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I know it is, I have done it before

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:52 PM

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let's see

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:52 PM

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just cant remmber how hehe

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:53 PM

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first argument on the right side of addAction:

title:
String - The action name which is displayed in the action menu, may contain XML like syntax. Because of that < and > symbols will be interpreted as opening and closing XML tags. To avoid this use &lt; for < and &gt; for >. The title text can be changed with setUserActionText

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

Structured Text

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:53 PM

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there is a way to do it all literally in the init.

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this addaction ["Remove All Weapons","removeall.sqf"];

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color ref

solar geode Jun 10, 2016, 10:53 PM

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"<t color='#00FF00'>Remove All Weapons</t>"

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:54 PM

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<------ not the best with scripting. How can that be correctly added to the command I am using?

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:55 PM

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you replace your title with the one with "xml" tags from sniperwolf

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:55 PM

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yes, but it needs to execute the sqf

solar geode Jun 10, 2016, 10:55 PM

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this addaction ["<t color='#00FF00'>Remove All Weapons</t>","removeall.sqf"];

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:56 PM

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^^ Thank you very much for the help guys. Appreciate it

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:56 PM

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wow, the spoon feeding

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:56 PM

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Well, this channel is for help from others is it not?

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Asked a simple question, got an answer. No need to get snarky

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 10:56 PM

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sure, but you could've replaced that title too. I believed in you T_T

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:57 PM

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👍

solar geode Jun 10, 2016, 10:57 PM

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It's more of a "Give a man a fish / teach a man to fish" kinda thing. 😉

tough moth Jun 10, 2016, 10:59 PM

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Understandable. Outside of very simply init lines, I am total noob at scripting. Mission creation, community development, and storyboarding is more my thing. Trying to learn more advanced topics, hence why I sometimes need a push in the right direction, or examples to go off of. Regardless, thank you guys for the help!

little eagle Jun 10, 2016, 11:00 PM

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yw

lean tiger Jun 11, 2016, 12:37 AM

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Perhaps it wasn't meant to be -- but I can't figure a way that a client-local action can trigger a serverside ExecVM ?

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unless I just have a massive waitUntil processing a stack of formatted garbage

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pushed over publicVariable*

vapid frigate Jun 11, 2016, 1:36 AM

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@lean tiger would this work?
[[],"your.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", [0, -2] select isMultiplayer];

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(last param is just to make it work single player as well)

vapid frigate Jun 11, 2016, 1:56 AM

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if not, could make a function to do it easily enough

hallow spear Jun 11, 2016, 6:11 AM

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does eventhandler "EpeContact" not work on a player unit?

native hemlock Jun 11, 2016, 6:17 AM

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Probably not because players don't use physX

hallow spear Jun 11, 2016, 6:18 AM

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bum crum. ok thanks

jovial nebula Jun 11, 2016, 11:38 AM

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Guys does anoyone have a good indenter?

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I'm trying to useTm_4 one,but often is crashing

night void Jun 11, 2016, 12:19 PM

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@little eagle DeathlyRage did it in Breaking Point, when u guting enemy. Or any way to simulate roadkill?

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@signal flume it looks like php and c++ 😉 she is so far to html 😉

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 12:20 PM

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pardon?

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Oh

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No, @night void you absolutely CAN NOT set the killer of the killed event handler via SQF

night void Jun 11, 2016, 12:21 PM

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EventHandler ?

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 12:22 PM

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what you can do is disable the vanilla message and make one via systemChat yourself

night void Jun 11, 2016, 12:22 PM

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or any some hackz?

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 12:22 PM

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"hackz" ?

night void Jun 11, 2016, 12:22 PM

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can i create car, then make player getIn inside it and then smash target, but not mount attacker inside it?

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likes roadkill by empty vehicle but with owner (BF4 style)

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 12:24 PM

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Sorry, I don't understand you

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what is "BF4 style" ?

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battle field 4 ?

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I thought 3 was the last one

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I never played that

lone glade Jun 11, 2016, 12:26 PM

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not possible in arma anyways, getting out of a moving vehicle is a surefire way to die

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 12:28 PM

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Like that mission in GTA 2, where you have to kill that one dude by racing a car over pier?

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You jump out just before you let the car fly into the water

night void Jun 11, 2016, 12:44 PM

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mean SENSE!

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if was a driver of vehicles in BF nad jumped out from it and then vehicles smash enemy, u got points

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 12:47 PM

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sure

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but that is not how arma operates

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GL detecting in a killed event that you were overrun by a car

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:02 PM

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how it works in Battle Royale?

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they have message Player X smashed Player Y + chat kill message on my native language!

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:03 PM

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via systemChat

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:03 PM

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on my native language,!

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?!?!

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:03 PM

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systemChat format [localize "STR_blah_message", name _killed, name _killer];

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:04 PM

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хмм, оке

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and how they get info about friendly fire?

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its handeling on game side

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did u played BR?

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:04 PM

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idk, there are many ways

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did u played BR?
no

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:05 PM

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thats it 😃

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o!

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can i make fake weapon, then give it to hands of ataker, and shoot to target?

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i can make it in config

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:06 PM

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probably not

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:06 PM

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Oo ?!

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:06 PM

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you don't actually use the killed event handler for messages like these

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it's most likely done some other way

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:06 PM

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"
//_current = currentWeapon player;
// player addWeapon "MOCAP_FakeWeapon";
// player selectWeapon "MOCAP_FakeWeapon"; player switchMove "";
// player forceWeaponFire ["MOCAP_FakeWeapon", "MOCAP_FakeWeapon"];
// player selectWeapon _current; player switchMove "";
// player removeWeapon "MOCAP_FakeWeapon";
"

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:06 PM

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If the scripts for BR were open source, I could take a look

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I don't think that is the case though

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:07 PM

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lets try to trick with this way

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:08 PM

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doesn't look promising to me, but go ahead

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:08 PM

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but i dunno, how to create invisible weapon 😦

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:08 PM

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you give it an invisible model I guess

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wait ...

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:08 PM

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likes ACE/RHS have a fake weapon for "Safe mode"

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:09 PM

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model = "\A3\Weapons_f\empty";

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no, ACE does not use a fake weapon for safe mode

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It uses a different , rather convoluted method I developed for AGM back in the day

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Otherwise it wouldn't work out of the box with any weapon out there

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And I think RHS uses a weapon mode or muzzle without magazine instead of a fake weapon, but I haven't looked at their stuff lately

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:12 PM

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i need something same, no sense how it works, i just need results 😉 player X killed by player Y, handeled by default game mechanics

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@little eagle pm me please, when u find something to test, i have a offer for u 😉

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:16 PM

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player X killed by player Y, handeled by default game mechanics
Well you cannot script that

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Sorry

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:16 PM

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not script

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need to "simulate"

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:17 PM

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shrug. the only way to influence the games behaviour at that level is scripting

jade abyss Jun 11, 2016, 1:17 PM

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What do you want to achieve?

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:17 PM

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one way what i see its kill target by fake weapon

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:17 PM

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because nothing you could change in config can make this work

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He wants that roadkills with a car are displayed even though the player jumped out of the vehicle a second before

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I think

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:18 PM

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not only roadkill

jade abyss Jun 11, 2016, 1:18 PM

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forget it. Without Scripts not possible.

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:18 PM

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i just need to simulate player X was killed by player Y, and do it by game mechanics

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:18 PM

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forget it. Without Scripts not possible.
exactly

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:18 PM

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no!

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a lot of dudes told be Melee and takedowns is impossible in arma! BUT i DID IT!!!

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:19 PM

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congrats. you seem to know more than we then

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:19 PM

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and many other things

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:19 PM

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you probably should help us in that case

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:20 PM

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one way what i see, its fake weapon

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@little eagle thank u very much for ur help, but no sarcasm here please, im really wish to make great things likes melee in arma

jade abyss Jun 11, 2016, 1:21 PM

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Still: He is right. You can't do it without scripts.

little eagle Jun 11, 2016, 1:22 PM

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Yes, sorry.

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I don't think I can help you though.

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:26 PM

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/\

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what about this?
http://pastebin.com/EwzBg1qz

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@jade abyss @little eagle ??

jade abyss Jun 11, 2016, 1:29 PM

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*script

night void Jun 11, 2016, 1:30 PM

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yes, but its Weapon and she shooting to target!

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and game will do requred things of kill detection

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can i aim bullets to required target by script?

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now need to know how to make config for fake weapon 😦

shadow sapphire Jun 11, 2016, 5:53 PM

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What is the easiest way to put a group in "DISMISSED" waypoint behavior for a set time, before forcing them to move on to the next waypoint?

noble ether Jun 11, 2016, 11:15 PM

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Does anyone know if it's even possible to rotate a player with a script that is triggered by a trigger?

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I've tried setDir and setVectorDirAndUp, nothing seems to be working

still forum Jun 12, 2016, 12:13 AM

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im very sure it should be possible.... dont know why setDir doesnt work tho

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:17 AM

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Yeah I've had a look around, and just tried doWatch too

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everyone seems to have success with at least one

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there must be something that I'm doing wrong

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:19 AM

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setDir is working oO

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:19 AM

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does it not work?

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:20 AM

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No, that was a fact. It is working.

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quote: I've tried setDir and setVectorDirAndUp, nothing seems to be working

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:20 AM

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right, well I'm still lost on why it's not working for me then

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:21 AM

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I assume, that trigger triggered by a trigger didn't triggered

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:21 AM

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I thought that too, but I put music to trigger with it, the music came on

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:22 AM

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OR didn't triggered the right person in the trigger. So the Trigger was triggered, but the Person inside the Trigger isn't triggered.

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(Yeah, sounds like i am trolling, but its correct :P)

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(i just like the word Trigger atm^^)

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:23 AM

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_unit setDir 180;

Is what I think that I put in there

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the script now

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I can't remember as I deleted it to try other things

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:23 AM

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Server Executed?

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:24 AM

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playing in single

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:24 AM

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systemchat str (name _player);

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add this below _unit decleration

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_unit = _this select 0;
systemchat str (name _player);
_unit setDir 180;

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:25 AM

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will give that a try, 2 secs

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:25 AM

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I bet, there comes no msg 😃

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@noble ether
Try this in the Trigger:
(exp Cond)

{systemchat format ["NAME: %1", (name _x)]}forEach thislist;

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:35 AM

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okay so a little progress

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the script is now throwing errors, when it wasn't previously before

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this is good

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:36 AM

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The one i posted?

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:36 AM

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I tried just _unit = _this select 0; _unit setDir 180;

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_unit in line 2 is not recognized

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lol wut

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:36 AM

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Yep

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Try mine

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 12:37 AM

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I did also try with
systemchat str (name _player);

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_player not recognized

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 12:38 AM

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...

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Try this in the Trigger:
(exp Cond)
{systemchat format ["NAME: %1", (name _x)]}forEach thislist;

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 1:05 AM

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sorry for the lack of response, been trying a load of different things

noble ether Jun 12, 2016, 1:37 AM

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right I got somewhere, but I'm off to bed now, going to try to finish ti tomorrow

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thanks for all your help @jade abyss, much appreciated

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 1:38 AM

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o7

hallow spear Jun 12, 2016, 3:33 AM

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what is the procedure for requesting a variable from the server box?

vocal mantle Jun 12, 2016, 5:15 AM

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Has anyone noticed that fadeRadio seems to effect playMusic? Only fadeMusic should

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 6:50 AM

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@noble ether

it never matters from where the SQF code is executed. triggers, event handlers, init sripts... It's all the same.
The only thing that does matter, is on what machine a command is executed.
you cannot carry over local variables from your script into the scope of your trigger. You have to use thisList or some other kind global variable when using a trigger. You can define a new set of local variables in the triggers scope though.
setDir is a command that has only local effects. If your trigger only runs on the server, the unit will only be rotated on the server too. Either make the trigger execute on every machine (create the same trigger on every machine) or use the common work around to emulate a global setDir:
Use "_obj setDir getDir _obj;" after the setDir. getObj has global effects in contrast to setDir and the rotation carries over.
setVectorDirAndUp does not and probably will never work with soldiers. Soldiers are always facing upwards in Arma

winged thistle Jun 12, 2016, 11:56 AM

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I can't seem to get my custom difficulty settings to work on my dedicated server.

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In server.cfg, I have a mission cycle defined with difficulty = "custom"

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I have defined class CustomDifficulty under class DifficultyPresets in my server profile

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What am I doing wrong?

tame portal Jun 12, 2016, 1:45 PM

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Any idea how to resize the cover module via script?

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 1:46 PM

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it creates markers, so youd have to delete those markers and re run the function with different parameters

tame portal Jun 12, 2016, 1:48 PM

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Ohhh

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Is there a function to create the module on the fly?

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Hm there is a BIS_fnc_moduleCoverMap, might have a look into it later

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 1:49 PM

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that function is the function the module calls

tame portal Jun 12, 2016, 1:50 PM

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Well looks like Im not coming far with that then

lean tiger Jun 12, 2016, 1:52 PM

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@vapid frigate Thanks for the tip Friday with remoteExec

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I understand localization, happy there's a function to help me punch through the client-server barrier 😃

vapid frigate Jun 12, 2016, 2:31 PM

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@lean tiger no worries. I think the better way to do what you were talking about is making your .sqf into a function (see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Functions_Library_(Arma_3) )

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then you can remote exec it directly, instead of remote execcing execvm

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 3:42 PM

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hey guys. I got the following code on the init of an object:

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while {!isNull (_this select 0)} do {
_dist=player distance (_this select 0);
if (_dist < 6) then {
player setVariable ['tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator', 4, true];
}
else { player setVariable ['tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator', 1.0, true];
};
sleep 10;
};

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this works pretty good but what i did not think about is if i have two objects of that type. If there's more than one the loops will "overwrite" themselves. I'm a bit at a loss right now how to solve this issue. any ideas?

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 3:46 PM

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runing a loop on the player and check if there is a object of the class in the distance?

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 3:48 PM

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the loop is on the object itself with an init eventhandler.

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 3:49 PM

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yes and why not only have one Loop on the player running? that is way easyer

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[{
        private _object = (getPos player) nearestObject "AwsomeClassName";
        player setVariable ["tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator", [4, 10] select ((_object distance player) > 6)];
}, 10] call CBA_fnc_addPerframeHandler;

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like that?

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 4:13 PM

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hm.. I like the idea but unfortunately it doesnt work. The mulitplicator doesn't get reset if you're further away than 6 meters

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 4:14 PM

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it does?

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 4:15 PM

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it does

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i just put the 4 lines in 1 line

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 4:16 PM

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to be fair, [a,b] select BOOL isnt a syntax you see often 😛

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 4:16 PM

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😃 yeah i like it because its so short

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 4:22 PM

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hm.. i might be doing sth wrong but this

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[{private _object = (getPos player) nearestObject "Land_PaperBox_open_full_F"; player setVariable ["tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator", [4, 10] select ((_object distance player) > 6)];}, 10] call CBA_fnc_addPerframeHandler;

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doesnt work for me

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multi stays at 10

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 4:24 PM

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oh wait invert it > to a <

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 4:30 PM

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ok

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its inverted and i think those brackets are too many

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getPos player nearestObject "AwsomeClassName";

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 4:32 PM

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[<any>, <any>] select <bool> is actually more or less the equivalent of SQF which other langs do with <bool> ? <any> : <any>

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 4:32 PM

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ok

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 4:32 PM

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but preferably you always should use if in both cases ... in the first one even more due to the fact that this crap just confuses and is inconsistent

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 4:34 PM

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thx @zealous solstice

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 4:56 PM

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How is ARRAY select BOOL confusing?

#

pretty clear what it does. You also use it mainly to pick out the value for a variable and that looks shitty with stuff like _var = if ...

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:00 PM

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sigh ... commy commy commy ...
select is the index access operator of ArmA (more or less ... just like everything else in SQF it is just a command like so many others)
saying that the index access operator is consistent when you allow it to be used with bool ... is simply bollocks

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:00 PM

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Yes. And false picks index 0 and true picks index 1

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 5:00 PM

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and here is why you're in muted trolls X39

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:00 PM

#

that is consistent

#

please write this with an if:

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:01 PM

#

we also can start using local instead of private again ...

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:01 PM

#

private _clientID = [0, 2] select isMultiplayer;

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:01 PM

#

was logical and consistent if this is too

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:02 PM

#

shush alganthe

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:02 PM

#

if (isMultiplayer) then
{
    _clientID = 0;
}
else
{
    _clientID = 2;
};```
alt.
`private _clientID = if(isMultiplayer) then {0} else {2};`

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the first should always be prefered

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 5:02 PM

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the first is also badly indented

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and several lines longer than the second

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:03 PM

#

commys version looks way more elegant and nice

#

and clean

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:03 PM

#

The = iftriggers me

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 5:03 PM

#

Hmm, i dont think there would be a noticable Perf. Difference.

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:04 PM

#

But, tbh ... I do the same with switch all the time

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 5:04 PM

#

Still, i agree, looks cleaner

tough abyss Jun 12, 2016, 5:05 PM

#

allright that's what i ended up with now

#

[{
private _object = getPos player nearestObject "tfw_rf3080Object";
if ((_object distance player) < 6) then { player setVariable ['tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator', 4, true];}
else { player setVariable ['tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator', 1, true];};
if (isNull _object) exitWith {(_this select 1) call CBA_fnc_removePerFrameHandler;}
}, 10] call CBA_fnc_addPerframeHandler;

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:06 PM

#

what no?

#

why did you do this

#

        private _object = (getPos player) nearestObject "AwsomeClassName";
        player setVariable ["tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator", [4, 10] select ((_object distance player) > 6)];
}, 10] call CBA_fnc_addPerframeHandler;```

#

this is enoth

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:06 PM

#

looks like a wall of text

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:06 PM

#

you dont need more

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 5:06 PM

#

use `

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

just call the lines that i wrote you in the player init and than you are done

#

you dont need anything more

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

doesn't nearest objects already accept objects?

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

yeas

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

player nearestObject ... ?

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

oh waht

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

then scrath the getPos

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:07 PM

#

no that i dont knnw

#

yes it take object

#

@tough abyss only call this in the init from a player that is enoth:

[{
        private _object = player nearestObject "tfw_rf3080Object";
        player setVariable ["tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator", [4, 10] select ((_object distance player) > 6)];
}, 10] call CBA_fnc_addPerframeHandler;
```

#

more you dont need

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:15 PM

#

    private ["_object"];
    _object = player nearestObject "tfw_rf3080Object";
    if (_object distance player > 6) then
    {
        player setVariable ["tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator", 4];
    }
    else
    {
        player setVariable ["tf_sendingDistanceMultiplicator", 10];
    };
}, 10] call CBA_fnc_addPerframeHandler;``` and now you even can understand the code without fully reading everything

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:16 PM

#

Not a fan of puting newlines before these curly brackets

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 5:17 PM

#

also that PFH isn't self terminating

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:17 PM

#

and make it around 10x larger

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:17 PM

#

I don't think it's supposed to be

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:17 PM

#

just copied and altered what @zealous solstice posted @lone glade

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:18 PM

#

@lone glade the PFH dont need to terminating it self

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 5:31 PM

#

Anyone have documentation on the 'SEL' command?

#

or willing to share their knoladge about it

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:33 PM

#

SEL command ???

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:33 PM

#

what SEL? this not look like a command

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:33 PM

#

Never heard of that

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:33 PM

#

that more look like a custom Macro

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

http://puu.sh/pq8X8/c573b896fb.sqf

#

Example

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

macro

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

Yeah, that is a macro

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

macro

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

#include "....\script_macros.hpp"

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

Look in this file #include "..\..\script_macros.hpp"

#

lol too many cooks, I'll leave it to you guys

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 5:34 PM

#

#define SEL(ARRAY,INDEX) (ARRAY select INDEX)

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:35 PM

#

I think he can figure it out now haha

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 5:35 PM

#

ya

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:35 PM

#

there you go

velvet merlin Jun 12, 2016, 5:38 PM

#

typical macro misuse

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:38 PM

#

better do not start with it @velvet merlin you will receive loads of hate in this channel for such opinions

#

up to the point where they just will call you moron

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:39 PM

#

dude

#

but yes, that SEL macro is dumb

#

It's the same thing, but ordered differently

#

I guess he really hates the binary commands

warped thicket Jun 12, 2016, 5:39 PM

#

x39, select vs if-else for variable assignments is personal preference, no need to be insulted because someone doesn't do it the way you deem it correct

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:39 PM

#

understandable

velvet merlin Jun 12, 2016, 5:41 PM

#

that guy is just lazy - sel = 3 chars, select = 6

#

however that makes him also not willing to learn better ways to save typing/time

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 5:42 PM

#

@warped thicket the select thing is just inconsistent ... nothing else with it

#

anyway ... i head of to watch football

foggy pike Jun 12, 2016, 5:42 PM

#

tbh I always prefer _var = switch (true) do { case (isMultiplier): {2}; case (isMultiplier): {0}; };

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 5:44 PM

#

@foggy pike did you want to troll?

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 5:47 PM

#

private _var = [0,2] select call compileFinal str if isMultiplayer;

#

sue me

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 5:48 PM

#

scrub

#

compileFinal

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 6:07 PM

#

that is your nitpick with that???

winter rose Jun 12, 2016, 7:08 PM

#

from : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order
since when is init.sqf NOT executed in MP?? as far as I remember and I think it is still the case, it should work?

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 7:13 PM

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It does

#

Last line

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 7:40 PM

#

@here guys, what in your opinion is the best way to to restart the currently running mission (eden editor) there is no script command like "restartMission"

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:40 PM

#

serverCommand #restart ?

thorny monolith Jun 12, 2016, 7:40 PM

#

Reassign?

gusty comet Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

#restart

thin pine Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

lol using 'here' should be banned on these servers 😄

#

damnit

sullen cedar Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

^ agreed.. but also yes #restart command would be best

graceful pewter Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

happy i have the channel muted

vagrant plover Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

I guess it's veterans that can use it haha

graceful pewter Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

but yea it should be removed

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

serverCommand "#restart";

sullen cedar Jun 12, 2016, 7:41 PM

#

^

thin pine Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

#

Someone inform Dwarden aboot this 😛

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

#

wow... "here" for such a bs question... rly?

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

#

I think he is able to use it because he has the member tag

sullen cedar Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

#

i forgot there was a scripting channel in this discord haha, i literally tabbed out of the arma scripts i'm writing to see what the notification was xD

thin pine Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

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You just woke up 600 people lol

thorny pagoda Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

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So much hate for "here" ? :D

spare crest Jun 12, 2016, 7:42 PM

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Agree'd

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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^^

rancid canyon Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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^^^

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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im sorry.

jade abyss Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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@thorny pagoda It pings fkn everyone...

thin pine Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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@high plume you caused public outrage 😄

blissful sparrow Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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@high plume I think the next development from scripting will be how to strip you of using that command

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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haha 😄 guys sry im awake since yesterday 13 o clock (so around 30hrs), my brain is fried.

sullen cedar Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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I like to compare using the "here"command to whacking a wasp nest with a baseball bat

thin pine Jun 12, 2016, 7:43 PM

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^hahaha

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@lavish ocean please

inland cipher Jun 12, 2016, 7:44 PM

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do enyone know how you add text to youre brefing in arma 3 edditorn?

thorny pagoda Jun 12, 2016, 7:44 PM

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Yeah but still :D ping doesnt kill you or it does? :D

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:44 PM

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Couldnt you just use the mission briefing?

inland cipher Jun 12, 2016, 7:45 PM

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@runic spoke yea sur thx

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 7:46 PM

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gonna use endMission for now. better than nothing.

im basically editing sound configs, using arma3diag.exe, merging configs and trying to restart mission asap.

but i think im dead for "today"

thx guys. gn8

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:46 PM

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mega, serverCommand "#restart"; litreally 😛

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 7:48 PM

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@runic spoke it works in eden editor as well? didnt know that. ill try thanks.

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:49 PM

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uhm, if you are playing the mission yes.

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 7:50 PM

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@runic spoke nope. cant put #restart into a radio trigger, also executing locally via dev console does not do anything.

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:51 PM

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it needs to be executed server side

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not on the client

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 7:51 PM

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serverCommand "#restart"

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 7:53 PM

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Has anyone successfully used any of the road commands or nearestTerrainObjects to get the actual p3d name of a road? All I ever get is the object ID followed by " "

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:54 PM

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Hmm, let me see if i have all the p3d file locations written down.

finite temple Jun 12, 2016, 7:54 PM

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@ here be dragons

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 7:55 PM

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Well I'm looking more for getting the names and locations of roads for Tanoa p3ds

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:56 PM

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I don't have Tanoa stuff yet.

finite temple Jun 12, 2016, 7:56 PM

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so.... I'm a Veteran here ? how strange.

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:56 PM

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looks like i know what i'm wroking on 😄

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 7:56 PM

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And they are in EBOs so it's not as easy as just looking at it

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 7:57 PM

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Does cursorObject not work?

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That worked for me on altis.

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 7:57 PM

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Nope, they are null objects to it

zealous arrow Jun 12, 2016, 7:58 PM

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cursorObject doesn't work for roads or map-baked buildings anyway IIRC

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Trees etc seem to work fine on other maps, I personally have yet to test anything on Tanoa

native hemlock Jun 12, 2016, 7:59 PM

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It does work for buildings, jsut not roads

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From everything I've seen cursorObject will tell you the p3d of any object, other than clutter or roads

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 8:02 PM

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I'll see if i can get them for you once i switch to dev branch

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:03 PM

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@runic spoke @zealous solstice http://i.imgur.com/72iwEvM.jpg

? 😦

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 8:04 PM

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add a nil to the end

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:07 PM

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@zealous solstice servercommand "#restart" nil; ?

zealous solstice Jun 12, 2016, 8:07 PM

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no ; nil;

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i think but i dont know

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that is ugly Editor shit

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:09 PM

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fml
doesnt work.

man i suck at scripting. i cant even get a sript to run from the trigger. jeez.

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 8:10 PM

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Triggers run client side i'm pretty sure.

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:10 PM

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i thought maybe put the commands into a script and run that script from trigger but i cant remember, spawn something... mhmh

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 8:13 PM

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nul = servercommand ...

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 8:13 PM

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The mission makers chat is probably better for your needs

indigo snow Jun 12, 2016, 8:13 PM

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servercommand returns a BOOL

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@high plume see ^

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:15 PM

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@indigo snow thanks mate. but mission still does not restart (testing in editor)

youre right, ill go to mission makers. maybe throw in another @ here or something haha

gn8 folks and thank yall.

thin pine Jun 12, 2016, 8:16 PM

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@high plume don't you dare jk xD

finite temple Jun 12, 2016, 8:19 PM

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if you suck, it might be time to swallow some documentation ? ( sorry :p )

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:19 PM

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😃 funny

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 8:20 PM

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wow, wow, just wow. @finite temple

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:20 PM

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hahaha 😄 the internet.

finite temple Jun 12, 2016, 8:20 PM

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he word itself is quite inapropriate : semantically, there isn't much link between that and being bad at something random

runic spoke Jun 12, 2016, 8:22 PM

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proof you have a dirty mind 😛

high plume Jun 12, 2016, 8:22 PM

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we all do.

zealous arrow Jun 12, 2016, 8:28 PM

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@runic spoke @high plume Triggers will work on server or client IIRC but they're not very well optimized as the condition checks run on each frame

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Just checked the biki, triggers have global effect https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createTrigger

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 8:31 PM

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not if you change the last arg

zealous arrow Jun 12, 2016, 8:31 PM

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^

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I just checked the icons at the top, forgot to check args

sullen cedar Jun 12, 2016, 8:50 PM

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well i WAS coding.. and then i remembered e3

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rip

little eagle Jun 12, 2016, 9:08 PM

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triggers trigger me

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 9:16 PM

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welcome to the club

lone glade Jun 12, 2016, 9:55 PM

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inArea made them less useful

full phoenix Jun 12, 2016, 10:10 PM

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bujl od

queen cargo Jun 12, 2016, 10:34 PM

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@zealous solstice nope more like extremly strict 3DEN editor ...
@indigo snow is correct about it ... BOOL != "Nothing" (aka NIL)

but that topic was already communicated to you via some forum posts ...

vapid frigate Jun 13, 2016, 12:50 AM

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I thought trigger checks were every 0.5 seconds, not every frame?

little eagle Jun 13, 2016, 4:15 AM

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I don't get why you have to return nothing in the init boxes. That just seems annoying.

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Maybe someone can write a 3DEN patch , so it automatically applies a nil

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or just skip this useless check

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All you'd have to do is add a ;nil at the end. ... redundant

queen cargo Jun 13, 2016, 11:46 AM

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as said @little eagle ... extremly strict

little eagle Jun 13, 2016, 2:16 PM

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but why? what's the point?

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Good thing I never use the init box

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I can't debug anyway with all those macros

noble ether Jun 13, 2016, 2:30 PM

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quick question is arma 3's 'and' && and 'or' || when using logic?

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nvm just found the wiki

torn juniper Jun 13, 2016, 2:34 PM

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Anyone know how to hide/disable the rsclistbox on the map that shows players etc

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I tried but litterally everything can be hidden but the listbox

dusk sage Jun 13, 2016, 2:43 PM

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@noble ether

You can use && || or literally just 'and' or 'or'

noble ether Jun 13, 2016, 2:44 PM

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|| wasn't working for me for some reason and I couldn't find the wiki page

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then as soon as I posted here, I found the wiki page, found out I was right and it worked

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this always happens when I code 😛

dusk sage Jun 13, 2016, 2:45 PM

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haha

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If it's easier just use 'and' 'or' 'not' etc

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if (IAmAwesome OR not lame) then {

dusk sage Jun 13, 2016, 3:09 PM

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error: Type Array, expected Bool

marsh storm Jun 13, 2016, 4:03 PM

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Does anyone know if it's possible to give a darter a hellfire either by attachto or some other command?

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Uh... Asking for a friend

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Definitely not trying to make hunter killers

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I'm OK with there not being a "visual" weapon on the drone

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Would addweapon work for this?

deft zealot Jun 13, 2016, 4:14 PM

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Are dialogs opened with createDialog always blocking input like player movements (W, A, S, D)?

velvet merlin Jun 13, 2016, 4:22 PM

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i think you need createDisplay for non blocking

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but its been some years since i last used that stuff

jade abyss Jun 13, 2016, 4:24 PM

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nah

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Even that blocks it

velvet merlin Jun 13, 2016, 4:25 PM

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@deft zealot what do you have in mind?

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in Blitzkrieg i have made a passive interface (display only). or check out the ShackTac Hud thingy

deft zealot Jun 13, 2016, 4:30 PM

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i want something like the inventory display, which closes automatically when you move

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but is still interactable

velvet merlin Jun 13, 2016, 4:41 PM

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might be wrong here, yet its probably engine functionality

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you have to script a monitoring system or event based with animStateChanged or sth similiar

silent terrace Jun 13, 2016, 4:55 PM

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Is it plossible to get rid of [eg spectator](EG Spectator) ui without losing player markers?

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derp

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link?

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come on

queen cargo Jun 13, 2016, 4:56 PM

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its not full markdown @silent terrace

silent terrace Jun 13, 2016, 4:56 PM

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Sadface

queen cargo Jun 13, 2016, 4:56 PM

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just basic formatting

silent terrace Jun 13, 2016, 4:57 PM

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Ah, answer in link i provied, thank you guys! 😄

fallen skiff Jun 13, 2016, 8:28 PM

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is it possible to adjust heli collective controls with scripting?

high plume Jun 13, 2016, 9:01 PM

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guys,

i am trying to get an all in one config dump into clipboard using this script: https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/188332-eden-all-in-one-config-dumps/?p=3005357

but it does not finish and i see a scripterror:
http://i.imgur.com/vctrJ3y.jpg

how do you guys make all in one configs?

Bohemia Interactive Forums

EDEN All-In-One Config Dumps - ARMA 3 - ADDONS - CONFIGS & SCRIP...

EDEN All-In-One Config Dumps - posted in ARMA 3 - ADDONS - CONFIGS & SCRIPTING: I generated some all-in-one dumps of the config tree for the new Eden update.

NeoArmageddon, who provided a workaround for a recent breakage in the script to generate these via his MapBuilder FileIO extension (Thanks!), suggested I should post them up;

http://ionwerks.net/...inoneconfigs.7z

There are four dumps;

Vanilla Only: arma3-156.134627.aio.cpp
w. CUP Terrains: arma3-...

little eagle Jun 13, 2016, 9:37 PM

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My guess is that you are running so many addons that the number of classes to print exceeds the maximum size of an array.
Which is weird because the array limit is somewhere between 1E6 and 1E7

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is it possible to adjust heli collective controls with scripting?
no

fallen skiff Jun 13, 2016, 10:30 PM

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I am learning programming, with my first chosen language, Python. Just curious, is arma scripting done in python?

lethal wolf Jun 13, 2016, 10:34 PM

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I have a script, but I need it to check if player is in Land Vehicle or boat, link to script http://pastebin.com/vKMrkgmP

fallen skiff Jun 13, 2016, 10:36 PM

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farmer, I am just a beginner programmer, could you tell me what language arma uses for scripting?

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It seems to be BI's own scripting language?

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n/m I think I get it now -- "SQF syntax"

lethal wolf Jun 13, 2016, 11:50 PM

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yea I think its sqf, it is called a .sqf

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@vagrant cliff but do you know how to make it just check if a player in a land or boat vehicle, it runs on all vehicles which i dont want air vehicles to be spawning fog in the air

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 12:17 AM

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@lethal wolf

_vehicle isKindOf "Car"|"Ship"|"Air"

He's asking if ARMA uses Python, did you expect him to answer that?

lethal wolf Jun 14, 2016, 12:19 AM

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oh, and how would I put that statement in where? on top of this? " _inVehicle = (vehicle player != player);"

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then add the _to vehicle

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I dont know much coding, so im new to this

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 12:20 AM

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Do you want to exit out the whole script if they are in a heli/plane?

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or just not run 'dooFog'?

lethal wolf Jun 14, 2016, 12:24 AM

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I don't want it to run dooFog when in heli/plane, but cannot exit

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 12:25 AM

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and still sleep for 120?

lethal wolf Jun 14, 2016, 12:25 AM

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yes

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 12:28 AM

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http://pastebin.com/1J7RtQTV

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I assume that helped then @lethal wolf, you're welcome.

lethal wolf Jun 14, 2016, 12:56 AM

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@dusk sage Yes, it did work, thanks very much 😃

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 1:00 AM

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can someone explain to me how I'm using disableSerialization wrong here?

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http://pastebin.com/raw/LxDn2W59

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20:42:06 Warning Message: Variable '_money' does not support serialization. Call 'disableSerialization' in the current script (maybe 'life_fnc_numberText') if you need to use it.
20:42:06 Warning Message: Variable '_bank_text' does not support serialization. Call 'disableSerialization' in the current script (maybe 'life_fnc_numberText') if you need to use it.```

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i renamed the variables. _money is now _moneyText, and _bank_text is now _bankText

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 1:03 AM

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So how are we meant to help

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If you renamed the variables

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 1:05 AM

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_money is now _moneyText, and _bank_text is now _bankText

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 1:07 AM

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What happens if you try add disableSerialization inside the while scope?

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 1:08 AM

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That's what I was thinking of doing, but I wanted it explained to me why Its needed in the loop

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"_moneyText ctrlCommit 0; and _bankText ctrlCommit 0;" is outside the loop, so thats why I left the disableserialization outside as well

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 1:10 AM

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_moneyText = LIFEdisplay displayCtrl 10051;

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Is in the loop

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 1:13 AM

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is there a generic ruleset for knowing when to use disableSerialization? (aside from when you get the error)

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 1:19 AM

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When you're using UI data types

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Read the wiki https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/disableSerialization

vapid frigate Jun 14, 2016, 1:34 AM

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i thought having the one up the top should be enough

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the error sounds like it wants disableSerialization in life_fnc_numbertext though

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 1:35 AM

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nah, I got rid of the loop and its gone

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so it depends on the scope apparantly

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 2:09 AM

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@vapid frigate
Nothing to do with life_fnc_numberText, it's purely passing a scalar to a function

@agile pumice
It would seem to be loop specific

runic spoke Jun 14, 2016, 2:12 AM

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@agile pumice you figure it out?

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 2:12 AM

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yeah

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stick it in the loop if you have one 😛

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but i didnt need the loop so

runic spoke Jun 14, 2016, 2:12 AM

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I was going to tell you that 😛 but since you figured it out.. lol

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 2:13 AM

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ya, my buddy likes to tap into scripting sometimes and doesnt always do the best job lol

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 2:27 AM

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'my buddy', gotcha, mums the word 👌

agile pumice Jun 14, 2016, 2:30 AM

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can moms not be friends? lol

torn jungle Jun 14, 2016, 2:35 AM

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when using removeMagazines, And i would like to remove allmagazines, can i just do "this removeMagazines;" without indicating any classname?

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because the syntax is supposed to be unitName removeMagazines magazineName

dusk sage Jun 14, 2016, 2:41 AM

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{
    player removeMagazine _x
} forEach (magazines player);

torn jungle Jun 14, 2016, 2:56 AM

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thanks

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oh that was in the wiki. sorry i didnt notice

runic spoke Jun 14, 2016, 7:08 AM

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If you "_player setVariable ['...', code..];" on the server is the server only able to access that information?

indigo snow Jun 14, 2016, 7:10 AM

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Yes, unless you add a third true argument

runic spoke Jun 14, 2016, 7:11 AM

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Yeah, to globalize it. was just making sure it was only accessable by the server.

lean tiger Jun 14, 2016, 12:32 PM

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Bleh -- this isn't SQF, but for Arma2Net plugin writing -- getting a TargetInvocationException if my function uses "params" for a variable number of arguments

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did my due diligence googling, but no luck -- anyone have experience with that?

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Not running it in a mission yet, just demoing in the Arma2Net Explorer

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 1:30 PM

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Does anybody know

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why the hell disableChannels[] isnt working again

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disableChannels[]={{0,true,true},{1,true,true},{2,true,true}};

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results in all channels being accessible, von and text..

fallen locust Jun 14, 2016, 1:52 PM

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becouse true?

shadow sapphire Jun 14, 2016, 2:09 PM

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@tame portal, change the trues to false to disable.

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 2:10 PM

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didnt work either

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tried that before because it was more logical

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but in the end nothing worked ^^

jade abyss Jun 14, 2016, 2:11 PM

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works for us. You just broke it 😄

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 2:22 PM

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Well thats interesting I guess :S

full sorrel Jun 14, 2016, 3:16 PM

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Can anyone help me, i have a array of strings, each one is the variable name of one of my objects in the missions, i now need to move these objects from my script but i cant convert the string name so that it uses the object by that name

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 3:20 PM

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Well the dirty way would be call compile

full sorrel Jun 14, 2016, 3:21 PM

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Well gimmie the dirty way please 😄

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 3:23 PM

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Well

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if your missionfile creates a reference to your eg helicopter

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with the name myheli

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and your array contains "myheli"

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you just do

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_heli = call compile "myheli"

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Since call compile makes whatever is inside the string into code and executes it

zealous solstice Jun 14, 2016, 3:24 PM

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that is slow with compile

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 3:24 PM

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and since your mission saved a reference under myheli it will assign the value of myheli to _heli

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Better is missionNamespace getVariable

zealous solstice Jun 14, 2016, 3:24 PM

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yes

tame portal Jun 14, 2016, 3:24 PM

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_heli = missionNamespace getVariable ["myheli",objNull];

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objNull in that case is just a default value in case your heli doesnt exist for whatever reason

full sorrel Jun 14, 2016, 3:28 PM

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Tried both of those now, not working