And about swinging.meatball solution:
#arma3_scripting
tough abyss
"@little eagle if you are having problems with positioning ragdolls, just make sure its done locally, and try utilizing it in unscheduled environment with enableSimulation false commands
for instance, _obj enableSimulation false; _obj setPos _pos; _obj enableSimulation true; _obj setPos _pos; Should work guaranteed, because second setpos will be interpolated correctly and broadcasted."
This can be garanteed yes, but not garanteed for the client where the body is local, because enableSimulation false does nothing to hin.
Next attempt... make the body local to server, and use meattball solution from the server.
And i'm so tired to open a bug ticket 😛 lol
hey, have any mode to use more than one typeName in this? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearObjects
i tried nearObjects [["typeName", "typeName2"], radius]
but did not work
@tough abyss i believe nearObjects only accepts one class name.
You can try nearestObjects.
It accepts more than one class name.
Or you can do many nearObjects and join the resulting arrays.
ty
I know i ask too much... buta: i have a group that is ONE unit, this unit is hosted in a client. If the unit dies the body continues to be hosted by the client. To change the body ownership to the server i need to use setOwner or setGroupOwner? 😄
tough abyss
@little eagle hideobject works ok with dead bodyes!
Done.
For what i want, i don't even need to move the body, but just hide it, and del it after 1 minute. So the weapon felt from the body remains on ground for 1 minute. If the unit have currentWepon == "" when he got disabled so it will drop no weapon on ground and i can safelly delete the body on revive.
broken mural
What would the correct syntax be for sending params to an sqf called here?
this addAction["interact", "interact.sqf" ,null, 6];
round scroll
@broken mural empty array should work, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
broken mural
@round scroll I should clarify; interact.sqf requires a few parameters such as the object that's calling the sqf file. How would I pass that? Where would the array be added?
For example,
I'd call interact.sqf by itself like this;
["BluFor] execVM "interact.sqf";
round scroll
I'd guess it's ["BluFor"] then as array and you can retrieve the array with _this select 3 in the addAction, please check the wiki page
broken mural
@round scroll apparently I wasn't clear enough in my question. I figured it out by trying random crap as the wiki says nothing about calling sqfs with params. The correct syntax for what I was asking about is
this addAction["interact", {["BluFor"] execVM "interact.sqf"},null, 6];
note the portion where I would call the interact.sqf
{["BluFor"] execVM "interact.sqf"}
broken mural
Sorry @dusk sage, I'm new to the language. Where would the params be declared? If all the object contains is this addAction["Interact", "Interact.sqf", null, 6]; how does it know to send, say, the specified location, color, team, etc?
vague hull
ok, can somebody confirm that
private ["_blah"]; works but
private _blah = XXXX;
doenst?
I am really confused... private _bah = XXX; seems to stop working after a certain depth
dusk sage
Arguments - check the wiki @broken mural
vital onyx
private _bah = XXX; works for me, make sure you are calling this variable from a proper scope.
broken mural
I see what you were talking about now, @dusk sage & @round scroll . Thanks for the patience.
Can you use mission parameters in object init fields? I want some objects to only have an addAction if the mission parameter dictates that side.
round scroll
@broken mural maybe check isNil and isNull for the parameter variable or whatever it is initialized too
tough abyss
I used Baskara function to calculate damage on BRPVP. Yay!
d1 = general damage (part "");
d2 = average damage of other parts (legs, chest, head etc);
D = BRPVP damage D(d1,d2) = d1 + (1 - d1) * d2;
If you define D and want d1 = d2 = d, then d = (-2 + sqrt(4 -4D))/(-2);
D is a way to represent player damage with one number. "damage _unit" des not suffice because some damages dont generate general damage (part ""), and others damages only generate general damage (part "").
vocal mantle
Hey guys, I'm making an extension based debug console. Thought you might be interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCwgirobVfc
vague hull
@vital onyx i define them at the very beginning of the file, yet they stop working in some scopes
What do you mean with "proper" scope?
scarlet spoke
@vocal mantle what for do you need an external debug console? Does it have more features than the built-in one?
clear tendon
maybe run it without the game running 😉 ? but he said extension based, not external 😛
scarlet spoke
That would be awesome if someone took the time to write an SQF interpreter... 🤔
jade abyss
Not that again
vital onyx
@vague hull do you have a code sample with not working private var?
indigo snow
"certain depth" are you using spawn or eventHandlers ?
vague hull
I will pm you tomorrow night or something, currently not at home
vocal mantle
@scarlet spoke It was mostly a coding excercise. As a starting point I wanted to make it just as good as the built in one.
vital onyx
Public release of Slot access control script - https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/195405-release-arma-3-slot-access-control-lists/
scarlet spoke
Ah okay :)
broken mural
are global variables static? Meaning if incriment the global int by 1, is it seen as incrimented by 1 across all clients ans scripts?
austere granite
all clients no. You will always need publicVariable to make it known to other clients again
randomVar = 1;
publicVariable "randomVar";
randomVar = 2;
Would make it 1 on all clients other than the one where its ran
All scripts yes
tough abyss
Good day! Next step of my mod: sell stuff. Can a empty backpack be stored in the uniform or in a vest? Thankyou!
meager granite
What can be stored in what is defined in ItemInfo >> allowedSlots
tough abyss
I have a dialog called "Introscreen" as in class Introscreen and I need a seperate script to execute a closeDialog on the dialog itself because otherwise "reserved_slot" call BIS_fnc_endMission; doesn't work. unfortunately closeDialog 0; doesn't seem to work in the seperate script. Is there a way around this? either executing the endmission regardless of the dialog for the player or close the dialog from a remote script
tough abyss
@meager granite what means allowedSlots [] = {901};
tough abyss
The weapon class names returned by weaponsItems are from the base weapon?
worldly zinc
player addEventHandler["Fired",{
projectile=(_this select 6);
ivelocity = velocity (_this select 6);
chicken = "Hen_random_F" createVehicle position projectile;
chicken setPos ((_this select 6) modelToWorld [0, 0.66, -0.15]);
chicken setVelocity [
(ivelocity select 0),
(ivelocity select 1),
(ivelocity select 2)
];
deleteVehicle projectile;
}];```
Chicken gun. Run in debug. For lulz. Enjoy.This is an older syntax checker: https://sites.google.com/site/macsarmatools/squint many new functions may be missing.
broken mural
on init.sqf, is there a way to look for all named assets added to the mission? for example, say I want all land_laptop_closed_F objects on init, how would I grab those?
broken mural
bleh. I found allvariables object but I'm not sure how specific I have to be. AllVariables Land_Laptop_Closed_F doesn't get anything despite having several. Same for other things like an M2a1 slammer.
oh found it; Vehicles.
worldly zinc
@broken mural you'll probably want to use nearObjects
_array = [0,0,0] nearObjects ["classname",_radius];
little eagle
omg Arma
I just enabled XEH for all objects including terrain objects like buildings
And apparently buildings at the edge of your view distance are created and deleted every second
it keeps creating and deleting the same buildings from the airfields of Stratis
vital onyx
How did you enable XEH? modifying configs?
shy bear
Hello guys! How to put code in those boxes you guys using on discord?
like above _array
scarlet spoke
You have to use ´ 3 times
On both ends
(it's the one next to backslash) @shy bear
shy bear
thnks alot found it already 😉
shy bear
allright thnks 😄
haha lol @scarlet spoke didnt work out what did i do wrong? @:
'''
class Item2
{
side="LOGIC";
class Vehicles
{
items=1;
class Item0
{
position[]={9762.9512,8.0364285,4894.1582};
class args
{
items=4;
class Item0
{
value="UID**";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Owner";
};
class Item1
{
value=" NAME ";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Name";
};
class Item2
{
value="3";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Addons";
};
class Item3
{
value="0";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Forced";
};
};
id=0;
side="LOGIC";
vehicle="ModuleCurator_F";
leader=1;
lock="UNLOCKED";
skill=0.60000002;
text="zeusModule";
};
'''
vital onyx
it should be ` which is before 1 (~symbol also there) but not single quote '
` vs ' ;)
shy bear
class Item2
{
side="LOGIC";
class Vehicles
{
items=1;
class Item0
{
position[]={9762.9512,8.0364285,4894.1582};
class args
{
items=4;
class Item0
{
value="******UID********";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Owner";
};
class Item1
{
value=" **NAME** ";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Name";
};
class Item2
{
value="3";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Addons";
};
class Item3
{
value="0";
parentCls="ModuleCurator_F";
typeName="Forced";
};
};
id=0;
side="LOGIC";
vehicle="ModuleCurator_F";
leader=1;
lock="UNLOCKED";
skill=0.60000002;
text="zeusModule";
};
```yay 😄 thnks 😉
vital onyx
enjoy)
shy bear
i will 😛
vital onyx
in doubt which project to throw all forces at:
- Rewrite from scratch vehicle respawn module
- Start making a privilege/ACL system (eg kind of selinux for arma)
- Or continue total conversion of in game interactions interface
any advices?
shy bear
@vital onyx you mean with point 3. the in game Dialogs that pop up or like when u are opening a door or something?
vital onyx
@shy bear total conversion of mouse wheel action menu - like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2iWks00G98
shy bear
@vital onyx wow! thats cool 😃 and u are pretty far already i see
What do you want to add?
vital onyx
not so far I wanted , still too much work
shy bear
haha, perfectionist i see 😉 what is missing?
vital onyx
proximity system
it is fine working with actions applied to player (like attach, earplugs, explosives)
shy bear
checking your slot access control lists video now
vital onyx
but things coming hard when you want to interact the same way with external objects
like other player, vehicle etc
shy bear
yeah, takes a lot mor scripting i gues
vital onyx
it takes a lot of brains, its sploding sometimes
video is just a concept I made year ago
shy bear
haha yeah this looks all magic to me, im still at the basic of scripting
vital onyx
since that I rewriteen it twice from top down
shy bear
and you want to start over again i understand from "2. Start making a privilege/ACL system (eg kind of selinux for arma)"? 😃
shy bear
Allright guys i really need some help here as i cant figure this out myself.
I am running an Exile server and im trying to add a script called 'Bon's Infantry Recruitment' but i cant seem to
get the scroll menu pop up. I want to add the menu to an object called: Land_PhoneBooth_02_F
First i tried adding it to the mission.sqm file, but that didnt create any Phonebooths (mission however DID start) now i am doing it serverside,
PhoneBooths are there but the thing i am struggeling with now is how to addAction to this code ?(server side) for all players:
_veh0 = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[10992.3,5511,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_veh0 setFormDir 81.216;
_veh0 setDir 81.216;
_veh0 setPosATL [10992.3,5511,0];
_veh1 = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[1697.99,7942.54,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_veh1 setFormDir 354.747;
_veh1 setDir 354.747;
_veh1 setPosATL [1697.99,7942.54,1.52588e-005];
Will something like this work, or am i completely wrong?:
_recruiters = [_veh0, _veh1, _veh2, _veh3, _veh4, _veh5, _veh6, _veh7, _veh8, _veh9, _veh10];
{_x addAction ["<t color='#ff9900'>Recruit AI</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf", [], 5, true, true, "", "side _this == east"]} forEach _recruiters;
i did read something about BIS_fnc_MP but not sure how to apply that..
shy bear
@vital onyx Do you might have a clue?
little eagle
@vital onyx
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/pull/526/files
But it throws a ton of errors of sub classes that overwrite the XEH event handlers and have to be fixed.
shy bear
anyone? 😃 i tried _recruiters = [_veh0, _veh1, _veh2, _veh3, _veh4, _veh5, _veh6, _veh7, _veh8, _veh9, _veh10]; {_x addAction ["<t color='#ff9900'>Recruit AI</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf", [], 5, true, true, "", "side _this == independent"]} forEach _recruiters; but that didnt work...
indigo snow
look into remoteExec
shy bear
Thnks @indigo snow
shy bear
@indigo snow something like this would that work?:
{
_recruit = ["<t color='#ff9900'>AI Mercenarie support</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf", {}];
_vehicles, _recruit remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];
}
no that is syntactically broken
shy bear
how do you mean? sorry for being a complete noob 😉
@indigo snow i found this code:
_myAction = ["A Useless Action That Does Nothing", {}];
[_someObject, _myAction] remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];
but that would mean i have to fire that code like 10 times for each _veh0 - 10
how am i suppose to select all the _veh which are the objects?
shy bear
// Server side
_test = CreateVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[3214.38,6016.39,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_test setVariable [ "addedAction", true, true];
actionHandler = _test;
{(Owner _x) publicVariableClient "actionHandler"} forEach playableUnits;
// Mission init.sqf:
if (! isDedicated && hasInterface) then {
"ActionHandler" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
(_this Choose 1) spawn {
WAITUNTIL {cursorTarget isEqualTo _this};
if (_this getVariable [ "addedAction", true]), then {_this Addaction ["<t color='#ff9900'>AI Mercenarie support</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf"]}
}
};
};
like this?
any1? 😃
but how to select all _test at once in this code?
little eagle
don't remoteExec that. you can just put it into init.sqf
shy bear
@little eagle thnks, yes the first block above here i put in mission init, and the second block i put in server side pbo the first block was wrong
little eagle
if (! isDedicated && hasInterface) then {
this makes no sense
the dedicated never has an interface. Should be simplified to just
if (hasInterface) then {
shy bear
ah allright thnks! and how should i approach to select multiple test at once?
_veh0 = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[10992.3,5511,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_veh0 setFormDir 81.216;
_veh0 setDir 81.216;
_veh0 setPosATL [10992.3,5511,0];
_veh1 = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[1697.99,7942.54,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_veh1 setFormDir 354.747;
_veh1 setDir 354.747;
_veh1 setPosATL [1697.99,7942.54,1.52588e-005];
_veh2 = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[3104.56,4474.35,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_veh2 setFormDir 2.628;
_veh2 setDir 2.628;
@little eagle
multiple _veh i mean
shy bear
if i would use
_veh0 = CreateVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F",[3214.38,6016.39,0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
_veh0 setVariable [ "addedAction", true, true];
actionHandler = _test;
{(Owner _x) publicVariableClient "actionHandler"} forEach playableUnits;
i would have to do that on each object? like _Veh0, _veh1 and so on
little eagle
the command is for AI groups and not phone booths
shy bear
hmm.. but i create the phonebooths with that code 😉
on server side
not the second block i mean lol
little eagle
that doesn't mean it makes sense
little eagle
Just to clarify
you want to spawn phobe booths at specific positions and they should have an action added to them?
shy bear
true, and i tried it within mission sqm, game started then but no phone booths, so i now created the phonebooths server side
but not sure how to add the addaction
little eagle
oh. i guess "Land_PhoneBooth_02_F" is not available in the editor
shy bear
it is, but not the rest of my mission file 😉
i created the positions and everything with the editor
little eagle
Why not place the Land_PhoneBooth_02_F via Eden-Editor and put the addAction thing into the init box of the objects?
shy bear
i did that but then i have to merge that code with my existing mission file, and i tried a lot of different ways most of the time = cannot load mission , and when i get it to start, there are no phonebooths 😛
little eagle
hmm. I see. You have to spawn them
shy bear
yeah, here is my mission sqm: http://pastebin.com/vpTg9Q3D
do you know how to add the phonebooth code in there? atleast as where to start
little eagle
if you spawn them with SQF, then you can ignore the mission.sqm
SQF goes into init.sqf and the like
shy bear
yeah its better lol 😉 had a headache of that one
little eagle
you should consider writing a function for creating the phones. That way you can get rid of lot's of repeating code
shy bear
do you know any good site for examples on how to do that? yeah thats my point exactly because now i would have to repeat unnecesary code all the time the way it is now
i know that the _veh0 = createvehicle _veh1 = createvehicle can also be a lot shorter
little eagle
wait. I'm writing something
shy bear
cool
little eagle
private _allPhones = [];
private _fnc_spawnPhone = {
params ["_position", "_direction"];
private _phone = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
_phone setDir _direction;
// set position is faster if done manually and not by createVehicle, also synch setDir direction
_phone setPosATL _position;
// adjust object tilting to terrain
_phone setVectorUp surfaceNormal _position;
_allPhones pushBack _phone;
true
};
then you can go through your "positon-direction-config":
{
_x call _fnc_spawnPhone;
} forEach [
[[10992.3,5511,0], 81.216],
[[1697.99,7942.54,0], 354.747] //etc.
];
at the end you synch all phones to all clients, including JIP clients:
missionNamespace setVariable ["Mission_allPhones", _allPhones, true];
then i can call allphones with
little eagle
nono, wait
on all clients (with hasInterface) you do:
0 spawn {
waitUntil {!isNil "Mission_allPhones"};
{
_x addAction ....
} forEach Mission_allPhones;
};
so you are having a thread waiting for the "all phones" variable to arrive from the server
shy bear
init sqf right?
little eagle
yes, all init.sqf
the spawning obviously behind a isServer
and the addAction behind a hasInterface
shy bear
yeah the spawning in the same server side pbo
awesome, thanks a lot for your time! can i add you as friend? so we dont have to spam here if i have any questions? 😃
little eagle
I'd prefer if everyone can read it. I'm sure there are always some lurkers that might learn something
shy bear
ah yeah ofcourse 😉
ive did a lot aswell lol
😃
k thnks a lot i am gonna try and work this out , cya!
little eagle
hf debugging it. I'm sure there is a missing semi-colon or something stupid in there
there always tend to be
paper sail
is it possible to make a "paintball" gun script for arma 3, as in gives random colour to clothing/vehicle when it gets shot by certain weapon?
vital onyx
yes
sweet patio
(posting in a few relevant chats) anyone know if I use synchronizeObjectsAdd in order to make sure that a zeus player respawns with an editable area?
paper sail
longbow, would you be able to point me in the right direction towards that? im completely blank when it comes to arma scripting and im basically looking on behalf of a friend
shy bear
allright so commy2 pointed me a lot into the right direction but im clearly doin something wrong, can some1 have a look to this script ?: http://pastebin.com/bMSVJ58i i suppose it has to do with the _x call _fnc, which i didnt really understand
little eagle
missing comma line 29
little eagle
_x call _fnc_spawnPhone;
just executes the function you defined above with a position-direction pair
and forEach does it for all the pairs
shy bear
yeah that i did understand
but i was confused by the private _phone = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
little eagle
looks ok. but for some reason it is indented
that line just spawns the phone and stores the object reference in the "_phone" variable
shy bear
yup i already thought it would 😉 awesome
understanding a lot more scripts now seriously 😄
does this mission side init sqf look good:
little eagle
you should start your game with -showScriptErrors
it will show you the line where you made an error
shy bear
i have 😉
little eagle
the messages itself will be useless most of the time
and the line numbers might be off
but it's the best we have
shy bear
thnks, but there is some other error aswell that keeps comming up need to fix that first
haah yeah it is
heres the init:
[] execVM "ClaimVehicles_Client\ClaimVehicles_Client_init.sqf"; //ClaimVehicles
[] execVM "bon_recruit_units\init.sqf"; // Initialize recruit mercenaries:
if hasInterface then
{
[] execVM "VEMFr_client\sqf\initClient.sqf"; // Client-side part of VEMFr
//Recruiting script
0 spawn {
waitUntil {!isNil "Mission_allPhones"};
{
_x addaction ["<t color='#ff9900'>AI Mercenarie support</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf"];
} forEach Mission_allPhones;
};
};
//A3XAI Client
#include "A3XAI_Client\A3XAI_initclient.sqf";
indentations = } ?
shy bear
ah yeah 😉
little eagle
if hasInterface then
{
[] execVM "VEMFr_client\sqf\initClient.sqf"; // Client-side part of VEMFr
//Recruiting script
0 spawn {
waitUntil {!isNil "Mission_allPhones"};
{
_x addaction ["<t color='#ff9900'>AI Mercenarie support</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf"];
} forEach Mission_allPhones;
};
};
->
if (hasInterface) then {
[] execVM "VEMFr_client\sqf\initClient.sqf"; // Client-side part of VEMFr
//Recruiting script
0 spawn {
waitUntil {!isNil "Mission_allPhones"};
{
_x addaction ["<t color='#ff9900'>AI Mercenarie support</t>", "bon_recruit_units\open_dialog.sqf"];
} forEach Mission_allPhones;
};
};
that does look better!!!!
little eagle
That's the first thing for me. I'm really anal about the formatting. SQF is hard to read already with the unary - binary command mix
shy bear
@little eagle Heya commy2, no phonebooths 😦
any idea? cant find anything in my rpt aswell
nvm i do found somnething in rpt lol
shy bear
@little eagle hmm first i had this error:
2:58:39 Error in expression <16.39,0], 125.532],
[[4555.31,3478.6,0,], 7.582],
[[4710.78,8157.54,0], 138.17>
2:58:39 Error position: <], 7.582],
[[4710.78,8157.54,0], 138.17>
2:58:39 Error Missing [
2:58:39 File a3_custom\mapcontent\recruit.sqf, line 27
so i added a [ before the last code so it looked like [[4710.78,8157.54,0], [138.17],
hmm i need double ]] at the end?
after first adjustment i get sort of the same error:
3:34:13 Error in expression <6.39,0], [125.532],
[[4555.31,3478.6,0,], [7.582],
[[4710.78,8157.54,0], [138.>
3:34:13 Error position: <], [7.582],
[[4710.78,8157.54,0], [138.>
3:34:13 Error Missing [
3:34:13 File a3_custom\mapcontent\recruit.sqf, line 27
@little eagle shouldnt:
{
_x call _fnc_spawnPhone;
} forEach [
[[10992.3,5511,0], 81.216],
[[1697.99,7942.54,0], 354.747] //etc.
];
Be:
{
_x call _fnc_spawnPhone;
} forEach [
[[81.216], 10992.3,5511,0 ],
[[354.747], 1697.99,7942.54,0] //etc.
];
based on:
private _fnc_spawnPhone = {
params ["_position", "_direction"];
private _phone = createVehicle ["Land_PhoneBooth_02_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
_phone setDir _direction;
_phone setPosATL _position;
_phone setVectorUp surfaceNormal _position;
_allPhones pushBack _phone;
true
};
omg ...lol that i missed that [[4555.31,3478.6,0,], [7.582], comma after that zero 😐 @little eagle
tough abyss
It's too much bad to use a waitUntil inside a waitUntil?
scarlet spoke
Not really
If you use waitUntil at all it shouldn't make a noticable difference
Just make sure you use a sleep inside the waitUntil
tough abyss
@scarlet spoke thankyou.
scarlet spoke
you're welcome 😃
tame portal
Quick question
How do I allow a control group to expand itself vertically based on it's content with a scrollbar?
Or does it do that automatically?
scarlet spoke
@tame portal afaik it does that automatically
It all depends on the position you set for the group's content
austere granite
It does that automatically, as long as you dont use the noScrollBar class 😉
tame portal
A'ight thanks lads
vital onyx
Hey guys
I need some input from you :) https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/195504-scripted-privilege-system-acl-request-for-inputcommentsfeedback/
thanks!
scarlet spoke
Is there a way to disable map marker tooltips?
I'm referring to user created ones that have the tooltip of the player having created it
opal thistle
Hello there! Whom could I ask about networking in Arma 3 and what actually setVariable and PVEH do on the lower levels (if it's known), which of them better for what purpouses and which has more overhead?
little eagle
one is for missionNamespace the other for objects.
if you mean missionNamespace setVariable public then it's basically the same as publicVariable. Both trigger the PVEH now
little eagle
// serialize backpack
private _backpackData = getUnitLoadout player select 5;
...
// deserialize backpack
private _loadout = getUnitLoadout player;
_loadout set [5, _backpackData];
player setUnitLoadout _loadout;
like this?
tame portal
@little eagle wait really?
mNamespace setvariable [,,true] triggers PVEH?
@little eagle
little eagle
yes
tame portal
I can't tag commy oO
wild iron
Ok got a big task this time! I want to just take the drag an carry script from the A3 - Wounding system. So far I have found the fn_drag.sqf and put that in with a execVM command (which works) however there are missing vaiables becuase of using "his" death system as apposed to the defult one... any ideas?
Even if I could make it so you could drag/drop ai it would be good in hostage missions, so maybe rather than just a injuredperson (which I can't find the normal code for) you could do the same for ai
Or even better if you just know a drag/carry code by itself...
tame portal
Sorry commy for me it showed invalid user
velvet merlin
its bugged at times
tough abyss
We can, by script commands, make the Arma memory more complicated to handle? Think in HD defrag, if a file is stored perfectlly between two other files, this is good, but if i make this file bigger it will need to be split in 2 parts, what is bad. Can this happens with arrays in Arma 3 memory (you make an array bigger and it get split in Arma 3 memory)?
mint frost
don't drill so deep
little eagle
scripts are text files. their size is negligible compared to stuff like textures
tough abyss
But memory get defragmented from time to time or it just get worse, worse and worse?
Thankyo for the replyes.
Its just for the info now.
Uh... Does memory even get fragmented to the point of where you need to think about it at all? It's all volatile storage anyways.
tough abyss
I'm considering less restarts on the server per day.
Why can't i open the server in 01 jan and close it in 31 dec?
tame portal
Because if you run an ArmA server for more than a few days it will eventually result in a nuclear meltdown, experiments on my dedicated server have shown
austere granite
So is there a definetive way to turn of the 'Regroup' commands players (not AI) do, plus things like contact reports
enableSentences and enableRadio are already used
also disableConversation and BIS_noCoreConversations are used already
tough abyss
@tame portal this in Arma 3?
little eagle
@austere granite not without mods
austere granite
I got mod
austere granite
It's pvp only, 0 ai support needed
little eagle
why is enableSentences not an option then?
little eagle
You add a speaker like this:
https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/common/CfgVoice.hpp
tough abyss
not sure how the radio chatter works, but if it's a mod, you could probably delete the class for these sentences
little eagle
and then use setSpeaker via remoteExec on init.sqf of the player
austere granite
Does that persist past respawn or do i need to reapply?
little eagle
I think it persists
austere granite
sweet, let me try that. Merci
little eagle
But setSpeaker does not work on init
and it is local only
so you have to fight with locality on that one
hf
austere granite
local argument or local effects too?
little eagle
global args, local effects
and as I said, it's broken on unit init
BI has a function, but it didn't work for me either
austere granite
I'll fuck around with it, thanks
tough abyss
accorting to the biki both is local:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setSpeaker
austere granite
Yeah that wouldn't make sense :/
little eagle
you can setSpeaker on remote units and it will be changed on the machine where you executed the command
== global args
tough abyss
makes sense ^^ just said whats on the wiki 😛
austere granite
I'm still confujsed as to why all the other commands dont seem to work either
I wonder if that's something too with needing a delay to run it
little eagle
no, they just all do different things than they're advertised to do
manic sigil
I'm trying to make a basic real-time-tactical mission with resources, etc (Because I'm sure it hasn't been done before.) However, I'm having trouble understanding sites. I'm sure there must be a way, but how do I have sectors/site control activate triggers?
manic sigil
Solved for sectors, was using the wrong module.
stable wave
_crate = "Box_East_Ammo_F"; ["Open",_crate] call BIS_fnc_arsenal; What does this syntax do? I can't find it on the wiki
On the wiki, the second argument is a bool, not a class
vital onyx
Very strange. have this function:
private _index = _this;
disableSerialization;
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "ADIS_MENU_DISPLAY";
for "_i" from 1 to 8 do {
(_display displayCtrl (66310 + _i)) ctrlSetText "";
};
if you just store it in variable, like fn_selector = {...}, code performance shows 0.03ms
if you define it in CfgFuntions - 0.044 ms
50% overhead, why?
ok, found
private _fnc_scriptNameParent = if (isNil '_fnc_scriptName') then {'RWT_fnc_adisSelectorSet'} else {_fnc_scriptName};
private _fnc_scriptName = 'RWT_fnc_adisSelectorSet';
scriptName _fnc_scriptName;
provides ~50% difference
vital onyx
even more interesting
disableSerialization;
_index = 1;
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "ADIS_MENU_DISPLAY";
(_display displayCtrl 66311) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66312) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66313) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66314) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66315) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66316) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66317) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66318) ctrlSetText "";
takes 0.0176 ms
disableSerialization;
_index = 1;
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "ADIS_MENU_DISPLAY";
if (_index in [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]) then
{
(_display displayCtrl (66310 + _index)) ctrlSetText (format ["addons\longbow\adis\icons\s%1.paa",_index]);
rwt_adis_selector_hidden = false;
};
takes 0.0172ms in code performance
but if we merge them like this:
disableSerialization;
_index = 1;
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "ADIS_MENU_DISPLAY";
(_display displayCtrl 66311) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66312) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66313) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66314) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66315) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66316) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66317) ctrlSetText "";
(_display displayCtrl 66318) ctrlSetText "";
if (_index in [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]) then
{
(_display displayCtrl (66310 + _index)) ctrlSetText (format ["addons\longbow\adis\icons\s%1.paa",_index]);
rwt_adis_selector_hidden = false;
};
takes 0.2 ms
wtf?
tough abyss
Sqf engine isn't like a compiler that does a bunch optimizations for you.
Whats do you find odd/strange about the timings ?
vital onyx
that snippets 1 and 2 takes ~ 0.02ms each, but together take 0.2ms - ~5x performance drop
that kills me
I agree on minor drop because of CfgFunctions
tough abyss
Never though of the overhead from cfgfunctions when it adds the scriptname debug stuff.
Ahh didn't notice the 0.2 assumed it was 0.02. No idea
vital onyx
ok, I found a way to get merged function to run in 0.04ms, but still I am damn confused
disableSerialization;
_index = 1;
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "ADIS_MENU_DISPLAY";
_arr = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8];
if (_index in _arr) then
{
_arr deleteAt (_index - 1);
(_display displayCtrl (66310 + _index)) ctrlSetText (format ["addons\longbow\adis\icons\s%1.paa",_index]);
_arr apply {
(_display displayCtrl 66310 + _x) ctrlSetText "";
};
};
does the same, but in 0.04ms vs original 0.2ms
nocturne bluff
little eagle
WELL OPTIMIZED
vital onyx
@little eagle sarcasm?
little eagle
yes. you broke the loop. instead of going through all 8 controls, you do only one. no wonder it's faster. you made it worse with every step. also there is no point in optimizing this code. it will probably only execute when you open that menu, so it's pointless.
also, if you don't like this call stack thingy _fnc_scriptName, you can use headerType = -1;
vital onyx
@little eagle what exactly I made worse? finally I ended with [] apply {}
night void
Hello Masters! give me advice please, how i can allow to soldier disarm mines w\o toolkit?
kindred briar
^ Could always walk over it 😛
scarlet spoke
^Well... Guess that's one way of doing it 😂
clear tendon
ha. fell right in that one
mine...
Scripting time! How can i randomize the spawnpoint that's generated by addRespawnPosition? Right now it's deadcenter of the trigger/marker, but you might want some variance inside that area, no? Anybody got some clues?
scarlet spoke
Randomization before adding the position or after having added it?
clear tendon
i guess after @scarlet spoke
Players just need to spawn in randomly in that area, not deadcenter on the marker
scarlet spoke
Hm... I think that's not possible (at least not directly). You could however use setPos in the onPlayerRespawn.sqf and randomizer the position there
clear tendon
wait, let me show yo uwhat i've got atm
gilded rover
does anyone else fail to put a retextured Nato beret into the game , I can see the beret with textures , yet my friends can't even when I run the version i put on workshop
clear tendon
dont you all need the same model?
tough abyss
I like people trying to go beyond and do wonderfull things
tough abyss
Anyone remember to had put a handgun in a vest?
shy bear
@little eagle you somewhere around buddy?
tough abyss
Short Circuit Evaluation turned in something default to me 😛
Thanks for sharing this nice thing!
little eagle
What?
tough abyss
This: if (condition1 && ({condition2} || {condition3})) then {...
I'm using it allways
little eagle
Oops.I meant frenchcoreworldwide
tough abyss
Oh sorry.
shy bear
Hey! 😃
need your genius brain again 😄
@little eagle http://pastebin.com/nHAeZpdD
thats recruit.sqf and i have here init.sqf: http://pastebin.com/n7RMSGEe
am i doin good?
i know i miss something havent tried it, but i just know i do
(this is the same script AI recruiting) Trying to get it working with exile database - poptabs
and a check for 10000 Player "Respect"
little eagle
In my expert opinion, this is indeed SQF. ... what was the question?
shy bear
LOL
shit lost my english
lol
im not sure if this can work? i think i miss something
little eagle
"span class="re5"> recruit_newunit" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
this doesn't look right
little eagle
line below that:
"span class="re5"> unit_lifecycle.fsm"
shy bear
i just want it to make a unit cost poptabs
little eagle
this is not a correct string
a string has to begin and end with "
but there can't be any unescaped " inside it
shy bear
hmm but i dont see those code anywhere
little eagle
shy bear
lol! pastebin screwed it up?
little eagle
idk, maybe?
little eagle
I use gists. They support SQF
shy bear
// *by Bon Inf* <<<
// MODIFICATION for EXILEMOD by FrenchcoreWorldWide 15-10-16
//
RECRUIT_PATH = "recruit_units\";
max_units_allowed = 6; // Max amount of command-able AI units INCLUDING yourself.
_minScore = 10000; // Minimum respect needed to use the Recruiter
_unitCost = 2500; // PopTabs Per Unit.
recruit_queue = [];
//Select false if you want to use a a static unit list
//You can customize static lists in recruitable_units_static.sqf
dynamic_list = false;
if(isServer) then{
"recruit_newunit" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
_newunit = _this select 1;
[_newunit] execFSM (RECRUIT_PATH+"unit_lifecycle.fsm");
};
};
if(isDedicated) exitWith{};
// Client stuff...
thats how it looks 😃
gists? is that github?
little eagle
yes
little eagle
just press "gists" on the top
shy bear
ah got it 😉
little eagle
and enter a filename that ends with the .sqf extension
shy bear
awesome, didnt know that that was possible at github 😐
and here the init sqf https://gist.github.com/unowennl/effc4772b6917c025ca79841d6424d64
do you know if there is a way to force the "Recruited AI" to side INDEPENDENCE
or Resistance
little eagle
What is "recruited AI" ?
shy bear
they are?
little eagle
idk
shy bear
ah lol yeah
little eagle
Have you tried it?
shy bear
first they werent
but with the new zombie spawn script
it forces everyone hostile to me i think
little eagle
ok
shy bear
this zombie script spawns zombie around the player (no triggers)
little eagle
_dummyGroupEast = createGroup east;
_unitAI = _dummyGroupEast createUnit ['O_G_Soldier_F', _posAI, [], 0,"FORM"];
[_unitAI] joinSilent _groupAI;
deleteGroup _dummyGroupEast;
i saw that somewhere yeah
little eagle
you create the guy on a "east" group
it's in recruit.sqf
In Arma, the units belong usually to the side of their group
little eagle
uhm
shy bear
i wanted to change that to independence
to see if that works
that doesnt belong in the script sorry
was code i found online to force ai to a side
little eagle
(createGroup independant) createUnit ['O_G_Soldier_F', position player, [], 0,"FORM"];
that will make the spawned unit belong to the indep side
shy bear
awesome, and wont that get overruled by the zombie spawner? or i have to check
these spawn in x - time around players
shy bear
not sure either, but i know it does somehow, because before that zombie spawner they where friendly 😛
ah yeah and another thing
when i wanted to recruit units\
i first had to kill all zombies arround because it said max units in group
so somehow it counts the zombies at my group =\
but about the recruit script, does the code to make a unit cost money looks allright? and the check for -------- respect
little eagle
Hmm. You're probably better off asking the guy that made that zombie script. I don't know what it does internally
shy bear
i understand that, u need to see that. the guy from the zombie script said that its just arma's way of things... 😛 but i mean is there a way to force them
well i will first try the code above btw 😄
thnks
little eagle
As for Exile... "money" and "respect" aren't aspects of the game by default. And I don't know anything about Exile. I know that they have a forum where you maybe can find help though.
shy bear
recruit_recruitableunits = [
"I_G_resistanceLeader_F",
"rhsgref_cdf_para_squadleader",
"rhsgref_cdf_para_engineer",
"rhsgref_cdf_para_autorifleman",
"rhsgref_cdf_para_machinegunner",
"rhsgref_cdf_air_pilot",
"rhsgref_ins_g_saboteur",
"rhsgref_ins_g_grenadier_rpg",
"rhsgref_ins_g_sniper",
"rhsgref_ins_g_spotter",
"rhsgref_nat_pmil_machinegunner",
"rhsgref_nat_pmil_saboteur",
"rhsgref_nat_pmil_hunter",
"rhsgref_nat_pmil_medic",
"rhsgref_nat_specialist_aa",
"rhsgref_nat_saboteur",
"rhsgref_nat_medic"
];
``` thats the recruited unit list, i have to merge your code with that?ah i understand 😃 ^^
thnks for looking tho 😃
allready found where i need to merge 😉 at the recruit.sqf under unit creation ofcourse 😛
@little eagle may i ask you 1 thing, where do you fnd good reference for arma's SQF?
like maybe you know a site with best info, because i found the wiki not allways that good info...
little eagle
wiki is the best we have I'm afraid.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3
is pretty good imo though
little eagle
I have no idea why they made the list alphabetical. That's so 20th century. We have ctrl+f now
they should've ordered in groups. whatever belong to each other should've been next to each other
like ctrlText after ctrlSetText
etc.
shy bear
exactly! @little eagle
it is a real pain going through there 😛
but like u said its all we have 😄
ive found some good tutorials i downloaded gonna read myself into this 😃 thanks for looking at the script anyway mate!
scarlet spoke
@little eagle we have a ordered list in the wiki.
Here they are sorted according to their functionality
west lantern
Am I seeing this > https://1drv.ms/i/s!An2fzRMBGolNgeYjWf7ukbAp7vIMLw
because of the editor preview of mission?
sweet patio
Hate to keep asking, but what's the best method to make sure respawning players will have right modules resynced?
based on my research I make a trigger that somehow ties player death with synchronizeObjectAdd
finite silo
Hi guys, may I ask approximately how long would it take me to learn SQF at a decent level if I already clocked about a thousand hours in C and python?
scarlet spoke
@finite silo shouldn't take too long... maybe a few days to get familiar with the syntax
And after that depending on how deep you want to understand ArmA and SQF
finite silo
hmm ok. thanks!
scarlet spoke
I'd estimate that it should be doable within a week of regular practice and trial and error
scarlet spoke
Well you need to learn how to use the BIKI
sweet patio
Maybe Im asking in the right place. Should I ask the Eden editor people?
finite silo
hmm ok thank you!
finite silo
thx
scarlet spoke
And don't forget to dig into some existing projects in order to see how things can be done... There are some "magic" things that can be done because of how SQF works you wouldn't come up when coming from a language like C @finite silo
finite silo
ah, ok. thank you!
I think I have a few months to go until I hit a thousand hours
and then I'd reward myself with Arma
scarlet spoke
😃
zealous solstice
1k h is close to nothing.
scarlet spoke
@zealous solstice behave yourself!
finite silo
well 10k hours is, you know, 10k hours 😛
so that means by 1k hours I'd be 1/10 competent
scarlet spoke
^^
finite silo
are you guys all Redditrs?
Wait, apparently I have almost another year until I reach 1k hours
😦
like 8 months
its ok tho 😛
scarlet spoke
No I'm not
tough abyss
@scarlet spoke thanks.
little eagle
But the list is incomplete, Raven
tough abyss
weaponsItems, weaponsItemsCargo, uniformContainer, vestContainer, backpackContainer are G G functions?
violet vault
: Hallo, how can i add option to player can select own saved gear in respawn screen.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7y1hhf7dup3807/arma respawn.jpg?dl=0
little eagle
And you have a site for each category -> unusable
scarlet spoke
But at least something ^^
Well I think it helps if you know what you want to do but don't know what commands might be suitable
little eagle
@tough abyss none of these commands have effects that could be considered local or global
but all of them accept global arguments
tough abyss
@little eagle thanks.
so they are G. I understand. Thankyou.
not G G.
this is not working:
little eagle
AG ... "arguments global"
tough abyss
_weaponItems = (weaponsItemsCargo backpackContainer _unit) + (weaponsItemsCargo vestContainer _unit) + (weaponsItemsCargo uniformContainer _unit) + (weaponsItems _unit);
_weaponItems remain undefined.
and i got a var is not defined error
little eagle
weaponsItems is broken for null objects
tough abyss
Aaaahh! Thanks a lot man!!!
little eagle
use: [weaponsItems _unit] param [0, []]
tough abyss
Cool! Thanks for the trick!
little eagle
yw
I tested weaponsItemsCargo and it's broken too. So you'll need 4 of these constructs
tough abyss
I'm working in a fast way to collect all dead bodyes items (but not its uniform (ha)) and transfer it to your assigned vehicle if it is near.
If the vehicle gear if full the remaining items goes on the ground in a weapon holder.
THOUGHTS: if a function like weaponsItems accepts global arguments, then all the client must have complete info about each unit weapons or the client can not have this info and the function need to ask for it to the server.
little eagle
depends on what else you're doing in that function I guess
tough abyss
more global functions means more traffic
little eagle
yeah, but if it's only when someones dies... it's not like that happens all the time
tough abyss
but since the workarround for not having global functions must be worse... it deserves.
but if a unit 10 km away drop a weapon
this need to be updated in all clients
because you never know when they will use weaponsItems
little eagle
that is what the game already does though
simply invoking weaponsItems on remote units does not cause network traffic
your client already knows this
tough abyss
i believe this not happens about each unit animation state
units far away must have a generic animation
animation state of each unit is not well know by all players
Let me test the change. 😄
little eagle
sure, that might be the case.
if you really want to be sure, you'd have to execute the commands on the machine where the corpse is local
that is not necessarily the server
tough abyss
@little eagle weaponsItems is not really working. Running from client and the unit is AI hosted on server. I will try to get the info on server and send to client.
May be its because i'm using it in a dead unit.
Hello, is there a way to wait in a script serverside until the first player is past the briefing?
violet vault
i need player can select own saved arsenal loadouts
halcyon crypt
don't think that's possible
violet vault
maybe yes but i dont know how i can implement part of this to MenuInventory
"_data = profilenamespace getvariable ["bis_fnc_saveInventory_data",[]];"
this is from Arsenal function to load saved loadout from profile
tough abyss
Can someone tell me if I wrote this condition correctly?: (((diag_fps) > 30) && ((diag_fpsMin) > 20))
@tough abyss have you tried it in the debugger console in game?
Is there a way to test these things without starting the game?
You can get an IDE like intellIJ and the Arma 3 scripting plugin, it will show syntax errors
In game is the most effective way
ok, thank you!
tough abyss
This is correct? if (condition1 || {condition2} || {condition3}) then {...
jovial nebula
Hi guys
I was wondering if anyone worked a bit with ambientAnimations in MP
I 've just discovered that it could create a lot of issues with performances because of the additional unit created in the function
Anyone has alternatives functions?
little eagle
@tough abyss Yes, but there are debates that say:
if (condition1 || {condition2 || {condition3}}) then {
is even better
bright coral
Especially when
if (true || {player sidechat "lalala";false} || {true}) then {player sidechat "done"}
does not reach the sidechat 😃
little eagle
10/10 scripting
gilded rover
how to replace puzzel piece with an image (both in main menu and arsenal)
turbid jolt
Make a mod.cpp for your modfolder and define a picture in that
not really scripting related
tough abyss
@little eagle oh, thankyou.
vital onyx
Updated VIM syntax for SQF, latest stable build,
supports functions from: BIS,CBA,ACE,CUP,TFAR,ALIVE
now includes sqf script for autogenerating vim syntax section
https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/194626-vim-sqf-sqf-syntax-highlight-for-vim/
broken mural
Is there a reason you would call in the init and not spawn? I'm looking at a mod and it's got several spawns in the init, which makes sense to me, but there are calls that aren't being assigned to variables or used after the fact.
vital onyx
spawn is usually used to create loops
broken mural
So call is standard use in the init to execute some script?
little eagle
init box runs in unscheduled environment. You use spawn if you want to enter scheduled environment and call if you want to stay in unscheduled.
The scheduled environment is required if you want to use suspension commands (sleep, uiSleep, waitUntil).
@tough abyss cringe. stop spamming the chat with rubbish
shitheads in this channel. not even your joke one liners make sense
broken mural
Thanks @little eagle for the explanation.
little eagle
yw
broken mural
Is there a method for condensing switch cases? IE if 5 different cases all do one thing. In .Net the syntax is roughly
`case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
case 4:
{
};`
sqf doesnt like that though lol
little eagle
switch (_number) do {
case 1;
case 2: { blah };
};
Cheers; I see my problem. ; not :
little eagle
Yea
vital onyx
@broken mural try this to condense
switch true do {
case (_number in [1,2,3,4,5]): {foo bar};
};
stiff forge
Hey, does anyone know of an arrest/detain script that works in Arma 2 on civillians? I can only find a couple that work on PvP or SP, need it for a COOP mission. Any help would be awesome, hitting a wall here
scarlet spoke
You could dig into the ACE code... They have such functionality afaik
runic heart
Anyone here willing to share a config for a successful melee weapon? Like a mining pick or sledgehammer?
tough abyss
Hius!
There is anything wrong with this HandleDamage code?
It's applyed to AI vehicles and its supposed to damage vehicles only if there are players involved:
BRPVP_hdEhVeh = {
_damage = 0;
_attacker = _this select 3;
if (isPlayer _attacker) then {
_damage = _this select 2;
} else {
if (_attacker call BRPVP_isMotorized) then {
_playerEnvolved = false;
{
if (isPlayer _x) exitWith {
_playerEnvolved = true;
};
} forEach crew _attacker;
if (_playerEnvolved) then {
_damage = _this select 2;
};
};
};
_damage
};
The function BRPVP_isMotorized check if something is a car, tak, plane, helicopte or boat.
This is causing a problem in tanks.
Destroyed tanks.
Their explosions starts with 1 explosion each 10 seconds then increase to 1000 explosions each seconds, gradually, and increase so on until all the client fps fall to 0.
I'm now removing the HandleDamage when the vehicle get killed...
velvet merlin
HD still triggers when sth is destroyed if i recall correctly
vital onyx
@tough abyss are you overriding handledamage? if yes, the code in EH should return boolean.
and I would try break instead of exitWith, to quit from loop
tough abyss
thankyou for the help.
@velvet merlin and @vital onyx
@vital onyx yes, it return a damage value.
wispy kestrel
I need some help figuring out a script error. The script error occurs when entering the zeus interface. The error spams the client .rpt with a massive amount of entries. 1:09:20 Error in expression <= _pos distance curatorcamera; if (_dis < _fadeEnd) then { _coef = linearconvers> 1:09:20 Error position: << _fadeEnd) then { _coef = linearconvers> 1:09:20 Error <: Type code, expected Number,Not a Number
vital onyx
@wispy kestrel show the script
wispy kestrel
No script associated just the vanilla curator game master module
wispy kestrel
With mods
vital onyx
and without mods?
wispy kestrel
slaps-own-hand . Haven't tried it yet...
vital onyx
Try to narrow this problem, by disabling mods one by one, when you locate the mod, causing this problem - report bug to mod authors
wispy kestrel
Problem is within Ares:Achillies mod
vital onyx
so here you go :)
wispy kestrel
Thanks @vital onyx 😄
tough abyss
Hi! There is a way to make all uniforms usable by all units without creating any problem?
I read this was not done by BI because of some AI complexity problems...
tough abyss
May be this can make AI less effective, since they get confused.
tough abyss
By the way, this code will help me to change all modelSides to {3,2,1,0}:
diag_log "";
{
_class = configName _x;
if (_class isKindOf "Man") then {
if (isArray (_x >> "modelSides")) then {
_ms = getArray (_x >> "modelSides");
diag_log _class;
};
};
} forEach ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles"));
diag_log "";
tough abyss
To change the config value modelSides of the unit vehicle B_Survivor_F i need to know its parent class?
wild iron
I'm looking for a way to disable fatigue once and for all, whether its a script or server side idk just please help!
dusk sage
Did you look on the wiki before asking that 😉 ?
wild iron
@BoGuu#1044 Yep, and used the script that it said... still didn't work
dusk sage
enableFatigue..?
wild iron
@BoGuu#1044 I'll past what I put in:
@dusk sage This is what I put in the init.sqf:
if (hasinterface) then {
waitUntil {!isnull player};
player enableStamina false;
player addEventHandler ["Respawn", {player enableStamina false}];
};
dusk sage
Disable it before the EVH too
Oh you have
I've never used enableStamina before, have always just used enableFatigue
wild iron
so I just change it to Fatigue?
broken mural
when I spawn a respawnposition via BIS_Fnc_addRespawnPosition; is there a way I can hide the marker on the map? I want it useable on the respawn menu, but I dont want to clutter the map with the circle marker.
I see in the second parameter it has a value for STRING - marker but doesnt explain what, if anything, it expects.
looks like thats just a name for the marker.
wild iron
@tough abyss Does that mean non apex people can use the camo's and stuff?
tough abyss
Sorry to bother, but if anyone know a side effect of this, please share.
@wild iron i believe not.
Why? Without mods you can't use Apex clothes?
wild iron
@tough abyss Sorry I may have not understood what you were trying to do, right now if you put on Apex Camo you get the whole "BUY APEX" stuff (I'd rather if they just went back to the arma 2 way of making it low res 😦 ) Anyway yea I thought it might fix that 😃
gilded rover
class Mod_Base;
class SAWRecce: Mod_Base {
name = "SAWRecce ArmA3"
picture = "\SAWRecce_ArmA3\Faction\data\SAWRecce.paa";
logoSmall = "\SAWRecce_ArmA3\Faction\data\SAWRecce.paa";
logo = "\SAWRecce_ArmA3\Faction\data\SAWRecce.paa";
logoOver = "\SAWRecce_ArmA3\Faction\data\SAWRecce.paa";
dlcColor[]= {0.3,0.4,0,1};
overview = "Gear, weapons and vehicles SAWRecce owns and uses to annahilate all enemies";
hidename = 0;
hidePicture = 0;
tooltip = "SAWRECCE";
tooltipOwned = "SAWRECCE";
dir = "SAWRecce_ArmA3";
};
};``` Why do i still have a puzzel piece.... P:\SAWRecce_ArmA3 thats the directory to the mod.cpp file@wild iron what i did don't change that. I believe there is no way to change that.
lime tangle
On a slightly irrelevant note theres a sick way to push notifications from your githubs to your discords
wild iron
@lime tangle How?
lime tangle
webhooks
You need channel perms
but right click a channel
edit channel
webhooks
create a new one
then copy that address
go to github and in your repository settings there is a tab called webhooks
Add a new one, stick that url in and add /github to the end
no secret
JSON
Configure the rest as you please
velvet merlin
@strideynet#9352 does it also work with gitlab?
only found this open request - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/21635
violet vault
Hello, for some time I wonder about one problem.
I'm trying to get to the BIS respawn screen Players saved loadout from the arsenal. I found a function of the Arsenal section where loads from profiles stored loadout but do not know how much good the programming language so I do not know what and how to write there.
this is part of Arsenal function:
//--- Load
_ctrlTemplateValue = _display displayctrl IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TEMPLATE_VALUENAME;
if ((_ctrlTemplateValue lbvalue lnbcurselrow _ctrlTemplateValue) >= 0) then {
_inventory = _ctrlTemplateValue lnbtext [lnbcurselrow _ctrlTemplateValue,0];
[_center,[profilenamespace,_inventory]] call bis_fnc_loadinventory;
//--- Load custom data
_ctrlTemplateValue = _display displayctrl IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TEMPLATE_VALUENAME;
_data = profilenamespace getvariable ["bis_fnc_saveInventory_data",[]];
_name = _ctrlTemplateValue lnbtext [lnbcurselrow _ctrlTemplateValue,0];
_nameID = _data find _name;
if (_nameID >= 0) then {
_inventory = _data select (_nameID + 1);
_inventoryCustom = _inventory select 10;
_center setface (_inventoryCustom select 0);
_center setvariable ["BIS_fnc_arsenal_face",(_inventoryCustom select 0)];
_center setspeaker (_inventoryCustom select 1);
[_center,_inventoryCustom select 2] call bis_fnc_setUnitInsignia;
};
["ListSelectCurrent",[_display]] call bis_fnc_arsenal;
} else {
_hideTemplate = false;
};
a link to an image where I want to get at least let you know what I mean https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7y1hhf7dup3807/arma respawn.jpg?dl=0
Thanks in advance for any help
vague hull
is there any decent funtion to use pitch/bank/yaw relatively?
Like the object already has a pitch of X° and I want to increse it by Y°
dusk sage
@kju#1917 They are adding a GitLab endpoint at some point, but it also supports slack, so should work as is
velvet merlin
@dusk sage yep i tried the slack approach but couldnt get it to work - might be me being stupid or something else going wrong though
native hemlock
@vague hull look through the BIS functions in game or unpack the function PBOs. I'm fairly certain there was a function that was added somewhat recently that isn't on the wiki that can do pitch, bank, and yaw. Off the top of my head it might be called BIS_fnc_setObjectRotation, but I'm not 100%
vague hull
@Pennyworth#2634 Thanks, will have a look :)
little eagle
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_setPitchBank
and no, there is no SQF command for this
vague hull
problem is: its inaccurate
currently think about anotherway to translate bank or yaw into vector form
thinking of it as 3 rotations wouldnt it be as simple as calcing the vector of each (bank, pitch and yaw) and adding it on top of the vectorUp and vectorDir of the object?
little eagle
You can open the functions and see if you can tweak them a bit. But I doubt you will get more accurate than them. I think they are based on:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorDirAndUp
which is the only command we have to tilt objects (alongside it's brothers Dir and Up)
vague hull
yep, its just that I dont exactly need the inaccurate translations back into degrees if I could simply add them together
tough abyss
Anyone notice if _x setunitPos "UP"; got broken in last patch?
Unarmed Unit ends up crawling, but is i manually set it to "AUTO", unit is back standing upright
little eagle
I dont exactly need the inaccurate translations back into degrees
all math you can do with this is accurate enough
opal thistle
anybody knows an estimated overhead of remoteExec over setVariable [varname, varvalue, true] for a numeric value?
or remoteExec {setVariable ...} actually does the same?
except that you can choose whether to add it in JIP log or not, broadcast or multicast it and so on, of course
little eagle
try it
vital onyx
I guess that the question mostly is about how to measure the network (how fast public variable propagates or code begins to execute)
thick ridge
@opal thistle , what are you trying to build? I'd choose the one that best meets your functional needs and then optimize later if it becomes a problem.
broken mural
so I figured out how to spawn a smoke grenade, but when I spawn it, it lights off. This is by calling createVehicle["SmokeShellRed", [getPosATL _x select 0, getPosATL _x select 1, getPosATL _x select 2], [], 0, "NONE" ]; Is there a different name that I'm missing, or some method, to spawn the grenade without it firing off?
vapid frigate
you want to spawn a grenade for people to pick up?
i think you'd have to use a 'weaponholder' for that
which works sorta like an ammo box.. so you spawn the weaponholder as a vehicle like you're doing with that smokeshell
then add a smokeshell to the weaponholder like you would with an ammobox
broken mural
Thanks 😃 I went with playing the throw animation and spawning the smoke grenade where I want it to set off lol
opal thistle
@thick ridge it's CTI, and I'm trying to figure out what method of propagation to use for simple time-crucial funcs
opal thistle
And the guy before me tried to bound the client and server loops and scripts exec to a custom public_time variable, synchronized every second with server time
I can't even imagine how it worked before
scarlet spoke
That's horrible
Take your time and write that command every time you change the variable... Then you don't have unnecessary network traffic and the synchronisation is more accurate
Und you don't have an extra loop running on the server
Or if you really need the time from the server just use serverTime
velvet merlin
yeah one has to do time sync oneself
scarlet spoke
I'd still prefer an event system that will sync the time when needed... Like the client tells the server hey I need the time and then the respective function with the time as a parameter will be called... That's most likely more precise than with the sleep
And for the countdown I'd do completely server side and work with remoteExecCall for displaying it to the users
Or even better... Start it from the server and then use CBA's wait function to decrease the displayed number every second
velvet merlin
if you want to display stuff like "runtime/timeleft" you need to sync continuously
remoteExecCall = overhead
also good design is one main loop obviously (what cannot be done event based) - the above is just a code sample after all
scarlet spoke
Well I'm no friend of these continuous loops
Because I like to run my code in unscheduled env
But that's a different story ^^
^^
tame portal
For Rush I made the client ask for a time in seconds to be returned to the client and server the seconds added to the clients tickTime to get an accurate timer
Everytime the server updated the time for whatever reason it would just send a new time in seconds to all client which would then terminate the old time thread and create a new one with the seconds given by the server
stable wave
what is the differences between a vectore [x, y, z] and a position [x, y, z]?
vapid frigate
a vector is a direction (usually normalized)
ie [-0.5, 0.5, 0] would be NW
[0, 0.5, 0.5] pointing nth and up 45 degrees
little eagle
[-0.5, 0.5, 0] is not a unit vector
stable wave
what do x, y, z stand for? How can I convert degrees to vector and vice versa?
vapid frigate
i guess it depends on the context though.. like vectorAdd and stuff will work on positions too
vapid frigate
i guess u could think of them like offsets
trigonometry to convert to degrees and back
(easiest in 2d)
stable wave
x is the axis x and y is the axis y?
vapid frigate
no, numbers are positions
stable wave
Yeah, I thought it too much
vapid frigate
offsets
tame portal
@little eagle I feel you
broken mural
Are there some beat practices/guidelines available for script separation and mission file structure? I'm seeing my mission file becoming a little convoluted, even with a cfgfunctions setup
Best* //phone
tame portal
Do you mean a folder structure and references to files to keep it organized?
clear tendon
/scripts/<dump them here>
mission.pbo
broken mural
That seems messy and unorganized to dump everything in one location lol
velvet merlin
structure:
client vs server
modules/components
AI vs player
core vs features
functionality
dusk sage
And all your positions are still vectors
velvet merlin
you can do a lot meaningful separation. read some guides on good software design
@broken mural
vital onyx
@broken mural there is https://github.com/ussrlongbow/a3ms
my project dedicated to file structure/organization in missions
broken mural
@vital onyx thanks! I'll check it out tonight
tough abyss
If anyone can help i apreciate:
if (_onVehicle && {_isDriver && {_lowFuel && {_hasAccess}}}) then {
_vehicle setFuel 1;
};
Is this ok.
tough abyss
Looks fine to me.
velvet merlin
Fixed: Damaged hit points of vehicles now can be repaired just as any global damage
any ideas what this means specifically?
tough abyss
I assume its setHitPoint works correctly when object is not local or its when _vehicle enableDamage false.
@tough abyss thanks big Vauun! 😄
❤
Oh!
velvet merlin
@tough abyss could be. good thinking - anyone wants to test? 😛
steep matrix
looking for some advice for our optimization gods 👼
-
if (!(_vehicle getVariable ["VCOM_VehicleDetectionActive",false])) then { if (_vehicle isKindOf "LandVehicle") then { if (local _vehicle) then { if (alive _vehicle) then { private _driver = driver vehicle; if (!(isNull _driver)) then { if (alive _driver) then { if (_driver != player) then```
- (finding obstacles for cars)
if ((_nearestObject distance _vehicle) < 100) then
{
_objects = nearestObjects [_nearestObject,["all"],10];//filter differently?```- p3d type detection
_bridgeCheck = ["bridge",_p3dName] call BIS_fnc_inString;
_gateCheck = ["gate",_p3dName] call BIS_fnc_inString;```
cedar kindle
that's some hefty if
order the if-cases after what's most likely to be false, use lazy eval. and you can skip isNull because of the alive check
as for the filter, what kind of obstacles?
steep matrix
well is lazy eval cheaper? i wasnt sure if alive handle isNull cases well at all times - will try. tx
i ordered them the case by potentially simple check - but simple and often false is even better - good point
cedar kindle
do you have CBA available?
steep matrix
obstacles are usually various kinda of object types (sand bag, trash can, etc) or wrecks or vehicles
trying to fix and optimize this mod: https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/177206-vcom-ai-driving-mod/
it seems to work quite well - at least in simple cases. and as BI doesnt seem to have any interest to fix the issue with scripted/mission objects blocking vehicle path (see video), it is still relevant
cedar kindle
i'm guessing that's some loop to detect new vehicles, so if you have CBA you can use a XEH to catch the vehicles instead
steady hawk
Do you know how to disable headgear/sunglass randomization on units if I am creating a custom faction? Not just in one unit line but in the entire faction config
steady hawk
Also..if I'm creating an African faction from vanilla units...how can I only use African models as the base in the config?
steep matrix
well i am using a loop to catch new vehicles
as for filters
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestTerrainObjects
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObjects - with sth like house and thing - well at least not "all"
cedar kindle
i'm guessing it's safest to catch all because of dynamic things moving into the area
how often does it run?
steep matrix
every 0.5s
one thing i want to change is this part:
_Vehicle1 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle2 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle3 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle4 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle5 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle6 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle7 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_Vehicle8 = "Land_CanOpener_F" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];```the way it works is to create these dummy objects (setPos) to make AI avoid that object
atm these are created per vehicle and deleted after 9s
my idea is to cache them (instead of create-delete cycle), so just reposition them, and to have them globally instead of per vehicle (thats that case already to some extend)
cedar kindle
having them globally sounds like it would introduce some nice bugs 😛
if you want to reuse them for every vehicle
but skip deleting them at least
steep matrix
well global in the sense shared per all vehicles (but still a local set for each player)
halcyon crypt
steep matrix
indeed
got one more case right now:
_objectsHouse spawn
{
sleep 9;
_this setVariable ["VCOM_DRIVERAVOID",false];
};```this marks a "handled" house and removes again after 9s
instead of that one could add the refs to an array, store the timestamp of creation, loop them and remove after the delay (or distance?)
halcyon crypt
checking the timestamp would be faster than checking distance I guess, the former is just comparing 2 numbers
not that distance is that heavy
cedar kindle
why does it remove it?
halcyon crypt
because the objects are deleted after 9 seconds
cedar kindle
oh i thought it was a house, nvm
tough abyss
edit: just looking at vcom drive code
Pretty sure you rewrite the code pretty sure you can skip the createVehicleLocal altogether, you just need the positions
Since the local object is just beening used for isOnRoad check
halcyon crypt
how's that? It's not "directing" AI, it's just placing objects so that the AI avoids them. Making it seem like it's avoiding other objects.
tough abyss
Nah my bad assumption 😛
Its just beening used for https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isOnRoad
steep matrix
if (isOnRoad _x) then
{
_objectsHouseArray = _objectsHouseArray - [_x];
deleteVehicle _x;
};
} forEach _objectsHouseArray;```whats the point of using of fsm these days? (aside for design perference)
tough abyss
AI Fsm have access to some engine events only to fsm i.e check out the danger.fsm (legend on the ui) i believe.
unScheduled enviroment
Easier to visual branching logic etc
Actually i think VCom driver is using the objects to prevent AI from driving offroad 😛 Anyway need more coffee
velvet merlin
engine events only is only for confg launched fsm by the specific parameters
while i like in general the visual design idea, it makes coding just very ugly and harder to debug, etc
tough abyss
1 sec
velvet merlin
in almost all cases ppl code stuff in sqf and just port it at the end to fsm
unScheduled enviroment can be also achieved by other means, no?
tough abyss
Don't believe you can get this info in sqf. Without using a custom danger fsm to pass it to sqf
_dangerCause
/*
comment "0 DCEnemyDetected";
comment "1 DCFire";
comment "2 DCHit";
comment "3 DCEnemyNear";
comment "4 DCExplosion";
comment "5 DCDeadBodyGroup";
comment "6 DCDeadBody";
comment "7 DCScream";
comment "8 DCCanFire";
comment "9 DCBulletClose";
*/
Fsm does have it uses imo, but mainly just for AI logic
bitter magnet
any idea why CBA_A3 github release rss https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/releases.atom shows news 6 days ago?
velvet merlin
fsmFormation = "A3\characters_f\scripts\formationC.fsm";
fsmDanger = "A3\characters_f\scripts\formationCDanger.fsm";
only works for config fsm "EH"s
dusk sage
The argument between FSM vs pure unscheduled has occurred alot, usually in the favour of US, IIRC
tough abyss
FSM are also alot easier to debug AI issues imo. If you keep a handle for the FSM handle somewhere i.e like setVariable on the unit itself.
That way you can get / set variables inside the FSM while debugging crap
To accomplish the same thing with sqf implementation is harder todo when you got multiple AI running around. Without having a bunch of dynamic global variables.
Anyway back to terrain builder
little eagle
if (!(_vehicle getVariable ["VCOM_DisableDriving",false])) then {
if (!(_vehicle getVariable ["VCOM_VehicleDetectionActive",false])) then {
if (_vehicle isKindOf "LandVehicle") then {
if (local _vehicle) then {
if (alive _vehicle) then {
private _driver = driver vehicle;
if (!(isNull _driver)) then {
if (alive _driver) then {
if (_driver != player) then
so many redundant checks. If you are the driver, the vehicle IS local. If it's not NULL, then it is alive
velvet merlin
have mercy with me. last time i did real scripting was like 3 years ago
instead you could focus on the more interesting questions 😉
halcyon crypt
@velvet merlin CBA's statemachine is a nice replacement for the FSM(editor) crap 😃
using it in ALiVE and it's pretty cool 😃
it can either be done by config or sqf
little eagle
@bitter magnet I created that changelog as "draft" 6 days ago. It's only visible to people with push access until it's released. If you actually release a "release", it will show the time of when the draft was created...
It's a github thing
@velvet merlin I am.
http://i.imgur.com/BtjZedW.jpg
bitter magnet
ok so that CBA_A3 v3.1.1.1012 is still new today(?). I mean this version was just released.
bitter magnet
cool. I'll ignore the "x days ago" next time seeing rss news about release then 😃
steady hawk
Repost from earlier for the evening crew: When making a unit config....if I want to disable randomization (hats, sunglasses) in the actual config..not in the init of one particular unit...how would I do that within the config itself?
tough abyss
How do i play a sound that is inside a mod PBO but not declarated in CfgSounds?
With playSound3D?
I'm using that playSound3D ["\BRP_sons\wakeup.ogg"... but not works. playSound3D ["BRP_sons\wakeup.ogg"... also don't work.
The PBO is BRP_sons.pbo and its prefix is BRP_sons
tough abyss
Its should be playSound3D ["BRP_sons\wakeup.ogg",_pos];
If its not working then typo mistake, or mistake with your pbo prefix etc...
Try extract the pbo to confirm you packed it correctly
vapid frigate
can check if the cfgpatches exists in the config viewer too to make sure it's running
vital onyx
@steep matrix resolved the optimization?
velvet merlin
not sure if it needs to be resolved, yet i am still looking for input 😃
velvet merlin
@little eagle btw you misread the conditions
so many redundant checks. If you are the driver, the vehicle IS local.
this check is for AI - not the player ( if (_driver != player) then)
opal thistle
Does setVariable with public flag true essentially means the same as assigning value to variable and then broadcast it with publicVariable?
What if you store mission-specific variables in the gamelogic object namespace, does it provide more or less overhead compared to playerNamespace and missionNamespace?
I mean get and set operation for this variable
velvet merlin
@opal thistle setVar public always goes to all instances; with pV you can limited to server, all clients or specific client
setVar and pV both sync data for JIP (i guess for both always just the last values), pV client/server dont sync with JIP according to KK
as for data, i would assume pV is less as it requires no object instance/ID - i doubt anyone has checked this with wireshark or similar tools yet
@tough abyss what do you need?
halcyon crypt
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQS_to_SQF_conversion should explain the differences
opal thistle
As of JIP and variables sync, do I get it right that after join and init, all the actions cached in JIP queue, such as publicVariable called, remExec and so on are applied to the client?
And this way the joining client does not need to request these variables' current values from the server explicitly, right?
velvet merlin
In general yes, but it depends on the specific usage. Like not all are synced (pV client/server, remoteExec only with specific settings AFAIK, setVar public only when the object still exists AFAIK)
little eagle
you don't have the variables synched at preInit but from my testing, they'll all be synched at postInit
this is for setVariable and publicVariable, no idea about remoteExec. But I don't see why it would be different
If by init you mean the object init (event handlers, init box), then no. At that point they won't be synched. If you use CBA then you can use initPost for this
opal thistle
By init I mean mission init, and by "after init" - some moment of time between mission init and giving controls to the player
And let's assume everything we broadcast is cached in JIP queue for this question
Just would like to be sure I understand what JIP queue mean in BIS universe
tough abyss
@tough abyss thankyou for the help!
opal thistle
thanks for the explanations all!
another set of questions I can't find any reliable answer to:
if you create a vehicle on the map, its state is constantly broadcasted to the other clients and server, and synched as well. Does it mean that the variables declared in this vehicle' namespace with vehicle setVariable[...] are broadcasted as well? I suppose not, since BIS stated on their wiki the changes on these variables are local and need to be broadcasted again
Does this count for a game logic objects as well? Do all the clients automatically aware of them, just like vehicles?
velvet merlin
createVehicle vs createVehicleLocal
enableSimulation false to avoid/reduce network updates
setVar public is required - no auto sync of variables assigned to an object
tough abyss
enablesimulation only disables physics. There are still network updates
You need to use createsimpleobject to avoid network updates
opal thistle
ah, I see, thanks
velvet merlin
its quite old but most stuff still true and valid
check this too. i dont think it has network related stuff though
if you want to know such low level stuff, you should really run wireshark and do actual checks yourself
opal thistle
@tough abyss it's quite good for the instrument I think of
tough abyss
lol i thought the purpose of simpleobjects was it didn't need any network updates. except for initally telling the client were it was
opal thistle
especially they're synched on JIP if not local
tough abyss
I know, but it really doesn't make sense why there is any network traffic at all
velvet merlin
could be engine limitation
or maybe some kinda of info is to be transferred
again a wireshark should tell it, no? afaik all/most arma traffic is plain text
opal thistle
the last thing about JIP is, I think with remoteExec you can prevent adding the calls into JIP queue and sync the variables on JIP explicitly by calling the server script and waiting for a callback with values. Seems a lot lighter than executing all the commands from JIP queue
tough abyss
@velvet merlin they implement some network encryption (might be to strong a word) now.
velvet merlin
yeah i remember it was introduced in OA i think but was broken a few days after
opal thistle
meaning if you have a thousand public variables broadcasted thousand times during the game and synced with JIP, the client joining must get all the 1000^1000 setVariables and run them one by one on JIP
yes, I love extreme examples))
velvet merlin
IMO remoteExec is just for the lazy unless BI has implemented some extra optimization - which i doubt very much
someone said its get executed fastest - seems hard to believe too
opal thistle
well, it gives you full control on JIP queue
tough abyss
It is faster, it also avoids race conditions from using a global variable in PV.
velvet merlin
you can use just one pV and pVEH to handle your whole data traffic
tough abyss
Depends if you have multiple spawns / unscheduled enviroment sending traffic etc
You can avoid that headache using remoteexec
opal thistle
provided I understand the concept of JIP queue right
"meaning if you have a thousand public variables broadcasted thousand times during the game and synced with JIP, the client joining must get all the 1000^1000 setVariables and run them one by one on JIP"
or previous setVariable is overwritten by next setVariable for the same variable, e.g. it's a last-state cache?
velvet merlin
only last state is sent
what you have to keep in mind also, aside if you do really bad coding, the network traffic the game itself send is way more than one usually does
like position data, dmg, AI sync and all that kind of stuff
also unless you use very long strings, or big array - plus high frequency - scripted network traffic should be low
ofc its all a matter of good design and coding
most arma coders have no clue about that
so you get really bad coding
like ppl sending functions over the network
or lots of object references
opal thistle
well, the only large chunks of data I imagine so far is towns state array, players state array and bases state array. The last 1 not really frequently updated, and a way to insert a variable at a given place in staggered array is scripted already
thanks @velvet merlin
for the advices
inland cipher
do u need a script fore refuling , rearming and repering?
little eagle
By init I mean mission init, and by "after init" - some moment of time between mission init and giving controls to the player
there is no such thing as "mission init"
vague hull
Sending functions over net isnt so bad if you do it for a single target at a time
vague hull
one after another (after sending is done) the client then just needs to wait till it has got all the functions it should
receiving all our 180 functions takes way less than a second. Just from the logs i had prepared (diag_log)
I will give it a shot and test it some more
since we had many ai and vehicles ingame without disabled simulation (havent prepared a good manager just yet) it hsould be a good test envoirnment even at like 10 players
ofc its extra traffic but we speak of a few kB (up to a MB I guesss) thats just nothing.. look at some of those nice 25 MB missions the server needs to send
velvet merlin
i guess you have a server side only component; aka you only send the functions once - this is a different matter and, likely, your script design is adjusted accordingly too
tough abyss
@tough abyss playSound3D worked, it was a typo indeed. Thankyou!
polar folio
does anyone have an idea how the wound textures/materials are applied by the engine?
i'm trying to make a unit look fully wounded via script by using setObjectMaterial. but hte following doesn't work.
_mats = getarray (configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeof player >> "Wounds" >> "mat");
for "_i" from 0 to (count _mats)-1 do
{
player setobjectmaterial [_i, _mats select _i]
};
it was just a blind guess. thought maybe someone knows the proper way
tough abyss
how to determine if a vest or a backpack can be added to a box? canAdd seens to return true allways for then, even if there is no space on the box.
tough abyss
Sorry i was talking cheetos. Found a problem.
New release may be today...
The best no-players mod out there!
gilded rover
mass = 20;
class MuzzleSlot {
iconPosition[] = {0.000000, 0.400000};
linkProxy = "\A3\data_f\proxies\weapon_slots\MUZZLE";
compatibleItems[] = {"muzzle_snds_H_MG_blk_F"};
};
class CowsSlot {
iconPosition[] = {0.500000, 0.300000};
};
class PointerSlot {
iconPosition[] = {0.200000, 0.400000};
};
};``` can someone explain why i cant equip that silencer in arsenal , Always used to work , but now it doesn't help please@velvet merlin its part of the init phase, client sets up till its ready to get the fncs, messages the server about it and goes into a control loop to check if it has got all the functions. The server then sends the functions to that specific client when it's 1st place of the queue
velvet merlin
sounds reasonable. due pVClient to the new JIP this is alright nowadays
vague hull
I going to double check tho.. you never know ^^
Still dunno if it's better to go with remoteExec, yet I couldn't figure out a good way to use it just for defining vars
little eagle
@polar folio they depend on hard coded hitpoints
HitHead, HitBody, HitHands, HitLegs
Bad thing is that these also control limping and weapon sway due to damaged hands/arms
before anyone says that these are customizable like in vehicles
they are not. class Wounds is different from class Damage of vehicles
livid inlet
in the eden editor you can disable foliage by pressing Ctrl+G. Is there a way to do the same via a script?
vital onyx
@livid inlet setTerrainGrid ?
livid inlet
@vital onyx that works for grass etc but for the tree foliage etc it doesnt have effect.
vital onyx
then it may be an animation in tree models
livid inlet
ah ya possibly
young current
trees are usually map objects so they behave differently from ground clutter.
livid inlet
Ya it would be nice to be able to trigger the same functionality via script
i guess its possible it can only be done in eden
polar folio
@little eagle: i only want the visuals though. but you reminded me of those injury selections which are not (or not necessarily set up as hidden selections) which is the problem. anyways. i have a blind guess that is good enough for what i need.
thx
echo tulip
Hey, I'm if anyone can help I am having an issue with the Virtual Arsenal + Whitelisting. Whilst whitelisting items works fine when going through the different categories in the top left such as weapons/clothing etc however when someone clicks random or presses CTRL+R they can be given a random item which isn't in my whitelist such as silencers or bipods. I am lost and cannot find a way to fix this issue and have no idea why it is occuring.
opal thistle
anyone knows any drawbacks of storing 200+ named variables in gamelogic object and fetching them with getVariable?
Y N BIS GAVE ME HASHTABLE
I'm thinking of storing gear prices and mission-related data in 3 gamelogic objects to fetch them by classname when needed
a linear search takes a lot of time with such large arrays
here a guy states that one can use separate arrays for keys and values and use find command
do I miss something in find command?
indigo snow
_val = _values select (_keys find _query)
velvet merlin
Added: A new inAreaArray set of script commands
@opal thistle are you familiar with "the general rules of optimization"?
tough abyss
I'm doing a GUI and I can't get this button to work, I want it to open the rebel clothing shop which is "reb" but I've no idea how, the normal one is working as an addAction "this addAction[localize ""STR_MAR_Rebel_Clothing_Shop"",life_fnc_clothingMenu,""reb"",0,false,false,"""",' license_civ_rebel && playerSide == civilian'];" but I need it to execute and open life_fnc_clothingMenu, ""reb""; on a click of a button, anyone knows how? cheers
nm
huh?
Sorry was aimed at previous comment above you 😛 edited it now
oh okay 😃
opal thistle
@velvet merlin not sure I am)))
chrome nebula
Hey guys, I'd like to know how I'd be able to add AI kills to the scoreboard during a Zeus mission?
opal thistle
inAreaArray? Can't find that in google