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#arma3_scripting
south storm
little eagle
hmm
_positions = ...
_positions = _positions apply {[_origin distance _x, _x]}
_positions sort true
_closest = _positions select 0 select 1
something like that?
south storm
Yeah
covert gulch
hey guys
little eagle
that's a nice trick to use sort with apply
south storm
But at [_origin distance _x, _x] the last element does it screw with the order?
south storm
...
covert gulch
i got my server to work but its vanilla
little eagle
I don't see why it would
clear tendon
i'm following you guys @little eagle and @south storm on the idea's and logic, but cant put it on paper
covert gulch
whats the best tutorial for someone hosting a server
clear tendon
little eagle
what step is the problem`?
south storm
@clear tendon I've taken a break from A3 coding
Been focusing on python.
Taking what I learn there translate it to A3
In any language arrays @clear tendon are like bread and butter
covert gulch
will the mods do will they actually give me money in the game and spawn vehicles and weapons and shit
clear tendon
especially and shit
covert gulch
like will they make them spawn
lusty hearth
@covert gulch Google it
covert gulch
cause my vanilla is empty
ive googled it already
all that did was kill my server and give me a headache'
south storm
@little eagle The step that I found was the problem
covert gulch
id rather be led by someone who knows what theyre doing
clear tendon
south storm
was when I piped in an array using {sort _x } count (_positions)
clear tendon
Those mods are Exile made, and the topics have support
south storm
It screwed with the order of x,y,z
lusty hearth
Lazy lazy, isn't this unrelated to scripting
little eagle
that is wrong Adjust
south storm
Needs double nesting?
little eagle
you don't want to sort the x,y and z of the positions
south storm
to prevent the data being screwed with?
little eagle
you're sorting the coordinates , not the positions
it would screw the positions in _positions
because sort actually alters the array
little eagle
if you don't want that to happen, you could use:
{sort + _x } count (_positions)
so you copy the position before sorting the coordinates
why you would sort the coordiantes in the first place, no idea
apply is totally different from count
south storm
Trust me it's a problem I needed to do.
south storm
Didn't even know you could do sort + _x
little eagle
- array just copies the array
has nothing to do with sort
array values are references
south storm
Rightio.
little eagle
_a1 = [2,1];
_a2 = _a1;
_a2 sort true;
_a1
-> [1,2]
vs
_a1 = [2,1];
_a2 = + _a1;
_a2 sort true;
_a1
-> [2,1]
because _a2 and _a1 are different arrays in the second example
in the first one you just copy the array reference
with the second one you copy the array contents
south storm
Neat
little eagle
SQF is a huge clusterfuck now about which commands copy the array and which don't
they used to make everything alter the array reference instead of copy the contents
then they added apply, select and arrayIntersect
now no one knows what does what
south storm
@icy raft That code you gave @clear tendon is a visual eyesore. ```
_veh = vehicle (_this select 0);
_returnRoadPos = roadAt getPosATL (_veh);
vector_x = (((getpos (_veh)) select 0) + random(round random 10)) * cos (getDir(_returnRoadPos));
vector_y = (((getpos (_veh)) select 1) + random(round random 10)) * sin (getDir(_returnRoadPos));
_veh setPosATL ([vector_x, vector_y, 0] vectorAdd (getPosATL _veh));
oh and + and - always copied too
clear tendon
visual eyesore, but it didn't give errors ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
south storm
I normally add more lines purely for the sake of readability.
clear tendon
just magically poof disappears the vehicle hahaha
little eagle
does it work though?
south storm
No.
little eagle
hahaha
clear tendon
it works_ish_
clear tendon
it moves it somewhere in the void
south storm
It runs, it compiles doesn't do what it's supposed to do
little eagle
sounds perfect to me
I'd rather have it error if it doesn't do what it's supposed to, tbh
little eagle
which do I belong to?
little eagle
can I have OCD and be nitpicky?
clear tendon
the 0.01%
south storm
Missed the strings
clear tendon
So, mexico wins/
south storm
Try that @clear tendon
covert gulch
cause none of this makes sense to me
little eagle
{deleteVehicle _x} forEach candidates
clear tendon
@covert gulch
1: read the wiki how to setup a server, it's in there.
2: read how to setup mods for a server, also in the wiki
3: get mods, configure, have fun!
trying @south storm
south storm
Paste it again
I missed a )
What I'd do for a bit of cleverness to see the actual displacement
little eagle
still missing the perpendicular part
south storm
a draw3D handler and link it to the displacement and drawLine3D in it
little eagle
array vectorAdd array
array must be 3d
no
yes. and this is one reason why the vector commands have shitty names
see what shitty names lead to?
south storm
yep... moves it to notepad++
little eagle
remove them all. not needed
clear tendon
how the hell you guys see that...
little eagle
OCD and nitpickiness
clear tendon
hahaha, that's been buggin you, ey?
south storm
No he's right it's wrong
Random comes first
calculates random value
round, rounds it to the closest whole integer
clear tendon
might as well want to publish this as a script on armaholic when it's actually done and working with all this effort haha
south storm
I don't publish any of my scripts
not one.
I wrote a TFAR radio-preprogrammer for our milsim group and sets all our radios when using the press inventory I key and close
sets both LR and SR
little eagle
I publish all my scripts : (
clear tendon
You da MVP
south storm
I run a server 2012 for a milsim group. I also discovered a clever way to spawn AI in Zeus and add them to zeus
using key'd markers
little eagle
Is it worth start writing my own moveOffRoad function now? I can't sleep anyway
south storm
The keys invoke commands when you move them into place
then they initialise auto-patrolling
From the marker as the origin point
little eagle
apparently AI get stuck if the vehicles die on the road
icy raft
I'm doing an alternative project
little eagle
which is what we've been talking about
icy raft
For magic warfare
clear tendon
@little eagle yep
icy raft
Sounds weird for arma, but I think it might work
Got the teleport and time freeze going, working on camouflage, astral projection, telekinesis
south storm
Reason I designed our Zeus system like I did makes it easy for us to do full fledged zeus missions with dynamic AI
clear tendon
so it's just missing one part @south storm ?
clear tendon
$5 bounty!
south storm
If code doesn't work, stepping it manually
one of the best debugging methods.
Hmmm
I just thought of a way to create breaklines
Wrap it into a #define MACRO
use spawn { } waitUntil inside it
Breaks line
@clear tendon Don't mind the matrice notation.
_veh = vehicle (_this select 0); // Get vehicle of unit
_returnRoad = roadAt (_veh); //Get road object
_vehPos = getPos _veh; // Get vehicle position returned in [x,y,z]
_vehPos_X = _vehPos select 0; // Seperate X axis
_vehPos_Y = _vehPos select 1; // Seperate Y axis
_vehPos_Z = _vehPos select 2; // Seperate Z axis
vector_x = (_vehPos_X + round(random 30) * cos (getDir(_returnRoad))); //Get vector displacement in X
vector_y = (_vehPos_Y + round(random 30) * sin (getDir(_returnRoad))); //Get vector displacement in Y
//Set vehicle position after summing _vehPos in [x,y,z] vectorAdd [x,y,z]
/*
[x1 [x2 [x1 + x2,
y1 + y2 = y1 + y2,
z1] z2] z1 + z2]
*/
_veh setPosATL [(_vehPos) vectorAdd [vector_x, vector_y, _vehPos_Z]];
setPosATL --> error 1 elemts provided 3 expectee
little eagle
done
this addEventHandler ["killed", {_this call commy_fnc_moveOffRoad}];
// init.sqf
commy_fnc_moveOffRoad = {
#define DISTANCE_TO_MOVE 10
params ["_wreck"];
private _road0 = roadAt _wreck;
// vehicle is not on a road
if (isNull _road0) exitWith {};
// get connected road segments
(roadsConnectedTo _road0) params ["_road1", "_road2"];
private _roadDir = _road1 getDir _road2;
// perpendicular in random direction
_roadDir = _roadDir + selectRandom [90, -90];
private _pos = AGLToASL (_wreck getPos [DISTANCE_TO_MOVE, _roadDir]);
_wreck setPosASL _pos;
};
Good old params
clear tendon
how far should they move @little eagle
south storm
the define
little eagle
idk. 10 meters seems to be enough
south storm
is how far
little eagle
yeah . line 3
clear tendon
let me remove the mines and equip myself with a tow
little eagle
do whatever you need
little eagle
WHY YOU YELLING?
clear tendon
yeah, no, figured that in the script, didn't see them move in the game, so gimme a sec
blew it up... dead center on the road, stays there @little eagle
clear tendon
CUP
little eagle
aww
walk on the road
open debug console
and enter:
systemChat str isNull roadAt player
what does the chat say?
clear tendon
false
little eagle
hmm
you sure that you put this addEventHandler ["killed", {_this call commy_fnc_moveOffRoad}]; into the vehicles init box?
didn't say that you have to do that
clear tendon
it's in the init, let me resave
haha, it works, it's wierd, but it works
boom, teleport sideways, keep burning
little eagle
that's what you wanted, right?
little eagle
if not or if you can't find it, don't bother
clear tendon
they have hidden it very well
little eagle
wait. we do actually have something like that?^^
clear tendon
no, meaning i cant find a page w/ my google-foo
clear tendon
andddd done ๐
gilded rover
Does anyone know where i can find the pop up targets
Also how to respawn VR units when I activate it on a laptop
covert gulch
so this guy
has been teaching me the scripts, how to mod them and how to install mods and adjust mission files loot tables and all that
we've been going 12 hours straight
and we've almost got my pvp server set up ๐
my eyes are drifting into the back of my skull
covert gulch
ErrorMessage: Include file mpmissions__cur_mp.Altis\addons\statusBar\statusBar.hpp not found.
zenith bramble
@gilded rover props in 3den editor = location of pop up targets.The add an action to the laptop for respawning units would need some scripting
covert gulch
i lost my statusbar.hpp D:
lol so
we modified files from his server
but we modified some on my server
and now we dont remember which server we were suppose to upload too
we tired mangs
random glen
Is there any script to replace Civilian Site module for Tanoa (Apex DLC) or at least Altis?
gilded rover
@icy raft like what VSM did , they doubled the reselution of the texture files , but ill go ask that in texture makers , @zenith bramble I know but how do i script it and I also ment they assests in the config files
covert gulch
what does it do when i spawn something with persistent turned on in infistar
zenith bramble
If you know one of the class names use the config viewer and trace down the model or picture path @gilded rover
Sorry I'm mobile or I'd find it for ya in the cfg vehicles on the wiki
gilded rover
@zenith bramble That is actually quite smart I shall go attempt that now
zenith bramble
:) gl my friend
gilded rover
would you maybe know how to script the respawns and stuff?
zenith bramble
Pm me and when I get home we can chat :)
gilded rover
cool thanks ๐
icy raft
Give me ideas of superpowers to implement
I already got teleport, camouflage, timefreeze
icy raft
Speed... Might look into that
Yeah, I was thinking on making a shield that lasts like 10 sec or 2.5 (two and a half deaths) damage
little eagle
moving stuff without touching it
sounds doable
like in those spooky American movies
invisibility
creating explosions out of thin air
lightning strikes like zeus can do
icy raft
I made a invisibility script already long ago to spy on possible cheater in my rp server hahaha
Doable in earlier version
spark phoenix
@tough abyss it is, with scripting and memory cheats.
Some of them even disable it, causing spectate on them to swap to someone else
Use a PIP spectate to get around that ๐
and invis is ineffective as well, ESP will let the cheater know the admin is there.
wet pecan
Is there any way to export the virtual arsenal attributes of a weapons crate in the editor? I've got a weapons crate setup with VA but I want to limit that by class, which apparently has to be done via script so I was hoping I could just export what I have selected already and chop that up into the sections I need
austere granite
Dialog question
Is it possible to completely overflow controls in a controlsgroup? Basically i got a bunch of controls in there that i just want to hide outside the controlsgroup if I'm resizing the controls group in height
fast fractal
has anyone made a script so that if you kill anyone in zeus that it doesnt say it was you in the killfeed
i dont know how to script arma. but im pretty sure it would say something like
if player kills player then killfeed - "player was killed"
not too sure tho
broken mural
do I have to call publicVariable someArray to update a global array if I'm adding a value to it? This is occuring on initServer.
dusk sage
if you would like that value to propagate over the network to remote clients, yeh
remember the quotations ", though
broken mural
I figured it out @dusk sage ๐ Thanks. The values weren't showing up because I wasn't adding them properly. I dont think I'll have to propagate this particular global value since it'll only be used server side.
for info's sake; globalArray + [_someVar]; didnt work at all; replaced + with pushback and worked fine (order doesn't matter in this case).
tough abyss
Whats the best way to make GUI?
jade abyss
Open eyes, use Keyboard, Use UI-Editor, erm... know what you do. Yeah, thats the best way to do it.
tough abyss
I understand the inheritence side of the GUIs
Alot of people don't use "base class" definitions
jade abyss
Their faults
broken mural
@tough abyss thats a very broad subject. I suggest you start looking at dialog controls. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Dialog_Control
tough abyss
and over-ride them with custom names by using class someAssName: Inherits this
and the type = ##
jade abyss
I am still wondering, why you write that down ๐
tough abyss
what the type number?
jade abyss
- the stuff before
jade abyss
Still: Why? oO
tough abyss
You can have a "skeleton" GUI and use it to build more complex GUI
So the baseclasses deal with effectively error handling
jade abyss
Why did you write that down? Thats what i was asking
tough abyss
Because I've seen a lot of people use nothing like this. RscTitle they mutate it like this.
tough abyss
class RscTitle { type = CT_STATIC };
The type number.
Refers to the GUI type
Ever seen Altis Life?
jade abyss
Why did you write that down?
Last time i am asking, then i am out:
What do you want exactly? Do you wanna know something? Do you need help? Do you just write stuff down because you can?! oO
jade abyss
Whats I&A?
tough abyss
Invade & Annex?
jade abyss
kk
tough abyss
Also their method of spawning the AI is a very processor hungry task
The entire AI is for loops
jade abyss
Then hf with it. Open up the UI in the Editor -> Move stuff around -> Save stuff and overwrite it with your own mod.
jade abyss
wow... after >20 sentences -> The first question
Display what data?
Change what in GUIs?
tough abyss
Well I want to create a new class of Hint box
jade abyss
and?
tough abyss
To display mission status etc?
jade abyss
You wanna know how to Display a text in the center of a screen? Yes/No?
jade abyss
Do you know how to Distplay a text in the Center of a screen? Yes/no?
If "No" -> Start with that.
tough abyss
Okay. Currently the way I&A operates is it uses cfgNotifications which has certain limitations
I want to create a custom notification window with smoother more sleek design
Also cfgNotifications leaves a giant list in the log section in the player diary entries
jade abyss
Do you know how to Distplay a text in the Center of a screen? Yes/no?
If "No" -> Start with that.```
And with that quote, i am out =} hf and gl(start with something small, get the basics -> Do it. UI is pretty easy, just takes time)
tough abyss
Do I know how to display text in the center of the screen oh, yes I do...
Sorry didn't read what you said
HintC
or TitleText
or BIS_fnc_typeText2 . BIS_fnc_typeText
For cool effect of printing it out letter by letter
@broken mural Is there a way to retrieve the locality of an object or variable?
As in if a variable is assigned to an object
is there a way to get the getVariable and print it out?
broken mural
you want to know whether or not a variable is server, client or specified client?
or do you want the var name?
or var value? lol
tough abyss
Both
broken mural
vehicleVarName for variable name
vehicleVarName for variable name (so if I name a box "ThisDamnBox", it'll return "ThisDamnBox"
Owner returns the ID of the client where object is local, otherwise 0.
local returns a bool for whether or not object is local
@tough abyss here's some more info from a far more experienced scripter than I. http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-locality/
tough abyss
What about getting the a variable from a name space
to display it?
How can you do that?
Do you use diag_log format ["%1",_objectsNameSpace getVariable "MyObjectData" ] ];
?
This needs to allow me to find the values on clients and servers
@broken mural
broken mural
You should probably read up on namespaces. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Namespace
though it appears you can only use _namespace on global variables.
broken mural
@tough abyss sorry, I'm not familiar enough with the language to assist you on your issue. I've only been doing this for about a month myself.
jade abyss
NameSpaceName getVariable ["NameSpaceVarName","blaVarNotFoundSoThisStandardTextIsHere"];
like:
cursorTarget getVariable ["NameSpaceVarName","blaVarNotFoundSoThisStandardTextIsHere"];
or
player getVariable ["NameSpaceVarName","blaVarNotFoundSoThisStandardTextIsHere"];
etc
broken mural
@jade abyss actually that goes along with what I'm trying to figure out atm; how can I get the cursorTarget's name? for example, I setVehicleVarName "derp" and I want to get "derp" when I get execute cursorTarget
jade abyss
cursorTarget getVariable ["Derp","StandardTextIfVarDERPIsNotSet"];
On cursortarget:
cursorTarget setVariable ["Derp","MyFancyName",true];
broken mural
Thanks Dscha ๐
jade abyss
check for setVariable in the Biki
broken mural
thafuck; Im getting "Error: No Unit" despite having an add action display on that object. Any ideas?
jade abyss
Error: No Unit = Null
broken mural
aka name is not being set.
jade abyss
Whats the command?
jade abyss
check what i wrote after name cursorTarget
broken mural
or do you mean what is the code Im using for setting var name?
broken mural
Oh I need the name set on init so this is a verification. (I'm getting Error Undefined variable in expression when passing vehicleVarName _object to a custom function)
I'll try that one out though.
nevermind that wouldn't make sense on init; cursortarget, that is.
jade abyss
In Init of your Target:
this setVariable ["Derp","Blerps",true];
Ingame:
hint str ( cursorTarget getVariable ["Derp","Banana"] );
broken mural
might need some more info as I'm not really getting how I can impliment that;
on init, I'm looping through a ton of objects and doing this;
_vehName = VehicleVarName _x; //_x has a custom name I need to carry over to another object -- object is deleted before name is set so no contradictions should occur
later, I'm setting calling this;
_someNewCustomObject setVehicleVarName _vehName;
I've verified this functions using this hint on init;
hint format ["%1, %2", vehicleVarName _someNewCustomObject, _vehName];
testing something now.
on interact, I'm getting the name via hint format ["%1", vehicleVarName _object]; so it appears to be set properly.
hint str vehicleVarName cursorTarget worked, though! ๐
broken mural
balls I figured out the problem. I didnt save the function file in the right location.
var name is being set and passed properly ๐
covert gulch
yo
guys
what do if i flew off map so far
that now im getting memory errors every time i try to log back in to my server
broken mural
restart your server or open the map in editor and move player position
If youre talking the literal box, restart the server.
like the machine, not the arma server. lol
covert gulch
i pay for hosting x.x
broken mural
That sucks. Lesson learned, though; test environment has value. Fire up a VM next time or run from your personal machine
you can all of your mission building locally, just setup the server on your computer and test ๐
covert gulch
is there not a way to reset the memory for a uid
like reset the entire account on a server
cant i just delete the appdata?????????
tough abyss
Hey, does anyone have a decent script for creating map markers for placed in biuldings?
Or should I do the entire thing manually?
little eagle
placed what in buildings
tough abyss
As in you can put down biuldings as objects in editor. But they obviously do not have a map marker. Things like shops, ruins, similar.
clear tendon
Is there a way to spawn in editor placed units w/ a trigger? Setting the presence field w/ a trigger to change the value obviously didn't work...
little eagle
@tough abyss should be easy to do. Just use a forEach loop that iterates through entities "Building"
Is there a way to spawn in editor placed units
Aside from using the editor, no. If they are not created with the editor, they are by definition not "editor placed"
clear tendon
maybe i phrased it wrong
little eagle
Remember. I'm OCD and nitppicky
clear tendon
yes, haha
If i have units which are placed on a map, through the editor. How can you have them 'spawn' when a trigger fires? Condition of Presence field doesn't check a trigger state
I.e: your group activated a trigger, which 'spawns' the editor places units
little eagle
you can't. if they are placed with the editor, they will exist at mission start already
however
there are probably a million scripts out there that can serialize these placed units
and then you can spawn them in with the deserialization script accordingly
clear tendon
i came around to either jebus or eos, those scripts however only allow script based placing, while i need certain settings which are enabled on these units in the editor.
vapid frigate
would be nice if there was something built in.. every coop group has to do it somehow
little eagle
the only fundamental (unsolvable) problem is that you can't connect triggers with waypoints
because BI
with scripts that iis
clear tendon
ah...
but what wouldn't be a problem if they are set to be grouped w/ already existing group w/ waypoints, right?
clear tendon
in the editor they are already grouped to the group they need to add to.. ๐
little eagle
but what wouldn't be a problem if they are set to be grouped w/ already existing group w/ waypoints, right?
really depends on your serialization script
you can easily make one yourself and choose for yourself what properties should be stored and restored
waypoints will be a bit difficult
but for the rest there are commands
getPosASL / setPosASL
vapid frigate
i'm not sure you usually need to reload event handlers? usually they'd be readded when the new units spawn
little eagle
getUnitLoadout / setUnitLoadout
etc.
etc.
yeah, Lecks
it really depends
I mean those added via init box for example
vapid frigate
yeah
we made a custom init box
because we couldn't get the script from the default one
little eagle
Yeah, can't really do that
Maybe with an unbinarized mission and manually reading the mission.sqm
yuk
Same for eden attributes
You'd have to serialize all possible eden attributes
vapid frigate
true
little eagle
It's a mess. Fortunately, for ai, you can ignore these most of the time
But these are the reasons why no one has made something like this so far
I think
vapid frigate
yeah, you can get most 3den attributes with getvariable, but some of the built in ones don't seem to be accessible
little eagle
setUnitPos is not a object variable
vapid frigate
our 'solution' was to replace all the default attributes with new attributes that can be easily serialized
but yeah.. it wouldn't be compatible with all scripts and stuff.. i don't think we'd release it
little eagle
And this is why every comm that uses something like this has it's own system
you have to adjust it for what you need exactly
But there should be enough solutions all over the forum already
clear tendon
@little eagle i think i found a workaround, but i have something wierd going on. I cant place anything with an empty variable name, eden throws me an error: encoutered restricted character
little eagle
perf v10 ?
little eagle
uhm. dev branch?
clear tendon
perf, not dev
little eagle
the perf binaries have auto update?
clear tendon
steam allows you to
clear tendon
ah, so it's not me, good, thanks @little eagle
little eagle
was about setVariable ["",
they fixed it and now you can't place modules without names
just give them a name for now
throwaway name
clear tendon
@little eagle found a way to add them, but is it correct the join and follow waypoints do not sync the waypoints of the group they join? I.e: they join w/ waypoint but dont follow the lead and stay in position where they 'spawned'
little eagle
they should follow the same waypoint. what did you do? not delete the leader and add the created units to his group ?
clear tendon
jebus spawns them in, could that interfere?
the first waypoint the groupleader has, is join, set on the groupleader they need to join
little eagle
jebus spawns them in, could that interfere?
no idea
No idea what the "join" waypoint does either
I mean this command:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/join
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/joinSilent
lavish ocean
@little eagle only if you use steamclient branch but for anyone skilled i would suggest manual route, to stay in control
sometimes (rarely but it happens) we roll out somewhat more buggy profiling branch (thus performance binary too)
btw the empty variables are fixed both in DEV branch and PROFILING branch (and PERFORMANCE binaries) (v11 fixed the issue vs EDEN)
icy raft
Hey yow yow! Question time again! Does someone know which are extension limitations for a DLL or where to find them? I mean, BE usually blocks stuff, I want to know what I can and can't do with the extension.
little eagle
BE blocks all dlls unless you submit yours to them
avoid memory leaks and bugs otherwise all the anti vir programs will block you
tough abyss
Hi, how do i know the world position the cursor is on the map?
For example, if map is on screen and the mouse is above position [1234,8377,0], i want to return this position.
halcyon crypt
spark phoenix
ctrlMapScreenToWorld
tough abyss
screenToWorld
spark phoenix
Damn he beat me
halcyon crypt
lol ๐
little eagle
damn discord
tough abyss
You can de-pbo
the bin.pbo
to get the binary rapified file with all the GUI data
Find the IDC for the RscMap
halcyon crypt
doing that vs ctrlMapScreenToWorld... hmmmm
halcyon crypt
yeah sorry my bad ๐
tough abyss
As I said look at the derapified version of thee bin.pbo
little eagle
map display is 53
tough abyss
There you go
little eagle
and the control.... can't remember
tough abyss
(findDisplay) displayCtrl (IDC of map) ctrlMapScreenToWorld [x, y]
Learned a lot about how all the GUI stuff works by derapifiying the binary config.bin
in bin.pbo
All the root classes reside in there.
All addons / addon classes are compiled to that file
little eagle
private _mapIDD = -1;
{
if (!isNull (findDisplay _x)) exitWith {
_mapIDD = _x;
};
} forEach [12, 37, 52, 53, 160];
And all config data it becomes one big blob cluster F
little eagle
private _mapCtrl = (finddisplay _mapIDD) displayctrl 51)
tough abyss
The root class will be in the RscMap
little eagle
_mapCtrl ctrlMapScreenToWorld [x, y]
tough abyss
That where you got it commy2?
little eagle
that's how we do it in ACE
works for all maps that are in vanilla
SP actually uses a different one from MP for some reason
etc.
halcyon crypt
wtf
tough abyss
By the way? I came up with a way to bypass map-markers in I&A and now use a primary function that uses NearestLocations
from the map >> "worldPos"
origin point and scans the entire map
Plugs in all the locations
randomises their choice. Will that work on modded maps? Takistan etc?
halcyon crypt
there are lot of terrains that don't have proper configs but I'd imagine that CUP is good in that aspect
tough abyss
Ah good.
Is it faster to use configs?
to store advanced data?
or arrays in .sqf files?
For example I was slowly replacing the I&A system for displaying objectives and what I did was use my own configs defined
scan through them, add the data on the fly?
getArray(configFile ("RootClass" >> "ChildClass" >> "MyArray");
or my number etc?
halcyon crypt
I doubt that there's a big difference
tough abyss
Depth of the search I know impacted performance
halcyon crypt
arrays could be faster because it doesn't have to go through the configs but that's just a wild guess
tough abyss
Deep classes take much longer to find
But anyway thats good it will make piping in the locations configs
to our new I&A easy and my code can be just dropped in
and plugin / work
I also replace the old garbage collector in the AO with a destroyed Handler
Triggered when the radio tower is destroyed && AI count < 4
Being in the unscheduled environment the GC system that way was lightning fast
One of the main problems with I&A
It feeds all units data into this giant queue structure
So it can be used for garbage collection later.
But I could just integrate it into the remains collector now
My work? Good
The main branch?
Don't care.
Was it you that suggested the massive array?
For the building the units list?
You know they eat CPU time a lot?
The one that pumps it into the enemiesArray
Also known as a queue data structure
Ehhhh could be improved.
Make it into a tree data structure 2 seperate systems in parallel
Vehicles / units
Yeah, sucks they run in unscheduled for the conditions
but scheduled for the entire FSM
BMR insurgency?
Seen how many scripts run in that mission?
1120 SQF instances
Simple optimisation I did
Removed a large amount of the squares
made them cover a bigger area so 4 squares was replaced by 1 square of equivalent diameter
One word
Bad clients
Multiple zones activated
Would just kill performance
Same problem existing for liberation. People trigger lots of zones
FPS degrades
Perfect world people go for 1 objective at a time.
So the entire server doesn't explode
As I said you used a queue data structure to manage the AI I found I could make GC clean up lightning fast
using a "onDestroyed" handler on the tower
Garbage Collection
Used your initial code and then replaced it for it's own main script
When the towers destroyed
and the AI count < 4
It runs the forEach script you had,
but I replaced that with count
forEach includes _x _forEachIndex
Sure micro-optimisation
But when the tower dies, and the waitUntil count(ai < 4)
Then runs this the entire AO cleanup
the onDestroyed handler was very efficient
Interestingly I did some profiling on the CPU0
Handlers don't effect the game the same as call
or spawn or execVM
It actually didn't make CPU0 budge much at all.
Most of my missions are now event driven
I also added in my version of I&A BIS_fnc_holdAction for squads > 4 guys to call in a small vehicle support drop
Refreshes every 5 minutes
Yes
Gets caught in the same cycle
if it's destroyed
little eagle
what if client disconnects? : >
tough abyss
If it doesn't get picked up by the event driven GC
It gets picked up by BI's remains collector
little eagle
getOut/Man ?
tough abyss
^
I did that once as well
Very effective
The even listening for get in getout works very well
The distance was also tied to a timer
The other optimisation for maintenance I did to I&A was bypassed needing tedious map-markers
Instead the mission runs a check of nearestLocations [worldOriginFromCfg, ["NameCity"], MapSize,true];
2 seperate calls
pipes into 2 seperate arrays after filtering the text(Locations)
and the pos Locations
Then is fed to the createAO code, no more markers needed
Drops the marker and creates the marker on the position of the retrived nearestLocations
No markers meant I could port this to any map
because it gets all the locations on the map
gets their names, and positions drops the CreateMarker on the location pos
I also created a universal function for deleting / adding markers
into 1 script dependent on the type of "condition" fed to it and the data from the locations and pos
so say _Town = [TownPos,LocationNameBigTown,1] call GG_fnc_createMarker;
1 refers to the operation task to delete just change it to 0
Can't right now PC's out of comission
My GTX 980 TI ASUS STRIX Direct-CU-III went for an RA
That floods the scheduler
Every 1 seconds creates a new VM-thread
O_o
What?
little eagle
bubbles
tough abyss
Particles...
little eagle
and fish
tough abyss
Of course...
Clocks in trucks flood the schduler
I will try it when I get my PC back
But in Altis Life
I remember logn ago clock.sqf
run about 1 instance
per, truck
So 30 trucks == 30 clock.sqf instances
Why not make a new event ? for time?
tough abyss
Give an interval choice commy2
Make it event handlers managing time
not...
clock.sqf
Hell particles being even driven would be good too
Fun fact.
Even with headless clients active when AI open-fire
the particle effects from the AI's guns degrades FPS
...
little eagle
on a server ?
tough abyss
Yeah
Client FPS takes a dump
BIS_fnc_ambientAnimals
@tough abyss
Why does the server need to run rain?
I did a hack to do this. remoteExec ["setRain",-2,false];
I wrote my weather system that way.
using only variable data stored server side
states published to clients only
so the server was sunny
clients would receive the state updates.
Wierd stuff happened though.
e.g SimulWeatherSync;
Wouldn't update the clouds
Quiksilver
little eagle
isn't it the same for every map? or does tanoa spawn extra many fish?
little eagle
fish are totally unneeded imo. I'd rather have civilians than fish I 99.99% of all missions never see anyways
tough abyss
Although I've noticed I can get some serious speedup in missions using CBA functions
little eagle
yeah
little eagle
there is no config entry that influences the rate of spawning animals per map
so it should be the same everywhere
tough abyss
Like QGVAR or GFUNC( or LFUNC()
little eagle
I know
But more spawned animals = more scripts
But hey. I don't care about scheduler space. I don't use it.
tough abyss
@tough abyss Tried running a script to disable them?
tough abyss
Should for the lulz of it quik use Zeus to add all the fish to the curator
little eagle
so meh
tough abyss
Just to find how many are around
...
Has anyone tried a Cooperative Networking architecture in A3?
Rather than a client server model?
Cooperative is a system in which nothing is nor a server nor a client
But both distributed between each client
little eagle
would be annoying to handle disconnecting and JIP players I imagine
tough abyss
@little eagle Yeah your right.... unfortunate though.
As cooperative computing is meant to be the future of networking.
little eagle
digging to deep for us puny mission / addon makers
that is something that could only payoff if the engine does it
I imagine
tough abyss
Yeah I figured latency would be the biggest issue
Thats why the HC's either reside on the server or close to the server
connected to the loopback IP
127.0.0.1
I actually did a crazy thing quick
I found out you can offload script code using remoteExec
by specificing the HC's ID
you can actually do, what I did as an experiment was to create a HC to act as a server
It worked the server sent the initial message
HC received it, HC executed code
HC then sent [60,1] remoteExec ["setRain",-3,false];
This way the HC sent the weather update
I mean [60,1] remote ["setRain",-2,false];
the HC recieved code like this [60,1] remoteExec ["HCsFunc",-3,false];
in the HC's function it then passed [(_this select 0),(_this select 1)] remoteExec ["setRain",-2,false];
Hazzar cheated multi-threaded offloading with not only AI
@tough abyss
So this meant the HC acted more like a server than a client
Holy sh**
My eyes
Does that do the same thing in?
Altis?
Would making these event driven improve it?
Creating a single event handler per unit?
We need one of these in description.ext
disableAmbientNonAI = true;
๐
Then let the mission designers decide I want AI here here and here
It's now my choice.
Spawn them only when needed
Have you looked at the "fn_animalBehaviour_mainLoop"script?
Whats the most intensive part of it?
So I take it you stopped dev'ing for StrayaGaming?
Found out the were hmm uhh questionable?
I joined a Milsim group
Much happier
I wrote them a Zeus template, etc.
It's a Marine group
I also manage the entire DS for them
We have our own repo etc.
And no I didn't make a FileZilla repo
I used IIS 8.5
Yep
"Non commercial gain"
I've actually started packaging all my code with WARNINGS at the top
I know it's my code.
Always.
I even embedd a tiny water-mark in the code
by changing the HEX data slightly
If I wanted to make it a headache to take my code apart
lots of local inliners work but degrade performance
covert gulch
https://gyazo.com/dc465617f0ed70851f5257e1641c98a0
tried to install some kind of jumpMF
broke my server
need help please
then i tried to delete the folder i uploaded to the server
and it didnt do jack
getting same error
tough abyss
@halcyon crypt @spark phoenix @tough abyss thanks a lot! But screen coordinate [x,y] must be get from the mouse position. Btw i'm trying another thing that don't need that.
spark phoenix
@tough abyss You could use events as well as the command we mentioned. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMousePosition can't be directly used because the map UI offsets are different than the results returned
spark phoenix
No, what is it?
tough abyss
@spark phoenix it's a mod I'm working.
spark phoenix
@tough abyss got a website?
marsh storm
Hey guys, I'm doing a port of liberation
I'm porting it as a Falklands War persistant campaign - so far I have most things nailed down
but I have no suitable EI in our mod repo's cfgVehicles classes to use as Argentinians
Can I define cfgVehicles classes in description.ext or something similar for use?
I ask because liberation has a very easy script setting to replace the EI with unit classes
and anything else would require me to rewrite all their spawn scripts to allow for custom loadouts
Would appreciate it if anyone knows if defining custom cfgVehicles units in the mission works
little eagle
Would appreciate it if anyone knows if defining custom cfgVehicles units in the mission works
Can't do that, not supported
marsh storm
Not even if I drop a cheeky config.cpp into the folder?
little eagle
no
marsh storm
Ah well. Might have to try sneak some config alterations into the group mods then :P
little eagle
that is the only way to do it
marsh storm
Well at least I know for sure now. Thanks for the advice mate :)
tough abyss
..
Liberation can be easily ported
with other infantry types
Oh from the description.ext
No. But I know I could define post processing types in the description.ext
median iris
Anyone need script help?
weak tiger
is it just me or is the entityKilled mission event handler broken... I am just getting the same unit for both killed and killer
pretty sure everyone is not committing suicide
weak tiger
never mind might be ACE3
grizzled cliff
lmao, so someone else said that and i have no idea what it is...
i barely work on arma these days, too busy making awesome radios and flight software in real life to go on rockets.
halcyon crypt
BI is in no way going to invest in another scripting thing for A3. They're already investing a lot in to the EnfusionScript (or whatever it's called) thing - not sure sure anymore ๐
Intercept still has my โค though
grizzled cliff
its probably a dutch forces mod, since the dutch are a squirelly bunch....
halcyon crypt
we are? ^^
grizzled cliff
yea, what with your hording nuts and all that... and love of tulips
halcyon crypt
๐
austere granite
not dutch for sure
i broke into their office in amsterdam the other day and no pictures of dutch forces found
halcyon crypt
heh that pic, I'm going to be famous for quoting Nou ^^
that squirrel though.. hmmmmmmmmmm
austere granite
marcel, i'm sure infowars will give you a ring one of these days
halcyon crypt
hmm not so sure if I want Alex on the phone ^^
let's try this; @grizzled cliff If someone would (try) to pickup where you left with Intercept, would you advise to do so? ๐
austere granite
might bust your speaker
halcyon crypt
genuinely interested though, I'm just not sure if I want to or even able to
grizzled cliff
It is open source for a reason. ๐
halcyon crypt
that also means that BI could've picked it up ^^
buoyant heath
I'd be happy with a coherent set of inventory commands right now :(
stone galleon
hello guys ilve been trying for the last 3 hrs
when people logout of the server and log back in there gear dosent save
anyideas anyone?
nope altis life i am assuming its ether the database or loadouts not to sure tho
@tough abyss
buoyant heath
You should go ask the Life people.
stone galleon
is there a life discord?
dusk sage
@HyperDude#4593 https://discord.gg/HVv74
tough abyss
Database is not connected by the sound of that @HyperDude
round scroll
hi, when I want to place a control left of the compass, for my screen resolution ctrl ctrlSetPosition [0,-0.55,0.5,0.5]; works just fine, but for different screen resolutions it doesn't seem to work. Is there a generic way to place a control left of the compass in a vehicle?
tough abyss
safezone
use the safezone value
Use those @round scroll
Can i use vectorAdd with 10 dimension vectors?
round scroll
thanks @tough abyss , appreciated
tough abyss
_newVec = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] vectorAdd [1,5,3,4,5,7,2,5,3,4];
controlName ctrlSetPosition [0*safeZoneX,-0.55*safeZoneY,0.5*safeZoneW,0.5*safeZoneH];
Thats how you'd do it @round scroll
round scroll
use backticks for quoting your code
tough abyss
Done
If you want to accommodate multi-monitor arrays
use safeZoneAbsX
and safeZoneAbsW
round scroll
ok, multi monitor is definitely to think of, as it's for placement of a bearing indicator for a non directional beacon
tough abyss
Always try to accomodate for "worst case scenario events"
For example make a function
make sure it's got default values
round scroll
yeah, defensive programming, thanks ๐
tough abyss
Also known as "padding code"
dusk sage
@tough abyss
I think the wiki answers that one
tough abyss
@dusk sage yes... sad. Answer is no.
@tough abyss what is the 10 dimensional vector for?
and do you understand what a "vector" is?
I just want to sun 2 different arrays.
With n dimension.
Using that: {_atual set [_forEachIndex,(_atual select _forEachIndex) + _x];} forEach _mudanca;
_atual and _mudanca are arrays.
They're not a vector then.
multi-dimensional arrays are not vectors
vectors are a point with magnitude and direction
So angular information + a scalar representation
What are you actually trying to do @tough abyss
?
Yes... but you can have vectors with more than 3 dimensions right?
Yes, but 10th dimensional vectors are not pertinent to A3
elfin bronze
It's possible to do an RscTitle move from the left to the right ?
tough abyss
Yes
Vector it.
So i will use that code so: {_atual set [_forEachIndex,(_atual select _forEachIndex) + _x];} forEach _mudanca;
X,y,displacement find the sum of the vectors
_atual and _mudanca are arrays with 10 numbers each.
when you find the sum of vectors they're tail to tail in the X,y axis
the sum is the hypotenuse between the X,Y in the right handle triangle
ok, but this is exactly what vectorAdd do: {_atual set [_forEachIndex,(_atual select _forEachIndex) + _x];} forEach _mudanca;
dusk sage
cringe
tough abyss
So origin vector1 addVector vector3
It could be done using the vector formula for 2D
As vectorAdd only supports 3D
so you'd just do [x1,y1] + [x2,+y2];
dusk sage
Yes @tough abyss
tough abyss
for a 2D vector
dusk sage
_arr1 = [1,2];
_arr2 = [2,3];
{
_arr1 set [_forEachIndex, (_arr2 select _forEachIndex) + _x];
} forEach _arr1;
Is vector addition
dusk sage
Perhaps it's just not a position vector
dusk sage
There is many uses for large 1D arrays
tough abyss
Better description of what that is a @dusk sage is a Matrice
tough abyss
The array store statistics.
Why not just use a keyValue pair?
BIS_fnc_addToPairs ?
So i sun old statistics with the new one and get a up to date statistics.
@tough abyss i will look into that. Thankyou.
dusk sage
time for some proper dictionary commands
tough abyss
Agreed
just make it an array command
to do it all
The dictionary fncs's are pretty under used
I can't say I've seen much use of them
dusk sage
Not too much use for them in ARMA
dusk sage
Most things can be solved more simply, and especially without these functions
tough abyss
object location storage.
dusk sage
Using a more advanced find function, most of these problems can be solved
why the format :d
dusk sage
You're making a string out of a string ๐
tough abyss
TypeOf returns a string?
dusk sage
yeh
dusk sage
I mean, sure, you can do that, I was just saying the functions aren't really needed
tough abyss
Actually @tough abyss Weren't you trying to do this the other day?
dusk sage
It'd probably be clearer to do things more manually ๐
dusk sage
They are baked in on init
dusk sage
I'm not quite sure what you are asking
dusk sage
You're not going to write to files with SQF, no, not unless I've missed out on something
๐
tough abyss
Pitty.
dusk sage
Extensions exist
dusk sage
Nah it's not ๐
The hardest part is just making your schema/tables, which shouldn't be hard
dusk sage
There should be an example function packed along with it, probably by Tonic
Use that to call the extension itself, and pass queries to it
I.e
["SELECT something FROM something WHERE something = something",2] call xxxx_asyncCall;
It should be quite obvious by just reading it though ๐
tough abyss
Yeah DB calls are pretty easy to understand
weak tiger
is there a better way to get Object IDs yet without parsing the format["%1",_object] for it?
tough abyss
@tough abyss Is there anything that is required to use extDB2 other than the files?
examples provided?
There are multiple ways to implement it. Some knowledge of sql is recommended
You should look at extDB3 , i dont provide support for extDB2 anymore.
Eitherway both have a command line test program to let you test sending commands to the extension and see what it returns.
That way you don't need to be in arma
random glen
I need help! I've played a random mission from Steam Workshop and encountered several problems related to CQC.
- Can AI opens door before entering a building?
- Is it possible to navigate AI through a building using markers instead of waypoints?
dusk sage
@tough abyss If you plan to run the encrypted version back through to decrypt it, sure
vague hull
Is there a way to #define a value in the mission.sqm, lets say a debug position. Now I want to use that debug position later on in an sqf script. what would be the best approach to read it from the mission sqm.
if __EXEC works in mission sqm I guess I could find it in parsingNameSpace, but yeah .. not sure about that
is there some global init that can be done in the mission sqm so that I could setVaribale it on the missionNamespace?
thin pine
Why not use init.sqf?
Global variables defined in init sqf will then be available in all sqf scripts. Var1 = true; would then also be the same as missionNamespace setVariable ["Var1",true];
@random glen 1. manually through scripts yes. Default ai behavior makes them open the door as they're walking through iirc. 2. Ai pathfinding in buildings is done through a pathing LOD in the building model itself iirc which has defined points
random glen
@thin pine Thanks! But how then in more than one mission I witnessed that AI walked through the door like a ghost? I mean what can case this problem?
vague hull
dunno if init.sqf is loaded up before mission.sqm and I still couldnt change the hardcoded position of units to that variable f.e.
thin pine
What are you trying to achieve
@random glen was this on a vanilla map?
@vague hull init sqf is loaded after mission sqm but yeah what are you trying to achieve?
vague hull
I wanna have a predefined DebugPos, where joined players spawn and waitr until their init is done
vague hull
yeah ofc
thin pine
Why not setpos on init sqf?
vague hull
thing is, the units you can load in are placed by a position set in mission sqm
and I just want to leave them there
thin pine
Yeah just exploit locality. Setpos locally. And before you setpos you cache their position
So you can tp em back when init is done?
Or am I missing your intentions right now?
random glen
Yes, @thin pine, once it was Altis and another one was on Tanoa. Aside from that, on Tanoa AI soldiers hesitated to peruse me inside the building, but I'm not what to blame for that - overall AI behaviour or author's scripting.
tough abyss
I have one vector v1 = [0,0,-100] and another vector v2 = [25,37,0]. The angle beetwen v1 and v2 is 90d. How can i rotate v2 up increasing this angle to 105d?
Like that: http://imgur.com/1QWCsZ1
empty blade
I need to try out extDB3
little eagle
math riddles
the angle between two vectors v1 and v2 is the arcus cosine of the dot product of v1 and v2.
fml. I should stop trying this
dusk sage
Arcus ๐ฝ
little eagle
yes arccos. it's latin for something something
jade abyss
@tough abyss tbh, i am not rly sure, what uisleep on the Dedi does (or i forgot it, no real clue anymore. too long ago ๐ )
tough abyss
@jade abyss Understood. I'll read up on it a bit and test. Thanks for the support and ideas. It's going to be nice to have this stuff logged now and in the set variable filter and will be fun to see who gets caught.
tribal crane
@tough abyss: If v1 and v2 are arbitrary and neither as axis aligned then you take the cross product and plug that into an arbitrary-axis rotation matrix.