#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 274

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:15 AM

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I remember back in Alpha\Beta clearItemCargoGlobal didn't work at all, then they sort of fixed it into current state of being unreliable

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My only guess is that item cargo clear message arrives at wrong time thus doing nothing

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:16 AM

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Prowler just got supply dropped in. Whether it works in MP... TBD but either way huge thanks again you guys

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:16 AM

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Where do you call these 4 lines from? @tacit grove

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 AM

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iirc the ClearItemCargoGlobal bug still existed about 5-6 Month ago.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 AM

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It existed since the moment they fixed it sometime during beta

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 AM

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Quiksilver, removing ANY Item from an Inventory.

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 AM

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I put if(isServer) then { _prowler = "B_LSV_01_armed_F" createVehicle [0,0,0]; _prowler setDir random 360; _prowler setPos [3946,13931,150]; _prowler call KK_fnc_paraDrop; }; in the activation section of a trigger

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 AM

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Because of that I have to avoid any backpacks and crates that have default items in them since rarely players still get items

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@tacit grove triggers execute globally on each client and server but since there is a check to make sure that script is executed only on server it should be MP-safe

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:19 AM

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I sure hope so. Brains been a knot from it the past couple days.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:19 AM

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You can replace these "hardcoded" coordinates with some invisible marker placed in editor, would be easier to adjust mission than to copy paste numbers

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:19 AM

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I tried but it kept giving me an error code

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:20 AM

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if you post how you did it here we can help you

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:21 AM

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obvoiusly something I'm doing wrong of course lol. at the time it was easier to just grab those cords. I replaced the "_prowler setPos blah blah" with "_prowler getMarkerPos "markername";

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I'm just a designer lmao i know squat about coding beyond baisc HTML haha

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:22 AM

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you didn't have to remove setPos, only coordinates

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_prowler setPos getMakerPos "blah"

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:23 AM

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Ah ok! makes sense now actually. like I said, KNOT ha

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If I wanted a 2nd prowler dropped in with that first one would I just copy those 4 same lines and paste them below along with changing _prowler to _prowler2?

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and change position of course

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:26 AM

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You mean like this:
_Unit = "Class" createVehicle [0,0,0];
_Unit moveIn* _Veh;
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yeah, was just an example

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:29 AM

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@tacit grove Yes but you don't really have to change variable name since you're not doing anything with these vehicles anyway, why more variables

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I don't think you can put createVehicle'd units into vehicles, they lack ai brain that it required for such commands

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:31 AM

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oO of course

little eagle Dec 31, 2016, 12:32 AM

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extra variables to pad the script
("Class" createVehicle [0,0,0]) moveIn* _Veh;

tacit grove Dec 31, 2016, 12:32 AM

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variables, arrays, passes. Gibberish is gibberish haha.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:32 AM

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He meant @tacit grove 's question, @little eagle

little eagle Dec 31, 2016, 12:32 AM

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Sa-Matra is probably right, but I think we were talking about createUnit

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Yes, it was an attempt at a joke

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:33 AM

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oh snap, right. CreateUnit

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Yeah, just rechecked old files. CreateUnit was the right one. As Sa-Matra said, createVehicle shouldn't work.

little eagle Dec 31, 2016, 12:37 AM

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I think variable naming like _prowler, _prowler2, _prowler3 is dumb

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:37 AM

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commy2 - Today at 1:37 AM
I think variable naming like _prowler, _prowler2, _prowler3 is dumb

😄

little eagle Dec 31, 2016, 12:37 AM

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Yo, I'm no variable

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:38 AM

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Yet

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don't think so

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Since its just a p3d, no uniform etc

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:41 AM

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you can create headless unit with no animations with createSimpleObject

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You probably could create head separately with createSimpleObject too

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though sadly you can't animate simple objects

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:41 AM

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What about clothings?

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Uniform etc

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:43 AM

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uniform is unit model

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:44 AM

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?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:44 AM

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http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/270597859059143917/15112F9411A4ED91E86EE8B54BEEFF7332322ECB/

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:45 AM

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createSimpleObject uses the .p3d, correct? If so -> It would spawn a StandardUnderwearUnit. Correct? So my guess is -> (since he mentioned prisoners) -> Prison clothing / Uniform / Banana -> Not usable for his purpose.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:45 AM

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Uniforms just reference unit from CfgVehicles

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@tough abyss random props in towns were planned originally

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Pic above is uniform model + head model through createSimpleObject @jade abyss

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:48 AM

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looks like Hicks without a Neck. Wich is... awfull

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:48 AM

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Well you can create horror mission with 100s of these following you

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:49 AM

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+So it confirms -> Not rly usable for him, unless he wants to do a Jesus-Simulator.

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one would be enough, tbh.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:49 AM

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Also we could really use a command to animate simple objects

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Isn't there config branch which defines which animations should be issued on model when created or something?

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:50 AM

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animationSource etc?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:50 AM

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Does it work with simple objects? Not sure.

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:50 AM

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afaik not

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Since it was the purpose of SO's to be.. erm.. just there, without wasting any network stuffthingybums

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how? When it had no Informations about it? You load P3Ds, without a config.

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You can animate the sources, true.

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I remember

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But afaik you can not animate Units for example (like walking etc).

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:53 AM

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oh there is SimpleObject class in some CfgVehicles entries

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I guess game reads them all during loading and associates list of animations to do with object's model

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Is there a way to find land contact points of vehicle?

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:56 AM

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wasn't there a selectPosition command or something?

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To get memoryPoints

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prolly spawning vehicles on groundlevel, instead of 1m in the air Quik 😛 ( i guess)

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 12:57 AM

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To know where vehicle contacts land, some vehicles have unreasonable bounding boxes and you can't rely on that

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 12:58 AM

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BoundingBoxReal is also bad? (never had probs with the height in it. Just the Radius was sometimes awkward)

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Yep

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 1:13 AM

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So what is selection name for LandContact points? Is there any selections at all?

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I guess not

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Oh there is a way to hide selections: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideSelection

hideSelection

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 1:40 AM

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Yep and to animate the Source.

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Wheel LandContact Points = something like PPL,PPP iirc

frosty yew Dec 31, 2016, 2:46 AM

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how do I disable building destruction? I am using the liberation mod, and would like to disable building destruction

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 2:48 AM

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checked some of A2SM models, no selections in LandContact lod

cerulean whale Dec 31, 2016, 3:01 AM

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allowDamage false in a foreach loop that checks object type from an array?

frosty yew Dec 31, 2016, 3:50 AM

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is there an array of all the buildings pre populated for a map?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 3:51 AM

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No.

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You can ask nearestObjects the entire radius of the map though

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about every building from the ConfigFiles worldOrigin to the entire map

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getAllMapBuildings = { 
private _worldCenter = getArray(configFile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName >> "centerPosition");
_allBuildings = nearestObjects [ _worldCenter,["Building"],20000];
_allBuildings;  };

frosty yew Dec 31, 2016, 3:56 AM

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@tough abyss Cool. THanks! so then I would loop in every object and set allowdamage to false. correct?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 3:56 AM

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Yes.

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Do it at mission start.

frosty yew Dec 31, 2016, 3:57 AM

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Got it. THanks a lot dude!

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 3:57 AM

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np

dusk sage Dec 31, 2016, 4:03 AM

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worldSize @tough abyss

jade abyss Dec 31, 2016, 4:03 AM

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@meager granite
MemoryLOD:
TrackFLL/BRR/FLR/ETC

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 4:03 AM

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Ah true. @dusk sage Didn't think that would work

dusk sage Dec 31, 2016, 4:04 AM

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allMissionObjects "Building"

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Also 😛

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Should work fine

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 4:08 AM

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Thats cool, didn't know about this sexy little script command

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isTouchingGround.

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Can use that in a paradrop script now.

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 4:28 AM

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@dusk sage You ever encounted this syntax before?

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if (true) then [{hint "test"},{hint "false"}];

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How to interrogate ArmA 3 for all scripting commands.

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Answer:
Coutesy of KK: {diag_log _x} forEach supportInfo "";

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Dumps all the scripting commands ArmA 3 supports to RPT

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And all their valid syntaxes

dusk sage Dec 31, 2016, 4:31 AM

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Yeh, it's old and slow

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Re the if syntax

little eagle Dec 31, 2016, 5:14 AM

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@tough abyss That is just what else command does

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{1} else {2}
->
[{1},{2}]

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 5:57 AM

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@tough abyss Look what I found: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3

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Hmm, I wonder would would be a quickiest way to check if entity is unit?

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unit in allUnits?

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Anything even quicker?

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Single command preferably

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:12 AM

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entity iskindof "camanbase" ?

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should be quicker than searching the list

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:13 AM

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No, entity can be man class but will not be a unit

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:13 AM

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do you mean a player?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:13 AM

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No

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Dead unit is not unit anymore (moveOut and lots of associated commands wouldn't work on it), createVehicle will not be unit

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:14 AM

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yeah ok, not sure then

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:15 AM

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Actually, even unit in allUnits will not work all the time too, when unit dies they remain as "unit" for some time (so you can move out dead unit moments after they die)

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:16 AM

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maybe you could use the logic from groups

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something like (entity in units group entity)

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createvehicles / dead units would return a blank array i think

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:18 AM

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hm

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Actually I think when unit gets removed from group is good indication that it stopped being unit

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:19 AM

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yeah just (isnull group entity) might be enough even

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:21 AM

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No, not really, moveOut still doesn't work on dead unit even if they're still in the group

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I so wish we'd get moveOut working with dead units or dedicated command just to move out dead units

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At the moment I have to use hacky approach and fill entire vehicle with invisible units to move dead units out, with moveInAny command which unlike other moveIn* command lets you move into dead vehicles

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I'm afraid to run it on larger transport helicopters

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:30 AM

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you seen this one? https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/180046-code-snippet-pull-dead-bodies-out-of-vehicles/

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haven't tried, but looks like he just uses 'crew' and checks if they're alive

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then use 'setpos' to move them out

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:33 AM

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setPos doesn't seem to work on dead units in vehicles for me

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So, my moveInAny approach doesnt work, it skips seats occupied by dead units

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I guess then its impossible to move out dead units from dead vehicle

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I guess it worked back in 2015?

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Checking all possible combinations, units never move out with setPos

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:36 AM

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don't know if he mentions dead vehicles

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:37 AM

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Alive units do move out with setPos

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Also I remember there used to be a bug where you could move out remote unit with setPos, it appeared outside for you while where it was local it was still inside vehicle

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No even alive, setPos doesn't move out units anymore @vapid frigate

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Dead units out of alive vehicle

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:38 AM

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yeh ok.. i haven't tried it, but it looks like he implied it worked in 2015

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:38 AM

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Probably, it works with alive units

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LOL you can moveInAny dead unit into alive vehicle and it multiplies it

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I guess it multiplies unit proxy or something

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:39 AM

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yeh maybe dead vehicles can never delete stuff from proxies

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even if the script tells it to

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:39 AM

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Hmm

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Maybe I can use this

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Move dead unit from dead vehicle into alive vehicle, then move it out of alive

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Lemme try

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http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/108483009211606860/F9BE147B2E9D8378576B666C82C9ED9100F9DE83/

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Dead clones

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:42 AM

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you tried hideObjectGlobal or hideBody ?

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or you trying to move it out so you can access the body?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:43 AM

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You know what, it works

vapid frigate Dec 31, 2016, 6:44 AM

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moving to an alive vehicle first works?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:45 AM

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The steps are following:

Move dead unit from dead vehicle into alive vehicle with moveInAny
Move alive invisible dummy unit into alive vehicle onto dead unit's seat
Dead unit appears outside of alive vehicle

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Though dead vehicle's crew still has that dead unit when you run "crew" command

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objectParent on dead unit return null

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Hm, dead unit just disappeared though you still can loot its invisible body

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I guess if dead vehicle displays crew proxies you will still see dead unit inside dead vehicle along with real unit outside

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So the whole thing is buggy AF

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 6:57 AM

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Oh wow

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BI allowed me to do away with the details

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

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Now I don't need to worry about finding mathematically if a position is inside a marker.

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Nice.

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Still, I might just write the algorithm for it.

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For the sake of learning.

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 8:05 AM

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@dusk sage is using

PublicVariable "GlobalVar";

Equivlent to

 MissionNameSpace setVariable ["GlobalVar",someValue,true]

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@meager granite Would have been happy if you answered 😃 just someone that knows the answer.

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@cloud thunder Are you alive?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 8:21 AM

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Sort of, there are some differences

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Including exploit I wouldn't want to share right now

dim owl Dec 31, 2016, 8:27 AM

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Hey guys! Is there a way to check if a player is talking in direct without a while loop ?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 8:29 AM

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@meager granite they can't exploit it if you utilise params

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You can atleast lock down the data types you pass then.

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 9:49 AM

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how is the select 1 thing works with the addAction?
Can I do something like action select 1 = activatedPlayer

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 10:10 AM

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Elaborate?

muted oyster Dec 31, 2016, 10:21 AM

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Does anyone know, if you can make popup targets stay down without using "nopop". I tried:

_object animate ["terc",1];
_object setDamage 1;

And get strange results. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt have any effect. Are there any other ways?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 10:21 AM

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antimateSource

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Don't use animate anymore

muted oyster Dec 31, 2016, 10:22 AM

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Thanks, i will try that

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 10:22 AM

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

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**Arma 3 logo black.png It is recommended that animateSource command is used instead of animate whenever is possible, as it is more efficient and optimized for MP **

muted oyster Dec 31, 2016, 10:23 AM

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No effect 😦

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 10:37 AM

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odd.

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Wait.

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Stop using set-damage on it.

muted oyster Dec 31, 2016, 10:41 AM

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It just pops back up

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{
    _x animate ["terc", 1];
    _x setDamage 1;
}forEach Range_Random_Targets;

This worked. All targets will stay down and i can activate them

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But it didnt work after it got hit

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I guess I'll have to use nopop

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 PM

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@dim owl iirc KillzoneKid had a thing with a UI EH that detects the microphone icon showing up, that might help you.

dim owl Dec 31, 2016, 12:17 PM

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do you have a link ?

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 12:22 PM

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http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-whos-talking/

dim owl Dec 31, 2016, 12:24 PM

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thx 😃

dim owl Dec 31, 2016, 1:10 PM

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@tough abyss I dont want a while loop for a whole mission(roleplay life)

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 2:04 PM

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What am I doing wrong? I typed the line dist=Pilot distance player; in the init.sqf file and typed dist <=6 in a trigger condition so it will work only if the play is 6 meters or less to the pilot. But the trigger doesn't work.

digital pulsar Dec 31, 2016, 2:05 PM

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Dist gets evaluated once so whatever distance there was at the beginning of the mission will stay in that variable

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 2:05 PM

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so I need a loop?

digital pulsar Dec 31, 2016, 2:06 PM

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Type pilot distance player <= 6 into condition

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Trigger will keep checking

median iris Dec 31, 2016, 2:08 PM

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^^

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 2:09 PM

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The pilot unit is going to be controlled by a player will the game be like "The pilot is a player so the pilot is close enough to himself so lets execute the code"?

digital pulsar Dec 31, 2016, 2:09 PM

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Yes

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Unless its multiplayer then locality matters

thin pine Dec 31, 2016, 2:11 PM

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Player distance player in SP is generally <= 6 unless you're spaced out on LSD

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 2:11 PM

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It is a dedicated server

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so I guess locality matters

digital pulsar Dec 31, 2016, 2:12 PM

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Player doesnt really work if executed on dedi

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U need to specify which player

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 2:13 PM

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also triggers are typically evaluated on every connected client plus the server so keep that in mind as well

digital pulsar Dec 31, 2016, 2:14 PM

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Aye

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Rule number one of scripting in mp: locality is a b....

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 3:33 PM

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I can't believe it, but I think I need math help, and it's specifically of the scripting variety.

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I need to turn distance between player and target into a curve, where being too close and too far zeroes it out, but optimum angle maxes out at like 5 or so.

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So if you're 100 meters away, it returns 0, but as you approach 70 meters, it rises to 5, before dropping again to 0 as you reach 40 meters.

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 3:51 PM

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make a parabolic curve and use min to put an upper bound on the distance

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let x be the distance,
f(x) = -a(x+b)^2 + c, with x = x min 100 to put an upper bound of 100 on x

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then play around with a,b and c to fit your curve

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 3:54 PM

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Does that work in Arma's scripting language?

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 3:54 PM

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youd use a variable instead of typing f(x)

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d = ...;

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this is the quadratic function i think youre looking for
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=-(5%2F2500)(x-50)^2+%2B+5

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c is the y offset of the curve, b the x offset, and a a scaling factor

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 3:59 PM

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Thanks. Been way too long since I've taken a math course >_<

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 4:00 PM

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wolfram alpha is cool for playing with curves in that regard, try fiddling with the values and see if it helps, maybe use a sine curve instead of a quadratic... or just make something that works and be done with it 😛

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 4:05 PM

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Damn, can't think straight... how do I get it to accept the math as actual math and not a string? Got it to my hint popup as lovely "-(5/2500)(range-70)^2+5"

indigo snow Dec 31, 2016, 4:05 PM

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use format to put values into strings

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btw heres a sample with a power 6 if you want it to flatten out: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=-(5%2F(15624999995))(x-50)%5E6+%2B+5,+with+x+from+0+to+100

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 4:17 PM

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Got it, forgot Arma doesn't recognize (x)(y) as (x)*(y), you have to add the asterisk.

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Alright, got it worked out, thanks! Now to mutilate basic mathematics further.

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 5:31 PM

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Why would the line >> _Complete = _Complete+_rate << get an undefined variable error on the second _Complete?

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Wow. Durr. Apparently I got it entirely backwards, thought _ made the variable universal.

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^Is some kind of genius

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... Not that that solved my problem of an error popping up. I know I've done x = x+y before for a rolling counter, darn it.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 5:42 PM

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post exact line

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 5:42 PM

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Complete = Complete+rate;

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with rate being the complex math formula discussed prior, going from 0-5

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 5:45 PM

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and the error?

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 5:56 PM

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Just an undefined variable in expression error, pointed at the start of the second Complete.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 6:16 PM

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Well you didn't initialize it then

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 6:22 PM

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Entirely likely... it is in an SQF, my prior experience was using it in a trigger in-editor.

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 6:55 PM

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To clarify; How would I initialize it? Setting up a "Complete = 0" line at mission start?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 7:15 PM

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in init.sqf

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 8:03 PM

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Is this possible to make a unit spawn with an unloaded weapon?

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 8:10 PM

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

removePrimaryWeaponItem

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AI will reload it right away though

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 8:10 PM

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thanks!

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 8:16 PM

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So, a bit of research (but afk so I cant test it), itd be Complete = 0; in the init file, correct? Just to create the variable as the mission loads?

native hemlock Dec 31, 2016, 8:30 PM

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That's one way to do it, yes

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 8:51 PM

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Program sometimes must be equal to solve a differential equation. You create something that have not a begin, a midle and a end, but something like a ring without start and end. Where to begin? You can begin anywere, but the ring must be closed at the end.

manic sigil Dec 31, 2016, 8:58 PM

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@native hemlock Out of curiosity, what are the alternatives? Last I tried x=x+y, it was in a repeating trigger in game, and seemed to work fine. Making an SQF for m current project is more a matter of ease of export and experimenting with the medium, so this is some key learning material.

meager granite Dec 31, 2016, 9:15 PM

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if(isNil "Complete") then {Complete = 0;};

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before the + line

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or: Complete = (currentNamespace getVariable ["Complete", 0]) + rate;

atomic charm Dec 31, 2016, 9:17 PM

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Hi folks, is there anyway to reference the unit/vehicle that is being remote controlled by zeus?
I have a simple script that requires an object reference (unitCapture specifically).
If it was a static unit with editor I can reference it by a given variable name, is there any easy way to get the reference to the remote controlled vehicle. (in a sp environment)

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Since zeus remote control doesn't do a playerSwitch using vehicle player will not work in this case

atomic charm Dec 31, 2016, 9:38 PM

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This worked for my needs! ```SQF
this addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectPlaced",{
_arg1 = _this select 1;
if(_arg1 isKindOf "Helicopter") then{remoteVehicle = _arg1};
}];

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^in GameMaster module's init field

native hemlock Dec 31, 2016, 9:41 PM

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Nice, my suggestion was going to be a bit of a ghetto work around by checking the bis_fnc_moduleRemoteControl_owner variable on a unit

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I think if you only have one Zeus this should work and give you the unit they are controlling

_curatorUnit = getAssignedCuratorUnit (allCurators select 0);
_zeusUnit = objNull;
{
    if ((_x getVariable ["bis_fnc_moduleRemoteControl_owner", objNull]) isEqualTo _curatorUnit) exitWith {
        _zeusUnit = _x;
    };
} forEach allUnits;

turbid coral Dec 31, 2016, 10:24 PM

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Hey guys, if I wanted to execute a song in console for all clients on the server via console, how woudl I do it?

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Its for New Years

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Song is stored in mission.

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 10:25 PM

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someone sent me his GUI but it's in EXT format instead of HPP will it still work with the GUI Editor?

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Also is there an alternative from the GUI Editor in arma 3?

turbid coral Dec 31, 2016, 10:27 PM

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I'm just going to cross post to Mission makers as I know my question isn't quite scripting, Ill comment if I find a solution.

turbid coral Dec 31, 2016, 10:47 PM

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Cheers, it seems it was easier than I thought. Just define your sound in description.ext and the playsound yoursound, execute it globally

weary turret Dec 31, 2016, 11:03 PM

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Any good way to play an .ogv file on a television? I've seen a few from killzone.

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:29 PM

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Is there anything against refactoring a mission?

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Say BMR insurgency ?

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:31 PM

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Is it possible to use more than one variable with lbAdd?

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So like _listBox lbAdd [_name, _number];?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:34 PM

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forEach an array?

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and use the _x ?

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@rotund cypress

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:36 PM

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its doing foreach

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but has nothing to do with _x

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I just want to show two texts for every item in the listbox

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so _listbox lbAdd [_alkshd, _aljkdhasd]

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now i have _listbox lbadd _variable;

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but obviously doing lbadd with array wont work

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:39 PM

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If anyone can helpme to save one or two hours: when a unit in a group of 5 living soldiers dies, they still appears in units _group? When all units of a group die, the group turn into a null group?

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I know what the WIKI says, but it may be wrong.

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purge the group

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_group = nil;

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or _group = [];

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{ 
    _listbox lbAdd [_controlID,_x];
}
forEach _items;

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@rotund cypress

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Or better yet.

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:41 PM

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oh I see what you mean now

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_1 = getNumber (whatever);
_2 = getText (whatever);
_items = [_1, _2];
{
    _listbox lbAdd _x;
} foreach _items;```

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:41 PM

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{ 
    _listbox lbAdd _x;
}
forEach _itemsAndControlIDs;

make the

_itemsAndControlIDS = [controlID,_itemName];

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:43 PM

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So will that what I wrote above then work?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:43 PM

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yes

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:43 PM

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what do you mean by
_itemsAndControlIDS = [controlID,_itemName]; ?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:43 PM

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

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the controlID also known as the IDC

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stands for the control ID within the dialog.hpp file classes

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idc = #####;

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:44 PM

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I know

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But I dont have to do that

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If i do _listbox = _display displayctrl idc

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:45 PM

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heres another solution

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_listBoxIDC = _display displayCtrl idc;
_items = [1000,_listBoxIDC]; 
{
   ( _x select 0) lbAdd (_x select 1);
} foreach _items;

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_x select 0 is an interesting design pattern that allows you to loop using forEach or count

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and completely ignore the need for numbers.

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no you can't use _forEachIndex in this instance unfortunately.

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Well not entirely true but I am sure you don't want to do this.

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quadrupal nesting of arrays yuck.

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:54 PM

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private "_populateLB";
            _populateLB = [ _displayName, _price ];

            {
                
                _listbox lbAdd _x;
                
            } forEach _populateLB;```

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:54 PM

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this syntax

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_listBox lbAdd _x;

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requires an IDC.

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in this form.

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:54 PM

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oh

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:55 PM

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Number = lbAdd [idc, text]

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:55 PM

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so normally it wouldnt require but in this case it does?

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:55 PM

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control lbAdd text

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You'd have to use my method..

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It's all really down to taste.

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

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:56 PM

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private "_populateLB";
            _populateLB = [ _displayName, _price ];
            private _listbox = _display displayCtrl 9871;
            {

                _listbox lbAdd _x;

            } forEach _populateLB;```

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:57 PM

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private "_populateLB";
            _populateLB = [ _displayName, _price ];
            private _listbox = _display displayCtrl 9871;
            {

                _listbox lbAdd _x;

            } forEach _populateLB;
is the _displayName a string?

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:57 PM

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yes

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_price isnt

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:57 PM

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okay.

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Inorder to create a conversion you need to convert it to strings.

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:57 PM

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so str (_price)

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:57 PM

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both price and displayname need to be strings.

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You'd need both if you wish to display both.

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say.

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:58 PM

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displayname is a string already

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:58 PM

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So concatonate them together.

rotund cypress Dec 31, 2016, 11:58 PM

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ok I know a simpler method now

tough abyss Dec 31, 2016, 11:58 PM

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(_displayName + str(_price) )?

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private "_populateLB";
            _populateLB = [ _displayName, _price ];
            private _listbox = _display displayCtrl 9871;
            {

                _listbox lbAdd (_x select 0) + " " +  str((_x select 1)) ;
            } forEach _populateLB;

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:00 AM

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            _listbox lbAdd _listBoxItem;```

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:00 AM

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You have to format price...

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doing that ^

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Doesn't work.

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private _listBoxItem = format [ "%1 %2", _displayName, _price ];

            _listbox lbAdd _listBoxItem;

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:01 AM

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oh yeah

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:01 AM

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That will work.

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format is your friend.

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation#format_vs_.2B

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str is actually faster

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private _listBoxItem = str(_displayName + " " + _price); 

            _listbox lbAdd _listBoxItem;

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:03 AM

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private _licenseEntry = [ "%1 (%2)", _displayName, toString ( _price ) ];?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:03 AM

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No.

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toString converts UTF-8 encoded numbers to a string

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:04 AM

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oh ok

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:04 AM

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str() converts a type to a string

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:04 AM

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btw, what is the two "" in your entry above?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:04 AM

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so your price if it was a number.

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:04 AM

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private _licenseEntry = [ "%1 (%2)", _displayName, str ( _price ) ]; That then?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:04 AM

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toString would take the UTF-8 representation.

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No...

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facepalm && facedesk

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:05 AM

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ok so this str(_displayName + " " + _price);

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:05 AM

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yes...

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:05 AM

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But what is the + " " +?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:05 AM

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string concatonation.

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" " +

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Adds a blank space between your two values

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Aka readability?

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:06 AM

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ah ok

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So this? ``` private _licenseEntry = str ( _displayName + " " + (_price) );

        _listbox lbAdd _licenseEntry;```

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Does that work?

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So it will be name (price)

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actually private _licenseEntry = str ( _displayName + " " + "(€" + _price + ")" );

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:10 AM

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Test it?

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 12:10 AM

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Yeah Ill do that, but just if you knew already

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:11 AM

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Won't learn anything without testing.

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 1:29 AM

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It's complaining about this line @tough abyss

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_licenseEntry = str ( _displayName + " " + "(€" + _price + ")" );

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Error Generic error in expression

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I dont see any problem personally

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 1:55 AM

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_licenseEntry = str ( _displayName + " " + "(€" + _price + ")" ); <-- ffs is that?

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Do it that way:

_licenseEntry  = format["%1 (€ %2 )", _displayName , _price  ];

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 1:56 AM

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What I would do but GeekyGuy told me that doing str is faster

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 1:57 AM

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If, then its about 0,0000001s

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+In your case... ffs... 4x +
That can't be faster than format

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And another reason:
For the sake of readability

rotund cypress Jan 1, 2017, 1:59 AM

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yeah

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 2:06 AM

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@jade abyss Yeah it's dependent on the count strings

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format ["%1"] etc.

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< 3 strings.

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use str()

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3 strings

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use format

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But if you want readability as Dscha said @rotund cypress format is more readable.

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 2:07 AM

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diff 1ms? = Not worth the effort

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 2:07 AM

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With minor performance sacrifice.

thin pine Jan 1, 2017, 2:07 AM

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It's every programmer's own choice. But sometimes better readability > minor performance increase

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 2:07 AM

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"readability > minor performance increase" = pretty often, if you ask me.

thin pine Jan 1, 2017, 2:08 AM

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If this code is being used once upon executing an addAction then you should probably prioritize readability. If there's relatively-heavy code that is executed onEachFrame then any performance increase would be appreciated.

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 2:08 AM

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true true

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 2:36 AM

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All BMR's mod compatability is a pain.

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:/

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 3:22 AM

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Wow.

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Thats a significant performance improvement moving everything into the cfgFunctions.hpp

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 4:09 AM

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Is there a way to check a name of a player and compare it with another checked name and if they are the same run a script?
Something like, this ofcourse doesn't work.

if (activatedPlayer isEqualTo name activatedPlayer) then{```

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 5:48 AM

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Hey, what is the background colour for invisible buttons in the GUI editor?

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:15 AM

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[0,0,0,0]

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or [1,1,1,0]

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or [0.1,0.1,0.1,0]

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or [0.2,0.2,0.2,0]

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etc. blablub

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:21 AM

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the general encoding pattern is this

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[r,g,b,a] or [red,green,blue,alpha (transparency)];

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@cerulean whale

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 6:22 AM

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Thanks @jade abyss @tough abyss

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:22 AM

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all if not everything in arma uses that syntax.

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Hm.

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can create structs in SQF.

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 6:25 AM

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Not to be a bother, but does anyone have a defines.hpp that has everything configured?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:26 AM

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What common types ?

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and their respective variables?

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 6:26 AM

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what do you mean?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:27 AM

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Something like this?

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https://codeshare.io/5gJMD2

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 6:28 AM

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Let me have a check

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:28 AM

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Getting the base classes

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is pretty easy.

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Just use the GUI editor.

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and export them copy / paste

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 6:29 AM

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oh is that how you do it?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:29 AM

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Yes.

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This is the root classes

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Mind unhighlighting

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Can't see anything.

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 6:31 AM

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There

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that's it

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😃

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thanks

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:31 AM

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Yep thats all the base classes

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The one in codeShare now.

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Try to make your objects

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inherit from those as base classes

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so MyRscText : RscText

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 6:33 AM

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Ahh

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ok

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😃

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:33 AM

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A lot of people say NNOOOO DO IT your own way.

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Bad things happen.

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 6:41 AM

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I did the [0,0,0,0] and it is hovering in and out (transparent, then black) even though this is in the dialog: ```SQF
colorText[] = {0,0,0,0};
colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
colorActive[] = {0,0,0,0};

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Anyone got an idea?

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:46 AM

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Cause its active

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 6:47 AM

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How do I make it not get assigned as active when you first open the dialog?

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:49 AM

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I know there was something in the config, but its too long ago, can't remember

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 6:53 AM

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Thanks for trying to help anyway man. I just thought the 'colour active' thing would fix it xD

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I've fixed it

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just a ton of extra stuff

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 6:58 AM

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What about: Write it down here quick?

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 7:13 AM

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I reasoned! It must be something to do with colors! xD

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colorText[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorActive[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorBackgroundActive[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorBackgroundDisabled[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorDisabled[] = {0,0,0,0};
            colorFocused[] = {0,0,0,0};
              colorShadow[] = {0,0,0,0};
               colorBorder[] = {0,0,0,0};

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I just found all the colour options and did that

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haha

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 7:13 AM

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colorFocused[] =

cerulean whale Jan 1, 2017, 7:13 AM

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xD

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^^

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I saw something here about it the other day but can't remember it, how do I make an RscEdit multiline? I know it is something like 'ST_MULTI', but I don't know where to declare.

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 7:15 AM

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Anyone know why my picture that I'm trying to add to my dialog is grey instead of it's actual colour? (blue & white)

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https://gyazo.com/3ca2fe52e8e65d1478bbbb5b9e23cc50

jade abyss Jan 1, 2017, 7:18 AM

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no Color assigned?

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 7:19 AM

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How do I do that?

modern sand Jan 1, 2017, 7:42 AM

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Wait, Nevermind, it's only that colour in the gui editor, and not when you actually open the dialog.

wary musk Jan 1, 2017, 9:50 AM

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hi guys i need some help in scripting. i want to create an ai taxi service in altis life can someone assist me please

meager granite Jan 1, 2017, 10:07 AM

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No one will write it for you, you need to do it yourself and ask how to solve specific problems

wary musk Jan 1, 2017, 10:08 AM

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then where can i find some tutorials to assist. im a freshy when it comes to scripting

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 10:34 AM

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@meager granite exactly.

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 11:00 AM

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_newObject = createVehicle ['Intel_File1_F', [4972.57,2999.52,2.71797e-005], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_newObject setPosASL [4972.58,2999.51,2.58749];
 
_newObject setVectorDirAndUp [[0,0.999988,0.00497941], [-0.00248975,-0.0049794,0.999985]];
 

_newObject enableSimulation false;
 

_newObject = createVehicle ['Land_Map_F', [4972.75,2999.56,0.0118964], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];

_newObject setPosASL [4972.75,2999.56,2.60002];
 
_newObject setVectorDirAndUp [[0,1,0], [0,0,1]];
 
_newObject enableSimulation false;


_newObject = createVehicle ['Land_Document_01_F', [4972.9,2999.43,-0.000119925], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_newObject setPosASL [4972.9,2999.43,2.58774];
 
_newObject setVectorDirAndUp [[0.441818,0.897088,0.00556706], [-0.00248975,-0.0049794,0.999985]];
_newObject enableSimulation false;


hint "Intel is given to the HQ"
}else{
hint "Move back and let the person who took the intel to place it"
};```it works but weird .-.
I took the intel and it gives me the else
anybody knows why?

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 11:20 AM

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What is activatedPlayer

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 11:21 AM

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@Foley#1330 ```if ((typeOf player) isEqualTo 'uns_US_1ID_PL' || (typeOf player) isEqualTo 'uns_US_1ID_RTO' || (typeOf player) isEqualTo 'uns_US_1ID_SL') then{

deleteVehicle intel1; deleteVehicle intel2; deleteVehicle intel3;

table addAction ["Place Intel", "mission_scripts\intel\placeIntel.sqf"];
activatedPlayer = _this select 1;
hint format ["%1 took the intel",name activatedPlayer];

}else{

hint "Only commanders or radio operators can take the intel!"
};```

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 11:47 AM

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O_O

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Monolithic code...

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@tough abyss what does that mean?

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Code thats a big slab I can't determine what is what

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@tough abyss better now?

austere hawk Jan 1, 2017, 12:20 PM

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I have a problem with

                        if (!(_unit==objNull)) then {
                            diag_log ["Fire: crew found:",_unit,"for Hitpoint",_x,"receives fire damage"];
                        };

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i get as result when the function doesnt return the correct value ["Fire: crew found:",<NULL-object>,"for Hitpoint","hitcrewgunner02","receives fire damage"] so the check does seem to be wrong... How would i have to write the check to recognize the <NULL-object> as non valid?

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 12:43 PM

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@austere hawk

_unit = [_vehicle,_affectedHitClass] call k40_fnc_damage_findcrew;
                 if (!(_unit==objNull)) then {
                 diag_log ["Fire: crew found:",_unit,"for Hitpoint",_x,"receives fire damage"];
                        };

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_x is undefined this is why

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you need to loop through _x

austere hawk Jan 1, 2017, 1:03 PM

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this is not the issue (as you can see from the output, it is defined ), i loop through it - i just pasted the section that contains the error

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i just didnt want to paste the whole clump of script

thin pine Jan 1, 2017, 1:06 PM

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Use isNull check

austere hawk Jan 1, 2017, 1:12 PM

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thanks

dim owl Jan 1, 2017, 1:16 PM

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hey how can i disable this screen ? i own all dlcs

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http://i.imgur.com/oV7eWt6.png

thin pine Jan 1, 2017, 1:19 PM

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@dim owl pitchforks and torches marching to bohemia HQ would be an option

quiet bluff Jan 1, 2017, 1:32 PM

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can i check if someone have marksman DLC and if "true" it will give spcific loadout

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 1:41 PM

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@quiet bluff if (332350 in (getDLCs 1)) then { hint "You own the Markman DLC!" }else{ hint"You don't own the Marksman DLC!" };

quiet bluff Jan 1, 2017, 1:42 PM

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in the init of the role?

little eagle Jan 1, 2017, 2:26 PM

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Hadouken

📎 BtjZedW.jpg

chilly surge Jan 1, 2017, 2:33 PM

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Hello, so I was wondering if there is a script/mod where you can here a warning sound in a jet or helicopter when you are getting locked? The Vanilla warning sound is too short, when flying low and sometimes to quiet. I was thinking about a warning sound, when a Anti-Air is getting locked on your ass. Any suggetions?

little eagle Jan 1, 2017, 2:34 PM

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Doubt it. If you make a mod you can replace the sounds though.

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You could script a sound when a missile locked on you is fired though.

nocturne bluff Jan 1, 2017, 2:38 PM

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Dear god commy

chilly surge Jan 1, 2017, 2:45 PM

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@little eagle there is already a warning sound for a missile which is in the air. I would like to have a sound which is being played when a AI is locking on to you.

little eagle Jan 1, 2017, 2:54 PM

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Yes, but there is no way to script that.

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What's up, Putinhead?

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 3:30 PM

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Anyone think they could help me geting a Supply Drop crate to have what I want in it? I've got all the classnames and stuff but of course somewhere along the line i have something wrong so it's not working.

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 3:47 PM

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@tacit grove if you post the script here (pastebin or something) im sure someone here can help

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 3:51 PM

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What I have is here. http://pastebin.com/rjC9Cq9R Beyond that I'm lost. I made a resupply.sqf so I could just execute the script in the "Crate Init" line of the supply drop but like I said, totally lost. 😦

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Oh and it needs to work in MP. JIP doesn't matter as everyone will be in at the start

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if it's easier to just have the Virtual Arsenal in the box I'm TOTALLY fine with that too. But that's something I couldn't get to work for anyone else but myself, the host.

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 3:56 PM

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what is this

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 3:58 PM

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idk man. All I know is what google tells me and that's where it's taken me and why i'm here asking for help now lol

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 3:59 PM

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what im saying is that this is likely undefined in the scope where you execute the script

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you need to pass a reference to the actual box/crate object

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:04 PM

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And how would I do that

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literally don't know what I'm doing here other than i want a supply drop crate with that stuff in it

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:04 PM

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Paste that into init line of tge crate

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Then this is the crate

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Also u missed a bunch of ; u need it at the end of each line

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:05 PM

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It's a supply drop provider module which has it's own init field along with a "cate init" field. I assumed i put it in the "Crate init" part it hasn't been working for me

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:06 PM

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Logically that should be the right field

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:06 PM

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I'll add those in. must've missed them while copy pasting all that over and over again.

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:06 PM

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Any errors?

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:07 PM

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yea it was always something about |#|

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:07 PM

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What exactly

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:07 PM

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Let me do it right quicka nd ill screenshot that

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:08 PM

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And also what ends up being in the crate

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:08 PM

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Just the default stuff. Couple MX rifles, PCML, FAKs, nades. etc

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it's never even shown up emptied

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:09 PM

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That indicates the script wasnt run at all

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:09 PM

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right that's when I decided to try and make the resupply.sqf and then just put [[this] exec "scripts\resupply.sqf" but that didn't give me any luck either although that was a LONG shot from something I saw online

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:10 PM

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thats actually somewhat going in the right direction

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:11 PM

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Try without execvm just paste it

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:11 PM

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Going to paste in raw code now and see what the exact error message is

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:11 PM

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[this] > this , exec > execVM, and then change all the this in the script to _this would be the general fix

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:12 PM

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Myeah better not bother with that and just paste

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Remember about ;

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:13 PM

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hah didnt even notice that

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:15 PM

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http://prntscr.com/dqbnre

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Undefined variable in expression: this

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:16 PM

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Show that module in editor too

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Mb it doesnt work like we would assume

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:17 PM

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This is the module http://prntscr.com/dqbohs

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:19 PM

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Looks pretty logical to me but thats the thing with custom modded modules, better check the documentation of that addon

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Or is it vanilla plz say no

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:20 PM

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that's a vanilla module

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0 mods being used

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Bout as vanilla of a mission as you can get haha. no other scripts or anything

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:23 PM

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Add _ in front of this so u get _this and see what happens

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Im on mobile so i cant check if there is any useful tooltip they usually mention local vars there

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:26 PM

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add it infront of every single this i'm guessing?

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@indigo snow this is the error when i try the scripting route http://prntscr.com/dqbr75

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:27 PM

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Try a few first occurences see what eror u get

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:27 PM

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your syntax is all wrong it seems

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but check the tooltip if it mentions local variables first

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:27 PM

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Nah dont bother with exec for now

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:27 PM

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bother with it never

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exec is SQS

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:28 PM

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I said that 1 min ago man :D

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:28 PM

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as in my sqf needs to be a sqs? yall making me feel dumb at this piont haha

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:29 PM

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youre in over your head a bit, you have small mistakes everywhere. but i get two people trying to help is confusing so ill shut up for a bit

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:31 PM

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Thats whyvu shouldnt bother with exec now coz u create 2 problems instead of 1

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Im half drunk and without access to pc nick dont leave me aloneee

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:32 PM

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oh praise jesus it worked after adding _ before this. I did that last night but since I was missin gthose ; it still wasn't working. Now the question of will everyone else see that gear in the supply drop too?

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:33 PM

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I think so coz u used global commands

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:33 PM

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That's what I was hoping global meant

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:34 PM

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U gotta make sure that gets executed on server only or u may end up with duplicates

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:34 PM

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how do I go about that

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:35 PM

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And this is where @cptnnick takes over coz i havent used modles since arrowhead

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If (isserver) then {your code}; i guess

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:36 PM

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you sure? Bohemia surely doesn't change any back end stuff every few months to where things you used to know is outdated right?!?! 😂

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:37 PM

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Thats extra challenge scripting cant be easy

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Thing is un arrowhead i didnt know what locality is

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:38 PM

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if !isServer exithWith {} at the top of your script file

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:38 PM

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Parentgesis around condition optional these days nick?

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:39 PM

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always were

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:39 PM

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Cool

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Then too?

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:39 PM

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nick you lost me with that 😦 It worked while just pasting the code in the crate init field so I dont have a actual script file

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:39 PM

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Ah wait its exitwith

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:40 PM

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you gotta wrap it then

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if isServer then { ... YOUR CODE ... };

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:40 PM

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Trust my method im totakky sober

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Ye that one

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:40 PM

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awesome I'll throw that in there right now and hope nothing breaks :p

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Do you guys have any idea why whenever I have a vehicle with my own list of gear in them that me and my guys can never put things INTO the vehicle? Is it just a matter of me putting too much in it to where it's not allowing any more gear to be added?

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not too important just another odd thing i've always ran into

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:42 PM

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its probably too full

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:42 PM

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+1

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:43 PM

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Alright yea i sorta figured :p I have no limits when I start adding stuf fin there ha

indigo snow Jan 1, 2017, 4:43 PM

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arma can be really shitty with moving items around in MP too, so cant say for sure

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youre in good luck since the cargo variety of commands allow for overfilling

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:44 PM

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U loading enough weapons for the entire platoon?

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:44 PM

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I do add quite a bit yea lol

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:45 PM

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Mb virtual arsenal is the sokution

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:45 PM

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certainly not EVERYTHING, i'm not a fan of any weapons outside of what they added with apex

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:45 PM

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Solutiob

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Solution

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Damn android tiny keyboard

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:45 PM

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Yea VAS would be nice but i couldn't get it to work for everyone. but maybe i just need to add the code within the code you and nick just gave me

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:47 PM

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U can limit which classes players can pick up in arsenal but not the quantity

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I had a script with presets somewhere..

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Vas is gotta be executed everywhere locally if i remember correctly

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:48 PM

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Yea locallity stuff has put out my fire quite a few times before trust me 😦

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Ruined a nice HALO jump start to the mission because it wouldn't put backpacks back onto people's backs once they hit the ground. Only would work for me

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:50 PM

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Aye rule number one of scripting multiplayer: locality is a bit..

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:51 PM

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Yea i just try to avoid it anymore. Just end up spending hours on it just to end up throwing it out anyway

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:51 PM

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Shove stuff into vests thats more authentic

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:52 PM

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LOL yea my sweet HALO jump start turned into just starting on the beach. Then this supply drop issue had me to the point of ok we're starting on the beach with boats parked on the beach full of gear haha

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by that point it pulls me out of the immersion and just screams hey, this is a game

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:54 PM

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Myeah u gotta strike the balance but thats a tad off topic of scripting :)

tacit grove Jan 1, 2017, 4:55 PM

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For sure, well if you and nick ever need some help with design let me know. I owe you two for the help! If I find out things broke in MP i will surelly come knocking 😄

digital pulsar Jan 1, 2017, 4:55 PM

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Glad to help, mate

manic sigil Jan 1, 2017, 9:50 PM

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Im trying to get a hintbox to update with a looping script, for a percentile completion counter and such. My issue is, it works, but only with a While-Do loop and sleep 1;, leading to very static changes - if you're adjustinfmg too fast, you can overshoot. However, reducing the sleep or removing it makes it add up the completion counter as fast as it possibly can, with bad visual effects.

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Im not sure exactly what Im asking, but for perhaps some way to have a less than 1 sleep scale, or have part of a while-do loop run at real time while another part has a sleep function.

manic sigil Jan 1, 2017, 10:21 PM

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Like, embedding a for "_i" from 1 to 1000000 step 100 inside a while loop... does that even work?

halcyon crypt Jan 1, 2017, 10:51 PM

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the only way to make the process "smooth" (smooth as in ACE's bandaging progress bar thing) is to know how long it takes beforehand

tough abyss Jan 1, 2017, 11:19 PM

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@tacit grove [player] call BIS_fnc_halo;

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then.

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iconIdle = "A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\HoldActions\idle\idle_0_ca.paa";
iconProgress = "a3\ui_f\data\map\vehicleicons\iconparachute_ca.paa";
dropString = "Halo drop";
dropStringVeh = "Initiate Halo jump";
actionID = [_object,
    dropString,
    iconIdle,
    iconProgress,
    "true",
    "true",
    {},
    {},
    {
        [(_this select 0)] call BIS_fnc_halo;
    },
    {},
    [player],
    4,
    5,
    false,
    false] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;

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Yes that is the endgame addAction.

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@tacit grove

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O_o

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STHUD is being intergrated into arma 3...

digital pulsar Jan 2, 2017, 12:18 AM

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@manic sigil show us the code and specify what kind of "bad visual effects" you want to avoid

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maybe all u need is rounding, I'm guessing

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 12:28 AM

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@manic sigil Sounds computationally expensive and infeasible.

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:12 AM

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How can I can I retrive the FPS from a client add it to an array then push that FPS message back to the server?

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from allPlayers?

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Only waiting diag_fps to run on a single client at a time.

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then add the data to an array

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thats sent back to the server.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:34 AM

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I think you half answered your own question

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And you trying to work out how to send data from the client to server? @tough abyss

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:35 AM

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Yes

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It's for mission framework diagnostics

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So I can see everyone who's connected frame-rate.

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So I can better identify problems

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:36 AM

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The quickest method may be using a PVEH

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For minimal overhead

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:38 AM

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Whats the likely hood I run a script on the client

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that sends to the server and the order of that data I got from the client?

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Is different ?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:39 AM

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I'm slightly confused by the question

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that sends to the server and the order of that data I got from the client?

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🤔 ?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:44 AM

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With multiple clients and remoteExec'ing

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what order will my Client name / Client FPS list come through in?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:46 AM

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Oh I see so

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Client 1 RE
Client 2 RE

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You're asking if it is received in the same order?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:47 AM

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Yes and their names

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:47 AM

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By time

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:47 AM

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params ["_player"];
while {true} do {
    _msg = format ["Player: %1 FPS: %2",name (player),round(diag_fps)];
    _msg remoteExec ["Svnth_fn_logClientFPS",2,false]; 
    sleep 1; 
    };

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Runs on the clients checking every so often

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sends a message to the server

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containing 1 client

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server then pushBack on a client array

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and the server displays client FPS to diag_log

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with a format of Players Name, Players : FPS

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:48 AM

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So then what are you asking about order?

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If two clients RE'd, would they be received in order by the server?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:49 AM

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Ah right.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:49 AM

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If two clients RE'd 1 second apart

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There is still no guarantee client 1's data would be received first

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:49 AM

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All I need is clients name and FPS added to the server in he format of this.

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[Player: Mr.Bob, FPS: 40];

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For all connected clients every certain seconds to the server.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:50 AM

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Then keep an array server side like so:

[[name, fps], [name, fps], ..., [name, fps]]

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Update as needed

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:50 AM

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Needs to be global?

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The array?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:50 AM

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Just serverside

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:51 AM

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which is global.

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MissionNameSpace ?

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params ["_msg"];
clientFPS = [];
clientFPS pushBack _msg;
diag_log format ["%1",clientFPS];

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:51 AM

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Oh, indeed, you could keep it global if you wished

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:51 AM

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Thats the function.

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That recieves the message server-side

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:51 AM

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Hm, it doesn't seem wise to diag_log it every time

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:51 AM

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What would be better?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:52 AM

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log it every X seconds

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Or you're going to get a log every single player update, which could be say, 50 in a second

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:52 AM

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params ["_player"];
while {true} do {
    _msg = format ["Player: %1 FPS: %2",name (player),round(diag_fps)];
    _msg remoteExec ["Svnth_fn_logClientFPS",2,false]; 
    sleep 1; 
    };

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So should I keep that?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:54 AM

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I would use a PVEH instead

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Less overhead

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:54 AM

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Thought PVEH were obsolete?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM

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Since when 😄 ?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM

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since remoteExec ?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM

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BIS_fnc_mp is

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM

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yep

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM

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PVEH and RE are two totally different things

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:56 AM

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?

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Explain?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:57 AM

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

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Is a totally different thing to remoteExec

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:57 AM

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so use PublicVariableServer ?

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and an publicVariableEH on the server-side?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:58 AM

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However https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_MP is now obselete

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:58 AM

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BoGuu, not 100% true.
You can achieve the same result with RE(C).

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:58 AM

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so use PublicVariableServer ? and an publicVariableEH on the server-side?
yes

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Of course you can

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:58 AM

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+advantage of REC -> Instant

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Instead of PVS/PVC, that can cause a delay on heavy serverload

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 2:58 AM

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But that doesn't take away from the fact they are quite the opposites in nature

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Then you introduce things like whitelisting

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And RE starts to become not so favourable

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 2:59 AM

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Why?
I never had probs with it oO

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:00 AM

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Can't remember exactly who did the calculations on it

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But when introducing white listing w/ RE, there was a massive overhead

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:00 AM

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Would be good to have, cause everything i hear constantly is complaining about RE(C) and that its slow/crap/whatever, but no proof of it^^

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:01 AM

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O_O

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:01 AM

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I love RE, but I just feel for something like updating a variable, PVEH is the way to go

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:01 AM

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Yep, true

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:05 AM

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But hey, like with anything ARMA, who knows. Might be best to run some tests @tough abyss

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:10 AM

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Does A PVEH?

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Fire on a listen server?

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with PublicVariableServer ?

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:11 AM

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Should

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:35 AM

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@dusk sage Any particular reason this floods the scheduler ?

 params ["_msg"];
"Clientmsg" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
hndle = [] spawn {
    clientFPS pushBack (_this select 1);
    diag_log format ["%1",clientFPS];
    waitUntil {sleep 60};
    };
};

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even with the sleep it floods the scheduler.

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why?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:38 AM

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Well it's opening a pseudo-thread for 60 seconds everytime it fires

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:38 AM

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params ["_player"];
handle = [] spawn {
while {true} do {
    Clientmsg = format ["Player: %1 FPS: %2",name (player),round(diag_fps)];
    publicVariableServer "Clientmsg";
        };    
        sleep 10;
    };

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But I slow it down ?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:39 AM

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So you're opening a thread every 10 seconds

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and only disposing of it every 60

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So you'll -> inf

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:39 AM

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How could I fix it?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:39 AM

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Well, don't use spawn, or the waitUntil

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I'm not sure why you are

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Also

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waitUntil {sleep 60};

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:40 AM

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on the client component?

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or server?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:40 AM

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Server

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:40 AM

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the whole script makes no sense

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What you do is:
You add every 60s a new entry to the clientFPS array, every 60s you print the whole Array to the logfiles, then you do a waituntil with a sleep inside it confused

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:41 AM

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My assumption was the sleep would make the script suspend.

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for x seconds

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:41 AM

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Well, no need for the waitUntil for that

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But why are you suspending it

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You are creating a new 'thread' every time it fires

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:42 AM

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To output it to the rpt on the server-side

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:42 AM

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So you're suspending something that no longer does anything 😛

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:42 AM

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☝

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+again:

What you do is:
You add every 60s a new entry to the clientFPS array, every 60s you print the whole Array to the logfiles, then you do a waituntil with a sleep inside it confused```

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:43 AM

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handle = [] spawn {
    while {true} do {
        sleep 60;
        diag_log clientFPS;
    };
};
"Clientmsg" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
    //replace clients fps in clientFPS array
};

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Is more what you're looking for

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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str not needed with diag_log

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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clientFPS is an array

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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Yerp

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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or does diag_log do anything

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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iirc yeah

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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neat

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:44 AM

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systemchat and hint was str

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at least... thats what i remember, can you test it? 😄

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I am not 100% sure anymore^^

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:45 AM

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

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anything: Anything -

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👍

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:45 AM

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No str 😄

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:53 AM

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Yeah I was assuming something did something else

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I got any back.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 3:54 AM

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I would do something like this

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http://pastebin.com/raw/JFMqxAjS @tough abyss Edited*

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:58 AM

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See I was assuming certain things about how the PublicVariableEH worked

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and assumed I needed to sleep on the server-side as well as the client.

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:58 AM

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why pushback?!

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:58 AM

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To display a big array of data?

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:59 AM

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clientFPS will endup like [_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps],[_name, _fps]

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after 2min

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*1000

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 3:59 AM

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Thats what I thought.

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But how can I build a single array

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with all the players name.

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and fps then dump it to the rpt.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 4:01 AM

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@jade abyss Depends how many players join

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I'd imagine he's not going for 100 player missions

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But either way, would be easy to implement something to clear out offline people

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:02 AM

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pushback = add a new entry after the l ast one

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 4:02 AM

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Indeed, pushBack if they aren't already in the array @jade abyss

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Which is only logical

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UID would be a good thing yeah

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Them DND

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There is lots you could do, but that is the basic implementation he wanted

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But how can I build a single array with all the players name. and fps then dump it to the rpt.
That's what it'll do @tough abyss

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Then the people with crappy PCs will ruin the fun!

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👎

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:29 AM

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It's not crappy computers I want.

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It's general client fps across each client.

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Thats just a padding check isn't it @dusk sage
Filtering task.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 4:37 AM

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It checks whether they are already present in the array, and if not, add them

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:38 AM

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Yeah filtering task

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can use BIS_fnc_findDeep;

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 4:38 AM

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Obviously if you had 100 people leave and join, they'd all still be present, but you can sort something out for that

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:38 AM

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Just add a handle disconnect

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so when they leave removes the index

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 4:38 AM

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More than likely, but the BIS functions usually have unneeded overhead

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Indeed, yeh

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You need to be careful with race conditions though

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deleting an index will cause the behaviour of the PVEH to be undefined

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:42 AM

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Why?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 4:43 AM

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If you delete an element between finding the index and using set, you'd run into a race condition

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Then again, I haven't considered the linear nature of the execution

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:52 AM

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How to get all the doors of a house?

native hemlock Jan 2, 2017, 4:54 AM

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Filtering this probably https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectionNames

modern sand Jan 2, 2017, 4:56 AM

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Hey guys how would I go about creating local 3D markers?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 5:00 AM

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@native hemlock thanks, what is the difference of "Door_1" and "Door_Handle_1"?

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I as about to use this function https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/animationNames but remembered it give some Czech door names.

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Velk something...

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Since i need to do that for CUP maps also.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 5:05 AM

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One is a door, the other is the handle 😄

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 5:05 AM

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Thanks.

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 5:24 AM

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Now I need to write a script that picks up duplicated entries.

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removes them then replaces them.

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Success the array data now works

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Now to have code that looks for the first element of the nested array if it matches replace it.

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:01 AM

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forEach? Something like this:
select 0 isEqualTo _Data select 0
->
clientFPS set[_forEachIndex,_Data select 1];

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:03 AM

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yeah

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problem is I need to store the previous value

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and compare it to the new one.

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Not sure how to do that.

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:15 AM

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Take the one a compare it to eachother?! At the same moment?

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I won't write the whole code for you, just 4 info

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:16 AM

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I know.

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I haven't done a lot of work with data-structures

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:16 AM

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Then learn it

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:16 AM

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Arrays being bread and butter.

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:16 AM

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Play around in the editor

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console, done. Thats how i learned it.

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:16 AM

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Yeah. True.

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I'll look up all the array commands

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So find also doesn't work the way I thought it did.

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Thats why the findDeep exists.

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find can't nested search.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 6:44 AM

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I gave you the code already @tough abyss

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That will search nested arrays

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😛

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:00 AM

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Any way to know if a house door is internal or not?

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@dusk sage I don't like to copy paste.

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I like to understand it.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 7:04 AM

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You should take a look at the function and build on it

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It's one of the only ways to do such a thing

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So best to learn 👍

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:04 AM

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Only objects can be null?

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 7:04 AM

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There are lots of kinds of null

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

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:07 AM

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Ah thanks.

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I'm working on zombies spawn, and one of the things you can do to avoid zombies is enter in a house and close all doors.

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Internal doors are not really needed to be closed in my concept, but sadlly i can't find a way to detect if a door is internal or not.

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So right now a player need to close all house doors, including internal doors, to be protected from zombies.

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Any help in detecting internal doors (even not performance wise ones!) is apreciated.

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Even to create a catalog of all internal and external doors of each house is hard, i have no clue other than look my self at each building and make the catalog.

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@dusk sage can you help me 😛

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 7:17 AM

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Only thing I can think of

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From the top of my head, would be using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectionPosition

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That will give you the relative position to the model

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:18 AM

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Nice! this helps a lot.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 7:18 AM

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Then maybe use something like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/boundingBoxReal

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To check

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:19 AM

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Now i can, may be, check the door distance to the bounding box.

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 7:19 AM

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yep

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:19 AM

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Thanks a lot!

dusk sage Jan 2, 2017, 7:20 AM

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Welcome. I'm sure there is a better way, but I've never played around with that stuff too much 😉

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:40 AM

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@dusk sage here the code: ```_selectionPos = _house selectionPosition _doorSelection;
_sPX = _selectionPos select 0;
_sPY = _selectionPos select 1;

_bbox = boundingBoxReal _house;
_x1 = _bbox select 0 select 0;
_x2 = _bbox select 1 select 0;
_y1 = _bbox select 0 select 1;
_y2 = _bbox select 1 select 1;

_dist = abs(_sPX - _x1) min abs(_sPX - _x2) min abs(_sPY - _y1) min abs(_sPY - _y2);

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It get the door distance to the real bounding box.

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The only bad are the stairs that extend the bounding box on its side.

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 8:37 AM

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HELP: is there any way to get the selection of a animation?

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For example, there is a door i can animate with _house animate ['Door_1_rot',1]How can i get the selection of "Door_1_rot" so i can get its position with selectionPosition?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 9:53 AM

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@tough abyss Bad variable names. No explaining comments

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It makes it a headache for you.

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 9:55 AM

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Hey guys, what functions do you use to select the closest object from a _pos?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 9:55 AM

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Closest specific object?

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 9:57 AM

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array with 100 objects. pick closest to player.

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specific objects yes*

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obviously theres nearestObjects

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 9:57 AM

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nearestObject ?

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 9:57 AM

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a custom array of objects

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that have a variable set for instance

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 9:58 AM

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code ?

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 9:58 AM

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1 sec

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My reasoning for asking is because I wrote a function a few minutes ago that I found takes almost half the speed of other functions I found so I just wanted to share it

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in case anyone has a better function i'd love to see it

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_closestIdx = (_distArray find (selectMin _distArray));
_closestObject = ArrayOfObjects select _closestIdx;

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if anyone finds it useful anyway. I hope it is 😃

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 10:09 AM

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on a side note

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I can give

{ 
_eachItem = _x;
hint format ["%1",_eachItem];
} forEach allPlayers;

{ 
hint format ["%1",_x];
} forEach allPlayers;

magic variable more meaningful name

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minuet difference with forEach _x on it's own

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0.0009 seconds difference

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eh commenting the code might be easier.

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 10:15 AM

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it helps with very big foreach loops or foreach loops within foreach loops iirc

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 10:15 AM

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forEaches within forEaches

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they're not advised much in SQF

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they are performance hogs

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 10:18 AM

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Are you talking about https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation#Avoid_O.28n.5E2.29.21.21 ?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 10:19 AM

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yes

thin pine Jan 2, 2017, 10:19 AM

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In that case I agree yeah.

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 10:24 AM

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Debugging loops in ArmA 3 are annoying.

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Really annoying.

modern sand Jan 2, 2017, 11:34 AM

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How would I go on making local 3DMarkers?

jade abyss Jan 2, 2017, 12:24 PM

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Editor would be a good start.

modern sand Jan 2, 2017, 12:47 PM

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Sorry I was stupid asking that, I ment to ask how would I make a script that made local 3DMarkers?

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That was actually visible when running around and not in the map (m)

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 12:48 PM

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there's the drawIcon3D command for you

modern sand Jan 2, 2017, 12:50 PM

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okay thank you very much 😃

nocturne bluff Jan 2, 2017, 1:37 PM

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That optimization tip is a bit wonky.

little eagle Jan 2, 2017, 2:26 PM

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Not nesting forEach?

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I always thought that is a weird tip. It's something they told me in my one programming class too and I always thought it was stupid.

loud sorrel Jan 2, 2017, 4:07 PM

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hey, is there somebody around who scripted withe ace3 already? I'd like to add some actions to a object and want to place the interactionpoints relative to the object. should not that be able with :

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_action = ["build","build","",{hint "raise"},{true},{},[_obj,_raise,0.2],[0,0,1],3] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[_obj,0,["ACE_MainActions"],_action] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

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[0,0,1], 3 in the first function should set the interactionpoint 1m higher then normal and "3" should allow you to stand 3m away, but it doesnt change anything

little eagle Jan 2, 2017, 4:19 PM

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because you add a subaction to "ACE_MainActions"

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of course it will be inside that point

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try [] instead of ["ACE_MainActions"]

loud sorrel Jan 2, 2017, 4:20 PM

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omg, i am too stupid.... THANKS @little eagle, youre awesome! works fine!

little eagle Jan 2, 2017, 4:20 PM

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thanks

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yw

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:42 PM

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is this possible to sync two objects via a script

little eagle Jan 2, 2017, 4:46 PM

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define synch

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 4:49 PM

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like in the editor when you right click an object and select "connect" and then "sync to"

little eagle Jan 2, 2017, 5:20 PM

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

synchronizeObjectsAdd

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

synchronizeTrigger

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

synchronizeWaypoint

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

synchronizeWaypoint trigger

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It's all on the wiki

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 5:54 PM

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Is there a way to see what the current animation is?

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for a unit\

open vigil Jan 2, 2017, 6:03 PM

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Animation viewer?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:04 PM

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like if i use switchMove is there a way to see what animation is currently being player?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:26 PM

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Another thing, (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyUp", {hint "test";}]; seems not to be executing the hint

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KeyDown however is executing

sharp jay Jan 2, 2017, 6:32 PM

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How would i go about opening up a GUI i made in the GUI Editor. I saved it and put it into dialogs.hpp but i dont know how to open it in game.

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:32 PM

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createDialog

sharp jay Jan 2, 2017, 6:33 PM

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yes, but what is the name i need to put in?

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createDialog dialogName

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 6:35 PM

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@GeekyGuy5401#9206 from the wiki: "Animation is defined in CfgModels Animations class of model.cfg or another model config". And this is the definition of an animation: class Animations { class Door_1_rot { type = rotation; source = Door_1_source; selection = Door_1; axis = Door_1_axis; memory = 1; minValue = 0.1; maxValue = 1; angle0 = 0; angle1 = (rad 110); }; you see selection = Door_1

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If i could access this, i can get the selection name of any animation, but i cant.

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@sharp jay depends on the class. So createDialog class; i can send you my example if you want

sharp jay Jan 2, 2017, 6:45 PM

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Yes, thank you, that would be great @tough abyss

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 7:09 PM

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There are any problem related to setGroupOwner like lag, unit freeze, strange behaviour, temporary blindness? 😄

compact current Jan 2, 2017, 8:46 PM

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Anyone available to help a sec?

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 8:48 PM

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i only help minutes

compact current Jan 2, 2017, 8:51 PM

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RIP

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xD

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Can you plese check over this for me, im fairly new so dont dis, everyone has to start somewhere eyy, http://pastebin.com/zz4wGXS6

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It says i have not defined the variables, A3PR_totalTime, and A3PR_selectionTime

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its somthing to do with lines 118 and 121?

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Wrong prefixes sorry _RPF

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not _ rip

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 8:54 PM

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it means you havent given those variables a value by the time the script gets executed

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they dont exist in the engine at that point

compact current Jan 2, 2017, 8:55 PM

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but they get defined before those lines ?

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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RPF_selectionTime = call compile lbData[1500, _index];

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are you sure that doesnt return nil?

compact current Jan 2, 2017, 8:57 PM

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Shouldent do, because i was told its because i use lbsetData?

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 8:58 PM

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you're not sure, so you should check

compact current Jan 2, 2017, 9:02 PM

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Im completly mindFucked right now........

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can i upload the test mission for it, and could you then have a look for me ?

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 9:03 PM

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no

compact current Jan 2, 2017, 9:04 PM

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Rip

cerulean whale Jan 2, 2017, 9:42 PM

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Does anyone know how to disable the cheat menu in ArmA?

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Actually instead of that, does anyone know the keycode for '-' on the numpad?

tough abyss Jan 2, 2017, 9:55 PM

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

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@cerulean whale

manic sigil Jan 2, 2017, 10:10 PM

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Is it possible to do an if-AND-then statement? I'm trying to get a rolling counter based on direction, but can only get a basic idea down using two if-then statements outlining the outer limits.

rotund cypress Jan 2, 2017, 10:10 PM

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Is it possible to set a background of a RscActiveText?

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With Style = ST_PICTURE

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 10:11 PM

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@manic sigil if (A && B) then { ... };

manic sigil Jan 2, 2017, 10:11 PM

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Would that work for if (_vector>270 && _vector<20) then... ?

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 10:12 PM

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if _vector is a number and not an array, sure

manic sigil Jan 2, 2017, 10:12 PM

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Alright, not that I didn't trust you, but wanted to ask before I cycled my map and tried the script again.

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Okay, it didn't NOT work, but not working as expected.

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if (_vector<20 && _vector>270) then
{
joy = "[<<<------]";
}
else
{
Complete = Complete+(rateadd/20);
joy = "[---<o>---]";
};

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The idea being the hintbox displaying 'ANGLE' with a marker to turn towards, and the else/default being centered.

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I tried using Switch do, but couldn't get it to work with (<20), etc.

halcyon crypt Jan 2, 2017, 10:25 PM

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so what isn't working as expected then?

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oh lol

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 10:26 PM

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Should that be an OR

halcyon crypt Jan 2, 2017, 10:26 PM

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^

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 10:26 PM

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Or inverted greater than/lesser than signs

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A value cant both be smaller than 20 AND larger than 270

manic sigil Jan 2, 2017, 10:28 PM

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Yeah, that's what I'm trying to wrap my head around - since it's using getdirrel, it's 0-359, rotating.

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So it's supposed to be 'anywhere from front to left', while the other If statement is 'back to left' (160-270)

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But yeah... or is probably better.

halcyon crypt Jan 2, 2017, 10:30 PM

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don't just guess it's better, you should actually understand why.. 😛

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 10:30 PM

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Well AND will plain not work :P

manic sigil Jan 2, 2017, 10:31 PM

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Eh, if I actually put THOUGHT into this, I'd probably abandon the project and do something else 😛

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OR locked it into the second statement, so that's something at least.

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if (_vector<20 || _vector>270) then
{
joy = "[<<<------]";
}
else
{
Complete = Complete+(rateadd/20);
joy = "[---<o>---]";
};

if (_vector>160 || _vector<270) then
{
joy = "[------>>>]";
}
else
{
Complete = Complete+(rateadd/20);
joy = "[---<o>---]";

halcyon crypt Jan 2, 2017, 10:38 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/a_%26%26_b
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/a_or_b

indigo snow Jan 2, 2017, 10:39 PM

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The second one would always be true. Any number larger than 270 would also be larger than 160