isNil {backpack player};, can never be true, because it always returns a string, even if empty
#arma3_scripting
dusk sage
jade abyss
Just link the WikiPage next time @queen cargo
cerulean whale
I already made that point
but if backpack player returns a string then how does changing a VARIABLE called B_carryAll_base effect the outcome
dusk sage
If backpack player returns B_carryAll_base
jade abyss
@dusk sage Wait a sec, i might had a brainfart before:
What is isNil ""returning? I mean, he is checking for an empty string. (guessing: Error msg, cause no parameter given)
dusk sage
Then isNil backpack player
is isNil "B_carryAll_base". So if you define B_carryAll_base, then it will be false
queen cargo
reading this will give you the information
that IsNil STRING is checking the variable behind the stirng (in the case of backpack player (eg. B_carryAll_base ) it thus will check if the variable B_carryAll_base is set)
if you never set that variable, isNil will return true
if it was set it will return false
cerulean whale
See, the way @queen cargo Was explaining it was saying it was happening before the return of the isNil, not after the return of the isNil.
dusk sage
o.o
jade abyss
So if no backpack -> isNil (backpack player) = true
If backpack = isNil (backpack player) = false
dusk sage
unless you loop through the config and define all the backpacks ๐
jade abyss
Can someone of you guys fkn start Arma?
queen cargo
it is too late (or by now early) for such conversations ๐
jade abyss
And just execute the motherhugging command in the motherhugging Console????
cerulean whale
Exactly...... My point is, why was the conversation useful? because the whole point of my thing was to check ALL backpacks ๐
which I solved in about 20 seconds
by just watching a var
jade abyss
Use (backpack player) isEqualTo ""
cerulean whale
returns false, because I have a backpack as expected
lol
as I said 10 minutes ago lol ๐
queen cargo
the conversation is happening ... so that you hopefully understand what isNil is doing
we do not want to harm you
hell i do not even want to talk to you
i try to be "nice" recently because ppl wanted me to do
i still think you are a fucking stupid for not even being capable of RTFM ...
jade abyss
Then halds goschen X ๐
dusk sage
Muted troll inc
queen cargo
and do not come back here bothering us with a stupid question
dusk sage
๐คฃ
jade abyss
@dusk sage Again ๐
dusk sage
haha
jade abyss
*impotent
queen cargo
๐ฟ
already can hear him crying over me
night frigate
(is it wrong that I find this whole discussion enjoyable to watch, like a Benny Hill skit? ๐ )
queen cargo
no
it is never
it is entertaining as hell as usual @night frigate
even as participent
jade abyss
Its not funny! Its war!
queen cargo
as usual @jade abyss ๐ ๐
but now back to my UI editor
cerulean whale
@queen cargo The way you explained it made it seem as it was happening BEFORE the return of isNil which was what confused me in the first place, I thought it simply checked the string returned from backpack player not if it was an undefined var as well lol. It makes more sense now, even though it wasn't irrelevant. I guess you didn't really get what I was trying to explain and vice versa xD
jade abyss
(Info: His UI-Editor is like DayZ. He started with that UI-Editor about 1 Year ago ๐ - still in Pre-Alpha XD)
queen cargo
@jade abyss the UI editor also was kinda frozen due to a new gf ๐
dusk sage
Gah
jade abyss
@cerulean whale One thing i also forgot was, that isNil was checking quoted stuff. So yeah, it was correct.
jade abyss
@queen cargo JILL is not a real Person.
queen cargo
wont work together @dusk sage
they are too time consuming
jade abyss
lol so true ๐
dusk sage
I could be playing games 24/7
jade abyss
lmao
jade abyss
dusk sage
๐
jade abyss
Thats why he wrote:
X39 - Today at 8:13 AM
wont work together @BoGuu
they are too time consuming(edited)```God this chat is distracting
I have a 20 page lab report due in 3 hours, and I've written 5 pages
jade abyss
Sucks to be you then ๐
dusk sage
๐ญ
jade abyss
๐
queen cargo
wanted to get progress on my UiEditor rewrite @dusk sage ... same here with the progress
dusk sage
๐
night frigate
UI Editor... that would be nice. The built in one is ... interesting. The part that annoys me is that I can't get an existing display to actually load in, even if I save in GUI Editor format. Am I missing something?
dusk sage
Probably
night frigate
Perhaps I should have said "What am I missing?" ๐
dusk sage
Well, what did you do
night frigate
created the dialog. ctrl-shift-s to save in format I can save in hpp, then ctrl-s to save as GUI Editor format (which gives me something that looks like a long set of arrays).
queen cargo
no
it is crap
https://x39.io/projects#ArmA-UI-Editor
try this one
not perfect
not containing all controls either
but ... well ... at least it can read your controls in theory
night frigate
As I understand it, I should be able to copy to clipboard the GUI Editor format (minus the comment lines), and then CTRL-O to make it magically appear in the GUI editor.
queen cargo
ye ... that "magical" part ... i got bad news for ya
night frigate
heheh
night frigate
I was putting it into an addon
queen cargo
party hard
2.9GB download for 3 16x16 images
dusk sage
๐ฎ
night frigate
See... File... Open... that's making sense to me. ๐ This has the basic controls I would need - thanks X39. ๐
night frigate
will do.
the grid that shows - is that assuming a 1920x1080 resolution, and covers the whole screen?
queen cargo
yup
currently not changible
grid resolution however is (defaulted to 10, changible via the lil textbox bottom)
it is pretty self explaining
night frigate
Awesome. Thanks.
spring dune
And last Q for me guys
I done with switch already & want to load it separately...
I can't find equal examples of calling scripts from scripts...
if ((count _###_name_array < 1) || {!((_###_name_array select 0) in XY_XYZ_available_patches)}) then { //no name or no appropriate patch
if (_patch == "") exitWith {}; // no default patch
} else {
_this compile preprocessFile "switch_insignia.sqf"; };```
It's a part of main sqf which would load another sqf... Do i wrong?
Just wanna separate...
thin pine
Try replacing _this with call. If you need the other sqf to be parallel use execVM
jade abyss
+Why compile preprocessFile ? Why not define it as function?
spring dune
Cause i totally mess with it. ๐ I'm really not sure.
thin pine
If the switch insignia script runs more than once, compile preprocessFileLineNumbers somewhere in init sqf. Store it in a handle and then call the handle instead
That way you process only once
jade abyss
class CfgFunctions
{
class aTagIAssignToThatFunction
{
class SomeFancyNameToSortItForYourself
{
file = "scripts\SubFolder";
class MySuperDuperFunction {}; //Means: In folder "Missionfile\scripts\SubFolder" is a file named: "fn_MySuperDuperFunction". sqf | The Function name would be: " aTagIAssignToThatFunction_fnc_MySuperDuperFunction"
};
};
};```
So in your example, it would change from:
```_this compile preprocessFile "switch_insignia.sqf";```
to
```call Yourtag_fnc_YourFNCName;```All roads lead to Rome
spring dune
This is my config.cpp (created by original Author), i just added 20th line
jade abyss
Yep
spring dune
spring dune
How said X39... "Pastebin thinks SQF escapes like \""
spring dune
Anyway, thanks everybody who help'd me today. I gotta go for now. Will try to test it later.
Can i post results there?
wheat bone
Does anyone know how to restrict certain guns to players in a MP mission like if you choose a riflemen slot you can only get a rifle and so on or is anyone who knows what I'm talking about up to help us ?
queen cargo
think he talks about the virtual arsenal
in case this is true, the arsenal allows for filtering
though, you have to add those items manually
wheat bone
So you know invade and annex
queen cargo
wheat bone
If you choose rifleman then you can only get a rifle and so on
So the slot you choose
queen cargo
a google search also would have answered you that
https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/182817-how-to-limit-weapons-in-the-arsenal-of-a-box/
wheat bone
Restricts weapons
polar folio
dude. can you specify like we asked? arsenal?
so the arsenal is white listed based on slot? or is there some other menu for gear selection specific to that mission?
queen cargo
he wants the arsenal limited to certain weapons for certain slots
wheat bone
Yes
So if you go into a sniper slot then when u go to the ammo box the sniper is there for you
But if your a MG then the sniper isn't a option
If you play on the 77th invade and annex they have it
polar folio
my guess is they uniquely named those units and then maybe spawned local ammo boxes and added virtual inventory to those like X39 described
either way you need to google for white list like suggested
there's some good threads on it. look for those in which a guy named Larrow posted
queen cargo
ye ... more or less
alternativly you can add a variable to the player object limiting the stuff that certain object can receive and then just refering that var in the call filter
but i am too sleepy to get things easy to understand currently
polar folio
ye sounds more straight forward
severe pendant
Issue: Players killed by a mine (ie. apers mine) get registered as being killed by the weapon that the individual that placed the mine is currently wielding, and the distance the mine killed the player from is whatever distance there is between the dead player and whomever placed the mine. This causes some confusion.
Is there some way to detect that a player got killed by a mine, rather than the minelayers weapon?
polar folio
this is good info too if you into restricting stuff https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/185176-how-to-disable-saveload-in-arsenal/
turbid thunder
@severe pendant depends. Have you examined what the killed eventhandler array returns?
queen cargo
you want to create some weird anticheat @severe pendant mhh?
what about examining the EHs further
tipp: HandleDamage
polar folio
i think the "hitpart" one returns teh ammo type. not sure. that one is a bitch to deal with in MP though
turbid thunder
@wheat bone Solution: have one arsenal PER "class" and hide all arsenal objects except the one that the player of the certain class is allowed to us
severe pendant
@queen cargo I am logging things for "longest shot" kills, etc. but mines keep breaking it, because if you kill a player with a mine at 3000m it is registered as a kill by whatever weapon you currently have equipped
polar folio
ye defo go for handledmage. hitpart sucks
severe pendant
Basically my guys wanted to have a "longest kill"-competition
But mines are breaking it
One dude has a 12031m kill with an AK74
But it really was a mine :S
turbid thunder
@severe pendant Remove mines? :D but yeah as said already, check what handleDamage / hitPart return in their array
If you can find just one reference that the death was not caused by a rifle, then you know how to detect it
severe pendant
rgr
turbid thunder
Other question: is there a way to disable the addrating that ace3 does all the time so that teamkills dont cause the AI to kill you?
tough abyss
Does anyone know which libary this texture is stored when you first load up the game? (Not the logo but the lines going horizontal across the screen) https://gyazo.com/ea7e4d9bc9008f92ee8074b2fae34ac6
The closest I got was "\A3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\LoadingScreens\LoadingNoise_ca.paa" however it has a square in the middle, not the exact texture
halcyon crypt
define library?
turbid thunder
@tough abyss look in the expansions folder. Since this is from..... oh... nvm
Apex is still encrypted in EBO's. If the texture is in there, then its impossible to access it
Atleast at the moment
halcyon crypt
well you could reference it from within A3
tough abyss
I'm pretty sure it's in a pbo, I've seen people use it in other servers and I got pretty close to it in a pbo. @halcyon crypt I just mean folder
turbid thunder
@halcyon crypt that requires knowing its exact path
tough abyss
Or that ^
turbid thunder
@tough abyss are you sure it isnt something the game layers ontop on its own?
If not then just reverse engineer the mission files from the server you have seen it being used
tough abyss
No it's it's own texture
turbid thunder
@tough abyss what I meant is that the texture gets autoadded ontop if the existing loading screen
halcyon crypt
scan the config viewer for RscDisplayStart
most obvious guess would be \Expansion\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\LoadingScreens\LoadingNoise_ca.paa
or \A3\Ui_f_exp\data\GUI\Cfg\LoadingScreens\LoadingNoise_ca.paa
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
tough abyss
That's the same link I mentioned, it isn't the same texture :{
halcyon crypt
it's not the same "link"?
tough abyss
The closest I got was
"\A3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\LoadingScreens\LoadingNoise_ca.paa"
however it has a square in the middle, not the exact texture
@little eagle you know that "\A3\Ui_f\data\GUI\Cfg\LoadingScreens\LoadingNoise_ca.paa" you shown me, it has a square missing out the middle which makes me think it isn't the exact one, any ideas where the complete texture would reside?
When you first load the game it's there https://gyazo.com/ea7e4d9bc9008f92ee8074b2fae34ac6
little eagle
That is the least of the problems. It's the most beautiful indent hadouken, I've ever seen in SQF.
civic maple
oh god no please
still forum
Who allowed that guy to share my screenshots of other peoples ugly crapcode?
little eagle
What guy?
still forum
That blue guy that just asked what guy
little eagle
It's beautiful, the world must see.
still forum
Ok. You can do anything you want anyway mister goodly2
little eagle
This must be some kind of obfuscation working on a psychological level. If you open that file for the first time, you close it immediately.
still forum
Which is what i did... But then i opened it again to screenshot it
still forum
It explains what that piece of code is doing. Its important
still forum
ๅทๆฐไธๆฌกๆง็ญๅญๅผน่ฏ -> Refreshing disposable cheese ammunition
still forum
Is it just me or do only germans make that joke? ๐ #offtopic
open vigil
Engrish dot Com
little eagle
Probably frowned upon in the US if you're living with actual Asians there.
oak marten
hi, its possible in a condition waypoint box set if blue is detected in obj1 go to obj1 waypoint, if blue is detected in obj2 go to obj2?
If not, how can I set in condition box if obj1 or obj2 is true then go to next waypoint
?
little eagle
branching waypoints?
oak marten
Yes, its possible? with or sentence for example?
little eagle
No, branching waypoints are not possible and you would need a bigger script to get that behavior. Definitely too long for the ingame condition / on act. fields.
austere granite
@tough abyss Download all in one config, makes it a lot easier to do that stuff
Also use arma tools to extract data so you can actually look at the textures easily
Will help you a lot with UI stuff, especially if you're doing things like loading screen and similar
oak marten
in triggers you can use multiple conditions to trigger go ON, in condition waypoint I cant set obj1 or obj2=true;?
little eagle
You can't skip waypoints though
oak marten
not skip, if trigger obj1 is true then waypoint2 is ON, or if trigger obj2 is true then waypoint2 is ON
little eagle
And if waypoint1 is OFF, the unit will just wait and not proceed to waypoint2
oak marten
either one is valid to waypoint2 on
little eagle
I don't get what you mean, sorry.
little eagle
what is obj1 and obj2?
oak marten
obj1 or obj2
little eagle
Yeah, What are those?
oak marten
oh, sorry, obj1 and obj2 are triggers
little eagle
trig1 and trig2
little eagle
O.K. And what's the problem?
oak marten
what is the syntax?
little eagle
trig1 or trig2
???
oak marten
not
little eagle
How so?
oak marten
I dont know
little eagle
Does it error? Does it not work?
oak marten
fault ;
little eagle
Have you defined them as default value false at mission start?
scarlet spoke
Unless trig1 and trig2 are Booleans it shouldn't work...
scarlet spoke
Oh then I overread something... Nvm
oak marten
trig1 or trig2=true;
oak marten
activated waypoint
thin pine
Only call sumn trig if it's a trigger please
little eagle
Better than obj1 and obj2 tho
thin pine
So much confusion has been caused in the past due to shitty variable naming
little eagle
Yeah, that throws me off every time.
thin pine
So many debates about it in this channel too
little eagle
Can't wrap my head around that, no matter how hard I try.
thin pine
Weekly
little eagle
Sorry, all me.
thin pine
Im outside waiting for a bus. I didn't read everything but trig1 is still a tad better than obj1
Hehe
jade abyss
Better than using "MyVar"
oak marten
thin pine
Myvar123 = true
jade abyss
๐
oak marten
xD
oak marten
I dont know the correct syntax
jade abyss
I see that.
thin pine
Senor spark. Trig1 and trig2 are just variables, si?
jade abyss
Tequilla ayayay ariba.
jade abyss
And everyone keeps ignoring you, like always
oak marten
yes, are variables from two triggers zones
little eagle
lol that counter
jade abyss
๐
thin pine
Thumbs up madness ๐
thin pine
I sees
jade abyss
โ
: point_up :
thin pine
๐
oak marten
im mad with editor so, sorry for that xD
thin pine
Im a mutant. My thumb is my point finger
oak marten
thankg @little eagle
civic maple
๐
little eagle
๐ฉ <-- favourite
jade abyss
๐คฆ
civic maple
๐ ๐ซ
jade abyss
Those 2 are mine @little eagle
little eagle
lmao
scarlet spoke
I don't even know how to "react" to someones message xD
thin pine
Pffft
scarlet spoke
xD
thin pine
Self proclaimed elite
scarlet spoke
Viva la revolution!
oak marten
xD
thin pine
It's time for some communism in here
jade abyss
We sold our Soul, what did you do? ๐
scarlet spoke
What is yours shall be mine!
thin pine
Communism = true;
jade abyss
Its Dictatorship here, no chance for Communism
oak marten
OR capitalism
jade abyss
Nah, that 100% not ๐
thin pine
CommunistRevolutionStartTime = time + 5
civic maple
;
thin pine
It was at the end of a scope pffff
oak marten
haha
thin pine
No semicolon needed ๐
thin pine
_discord setGroupOwner _allPlayers
thin pine
Shit
civic maple
_discord setGroupOwner allPlayers;
replace all semi-colon with commas!!!
thin pine
Maybe i modified that array
civic maple
@little eagle die
thin pine
To exclude some
jade abyss
disableUserInput commy2;```Like @jade abyss
civic maple
thank you
scarlet spoke
๐
little eagle
๐ค
jade abyss
๐
little eagle
Fixed: Inventory weight of loaded magazines was doubled
jade abyss
That was an issue? oO
civic maple
Yeah
peak plover
That's actually realistic. The further away an object is from the center of mass of the holder, the more energy it requires to hold
civic maple
Loading a missile in a Javelin increases weight a lot
little eagle
It's just especially noticeable with RPGs
peak plover
That's why carrying a case of beers is easier when your arms are not straight
jade abyss
Since when was that Error in it?
jade abyss
Are you sure??
little eagle
No, but it goes way back
jade abyss
when i was playing around with a WeightSystem for Vehicles (and Backpacks) it was okay, iirc... hmm..
~1 Year ago
peak plover
Having a round in your grenade launcher would make it extreamly harder to wield...
hallow timber
Yeah, the weight doubling was a problematic issue
peak plover
A 2.6 kg pg-7VL would cause the weapon to have un-even balance...
vague hull
@nigel wtf, do you think they designed it to have no rocket loaded?
peak plover
Well...
In-real life situations I doubt any actual trained military force would pre-load anti tank weapons. At least they don't with the CG2/3 for fear of blowing up.
I guess it finally goes down to personal opinion. But I never saw the weight as an issue.
hallow timber
well the wieght of a magazine doubling when you load it into the weapaon is a bit ridiculous
peak plover
I just made up lies to cower up for it. Called it a feature
polar folio
lol
tacit pebble
Can anyone tell me what exactly global namespace is? A set of variables yes but in what context when for example using this line
_ui = uiNamespace getVariable ["Life_HUD_nameTags",displayNull];
still forum
uiNamespace stays between missions. missionNamespace resets between missions.
Both are theoretically Global as every variable in there is accessible by every script
tacit pebble
Can you elaborate ?
little eagle
I can try
still forum
Depends on how you define global... Commy can do better.. I gotta watch youtube stuff ๐
tacit pebble
Haha thanks :p
little eagle
A namespace is a container for variables. All variable are defined in one namespace. In theory, you can have the same variable identifier (variable name) used in multiple namespaces and the identifier can even represent totally different values.
The variables only exist as long as the namespace exists.
tough abyss
Like we saw, there is near to no difference in distance and distanceSqr functions performance, but anyone know about distance VS distance2D? I can test for sure, but can't now.
little eagle
The default namespace is the missionNamespace
The missionNamespace persists as long as the mission exists.
It can be saved and loaded by saving or loading a mission save (savegame).
The uiNamespace persists as long as the game is running.
It's used for stuff that exists outside of missions (e.g. ui - user interfaces)
The profileNamespace persists as long as the profile exists. So it can carry over variables from old sessions.
The missionNamespace contains all "global variables".
Local variables would only exist in the script scope they are defined in and it's child scopes.
There is a different definition for global though and that deals with variables that exists on all machines in multiplayer.
It's not to be confused with global- (alias for missionNamespace-) variables.
They are called public global variables, not sure if you mean that or not.
That's it basically. I'm no computer guy , so it's my layman terms for all of this. Basically the commy school of SQF
tacit pebble
I understand what your saying but why wouldn't we just access them variables directly, why put it in a uinamespace
little eagle
Not sure, since I didn't write that script
But I have an idea.
The missionNamespace is meant to be serialized when saving a game.
This is essential, so you can resume it later.
However, displays and controls cannot be serialized.
Since they are gone when closing the game.
This is the reason why you cannot store them in:
- global variables
- object namespace variables
- local variables in scheduled scripts that don't have serialization disabled (disableSerialization command)
The game does not complain when the controls or displays are stored in arrays that are defined in any of the three above for some reason, but they become displayNull or controlNull when loading the game (after closing it down in some cases)
life probably just says "fuck savegames", we only do MP
And just stores them in uiNamespace, to retrieve them later
Honestly, they probably don't know themselves why they do it. They just copied it from someone else and it's a common way to "get it to work"
tacit pebble
Yeah that's why I like to understand why, I like the architecture behind it. Thanks for clearing that up mate. Like you said the missionNamespace is default, if you were to store the ui in global variables would it try to serialize this in missionNamespace as default or am I missunderstanding?
little eagle
They can't just store it in missionNamespace, because the game would throw an error message in your face.
I mean they could. All they have to do , is to put it in an array. But they don't know that ; )
little eagle
testvar = findDisplay 46
try this, it complains
(once per session)
It's another dumb check that was meant to be helpful, but is just annoying and frustrating to new modders.
Just like "hurr durr, undefined variable in expression" when using scheduled environment scripts
thin pine
but..but...the variable is undefined in the expression ._.
little eagle
This has to be one of the worst design choices of SQF
I mean I get it
But why is it different in unscheduled environment?
Just be consistent : (
little eagle
You don't get frustrated while scripting
You optimize a macro or function
And you test it and it works. You even have a unit test that you call from debug console
patch done, release
tacit pebble
You say your not a computer guy @little eagle that's a nice meme
little eagle
You get bug reports from people using your API and suddenly it errors!
You spawn your unit test this time and it does error: undefined variable in expression
: (
thin pine
I assume it does output the error in the RPT file, in an unscheduled environment? It just doesn't do it visually after the first time, right?
little eagle
It's totally valid to use undefined variables in unscheduled environment
The check only exists in scheduled environment. And getting nil as GameValue by other means (commands without return value) does handle exactly the same way.
It's only referencing undefined variables and only in scheduled environment
call {
_undefined
};
no error
0 spawn {
_undefined
};
error
0 spawn {
isNil {_undefined};
};
no error
thin pine
Hmm, didn't know it just completely ignored it. But then again I try to keep my variables defined, hehe
little eagle
Which sucks, because
[_potentiallyUndefined] param [0, <DEFAULT VALUE>]
is such a nice syntax. Errors in scheduled.
I'm at the point where it's harder to deal with scheduled vs. unscheduled than it is with local vs remote in multiplayer
And that's just fucked up
tough abyss
distance2D worth over distance? ๐
halcyon crypt
what?
oh
fail ๐
well, distance2D compares x,y and distance compares x,y,z but I doubt it's that big of a difference
performance wise
little eagle
one + z^2 less
thin pine
I checked it a week or so ago. I found pretty much no difference in speed
player distance [1000,1000,1000] vs player distance2d [1000,1000,1000] - 2d and '3d' output the same speed. i think 2d was occasionally 0.001 ms faster, lool
halcyon crypt
๐ค
tough abyss
just kiding for sure
little eagle
player distance [1000,1000,1000] vs player distance2d [1000,1000,1000]
those should report completely different things
z has to be small compared to x and y for them to be equivalents
halcyon crypt
"output at the same speed"
tough abyss
sqrt(100000) is more expensive than sqrt(10)?
Man, so now we are discussing 0.000001 improvements ๐
little eagle
No, because 10 is really like 0000010
tough abyss
Ah...
i will try to tun the less heavy code like a=1; and see if i get the same execution time than distance, distance2D and distanceSqr.
If yes, so its a limit in the smallest time it can have, at least on that test.
halcyon crypt
I think someone fed you the optimization cool-aid ๐
no point in testing, just use whatever you need to use
little eagle
performance is overrated anyway
halcyon crypt
exactly ^^
thin pine
@little eagle the Z value was made high on purpose to demonstrate that even then the difference in performance is pretty much non existent ๐
still forum
If you worry about performance...just removing one script call whatever it is gets you atleast a 10 or 20x improvement than what removing one dimension from the distance calculation gets you
thin pine
if you worry about performance, just use nearestObjects with a 10km radius.
tough abyss
its uses distance2D states the wiki... but... it orders also.
may be for THIS distance2D there is gain
since its internal to the function
not a function
still forum
nearestObjects doesn't use distance 2D. it uses distanceSqr and compares that against the squared input distance
At first atleast. Once it has the list of all nearestObjects it sorts it again using distance2D
thin pine
it was a joke, monsieur. une example of killing le performance, oui oui. ๐
hearty plover
How do you post code like that D:
Well, anyways, I have two scripts there, obviously in reality they live in seprate files.
I am wanting to use them to create a timer
One sets the start time of the timer
The second updates the elapsed time
They would write to two pre-defined global variables, and they would be used server side only to control the game-modes logic / loop
Example :
while {(MODE_RUNNING) && CLOCK_ELAPSED < ROUND_TIME} do { // logic and check other end cons }
The ff_clockStart would get called right before the loop, as well as a call to the clockTimer to setup the elapsed time, should make it zero, even if it alread is.. I doubt I will put enough code between those points for it to add up to a full second.
My question is, I plan on have two teams of five people, no AI, and am wondering what would be THE MOST accurate way, to assure that the information related to that elapsed time, is shown to them, as accurate as possible.
civic maple
// FIRST FILE, ff_clockSet.sqf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
// =============================================================================
// [ff_clockSet.sqf]
// Takes no arguments, can be called to set the CLOCK_START in order to calculate
// time left in the round, or other time managed events.
// =============================================================================
CLOCK_START = serverTime;
_clockStart = [CLOCK_START, "MM:SS"] call BIS_fnc_secondsToString;
systemChat format ["Last Time State | %1 ", _clockStart];
// END OF FILE HERE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
// SECOND FILE, ff_clockTimer.sqf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
// =============================================================================
// [ff_clockTimer.sqf]
// Takes no arguments, called during the loop in which it manages. It updates the TIME_COUNTDOWN
// to be the elpased time since CLOCK_START was last set.
// =============================================================================
CLOCK_ELAPSED = serverTime - CLOCK_START;
_clockElapsed = [CLOCK_ELAPSED, "MM:SS"] call BIS_fnc_secondsToString;
systemChat format ["Time Elapsed | %1 ", _clockElapsed];
// END OF FILE HERE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
you do triple backtick, then sqf, then new line, then code, then newline then triple backtick
queen cargo
not sure why you annotated me
and no idea what you are talking about
ok
ye ... did not followed that much anymore
dusk sage
D:
hearty plover
?
dusk sage
yeh
little eagle
The question is not if you can, but if you should.
spring dune
little eagle
Did you enter this in debug console?
ionic orchid
} else {
#include <switch_insignia.sqf>
};
try that
it probably doesn't like the bits before and after the include
maybe also needs " instead of < and >
little eagle
No
spring dune
@ionic orchid same return
" and <> are equal...
spring dune
@little eagle Yup, same return.
little eagle
You cannot use preprocessor instructions in the debug console.
You have to preprocess a file if you want to use macros or include etc.
It has to be a .sqf file
little eagle
No. It has to be in a .sqf file.
Preprocessed via execVM or preprocessFile(LineNumbers)
Only preprocessing can resolve the macros. If you enter the code into the debug console, it already is a STRING in the eyes of the game that will be compiled.
To resolve preprocessor instructions a FILE has to be preprocessed.
spring dune
@little eagle Any example?
little eagle
- create test.sqf in your current mission folder
- paste your code in there
- execute via debug console:
execVM "test.sqf"
execVM command will load the file contents, preprocess it (resolve preprocessor instructions like #define or #include), compile it and start a pseudo thread.
Note the: * preprocess it*
spring dune
It's alive finally guys.
Thanks to @little eagle for his advices.
May i post some results there a bit later & show you how that's work?
warped moon
In Exile, how can I run a command that, lets say needs to be executed every 60s?
dusk sage
Not really Exile related @warped moon
while {true} do {
//mycommand
sleep 60;
};```Make sure it's run scheduled though
warped moon
run scheduled, what do u mean by that, can't I just put it in initserver?
dusk sage
You can yes, initServer runs scheduled.
warped moon
okay nice, thanks buddy
dusk sage
what do u mean by that
Have a google around the topic, something that has plenty of resources avaliable
warped moon
will do, thanks ๐
little eagle
LineNumbers*
little eagle
wrong as ever ๐
dusk sage
๐ฅ
thorn saffron
hey folks
sudden delta
Is there a script for getting some sort of TFAR jammer?
thorn saffron
Im trying to debug the real armors mod and I keep getting a script error in this bit in smart.sqf:
if ((true in ([_x] call list_weapons)) AND !(_x in _active) AND alive _x)
game complains that list_weapons is undefined, its a function that has list of weapons and such
smart.sqf: http://pastebin.com/UvEf84fP
functions.sqf: http://pastebin.com/Bi8GZRh2
thin pine
@thorn saffron that moment when you're on mobile and the links aren't hyperlinked nor can you copy them without copying the entire quote
cerulean whale
@sudden delta tfar has inbuilt functions to disable radio I believe... you could use that
sudden delta
@cerulean whale As a radio jammer?
cerulean whale
There us scripts to block radio signal if you are out of range. ... you could transform them into a jammer script
If a player with a jammer is nearby then block as if you were out if range
sudden delta
I will have to look into that, sounds a bit complicated though
prisma void
I want to create an Extension on a Win PC without using Visual Studio. My source code worked in VS but I canยดt get to work in any other IDE (CMake + CLion). Has someone experience wiht that?
thin pine
@thorn saffron see if list weapon is defined in the debug console
The fnc
If there was an error in the function the function would be undefined
little eagle
It isn't. That's why the game complains about it.
Yeah. Could be error in the function. Check RPT
thorn saffron
got it working, I missed a comma between one of the weapons
still forum
@prisma void All the c++ devs are in #arma3_tools
tough abyss
Would someone mind explaining this line of code, I just can't get my head around it no matter how much I read what the functions do
{!(lineIntersects [eyePos vehicle cameraOn, eyePos _object, vehicle cameraOn, _object])}
It's saying the line starts from the the position of the persons vehicle to the position of the object and ignore any other vehicles in the way and also ignore the object we want???
vague hull
nope, it checks whether a line between the camera eyepos and the eyepos of the target in intersected
we are just ignoring the two objects, because we want to make sure that something else is in the way
tough abyss
What do you mean by that?
still forum
Basically if you have direct line of sight to the target.
tough abyss
But why do we ignore the 2 objects we want
still forum
if nothing intersects between players camera (cameraOn may be different than player) and the target it returns true
vague hull
because the model is in the way of the LOS
still forum
because We wan't to see if something is between the objects. We don't want the 2 objects. We only want stuff between
vague hull
if you are laying in the ground and look backwards, your LOS from the eyepos may be intersected by your backpack, and thats what you want to avoid
still forum
Or theoretically eyepos is on your pupils. If you have glasses on these might intersect. But we don't care about that
tough abyss
Okay so specifically eyePos vehicle cameraOn returns the eyes of the player driving the vehicle, if this line of sight intersects with the objects line of sight whilst ignoring the vehicle which hes sat in and also ignoring object return true
still forum
" if this line of sight intersects with the objects line of sight"
no
Draw a line between the eyes of the player driving the vehicle and the object
just a straight line between the heads of both objects
if the line goes through anything besides vehicle cameraOn and _object then it returns false
like if a wall or a vehicle or a building or anything is on that line it Intersects so it returns false
tough abyss
Does it return false because of the ! operand, are you including that in your answer?
still forum
yep
easier: lineIntersects x y
returns if a line between points x and y intersects anything
tough abyss
Yeah I get what your saying mate, thanks for that I just need to understand why in this code now. Cheers ๐
It's nto gonna retrun false though is it?
Or could you say in other words it's going to be true aslong as it doesn't intersect with any objects
still forum
lineIntersects returns false if nothing intersects. combined with the ! it would return true if nothing intersects
tough abyss
Yea I'm there now I was tripping on that bit haha thanks
@still forum what would {!(lineIntersects [eyePos vehicle cameraOn, eyePos _object, vehicle cameraOn, _object])} return if the player wasn't in a car?
ivory timber
15:11:22 File life_server\init.sqf, line 70
15:11:22 Error in expression OCOL:Database2:SQL:%1:TEXT2",FETCH_CONST(life_sql_id),EXTDB_SETTING(getText,"Dat
15:11:22 Error position: <(life_sql_id),EXTDB_SETTING(getText,"Dat>
15:11:22 Error Missing ]
Can anyone help me with this?
still forum
I'd guess you are missing a ]
I don't see enoguh code so i can't help. Show me that section of the code
ivory timber
Sure
"extDB3" callExtension "9:ADD_DATABASE:Database2";
_life_sql_id = str(round(random(999999)));
life_sql_id = compileFinal _life_sql_id;
"extDB3" callExtension format["9:ADD_DATABASE_PROTOCOL:%2:SQL:%1:TEXT2",FETCH_CONST(life_sql_id),EXTDB_SETTING(getText,"Database2")];
"extDB3" callExtension "9:LOCK";
Uhm... Doesn't look wrong.. But i don't know whats inside FETCH_CONST and EXTDB_SETTING
But macros usually are written correctly ๐
That Database2 thingy. Did you set that in the settings somewhere? looks like it's retreiving something from a settings file
indigo snow
those macros shouldve been resolved at this point, no?
rotund cypress
Hey if I would like to pass in an array with say [0,0,0]
still forum
Right.. They aren't according to rpt
rotund cypress
Would this be suitable then? ```params [
[ "_array", [ 0, 0, 0 ], [] ]
];```
rotund cypress
so
That is the params
And then i would do as you said
[ [1,2,1] ] remoteExecCall [ "function" ];
still forum
yep
rotund cypress
๐
rotund cypress
If I wanna make a string into code Im trying to use compile
But it gives me a value like { [ 0, 0, 0 ] }
When I have a string like "[0,0,0]"
Any thoughts?
rotund cypress
Ah there we go
austere granite
call the code block will return [0, 0, 0]
rotund cypress
Aah yeah I see lol
austere granite
in future you can use this too: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/parseSimpleArray
rotund cypress
Thanks Ill have a look
shadow sapphire
Does anyone know off the top of their head if there is a radio animation that isn't tied to other cutscene actions? I've found some good radio use animations, but they are all tied to part of a cutscene sequence, so I can't use them in game.
dusk sage
@prisma void You haven't really elaborated. Did you give an entry point for the extension? (VS will usually do this for you). Also, like Dedmen said, #arma3_tools is the better place
shadow sapphire
Hey, how might I make these two switch move animations work one right after the other during gameplay?
S1 switchMove "GetInHemttBack";
S1 switchMove "GetOutMRAP_01Pst";```Trying to allow players to climb over taller objects without requiring an addon.
shadow sapphire
Anyone know anything about animations?
hallow timber
If you look in the animations viewer at the two animations, you should be able to see the length of time the animation takes
then just wait that amount of time before calling the next animation
also playMove may be better to make the transition smoother
shadow sapphire
playMove doesn't work for these animations, I did try it. Okay, so, I use like waituntil?
or sleep?
@hallow timber
hallow timber
I'm not really sure which would work best, I was thinking you could use sleep, but I'm just guessing with all of this
shadow sapphire
Oh, okay.
still forum
There is also a animDone eventhandler ๐
shadow sapphire
@still forum, it worked! Thanks!
S1 switchMove "GetInHemttBack";
S1 addeventhandler ["AnimDone",{
S1 switchMove "GetOutMRAP_01Pst";}];```nice, thats a much cleaner solution
shadow sapphire
Problem is now I have to figure out how to make this crap actually do something other than play an animation. Would you guys recommend like getpos setpos or is there a better way to move a unit?
Right now, the animation plays, it looks fine, until the second animation, then it drops right back where it started, no actual climbing.
still forum
you may need to remove the eventhandler again after it fired ๐
shadow sapphire
No, it was putting back where they started even when I just use one animation by itself.
I mean, you're probably right, but that isn't the cause of this particular problem.
Not the sole cause, anyway.
still forum
yep wasn't talking about that problem
yeah animations start from your position. your position doesn't really change while the anim is playing
Just checked what enhanced movement does. He sets the player position every Frame according to the current position in the animation
_poswt = _climber worldtomodel (asltoagl _pos);
_climber setposASL (agltoasl (_climber modeltoworld [_posWT select 0, _posWT select 1, _posWT select 2]));
I don't know what _pos is. I think it is the original pos of the player
It may be enough if you do that once in animDone
shadow sapphire
@still forum, that's brilliant!
still forum
@polar folio 's code
shadow sapphire
Just set it on the eventhandler. Perfect.
What is the regular default animation state called? Do you know?
still forum
switchMove "" ?
shadow sapphire
Dammit. I knew that. Thanks so much.
Hmm... this isn't working:
S1 switchmove "GetInHemttBack";
S1 addeventhandler ["AnimDone",{
S1 setpos (getpos S1 vectoradd [0,0,10]);
S1 switchmove "";
}];
S1 removeeventhandler ["AnimDone", 0];```
Any advice?S1 is going back to default animation no problem, but S1 is always returning to default position.
indigo snow
you remove the EH immediately after adding it
shadow sapphire
I thought that's what I needed to do.
indigo snow
it never fires now ๐ i guess you want to remove it after that setMove, so inside the EH itself
shadow sapphire
Oh! Okay.
@indigo snow, do you know how to always add one meter forward and three meters up from the object's current facing? Could I get a link or a template?
S1 switchmove "GetInHemttBack";
S1 addeventhandler ["AnimDone",{
S1 setpos (getpos S1 vectoradd [0,0,10]);
S1 removeeventhandler ["AnimDone", 0];
S1 switchmove "";
}];```Current iteration.
indigo snow
something like player setPosATL player modelToWorld [0,1,3];
shadow sapphire
Why do we use setposATL, instead of just setpos after getdir?
indigo snow
player might be on a building like some docks
if you use getDir youd have to get his facing, rotate the offset vector, add it to his current position and set him to that
using modelToWorld is more efficient
shadow sapphire
Okay! Alright... lemme take a crack at this....
indigo snow
modelToWorld returns posAGL which is the same as posATL over land
and im assuming youre not getting into hemmets whilst over water
shadow sapphire
HAha, yeah. I'm trying to create a mobility script. It's way over my head, but I'm ready to clock the hours.
error in modeltoworld. Expected array.
indigo snow
add some brackets
shadow sapphire
Don't know what I've done wrong.
S1 switchmove "GetInHemttBack";
S1 addeventhandler ["AnimDone",{
S1 setposatl S1 modeltoworld [0,1,3];
S1 removeeventhandler ["AnimDone", 0];
S1 switchmove "";
}];```player setPosATL (player modelToWorld [0,1,3]);
shadow sapphire
Ah, shit.
indigo snow
btw dont remove the 0 EH
remove _thisEventHandler and youll be guaranteed its the right one
shadow sapphire
I don't understand the syntax.
Also, we have a problem. The modeltoworld coordinates seem to be cumulative. Every time I run it, my object goes higher. First time it climbs 3 meters up, next time he climbs then teleports to six meters, then nine meters on the next attempt.
indigo snow
yea because i think the EH isnt actually getting removed
youre removing the 0 index one eacht time
shadow sapphire
Why do we do that? What does the zero mean?
indigo snow
so all event handlers get assigned a number and theyre fired in order
so you remove the 0 index (first) one every time
so if it actually has index 1 (second) it doesnt get removed
_thisEventHandler is a magic variable with the right number you need
shadow sapphire
Ah! Gotcha. That makes sense.
It's working well now! I just have to keep tweaking it to get it looking right.
I also have to figure out how to do keydown and check that there is something to climb, then make it work in multiplayer. Ugh!
indigo snow
for a keyDown youll need a displayEventHandler, which you can add to the main display (findDisplay 46)
chilly hull
Anyone know if it's possible to ressurect a player who has gone to spectator? I'm trying to add a zeus module that would allow us to ressurect players who died for certain reasons.
shadow sapphire
Main display?
@indigo snow, the wiki for displayaddeventhandler is WAY over my head.
@chilly hull, are you talking about for players who were killed by glitches or something like that?
chilly hull
That would be its primary use. Players fall through rocks sometimes. Tracked vehicles fly into the sky and various other things.
shadow sapphire
@chilly hull, If you're already using Zeus, consider using the Ares mod. Using Ares, you could just revive the player, then teleport them back to where they died. Might still require a tiny bit of scripting, though.
civic maple
Ares Achilles is better imo
chilly hull
I'm using Ares, but never saw any tool I could use in it
little eagle
I don't see any eventhandler here.
Time is not synched in Arma
One client can be at 24:00, the other at 23:30.
The slower the client is and the longer they are connected, the bigger the time desynch becomes
skipTime has local effects
And even without the commands, time is not synched.
If you want stuff to happen at a certain time, you monitor the time on the server and if 24:00 is reached, you call a global scripted event.
I doubt Arma has API for that by default.
remoteExec from the server
Predefine the function to remotely execute on the clients beforehand
// init
func = { ... };
there, predefined
it can then rest in memory until called by the server via remoteExec ["func"];
change "func" to whatever you want. With tag of course, since it's a global variable
No need for waitUntil at all
Well one loop on the server I guess
vague hull
What would you guys guess, how many AI would simulate the load of 50 Players? ^^
cpu and mem ofc, network cant really be simulated that way I think
rancid ruin
they do it by magic
vague hull
yep, well its just a bit harsh to get a good opinion of how the performance would be without having actual players testing it
but it kinda needs to be done
little eagle
An AI (group at least) does some stuff that a player unit doesn't have to do. So purely by processing time, one AI is more load than a player.
In theory.
Who knows what simplifications they do to AI.
rancid ruin
if you expect 50 people to play the mission then it should be easy enough to get 25 to help test it right?
little eagle
You can't compare that at all I'd say.
rancid ruin
that's why you charge people ยฃ25 to play your mission. then tons of people will come
vague hull
even if I would get 25 people to test it once, I would not be able to get that going every week
try it in debug console
I know, but if you type it in debugconsole then it will show the syntax
then you can just try what types are expected for the filter
little eagle
The debug console tooltip isn't right all the time either.
vague hull
numbers or strings would be my first pick
try -1
or 0
nah, just numbers
however
maybe its just time to make a mp stress tester mission
I mean more like: add that thingy to your missionfile on the mission/mod you are developing and then run it
so it doenst need no players
so thats good at least for testing the calculation load (CPS and FPS, memory usage and so on)
little eagle
Just store the effects inside an array
remoteExec a cleanup function
and that cleanup function iterates through the array with all the effects and deletes them
The whole script with that arrangement should just run locally and should be started by one remoteExec from the server
If you have a "musical arrangement", then you won't be able to keep that in synch with network delay
Hell, even scheduled scripts will desynch that music and the effects
tough abyss
Would someone mind explaining why we do _units-[player]; out of an array for example
_units = _units - [player];```Removes the player from the array
So it returns any other object but player
What would the array look like if we didn't do that?
Well it would include your player in the array. You player is always the nearest object
Ohh I see
Thanks
little eagle
nearestObjects[(visiblePosition player)
๐คฆ
tough abyss
XD
cerulean whale
What's the style to make RscActiveText show an image?
It works fine with RscText but not RscActiveText
cerulean whale
I tried ST_Picture but that only works like stated above, with RscTect not ActiveText
cerulean whale
I figured it out. I needed type=CT_ACTIVETEXT
cerulean whale
Is there a way to execute a script on button hover?
cerulean whale
Thx, @little eagle
cerulean whale
Weird, I am trying to set a ' onMouseButtonClick' EVH like this ```SQF
createDialog "HRP_radialMenu";
HRP_fnc_colorRadial = {
player setVariable ["test", 1, true];
};
[] spawn
{
waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 5055)};
((findDisplay 5055) displayCtrl 1602) ctrlSetEventHandler ["onMouseButtonClick", "[] call HRP_fnc_colorRadial"];
};
Just for debug purposes
but it doesn't seen to work... Hmm
Anyone got an ideas?
jade abyss
Erm, why don't you assign the action to the button itself?
Instead of using EHs. I am confused
native hemlock
It's probably not working because you are doing onMouseButtonClick, try MouseButtonClick
If you were adding it in the dialog config, like Dscha is suggesting, you'd use on beforehand, if you're using it with an event handler in a script, you don't use on
cerulean whale
@jade abyss I'm not actually using that. I'm trying to use onMouseEnter but that doesn't work either, so I was trying that one. and @native hemlock That doesn't work either
Wait, now I restart it again and it wroks
that's weird lol
cerulean whale
This was a script
:/
I know about UI. But this was just a script I execed in console ๐
cerulean whale
Ik, I've been doing GUI's for awhile. Maybe I put my teamspeak push to talk key in at the very start and didn't notice the script error ๐
jade abyss
prolly
rocky marsh
can someone help me with this? http://pastebin.com/SdftMLLA < Error http://pastebin.com/CWChUNxL < Code
dusk sage
Could be a few things
What was the value of _ammocount?
Did you have a weapon? @rocky marsh
rocky marsh
Yeah I had a weapon and I had 3 mags, all full up
little eagle
_fuck = 0;
if(_ammocount > 0) then
{
_fuck = _ammocount / _maxammo;
};
chilly surge
Good evening.
Is there any chance of making a ammo hemmet into a smaller vehicle, like a humvee?
So you can rearm vehicles and turrets with ACE 3
little eagle
You cannpt change the model of objects in Arma and even if you could, they are both massively different config wise and that would cause all kinds of problems.
chilly surge
No, I think I sayed it wrong.
I would like to have like a "smaller Hemmet". Where you can rearm anything like the normal Ammo Truck
jade abyss
Only doable by Mod (search for "transportAmmo" in the Config.cpp's)
little eagle
You would like to be able to (ACE) rearm at a Humvee?
civic maple
Does anyone know the rate that triggers check if units are present?
halcyon crypt
not sure but I think triggers are supposed to be per frame
civic maple
Strange, my trigger would only activate if I went slow enough
jade abyss
iirc 0,5s
civic maple
fuck
Any way to make it quicker, or do I need to add a onEachFrame thingy and check the positions manually?
jade abyss
For what?
civic maple
Racing
jade abyss
Clientside, per frame EH, tiny 5m Radius Check or so
civic maple
kk
jade abyss
conditionStatement is evaluated every 0.5 seconds regardless of anything. If you have created a trigger, it is already evaluating its condition every 0.5 seconds.```I'd recommend inArea or inAreaArray with markers.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea
civic maple
Is addMissionEventHandler local?
little eagle
Yes.
woeful mirage
hat hier jemand plan von altis Life 5.0 ?
little eagle
English please.
dusk sage
AL? ๐บ
woeful mirage
need help on Tanoa Life 5.0
I made new items (modelling) > Goldbar and a new shop to buy and sell.
My goldbar is a magazine and i cant sell it. This item isnt in "your inventory"
i think, the problem is this "_iS = [_x,_itemArray] call TON_fnc_index; in the fn_weaponShopFilter.sqf
_is = -1 and i dont know why
meager granite
check the function to see why it returns it
woeful mirage
merci
tough abyss
To set an agent locality to server i can use _agnt setOwner 0;?
Server id is 0?
@tough abyss oh my! Tremendous bug in my part!
Thanks!
I was using 0. This explain nuts situation.
@tough abyss in truth i saw that somewere, but not give credits: "server on 2?? Naaahh..."
And keepet using 0.
indigo snow
__SERVER__
tough abyss
SERVER______
i just added 20 _ + SERVER + 20 _
20 underscore + SERVER + 20 underscore
lol
and it worked
little eagle
\_\_SERVER\_\_
try this
tough abyss
___________________________________SERVER_______________________________________________
lol
@tough abyss can i use _agnt setOwner __SERVER__;?
meager granite
What's with everyone using isEqualTo instead of == ? ๐ค
It is slightly faster than ==, especially when comparing Strings
I guess this line might be the reason
I guess case sensitivity might reason why it compares quicker
isEqualTo might be dangerous for entities
entities?
yes
comparing two null entities will return true
its a useful trait of null is that its not equal to another null
simply replacing every == with isEqualTo might potentially break something
Also I guess _a != _b should be faster than !(_a isEqualTo _b) ?
the less commands the better
tough abyss
This dont work as i want (code exec in server) _agnt enableSimulation true; _agnt setOwner 2;, but this _agnt enableSimulation true; _agnt spawn {_this setOwner 2;}; works as i want. Any problem on that i need to consider? ๐ Thanks! It will be used many times, when the agents don't have a target and fall back to the server.
Seens the first command take some time to happens..
meager granite
Can you even setOwner 2 if server is not player? ๐ค
tough abyss
@tough abyss ok, but in the tests it returned true so it worked, but not update the object imediatily.
meager granite
Or was it fixed in A3?
setOwner 2 wasn't working on dedicated server
But I recall some talk about fixing it in A3
Fixed in rev. 129204.
yeah, fixed in A3
Feb 2015
2 years ago
@tough abyss Do you happen to spawn said _agnt on the same frame?
I recall there was issue with changing owner on same frame with entity creation
Only through scripts, client physically doesn't know other client ids
tough abyss
@meager granite zombies are created on server and have server locality, when they engage on a player, the zombie locality is transfered to the player machine and i use _zombie enableSimulation false on the server. When the zombie is not on engage anymore, its locality is set back to the server, this is when i use this code on server _zombie enableSimulation true;_zombie setOwner 2; but the zombie get teleported to the place he was when i disabled simulation.
if i exec that _zombie enableSimulation true;_zombie spawn {_this setOwner 2;}; the zombie don't get teleported.
meager granite
So the issue is teleporting, not transfering locality?
tough abyss
Yes, is teleporting, and it teleport because for the server the zombie is still on the place he was when i disabled simulation.
meager granite
When you disable zombie simulation on server it no longer updates its position there from messages received from client
tough abyss
The problem about setOwner was solved already thanks to @tough abyss.
meager granite
So when you transfer it back to server, server's position becomes real entity position
which was where you last disabled the simulation
tough abyss
Yes, but i enable simulation right before setting the ownerit.
meager granite
if you do spawn setOwner, there is a small time frame where position finally updates to whatever server got from real zombie owner
Otherwise you instantly change locality and whatever server knows about zombie state becomes actual zombie state
tough abyss
Any problem in using the code that works, with the aditional spawn? During a server time, 4 hours more or less, this can happens 1000+ times.
meager granite
and server only knows about last position on the moment of enableSimulation false
meager granite
Practically it shouldn't be an issue
You can try to change ownership on next frame to make sure to avoid theoretical scheduler issues
_zombie enableSimulation true;
server_returnOwnership pushBack _zombie;
on each frame somewhere:
{_x setOwner 2} forEach server_returnOwnership;
server_returnOwnership resize 0;
tough abyss
I can't use a sleep because its unscheduled "place".
meager granite
spawn creates separate scheduled thread
its unrelated to where you create it from, scheduled or not
So you can use sleep inside that spawn
tough abyss
Thanks, i will leave the spawn on the code.
meager granite
doubt you need it though
I think my approach with setting owner on next frame might work
Just guessing that 1 frame will be enough for server to simulate the object and apply real position
tough abyss
also, on a 50 fps server and 5 fps server.
Only test will say
I will leave with spawn for now, without sleep inside spawn
If i got reported problems about that, i change things
little eagle
any easy way from client to get owner of remote unit? for P2P stuff
There is no P2P in Arma. It uses a server-client architecture. Every message goes through the server.
hollow lantern
Anyone knows whats wrong with this? ``` class AebianUI
{
class controls
{
class BLUECIRCLE : IGUIBack
{
x = "SafeZoneX + (795 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
y = "SafeZoneY + (30 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
w = "(128 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
h = "(128 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
text = "media\bluecircle.paa";
};
class REDCIRCLE : IGUIBack
{
x = "SafeZoneX + (1170 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
y = "SafeZoneY + (30 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
w = "(128 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
h = "(128 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
text = "media\redcircle.paa";
};
class MIDDLEWARE : RscEdit
{
text = "conquest_score_west | conquest_score_east";
font = "EtelkaNarrowMediumPro";
x = "SafeZoneX + (909.166666666667 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
y = "SafeZoneY + (29.166666666667 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
w = "(250 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
h = "(105 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
};
};
}; ``` The UI is not getting displayed sadly when using cutRsc ["AebianUI","PLAIN"]; or I just didn't understand how UI works
meager granite
any errors?
Why you have no idd, duration or name defined?
Not sure if these are actually required
Are you sure its in RscTitles?
also try cutRsc with layer number
tough abyss
Any problem in doing that? _obj setVariable ["dmg",0,true]; _obj setVariable ["dmg",0.5,false];
meager granite
no
tough abyss
Thanks!
hollow lantern
@meager granite well File C:\Users\Aebian\Documents\Arma 3\missions\[A]_Rising_Sun.Woodland_ACR\game_dialog.hpp, line 4: /AebianUI/controls.BLUECIRCLE: Undefined base class 'IGUIBack'
if I try to add them via class XY; I don't get an error but its still not shown
meager granite
Well you don't have IGUIBack class defined to reference it
Are you including any kind of config with base classes?
Check what classes you have there
hollow lantern
class RscFrame;
class RscText;
class RscListbox;
class RscControlsGroup;
class RscCombo;
class RscButton;
class RscStructuredText;
class RscButtonMenu;
class IGUIBack;
class RscEdit;
class AebianUI
{
class controls
{
class BLUECIRCLE : IGUIBack
{
x = "SafeZoneX + (795 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
y = "SafeZoneY + (30 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
w = "(128 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
h = "(128 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
text = "media\bluecircle.paa";
};
class REDCIRCLE : IGUIBack
{
x = "SafeZoneX + (1170 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
y = "SafeZoneY + (30 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
w = "(128 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
h = "(128 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
text = "media\redcircle.paa";
};
class MIDDLEWARE : RscEdit
{
text = "conquest_score_west | conquest_score_east";
font = "EtelkaNarrowMediumPro";
x = "SafeZoneX + (909.166666666667 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
y = "SafeZoneY + (29.166666666667 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
w = "(250 / 1920) * SafeZoneW";
h = "(105 / 1080) * SafeZoneH";
};
};
};
holy batman
hollow lantern
but ArmA says that AebianUI not found :x
meager granite
cutRsc requires displays to be defined in RscTitles
Are you sure its there?
Or are we talking addons here?
Looking at config referencing its addon
hollow lantern
I just want some UIs to be displayed in my mission. no AddOn
meager granite
Is this class defined inside RscTitles in description.ext?
hollow lantern
hmm actually not. Wasn't sure if I really need RscTitles for that :x
meager granite
You do, if you want to use display in cutRsc, you need to have it in RscTitles
Displays outside of it can be used for dialogs (createDialog)
fathom cloud
_keyDown = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["0x1A",;"hint str _this";objecthidden true;]
_keydown = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["0x1B",;"hint str _this";objecthidden false;] Can someone tell me what is wrong with this (im new to scripting and this is supposed to be an early version of a stealth script)
meager granite
everything wrong
meager granite
This is the list of events you can add to display with displayAddEventHandler command
Since you want key presses, use KeyDown event handler
fathom cloud
ok
meager granite
myKeyDownFunction = {
_key = _this select 1;
if(_key == 0x1A) then {
player hideObject true;
};
if(_key == 0x1B) then {
player hideObject false;
};
hint str _this;
};
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {call myKeyDownFunction}];
Here is what I guess you wanted to do
meager granite
Do you call this from init.sqf ?
fathom cloud
yeah i was using arma edit without knowing what to do
meager granite
When unsure, search for command and see how it works:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3
fathom cloud
ok thanks for the help
rotund cypress
Hey guys, is there any way of getting a resource title ctrl to resize itself automatically depending on how much text is inside it?
fathom cloud
Is there a toggle for true and false for this myKeyDownFunction = {
_key = _this select 1;
if(_key == 0x1A) then {
player hideObject true;
};
if(_key == 0x1B) then {
player hideObject false;
};
hint str _this;
};
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", "call myKeyDownFunction"];
it makes an annoying sound when i walk
meager granite
it makes sound because of hint command
fathom cloud
ok
hollow lantern
No entry 'C:\Users\Aebian\Documents\Arma 3\missions\[A]_Rising_Sun.Woodland_ACR\description.ext/RscTitles/AebianUI.duration'. but I have it set. https://img.knight-industries.org/2017-02-04_20-32-58.png
meager granite
it says duration in AebianUI, not one of controls
dusk sage
@rotund cypress If you hardcore in at how many characters you need a new line, you can work from that
fathom cloud
ok i removed the hint and its not annoying anymore
royal abyss
is there a script published to make every building and all walls & fences indestructable ?
fathom cloud
Whats the script to add particles?
hollow lantern
hmm not sure what this error should tell me. Google wasnt helpfull /RscTitles/: 'c' encountered instead of '{'
meager granite
@royal abyss no you can't make fences invincible, you still can destroy them through collision
@fathom cloud look into drop command
dusk sage
The config errors are often ambiguous, can you post where the issue is coming from? @hollow lantern
royal abyss
@sa Matra that realy sucks...^^
hollow lantern
https://gist.github.com/Aebian/c73483240597d826f7dc2a26e346799f File C:\Users\Aebian\Documents\Arma 3\missions[A]_Rising_Sun.Woodland_ACR\game_dialog.hpp, line 14: /RscTitles/: 'c' encountered instead of '{'
@dusk sage ^
dusk sage
happens ๐