#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 311

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 11:35 AM

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me?

split coral Apr 13, 2017, 11:36 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ControlsTable

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Was it that you were missing?

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 11:37 AM

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thanks. I'll see if it's useful or not

austere granite Apr 13, 2017, 11:37 AM

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Hngggg

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Seems gut

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 11:38 AM

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i've done that manually with nested controlGroups.. so it is possible without it

austere granite Apr 13, 2017, 11:38 AM

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Yea same here, works fine but was always annoyed that something like this didn't exist yet

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 11:38 AM

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yeh

austere granite Apr 13, 2017, 11:38 AM

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Just one of those things that would seem so likely to have

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At least controlsGroupCtrl command made it a lot easier to work with them

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 11:39 AM

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yeh and control setVariable ...

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used to have invisible labels to store extra data lol

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 11:41 AM

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Some control types are not suitable for use inside of Controls Table. These include e.g. control containers (Controls Group and Controls Table) ...

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RIP

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 11:44 AM

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may not need a controls group?

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i think the rows might effectively be controls groups?

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well i guess depends what you're doing.. but you can have multiple controls in each row

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looks like the commands are all in dev branch only ctAddRow, ctAddHeader, ctClear, ctCurSel, ctSetCurSel, ctRowControls, ctHeaderControls, ctRowCount, ctHeaderCount, ctSetValue, ctValue, ctSetData, ctData, ctFindRowHeader, ctFindHeaderRows, ctRemoveRows, ctRemoveHeaders, ctSetRowTemplate, ctSetHeaderTemplate

split coral Apr 13, 2017, 11:49 AM

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double RIP then

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 12:18 PM

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I'm doing this:
https://camo.githubusercontent.com/91c967fdb46b60b3023331a6f1a0eba189db1c80/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f617076564b49462e6a7067

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needs too many unknowns for controls table

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 12:26 PM

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yeh ok.. guess i'd use nested controlsgroups

rotund cypress Apr 13, 2017, 12:29 PM

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But that is how the ControlsTable works as well if I'm not mistaken? @vapid frigate

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 12:30 PM

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seems the controlstable uses a template that it reuses for each row

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which wouldn't easily work with what commy is doing

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it doesn't exist yet

rotund cypress Apr 13, 2017, 12:30 PM

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What is he doing?

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 12:30 PM

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that pic

rotund cypress Apr 13, 2017, 12:31 PM

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What is that?

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 12:31 PM

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game options with colour pickers i guess

rotund cypress Apr 13, 2017, 12:31 PM

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oh

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 12:38 PM

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I'd make something like the google color picker, but that'd be even more complicated on the inside

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https://www.google.com/#q=color+picker

austere granite Apr 13, 2017, 1:16 PM

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In some cases it would probably be useful still

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i got some cases where i'd use it, but others where i'd go NOPE

simple fiber Apr 13, 2017, 1:32 PM

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HANZ

split coral Apr 13, 2017, 2:35 PM

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@little eagle You mean something like this? https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/203269-release-colorpalette/

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 2:42 PM

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Yes.

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Not as complicated. Just RGB, because it's meant for the average user.

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But basically this

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:14 PM

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Is there a way to detect if client loaded all scripts?

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Im asking because my server is tried to call function on client that was not yet initialized

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I would like to wait until all players called their scripts and then execute thiss function

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 3:16 PM

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can put the name of the function in a 'watch' in the debug console

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it should come up your script (and a bit extra).. if it's blank, it doesn't exist

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:17 PM

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what about getClientStateNumber?

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does in-game mean all scripts are loaded?

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@vapid frigate what?

still forum Apr 13, 2017, 3:18 PM

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Set a variable on the player after the functions initialized like player setVariable ["scriptsDone",true,true] and then you can check that serverside

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Depends on how you are "loading" your scripts

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:18 PM

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most by execVM

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and execVM is asynchronous yup?

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 3:18 PM

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probly better to use CfgFunctions or PREP.. then they all exist at the start

still forum Apr 13, 2017, 3:18 PM

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Well.. I suggest changing the way you are "loading" your scripts then... Yes it is. And I think async scripts only start after the briefing screen.

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 3:19 PM

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Yeah. Use preInit to define the functions.

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 3:19 PM

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execvm runs .sqf files though.. so nothing should need to be 'loaded'

still forum Apr 13, 2017, 3:19 PM

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CfgFunctions are initialized before the briefing screen. so better use that.
or preInit but without execVM.

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:19 PM

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ok thanks

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 3:20 PM

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The functions in CfgFunctions are defined in preInit "internally"

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:20 PM

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I'll try to use CfgFunctions for now

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 3:21 PM

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The less race conditions you create,the easier it is to follow the code.

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And doing more scheduler threads only means more race conditions.

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:21 PM

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yeah I would like to keep it stable

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 3:22 PM

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Lecks, even if you use execVM, the script could depend on other functions.

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 3:22 PM

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yeah, true

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the script should start running but won't necessarily work

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:23 PM

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script is waiting for data from server after function execution

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 3:23 PM

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But it should also complain about undefined variables in scheduled environment, so at least you will be told...

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:23 PM

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so there should be enough time for other scripts to initialize

little eagle Apr 13, 2017, 3:23 PM

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"should be" : D

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:23 PM

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script uses pre-defined cfgFunctions anyway

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so they're in preinit

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 3:24 PM

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i'd probably remoteExec from the server after it's done its thing in that case

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:24 PM

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it is remotexec from server

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but server sometimes sends command too fast and client didnt load that function yet

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that's why I'll try cfgFunctions

vapid frigate Apr 13, 2017, 3:25 PM

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yeh ok.. hopefully that'll solve it

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 3:26 PM

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I can always make a small sleep delay

tough abyss Apr 13, 2017, 3:49 PM

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Remoteexec the functions in array. Last item in the array is a true variable.
That you can do waitUntil {(last item in array)}
That way you know client has all the functions

Or just add the functions to the missionfile

rugged basalt Apr 13, 2017, 4:01 PM

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yeah I added them to cfgFunctions

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also did a 5 second sleep for server to remoteExec just to be 100% sure

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stupid keyboard, sorry for typos. Need to replace it

loud python Apr 13, 2017, 4:55 PM

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I have a question

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I have a variable life_isknocked that is local on one machine

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Given a Unit, I need to check the value of that variable on the machine that the unit is local to / of the player who controls that unit

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also, how does setting a variable on a unit work?

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do getVariable and setVariable automatically set it on the machine were the unit is local, or is is that local to the machine were it is executed?

still forum Apr 13, 2017, 4:58 PM

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just player setVariable ["life_isknocked",true,true] last true makes it global

loud python Apr 13, 2017, 4:58 PM

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okay, that answers both questions

still forum Apr 13, 2017, 4:58 PM

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then you can use _unit getVariable "life_isknocked from any client

brazen sparrow Apr 13, 2017, 8:10 PM

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does anyone know how to restart (press esc -> Restart) a mission in the editor via sqf?

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or sqf to start a mission in 3den

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found it nvm - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Actions#MissionPreview

Eden Editor: Actions

cloud cove Apr 13, 2017, 10:33 PM

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I have a question for the DMS I would like the vehycule spwan no gas have you a ling of scrip that I must add and or I must add it(édité)

still forum Apr 13, 2017, 10:42 PM

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Uhm.. English please?

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vehicle spawn no gas? setFuel 0 ?

tough abyss Apr 13, 2017, 11:00 PM

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@cloud cove DMS is built for exile. Probably better support then asking here. This more related to generic arma.

blazing zodiac Apr 13, 2017, 11:33 PM

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God damn I hope they fix flyInHeightASL for the jets dlc

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Would be kinda funny to still have it broken in a dlc specifically for fixed wing craft

tough abyss Apr 14, 2017, 12:29 AM

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shit

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i was looking for something like forgetTarget

kindred lichen Apr 14, 2017, 2:48 AM

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Hey, does anyone know a call to "Get" an array of spawn locations available to a side in game?

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I'm trying to add AI to a player's respawn vehicles randomly, so when they respawn, they can grab a squad to go with them.

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I don't want to have a "recruiting" function, because it sort of breaks immersion.

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We use ACE, so it's easy to join a squad of AI and take command of them.

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 3:28 AM

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Ugh, can't figure out how to use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/fullCrew

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How do I get ALL the possible seats in vehicle

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Empty would be great

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nvm, I think fullcrew [vehicle ,''] works

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 3:45 AM

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@peak plover Are you wanting to like, get all available seats with their positions? Or just find the first empty seat

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 3:45 AM

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I wanted to get all empty seats

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_usedSpots = fullCrew [_vehicle,''];
_allSpots = fullCrew [_vehicle,'',true];
_emptySpots = _allSpots - _usedSpots;

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I ended up using this

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 3:46 AM

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Is that workin for ya?

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 3:50 AM

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I'll try in a few hours when I get my script running and into arma

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Trying to make a script that has an AI drop off people in a helicopter

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oooh thanks

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That is exactly what I needed

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 3:59 AM

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Actually. This would work beter I suppose. Really depending on your needs and how you choose to modify it(the sytax for emptyPositons = _unit emptyPositions _position) ```
waitUntil { ([vehicle, "Cargo"] call Client_GetEmptySeats) == 0 };

Client_GetEmptySeats = {
_vehicle = _this select 0;
_check = _vehicle emptyPositions (_this select 1);
_check
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You shouldnt need the function actually. All you would need is: waitUntil { (vehicle emptyPositions "Cargo") == 0 };

night frigate Apr 14, 2017, 5:08 AM

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Any way to change the loaded magazine when setting loadouts for AI in the editor (by using the Edit Loadout option to get to Arsenal)?

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 6:38 AM

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first magazine added ?

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 12:23 PM

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What would we do without error reports from the community. https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/issues/5082

GitHub

too much errors,cannot use ace3 with arma3 v1.68 · Issue #5082 ·...

Arma 3 Version: x.xx (stable / rc / dev) CBA Version: 3.x.x (stable / dev + commit hash) ACE3 Version: 3.x.x (stable / dev + commit hash) Mods: - CBA_A3 - ace Description: Add a detailed descript...

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 12:30 PM

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too much errors

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i haven't seen any in 1.68.. we also use ace on 40-50 player ops

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 12:32 PM

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Oh, I'm sure it's riddled with errors.

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 12:33 PM

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at least he used the template

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 12:33 PM

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It forces the template. You start with the template

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 12:33 PM

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oh ok lol

merry ibex Apr 14, 2017, 12:34 PM

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https://gyazo.com/326d9c0120fbbd197802fd30e7770d93 is this something i can replicate or is it unique to end game?

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 12:34 PM

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He only change the title

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 12:35 PM

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looks like he signed up to github just to make that contribution

worthy spade Apr 14, 2017, 12:43 PM

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Just reduce the errors damnit.

peak plover Apr 14, 2017, 12:46 PM

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I actually have a ace error in the main menu, forgot what it is, but after leaving a server and going to the main menu, there is a script error

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bethesta studio pls fix

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 1:00 PM

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spectator?

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 2:12 PM

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name looks wrong?

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would usually be ace_weather_rain in ace

rancid ruin Apr 14, 2017, 2:13 PM

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hey @little eagle what's your AGM_COH mod on github?

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 2:14 PM

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hmm that is right though @tough abyss , looks like it's just in missionNamespace https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/weather/functions/fnc_updateRain.sqf

still forum Apr 14, 2017, 3:15 PM

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~~And It's called ACE_weather_rain~~ Woops no it's not

still forum Apr 14, 2017, 3:32 PM

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PublicVariableEH's are always missionNamespace

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/weather/XEH_postInit.sqf#L13 here is that code that battleye tells you

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 3:34 PM

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it's GVAR(ACE_Rain)

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that would be ace_weather_ACE_Rain

still forum Apr 14, 2017, 3:35 PM

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Well.. It's just a normal ACE script that's executing there. No Idea why Battleye complains

vapid frigate Apr 14, 2017, 3:36 PM

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is it talking about the ACE_WIND_PARAMS part then?

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rather than the ACE_rain part

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have you added that to your filter?

still forum Apr 14, 2017, 3:41 PM

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Well.. It's postInit.. So no. No uiNamespace

placid root Apr 14, 2017, 3:53 PM

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hey:) does anybody know why my lightsource is flickering all the time? (attached to a flying plane)

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_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0]; _light setLightBrightness 0.1; _light setLightAmbient [1, 1, 1]; _light setLightColor [1, 1.0, 1]; _light lightAttachObject [plane, [0,0,0]];

jade abyss Apr 14, 2017, 3:54 PM

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Lightsources to a Vehicle/moving object = Bad idea.

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They won't hold Position properly and lag around

placid root Apr 14, 2017, 3:55 PM

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ok then chemlight it is 😛

jade abyss Apr 14, 2017, 3:55 PM

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yep

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 4:23 PM

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@rancid ruin
Template for company of heroes mod. Not finished and unlikely to be ever finished.

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JIP (Optional):

String or Boolean - If true, function generates a unique ID for the message and the message itself is added to the JIP queue and executed for every JIP. If a non-empty string is given, it is treated a custom ID of the message and the message itself is added to the JIP queue overriding any remoteExecCall message with the same ID. Otherwise, no ID is generated and no message is placed into the JIP queue. [default: false] (see also Example 7 on how to remove previously set function from JIP queue)

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So I guess it appears 100 times in the JIP quene.

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Since it generates a new JIP id since it uses "true".

rancid ruin Apr 14, 2017, 4:28 PM

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did you have something specific in mind for that COH mod or were you just testing?

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 4:29 PM

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I wanted to make a template first and then maybe do stuff. CoH1 is pretty dead though.

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So hard to motivate. And I don't have unlimited time, so I rather do Arma. 😃

rancid ruin Apr 14, 2017, 4:29 PM

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yeah fair enough

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coh doesn't have many players but there is a strong core of like 500 people who are hardcore coh1 people

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OMG mod is still played regularly

hollow lantern Apr 14, 2017, 4:41 PM

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if (rank _caller >= "SERGEANT" && _state isEqualTo "doDeSpawn") then``` can someone explain me why this generates an error? ```sqf
if (rank _caller <= "SERGEANT" && _state isEqualTo "toLab>
12:37:23   Error position: <<= "SERGEANT" && _state isEqualTo "toLab>
12:37:23   Error <=: Type String, expected Number,Not a Number
12:37:23 File C:\Users\Aebian\Documents\Arma 3\missions\[A]_Cuda.Woodland_ACR\itsAebian\lab_gate.sqf, line 11
12:39:18 Error in expression <s ["_state", "_obj"];``` I followed https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/a_greater=_b this

indigo snow Apr 14, 2017, 4:41 PM

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yea but something can't be greater or less than a string ("SERGEANT")

hollow lantern Apr 14, 2017, 4:43 PM

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hmm okay, but the return value of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/rank is string 😄

indigo snow Apr 14, 2017, 4:43 PM

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hence it gives an error

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= can only compare numbers

hollow lantern Apr 14, 2017, 4:43 PM

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hmm then I need to translate it to numbers

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 4:43 PM

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!(rank _caller in ["PRIVATE", "CORPORAL"])

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I guess

indigo snow Apr 14, 2017, 4:43 PM

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

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Or that one

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 4:44 PM

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Oh, that is nice

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Use that.

hollow lantern Apr 14, 2017, 4:44 PM

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hmm nice thanks you two

indigo snow Apr 14, 2017, 4:45 PM

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do you understand why it gave you an error now, too?

hollow lantern Apr 14, 2017, 4:45 PM

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yes you cant compare integers with strings

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or numbers in general

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I know I just didn't read the wiki enough 😄

indigo snow Apr 14, 2017, 4:51 PM

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Error <=: Type String, expected Number,Not a Number

This part of the error tells you exactly where it's failing, for future reference

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 4:53 PM

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Well, you tried to compare two strings. And
"PRIVATE" >= "SEARGEANT"
is simply undefined.

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@indigo snow CoH is a fun game and one of the best RTS, but splitting the community with the shit that CoH2 is killed it.

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Sry I meant to tag oneoh -_-

high vigil Apr 14, 2017, 6:31 PM

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Hi guys, whats the best way to limit darter range to X meters ?

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"efficient way"

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this is how far i got and failed

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[] spawn { while {getConnectedUAV player} do { _drone = _vehicle isKindOf "UAV"; _range = missionNamespace getVariable "GAMEPLAY_DARTER"; _ctrl = UAVControl _drone; _seat = _ctrl select 1; if (_seat == "driver" || _seat == "gunner") || _range < getPos Player then { player connectTerminalToUAV objNull; titleText ["Signal to UAV is LOW"]; }; }; };

rancid ruin Apr 14, 2017, 6:38 PM

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@little eagle yeah coh2 is shit, we're on the same wavelength with that 😄

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someone in this channel once said they were working on a coh-like RTS mode for arma...can't remember who it was though

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cos i would definitely like to help with that project

glass temple Apr 14, 2017, 6:43 PM

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How could I do a ratio?

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 6:43 PM

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coh as in company of heroes?

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 6:44 PM

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Yes

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 6:44 PM

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@glass temple Whatcha mean?

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Ah. I saw that floating around a while back. Never got up to getting it.

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Isn't it kind of like Men of War Assault Squad 2?

glass temple Apr 14, 2017, 6:46 PM

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Basically calculate ratios in arma.

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 6:46 PM

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Use distance @high vigil

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 6:48 PM

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ra·tio
noun
the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

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10/24

???

dusk sage Apr 14, 2017, 6:54 PM

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50 dogs/elephant

jade abyss Apr 14, 2017, 6:56 PM

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Bananas

dusk sage Apr 14, 2017, 7:00 PM

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10 commy2/SQF

little eagle Apr 14, 2017, 7:03 PM

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Maybe there is a secret meaning of "ratio" I'm not aware about.

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Like how Bambis aren't deer these days.

tender fossil Apr 14, 2017, 7:17 PM

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What's the best editor to write SQF (in your opinion)? I'm making lots of small mistakes that result in endless errors, and I'm wondering if there is a text editor that would notice these syntactic errors (like missing ; or missing "do" in switch statement)

scarlet spoke Apr 14, 2017, 7:22 PM

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eclipse with SQDev

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https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/202181-sqdev-sqf-developing-in-eclipse/

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@tender fossil

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But that may be my favorite because I wrote that plugin myself 🤓
However it should do the trick for you 😉

tender fossil Apr 14, 2017, 7:24 PM

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There's Eclipse plugin for SQF? Woah 😃

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I'll definitely try it out, thanks for the tip!

scarlet spoke Apr 14, 2017, 7:24 PM

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You're welcome

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Don't forget to join our discord (link in the linked post) so we/I can help you ther if you encounter any difficulties 😃

jovial ivy Apr 14, 2017, 7:25 PM

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You're with a star. Fancy lol

scarlet spoke Apr 14, 2017, 7:25 PM

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Damn xD

still forum Apr 14, 2017, 7:40 PM

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I'm using Atom. Lots of people are using Sublime

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Oops should read first.

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Only Editors I know that support syntax checking are Eclipse with SQDev and Arma Studio

dusk sage Apr 14, 2017, 7:46 PM

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VSc aswell

tender fossil Apr 14, 2017, 7:55 PM

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@still forum Has syntax checking version of Arma Studio been released yet?

still forum Apr 14, 2017, 7:56 PM

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yes.. was included in the alpha. But Arma studio is not usable for writing code yet. As autocomplete is mostly useless. Atleast I need Autocomplete to write SQF. Other people may not

tender fossil Apr 14, 2017, 8:21 PM

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Checking out the Eclipse SQDev now... Do I need to do something in order to enable syntax checking?

wintry wave Apr 14, 2017, 8:22 PM

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Sublime ftw

scarlet spoke Apr 14, 2017, 9:13 PM

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Nope it works out of the box...

tender fossil Apr 14, 2017, 10:40 PM

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Thanks for @scarlet spoke, we got the issue solved by taking a closer look 😃

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Then the next question in the endless series: How do I delete a line drawn with drawLine?

queen cargo Apr 15, 2017, 12:10 AM

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Wait a frame?

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 12:11 AM

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Can someone explain for me EH? I want to add a MPHit EH to an Object to trigger an explosion if it has been hit atleast two times. sqf _obj addEventHandler ["MPHit", {params ["", "", "_damage"]; if (damage _obj > x ) then {/* Explosion here */}}]; was my tryout but for sure its wrong

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 12:12 AM

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@queen cargo Draw line is a map function which doesn't have to be ran each frame. (from what I can tell)

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@hollow lantern _obj addEventHandler ["MPHit", { _object = _this select 0; _hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes"; if(isNil "_hits") exitWith { _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 1]; }; if(_hits == 1) exitWith { //Explode the object. The if statements says that if it has been hit once, then explode since it just got hit again(meaning it was hit twice) _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0]; }; _object setVariable ["hitTimes", (_hits + 1)]; }];

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 12:21 AM

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oh nice thanks

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 2:06 AM

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are addMPEventHandler only triggered in MP? I tried that locally on a unit but the EH was not fired

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 2:12 AM

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I can only assume so. Just use _unit addEventHandler [];

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:32 AM

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hey quick question here, so whenever I use configClasses to return a bunch of classes based off of a base, it obviously returns the config entries. For weapons I just grab the _generalMacro variable for each entry. But for items it's totally different, for each item the _generalMacro is always "Item_Base_F" any ideas?

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 2:34 AM

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What are you wanting to grab?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:34 AM

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configName ?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:34 AM

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already tried, keeps returning the config entry @vapid frigate

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@jovial ivy I'm trying to grab the classname.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:35 AM

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configName is the class name

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 2:35 AM

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Well. Items are stored with CfgWeapons but im assuming you know that

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:35 AM

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Right that's why I'm so confused. @jovial ivy Indeed i do

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:35 AM

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Result is "CfgVehicles"```

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:36 AM

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Hmmmm...weird. Letme try this again and I'll report back.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:37 AM

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i would use that anywhere instead of "_generalMacro"

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no idea what _generalMacro is/does tbh

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:38 AM

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Meh, I saw it worked only for the weapons anyways lol.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:38 AM

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ok just looked it up.. String: in Arma 3. Has no purpose whatsoever. It is generated automatically by BI developer tools for debugging See here for explanation

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:38 AM

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Generated automatcially? Are you sure?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:38 AM

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so it'll only work for mods created with BI developer tools

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(possibly not mikeros?)

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:39 AM

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Hmm..I don't think that's totally accurate. But alright, since I know to identify units with modifications you need that defined to something custom like "mid_mySuperAwesomeUnit_F"

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kind of concept

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:39 AM

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it's copied straight from here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgVehicles_Config_Reference#generalMacro

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so yeah.. good chance it's not accurate

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:40 AM

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They seriously need somebody to go through and double check everything documentated, could be misleading for some items.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:42 AM

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you don't need it to identify units

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typeOf _unit, or if you have the config entry, className (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _class)

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the latter is sorta useless using it like that because it just returns _class

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:44 AM

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I mean, think realistically though. Do you really want to do that for each unit you want to use from an addon? Especially if you have to make an array of them all for a function or something

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:44 AM

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as opposed to what?

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configText (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _class >> "_generalMacro") ?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:45 AM

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I think we're talking about two different things all together. I was talking about in a addon defining the unit's classname

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:46 AM

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yeah maybe we are sorry, thought u were after the classname of a config

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:46 AM

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Nata my friend, no worries though.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:47 AM

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you might want configSourceMod / configSourceAddonList / configSourceModList ?

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that tells you what mods created/contributed to classes

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:48 AM

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Right, are items packed individually?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:48 AM

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usually not

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:49 AM

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Wait what? You're telling me in terms of where the items are defined you can't tell the difference between weapons and items?

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 2:49 AM

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//  _null = [(thislist select 0)] execVM "thisScript.sqf";

params ["_noob"];

if (unit isEqualTo _noob) then {} ``` Question is will the code after ``then {}`` will only run for the unit that activated the script?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:50 AM

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not necessarily.. a pbo can have both items and weapons

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and vehicles, etc

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if that's what you mean

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@hollow lantern yeh, only clients (or servers) that run it

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:51 AM

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@hollow lantern Depends if it's true or not....tehehe.

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Well, no. I mean in terms of how BI has sorted it all out. like in the configSourceMod Example : configSourceMod (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Car"); "Returns A3"

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 2:52 AM

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yeah I just have a script that displays a text via "\a3\missions_f_bootcamp\Campaign\Functions\GUI\fn_SITREP.sqf"; and I don't want the text to be shown to everyone

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:52 AM

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that's telling you what mod it's defined in.. in that case Car is defined in the base A3 mod

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depends what you want to do

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are u trying to categorize cfgWeapons/vehicles?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:54 AM

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Well yes, I'm using that in combo with configClasses.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:54 AM

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unfortunately i don't think it's as easy as reading the mod/addon it's from

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 AM

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I didn't particularly want to do that in the first place, I had used this method before.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 AM

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because if it says RHS_M4, that doesn't really tell you if it's a weapon/item

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 AM

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dafuq are you guys trying to do?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 AM

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rifles have a rifle parent

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 AM

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Only read half of it and my headache increased^^

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 AM

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Grab a bottle of aspirin Dscha, it's only going to get worse.

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 2:56 AM

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Nothing left -.- Need to wait 4more hours -.-

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:57 AM

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What? You already consumed your aspirin or is it the overdose warning that is getting to you? 😛

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 2:59 AM

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4 more hours until i can get a new pack of Ibo.
Anyway, too much offtopic. So again:
Dafuq are you guys trying to achieve?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 2:59 AM

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Lool, I'm trying to sort items from weapons :/

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"(configName _x) isKindOf['Item_Base_F',configFile >> 'CfgWeapons']" configClasses(configFile >> "CfgWeapons");

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 3:00 AM

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_list sort true;
Problem solved, next one.

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 3:01 AM

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/*
author: @Aebian
description: doomed!
returns: message!
//  _null = [(thislist select 0)] execVM "doomed.sqf";
*/

params ["_noob"];

if (unit isEqualTo _noob) then {

titleCut ["", "BLACK OUT", 2];
    [
    ["Urgent Message:","font = 'PuristaSemiBold'"],
    ["","<br/>"],
    ["You failed so bad!","font = 'PuristaMedium'"],
    ["","<br/>"],
    ["Leave the battlefield!","font = 'PuristaLight'"]
    ]  execVM "\a3\missions_f_bootcamp\Campaign\Functions\GUI\fn_SITREP.sqf";
    }``` Anyone knows why this is not working? Unit is BLUFOR, trigger is set to activation BLUFOR and on repeatable

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 3:01 AM

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whats "unit"?

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+omg, trigger? -.- no, cmon... no trigger

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 3:02 AM

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There isn't a ; at the last bracket.

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Just so ya know.

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 3:03 AM

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yes a trigger Dscha, deal with it. And well I want the text just to be presented to the guy who activated the trigger

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because the script runs in mp

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 3:03 AM

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"deal with it" erm... nope.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:03 AM

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@subtle ore #define IT_HANDGUN 2 #define IT_SCOPED 0 #define IT_RIFLE 1 #define IT_LAUNCHER 4 #define IT_BINOCULAR 4096 #define IT_ITEM 131072 _allWeapons = "(getNumber (_x >> 'type')) in [IT_HANDGUN, IT_RIFLE, IT_LAUNCHER ]" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons");

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if they're items, they'll also have an _x >> "ItemInfo" >> "type"

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which will be one of these:

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:05 AM

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Oh....what in the hell. Cool.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:05 AM

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#define IIT_SCOPE 201
#define IIT_RAIL 301
#define IIT_BIPOD 302
#define IIT_HEADGEAR 605
#define IIT_UNIFORM 801
#define IIT_VEST 701
#define IIT_NIGHTVISION 616```

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:05 AM

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Yes yes, wow. Thanks.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:06 AM

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don't know if those macros will actually work in the quotes.. i use it a bit different

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might need to just use variables or put the numbers in

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 3:07 AM

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No need to use the #defines. Only the the numbers work also.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:07 AM

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yeh, just a lot harder to read 😃

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 3:07 AM

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Yeah

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_HANDGUN = 2;
_SCOPED = 0;

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etc. bla

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:08 AM

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🤷 Works, I'll go back and make it look beautifal in the end lol.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:10 AM

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i still use a manual list of things to put into 'misc' and 'medical' categories.. not sure if you can detect that

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they generally use a random one of those IITs

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:11 AM

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Yeah that's odd.

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Woops

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Okay, even weirder. The only thing that method returns is: ["UniformItem","VestItem","HMDItem","HeadgearItem"]

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:17 AM

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i can give you my code for categorizing stuff if you want, but it's not pretty

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:17 AM

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Shoot

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:19 AM

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i hope commy doesn't see this

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https://pastebin.com/7fcE3FQc

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:19 AM

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you don't see anything

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configProperties vs configClasses? 🤷

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 3:22 AM

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@vapid frigate _magazines pushBAck -_-

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:22 AM

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this was written before pushback

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before configClasses i think too

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err nvm can't have been before configClasses

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:23 AM

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what's the difference between the two? configProperties and configClasses ?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:23 AM

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

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configClasses would probably work better i guess? not sure

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:24 AM

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🤔

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:24 AM

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A bit slower than configClasses but allows to access inherited entires.

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depends if you need those entires

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:24 AM

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entries like what?

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Like parents? Er?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:25 AM

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it sounds like configClasses would only give you the classes that were defined in that config, not it's parents?

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not sure

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:25 AM

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I'm not really sure what entires would detail 🤷

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:26 AM

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so would probably make no difference for CfgWeapons, but could make a difference for cfgWeapons >> "MX_Rifle_F"

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:26 AM

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in terms of code performance or just grabbing information in general?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:27 AM

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both, configproperties can grab more information (including variables, and inherited classes), but is also slower

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:28 AM

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Right.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:28 AM

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i think configClasses would probably be more efficient and get everything u need in this case

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but i cbf changing/retesting it since i just do it in preinit and it takes <1sec anyway

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:29 AM

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yeah that works

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:31 AM

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/igoq2p3d4i101nq/20170317172439_1.jpg?dl=0
that's what it sorts it to/for

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:31 AM

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That makes sense

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Alright, so I did a little test thing here. _allItems = configProperties[configFile >> "CfgWeapons","(getNumber(_x >> 'type')) in [131072]",true];

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returns everything and adds everything just fine, one problem. Get this litle pop up "/acess is not a class ('type' acessed)

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:33 AM

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ah ok, because _x can be a variable, not a class

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:34 AM

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Well I would assume it's just checking for that specific number though?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:34 AM

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_allItems = configProperties[configFile >> "CfgWeapons","isClass _x && {(getNumber(_x >> 'type')) in [131072]}",true];

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:34 AM

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Ahhh..yes I see now

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I assumed as much

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 3:34 AM

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 if (_wep isKindOf ["CannonCore", configFile >> "CfgWeapons"]) then{}``` I guess (or hope) that will also trigger on a weapon that has the parent CannonCore?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:35 AM

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depending what _wep is, yeah

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 3:36 AM

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select 1 --> weapon

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thx

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:43 AM

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Okay, yet another question if any of you might want to enlighten me on this one. I want to find out the faction type for each of these uniforms, headgear, etc. Any ideas? Faction and side variables don't work they all default in the config viewer and in a ingame run

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:43 AM

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i only know of 'side' on uniforms

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:44 AM

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keeps defaulting to 3

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:44 AM

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that's civs

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:44 AM

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Right, but even if I use a blufor uniform it's always 3?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:45 AM

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hmm shouldn't be

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:45 AM

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Letme do another run

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:47 AM

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actually, can see where i do it around line 227 on that pastebin

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it gets the CfgVehicle part of the uniform that the CfgWeapon is pointing to, and gets the side from that

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:48 AM

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Interesting, okay.

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So very very odd. I got it to return this: [0,1,3,2,7]

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all those being sides 0_o ... 7?!?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:56 AM

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hmm.. 7 is ENEMY i think?

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keep in mind you'll be getting items with scope=0 and 1

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which likely aren't designed to be used

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:57 AM

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Right, I understand that. Some even with scope=2 like RHS

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 3:57 AM

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can someone point me in the right direction? sqf if (vehicles isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", configFile >> "CfgVehicles"]) then{} I can't run isKindOf on an array. What should I use instead? General idea is to only run the script on a specific vehicle with given parent class

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vehicles returns an array but there could be more then one M1 on the map 😄 So a select is nope

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 3:58 AM

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vehicle returns all vehicles. It's an array

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{
if (_x isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", configFile >> "CfgVehicles"]) then{
    };

} forEach vehicles;

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 3:59 AM

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if (({_x isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", configFile >> "CfgVehicles"]} count vehicles) > 0) then{}

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 4:00 AM

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that works too 🤷

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:00 AM

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\o/

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:00 AM

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yeh depends what u wanna do

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midnights will run once for each vehicle

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mine will run once (if any are true)

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:00 AM

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well I add an event handler on the tanks 😄

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fired eh

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 4:01 AM

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So..probably forEach then @vapid frigate ?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:01 AM

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probably don't wanna use vehicles at all?

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just the tank that's passed in to the EH?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 4:01 AM

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Unless there are a shit ton of tanks?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:02 AM

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@hollow lantern do you want to check all the tanks on the map, or just the ones that fire?

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:02 AM

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if (_x isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", configFile >> "CfgVehicles"]) then{

_x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
 _wep = _this select 1;
  if (_wep isKindOf ["CannonCore", configFile >> "CfgWeapons"]) then {
 _veh = _this select 0;
 _vel = velocity _veh;
 _dir = _veh weaponDirection _wep;
 _veh setVelocity [
 (_vel select 0) + (_dir select 0) * -5,
 (_vel select 1) + (_dir select 1) * -5,
 (_vel select 2) + (_dir select 2) * -5
 ];
 };
 }];
 };
 } forEach vehicles;```

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every tank on the map '

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:02 AM

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ah ok yep, then midnights one

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i don't think that's quite right.. should start with a {

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but hard to tell with that lack of indenting

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 4:04 AM

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Woah the formatting 0_o

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:04 AM

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{
    if (_x isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", configFile >> "CfgVehicles"]) then{

        _x addEventHandler ["Fired", {
            _wep = _this select 1;
            if (_wep isKindOf ["CannonCore", configFile >> "CfgWeapons"]) then {
                _veh = _this select 0;
                _vel = velocity _veh;
                _dir = _veh weaponDirection _wep;
                _veh setVelocity [
                    (_vel select 0) + (_dir select 0) * -5,
                    (_vel select 1) + (_dir select 1) * -5,
                    (_vel select 2) + (_dir select 2) * -5
                ];
            };
        }];
    };
} forEach vehicles;```

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was just missing the { at the start

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:05 AM

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uh formatting thx

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hmmmmm ```sqf
if (_x isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", config>
0:05:09 Error position: <isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", config>
0:05:09 Error Generic error in expression
0:05:09 File C:\Users\Aebian\Documents\Arma 3\missions[A]_Cuda.Woodland_ACR\initServer.sqf, line 15```` so he has some problems with _x

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weird

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:16 AM

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can't really say if it's the _x

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if it's inside a foreach _x is each thing in the array

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in this case each vehicle, one at a time

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 4:19 AM

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Are you wanting to check if its that specific tank, or just any tank>

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:19 AM

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specific tank that has the parent class rhsusf_m1a1tank_base

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which would include the M1A1 and M1A2 in all variants

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because they all have as parent rhsusf_m1a1tank_base

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:20 AM

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did you add the missing { to the start?

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from what you pasted

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:21 AM

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yes, https://img.knight-industries.org/2017-04-15_00-22-41.png

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 4:23 AM

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Are you getting the error above? Or what is happening.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:23 AM

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ah it looks like for that syntax, you can't use the vehicle directly

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 4:24 AM

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Oooh your right.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 4:24 AM

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need to use ((typeof _x) isKindOf ["rhsusf_m1a1tank_base", configFile >> "CfgVehicles"]

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or _x isKindOf "rhsusf_m1a1tank_base"

hollow lantern Apr 15, 2017, 4:26 AM

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your typeOf solution worked

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nice

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 4:38 AM

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hey @vapid frigate I don't seem to understand how you did vests though? They don't have any info like the uniforms do

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:24 AM

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should have iteminfo > type ?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:24 AM

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facepalm god I'm stupid, sorry.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:25 AM

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don't have a side though afaik, only uniforms do

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:25 AM

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Refresh me on what afaik means again, but I didn't realize that lol.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:26 AM

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as far as i know

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:26 AM

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Oh okay.

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Well all the ones in the CfgVehicles do have sides

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the ones in CfgWeapons obviously dont

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:34 AM

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yeh, i only used cfgvehicles for uniforms/backpacks

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not all vests, etc will have a vehicle

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they're just for if you want to place them in the editor easily

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:35 AM

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Are you sure?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:35 AM

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yeah, have made many vests/helms without vehicles

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only uniforms/backpacks need them

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:36 AM

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shucks

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:36 AM

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backpacks don't have weapons too.. just the vehicle

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:36 AM

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Right

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 5:37 AM

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anyone experimented with making loot spawning systems?

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wondering what the sure fire fastest way to spawn weaponholders + contents in say 20% of buildings on altis would be, before mission start

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:39 AM

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take a look at Bangabob's script if no one else has to offer anything

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:39 AM

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i dunno if that would be a good way to do it.. might need to be in populated areas/nearby buildings

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would be a lot of objects to do the entire map

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:39 AM

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could be a probability

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plus you could just disable simulation for the weapon holders that are a distance from the player

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:40 AM

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yeh, but that's not as performant as them not being there in the first place

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:41 AM

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What? You mean spawn them in as they go?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:41 AM

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yeh, that's what most of those survival things seem to do

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poorly/slowly in most cases

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:42 AM

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🤷

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 5:49 AM

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i've spawned weaponholders in every building position in every building on altis before, didn't notice any performance drop

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this is in single player mind. and it took about 10 minutes

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:49 AM

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10 MINUTES? MY GOD

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 5:50 AM

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i know it does make more sense to spawn stuff as the mission goes on and people move around the map, just would like to find the most efficient way to do it pre-start

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10 mins is nothing bro, i made a script to sample height data at a stupid resolution, took like 30 mins haha

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 5:51 AM

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That isn't okay though 😱

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 5:52 AM

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You could just create a variety of zones. And when a player enters it, spawn loot in that area.

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Instead of handling it all on start.

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And either wait for the zone too be low on loot, or when there are no players to respawn/despawn loot.

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 5:52 AM

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problem with that is, that you could create zones around locations for example, but a good % of buildings on altis are nowhere near locations

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and doing it by map grid seems a bit meh cos the building density could vary hugely between zones

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 5:53 AM

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Indeed. So instead of basing it on locations, just create like a giant grid of zones. Instead of using the base grid system.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:53 AM

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could use a quadtree

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 5:54 AM

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But idk, spawning items is something I wanted to look into

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 5:54 AM

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have a tinker with it, it's good fun to watch in action

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i've tried like 3 or 4 different methods but nothing seemed to be great

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it just seems to work about 50x quicker to do X amount of spawns pre-init rather than mid mission

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 5:56 AM

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you running it unscheduled mid-mission?

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that's probably the main difference i think

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 5:56 AM

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tried unsched and sched

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think appearance wise, spawning a few different threads in different towns actually worked best out of the methods i tried so far

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i was going to aim for tying it in to my persistent database, so loot would cycle every couple of days

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but it's just a ridiculous amount of data to keep track of for little real benefit

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 6:00 AM

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it would prevent having to have everything kept track of in game though

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could do it when ppl get within 10m of a building even

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but yeah.. i think building ids change when BI updates the map.. so it'd be pretty difficult

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probly have to use a hash based on class/position or something for the key

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 6:01 AM

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i've never used building IDs and BI haven't recommended people to use them for about a year i think

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you'd need to keep track of which buildings have loot, and how much, etc. so doing it all in one big go at mission start does have certain benefits imo

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just fire and forget, that's what i'm aiming for

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 6:04 AM

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have you tried it in MP? might be slow joining the mission too

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because it'd have to transmit the thousands of objects to each client

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 6:17 AM

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i don't really care about multiplayer, all i do is dick around scripting for singleplayer

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 6:53 AM

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Right well I got loot spawning working. Now to optimize it 😛

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 9:18 AM

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@rancid ruin Example of a grid based loot spawn: http://prntscr.com/ewppcg

placid root Apr 15, 2017, 10:13 AM

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hey:) anybody know why there is an error? des_car_2 addEventhandler [ "GetIn", { if (driver (_this select 0) == player) then { (_this select 2) action ["Eject", _this select 0]; hint "You are not the busdriver!" }; if (driver (_this select 0) == des_npc_1) then {des_car_2 lock 3}; };[#] ( missing ] ) ];

indigo snow Apr 15, 2017, 10:16 AM

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Discord mightve eaten your underscores, but you should probably switch this to _this

placid root Apr 15, 2017, 10:17 AM

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no there is an underscore

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des_car_2 addEventhandler
[
"GetIn",
{
if (driver (_this select 0) == player) then { (_this select 2) action ["Eject", _this select 0]; hint "You are not the busdriver!" };
if (driver (_this select 0) == des_npc_1) then {des_car_2 lock 3};
};[#] ( missing ] )
];

simple fiber Apr 15, 2017, 11:24 AM

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The best way to know if there is one is to -showScriptErrors + Your logs

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We are not wizards

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There is no voodoo magic to find bugs or something

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 11:25 AM

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@placid root think the error is the ;

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["", {};] isn't valid

tame portal Apr 15, 2017, 11:26 AM

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^

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uhhh

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maybe

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why?

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yes

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yeah i noticed that a french community is hosting it 😄

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Yup

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i havent touched the mission in like a couple of months now 😄

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can only hope malden will have some nice areas

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you think it looks polished? 😄

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well yeah thats what i kinda aimed for

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quick pvp mode

placid root Apr 15, 2017, 1:03 PM

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@vapid frigate nice thx. it really was the additional ";"

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:10 PM

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Hey just a quick question: Is it possible to send commands from inside Arma to somewhere else? Like a bridge to external tools?

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 1:11 PM

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yeah

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loads of extensions for different languages and stuff

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 1:11 PM

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yeh, via an extension (dll), or i guess via httpLoad to an extent

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:12 PM

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So it should be possible to send commands to a third-party tool like Overwolf or Logitech LED API?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 1:12 PM

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yeah

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as an example, TFAR/ACRE2 communicate with teamspeak

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:13 PM

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right, totally forgot about them.

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Nice, I was maybe planning to add Perkey-RGB-Keyboard support to Arma.

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no idea about Roccats or Razer's API but Logitech should work fine.

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 1:14 PM

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you could probably do that pretty easily with existing extensions, without having to write your own

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there's a nodejs rpc extension for arma 3 somewhere

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if you're ok with javascript

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:15 PM

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that would be even better as I have no Idea of any c-languages

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ye I'm okay with js

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 1:15 PM

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bound to be node packages for overwolf/logitech/you name it

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:16 PM

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This one? https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/168375-nodejs-extension-for-arma-3-socksqf-sockdll-sock-rpc/

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looks promising

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 1:16 PM

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yeah think so

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not sure if it's updated for 64 bit though

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:17 PM

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thats probably gonna take a while right?

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 1:18 PM

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doesn't look like it's been updated in a long time

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so possible it won't happen at all

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:19 PM

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I'll reply to the forum, maybe I'll get an answer.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 1:20 PM

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looks like it's open source

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so you could probably copy the code into the 64 bit template and rebuild it

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:23 PM

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Oh right. I'll look into it when I'm done with my current projects I guess.

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Thanks for your help guys!

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 1:24 PM

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come on man do it today

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do it right now

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 1:26 PM

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another potential option is intercept.. it hooks back into arma so you can run script commands directly from other languages

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https://github.com/intercept/intercept

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but same issue.. hasn't been updated lately

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:28 PM

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@rancid ruin Sorry, too many projects. A-Levels this and next month, an App for Overwolf and two Websites.

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 1:28 PM

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maca134 did this too https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/189099-arma-c-js-nodejs-extension-compile-on-the-fly/ and he's active here in discord

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:28 PM

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@brazen sparrow thanks! nice!

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 1:34 PM

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easiest way really would probably be to use the C# template for what u wanna do.. would just need to reference something like https://github.com/zzattack/Logitech-LCD and have a couple of lines of code to change the display

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then you're not relying on anything else

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 1:39 PM

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@vapid frigate not LCD, LED

little eagle Apr 15, 2017, 2:43 PM

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If you do this for yourself, then it would be way easier to just use JoyToKey. Arma already supports like 20+ of these XBOX keys and sticks and shoulder keys and whatever.

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 2:46 PM

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think he's talking about those keyboards which light up

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he wants to get arma talking to the lights

little eagle Apr 15, 2017, 2:46 PM

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Yeah. Just rebind them to the XBOX keys using joy to key and use that ingame.

vapid frigate Apr 15, 2017, 2:55 PM

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guessing he actually means the LCD display on G15 etc.. which is probably a bit more complex

brazen sparrow Apr 15, 2017, 2:56 PM

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im active when im wake 😛

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 3:57 PM

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has anyone got arma talking to a rasperry pi yet? that's where most game/hardware mods end up right

bleak gazelle Apr 15, 2017, 4:41 PM

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hello. I need a scripter there will make som script to me. i will ofc pay you for the scripts. if you want then add me on steam. http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheBlackspot/

young current Apr 15, 2017, 4:43 PM

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@bleak gazelle might try #creators_recruiting and generally speaking bringing money to modding is sucky move.

bleak gazelle Apr 15, 2017, 4:44 PM

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i will try

icy mauve Apr 15, 2017, 6:05 PM

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@vapid frigate Nope.... LED LIghting

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 6:30 PM

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anything I'm missing here? _magazines = (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "magazines"); "Error Generic Error in expression"

tame portal Apr 15, 2017, 6:33 PM

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@young current Because you get your breakfast for free right lol

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People getting paid to do stuff is the most normal thing

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 6:35 PM

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@subtle ore _magazines = getArray (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "magazines");

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Since there are multiple types of mags for some weapons.

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 6:40 PM

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Oh my god. My brain is so fucked this morning, thanks for waking me up

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Jeez,

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 6:40 PM

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I wouldn't have noticed either lol. Only reason I knew it because I spent 10 minutes figuring that out last night.

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 6:40 PM

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Lol

tame portal Apr 15, 2017, 6:49 PM

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@subtle ore your code threw an exception because you're basically asking for a config at "magazines" which is a array though

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So it throws generic expression error

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always gets a config

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 6:50 PM

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@tame portal I know, I was being dumb.

tame portal Apr 15, 2017, 6:50 PM

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👌

bitter bough Apr 15, 2017, 7:08 PM

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Is there a way to view a log of script errors being thrown clientside?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 7:12 PM

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.rpt files are stored in the game directory yeah

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as long as you don't have -noLogs as a launch parameter

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Er, rather your documents area

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C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\Arma 3

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 7:16 PM

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Are there keybinds in the BIS_fnc_guiEditor or something?

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 7:16 PM

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There are shortcuts, not sure why you are calling the function if you have acess to the debug consoile or something?

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 7:17 PM

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True I suppose.

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 7:17 PM

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like CTRL + SHIFT + S saves your project, and CTRL + S you can define the export type etc

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Editor_(Arma_3)

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the wiki shows all the shortcuts

bitter bough Apr 15, 2017, 7:24 PM

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@subtle ore the issue is that script errors arent showing up in the logs. it's only displaying in the little black error box clientside

subtle ore Apr 15, 2017, 7:25 PM

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🤷

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Not sure why

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:20 PM

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Does the command "BIS_fnc_selectRandom" consider the order of a array?🤔

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:21 PM

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you should be using selectRandom

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and also what do you mean? it's random

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

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:23 PM

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_wep = weaponsLoot call bis_fnc_selectRandom; hides

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Oh and @rancid ruin What do you think is a generally good time for loot spawning to take?

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:24 PM

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can't remember exactly what my scripts took

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it was a good few minutes for putting a weaponholder with stuff in every available position on about 50% of buildings on altis

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i'll test them when i'm at my pc

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:25 PM

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I'll have to test altis real fast.

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:25 PM

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fuck stratis, go ham

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:25 PM

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Haha

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:25 PM

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altis or nothing

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:26 PM

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Fair enough. Leme run it real fast

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:29 PM

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so its not shuffle the array ?

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:29 PM

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you mean does it modify the array you pass to it?

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selectRandom returns one element, selected randomly, from the array you pass it

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:34 PM

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Oh goodness this is a lot of loot.

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 10:34 PM

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selectRandom = select something Randomly
NOT
selectRandom = i shuffle the whole array and then select an random entry. Result will be a shuffled array.

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:38 PM

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example : [//Level 1 ["TRYK_U_denim_hood_nc",0.07], ["TRYK_U_denim_hood_mc",0.07], ["TRYK_U_hood_nc",0.07], ["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_OD_R",0.07], ["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_gry_R",0.07], ["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_BLK",0.07], ["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_OD",0.07] //Level2 ["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_RED2",0.15], ["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_ylb",0.15], ["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_ylb_Sleeve",0.15], ["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_R_Sleeve",0.15], ["TRYK_shirts_OD_PAD",0.15], ["TRYK_U_pad_hood_Blk",0.15], ["TRYK_U_pad_hood_Cl",0.15], ["TRYK_U_denim_jersey_blk",0.15], ["TRYK_U_denim_jersey_blu",0.15], ["TRYK_U_B_Denim_T_WH",0.15] ]

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:38 PM

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], ] no no

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:39 PM

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so level 1 is not 0-50 and level 2 50-100 , right ?

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cant explain it xD

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:41 PM

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_array = [//Level 1         
["TRYK_U_denim_hood_nc",0.07],
["TRYK_U_denim_hood_mc",0.07],
["TRYK_U_hood_nc",0.07],
["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_OD_R",0.07],
["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_gry_R",0.07],
["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_BLK",0.07],
["TRYK_U_B_PCUGs_OD",0.07]         //Level2 ["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_RED2",0.15],
["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_ylb",0.15],
["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_ylb_Sleeve",0.15],
["TRYK_shirts_DENIM_R_Sleeve",0.15],
["TRYK_shirts_OD_PAD",0.15],
["TRYK_U_pad_hood_Blk",0.15],
["TRYK_U_pad_hood_Cl",0.15],
["TRYK_U_denim_jersey_blk",0.15],
["TRYK_U_denim_jersey_blu",0.15],
["TRYK_U_B_Denim_T_WH",0.15]];

_random = selectRandom _array;
// _random is ["TRYK_U_pad_hood_Cl",0.15]

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:41 PM

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yea, but it will nit shuffle it, right ?

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:41 PM

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http://prntscr.com/ewxfck - Now, the waiting game.

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:41 PM

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_array will still be _array

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:42 PM

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k

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 10:42 PM

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if you want to select a "level 2" one or a "level 1" then have separate arrays for them

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:43 PM

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no its only for me to seperate these items of rare

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:48 PM

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@rancid ruin 402.487s to spawn 14391 loot piles around altis. http://prntscr.com/ewxhkr

naive needle Apr 15, 2017, 10:48 PM

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nvm forget it

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 10:50 PM

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The interesting part is, there was only a 25% chance per loot spawn spot 😛

rancid ruin Apr 15, 2017, 11:00 PM

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is that 14k weapon holders?

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:01 PM

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Yes.

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https://github.com/DylanSMR/Arma-3-/tree/Loot-Spawning/lootSpawnAltis.Altis

peak plover Apr 15, 2017, 11:25 PM

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@jovial ivy spawning all that loot on altis

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Might cause performance issues

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:25 PM

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"might" ^^

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:25 PM

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Oh it did lol. I dropped 20 frames

peak plover Apr 15, 2017, 11:26 PM

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I suggest a caching system or a dynamic loot spawn system where loot is only near players and everything that's not near players is cleaned up

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:28 PM

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Yeah. I created it on a grid like system. Basically, it just bases it on any markers you create via the editor. I suppose I could auto-generate them but I was just messing around. The system itself does detect players and what not.

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https://github.com/DylanSMR/Arma-3-/blob/Loot-Spawning/lootSpawnAltis.Altis/handleZone.sqf - This file is what detects players and what not.

peak plover Apr 15, 2017, 11:29 PM

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I like the dynamic simulation grid system. It's so cool

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:30 PM

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Just a q:
Why do you cycle through all zones and check in each zone, if there is player in it?

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Why not make it the other way around -> Check every player in wich zone he is -> Set those to a "blacklist" -> Cycle through all zones -> If not in _Blacklist array -> Delete everything inside it.

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(at least, thats how i did it)

peak plover Apr 15, 2017, 11:31 PM

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(Y)

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:31 PM

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boobs

peak plover Apr 15, 2017, 11:31 PM

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👍

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(xYx)

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taped boobs

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kind of

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:32 PM

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🤦 Enough spam 😄 Let Dylan answer

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:32 PM

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Would it make a performance different? You would think looping through 3 zones might be a bit better then looping through 40 players 😛

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:33 PM

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Just reread what you wrote there 😄

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You currently check 3x 40 Players

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instead of
1x 40 -> then zones

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:33 PM

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facepalms

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Rip

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:33 PM

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=}

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thats what you get, for not asking me for an advice 😂

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:34 PM

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To be fair I was writing this at 4 in the morning 😄

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:34 PM

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No excuse!!!

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+one hint: Why do you execVM everything?! oO

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make a function of that stuff, you use it more than once

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Doesn't matter, even then.

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For Deving/Testing
my_fnc_Function = {MyCode};

blabla
call my_fnc_Function;

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:37 PM

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Indeed. Im gonna keep using the excuse I was up at 4 in the morning 😉

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:37 PM

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I mean, its your code. Do what you want, i just mentioned what I think is bullcrap^^

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(Advantage of having the code directly in it -> Only one file open 😄 )

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:39 PM

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Very true.

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:39 PM

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Anyway, just some ideas from my side =} gl hfwith it

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:40 PM

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Oh I sure will. It was just a project to have fun with.

jade abyss Apr 15, 2017, 11:40 PM

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Thats how i always started. "oh, this could be fun".

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2 month later: "Why did i started doing that anyway? fk it"

jovial ivy Apr 15, 2017, 11:41 PM

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Indeed. Sounds like most projects I start haha

deft zealot Apr 16, 2017, 12:58 AM

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anyone knows a documentation of supported elements for RscHTML?

queen cargo Apr 16, 2017, 1:26 AM

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Biki

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Alternativ is the full mil sim wiki of vb

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Most of the stuff also applies to the rv engine and arma 3

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 2:32 AM

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Wait whaaaatt..forgetTarget is actually a real command?

tough abyss Apr 16, 2017, 2:56 AM

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https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/140837-development-branch-changelog/?page=41

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ctrl + f forgetTarget

peak plover Apr 16, 2017, 3:12 AM

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Wouldn't reveal 0 work as forget?

still forum Apr 16, 2017, 3:17 AM

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reveal only updates if the revealAmount is higher than the already present amount

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knowledge value*

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 4:18 AM

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When you realize you were posting in the server admins channel and not scripting, 🤦

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 4:59 AM

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_worldSize = if (isNumber (configfile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName >> "mapSize")) then {getNumber (configfile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName >> "mapSize");} else {8192;}; is this the best way to get the map size?

vapid frigate Apr 16, 2017, 5:09 AM

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or _worldSize = worldSize; ?

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 5:10 AM

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What about maps without worldSizes? From what I read about VR doesn't have one. Stratis seems to not have one either(hence having the else 8192)

vapid frigate Apr 16, 2017, 5:12 AM

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VR = 8192

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same with stratis

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 5:13 AM

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Yeah I know. I realised that 😛 - Any other maps with that known size? Im having to make sure it adapts to custom maps.

vapid frigate Apr 16, 2017, 5:14 AM

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i doubt there'd be any recent ones at least.. not sure if worldSize will fall back for older maps properly

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guessing it would

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you could just say it adapts to 'correctly configured custom maps' 😃

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or add if (_worldSize == 0) then { _worldSize = 8192 };

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assuming it's 0 if it doesn't work

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most the posts talking about issues were before that command existed too (July 2015)

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 5:29 AM

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@vapid frigate Either way, works like a charm 😉 - http://prntscr.com/ex0380

tulip cloud Apr 16, 2017, 6:04 AM

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// Ammunition for others
_id = [
/* 0 object */                            player,
/* 1 action title */                    "Replenish Ammunition",
/* 2 idle icon */                        "pictures\machinegunner.paa",
/* 3 progress icon */                    "pictures\machinegunner.paa",
/* 4 condition to show */                "cl_classPerk == 'ammo' && (cursorObject distance _this) < 5 && alive cursorObject && !(cursorObject getVariable ['ammo_restored',false]) && (side cursorObject) == playerSide && (cursorObject isKindOf 'Man')",
/* 5 condition for action */            "!(cursorObject getVariable ['ammo_restored',false])",
/* 6 code executed on start */            {cl_lastActionTarget = cursorObject;},
/* 7 code executed per tick */            {},
/* 8 code executed on completion */        _mg_code,
/* 9 code executed on interruption */    {},
/* 10 arguments */                        [],
/* 11 action duration */                1,
/* 12 priority */                        500,
/* 13 remove on completion */            false,
/* 14 show unconscious */                false
] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;
cl_actionIDs pushBack _id;

This allows a player to replenish another player's ammo. How do I change the 0 Object from Player to Emplacement so I can replenish an emplacement's ammo with the same script?

vapid frigate Apr 16, 2017, 6:17 AM

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if it refils the other players' ammo, it's probably not 'player' you want to change

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might just need to remove && (cursorObject isKindOf 'Man') or change it to a more suitable one

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player is the local player (the one doing the action)

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 6:28 AM

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Man. I didnt realize how big altis was until I switched my new loot spawning scripts over to it. Took like 5x longer to generate all possible loot zones 😛

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:28 AM

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@simple fiber https://github.com/DylanSMR/Arma-3-/blob/Loot-Spawning/lootSpawnMechanics.Stratis/LootSpawning.sqf#L119-L156

tulip cloud Apr 16, 2017, 7:28 AM

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perfect was able to solve it! (I hadn't scrolled to the right to see the isKindOf checks

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 7:35 AM

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@jovial ivy I already took a look ;)

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:35 AM

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At the previous file? Or the one I just linked.

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 7:36 AM

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The one you linked yesterday

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:36 AM

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Oh. The one I just linked is a lot different. The one i linked yesterday was just a one or two zone thing. This one automatically creates zones for any map.

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 7:37 AM

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I see

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That's cool.

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Couldn't you use the predefined grids tho ?

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 8:06 AM

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Probably. Its more fun my way 😉

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 8:07 AM

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Lol ;). I was wondering because I want to do a massive dynamic object spawning grid based.

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Also I could make it work with hideObject to win those 3 frames

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 8:37 AM

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Mine basically uses the grid system. It just replicates it.

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 8:56 AM

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I'll see what I can do after reworking the xcam editor

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Nice exemple btw

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 12:16 PM

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does init.sqf on dedi run only when in-game?

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not in briefing?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 12:25 PM

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I don't think so, why would it?

placid root Apr 16, 2017, 12:27 PM

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hey guys, can someone help me with the inplementation of a gunshot? is have this execution sceen set up:

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victim disableAI "MOVE"; victim setDir (getDir executioner); victim setPos (executioner modelToWorld [0,0,0]); victim switchmove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Loop"; executioner switchmove "Acts_Executioner_StandingLoop"; sleep 11.7; executioner switchmove "Acts_Executioner_Forehand"; victim switchmove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Forehand"; executioner playMove "Acts_Executioner_Backhand"; victim playMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Backhand"; executioner playMove "Acts_Executioner_Kill"; //gunshot here! victim playMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Kill"; executioner playMove "Acts_Executioner_Kill_End"; victim playMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Kill_End"; victim playMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_KillTerminal"; //victim enableSimulationGlobal false;

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 12:29 PM

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because I have some script in init.sqf that executes only on server

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and on dedi it executes after briefing

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I also use spawn to delay it a bit

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maybe spawn causes this

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honestly I want it to be executed in-game only and that behaviour pleases me

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but I wonder why

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 12:30 PM

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Maybe. You could debug with some diag_log

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 12:30 PM

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nope, i love this

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I also wonder how getClientState works on dedi

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 12:31 PM

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time doesn't pass during briefing, so maybe you have a sleep that gets suspended until the mission starts and time becomes > 0

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 12:31 PM

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yeah i have sleep

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thanks for the explanation

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does getClientState on dedi return dedicated server state or clients game state?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 12:31 PM

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getClientState(Number) isn't really something you need imo

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 12:31 PM

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I used it in local MP scripts to suspend until in-game

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I wanted my own timer to start after briefing

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but as you said about sleep

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I could use sleep 1 and it will work same as getClientState > 9

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with 1 second extra delay

tender fossil Apr 16, 2017, 1:30 PM

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How do I use eachFrame EH? I've tried to get it to work without result

halcyon crypt Apr 16, 2017, 1:35 PM

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

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 1:35 PM

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^

halcyon crypt Apr 16, 2017, 1:35 PM

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["someId", "onEachFrame", {
    hintSilent format["%1 (%2)", _this, diag_tickTime];
}, "Hello world!"] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 1:36 PM

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Use hint instead for maximum ear rape

halcyon crypt Apr 16, 2017, 1:36 PM

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😄

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edited the snippet to make the onEachFrame part more obvious ^^

bright coral Apr 16, 2017, 1:41 PM

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@tender fossil
Use addMissionEventhandler https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addMissionEventHandler
Available events: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler

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@rugged basalt
How about uiSleep?
getClientState is nice to check if briefing is shown (I personally add some entries with code tags to the diary where an admin can load mission progress from a SQL database before the mission actually starts...)

tender fossil Apr 16, 2017, 1:46 PM

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Thanks again! 😃

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 1:46 PM

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@bright coral thanks for input but how it's related to my question about getClientState on dedi?

bright coral Apr 16, 2017, 1:47 PM

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It is the same as on a client

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I thought you were asking because of the sleep 😃

digital hollow Apr 16, 2017, 2:04 PM

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Is there something like an eventhandler for unit behavior, for example when a unit enters COMBAT state?

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if no, would it be good to check behaviour every ~10s through onEachFrame EH?

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 2:29 PM

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@tough abyss It is never too late

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Come on dude

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They plan to support Arma for at least 2 years

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They probably could add EH

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Well you can edit the FSMs yourself and add an 'event' but anyway

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It is not hard

placid root Apr 16, 2017, 3:13 PM

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does soneone know if the locality eh will fire if it is attached to a map lying on the ground and being picked up by a player?

rugged basalt Apr 16, 2017, 3:26 PM

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@bright coral it's good behaviour for me because I need script to be started in-game only (it's bomb)

placid root Apr 16, 2017, 4:55 PM

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ok with inventory objects a trigger with !alive bla worls fine

digital hollow Apr 16, 2017, 5:23 PM

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Looking through ACE functions, I'm having trouble finding how to break a wheel reliably in multiplayer. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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I'm using setHitIndex to set everything except HitHull to full damage, but another player still sees wheels intact and can drive it.

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:27 PM

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You need to execute the command on the machine where the vehicle is local. Has nothing to do with ACE.

digital hollow Apr 16, 2017, 5:28 PM

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ah, I'll look at where it's running. thanks.

blazing zodiac Apr 16, 2017, 5:31 PM

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@little eagle Is there anyway to disable ACE medical completely from in the mission file without removing the medical pbos?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:31 PM

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No.

blazing zodiac Apr 16, 2017, 5:32 PM

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I like it personally, just wanted to add the option to disable for people that don't want to use it.

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:34 PM

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Well there is no ingame option to disable it, because it relies on config changes that cannot be changed on the fly without moving around files.

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

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debug console in VA

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That's just the extended debug console of CBA

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prev and next button too

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No.

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:37 PM

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CTRL + A - Backspace

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:37 PM

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^ tbqh

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Focus click

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Yes.

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Why wouldn't it work? @tough abyss

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Focus is automatically set to the edit box.

simple fiber Apr 16, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Not if you exec the script or if you type in another box

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:39 PM

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ctrl + a, not ctrl + s

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:39 PM

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Ctrl + A

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Not ctrl + s

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No

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🤦

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:39 PM

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No it isn't. Ctrl a + backspace lmao

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:40 PM

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It works

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Yes it does

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You are doing it wrong

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:40 PM

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🤦

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"How do I Ctrl+A?"

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:40 PM

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You using RscDisplayDebugPublic?

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@little eagle +1

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🤦 🤦 🤦 🤦 🤦 🤦

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Then of course that is the reason

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lmao

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lol

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 5:41 PM

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🤦

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:43 PM

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🤦

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:43 PM

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If you don't mind me asking, what debug console are you using @tough abyss? Please do not tell me you are using infistars

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One you made yourself?

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Can I see?`

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Also, if you want Ctrl + A to work, maybe copying RscEdit from config in ui_f in Addons will work

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But then again, I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:45 PM

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I think ctrl + A only works in ST_MULTI edit boxes.

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:46 PM

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^^ might be

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        class CA_Version: RscEdit
        {
            style="0x01 + 0x200";
            y="1 *                     (        (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 20) + safezoneY";
            font="EtelkaMonospacePro";
            idc=12146;
            x="25.5 *                     (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 32) +         (safezoneX + (safezoneW -                 ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2))/2)";
            w="5.5 *                     (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 32)";
            h="1 *                     (        (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 20)";
            sizeEx="0.55 *                     (        (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 20)";
        };
        class CA_Player: RscEdit
        {
            style=512;
            font="RobotoCondensedBold";
            y="1.25 *                     (        (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 20) + safezoneY";
            idc=12145;
            x="18.5 *                     (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 32) +         (safezoneX + (safezoneW -                 ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2))/2)";
            w="7 *                     (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 32)";
            h="0.5 *                     (        (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 20)";
            sizeEx="0.55 *                     (        (        ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 20)";
        };

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class RscEdit
{
    style="0x00 + 0x40";
    font="RobotoCondensed";
    shadow=2;
    sizeEx="(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)";
    colorBackground[]={0,0,0,0};
    colorText[]={0.94999999,0.94999999,0.94999999,1};
    colorDisabled[]={1,1,1,0.25};
    colorSelection[]=
    {
        "(profilenamespace getvariable ['GUI_BCG_RGB_R',0.13])",
        "(profilenamespace getvariable ['GUI_BCG_RGB_G',0.54])",
        "(profilenamespace getvariable ['GUI_BCG_RGB_B',0.21])",
        1
    };
    canModify=1;
    tooltipColorText[]={1,1,1,1};
    tooltipColorBox[]={1,1,1,1};
    tooltipColorShade[]={0,0,0,0.64999998};
};```

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Thats for the RscDisplayDebugPublic

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:48 PM

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0x40 is ST_MULTI iirc

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 5:48 PM

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```cpp
config
```

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:50 PM

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#define ST_MULTI          16
#define ST_NO_RECT        0x200 // this style works for CT_STATIC in conjunction with ST_MULTI

@little eagle

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 5:51 PM

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ok

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NO_RECT is "no rectangle" ?

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 5:53 PM

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Haha not too sure 😄

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Why would you use that instead of RscDisplayDebugPublic?

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Okay, so how do you execute this code then?

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A function which is not compiled final?

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Fair enough

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["whateveriwannado"] remoteExec ["QS_fnc_call", 2];?

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Rx = remoteexec?

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so what i wrote above?

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And how do you check for errors?

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if theres no errors it executes wherever

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 6:02 PM

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server rpt

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 6:02 PM

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Yes, but I assume he meant if there is no errors it executes wherever, do you mean just that the engine won't run it if there is an error?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 6:03 PM

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Execution just stops when there is an error encountered and if there is an error during compile, the command reports {} I think.

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 6:04 PM

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Yes, I know that, but when he said that it sounded like he had some own kind of thing to check that

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 6:07 PM

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Yes, QS has secret tools everyone desperately wants and he's not sharing.

rotund cypress Apr 16, 2017, 6:07 PM

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Didn't mean that, but okay ^

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🤣

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oh try block

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How can it be almost useless?

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just change ctrl properties to make it work

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 6:14 PM

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Just add a button that does ctrlSetText ""

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I thought you made that yourself? Why not add it yourself.

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 6:31 PM

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is there something like a radius command? I have a truck with addAction and want to kill units within a radius of lets say 15 meters around the truck when the addAction is triggered

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 6:32 PM

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inArea ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Or distance

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 6:34 PM

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hmm inArea seems good

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 6:34 PM

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nearObjects / nearestObjects would work.

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 6:34 PM

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hmm yeah that too

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yeah, thanks guys

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:11 PM

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Yeah, nearEntities sounds more usefull for that

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:13 PM

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@jade abyss https://github.com/DylanSMR/Arma-3-/blob/Loot-Spawning/lootSpawnMechanics.Stratis/LootSpawning.sqf#L83-L117 - Better in your opinion?

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:14 PM

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

inAreaArray

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:14 PM

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So, allPlayers inAreaArray "marker";

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:15 PM

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one sec, prolly brainfart

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Yeah, nvm. Leave it as it is. Its doing its job =}

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:17 PM

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Yeah. Plus wouldn't allPlayers have to loop through more technically? (as you said yesterday) - As it has to loop through like 100+ zones

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:18 PM

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?

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"Plus wouldn't allPlayers have to loop through more technically?" <- ?

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:18 PM

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Derp.

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Nevermind- Im being silly

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:20 PM

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erm, okay?

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And for the next time, we will learn, that

if(!(_x in _zoneBlacklist)) then
{
};```
is better than
```sqf
if(!(_x in _zoneBlacklist)) then {
};```

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:24 PM

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No no no 😉

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:24 PM

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yes yes yes 😉

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No Commy! Not you! You use Macros

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 7:24 PM

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wrong

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:25 PM

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My brackets can be wherever they so please. 😉

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:25 PM

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"I talked them, they want in the nextline. They don't feel well in the same line"

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"Its a fact"

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:26 PM

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Lies.

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:26 PM

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nono, i said "its a fact" behind it. So its true.

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:28 PM

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How about. if(!(_x in _zoneBlacklist)) then { //Super long code is here};

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:29 PM

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For ppl like you, there is a special place in hell.

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 7:29 PM

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Haha

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 if(count(missionNamespace getVariable Format["%1_zone_holders", _x]) == 0) exitWith { _x call Loot_StartZone; };
``` Hue hue hue

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Oh I wanted to ask. What was the way to get the nearest spawnable position for say a vehicle?

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 7:42 PM

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15:34:39 Error in expression <"_target", "_caller",  "_id", "_args"];
_args params ["_device"];


KI_fnc_devic>
15:34:39   Error position: <_args params ["_device"];


KI_fnc_devic>
15:34:39   Error Undefined variable in expression: _args
15:34:39 File C:\Users\Aebian\Documents\Arma 3\missions\[A]_Cuda.Woodland_ACR\itsAebian\tDevice.sqf, line 14

/*
    author: @Aebian
    description: none
    returns: nothing
    //  _null = [HEMTTA4, SOBJ] execVM "itsAebian\device.sqf";
*/

params["_vehicle", "_object"];

_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object];


params ["_target", "_caller",  "_id", "_args"];
_args params ["_device"];


KI_fnc_device = {

{ _x setDamage 1; } forEach ( _device nearEntities ["Man", 10]);

};``` any ideas? shouldn't that work?

indigo snow Apr 16, 2017, 7:49 PM

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well, no, _args is nowhere defined

tough abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:49 PM

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^^^

indigo snow Apr 16, 2017, 7:49 PM

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as in, that second params is unlogical

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no new arguments, and _this is documented to be only 2 long

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 7:50 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction there I can pass arguments trough it

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if I just pass 1 I could use select 3

indigo snow Apr 16, 2017, 7:51 PM

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yea but thats outside of the addAction command

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all those arguments are passed into KI_fnc_device

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you've only added the command there

tough abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:51 PM

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Also, KI_fnc_device is defined after the addaction is used. Will that cause an issue?

indigo snow Apr 16, 2017, 7:52 PM

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it probably does, since it'll point at a NIL value

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 7:52 PM

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It won't if you do:
{_this call KI_fnc_device}

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instead of
KI_fnc_device
directly

indigo snow Apr 16, 2017, 7:52 PM

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can arrays contain nil?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 7:52 PM

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Yes, b ut you cannot use local variables

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undefined local variables in scheduled environment

indigo snow Apr 16, 2017, 7:54 PM

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mhm. but yea looks like that function needs to be defined ealier and the two params bits should actually be inside that function instead of outside it

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 7:55 PM

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allright

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yep worked

tough abyss Apr 16, 2017, 7:58 PM

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Wouldn't this accomplish what you want?

/*
    author: @Aebian
    description: none
    returns: nothing
    //  _null = [HEMTTA4, SOBJ] execVM "itsAebian\device.sqf";
*/

KI_fnc_device = {
    _device = _this select 0;
    { _x setDamage 1; } forEach ( _device nearEntities ["Man", 10]);
};

params["_vehicle", "_object"];

_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device", { [] spawn KI_fnc_device; }, _object];

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 7:59 PM

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device is select 3 as the other ones are reserved for target caller and id

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but that would also work if I would just pass one argument along

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@tough abyss ^

willow basin Apr 16, 2017, 8:04 PM

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When I reverse "_revDummy", it also affects "dummy". Any idea how I could prevent this?

    ARM_fnc_addDummy = {
        dummy pushBackUnique _this;
        private _revDummy = dummy; reverse _revDummy;
        hint str(dummy);
    };
    "1" call ARM_fnc_addDummy; // ["1"] dummy === _revDummy
    "2" call ARM_fnc_addDummy; // ["2","1"] dummy === _revDummy
    "3" call ARM_fnc_addDummy; // ["3","1","2"] dummy === _revDummy```

tough abyss Apr 16, 2017, 8:04 PM

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Use smart things, not dummies.

native hemlock Apr 16, 2017, 8:09 PM

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That's because they both "point" to the same array

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array#Copying

willow basin Apr 16, 2017, 8:12 PM

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Ahh thanks, never noticed that SQF uses pointers (thought it's always copy) o.O. Then my problem is quickly solved. Does this only apply to arrays or also other types?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:30 PM

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Only applies to arrays.

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Well.

_player = player;
_unit = _player

_unit and _player also point to the same thing.

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But doesn't apply to numbers or strings or bools.

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 8:36 PM

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Quick question here. I had been taking a look at the addScriptedEventHandler function. I was wondering if I did something like "arsenalClosed" would it be local to the player who closed the arsenal or the box that was closed? Or neither? ex: [missionNamespace, "arsenalClosed", {hint "Hello World"}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:37 PM

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It would only execute on the machine where the eventhandler was added and only if the arsenal was closed on the local machine.

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 8:38 PM

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Okay, that makes sense. So if I were to do [myArsenalBox, "event", {hint "Hello World"}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler; it'd be local to the arsenal then?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:39 PM

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"event" would have to a valid event and whether or not this works with myArsenalBox instead of missionNamespace I can check in a moment...

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 8:40 PM

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Right, I copied the example. I understand there are different types.

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:41 PM

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Nope it would not.

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https://gist.github.com/commy2/ef5e3d6b736a3082e9ce0a92e5a6d5a9#file-fn_arsenal-sqf-L1033

Gist

fn_arsenal.sqf

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This is where the event is called and it's only called on the mission namespace, not the current arsenal box objects namespace.

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 8:42 PM

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so either way, the box would exist in the missionNamespace is what you're saying?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:43 PM

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No, the event is called with the missionNamespace. First argument in BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler.

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So only scripted eventhandlers attached to the mission namespace are used.

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Other ones are nowhere used and therefore doing:
[myArsenalBox, "event", {hint "Hello World"}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

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would never be executed.

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And it doesn't look like the currently used object is passed as argument, so you're out of luck.

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 8:45 PM

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Wow, well then.

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 8:46 PM

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can someone give me an example how to proceed with conditions? I tried:

_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object,"","","","",{vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle}];```
and
```sqf
_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object,"","","","","vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle"];``` the first one says that he needs a string the second one request a bool. 
I also tried:
```sqf
_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object,"","","","","{vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle}"];```

jovial ivy Apr 16, 2017, 8:47 PM

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()

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 8:47 PM

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I tried that also let me check again

dusk sage Apr 16, 2017, 8:48 PM

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Not all the parameters are strings either @hollow lantern

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 8:49 PM

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@dusk sage damn I see

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:49 PM

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"vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle"
is correct

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{vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle} call ace_common_fnc_codeToString

would work too.

dusk sage Apr 16, 2017, 8:54 PM

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💤

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:55 PM

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That late already?

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 8:56 PM

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hmm yeah as I use ACE. sqf _null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object,2,true,false,"","vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle"]; according to the wiki it should work but its still telling me type bool expected string hmmmmm

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:57 PM

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_vehicle is undefined.

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Also you forgot the arguments parameter

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 8:58 PM

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/*
    author: @Aebian
    description: none
    returns: nothing
    //  _null = [HEMTTA4, SOBJ] execVM "itsAebian\device.sqf";
*/


KI_fnc_device = {

params ["_target", "_caller",  "_id", "_args"];
_args params ["_device"];

{ _x setDamage 1; } forEach ( _device nearEntities ["Man", 10]);

};


params["_vehicle", "_object"];

_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object,2,true,false,"","vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle"];```

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its defined

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:58 PM

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4th one is priority and on your example it's the third one which should be "arguments" (ANY)

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 8:58 PM

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without the condition it works

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 8:58 PM

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No, it doesn't.

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_vehicle is undefined inside the condition scope and your arguments of addAction are wrong.

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Also _null = does nothing

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:00 PM

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I removed everything after the _object and my addAction works...

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:00 PM

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Yes, because the third parameter is missing.

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So if you delete everything, but the first two, it will obviously work

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[title, script, arguments, priority, showWindow, hideOnUse, shortcut, condition]

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:01 PM

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_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object];```

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that works

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:01 PM

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["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object ??????? ,2,true,false,"","vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle"]

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that works

Yes, because the third parameter is missing.
So if you delete everything, but the first two, it will obviously work

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:01 PM

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And _object are the arguments ?!

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or I don't get it

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:02 PM

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fml I hate this grey font

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Still

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_vehicle is undefined

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:03 PM

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just because the priority thing (3rd param) is missing? lol .... lol okay I'll check

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:04 PM

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_null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object,2,true,false,"","vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle"];```
☝  makes no sense

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:04 PM

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No, that has nothing to do with that.

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:04 PM

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_null = _vehicle addAction [ <-- that, Why?

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:04 PM

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Also

params ["_target", "_caller",  "_id", "_args"];
_args params ["_device"];

...

params["_vehicle", "_object"];

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Why two params???

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:05 PM

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oO

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:05 PM

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but I don't get why my _vehicle gets the addAction if I just use sqf _null = _vehicle addAction ["Trigger Device",KI_fnc_device,_object]; I mean _vehicle there seems to be defined

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:05 PM

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The _vehicle in "vehicle player isEqualTo _vehicle" is undefined

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The _vehicle in _vehicle addAction is defined...

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:06 PM

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so I can't use them there hmm okay

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:06 PM

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No, you need to pass every local variable as argument.

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because that condition is executed every frame or with whatever delay and local variables only exist in their scope. And the condition is a completely different instance.

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:07 PM

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OR make the local Var "_vehicle" in the addAction to a global one (e.g. MyTag_vehicle)

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 9:09 PM

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Quick question here, I'm having a hard time finding a base class for facewear. Ideas?

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:10 PM

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http://stefanstools.sourceforge.net/grepWin.html

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:10 PM

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The base class is called None for almost all of them.

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:10 PM

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Searching: "class classnameYouSearch:"

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:10 PM

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👆

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:11 PM

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GrepWin (or similar tools) -> 101% needed tools!

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Otherwise you go more mental

subtle ore Apr 16, 2017, 9:11 PM

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Ah ha.

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:11 PM

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Totalcmd ftw

jade abyss Apr 16, 2017, 9:12 PM

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hm, who likes it can use it. I don't/won't. Personal opinion.

hollow lantern Apr 16, 2017, 9:13 PM

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yeah

dusk sage Apr 16, 2017, 9:14 PM

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@hollow lantern Use _target instead of _vehicle, or use the new radius param

little eagle Apr 16, 2017, 9:18 PM

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"_this in _target"

hollow lantern Apr 17, 2017, 1:00 AM

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20:56:06 Error in expression <
_object = _this select 0;
_object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0];
_hits = _ob>
20:56:06   Error position: <setVariable ["hitTimes", 0];
_hits = _ob>
20:56:06   Error setvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
20:56:07 Error in expression <
_object = _this select 0;
_object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0];
_hits = _ob>
20:56:07   Error position: <setVariable ["hitTimes", 0];
_hits = _ob>
20:56:07   Error setvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location

according to the wiki my setVariable and get Variable should work. I tried this:

_obj addEventHandler ["HitPart", {
_object = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits") exitWith { _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 1]; };
if(_hits == 1) exitWith {
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
createVehicle ["Bo_GBU12_LGB",[(getPos _obj select 0)+ (_i*cos (_i*17.5)),(getPos _obj select 1)+ (_i*sin (_i*17.5)),0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
};
_object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0];
};
_object setVariable ["hitTimes", (_hits + 1)];
}];``` But that looks fine in my eyes

vapid frigate Apr 17, 2017, 1:22 AM

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looks too flat to me

tame portal Apr 17, 2017, 1:23 AM

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{
i
dont
know
what
you
mean
}

vapid frigate Apr 17, 2017, 1:26 AM

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you're using _obj in createvehicle, but it doesn't exist there @hollow lantern

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pls learn to use TAB 😛

hollow lantern Apr 17, 2017, 1:28 AM

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hmm I tried to change that in intelij but he reverted and removed all tabs so yeah I need to fix that

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hmm I could use _object I see

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doesn't work either,

_obj addEventHandler ["HitPart", {
_object = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";

    if(isNil "_hits") exitWith { _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 1]; };
    if(_hits == 1) exitWith 
    {
    for "_i" from 1 to 2 do 
        {
    
        createVehicle ["Bo_GBU12_LGB",[(getPos _object select 0)+ (_i*cos (_i*17.5)),(getPos _object select 1)+ (_i*sin (_i*17.5)),0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];
        };
                            
        _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0];
    };
        _object setVariable ["hitTimes", (_hits + 1)];
}];```

vapid frigate Apr 17, 2017, 1:41 AM

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no errors?

hollow lantern Apr 17, 2017, 1:43 AM

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of course, the one above

21:32:41   Error position: <getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:32:41   Error getvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
21:39:50 Error in expression <bject = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:39:50   Error position: <getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:39:50   Error getvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
21:39:52 Error in expression <bject = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:39:52   Error position: <getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:39:52   Error getvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
21:43:12 Error in expression <bject = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:43:12   Error position: <getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:43:12   Error getvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
21:43:12 Error in expression <bject = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:43:12   Error position: <getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:43:12   Error getvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
21:43:13 Error in expression <bject = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:43:13   Error position: <getVariable "hitTimes";
if(isNil "_hits">
21:43:13   Error getvariable: Type Array, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display (dialog),Control,Team member,Task,Location
21:43:30 Error in expression <bject = _this select 0;
_hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes";

vapid frigate Apr 17, 2017, 1:45 AM

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once is enough 😃

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looks like for some reason it thinks _object is an array, not object

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the biki says ```This EH returns array of sub-arrays [[...],[...],...[...]]. Each sub-array contains data for the part that was hit as usually multiple parts are hit at the same time (see HitPart_Sample).

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so SQF _obj addEventHandler ["HitPart", { { _object = _x select 0; _hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes"; if(isNil "_hits") exitWith { _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 1]; }; if(_hits == 1) exitWith { for "_i" from 1 to 2 do { createVehicle ["Bo_GBU12_LGB",[(getPos _object select 0)+ (_i*cos (_i*17.5)),(getPos _object select 1)+ (_i*sin (_i*17.5)),0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"]; }; _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0]; }; _object setVariable ["hitTimes", (_hits + 1)]; } foreach _this; }];

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or SQF _obj addEventHandler ["HitPart", { _object = _this select 0 select 0; _hits = _object getVariable "hitTimes"; if(isNil "_hits") exitWith { _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 1]; }; if(_hits == 1) exitWith { for "_i" from 1 to 2 do { createVehicle ["Bo_GBU12_LGB",[(getPos _object select 0)+ (_i*cos (_i*17.5)),(getPos _object select 1)+ (_i*sin (_i*17.5)),0],[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"]; }; _object setVariable ["hitTimes", 0]; }; _object setVariable ["hitTimes", (_hits + 1)]; }];

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depending on whether you want one for each hitpart, or 1 for the hit overall

hollow lantern Apr 17, 2017, 1:50 AM

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well the object just needs two hits to explode so I guess the second approach will do it. Thanks!

hollow lantern Apr 17, 2017, 3:44 AM

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can I pass a local variable of a script to an EventHandler somehow?

still forum Apr 17, 2017, 3:44 AM

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put it into a global variable.. Or you can compile format it if your variable is a number or string

hollow lantern Apr 17, 2017, 3:45 AM

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its a created unit (object)

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ok