#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 321

rancid ruin May 31, 2017, 10:50 PM

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ah, @icy mauve it may be a copy/paste problem, that's happened before in here

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try typing that part out manually

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i am so rusty with sqf though, hopefully someone less rusty will lay some eyes on it

icy mauve May 31, 2017, 10:51 PM

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I replaced "==" with "isEqualTo"

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same Error tho, it works, and randomizes and shows different animations but I still get the error.

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Talking to each other, different animations but: http://i.imgur.com/O9mc5Po.jpg

rancid ruin May 31, 2017, 10:54 PM

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afaik isEqualTo is marginally faster than == but functionally no different

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wait are you doing !isEqualTo ? because that won't work

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to wait until something is false you need to do !(condition which is true) i believe

icy mauve May 31, 2017, 10:56 PM

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No I'm not doing that

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alex_fnc_animatron = {
    sleep 0.1; 
    params  ["_unit", "_animations", "_randomize"];

    if (_randomize) then {
        while {true} do {
            _animation = selectRandom _animations;
            _unit playMove _animation;
            waitUntil {
                animationState _unit isEqualTo _animation;
            };
        }
    } else {
        {
            _unit playMove _x;
            waitUntil {
                animationState _unit == _x;
            };
        } forEach _animations;
    };
};

tough abyss May 31, 2017, 11:01 PM

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learned a thing or two from https://ace3mod.com/wiki/development/arma-3-scheduler-and-our-practices.html - now I'm on a project to use these cba functions to move everything into unscheduled.

unkempt spire May 31, 2017, 11:13 PM

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the player init box in editor runs locally right?

rancid ruin May 31, 2017, 11:28 PM

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i think it runs each time a player connects

indigo snow May 31, 2017, 11:40 PM

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its not locally

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global

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every client will execute all init boxes upon connecting

vapid frigate Jun 1, 2017, 1:41 AM

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isEqualTo is functionally different to ==

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differences are here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isEqualTo

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@royal coral to fix that error, just use more brackets (animationState _unit) isEqualTo _animation;

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but yeah, you probably do want to wait until it's not equal

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otherwise it'll just be spamming playMove every frame

rancid ruin Jun 1, 2017, 2:23 AM

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ah thought they were the same

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It can compare Arrays, Scripts and Booleans (alive player isEqualTo true)

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== can't compare arrays?

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and what does it mean by comparing Scripts? comparing something wrapped in {}?

vapid frigate Jun 1, 2017, 2:27 AM

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yeah == can't compare arrays

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yeah not sure about scripts.. guess it compares compiled scripts

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(not really sure why it'd be useful.. maybe to check if one's blank or something)

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 3:56 AM

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SCRIPT refers to the script handles reported by spawn and execVM.

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Also iirc == cannot compare CODE (e.g. {true}) either, unless you stringify it first.

str {true} == str {true}

vapid frigate Jun 1, 2017, 4:06 AM

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ah ok that makes more sense

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 5:29 AM

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Is there any command to apply custom rank configurations? Cant seem to be able to apply anything but the default ones. Keeps reverting to private

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 8:28 AM

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If I activate a function inside a file from a unit, is "this" inside the file still the unit?

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And how can I check if a variable is of a certain type, say "this" needs to be a unit and not a trigger?

warm gorge Jun 1, 2017, 8:32 AM

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It needs to be passed to the script somehow. And you can use the param/params command for making sure its a unit such as like params [["_unit", objNull, [objNull]]];

vapid frigate Jun 1, 2017, 8:32 AM

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whatever you pass in to the script (whatever's before spawn/execvm/call) will be _this in the script

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which you can then pull apart with params as shadowranger said if you want

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 8:41 AM

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Now my Code doesn't run at all, lol

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are there any logs?

warm gorge Jun 1, 2017, 8:43 AM

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Show us what you've got

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And how you're executing the script

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 9:18 AM

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Are the Animations sqf ["Acts_JetsCrewaidF_runB_m", "Acts_JetsCrewaidLCrouch_in_m", "Acts_JetsCrewaidFCrouchThumbup_in_m", "Acts_JetsCrewaidFCrouchThumbup_loop_m", "Acts_JetsCrewaidFCrouchThumbup_out_m"] working for anyone?

or are those Actions and therefore executed with playAction instead of playMove?

vapid frigate Jun 1, 2017, 9:19 AM

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there is logs, and you should also enable -showScriptErrors while scripting to show them on screen

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logs are in %appdatalocal%\arma 3

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 9:20 AM

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Is that the little black box that sometimes appears?

vapid frigate Jun 1, 2017, 9:20 AM

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one of them, yeah

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the one that you don't have to click ok

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 9:20 AM

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I already activated that then

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 9:30 AM

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@delicate lotus exactly what i was looking for, thank you very much!

jade abyss Jun 1, 2017, 9:34 AM

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Some animations just don't work with playMove/PlayAction @icy mauve
Nothing you can do

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 9:35 AM

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oh too bad, kay then

jade abyss Jun 1, 2017, 9:35 AM

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+Could be, that those are some of them

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 9:35 AM

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I think they where added with the Jets DLC as those are only jet-animations but okay then

jade abyss Jun 1, 2017, 9:36 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

icy mauve Jun 1, 2017, 9:36 AM

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I'll just leave that out then and focus more on the content of the mission.

jade abyss Jun 1, 2017, 9:36 AM

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Do a test: Add another Anim

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player playmove "AwopPercMstpSgthWrflDnon_throw2"; <-- for example that one

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 12:25 PM

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@subtle ore No, the available ranks are hard coded and you cannot add new ones by modifying CfgRanks.

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CfgRanks for example has GENERAL, but that enum is unused by the game. Only the other 7 ranks (class 0 .. class 6) are used and also "" I guess.

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 1:09 PM

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i might sound a little noobish here, but how can i display full number? instead of decimals and stuff? this is what i mean http://prntscr.com/fenoce i dont want this

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 1:13 PM

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use toFixed

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 1:14 PM

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thanks @still forum

quasi rover Jun 1, 2017, 1:39 PM

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What is this in red one on Eden editor? http://imgur.com/11YX3ER

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 1:53 PM

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disabled sim

quasi rover Jun 1, 2017, 1:57 PM

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thx, FurtherV🙂

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 2:13 PM

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how can i check if there is a player 3 meters away from ATM? i tried this:

_return= false;
_atm= (_this select 0);
_checkList= getPos _atm nearEntities [["Man"],4];
hint str(_checkList);
_check= _checkList select 0;
if (isNil "_check") then {
    _return=false;
}
else
{
_return=true;
};
_return
``` doesnt seem to work tho

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_atm addAction ["Access ATM", "ATM\ATMaction.sqf",{}, 0,false,false,"","[_atm] call sh_fn_ATM"];

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:16 PM

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nearby objects in 3m?

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then check if atm is in it?

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or just add the action to the atm?

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 2:17 PM

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if i add the action into atm, then you can access it just by pointing at it from big ranges

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thats not what i want, i want a player to get close first

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@delicate lotus ima try your idea

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:18 PM

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you can set a range in add action

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 2:18 PM

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private _atm = (_this select 0);
private _checkList = (getPos _atm) nearEntities [["Man"],4];
hint str(_checkList);
(count _checkList > 0)

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why don't you just add the action to the ATM and set the interaction distance to 3 meters?

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 2:20 PM

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because i dont want opfor guys to access it

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:21 PM

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than add a condition to the action

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 2:21 PM

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ill see what i can do , one sec

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:22 PM

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"side player == opfor"

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 2:22 PM

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also _atm addAction ["Access ATM", "ATM\ATMaction.sqf",{}, 0,false,false,"","[_atm] call sh_fn_ATM"];
that "[_atm] call sh_fn_ATM" _atm is a undefined variable

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also you don't need to pass it inside a array just to take it back out again. just pass it directly

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 2:26 PM

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its defined in file above, anyways i found the fix:

_player= (_this select 0);
_return=false;
_checkList= nearestObjects [getPos _player, [], 4];
_checks= [];
{
    _checkName= (str _x) splitString "_";
    _checks pushBack _checkName;
}forEach _checkList;
{
    if ("Land_Atm_02_F" in _checkList) then
    {
        _return=true;
    };
 }forEach _checks;
 _return;

misscopied smth, edited

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:30 PM

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too much code for the problem

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 2:30 PM

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meh, i got it working , and its ok for me, thanks for help tho.

warm gorge Jun 1, 2017, 2:37 PM

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Anyone know any issues with attachTo? Specifically when using it to attach players to other players. Im having an issue where the attached player will ocasionally glitch to position [0,0,0] on the map. For the attached player, they can see themselves in the correct position, but for other people and the person their attached to, their at [0,0,0]. Even more strange, sometimes other players can see them attached correctly, but the person their attached to cant. Very weird behavior. It seems like some sort of locality issue, but I really don't know.

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:43 PM

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why do you want to attach players to other players

halcyon crypt Jun 1, 2017, 2:45 PM

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dragging and carrying comes to mind

warm gorge Jun 1, 2017, 2:45 PM

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Escorting system for restrained/cuffed players

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 2:47 PM

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yeah but... do you need them to attach to that player?

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is there not other way?

warm gorge Jun 1, 2017, 2:55 PM

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Not really no

indigo snow Jun 1, 2017, 2:59 PM

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tried attaching them to a helper object and manipulating that?

warm gorge Jun 1, 2017, 3:01 PM

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Nah was considerin that

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:03 PM

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@copper raven What the hell is your code doing?
You are checking the same condition potentially hundreds of times with always the same result.
And no.. _atm is not defined in the addAction condition. Local variables don't carry over like that.
But your code is for Life right? So.. I guess it's complying with Life coding standards...

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:04 PM

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i forgot to rename it, _atm is passing _player

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sorry

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there, edited

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done

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:05 PM

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Still

{
    if ("Land_Atm_02_F" in _checkList) then
    {
        _return=true;
    };
 }forEach _checks;

That if statement always returns the same. Why are you executing that for every element in _checks?

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setting a variable to true dozens of times doesn't make it any more true

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And why are you passing _player in an array if you're gonna take it out again right away anyway?

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And I thought you wanted it only to be available to not opfor people? Your code does nothing like that

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All your code does you can do by just setting addAction's radius parameter to 4

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:10 PM

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idk iam not script god, i got it working, not gonna go anymore deep into it

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:10 PM

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I just told you hot to make it better and how horrible your script is. And you just ignore the advice?

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:11 PM

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iam not ignoring you , iknow its potato way that i have done it, if it causes problems later on , i will take your advice then

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iam too lazy to rework it in a proper way rn

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:12 PM

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Change atm addAction ["Access ATM", "ATM\ATMaction.sqf",{}, 0,false,false,"","[_atm] call sh_fn_ATM"]; to atm addAction ["Access ATM", "ATM\ATMaction.sqf",{}, 0,false,false,"","true",4];

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5 seconds

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:13 PM

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i dont want this

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 3:13 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:14 PM

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i have different scenario

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which i wont explain because there is no point to

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 3:14 PM

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how you dare helping me! fuck you!

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😄

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:14 PM

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You come here asking for advice. People give you advice. You ignore it and just fiddle on your own which creates horrible code. And then you say "I don't want any advice. this works"

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:15 PM

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FurtherV ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) gave me the advice that i needed, and it worked out

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no point of making out other statements which i dont need

jade abyss Jun 1, 2017, 3:15 PM

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aannndddd next one on the list

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:16 PM

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He told you to add a condition to check the side of the player. Which you completly ignored

jade abyss Jun 1, 2017, 3:16 PM

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sshhh Dedmen, not worth it 😄

copper raven Jun 1, 2017, 3:17 PM

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yes pls, end of story

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 3:17 PM

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Insanity

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 3:30 PM

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Hi, is there a way of preventing popup targets from popping up after being shot?

long hatch Jun 1, 2017, 3:31 PM

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nopop=true;

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 3:36 PM

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I put it in init.sqf?

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 3:52 PM

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you ask them to do not

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 3:54 PM

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Just spawn a AI MG gunner with unlimited Ammo and tell them to fire on the target everytime it tries to pop back up

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 3:54 PM

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The last question makes no sense.

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 3:56 PM

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okay lets make a real question here,
What is a efficent, fast and good working way to check how many units are in a marker area?

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 3:58 PM

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Sorry but what exactly makes your question more real than mine?

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He said "nopop=true;" I have no idea what to do with it. If I had, I wouldn't ask

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I already figured it out, thanks for whatever

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 3:59 PM

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xDD

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:00 PM

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This is the scripting channel though. What do you think we do with code? We execute it.

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 4:00 PM

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Boolean 🙄

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:00 PM

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Reading it out load won't convince the game not to make the targets pop up.

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@delicate lotus
I propose:

{_x inArea _marker} count allUnits

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 4:03 PM

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"Hey arma, stop you and your popup bullshit 😃 "

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:03 PM

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xD

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I didnt know there was a inArea function lol

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nice

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nice indeed

halcyon crypt Jun 1, 2017, 4:04 PM

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I see everyone is a bit salty again today? 😁

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:04 PM

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And no I did not search for it

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Lazy me

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:04 PM

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Alternatively:

count (allUnits inAreaArray _marker)

This could be faster, but I never used the command, so no idea if my understanding of it is correct.

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It avoids the loop.

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:05 PM

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yeah that could be really faster

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:05 PM

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I hope so 😃

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:05 PM

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yeah I do to

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:06 PM

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inArea is a nice function to have as command.

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:06 PM

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yes it is

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:09 PM

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@halcyon crypt
I blame the heat.

halcyon crypt Jun 1, 2017, 4:10 PM

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hehe

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it is kinda warm and sticky :/

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:17 PM

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I have a big fan and lots of water

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:18 PM

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I have one window to open and lot's of empty water bottles. 😦

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:18 PM

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RIP

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how about you steel some water bottles from opfor?

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:19 PM

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steal*

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:19 PM

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rip grammar

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:19 PM

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grammer

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It's just a spelling mistake, which is different from a grammar mistake.

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:22 PM

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doStop commy2;

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 4:23 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz1vW5D7ViY

YouTube

Jimmybe29

Sound Effect - No can do (Arma 3)

▶ Play video

delicate lotus Jun 1, 2017, 4:23 PM

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lol

warm thorn Jun 1, 2017, 4:40 PM

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@vivid quartz Regarding the playMusic issue. I have tested it to start the playMusic as server. Unfortunately JIP wont work there :/

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 5:07 PM

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@warm thorn what? No jip with playMusic?

warm thorn Jun 1, 2017, 5:19 PM

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I have tested it - nope

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 5:20 PM

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Fack

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 7:12 PM

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playMusic has an alternate syntax to set the starting point of the sound file, so if you're smart, JIP should be no problem.

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 7:31 PM

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Is there a way to get the trigger-zone visible? (this blue zone)

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 7:37 PM

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Triggers are visible in the editor and invisible ingame.

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 7:56 PM

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Put a marker over it

misty trail Jun 1, 2017, 8:07 PM

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how do i change the icon when i use BIS_fnc_setTask ?

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 8:18 PM

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@little eagle hey now. I want to be smart too 🙃

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 8:19 PM

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Everyone does, but it's not granted, it's earned.

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 8:26 PM

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gives @subtle ore a 🍪

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 8:35 PM

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@little eagle joke being a wannabe is uhealthy

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@still forum thanks, is it oatmeal rasian?

still forum Jun 1, 2017, 8:36 PM

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No. Chocolate chip

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 8:39 PM

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Shiet :(

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 8:40 PM

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Good taste.

subtle ore Jun 1, 2017, 8:40 PM

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Oatmeal raisin is the stuff.

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I could go on, but thats a topic for #offtopic_arma 😃

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 9:12 PM

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@little eagle not visible on map - like the 3d blue zone ingame 😄

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 9:29 PM

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I don't think you can. I'm not aware of a way to take that editor functionality into the ingame / preview mode without adding models etc.

indigo snow Jun 1, 2017, 9:34 PM

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Might wanna poke around in the 3den pbo to see if theres a p3d in there

tough abyss Jun 1, 2017, 9:38 PM

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then it would be a scalable p3d? i doubt

indigo snow Jun 1, 2017, 9:39 PM

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no i imagine wall segments

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youd have to position them by script but thats fairly trivial if they exist

little eagle Jun 1, 2017, 9:46 PM

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I don't think they are a model. I think they're drawing these things procedurally and I don't think the method is accessible to us.

ivory nova Jun 2, 2017, 12:52 AM

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Can someone confirm/clarify something for me: is it just me or does setGusts have no effect on the wind at all?

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Been messing with it and can't detect any impact on the environment

ivory nova Jun 2, 2017, 1:29 AM

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@tough abyss OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHHHHIIIIT

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okay thank you man

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Trying to make my own wind gusts system wasn't a waste after all

weak tiger Jun 2, 2017, 7:24 AM

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18:12:02   Error position: <_grpIconColor set [0,(_grpIconColor sele>
18:12:02   Error Undefined variable in expression: _grpiconcolor
18:12:02 File A3\modules_f\marta\data\scripts\fnc_effect.sqf, line 35

been getting a few of these lately

vivid quartz Jun 2, 2017, 10:19 AM

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How do i check if player is the owner of some object?

_veh= _type createVehicleLocal _pos;
_playerObject=player;
_veh setOwner (owner _playerObject);

i use this to set owner, but how do i check if player is owner of veh?

jovial ivy Jun 2, 2017, 10:21 AM

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

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So

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:21 AM

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owner _veh == owner _playerObject

???

jovial ivy Jun 2, 2017, 10:22 AM

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Yeah that. lol

vivid quartz Jun 2, 2017, 10:22 AM

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that escalated quickly 😂

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ty, gonna try

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:24 AM

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There is not much point in setting the owner of an object created on presumably the players machine (presumed because the usage of _playerObject=player;, because the object will be local to the machine that created it already.

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And then there is the point that the owner and setOwner commands only work when executed on the servers machine. And player is null on a dedicated server

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So there are so fundamental problems with these 3 lines.

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Unless I'm overlooking something...

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Also you cannot even set the owner of an object that only exists on your machine.

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Yeah... looks like back to the drawing board for this one.

vivid quartz Jun 2, 2017, 10:31 AM

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@little eagle oh boy , i will have to do some stuff here to get it fixed then, since i dont test this mission on dedicated server but player host, i dont encounter those problems, but i will soon, thanks for tips/explainments. 😄

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:31 AM

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Well it's trivial in SP editor. owner and setOwner don't do anything there and createVehicleLocal is basically identical to createVehicle

vivid quartz Jun 2, 2017, 10:32 AM

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yea gonna rewrite some stuff

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:33 AM

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Depending on what you're trying to do, it would still work. But the whole code could be boiled down to line 1 and it would do the same thing: create an object only on the machine where the code was executed on.

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No one else could see it.

icy mauve Jun 2, 2017, 2:10 PM

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I forgot who gave this to me but I continue getting errors for no reason:

waitUntil {
  (animationState _unit) |#|!= _animation;
};```

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 2:11 PM

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And what is the error?

icy mauve Jun 2, 2017, 2:11 PM

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"general exception in expression"

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Full Code in init.sqf:

alex_fnc_animatron = {
    params  ["_unit", "_animations", "_randomize"];
    
    if (_randomize) then {
        while {true} do {
            _animation = selectRandom _animations;
            _unit playMove _animation;
            waitUntil {
                (animationState _unit) != _animation;
            };
        };
    } else {
        {
            _unit playMove _x;
            waitUntil {
                (animationState _unit) != _x;
            };
        } forEach _animations;
    };
};

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nvm I'm stupid

halcyon crypt Jun 2, 2017, 3:27 PM

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what the hell is |#|!= ? 🤔

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 3:32 PM

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|#| marks the error

halcyon crypt Jun 2, 2017, 3:33 PM

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doesn't ring a bell at all ¯_(ツ)_/¯

jade abyss Jun 2, 2017, 3:36 PM

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-showScriptErros

halcyon crypt Jun 2, 2017, 3:38 PM

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ah gotcha. Had to find a screenshot though. ^^

subtle ore Jun 2, 2017, 5:21 PM

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@jade abyss Erros 🤔

jade abyss Jun 2, 2017, 5:21 PM

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🤔 ?

subtle ore Jun 2, 2017, 5:22 PM

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🤔 <- thinking emote

jade abyss Jun 2, 2017, 5:26 PM

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No shit Sherlock, rly?

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😂

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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? < question mark

jade abyss Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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Where the f do you come from?

subtle ore Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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0_o

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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Hiding in the bushes.

jade abyss Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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sneakyy

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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Like usual

subtle ore Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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:thinking:

jade abyss Jun 2, 2017, 5:27 PM

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Don't do that infront of a kindergarten, might end bad.

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😂 Okay, back to doing stuff =}

subtle ore Jun 2, 2017, 5:28 PM

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:monkey:

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 5:28 PM

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:squirrel:

subtle ore Jun 2, 2017, 5:28 PM

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I cant see the squirrel @still forum :(

inner swallow Jun 2, 2017, 6:19 PM

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is there any way to see how the action command works?

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e.g. if i wanted to see how exactly the rearm or repair actions are implemented?

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because they seem broken in MP

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i thought they were only a problem with tanks, but turns out it's all vehicles

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basically, i have something like this:

_veh = VehCSAT_AH1;
[_veh,["rearm", ammoBox]] remoteExec ["action"]```
and it refuses to work with more than one player in the helicopter.

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no matter what i try as targets

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and this is true of ammo trucks, etc in general - more than one player means no action appears on the scroll wheel menu

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 6:40 PM

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action has nothing to do with stuff on scroll wheel menu

inner swallow Jun 2, 2017, 6:47 PM

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@still forum don't the scroll wheel menu entries like eject, rearm, repair, etc "call"/use actions?

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(i'm not saying that an action magically appears on the action menu btw)

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but anyway, that's irrelevant in some ways - does anyone have a clue about making the repair/rearm/refuel actions work with multiple people crewing a vehicle?

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20:04:43 Remote entity want to supply: VehCSAT_AH1

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that's the message that appears if i'm gunner and someone else is driver.

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if i'm driver i don't get that message

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doesn't resupply either way

warped moon Jun 2, 2017, 7:08 PM

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Anyone know how to use the BIS_fnc_findSafePos to find a position, but not near a certain object? (for example Exile_Flagpole) ?
So far I got this, which is working, but it might spawn around the Exile_flagpole...
_positiontest = [[4992.81,8005.06,0.00143814],300,10000,0,0,0.35,0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 7:09 PM

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don't the scroll wheel menu entries like eject, rearm, repair, etc "call"/use actions?
No, they are different, but I'm sure both action and what is hardcoded and in CfgActions point to the same basic engine functionalities.

inner swallow Jun 2, 2017, 7:24 PM

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so then those functionalities are broken, i guess...(not as if i hadn't made a bug report a few months ago)

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FWIW when i executed that code locally it worked for me but not the gunner, and when i accidentally executed it globally it worked for both of us, but there was a period of a a minute or two for which it would keep resuplying us.

gilded rover Jun 2, 2017, 8:14 PM

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how do you get coloured text?

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:24 PM

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Does anyone have an idea of why (uiNamespace getVariable "RscMiniMap") displayCtrl 101 returns 00000000002FF7E00?

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Basically want to get the GPS ctrl so I can add Draw eventhandler to it...

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The above ID is what is referred in RscMiniMap.sqf in ArmA 3 default GPS

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when I add displayNull to it, it says no ctrl

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But not sure why it's not getting the ctrl

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:50 PM

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Are you sure 00000000002FF7E00 is not the control?

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check typeName of returned value

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:53 PM

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typeName does not return anything @still forum

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:55 PM

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What? Typename returns "" ?

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or nil ?

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:55 PM

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typeName ((uiNamespace getVariable "RscMiniMap") displayCtrl 101)

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Doesn't return anything in watch fields

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So most likely ""

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:55 PM

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try [typeName ((uiNamespace getVariable "RscMiniMap") displayCtrl 101)]

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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String

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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In escape menu the MiniMap is not shown right?

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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diag_log [typeName ((uiNamespace getVariable "RscMiniMap") displayCtrl 101)]; = string

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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so RscMiniMap is probably nil

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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It does not show in RscDisplayInterrupt no

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:56 PM

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Yeah. So the minimap display is not there. So you can't get it's control

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:57 PM

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Could it maybe be after Jets DLC update 🤔

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 8:57 PM

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try
[] spawn {sleep 5; systemChat str [typeName ((uiNamespace getVariable "RscMiniMap") displayCtrl 101)];}
Then go ingame and wait

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 8:58 PM

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5 seconds and nothing is showing

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Or wait

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Had chat disabled

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Its string

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Same as when I used diag_log

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I see new ones such as RscCustomInfoCrew, RscCutomInfoMiniMap etc etc

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Yep

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New one is RscCustomInfoMiniMap

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Begs the question why bohemia dont delete their old code

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 9:03 PM

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Does that need to be changed somewhere on the wiki?

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:03 PM

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I've not seen any coverage on it anywhere on the wiki

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 9:03 PM

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kk

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:03 PM

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Btw is the updated CfgVehicles wiki page by you?

still forum Jun 2, 2017, 9:04 PM

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Noooooo

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You can see that by clicking History on the top-right

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:07 PM

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aah

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Okey

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So still doesnt work

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Now it says no display

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((uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoMiniMap") displayCtrl 13301)

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Its really hard to know as well, since RscCustomInfoMiniMap.sqf has no code in it

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Wait..

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Ye, not working

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(uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoMiniMap")

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Is not even giving me any display

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:23 PM

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@rotund cypress Congrats. You found the DISPLAY typed nil .

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:23 PM

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However uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoSlingLoad" shows display

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:23 PM

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CONTROL*

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:24 PM

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What?

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:24 PM

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Every nil can have a type.

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displayCtrl is a function supposed to report a CONTROL

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:24 PM

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I know that lol

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:24 PM

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So if you feed it the command nil, it will report a nil with CONTROL type

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:25 PM

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Oki

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:25 PM

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That is how SQF is done. Value and type of a variable are independent, so you can have a nil for every type.

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type being SCALAR, BOOL etc.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:26 PM

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Ok so uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoSlingLoad" and uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoCrew" is returning displays but not RscCustomInfoMiniMap

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Ye ok

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:26 PM

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uiNamespace getVariable ["RscCustomInfoMiniMap", displayNull]

to avoid nil

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But it would still mean that the display and the control are null

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:27 PM

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Yes I know 😃

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:27 PM

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Not every display can be retrieved with this method.

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They have to use BIS_fnc_initDisplay or define the variable manually in a different way.

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And not every display has a onLoad script

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:30 PM

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Well this is calling an empty onLoad script RscCustomInfoMiniMap

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:30 PM

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class RscCustomInfoMiniMap {
    idd = 311;
    scriptName = "RscCustomInfoMiniMap";
    scriptPath = "IGUI";
    onLoad = "[""onLoad"",_this,""RscCustomInfoMiniMap"",'IGUI'] call     (uinamespace getvariable 'BIS_fnc_initDisplay')";
    onUnload = "[""onUnload"",_this,""RscCustomInfoMiniMap"",'IGUI'] call     (uinamespace getvariable 'BIS_fnc_initDisplay')";

This one does though, so no idea why it's not working.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:30 PM

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yep

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And in that initDisplay script it registers the display in uiNamespace

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Soo

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And it's quite weird that it shows the infocrew and infoslindload even thought those are not open

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:31 PM

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Ergo the display doesn't exist.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:31 PM

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Maybe handled by engine?

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:31 PM

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Maybe it's a different display.

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Don't think so

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It would be a first.

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Everything else is a dialog in config

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:31 PM

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But it would be majorly stupid if you can not modify it

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:32 PM

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Main menu, server browser, lobby

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You're probably looking at the wrong class.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:32 PM

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RscCustomInfoSlingLoad is also empty

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But it still returns display

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And when I use createDialog "RscCustomInfoMiniMap" it works

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:33 PM

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Well, then you created the display and it didn't exist before. No surprise. That pretty much confirms what I said.

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Gesundheit.

gilded rover Jun 2, 2017, 9:34 PM

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sorry

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:34 PM

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Haha

gilded rover Jun 2, 2017, 9:34 PM

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😛

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:35 PM

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But the RscCustomInfoMiniMap should be created when I open the miniMap

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Or the GPS

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:39 PM

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No, why?

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It has no obligation to.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:39 PM

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Of course not

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But it would be most logical

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:39 PM

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There could be a different display / control that does the job than you're looking at.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:40 PM

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Is there a keyhandler or something I could look at in the fileS?

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:40 PM

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Uhm.

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But it would be most logical
Logic only can tell you if an expression is valid. Not if it's true.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:41 PM

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🙃

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getting all variables in uiNamespace does not work either for some reason

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Okey apparently i can with parsingNamespace

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:49 PM

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Yes, some... have decided that allVariables is a security risk in MP

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 9:49 PM

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What are you trying to do? Drawing on the GPS works if you use RscCustomInfoMiniMap

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 9:49 PM

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It won't work with ui and mission namespace.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:49 PM

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@native hemlock not returning any display

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 9:55 PM

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Not returning any display when running?

private _miniMapDisp = uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoMiniMap";

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:55 PM

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uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoMiniMap"; == no display

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 9:56 PM

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This is 1.70?

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:56 PM

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Yes

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Ctrl + M with GPS in inventory

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 9:57 PM

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That's bizarre...

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private _miniMapDisp = uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoMiniMap";
private _ctrl = _miniMapDisp displayCtrl 101;
_ctrl ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    _this select 0 drawIcon [
        "iconStaticMG",
        [1,0,0,1],
        getPos player,
        24,
        24,
        getDir player,
        "Player Vehicle",
        1,
        0.03,
        "TahomaB",
        "right"
    ]
}];

That draws an icon correctly on the mini map for me

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 9:58 PM

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Not for me

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GPS open but still no display

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https://gyazo.com/9be85a8ed3e738505b929d4a9da7ef54

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 10:01 PM

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Have you modified that config class?

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 10:01 PM

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Nope vanilla arma

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Latest update

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Did you try this today?

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 10:05 PM

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Yes I tested the code I pasted above just before I sent it.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 10:06 PM

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Even in editor it doesnt work for me

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So its not anything with my mission

jovial ivy Jun 2, 2017, 10:08 PM

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Is there any reason: init="call{this addAction [""Gun Store"", {_null = [] call GunStore_Open}];}"; would only be executing on one player that selects it? As in when me and a friend were testing it out, I could scroll wheel and open it, but he could not. Any idea's? The code itself is all local.

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That is straight from a units init field(from within the sqm file)

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 10:14 PM

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For one of my friends it works as well, so its really weird that it isnt for me

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Okey after restart it works lol

native hemlock Jun 2, 2017, 10:23 PM

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Interesting, could you have accidentally used setVariable instead of getVariable, and set it to be displayNull?

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:24 PM

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It was nil, not null

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 10:24 PM

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Thats a big possibility, however I did not remember ever using setVariable during the time the game was open

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That was RscMiniMap @little eagle

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IIRC RscCustomInfoMiniMap was always null

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:25 PM

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Maybe you used createDisplay, which overwrote the variable with a new display and then closed it by pressing ESC...

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 10:25 PM

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I used createDialog, but yes also a possibility

little eagle Jun 2, 2017, 10:26 PM

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Something along those lines.

rotund cypress Jun 2, 2017, 11:14 PM

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Is there anyone who know of any "recommended" safezone macros?

subtle ore Jun 3, 2017, 1:24 AM

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is there any way to use handle disconnect whilst setting a profile namepsace variable without it being assigned to that player slot specifically? I've been having a weird issue that only saves the variable for that player slot only, I was led to believe it was saved in the player's profilenamespace exclusively. Here is my code: https://pastebin.com/Ncp40sUH

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and then this is used at mission start: https://pastebin.com/BG8Ua8tq

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 2:45 AM

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having some issues with a script if anyone can help

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basically in the init i have a script that generates a random location to populate with enemy vehicles

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i have a task created to destroy those vehicles

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but the way to succeed the task is via a trigger that i create over the random location

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the trigger is supposed to detect when all vehicles in the AO are destroyed

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but for some reason the trigger keeps activating even though the condition is not properly met

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when i test via the debug console

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it seems that it is unable to find the vehicle that is generated in the AO

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despite it being there and visually being there

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if i preplace a trigger and a vehicle/s with the same activation condition it seems to work

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if (isServer) then
{
    while {true} do
    {
       sleep 5;
       if (waveClear) then {
          _side = selectRandom ["opfor","indfor"];
          _loc = [waveNum,_side] call spawnGround;
          _taskName = "mission" + format ["%1", waveNum];
          _taskDescription = "CAS Mission " + format ["%1", waveNum];
          [west,_taskName,["Destroy all vehicles in the area",_taskDescription,"ao"],_loc,true,2,true,"destroy",false] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
          [_taskName,"ASSIGNED",true] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
          _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector",_loc];
          _trg setTriggerType "NONE";
          _trg setTriggerType "NONE";
          _trg setTriggerArea [200,200,0,false];
          _trg setTriggerActivation ["ANY","PRESENT",false];
          _statement1 = "((count (thisList select {alive _x && (_x isKindOf "+"Tank"+" || _x isKindOf "+"Car"+")})) isEqualTo 0);";
          _statement2 = "if (isServer) then {_handler = ["+_taskName+",thisTrigger] execVM 'scripts\missionComplete.sqf';};";
          _trg setTriggerStatements [_statement1,_statement2, ""];
          waveClear = false;
       }
    }

   
}

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if anyone has any idea please let me know

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also it seems my trigger isn't getting the passed _taskName for some reason

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in the _statement2 and setTriggerStatements part

delicate lotus Jun 3, 2017, 7:17 AM

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there is no way to add playable units on the run right?

weak tiger Jun 3, 2017, 7:19 AM

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any shortcut functions to determine the direction of a runway?

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 8:27 AM

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when spawning my vehicle with crew, is it possible to let some of the crew positions stay empty by default?

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 8:32 AM

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Using createVehicleCrew?

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 8:46 AM

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thanks I'll read about it and do some testing

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 9:00 AM

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It was a question, because with that command you can only create the whole crew. No idea what other method you would be using atm if it's not createVehicleCrew.

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 9:18 AM

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ok

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 9:22 AM

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ok 😐

indigo dove Jun 3, 2017, 10:50 AM

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hi, i'm wondering if there's a way for the camera to track a character and follow him, so that for example, if he runs forward, the camera moves so that the distance from him to the camera stays the same

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 11:38 AM

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Considering there is a spectator mode that does exactly that I'd say yes.

indigo dove Jun 3, 2017, 12:31 PM

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okay, thanks 🙂

delicate lotus Jun 3, 2017, 1:41 PM

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Im trying to create dialog right now but I dont know where I can get a defines.hpp from.

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Anyone here has a defines.hpp to share with me? ^^

nocturne iron Jun 3, 2017, 1:41 PM

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I'll PM you one

quasi rover Jun 3, 2017, 2:52 PM

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_check = _this select 1;  //true or false

if (_check) then { 
  _spawn = ... ;
} else {
  _spawn = ... ;
};

... _spawn... ;

why the last _spawn is undefiend variable? so private delaration in the first line is needed to use _spawn? 😬

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 2:53 PM

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yes, local variables cant be declared from a lower scope, only higher ones

quasi rover Jun 3, 2017, 2:55 PM

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Thanx cptnnick. 😅

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 2:56 PM

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there is a trick you could use if you wanted though.

private _spawn = if (_check) then {
    [0,0,0]
} else {
    [999,999,999]
};

quasi rover Jun 3, 2017, 2:57 PM

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🙂

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😄

pliant stream Jun 3, 2017, 3:06 PM

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Don't do that if you don't understand it. Both expressions are evaluated and if they have side effects your code is broken.

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 3:41 PM

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how can I get the current weapon if It's not connected to a turret?
currentWeapon seems to just work on turrets....

vapid frigate Jun 3, 2017, 3:43 PM

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in a vehicle i'm pretty sure all weapons are connected to turrets (in the config)

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 3:44 PM

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hm, I have missilepods on the wings of a plane and no turret specified

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weapons[]={"rockets_Skyfire"};
magazines[]={"38Rnd_80mm_rockets"};

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it's not inside any turret

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I have used currentWeaponTurret on a tank with a turret, and it works fine. Does not work here (since I dont have a turret?)

vapid frigate Jun 3, 2017, 3:47 PM

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not sure, maybe that's the 'drivers turret' or 'primary turret' ?

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

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 3:48 PM

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a deault turret you mean?

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default

vapid frigate Jun 3, 2017, 3:48 PM

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that might help you get the turret paths

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 3:55 PM

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I managed to get it just by using this:
_w = _this select 1;

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_w is selected weapon. hmm didnt even need to use one of those curretWeapon functions

austere hawk Jun 3, 2017, 4:08 PM

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does someone have a solid way to have a script run at a reduced,. but fixed framerate (independant of the game framerate?)

still forum Jun 3, 2017, 4:11 PM

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CBA onEachFrame with delay != 0

nocturne basalt Jun 3, 2017, 4:18 PM

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_v = _this select 0;
_w = _this select 1;
_count = _v ammo _w;
hintSilent str _count;

_w returns "rockets_Skyfire", but _count is always 0....
this should be right, right?

I'm using magazines[]={"38Rnd_80mm_rockets"};

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:16 PM

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I keep getting "general exception in expression" on various "==" comparisons completely unrelated to the context. Does this appear if I try to compare ~~apples with peas~~ unrelated object?

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Also my script doesn't even run anymore lol

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I used _unit setVariable ["continue", true, true]; and try to retrieve amd check it with (_unit getVariable continue) isEqualTo true

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So I can later cancel the while-loop by using <unitname> setVariable ["continue", false];

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:29 PM

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You have to use Quotes
(_unit getVariable "continue") isEqualTo true

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around the var -> continue

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:30 PM

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got a weird issue popping up

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Error Undefined variable in expression: _enemyside

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:30 PM

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so I guess setVariable sets a string of a private array bound to the unit (like PHP does everything) right?

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:31 PM

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idk how it works behind the screens, but you use a string is variable.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:31 PM

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params ["_waveNum","_enemySide"];
...
...
if (_enemySide isEqualTo "opfor") then
       {

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:31 PM

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It works again but canceling does not.

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:32 PM

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do you run it on a dedicated machine?

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because when setting it true you set the public flag to true, when you set it to false you don't.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:32 PM

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i'm calling the function from:

_eSide = selectRandom ["opfor","indfor"];
[waveNum,_eSide] call missionGen;

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:33 PM

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@spice arch I suggest you to debug it with diag_log

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:33 PM

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ok i'll give that a try

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:34 PM

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@distant egret no I don't run it on a dedicated machine.

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:35 PM

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k

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but setting it to false doesn't work?

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:36 PM

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No.

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I am not exactly sure

#

I have a trigger with this: ```sqf
crewman2 setVariable ["continue", false, true];
crewman2 playAction "WalkF";
systemChat "entered";

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:36 PM

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k

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:36 PM

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I get printed "entered" but the previous animation continues.

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:36 PM

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and the systemChat shows?

#

k

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:37 PM

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I'll try with switchMove

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wait it's playAction. Why?

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It actually worked before when the animations didn't run.

distant egret Jun 3, 2017, 5:38 PM

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Any errors when running that via the debug console?

#

Also I think someone said earlier that playAction didn't work properly in Arma3

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:39 PM

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So switchMove does indeed stop the animation, the unit however does not walk to the desired Waypoint

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:45 PM

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hey @distant egret

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so I tried using diag_log

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and the result has be puzzled

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so from the init where I initialize the arguments

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and then perfrom the call:

_eSide = selectRandom ["opfor","indfor"];
[waveNum,_eSide] call missionGen;

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the diag_log returns properly:

[1,"opfor"]

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but right after the params of the missionGen.sqf file

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the diag_log also throws the error:

#

Error Undefined variable in expression: _enemyside

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the missionGen starting lines look like this

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params ["_waveNum","_enemySide"];
_args = [_waveNum,_enemySide];
diag_log _args;

cedar kindle Jun 3, 2017, 5:48 PM

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why not use actual sides instead of strings ?

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 5:49 PM

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diag_log can log nil in arrays cant it? so thats a kinda wierd error

icy mauve Jun 3, 2017, 5:50 PM

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I hate "general exception in expression", it tells me nothing.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:51 PM

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@cedar kindle I could try that, I'll give that a shot but it is very strange to me that the passed value is just lost

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@cedar kindle just changed it, same problem except the first diag_log outputs

[1,EAST]

instead

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 5:57 PM

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the error really should be somewhere else

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diag_log doesnt error when logging a nil value in an array

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:58 PM

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hmm

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so i am doing this in the init

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let me paste the whole thing so

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 5:58 PM

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pastebin!

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 5:58 PM

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maybe i am causing a scope problem or race condition or something

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https://pastebin.com/AwffV2fV

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 6:03 PM

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your error is elsewhere

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or youre not in the right file

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the error you pasted also doesnt have the S in enemySide capitalized as it is here

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:05 PM

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ok let me post the other one

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https://pastebin.com/YFd89xP2

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 6:08 PM

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there is no _enemyside there either, only _enemySide

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:08 PM

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hm wait i dont understand

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didnt I put _enemySide as the param?

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 6:09 PM

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look at the capitalized letters

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did you copy paste your error or write it out yourself?

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:09 PM

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copy paste

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 6:09 PM

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see the S isnt capitalized

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:09 PM

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i thought that was just the rpt doing its own capitalization

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or lack thereof

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scripts\missionGen.sqf, line 68
10:57:55 Error in expression <oc"];
_randLoc = [];

_args = [_waveNum,_enemySide];
diag_log _args;


_mapSize >
10:57:55   Error position: <_enemySide];
diag_log _args;


_mapSize >
10:57:55   Error Undefined variable in expression: _enemyside

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oh i pasted the wrong section of the rpt, its a recurring error becuase of the loop in the init

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the section for the diag_log is here

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Error in expression <oc"];
_randLoc = [];

_args = [_waveNum,_enemySide];
diag_log _args;


_mapSize >
10:57:55   Error position: <_enemySide];
diag_log _args;


_mapSize >
10:57:55   Error Undefined variable in expression: _enemyside
10:57:55  scripts\missionGen.sqf, line 15
10:57:55 "TEST LINE"

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 6:14 PM

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cant figure it out, sorry.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:14 PM

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it's all good thanks for trying m8!

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my guess right now is that it has something to do with the fact that its a loop-ed call in the init

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and maybe the machine like having a race condition because i didnt do a wait till null or something

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:18 PM

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Error Undefined variable in expression can only have one reason.

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You execute the code in scheduled environment and tried to access a variable that is undefined.

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_enemyside was nil and you used _enemyside

indigo snow Jun 3, 2017, 6:20 PM

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oh shit i forgot scheduled did care about that

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:25 PM

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ok hmm

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thanks commy, i think the problem stems from the fact that i have a missionComplete.sqf being called from a trigger

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:26 PM

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race condition

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:27 PM

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with regards to scheduled vs unscheduled

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scheduled basically means that the script has a 3ms limited run time before it gets paused for the next one

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and unscheduled the script just keeps running?

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are there any other differences besides that?

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:35 PM

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You cannot use suspension commands in unscheduled environment. (sleep, uiSleep, waitUntil).

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canSuspend reports true in scheduled environment and false in unscheduled environment.

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Scheduled code has serialization and it is enabled by default and can be disabled using disableSerialization.

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When serialization is enabled, you cannot store DISPLAY and CONTROL values in variables directly.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:36 PM

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oh, another question, can spawn/execVM cause race conditions within the scheduled envrionment?

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:36 PM

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You can indirectly by using arrays...

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spawn and execVM do start pseudo threads, so using those presupposes the scheduled environment. No idea what you exactly mean by that question.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:38 PM

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like say i have 3 execVM calls

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the first two write to a variable X

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the first says x=1

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the second says x=2

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and put those writes into an inf loop

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the thrid execVM has an infinite loop that reads x and hints or outputs it

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will the output randomly be 1/2?

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:39 PM

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I'd say yes. You at least have no guarantee which one x will be.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:39 PM

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ah k, sorry to interrupt your previous explanation

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:39 PM

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Because the code can be suspended after every command obviously.

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I was done explaining. That is all the differences I can think of.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:40 PM

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thanks m8

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i'm not too familiar with serialization

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where can i read up on it?

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:41 PM

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No where. It's just basically saving a copy of all running scheduled scripts when saving a game. And then resuming the scripts when loading it.

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And if you disable the serialization, the script will be gone when loading a save.

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There is no real reason why you can't use CONTROL and DISPLAY inside variables in that environment by default. It's just that controls and displays don't survive when closing the game, so I guess this annoying error is to prevent you from borking up save games.

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Which everyone does anyway.

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:43 PM

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ah k

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thanks for the explanations!

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 6:45 PM

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Bad design. Too bad I was still in elementary in 1997 when this stuff was coded...

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 6:46 PM

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well we can only hope some of this stuff will be updated for arma 4/enfusion

onyx geode Jun 3, 2017, 8:15 PM

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Is there a way to compile a String containing a Function with Macros to code ?

still forum Jun 3, 2017, 8:16 PM

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Is there a preprocess command? I can't look now

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likes besides preprocessFile

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 8:17 PM

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No, you can only preprocess from files, not strings.

still forum Jun 3, 2017, 8:19 PM

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BI couldn't allow that. Because then you could just crash the game for everyone

little eagle Jun 3, 2017, 8:38 PM

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You can do that regardless.

still forum Jun 3, 2017, 8:44 PM

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@jade abyss OBE is obfuscated? Really? Wanted to find out how you do the window breaking and now I have to deobfuscate that pbo first?

jade abyss Jun 3, 2017, 8:46 PM

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intersect

hallow spear Jun 3, 2017, 9:11 PM

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is there anyway to dark the images when using setobjecttexture. they are coming in many shades lighter on vehicles

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i've tried images and rgba color selector

austere hawk Jun 3, 2017, 10:56 PM

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lift off, we have lift off ... https://youtu.be/Ebp8-MUwRbI

halcyon crypt Jun 3, 2017, 10:58 PM

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😁

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 11:06 PM

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hey guys

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back for another round of why is my variable undefined

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error code:

16:05:50 Error in expression <dLoc, -1, objNull];
guardArray pushBack _gp1;
guardArray pushBack _gp2;

_randLo>
16:05:50   Error position: <_gp1;
guardArray pushBack _gp2;

_randLo>
16:05:50   Error Undefined variable in expression: _gp1

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my code in the script:

_gp1 = createGuardedPoint [east, _randLoc, -1, objNull];
_gp2 = createGuardedPoint [resistance, _randLoc, -1, objNull];
guardArray pushBack _gp1;
guardArray pushBack _gp2;

halcyon crypt Jun 3, 2017, 11:08 PM

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check the line before where you define _gp1 😃

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 11:08 PM

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hmm this is what i have before it

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_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector",_randLoc];
_trg setTriggerType "NONE";
_trg setTriggerType "NONE";
_trg setTriggerArea [200,200,0,false];
_trg setTriggerTimeout [3,7,5,false];
_trg setTriggerActivation ["ANY","PRESENT",false];
_trg setTriggerStatements ["(count (thisList select {alive _x && _x iskindOf ""LandVehicle""}) isEqualTo 0)",
"waveClear = true; publicVariable ""waveClear""; waveNum = waveNum+1; publicVariable ""waveNum""; ",
""];
waveClear = false;
publicVariable "waveClear";
trg = _trg;

_gp1 = createGuardedPoint [east, _randLoc, -1, objNull];
_gp2 = createGuardedPoint [resistance, _randLoc, -1, objNull];
guardArray pushBack _gp1;
guardArray pushBack _gp2;

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guardArray is a public variable defind in the init.sqf

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_randLoc is something that is position generated in this script earlier

halcyon crypt Jun 3, 2017, 11:09 PM

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createGuardedPoint doesn't return anything

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apparently

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 11:10 PM

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ah

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so how do i delete the guardedpoint

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do i just find the created trigger?

halcyon crypt Jun 3, 2017, 11:13 PM

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no clue really

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it seems like that guard point is forever

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 11:14 PM

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hm

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i guess i can do a workaround

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via create trigger

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and then setTriggerType

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but its odd

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the documentation for setTriggerType says - use createdGuardedPoint instead

halcyon crypt Jun 3, 2017, 11:16 PM

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createGuardedPoint seems completely unrelated to triggers

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only uses the GUARD waypoint

spice arch Jun 3, 2017, 11:18 PM

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am i misreading the documentation? it seems to imply that a guarded point is a trigger with the "guarded by" type

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and the guard waypoint is for the unit/group

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoint:Guard

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 12:27 AM

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If I wanted a client to ask another client to execute a script, without it having to interact with the server, what would be the best way to do it? Is this even possible without CBA?

For example, an infantry client tells a tank-gunner client to spawn a marker at a position.

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Would the best way be to use clientOwner to store client(s), send this data to each player on mission start, then simply use that number to remoteExec? (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/clientOwner)

frank mesa Jun 4, 2017, 12:32 AM

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Anyone in here would like some freelance work scripting a few gas grenades for me?

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 12:33 AM

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@frank mesa #creators_recruiting

still forum Jun 4, 2017, 12:48 AM

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@tough abyss remoteExec

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you can pass player objects into there

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for example driver (vehicle player)

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 12:49 AM

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You can? So if I name a unit bob_1, I can use bob_1 to remoteExec?

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 12:49 AM

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👍

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 12:49 AM

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If so, the wiki needs to be updated. "Object - the function will be executed only where unit is local"

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That makes things significantly simpler though. Thanks guys. Wow, I was about to write a whole headache of minimal package sharing

still forum Jun 4, 2017, 12:51 AM

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a player is only local for the player

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AI can be local at many places. But a human occupied unit is ... almost always local to the human

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 12:54 AM

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I figured a unit variable would be local to the server. Good to know, though, that answers a lot of other potential questions.

warm gorge Jun 4, 2017, 5:58 AM

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How do I go about applying hidden textures to stuff like weapons? Some weapons have hidden selections but im not sure how to apply them. Would I just access the associated config value and setObjectTexture with that?

indigo snow Jun 4, 2017, 7:51 AM

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You cant

vapid frigate Jun 4, 2017, 7:51 AM

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if it has hidden selections, you can with a mod (but not script)

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just need to overwrite hiddenSelectionsTextures[] =

delicate lotus Jun 4, 2017, 8:10 AM

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Is there a way to get if a unit is currently moving / walking

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?

vapid frigate Jun 4, 2017, 8:14 AM

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i guess 'speed' or 'velocity'

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havent tried on units but they should work

warm gorge Jun 4, 2017, 8:28 AM

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@vapid frigate Hmm okay, thought it might be possibly in vanilla but all good

delicate lotus Jun 4, 2017, 9:01 AM

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@tough abyss I meant moving in generell

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not some walking

jade abyss Jun 4, 2017, 9:03 AM

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speed ?

delicate lotus Jun 4, 2017, 9:13 AM

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um

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rip me

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yeah speed is right lol

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:34 PM

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How do I send the client's unit to the server? 'player' is always local, so attempting to send that to the server has the server just refer to itself.
Ex., the client remoteExecs a function that asks the server to move the client's unit

indigo snow Jun 4, 2017, 3:35 PM

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Send the player object as an argument

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:36 PM

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I do, but on whichever machine the code is executed, 'player' is replaced with that machine. I want to send the actual client's unit as a variable

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Maybe I gave a poor example

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player remoteExec ["hint", 0]; This being 'requested' to be ran by the client.

ex, I'd want that hint to say the client's name. Instead it says the host's name, as it's being executed on the host,, so player == host

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:39 PM

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too little arguments if you want to hint the client's name

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:40 PM

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How would I send the client's name?

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:40 PM

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just like if you were to grab a name in any other context. (name player)

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[(name player)] remoteExec["hint",player,false];

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:41 PM

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Oh, duh. Then I can just use the name to refer to the client's unit.

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:41 PM

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doubt that works, going to try it now. one sec

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:41 PM

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It does, just ran it

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:41 PM

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what? (name player) or [(name player)] remoteExec["hint",player,false]; ?

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:42 PM

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[name player] remoteExec ["hint", player];

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:42 PM

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make sure to disable jip

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:42 PM

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Just debug consoling to make it sure it works atm.

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:42 PM

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well unless this is just on a need to know basis

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 3:43 PM

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Thanks, can't believe I didn't think to send the name.

subtle ore Jun 4, 2017, 3:43 PM

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Yep.

chilly hull Jun 4, 2017, 3:50 PM

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Anyone know how to go from spectator camera to zeus? I'm trying to make it so that our dead admins can switch into the zeus interface. I've tried just calling openCuratorInterface, but that just crashes the game.

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:13 PM

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Ah, that solution won't work @subtle ore . It's the unit itself I'm trying to send, and while I can send their name in singleplayer (if I name the unit "bob" in editor, itll send bob), in multiplayer it sends their profile name, which I cannot use to find the unit.

indigo snow Jun 4, 2017, 4:15 PM

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if you use the player command as an argument it should send the object variable, not the player command itself, so that should resolve

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:18 PM

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When using remoteExec, that doesn't work.
If a client executes (say via addAction):

player remoteExec ["fnc_killMe", 0];

player is local to whoever is actually executing the script. So since the server is running fnc_killMe, player == server, not the client that sent the request.

icy mauve Jun 4, 2017, 4:18 PM

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Whats wrong with this? ```sqf
(group crewman2) setCurrentWaypoint 1;

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:20 PM

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you need to pass it the group at the end.

(group crewman2) setCurrentWAypoint [(group crewman2), 1];

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

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@icy mauve *

icy mauve Jun 4, 2017, 4:21 PM

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So I need to set it twice?

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:21 PM

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Evidently so.

icy mauve Jun 4, 2017, 4:21 PM

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So I am able to set unit a the waypoint 1 from unit b?

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:22 PM

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I'm not sure what you mean

icy mauve Jun 4, 2017, 4:22 PM

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I have Unit A in Group A, and Unit B in Group B. And if I want to I could send Unit A to the Waypoint of Unit B right?

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I mean, I'm not trying to do that, just wondering.

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:23 PM

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I don't know, you'd have to test that, but it looks like that might be possible.

icy mauve Jun 4, 2017, 4:23 PM

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My Snippet unfortunately doesn't work anymore.

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 4:51 PM

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I have a very weird issue

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bomb addEventHandler ["hit", "call bomb_fnc_bombHit"];```

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this just doesn't do anything anymore, calling the function per debug console works just fine

warm gorge Jun 4, 2017, 4:55 PM

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How could I get an object out of a string such as '983c100# 1121956: i_house_big_02_v1_f.p3d'? call compile doesnt seem to work

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 4:55 PM

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Solved my issue @indigo snow @subtle ore incase you want to know.

Storing "player" as a value stores the unit, not the locality. So

_client = player;
_client remoteExec ["hint", 0];

displays "Bob" (client unit's editor name)

Weird that I couldn't find this issue online anywhere, figured this would be a pretty commonly used MP scripting issue

warm gorge Jun 4, 2017, 5:09 PM

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How could I get an object out of a string such as '983c100# 1121956: i_house_big_02_v1_f.p3d'? call compile doesnt seem to work

still forum Jun 4, 2017, 5:11 PM

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Can't

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 5:23 PM

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somehow it seems that eventhandlers are broken

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my eventhandler just doesn't get called anymore at all

tough abyss Jun 4, 2017, 5:35 PM

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eventhandlers aren't broken, if its not getting called there is something wrong with your code

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 5:54 PM

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yeah the issue was somewhere else, hit wasn't firing because I was firing a 9mm gun at a water tank

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I have a different issue though

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I use setVehiclePosition iterating over all entities at the start of my mission

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but it's only sporadically working

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all AI units will be teleported with that, but every player just gets teleported to the position of their vehicle and starts outside of it

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even so setVehiclePosition seems only to trigger after the mission has been started from the briefing

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the issue is only present on dedicated servers, not on self hosted ones

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:13 PM

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@ionic hemlock hit doesn't fire for really small objects, or similar

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:14 PM

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Figured that out already

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:18 PM

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post code for your tp script

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:19 PM

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It's basically a foreach entities with setVehiclePosition

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Give me a few minutes

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:22 PM

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idgi what you mean with "the position of their vehicles and outside of it"

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what do you expect to happen?

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:22 PM

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I expect all units to be around the point I set via setVehiclePosition and not next to their vehicles they are assigned to

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Generally the issue is that it doesn't work for ai units during briefing, only afterwards everyone gets teleported (or not)

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// move all vehicles
{
    _x allowDamage false;
    if(side _x == west) then {
        _x setVehiclePosition [[(bluStartLoc select 0)+(([1,-1] select ((_forEachIndex+1) % 2))*(1+(3*_forEachIndex))), (bluStartLoc select 1), (bluStartLoc select 2)], [], 0, "NONE"];
    };
    if(side _x == east) then {
        _x setVehiclePosition [[(opfStartLoc select 0)+(([1,-1] select ((_forEachIndex+1) % 2))*(1+(3*_forEachIndex))), (opfStartLoc select 1), (opfStartLoc select 2)], [], 0, "NONE"];
    };
    _x allowDamage true;
} foreach vehicles;
// move all AI units
{
    _position = [0,0,0];
    _x allowDamage false;

    if(side _x == east || _x == opfor_scientist) then {
        _position = [(opfStartLoc select 0) + random 5, (opfStartLoc select 1) + 10 + random 5, (opfStartLoc select 2) + random 5];
    } else {
        _position = [(bluStartLoc select 0) + random 5, (bluStartLoc select 1) + random 5, (bluStartLoc select 2) + random 5];
    };

    if (_x == opfor_scientist || _x == blufor_scientist) then {
        _x setVariable ["scientist", true, true];
    };

    _x setVariable ["orgPos", getPos _x, true];
    _x setVehiclePosition [_position, [], 0, "NONE"];
    [_x, [_position, [], 0, "NONE"]] remoteExec ["setVehiclePosition", _x, false];

    _x disableAI "MOVE";
    _x allowDamage true;
} foreach entities [["CAManBase"], [], true, false];```

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I ran into the issue that it doesn't work consistently and that it doesn't work on AI slotted units during briefing

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iirc none of my units that is not a player is getting moved during briefing, I use setVehiclePosition for other entities during PostInit as well

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debugging-wise I saw them teleported once the briefing was over

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the same script works just fine when I am the hosting server, this postInit script is running on the server only

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:37 PM

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your script will error out if opfor/blufor scientist slots aren't taken

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those variables will be nil

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:38 PM

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disregard that

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:39 PM

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use _x == missionNamespace getVariable ["opfor_scientist", objNull]

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:39 PM

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as in, it doesn't matter

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I'll use that thanks

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:41 PM

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the remoteExec is not needed

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:41 PM

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that might be

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it was for testing purposes

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the script logs no errors into the rpt and I don't see any on screen running it

cedar kindle Jun 4, 2017, 8:43 PM

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this runs where ?

ionic hemlock Jun 4, 2017, 8:43 PM

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on a dedicated server

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again, the main issue is that the units are not getting teleported before/during the briefing

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speaking mostly of AI slotted units

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@cedar kindle http://imgur.com/a/BKGgd

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that's like my main issue

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 9:20 PM

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is there any way to work with simlinks? So to say my scripts are on a different location then my mission. Just local for testing and such

gray thistle Jun 4, 2017, 9:42 PM

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this is actual a good question, But i suggest you to leave it in the mission folder itself you only will get mad about a diffrent location than the mission folder.

jade abyss Jun 4, 2017, 9:44 PM

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Should work.

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 9:50 PM

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@gray thistle ah nope 😄 Thats the thing I not want to do. But I'll guess it will work if I just clone the stuff over Github and do my edits on my original mission. I just don't want to have several versions of a file somewhere on my SSD. Just one file I need to edit and everything else is on the same version

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alltough the solution is not the best because I need to sync everytime I made a change

gray thistle Jun 4, 2017, 9:51 PM

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i see ^^

halcyon crypt Jun 4, 2017, 9:52 PM

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anyone know whether the BIF supports inline code? Like single backtick vs triple backticks

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 9:52 PM

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I tried it once with a simlink and a sample sqf file but mr. 3DEN was like nope, sqf not found

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but it works with Mods 😄

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like A3 Dev: mklink /D "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3 [development]\@VM" "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\"

jade abyss Jun 4, 2017, 9:55 PM

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Why not do the same with the unpacked MissionFolder?!

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 9:55 PM

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I tried that but the sqf will not be loaded

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its like 404 not found 😄

jade abyss Jun 4, 2017, 9:56 PM

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Then... you did something terribly wrong

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 9:56 PM

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hmmmm okay I try it again

gray thistle Jun 4, 2017, 9:56 PM

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sometimes i just amaze myself... i am getting things done like syncing databases with a third party tool but i am thinking about how to get an addaction for players permanent (after death)<.<

halcyon crypt Jun 4, 2017, 9:57 PM

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like an action on a dead body?

gray thistle Jun 4, 2017, 9:58 PM

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na more like an add action after respawn thinking about the eventhandler respawn

halcyon crypt Jun 4, 2017, 9:58 PM

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ah

gray thistle Jun 4, 2017, 9:58 PM

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Somewhere a player should be abel to save for their selfs 😄

halcyon crypt Jun 4, 2017, 9:58 PM

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yeah just re-add it during whatever is being ran on respawn ^^

gray thistle Jun 4, 2017, 9:59 PM

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will take its time i juste learned yet about remoteexeccall

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i think the object persistance would be easier to do than the player persistance with all the local and server stuff ^^

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 10:09 PM

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hmmm https://img.knight-industries.org/2017-06-04_18-09-40.png

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seems not to work 😄

halcyon crypt Jun 4, 2017, 10:24 PM

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mklink /D is for directories not files

hollow lantern Jun 4, 2017, 10:27 PM

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aah yes dang

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I should have known that grr...

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thx

spice arch Jun 4, 2017, 10:35 PM

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hey guys

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been poking around with the new jets

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it seems that the data link stuff is all config based

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so I have ran into a problem where if I turn on the data link via the editor

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if the vehicle respawns

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it loses that setting

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i cannot seem to find any scripting commands that allow me to turn the data link stuff back on

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is there any way for me to modify the config for the respawned vehicle?

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oh wait nvm

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i am just bad at searching the scripting commands

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for reference if anyone else needs it

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

cedar kindle Jun 5, 2017, 2:32 AM

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@gray thistle CBA_fnc_addPlayerAction

nocturne iron Jun 5, 2017, 2:52 AM

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Is BIS_fnc_manageCuratorAddons local or global?

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it doesn't seem to work for clients on dedicated server when called from the initServer.sqf

rotund cypress Jun 5, 2017, 7:08 AM

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RemoteExec with JIP to true? @nocturne iron

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Never used that function but RE might be what you're loking for

nocturne iron Jun 5, 2017, 7:14 AM

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I'll give it a look

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Also

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["sg_singleclick_west","MapSingleClick",{vblue_z_lastCamJump = _this select 1;publicVariable "vblue_z_lastCamJump";hint "thx"}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler; 
``` any clue why this isn't hinting 'thx; when I click on the map?

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it's being called from initPlayerLocal.sqf if that helps

vapid frigate Jun 5, 2017, 8:18 AM

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don't think you need a stacked event handler for that? try addMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", {vblue_z_lastCamJump = _this select 1;publicVariable "vblue_z_lastCamJump";hint "thx"}]

leaden summit Jun 5, 2017, 8:45 AM

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Can someone point out what I've done wrong here
It's supposed to kick you out of a chopper if you're not wearing the right gear. I get the hint, but it doesn't eject me?

_veh addEventHandler [ "GetIn", {
    _unit = _this select 2;
    If ( uniform _unit != "U_B_HeliPilotCoveralls" || headgear _unit != "H_PilotHelmetHeli_B" ) exitwith {
         _unit action ["Eject", vehicle _unit];
         Hint "You need your flight gear to fly.";
    };
}];```

nocturne iron Jun 5, 2017, 9:20 AM

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@vapid frigate thanks, that worked

simple solstice Jun 5, 2017, 9:34 AM

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@leaden summit have you tried moveOut?

leaden summit Jun 5, 2017, 9:35 AM

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I haven't, I didn't see that in the action list on the wiki. I'll give it a shot

tough abyss Jun 5, 2017, 9:35 AM

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There's also getout

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I think

leaden summit Jun 5, 2017, 9:35 AM

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Yeah pretty sure I've tried getout

simple solstice Jun 5, 2017, 9:37 AM

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moveOut _unit; should work just fine

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or player...

leaden summit Jun 5, 2017, 9:38 AM

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would player still work in MP ?

simple solstice Jun 5, 2017, 9:39 AM

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well if hint works only for the player, I think player should work. but I may be wrong.

leaden summit Jun 5, 2017, 9:40 AM

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Cool, moveOut works just fine thanks. Strange that the eject action didn't though.

simple solstice Jun 5, 2017, 9:41 AM

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maybe because action is local and moveOut is global?

leaden summit Jun 5, 2017, 9:41 AM

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More than likely. Usually when I've messed something up 95% of the time it's a locality issue

delicate lotus Jun 5, 2017, 10:32 AM

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@nocturne iron I like defines.hpp you send me but its not a total complete one ._. . Do you know where I can get a complete one? Or does anybody know?

nocturne iron Jun 5, 2017, 11:10 AM

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what classes in particular are you looking for?

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you could also de-pbo'ing something like warfare

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actually I might send that through to you

delicate lotus Jun 5, 2017, 12:53 PM

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Yesterday I made a working dialog. Now I started a project using a dialog and I cant get it to work

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It always tells me resource not found.

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while I have this in my description.ext:

#include defines.hpp
#include weaponshop/gui.hpp

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and this in the gui.hpp:

class weaponshop_dialog
{
    idd = 5000;
    movingEnable = false;
    enableSimulation = true;
    
    class controlsBackground {
        class background: RscText
        {
            idc = 1000;
            text = "";
            x = 0.3425 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.318 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.301875 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.28 * safezoneH;
            colorText[] = {0,0,0,1};
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,1};
            colorActive[] = {0,0,0,1};
        };
    };
    
    class controls {
        class list: RscCombo
        {
            idc = 2100;
            text = "List";
            x = 0.381875 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.332 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.18375 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.028 * safezoneH;
            colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
            colorBackground[] = {0,0,0.25,1};
            colorActive[] = {0,0,0,1};
        };
        class buy: RscButtonMenu
        {
            idc = 2400;
            text = "Buy";
            x = 0.585312 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.332 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0525 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.07 * safezoneH;
            colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
            colorBackground[] = {0,0.25,0,1};
            colorActive[] = {0,0,0,1};
        };
        class cancel: RscButtonMenuCancel
        {
            x = 0.585312 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.43 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0525 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.07 * safezoneH;
            colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
            colorBackground[] = {0.25,0,0,1};
            colorActive[] = {0,0,0,1};
        };        
    };
    

};

vapid frigate Jun 5, 2017, 12:55 PM

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@delicate lotus can you paste the script you use to open it

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?

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(or the line)

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should just be

createDialog "weaponshop_dialog";```

delicate lotus Jun 5, 2017, 1:27 PM

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yeah but nothing happens

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and In editor it tells me after going back from the preview that preprocessor failed file not found or empty

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Î think I found out what I did wrong

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maybe

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yeah I forgot some ""

delicate lotus Jun 5, 2017, 2:22 PM

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okay now I have another issue

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how can I get the icon of a weapon to be used in a dialog?

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I know how to get the displayName

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but not the icon

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okay nevermind

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I found a wonderful online config browser which showd me the way to the picture

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now I have another issue

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the picture which I get is kinda to small

warped moon Jun 5, 2017, 3:42 PM

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How could one remove the "activate mine" from the commanding menu? Ever since last arma patch when you drop a slammine, and scroll over it, you'd get that option.. :\

icy mauve Jun 5, 2017, 4:06 PM

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For the life of me I can't figure out how to stop a certain Animation and make the AI move to a god damn waypoint.

halcyon crypt Jun 5, 2017, 4:06 PM

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_unit switchMove "" should kill whatever animation the unit is in

icy mauve Jun 5, 2017, 4:16 PM

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@halcyon crypt it does, but I can't make the Unit walk to the Waypoint.

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In the Wiki for "addWaypoint" it says:

In game versions prior to Arma 3 v1.22: If you add a waypoint to your group and then want them to start moving to that waypoint, make sure to call setWaypointType "MOVE" on your waypoint.

Does it maybe still apply although said otherwise? I tried creating a waypoint and "setCurrentWaypoint" and "addWaypoint". But the Unit never moves.

halcyon crypt Jun 5, 2017, 5:19 PM

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no clue to be honest

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seems more like that you somehow disable unit movement all together

icy mauve Jun 5, 2017, 5:46 PM

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Oh my fucking god, yes I did.

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It says "disableAI Move" in the init

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I am probably the stupid person on this planet.

jade abyss Jun 5, 2017, 5:49 PM

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Yep.

icy mauve Jun 5, 2017, 5:51 PM

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When I wrote the above question I thought like "damn, asking the real questions on my way to my pro-scripting-carreer" lmao

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Still doesn't go to the damn Waypoint.

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it.... may.... be...

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So he walked somewhere, but I don't think his goal is the Waypoint

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he just stopped randomly

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it finally works

icy mauve Jun 5, 2017, 6:59 PM

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Oh really? Barely and of the Briefing Animations work.

["Acts_HUBABriefing", "HubBriefing_lookAround1", "HubBriefing_lookAround2", "HubBriefing_loop", "HubBriefing_pointLeft", "HubBriefing_scratch", "HubBriefing_talkAround", "HubBriefing_think"]

nocturne iron Jun 5, 2017, 9:33 PM

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@delicate lotus make sure your text size isn't being multiplied by anything in the default class

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GUI editor outputs text size about 40x too large and text boxes can appear missing because of that

tough abyss Jun 6, 2017, 2:44 AM

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the ai group ownership tool is coming along. you can individually push each ai group to be controlled by a desired client or headless client. or press a button that evenly distributes the ai to all clients. even got a button that shows you server fps. testing with 200 ai spawned on the server and myself as a client, server fps goes from 20-25 up to 45-50 when I hit the distribute button. I guess it's because the server and client run on seperate threads/cpus.

subtle ore Jun 6, 2017, 3:02 AM

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@tough abyss this is a project you are working on?

tough abyss Jun 6, 2017, 3:19 AM

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yeah. I'll add a thing here and there every once in a while

nocturne iron Jun 6, 2017, 3:52 AM

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That's pretty cool

warm gorge Jun 6, 2017, 8:00 AM

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Would the setHit command be an accurate way of determining how much damage to a certain body part would kill the player? Im trying to confirm how much damage to certain parts (ie, head, face_hub, body etc) actuallyy kills the player, as im reading some people say for some parts its 0.9, whereas ive also seen it as 1 or above.

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 8:49 AM

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I feel like Arma has 1001 various functions to do all kinds of stuff but nothing I want is working properly.

I need an Animation for a Ground Crew to tell a Helicopter to take off, didn't find one yet.
I need a player to play a Briefing Animation (animations don't work)
I need a player to play "Acts_TerminalOpen" to the Player opens the Terminal and....
I need to make a UAV (RHS: AFRF) to become a BluFor one.

I have no idea how to do any of those and nothing works.

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 9:04 AM

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I can't even use "animationNames" to find out which Animation possibly opens the Terminal or which animation to use animate.

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 9:21 AM

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I don't even get where "diag_log" puts stuff, the Wiki just doesn't tell.

still forum Jun 6, 2017, 9:25 AM

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RPT

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Wiki just doesn't tell. WTF dude? Dumps the argument's value to the report file. and report file is a link that tells you everything about it

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 9:52 AM

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Link report_file: Location: See "Crash_Files" => Crash Files: Visit: "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Arma 3" Nothing there that contains anything useful. Only File dated today ends more than 2 hours ago where I had a crash during startup. @still forum

still forum Jun 6, 2017, 9:58 AM

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do you launch arma with -noLogs ?

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 10:06 AM

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@still forum Nope, logs are enabled.

vapid frigate Jun 6, 2017, 10:09 AM

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there should be an rpt file in there

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very rare for it to have 10 mins without something in there for me

still forum Jun 6, 2017, 10:10 AM

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If you have -noLogs then there indeed might be no rpt in there. But otherwise there is always one

vague hull Jun 6, 2017, 10:45 AM

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its not there if you specify a profile folder, then its most likly there

full bone Jun 6, 2017, 10:46 AM

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Does anyone have a script for waypoints to have transport planes drop AI paratroopers, and the another script for a second waypoint to despawn the plane? I am looking to have a AI c47 drop AI paratroopers in a mission I am making (ifa3 lite)

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 10:46 AM

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@vague hull Where exactly would it be?

vague hull Jun 6, 2017, 10:47 AM

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where ever you have defined it

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otherwise search your whole drive for the rpt ^

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 10:52 AM

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copyToClipboard doesn't help as well.

vague hull Jun 6, 2017, 10:53 AM

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...

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 10:54 AM

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What is wrong with this?

anims = animationNames player;
diag_log anims;```
I get exactly nothing.

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Or in it's other version:

anims = animationNames player;
copyToClipboard (toString anims);```

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Neither do I get anything when replacing player with dataterm, a Data-Terminal

young current Jun 6, 2017, 11:10 AM

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animationnames command is for vehicle animations not man animations

jade abyss Jun 6, 2017, 11:12 AM

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toString < ? Why?

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toString != ""
str word > "word"

still forum Jun 6, 2017, 11:14 AM

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to string takes an array of numbers. not an array of strings

vapid frigate Jun 6, 2017, 11:14 AM

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have you found the 'animations' button under the debug console?

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that's the easiest place i know of to find human anims

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(not that it's particularly easy still)

icy mauve Jun 6, 2017, 11:29 AM

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@young current might have worked anyways, I need the animation for an Object as well.

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nvm

delicate lotus Jun 6, 2017, 12:01 PM

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@nocturne iron well the problem is that the picture is too small. Text has perfect size thou

cobalt vine Jun 6, 2017, 3:02 PM

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Can anyone advise if enableDynamicSimulation has to be executed globally or if just server is sufficient?

halcyon crypt Jun 6, 2017, 3:14 PM

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I'm gonna guess that dynamic simulation runs on the server anyway

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so server should be sufficient

halcyon crypt Jun 6, 2017, 4:19 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Dynamic_Simulation#Script_commands

Each client have it's own dynamic simulation manager, all script commands do affect the local simulation manager.

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there you go

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not just server 😛

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or is it

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wtf

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weird docs

cobalt vine Jun 6, 2017, 5:04 PM

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testing it is then... XD

austere granite Jun 6, 2017, 5:39 PM

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could anyone explain me why fullCrew [cursorObject, "", true]; returns a driver on static weapons

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i mean it would be kinda nice if that command would return the actual seats. I know that's asking for a lot

delicate lotus Jun 6, 2017, 6:22 PM

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is there a way to trigger a action on the press of a key ?

rancid ruin Jun 6, 2017, 6:30 PM

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yeah, keydown event handler

delicate lotus Jun 6, 2017, 6:32 PM

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k

subtle ore Jun 6, 2017, 6:34 PM

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@delicate lotus either retrurn the id of your wanted key, or use : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DIK_KeyCodes

tough abyss Jun 6, 2017, 7:24 PM

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@cobalt vine i remember one of the blues saying enableDynamicSimulation only had to be executed once

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looked through my post history, cant seem to find it

cobalt vine Jun 6, 2017, 7:37 PM

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Once as in on one client/server? Or once as in once and then don't execute again. My application is a more dynamic version of the dynamic simulation with LOS checks

subtle ore Jun 6, 2017, 8:25 PM

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http://imgur.com/a/iLhBK , this is what is retruned by the command side on a param passed unit, I have no idea what the hell is going on with this one

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^ disregard above, it was a remote unit.

tough abyss Jun 6, 2017, 9:24 PM

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Is there a way to count how many players are assigned to a shared Task (from the 2016 task overhaul system)?

tough abyss Jun 6, 2017, 10:10 PM

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Addtionally, would would arguably be more effecient performance wise: sending 10~ string variables with a remoteExec, or sending 10 separate remoteExec requests?

tough abyss Jun 6, 2017, 10:36 PM

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1 remoteExec

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this is the ai balancer I've worked on some https://puu.sh/wcUPO/ba88e877b9.jpg

tough abyss Jun 7, 2017, 2:08 AM

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@tough abyss nice, cant wait till you release it?

rancid ruin Jun 7, 2017, 4:06 AM

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distributes AI ownership among clients and server, i believe

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 4:17 AM

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i've found the same thing (even zeus-placed units can slow things down if we don't send them to the server or HC).. but uploads on home connections are slow here in australia

rancid ruin Jun 7, 2017, 4:44 AM

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@vapid frigate off topic, but are there any other aussie films like Chopper? i tried romper stomper and it was awful

tough abyss Jun 7, 2017, 4:51 AM

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lol

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 4:51 AM

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i can sorta barely remember the chopper movie.. there's lots of australian movies, but i don't watch a lot of movies in general. i don't think there's many people like chopper reid though

rancid ruin Jun 7, 2017, 5:24 AM

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man it's one of the best films ever, absolute classic. straya needs to step up and make more films in that vein

warm gorge Jun 7, 2017, 6:24 AM

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Any idea why adding weapons to a vehicle, for example in my case a Caesar plane through '_vehicle addWeapon "M134_minigun"' no longer shows the ammo display in the top right? Since last update? Not sure if theres a way to fix this

ivory nova Jun 7, 2017, 8:12 AM

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Anyone able to send me an example of stepping through a for loop inside a while loop, assuming that's possible? Trying to do so, but running into situation where the for loop always ends early, then the script starts the while loop again

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 8:30 AM

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depends what you want to do.. if your loop is ending early maybe you're using (for example) _i for both loops

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simplest example is ```SQF
while {true} do {
for "_i" from 0 to _count-1 do {

};
};

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 9:24 AM

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Hey, im trying to figure out what the syntax is for adding an action to a GUI button. From what i understand he wiki says that is should be like this action = "this spawn mld_fnc_spawnPlayer;"; But this didn't work. How would you go about spawning a command from button press?

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 9:43 AM

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i think onButtonClick instead of action

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and _this, not this

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 11:38 AM

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What would be the best way to stop people from closing a dialog by pressing esc, but still allow them to open the pause menu?

jade abyss Jun 7, 2017, 11:41 AM

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Not rly possible, afaik.
You can disable specific Buttons in a particular Display, but thats it.

warm gorge Jun 7, 2017, 12:03 PM

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@limpid pewter The most viable workaround to that issue would be through the use of a loop and waitUntil and just re-opening the dialog.

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 12:08 PM

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yeah seen that done on spectator dialogs.. sorta situation dependent though

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:11 PM

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@warm gorge Yeah, i have tried something similar, i had an event handler for the dialog, that would re create the menu when the dialog was closed by pressing esc. noEsc =(findDisplay 12034) displayAddEventHandler ["Destroy", { hint "Please Don't Press the ESC Key"; sleep (0.5); call mld_fnc_createSpawnMenu; }];

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 12:12 PM

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if you just want to prevent pressing it you can add a onkeyup event handler and return false if the key is ESC

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but it can be annoying not being able to get to the pause menu

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:18 PM

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@vapid frigate Yeah i want to avoid that

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 12:19 PM

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@limpid pewter you could do what you have with a bit bigger sleep and then pressing ESC twice would open the menu

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:19 PM

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Is there any way to connect a OPFOR (Russian Pchela from RHS) to a BLUFOR UAV Terminal?

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:35 PM

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I think I found an error in the wiki but since I'm quite new to this, I maybe want to verify it.
I used: sqf _drone = [[14214, 16288, 0.1], 233, "rhs_pchela1t_vvs", "west"] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
and it resulted in: http://i.imgur.com/uC6H05W.jpg

Replacing "west" with "group player" (or similar) fixed this.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:37 PM

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can you post the code that defines the param's variables

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maybe you haven't selected the right index from array?

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just a thought

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:40 PM

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There are no variables in the params.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:41 PM

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oohhh nvm, i should have read that it was a bis function

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:41 PM

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Is it working properly at all?

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Because the selected Vehicle doesn't spawn at the location. I don't know where it spawns at all.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:43 PM

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if you don't know wether it spawns at all just write into debugg systemChat str(_drone); as a testing thing (remeber that _drone is a local var)

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:44 PM

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It does, since I selected my own group, I get 2 new people in my group where it says "inside drone" for both.

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However, I don't know where any of them are as well.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:44 PM

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where the drones are? or the players?

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:44 PM

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Both

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:46 PM

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just do a system chat again and but say systemChat str([getPos player, getPos drone]);

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or something

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but as to your orignial question "Is there any way to connect a OPFOR (Russian Pchela from RHS) to a BLUFOR UAV Terminal". Im not sure, but you could create a script that would switch player to drones camera view, then a script that adds a bunch of display 46 event handlers that would each trigger some code that would control various thing about the drone (pos, velocity, dir, etc..).

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This is very clunky, but i might work 😛 idk

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display 46 keydown EHs i meant to say, so that when the player keydowns the usual flight control buttons it would control the attributes of the drone

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:52 PM

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Before: http://i.imgur.com/cFYEUh3.jpg
After: http://i.imgur.com/FPLA1OE.jpg
The script replaces the drone.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:53 PM

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before and after the original code you posted?_drone = [[14214, 16288, 0.1], 233, "rhs_pchela1t_vvs", "west"] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;

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is that what you meant by before and after?

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 12:56 PM

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No. That is only a part of the code.

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This is the complete part sqf deleteVehicle ru_drone_old; _drone = [[14214, 16288, 0.1], 233, "rhs_pchela1t_vvs", group _unit] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle; _newdrone = _drone select 0; _unit connectTerminalToUAV _newdrone; systemChat str([getPos player, getPos _newdrone]);

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 12:57 PM

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k

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so are you still trying to find how it spawns? or are you trying to find out why you can't connect to it?

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how = where * sorry

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:05 PM

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okay, adding the chat message and the UAV Feed, it spawns in a height of 50m and crashing ~4 seconds after spawning.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:06 PM

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ok

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are you sure you have correctly created and put _unit into a group?

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:10 PM

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_unit is at the moment it's own group as it's a test unit.

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But in the scenario it will be the person using an action in the action-menu.

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But why does it spawn in a height of 50 meters instead of the given 0 or 1?

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:14 PM

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yeah idk aye, you has see it to spawn at 0.1 m yeah?

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maybe the Postition format is not AGLS for this function idk

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:15 PM

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Yes, that was one of the tests

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 1:15 PM

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no real need to use the bis function, you could just use createVehicle

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:16 PM

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at this point i woul suggest some serious trial and error XD

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what lecks said

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but not unless it doesn't fit your scenario

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:16 PM

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@vapid frigate I need to set the SIde as I'm trying to spawn a OPFOR Drone.

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 1:16 PM

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_newDrone = "rhs_pchela1t_vvs" createVehicle [14214, 16288, 0.1];

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only groups have sides, and only units have groups

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well vehicles do have sides.. but it's in their configs which you can't edit with script

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:17 PM

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But I need to grant a BLUFOR-UAV-Operator access to the OPFOR-Drone

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:18 PM

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edit the configs sounds like the way to go

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:19 PM

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no idea about that tho.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:19 PM

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ok, wait 1 sec will get wiki link

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:19 PM

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And it would be awesome to enable the drone being blufor via script, not initially.

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 1:20 PM

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does that 'connectTerminalToUAV' work?

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if it doesn't, i imagine it won't really be possible

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:21 PM

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It doesn't work no, but I may have found another option, lemme check.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:21 PM

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if you find it impossible how bout my previous shitty solutioons "but as to your orignial question "Is there any way to connect a OPFOR (Russian Pchela from RHS) to a BLUFOR UAV Terminal". Im not sure, but you could create a script that would switch player to drones camera view, then a script that adds a bunch of display 46 event handlers that would each trigger some code that would control various thing about the drone (pos, velocity, dir, etc..).
This is very clunky, but i might work 😛 idk
display 46 keydown EHs i meant to say, so that when the player keydowns the usual flight control buttons it would control the attributes of the drone" haha

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 1:21 PM

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actually can you just give them the other terminal?

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give the unit an opfor terminal

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:21 PM

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that won't workl

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it will check the side of that unit, if you give CSAT terminal to NATO unit will not work

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atleast last time i tried

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:23 PM

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Okay "moveInDriver" doesn't work either, too bad.

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 1:23 PM

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when you go up to that drone there's an option to 'hack UAV'

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which lets you take it over

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:23 PM

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@icy mauve lol no that won't work haha

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@vapid frigate ahhh maybe there is a function/command to do that in a script

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:26 PM

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I don't want the "Hack UAV" thing. I want fancy animations and stuff.

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:26 PM

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quick google search: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCaTHv-qNTM

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player setUnitTrait ["UAVHacker",true];

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yeah maybe you could do it all behind the scenes by using a command, or selecting that action from the action menu( again behind the scenes)

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:30 PM

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UAVHacker true enables the unit to hack uavs, but it doesn't hack the uav itself so you have to do it again.

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wait wait wait

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:30 PM

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k

icy mauve Jun 7, 2017, 1:30 PM

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it might have just worked

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no it didn't

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:32 PM

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lol ok

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Yeah sorry man, i don't have a solution atm. im intrested in the issue tho, i will probably do some more reasearch tommorow.

tough abyss Jun 7, 2017, 1:40 PM

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if i add two addActions to initPlayerLocal.sqf it should show right? Debug console seems to run (show my actions just fine) but execVM decides not to work

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:41 PM

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show code

tough abyss Jun 7, 2017, 1:41 PM

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player addAction ["Move", {[cursorObject] spawn MoveMent;}, nil, 6, false, false, "", "true"];

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:42 PM

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MoveMent one of your functions?

tough abyss Jun 7, 2017, 1:42 PM

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yep

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it works but if i add it to my execVM i dont see the action

limpid pewter Jun 7, 2017, 1:42 PM

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try spawn yourtag_fnc_MoveMent

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ok

vapid frigate Jun 7, 2017, 1:43 PM

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add it to what execvm? you shouldn't need to execVM anything for addactions in initPlayerLocal.sqf