#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 329

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:23 PM

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i mean an external tool which takes extended sqf in the form SQF _result = await ( [...] call my_remoteExec ); and transforms that into valid sqf in the form Future_Then([...] call my_remoteExec, Delegate_New( { /*continuation*/ }, /*context*/)

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:23 PM

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Shut up X39

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:24 PM

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Why should I stupid?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:24 PM

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Adding "await" which does not exist does not solve the problem, because the question presupposes what SQF actual entrails.

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Not your fantasy improved SQF compile something blah

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This cannot be done in unscheduled period.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:25 PM

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what you want cannot be done, of course not, but something that achieves the same end result can

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:25 PM

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Yes, but that was not the question.

simple solstice Jul 6, 2017, 1:26 PM

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wouldn't the best proof for this discussion be someone just submitting a code that you can run yourself and see if it can be done or not?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:26 PM

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The thing is that you can't do it in unscheduled environment which then means you have to split the function into two.

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Doesn't matter how fancy you will get with that. It can be written easily.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:26 PM

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@simple solstice different people in the discussion had different ideas of what it was, so i don't think that will help much

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:26 PM

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But it no longer solves the initial problem

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I submitted my code.

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I can't submit code to prove something doesn't work

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Which is why everyone waited for Untelo to post something.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:27 PM

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i guess you all just misunderstood what i was talking about

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:27 PM

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Not everyone

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You

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:27 PM

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Then do you agree Untelo, that what we did understood is impossible?

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:28 PM

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in sqf yes

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:28 PM

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Thank you.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:28 PM

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Not "we"... You

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:28 PM

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Everyone can go home now. We wasted our time.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:28 PM

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also x39 it was me that asked the question, so i think it's me that gets to define what i meant

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:29 PM

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You started moving ppl in the wrong direction

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:29 PM

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Shut up, X39.

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 1:29 PM

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lol I think X39 is on our side now

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:29 PM

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Doesn't matter.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:30 PM

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It was commy2 who tried to fuck up by being stubborn and wanting to hear he is right
Nothing else he wanted but an ego boost

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:30 PM

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_blah = [_code, _args] call my_remoteExec;

This code has a meaning and if you intended something else, you have to specify.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:30 PM

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i never said i want _blah to be the result

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quoting myself: how do i derive the return value from _blah

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:31 PM

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Then why didn't you disagree with my example that worked in scheduled and was based on the (fair) assumption that _bah is the return value?

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:31 PM

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and the answer necessarily involves suspension

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:31 PM

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And why did you then claim that my example could be done in unscheduled (which it can't as you said)?

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and the answer necessarily involves suspension
Thanks for agreeing with me again.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:32 PM

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you're welcome...? but when i say suspension i do not mean waituntil/sleep/looping/polling

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:33 PM

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You can't have suspension in unscheduled environment by definition.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:33 PM

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and to answer your question: i didn't realize you had misunderstood what _blah was

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you can however return from the function after attaching a continuation

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:34 PM

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Yes, you can slit your whole function into two. But that is no longer

_blah = [_code, _args] call my_remoteExec;

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:34 PM

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He did not misunderstood... He doesn't want to understand @pliant stream

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:34 PM

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You should've clarified that _blah is not the return value. Then no one would've argued with you. Except that you're making stuff WAY too complicated.

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Splitting up the function in two is trivial I dare say.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:35 PM

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yes commy you're right that _blah cannot contain the result without sleeping, but it can contain a reference to the result, which will become available at some indeterminate point in the future

vivid quartz Jul 6, 2017, 1:35 PM

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#include "macro.hpp"
_idc=SEL(_this,0);
_data=lbData [_idc,lbCurSel _idc];
_old= SEL(CONSTVAR(_data),0);
_array=[];
{
    _elm=_x;
    _d= {_x== _elm} count _old;
    if (_d !=1) then {
        _old=_old-_elm;
        if (_elm in _array) then
        {}else{
            _array pushBack _elm;
        };
    };
}forEach _old;
_old=_old+_array;
_old

i dont get it, i dont see a problem here, but get generic error

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:35 PM

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But not in the same script in unscheduled environment, so it's pointless..

vivid quartz Jul 6, 2017, 1:36 PM

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the idea is to remove duplicated items from array

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:36 PM

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@vivid quartz What line?

vivid quartz Jul 6, 2017, 1:36 PM

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sec

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10

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 1:36 PM

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probably the empty if () then { /* this bit */ }

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 1:36 PM

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call {} is valid

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:37 PM

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Yeah, it's dumb, but valid.

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 1:37 PM

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the error happens on that line though

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:37 PM

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        if (_elm in _array) then
        {}else{
            _array pushBack _elm;
        };

could just be:

_array pushBackUnique _elm;

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 1:38 PM

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Does anyone know of a script that allows to place markers like in 3den?

cedar kindle Jul 6, 2017, 1:38 PM

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what?

vivid quartz Jul 6, 2017, 1:39 PM

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gonna dig more on this thanks @little eagle

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 1:39 PM

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@cedar kindle when you place an area marker in 3den you can drag to resize it before actually placing it.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:40 PM

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That only works in 3den, but you want to do it ingame?

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 1:41 PM

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Yes.

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Is it an engine-side thing?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:41 PM

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I think so, but there are probably ways to script it in.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 1:43 PM

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Script theory: while a mouse button is pushed, create a marker from the location of first click to the current marker pos, use a loop of some sort to create and delete the marker every frame.

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Probably x100 times harder in practice.

vivid quartz Jul 6, 2017, 1:47 PM

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_old=_old-_elm;

_old=_old-[_elm];

that was the problem -.- wouldnt have thought of that

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:48 PM

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_old deleteAt (_old find _elm);

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 1:48 PM

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well you did, didn't you? 😛

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 1:49 PM

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Why can't we all be as skilled with SQF as commy?

vivid quartz Jul 6, 2017, 1:49 PM

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😄 , thanks guys, @little eagle will do

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 1:50 PM

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You've not wasted enough of your life on it.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 1:52 PM

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because there is not enough room for that many idiots in here @tough abyss

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:06 PM

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We're going to have to open another server for commy... 👀

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It will indubitably become a place of calm, intellectual on-topic discussion.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 2:13 PM

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🤣

tardy yacht Jul 6, 2017, 2:16 PM

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Anyone know of a way to make an invisible object which can be returned by cursorTarget?

oak marten Jul 6, 2017, 2:17 PM

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hi!, someone why db value not work? I put the value that I put always I listen to the original volume.


class msg2    {name = "msg2";    sound[] = {$STR_radio_sound_silence, db+0, 1.0}; title = $STR_radio_msg_silence;};```

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:18 PM

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@queen cargo https://discordapp.com/invite/commysShitpostingCentral

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 2:18 PM

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XD

oak marten Jul 6, 2017, 2:18 PM

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shit posting? xD

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 2:22 PM

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@tardy yacht It could work if the object can be made invisible using setObjectTexture

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Otherwise, no, impossible.

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hideObject makes it invisible for cursorTarget too

tardy yacht Jul 6, 2017, 2:22 PM

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@little eagle I'll try that thank you!

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:23 PM

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I saw the last hour or so was good fun!

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Am I allowed to trigger some more?

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:25 PM

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@little eagle
Client: fn_requestVar.sqf

[player, getPlayerUID player] remoteExec ["query_fnc_getVar", 2];

Server: fn_getVar.sqf

params ["_pid", "_sender"];

// Do processing here, then return:

[_varToReturn] remoteExecCall ["process_fnc_returnVar", (owner _sender)];

Client: fn_returnVar.sqf

params ["_returnedVar"];

// Do stuff with the variable here

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Technically impossible to do _return = ...RE So this is the only way pretty much

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:26 PM

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@vague hull yes it is encouraged

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 2:26 PM

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Agreed.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:27 PM

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for example: what is the best brace style and why is it allman?

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:30 PM

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@tough abyss
yes, but even more generalized would be, to send the name of the callback too, so you can do something like:

[[params],[function_to_call,callback_fucntion,who_to_call]] remoteExec ["commy_fnc_execute_and_return", 2];
commy_fnc_execute_and_return:

private _result = (_this select 0) call ((_this select 1) select 0);
[_result] remoteExec [callback_function, who_to_call];

You could pack the callback into another fucntion so you could filter it better

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:31 PM

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Good idea. I like it

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:31 PM

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seems to me the most general solution is to just pass code + context as callbacks

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:31 PM

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Ok want some more trigger? Good:
@little eagle @pliant stream your avatars are the same

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:32 PM

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4hrs ago:

Doesn't make it better. Split it up to 2 Funcs -> Done.```

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:32 PM

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the api user can determine what the code and context are

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:32 PM

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Sorry havent been here 4 hours ago

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:32 PM

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I was. I went to sleep for a couple hours haha

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:32 PM

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Nah, it's okay. Just wanted to mention it

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Since this nonsense is going on for a while now.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:33 PM

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@jade abyss if i understand correctly what you mean, that'll require separate and explicit global state for each call

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:33 PM

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dafuq?

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:33 PM

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Lol

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:34 PM

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Call func on the Server -> Send to Client -> Client calling in that Func another Func on the Server and passes the Arguments. Done.

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damnit, Discord is damn slow

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:35 PM

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@pliant stream not preferably. The problem is with code being transferred over net is the battleye stuff going on, this way just make another function and you only send the name of it (also reduces traffic)

you cant secure which code is actually being transferred

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:35 PM

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what if i want to have 1000 concurrent calls of the same function with different arguments?

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:35 PM

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You spam the network. Great choice.
And still: You have to send it from the Client to the Server.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:35 PM

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Real life implementation of needing to do that?

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:36 PM

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none

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:36 PM

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nothing else than a single one

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:36 PM

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Exactly.

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 2:36 PM

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It's threads all the way down

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:36 PM

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But we are talking against a wall, how it seems.

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:37 PM

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ok back to work, vector timestamps are waiting ..

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:37 PM

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gl hf

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:38 PM

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so you send a message to server saying call function X and send back the result, server calls X, gets the result and sends it to client saying here is the result of X, if there were two client->server calls to X, how do you associate each result message with the correct caller?

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 2:38 PM

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just run every line of code on it's own thread. max concurrency. instant execution time right?

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:38 PM

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+As mentioned min. a thousand times before: SQF != C++/C#/Java/Whatever

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:38 PM

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thx, they pretty easy to understand at least tho

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SQF == there are no threads (

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:39 PM

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there are green threads

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:39 PM

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call them how you want, nothing is executed in parallel

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:39 PM

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which is what a green thread is...

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anyway... while SQF is indeed not another language (not sure why you would even make this assertion but ok) the problems of scalability with global state are the same

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

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not really too

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

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you don't need to use globals

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you can remote exec something that remote execs something back

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

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lul

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

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with no globals involved

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

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so you send a message to server saying call function X and send back the result, server calls X, gets the result and sends it to client saying here is the result of X, if there were two client->server calls to X, how do you associate each result message with the correct caller?```
Yes.
2nd: A PubVar on the Server has to store it, until it'sfinished (e.g. sending timestamp over and use ```sqf
_TempVarName = format["Bla_%1",diag_TickTime];
missionNameSpace setVariable [_TempVarName, []];```
(basic EXAMPLE).

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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so you send arbitrary code to the server for execution? that doesn't seem very secure

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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Like my example, simplified by Senfo

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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it's a game

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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all the more reason for security then

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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who is sending arbitrary code to server?

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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wtf dude, you just wanted to do exactly that

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:42 PM

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u drunk?

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☝

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:43 PM

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every single client is hacked and every single player is trying to cheat, that's the basic assumption you have to make

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 2:43 PM

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just put norton on the server

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makes it unhackable

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:43 PM

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Cs, stop it.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:43 PM

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😂

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:43 PM

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😂

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 2:43 PM

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Just sayin

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:44 PM

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don't have to be arbitrary code anyway, you can just whitelist the appropriate functions

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:44 PM

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not just installing it, you need to "norton.exe" callExtension "no_hackerz_plz"; tho

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:44 PM

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if you really want to

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:45 PM

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what i do is have a list of events on the server that are callable by clients

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and they don't know what code is calling them

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:45 PM

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Not the first that you talk nonsense and can't back it up.
First you claim that remoteExec can return the Vars from the Client back (without executing on the Server), then claiming that you can "wait" without waitUntil/sleep/similar Stuff.

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This:
https://i.gyazo.com/3b479dd26f519fd091eb38277a93695f.png
Just don't work.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:46 PM

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why not? it just says call function on server, when server returns at some future time, run this other function

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:46 PM

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it can work in scheduled

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:47 PM

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so yes it is "splitting into 2 functions"

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:47 PM

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...

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:47 PM

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but it does so without global state specific to this callsite

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:47 PM

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Remote execution doesn't return anything of value.

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:47 PM

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sshhhh, we just said that ~10 times or so^^

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:48 PM

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of course it doesn't, you have to use another PV or RE in the other direction to send back the result

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 2:48 PM

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you can design a system that does

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:48 PM

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Differse from what you said earlier.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:48 PM

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of course you can, and i have

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does it

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:48 PM

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Then ffs prove it.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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note the difference between remoteExec and my_remoteExec

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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i think what you've actually done is made waituntil in 500 lines of macros and functions

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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my_remoteExec returns a future

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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Yeah, and whats inside that my_remoteExec?

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boy.. so much nonsense.

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getting tired of that

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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it DOES NOT return the value of (_args call _code) as executed on the server

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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speaking simple:

glub = 1;
publicvariable "glub";
//PVEH for glub
foo = 0;
publicvariable "foo";
//PVEH for foo
glub = 0;```

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

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I didn't realise this Discord had a role for a life mod

shadow sapphire Jul 6, 2017, 2:50 PM

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Hey, I have a script that I use to regear AI as they spawn in my community's main sandbox, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to plug it in to the AI that spawn in Patrol Ops. Any ideas?

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I am building a simple custom Patrol Ops server.

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 2:51 PM

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With crazy monetization 🤔 ? https://community.cityliferpg.com/store/

shadow sapphire Jul 6, 2017, 2:51 PM

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Asking me?

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No monetization in my project.

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 2:51 PM

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No 😃

shadow sapphire Jul 6, 2017, 2:52 PM

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How do I regear AI units spawned by the Patrol Ops modules. Any ideas?

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:52 PM

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in a mission script or can you use a mod?

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and using CBA?

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 2:52 PM

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thanks @dusk sage ... now i have to vomit

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 2:53 PM

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https://i.gyazo.com/a963c14c42ace2748833e6aac1fdbe69.png @queen cargo 🤣

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:53 PM

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Wow, $20 for a hummingbird.....

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 2:54 PM

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🤑

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 2:54 PM

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Better let everyone know, hardcore monetization is cool with BI

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 2:54 PM

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pretty cheap, I payed almost 60k last time I bought one

shadow sapphire Jul 6, 2017, 2:54 PM

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@vapid frigate, in a mission script. No mods.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 2:54 PM

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🤦

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:54 PM

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+1 ^^

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:55 PM

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not sure then unless you can run a script as you spawn them

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(in the spawning script)

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 2:55 PM

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How did it get to the point where Dscha is the most sensible person in this chat?

shadow sapphire Jul 6, 2017, 2:55 PM

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I've already got the gear scripts that I use for other projects, but now I'm just trying to find how to "hook" them in. Some kind of event handler or something.

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:55 PM

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sensible?

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f u commyNist

vapid frigate Jul 6, 2017, 2:56 PM

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you must have a script that spawns the units?

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so put it on the next line

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 2:57 PM

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@jade abyss http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/sensible.html

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 2:57 PM

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I know.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:00 PM

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scripting channel is more like debating club

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 3:00 PM

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I disagree!

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:00 PM

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Most active room on this server...

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:00 PM

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As usual.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 3:01 PM

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This is the channel where I tell you why you're wrong.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:01 PM

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lol

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 3:02 PM

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you are really stupid are oyu

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you remind me of that one classmate

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that thought he was the smartest

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and always tried to compete with everybody

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shovling his own grave

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we called him "kölsch"

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:02 PM

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everyone, get your dicks out and compare :3

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 3:03 PM

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My Dad can piss further than your Dad.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 3:03 PM

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X39 projecting?

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That fits you perfectly.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 3:04 PM

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see ... those are the exact responses he also gave

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"i? no you!"

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 3:04 PM

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im confused

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 3:04 PM

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Where did I shove my grave? Where was I wrong? I have no problem with being disliked by anyone. I just want to be right.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 3:05 PM

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by loosing the focus

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and putting it on trivial things you missunderstood

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not getting the key

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but finding ways to just be right

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not helping

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 3:05 PM

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I lost focus? By demanding that the set problem was solved ?

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 3:06 PM

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as said

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continue like that kölsch

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all fine

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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Might need to introduce a #roastme channel

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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Alright. Back to #arma3_scripting

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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I did not loose focus by demanding that the conversation not gets shifted to green threads or red threads.

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That's just not true

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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Take it to private chat.

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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no ... you wanted to be right

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exactly

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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🤦

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 3:07 PM

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You're dumb X39.

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 3:08 PM

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I need to be a veteran

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So I can apply some 🔥 to these messages

jade abyss Jul 6, 2017, 3:08 PM

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there

dusk sage Jul 6, 2017, 3:08 PM

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ta

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#arma3_scripting makes a good spectator sport

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 4:03 PM

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The best channel.

rotund cypress Jul 6, 2017, 4:12 PM

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My Dad can piss further than your Dad. 🤣

simple solstice Jul 6, 2017, 5:04 PM

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The Best programming language, the best channel.

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 5:05 PM

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this is an SQF channel not C++

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:07 PM

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"best" was meant ironically or do you think anyone would sincerely say this is the "best channel"?

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 5:08 PM

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🤔

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:11 PM

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Come on. It's not that hard to figure out.

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 5:19 PM

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this chat is giving me diabetes

rancid ruin Jul 6, 2017, 5:31 PM

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who's the best scripter anyway? commy or x39?

tame portal Jul 6, 2017, 5:32 PM

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Neither

rancid ruin Jul 6, 2017, 5:32 PM

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if it was top trumps which one would win?

tame portal Jul 6, 2017, 5:33 PM

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Uhhhh

tardy wagon Jul 6, 2017, 5:33 PM

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someone would win bigly

cinder night Jul 6, 2017, 5:43 PM

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hey all, can someone point me in the right direction please, i'm trying to prevent players spawning in with UAV terminals after being in the VA for for some odd reason this doesn't seem to work ?

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private _baditem = ['B_UavTerminal','O_UavTerminal','I_UavTerminal'];

If (assignedItems player in _baditem) then {

    removeAllAssignedItems player;
};

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any ideas?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:45 PM

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{
    player unlinkItem _x
} forEach ['B_UavTerminal','O_UavTerminal','I_UavTerminal'];

cinder night Jul 6, 2017, 5:45 PM

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ahh gotcha thank you ! 😃

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:45 PM

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If (assignedItems player in _baditem) then {

this line looks wrong

tame portal Jul 6, 2017, 5:46 PM

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If array in array?

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Syntax is: If item in array

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:46 PM

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OPTiX is the best scripter here.

tame portal Jul 6, 2017, 5:47 PM

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I can't tell what you're trying to tell me

cinder night Jul 6, 2017, 5:48 PM

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so you shouldn't compare an array to an array?

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 5:48 PM

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So I almost got my theory to work ```
[4:43 PM] Neviothr: Script theory: while a mouse button is pushed, create a marker from the location of first click to the current marker pos, use a loop of some sort to create and delete the marker every frame.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:48 PM

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It's not that you're comparing arrays.

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You're looking for an array of the players items inside a list of classnames

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 5:48 PM

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I could use a little help, though.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:48 PM

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Obviously it will always report false

cinder night Jul 6, 2017, 5:49 PM

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👍

tame portal Jul 6, 2017, 5:49 PM

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You need to loop through the assigned players items and check if the current item name included in your bad items array

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*is included

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Welp phone

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:49 PM

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@tough abyss
I made this, but it's not working as intended yet:

My_Draw_PFH = objNull;

addMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", {
    if (isNull My_Draw_PFH) then {
        params ["", "_pos"];

        My_Draw_PFH = [
            {
                private _pos1 = (findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51) ctrlMapScreenToWorld getMousePosition;

                private _sizeX = abs ((_pos0 select 0) - (_pos1 select 0));
                private _sizeY = abs ((_pos0 select 1) - (_pos1 select 1));

                _marker setMarkerPosLocal (_pos0 vectorAdd [_sizeX / 2, _sizeY / 2, 0]);
                _marker setMarkerSizeLocal [_sizeX, _sizeY];
            }, 0, _pos, {
                _pos0 = _this getVariable "params";
                _marker = createMarkerLocal ["My_Temp", _pos0];
                _marker setMarkerShapeLocal "RECTANGLE";
                _marker setMarkerColorLocal "ColorBlack";
            }, {
                deleteMarker _marker;
            }, nil, {
                !visibleMap
            }, ["_marker", "_pos0"]
        ] call CBA_fnc_createPerFrameHandlerObject;
    } else {
        My_Draw_PFH call CBA_fnc_deletePerFrameHandlerObject;
    };
}];

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 5:50 PM

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@little eagle this is what I have ```SQF
#include "script_component.hpp"

disableSerialization;

hint "Click on 2 points on the map to create an AO. Said points will act as the corners of the AO."; // Notify user
openMap true; // Open map
GVAR(isEHdone) = false;

// Add a map click EH
[QGVAR(aoPoint1EH), "onMapSingleClick", {
GVAR(aoPoint1) = _pos; // Assign 1st click pos to var
GVAR(isEHdone) = true;

// Remove our EH to allow compatablity with custom waypoint in nev_a3_overrides
[QGVAR(aoPoint1EH), "onMapSingleClick"] call BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler;

}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

waitUntil {GVAR(isEHdone)};

_mapDisplay = findDisplay 12;
_mapControl = _mapDisplay displayCtrl 51;

_mapControl ctrlAddEventHandler ["MouseMoving", {
GVAR(aoPoint2) = getMousePosition;
hint format ["%1, %2", GVAR(aoPoint1), GVAR(aoPoint2)];

// Use a function to find the middle point between the GVAR(aoPoint1) and GVAR(aoPoint2)
// Get X and Y of 1st point
_X1 = GVAR(aoPoint1) select 0;
_Y1 = GVAR(aoPoint1) select 1;

// Get x and Y of 2nd point
_X2 = GVAR(aoPoint2) select 0;
_Y2 = GVAR(aoPoint2) select 1;

// Calculate middle
_Xm = (_X1 + _X2) / 2;
_Ym = (_Y1 + _Y2) / 2;

// Choose a point and calculate X and Y distance from it to middle point
_xDiff = _Xm - _X1;
_yDiff = _Ym - _Y1;

// Create marker
_markerName = "AO" + str floor random 100000;

if (!(_markerName in allMapMarkers)) then {
    createMarker [_markerName, [_Xm, _Ym]];
    _markerName setMarkerShape "RECTANGLE";
    _markerName setMarkerBrush "Border";
    _markerName setMarkerColor "ColorRed";
    _markerName setMarkerSize [_xDiff, _yDiff];
} else {
    systemChat "Random marker name creation failed: marker name already exists. Try creating AO again.";
};

}];

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:51 PM

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BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler is soon to be discontinued.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 5:51 PM

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Well fuck me and all my addons.

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:51 PM

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It's already removed on dev as of today.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 5:51 PM

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Whyyyy... 😦

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 5:52 PM

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there hasn't even been a dev update today (and yesterday) 😁

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nvm it happened earlier 😃

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:53 PM

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Maybe it was 2 days ago, but currently on dev branch, they don't work.

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 5:53 PM

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Tweaked: The BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler, BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler and BIS_fnc_executeStackedEventHandler functions are no longer supported

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 5:53 PM

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R.I.P.

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Are they being replaced with something else?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 5:56 PM

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addMissionEventHandler

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 5:57 PM

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good to know

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we have some stacked event handlers hanging around 😛

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 6:03 PM

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I'm not convinced they will go through with this. There will be backlash and they'll reconsider

halcyon crypt Jul 6, 2017, 6:04 PM

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probably

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but it's still good to move over to mission event handlers I guess

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 6:05 PM

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Thing is you can't always do that.

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 6:05 PM

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They'll get shit from at least 1 person...

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 6:05 PM

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Can't pass arguments and can't block input on e.g. onMapSingleClick

tough abyss Jul 6, 2017, 6:06 PM

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So will this no longer work onMapSingleClick {_shift};?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 6:12 PM

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Tweaked: The BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler, BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler and BIS_fnc_executeStackedEventHandler functions are no longer supported

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That you answer your question.

still forge Jul 6, 2017, 6:36 PM

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anyone know what the action is where a player heals himself using medkits?

little eagle Jul 6, 2017, 6:40 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#HealSoldier

Arma 3 Actions

novel elbow Jul 6, 2017, 6:40 PM

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Hello, i have a little problem with the arma 3 update my hud doesn´t work anymore can anyone maybe help me, https://i.gyazo.com/b0d0dbda3cf5af69667f06f1ca8fe287.jpg

rancid ruin Jul 6, 2017, 6:50 PM

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there's quite a few juxtapositions in that there screenshot there

novel elbow Jul 6, 2017, 6:59 PM

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what did you mean?

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 6:59 PM

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ohh ohh

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I can help ya

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go into your steam workshop

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search for anything with "life" in it

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delete it

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done

novel elbow Jul 6, 2017, 7:01 PM

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nice try 12 year old kid

vague hull Jul 6, 2017, 7:01 PM

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twist the numbers to get close old man

still forge Jul 6, 2017, 7:11 PM

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thankyou @little eagle

oak marten Jul 6, 2017, 7:25 PM

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someone know what I must set On Act trigger to play a sound with stringtable.xml?
description.ext

sounds[] = {contact_es,contact_en,signal_lost};

class contact {name = "contact"; sound[] = {$STR_contact_sound, 1, 1.0}; titles = $STR_contact;};

};  ```

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I tried this: playSound ["$STR_contact"];

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its same as cfgradio with *.sqf file?

oak marten Jul 6, 2017, 7:51 PM

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I tried this:
contact.sqf: playSound "contact"; call BIS_fnc_MP; sleep 1.0;
On Act trigger: _nul = []execVM "contact.sqf";
I get this error: size: 'titles/' not an array

pliant stream Jul 6, 2017, 8:01 PM

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opinions on exceptions in sqf?

oak marten Jul 6, 2017, 8:05 PM

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error in game when trigger is activated seems to refer to description.ext

royal abyss Jul 6, 2017, 8:16 PM

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@novel elbow heya

outer scarab Jul 6, 2017, 9:45 PM

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@oak marten I was having similar troubles with a script, if you scroll up you should find it all, but I just ended up using CBA_fnc_globalSay3d - not sure if that's an option for you, but it might be worth investigating if you can't get it working this way - that said I wasn't using stringtable.xml, so not sure if relevant. Just take this with a heap of salt cause I don't know shit

oak marten Jul 6, 2017, 10:43 PM

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I need playSound, no say, or say3D.... The syntax is a little different and I can't find it.
Work (i don't need string): class no_signal { name = "no_signal"; sound[] = {"efs\signal_lost.ogg", 1, 1, 100}; titles[] = {0,"_"};};
Not work (I need string): class contact {name = "contact"; sound[] = {$STR_contact_sound, 1, 1.0}; title = $STR_contact;};

I don't know how write the title string, game show me a error, no entry _patch to description.ext_ /CfgSounds/contact.titles'.

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P.S: I find the correct synstaxis:
class contact {name = "contact"; sound[] = {$STR_contact_sound, 1, 1.0}; titles[] = {"$STR_contact"};};

chrome mason Jul 6, 2017, 11:06 PM

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Anyone know a script to get the smallest number out of an array?

queen cargo Jul 6, 2017, 11:13 PM

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@pliant stream if you got a framework, you should use them
for the everyday dev however, there is barely the chance anyone would ever use em ...

rancid ruin Jul 7, 2017, 12:19 AM

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@chrome mason yes https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectMin

chrome mason Jul 7, 2017, 12:36 AM

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@rancid ruin ty

rancid ruin Jul 7, 2017, 12:37 AM

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np m8

opaque topaz Jul 7, 2017, 12:44 AM

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ok something weird happend to me. This does not work on my server anymore

[[west, "HQ"], "This is a test"] remoteExec ["sideChat"];

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I haven't defined a CfgRemoteExec class in my description.ext but I just did and tried again but nothing still

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I have other custom functions that are working with remoteExec but sideChat isn't working at all

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this works...

"hello" remoteExec ["hint", -2];

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figured it out. This was my original config from CfgRemoteExec for sideChat

class sideChat { allowedTargets=0; jip=0; };

I removed the jip attribute and fixed

still forum Jul 7, 2017, 1:47 AM

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@tardy wagon D3D API access might come to Intercept but it's not really planned. We only want to get the basiscs so we can use ImgUI.

tardy wagon Jul 7, 2017, 1:47 AM

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dank

still forum Jul 7, 2017, 1:49 AM

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Feel free to join Intercept slack for more Informations.
My Internet connection is currently a wifi antenna taped to a broomhandle. So.. I'm not really available for helping anyone right now

tardy wagon Jul 7, 2017, 1:57 AM

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It's so hard to find a good ISP in pyongyang. jk. thanks for the info

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 4:03 AM

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Hey, I am new to Arma and I am wondering is it possible to create new ai from the ground up and how advanced can I make it

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Example: alien crawing on walls and shooting lasers.

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I am used to programming.

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(Not an expert)

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 4:31 AM

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not gonna say it's impossible, but wouldn't be easy

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would probably have to use scripted animations/physics, so likely not very performant either

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 4:47 AM

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I see

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What would be the most advanced thing to program.

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 5:41 AM

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from your example? i would guess animation/movement

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in general.. conciousness maybe?

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 5:54 AM

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I was just talking about in general .

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:12 AM

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hey, if anyone knows anything about maps within GUIs (dialogs or Titles), i want to know how to disable the ability for the player to zoom in with their scroll wheel ( basiccally lock the map to one position and zoom). How can this be done?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:17 AM

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Info: Mouse Buttons can't be blocked (sadly)

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Rest:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3
Ctrl+F -> "map" -> there you go (F3 to scroll through the found stuff)

Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:34 AM

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@little eagle this seems to be the culpit with the whole BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandlers:

addMissionEventHandler ["EachFrame", compile format ["%1 call %2", _arguments, _code]]; };

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:34 AM

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Don't see how this helps me. All i want to do is show a certain area of a map (which i can do ) and lock it there, so that nothing the user inputs can affect the map@jade abyss

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:34 AM

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it was rewritten to use addMissionEventHandler

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:34 AM

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Did you even open the Link?

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...

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:35 AM

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but the compile format should work

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:35 AM

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Do you expect someone to write it for you, or what do you want? @limpid pewter

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:35 AM

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sure (being sarcastic).

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no i just expected something that is slightly helpful

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:36 AM

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Then where is the Prob? Go to that page, search for "map", take a look at the commands.

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:36 AM

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i have

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did that before i asked on here

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:36 AM

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@tough abyss Is that the actual code they are using now?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:37 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/mapAnimAdd
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/mapAnimCommit
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/mapAnimDone

Seems like you missed about everything 😉

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:38 AM

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doesn't help at all

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you must have missed what i am trying to do

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:38 AM

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No, i didn't.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:39 AM

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If that is what BI is doing now then...

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:42 AM

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So, i shall explain once more. I simply, want to display a section of my mission's map on to a menu (dialog). Now i don't want the user to be able to zoom, move or by any means interact with the map control on my GUI. This map control will only load the map control once, when the menu is opened and then it will stay on the specific position and zoom i have loaded it with. The links you have given above, don't have any relivance in trying to accomplish this at all. Shall i explain further or do you understand?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:43 AM

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I send you some links once more:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/mapAnimAdd
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/mapAnimCommit
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/mapAnimDone

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:43 AM

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1 option would be to prevent it getting focus too

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probably.. not sure how dragging goes then though

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:43 AM

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👏

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:44 AM

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Click through them, read the descriptions, check the bottom for other commands, that belong to it.

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:44 AM

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or as dscha is suggesting, you could keep moving the map back to it's original position/zoom

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:44 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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^ how did you get taht from what dscah was saying?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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🤦

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i am out.

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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k

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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It cannot be done cleanly with scripting. Needs config changes of min and max zoom level.

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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miscomunication is abish

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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that's what those 3 commands do.. move the map

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:45 AM

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thankyou commy and lecks for being helpful, can't say the same for you Dscha sorry

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:46 AM

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wtf?

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:46 AM

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@little eagle i can't confirm it is 1:1 their code, but i was sent this by reyhard

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:46 AM

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and another one for the list \o/

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:46 AM

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Nice @tough abyss

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Code does look familiar doesn't it?

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How could I've guess it I wonder. I must be lucky.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:46 AM

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@jade abyss you still got that paste laying around from stackedEHs?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:47 AM

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uhm

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The ones from yesterday?

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:47 AM

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yea

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search does not seem to look for links 😦

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:47 AM

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Since i am not helpful at all: ( 😂 )
https://pastebin.com/bdwbPqRW

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:48 AM

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alright it is 1:1 their code

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:48 AM

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*updated with SQF-Syntax Highlightingthingy

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:49 AM

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i think it's a good call to get rid of it if that's how it works

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 7:50 AM

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@jade abyss Dscha, what do you expect, you didn't explain at all what you thought was a good solution. But i apologise for getting mad, im just frustrated atm.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:50 AM

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Prediction:

_eh = compile format ["%1 call %2", _args, _code];

BI

compile format ["%1 call %2", _arguments, _code]];

🤔

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Ya'll suck

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:50 AM

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nope, just you.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:51 AM

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🖕

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:51 AM

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🖕

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❤

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:51 AM

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😘

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:51 AM

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😖

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Okay, enough spamming^^

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:51 AM

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Yeah. That doesn't work. Try again BI.

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:52 AM

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has it always been like that?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:52 AM

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Lappi mentioned, something has changed.

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@tough abyss

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:53 AM

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No, it was changed in dev

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And it obviously breaks because you can't serialize objects.

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:54 AM

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Old:

    case "oneachframe" : { onEachFrame { ["oneachframe"] call BIS_fnc_executeStackedEventHandler; }; };```

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:54 AM

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ah ok, so they updated it to use mission event handlers? (which broke it more)?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:55 AM

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Old:
fn_addStackedEventHandler
https://pastebin.com/Jz6tVFD5
fn_executeStackedEventHandler
https://pastebin.com/bM8ztL8Y

Pastebin

[SQF] fn_addStackedEventHandler - PreDevBranchChange - Pastebin.com

Pastebin

[SQF] fn_executeStackedEventHandler - PreDevBranchChange - Pastebin.com

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 7:55 AM

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and then 'fixed' it with a patch note

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 7:55 AM

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Yeah, because they did it wrong.

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 7:56 AM

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*updated

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 8:12 AM

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btw, i got the map control to lock. Just set the zoom and pos in a while do loop whilst the menu was open. Thanks lecks

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 8:20 AM

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dscha's idea

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i just translated

limpid pewter Jul 7, 2017, 8:20 AM

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ofcourse 😃

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 8:33 AM

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What does serializing even do?

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 8:33 AM

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in general terms, converts to text and back to an object

dim terrace Jul 7, 2017, 8:33 AM

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that PFEH thing might be reverted - it was commited in March (and it wasn't packed since then), marked as experimental & guy no longer works for Bohemia

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or I might give it a go & try "fix" it

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 8:34 AM

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Which does work for booleans, strings, numbers, arrays, but not objects or text

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or groups

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 8:34 AM

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"The guy who wrote this is gone and it runs everywhere".

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 8:34 AM

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sry not necessarily text, but any storable formats (but in arma it's text)

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 8:34 AM

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or controls and displays...

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by "text" I mean TEXT

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STRUCTURED TEXT

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the html stuff

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 8:35 AM

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👌

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:20 AM

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I was bored again:
SurfaceCamoVehicles \o/ 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7mt1dcfdb8

Another thing: Does anyone knows a way, to get the path where the surface Textures are stored?

peak plover Jul 7, 2017, 9:22 AM

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Umm, that looks awesome

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I dislike the lack of code attached to the video, but it's really nice

dim terrace Jul 7, 2017, 9:22 AM

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that looks like it would be very useful for trench/fortification type objects

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:23 AM

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Yep

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Is there any way to get the Path, Reyhard?

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Or maybe adding a command for it? =}

peak plover Jul 7, 2017, 9:27 AM

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But how did you do it ? Is there a command that returns ground texture?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:28 AM

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Nah, i take the surfaceType, some magic with the configfile, format it, setObjectTexture

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Was just an idea, that i had 10min ago^^

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 9:29 AM

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/pull/4971

GitHub

Sandbags surfaces update by jonpas · Pull Request #4971 · acemod/ACE3

When merged this pull request will:

Add Tanoa surfaces support to Sandbags
Check height above terrain, if more than 0.05 disallow sandbags (when on buildings and similar)
Check if in water (ATL is...

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This is how ACE does the trenches too

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:29 AM

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What of it?

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 9:30 AM

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nigel wanted to see an example of how it's done

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:30 AM

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~~Where is it? oO Am i blind?~~
Yep, i am.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 9:33 AM

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Yeah, it's not everything that was discussed on Slack.

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I can't find the part where it picks the texture either.

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Maybe they never got that done.

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:33 AM

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Easy to do, for Vanilla Maps.

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But Custom ones, with custom Path's... hmm

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 9:34 AM

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That might've been the reason. Idk.

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:35 AM

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prolly. But was fun to drive around with that camoCar 😄

peak plover Jul 7, 2017, 9:44 AM

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Thanks, yeah was looking for surfaceType. I theorised that it's something like this. There are many uses for this, good to know.

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:49 AM

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Yep. e.g. simulating the "friction" of Sand (making movements slower etc)

spark cobalt Jul 7, 2017, 9:56 AM

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@jade abyss love the adaptive camo

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:57 AM

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Flying around with a chopper atm, looks funny 😄

spark cobalt Jul 7, 2017, 9:59 AM

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as reyhard suggested, it could with a little work be really useful for automatically camouflaging structures too, having camo nets match the ground they are standing on, or having bunker roofs match ground to make them harder to spot from the air.

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something for me to experiment with later, not even sure whether you can retexture those

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:20 AM

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As long as there is a HiddenSelection for it -> Doable within seconds (aslong as you stay on Altis/Stratis/Malden 😄 )

spark cobalt Jul 7, 2017, 10:44 AM

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what, no Tanoa? 😛

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 11:21 AM

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Yeah, different Path

zinc fossil Jul 7, 2017, 11:55 AM

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Does anyone know if it's possible to assign someone as an ace medic trough a script rather then using a module? I have a loadout script and would like to assign a medic to whoever takes the CLS loadout.

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 11:57 AM

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/medical/functions/fnc_moduleAssignMedicRoles.sqf

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( [[_unit1, _unit2], "ace_medicClass", 2, true] call ace_common_fnc_assignObjectsInList )

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the 2 is the level, 0 1 or 2

zinc fossil Jul 7, 2017, 12:01 PM

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Thank you

quiet glacier Jul 7, 2017, 12:18 PM

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someone know a speedlimiter script ???

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 12:22 PM

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/vehicles/functions/fnc_speedLimiter.sqf

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need a bot that just searches the ace3 git

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 12:23 PM

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Checkout addForce, Lecks

quiet glacier Jul 7, 2017, 12:23 PM

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Thanks anyway

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 12:23 PM

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that didn't help?

quiet glacier Jul 7, 2017, 12:24 PM

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no no ty

vapid frigate Jul 7, 2017, 12:24 PM

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if (_speed > _maxSpeed) then {
   _vehicle setVelocity ((velocity _vehicle) vectorMultiply ((_maxSpeed / _speed) - 0.00001));  // fix 1.42-hotfix PhysX libraries applying force in previous direction when turning
};```

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that's the main part.. run every frame

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 12:25 PM

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PM

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 1:52 PM

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So how do I go about converting a stacked EH to an mission EH?

halcyon crypt Jul 7, 2017, 1:53 PM

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remove call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler and add addMissionEventHandler in front of it 😛

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kinda sorta

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 1:54 PM

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Thats it

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It stacks automaticaly

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 1:54 PM

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Going from this ```SQF
[QGVAR(mapTeleport), "onMapSingleClick", {
vehicle player setPos _pos;

[QGVAR(mapTeleport), "onMapSingleClick"] call BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler;

}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;
to thisSQF
GVAR(mapTeleport) = addMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", {
vehicle player setPos _pos;

removeMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", GVAR(mapTeleport)];

}];

halcyon crypt Jul 7, 2017, 1:57 PM

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looks fine to me 🤔

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 1:57 PM

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It completly breaks the script...

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Even openMap true; in the 1st line doesn't work.

halcyon crypt Jul 7, 2017, 2:00 PM

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hmm did you try spawning the code?

jade abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:00 PM

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Shouldn't make a diff. hmm

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:00 PM

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Nope, I'm calling it.

halcyon crypt Jul 7, 2017, 2:01 PM

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does it produce an error or does it just not do anything?

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 2:02 PM

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@tough abyss _pos is not a special variable in the mission eventhandler version

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use:

params ["_units", "_pos", "_alt", "_shift"];

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Order might be wrong.

halcyon crypt Jul 7, 2017, 2:03 PM

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shift and alt are the wrong way around

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 2:03 PM

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I see.

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fixed

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:04 PM

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Thanks @little eagle, I'll try it.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 2:05 PM

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Dunno about openMap. Maybe you meant openMap false as the map is usually already shown when the map was clicked on?

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:06 PM

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I rebuild the addon and openMap now works.

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No clue what that was about 😕

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Aye, tele works again! Thank you commy!

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 2:08 PM

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@tough abyss
Also, you don't need to save the eventhandler id in a variable. It's available inside the event script via special variable:

removeMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", _thisEventhandler];

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:09 PM

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Neat, thanks.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 2:09 PM

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Keep also in mind that if you remove an eventhandler from inside the eventhandler code, you are by proxy modifying the size of an (internal) array while iterating through it. It might skip one other MapSingleClick eventhandler...

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Undefined behaviour

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:10 PM

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I'll check all functions that use such EHs to see if any problems surface.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 2:11 PM

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yw

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 2:18 PM

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No conflicts arise 😘

frail dune Jul 7, 2017, 3:00 PM

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Is there a difference between enableFatigue and enableStamina? They seem to do the same thing

peak plover Jul 7, 2017, 3:11 PM

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The car speed limiter has a issue because it only runs every frame, the car might move a bit between frames, looks laggy

split coral Jul 7, 2017, 3:21 PM

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@frail dune The old "fatigue" system was replaced with "stamina", but the old commands were kept for backward compatibility. They both affect stamina now.

frail dune Jul 7, 2017, 3:27 PM

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Ah, that makes sense. Thanks

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 3:28 PM

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Not really, but ok.

split coral Jul 7, 2017, 7:23 PM

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Either I'm blind or doing it wrong, because I can't see any difference in sway with fatigue on or off. 🤔

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 7:24 PM

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@split coral getWeaponSway ?

split coral Jul 7, 2017, 7:25 PM

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No, I just watched the reticle

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/ crosshair

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 7:26 PM

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Doesn't sound like the reticle\crosshair gives youi mucn info on the sway then.

split coral Jul 7, 2017, 7:30 PM

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Yeah, or there's no difference

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 7:50 PM

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Don't see why there wouldn't be

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 8:49 PM

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this addAction ["Rescue Hostage", "scripts/hostageRescue.sqf"]; Should this work?

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because I created a "scripts" directory in the mission folder and placed that script there, Eden is still telling me that the script can't be found

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 9:22 PM

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@tough abyss Obviously you have a naming issue.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:23 PM

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nope, turned out it should be a backslash instead of a forward slash

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 9:23 PM

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Ah, well I see that now.

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Commy, I'm assuming you can use both?

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 9:24 PM

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I always thought that made no difference.

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 9:24 PM

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Neither did I.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 9:24 PM

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"So did I." - you mean.

subtle ore Jul 7, 2017, 9:24 PM

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Woops.

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 9:47 PM

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@tough abyss I remember when I first discovered that backslash mistake. Was stressing over it for like two days.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:55 PM

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yeah I spent a bit of time on that problem as well @modern sigil

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I've got a question, if I want to run addAction on every client connected to the server, how would I go about it?

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if normal syntax is

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object addAction ["funcName", "scriptfile.sqf"];

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I know I have to use remoteExec

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 9:57 PM

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@tough abyss What you're asking is specifically why the command remoteExec exists. Check out the BIKI page for it and it'll work.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:57 PM

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but the Wiki is confusing

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 9:57 PM

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Here's how I'd do that line you wrote but with remoteExec

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:57 PM

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yeah I've checked it but I have no idea where does the object go and where do parameters go

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 9:58 PM

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[ object, [
  "funcName",
  "scriptfile.sqf"
]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0];

(or change the 0 to -2 if you want to be picky about serverside stuff but then it won't work in the editor because in that situation you literally are the server)

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 9:58 PM

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Missing ]

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 9:58 PM

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right -- fixed

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 9:58 PM

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oh okay, so I can treat an array of parameters as another parameter for remoteExec

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alright thank you

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would this set the scope for the whole file?

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so everything that runs in that file is server-side then?

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 9:59 PM

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Do you need to execute this after mission start (not on connect)?

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 9:59 PM

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That's what initServer.sqf is for

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Old people from Arma2 will tell you to do a bunch of if (isServer) stuff in the init.sqf file though. That also works.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:00 PM

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@dusk sage well, I don't really know when to run it yet

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I am making a hostage rescue mission for practice

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and I want to add an action to rescue the hostage

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this will be a coop mission

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against AI

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:01 PM

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You probably do want to do addActions after the mission starts. There's a few ways to do it. Easiest is probably to add this line before the addAction:

waitUntil { time > 0 };

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:02 PM

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although I want this action to be visible to each connected client, but I guess that'll work since in coop you connect before a mission starts

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 10:02 PM

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Old people from Arma2 will tell you
DAYUM

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:02 PM

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but I am not really certain about what you said about initServer.sqf @modern sigil

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so I want to use that file whenever I want to execute a command for all clients?

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:03 PM

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initServer.sqf is a special file that you put in your mission folder. It automatically runs only on the server when the mission starts.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:03 PM

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oh allright, but that is not applicable for me right?

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:03 PM

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There's also a special initPlayerLocal.sqf file that each player only runs for themselves.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:03 PM

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since I want clients to have the action added then running it on the server won't really help

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oh okay, can I putt addAction commands in those sqf files as well?

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this would simplify loading scripts

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:04 PM

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@tough abyss When you want the server to tell clients to do a thing, you use remoteExec. So you put that thing I typed for you a bit ago in the initServer.sqf file and it'll make the clients do the addAction, exactly as if you had done it clientside anyway.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:04 PM

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for example I'd run other scripts from within initPLayerLocal

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 10:05 PM

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dont RE it if it's on init

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No need

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:05 PM

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so what's the difference between initServer telling clients to do a thing and initPlayerLocal executing on each client?

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:05 PM

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The difference is that the server is telling the client to do the thing, which is good because it means nobody's hacking or redefining variables or whatever.

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 10:06 PM

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Eh?

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Ignoring that statement, he's making a co-op mission anyway, so security doesn't look like an issue

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:06 PM

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If you tell the clients to do it individually, then you open up the possibility of some smart hacker dude possibly fucking with your variables and function definitions and breaking the mission. It's a dumb small edge case, but it's supposed to be good practice to have the server be responsible for telling clients to do stuff.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:06 PM

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okay, so just to confirm, there would be no problem with running other sqf files from within initServer? that would make the server tell every client to run that file?

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 10:06 PM

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initPlayerLocal..sqf seems like the perfect place for addAction.

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 10:06 PM

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initPlayerLocal runs on client init, (on connect), just stick your addAction there, if the object is available at that time @tough abyss

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:07 PM

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Effectively they all do the same thing -- you can tell the server to make the clients run the command... you can make the clients run it on their own... it's all good.

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 10:07 PM

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@modern sigil The function is local regardless

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You're not making too much sense 😃

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:07 PM

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Yeah, I personally do addActions in the initPlayerLocal.sqf unless it's some special case thing like needing to add it only half-way through the mission.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:08 PM

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yeah the thing I was worried about was that if I tell the clients to run scriptfile.sqf from within initServer.sqf or initPlayerLocal.sqf it won't run for clients because maybe referencing other scripts from within those is prohibited

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but I think you cleared up my confusion

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:09 PM

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👍

tough abyss Jul 7, 2017, 10:09 PM

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thank you guys

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:16 PM

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In general, you want the clients to do as little as possible, scripting-wise, so that their computers can focus on just trying to get some decent frames. A lot of the time when people get bad framerates in Arma it's because of too much clientside stuff going on (usually on-each-frame stuff like while loops). Eventually your server starts to get bad frames because too much is going on over there and then you try to relieve the stress by creating a headless client. When you get to that point, you have reached peak Arma.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 10:24 PM

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In general, you want the clients to do as little as possible, scripting-wise, so that their computers can focus on just trying to get some decent frames.
Which should not apply to scripts running once at mission start - like one that adds an action to the avatar via initPlayerLocal

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:25 PM

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💯

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 10:26 PM

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In general, you want the clients to do as little as possible, scripting-wise, so that their computers can focus on just trying to get some decent frames.

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So bombard the server, and cause bigger issues 😉 ?

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And destroying the network with all the REs

modern sigil Jul 7, 2017, 10:29 PM

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I remember looking at the DayZ source code in like 2012 when the mod blew up. He put almost everything inside of a spawn function. It's amazing that our computers handled all of those threads so well.

little eagle Jul 7, 2017, 10:53 PM

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Love, you don't get to call people old using that avatar.

dusk sage Jul 7, 2017, 11:35 PM

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Depends what you mean by 'well', everything will just be more delayed 😃

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 12:51 AM

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anyone known how i can make: hintSilent parseText (_text); on/off by a key press? Its for a debug monitor (showing some data) I want it to be toggable. Cant really figure out how to

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 1:09 AM

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Loop the hint

tough abyss Jul 8, 2017, 1:57 AM

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loop lol?

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onKeyUp

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(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["onKeyUp" {code}];

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@stray halo

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:02 AM

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🤦

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 2:16 AM

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@tough abyss so this would work (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", "hintSilent parseText (_text);"]; ?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:19 AM

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everytime you press ANY button.

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Thats why it's nonense

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 2:26 AM

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Another question. Can this be made serverside?

tough abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:34 AM

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@jade abyss well just check if the key is the right one?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:36 AM

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So he always has to press a button, to update his hint? Doesn't make much sense.

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 2:38 AM

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https://pastebin.com/VNt4G0Dm thats the code. This will display the hint at all time, then i want players to be able to turn it off and on

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And thats running serverside

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:39 AM

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uhm, what?

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You can't exec hint on the Server and expect it to be shown on the Client oO

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 2:43 AM

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Dunno how they did it. All i want is that code to be shown on a keypress, and then remove again

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Just like you could in dayz back in the days

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:44 AM

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There is somewhere a loop running, check if a Var is true or false. Setting the Var to true/false is done by a Keyhandler.

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very simple example:

abc = false;
while{true}do
{
     sleep 1;
     if(abc)then{hint _bla};
};

hearty plover Jul 8, 2017, 2:57 AM

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if (ACTIVE_SITE) then {systemChat "removing old marker"; deleteMarker ACTIVE_SITE;};```

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ACTIVE_SITE marker...

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ACTIVE_SITE is supposed to hold a marker, however it's initing to a string.

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Should I init it to "null" or something?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 2:58 AM

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Assuming that ACTIVE_SITE is not set (last Nil is "just to be sure")

if(!isNil "ACTIVE_SITE")then{systemChat "removing old marker"; deleteMarker ACTIVE_SITE; ACTIVE_SITE = Nil;};```

hearty plover Jul 8, 2017, 3:00 AM

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Ahh, I see.

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When is NOT nil, active site, do your stuff.

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Thanks @jade abyss

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 3:00 AM

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yepyep

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 3:05 AM

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Null = Object and Nil = variable type like a string correct?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 3:06 AM

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Yep

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stop

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Nil = variable type (stringed)

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 3:07 AM

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Gotcha.

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 3:07 AM

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e.g.
isNil VarName = Generic Error in Expression
isNil "VarName" = works

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 3:07 AM

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Yep.

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 3:12 AM

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@jade abyss okay so i made a script called monitor.sqf in my mission file https://pastebin.com/iTqB98fz Joined server and it works. Now i need to make it so you can turn it on/off, what to do here?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 3:13 AM

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Check what i wrote 20min earlier. There is an example

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+You need to setup a Keyhandler

stray halo Jul 8, 2017, 3:14 AM

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okay so make it false in the script, and then make a keyhandler that makes it true?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 3:15 AM

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Inside the Keyhandler, with a Button assigned/selected:

if(VarToShowHint)then{ VarToShowHint = false; }else{ VarToShowHint = true; };```

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I assume there is already one in it. You better check that, before you have to write your own.

limpid pewter Jul 8, 2017, 4:08 AM

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@jade abyss@little eagle @vapid frigate Sorry about my shitty behaviour yesterday, i was just frustrated. I did end up using that loop to lock the RscMapControl from moivng, but today i found a better solution, thought you guys might want to know for future reference.
In my function that i use to create my menu, i put this ```sqf
ctrlEnable [3345,false]; // this disables the map control on the menu

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 4:09 AM

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nice, good to know

limpid pewter Jul 8, 2017, 4:21 AM

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the only issue im having now with the map control is that is gives an error " No entry 'mpmission\test.Altis\description.ext/liberation_deploy/DeployMap.LineMarker'". If anyone knows how im supposed to define "linemarker" off the top of their head, it would be appreciated.

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 4:32 AM

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k

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 4:45 AM

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could probably check what it has in the config viewer for RscMapControl or whatever the default one is

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 4:47 AM

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    class LineMarker
    {
        lineDistanceMin = 3e-005;
        lineLengthMin = 5;
        lineWidthThick = 0.014;
        lineWidthThin = 0.008;
        textureComboBoxColor = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1)";
    };

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 4:49 AM

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I'm trying to create a script that for players within a trigger area, first applies a post-process effect, then kills them outright after a countdown. If they exit the area, they shouldn't be killed and the ppeffect should be disabled. I'm pretty much entirely lost, I've got as far as ((vehicle player) in thisList);

limpid pewter Jul 8, 2017, 4:52 AM

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ok i will try that in a second lecks, if BoGuu's thing doesn't work.

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thanks

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 4:52 AM

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i'm guessing boguu's thing is what's in the config viewer

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 4:53 AM

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^ 👍

limpid pewter Jul 8, 2017, 4:53 AM

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Yeah that worked thanks again

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:12 AM

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Okay, so I've managed to create a trigger that kills a player if he's in the zone for 10 seconds. Problem 1: it uses timeout - I want the ppeffect to activate as soon as the player enters the trigger zone. Problem? 2: Not sure if after the timeout, say you've got 2 players in there who entered the zone 5 seconds apart - would it kill both on timeout, or would it kill each of them separately, after they'd been in the zone for 10 seconds?

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Condition: (player in thislist)

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Activation: player setdamage 1

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:29 AM

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i don't think anything happens when the player leaves the area

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so i guess you could make the activation something like

//enable post processing
for[{_secs = 0}, { _secs < 10 && player inArea thisTrigger}, {_secs = _secs + 1}] do {
       sleep 1;
};
if(player inArea thisTrigger) then {
       player setdamage 1;
};
//disable post processing

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haven't done much with triggers though.. not sure if there's a magic var for my_trigger.. and not sure whether it runs scheduled or unscheduled (might need to spawn it)

warm gorge Jul 8, 2017, 5:36 AM

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You can use thisTrigger within triggers to refer to itself

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:36 AM

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I think it'd just be thisTrigger, but don't quote me on that, I'm novice af

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yay i was right

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:36 AM

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fixd

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:37 AM

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should be setdamage 1 right? 😛

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:37 AM

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err yeah

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:37 AM

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Hmm, gives me a script error

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think it's saying _secs = 0 is an invalid value or something along those lines

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:38 AM

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i don't see what's invalid about it

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it's not the comments screwing it up?

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:38 AM

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I'll check

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Looks like they were

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:39 AM

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they're just where you should put your PP code

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:42 AM

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Hmm

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Condition should still be (player in thislist) right? It gave me another "Generic error in expression" and killed me soon as I entered the zone

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:43 AM

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i guess it's running unscheduled then, so you'll need to spawn it

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unless it just needs brackets around the stuff on both sides of &&

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thisTrigger spawn {
   //enable post processing
   for[{_secs = 0}, { (_secs < 10) && (player inArea _this)}, {_secs = _secs + 1}] do {
          sleep 1;
   };
   if(player inArea _this) then {
       player setdamage 1;
   };
   //disable post processing
};

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 5:48 AM

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Works perfectly, thanks very much

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 5:48 AM

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np

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 6:21 AM

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Is there any way I could call an ACE function instead of setting player damage? So like, render the player unconscious?

lean tiger Jul 8, 2017, 6:27 AM

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@outer scarab you can intercept the damage being applied with HandleDamage

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kick off whatever ACE function you need to call

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and then just return 0 on the last line

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 6:30 AM

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I have no idea what that means :v

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I was referring to the script above

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In other words if possible, I want to put players in cardiac arrest if they're in this zone for too long

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tried just going ``` if(player inArea _this) then {
[player] call fnc_setCardiacArrest;

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also of note is none of the ACE stuff is in the functions viewer as far as I can see, which might be why

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 6:35 AM

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they're on github https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/tree/master/addons/medical/functions

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easier than functions viewer anyway

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 6:38 AM

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Yeah, that's where I got fnc_setCardiacArrest from

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I'm not sure if I'm just putting in the wrong arguments or what

rancid ruin Jul 8, 2017, 6:39 AM

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[bob] call ace_medical_fnc_setCardiacArrest

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that's what the script says

lean tiger Jul 8, 2017, 6:40 AM

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Heya @vapid frigate -- recognize your name from this time last year, helped me with function writing 😃

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\o/

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 6:41 AM

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Ah, thanks oneoh

lean tiger Jul 8, 2017, 6:42 AM

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Is there a BIS_fnc anywhere to get the generic of any weapon name?

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Basically turn "arifle_MX_ACO_pointer_F" into "arifle_MX_F"

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because goddamn if trying to transfer inventory with those thrown into the mix

rancid ruin Jul 8, 2017, 6:45 AM

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no problem @outer scarab . i just looked at the source script that lecks linked - most scripters are nice enough to give an example usage in the header 😃

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i think that info is defined in the weapon's entry in cfgWeapons @lean tiger

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open up the cfg viewer, cfgWeapons, find arifle_MX_ACO_pointer_F and have a poke around

lean tiger Jul 8, 2017, 6:48 AM

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never gone config crawling with SQF

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but been around in the config on my own before to find asset gems

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thanks for the direction 😃

rancid ruin Jul 8, 2017, 6:49 AM

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although this is what you asked for @lean tiger https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_baseWeapon

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even the same classname is given in the example lol

lean tiger Jul 8, 2017, 6:50 AM

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I knew I saw it one time -- I'd probably go googling later with the variable found in the config

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you da real mvp

rancid ruin Jul 8, 2017, 6:50 AM

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no problem

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like gets said to everyone, bookmark these https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Functions https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

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i just ctrl-f'd for "weapon" on the BIS function page for you

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 6:54 AM

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there's also the inheritsFrom command

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:14 AM

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How much of a performance impact can lightpoints have?

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If I have, say, 70 of them

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:19 AM

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i think the game will only really display a certain number

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:22 AM

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That's fine, they're meant to be spread out a great deal anway

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What I'm wondering is how I could go about creating them better. Right now, I've got my init.sqf full of var = [] spawn {light = "#lightpoint" createvehicle getpos L1; light setlightbrightness 2; light setlightcolor [0.1,0.8,0.1]; light setlightambient [0,0.8,0];}; for each lightpoint, but this is inefficient, labour wise

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uh

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Yeah. So for every one I want to create, I got to place down a trigger, give it variablename L#, and add another one of those to init

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:24 AM

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what is the trigger for?

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:24 AM

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I'd rather be able to do something along the lines of var = [] spawn {light = "#lightpoint" createvehicle getpos this (or thistrigger); light setlightbrightness 2; light setlightcolor [0.1,0.8,0.1]; light setlightambient [0,0.8,0];};

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simply a point of reference

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for coords

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:24 AM

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70 triggers will be worse for perf than 70 lights

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:24 AM

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oh wow

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Well, each of these lightpoints needs to be inside a rock, in specific places

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but doing var = [] spawn {light = "#lightpoint" createvehicle getpos this; light setlightbrightness 2; light setlightcolor [0.1,0.8,0.1]; light setlightambient [0,0.8,0];}; in the init of an object doesn't work

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:25 AM

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because 'this' won't exist in the spawned script

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i don't think you need to spawn it

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var = this spawn {light = "#lightpoint" createvehicle getpos _this; ... or just light = "#lightpoint" createvehicle getpos this;

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:27 AM

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What would be the best object to use to create it from then? Something I can move around in the editor

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:27 AM

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a marker or a logic i guess

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a trigger has to check what's in it every half a second

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:29 AM

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Oh, the script wasn't on the trigger its self

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it was just using empty, named triggers, and the script in the init would create lightpoints at the position of those named triggers

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But this seems like a lot cleaner a way of doing it

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:30 AM

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yeah should use a logic for that i think

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 7:31 AM

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Yeah, it means I can create compositions instead of "hand-crafting" each one

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Thanks again man

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 7:31 AM

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np

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:00 AM

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Selecting one goes (_this select 0) but how do you do it for 0 and 1?
Like (_this select 0, _this select 1) ?? Well heh, doesn't work.
(_this select 0,1) aand this doesn't either
(_this select (0,1)) noope
Halp, I'm this hopeless!

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 10:01 AM

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for a 2d array?

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_this select 0 select 1 would get [[notthis, this], [nothis, notthis]]

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or if you want a new array with the first 2 item,s [_this select 0, _this select 1]

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could also do that last one with _this select [0,2] with alt syntax 4 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/select

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:22 AM

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I have like this now (doesn't work)

    params[ "_newEntity", "_oldEntity" ];
    
    if (isPlayer _newEntity) then {
    (_this select (0,1)) spawn {```

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would need to be able to select both _newEntity and _oldEntity at the same time

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:27 AM

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[0,1]

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:27 AM

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so I should just change the part (_this select (0,1)) to _this select [0,1]?

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or do I need the parentheses too?

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:28 AM

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Or you just use
[_NewEntity, _oldEntity] spawn

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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FFS DISCORD

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-.-

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shaddap commy

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 10:29 AM

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would need to be able to select both _newEntity and _oldEntity at the same time
You already did in line 2

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/shrug ¯_(ツ)_/¯

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:29 AM

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add 2x _ infront of it, commy

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

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so just remove (_this select (0,1)) ?

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and leave it like this if (isPlayer _newEntity) then { spawn {

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

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i think you want _this select [0,2] or [_this select 0, _this select 1] or [_newEntity, _oldEntity] or just _this to pass the whole array

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:31 AM

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+Work with diag_log and check your .RPTs

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e.g.
diag_log _this;
diag_log _newEntity;
etc bla

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 10:32 AM

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yeh and hint/systemchat

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:32 AM

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also, yeah.

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:32 AM

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will check the Lecks versions asap

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 10:32 AM

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they all sorta do the same thing

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except the last which will pass everything

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:33 AM

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yeah, that's the trouble for me at least

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:33 AM

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Dscha - Today at 12:28 PM
Or you just use
[_NewEntity, _oldEntity] spawn```

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:33 AM

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too many ways to achieve one thing

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or I'll just use Dscha's latest version 😮

vague hull Jul 8, 2017, 10:33 AM

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da hell?
why not [_newentity,_oldentity]
you got them selected already

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:33 AM

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uhu

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:34 AM

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read, Senfo.

vague hull Jul 8, 2017, 10:34 AM

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@jade abyss stop being a ninja all the time

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 10:34 AM

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it's pretty simple when you get the hang of it.. everything in sqf is passed in arrays so you need a lot of ways to manipulate them

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:34 AM

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He want's to spawn it, he has to pass it over.

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Me? Ninja? Nah, not enough 16:9 for that.

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 10:35 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array recommend reading that

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because arrays are everywhere in sqf

vague hull Jul 8, 2017, 10:35 AM

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pretty sure there are 4:3 ninjas too

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:36 AM

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No clue, never seen one.

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:36 AM

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yeah well, don't have the attention span to read that stuff. I learn by doing (or most probably don't) but either way

vague hull Jul 8, 2017, 10:36 AM

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then stop programming in the first place

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:37 AM

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"just" trying to get a few scripts going. Don't have the intention to create another Altis Life or [insert another popular MP mission name here] from ground up

tardy wagon Jul 8, 2017, 10:38 AM

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Pro Tip: Hide laziness when asking programmers for help

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:39 AM

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and I DO appreciate the help You gents are offering here. Thank you.

vague hull Jul 8, 2017, 10:40 AM

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You could generalize what CS said to: hide laziness when asking for help

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:40 AM

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(hmm, can't "like" CSSoftware's message)

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I have to agree with that @vague hull @tardy wagon

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I was being a bit too much inconsiderate there, apologies for that

vague hull Jul 8, 2017, 10:42 AM

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the thing is, if you ask for help or somebody to fix it, you wont learn a thing yourself,
if you read the manuals, you get the knowledge to understand the background (even if you have to ask later)

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any script that does something magical to you is most likly to break your neck later on

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 10:44 AM

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And you don't have to recreate a new gamemode. Knowing the basics is essential.

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+You don't have to have every command in your head. Thats what this site is for:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3

modern sigil Jul 8, 2017, 11:00 AM

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Wish we had C++/TypeScript-like IntelliSense for SQF so I don't have to keep alt-tabbing and hoping that the BIKI will load fast

simple solstice Jul 8, 2017, 11:03 AM

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we do?

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if thats what you mean

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http://i.imgur.com/ENH9F1Q.png

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 11:06 AM

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similar for VS code too

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 11:17 AM

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this deletes the body of a just respawned player

    params[ "_newEntity", "_oldEntity" ];
    
    if (isPlayer _newEntity) then {
        deleteVehicle _oldEntity;
    };
}];```

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since sleep needs spawn how do I add it there?
So far what I've been trying I'm constantly getting Error undefined variable in expression _oldEntity

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 11:19 AM

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_this spawn {
    params[ "_newEntity", "_oldEntity" ];
    
    if (isPlayer _newEntity) then {
        deleteVehicle _oldEntity;
    };
};
}];```

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 11:19 AM

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oooh

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well, little did I have an idea that it can be done that way also

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 11:22 AM

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params always looks at _this

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So if you pass the parameter array to a spawn, the _this inside the spawn will be the same

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 11:23 AM

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very good, thank you @vapid frigate
here's the final. Body of the recently deceased gets hidden (sucked into ground) and then after 10 seconds will get deleted

_this spawn {
    params[ "_newEntity", "_oldEntity" ];
    
    if (isPlayer _newEntity) then {
        hideBody _oldEntity;
        sleep 10;
        deleteVehicle _oldEntity;
        };
    };
}];```

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 11:24 AM

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    params[ "_newEntity", "_oldEntity" ];
    
    if (isPlayer _newEntity) then {
       _oldEntity spawn {
               sleep 10;
               deleteVehicle _this;
        };
    };
}];```

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that would probably be a bit more efficient

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and illustrates optix's point

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 11:27 AM

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thank you gents 🙂

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 11:46 AM

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@tame portal
OPTiX - Today at 1:22 PM
params always looks at _this

Nope =}

_Var params ["_ArrEntry1","_ArrEntry2"];

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 11:46 AM

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You know Dscha

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There's a special place in hell for you

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 11:47 AM

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=}

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I know

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 11:47 AM

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Right next to the BI Wiki

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 11:47 AM

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Thats rude.

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 11:47 AM

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Lol

jade abyss Jul 8, 2017, 11:47 AM

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=}

outer scarab Jul 8, 2017, 12:10 PM

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snip

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Wrong section

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 12:41 PM

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when "offloading" scripts to be only on server (dedicated) is it better to have one script file (.sqf) for eg. multiple event handlers or multiple script files that each house one event handler?

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 12:41 PM

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Well are they only run once?

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 12:41 PM

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hmm

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now that's a question I don't know an answer just now

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might be so that they are run once at the start of a mission and then for every JIP player

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well, here's an example from the not so distant past

    params[ "_newEntity", "_oldEntity" ];
    
    if (isPlayer _newEntity) then {
       _oldEntity spawn {
               sleep 10;
               deleteVehicle _this;
        };
    };
}];```
Will that be run only once or every time a player respawns?

rancid ruin Jul 8, 2017, 12:45 PM

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every time an entity respawns, surely? isn't that the point of it?

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 12:45 PM

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yes 😃

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 12:59 PM

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It really won't matter, to answer your question

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But if it runs them all every respawn, it wouldn't hurt to have them in one file

forest ore Jul 8, 2017, 1:02 PM

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copy, thank you BoGuu 🙂

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 1:11 PM

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@jade abyss so camo nets do have hiddenSelection for the net texture, bunkers don't unfortunately, but the open net does almost entirely cover the large 1 storey bunker so ... Would you mind sharing the surfacetype to texture mappings you were using, please?

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 2:26 PM

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haven't messed with procedural textures in the past so I thought I'd give them a try but all the r,g,b values I'm using are coming out in shades of white, i.e. several shades lighter than they should be. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? For example 0.5,0.5,0.5 should be mid-grey but it comes out as a dirty white

polar folio Jul 8, 2017, 2:47 PM

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show the rest of it. there is more in there than jsut rgb values

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:05 PM

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#(rgb,8,8,3)color(0.76,0.70,0.50,1) is the actual value I'm using, should be a sandy colour

vapid frigate Jul 8, 2017, 3:23 PM

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what is it showing as?

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:38 PM

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practically white, https://imgur.com/a/aYRn4

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should look like this - http://www.colorhexa.com/c2b280

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 3:39 PM

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@spark cobalt ArmA makes a lot of colors more white than they should be

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The same happens when using the color codes for guis

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Also, in case of vehicles, material can have an impact on visual color

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I suggest lowering all color channels in the same way until it is dark enough for you

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:43 PM

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@compact current thanks

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wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. I've already played with decreasing the values to approximate the shade I was going for which obviously does work, but it seemed odd that the biki doesn't mention the issue 😃

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 3:44 PM

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I found that only some colors run into this problem

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Most colors I've tested look like they are supposed to

polar folio Jul 8, 2017, 3:45 PM

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did you try the flags? like CO?

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i mean like the suffix stuff

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:45 PM

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I was actually trying this out on a variety of objects, my main aim was to use it on camo netting but the pickup was a better model to demo it in the screenshot

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@polar folio some, like NO, it wasn't having a noticable effect so I didn't run through the whole list

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 3:46 PM

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Also have a look at the last comment and try setting the default material on the offroad before applying the color

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

polar folio Jul 8, 2017, 3:46 PM

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no is normals i think

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try CO

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:47 PM

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@compact current interesting, it was doing it for all colours I tried, except primary colours and some mixes of those

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 3:47 PM

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Wrong OPTiX 😂

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:48 PM

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heh, discord's autocomplete kept fighting me and selecting the wrong one even though I had properly capitalised the first three characters

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ok, CO did help a little, it's certainly much better than it was

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 3:49 PM

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Try setting the material to default

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 3:54 PM

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yeah, that did the trick, thanks

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I mean the surface looks awful but the colour is much more accurate 😉 I'll play with it further but at least I now know the factors at play

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 4:00 PM

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No problem

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That will be 5.99€/minute then

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You can pay by PayPal!

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/Irony

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 4:28 PM

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😉

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next time, take payment up front

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runs out the door

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having switched to real textures now, seems the same colour matching issue applies but I'm starting to get reasonable results. Only problem now is that the colours of the close, mid and far range ground textures are all different. Since I want my net's camo to hide things from aircraft I need to change the colour palette of the texture

jovial nebula Jul 8, 2017, 6:43 PM

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Does somebody know the average speed of a generic loop in arma 3 ?

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 7:07 PM

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I don't understand the question. It makes no sense to ask this to me. @jovial nebula

naive needle Jul 8, 2017, 8:00 PM

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Is there a way to disable "Error Dialogs" ? ( No entry 'bin\config.bin.....)

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 8:02 PM

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By fixing the error.

naive needle Jul 8, 2017, 8:03 PM

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🤔

vivid quartz Jul 8, 2017, 8:04 PM

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mb you should tell us the error youre getting, that would be more useful

naive needle Jul 8, 2017, 8:05 PM

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I making a mod and using other mods and I want to disable the dialog. There must be hpp file path , if I know the file I can rewrite the dialog

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 8:07 PM

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The dialog is hard coded. The only way to get rid of it is by fixing the underlying error.

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 8:07 PM

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I am fairly sure you can delete the resource for it

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After saying this, I changed my mind

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 8:07 PM

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Fix the error. That's what error messages are for.

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 8:08 PM

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I already just said in teamspeak:

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Make a workshop mod that disables the error message box

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-> Most subscribed item on the workshop

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Because 99% of the mods are broken 😄

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 8:09 PM

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And it's a terrible idea. So there is no reason why it wouldn't happen, except that it's hard coded and impossible in the first place.

tame portal Jul 8, 2017, 8:09 PM

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I knooooooww commy

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It was a joke

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They have a reason

naive needle Jul 8, 2017, 8:14 PM

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the probleme is, if you disableUserinput and a error message will be shown, you game will be freezed

vivid quartz Jul 8, 2017, 8:26 PM

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how about closeDialog ? would it work?

rotund cypress Jul 8, 2017, 8:27 PM

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Hey guys, does anyone know if default groups in lobby removes when empty? LIke if I choose a group in side selection in lobby, and then I script myself into another group, will that old group remove itself?

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Because I know you can script so you can create a group that will delete when empty

naive needle Jul 8, 2017, 8:44 PM

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@vivid quartz maybe, i will look

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 8:58 PM

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@little eagle It's not impossible. My hack(toolkit) also disables that messagebox because its annoying 😄

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 9:05 PM

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Go away with your filthy cheats you hacker.

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:39 PM

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How would i go about turning off all lights within a trigger?

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:40 PM

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@sharp jay triggerList and bis_fnc_switchLamp

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:41 PM

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Will check it out, thanks @subtle ore

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:42 PM

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@sharp jay yep, trigger passes the triggerList params if you do something like this in the onActivation field: [triggerList] call compile preProcess "myAwesomeLightsSwitch.sqf"; and in the myAwesomeLightsSwitch.sqf : {[_x] bis_fnc_switchLamp; } forEach _this;

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:43 PM

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@subtle ore Wait, would { [_x,false] call BIS_fnc_switchLamp; false; } count nearestObjects [ player,["Lamps_base_F","PowerLines_base_F","PowerLines_Small_base_F"],200]; this work. I found it in the documentation for bis_fnc_switchLamp

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:44 PM

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@sharp jay yep it would work, just make sure you're using the classnames you want in the array there and 200 is from the distance of the player position.

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player would either have to be local in mp, or sp

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:44 PM

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i will switch player with an invisible object though

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:45 PM

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is this mp or sp?

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:45 PM

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mp

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:45 PM

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where are you executing this at

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:46 PM

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Well, i want to have an action menu option when i am near an object

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:50 PM

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@sharp jay okay, you can do something like this in a event script called initPlayerLocal and then execute the same on respawn : player addAction["Switch Lights",{{[_x,false] call bis_fnc_switchLamp; false; } count nearestObjects[player,"Lamps_base_F","PowerLines_base_F","PowerLines_Small_base_F"],200];},[],1,true,true,"","(nearestObject player) isKindOf 'Lamp'"];

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:51 PM

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Thanks, i'm gonna add the action to an object instead, but that is the gist of it

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:51 PM

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cool

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 9:52 PM

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Thanks

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:54 PM

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yep.

jovial nebula Jul 8, 2017, 9:56 PM

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@little eagle just wanted to know how many cycles of a generic for loop are done in 1 second,for example
No need for getting angry..

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 9:56 PM

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@jovial nebula Commy is always in his own little world 😛

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 9:56 PM

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@jovial nebula Still a useless question. There is no way to answer that.

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 9:57 PM

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Not angry, but there is no way to know. It depends on your rig, the mission and what's going on on your machine...

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Also on what the loop actually does

#

There is a way to measure execution time with the debug console, but it's pretty useless for schedued environment,

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Which this is presumably about.

jovial nebula Jul 8, 2017, 9:58 PM

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I was looking for something generic,nothing of exact

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But if there's no way of answering that , then no problem

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 9:59 PM

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Use the debug console to measure how long your code takes for 10000 loops and then do the math.

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Then you know for your machine.

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 9:59 PM

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Something generic. Okey. Between 0 and a couple million per second.

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 10:00 PM

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Another answer: as many as the game can do.

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 10:00 PM

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depending on how you run your script (scheduled/unscheduled), your Computers performance and what other scripts are running (only matters for scheduled)

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 10:00 PM

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Btw. a scheduled script can only run for 0.3 ms anyway. Or was it 3ms. I can never remember.

#

At a time that is.

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 10:01 PM

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3ms. If it is the first script that get's to run that frame.

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:01 PM

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0.3 seems way too damn fast

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 10:01 PM

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300ns are a lot of time in my world 😄

#

He asked how many per second though. And that would then depend on framerate. Which depends on graphics settings and where you are currently looking. No way to predict that

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:02 PM

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Someday.

jovial nebula Jul 8, 2017, 10:03 PM

#

I wanted only to compare sqf execution times to the ones of an external extension

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I wanted to count occurences in a huge array,nothing more

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That's why I was wondering about it,but will do the maths as commy said

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 10:04 PM

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external extensions do different stuff than sqf does.
A empty loop in c++ takes 0ns because it get's completly optimized out.
in SQF it takes a unpredictable amount of time

subtle ore Jul 8, 2017, 10:04 PM

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scriptDone ...

#

?

jovial nebula Jul 8, 2017, 10:04 PM

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Yeah yeah will do :\

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 10:04 PM

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Only way is to measure. Use debug console's performance analyze thingy. And also profile your extension

#

extension is almost always faster than SQF though.

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 10:06 PM

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Make sure to not use undefined variables in your tests with the debug console. It will not show an error, but it will screw up the measurement making your code appear to be faster than it is.

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 11:02 PM

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is ```
if (var1 = true && var2 = true) then {

somecode

}``` valid?

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 11:04 PM

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= --> ==

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 11:04 PM

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thats why it wasnt working

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thanks

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 11:04 PM

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It doesn't work even with BoGuu's suggestion.

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Because == cannot compare booleans.

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And there is no point to anyway.

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 11:04 PM

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and that ^

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 11:05 PM

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== true
is pointless

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 11:05 PM

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so i can just have (var1 && var2)?

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 11:05 PM

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If something is equal to true, then it is true.

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Yes

sharp jay Jul 8, 2017, 11:05 PM

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okay

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thanks

rancid ruin Jul 8, 2017, 11:15 PM

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do var1 and var2 have to be bools? I can't remember how sqf works again

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e.g do the vars need to return true, or just return something which isn't false?

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 11:28 PM

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boolean in SQF

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Doesn't return true for != 0

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 11:32 PM

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Everything that is considered a boolean type in SQF.
Theoretically numbers and (I think. Would need to check again) also strings are convertible to bool but are not considered to be of type bool so && or the if condition throw an error because the type was not a bool.

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 11:46 PM

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do var1 and var2 have to be bools?
Yes.

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e.g do the vars need to return true, or just return something which isn't false?
true

still forum Jul 8, 2017, 11:46 PM

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Sadly yes. Theoretically it would be easy to also accept numbers being not 0 as a true. But a BI dev was too lazy for that

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Intercept does that.

little eagle Jul 8, 2017, 11:48 PM

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Get rid of the BOOLEAN type completely and use 0, >0 to represent them instead

dusk sage Jul 8, 2017, 11:48 PM

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0, != 0

spark cobalt Jul 8, 2017, 11:50 PM

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or just get rid of sqf and use a pre-existing scripting language instead of a proprietary one (not that many of those don't have their own unique issues which people will argue over instead)

rancid ruin Jul 9, 2017, 12:13 AM

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Get rid of the BOOLEAN type completely isn't that a bit unintuitive?

tardy wagon Jul 9, 2017, 12:13 AM

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Seems pretty clear at this point that SQF is legacy shit that made it's way into arma 3 because they didn't want to do a total rewrite of the scripting system

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hopefully it will be better in Arma4

rancid ruin Jul 9, 2017, 12:14 AM

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rather SQF than arma 3 being delayed 2-3+ years while they worked on that

tardy wagon Jul 9, 2017, 12:15 AM

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What makes you think it would take that long? That's basically a development cycle for an entire game

rancid ruin Jul 9, 2017, 12:17 AM

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cos eeeeeeverything is built on SQF and they'd not just have to implement a new scripting language, but re-implement all the helper functions and mission, ui, logic functions and modules their designers are used to

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and then after that, make the actual game. see how long dayz is taking.

tardy wagon Jul 9, 2017, 12:24 AM

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Right, the only problem that SQF poses is that it's weird as hell itself

rancid ruin Jul 9, 2017, 12:24 AM

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yeah, do my super scientific benchmark of loading in to VR terrain with no scripts running, look up or down and see how you still only get like 120FPS or something

still forum Jul 9, 2017, 12:24 AM

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SQF is still a huge performance problem if you are really doing perf critical stuff.

rancid ruin Jul 9, 2017, 12:25 AM

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would be closer to negligible if the engine wasn't as fucky though

vapid frigate Jul 9, 2017, 12:26 AM

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its hard to say.. AI count could slow things down because they're all using SQF

rancid ruin Jul 9, 2017, 12:27 AM

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it's not even those things imo quiksilver, load in to empty VR terrain and tell me how much FPS you get