arma3_scripting

[peak plover]

IT can be number right?

🤦

I was scrolled down too much

I have a function that checks local _target before doing remoteExec

I just do a check if typeName _target isEqualTo "SCALAR"

[still forum]

you are still using typeName ?!

isEqualType

[peak plover]

😮

Oh god, thanks

it can also be side for remoteExec

whoa

if !(_target isEqualTypeAny [0,west,(allgroups select 0)]) then {

[still forum]

Neat.. Never had a use for isEqualTypeAny myself yet

[peak plover]

Tsh, allgroups should be grpNull

ohh, checking for those is stupid. I can just (_target isEqualType objNull)

sick command

implemented that shit into like 5 functions

brining it up to 2015, one command at a time

[still forum]

ICQ?

Commy is broken. Can't even spell params correctly anymore

[peak plover]

_unit = _this select 0;
if !(isNil "_unit") then {
    if !(isNull _unit) then {
        //CODE
    };
};

?

[still forum]

there is &&

if (!isNil "_unit" && {!isNull _unit})

[peak plover]

{ } is new?

[still forum]

no

[little eagle]

2012 new

[peak plover]

probably have not seen it much because it's not on wiki...

[little eagle]

params [["_unit", objNull]];

if (!isNull _unit) then {

[peak plover]

nvm, it's just not on the if page https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Control_Structures#if-Statement

[little eagle]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/a_or_b#Examples Example 2

[peak plover]

very nice hack

I like it

[little eagle]

I like the params version more.

[peak plover]

I also like params

valuable

[spice kayak]

So, potentially silly, but does anyone know how the scoring system works? For example, if an enemy unit was using a friendly vehicle, and PlayerA uses an AT to destroy said vehicle with said enemy in it, would they be rewarded a combination of negative and positive points, or would the game recognize the vehicle as being enemy and reward positive score overall?

[little eagle]

If an enemy uses a vehicle, the vehicle is not friendly, it's enemy.

[spice kayak]

Thank you for the clarification. Does it stay marked as enemy even after they dismount?

'Marked' might not be the best word, but you get what I mean. Is it still classified as an enemy's vehicle.

[little eagle]

Empty vehicles are neutral.

[peak plover]

Instantly?

[spice kayak]

Yeah, that's what I'm wondering. I'm doing a sort of TvT, but in my attempt to balance it, I'm giving both teams Prowlers, even though one doesn't normally have access to it. I was just hoping that if Blufor destroy's Independent's Prowler, it doesn't affect them badly, because it's their vehicle.

[peak plover]

Add a getout eventhandler that sets a last_used_side variable, then add a onKilled to that vehicle

addRating based on what's what...

[spice kayak]

Yeah, I'd never really used addRating, but I might have to look at it now. Thank you.

[peak plover]

Have fun dude

[spice kayak]

Thanks!

[rotund cypress]

''implemented that shit into like 5 functions'' @peak plover when you repeat something that many times you should make a function

Follow DRY

[little eagle]

functionception

[spice kayak]

So, despite my mission working fine initially, for some reason whenever I capture a sector, I get two notifications instead of one. I haven't changed anything in that regard, which is rather odd.

[little eagle]

MP?

[spice kayak]

Yes.

It's been purely tested in the MP enviroment since it started.

I've experienced similar things with notifications in the past, though I'm not sure when it occurs or why.

[little eagle]

Maybe the function that shows the notification shows the notification on every machine.

And the function that executes the function that shows the notification is executed on every machine.

[still forum]

And the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function that executes the function ...

[little eagle]

Then you would have N duplicate notifications where N is the number of connected machines.

Dedmen, please go back to disproving ________

[spice kayak]

You might be right. Just odd that it started happening seemingly randomly.

[little eagle]

Note that I'm not saying that the function that shows the notification does show the notification on every machine.

But it could be and the same type of error could be the issue, even if it's in another step.

You might be right. Just odd that it started happening seemingly randomly.
Maybe it was always the case and you just noticed it for the first time.

[spice kayak]

Nah, it hasn't always been the case. I was showing it to my roommate an hour or so ago, and was paying attention to the notifications and such.

I might restart Arma though. It's been open for a while. Maybe something's broken internally.

[little eagle]

git checkout <commit-hash>
git diff master-<commit-hash>

[spice kayak]

Well, sadly that had no effect. Funnily enough, the first testrun after restart had me spawn inside the ceiling of a building. Respawn again, nothing.

Restarted whole mission, also didn't happen. Arma is weird.

[little eagle]

Does this use a display/control eventhandler on the mission display (#46) like keyDown?

[spice kayak]

I'm not sure honestly. You're going to hate me, but I just mostly used the Sector Modules for this one. The group wanted something basic that I could show them at a later point.

[little eagle]

The problem with that is, that these modules are essentially black boxes that do something, but you don't know what they do. So if there is an error in one of them, or even a quirk, you have no idea what to look for.

[spice kayak]

Yeah, I understand that. It's a risk I took for some simplicity.

[spice kayak]

Also, is there any way to stop the game from overriding the mission.sqm information? I tried using the in-game attributes to set the Scenario Name, however that doesn't seem to do anything, so I've tried leaving that empty and editing the mission.sqm to have OnLoadName = "titlehere";, but it overrides that whenever I try to save or export.

When I do add a name to the in-game 'Title:' section, that doesn't get added to the mission.sqm for some reason. The author part updates in the file, but the title doesn't.

Seems like I've gotten it to update everywhere except for the Create a Game lobby, in which it still shows as savedname.malden :(

[jovial nebula]

Does selectPlayer command still have issues with editor placed units?

[indigo snow]

where there issues with it?

[jovial nebula]

I just tried and didn't encounter issues at all

But there's clearly stated on the wiki (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectPlayer)
"Also avoid selecting player into editor placed units in multiplayer, as it may, on occasion, lead to some undefined behaviour. If you need to selectPlayer into another unit, consider creatingUnit dynamically."

[still forum]

@jovial nebula Did you try on local multiplayer or dedicated server?

[spice kayak]

Okay, so I've also tried just creating a new, blank mission. Giving it a name, saving it then exporting it. That worked, that now has a name that shows up in the lobby. That narrows the source of the issue down somewhat.

Trying to verify the game now just incase.

[jovial nebula]

Local actually

[still forum]

Then it makes sense that you didn't encounter issues

the problem is locality. If someone else owns the Unit you wanna switch into -> Problems

[little eagle]

....aaand this is why we should delete outdated comments from the wiki

[still forum]

@little eagle The comment is not wrong nor outdated.

[little eagle]

Not being wrong is insufficient when it comes to 'should be on the wiki'.

[still forum]

Atleast not Also avoid selecting player into editor placed units in multiplayer, as it may, on occasion, lead to some undefined behaviour. If you need to selectPlayer into another unit, consider creatingUnit dynamically. I guess

Though that seems a bit missplaced in the description of the command

[little eagle]

I don't believe it anyway. "On occasion undefined behavior". Maybe he made a race condition and that's it.

No reason to put that on the wiki then.

They could've put it as an example though. Creating a unit locally and then switching to it.

[jovial nebula]

Well weird, I tried on a dedicated server and no problems at all

[little eagle]

You're not the first one to ask what the issue actually is. And all because of the wiki.

[jovial nebula]

D:

[little eagle]

My conclusion: there is no issue.

[jovial nebula]

😂 Let's hope it is actually as you say

[little eagle]

If you find it, put it on the wiki with a better description.

[jovial nebula]

Sure

[peak plover]

use it more than once put it into a function
Isn't that too much?

[indigo snow]

Value more than once, save to variable. Code more than once, consider a function.

[peak plover]

So if I use a command more than once, I should put it into a function?

I feel like that's a suggestion not a rule...

[indigo snow]

I wouldnt make a function for every command, no. I start considering when its ~4-6 lines

[peak plover]

Jeez

That would mean that I'm underthinking this shit

[indigo snow]

Just consider if you use the same 4-6 lines a lot (say draw a debug marker), if you wanted to change it a bit, rather change 1 fnc than 6 code bits

But its hugely subjective

[peak plover]

I do get the reasoning 'tho. Because yeah, it does make it easier. I feel like for this I don't need to do to that 'tho

I use getvariblae in multiple places, I don't think it means I should make a function like

fnc_getVariable 

Seems reduntant to some extent

[indigo snow]

If you do fancy stuff beside just getting it, maybe, otherwise yea thats retarded

[peak plover]

Now that I think of it

[little eagle]

The correct answer is, 2000 lines of macros and includes and then one function call.

[peak plover]

I did make a few functions for getVariable, but they are specific to certain variables

^

I'm starting to like macros more and more, now that I tried them out

I feel like a lot of code can be replaced by simple macros

[indigo snow]

#define Line1 params["_a"]
Line1
#define Line2 ...

[peak plover]

Params is very different every time 'tho

[indigo snow]

Use macros sparingly and consistently or you wont understand what you wrote some time down the line

[peak plover]

I think this might be wrong, but something like this would be helpful at times...

#define GETVARSETVAR(var,default,global)        missionnamespace getVariable [var,default]; missionNamespace setVariable [var,default,global];

That as well cptnnick

Could do some kind of a macro that adds a comment or sth about macros if enabled...

So it tells you what it is

before using the macro

Then use like functions viewer to read the function...

Would that work?

[little eagle]

functions viewer
🤢
just open the file. Arma is a shitty file browser (understandably)

[peak plover]

But that would process macros and add comments...

[little eagle]

No, it wouldn't.

[peak plover]

I still don't get it..

[little eagle]

Double click the file to open.

[peak plover]

macros will not be processed

I have to manually do that

[vague hull]

Jeez
That would mean that I'm underthinking this shit

I consider this a lie now

[little eagle]

nigel, take a good look at a function in the functions viewer. It looks exactly the same as when you open it in your favourite text editor. Except that you can actually use a proper text editor and file browser.

[peak plover]

I thought the macros would be resolved in there.. my bad

[little eagle]

It wouldn't be readable anymore when the macros are resolved.

[rotund cypress]

@peak plover keep in mind macros does not make your codebase smaller, as they are preprocessed.

I would suggest functions and not macros

Since functions are much easier to handle

[peak plover]

It means that if I want to change a function or sth, I change it in once place only

[rotund cypress]

Thats what you use a function for.

Function > Good when usage is in more than one place

And this does not mean if you are using a command

But let's say you want to select a player out of an array, instead of doing this in 6 different files

You create a function and pass arguments to it.

Then you go by DRY (Do not repeat yourself)

And you keep your code base smaller

[peak plover]

Sure

[rotund cypress]

Where as macros will be preprocessed anyways and be replaced with the code in the macro

Which will make loading the application, loading all whats in that macro as well. (Arma is in this case the application)

Therefor not following DRY

A good example of this is BIS_fnc_getUnitByUID, where you wouldn't repeat that loop all over the place, but you would rather stick it in a function and call that

One pro of this as well is that if something needs changing, you just have to change it in one place.

[storm sierra]

Hey, I am trying to make my own simple 3DEN script, to make things easier to work with. And I am trying to use set3DENAttribute ["ItemClass", value]; But it's not working, I use the same set function to set Name, and it works just fine, any idea why?

[peak plover]

Yes, good example as wel;👍

[rotund cypress]

@storm sierra this takes an entity as a parameter.

[storm sierra]

I know, I left that out on purpose, because it's the ItemClass I am having issues with

[rotund cypress]

If you want helpful answer I suggest leaving full code snippets 😉

And what is ItemClass?

What are you trying to do?

[storm sierra]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Object I am trying to randomize Pop-Up Targets in the 3DEN Editor, and name them from T1 to T9 Using the Attributes : ItemClass (Type) and Name (Variable Name)

[rotund cypress]

And what is your value?

Can you leave full snippet please?

[storm sierra]

I am not getting any script errors, there's just no results when I set the Attribute ItemClass

[indigo snow]

[_T] is never a string

[storm sierra]

I know that, I was testing around,

[indigo snow]

but its selected from _types

[rotund cypress]

Also, use params please

[indigo snow]

which is also arrays

[storm sierra]

I tried setting it to [_T] because _IC was returning ["TargetP_Inf4_F"]

[indigo snow]

yes it returns an array containing the return value

have you tried simply executing just the set3denattribute from the debug console?

[storm sierra]

I just tried

collect3DENHistory {
((get3DENSelected "object") select 0) set3DENAttribute ["Name", "TargetP_Inf4_F"];
}; 

Which works fine, it changes the name
But when I try

collect3DENHistory {
((get3DENSelected "object") select 0) set3DENAttribute ["ItemClass", "TargetP_Inf4_F"];
};

Nothing happens

[indigo snow]

does it return the get3denattibute correctly?

[tough abyss]

Oh shit, I just realized why functions are func = {};.

You assign code to a variable and then call it.

[storm sierra]

It returns ["TargetP_Inf_F"]

[tough abyss]

That somehow escaped me until now.

[little eagle]

The curly brackets are glorified quote marks.

[tough abyss]

Are they faster, though?

[indigo snow]

aight. its blocked by the engine then, @storm sierra

[storm sierra]

Cool, thanks

[tough abyss]

@little eagle: but if you call a string you need to compile it first.

[little eagle]

And what is the result of compiling a string?

[tough abyss]

Code?

I think.

[little eagle]

They just replace the " with {

[indigo snow]

sometimes errors

😛

[tough abyss]

If you use {} you don't need the compile.

[little eagle]

Yes.

[indigo snow]

but then it isnt a string of course

[tough abyss]

Thus they are better.

[indigo snow]

numbers are better since you dont need to call them anymore

[little eagle]

Can't use format with curly brackets. format always leads to very nice and confusing code.

[queen cargo]

tipp: use formatText instead to avoid getting truncated code strings

[little eagle]

formatText is a worse version of parseText.

[queen cargo]

formatText is the one variant that has no upper limit

unlike format, strings can be way more lengthy in there

[frail trout]

guys is there a built in revive system I can use in online sandbox sorts of games? We're doing small private zeus games.

awesome thanks

[frail trout]

Would anyone perhaps know why that upon mission completion (custom zeus objectve) and mission restart that the ablity to use Zeus would be disabled, or simply not work.

Only a server restart seems to allow me to be Zeus again

[golden storm]

Hello there guys, i have (what i think may be) a simple question, so, im making a mission in which you're a policemen and there's a shootout so you have to ask the civilians around if they saw where the gunmen fled to, i know i can add the "Interrogate" with the "addaction" command, but how do i make it that after that they show a "Hint" text?

This is what i tried on the init field: this addAction [Interrogate (hint"I didnt see anything")]; but it doesn't work, on the hint i could change it manually but i don't know how to formulate the action 😦

[spice kayak]

wouldn't it be addAction["Interrogate", hint parsetext format ["I don't know anything!";];

I mean, you probably wouldn't need parsetext format, but you could potentially make it so they have an array of answers.

addaction["Interrogate","Interrogation.sqf"]; then within that sqf, have an array with different replies, get a variable to choose one of them, and then have the hint display the chosen line.

[spice kayak]

I also have an odd / interesting issue. So, when you choose my mission from the scenario list, it shows it's title, and below it, it shows the author. That's correct. On the loading screen, it also shows the correct information. However, once you're in the mission and you spawn in, the text down the bottom right show the wrong information, and nowhere can I find why it's using one thing over another.

This is what I'm referring to. I've used the Scenario Name module, which initally only showed the Scenario name, which I didn't mind, but then once I added author information to the description.exe, it started showing the author, which I wouldn't mind if it were correct. http://i.imgur.com/Avt8ThS.png

Okay, I can confirm, that for some reason, the Scenario Name Module uses the onLoadName string as the author text.

Huh.

If I remove onLoadName, the module only shows the scenario name, however my loading screen shows 'Unnamed Mission,' which is not ideal.

[rancid ruin]

just call your mission Unnamed Mission

[golden storm]

@spice kayak Thanks man! 😃

[spice kayak]

I don't think I want to leave it as unnamed :P

You're welcome, Lorflord!

[spice kayak]

Of course the wikipage for the one bit of information I need is down :(

[still forum]

What bit of information

[spice kayak]

the dynamictext information, for what each of the arguments and such mean.

I'm slowly figuring it out by trial and error though :D

[still forum]

A command? Or a UI element or what is that?

[spice kayak]

sorry, the BIS_fnc_dynamicText - though it appears to load now.

[fallen notch]

Hey guys. I am very new to this, so maybe you can give me an answer.

[spice kayak]

Ask away, someone will help!

[fallen notch]

Problem: i want to spawn an Ammobox to a Marker (called "ammo_spawn"). the NPC, that should trigger the spawn will be an AI officer. to open a dialogue i get into its init this AddAction["Create Ammobox"]; i KNOW that i have to set a comma after that to add the funktion to spawn that thing. But my syntax seems to be wrong :S

can anyone give me a simple syntax for that?

i tried to work with _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn"] but that doesnt work for me for somehow

this AddAction["Create Ammobox",_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn"]]; <<< that was the syntax i wanted to fill in the NPC-init at the editor

[indigo snow]

The function needs to be between code brackets {}

The reason is that it needs to be a single variable

[fallen notch]

how must the code be then?

[indigo snow]

And {} makes a code-type variable

[fallen notch]

you mean that stuff after "createVehicle"?

[indigo snow]

object addaction ["name",{ createVehicle ... }];

So just like a string, wrap everything in those curly brackets

[fallen notch]

facepalm omg ok is it that simple?

[indigo snow]

Yes

Now i cant comment yet on if your actual code itself also works correctly but thats the syntax

It looks ok though

[fallen notch]

this AddAction["Create Ammobox",{_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn"}]; << like that?

i think i missed a "]" somewhere

[indigo snow]

Looks ok, yea.

You did

After the "ammo_spawn"

[fallen notch]

see ^^

[long hatch]

Just a question about ace_slideshow_fnc_createSlideshow; i want to have multiple Slideshows on one object and use the same controller, but with 3.10.2, the interactions of the Slideshow are mixed up for me and overlap in the Submenu (e.G. when i select 1 subcat the entries of the second slideshow will overlap), i load this slideshow via init.sqf, should this maybe the problem?

[indigo snow]

Why dont you try asking in the ACE3 slack?

It shouldnt matter where you call the function from, though

[fallen notch]

@indigo snow no errors so far, ill try that now in mp-mode. hope it does what it should do 😄

[indigo snow]

Its all global, should be fine

[fallen notch]

nah gives me an error

[indigo snow]

You might wanna remove the action after spawning the box, though

[fallen notch]

hangon trying to post the picture

[indigo snow]

What error do you get in MP that you dont get in SP?

You can open your RPT file, all errors are logged in there

Google "arma 3 rpt file"

[fallen notch]

hangon

11:11:23 Error in expression <_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMa>
11:11:23 Error position: <createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMa>
11:11:23 Error 2 Elemente angegeben, 5 erwartet

[still forum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicle As you can see. You have to provide 5 elements in the array

lul 😄

[fallen notch]

@still forum what does that mean?

[indigo snow]

You need to add some other values to the array

[still forum]

It means that you have to provide 5 elements in the array. You only have two. Read wiki page

[indigo snow]

I thought they were optional, my bad

[long hatch]

why i am don't ask on ACE3 Slack, beacuse i am not on the ACE3 Slack and i am waiting for the "invite"

[fallen notch]

what do i need else?

[still forum]

You could also use the first syntax for createVehicle instead

@long hatch You don't need invite

@fallen notch Read wiki page.

[fallen notch]

[type, position, markers, placement, special] <<< that stuff?

[still forum]

Yes

[fallen notch]

ok now i need someone that explains me, what i should fill in there 😑 (like i said i am new to this)

[indigo snow]

"rhsusf_ammo_crate" createVehicle getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn" should work too, to help you along

[little eagle]

[type, position, markers, placement, special]: Array
type: String - vehicle/object className
position: PositionATL (PositionAGL if boat or amphibious), Position2D, or Object - Desired placement position
markers: Array - If the markers array contains any markers, the position is randomly picked from array of given markers plus desired placement position. If any of the markers were given z coordinate with setMarkerPos, the vehicle will also be created 
    at given z coordinate.
placement: Number - The vehicle is placed inside a circle with given position as center and placement as its radius
special: String - "", "NONE", "FLY", "FORM", "CAN_COLLIDE". "CAN_COLLIDE" creates the vehicle exactly where asked, not checking if others objects can cross its 3D model.

[still forum]

"Who can read is clearly in the advantage"

[fallen notch]

oh dedman its not the "reading" you know its the translation from english to german

[indigo snow]

Eh hes new to it. Best to show a few working examples to learn from

[fallen notch]

so i clearly dont have as much advantage

[still forum]

Wanna go through each element seperatly?
type: you have that already
position: you have that already
markers: you don't want that so [] empty array as in example 3
placement: you want it to be on the poistion so 0
special: you don't want that so "" or "NONE"

[fallen notch]

i have to translate from english to german to scripting language

[little eagle]

Skip the German part.

[still forum]

Exactly.

SQF is english too.

[little eagle]

doplovani

usti hlavne

[still forum]

That's.. not SQF though.

😄

[indigo snow]

dammage

[little eagle]

xD

[fallen notch]

ok ok wait lemme try to rebuild the code then again

[little eagle]

I thought you were Chinese.

[still forum]

Or American.. Riggs sounds american

[indigo snow]

Just a tip, there should be no differences between SP and MP unless your server doesnt have RHS loaded

(With this specific thing)

[still forum]

(In this specific situation)
(on this specific game version)

[little eagle]

The code will run locally, so the box will be created as long as the client has RHS. It will print errors on the server though.

[indigo snow]

(Standard bisclaimer)

[fallen notch]

this AddAction["Create Ammobox",{_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn,[],0,"none"]}];

is it like that?

[still forum]

missing a "

[fallen notch]

"ammo_spawn" corect?

[indigo snow]

Rest looks good tho

[still forum]

yes

also you don't need the _veh = part.

[little eagle]

^

[indigo snow]

Might wanna get a text editor with syntax highlighting

[still forum]

That is storing the vehicle into a variable that you never use.

@indigo snow Or just

this AddAction["Create Ammobox",{_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn,[],0,"none"]}];

[indigo snow]

Discord is the new IDE

[little eagle]

I can tell that he's using CBA just from that line : D

[fallen notch]

ya i have notepad++ but really i dont use it it doesnt autocomplete for me :S

[still forum]

I can recommend Atom

[fallen notch]

ya i am using cba ^^

"rhsusf_ammo_crate" ^^

😛

[still forum]

I'm trying but I can't see the CBA reference

[little eagle]

Don't listen, Sublime Text 3 is superior in any way (it's faster).

[still forum]

But not free

[indigo snow]

Addaction returns a value

Init boxes no like

[still forum]

Didn't CBA fix that?

[indigo snow]

Hence...

[little eagle]

@still forum Let me teach you my ways.

damn nick was faster

:<

[fallen notch]

Wooot!

the box is there!

[indigo snow]

I can delete it and give you the honors

[fallen notch]

so i always have to get 5 variables

😄

[little eagle]

I made it work, so... : P

[fallen notch]

now i understand

[little eagle]

WORSHIP ME

[indigo snow]

You always need what the wiki specifies

Sometimes theyre optional, not in this case

[still forum]

Now spawn the box another 5 times and watch the physx 😄

[fallen notch]

i thought if i dont need the variable i leave it lol

[indigo snow]

Its a negligible loss of time

[still forum]

Aww ._. No physx because createVehicle too "intelligent" :/

[indigo snow]

"Can_collide"

[fallen notch]

thats great guys i needed a spawner syntax like that badly

for EVERYthing

[little eagle]

I wish these parameters in createVehicle were optional. I never use them (aside from CAN_COLLIDE sometimes), and I never can remember them either.

[fallen notch]

Spare tires and chains

Ammoboxes ^^

Containers 😛

[indigo snow]

Now make a ui interface for insanity points

[fallen notch]

i was thinking bout that lol

the more insane you are the more badass items you get haha

(bananas and stuff)

[indigo snow]

Youll have to get ace too, then

Banana for good luck

[fallen notch]

no really @little eagle thank you 😃

you made an old man happy

i got ace

the idea behind spawning items was: there are no containers with unlimited spareparts

and tahts sad

*thats

[still forum]

You could make one 😄

[indigo snow]

Thats scriptable

But this works, too

[fallen notch]

i know it is ^^ now tell me how far would i get? 35 years old and the 5th day on doing this lol

[still forum]

Better use what's already working ^^

[indigo snow]

Also better for frames, ace cargo items actually exist (or was that only with AGM?), saves on the frames

[fallen notch]

i am just at the very basics and the language i was using on "programming" was basic lol

[indigo snow]

You dont need much more for sqf

Its all words and sentences

[fallen notch]

maybe you could help me out with something else. I have a container that has the virtual arsenal command when i get closer to it. When i am very close it still has its inventory. how do i deactivate the inventory of that container?

[still forum]

Just the grammar is a bit weird. MyCookie eat now instead of now eat mycookie

Are you sure you don't want the Inventory? I love that to throw away misc items. If you don't have the inventory you either have to search the Item in Arsenal to remove it or you just throw it on the ground

[fallen notch]

hmm ya you are right maybe i just clear the inventory then

[still forum]

Everytime my group has an Arsenal on an object without inventory there are tons of items laying on the ground after equipping. If they have an inventory to throw stuff into everything is neat and tidy

[fallen notch]

argh now i have another problem :S when i put that ammobox to the ground it automaticly hase the virtual arsenal on it

but when i spawn it via that command i used befor it just has an empty inventory

[still forum]

And what's the problem? you want arsenal or not?

[fallen notch]

how do i get that this addaction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}];
to that box? ^^

[still forum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_arsenal
["AmmoboxInit",[<Your Box variable>,true,{true}]] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal;
or
<Your Box variable> addaction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}];
The variable is returned by your createVehicle call

so

_myBox = createVehicle..;
_myBox addAction...

[fallen notch]

ok so for my understanding: do i have to place that somewhere to that line with this 5 options?

my guessing was that empty []

[little eagle]

in the code block. {code}

[still forum]

Right now in your addAction that spawns your vehicle you have
createVehicle [...] change that to _veh = createVehicle [...]; _veh addAction[<Arsenal action here>]

[fallen notch]

hangon

this AddAction["Create Ammobox",{_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"]; _veh addAction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}] }]; like that?

[still forum]

```sqf
<code>
```

this AddAction["Create Ammobox",{
  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"]; 
  _veh addAction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}] 
}];

looks good.

[fallen notch]

hah!

^^

works fine! thank you again 😄

[tame stream]

Hi all, im trying to create ambient civs in town with EricJ's Taliban units thats spawns via trigger activated.
How im trying to do it is to place them via zues and copy that data to a sqf that id like to call in the triggers on act field...

```This is the sample data of handfull of civs as a test... how would i go about calling this via sqf.

Ive added the data to a town1.sqf and trying to call it via trigger using ... this execVM "scripts\town1.sqf";

what am im doing wrong?

[fallen notch]

so that means i can just put "what it is" and "what it does" in 2 commands in it

[still forum]

@tame stream Not using sqf highlighting. Not using newlines. Not using private

[tame stream]

im sorry i dont follow

[still forum]

I'll help you...

[tame stream]

i've done this before via the zeus method but for the life of me i cant figure out how i did it before

[still forum]

private _newGroup = createGroup civilian;
private _newUnit = _newGroup createUnit ['Afghan_Civilian5', [1505.94,313.088,0.00137329], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
_newUnit setSkill 0.5;
_newUnit setRank 'PRIVATE';
_newUnit setFormDir 296.721;
_newUnit setDir 296.721;
_newUnit setPosWorld [1505.94,313.088,360.481];
_newGroup setFormation 'WEDGE';
_newGroup setCombatMode 'YELLOW';
_newGroup setBehaviour 'SAFE';
_newGroup setSpeedMode 'LIMITED';
private _newWaypoint = _newGroup addWaypoint [[1568.47,221.883,0], 0];
_newWaypoint setWaypointType 'MOVE';
_newWaypoint = _newGroup addWaypoint [[1567.15,301.517,0], 0];
_newWaypoint setWaypointType 'MOVE';
_newWaypoint = _newGroup addWaypoint [[1485.68,311.603,-3.05176e-005], 0];
_newWaypoint setWaypointType 'MOVE';
_newWaypoint = _newGroup addWaypoint [[1489.83,284.029,3.05176e-005], 0];
_newWaypoint setWaypointType 'MOVE';
_newWaypoint = _newGroup addWaypoint [[1538.28,280.469,0.00128174], 0];
_newWaypoint setWaypointType 'CYCLE';

That really is some heap of code..

[tame stream]

oo yeah soz

[still forum]

What is not going like you want it?

[tame stream]

ill do it like that in future

[still forum]

You say something is wrong but you don't say what's wrong

That's why I told you everything that came to my mind about that script

[tame stream]

im trying to use that given data to spawn the civs in the town via a trigger...that does not happen and im trying to find out why

[still forum]

So.. The civs don't spawn?

[tame stream]

yup

[still forum]

Script error in RPT maybe?

[tame stream]

lemme check

my log are off..activating it and testing to get logs

[still forum]

Disabling logs while coding... Great Idea

[tame stream]

😬

i did activate logs awhile ago dont know why it still off...fml

using this script for spawning enemy 'AI Spawn Script Pack', but its having issues with EricJ civs hance the questions, but for anything else it works great ..have you come across this one before, pretty handy... http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=19832
comes with this handy link ..http://kaartomedia.com/ARMA/AISSP.html

just mentioning 😃

[indigo snow]

@fallen notch the problem is that in MP, people now wont see the Virtual Arsenal action since its local.

You need some more magic for everyone to see it

[fallen notch]

@indigo snow what do you mean?

[indigo snow]

Only the person who spawned the crate with the action can access it now

[fallen notch]

you sure?

[little eagle]

Yes.

[indigo snow]

Since addAction has local effects, it only exists on the computer where it was added

[fallen notch]

omg

[little eagle]

Easy fix

[fallen notch]

ok how to do it then?

[little eagle]

object addAction params
->
[object, params] remoteExec ["addAction"]

[fallen notch]

omg ^^

ok where do i put THAT in?

[little eagle]

You replace the first line with the last.

object and params are placeholders. Replace with what you have.

[tame stream]

@still forum not seeing any thing in RPT link if interested ... (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/315295593314648066/349499787999051776/Arma3_x64_2017-08-22_12-18-37.rpt)

[little eagle]

12:19:13 [XEH]: Car does not support Extended Event Handlers! Addon: @task_force_radio
12:19:13 [XEH]: Tank does not support Extended Event Handlers! Addon: @task_force_radio
12:19:13 [XEH]: Air does not support Extended Event Handlers! Addon: @task_force_radio

Explain yourself, @still forum

[fallen notch]

you mean instead of just addaction i should do remoteExec ?

[little eagle]

remoteExec ["addAction"]
yes

12:18:54 Updating base class Offroad_01_military_base_F->Offroad_01_base_F, by task_force_radio_items\config.cpp/CfgVehicles/Offroad_01_armed_base_F/ (original a3\soft_f\offroad_01\config.bin)
12:18:54 Updating base class Car->Car_F, by task_force_radio_items\config.cpp/CfgVehicles/HMMWV_Base/ (original (no unload))

^^

[fallen notch]

this remoteExec["AddAction"]["Create Ammobox",{_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"]; _veh addAction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}] }];

[little eagle]

No

[fallen notch]

facepalm

[little eagle]

object addAction params

What is "object" in your case?

[fallen notch]

object would be the NPC soldier?

[little eagle]

No, look at your code.

[fallen notch]

rhsusf_ammo_crate?

[little eagle]

object addAction params

this AddAction ["Create Ammobox",{_veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"]; _veh addAction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}] }];

What is "object" in your case?

[fallen notch]

i truely have no clue :S

[little eagle]

Focus on "addAction".

"object" is to the left of it.

[fallen notch]

"this" would be then the object

[little eagle]

Yes!

[fallen notch]

so the object is the NSC i give the command

[little eagle]

It's a reference to the object's init box you put it in.

Now what is "params" in your case?

[fallen notch]

yes

[still forum]

this AddAction ["Create Ammobox",{
  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"];
  [_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}]] remoteExec ["addAction"];
}];

[little eagle]

: /

[fallen notch]

nono lemme look

[still forum]

you want to remoteExec the Arsenal action. Not the box spawning

[little eagle]

True.

Don't want to create a box on every machine.

[indigo snow]

Look at what inside the array to the left of remoteExec

Youd have an action for every connected client + server, commy :P

[little eagle]

I better go to sleep again.

[fallen notch]

lol

[indigo snow]

But yea dodger look at the arguments for remoteExec, and what they were when it was an addAction

[fallen notch]

so in my words right now i make a box that everyone can see but they didnt see the commands and now they do

because remote addaction has done it?

[indigo snow]

Yes. If you create the box, everyone can see it, but if you add an action, only you can.

[little eagle]

//before
_veh addAction ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}];

//after
[_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}]] remoteExec ["addAction"];

[indigo snow]

Local effects and global effects

[fallen notch]

AH

[indigo snow]

So you need to remoteExec the addaction so it happens on every client

[little eagle]

_veh is the "object", [...] is the "params"

[fallen notch]

so you just say "and by the way Addaction is remotly done"

[little eagle]

remoteExec ["X"]; is "do function X on every machine

[indigo snow]

Id rather say you need to remoteExec it for everyone to see it

[little eagle]

I think this also needs the JIP flag. So people joining later have the action too

[fallen notch]

omg

[little eagle]

remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];

[indigo snow]

Welcome to MP scripting :D

[little eagle]

I wouldn't have used remoteExec personally 😛

[fallen notch]

and for make the whole thing easier i put that in an sqf file and just call taht file lol

[still forum]

You could just use Arsenal ammoboxInit.. And done ^^

[indigo snow]

Obviously youd need a CBA XEH ( :P )

[still forum]

and a PFH and a PEH and a CNS

[indigo snow]

State machine if you want to toggle it on and off

Gotta go deeper

[fallen notch]

(btw how can i copy that code with colours in here?

[still forum]

already told you before ^^

[little eagle]

```sqf
<code>
```

[fallen notch]

  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"];
  [_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}]] remoteExec ["addAction"0,true];
}]; ````

[little eagle]

I don't like state machines^^ They're loops too

almost

[indigo snow]

No space between ticks and sqf

[fallen notch]

  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"];
  [_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}]] remoteExec ["addAction"0,true];
}];```

aaaah^^

[indigo snow]

Wrong space ahah

[little eagle]

shift + enter to newline after the "sqf"

[indigo snow]

You can just enter after three ticks

[little eagle]

UMSCHALTTASTE * EINGABETASTE

[fallen notch]

this AddAction ["Create Ammobox",{
  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"];
  [_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}]] remoteExec ["addAction"0,true];
}];```

tadaa ok

[little eagle]

JAWOHL

[tame stream]

@still forum SHIZAAA !!! 😃
i figured it out... have to use null=execVM "scripts\town1.sqf"; instead of this execVM "scripts\town1.sqf";

if you are interested this is my method. --> (using Zeus Achilles addon)
-place single player on map with zeus acces
-spawn civs/enemies/structure with waypoint and states of choosing
-in zues use copy SQM command
-copy data to newly created town1.sqf
-use null=execVM "scripts\town1.sqf"; on trigger activated by player

Boom all good, player enter trigger and zeus prebuild item spawn as needed
😄

[fallen notch]

(omg i think im going insane, need more coffee)

[little eagle]

i figured it out... have to use null=execVM "scripts\town1.sqf"; instead of this execVM "scripts\town1.sqf";
¯_(ツ)_/¯

[tame stream]

yeah i know 😃

quick and easy method of spawning missions

[fallen notch]

this AddAction ["Create Ammobox",{ 
  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"]; 
  [_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}] remoteExec ["addAction"]0,true];``` now it says theres a "]" missing :S

[little eagle]

It's one too much.

]0

]0 isn't right

[fallen notch]

["addAction"0,true];
same error

[little eagle]

...string"0,...
isn't right either

[fallen notch]

ah lol

still missing something

this AddAction ["Create Ammobox",{
  _veh = createVehicle ["rhsusf_ammo_crate",getMarkerPos "ammo_spawn",[],0,"none"];
  [_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}] remoteExec ["addAction",0,true];
}]]; ```

[still forum]

Yes

[_veh, ["<t color='#FFFF00'>Arsenal</t>",{["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}]
You open 3 [ but only close 2

[little eagle]

And the not indented lines open one [ and one {, but close two ] and one }

[fallen notch]

so i need to get rid of 1 "]" at the end of that line?

[little eagle]

Yes. And then also fix line 3

[fallen notch]

what is wrong in line 3?

[little eagle]

4 opening [ and three closing ]

[fallen notch]

i dont see it 😦

[still forum]

You should really read what people tell you

Count it one by one then

put it into notepad and set text size to 500

[little eagle]

72 should be enough

^^

[peak plover]

😂

[still forum]

Last time I used big text thingies was in primary school 😄 I don't remember how sizes work n stuff

[fallen notch]

yes Size 72 helped 😃

had to start to count at line1 ^^

and then it stared into my eyes lol

[little eagle]

"And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."

[still forum]

With time your brain will learn to recognize the pattern

[fallen notch]

its like math

[little eagle]

YES

[fallen notch]

i know that but in all that lines and thinking and focussing i missed the whole picture lol

13:16:07 Error in expression <(_this select 0) addaction (_this select 1)>
13:16:07 Error position: <addaction (_this select 1)>
13:16:07 Error addaction: Typ Zeichenfolge, erwartet Objekt :/

[still forum]

_this select 0 is a string instead of an object

As... The error message already told you

[fallen notch]

aaah seen it ^^

[tardy yacht]

Haven't been on for a couple days so I might've missed some answers. I was trying to make a square in GUI and someone recommended

w = x * safezoneH;
h = x * safezoneH;

But that gives me something that is clearly rectangular.
So how do I make an actual square?

[still forum]

w = x * safezoneW;

[peak plover]

would x work in configs? shouldn't it be safezoneX?

[still forum]

Dude... I don't even

[tame stream]

im trying to do a mobile respawn that needs to be activated by players, as soon as the player activate the MHQ via addaction, only then i want them to have the option to spawn there.

So how can i make a respawn module active via addaction, also needs to deactivate via 2ns addaction

any ideas? ive tried hide and disable simulation

[peak plover]

Quick question about github and scripts and comments:

// Exit if target unit does not exist or isNull or is not a man
if (isNil "_unit") exitWith {};
if (isNull "_unit") exitWith {};
if !(_unit isKindOf "CAManBase") exitWith { };

Will github filters pick this up and ban me from github?

[still forum]

Ban for what?

wtf

[peak plover]

Because if you are not a man it won't run the script...

[still forum]

Because you are using wrong syntax that will never work? no

"Man" in this case means "Human"

Not Male

[peak plover]

ok, good, I thought that might be misinterpreted...

Wrong syntax where?

[still forum]

isNull check

[peak plover]

Ohh, right 'o

Thanks

if (isNil "_unit" || {isNull _unit} || {_unit isKindOf "CAManBase"}) exitWith { }

better?

[still forum]

indeed

[subtle ore]

Lol.

[tough abyss]

Any ideas on how to effectively extract code (typeName "CODE") from the debug console? Too long to load it and copy it (crashes game). I would prefer not to print it and keep all the extra quotes out of it.

[still forum]

What function?

Just extract the PBO that function is coming from. And take the sqf file

[tough abyss]

It's not in a sqf file.

[still forum]

Where then?

[tough abyss]

Generated in-game.

[still forum]

Custom extension or Intercept to write to file

[tough abyss]

Never used it before, will have to check it out.

[still forum]

So if you click onto the function in Function viewer it crashes?

Forget that. It's probably not in the function viewer

when exactly does it crash?

[tough abyss]

It's not in the function viewer. It is a variable.

I put the variable in the watch box, go to CTRL + A or press end and it hangs until I force close it.

[still forum]

freeze is not a crash

have you tried copyToClipboard ?

[tough abyss]

Unrecoverable hang...

copyToClipboard truncates it.

[still forum]

Are you sure it's unrecoverable? Did you wait for several weeks? Kappa

[tough abyss]

🤦

[still forum]

How long is the output you get from copyToClipboard

[tough abyss]

I've waited for 10 minutes with no joy

[still forum]

so after how many characters exactly does it truncate

[tough abyss]

I take that back. It didn't truncate it.

[still forum]

So... Everything is fine and you just derped?

[tough abyss]

I derped... Been working on this for maybe 10 hours and I derped at the end.

Brain is tired I guess.

[vestal mortar]

guys how do i make it so only someone with the Bounty Hunter licenese can spawn here ["bounty_spawn","Bounty Hunter HQ","\a3\ui_f\data\map\MapControl\watertower_ca.paa"] not everyone else (im hosting a lakeside server ik how to do it for altis life but not so sure about lakeside modded(edited)
pls help

[still forum]

Thank you for copy pasting. I wish you a very nice time here.

[vestal mortar]

what was i surpose to write its the same question?

[still forum]

As this is a Life specific question you should go ask in a Life forum or Discord.

[vestal mortar]

wowo rude

[still forum]

It would not be rude to just leave you be without answers?

[tough abyss]

Just add an if statement before adding the spawn location and just check if they have the license...

[vestal mortar]

ok thx

[waxen jacinth]

can someone help me out and get me the right syntax for some ifs in a row with else at the end, seems i can't get it running: ```C

_boing = player getVariable ["boing",0];

if !((vehicle player) isEqualTo player) exitWith {};

if ((_boing < 1) && ("bla" in (magazines player))) then {

publicVariableServer "do_this";

};

if ((_boing > 1) && ("bla" in (magazines player))) then {

publicVariableServer "do_that";

};

else
{
hint "you need bla";
};

do i need to work with else { if { else instead?

[tough abyss]

if (boolean) then {
    // Do something
} else {
    // Do something else
};

Can't just put a random else there.

[peak plover]

yo ucan use call too

and exitwiff

[waxen jacinth]

if (boolean) then {
    // Do something
} else { 
    if (boolean) then {
    // Do something else
};
};```

[tough abyss]

if (boolean) then {
    // Do something
} else {
    if (boolean) then {
        // Further checking
    };
    // Do something else
};

[waxen jacinth]

ah!

gotcha, thanks!

[indigo snow]

Shame sqf cant implement elseif

[peak plover]

call {
    if (bool) exitWith {};
    if (bool) exitWith {};
    if (bool) exitWith {};
    {CODE}
};

I just use

[queen cargo]

in fact: else if is technically in other languages nothing but the if else of arma

but as other languages support non-pharatesis blocks, it works without that ugly crap we do in arma

-->

if(...)
{

}
else
{
    if(...)
    {
    }
    else
    {
    }
}```
is the same as ```c
if(...)
    ...
else if(...)
    ...
else
    ...```

[peak plover]

eachFrame is better than waitUntil for code for UI?
I assume eachFrame runs every frame regardless, but waitUntil will suspend until next frame is available and checks for that.
By this theory eachFrame is less performance consuming and I should use that instead...

[queen cargo]

you barely need the "rendering power" for actual per frame handling

[still forum]

Actually arma doesn't neeeeeed the {} blocks.. It just needs code

_func1 = {};
_func2 = {}

if (something) then
    _func1
else
    _func2

[queen cargo]

simple update of UI can be done in a spawn

unless you do heavy rendering stuff, avoid per frame

same for non-live updates

[peak plover]

Yes, but in theory using waitUntil will eventually cause more performance usage than eachFrame

[still forum]

"each frame runs every frame regardless"
"waitUntil will suspend until next frame is available"
"Therefore eachFrame is less performance consuming"

wtf?

[queen cargo]

ui interaction does not cares for performance

[still forum]

eachFrame runs every frame. That's correct.
waitUntil goes into sleep state and does nothing..
I don't understand why eachFrame would be cheaper

[peak plover]

It's to update a menu list and check if any texts are in the showtext que

[still forum]

TLDR onEachFrame is NOT cheaper.

[queen cargo]

_updateLoop = args spawn {`your while loop and update stuff`};```

do that
be happy with it

use waitUntil

and stop trying premature optimization

[peak plover]

eachFrame is running 24/7. It's just running empty.
waitUntil would constantly check if it's his time to execute, it does not know if it's the next frame until the diag_tick has changed...

[queen cargo]

especially if it is based around some phrases some users threw around here

[still forum]

Wrong.

waitUntil checks once every frame ONLY if the game didn't spent too much time on other SQF scripts that frame

eachFrame executes every frame regardless

I could swear I have explained that to you a dozen times already

[peak plover]

Yes, but

[tough abyss]

Dedmen - https://i.imgflip.com/1dxet4.jpg

[still forum]

:3

[peak plover]

if there is too much code in scheduled, it would lag the UI... but then again if it's already that bad and I run the code in eachFrame, it will ALWAYS update the UI

[still forum]

True

[peak plover]

Yeah, I'm overthinkign again, damn it

[queen cargo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kkUzU9OiDI

[peak plover]

#offtopic_politics

[queen cargo]

#fakenews

[peak plover]

#offtopic_fakenews

[queen cargo]

expected the remix actually to be about that ...

[peak plover]

#arma3_scripting_fakenews

Either way, now that I'm doing UI elements I have found this new thing out and yah, it is all logical and makes sense now. Thanks

Now I understand how they do the non-laggy nametags etc.

[still forum]

The question is. Is you UI in the foreground?

[peak plover]

Yes, but you made me realize that it's not important for me to get this updated on every frame, so waitUntil will do as the impact will be 0.0004 ms per waitUntil that is running in the mission, which currently total around 5

[still forum]

If it is in the foreground it means your Users focus is on your UI. Meaning it being updated smoothly is more important than the background behind the UI being 30+ fps

[peak plover]

stop trying premature optimization

Must write this on the wall

Fair point

[still forum]

As long as your code is only running while your UI is open. It doesn't really matter if you drag fps down to 10-15 which you probably won't be able to do anyway

[peak plover]

yeah

I gotta stop premature optimization, because I keep going back on older functions when I remember something that would improve it by a tiny amount

[still forum]

I do a optimization run every now on then. It's quite fun for me

I love optimizing stuffz

[peak plover]

👍

[kindred lichen]

Hey guys, Is it possible to pack a mod into a mission?

[still forum]

No

[kindred lichen]

I found a mod that lets you walk around ontop of moving vehicles, but It a performance hog, so we don't want to add to mod pack, but I wanted to use it for 1 missions.

[still forum]

That Mods add's a custom Model afaik. So answer stays No

[kindred lichen]

cool, thanks for the answer.

[queen cargo]

my tiny SQF vm gets clearer in its shape every hour ❤

[peak plover]

ohh crap
my_var = [[{player call myFnc1}], myFnc2];
publicVariable "my_var";

Won't this just send the whole function? as in 100 lines of code...

[barren magnet]

publicVariable "my_var";```

[indigo snow]

It will send myFnc2 entirely yea

[barren magnet]

thats 1 thing

[peak plover]

Thats not gonna work @barren magnet

player is not available on server

[barren magnet]

Ahhhh

sry, thats your function

[indigo snow]

It will still send myfnc2

[barren magnet]

i though you wanted to have it executed

[peak plover]

It's a function to add code or functions to execute at a certain event

bootleg EH

[indigo snow]

Send it as string

[barren magnet]

Thing is why are you doing it that way?

[peak plover]

then compile

[indigo snow]

yea

[peak plover]

Alright, thanks

[barren magnet]

myFnc2 = {hint "arma3";};
publicVariable "myFnc2";

or that thing with the string >.>

[peak plover]

call myFnc2

[barren magnet]

yep

this functon is globally available using that var name then

if you only want it on the server send it via publicVariableServer

[peak plover]

myFnc2 = {hint "arma3";};
myFnc2 = str myFnc2;

publicvariable "myFnc2";

call compile myFnc2;

[indigo snow]

No

If you do it like that the str isnt necesary

[barren magnet]

publicvariable "myFnc2";

call compile myFnc2;```

arma will handle the serialization for network sending for you

[indigo snow]

Stepping back a bit, nigel what do you want to do? Have the client call a predefined function or share a new function with them

[barren magnet]

yep, thats the better question

[peak plover]

call |#|compile myFnc;
Type code, expected string

[indigo snow]

Well yes but answer the question first please :P

[peak plover]

Events for custom respawn system

[barren magnet]

ahhhh

sry

[peak plover]

So I can add scripts / code to the Events

[indigo snow]

Do the clients have the fncs already?

[barren magnet]

publicvariable "myFnc2";

call  myFnc2;```

[peak plover]

Yes, but I also want to be able to add code too

[barren magnet]

no need for the compile anymore

[indigo snow]

So they have myfnc1 and you add myfnc2?

[peak plover]

Yeah

[indigo snow]

Then your original array was correct

[peak plover]

my_var = [[{hint 'lol'}], [myFnc2]];

[indigo snow]

Except for the array brackets around the code brackets around the fnc1 bit

[peak plover]

Yeah

[indigo snow]

Dont need those for it to work

(Idk the framework behind it tho)

Seems like unnecessary []s

[peak plover]

There we go, makes more sense now

[] are used because [{code},_keepAfterUse];

[indigo snow]

[{call fnc1},fnc2]

Aight just saying

[peak plover]

aka overthinking the hole way through, baby

What if I only want to use it once for some 😄

[indigo snow]

^ that wont send fnc1 but will send fnc2 entirely

[peak plover]

Hmm, really?

[indigo snow]

Idk your architecture but im sure you can design a way

Yes because it wont evaluate whats inside {}

And fnc1 is inside the {}

[peak plover]

I think I might just make it so that it stringifies it when it registers the code and then it compiles before it executes

Probably easiest fix

[indigo snow]

Aka commys "{} are glorified strings"

You can send a code type variable

[peak plover]

ohh, nice thanks

[indigo snow]

No need to str it first and then compile it later

Maybe save that array into a var

And look at it in the debug console watch fields

Youll see what gets sent

It helps to understand whats going on

[peak plover]

[[{call respawn_fnc_deadHudShow}]]

If {} are glorified strings, this is alright

I'll leave it like this.....

[indigo snow]

Check it in the watch fields and see

[peak plover]

[[{[] spawn respawn_fnc_deadHudClose}],[{call respawn_fnc_timer_onRespawnUnit}]]```

This way I can designate which scripts spawn and which call, so I don't have to spawn them when the Event happens

Don't have to worry about wrong scripts running besides eachother,

Great, thanks 😄

Yeah, I tried vanilla respawn, missing basic functionality like respawn side, a list of dead players, availiability to respawn players when they are not on the server, etc.
easier to make my own thing than use vanilla

[waxen jacinth]

is it possible in mission.sqm to pinpoint a path for custom markers? C class Item26 { dataType = "Marker"; position[] = {25695.2, 0, 21367.3}; name = "Marker"; text = "Sofia"; type = "path\to\your\marker.paa"; id = 126; atlOffset = 0; };

[indigo snow]

no

if you want custom icons, use drawIcon on the map display

[waxen jacinth]

or create an own mod and overwrite cfgmarkers i guess?

[indigo snow]

well yea

just add them to cfgMarkers

[waxen jacinth]

well, since we'r talkin about an existing mod - wouldn't it be possible to outsource cfgmarkers?

[indigo snow]

uh im not sure what you mean by that

[waxen jacinth]

got this mod running, cfgmarkers defined there in a *.bin - outsourcing it to add my own custommarkers

[indigo snow]

im not sure what you mean with outsourcing

you can create your own mod and add more, sure

[waxen jacinth]

yeh that for sure, hehe but i just wanna outsurce the class cfgmarkers and put it into missionfile

so instead of getting the class from the mod, getting out of the missionfile

[indigo snow]

you cant do that

missions can only edit the missionconfigfile, not the main configfile

[waxen jacinth]

not even overwriting some classes in configfile thru missionfile?

[indigo snow]

configFile, where cfgMarkers is under, can only be edited by a mod

so not by a mission

[waxen jacinth]

dang that

but couldn't i check, where the mod is lookin for cfgmarkers and overwrite that path? Like, mod is lookin in cfgmarkers from config, give the mod a new path to look at my cfgmarker file? (mod allow overwriting)

[indigo snow]

im not sure in how many ways i have to say you cant edit cfgMarkers with a mission

you cant

you need a mod

a pbo file containing a (possibly binarised) config.cpp file which adds to the cfgPatches and cfgMarkers is needed to edit cfgMakers

[waxen jacinth]

thanks for the information! 😘

[indigo snow]

i know its a bit sad but theyre really separate

[waxen jacinth]

yeh, indeed it is - just thought there might be a way around it

[indigo snow]

theres drawIcon. you can use that to draw custom images

but they wont be markers

[waxen jacinth]

well, how do you define "markers" - with drawIcon i should be able to place an image, right?

or is it really drawn?

[indigo snow]

drawn in the sense the engine draws a picture on your screen

_mapControl drawIcon ["PATH\TO\ICON", _color, _pos,12,12,0];

[waxen jacinth]

hm...well basically i just look for an option to place an icon (instead of a marker) somewhere at the map - guess that's the way but that need lot of adjustment i guess

yeh just looked it up - might be the way

[indigo snow]

the coordinates on the map control correspond with game world coordinates

[waxen jacinth]

thanks, will give it a shot

[waxen jacinth]

@indigo snow since pressing "M" open map is a standard value, how would i achieve to/where to place the drawIcon statement? stucked here

[indigo snow]

you need to put it in an onEachFrame handler and excute that somewhere

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

keep in mind the onEachFrame in the notes is outdated atm

[peak plover]

There's a map opened EH

[indigo snow]

you still need to draw it each from when its opened

[peak plover]

Yeah,

[waxen jacinth]

phew...seems like i'm gonna cast away that idea

hmmh, the mod got an option to add clanmarkers saved in the database shown for each clanmember - so i might be able to bring them up for everyone instead of clanmembers only...

could be so easy, sad - dang

[vernal elbow]

can anyone help? Im getting an error for this cutText ["<t color='#ffffff' size='10'>3 DAYS LATER</t>", "PLAIN", 0.0001, true, true];

it tells me 2 expected, 5 delivered

oh sorry "5 elements provided, 2 expected"

[queen cargo]

mhh ... anybody here got an idea how i could sort this correctly?
_arr pushBack ( _arr select count _arr - 1 ) * 2.5
each space separated 'block' being a single token

not directly SQF related, but SQF solutions are accepted too
so ... for simplicity: ["_arr", "pushBack", "(", "_arr", "select", "count", "_arr", "-", "1", ")", "*", "2.5"]
goal is to have a ranking table for each token when it would be executed (ignorable tokens shall be assigned a -1)
for this particular example that would be: [1, 0, -1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 3, 4, -1, 1, 2]

obviously that needs to work for everything else (eg. code, array, ...) too

[queen cargo]

_var = 12.5; _var = _var + 3; diag_log _var
-------------------------------------
15.500000
-------------------------------------
To Quit, Press any key.```
ok ... kinda solved it
to some extend

just searching the start and then using recursion to solve the left/right part too

[queen cargo]

anyone here could tell me what typename {} else {} returns?

just noticed steam killed my arma installation again ...

[barren magnet]

sure thing

http://i.imgur.com/HI1XMpr.png

http://i.imgur.com/7J367If.png

```typeName {} else {}````

[queen cargo]

so ... if (true) then [{1}, {2}] should work too?

[barren magnet]

this gives an error

this is not parsed by sqf

my above code

[queen cargo]

(typeName {}) else {}
thats why

could you check if the if (true) then [{1}, {2}] works?

[barren magnet]

http://i.imgur.com/siK6vye.png

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

yep

[queen cargo]

check

ty

[barren magnet]

np

[queen cargo]

so i need arrays first 🙈

[tame portal]

This syntax gives me the creeps

If () then []

[queen cargo]

but that basically means else can be used to concat two values into array

[indigo snow]

{} else {} literally turns into [{},{}]

just sqf things

[tame portal]

Just SQF things.

[queen cargo]

_arr = 1 else 2;
_arr = [1, 2]```
((the `1 else 2` might not work though..))

now the question to be asked is: what is faster 🤔

[tame portal]

I'd guess the second

[queen cargo]

probably

but that also would mean: remove all your "else" from code!
it eats performance

[indigo snow]

the second of course, its a command less

count vs foreach too its a readability thing

you might save a second in about 5 years time

[queen cargo]

i will save 5 years in time if i stop with my current project right now

[queen cargo]

[1.000000, 2.000000, 3.000000]
{_test = "foo"}``` stuff starts to shape

[queen cargo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/349557843239632897/349719418390970369/SQF-VM.zip in case anybody is interested in trying my lil vm it out
using "help" you can see the capabilities
please know it is limited
still it is just normal SQF 😃 (syntax errors might cause crashes too, so you wont even notice the difference)

[thick ridge]

if you call remoteExecCall twice, is it possible for the functions being called to execute concurrently?

[queen cargo]

no

SQF is sequential

but you cannot say which one gets executed first

[thick ridge]

ok great

[tough abyss]

@queen cargo thats pretty cool

[queen cargo]

And just took me the whole evening

Till now

[peak plover]

👌

Great work !

[queen cargo]

Code is online at https://github.com/X39/SQF-VM

[tardy yacht]

I tried using absolute values to make square:

w = 0.5;
h = 0.5;

That's still not a square. I don't get it.

[queen cargo]

Those translate to display coordinates

They do not correspond to pixels

Use safezone "magic" and you will be fine

[peak plover]

FULL length of W = safezoneW;

FULL lengt of H = safezoneH;

[queen cargo]

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

[peak plover]

Google killzone kid GUI. It's worth a read!

he teaches how to make a square aswell

[tardy yacht]

Alright thanks for your answers I'll give both of your suggestions a read!

[spice kayak]

Hey everyone! So I found why the Scenario Name Module (missionnameModule) was drawing my Author text from the onLoadName pool, instead of the author pool.

        _author = "";
        if (count allcurators > 0) then {
            _authors = [];
            {
                _curatorPlayer = getassignedcuratorunit _x;
                if (isplayer _curatorPlayer) then {_authors set [count _authors,name _curatorPlayer];};
            } foreach allcurators;
            {
                _prefix = "";
                if (_foreachindex > 0) then {
                    _prefix = if (_foreachindex == count _authors - 1) then {" & "} else {", "};
                };
                _author = _author + _prefix + _x;
            } foreach _authors;
        } else {
            _author = gettext (missionconfigfile >> "onLoadName");
        };```

For some reason, the default function is to draw from the onLoadName, which is normally used for the Scenario Name you see on the loading screen.

[peak plover]

What are you doing ? 😄

[spice kayak]

Well, I wanted to use the module to have this cool text show up down the bottom right when the mission starts, and it worked really well until I started using the description.ext a little more. When I did, it started saying "[MissionName] by [MissionName]" instead, which I wanted to figure out why :c

[peak plover]

Alrighty

[spice kayak]

A screenshot I took of the issue http://i.imgur.com/Avt8ThS.png

But yeah, so I went digging into the module to find out exactly why it's drawing from onLoadName and not Author, which it should be, all things considered. And I found that code I sent above.

[peak plover]

So you want to fix it?

Make a new function based on that... fix issue... use that instead

[spice kayak]

Well, I don't know if I can fix a module, though I should probably report it for being borked.

Oh, I guess that would work. I was just going to find what they used to display the text, and use that.

Just seems a little silly that they draw both the mission name and the author name from the exact same variable :P

[peak plover]

well, turns out they are human after all... 🦎

[spice kayak]

Aww, now hastebin isn't workring for me :C

[thick sage]

consider this code:

player setVariable ["s", [[]], true];

private _a = player getVariable "s";
(_a select 0) pushBack 1;
hint str (player getVariable "s")

the player variable was changed. Does this mean that the line (_a select 0) pushBack 1; uses network?

[peak plover]

I think it's same as (_a select 0) = (_a select 0) set [(_a select 0),1];
So no...

[dusk sage]

uses network?

Local to the client only

[peak plover]

setVariable [var,value,TRUE]; only sends it out once

After that the value gets unsyncronized

[spice kayak]

Created my first issue on the Feedback Tracker :D

I actually quite like how it's laid out. It's nice.

[thick sage]

ahh, yeah. forgot about that. Great. Thanks @peak plover and @dusk sage

[still forum]

@tardy yacht Did you try what I told you? You tried to use safeZoneH in width. Which is obviously gonna give wrong results. You need to use Height for Height and Width for Width

[tardy yacht]

If I use the same number in both i.e.:

w = 0.5 * safezoneW;    //1.212121
h = 0.5 * safezoneH;    //0.9090

It gives me a rectangle. If I use:

w = 0.5 * safezoneW;    //1.212121
h = 0.5 * safezoneH;    //1.212121

It's still a rectangle.

[still forum]

Which is the more square rectangle?

And by how much is the better one off?

[tardy yacht]

It's off by a lot.

I mean, neither of them could make anyone think they're squares.

[still forum]

How about

w = 0.5 * safezoneH;
h = 0.5 * safezoneW;

[tardy yacht]

Oh yeah that might be a square.

If it's not it could at least fool people into thinking it is.

[still forum]

Just take a ruler and hold it up to your screen 😄

[tardy yacht]

I was thinking of doing that but thought that would be stupid.

I'm gonna look pretty dumb doing this

Yeah that's a 4 x 4 (cm) square!

neat

Thank you

[still forum]

safeZoneW get's wider the wider your screen is. And if you measure your screen and just take 0.5*width and 0.5*height ... I lost my thought... Ehh... Congrats...

[indigo snow]

So i havent done much controls, but arent x and w supposed to be absolute pixels?

[tardy yacht]

Even when using absolute values (no * safezoneX) it's still relative to a 4:3 box.

[frank marsh]

What is the most reliable way to detect what hitpoint (of a person) got hit? I'm using a HandleDamage eventhandler and the hitpoint that (seems to) get hit is not always the hitpoint that took most damage.

[robust hollow]

is this what you're after? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HitPart

i dont think it wouldnt be too much more accurate that handledamage, just shows all points hit with some more info

[tough abyss]

how would i temp ban someone?

probably over something like this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/serverCommand

[frank marsh]

Does HitPart work in MP?

[tardy yacht]

@still forum yeah apparently that works only sometimes. I have just tried on an existing thing

w = 0.0575 * safezoneW;
h = ?;

I don't know how to apply the math there. I can't just

w = 0.0575 * safezoneH;
h = 0.0575 * safezoneW;

As this will change my boxes' width.

I can do

w = 0.1 * safezoneW/ safezoneH;
h = 0.1 * safezoneH;

And that'll be a square, but

w = 0.1 * safezoneW;
h = 0.1 * safezoneH / safezoneW;    //Or safezoneW / safezoneH

still gives me a rectangle.

[ionic orchid]

The GUI aspect ratio is 4:3 ...so try

w = 0.5;
h = w * 4 / 3;

That should be a square

[indigo snow]

Wont be on all monitors, tho

Try checking the new panel controls, theyre square for sure

[ionic orchid]

He can also try pixelW/pixelH

But AFAIK the GUI internal aspect ratio is always 4:3

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-gui-part-3/

Have a look at the picture below. The blue box in the centre is your anchor. It is exactly the same on every monitor and every screen. It is always 4:3, it is always positioned at 0,0 and its size is always 1×1.

[indigo snow]

Cheers, thanks for the link

[tardy yacht]

I have tried the 4:3 thing, it does work but I'm trying to make it fit all screens with the safezone.

[vapid frigate]

what are you trying to do?

make a square in the center of the screen? or in a corner/on a side?

topleft = safezonex, safezoney
bottomright = safezonex + safezonew - w, safezoney + safezoneh - h
center = 0.5 - (w * 0.5), 0.5 - (h * 0.5)

[still forum]

@tardy yacht You should be able to calculate the screen ratio using the safezone commands

[tardy yacht]

For height wouldn't it be safezoneH / safezoneW?

I don't get why it works for width but not for height.

[tame portal]

@still forum When you add multiple styles together in a control, how does the game know what specific styles were applied if the game only gets the final sum of the styles?

Like ST center 2 and uppercase 192

[still forum]

binary

[tame portal]

The game only reads the sum 194 and knows what styles you specified

[still forum]

Yes

194 & 192 -> true
192 & 2 -> true
192 & 4 -> false

I think it's called "Enum flags" ?

192 in binary is 11000000
2 in binary is 00000010
so

  00000010
& 00000010
->00000010
and every number that's not 0 is equal to a boolean true

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Dialog_Control#Control_Styles_Defines as you can see each one increments by ... uhm... wait..

Vertical Center is Up+down.. Which.. does somewhat make sense

[tame portal]

So 194(10) is 11000010(2), which is what the engine reads, right?

[still forum]

yes

Problem is.. They can't differentiate ST_UPPERCASE and ST_HUD_BACKGROUND

This is like enum flags "BI totally messed up" style

No they actually can because they... Gosh is that crappy code...

[tame portal]

Does the engine go through the possible styles then and looks what logical of the binary representation equals the style? As in

11000010
& 00000010 which would be
= 0000010 so it would know that style 2 applies

[still forum]

when checking casing they first & the value with 0xF0 and then check if the value exactly matches ST_UPPERCASE

yes

somewhat

Wait I can give you an example

[tame portal]

Oh gawd this is flawed in my head

[still forum]

    switch (type & 0x03)
    {
    case ST_DOWN:
    case ST_UP:
    case ST_VCENTER:
    }

They are first removing everything besides the first 3 bits. And then check which value matches exactly

    switch (type & 0xF0)
    {
    case ST_UPPERCASE:
    case ST_LOWERCASE:
    }

It is only a little fucked up... Only a tiny winy bit

[tame portal]

So I have 1100 0010. First remove everything but the first 3 bits

So I end up with 1100 0000

Nevertheless, is this a common technique?

[still forum]

yes

Google for "Enum flags"

[tame portal]

Will look at it now

@still forum Ahh makes sense now

So each bit represents one flag

[still forum]

👍

[tame portal]

So all the game basically does it check for each type that exists and see if the corresponding bit is == 1

In the style number

Make sense

*makes

Silly me

The binary explanation was 100 times better than a decimal

[devout niche]

How would i change if (!((headgear player) to be for facewear? like glasses and stuff

[peak plover]

addGoggles

[devout niche]

if (goggles player) ?

[peak plover]

if (goggles player isEqualTo "Glasses") then {};

[devout niche]

Ah

Thanks alot!

[brazen sparrow]

wtf is that name?

[digital pulsar]

makes me wonder who in unicode consortium had a great idea to include oversized characters

[devout niche]

dont know honestly, saw it on maybe the rainbow 6 discord and i just added it to mine lol

[halcyon crypt]

it's quite useful when you want to @ someone

👎

[still forum]

@devout niche lul

[halcyon crypt]

you used the quick list that pops up 😛

[tame portal]

@devout niche

No

You can type in at Neil

That works too

[halcyon crypt]

ah it's a fuzzy search nvm then

[devout niche]

lol

[tough abyss]

It is annoying, tempted to block so i don't have to look at it 😉

[devout niche]

ill change my name

[tame portal]

Change your name or your license to use extdb will be revoked

🔫

[devout niche]

😮

shit ill cry on altisliferpg ill do it

yea... i cant change my name. someone want to change it to just "neil" lol

i can't locally change my name for this discord server

[halcyon crypt]

it's not the end of the world 😛

[brazen sparrow]

ill revoke you from real life 😛

[native siren]

Hello. Does anyone know if there a way to pull information about date/time in real life so I could run scripts based on that?

[indigo snow]

with an extension

http://killzonekid.com/arma-extension-real_date-dll-v3-0/

[tough abyss]

If you are using extDB2/3 for mariadb/mysql backend it can return localtime/utc time aswell

[tame portal]

When a script uses the total runtime of 3ms in a frame, is it placed at the front or end of the queue in the next frame?

[peak plover]

in scheduled. all that does not run on this frame will be in the front on the next frame