arma3_scripting

[umbral vale]

Anyone here familiar with InputAction?

[peak plover]

I used actionkeys

        // Add keydown eventhandeler to the display
        private _keyDown = _display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
            params ["_ctrl", "_dikCode", "_shift", "_ctrlKey", "_alt"];

            // if ctrl + J is pressed
            private _keys = (actionKeys "tasks");
            if (_ctrlKey && {(_dikCode in _keys)}) then {

keyDown EH might be better in some cases than waitUntil that other thang

[umbral vale]

So I was actually able to implement the InputAction thing

Im using it with push to talk, problem is it calls the script again if you press and release a key while holding another

so like

Capslock held -> in script called
Capslock still held + W -> nothing
Capslock still held, W released -> out script AND in script called again
Capslock released -> out script called

[peak plover]

keydown EH might be worth a try

[quasi rover]

Sorry but, BIS function "BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_IFF" still available? where can I find the description?

[robust hollow]

    Author: Thomas Ryan
    
    Description:
    Simple handling of the Support Team's scripted IFF.
    Must be executed locally.
    
    Notes:
    - To always show the icon and name of a unit, use:    <unit> setVariable ["BIS_iconAlways", true]
    - Otherwise, icons can be hidden with:                 <unit> setVariable ["BIS_iconShow", false]
    - And names can be hidden with:                     <unit> setVariable ["BIS_iconName", false]
    
    Parameters:
        _this: ARRAY - Array of Support Team units.
    
    Returns:
    True if successfully initialized, false if not.
*/

u can find it in the function browser.

[quasi rover]

thx, @robust hollow 😀

[peak plover]

CfgDebriefingSections
Can this be custom for each side anyhow?

Anyone have experience?

[peak plover]

Nvm I thought it can't be changed, but it can

[indigo snow]

@tough tartan Id simply assume the variable is true at the start?

Maybe check against that with a diag_log / systemChat

[modern sand]

I'm checking now

I'm pretty sure it has to do with my KeyDown event handler,

[indigo snow]

The syntax, at least, is correct

[modern sand]

wait

I think I found my issue

no 😦

Even when I use [] spawn {}; it still bypasses the waitUntil

unless I'm using the spawn feature incorrect

[indigo snow]

did you log the variable's value?

[modern sand]

what do you mean?

[indigo snow]

dump the value of testVar using diag_log or systemchat or whatever

it might simply be true

[modern sand]

oh wait no, it's not seeming I just use the watch feature in debug to check the status of my variables

I've made sure

Essentially what I am trying to do, is when the script is executed it adds a KeyDown displayEventHandler to the player, and when it is used once it deletes it using displayRemoveAllEventHandlers, I just can't get the waitUntil to work

although I am using [] spawn {};

and yes, when the event handler is used it changed testVar back to false

I've just tried using [] call {}; instead of spawn, and still not working :/ I'm confused lmao

[indigo snow]

youre spawning the entire thing, right, and not just the waitUntil?

[modern sand]

Yes

[indigo snow]

did you add some diag_logs to output the value of the player getVariable?

[modern sand]

Maybe spawn and call don't work when executed in debug console? Only in a sqf file? Also about the output values, I'm just using the Watch section on the debug console which is the exact same thing

[indigo snow]

if the waituntil doesnt wait, that variable simply is true, and youve made a mistake in the way you structured your script

debug console works fine

so the watch fields show false ?

[modern sand]

yes

[indigo snow]

and youre sure the part with the waitUntil is actually running?

[modern sand]

Yes

I've just added an extra line below the waitUntil which simply hints me the word "test", and as soon as I execute the script I get hinted "test"

so clearly it's not waiting

[indigo snow]

can you also log the value of canSuspend from there?

[modern sand]

Most certain, but If I'm correct that value isn't defined anywher?

[indigo snow]

its a command

[modern sand]

ok

I'll try real quick

it says false

[indigo snow]

then you cant wait

[modern sand]

yes

[indigo snow]

and the code is in an unscheduled environment

[modern sand]

But doesn't [] spawn {}; fix that?

[indigo snow]

yes

[modern sand]

I am using spawn

[indigo snow]

then youre testing an old version of the script

if the code containing the waituntil is spawned, you can suspend

with the sole exception being if you wrapped it inside an isNil CODE check

[modern sand]

It's not

[indigo snow]

the sole exception is the isNil check

[modern sand]

but the script doesn't even contain the isNil command.

while using the [] spawn

[indigo snow]

then the bit containing the waitUntil isnt spawned

[modern sand]

it is though, it's in the middle of the spawn brackets

ughh

[indigo snow]

then you might be editing / testing in different locations

this is a hard rule, im afraid - spawned code can suspend barring minor exceptions such as the isNil command (and i dont know any other commands that allow that)

[modern sand]

ughh

I have no clue why it's not working

[indigo snow]

youre sure the waitUntil isnt inside the code argument of an addeventhandler inside the spawned bit?

[modern sand]

Seeming it is being spawned, and doesn't inclue isNil

Yes I am %100 sure

[indigo snow]

[] spawn {
    player setVariable ["AABBCC",false];
    waitUntil {
        sleep 1;
        systemChat "loop";
        player getVariable ["AABBCC",false];
    };
};

[] spawn {
    sleep 15;
    player setVariable ["AABBCC", true];
};

Execute that in the debug console

[modern sand]

wait I just tested, it has to do with the string inside of the waitUntil

seeming when I change it, in this case I changed it to waitUntil {not alive player}: it waits

I executed that and has script erros

apparently it is missing a '{'

It has to do with trying to check if the variable is false or not

I fixed it

waitUntil {!(player getVariable "testVar");};

[indigo snow]

Yea i see it

[modern sand]

that works

I tried that before I even asked on the A3 discord but clearly wasn't spawning the script

[indigo snow]

that just implies your variable didnt have the value you expected it to be

now you wait till its false, instead of true

[modern sand]

I always wanted it to wait until it was false

and always had it wait till it was false

[indigo snow]

then
waitUntil {player getVariable ["TestVar", false]}; is syntactically wrong, this stops waiting when testVar is true

Hence why i asked if it showed as false

[modern sand]

That explains it

I got told by another person on this discord that ```
waitUntil {player getVariable ["TestVar", false]};

vice versa for waiting for it to be true

[indigo snow]

it doesnt

the second bit is a default value

for it it wasnt defined

[modern sand]

then my bad, it would of worked if I just changed the false to a true

[indigo snow]

but then why did you say the variable showed false

[modern sand]

the variable did show false

when it is supposed to

[indigo snow]

im very confused

you said it being false was expected, but you also expected to waituntil to keep looping even if it was false?

but you also wanted to stop waiting when it was false

[modern sand]

no no no

From the start I wanted it to waitUntil the variable was false, but I was using the incorrect syntax and had it waitUntil the variable was true

thats why even with the [] spawn {}; it wasn't working, because the variable was set to false (which is correct) but it was waiting until the variable was true

[indigo snow]

I'm still confused why you were fine with the watch field showing false then

I asked specific questions to check what it should be, including you logging the value, and now it turns out like this 😛

[modern sand]

Well I told you everything that you needed to know, which was correct information. Seeming my script is layed out when it is first executed it defines the variable to true, then adds a KeyDown EventHandler to the player, and when that EventHandler is toggled it sets the variable to false, then after the keyhandler is added to the player the waitUntil waits still the variable is false, meaning the player toggled the event handler.

When you asked me to check the value of the variable I checked it after I toggled the EventHandler, meaning the variable was false. Expecting the waitUntil to wait till the variable was false, but I had the incorrect syntax so it was waiting for the variable to be true, hence why it wouldn't work

[indigo snow]

I mean its all solved now, but thats why i specifically asked you to log the value from the script itself

Im not mad but let that be a lesson that doing that is good practice

[modern sand]

That's besides the point, the only issue here is the lack of communication seeming I asked if the waitUntil waits till the variable was true, thinking it waits till it was false. I didn't clarify what I wanted. That is why you are confused

Overall thanks for the assistance, and I will try to be clear with my questions next time 😛

[modern sand]

Okay, I am stuct on another task. Is there anyway I could teleport the player directly infront of him, in the direction that he is looking?

I've tried using modelToWorld but that only works based off of axis

and not direction

[indigo snow]

the alternative getPos syntax or indeed modeltoworld

player getPos [10, getDir player] or player modelToWorld [10,0,0]

[modern sand]

I also thought to create a marker directly infront of the player, and just set the players position to the marker, but don't know how to get the position which is infront of him

I'll try that

thanks

_pos = player getPos [10, getDir player];
player setPos _pos;
``` Works like a charm, thanks!

Strange, it works but also throws me into the sky 200+ meters.... lol

Any ideas?

Don't worry, managed to fix it by playing around with timing

[indigo snow]

getPos / setPos are wierd if youre standing on objects

player setPosWorld (player modelToWorldWorld [10,0,0])

[modern sand]

I'll try that!

That also makes me fly, strange

I managed to get it working so I'll keep with it. Thank you again for your assistance 😃

[indigo snow]

player setPosATL (getPosATL player vectorAdd (vectorDir player vectorMultiply 10))

theres probably a way to make it even more complicated

[modern sand]

omg hahahaha

I'm just using getPos / setPos with a sleep time of 0.001 just before the players position is set so it stops the random act of shooting the player into the sky and essentially looks instant.

[astral tendon]

why is the LEAN_ON_TABLE not working?

he is doing the standard STAND

[young current]

@indigo snow @modern sand you could also pick modelToWorld position as it takes into accord all the directions of the model.

[indigo snow]

i already did that above

[young current]

so you did xD

skipped that line

😄

[indigo snow]

i also did modeltoworldworld, got the unicorn out of the stable

@astral tendon what are those?

animations?

[astral tendon]

yes

[indigo snow]

which function?

gonna need some amount of context

[astral tendon]

[delet1,LEAN_ON_TABLE,"ASIS"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;

[indigo snow]

you need quotes around LEAN_ON_TABLE

its supposed to be a string, not a variable

check the examples

[astral tendon]

fak

my "quotes" are not working in the editor

instead is doing this ~~

[indigo snow]

your keyboard might be in the wrong language mode for some wierd reason

[astral tendon]

it always does that

i need to restart the editor to come back

[indigo snow]

try pressing CTRL + SHIFT a few times and trying in between

its the hotkey to switch keyboard language mode iirc

[astral tendon]

can i change that?

maybe i am pressing that

[indigo snow]

otherwise dive into your windows settings i guess

might have two input languages set

[astral tendon]

well, my windows is set in english were originaly was brazilian portuguese

of couse, im using a south american like keyboard

[indigo snow]

Sure but that wont be meaningfully different from the other versions, right?

Saves you a command for direction, tho

[astral tendon]

do you guys know the resolution of the witeboard?

the prop we have in game?

[indigo snow]

this might help you

https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/156870-psd-template-for-creating-custom-whiteboards/

[astral tendon]

actually it does not.

[peak plover]

How on earth do I check if player was run over by vehicle?

Nvm

I guess manual if work

[tough abyss]

maybe with epeContact EH

[peak plover]

using ace

ace_medical_lastDamageSource

[subtle ore]

What epeContactStart doesn't work with ACE?

[river blade]

@astral tendon its 2:1 so 1024x512

[peak plover]

@subtle ore it should, but I can just use lastdmgsource and do a couple of if and it'll be ok

Only issue is grenades

[thorny monolith]

I'm trying to get a globalChat message to be sent to all clients whenever a member of a group is killed. This is my code (in init.sqf):

    if (group _x == church) then {
      _x addMPEventHandler ["MPKilled", {
        [_x, format ["This is %1 at the church, does anyone hear this? Please, stop shooting us!"], (name _x)] remoteExec ["globalChat", -2];
        }];
    };
} forEach allUnits;```

The above works (with some modifications) with `hint` and even `systemChat` but I can't get `globalChat` to work. I've tried replacing the `_x` with `_this select 0` just before the `format` but to no avail. Where am I going wrong?

[subtle ore]

@peak plover meehhh, hardcoded stuff feels safer to use imo

[peak plover]

19:13:29 Script command setOwner cannot be used for object 'LOP_ChDKZ_BMP1'. Use setGroupOwner instead.

Hmm 🤔

In theory setGroupOwner should not be used on vehicles

I do a check for isKindOf "CAManBase"

🙃

[little eagle]

The point of that message is to tell you that you should use setGroupOwner on grouped units.

[real tartan]

is there some hidden animation for BobCat crane ?

lowering crane to de-mine minefields

[subtle ore]

@real tartan look at the animationSources entry in the bobcat config. You will find it all there

[real tartan]

if anyone will need it here it is

this animateSource ["movePlow",1]; // 0 to 1

[subtle ore]

Yep, you can do any value between 0 and 1. Ive made it go to 0.25 before and it works quite well. It's a phase

[waxen cosmos]

I'm really bashing my head against the wall, I cannot seem to get this exceptionally common command to work on my weapons shop; " [player, "Weapon_arifle_MX_F", 3] call BIS_fnc_addWeapon; " I really have no clue, I have used the old school addweapon individually etc any ideas?

[indigo snow]

yea that looks correct, but Id just use the normal commands personally

player addWeapon "Weapon_arifle_MX_F";

If that doesnt work theres a mistake somewhere else

[thorny monolith]

isn't it just arifle_MX_F?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgWeapons_Weapons

[indigo snow]

that certainly looks like a better classname

[waxen cosmos]

I actually thought that but there classnames in 3den were listed as weapon_ ..will verify now.

[indigo snow]

the name in 3den isnt the actual weapon classname

(the one where you place it from the right hand menu)

thats actually a weapon holder object, that contains the weapon

[copper raven]

player addWeapon "arifle_MX_F";

[waxen cosmos]

Oh ok, I wouldn't of known that as usually don't pull them out of 3den. This is why you need another pair of eyes, thanks guys for such a silly error

[copper raven]

just cut the prefix, for vests its Vest_V , for backpacks its the same one tho

[waxen cosmos]

Noted - Any idea why BI did that in 3den?

[indigo snow]

because the thing you place in 3den is actually an object / vehicle

and actual weapons live in cfgWeapons and are only ever really strings

its to do with how the inventory system works

[waxen cosmos]

Cool, once again thanks for the help and quick response

[thorny monolith]

seeing as I helped solve a problem, anyone have an idea why I'm stuggling with my thing 😛 ? (See 17:23 today)

[indigo snow]

_x doesnt exist within the {} of the event handler

[waxen cosmos]

^^

[thorny monolith]

just realised it won't be the same timestamp for everyone else... wish you could link to chat messages like in slack 🤦

[indigo snow]

youll have to use the arguments in _this

or do a cheeky setvariable and access that

[waxen cosmos]

Just had the same issue when creating Kill Currency not 2 hours ago

[thorny monolith]

yeah i've tried them with the this select 0 as well:

format ["This is %1 at the church, does anyone hear this? Please, stop shooting us!", (name (_this select 0))] remoteExec ["systemChat", 0];

[(_this select 0), format ["This is %1 at the church, does anyone hear this? Please, stop shooting us!"], (name (_this select 0))] remoteExec ["sideChat", 0];

format ["This is %1 at the church, does anyone hear this? Please, stop shooting us!", (name (_this select 0))] remoteExec ["hint", 0];```

Of these, hint and systemchat work

[indigo snow]

probably the issue with the binary format for remoteExec, then

yea thats it

check the array of the first line

it has 3 elements

the format isnt parsed correctly

[
  (_this select 0), 
  format ["This is %1 at the church, does anyone hear this? Please, stop shooting us!", (name (_this select 0))]
] remoteExec ["globalChat", 0];```

^should work

[thorny monolith]

goddamit

it's always a bracket somewhere wrong....

[indigo snow]

(although you should properly aim it at -2 instead of 0, the server doesnt need chat)

[thorny monolith]

testing now

[indigo snow]

proper indentation management my dude

[thorny monolith]

yeah i started with -2 but switched to 0 in desparation

[little eagle]

You'll kill the server by asking it to display a chat message. /s

[indigo snow]

think of the wasted electrons

think green

[thorny monolith]

My server hates me so much it'd probably embrace the sweet release of death

[little eagle]

You probably waste more energy by putting either the 0 or the -2 there.

[thorny monolith]

@indigo snow works thanks for the help!

[indigo snow]

in the vein of modeltoworldworld we need a globalGlobalSay

[little eagle]

What for? You have remoteExec to do it.

That was the point.

Ah, fuck. Tired. Should be globalSayGlobal.

[peak plover]

Server does not die on chat message

[little eagle]

D-did you just try that or what?

[peak plover]

Shows up on display

No, I've got a debug message on there

*not display

The tiny window the server has (console) or whatever

Atleast on the hc.... My ai script has a constant systemChat

[little eagle]

I don't understand why people are so careful about putting the -2 in remoteExec for systemChat etc.

[peak plover]

Don't wanna put more pressure on the server 😄

100 broken scripts running on amd athlon 64 server, Don't wanna make it run any slower than it is

[simple solstice]

systemChat pressure.

lmao

[peak plover]

/jk

[little eagle]

That's the thing though. You probably create more work by specifying the -2

Instead of letting the systemChat or whatever just fail.

It's so little that it doesn't matter. Yet people go with the more complicated thing. It's really weird.

[cedar kindle]

well -2 would exclude a listen (player) server, so it shouldn't be done anyway. at least here

[peak plover]

Ohh, okay. So -client means chat works. https://i.imgur.com/CVFfJZG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/eluaXzX.jpg

[] spawn {
    if (!hasInterface) then {
        while {isNil "stop_loop"} do {
            systemChat "SPAM";
        };
    };
    if (hasInterface) then {
        sleep 1;
        missionNamespace setVariable ["stop_loop",true,true];
    };

};```

[little eagle]

Can't read, no indents.

else ?

[peak plover]

not the point

point is, systemchat kills server FPS

😉

a while loop with systemchat turn server fps from 300 to 170

[little eagle]

The loop alone does, because it has no sleep. You could put any command there...

[peak plover]

😂

👌🏿

[little eagle]

🤦

[peak plover]

I'm sorry, having a bit of fun 😄

[little eagle]

300 server fps tho 👌

[peak plover]

Yoiu know it 😄

[little eagle]

This also confirms that using systemChat on the server makes you lose 130 server FPS!

[peak plover]

haha yes 😄

Put that on the wiki 😄

Nah jk, dont

[little eagle]

That's almost 3 servers per server.

[peak plover]

😂

The unlocked server is prime for debugging script perf 'tho 😄

[little eagle]

Is that one dude on the bif thread still mad at dedmen for releasing this?

[peak plover]

Yeah I don't get that guy

[peak plover]

would side or side group _unit work with onKilled?

or does onkilled mean that it's already a civilian and not in the group anymore?

Or sideemtpy or sth

[little eagle]

side group should work

[runic surge]

it doesn't work for killed or mpkill event handlers

[peak plover]

w-wha?

What do I do now?

I know. I will set side on unit as a variable

on postInit

This way I will always have a side

[runic surge]

what I did since that wasn't possible because of locality was just get the side from the unit's configuration

only works if the unit is on it's original faction's side though

[peak plover]

_unit setVariable ["unit_score_side", (side group _unit),true];```

Ohh I got an issue...

Vehicles

Hard to keep a track of their side....

[runic surge]

use the config

[peak plover]

hmm

Could cause issues

[runic surge]

that is the only solution I can think of

[peak plover]

yeah, I guess fuck vehicles 😄

[runic surge]

vehicles would have to stay on their own sides

[peak plover]

Only scalps

[little eagle]

I am pretty sure the dead unit stays in it's group for a short while and you can use side group _unit just fine in a killed eventhandler.

[peak plover]

hmm, that might be true because, EH is unscheduled

[runic surge]

I had issues with that just the other day

would always return civilian

[peak plover]

okay, good, this way I won't have to! Thanks!

hmm, I'm having a brainfart

["CAManBase", "initPost", {_this call score_fnc_unitInit}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

global?

only on server?

local?

From What I read, "It's kinda like init box"

So global?

[little eagle]

The event will fire on every machine that the function was executed on.

[peak plover]

So If I run that on the server... it will run my function on all the clients as well?

For*

[little eagle]

No, because you only ran the function on the server, the event will only be executed on the server.

[peak plover]

I ment to say for. So when a player connects, and his unit is created, the initPost fires on the server and runs the function on the server?

[little eagle]

If AI is disabled then the unit is created on the server when the player picks that slot.

[peak plover]

Yes, agreed

[little eagle]

So as long as this function was executed on the server, the initPost event will be executed when the player picks that slot.

on the server.

[peak plover]

Gotcha, I'll put that line on the server,

1. addClassEH
2. unit/player object is created
3. initPost EH runs on the code on the server

this way I'll just use MPKilled on server for keeping score

EH will still trigger globally only once.

I don't believe that

[little eagle]

Run it before the first objects are created.

[peak plover]

I've got the cba addClass in preinit

[little eagle]

Good.

[peak plover]

I've got 2 paths now.

1. add a killed eh using remoteExec from server
2. add a mpKilled (means it's added to everyone)

This feels so stupid 😄

[little eagle]

What are you trying to do?

[peak plover]

keep score

[little eagle]

Deaths or also who killed them?

[peak plover]

addScore, log teamkills, civilian kills

It's for CfgDebriefingSections

[little eagle]

Considered to use this?

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled", {
    params ["_killed", "_killer", "_instigator"];
}];

[peak plover]

🤔

That looks perfect

Still need to initpost the side... but that one will solve the killed eh

Thanks!

[little eagle]

I still don't believe that is necessary, but w/e.

[peak plover]

1 setVariable is the least of my worries...

[waxen tide]

can someone explain to me the main advantages for defining classes inside SQF? i find interaction with them still a bit awkward especially if they're extremely simple?

[little eagle]

There are no classes in SQF.

[peak plover]

.cpp?

[waxen tide]

looks at commy2, looking for the "elaborate" button

[little eagle]

You asked for classes in SQF, but there are none. There are people who would like to have them though for whatever reason.

[peak plover]

You can probably just use classes in your description.ext if mission making...

[waxen tide]

well i see missions where people define lots of classes in hpp files

i kinda get what they're doing

but not why

[peak plover]

What's the difference of cpp and hpp

[waxen tide]

one has a c, the other an h

[peak plover]

so... same?

[waxen tide]

who knows.

[little eagle]

.hpp is used as #include'd file for .cpp (or description.ext).

H for "header" I think.

[peak plover]

#define PLUGIN ace3
#include "..\..\..\engine\macros.cpp"
#include "..\settings.cpp"

oops

[little eagle]

It really doesn't matter how you name them.

[peak plover]

#include "settings.sqf"

lmao 😦

[little eagle]

And people split their configs in multiple files so they don't get large and are easier to edit.

[peak plover]

I like using include for doing settings separately. So I only edit settings, everything else is static

[little eagle]

According to Github, the official ™ header file extension for sqf is .hqf

[peak plover]

😲

Never heard of that one

[little eagle]

That's because Flummi and I made it up 3 years ago.
https://github.com/github/linguist/blob/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml#L4025

[peak plover]

👍🏿

[little eagle]

https://github.com/github/linguist/blob/master/samples/SQF/fn_remoteExecFnc.sqf
This brings back memories.

[runic surge]

is there a way to allow the player to keep map control while a custom dialog is open?

[little eagle]

Not opening another dialog.

[peak plover]

cutRsc or createDisplay

[little eagle]

Yep.

[runic surge]

That works, thanks

[subtle ore]

@peak plover wtf, they have skin tones for different thumbs up? Lol.

[peak plover]

That's why discord is so populard

[runic surge]

when I open another display dialog from the original, is there a way to make it hide the previous dialog like it does when it's created with createDialog?

with createDisplay they simply stack on top of one another

[little eagle]

🎅🏿

[runic surge]

santa skintone 5 is exactly what I was looking for thanks

[little eagle]

yw

[runic surge]

thought it was skinetone 3 but I appear to have been incorrect

[cloud thunder]

My understanding for config files in mission are .h (stem from C language) and .hpp (stems from C++). Both could be used from the viewpoint of C++ since C headers are viewable through c++ so game must have C++ engine. Both are header files used to define classes. .cpp are config class definition files for mods wich have not yet been finalized-editable/still in developmant to bin format(binerized) .bin.

[runic surge]

nvm I forgot to change the actions for the dialogs in my new mission file

[cloud thunder]

so .h or .hpp is okay in mission (function the same way). Anyone ever use or tried .cpp in mission? I don't kow if that works.

[little eagle]

Missions use description.ext for their config and you can include everything you want. File extensions are just part of a filename.

[runic surge]

so you could do
#include config.cpp in description.ext with what is normally in description.ext and have an extra file for absolutely no reason?

[cloud thunder]

"Missions use description.ext" much like header files can include libraries in c++ , but can you define classes in any file type extention?

[little eagle]

Yes you could, Rylan. But you probably make things confusing by using this unrelated name in the "wrong" place.

but can you define classes in any file type extention?
You can include anything you want. Extensions are just part of a name...

I'd suggest using something that your favorite text editor understands as c++ and the code highlighting works properly. So .hpp

[uneven prawn]

Hi, does anyone know any server addon or mission file script that will warn players of incoming missles? All I found was this from someone's mission file with a initplayerlocal call https://pastebin.com/eZvrMQZH although seems like he has some serveside addon that has all the defines in it..

[little eagle]

This script works out of the box.

[cloud thunder]

this addEventHandler ["IncomingMissile", {hint "Incoming Missle"}];

[runic surge]

would copying and modifying the entire high command system to give more options for modification be a good idea?

[cloud thunder]

I would say only if you make good progress and added features, give it back to community and makeit better then any already outthere. Oh and don't get Diabetes i n the process because of it, then yes.

[runic surge]

I am not making it to release to the community as an alternative, but as a specialized version for a gamemode I am making

RTS functionality

[cloud thunder]

so private?

[runic surge]

No, just not to be used as a replacement

private would be lame

if it's public, people could make missions with it

which would be nice

[cloud thunder]

k best luck to you. stay healthy.

[runic surge]

also once this is done I will create a modified zeus that integrates with it as well

if I get that far

[cloud thunder]

anything already done or just conceptual atm?

[runic surge]

The basic mission framework is done.
You can collect resources, buy units or groups, supply drops, vehicle drops, manned vehicles, and command them around with high command. You can also remote control friendly units

Multiplayer compatible

but having modified high command for more direct and polished integration would make things much better

less confusing for players

my biggest issue right now is coming up with a mod name

ArmA-Time-Strategy?

ArTS for short

[cloud thunder]

knida sounds like warfare? how much to buy an AI person?

[runic surge]

varies depending on class

[cloud thunder]

high class then

[runic surge]

right now for vanilla NATO units, lowest is 50 and highest is 200

50 is for pilots and crew members, stuff like that, highest cost is for AT and AA specialists

[peak plover]

addMissionEventHandler

local?

[still forum]

I'm totally gonna start writing .hqf scripts 😄

[peak plover]

Number cannot accurately represent integers above 16777216 (2^24)

Does this mean distanceSqr is inaccurate AF?

[still forum]

if you go that high.. yes..

distance has the same issue. as it's just the sqrt of distanceSqr

taking the sqrt of a inaccurate number doesn't make it more accurate

[peak plover]

😉

I'll just try using more inArea

[still forum]

distanceSqr will be 100% accurate for distances <4km... and being inaccurate doesn't mean it will be out by several hundred meters

[peak plover]

Yeah... I guess it's fine

btw @still forum does sqf [player, true] call TFAR_fnc_forceSpectator;
have to run in non-sched?

Either that or there's some other issue on my end

[still forum]

I remember.. I wanted to look by "Atom" crappy editor didn't want to open any file

Answer is. It doesn't matter.
All that function does is set 2 variables via setVariable

[peak plover]

Okay, so it's something on my end

[peak plover]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFriend and getFriend

might be buggy in arma

Anyone ever use?

[still forum]

Yes.. Last time I used that over a year ago

but it worked

[peak plover]

Hmm, awesome

[graceful saddle]

It works

Last time I used it was like 2 months ago though

But it didn't cause me any problems

[peak plover]

Setting the civilian side to be the enemy of any other side will result in the other side attacking inanimate mission editor placed objects such as empty vehicles and static objects, since these objects belong to the civilian side.

I though that's what sideEmtpy is for

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Side_relations#One_way_hostility

civilianUnit setFriend [west, 0];

Some kind of undocumented alternate syntax?

I kinda feel like the documentation for side stuff is outdated

[still forum]

Oh yeah.. it sounds like setFriend takes side or object as left argument

It doesn't though

https://github.com/intercept/intercept/blob/cd971f2e027c9f8bd106fbcdd38a54882c4c5a3d/src/client/headers/client/sqf_pointers_definitions.hpp#L1963
only takes side on left and array on right

maybe the game can automatically convert unit to side? That would be new to me

[peak plover]

🤔

errors

[neon snow]

Hi, for some reason the line below does not work in my init.sqf, any help? :

if (isEngineOn _OK_F_35C) then {hint "on";};

[little eagle]

What are you trying to accomplish with that?

[still forum]

where is _OK_F_35C defined?

[neon snow]

@still forum above that I put _OK_F_35C = _this select 0;

[still forum]

init.sqf doesn't have _this

[neon snow]

so how does it work with any other scripts in that file? O.o

[peak plover]

do

systemChat str _OK_F_35C;

[still forum]

I don't know.

I can't see your script

[little eagle]

Oh boy.

[neon snow]

it is init.sqf for a vehicle

[still forum]

There is no such thing as "init.sqf for a vehicle" there is only one init.sqf and it is for a mission

[little eagle]

init.sqf is for a mission.

[neon snow]

ok, I know nothing now.

[peak plover]

init.sqf is AUTO loaded by mission

Name it something else

[little eagle]

If I don't know what to do, I usually think about:

What am I trying to accomplish with that?

[peak plover]

Or set a variable name to your plane and
_plane = myplanevar;

[neon snow]

I am trying to make a simple line that will activate when the engine of jet is on, then make a simple timer counting to 5 (using sleep or uisleep) after which MFDs will enable.

And return a value to config using setUserMFDValue

[little eagle]

Is this for a mod?

[neon snow]

as for the init.sqf itself, it is weird becouse this part of script work flawlesly :

_OK_F_35C = _this select 0;
i=1;
_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [0,1];
switch (toLower worldName) do {
case "stratis": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [1,1];};
case "altis": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [2,1];};
case "malden": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [3,1] };
case "tanoa": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [4,1] };
case "chernarus": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [5,1] };
case "takistan": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [6,1] };
case "utes": {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [7,1];};
default {_OK_F_35C setUserMFDValue [49,1] };
};

[little eagle]

Is this for a mod??

[still forum]

Use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Engine

[neon snow]

yes it is, doing it for F35E mod creator

[little eagle]

If you don't want to completely confuse everybody, then don't name the script init.sqf.

Also you need an engineOn eventhandler like dedmen posted.

[neon snow]

well, I didn't . This mod is based on the FC37 mod for arma, and it was named ike that from the begining.

[peak plover]

It's time to improve!

[neon snow]

Ok, so testing now. Thank you and sorry for misleading

[little eagle]

Your script doesn't work, because it's executed when the vehicle is spawned (presumably) and then the engine is always off.

[neon snow]

hmm that's why. Makes sense now

[peak plover]

Using publicVariable too frequently in a given period of time can cause other parts of the game to experience bandwidth problems.
How much is too much?

Using publicvariable onKilled might be bad, because if a car full of people blows up, it's probably gonna cause a lot of lag... right?

[simple solstice]

if the variable is small

then there isn't that much traffic

public variable was used for remotexec ;)

[peak plover]

It contains UID of every client + 5 integers

[simple solstice]

thing is.. why make it a public variable?

[peak plover]

maybe someone wants to know...you are probably correct

[simple solstice]

when someone is killed

[peak plover]

no one will need to know

score list

Probably I'll do a ended EH and just publish it then

Save some perf.

[simple solstice]

makes more sense

I don't think public variable is such a stresser as the wiki says.. same thing would then apply to JIP remoteexecs and setvariable

[peak plover]

Hmm

[simple solstice]

TFAR uses publicvariables every time the settings update IIRC

[peak plover]

I imagine a plane/heli with 10+ passengers crashing. I don't wanna cause extra stress ti the network, because that's already gonna cause a lot of stress on it

[simple solstice]

imagine people on an coop adjusting the radio settings.

and the array is large for it

[peak plover]

hmm

Yeh

[simple solstice]

 "tf_rf7800str_21_settings" = [0,7,["211.3","191.3","323","371.3","165.6","254.5","471.3","67.7","445.5"],0,"",-1,0,"",false]

that's an example public variable

from tfar

[still forum]

It's not thaaat bad

main problem is JIP.. as when you join into the game you need to receive all variables that are set

[little eagle]

STRING =
🤔

[still forum]

and when you start getting into the thousands that takes some time

[peak plover]

that's the recieveing data

right?

[still forum]

yes

you can "fix" that by setting unused pvar's to nil and then pvar'ing that nil

that essentially removes it from the queue

[peak plover]

unless you are sending functions with publicVar (some do) the amount of data for objects will probably be bigger

[still forum]

objects are basically just a netID

which is.. <10 bytes

[peak plover]

what aboud, inventory, health, pos, group, side?

[still forum]

what is "inventory"?

[peak plover]

items/weapons/clothes

[still forum]

health is a float.. 4 byte. pos is 3 floats. group is also a netID. side is one byte

how do you put items into a public variable?

[peak plover]

pos is a long ass float...

Well I assume the game transmits all the items when joining, I'm just saying, the amount of data the game has to transfer to clients joining, is probably bigger than the publicVars I have

[still forum]

probably

[peak plover]

Also all buildings that are changed.... there's so much

[still forum]

You don't need to care about that. until you get into the hundreds

[peak plover]

must be tons of data

good!

I only got like a few

[still forum]

I wonder what happens if you create like 5k PVAR's and then a JIP joins in

5k is probably not enough.. more like 50k

[peak plover]

I wonder, how much does traffic increase when publicvar a sentence in string every ms

Find out next time... on SCRIPTBUSTAS

I also wonder, if setting a numerial value to functions would give me any performance gains.

instead of my_fnc_longassname f1

or just 1

[little oxide]

@peak plover Have you already checked the "code opitmization" from BI ?

[peak plover]

Yeah

from 3 to 100 char it says double the perf.

[little oxide]

the names of the functions must have the smallest possible name

[little eagle]

Please keep it readable...

[slender halo]

reliability vs. performance

[peak plover]

mission_fnc_checkFile >> mission_fnc_1

I guess the function library should be off the table then

mission_fnc_checkFile >> f1

Maybe i'll put in 2nd number for folder

same with variables

unit_score_side>>u61

[little oxide]

Dude like Commy said before, this change is not going to do a double performance, and keep your code readable

and will don't keep your code readable *

[peak plover]

I can make a printable .pdf dictionary for the code

😂

[little oxide]

Optimisation is everything when running lots of instances, with low delays. However, there is such thing as premature optimisation. Also, avoid excessive cleverness.

[slender halo]

i always overtag my global vars :

SP_fnc_brush_init
SP_fnc_surfacePainter_paint
Z_var_areaRadius
Z_obj_vip

[peak plover]

good point

z means global?

[little oxide]

When you look at xcam code

[slender halo]

zgmrvn

[little oxide]

Just look at xcam code, and you will se what happens when you don't do any comments or other things in your code xD

To be more clean

Idk, how he can edit his code

[peak plover]

Genius like mozard

[slender halo]

^^

[little oxide]

I am very grateful for the work that Silola did for xCam, but when you want to look at its code, it is impossible to read it

For me,When you creating some code for community, you need to keep your code readable, if you create code for yourself, you can make it unreadable if you want.

[peak plover]

I wis I could do something cool like that

[little eagle]

xcam on github?

[halcyon crypt]

since xcam code isn't public it's very much possible that they have comments and what not stripped from the builds

to save space I guess

[peak plover]

yes

[halcyon crypt]

(which probably doesn't save much but whatever ^^)

[astral tendon]

you guys know a way to forbide weapons to have certain sights in arsenal?

[little oxide]

it would be nice if Silola posts its code to the public after 1 year has been inactive the community could fix the problems by making a pull request on the github

But I heard that he was going to resume service by posting a fix, which is not bad

[slender halo]

@astral tendon BIS_fnc_addVirtualItemCargo look for these functions

[astral tendon]

those just add the weapon to the virtual box, nothing about forbide a weapon to have a especific modification

for example, in the same box there is a sniper and a normal rifle

i dont wanna the rifle to be able to have sniper sights

[little eagle]

You have to add all that you want. There is no way to remove ones.

[slender halo]

i think you'll have to check for the dialog to be closed then check for player's gear

[astral tendon]

nevermind

[slender halo]

since arsenal doesn't trigger take event

[tough girder]

Arsenal has a scriptedEvent "ArsenalClosed"

[slender halo]

wow, nice

[tough girder]

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

[slender halo]

didn't know about that one

[astral tendon]

why does the BRIEFING_POINT_RIGHT does not point at anything?

the full command is [this,"BRIEFING_POINT_RIGHT","ASIS"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;

[slender halo]

@astral tendon scope filter according to rifle https://gist.github.com/zgmrvn/57a3034eb5131e8d27e0a96421d22620

maybe there is a weapon property in the config that'd let you know what kind of primary weapon it is

[astral tendon]

does the stop false; work for groups

or it have to be for especific units?

[little eagle]

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

[astral tendon]

groups are not consider units?

[little eagle]

No, groups are groups and units are units.

[astral tendon]

i wanna put enableSimulation false as a temporary server boost perfomacy

becasue there is some situations in my scenario that there is allot of enemys

does disabaling the simulation increse the perfomacy?

[still forum]

performance* disabling*
yes.

[astral tendon]

thats good to know

there is some situations were the enemy still far and there will be no combat

so i think is not nessesary they be enabled

[waxen tide]

@astral tendon why do you spawn the enemies in the first place? you have to trigger their simulation to be enabled when players are close enough for contact, then you can spawn them with the same exact trigger, too

[astral tendon]

because they are in especific places

were the convoy will try to escape under fire

[zenith jay]

is there a script where in game you press like ctrl + b and it opens up some kind of gui that you can select like f 18s to spawn every 5 minutes
like how MCC you can spawn vehicles and a.i vehicles in but only one every 30 seconds manually

[little eagle]

There could be.

[slender halo]

@astral tendon why not simply put them in 3DEN and enable dynamic simulation in the group options ? to many locations ?

[astral tendon]

https://imgur.com/9bT04kA

YES

and many of they are doing especific stuff

that require they to not be in the same group or their AI will fart

[slender halo]

i'd still give a try to dynamic simulation

with dynamic spawn comes micro-freezes when unit's gears are read on disc

[peak plover]

wrong...

dynamic simulation has no stuttering

[] spawn { 
 { 
  if (!isPlayer _x) then { 
   _x enableSimulationGlobal false; 
  }; 
  true 
 } count allUnits; 
 sleep 5; 
 { 
  if (!isPlayer _x) then { 
   _x enableSimulationGlobal true; 
  }; 
  true 
 } count allUnits; 

Just freeze everything

https://i.imgur.com/KnszwEb.jpg
// before
// after disable simulation
// after re-enable
no stutter drop with ~180 units fighting

[slender halo]

yep, i was talking about scripted ia spawn for suttering

what about enableDynamicSimulation ?

[peak plover]

aa dynamic spawn not simulation

yes

createVehicle / createUnit can cause stuttering

but

I feel like performance gains are worth stuttering on clients without SSDs

[delicate lotus]

Is there a simple way or method to check / waitUntil a player is in the game like no loading screen, no briefing screen, just when he is able to see the world?

[peak plover]

yeah

[delicate lotus]

And would I do that?

[peak plover]

sleep 1;
//

Also

[delicate lotus]

no... I dont want to sleep the script.

[peak plover]

findDisplay

[delicate lotus]

I want to check if the player is able to see the world aka no loading screen and no briefing screen

[little eagle]

People keep asking for this and idk why.

[still forum]

findDisplay. Search for loading/briefing screen. If not there then he is probably in mission

[delicate lotus]

Thanks

@little eagle mmh maybe because of intro stuff? Or Ares Custom Module Inits?

[little eagle]

Why not use sleep then? The mission is frozen until the briefing is ended by the host.

waitUntil {time > 0}
if you really really want, although there is no diff.

[delicate lotus]

oh okay...

[peak plover]

waitUntil also requires suspensions

for loop with exitwith if you want to avoid suspensions... But that would acuse even more issues...

As in it would not load, because it's busy looping

private ["_westScores","_eastScores","_guerScores","_civScores"];
{
    (call compile format ["_%1Scores",toLower(str _x)]) = _scores select {(_x param [2,""]) isEqualTo _x};
}count [west,east,resistance,civilian];

[delicate lotus]

yeah I already had a problem with a never ending briefing screen.

[peak plover]

Goddamn, this feels so wrong

[little eagle]

wtf is that?

[peak plover]

I'm hoping it gives values to the privated local variables

I'm guessing I'm wrong

[little eagle]

I have no idea what that is.

[peak plover]

_x = west;
(call compile format ["_%1Scores",toLower(str _x)]) 
// _westScores```

[still forum]

you have to private the variables outside of the loop.. If you do that it should work

[little eagle]

No, assignment doesn't work like this.

[still forum]

wait

no. you have to put the = inside the compiled string

[peak plover]

Ok, I've got a new idea. I can scratch that one I guess...

[little eagle]

_scores params ["_westScores","_eastScores","_guerScores","_civScores"];

???

[peak plover]

_unitScore = [_uid,_name,_side,[
    (_kills + _newKills),
    (_teamKills + _newTeamKills),
    (_civKills + _newCivKills),
    (_deaths + _newDeaths)
]];

// Update the scoreList
_scoreList pushBack _unitScore;

_scoreList == _scores

Instead of old approach

I will just _totalScores + _x

Context: persistant custom score. Making the ending screen right now

[delicate lotus]

well commy2, your time > 0 works, but apparently the game thinks I already am in the game while I still get a second loading screen...

[peak plover]

Time is synced from server before the loading screen ends

[delicate lotus]

...

why is there so simple BIS_fnc_finishedLoading or BIS_fnc_canSeeWorld function...

[little eagle]

Make one.

[delicate lotus]

I dont have access to the engine

also im too lazy

[peak plover]

just sleep

💪🏿 😴👌🏿

[still forum]

BIS_fnc is not engine stuff

and you could make one for CBA

[delicate lotus]

well when I use sleep, it sleeps for the time I supply it with.

but the time the second / third loading screen takes it always a little different

[still forum]

Use my solution

detect if loading screen is open.

That way you can know if loading screen is open..

[delicate lotus]

yeah... just gotta find out which display the loading screen is

actually, I have also another question, why does my map change its name to UNAMED MISSION in the second and third loading screen?

[peak plover]

101

[still forum]

Because that's the default. And no one is telling the loading screen to do that

[peak plover]

102, 103,105

[delicate lotus]

thanks nigel

@still forum anyway to solve that? I saw that BI Maps dont have that issue

[still forum]

There is probably a way

[slender halo]

when you say map, you mean mission ?

are your sqm binarized ?

[peak plover]

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

[tame portal]

@peak plover I'd avoid call compile and rather use getVariable, the only bad thing about is that you would need to make the variable public

[peak plover]

global not public

I've altered my whole script to remvove that now

It seems to be a bad way

[tame portal]

What's with the need to correct me if you know what I mean

[peak plover]

Sorry, didn't mean to come off like that...

[tame portal]

Like some people casually drop stuff like this in

I know some people mean well so people that don't necessarily know what it means understand it or don't get wrong terms into their mouth, but jesus it happens so often

It's like I say public instead of global and 20 people get triggered over it 😄

[peak plover]

Yeah, I get you 😄 It's like OCD 🙃

[delicate lotus]

@slender halo no...

its not binarized

[cedar kindle]

it's quite a big difference so depending on context it's pretty important 😆

[slender halo]

@delicate lotus there is an issue with displayed mission name when "too heavy" sqm are not binarzed

[delicate lotus]

ah okay

[slender halo]

@delicate lotus
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T116776
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120767

[little eagle]

Hmm, figuring out when the loading screen is gone is pretty annoying. The display is created before preInit, at least in the editor, and that means that no loop or mission namespace variable survives into the mission.

[slender halo]

BIS_fnc_recompile is a lie

[waxen tide]

@slender halo you need to enable it in the init or description.ext (forgot which one) it says how in the biki page to the fnc

[subtle ore]

allowFunctionsRecompile ? @waxen tide

[slender halo]

actually BIS_fnc_recompile is ok...

[subtle ore]

I mean. Really not all that safe whilst running a game

[pulsar anchor]

Alrigth Math folks 😉 I ve got myself a new vector challenge, but I am failing again... I want to create a sphere.

if !(isNil "objs")then{
    {deleteVehicle _x}forEach objs;
};
objs = [];
_radius = 50;
_tiles = 20;
_pos = getposasl player vectoradd [0,0,200];


for "_j" from 1 to 360 step 360/_tiles do
{
    for "_i" from 1 to 360 step 360/_tiles do
    {
        _t = "Land_VR_Block_02_F" createVehicle [0,0,0];
        _npos = (_pos vectoradd [(sin _i)*_radius*(sin _j),(cos _i)*_radius*(sin _j),(cos _j)*_radius]);
        _t setposasl _npos;
        _up = vectorNormalized (_pos vectorDiff _npos);
        _t setVectorUp _up;
        _dir = _up vectorCrossProduct [0,0,1];
        _t setVectorDir _dir;

        objs pushBack _t;
    };
};

https://i.imgur.com/Cm6BwLi.jpg

As you can see one half looks wrong.

[subtle ore]

Sorry, not an answer. But holy shit lol

Looks freaking cool

[little eagle]

Didn't we do this already?

[pulsar anchor]

not exactly

_obj setVectordir (_n vectorCrossProduct [0,0,1])vectorCrossProduct _n;

[little eagle]

isn't that just [0,0,1] again?

[pulsar anchor]

no

[little eagle]

🤔

It's missing a pair of parenthesis. Or the closing one has to be moved.

_obj setVectordir (_n vectorCrossProduct [0,0,1])

nil

nil vectorCrossProduct _n; <<<< does nothing

_obj setVectordir (_n vectorCrossProduct [0,0,1] vectorCrossProduct _n);

This is what you might've meant.

But again, this is just [0,0,1]

[slender halo]

why do you use vectors instead of setPitchBank ?

[little eagle]

BIS_fnc_setPitchBank is relative to the object and not relative to the world axis.

[polar folio]

how do you disable sat texture on a map control? i saw the answer somewhere the other day but couldn't find it again

[little eagle]

Didn't AGM do this? I think lot's of config.

[polar folio]

damn. i could swear i saw a two liner somewhere that did it. might've been a wet dream though

[little eagle]

hmm, idk

[polar folio]

follow up. can you fade out the whole map control with some hack? or is it too hardcoded for that with all the special icons and shit

?

[little eagle]

ctrlShow false ?

You can't move map controls, but you can hide them

[polar folio]

i mean fade though

[little eagle]

Idk, the command is ctrlSetFade, ctrlCommit

[polar folio]

yea not working. but thx

[peak plover]

class RscMapControl;
class RscDisplayMainMap
{
    class controlsBackground
    {
        class CA_Map: RscMapControl
        {
            maxSatelliteAlpha=0;
            sizeExLevel=0.029999999;
        };
    };
};

```?

[polar folio]

yea might've been config only. damn

basically i have a respawn menu for a aas pvp mode and i have a satellite camera i have teh map overlayed on. would be cool to fade from map to 3d smoothly. but i guess not in this engine lol

[peak plover]

ehmm

Can't you make a rsc with the map and try that?

That sounds prettty cool

[polar folio]

how do you mean? i was thinking maybe one could make the map control child to another and fade the parent but i haven't looked deep into the config part anymore since ctrlCreate got added. so liberating to not have to use configs for ui

[peak plover]

yeah a map control, but as a resource, so it's like a hud element

fade it

Ohh yeah

that's still a class 'tho

But does not have to be a mod

[polar folio]

oh dude. that's a good idea

do you happen to have a config example so my lazy ass only has to change stuff to my liking?

[little eagle]

You can create your own control base classes that you use with ctrlCreate. No reason to limit yourself to script only. Many things can only be done with config.

[peak plover]

map cfg https://pastebin.com/bk5yR0XP

I find the best to make a couple of template configs and then a few functions to work with those. So if need comes, extra functions/classes can be added, but it's also fast after it's setup

[polar folio]

i know commy but i try to avoid it when i can. i've done it with configs in the past. just prefer it on the fly

[tough abyss]

@peak plover what is sizeExLevel=0.029999999; for?

ah found the answer in your pastebin, thanks 😄

[little eagle]

Too stingy for 0.03.

[sick drum]

I don't know how to explain this, Can I add two Scripts In the same trigger example.

!alive "name" && !alive "name"] {alive _x} count (units "name"1 + units "name"2) == 0

Something like that

[halcyon crypt]

you can separate lines of code with a semicolon ;

[sick drum]

So like !alive "name" && !alive "name"; {alive _x} count (units "name"1 + units "name"2) == 0

[halcyon crypt]

yes but it kinda depends on the field you're testing

I guess it's the condition field?

[sick drum]

yes

[still forum]

You want to check if the first AND the second condition are true?

[sick drum]

I'm having it so you have to kill all the enemies but I don't want all the enemies to be in groups

[halcyon crypt]

!alive "name" && !alive "name" && ({alive _x} count (units "name"1 + units "name"2) == 0)

[still forum]

that's what && is for.

[halcyon crypt]

something like that

[sick drum]

Okay I'll test it out thanks

[indigo snow]

alive STRING 🤔

[subtle ore]

🤔

[sick drum]

🤔

[indigo snow]

good thinking folks, well solve the case soon

[subtle ore]

😂

[sick drum]

😂

[subtle ore]

Oh, i know. I've got this crazy idea guys

Whatif

We

Put a unit

Instead of a string?

[sick drum]

Right because I was about to put a noodle string in the game instead of an unit

[subtle ore]

Noodle strings are good too

[sick drum]

💯

[quasi rover]

How do I get the number of "House" within given distance at nameCity Location? for example, "La Pessagne" on Malden map.

_nearestCity = nearestLocation [ getPos player, "nameCity"];    //e.g. "La Pessagne" on Malden map
_centerPos = locationPosition _nearestCity;    //[3115.53,6330.82,-224.34]
_nearbuilds = _centerPos nearObjects ["House", 100];    // count _nearbuilds get zero

count _nearbuilds get 0 value. because "La Pessagne" is located at high altitute.(224m)

[indigo snow]

you need to convert from the locationPosition, which is apperently underground?, to AGL coordinates

try to do a _centerPos resize 2; before the nearObjects check?

the negative Z value is really confusing though

might also need a nearestTerrainObjects vs nearObjects

[quasi rover]

thx @indigo snow 😀

[little eagle]

alive STRING

🤔

[peak plover]

🙃👍🏿

[little eagle]

Dumb discord doesn't update messages after you resume from standby mode. Great that using the 🤔 emoji the way I do caught on though.

[peak plover]

Yes

[indigo snow]

it was a homage

[little eagle]

Is it an homage? The "h" is silent, no?

[indigo snow]

well that entirely depends on how you pronounce homage

i did debate it for a bit, to be honest

[little eagle]

honest 😬

[waxen tide]

pinches his nose with two fingers, and says " 'omage "

[tame portal]

Lease top alking ike his

[rose hatch]

Erm... Error publicvariable: Type Array, expected String

I thought publicVariable supported arrays?

[little eagle]

No, what made you think that?

[rose hatch]

From its page on the wiki: https://puu.sh/xJDY6/9c6f70197e.png

[little eagle]

This what they mean:

myVar_anArray = [1,2,3];
publicVariable "myVar_anArray";

[rose hatch]

Ahh, makes sense

[little eagle]

myVar_aSide = west;
publicVariable "myVar_aSide";

^ This for example fails.

[queen cargo]

best use setVariable instead @rose hatch
missionNamespace setVariable ["myVar_anArray", [1, 2, 3], true]

[little eagle]

Yeah, it saves a line. And ink is expensive.

[rose hatch]

Better use as in vast optimization benefit?

[little eagle]

vast

[rose hatch]

Neato, thanks for the tip

[little eagle]

lol

[rose hatch]

Final result (more or less):

waitUntil {time > 1};
specialAccessUIDs = ServersideAdmins; //defined on init by server mod
missionNamespace setVariable ["specialAccessUIDs", specialAccessUIDs, true]; //defined in mission script(s)

This way I can define specialAccessUIDs in the script should I ever want to disable the servermod.

[little eagle]

You need to set that public flag to emulate publicVariable.

[rose hatch]

oh yeah, missed that

[little eagle]

That does nothing 🤦

You accomplish nothing with this. Setting the final flag achieves nothing.

[brazen sparrow]

please explain your reasoning behind this?

an antivirus doesnt stop all potention threats, i still use one lol

compilefinal wont stop all hackers but id prefer to use it than not

[tough abyss]

If someone finds away to inject sqf code via editor before joining a server (which has happened before afew times).
CompileFinal functions / important variables, will limit what they can mess with.
Its just a tiny extra layer of security, not much but better than nothing.

The only downside to compileFinal that array, it will prevent you changing the array on the fly.

[little eagle]

Great. By now putting the uids into a function you made it possible to have a script that runs before this variable is synched that itself uses compileFinal.

[tough abyss]

If your paranoid you can get the client to check if variable isnil before it compilefinals..
Or get the client to sent the variable to server etc
Or you could randomize the variable name etc
There are afew different methods to be annoying

All better than just assuming client will override the admin variable.
Nothing is foolproof, its all about just making it slightly harder

Plus its minimal work to use compileFinal vs compile vs an array

[little eagle]

There was no compile before.

I didn't even know this was about admin rights, but I guess it makes sense looking at the variable name.

A function is even easier to fake, thanks to compileFinal ironically.

If you don't mind the RPT spam, you could just try to overwrite it and have it backuped in another variable.

[astral tendon]

guys

i maded a scenario with this

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=623475643

the server also needs to be subbed to it?

to work right?

Because in the serve that i was testing, the AI were doing randown stuff

[subtle ore]

No @astral tendon

[astral tendon]

becasue, when i was tring to play, the AI were being soo random

[subtle ore]

the mods and the ai aren't related at all

if the AI were dependent on something you wouldn't be able to play the mission without it

[astral tendon]

what else it could be?

[subtle ore]

The way you have your AI setup?

from skill range

rules of engagement

combat mode

[astral tendon]

they have verry especific setups

[subtle ore]

Okay? I'm not concerned as to how you set your AI up.

the concern is if they are acting like dumbasses then you likely either don't have them tasked to do anything

or you haven't set up their skill range high enough

[astral tendon]

i mean, i need they o run exacly what i need

the strange thing is

[subtle ore]

Come on dude 🤦

[astral tendon]

if i play in SP they run just fine

but when i play in the server, they are acting strange

[subtle ore]

Configure your server skills settings!

[astral tendon]

like, i made a trigger to give a doMove to a AI

step on it in SP is fine

[subtle ore]

Especially if you are hosting on a listen server

[astral tendon]

in MP they dont move

[subtle ore]

Can you please post the trigger condt, act, and deact here?

[astral tendon]

i cant because i am not in my computer right now

[subtle ore]

Well, there isn't much you can do then. Because explaining that they "just don't move" or that they "work fine in sp" doesn't mean a whole lot. I recommend once again, you go and configure your skills settings in your game options

[astral tendon]

so that affect their behavio?

what exactly is the optiom?

[astral tendon]

what level i have to put they?

[astral tendon]

if so, how can i lock those dificuty sethings and override any server setings?

[runic surge]

are you having a stroke

[astral tendon]

My english machine broke

[tulip cloud]

In a multiplayer match, If I want each team leader to have a variable passed to the server and have the server add them together. What is the most efficient way for the server to only get the variable from team leaders and not every player?

[indigo snow]

teamLeader_1 setVariable ["my_variable",2600,true]; on the client, getVariable on the server

[tulip cloud]

Basically, if a player is a group leader they are defined a variable. Simple

[astral tendon]

i find this
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionDifficulty

"returns -1 if difficulty is not forced and it's used one from player's options"

How do you actually force it on your mission?

[simple solstice]

using server.cfg

[astral tendon]

so i just make a server.cfg inside my mission?

[still forum]

No. server.cfg as in server cfg. as in server config. as in not-mission

[little eagle]

crazy

[astral tendon]

So there is no way to force a Difficulty to my mission?

[tough abyss]

Yes there is.

But you will have to iteratively search every single unit and their vehicles to do it.

[little eagle]

There is?

[astral tendon]

Midnight said above about set the skill seting

basicly, the AI farts and start to do wathever

when i test the mission on the editor it all works fine, but when my friend set a server to we play the AI became randon

and my mission is heavly AI dependent

they drive and also activate triggers

and i and my friend have diferent dificulty setings that maybe is causing the problem

all the commands related to this like difficulty, missionDifficulty, difficultyOption and difficultyEnabled do only return values and there is no way to change it.

[little eagle]

Yes, there is no way to change the difficulty with script commands.

[astral tendon]

i tink o got other way around

maybe i can make the mission fail with the difficulty

and give a erro message

[tough abyss]

I thought you could use

setSkill 
``` ?

[astral tendon]

does it get reset by the server?

[tough abyss]

Not as far as I know

as long as you spawned them?

@little eagle Can CBA block diag_log from working?

[little eagle]

No.

How? And why??

[tough abyss]

Strange problem diag_log not displaying anything.

Do I have to format ["%1"]; ?

[little eagle]

diag_log _undefined
never printed anything

Because every command with nil on either side as argument fails.

diag_log [_undefined]
is the work around (in unscheduled environment)

[tough abyss]

The script being run is the simple IED script.

The RPT just stops displaying.

Even executed from console...

[little eagle]

Post it?

[still forum]

The wiki even kinda says that https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_log takes "anything" if you give it "nothing" it won't work

[little eagle]

Is nothing some kind of thing? 🤔

[tough abyss]

I gave it diag_log 'test';

nvm now it's going to work...

[little eagle]

I bet there's a script error somewhere.

[tough abyss]

Odd, stuff in this mission must be playing catchup.

I reloaded the mission a few times but this script is running scheduled

I should get some kind of error.

[little eagle]

he

[tough abyss]

Yep

[pulsar anchor]

I managed to solve my sphere question from yesterday:

if !(isNil "objs")then{
    {deleteVehicle _x}forEach objs;
};
objs = [];
_radius = 50;
_tiles = 20;
_pos = getposasl player vectoradd [0,0,200];

for "_j" from 1 to 360 step 360/_tiles do
{
    for "_i" from 1 to 360 step 360/_tiles do
    {
        _t = "Land_VR_Block_02_F" createVehicle [0,0,0];
        _npos = (_pos vectoradd [(sin _i)*_radius*(sin _j),(cos _i)*_radius*(sin _j),(cos _j)*_radius]);
        _t setposasl _npos;
        _dir = (_pos vectorDiff _npos);
        _t setVectorDirAndUp [(_dir vectorCrossProduct [0,0,-1]) vectorCrossProduct _dir,[0,0,1]];
        objs pushBack _t;
    };
};

https://i.imgur.com/jBW4mel.jpg

[little eagle]

nice

[tough abyss]

@little eagle Is it a bad idea to add a lot of commands within a forEach loop?

[little eagle]

No?

[still forum]

It is equally as bad as putting a lot of commands in a script

[scarlet spoke]

*as bad as putting "a lot of commands" times the looping count in a script

[tough abyss]

_ieds = [];
_iedArea = (getMarkerSize _x) select 0;
_iedRoadsPos = (getMarkerPos _x);
_iedRoads = _iedRoadsPos nearRoads _iedArea;
waitUntil {_iedRoads isEqualType []};

Along with a bunch of other code.

The post is too big.

[little eagle]

That's nothing.

[tough abyss]

But nearRoads keeps returning nothing.

Throws an assignment error

when iedRoads = nearRoads.

At mission start it throws an error

Still not sure why tried waiting till it actually equals to []

[scarlet spoke]

_iedRoads = _iedRoadsPos nearRoads _iedArea;
waitUntil {_iedRoads isEqualType []};

That code doesn't make sense (the waitUntil part)
Either _ieRoads is of type array and the waitUntil won't wait at all or it isn't and waitUntil will wait forever

[tough abyss]

iedRoads returns an array

iedArea refers to the area in that pos.

The area is derived from a marker.

This is someone elses script. There was a number of errors and bugs that needed fixing.

[still forum]

your waitUntil {_iedRoads isEqualType []}; doesn't do anything (Which was already said.. But I wrote this before reading the other messages ^^)

[tough abyss]

https://pastebin.com/z1QUZch0

[little eagle]

Yeah, that will forever be the same. Either wait forever or just pass through.

[tough abyss]

So what can I do?

To verify the array actually exists?

So it doesn't spam 20 entries of RPT spam

[scarlet spoke]

if(_ieRoads isEqualTo []) then{
    hint "failed"
} else {
    //perform code
}```

[still forum]

What is going on with that indentation 😮

[tough abyss]

Should have seen it before.

[scarlet spoke]

Yep just noticed myself xD

[tough abyss]

It was all concatenated on one line.

[still forum]

Ewww

[tough abyss]

Yeah I know.

It was a mess.

[peak plover]

I've recieved a nearly lethal dose of eyecancer 😦

[still forum]

sounds like something a certain youtuber would do to "improve performance"

[peak plover]

pls elaborate

[still forum]

But that script is probably not from him. the variable names are too long

There is a quite popular youtuber that has videos on SQF optimization..
Stuff like "make variable names as short as possible. Less than 5 characters atleast!" and "remove all whitespace"

[tough abyss]

The naming is mine

I re-wrote the naming to actually make sense.

[peak plover]

"remove all whitespaces" what is he racist?

[tough abyss]

Before it was uninformative names like _junk

or _jnkR

[still forum]

That sounds more like him

[scarlet spoke]

Well in theory you reduce the amount of characters the lexer has to go through...