Do you need say3D?
#arma3_scripting
tame portal
*playSound3D?
I would dig out a function for you to use but Im in rainbow six siege at the moment
If I read that correct your issue is that your playSound3D are queuing up?
I am fairly sure playSound3D does not queue
You with your thinking blobs
tame portal
Crop it out and adjust it's size
Put some work into this man
This is serious business
young current
. . .
lone glade
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little eagle
Looks so bad rescaled with Paint. PS is so good.
jade abyss
EmoteNoob ๐
little eagle
jade abyss
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little eagle
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agile pumice
i keep getting a sound not found error when im staring at the file XD
i pretty much copied my other script which works
obtuse cosmos
๐ฌ๐ง
agile pumice
gonna try with a leading backslash
warm gorge
Is it possible to force put out a fire of a burning vehicle wreck without despawning it?
Nevermind, figured it out
{deleteVehicle _x;} forEach (_vehicle nearObjects ["#destructioneffects",5]);
quartz coyote
Hello, i'm having problems with this, it's executing Server side and I need it to detect a player entering a Triger
if ((vehicle player) in (list SpawnProtectW) AND side player != WEST) then
{
{_x setdammage 1.0} foreach list SpawnProtectW;
(parseText Format ["%1 was killed in <t color='#0000FF'>BLUE</t> Respawn Zone",name(list SpawnProtectW select 0)]) remoteexec ["hint"];
};```this is not executing on Dedicated
copper raven
@quartz coyote player is null on dedi
quartz coyote
so shall I replace it by _x ?
copper raven
just run it on all pcs,locally thats what i would do
quartz coyote
No i'd like it to be the Server that handle's it
their most be a way of detecting the vehicle of the player in the area and killing it
lone glade
hint is AG EL dude
lone glade
Argument Global Effect Local
also didn't knew someone used the typo'd variant of setDamage
quartz coyote
And ? it's remoteexec-ed so thats no problem
lone glade
check the args for remoteExec
quartz coyote
it works lol thats not my problem ^^
lone glade
doesn't work on dedi, it doesn't
quartz coyote
I have a workflow full of that kind of hint .. and I works ...
maybe i'm not getting what you mean
:/
lone glade
try it with -2 as target for remoteExec
quartz coyote
...
quartz coyote
found my way to it
devout niche
Hey, how would I check if am object has been shot with a specific projectile, for example, check if a rock has been damaged by a specific rocket or bullet?
little eagle
Rocks cannot be damaged. They are indestructible.
devout niche
I used it as an example
I would just like to check if a specific projectile hit a object that I chose
devout niche
Thanks!
fallow sail
Hello, I've been playing around with objects created with 'createSimpleObject' and was wondering how I can enable simulation on that particular object.
_object1 = createSimpleObject = createSimpleObject ["ca\buildings\vez.p3d",[23428.5,18626,4.6 ]];
_object1 setDIR 315;
I have tried using enable simulation in multiple different ways, but it didn't seem to help.
_object1 enableSimulation true;
Thank you in advance.
dim notch
The whole point of simple objects is that they're decorative and have limited simulation, use createVehicle
fallow sail
Thank you worked like a charm, I had to end up using "Land_Vez" rather than "ca\buildings\vez.p3d" but that's easier than grabbing the model name anyway. The alignment on the Z axis is for the object is flush as well which is pretty handy.
_object1 createVehicle ["Land_Vez", [23430,18624.6,0],[""], 0, "NONE"];```
I had a feeling I had to use createVehicle when I was looking at the related articles on the wiki, but thought thats probably wrong. Should of tried it. v-v
still forum
@little eagle Enscript "It's the same people making it that made SQF" No.
warm gorge
Whats all this stuff about Arma 4 lately? Whats been said about it
simple solstice
if array select expression doesn't select anything, is anything returned?
warm gorge
What do you mean
tame portal
@simple solstice Empty array
warm gorge
Nevermind, I get you
simple solstice
_receiver = (call CBA_fnc_players) select {_x getVariable "testvar"};
if (count _receiver == 0) then {
_receiver = objNull;
};
``` so that would work to just null the receiver instead of [] I guess@tough abyss
still forum
@simple solstice
_receiver = ((call CBA_fnc_players) select {_x getVariable "testvar"}) param [0, objNull]
simple solstice
@still forum thanks!
little eagle
Good answer!
tough abyss
what's a good practise to keep veteran level AI in a vehicle from driving over an entire squad of friendly AI? (Hunter driving over a rifle squad walking by the road)
simple solstice
param [0, [objNull]] would return [objNull]?
maybe its an obvious question but you never know with arma
little eagle
If _this is undefined or an empty array, the code you posted would report [objNull].
simple solstice
ok, thats what I want
agile pumice
Warning Message: Sound \ed4\ed4_vehicles_a3\west\data\sounds\sirens\wail.wss not found
https://gyazo.com/41d96bba9c84802b113909803c4a93a5
I'm about to start wailing myself
tough abyss
Good find
little eagle
What's the script look like?
agile pumice
1 sec
I deleted my temp folder and am trying again
I think I realized what I did
I was trying to use say3d with the sound path instead of the classname
little eagle
Should've posted the script first.
sour saffron
anybody know what the script comman is to relinquish control of a UAv after BTH_fnc_UnitTakeControl was used to gain the original capture ?
sour saffron
you do but iwant to add it to an action and activate it in a linear proces at a certain step
little eagle
L34 to L49 of what I posted I guess.
sour saffron
objNull remoteControl _unit; think that needs to be objNull remoteControl Driver _unit but led me to the right idea ,cheers
tough abyss
param titillates me.
little eagle
Took you long enough to get on that train.
little eagle
No reason to sodomize your code.
sour saffron
well that was hard work, seems logical now that when in a remotecontrol the thing you are controlling is the caller not you when triggering an addaction . ah well .
simple solstice
{
if (_x select 0 isEqualTo "example") exitWith {_hasitem = true;};
} forEach _data;
Can this be somehow done using select, or is there just a better way to do this sort of things?
cedar kindle
private _result = _data select {(_x select 0) == โexampleโ } param [0, โnot foundโ]
depends on what you want
just to check occurrence you can use in
fallow sail
Hello, I'm having a small amount of difficulty with created units, for the life of me I can't seem to get them to turn and face a direction of my choosing.
_Unit setDir 315;
Doesn't seem to do the job.
This is what I'm working with.
_myGroup1 = createGroup east;
_myUnit = _myGroup1 createUnit ["UNIT_ID", [23437.6,18617.3,0.12],[], 0, "NONE"];
If I could get them to look and face in specific horizontal orientations, that would be perfect.
still forum
Why don't we have ARRAY find CODE ... That would make SOOOOO much things better
little eagle
@fallow sail https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFormDir
@still forum Because we already have ARRAY find ANY, so it wouldn't be bwc.
fallow sail
@little eagle You're a legend โฅ Thank you very much
still forum
maybe findIf then... It's easy to implement and would be friggin awesome
still forum
no
like (ARRAY select CODE) select 0
but quitting after the first element is found. instead of iterating till the end
little eagle
isNil {ARRAY select CODE select 0}
?
still forum
but quitting after the first element is found. instead of iterating till the end
{
if (_x select 0 isEqualTo "example") exitWith {_hasitem = true;};
} forEach _data;
that would replace that by
_data find {_x select 0 isEqualTo "example"} != -1
proven crystal
hello. i am trying to build a little killhouse for my guys. for that i want to have some AI standing around stupid and not firing back. Also they should respawn after a bit.
I made a little script for that, and in principle it works fine. Its just that the very first time i kill one of the guys and he respawns, he brings a buddy with him.
So The exact same unit spawns a second time right next to him. The unwanted dude is also set up as practice target.
If i kill them of again, they dont multiply further, and do as they are supposed to.
What could it be?
here is the script:
//nul = [this] execVM "fez\fez_practicetarget.sqf";
_target = _this select 0;
//making unit useless. they are just standing there waiting for bullets
group _target setCombatMode "BLUE";
group _target setBehaviour "careless";
_target allowFleeing 0;
_target setvariable ["NOAI",true];
//diag_log format ["saving unit parameters for respawn"];
_pos = getPos _target;
_dir = getDir _target;
_classname = typeOf _target;
_side = side _target;
_loadout = getUnitLoadout _target;
//wait till unit is dead. i added a little delay loop, i figure is saves a little cpu...
while {alive _target} do {
sleep 60;
};
waitUntil{(!alive _target)};
sleep 120 + random 60;
_group = creategroup _side;
_vehicle = _group createUnit [_classname, _pos, [], 0, "NONE"];
_vehicle setDir _dir;
_vehicle setUnitLoadout [_loadout, true];
[_vehicle] execVM "fez\fez_practicetarget.sqf";
i dont see where that second unit should come from.
hm yea could do that i guess. but still i want to know what im doing wrong here
indigo snow
while {alive _target} do {
sleep 60;
};
waitUntil{(!alive _target)};
???
proven crystal
yes it basically does the same, but as i wrote above it, i thinks its a little less calculation because i think waituntil checks on every frame
with that look i do a check every 60 seconds instead
but at one point i was fumbling around trying to find that bug so i just wanted to make sure its REALLY dead ^^
guess i can take out the waituntil line
grizzled spindle
Is there a way to see the eden editors hpp file?
queen cargo
You can save the file unbinarized @grizzled spindle
grizzled spindle
Which file is it in?
subtle ore
@grizzled spindle you arent making any sense, can you ellaborate?
austere granite
\a3\3den\config.cpp
grizzled spindle
Thanks @austere granite
lavish hamlet
Would i be possible to make a script, that would allow the Co-pilot of a helicopter to get a couple of addactions to destoy Engine, Tail rotor ect.. for traning of new pilots.. or would it fail cause the heli is local to the pilot ??
lavish hamlet
Nvm
simple solstice
got a solution?
remotexec is the answer
and use the helicopter object as a target, it will get executed on the machine where it's local
vestal mortar
Hello, Can someone help me please?>
austere granite
Yes, you get one question. That was it
vestal mortar
oh
vestal mortar
oh ok, am i doing something wrong here?
this addAction ["Crafting Help", {hint "Testing"}];
tranquil crescent
the code needs to be inside of quotes
this addAction ["Crafting Help", "{hint 'Testing'}"];
tough abyss
it shouldnt matter
@vestal mortar make sure this is a valid object. If its your player then do player addAction ["name", {code}];
vestal mortar
Ok, 1 second
vestal mortar
i want it to run the hint command in the addAction itself but for some reason its not working
subtle ore
Generally they are conditions
@vestal mortar wher are you adding this at? A box?
Unit init?
subtle ore
Is this sp?
vestal mortar
mp
tranquil crescent
sorry i was thinking of calling a script from that section, not code
tough abyss
๐ค
subtle ore
Okay, should be
this addAction["Crafting Help",
{
hintSilent "Test! It works!";
}];
beautiful
tranquil crescent
how do you do the color?
tough abyss
hmm i think it works with html?
(dont quote me on that)
wiki says player addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>This Useless Action Is RED</t>", {hint "RED"}];
subtle ore
tough abyss
oh
tough abyss
no clue what he means
vestal mortar
oh i forgot the ; haha lol thanks @subtle ore
tough abyss
if(true) then
{false};```@vestal mortar yep no problem
tough abyss
im surprised discord respects sqf
subtle ore
I am too
tranquil crescent
if(false) then {true};
no
tranquil crescent
damn
tranquil crescent
fuck it
tough abyss
",,,sqf
stuff
,,,"
vestal mortar
can someone tell me why this wont work in eden editor?
tranquil crescent
is it not sqf?
vestal mortar
yeah the file i want it to execute is a sqf
tranquil crescent
not you Ethan sorry
tough abyss
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tranquil crescent
this allowsqf false ;
if (zbshadow cool != true);
i'm legit so dumb i need to look before asking
subtle ore
@vestal mortar better to ask then never find out
vestal mortar
yeah true
@subtle ore would u know why this code isnt removeing the addActions
_myID3 = player addAction["Close",
{
player removeAction _myID1
player removeAction _myID2
player removeAction _myID3
}];
ive removed the ; and added the ;
and it hasnt fixed it really confused
i'm gonna make it just remove it self not the player having to click CLose
Can u not get a addAction that runs another addAction in itself to have a _myID4 before it? cause i doesnt want to create it if _myID4 is in there
subtle ore
@vestal mortar
try this instead
_myID3 = playerAddAction["Close",
{
params["_player","_user","_id","_args"];
_player removeAction _id;
}];
so in each one of your actions, the action will be removed
since addAction already passes a special variable for you to use to return the id of the action
vestal mortar
ok
subtle ore
otherwise, unless you specifically pass variables into the action they will not be able to be used
vestal mortar
ok
subtle ore
which is the next paramter after the code, so like this:
_myCookieVariable = 1;
player addAction["Cookie Action",
{
params["_player","_user","_id","_args];
hintSilent str _args;
},[_myCookieVariable]];
which _myCookieVariable would be available inside the addAction
vestal mortar
Aight, the Close one is still not working?
compact maple
Hello, someone know where can i report a bug ?
young current
@compact maple dropped you answer. dont spam on many channels ๐
fallow sail
Hello, I'm currently learning and trying out waypointing. I created a unit which enters a vehicle using 'get in nearest' but now I'm curious on how to make the unit enter a vehicle more precisely. e.g. unit 1 get in vehicle 1.
_Turret1 = createVehicle ["O_mas_med_ins_HMG_01_high_F", [23502,18518.3,0],[], 0, "NONE"];
_Turret1 setDir 135;
_Turret1Gunner = createGroup east;
_myGunner1 = _Turret1Gunner createUnit ["O_mas_med_Insu_M_F", [23498.6,18527.5,0],[], 0, "NONE"];
_wpTurret1_1 = _Turret1Gunner addWaypoint [getPos _Turret1, 0];
_wpTurret1_1 setWaypointType "GETIN NEAREST";
plush cargo
@iX#8920 try waypointAttachVehicle and waypointAttachObject
plush cargo
Have an optimazion question.........
so each button on the right opens a sub menu to set speed, combat mode etc. Each submenu button has the same eh which has a switch statement to find which button and execute the correct code
rn i have 4 fncs that are almost the same that i want to combine into one. Problem is I dont know how to pass the different code correctly as a param. The code contains another of the params and also _x from foreach statement
cerulean whale
Is there a command to open the players inventory?
plush cargo
you want the players inv forced open on themselves or you want to remotely view it?
cerulean whale
open on themselves
plush cargo
this might work
player action ["Gear", player];
its for opening other inventories but it may work
little eagle
@plush cargo
["CommandMode", "SAFE", "\a3\Ui_F_Curator\Data\RscCommon\RscAttributeBehaviour\safe_ca.paa"] spawn SRTS_fnc_AnyModeChange;
//SRTS_fnc_AnyModeChange
params ["_type", "_mode", "_text"];
switch (toLower _type) do {
case "commandmode": {
...
};
...
};
???
@still forum Case insensitive switch structure, possibly with continue.
plush cargo
Figured on putting another switch in just wasnt sure if that or pass the code in the params. Thanks commy
still forum
@little eagle I can probably give you caseCI What should continue do? Not exit the switch at end of code?
candid jay
hey all, good morning! does anyone know if there is a way to retrieve the properties of a p3d from script? specifically iโd like to know if an object is set to follow slope (thatโs a p3d property Iโm referring to, not the verticality that you can define for eden in configs)
candid jay
i was thinking to have an external script loop all a3/ca objects and a tool such as dep3d but before i do that... i thought iโd ask ๐
eheh dedmen the objects are already there itโs for my E2TB module (export to terrain builder)
still forum
I mean to check if followSlope is enabled. The only thing you can do in SQF to test that is to place it and check if it follows the slope
I don't know what the secret switch variable contains right now.. I guess I can do that..
I think you might already be able to do that in SQF...
little eagle
Get angle between terrains up vector at the objects position and the objects up vector. If smaller than a threshold, the object is aligned with the terrain.
I think you might already be able to do that in SQF...
breakTo/Out? Never tried.
still forum
switch "cond" {
case "cond" : {
//continue although matched
private _prupSwitchBla = "";
switch "cond" {
_prupSwitchBla = __secretSwitchVariable;
};
__secretSwitchVariable = _prupSwitchBla;
}
}
somethink like that ๐ I don't know if you are allowed to write to the __secretSwitchVariable.
Intercept can't even access it.. unless you pass it as parameter to continue
breakTo/Out won't work. the case statement set's the "triggered" flag and then on the next case statement it detects that it already triggered and exits.
All you can do is jump to the next case and then it's already too late
candid jay
commy2 clever but not adapted for my scope, since that threshold would apply also to objects that do not follow slope and add to imprecision
thanks for suggestions!
fallow sail
@plush cargo Thank you, I'll give it a try.
fallow sail
Played around a bit and ended up using.
_x moveInGunner _y;
works perfectly for what I need it for.
cunning nebula
be sure to also use assignAsGunner
fallow sail
It's for a static, I think it should still work.
little eagle
What?! ๐
little eagle
32/25*100
little eagle
Self awareness and courage to ask is all you need.
still forum
I also can't ever remember how to calculate improvement in percentage or 5x faster ot stuff..
still forum
private _scope = createProfileScope "TestScope";
//Waste 17ms of time for visualization
profilerLog "hey test";
if (true) then {};
profilerLog "post if";
//Waste 17ms of time for visualization
https://imgur.com/a/3rxjW
Do you peoples like that?
jovial nebula
Wut is this?
still forum
a script profiler.
It measures the time between when _scope get's created till it goes out of scope. With microsecond precisionโข
Add private _scope = createProfileScope <Function name>; to the start of all your script files and you get a full callstack with runtime for each function that was called. Additionally you have profilerLog which add's log messages to the visualization. So you can log what arguments were passed to your function for example. The logs also show when they were logged. So you can profile sub-sections of your script without creating extra scopes
Works just like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Performance_Profiling but for scripts instead of engine stuff.
plush cargo
GiveItToMe.gif
is/of = %/100 was so drilled into me in grade school ill never forget it ๐
jovial nebula
Wow it seems cool @still forum
subtle ore
@tough abyss loaded mission event handler yeah
shell carbon
Hi there,
does anyone know why this dosent work:
if ({cgr_side_target_1 in (list _side_trigger)} && {cgr_side_target_2 in (list _side_trigger)}) exitWith {_pilots_at_base = true};
still forum
Because CODE && CODE doesn't exist.
shell carbon
okay
still forum
You guys know that you can't assign a variable that is named after a command? stuff like player = "stuff"?
That is being checked at runtime. Even with local variables.
So everytime you do _localVar = 1 it goes through all script functions and checks if _localVar is a script function.
I wonder how much faster SQF scripts would be if that would be removed...
The check might make sense for global variables.. but there are no script command starting with _ so it makes no sense to check if one does...
And at runtime on every execution.. Instead of once when the script get's compiled
I'm done for today ๐ค ๐ โ
rancid ruin
yes i did know that
i coincidentally named some variable to an existing function name and had to figure out wtf was wrong
ionic orchid
is there any global script that gets called when a server is shutting down?
(or at least a way to tell my server mod/dll that it's time to terminate)
jade abyss
@still forum _ForEachIndex (does that counts?^^)
little eagle
@ionic orchid addMissionEventHandler ["Ended", {
ionic orchid
okay i'll give it a go
I wasn't having much luck with exit.sqf
I think it must be unloading the mod dlls before the event triggers
little eagle
Doubt it since we are using some dll in the main menu with ACE.
ionic orchid
My issue is that the dll crashes the server on shutdown, before I've had the change to clean up all the loose pointers (I'll fix that later)
So I wanted to check if there was a way to explicitly call a cleanup method on the DLL before that crash happened
Ended sounds about right, but the event doesn't happen before the crash kicks in, so I'm assuming that Ended comes after the DLL is unloaded based on that
I'll keep poking
tough abyss
Its up to the dll to close down correctly
cedar kindle
the missionEH Ended only works in missions, when not using #missions command
tough abyss
dlls are not unloaded on mission end, only when server is shutdown
ionic orchid
that's the issue I have - I want to unload the dll on shutdown, but I want the dll to know it is being shut down
tough abyss
Then code the dll todo, its easy enough todo that with c++
ionic orchid
My guess is doing something with DLL_PROCESS_DETACH, assuming it does what it says on the tin
tough abyss
ionic orchid
Okay cool, process detach is the last message I get before the crash, that'll be what I need
I'll take a look at that one, cheers, it's a bit different from the default one that BI give you
Yeah, process detach works just fine, thanks again
arctic escarp
Would there be a way to stop a gun from firing at certain angles of the turret's movement?
lofty nymph
has anyone else had anissue when using tvsetpicture? i can get it to work but the picture looks very compressed and there is a gap to the left of it
plush cargo
@lofty nymph got a screenshot?
lofty nymph
@plush cargo https://i.gyazo.com/b24e941b27d1d5a4c279641a656b94f4.png trying to create a list of weapons which a play can then search through with the rsctree and rsc edit search combo. but unlike lbsetpicture, this dosent seem to alocate room for the bigger pictures, its just compresses them.
lone glade
change the column start pos
lofty nymph
how do i do that?
lone glade
in the config of your dialog
lofty nymph
ok, thx man
lone glade
I have a similar looking control here https://github.com/alganthe/ACE3ganthe/blob/arsenal_loadouts/addons/arsenal/ui/RscAttributes.hpp#L269
plush cargo
thats for a lb though, i dont think tree has a column pos only row height
lone glade
tree doesn't afaik, you can't mix and match those two
use a listbox instead, there's no need for a tree there
lofty nymph
yh, but i need it to be searchable. so it filters down, thats why i used it. like this wiki example
{
disableSerialization;
_display = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";
_edit = _display ctrlCreate ["RscEdit", 645];
_edit ctrlSetPosition [0,0,1,0.04];
_edit ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0,0,0,1];
_edit ctrlCommit 0;
_tv = _display ctrlCreate ["RscTreeSearch", -1];
_tv ctrlSetFont "EtelkaMonospacePro";
_tv ctrlSetFontHeight 0.03;
_tv ctrlSetPosition [0,0.06,1,0.94];
_tv ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0,0,0,1];
_tv ctrlCommit 0;
_classes = "true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles");
for "_i" from 0 to 5 do
{
_tv tvAdd [[], configName selectRandom _classes];
for "_j" from 0 to 5 do
{
_tv tvAdd [[_i], configName selectRandom _classes];
for "_k" from 0 to 5 do
{
_tv tvAdd [[_i, _j], configName selectRandom _classes];
for "_n" from 0 to 5 do
{
_tv tvAdd [[_i, _j, _k], configName selectRandom _classes];
};
};
};
};
};```with listbox i dont believe you need to even change column, it keeps the picture ratio seen here
lone glade
use a ctrlEdit and do your search via sqf
lofty nymph
ok
lone glade
nah, sizeEx controls it
plush cargo
you could also add a rsc picture that move y pos according to mousepos and xpos will stsay the same right next to the tree, click on tree rscpic shows next to it
lone glade
ooooor, use a listbox
plush cargo
shhhh they want to use the new fancy built in tree search
lofty nymph
how would i go about filtering a listbox then, say i type "katiba" into the rscEdit box. what function is best for sorting the listbox?
plush cargo
lbsort
lone glade
you make one using lbsort
lofty nymph
really, thought that was just alphbeticle
lone glade
here's mine for my arsenal rewrite https://github.com/alganthe/ACE3ganthe/blob/arsenal_loadouts/addons/arsenal/functions/fnc_handleSearchbar.sqf
well, it is
you remove items that shouldn't be there and "refill" the panel if the user removes characters
if you do caching for filling the panel it should be extremely fast even with a thousand items in the listbox
plush cargo
whats with the select random in there?
lone glade
where do you see selectRandom there?
plush cargo
not urs
lone glade
or god that recursive for do
plush cargo
was going to suggest that if theyre pulling from configs to load lb then the index will be the same could just search config isclass and get the index
wont work if doing it randomly though
lone glade
nope, index won't be the same
cache the config lookups, pull cached info when refilling listbox
for 623 items (weapons list with all my mods) the first run is about 140ms, the next ones are around 70-50ms
plush cargo
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lone glade
but that's after dedmen did some major improvements, before it was around 200-300ms
plush cargo
@lofty nymph if you're interested...........
lofty nymph
?
plush cargo
_baseRifles = "((configName (_x)) isKindof ['Rifle', configFile >> 'cfgWeapons']) &&
(!isClass (_x >> 'LinkedItems')) &&
(getnumber (_x>> 'scope') == 2)"
configClasses (configFile >> "cfgWeapons");
_weapNames = [];
{
_weapName = (getText( _x >> "displayName"));
_weapNames pushBack _weapName;
}forEach _baseRifles;
hint format ["%1",_weapNames];
base rifles only (no attachments)
also shows how to get the display name so your list is easier to read
suggest displaying the display name but storing the class in tvsetdata
lone glade
liiiistbooooooox
plush cargo
lbsetdata then :p
lofty nymph
thx, do u know a way of filtering out the weapon items as well i had an issue with them all comming through when i went through cfg weapons
plush cargo
i have something one sec
its pretty old though and i had very little idea what i was doing
really all you need is those type numbers in there
do not use all that count shit in there
lone glade
GOD DAMMIT USE PRIVATE
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GODS, THOSE BRACKETS
aaaaaaargh i'm so triggered
plush cargo
lmao what did i say
and I quote, myself "its pretty old though and i had very little idea what i was doing"
gotta run, time for "stranger things" โค
lone glade
pushes the var to the innermost scope
so you don't somehow redefine it 4 scopes down and wonder why the fuck you're getting that "not a number" or type rror
lofty nymph
ok
earnest ore
Is there a nearObjects kinda method that searches inside of a square/rectangular area instead of spherical?
indigo snow
check with a radius of the largest diagonal and then do an inArea check for the square / rectangle
little eagle
@earnest ore
entities "" inAreaArray [position, a, b, angle, true];
position: Array - center of the area in format Position3D, Position2D
a: Number - x axis (x / 2)
b: Number - y axis (y / 2)
angle (Optional): Number - rotation angle. Default: 0
meager heart
Hey, is there any way to replace default player animations without making an addon ?
I'm trying to create some sort of "better player actions" thing,
for example tactical ping with getsure https://gyazo.com/5cfbfdfd49bde4189971a8dfecb58324
and i have problem with throw grenades things.
I have this https://gyazo.com/bb3451381f34d6ff56828ae8b8fd6b61
It works like that: you hold throw button and see status bar wich display force and on key up it fires, but animations is only default one with forceWeaponFire or action UseMagazine with little 'zig hail' at start, sorry for bad english
earnest ore
@little eagle Hrm... Empty array.
entities [["House","Building"],[]] inAreaArray trigger;
Terrain objects not included, I guess?
indigo snow
no
little eagle
Terrain objects are not included.
In entities. Never tested if inAreaArray works with them. I'd say yes, but who knows.
nearObjects doesn't include them either afaik. And you have to be careful with the radius. You'd have to make it sqrt 2 times larger than the longest side of your rectangle. So that the square covers all the edges.
I think it was sqrt 2. Too lazy to think on a holiday.
nearestTerrainObjects [position, ["HOUSE","BUILDING"], sqrt 2 * (a max b)] inAreaArray [position, a, b, angle, true];
wat? I think you are on the wrong Discord.. @shell carbon
shell carbon
oh lol, didnt notice. Sorry and thanks for the heads up
lone glade
use MP test instead of SP
subtle ore
No pause runs simulation when alt tabbed
cunning nebula
@little eagle my hopes in nearestTerrainObjects have been crushed :/
was hoping it would be a good replacement for nearRoads
subtle ore
Wat
cunning nebula
but MAIN ROAD, ROAD, TRACK, TRAIL <--- all not defined
subtle ore
Why just not get the class?
cunning nebula
roads have no class
in fact they're not found by that command at all
even without any filter
subtle ore
Uhhhh....
lone glade
because roads aren't objects
cunning nebula
they're giving us false hopes :/
subtle ore
Rails are though?
cunning nebula
maybe
lone glade
rails aren't roads
cunning nebula
but it would've been great to be able to differentiate between different road types with that command
in general it seems to be quite unreliable https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestTerrainObjects
just 1 solar power plant on altis ? i think not
oh hang on that was my fault there. it does list 10
subtle ore
๐ค
rancid pecan
Hello
how to selection question ?
example c# c# = example = Console.Readline(); if (example == true) else {}
How is the arma 3 te done?
subtle ore
@rancid pecan what does Console.Readline() do?
simple solstice
I think he wants to proceed on input
subtle ore
Meehhh you meddling c# kids are talking nonsense
cunning nebula
๐ถ
subtle ore
๐ค
tame portal
@subtle ore That's not even correct C#
Console.ReadLine() returns a string, and a string cannot be compared to a boolean
subtle ore
@tame portal /shrug
Don't expect me to be reading c# anytime soon
indigo snow
can BOOL == BOOL tho
tame portal
@indigo snow if (true == true) {
tame portal
if (true.ToString() == true.ToString()) {
indigo snow
i know sqf doesnt allow it but i was wondering if c# did
subtle ore
Ew wtf is that @tame portal
tame portal
I don't think so, compiler will throw an error because who the fuck does that
indigo snow
i know a guy
subtle ore
No one with brains
tame portal
Soon Microsoft will have taken over the world
cold quartz
if(true.ToString().Equals(true.ToString(), InvariantCaseInsensitiveCompare) ๐
subtle ore
Looks fucking awful
tame portal
{
var up = new Exception("no");
throw up;
}
indigo snow
therefore it must work
cold quartz
lol
subtle ore
๐คข
subtle ore
\ -_- /
cold quartz
Whatever works
noble pond
its idiot language for people who've never programmed before lol, its not supposed to be like the hardcore languages
cold quartz
It's almost feature identical to c#
tame portal
I mean it uses .NET so everything is the same but the syntax
cold quartz
I think I read that MSFT plans to invest in c# and kind of let VB.net sit off to the side
tame portal
VBNET is not being supported anymore
and why the hell did my userlist in discord just disappear
rancid pecan
no no
cunning nebula
yes yes
tame portal
@cold quartz Are you a c# dev?
cold quartz
yea, mostly just web app dev
cold quartz
Yep
tame portal
Ah yeah I've been using WebForms for so long now, quite different to get into MVC, I mean the model isnt complicated, just need to force myself to stick to conventions
cold quartz
I took the same path.
subtle ore
Hey kids want some sqf?
I got some more in the van
hidden field
@subtle ore i have enough sqf for myself thx ๐ (just noticed foreach returns result of last statement and foreach + apply allow exitwith inside of their loops while also return what exitwith should return, which is pretty neat if you ask me <.<)
earnest ore
Momwiki told me not to talk to strangers. They might remoteExec me.
dusk sage
can BOOL == BOOL tho
yes @indigo snow
hidden field
oh my, looks like % (aka mod) does not like it if b ( a mod b) is a real number und would produce a 0 as return, instead it returns b O.o nothing you can't catch but something to be aware of
example 24 mod 1.2 ----> 1.2
dusk sage
@little eagle Was on about C#
little eagle
ok, sry
Nesias, modulo is only defined for whole numbers as quotient in maths.
"divisor"
hidden field
commy2: yes it is defined for whole numbers but it also can be used for real numbers
queen cargo
@hidden field think that actually is a rounding error
hidden field
@queen cargo maybe, "floating points" (afaik arma used fixed point number ?) can create rounding errors
lone glade
nah, all of arma numbers are floats
hidden field
funfact if you multiply both sides in my example by 10 (which would them integers) you will get 0 back <.<
queen cargo
@hidden field as I said
Probably rounding error
subtle ore
@hidden field i hear count is a good alt
dusk sage
funfact if you multiply both sides in my example by 10 (which would them integers) you will get 0 back <.<
Which is correct @Nesias#1812
still forum
@hidden field Every number in Arma is single-precision floating point.
For rounding it's probably using fmod
lofty nymph
anyone here know how to get vehicle and weapon descriptions from there cfg files?
still forum
configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> classname >> "description"
lofty nymph
ty
cerulean whale
Is there a way to open the inventory while under water?
plush cargo
Is not always logged in description for some reason, had to do this a while back.
SRVC_fnc_VehInfo =
{
private ["_text"];
disableSerialization;
_vehInfoCbo = ((findDisplay 5501) displayCtrl (14));
_vehNameCbo = ((findDisplay 5501) displayCtrl (16));
_veh = vehicle player;
_class = typeOf _veh;
_nameText = parseText (getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _class >> "displayName"));
if (isClass (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _class >> "Armory")) then
{
_text = parseText (getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _class >> "Armory" >> "description"));
} else
{
if (isClass (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _class >> "Library")) then
{
_text = parseText (getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _class >> "Library" >> "libTextDesc"));
};
};
_vehInfoCbo ctrlSetStructuredText _text;
_vehNameCbo ctrlSetStructuredText _nameText;
};
real tartan
is there a way to make border of circle bolder?
_marker setMarkerShape "ELLIPSE"; _marker setMarkerBrush "SolidBorder"; _marker setMarkerSize [100, 100];
little eagle
is there a way to make border of circle bolder?
No for markers.
Is there a way to open the inventory while under water?
lol no
queen cargo
Wp @still forum
tame portal
I like how discord knows who you want to tag
And then it still fails
Like wtf
Stop giving me suggestions if you can't handle them yourself discord :D
cold quartz
So, I've been told that if in the unit description I add something like Team leader @ Viking 1-1 that in the lobby, the group name will be listed as Viking 1-1 and the unit will be listed as Team Leader beneath it. Is that correct?
Hmmm, maybe I should post this to mission_makers instead...not specifically a scripting question. Well, getting to the scripting part: does that actually change the groupID of the group they belong to or will the group continued to be named Alpha 1-1 or somiliar?
indigo snow
thats when you use CBA
it doesnt change the groupID at all, its just a hack of the gui of the slotting screen
little eagle
Yeah. It has nothing to do with the group id anyway. It's the RoleDescription of the group leader (first slot displayed for each group in the lobby).
cold quartz
Ok. That's kind of what I thought. Do you know of a way to programmatically retrieve that? It's CBA specific feature so I should go ask them but maybe you know of a way off the top of your head?
lone glade
commy wrote that code just saying
cold quartz
I completedly missed seeing that link
little eagle
Are you trying to replicate this without mods?
cold quartz
Ok, the reports that I had received had people saying that in susbequent radio communications, stuff like that, that the group name specified after the @ would also appear...it made me think that it may have been affecting the groupId and that I could poll it from there.
little eagle
No, it's just for the lobby. To name a group, do as usual and name the group in the editor.
cold quartz
Na. Some players want to see their lobby names in Athena and I'm trying to figure out how to grab that info. I'll probably just end up having them use setGroupId or something.
Gotcha
lone glade
"lobby name" you mean profileName?
cold quartz
No, sry, the slot names that the @ thing creates
little eagle
You have to enter the group names twice if you want them to match ingame and in the lobby unfortunately.
If it were possible I would've avoided that. But this was the only way to get the group names into the lobby screen. By changing the name of the leader to include the group name and then have an ui script that breaks them up.
cold quartz
Hey man, no explanation needed. Most people would only care about how it looks in the lobby anyways.
little eagle
Same. I didn't care how, just wanted it to work. But I love this shit and can't stop running my mouth about it.
cold quartz
lol completely understandable
This stuff is like building a house, the builder notices all the tiny litlte mistakes or things they'd like to change. The rest of us just see a nice house.
little eagle
Where did this come from?
lone glade
the "house" metaphor
cold quartz
and this is where I exit..thanks for the help!
little eagle
port-a-potties
Mobile toilet?
lone glade
I wonder if it was updated...... I wanna look now....
little eagle
What's so bad about toilets? If you happen to need one, and none's there, you're fucked.
lone glade
they tend to smell and not be very welcoming when there's a lot of people using them
3 years later, still not using git properly
little eagle
Zeus is pretty bad. You should at least do better than zeus.
and not be very welcoming when there's a lot of people using them
That's a problem with people. not toilets.
It's acceptable. If it were perfect, one would complain about priorities.
lone glade
AI is fine imho, pathing algo could be better tho
it's not really AI at that point, it's bloat making the FSMs run slower and thus dumbing down AI
that's default behavior in safe, it's normal
little eagle
It's not a problem with advanced AI scripts like the fsms. They can't even enter doors reliably without getting stuck. AI is fundamentally broken.
lone glade
yup, which comes back to pathing algo
depending on the height of the building it either works or completely shits the bed
little eagle
Everyone has their pet peeves, huh?
cosmic kettle
regarding ai, is there a mission one could look at to get a grasp of how it's done right?
little eagle
Yes. Wish the API was low level, but with what we have, nothing can be done to mend the biggest issues.
cosmic kettle
I mean from a scripting pov. Having a hard time on how to get squads do exactly what I'm asking certain times...
like too many obstacles and they freeze imo
glad to know it's not just me then.
cosmic kettle
thx @tough abyss I'll check that out.
lavish hamlet
does anyone know why this doesent work ??
if (!isServer) exitwith {};
_armorSpawns = ["armor1","armor2","armor3","armor5","armor6"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;
_armored =[getMarkerPos _armorSpawns,0, "rhs_t72ba_tv" ,EAST] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
[_armored, getmarkerpos "patrol", 1000] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;
it spawns but i dosent move.
plush cargo
BIS_fnc_spawn vehicle returns = [vehicle, crew, group] and for task patrol you need the group so it shoud be
[_armored select 2,getmarkerpos "patrol", 1000] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;
@lavish hamlet
lavish hamlet
tried both diden see a difference
simple solstice
engine solution > function
blissful chasm
Since the recent CUP Terrains update, the hangar doors default closed on server start. I had asked in the questions channel how do you make the default open on server start. I got a reply of using Door_7_sound_source. I am very novice at scripting. Could someone be so kind as to spell it out for me? Not sure how to do this, or where to put it.
golden storm
Hello there guys, so im having quite an issue here, im making a PvP mission and i want that: players have 4 respawns, but then after thats finished each side have their own pool so WEST has 16 tickets and INDEPENDENT has 8 tickets (assymetrical map balanced trough other conditions), so far i have this in my InitPlayerLocal.sqf
[player, 4] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
[WEST, 16] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
[INDEPENDENT, 8] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets;
And i have this in my Description.ext
respawnOnStart = -1;
respawnTemplates[] = {"MenuPosition","Tickets","Spectator"};
But after the first 4 tickets are expired (don't matter which side) it says no more respawns are left
meager heart
respawnTemplatesWest[] = {"MenuPosition","Tickets","Spectator"};
respawnTemplatesGuer[] = {"MenuPosition","Tickets","Spectator"};
[player, 4] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; //--- Local tickets
[SIDE, 66] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets; //--- Global tickets
devout moss
Hi, am I able to redefine vehicle parameters with a script in a mission?
rancid ruin
like the speed of a helicopter for example? no i don't think so
little eagle
Plant Charge
jaunty zephyr
meager heart
Sabotage ยฉ
still forum
I'd say that's the easiest..
getPosASL returns position of feet afaik..
That is about the position of the surface
little eagle
The adjective "explosive" is superfluous. There are only one type of charges.
austere granite
Cavalry charge
like you use that action and suddenly rohirim come charging down the fields tbh
tame portal
I only plant implosive charges.
cedar kindle
plant cavalry charge ?
little eagle
"Explosive Charge" is the displayed name of the item, right?
This all reminds me that the game still says "Ride in back" for the codriver seat.
Every with a codriver seat.
Hunter.
And?
Read again what I wrote.
"Ride in back"
Somehow that's not confusing when he sits down in front?
"Get in %1 as passenger"
lone glade
oh god I can't wait for enScript, that's gonna be F.U.N to explain compared to sqf
ofc
little eagle
Why?
lone glade
check TKM
yes
if by more conventional you mean not shit yes it is
wat, how do you know that already
peak plover
Pvp ? More like illegal salt mines!
lone glade
there was that (sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings) pathetic attempt at a pvp gamemode called end game, except for that I don't see it catering to anyone in particular
LOW campaign was a really high point for me, it was wonderful
because they did put a lot of work into it, but it's kinda sad that it ended up the way it did
but then again, it didn't play to arma's strengths, CQC isn't one of them
peak plover
If they would fix the animation bug, when it keeps moving forward when you stop pressing the button
And the turning around in buildings and falling through/into walls
lone glade
that's the animation cycle not being finished, it also happen when you setPos a unit running
peak plover
That's like super bad
lone glade
it's fixed in enfusion afaik
peak plover
koth
lone glade
objectives? people play for kills
I don't consider KOTH a proper KOTH gamemode, it's badly designed too (the towers at least)
which I find mind boggling
and also terrible game design because it uses people's brain against them
or good game design, depends if you wanna make money or not
I can probably throw out a koth gamemode under 30 minutes with better objectives and that works on all maps, sure it won't be balanced but fuck it
tame portal
Personally I don't know why KOTH is as popular as it is, I personally have no joy in dying to a spawncamper and then taking 5 minutes again to the playzone
tame portal
I was about say
lone glade
not needed
tame portal
That's an ArmA milsim mission, not a casual multiplayer gamemode
Budget milsim lol, like a casual milsim mission, but not catered towards casual ArmA players ๐
lone glade
I still don't get what's the point of the leveling system
and you just lock shit behind leveling just for the lolz, everyone's not on the same playing field
tame portal
Leveling and grinding is something people consider the reason of playing rather than the joy you have from good game design
lone glade
sure it keeps people playing, but all in all it's not fun
and I find that sad ๐ฆ
same, but then again people just flock to leveling systems because at the end of the day, some of them like having an advantage against beginners
candid jay
All, I'm trying to understand how the Advanced Train Simulator works. To my understanding it is not a common vehicle, but I am unsure on how all the system works. Especially in MP: how does the position of the train is sync'ed in MP?
To make things simple: if I has a CUBE object a player could jump in, and this cube just went back and forward like a platform
how would the best approach be
NO CONTROLS
something self-driving
I can use the attachTo command ok, but what about having it actually MOVE?
lone glade
setPos like a mofo / setVelocity if it's a thingX
candid jay
setPos in MP works very badly.
lone glade
O.O? wat?
candid jay
well
if you want to have something move smoothly
having a setPos command every 0.01 seconds obviously results in the object jumping around for clients
so setVelocity is probably what I'm looking for
lone glade
depends, but you're going to do a lot of vector math in any case
little eagle
Only people that worked on Advanced Train Simulator know how it works.
candid jay
that's fine
When I did my export to TB module I had to do vector math anyways
cannot be
I've tried with simple rails targets
you want that to be computed on server
so to make it move with setPos you'll have jumps
setVelocity on the other hand is a good suggestion
@tough abyss exactly
setPos, that is
little eagle
setVelocity probably doesn't work with buildings like trains.
lone glade
it has to be a thingX, plus if the terrain has bumps good luck ๐
candid jay
I could have a setVelocity (global effects) and upon reaching a checkpoint, a setPos to ensure all clients are sync'ed
lol
I am not trying to remake ATS, we have ATS already ๐
I guess I'll have to make a vehicle
will give it a try
little eagle
Pretty sure that that
require some changes to the model.
E.g. buildings have no PhysX.
candid jay
regarding computations: setVelocityTransformation seems to be doing it for us
lone glade
not only that but you can't really take a building model and change it's config to a vehicle
little eagle
Maybe helper vehicle and attachTo though.
lone glade
buildings can have anim sources
candid jay
yes
little eagle
Buildings can have animations. E.g,. doors or broken windows.
candid jay
but again not redoing ATS that works beautifully already ๐
lone glade
not spinning the spinny thing in playgrounds around altis -> terribru
little eagle
I've seen the action and immediately made it spin.
lone glade
imho it's pretty realistic for a greek island
I just wish there were more signalization signs, it makes no sense that on nearly every map there's so little of them
but AI is quite... special on it
that's why you got smoke
sour saffron
@alhanthe "not only that but you can't really take a building model and change it's config to a vehicle"
lone glade
what?
ace smoke is super dense, and LOD issues are fixed on dev branch
well, pop more smokes then :p
sour saffron
just go behind a wall its been the way to defeat Ai since OFP 2001
lone glade
as long as you're not moving in a predictable manner AI won't hit you through smoke, they just shoot your last position
same for bushes
sour saffron
well actually in Arma 1.2 or so they went Meter accurate and that was the end of all inteligent AI
infact nothing on the map would move until a shot was dired and then it all initialised in early 1.01 or so lol
ithink the best was the OFP enahncement mod AI that search builidngs etc good stuff and after that well i think Bis became scared to add Ad-Hoc scripts for them
maybe now the game isnt so much VBS driven in its goals it wil lachieve some smaller teraains and better scriptsed AI
sour saffron
lol can we getsome facts injected back into this pelase
lone glade
gimme 5s
sour saffron
well ill give you a bridge and some water and trees will that be ok ?
ill give you geometry too and roads and a car
you give me AI to navigate and ill be happy
lone glade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bjQ83DHXJY when the pathing algo doesn't shit itself it works nicely
sour saffron
yeah i admit the AI has its moments , ive seen them roll under a gap in a fence without scripts
lone glade
an other example (older) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdtk1B4qdsU
sour saffron
problerm is its to rare and some ad-hoc assistance is required in the mai n
lone glade
biggest issue right now is building height differences, there's some of them AI simply refuses to access
and no, doesn't work quick, they just ignore the Z pos on some buildings, doesn't matter what the height
they just can't path to the entry
they get stuck in a "planning / busy" loop
sour saffron
well most folk play PvP now anyway so Ai aint gonna get any love soon
maybe there will be AI DLC ๐
lone glade
oh btw, that garrison stuff is in ACE3 now, i'm pretty sure people are using the instant TP one tho
tame portal
@lone glade Maybe the Ai has no path there available
lone glade
no, it does, i'm forcing full path planning too
it's just that they somehow can't path for some unknown reason
they just get stuck trying to path / staying there until my fail safe kicks in and force them to return in formation
little eagle
We need #ai to get this poop out of here.
proven crystal
I think many people would play more coop and pve if AI was more I @sour saffron
sour saffron
AI is for SP and best left there , CO -OP died with gamespy servers like shell.co.uk ๐
little eagle
I like pineapple.
tame portal
What was that comment about the last Ai developer leaving BI?
proven crystal
We do 30ppl coop. Pve
sour saffron
Kellys Island and Lakeside dont need AI ๐
lone glade
PVE is fine guys, just don't try 60+ players against 60+ AI, at that point AI is brain dead
proven crystal
We need 1 or 2 zeusses to keep it interesting
little eagle
Scheduled fsms are too slow to handle so many ai.
lone glade
the best part is that even tho they have their own part of the scheduler they somehow get slowed down by sqf scheduled scripts
same for triggers, they somehow break after some point
sour saffron
becuase the grahics card need CPu to help with 3 million poly addon
lone glade
wat
sour saffron
custom addons are inifficent and slow down the AI
lone glade
k
little eagle
Textures are worse than polys for fps.
sour saffron
sections are worse
lone glade
vanilla AI is still the best AI imho, unless you completely replace absolutely all AI FSMs by "custom" ones
proven crystal
Id be a happy soldier
i like what VCom does
yea. well VCom can limit the amount of units involved
so only a certain maximum will be doing VCom stuff
pretty much what you say
not sure though if it will affect the FIRST units involved in fighting, or the ones CLOSEST to the player
hmm sounds interesting
actually i could add a script that sets VCOM_AI true or false depending on how close units are to the player...
that might be handy....
hmhmhmhm good thought
maybe based on knowsabout value?
if unit knowsabout player, vcom true
knowsabout and proximity sounds useful
?
little eagle
Good. Now change the topic.
proven crystal
thanks man. that stuff might be helpful
tame stream
HI all, does anyone have a idea how to hide/disable the altitute meter
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/281049532194750475/375687193114705932/Capture.PNG
little eagle
I did this once in ACE, but it apparently broke. Too lazy to look into it.
tame stream
did/does ace have that option?
little eagle
ACE has a custom altimeter item that replaces the watch. To make it useful, it removes the magic altimeter from the ui.
But now there's this issue report I haven't looked into, so it may be broken.
native siren
Hello I have some issues with undestanding certain problem I'm having. I have if(isNull _gID) exitWith {}; on my server to check if parameters have been passed correctly. I'm 100% certain that they are (in my case it's number 13). But for some reasont this IF is exiting my function. If I just remove it it works perfectly fine. I also tried isNil same resaults. Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong?
native siren
@lone glade So like this in my example? if(isNil "_gID") exitWith {};
lone glade
yes
native siren
@lone glade You are a champion. Those missing quotes were driving me insane. Thank you! ๐
cold quartz
Oh, thanks! @hasty violet
I saw that 'whale' of a message you left ๐
The displaying all 'revealed units' thing I'm specifically avoiding. I've had people accuse Athena of being cheaty enough ... and that was before it displayed hostiles.
cold quartz
Oooooooh!
tame portal
@cold quartz What's your Steam page?
cold quartz
Um, 1 sec
finishing up a reply to whale's discussion post and i'll grab it for you
Whale: I replied
subtle ore
okay quick question here reagarding serverCommand
there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it I guess, server log tells me it was successfully executed by the server
tried both the name and guid, but nothing appears in the bans.txt or the ban.txt
Password is correct
no ban
robust hollow
this works for me "pass" serverCommand "#exec ban 'steam64id'";
subtle ore
@robust hollow steam64id ? Is that some sort of special variable?
or are you implying I should use getPlayerUID ?
robust hollow
no its the steam64id of the unit. getplayeruid yea
subtle ore
so this
"@Coffee234" serverCommand format["#exec ban %1",getPlayerUID _unit];
doesn't work.
subtle ore
Alrighty, letme try this out.
noble pond
you always use getPlayerUID for the baked in server commands
they existed and function the same way they have since arma 2
before steam was even a thing
subtle ore
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noble pond
its quite possible they are broken.
noble pond
i think i heard somebody complaining about server commands not working as well a long while ago
robust hollow
i haven't had an issues with it recently
subtle ore
tightly crosses fingers
YES
Never have I ever been so excited to see the "You have been banned" message
noble pond
so did you try looking at the biki page for it?
subtle ore
Yes I did
subtle ore
it works with stringing the player uid, yeah
but the biki says nothing about that because up until a3 they were all ingame and bercon commands it seems
nothing automated like this
noble pond
well you could always do serverCommand even in a2
subtle ore
right
noble pond
getplayerUID also existed
subtle ore
had to be through a ui event handler it seems though preceeding arma 3
that's what I'm trying to say
noble pond
lol really? thats really shitty
subtle ore
Yep
this worries me a bit, the bans are stored somewhere outside of my battleye working directory
can't find them at all, but they exist.
noble pond
bans.txt
subtle ore
Nope, nothing there
noble pond
not inside battleye folder
subtle ore
bans are still enforced, nothing in bans.txt
noble pond
look inside documents
subtle ore
Err...documents?
noble pond
thats another place to look
noble pond
so you can confirm this ui event handler stuff is BS?
subtle ore
Yep!
noble pond
i'll test it myself to double check lol
noble pond
god this page is a mess
subtle ore
do you have wiki perms?
noble pond
yes
subtle ore
as of Arma 3 v1.39 serverCommand can be used on dedicated server and headless clients. This requires a password, both set in server.cfg and passed to the command itself (See Alt Syntax).
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
noble pond
whats wrong with that?
subtle ore
Nothing, I was just showing you that it doesn't need a UI event handler anymore.
subtle ore
Sweet.
subtle ore
Awesome thanks ๐
subtle ore
btw, looks like #exec clearbans doesn't work either lol
subtle ore
yep
just found it
why would it be there?
@tough abyss
battleye working directory is defined
I think one is for ip bans, and one is for guid bans
good to know though that they arent battleye bans
I need to differenciate between bad players and good players at this point
the ones I can ban ingame, versus the ones I ban via script
still forum
@subtle ore @noble pond
serverCommand needs to be executed from a UI Eventhandler ON THE CLIENT.
If you didn't need it on the client then I would consider that a Bug that should be fixed.
At most the Alt syntax might not need to run from an UI Eventhandler.
But then writing that serverCommand generally doesn't need to is bullshit.
cloud thunder
I have a simple working dialog with buttons but the first button listed in class Controls continuously blinks. I've tried adding blinkingPeriod = 0; in the control thats flashing and in base defines and still cannot get it to stop blinking. Does anyone know about this? I can pastebin the hpps if it will help.
lone glade
don't directly paste them, if you want examples for buttons and dialogs / displays I have one i'm working on right now
cloud thunder
have you run into the blinking issue?
lone glade
nope
cloud thunder
its like a cursor blink
lone glade
still forum
#arma3_config
I guess if there is a blinkingPeriod there is also a ? isBlinking flag
lone glade
yes, but it shouldn't happen if he uses the proper base classes
still forum
@tough abyss Have you tried it? The serverCommand main syntax not the alt one?
and sure you can run it from the Server. But you can only run the alt syntax on the server. and there is no UI on the Server. so UIContext there doesn't make sense anyway
The syntax requiring the password is the alternative syntax
not the main one
Does the alternate syntax work on clientside? If so the wiki is kinda wrong as it shows that Server-only Icon next to it.
lone glade
wat
still forum
Only being able to run from UI Eventhandler is a VERY reasonable security restriction. If it really works outside of it it is definetly a bug.
Yep that's what I was talking about.
@noble pond wrote that both serverCommand syntaxes work without UI Eventhandler. Which is either incorrect or a Bug
cloud thunder
This worked for me back when I was developing mission to support headless client.CCServerAdminPasswordCC serverCommand ("#kick " + "HC_1") where HC_1 was name of HC module and if (!isServer) exitWith {}; CCServerAdminPasswordCC = "blahblahblah"; publicVariableServer "CCServerAdminPasswordCC"; was external server arma directory script ran by the server. it worked a long time ago should still be working if nothing has changed.
still forum
Server's and HC's don't have a UI which I already said..
so UIContext doesn't make any sense there which I already said...
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getVariable supports Task?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allVariables Does too
Ahh
Do you have an example of that ID string?
Ah.. It probably keeps an internal array then
Just look at BIS_fnc_setTask in the functions viewer it should contain the name of that variable.
I don't have access to Arma right now
@noble pond also
It is also worth noting it is not longer required to execute the serverCommand from a UI event handler, it can used directly inside an SQF script.
A UI Eventhandler is "directly inside an SQF script" and serverCommand is a SQF command so obviously it can be used in SQF Scripts. Where else would it be used? Besides that you again forgot about SQS.
cloud thunder
why not use BIS_fnc_setTask it has the same return as bis_fnc_taskCreate
peak plover
there should be a getter or sth
private _taskID = [
_taskTarget, //target
_group, //name
_description, //description
_destination, //destination
_state, //state
0, //priority
true, //show notification
_type, //image type
true //share
] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
private _taskIDUpdate = [_taskVar, "SUCCEEDED",true] spawn BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
from BIS func:
_taskVar = _id call bis_fnc_taskVar;
lone glade
what I pasted above is what bis_fnc_setTask uses to retrieve the var
cloud thunder
you don't want the task id? what var do you want?
peak plover
Do they really notreturn the actual task ? The new task function ID is completly seperate?
lone glade
they return the task ID or taskVAR
peak plover
That's only used in the a3 functions, right?
lone glade
which, guess what, are both strings
yes
the commands are outdated
they were replaced by this set of funcs
indigo snow
not with the new system
peak plover
just have an array with the taskID and arguments
indigo snow
the old task system had task-type variables, but the new one is all strings and then some
peak plover
I'm pretty sure I ran into the same issue and ended up doing an array
lone glade
....
indigo snow
you cant setvariable a string
lone glade
task variable is a string
lone glade
a string, and no it's not available in any namespace
peak plover
depricated?
lone glade
strings can't be used as varspaces
lone glade
and funcs
cloud thunder
yeah i believe all task properties are strings. probabably need to use some object or missionspace to hald the vars
peak plover
yup
lone glade
use a dummy object as varspace @tough abyss
or even better use CBA namespaces which do that for you ๐
peak plover
Use array.
lone glade
you . can't . setVar . a . STRING
peak plover
I had the same issue, because I wanted tasks to have conditions that auto-complete. Wanted the same thing, ended up with a task system which uses the a3 task system ๐ฆ
So...stupid
lone glade
oh, I actually have something like that
peak plover
f3 etc. all probably have sth like tht
peak plover
That's the journal task, but all the tasks are done with functions
I mean the f3 framework
lone glade
@peak plover you can precise the ID in bis_fnc_taskCreate, create your ID and use that for adding / deleting
cloud thunder
but f3 group don't use task sytem
lone glade
that's what I used for self completing tasks
cloud thunder
it might have code for it maybe but its not applied in sessions
peak plover
Are tasks jip compatable?
lone glade
yes
peak plover
If I create a task only for a single unit ex. blu_0_1
He disconnects
Will he/anyone else still ahve that task if rejoin?
lone glade
no
peak plover
ripoo broken task system
little eagle
allVariables is broken for TASK?
lone glade
@tough abyss just checked the func that is called to actually create the task
little eagle
i would hazard to say <task> setvariable is the non-functional bit
So getVariable is broken too?
getVariable therefore reports nil / default, right?
rip
lone glade
@tough abyss the "new" task system still uses simple tasks
_task = _unit createSimpleTask [_id,_taskParent];
sooo teeechnically you may be able to retrieve the actual task
_unit setVariable [_taskVar,_task];
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welp, you got your answer :p
peak plover
โ ๐ท ๐ฎ ๐ต โ
peak plover
Intersepted namespace?
lone glade
and absolutely DO NOT use profileNamespace for this
file is saved / written everytime the varspace change
peak plover
What if you need to restart the server but want to continue playing later?
barren magnet
lone glade
that's not a namespace
peak plover
that's a task_array
lone glade
in this case you're just using missionNamespace
objects, controls, displays can be used on top of the other normal varspaces, you're just using an array ref called "task_namespace"
peak plover
private _nameSpace = createLocation [ "Mount" , [0,0,0], 0, 0;
missionNamespace setVariable ["taskNamespace",_nameSpace,true]
You can't use random strings for createLocation.
peak plover
hmmmm, that explains a lot๐ค