hand written stuff is completly useless. Because if you fix the error accidentally while typing code no one can tell you what the problem is
#arma3_scripting
still forum
cosmic kettle
@limpid pewter go to %localappdata%/Arma 3/ and find the latest .rpt file.
limpid pewter
ok thanks
lone glade
^that, there's even a plugin for sublime to open the latest one
limpid pewter
Alright, will use that in future to paste code/errors
cosmic kettle
When developing, turning on the 'show script errors' in the arma 3 launcher parameters is a good way to spot them.
Coding without a way to verify what you're doing is as good as driving your way home blindfolded.
limpid pewter
@still forum : "_objPos is wrong. The error is not inside the while loop.
Your _objSpwnPos is wrong(edited)" Yes, so like i said the first time it is fine, it recieves the parsed variable as position array, but the second time the loop runs it replaces the postion stored in _objPos with my player object ID.
@cosmic kettle Yeah. Should have looked at this before hand really
still forum
the next time your code is remoteExec'ed
btw params can also type check.. You should maybe use that
cosmic kettle
Am I the only one who actually avoids while wherever it is possible btw?
still forum
I don't write scheduled stuff.. so.. no while at all
cosmic kettle
ok happy to know. lol
still forum
Though I only wrote Intercept stuff the last few months.. So.. I don't really do SQF currently 😄
cosmic kettle
Just scanned to be sure, 1 while in +/- 3000 files. Yep that's what I thought lol
limpid pewter
Yeah, i think i will just have to fiddle arround with it a bit more myself. It's weird tho because i have an almost identical function that runs in almost the same way and it works fine.
params ["_objPos","_Dir"];
mld_fnc_healthMain = {
if ((damage (_this select 0)) > 0.005) then {
_health = damage _unit -0.005;
_unit setDamage _health;
};
};
_count = count medKitArray;
if (_count > 14) then {
deleteVehicle (medKitArray select 0);
medKitArray deleteAt 0;
};
_obj = "Land_MetalCase_01_small_F" createVehicle [0,0,0];
_obj setPosASL _objPos;
_obj setDir (_Dir - 90);
medKitArray pushBack _obj;
while {!isNull _obj} do {
_units = nearestObjects [_obj,["man"],3];
{
[_x] call mld_fnc_healthMain;
} forEach _units;
sleep 0.5;
};
I already told you your problem is not in that function.
cosmic kettle
```sqf
not
```
sqf
Just saying
limpid pewter
yeah ik, didn't want to work
cosmic kettle
oh ok
limpid pewter
ok dedmen, idk will have to check. Both of those functions are executed in the exact same ways ,with the exact same variables, which is the weirdest part
cosmic kettle
private _obj;
@cosmic kettle no
cosmic kettle
params def private?
still forum
yes. but still no
cosmic kettle
yeah just noticed _obj not in params
still forum
besides good style
limpid pewter
Sorry to bother you again with this problem, but can you quickly see if there are any errors with this CfgRemoteExec ? ```sqf
class CfgRemoteExec
{
class Functions
{
mode = 1;
// Ability to send jip messages: 0-disabled, 1-enabled (default)
jip = 1;
/your functions here/
class healthMain
{
allowedTargets=0; // can target anyone (default)
jip = 0; // sending jip messages is disabled for this function (overrides settings in the Functions class)
};
class ammoMain
{
allowedTargets=0; // can target anyone (default)
jip = 0; // sending jip messages is disabled for this function (overrides settings in the Functions class)
};
};
};
I ask mainly because there is obviously an issue with how the variables are being parsed into the functions, and i just want to check all things that could affect this
lone glade
mode 1 is broken, i'm fairly sure BIS never fixed it
it won't affect what you mentioned but will completely fuck networking
lone glade
it increases network usage for remoteExec dramatically
they miiight have fixed it, or not
limpid pewter
ah ok
lone glade
the issue have persisted from 1.52 to 1.64 last I checked
limpid pewter
i shall research on this
robust hollow
looking at ur snippet from earlier u use mld_fnc_healthMain. so i believe u would want to do class mld_fnc_healthMain in the remoteexec cfg
limpid pewter
oh fuck. hahaha holy shit, how did i not spot this haha
Thanks connor. I have a function as a variable within the function as a file, with the SAME name hahahaha
i need to descramble my brain
lone glade
stop using inline functions saved in global vars for one
limpid pewter
Ye, more of an experiment in this case
manic sigil
{ if ((side _x) == West) then {_x setcaptive true; _x playmove "AmovPercMstpSsurWnonDnon" ; _x disableAI "ANIM";}; } forEach allUnits;
If run, this should make all blufor units put their hands on their heads, stop moving, and stop being shot at, correct?
lone glade
if it's local to the unit then yes
tough abyss
That reminds me of "coming to america"smiles
lone glade
locality is fairly simple once you "get it"
units and objects have an owner, some commands require that they are executed on the owner's machine
astral tendon
How does i remove a unit of the count in a array?
lone glade
wat
tough abyss
Their owenr is the machine that spawned them unless otherwise set?
tough abyss
ah ok, i was just wildly guessing
astral tendon
Like
selectRandom [playersgroup] setdamage 1
in playersgroup there is 3 players and the arays are [Player_1, Player_2, Player_3] i want to exclude the Player_1 from that count
astral tendon
yes, but can be any other player
tough abyss
playersgroup=if not player_2, player_3 maybe?
lone glade
nah, you'd use array select range and then use selectrandom
but i'm not sure what he want to do so it may not fit what he needs
astral tendon
i dont wanna the selectRandom to chose player_1
lone glade
yes, but the issue is that player_1 could be any player from my point of view, because I don't know how you get that array or why you want to exclude player 1
manic sigil
"A bit more complicated than that" is an understatement, but thanks :p ill play around with the script in the environment i need it in, see how it goes.
tough abyss
This is the goal i think: When there are, lets say, 10 players, all but #1 (or #5) shall be exluded from randomly being hurt
uhm, or better said, all but #5 shall be excluded from being chosen to get damage
lone glade
think of it this way, there can only be one owner of an object / unit at a time, players are always local, light sources are always local
the tricky part is finding the machine where the object / unit is local
and making sure the commands you use actually take global arguments or if you need to execute it where the object / unit is local
astral tendon
that was only a example, it could be anything
tough abyss
@astral tendon would it not be easier to select that exluded player before adding him to the array of randomly chosen hurtable players?
So that player doesnt even get added in the first place
lone glade
roque, is it always the first player of that array, no matter what?
astral tendon
i just wanna know if i can remove some object from the aray
astral tendon
that was just a example
astral tendon
urg
lone glade
how the hell do you want to remove something you can't reference?
astral tendon
selectRandom [BuchOfAIGroup] setdamage 1
the aray: [AI_1, AI_2, AI_3, AI_4]
tough abyss
hm, insert if chosen_player=player_x then skip set-damage-part before setDamage=1?
astral tendon
need to remove the AI_2 from that conting so it does not get chosen by the selectRandom
tough abyss
You know, tear apart the chosing and the setdamage and insert a selectorthingy
lone glade
I get that, but why AI_2 specifically ?
and do you have it saved in a var so you can compare it?
astral tendon
because i like him.
lone glade
because if it's just that you can use:
array apply {_x != _myVarWhereAI_2IsStored}
tough abyss
that took long grins
astral tendon
so it would be
selectRandom [BuchOfAIGroup] apply {_x != AI_2} setdamage 1?
lone glade
no, apply returns an array
well, yes it would be but you're missing parenthesis
i'm fairly sure selectrandom would execute before apply here, plus it's difficult to read
selectRandom ([BuchOfAIGroup] apply {_x != AI_2}) setdamage 1;
cosmic kettle
no missing )'s lol
tough abyss
No matter what, where or when, there are never enough smiles!
It is kinda re-assuring that in programming at least, every frown "(" HAS to be followed by a smile ")" If only RL would be that easy and neat.
cosmic kettle
The best example of that would be yin/yang but I'm not getting into this.
cosmic kettle
it has, DNA.
tough abyss
Have you watched youtube lately? grins Clearly, that system does not work anymore
cosmic kettle
Not to be rude but this is more #general_chat_arma material.
tough abyss
Agreed and... none taken
astral tendon
with that i can do stuff like this
```alive ((player nearEntities ["Man", 10]) - [player] select 0)````
limpid pewter
Im using magazinesDetail atm to retrieve the ID for the magazines that are not fullly loaded. I then want to remove these magazines and replace them with fully loaded ones (a basic rearm script). From what i have seen on the Wiki, the removeMagazine commands, only use the classname. What is the point of having a magazine ID if you cannot refer to it when trying to remove that specific magazine. Am i missing something, or is this something everyone has to work around?
tough abyss
I think there is a mod that re-organizes magazines, uhm...
limpid pewter
nah, i wanted to do it through scripting, without mods or config mods
tough abyss
Yes, i just thought, looking at it might help you, not using it
limpid pewter
yeah all g, thanks anyway
tough abyss
oh hey, its "qs mag repack v1.0.0" made by quiksilver who is actually in here now
I bet he or she can help
limpid pewter
ahh ok, will check it out
tough abyss
@tough abyss sorry, your mod.cpp doesn't specifiy a version. i then always apply v1.00
Oh, it was not criticism, more like informatism :-)
@limpid pewter seems to try something like that mod does and i thought, well, i marry you two grins
limpid pewter
haha, yeah im just having trouble making a re-arm script
Yeh ok, so that's an example where the magID is used. But my question was; Is there a way to use that magID to remove a specific magazine from a unit's inventory?
tough abyss
If i drop a rifle, all matching magazines are dropped as well, maybe looking into that mechanic would help?
But only those in the visible inventory (not in my vest, if i look at my carrier rig) are dropped, i think,. so the game must make see some difference
limpid pewter
yeah maybe. As usual with arma, doesn't seem to be an easy option haha, will take a while of just testing different things i think
tough abyss
If you need a guineapig, just holler
but... no brainporbing!
nor probing
Yup, QS is oaky with BP ;oP
limpid pewter
a guineapig for testing missions?
Well not to be offensive to differently specied, but guinea pigs would be useless for this application 😄
tough abyss
uhm, no opposing thumbs?
limpid pewter
Sure, i suppose it would be interesting to use setAnimSpeedCoef on a guinea pig in arma tho haha
tough abyss
Oh wait, i got it now... guinea pigs are smarter than the arma3 AI, so they would just run off and play chess instead
tough abyss
Gladly
tough abyss
Any idea why the action doesn't work? ```SQF
{
_x addEventHandler ["Killed", {
params ["_unit"];
{
_action = [
name _unit,
"Take " + getText (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "displayName"),
"",
{player action ["TakeWeapon", _unit, _x]}, // Issue here, picking up weapon doesn't work
{!alive _unit}
] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[_unit, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], _action] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
} forEach weapons _unit;
}];
} forEach allUnits + allDead;
I'm assuming this happens because the weapons no longer belong to the unit after it dies? But are WeaponHolderSimulated or whatever?
safe forum
Hi all. What differences between draw3D and OnEachFrame?
tough abyss
@jade abyss - ah, ok.
jade abyss
draw3D is executed after all Calcs
safe forum
Thanks
jade abyss
So if you want to show stuff -> draw3D
tough abyss
So I need some fuckery to work around that limitation.
jade abyss
- @tough abyss iirc, the Dead Unit drops the weapon
tough abyss
Yeah, it becomes a WeaponHolderSimulated .
jade abyss
(at least the EH was triggered for it)
Yep. Try to find that with nearestObjects or so. I think Sa-Matra had the same fkery
tough abyss
Something like this? ```SQF
player action ["TakeWeapon", (nearestObject [player, "WeaponHolderSimulated"]), typeOf _x]
Test it out. It's too long ago that i played around with that stuff ¯_(ツ)_/¯
tough abyss
Nope, doesn't work 😕
jade abyss
add a *put EH, then check it there
tough abyss
There might something more to this than that... a statement of {hint "test"} doesn't even work.
jade abyss
No clue what you are talking about
(btw: it could take a few frames, until the WeaponHolder can be found)
tough abyss
{
_x addEventHandler ["Killed", {
params ["_unit"];
{
_action = [
name _unit,
"Take " + getText (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _x >> "displayName"),
"",
{hint "test"}, // Statement
{!alive _unit}
] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[_unit, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], _action] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
} forEach weapons _unit;
}];
} forEach allUnits + allDead;
Statement must be True/False, or?
nvm, just reading ace page
tough abyss
Looking back at it, I probably should've asked this on the ACE Slack, it's their function after all.
rip
Fuck did you do to get banned?
jade abyss
Just being himself? 😂
jade abyss
idiots (one type... -.- )
tough abyss
...
There's no selection.
It's just how Slack works 😂
Try again? Check spam?
Got another e-mail?
thorn pine
Hi. Can I create a headless client using a script? not changing the mission.
Thanks, but I'm using mod (config)?
little eagle
You may be able to make a mod for 3den to automatically place a hc, but not sure that's what anyone wants.
inner swallow
Considering it needs to be slotted before the mission scripts are even loaded, I don't think you could
peak plover
@tough abyss Checked the logs, you were banned for "slackin' off" /jk
inner swallow
(that said, I know it's possible to createUnit a curator object via script)
peak plover
It is probably easier to use the old fashioned way
carmine maple
short question, why is
missionNamespace setVariable ["laserdesignator", [[0, 15], "Equipment", "CfgWeapons"]];
working fine, but
missionNamespace setVariable ["Binocular", [[0, 15], "Equipment", "CfgWeapons"]];"
is causing the error
9:25:56 Error Reserved variable in expression```
I know "Binocular" is also a command, but its passed as a string here, why does it still cause "Reserved variable" error?Because Binocular is a command.
missionNamespace setVariable ["Binocular", 123]; is equal to Binocular = 123 which doesn't make sense as Binocular is a command.
astral tendon
waitUntil {
if ({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_1 ==0 AND {alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_2 ==0 AND {alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_3 ==0 AND alive truckhunter_1) exitWith {
sleep 1;
Track17NoLoop = addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {playMusic "Track17";}];playMusic "Track17";
true};
};
};```
This one did not worked in MP, the sever hoster did hear the music but not the clientwaitUntil {
if (trucktodeka distance placa <= 30 ) exitWith {
Track18Loop = addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {playMusic "Track08";}];playMusic "Track08";
true};
};
};```
but this one workedwhat it could be wrong with the first one?
astral tendon
is there a key diference to this?
this is to check if those groups are dead, and the last one to check if a offroad is alive
tame portal
@tough abyss when i do such if statements i like to group things by formatting them differently
if (
({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_1 == 0)
AND
({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_2 == 0)
AND
({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_3 == 0)
AND
alive truckhunter_1
) exitWith {
};
makes them easier to read imo
tough abyss
thats unoptimized though?
lone glade
if (
({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_1 == 0) &&
({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_2 == 0) &&
({alive _x} count units WareHouseGuys_3 == 0) &&
alive truckhunter_1
) exitWith {
};
because if the condition fails it will continue the line
tame portal
yeah that comes after that but i was just formatting it differently ^^
lone glade
actually we tested that cloud on the ACE3 slack
can't remember the results, but for simple checks it's better to not use lazy eval, but I just don't care and use it everywhere 😄
paging @still forum since he did the tests
tough abyss
right but speaking of longer and more heavy code
still forum
hm? lazy eval?
a CODE count ARRAY loop can always be considered heavy.
so always lazy eval on that
tough abyss
lol
lone glade
thefuck quik
still forum
things like lazy evaling boolean variables doesn't make sense and I think is slightly lower perf
lone glade
== is case insensitive, isEqualTo isn't and support more stuff
just use whatever you need
still forum
so if you run any actual code in the if statement make lazy eval. if you only retrieve variables then don't
@tough abyss you don't ever see anything
So yeah. The code posted above is terrible and should lazy eval
astral tendon
but what about music?
yes and the other one worked
waitUntil {
if (trucktodeka distance placa <= 30 ) exitWith {
Track18Loop = addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {playMusic "Track08";}];playMusic "Track08";
true};
};
};```@tough abyss use your eyes.. Gosh
lone glade
wat
I still don't get the "people won't steal my shit"$
that's what licenses are for
tame portal
^
blissful wind
i think most times the worst part is jsut not crediting the author, so much could be avoided and most times thats the only thing the author wants
tame portal
Obfuscation and Encryption can only hold back people that are not willing enough to get something
tame portal
(Atleast the encryption BI uses)
lone glade
they use encryption?
tame portal
EBO
lone glade
it's probably because they're legally forced to do it
making mods and other stuff does too
broken flint
hello guys
Do you know if it is possible to use hoist with anything other than a helicopter
sorry for my english i'm french
little eagle
You're forgiven for the English, but not for being French.
tame portal
Rest in White Flags
broken flint
I am doing a crane, and I will love this feature
south pasture
Hi,
what is the safe approach to wait till player object is present both locally and on the server?
Looks like waitUntil {!isNull player}; on client still gives flase on server for {owner _x == _id;}count allPlayers != 1.
What i'm trying to achieve - headless clients register on server as task workers. Somehow waitUntil {!isNull player}; is still not enough for them
broken flint
I will have to make a attachto
lone glade
you can use attachTo with ropes
but you cannot replace the rope model
@south pasture you preferably don't
south pasture
@lone glade ?
lone glade
where is that waitUntil?
south pasture
it's in the beginning of initPlayerLocal.sqf
little eagle
Does initPlayerLocal even work for hc?
little eagle
Why not use initPlayerServer then?
lone glade
but player reports nil there, same as initPlayer
little eagle
null or nil?
lone glade
either of the two, I know it's not defined
little eagle
But then the waitUntil will always fail.
lone glade
suspending an init script should never be done
actually I wonder why BIS didn't add safeties to avoid that
south pasture
actually everything is working on HC. wait passes, request to server to register is sent, but server cant correlate clientOwner from HC with any owner of known players
@little eagle initPlayerLocal works for HC
little eagle
Hard coded, QS.
lone glade
B afaik
little eagle
That's only one key though. I thought it's one for raise and lower or smth like that.
The dialog for the heli can definitely not be reused for a crane.
candid jay
If you were to have 5k cars on your map, how would you treat the enabling / disabling of simulation (which is necessary for that amount)?
Would you have a process for each player that enables / disables the simulation on the cars that are within a 1km radius or so? Other ideas?
candid jay
that applies to a whole mission though
I'd like to enable it in a module, for module vehicles only
tough abyss
Honestly at 5k vehicles you might aswell be doing it mission wide plus its engine based.
lone glade
5K cars would crash your game
tough abyss
i.e Arma will be struggling around 8k objects due to network traffic etc
lone glade
10 000 inventory items destroy your framerate (about 20fps with frequent freezes)
candid jay
5K cars is what EXILE does.
that's why i am saying that they need to have simulation disabled
jade abyss
aren't they disabled anyway, after a certain distance?
candid jay
everything is conceivable, including switching from local to global objects
jade abyss
Or was it "just" PhysX?
candid jay
I don't know, it's a good question
little eagle
Are they actually to be used? If not -> simple object.
candid jay
well not necessarily used, but simple object would not react for instance to collisions
or a bomb
jade abyss
Collision = Does react, just no dmg
candid jay
yeah that's what i meant
jade abyss
k
candid jay
ok anyhow, any ideas welcome 😃
otherwise i'll just proceed as planned, i.e. 1 process / player marking vehicles
and 1 process on server enabling / disabling them
jade abyss
What are you trying to achieve in the end and whats the current Situation?
candid jay
I didn't want to bother you 😃 but here it is
jade abyss
*edited
candid jay
I am just considering adding civilian vehicles as part of a terrain. I just think this could add extra-realism. So I would allow to change the behaviour of these vehicles depending on settings and init.sqf configuration, something like 0 = no vehicles, 1 = non enterable vehicles, 2 = enterable vehicles
Default would be 1
jade abyss
adding civilian vehicles as part of a terrain <- ?
candid jay
yes
jade abyss
What do you mean by that?
candid jay
We are building a 25x25km terrain
jade abyss
If you add them via TerrainBuilder -> Nope, can't be added to be used by players
candid jay
and on top of standard & custom objects (for instance we have a fully working cableway)
I know, but I can simply replace vehicles on postInit
lone glade
use wreck objects
jade abyss
Meh
candid jay
Again, CONSIDERING. 😃
jade abyss
Don't do that. Let the MissionDesigners handle that
candid jay
We have precedents, for instance OpenChernarus replaces all houses in a map on postInit, and we are talking more than 5k (which BTW would just be some upper limit of sorts, i don't expect that many vehicles).
Ok, I respect that opinion
so much so, that again I'm just considering doing this as an option.
jade abyss
aye, in the end, you decide what you do. But i would be annoyed by it^^
candid jay
To a part of me, it does only seem reasonable that there would be cars in a 25x25 map. Otherwise what is that, a gigantic holocaust where we put everything including garden chairs but then... no cars? did they all flee?
jade abyss
There is almost no furniture on Altis, soooo....
candid jay
I get it, that is in the other part of me 😄
jade abyss
+Thats why it's called "Sandbox" 😉
candid jay
eheh
sure, I understand your point, I really do
so while I evaluate this idea, I'm also considering technical implications (hence my original question)
jade abyss
If a Missionmaker want's cars on it -> He will probably end up setting them himself on "strategic positions" for example
candid jay
sure
jade abyss
IF so, i wouldn't even hassle with placing them on the map itself
Note positions, put them in an array, spawn em in the init
candid jay
well
jade abyss
The only thing i would place down, would be Wrecks.
candid jay
placing them in the map allows us to have exact positions and if we change them in TB then it will reflect without further changes.
ok
jade abyss
Like "scenes" -> Hey, there are 2 wrecks who had an accident, maybe adding a corpse to it too.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
candid jay
eheh
jade abyss
"Details" <--- !!!
little eagle
Wait. Was there a command to report the line count of a multiline control?
little eagle
private _lineCount = {_x isEqualTo ASCII_NEWLINE} count toArray ctrlText _ctrlValue;
Guess I'll stick with that ^ then :/
jade abyss
Or that
candid jay
^
jade abyss
admit it, you just wanted to pose again Commy 😛
candid jay
eheheh
little eagle
Nah, but I haven't tested it yet and vaguely remembered there being something for this.
still forum
@tough abyss https://github.com/auQuiksilver/Apex-Framework/blob/master/Apex_framework_beta_101.terrain/code/functions/fn_clientCore.sqf
What the F dude?
Your reputation just dropped by 100x
lone glade
oh jesus
JESUS
that file would fucking crash atom, I have RPT logs shorter than this
why the everloving fuck are you using comment
I have so many questions
jade abyss
Like:
_QS_productVersion = productVersion;
_QS_resolution = getResolution;
_missionStart = missionStart;
_QS_worldName = worldName;
_QS_worldSize = worldSize;```
Why?!Because someone said retrieving stuff from local variables is faster than calling nular functions.
which is true
but dude
jade abyss
how much? 0.000001?
still forum
That's a perfect example of some idiot taking performance advice tooo far
lone glade
"too far"? have you seen the code?
still forum
no. More like 0.002ms
jade abyss
so many if else
and so many if if if if if instead of putting it in one
if(bla && {bla2}) etc
still forum
Yeah.. Just an idiot paying attention to the tiny optimizations that you should do when you are done with your script. And completly ignoring the big picture
It's like..
<very unreadable but extremly optimized code>
Sleep 5;
WTF dude?
jade abyss
XD
tough abyss
Lul
tough abyss
@tough abyss quality work isEqualTo quality meme
i used isEqualTo pay careful attention
jaunty zephyr
wat. 6k lines? please tell me it's generated code.
if not... props for being able to not go insane while coding
peak plover
That's so much better. If you wanna train your neck
Go and watch tennis from the first row
queen cargo
Mother of God
@tough abyss that is horrible stuff...
At least split the file up and use the preprocessor
@jaunty zephyr more levels are actually more efficient then less but chained ones in sqf
jaunty zephyr
I know. I'm not disputing efficiency here.
queen cargo
In regards of "one large vs multiple small ones"
That is complete and utter Bullshit
But it is indeed quite optimized
But sacrificed too much for nothing
jaunty zephyr
^ very much that.
ivory nova
I wrote a function that creates markers. In another script I'm trying to call it 3 times in a row, but only one of the markers gets made. Anyone have any ideas where I should start troubleshooting that?
peak plover
Unique name
queen cargo
Organization @tough abyss
jaunty zephyr
mantainability. way easier to find your way around and to avoid code duplication if it's in small chunks.
ivory nova
@queen cargo @peak plover You were right, misplaced "" 😳 Thank you
queen cargo
Lemme repeat: you did wrong and let loose of a hell lot of tools
Your execution is horrible
Not the one "thread" thingy but rather how you approached
@ivory nova no problem
How long is that file again?
0-EOF
You could have used multiple ways to get it split up (variables containing parts of the code, #include,...) or even could have created a proper system and iterate over that
Instead you just put everything into a single file without any real benefit
Form
Functionality wise it would change nothing
But it would be readable by any human being
Coding is not only getting the problem solved but getting it maintainable solved
You may succeeded in getting the job done but failed in all other requirements for coding miserably
jaunty zephyr
in my experience, "others" often includes a very sad future self
i for one tend to forget what i did when and where
queen cargo
Does not matters
You will look in a few years onto this monstrosity and ask yourself what you did there
Code styling matters just like structure does and comments do
jaunty zephyr
I've seen code and thought "who was the idiot" only to discover it was me
queen cargo
But you are the dev
The player is just your osi layer 8 problem
jaunty zephyr
right, but we're in #arma3_scripting here, so expect to be grilled for bad coding practices ;)
peak plover
It's about speed and nanosecond performqnce
ivory nova
@tough abyss = White Rose
subtle ore
of course it is Nigel, if it's not 0.0000000001 nanoseconds then it's garbage
queen cargo
There is benefit to the approach... Bit it could still have been performed better and properly
With preprocessor overriding the default commands for example
But that would not change when you would split the file up
Now you created something nobody ever will bother to read
peak plover
See that's good practice, less scripts running = less nanoseconds used
queen cargo
Where would that happen?
You could even remove the "overhead" that gets caused when using call
peak plover
You could have made 1 script handler that runs and split every function up 'tho and still only have 1 script running at any timw
queen cargo
Simply by utilizing the only thing nobody really complains about
Preprocessor
That @peak plover
False assumption of yours is the problem then
Call will not run unscheduled
No
Only way to get non scheduled is from within non scheduled environment
Spawn something and then call { sleep 1}
peak plover
Isnil causes unscheduled
queen cargo
Call is not different from if or any other command taking code as input parameter
And doing stuff with it
Otherwise if would also be automatically unscheduled
TL;DR for that script @tough abyss
peak plover
Yeh, too unorganized, might be bad for you too because going back to add or fix things will take longer than alternatives
I try to write in a way that I would understand it yesterday and tomorrow
little eagle
I just hope it doesn't catch on just because a con artist told people that it's the magic fix for fps.
tough abyss
@Moldisocks#2334 thanks for the help mate but i have managed to get compositions to spawn with my ai by using
private _cargo = [_position,0, call (compile (preprocessFileLineNumbers "objects\base1.sqf"))] call BIS_fnc_ObjectsMapper;
peak plover
@little eagle whitespaces? Shhh... It's top secret fps trick
winter dune
can someone explain me when should be using bis_addstackedeventhandler with the param onEachFrame?
peak plover
When you wanna do sth every frame
winter dune
and is it better than a for loop / while true?
if I want to run something that last forever
peak plover
It's definitely better for some things
winter dune
like?
the wiki says that only one onEachFrame loop can exist at any time, does that mean that I can't used it anywhere else beside that script?
peak plover
Ohh, using, bis fnc add stack mean u can use more
peak plover
Normal oneachframe it's only 1
If you want to limit the player to a specific area that wud come in handy
peak plover
While loop that needs to run more than once per frame
shut flower
@little eagle do you remember my problem I had with xeh init evh and so on? It seems like xeh get's recompiled at the same time the editor is initializing all placed objects. Therefore it's not even firing. Now I'm using onMissionPreviewEnd provided by 3den but strangely my functions are nil when this evh fires so I have to wait until they are not nil any more. Any ideas why this is happening? I assume it's because of the way cba compiles (and recompiles) functions.
https://github.com/chris579/grad_trench/blob/editor-place-fix/addons/functions/Cfg3DEN.hpp#L4
peak plover
It doesn't matter as much as I know, but it really depends on what you are doing. If you post code maybe I can help you dwcide
astral tendon
Im trying to get a array of units in a side but
Units west is not valid, how is the right way to do it?
little eagle
private _allWestUnits = [];
private _allWestGroups = allGroups select {side _x isEqualTo west};
{
_allWestUnits append units _x;
} forEach _allWestGroups;
_allWestUnits
Alternative:
private _allWestUnits = (allUnits + allDeadMen) select {side group _x isEqualTo west};
_allWestUnits
thanks
little eagle
yw
addAction with all the default parameters:
Midnight, if that was you, you are a hero.
astral tendon
(player nearEntities ["Man", 20])
this does noe return array in order by distance, what are the requirements to be the first in the array? also, is the player allways is the first in the array?
still forum
@tough abyss Your code doesn't say anything about FPS if it's scheduled. Your code can be a crapfest that takes hours for a single run and still run at 120fps because.. scheduled. So good fps actually say nothing at all about the performance of your scheduled scripts.
So if you say using monster scripts gives good fps.. So does any number of scheduled scripts... Even if you had thousands of scheduled scripts running it wouldn't change anything. As they run for 3ms and that's it
little eagle
@astral tendon I don't think nearEntities has guaranteed ordering by distance. They should be sorted the way they appear in the internal entities list.
nearestObjects is sorted.
still forum
#350
jade abyss
Yep, #350 (aka: Unpayable)
little eagle
This is the one place on earth to not ask this question.
You'll only get sarcastic answers.
jade abyss
That's "life" ¯_(ツ)_/¯
astral tendon
That mean any array comes in randon order by default?
still forum
"This command does not guarantee that the returned array is ordered" -> Every array is always random ordered.
No.
"This car is red" -> All cars are red. NO.
astral tendon
Like, names influence in the order?
jade abyss
No
little eagle
No, the internal entity list does.
jade abyss
what about: #community_wiki
lone glade
dedmen had to go around and delete a bunch of shit they posted last time
still forum
Leaving it so BI staff can work on countermeasures
lone glade
erf, can't remove the page :/
still forum
don't.
lone glade
yeah, figured as much
still forum
Right now you can post anything without verifiying your email or even going through a captcha.. Although the wiki software has captcha support builtin.. but BI just didn't enable it cuz... BI
lone glade
I wonder if they fixed the forums certs
little eagle
What's the point of making a bot spam "google email google"?
lone glade
that's what i'm wondering....
still forum
They spam phone numbers for tech support scam stuff I think
lone glade
I don't see any tho :/
little eagle
^
still forum
wut.. then you're blind
little eagle
Especially if you can't even find any shady links or telephone numbers.
still forum
<number> GOOGLE CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER
Google®© <number>®
little eagle
r18662017657
^ that is a phone number?
lone glade
it looks like someone passing out on numpad 😄
little eagle
This is what the world will look like when the machines take over.
I never bought something that I've seen in advertisement.
astral tendon
the addMusicEventHandler, if i add another addMusicEventHandler i will have 2 running or only one can run?
thanks
winter dune
silly question, is it better using params or private? When should I use params instead of private?
👍
still forum
params and private are totally different things.
For when you should use private... Always. But never use private ARRAY.
little eagle
Should I repeat it again?
3 is the magic number.
Instead of apples and oranges, I suggest bananas and aubergines.
If someone leaves a wishlist on a feedback "tracker", and that someone is named "Shekelberg". How likely is it for them to be a troll?
No ((())), but I'm not even sure if that software allows for them.
Cute.
F5
Heh, this pushes me at the top of the client list.
tough abyss
Just gonna put it out there... http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/triple-parentheses-echo
Triple Parentheses, also known as (((Echo))), is a symbol used by anti-Semitic members of the alt-right to identify certain individuals as Jewish by surrounding their names with three parentheses on each side. The symbol became a subject of online discussions and media scrutiny in June 2016 after Google removed a browser extension that automatically highlights Jewish surnames in the style.
austere granite
~Echos are the best thing to happen to internet culture in a long time tbh
inner swallow
I mean it's probably less about taking offence and more about how it's used
austere granite
Is there an issue with attachTo on simple objects? AttachedTo returns what it should, but it doesn't move when I move the simple object
still forum
simpleObjects are not simulated
attachTo'd objects are moved along when the object is simulated
jade abyss
isn't Network update of SO also disabled?
austere granite
Hmm okay thank you. I'll set position every frame then
jade abyss
MP or SP Adan?
austere granite
both, MP but locality updates will be... special 😄
my main position movements for quick updates already used the setPosLocal workaround tricky magick stuff
the object that i'm attaching is local btw
jade abyss
Then you shouldn't use updating per Frame. When i did that with 2017mod it looked well on the OwnerPC, but all of the other clients had lagging objects ( ~1 1/2 years ago)
You better test that pretty early of Dev in MP (DediMachine) with a friend first.
austere granite
i know
but this thing is local so its fine
params [["_object", objNull], ["_position", [0, 0, 0]], ["_commitTime", 1]];
if (isMultiplayer) then {
private _localMover = _object getVariable ["localMover", objNull];
// -- Create local object, that we attach to, so we can do local positioning
if (isNull _localMover) then {
_localMover = __LOCALMOVERTYPE createVehicleLocal _position;
_localMover setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,0,1)"];
_object setVariable ["localMover", _localMover];
_localMover setVariable ["localMoving", _object];
//private _relativePos = [0, 0, 0];
_object attachTo [_localMover];
// -- Add to an array that we loop through with commit times
private _localMoveArray = GVAR(namespace) getVariable ["localMovedObjects", []];
_localMoveArray pushBackUnique _object;
GVAR(namespace) setVariable ["localMovedObjects", _localMoveArray];
};
// -- Set the new time at which we want to make the position change global
_object setVariable ["localMoveCommitAt", diag_tickTime + _commitTime];
_localMover setPosWorld _position;
} else {
_object setPosWorld _position;
// -- (Because setPosASL and getPosASL dont'use the same coordinate system) (No i'm not joking. Arma ladies, gentlemen and attack helicopters)
};
that's what i use outside of that
but in this case i'm attaching a local object to the thing i'm changing position of, so it's fine
jade abyss
Why don't you just exchange the SO with a "normal" one on attaching, then replacing it when dropped?
Would cause less brain and scriptfuckery, or? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
austere granite
because my library is build on Terrain builder template files and the actual model paths for everything
it parses the .tml files, no create vehicle for any of the object placement
jade abyss
I am afraid to ask what you wanna do oO
austere granite
i posted videos in bludclots channel 😉
jade abyss
wich of them? I mostly skip em^^
rotund cypress
Hey guys, so it appears that owner returns 0 for everyone on client side
Any other way to do this?
willow trail
Hey guys is there a script that would make it so " If player is wearing vest run this script "? i can't find anything like it
lone glade
why do you need to use owner?
still forum
owner of what? owner player= @rotund cypress
still forum
rotund cypress
That is only local though, thats the thing
rotund cypress
Which always returns 0
still forum
owner returns 0 because the client doesn't know who owns some other thing I'd guess
try netID one part of it should be owner
little eagle
^ only the server knows which object belongs to who
lone glade
which remoteExec go through so you don't need to know who owns what
rotund cypress
I was using remoteExecutedOwner
then a function to get the player of that owner id
lone glade
and again, why?
rotund cypress
Because I want to get the player who remoteExecuted ^^
little eagle
Sounds weird. Just pass the player object as additional argument.
rotund cypress
Yeah could do obviously, but I could just use remoteExecutedOwner
Then no need for unnecessary arguments
little eagle
No, you obviously can't.
little eagle
People ¯_(ツ)_/¯
still forum
But you won't get the player that way @rotund cypress
A client can have more than one local object
rotund cypress
{
if (owner _x isEqualTo _ownerID) exitWith {_unit = _x};
true
} count ALLPLAYERSNOHC;```This is what I used to get a player from a remoteexecution
but obviously it didnt owrk
But I guess netID would work fine?
Getting the owner from that
willow trail
let me rephrase myself is it possible to make it that a script will ONLY work if a person is wearing a certain vest? sorry if its not possible but i cant find anything about it.
little eagle
This is just trolling at this point.
lone glade
@willow trail yes.
still forum
@willow trail https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vest
rotund cypress
Wait, is the owner id not the same as the first numbers before : in netid ? @little eagle
still forum
if vest unit == "vest name" then stuff
little eagle
Just pass the player object as additional argument.
rotund cypress
No need if I can get the owner id through that 😉
little eagle
Just pass the player object as additional argument.
little eagle
This is the best advice I can give you. If you want to hack around for no reason or benefit, ok.
still forum
because you are trying to find complicated workarounds instead of just going the easy way
little eagle
^
rotund cypress
I beg to differ, never having to pass an object of the executor again, which in short term means less code
still forum
a serialized object is just one integer. So you don't really create any network overhead
still forum
@rotund cypress You are trying to write code as a workaround. Why does not needing that code mean more code?
little eagle
Why ask a question if you dismiss the obvious answer?
rotund cypress
What was wrong with the code? @lone glade
Obviously I know that I could just pass in the object, however, if I can get it in this way: there is maybe no need to pass in an object @little eagle
still forum
passing an object is easier and more efficient though...
little eagle
You're making things worse. You got a bad idea.
still forum
Also
Using the workaround means there is no need for passing an object.
Passing an object means there is no need for your workaround.
willow trail
hey @still forum I've currently got
if vest player = "V_HarnessOGL_brn" then;
followed by my script but it doesn't work, I apologize in advance but i'm rather new to scripting in arma 3
rotund cypress
Is this what you want instead? @lone glade allPlayers select {owner _x isEqualTo _ownerID} select 1; cause iirc that is slower way
still forum
@willow trail https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/if
willow trail
yeah i cant make anything out of what it says on that page
still forum
Well.. I guess then you gotta take a reading comprehension course @willow trail
lone glade
or even using comment seemingly randomly
rotund cypress
Wait are you talking about my script snippet? @lone glade
willow trail
yeah sorry my english isn't as good as yours that really helps
lone glade
no simzor, i'm talking to quik
little eagle
He's using it because he's an edgy contrarian.
still forum
@willow trail There is an example.
@tough abyss why do you put so much stuff like worldSize and stuff into a private variable?
still forum
Why do you do that?
lone glade
that func is barely readable, and a mess
still forum
less function calls. So. You want more performance?
little eagle
Every if statement is a function call btw.
So there are thousands of function calls.
still forum
Like you make completly idiotic decisions to improve performance. And then you use the most idiotic ways to waste performance
Like you are a completly brainless piece of shit that doesn't understand the most basic things.
lone glade
but it's unmaintainable
still forum
It's like when you want to go through a door. You disassemble the doorframe. Take the door out. Go through. And reassemble the doorframe.
Because. uh.. Dunno. "I'm dumb I guess?"
little eagle
Maintainability is not form. But that isn't the only problem. Far from it.
still forum
20
lone glade
the worst part is that you know what you're doing, but for the wrong reasons
still forum
If you want performance then all the local variables make good sense.
But you apparently don't want performance because you don't care a couple lines later.
little eagle
I treat it as an elaborate trolling attempt that worked perfectly.
still forum
You spend days writing a bunch of shit because.. No reason.
little eagle
Sadly some people will take it seriously and waste hours on the ideas for nothing.
still forum
I'm more about the fact that someone already tried to send a link of your crap to a beginner trying to learn SQF as a example of good code.
You are dooming every beginner that looks at your code to learn stuff
little eagle
Maintainability is not form. But that isn't the only problem. Far from it.
still forum
@tough abyss btw https://github.com/auQuiksilver/Apex-Framework/blob/master/Apex_framework_beta_101.terrain/code/functions/fn_clientCore.sqf#L108
retrieving variables is slower than using constants.
little eagle
But the preprocessor is evil, Dedmen.
still forum
compiler*
jade abyss
pff
lone glade
also, quick tip, you don't need to use saveProfileNamespace
the file is written whenever the namespace changes
still forum
Or _QS_uiTime = diag_tickTime; Storing the time.. That's just dumb. The first time you use the time you stored it's already a second later. At the end of your function several minutes could've passed and you still use the time from minutes ago.
jade abyss
1st
little eagle
also, quick tip, you don't need to use saveProfileNamespace
I've been saying that one for years, but that's another thing that won't go into peoples heads.
They somehow think it's needed.
people ¯_(ツ)_/¯
still forum
https://github.com/auQuiksilver/Apex-Framework/blob/master/Apex_framework_beta_101.terrain/code/functions/fn_clientCore.sqf#L1221-L1222
Why don't you store "false" and that array in local variables?
jade abyss
The whole thing is just badly written...
exactly
little eagle
One up.
lone glade
you have so many fixed values, why not use macros?
jade abyss
lol
still forum
looking up a local variable is faster than calling player
jade abyss
0.000000001ms ?
still forum
but false is just as slow as player so if you want perf you also need to save things like true/false
little eagle
How many scopes you need to make it worse, dedmen?
still forum
I guess about 1-2
little eagle
Because there are like 20 in some places.
still forum
Which
lone glade
so many scopes, do errors even print properly?
still forum
Because that idiot wants to have nested if statements everywhere.. and each if statement is a scope
little eagle
alganthe, they never do, so who cares.
lone glade
good point
still forum
using local variables is probably like 10x slower than calling the commands
little eagle
Somehow functions calls are bad if they use call, but perfectly fine if they use then.
still forum
That might actually be faster than call
jade abyss
Anyone remembers the timeDiff of
if()then{
if()then
vs
if(bla && {bla2})then```
?lets say... with 6 Sub If's?
little eagle
On average, the nested if is better under the condition that the first statement is likely to be false.
jade abyss
what i recall is that the {} version was faster
little eagle
Depends on the probability of the statements.
jade abyss
*me slaps @little eagle with a large trout*
little eagle
Can't you like try yourself?
still forum
if(true)then{if(true)then{};}; 0.007ms
if(true && {true})then {}; 0.0059ms
if(true)then{if(true)then{if(true)then{if(true)then{if(true)then{};};};};}; 0.01ms
if(true && {true} && {true} && {true} && {true})then {}; 0.0092ms
if(false)then{if(false)then{if(false)then{if(false)then{if(false)then{};};};};}; 0.0042ms
if(false&& {false} && {false} && {false} && {false})then {}; 0.0061ms
still forum
No can't.
little eagle
Dedmen, you did the lazy eval wrong.
jade abyss
wut?
little eagle
ikr ¯_(ツ)_/¯
jade abyss
nah
hm
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation
Now the engine will only continue reading the condition after the group has some knowledge about the object. Alternatively you can use lazy evaluation syntax. If normal evaluation syntax is (bool1 .. bool2 .. bool3 .. ...), lazy evaluation syntax is (bool1 .. {bool2} .. {bool3} .. ...). Now let's look at the above example using lazy evaluation:
if (_group knowsAbout _vehicle object > 0 && {alive _object} && {canMove _object} && {count magazines _object > 0}) then {
//custom code
};```
Wrong info in there?@jade abyss The code inside the {} will only be executed if the previous one is true.
little eagle
Wrong info on Code Optimisation page?! You don't say.
jade abyss
¯_(ツ)_/¯
still forum
Using what you posted still calls the && operators needlessly
jade abyss
Dedmen (∩｀-´)⊃━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ - Today at 7:18 PM
@..aDscha The code inside the {} will only be executed if the previous one is true.```
Yes, i know?! oORemember that && itself is a command in this language.
still forum
if(false&&{false&&{false&&{false&&{false}}}})then {}; 0.0047ms
if(true&&{true&&{true&&{true&&{true}}}})then {}; 0.0086ms
little eagle
And by encapsulating it in the code block, you can skip it too.
still forum
a useless mess without any reason for being like that
little eagle
You are changing your nickname too fast. Try again later.
jade abyss
lol
little eagle
I concede.
still forum
@tough abyss
jade abyss
muhahaha, i am the commy2, i love macros
little eagle
😱
jade abyss
😱 imposer!
still forum
imposter*
jade abyss
Okay, enough fun. ttyl guys o7
lone glade
by commy2 huehuehue
little eagle
?
real tartan
I have array of classes ["B_GEN_Soldier_F", "TapeSign_F", "OfficeTable_01_new_F"] and need to determine if class is "unit" (e.g. CaMan)
still forum
little eagle
_units = _classnames select {_x isKindOf "CAManBase"};
: /
real tartan
ahh, I missed "alternative syntax", thx tho 😃
still forum
Btw to the storing nular commands in local variables being faster.
Actually storing into the variable is slow AF.
So it only pays off if you reuse it about a dozen times atleast.
winter dune
private _populateList = {
params [
["_input","",[""]],
["_params",[],[[]]]
];
private _list = (_params select 0) displayCtrl 40004;
private _cfg = missionConfigFile >> "Crafting" >> _input;
private _icon = "";
(_display displayCtrl 40006) ctrlEnable false;
lbClear _list;
for "_i" from 0 to count (_cfg) - 1 do {
private _curCfg = _cfg select _i;
private _name = getText (_curCfg >> "name");
private _id = getText (_curCfg >> "craftedID");
_list lbAdd _name;
if !(_input isEqualTo "Utilitari") then {
private _info = [_id] call life_fnc_fetchCfgDetails;
_icon = _info select 2;
} else {
_icon = ITEM_ICON(configName(_curCfg));
};
if !(_icon isEqualTo "") then {
_list lbSetPicture [(lbSize _list) - 1, _icon];
};
};
};
switch (_mode) do {
case "onLoad": {
(_display displayCtrl 40001) ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonClick", { ["Armeria",_this] spawn _populateList; }];
(_display displayCtrl 40002) ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonClick", { ["Abbigliamento",_this] spawn _populateList; }];
(_display displayCtrl 40003) ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonClick", { ["Utilitari",_this] spawn _populateList; }];
/*(_display displayCtrl 40004) ctrlAddEventHandler ["LBSelChanged", { [_this] call _selectItem; }];
(_display displayCtrl 40006) ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonClick", { [] call _craftAction; }];*/
["Armeria"] spawn _populateList;
};
default {};
};```does someone know why the actual fuck do I get _list undefined?
if I change the spawn in call, everything works
still forum
the display control doesn't exist?
winter dune
(_display displayCtrl 40001) ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonClick", { ["Armeria",_this] call _populateList; }]; ```control ID being nil
still forum
you can use sqf highlighting btw.
lone glade
or typo
lone glade
well ofc
you can't store displays and controls in vars in scheduled without disableSerialization
still forum
Should show errors tho shouldn't it?
lone glade
yes
winter dune
if using spawn yes
lone glade
it should print it in the RPT at least
still forum
Why don't you ask about the error telling you you can't pass displays then?
No you don't
(_display displayCtrl 40001) ctrlAddEventHandler ["ButtonClick", { ["Armeria",_this] call _populateList; }];
The script starts at { and ends at }
I don't see any disableSerialization in that script
winter dune
ohhh
still forum
and your _polulateLists script also doesn't have disableSerialization
winter dune
i typed disableSerialization at the beggining of my file
isn't that going to cover all?
still forum
disableSerialization covers your script.
winter dune
gonna test it right now, thank you all
still forum
The eventhandler script is a new script
and your spawned script is another new script
winter dune
👍
jade bluff
If i host a mission to play with my friends, hosted on my comp, is there a way to spawn in certain vehicles using the server Exec thing?
little eagle
Yes.
jade abyss
dam dam dam, another one for the list *sing*
candid jay
does anyone know what this could mean (in a log):
Setting invalid pitch -5759945593732464640.0000 for B Alpha 3-4:42 REMOTE
and also
22:34:44 Server: Object 49:327 not found (message Type_114)
jovial ivy
@surreal flameTheUnique#9242 _veh = "VehicleClassName" createVehicle position player; The class names can be found on the wiki. Ex: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgVehicles_WEST
river meteor
I'm having an issue calling a function I created in cfgFunctions.hpp. All the function does is attempt to diag_log but nothing happens when I call it. My cfgFunctions is sqf class CfgFunctions { class MANA { class System { file="functions\System"; class playerDisconnect{}; }; }; };
I completely failed at my attempt to highlight that, but if anyone knows what I'm missing in this would be a big help
little eagle
Open RPT and check if it says file not found or something like that.
Mission or addon?
river meteor
it's server side code, rpt doesn't seem to show an error for it. I have a diag_log in the file that calls it which is running and right before the log it says this "Client: Remote object 3:0 not found" not sure if related
little eagle
Tf is server side code? Is this an addon only running on the server?
river meteor
Yes
little eagle
Then the function will not be defined on the client period.
river meteor
Oh. I'm dumb. I just need a config.cpp
little eagle
config.cpp with CfgPatches and CfgFunctions.
river meteor
yeah. Thanks for the help
astral tendon
if (true) exitWith {
if (alive player) then{
Hint "ready";
};
true};
}; ```
Just chceking, in case that if (alive player) is not true the code still have exited?Yes.
astral tendon
thanks
One thing i noticed, seens like for a split second in MP the player is set alive before even spawns adding a Sleep 1 to the script seens to fix it, but that second can be diferent depending on the PC running (like low perfomace) or even lag? or does the initPlayerLocal starts at the same time when the spawn screen apears?
little eagle
initPlayerLocal is executed when your player becomes not null.
astral tendon
so its better ask isNull intead of Alive?
little eagle
Shouldn't make a difference. alive reports false for null. I guess !isNull is clearer though.
blissful wind
mine dispensers don´t go off with setDamage 1 ? -_-
little eagle
Need a dummy unit.
_unit addOwnedMine _dispenser;
_unit action ["TouchOff", _unit];
ah! Thanks @little eagle
little eagle
Maybe try with a createUnit'd "Logic".
private _logic = createGroup sideLogic createUnit ["Logic", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
_logic addOwnedMine _dispenser;
_logic action ["TouchOff", _logic];
deleteVehicle _logic;
Or maybe it needs an actual unit. Idk.
blissful wind
yea either that or incorporate it into the mission or task with a unit that won´t be deleted
yea that
after a quick though maybe this one would go really nice with my hack the terminal task in which you have to open the terminal and use the laptop within a certain ammount of time to complete the " hack", the only consequence so far is task failed but maybe adding a couple of dispenser that will go off if you fail it... hm.. tension that´s what i need
little eagle
Why not use the satchel to blow up the player?
little eagle
Spawn a bunch of stachels closing in on the player.
blissful wind
if done well it can completly imobilize a whole squad
little eagle
0 spawn {
for "_i" from 0 to 30 do {
sleep random 2;
private _pos = player getPos [10 + random 50, random 360];
_pos = _pos vectorAdd [0,0,30];
private _bomb = "SatchelCharge_Remote_Ammo_Scripted" createVehicle ASLToAGL _pos;
_bomb setDamage 1;
};
};
^ like this.
blissful wind
nah i want something balaced.. it can be hard but there is a chance .. with satchels you just blow up
plus mine dispensers are new
little eagle
New and shiny.
little eagle
Which?
little eagle
Still mad they didn't make one for cargo.
blissful wind
i think they did
little eagle
No.
blissful wind
oh im confusing with the getVehicleCargo
which is also nice
you can do fullcrew and even getCargoIndex afterwards if you need that info
i think fullcrew already returns the index
yea it does
little eagle
I mean the item/weapon/mag/backpack cargo. And there is no setter, and to remove you have to clear.
blissful wind
give me an example
addBackpackCargo
getBackpackCargo
clearBackpackCargo
are we talking the same thing ?
little eagle
Try to remove a single weapon from cargo.
Try to add one with specified attachments, mags and ammo count.
Oh.
Look what I found.
blissful wind
so addWeaopnItem is not working ?
little eagle
private _dispenser = "APERSMineDispenser_Ammo_Scripted" createVehicle _position;
_dispenser setDamage 1;
_Scripted is the one that exploded when dead.
blissful wind
ah! you create as a vehicle and not create mine command and it works ?
little eagle
Yeah, and you have to use this classname.
blissful wind
good find!
i will try to get around what you said to me about adding specific things to cargo to test it out
now im curious
astral tendon
The array [1,2,3], the command
select 4
is there a way to detect of that selection have nothing?
plucky beacon
you can check if its nil or null
although I think null is empty, nil doesn't exist
iirc
astral tendon
i set that command to be ```team_2 say3D ["10MC536", 20, 1];````
that does not work
team_2 say3D "10MC536"
but this does work
oh i see, maxDistance also decrease allot the volume, i need to be kissing the unit to hear
river meteor
I'm trying to have initServer.sqf from an mp mission call init.sqf located in a server side addon. Having trouble finding init.sqf what file path do I use? Even more confusing because of the pbo packaging
south pasture
daring pawn
switch _houses do {
case 1..5: {};
case 6..8: {};
};
Is something of the above possible when using case for if a variable is between two numbers?
limpid pewter
Good question idk
daring pawn
switch _houses do {
case ((_houses > 0) && (_houses < 5)): {};
case ((_houses > 5) && (_houses < 10)): {};
};
It appears the above works instead
limpid pewter
@daring pawn
what about
switch (true) do
{
case (1 > _houses > 5) : {};
case (6 > _houses < 8): {};
};
Oh, kk
Good to know
Good question idk
I am using the below code to return an array of all cars arround a marker. The script works fine when the vehicles at the position are empty and undammaged, but as soon as they explode the below code doesn't return any vehicle ojbect.
_nearbyCars = nearestObjects [(getMarkerPos _x),["car"],4];
Does anyone know how to find the 'type' name of a vehicle wreck, is in under CfgVehicleClasses?
i was thinking that this would work to return all vehicles and their wrecks
_nearby = nearestObjects [(getMarkerPos _x),["car","wreck"],4];
cedar kindle
@astral tendon regarding the array, use param with default value
meager heart
@limpid pewter entities "Car" will return wrecks and vehicles
ivory nova
Evening, does the way I have the params/variables set up look peachy? Getting undefined variable error when I try to call this with [[x,y], [x,y]] call MY_fnc_here;
private ["_point1", "_point2", "_x0", "_x1", "_y0", "_y1", "_x2", "_y2", "_deltaX", "_deltaY", "_slope", "_maxX", "_minX", "_marker"];
_point1 = _this select 0;
_point2 = _this select 1;```oh, i messed up the expected data type didn't I ...
or not, i dunno
indigo snow
uh it looks very wierd. you should only need to first line (params) to initialize the _point1 and _point2 variables
indigo snow
also depending on where that variable undefined error shows up, if might be your function thats not defined
other than that no syntax is fine
ivory nova
Hmmm, thanks!
have defined function in functions.hpp and included in description
but yeah, muh params giving me trouble
indigo snow
are you sure it's actually that line? Is your cfgFunctions accidentally calling the functions by you setting pre/postInit to 1? etc
and then diag_log is the holy grail for debugging, looking at your variables and checking which is causing the error
little eagle
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Arma 3
indigo snow
you can go there from 3den now iirc
little eagle
Latest RPT file. Copy paste the error.
ivory nova
Wow, that's neat
21:02:21 Error position: <RND_fnc_slopeIntercept;>
21:02:21 Error Undefined variable in expression: rnd_fnc_slopeintercept
21:02:21 File C:\Users\Christopher\Documents\Arma 3\mpmissions\Subvert.Altis\init.sqf, line 11```RND_fnc_slopeIntercept as a whole is undefined, not a local in the function.
limpid pewter
holy shit the .rpt files are huge, how do you find what you are looking for?
indigo snow
you look at the bottom
ivory nova
don't control + f "error" lol
limpid pewter
^
ivory nova
yeah scroll to bottom
indigo snow
errors are logged at the end
if it gets too large i sometimes just delete all the contents and go from there
little eagle
you look at the bottom
You read them from top to bottom.
little eagle
No, you look at the bottom last, because it's at the bottom.
limpid pewter
- < aghhhhhh
little eagle
The first error can cause all kinds of follow up errors. Why would I want to fix the follow up if I can just fix the initial error?
limpid pewter
My .rpt file is 88774 lines long : (
ivory nova
I have CfgFunctions including functions.hpp, which lists this borked function, it also lists other functions though, which seem to work, any idea why that might happen?
ivory nova
had checked that, but will double check
limpid pewter
@ivory nova what is borked about it?
little eagle
Check the ingame functions viewer if the function is defined. missionConfigFile.
what is borked about it?
About 88000 things.
indigo snow
have you reloaded your mission in the editor?
i dont remember if arma refreshes the description.ext
ivory nova
oh, that did it
little eagle
Restart doesn't update configs afaik.
ivory nova
phew
thank you for the help!
yeah it's in the config viewer now, awesome
you're the best
limpid pewter
when i edit a multiplyer mission i have to go back to editor, save then reload in each time i want to update my functions, is that what you mean?
little eagle
Only config, scripts are loaded after Restart too.
ivory nova
TIL!
limpid pewter
everytime i make changes to a fucntion as a file i have to do that too -_-, do you guys know a secret around this do you?
little eagle
Maybe you need -filePatching for that? Idk.
indigo snow
i think thats just for addons
little eagle
That's what I thought.
limpid pewter
wait,so you're telling me that for the past year, i have wasted 50 hours+ reloading the mission each time i change a function?
indigo snow
maybe
limpid pewter
+_+
little eagle
I reloaded missions and the game so many times that I decided to just stop making errors.
indigo snow
thats why i normally define functions inline in init.sqf or something when making missions, then move everything to cfgFunctions wrapping up at the end
limpid pewter
i know BIS has a function that recompiles (BIS_fnc_recompile), but afaik that only works for singleplayer
ivory nova
@little eagle lol!
little eagle
Could also just set up the mission in a way that it works in SP and MP, so you can test in the SP editor.
limpid pewter
yeah but i have about 20 diffrent functiosn that need to run on server for local functions to work
little eagle
And? In SP, you are the server.
cosmic kettle
20? i suggest now is the time before it reaches 200
little eagle
Just have to avoid isDedicated and use isServer instead.
cosmic kettle
isServer and hasinterface, right?
little eagle
Yes.
cosmic kettle
i member
still forum
Discord!
cosmic kettle
Spend enough time here and commy drills things into yur head ^^
limpid pewter
So i mean if you load into arma, then you go "edit" and make a mission, that is SP. MP is when you host a server on LAN, then edit from there. That;'s what i understood
little eagle
He's just a troll, Dedmen, and doesn't actually give af about them. Just another line of attack.
Deflection.
just ignore.
cosmic kettle
@limpid pewter in 3DEN, you are server and player
still forum
@tough abyss Are you a child? People who ignore #rules and spam in like half a dozen channels deserve to get banned. Not get rewarded for breaking rules.
Also. Commy actually answered his question twice. He didn't ask how.
limpid pewter
@cosmic kettle No matter whether you edit in SP or MP?
still forum
I just arrived. I see there is a TFR up there. What's going on right now.
Btw @cosmic kettle it's TFAR*
cosmic kettle
Cries in corner knew it
little eagle
All I want is, that someone replies with "How?" instead of getting offended, or getting someone else offended in his stead.
It's a good way to measure how engaged they actually are.
cosmic kettle
@limpid pewter Having trouble with what you're saying, no matter what you do, in 3den, you are server. so everything will work as is, apart from things like playableUnits etc...
limpid pewter
k
little eagle
There always is one machine with isServer being true. In single player, there is only one machine. Therefore, your machine is the server in single player.
still forum
I'd say the fact that he spammed his message in multiple channels and then didn't reply to any of the answers he got within about a minute of him asking.. Shows how engaged he really is 😄
limpid pewter
ok, thanks