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#arma3_scripting
lone glade
I had an outdated intel igpu driver, it DESTROYED the permissions on files with changing refs in git.
tough abyss
which is what i mean
queen cargo
c# actually would be a great scripting language for the arma series
lone glade
want to check out a different branch? lolnope, the folder perms are fucked
errant jasper
Your graphics driver changed permissions on a git repository?
lone glade
not on the repo
queen cargo
@tough abyss there are already arma2dotnet mods
lone glade
on files I modified through the bash console
queen cargo
youre porting intercept to .net?
tough abyss
ye
queen cargo
that is quite a big deal
little eagle
π
lone glade
I hope you got alcohol to get you through this
queen cargo
but a benefitial one
anyways
if youre doing that you might be interested in contributing to arma.studio
though ... need to refractor the docs system (again)
tough abyss
runs cause i have no clue on how to make a linter
queen cargo
no need for linting but rather development @tough abyss π
straigth busy work
also possible to be done on sqf-vm
errant jasper
Step 1. Start implementing a parser for SQF.
Step 2. Rip your hair out because of edge cases
Step 3. ????
Step 4. Profit???? PTSD???
little eagle
And it worked first try!
tough abyss
lol
queen cargo
@errant jasper @signal peak
lone glade
tfw your interface is pixel perfect... except frames, because apparently frames and backgrounds have a 1px difference
little eagle
I should scan in some of my gui drafts and upload them for science.
lone glade
would be fairly useful doc to put on the wiki honestly
little eagle
My scribblings? lol
queen cargo
@lone glade that is kinda normal for most UI stuff ... sadly
little eagle
I wrote a paper on how to design the settings stuff, though it's written to myself, so the thinking is strange and hard to explain for normal people.
peak plover
How do I get an emji library?
queen cargo
normally things like that are not due to px differences @lone glade but rather due to how the UI is displayed
as arma is not using pixel space but relative space, one pixel of an image might get displayed on two pixels on the final output which makes them blur
errant jasper
@lone glade The system works! ??
lone glade
nah, still a pixel difference on the left side of each frames
and i'm using pixelGridNoUIRescale based values
errant jasper
But the other sides are fixed?
lone glade
other side never had the issue, it's only 1 pixel of difference
peak plover
Anyone implemented emoji for arma yet?
queen cargo
wont happen anytime soon @peak plover due to how arma renders text
errant jasper
What about webdings? Can you add your own fonts?
little eagle
: D
lone glade
lone glade
PLS
still forum
@tough abyss Intercept already exports their API to c++
There is also @shut flower working on Intercept C#
lone glade
that's it guys, i'm cancelling ACE Arsenal, time to remove the module
lone glade
ofc, how would it be so perfectly aligned?
tough abyss
@still forum yes i know intercept does but i mean arma doing it themselves. also @shut flower and i have been talking π
peak plover
Just do safezoneX+ (safezoneH/25)
little eagle
safezone > pixelgrid
lone glade
ah, where's my torch again
peak plover
π Commy
still forum
Do you really want something like Intercept to be maintained by BI? It wouldn't make any progress or get any new stuff ever π
lone glade
maintained by interns π π―
peak plover
Intercept for commuinty DLC 2018
lone glade
I caaaaan't wait for arma 4 and the questions from lifers
"how do I port X to arma 4?"
tame portal
@lone glade use the ui stuff the eden update brought already ( Ν‘Β° ΝΚ Ν‘Β°)
peak plover
Arma 4 will probably not be called 4
little eagle
You mean Arma 1, right?
tame portal
ArmA: Infinite Warfare
lone glade
xXxArmAxXx
peak plover
ArmA craft
tame portal
If you name it ArmA craft you might aswell sell Premium for which people pay 100β¬
God damn Minecraft servers are making millions
tough abyss
yep
peak plover
VBS Blue. Maybe ArmA Universe or sth
tough abyss
its slightly sad
peak plover
How is it sad?
Sad because you are not swimming in money and cocain and snorting hoes
lone glade
should've made life servers
little eagle
Next Game I Code Life.
tame portal
@little eagle deal
errant jasper
Code Life! You were the chosen one! It was said you would destroy Life not join them!
little eagle
GTA SA is one of my fav games of all time, so I should be able to get into the mindset, right?
peak plover
If the top guys from this channel would band up... You'd all be driving lamborghinies and buying BTC by the dozens in a year
lone glade
"it's not copyright infrigement if I don't make money directly from it"
errant jasper
Lol. Don't forget, "I haven't made this, but use it according to fair use.... No copyright intended"
lone glade
plays the whole music anyways
"it's totally fair use if I mention it's not mine after using it"
tame portal
@little eagle SAMP had some great roleplay servers
peak plover
Lol, I only played the 24/7 drift servers
tame portal
I mostly played on the fun servers where there was Derby π
peak plover
Damn, coding a decent life would take a year
queen cargo
coding a dcecent life would take nothing ...
lone glade
a year? you're generous
queen cargo
getting the actual content delivered into it is a different story
little eagle
Assets?
queen cargo
the systems of a life server are mostly such barebone scripting that it is a pure joke
that they run so poorly
lone glade
huuuh, i've seen some really advanced ones
peak plover
I mean coding like the full system and implementing an autistic amount of features
Share your studies of the life @lone glade
What was it
little eagle
I made (parts of) AGM and ACE. How difficult can scripting Life really be?
lone glade
no, I mean the one that was posted here yesterday
peak plover
It would just take time, because it should be this massive thing with a lot of features
queen cargo
@little eagle most things are simple stuff
get a base system that provides most basic timed updating, a database addon for the server and youre settled mostly
lone glade
just make it a glorified deathmatch
peak plover
^
queen cargo
the rest is just few UIs and busywork
peak plover
But algathe, that's not where the whales reside
queen cargo
with most UIs being reusable if done right
lone glade
honestly the gameplay loop of those is fucked, it's just busywork to justify killing
errant jasper
Most of it is simple. Yet, I have one or two life-related mods, in my list. When I open a mission using those mods, I get, a skeleton error, a p3d error, and when I start it, I get a at least 30 script errors.
little eagle
Why the database? Can't you just dump everything to file and read that the next mission?
Never understood that.
lone glade
too many unique users
queen cargo
pff ... bullshit @lone glade
lone glade
you'd be surprised how much traffic they get
queen cargo
normal life servers youre right @little eagle
errant jasper
To be honest I feel a server based database is overkill for many things, so I am considered writing a storage extension using sqlite isntead.
queen cargo
however, if you want to do it right with less work on your end, you need actual data relations
errant jasper
So essentially a file, but more structured.
little eagle
What do you mean "do it right"? Why the database stuff?
queen cargo
got a whole concept for a life server somewhere on a dead HDD including the full database setup
because you got eg. product relations
and you do not want to code them by hand
but rather code code that codes it automatically from data
lone glade
I just remembered I wrote a vanilla revive system and never finished it π
queen cargo
in life servers you got "products"
little eagle
Items.
queen cargo
like from iron ore you craft iron bars and from that with wood you then craft idk pickaxe
instead of doing this whole shit yourself, you just code something that parses the database properly and you design those chains in a comfy application outside of arma and sqf
little eagle
And? You store them ingame in arrays (and pseudo namespace if you want to fancy), and at the end of the mission, you dump it all into a file.
And at the start of the next, you read and apply the file.
queen cargo
that is what is done by now more or less ... i am talking about more advanced stuff
little eagle
This can be extended to be as advanced as you want.
Everythings an array at the end of the day.
Why the DB?
queen cargo
relations ...
peak plover
Multiple servers
little eagle
Multiple servers is an actual answer.
jade abyss
@little eagle Many got/had Interfaces, where you can access your CharInformations through a HP
queen cargo
you cannot have relations in files
that is why
those would be id-based
anyways ... not gonna start about how even the whole map can be updated on-the-fly via the method i proposed
peak plover
go online > Look at your character
jade abyss
+With about 5k Entrys -> No chance with a file
tame portal
I've seen a life server have a gambling website where you could win ingame items
peak plover
^
little eagle
+With about 5k Entrys -> No chance with a file
lol, you should see my RPTs
queen cargo
^+1
queen cargo
database just provides different access to your data ...
tame portal
π₯
little eagle
5000 lines of defines.
queen cargo
most life servers not utilize a database in any bit
little eagle
one function call
jade abyss
Exactly Commy π
peak plover
you want to have a website like facebook, but for your life server
peak plover
It needs to work on all devices!!!
jade abyss
As i mentioned before: The LIFE-concept is not bad at all. It's a different kind of game, with an extreme amount of possibilitys.
But the comm... oh the community... π¦
tame portal
apps on mobile that are just a website
peak plover
And there needs to be something to do there, like gamble with in-game money or buy ingame money with real money π
queen cargo
that is stuff that can then be linked into the app @peak plover
peak plover
Website*
queen cargo
ingame money can be earned or bought via appstore
errant jasper
Don't forget lootboxes
little eagle
#include "script_component.hpp"
params [
["_name", "", [""]],
["_group", "", [""]],
["_className", "", [""]],
["_init", {}, [{}]]
];
private _slot = SLOT_CREATE(_group);
SETVAR(_slot,name,_name);
SETVAR(_slot,group,_group);
SETVAR(_slot,className,_className);
SETVAR(_slot,init,_init);
Lobby_updateSlots = true;
_slot
This is how a proper SQF function looks like. Deal with it. πΆ
tame portal
lifelotto.com @peak plover
little eagle
No U.
severe solstice
what i try is to replace
_nObject = nearestObject [(getPosATL _playerObject), _spawnObject];
with
_nObject = nearestObjects [player, ["HeliH"], 200] param [0, objNull];
_nObject = getPosATL _nObject;
but at the moment this is not gonna do it. any idear commy2?
little eagle
: /
tame portal
tame portal
Thanks
peak plover
heheee
jade abyss
whitey
little eagle
Last Christmas Thonk of the year.
little eagle
And who wrote a scripted lobby in 2 days?
tame portal
@still forum Please choose a valid option
lone glade
"2 days"
still forum
I did
tame portal
@little eagle I'll write you a broken one in one day
lone glade
I can say i wrote arsenal in 1 month, but that's without considering the bugs and QOL improvements I had to make π
instead it took around 2
tame portal
π
lone glade
i'm in denial ok?
little eagle
K, I added a few 3 days later, but it did work at that point.
Git gud and use more macros to code more efficiently.
tame portal
#define answer "No"
lone glade
tfw your 330 lines of defines aren't enough
tame portal
Help me define a list of fireworks I need to buy in a few minutes instead
tame portal
I'll blow you up anytime baby
tame portal
No but seriously I have to get to the shop before it closes otherwise I wont have any fireworks π¦
tame portal
20β¬ for 12 rockets
austere granite
dont buy fireworks, buy a bottle of wine instead
tame portal
But I want to blow something up
little eagle
Or 3.
tame portal
Don't tell anyone, but last year I accidently nuked someones mailbox
( Ν‘Β° ΝΚ Ν‘Β°)
lone glade
I don't drink, I don't smoke
grave torrent
Mortar shells and Roman candles...only way to go
little eagle
Do you want to live forever?
lone glade
with my diet? nope
jade abyss
"accidently" @tame portal Yeah... doubt it
jade abyss
Yeahh......
little eagle
The rockets are always ready.
jade abyss
doubt it.
tame portal
I attached two rockets together because I like to experiment with them, sadly one failed and it flew like 10 meters up, then the second rocket ignited and it flew parallel to the floor to someones mailbox
jade abyss
π
little eagle
Is it time to take the stupid hat off?
tame portal
You need fireworks in your picture instead
Lol
That will do https://i.imgur.com/Y6Cw8S2.png
still forum
yes
still forum
slaps @tame portal hard
tame portal
85β¬ per year is not much π
shut flower
Did someone mention me or was there a funny @here guy
still forum
two people mentioned
and only blues and higher can Γ€there I think. Not even sure if blues can
shut flower
So stupid discord doesnβt show that up when switching to the channel
Needed to scroll up 150 messages for that
However we're already in contact and try to find solutions for the C# API
While we are working with 2 different approaches
still forum
Or you just read https://support.discordapp.com/hc/de/articles/222495948-Wie-kann-ich-kΓΌrzliche-ErwΓ€hnungen-ΓΌberprΓΌfen-
austere granite
@shut flower there's an @ button on the top right
allows you to jump to it
or what dedmen said but not in krautspeak
jade abyss
At least it's not frogish
plucky willow
I'm trying to use the HandleDamage event handler to lower the damage received by a vehicle, and its successfully lowering the damage number received, but the vehicle is still getting destroyed. Could ACE be interfering with this?
still forum
yes
little eagle
Cook off I believe.
plucky willow
wow, that stopped it! thanks!
little eagle
Disabling cook off?
echo rivet
Hey guys! I'm trying to make a Safezone trigger. I want all vehicles, players and objects to be indestructable within the trigger area. Is this possible? I've tried adding object allowDamage false; but it doesn't seem to work in MP
still forum
object allowDamage false is the correct way to do it
If it doesn't work then it didn't execute
Or something else is allowing it again periodically
little eagle
allowDamage is AL EG, so if the trigger is server only, it will fail on remote objects.
echo rivet
I tried using the Protecting Zone object instead but it's cylinderformed and doesnt match my area
so I thought a trigger-area with a script could do the same thing
little eagle
Well, it can.
echo rivet
I set Activation: Any Player, Type: Present
and On Activation: object allowDamage false
On Deactivation: object allowDamage true
Doesn't work. I dont get it xD
still forum
That will obviously not work
as object is not defined. and even then it would only toggle that one object
little eagle
I don't think this is how "On Deactivation" works either.
still forum
you gotta forEach thisList
little eagle
Yeah, but not On Deactivation like that.
still forum
And I think the trigger is only activated when the first object enters right?
still forum
@echo rivet Does it need to work for AI too? Or only players and their vehicle?
still forum
buildings can't move into a trigger anyway
little eagle
// init.sqf
0 spawn {
private _protected = [];
while {true} do {
sleep 5;
private _inSafezone = (allUnits + vehicles) inAreaArray "Safezone_Marker";
{
_x allowDamage false;
} forEach (_inSafezone - _protected);
{
_x allowDamage true;
} forEach (_protected - _inSafezone);
_protected = _inSafezone;
};
};
Is this right? I'm pretty tired.
Safezone_Marker is the name of a marker you place.
little eagle
π€· I see nothing wrong with it. Add some systemChat to debug.
little eagle
W-what did change?
little eagle
Phew.
echo rivet
Too many layers of markers and stuff I mixed em up
little eagle
This is as simple a script as it gets, so I was worried I lost my edge.
grizzled spindle
Is there a way to destroy a global variable? Im ive tried setVariable ["SomeVariable", nil, true], but it doenst seem to work
meager heart
@grizzled spindle ```sqf
gvar_to_remove = 13;
gvar_to_remove = nil;
publicVariable "gvar_to_remove";
hint str (allVariables missionNamespace find "gvar_to_remove"); // - 1
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
gvar_to_remove_object = createAgent ["Goat_random_F", [0,0,0], [], 5, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
missionNamespace setVariable ["gvar_to_remove_object",objNull,true]; // or gvar_to_remove_object = objNull; publicVariable "gvar_to_remove_object";
if (isNil "gvar_to_remove_object" || {isNull gvar_to_remove_object}) then {hint str gvar_to_remove_object}; // <NULL-object>
@meager heart If you wanted to do it for a variable set via setVariable how would you go about that
echo rivet
@little eagle Noticed that the bullets inside the safe zone still did damage so I added an EH to your script to delete outgoing bullets from vehicles and the player. Seems to be working fine!
EDIT: Scratch that lmao
//init.sqf
0 spawn {
private _protected = [];
while {true} do {
sleep 5;
private _inSafezone = (allUnits + vehicles) inAreaArray "Safezone_Marker";
{
_x allowDamage false;
delBulletsEH = player addEventHandler ["FiredMan", {deleteVehicle (_this select 6);}];
hint "Damage disabled"
} forEach (_inSafezone - _protected);
{
player removeEventHandler ["FiredMan", delBulletsEH];
_x allowDamage true;
hint "Damage Enabled"
} forEach (_protected - _inSafezone);
_protected = _inSafezone;
};
};
@grizzled spindle varspace setVariable [var_name, value, isglobal] ?
grizzled spindle
Yeah thats what I have been doing
Doesnt seem to work
player setVariable ["SomeVar", false, true]
then
player setVariable ["SomeVar", nil, true]
meager heart
What is "SomeVar" ?
grizzled spindle
Its just something i made up as a example
Here is what im talking about for example
RR_Container_inUse is infact nil however its still part of the object so not actually deleted??
meager heart
There you have cursorObject getVariable ["RR_Container_inUse",DEFAULT_VALUE];
and return is DEFAULT_VALUE
What about cursorObject getVariable "RR_Container_inUse"; ?
grizzled spindle
Yes I know that but. using allvariables it still shows up as a variable
the line below
I added 1234 to provve it was nil
however if its nil why does it still show up under allVariables
meager heart
that default_value "1234" - value to return if variable doesn't exist
grizzled spindle
Yeah I understand that but what im saying is if you look at the line below where I return all the variables using the allVariables function the variable which 'doesnt exist' is listed
rotund cypress
@grizzled spindle not really any profit deleting a variable
Youll just use unnecessary network traffic (if broadcasted)
meager heart
I might be wrong here but i think that setting the nil will not delete the variable...
it will just set the value as nil
And with isglobal= true on a variable which before was local, will send message to the server for JIPs
grizzled spindle
@rotund cypress The point in deleting the variable was to remove it from the jip queue so less people had to get the variable on joining
rotund cypress
Most likely it will not make any difference @grizzled spindle
You just gotta be careful that you dont broadcast too many variables in the first place
Niling variables will most likely cause more issues than keeping it there
@grizzled spindle
tough abyss
Heya! Is there a way to open the Video-Settings of Arma through a script command or a function call? Greetings!
tough abyss
hmm okay :/
still forum
Depends on how deep you wanna go XD
@grizzled spindle Cannot delete vars on object but setting them to nil might still remove them from JIP queue. allVariables says nothing about what is in the JIP queue.
tough abyss
Good evening, an info on this order? She is not in the wiki
Added: HoldKey Function (executes a user-defined code when a key has been held down for a specified period of time)
still forum
A function is an "it"
still forum
Oh man. Who would've thought. I bet it's in the function viewer too
tough abyss
We will have to wait a little longer
lone glade
work smart, not hard
tough abyss
I do not search in the category dev
still forum
category dev?
You just type HoldKey in the searchbox on top right and press Enter
That's what a search box is for
lone glade
let's be honest, it sucks
still forum
It does. I didn't expect it to find the holdkey function. Didn't have much luck with finding functions so far
tough abyss
7am in France, I'm tired
still forum
7AM here too. Just got up half an hour ago
Just noticed I have a acceptible sleep rythm.. Interesting
tough abyss
π
little eagle
Dedmen, we're getting old.
lone glade
I just type bis_fnc_whateverIwannafind
if I don't remember the exact name i'm fucked tho so there's that
south pasture
Hi there,
setUnitLoadout produces garbage entities (backpacks), which stay in simulation queue and jip-queue. Is there any approach to overcome that behavior?
lone glade
wat
it doesn't, just so you know
also, getting backpacks out of the JIP queue, really?
south pasture
logEntities;
then
_loadout = getUnitLoadout player;
for "_i" from 0 to 20 do {
player setUnitLoadout _loadout;
};
then
logEntities;
compare and enjoy
still forum
It does @lone glade
lone glade
O.o
lone glade
that sounds like the backpacks not being removed from the scene properly
still forum
lone glade
not an inherent fault of the command
still forum
well. Still kinda the commands fault
@south pasture What happens if you manually remove the backpack? logEntities should go down. And if you then call setUnitLoadout does it still create additional entities?
like alganthe said maybe only the old backpack isn't deleted properly. Maybe it works if you do it manually
lone glade
you know where they are, at worst you can do some cleanup at 0,0,0 to alleviate the issue
meager heart
Yes had troubles with backpacks and solution was removeBackpackGlobal when you remove unit dead body
lone glade
can anyone else confirm insanely longer loadtimes on dev branch?
at least on game startup? no mods.
still forum
Editor loadtimes doubled in 1.78
south pasture
@still forum
I log to my instance of DS, do garbage stuff, logoff. Login again with diff ownerId, do it again. Entities from prev session stay (accumulate). In MP after long session over 4k garbage enities present
still forum
And you are telling me that.. why?
You just threw a bunch of useless information at me and didn't answer my questions at all
south pasture
does logging off of player destroys its inventory properly? (last backpack included)?
still forum
Dunno
lone glade
easy to check, log in on dedicated, check entities, log off, check entities
lone glade
is the issue only repeatable on dedicated?
huh, went through the dev branch updates to check if they fixed a specific enum error and what do I see:
Tweaked: Entity locality is now set before the init script call
still forum
What's that mean?
meager heart
And nobody can't exactly tell what is about
lone glade
afaik it means the owner is guaranteed to be defined before the init runs
still forum
But local this worked before right?
lone glade
yes
winter dune
a quick question, if I have to create a script which cleans up my server from vehicles after X minutes, should I go for an FSM or .sqf script?
still forum
FSM is a more complicated variant of a SQF script
I don't see why you would go for FSM
winter dune
so the best option will be to create a script server side that cleans my shit every X minutes?
still forum
FSM and SQF are both scripts
I don't know how you would do it without any script
So.. It's the best and only option
still forum
Why do you then consider using something that you don't understand
That's a very bad Idea
winter dune
I searched a bit on the web
still forum
"I'll just use this fork to eat my soup"
lone glade
FSM is best left where it is, unless you're a BI employee, then use it for mission flow because it's easier to maintain laughs in the distance
winter dune
hmm ok
peak plover
It's good to visualize stuff
But you should just plan your mission workflow out and then script it
still forum
Statemachine mission flow sounds interesting
peak plover
Genesis aka vcom is making a huge mission with the fsm
grizzled spindle
Thanks @still forum
still forum
/\(O_O)/\
peak plover
batman?
lone glade
My nightmare:
One possible issue I expected get posted to the issue tracker, poster doesn't fill out the template and doesn't give out detail / writes broken engrish.
that's on the same level as someone posting "I fixed it" when you search how to fix something
unborn mauve
Is there a way to make it so 2 AI snipers wait until Blufor goes into an area, and then shoots
unborn mauve
π€
peak plover
#define 2aisnipers (group sniper_1)
2aiSnipers setCombatMode "BLUE";//set the group to not shoot
waitUntil {// wait until
!((allunits inAreaArray [town_1,500,500,0,false]) isEqualTo [])// the list of units in the area is not empty
};
2aiSnipers setCombatMode "RED";
simple
rotund cypress
What is that lol? @peak plover
peak plover
If the snipers are in group 2aiSnipers and the target area is called town_1(object) and the disttance you want is 500m
unborn mauve
Wait you can give variable names to towns?
peak plover
inareaarray also works with area markers and triggers
unborn mauve
ah area markers
peak plover
You can place a game logic and call iot town_1
peak plover
it's group name
rotund cypress
Yet you do it π
and local variables you can.
Since the first letter is _
Either way, I would not recommend.
peak plover
Β―_(γ)_/Β― who cares π
rotund cypress
Also, naming a group 2aisnipers as well, is most likely a bad idea as this group can become bigger than two people
peak plover
place down an object, set the variable name to town_1
game logic is a plaacable object
rotund cypress
No questions are stupid my friend, however, why would you use a game logic for that? π€
unborn mauve
Because Nigel told me to :p
unborn mauve
How about a trigger? would that work?
peak plover
sure
rotund cypress
Just get the position of the town, and then use that
peak plover
with a trigger
rotund cypress
You dont need anything else
Place yourself in the town, type getPos player and get a return value.
Then use that
unborn mauve
It's supposed to be so that they go in front of a guy (5x5 area) then they start getting shot at
basically an ambush
rotund cypress
Is this going to be a static or dynamic position?
unborn mauve
static
rotund cypress
Cause if its not changing, you can just get the position beforehand
And then using a game logic or trigger would just be awful
lone glade
?
rotund cypress
Its an extra addition that you do not need
If its just a static position that will never change.
unborn mauve
So then how do I set it up?
rotund cypress
Go into where you want and get the position by command.
Then use that in your script
rotund cypress
However, if you are doing things such as calls on people entering the zone, better to use a trigger as you else must use waitUntil and what not
rotund cypress
if you are doing things such as calls on people entering the zone
@lone glade its not good to touch your face too much
unborn mauve
Yeah, so when guy goes into small area, sniper fires, but not until then
rotund cypress
Maybe spots will show up
lone glade
what am I risking?
rotund cypress
Yeah, then do what someone else said and use a trigger, but game logic would still be stupid IMO. @unborn mauve
peak plover
You can just ```sqf
params ['_group','_area',['_side',west]];
_group setCombatMode "BLUE";
waitUntil {
if !(((allunits select {(side _x) isEqualTo _side}) inAreaArray _area) isEqualTo []) exitWith {
_group setCombatMode "RED";
true
};
(isNil {_group} || {isNull _group || {(count units _group) isEqualto 0}})
};
make that a function and
```sqf
[group _unit,trigger_1,west] call nig_fnc_holdFireUntilSideInArea;
Maybe something along those lines
unborn mauve
But this needs everyone from that side to be in the area right?
lone glade
you don't even need a trigger for that nigel
lone glade
place a marker, spawn that func
peak plover
Marker area or just make your own area
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea
[center, a, b, angle, isRectangle, c]
unborn mauve
And how do I make it a function?
quartz coyote
Hello,
Is there somewhere I can find the correct links to the markers ?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cfgMarkers
exemple : "\ca\ui\data\markers\marker1.paa"
unborn mauve
well, I tought it would be a bit simpler but okay
lone glade
it's fairly simple
unborn mauve
For you sure π
lone glade
i'd say also give full knowledge of the targets before making them enter combat mode
at least they won't spend 30s finding the target.
lone glade
use reveal with max accuracy
peak plover
params ['_group','_area',['_side',west]];
_group setCombatMode "BLUE";
waitUntil {
private _units = allunits select {(side _x) isEqualTo _side}) inAreaArray _area;
if !(_units isEqualTo []) exitWith {
{
_group reveal [_x,4];
} forEach _units;
_group setCombatMode "RED";
true
};
(isNil {_group} || {isNull _group || {(count units _group) isEqualto 0}})
};
reveals
still forum
exitWith return value for the waitUntil
peak plover
^
lone glade
the syntax of that code block fucking triggers me
lone glade
or even just using private in a waitUntil
lone glade
you realize you're redefining the var over and over and over again?
still forum
Doesn't matter much
peak plover
π€
lone glade
why the fuck do you have an exitWith in a waitUntil too
hell, why the fuck do you bother returning true while using exitWith there
rotund cypress
Why the fuck are you here? @lone glade
still forum
Because you have to?
lone glade
exitWith exits the current scope, doesn't it resume the rest of the func?
peak plover
@lone glade with no true it jsut exits that current waitUntil iteration, but not the waitUntil loop
lone glade
or does it just ends that instance of waitUntil?
rotund cypress
Alganthe, chill out a bit, thanks.
lone glade
???
lone glade
:thonking: intensifies
still forum
And if you don't have a true on the stack when you reach the end of the waitUntil code. It won't end
peak plover
π¦ π¦ π¦ π¦ π¦
lone glade
so, hear me out, how about having the exitWith condition be the waitUntil block?
still forum
And the other conditions?
still forum
You could rebuild the _units array or move the variable up one scope so it stays alive
then recheck after the waitUntil if it's non-empty and then run the code in the exitWith
unborn mauve
So I have to make this a function?
peak plover
You don't HAVE toi
meager heart
just reveal will not make them fire when you need it, its just send them info, also it will trigger 'tacticool mode' and they can move somewhere from they positions
still forum
Sometimes when you reveal high enough they shoot at you through walls tho
lone glade
unless they're insanely far they should fire at them without relocating
violet helm
hey there, got a lil question for you, is it possible to return an array w/ remoteExec ? i've read the wiki, and it says "anything - nil if error - string otherwise"... so ?
still forum
What are you trying to do?
violet helm
well basically, i've got a dialog which should show some SQL-stored infos of the player. i have the correct infos when running my query, but i can't send it back to the client to update my RscStructuredText. i got it working thru a publicVariable and a waitUntil, but im kinda sure there's a more optimizated way to do it
still forum
Make a setDisplayedInfo function on your client. Which get's called with the info and displays it in the dialog
remoteExec to the server and tell it to grab the info. Then the server remoteExec's to the client that requested the Info and executes that setDisplayedInfo function
violet helm
will try that, thank you for your advice. will send back the results π
still forum
I already know it works. I'm using that in TFAR. Instead of publicVariabling back and forth which was done previously
peak plover
Works for me well when doing for AA / enemy heli
Happy new year. however
UTC still 3:51 pm
peak plover
On the internet live by UTC
still forum
UTC is +3... DOUBT
SERIOUSLY DOUBT
Did you visit primary school? Because I don't think UTC + 3 = UTC.
I think such stuff was taught in primary school right?
peak plover
he lives in there that's waht he saying
meager heart
UTC/GMT +3 hours
still forum
So you mean moscow is +3 i think and not utc is +3 i think like you wrote
quartz coyote
Is there a way to remoteexec this ?
[format["<t color='#004399' size = '2' shadow='1' align='center' font='PuristaBold'>BLUE</t> <t color='#FFFFFF' size = '2'>Team Wins<t/><br/><t color='#FFFFFF' size = '1'>Blue : Points %1 - Captures %2<br/>Red : Points %3 - Captures %4</t>",(WScore),(westtouch),(EScore),(easttouch)],-1,-1,15,2,0,4001] spawn bis_fnc_dynamicText;```UTC is either UTC. Or utc is -3 would also be acceptible. Because it's -3 from your zone
but utc is +3 i thinkis completly wrong
@quartz coyote yes.
meager heart
π
quartz coyote
yes lol I guessed :), but it's a bit complicated for me let me make a try
still forum
example 8
quartz coyote
{[format["<t color='#004399' size = '2' shadow='1' align='center' font='PuristaBold'>BLUE</t> <t color='#FFFFFF' size = '2'>Team Wins<t/><br/><t color='#FFFFFF' size = '1'>Blue : Points %1 - Captures %2<br/>Red : Points %3 - Captures %4</t>",(WScore),(westtouch),(EScore),(easttouch)],-1,-1,15,2,0,4001]} remoteExec ["bis_fnc_dynamicText", -2]``` ??right, lets try again
meager heart
[format["<t color='#004399' size = '2' shadow='1' align='center' font='PuristaBold'>BLUE</t> <t color='#FFFFFF' size = '2'>Team Wins<t/><br/><t color='#FFFFFF' size = '1'>Blue : Points %1 - Captures %2<br/>Red : Points %3 - Captures %4</t>",(WScore),(westtouch),(EScore),(easttouch)],-1,-1,15,2,0,4001] remoteExec ["bis_fnc_dynamicText",[0,-2] select isDedicated];
π
still forum
I don't see why that isDedicated tho.. but.. whatever
winter dune
cleanupFSM = [] execFSM "cleanup.fsm";
cleanup = [] spawn XYZ_fnc_cleanup;
Excuse my ignorance but, the line above are the same and they get called both of them in the init.sqf server side so I have identical cleanup system running together without any reason?
peak plover
@quartz coyote please don't send all that teext with remoteexec
still forum
No the lines are not the same. They are clearly different
quartz coyote
[format["<t color='#004399' size = '2' shadow='1' align='center' font='PuristaBold'>BLUE</t> <t color='#FFFFFF' size = '2'>Team Wins<t/><br/><t color='#FFFFFF' size = '1'>Blue : Points %1 - Captures %2<br/>Red : Points %3 - Captures %4</t>",(WScore),(westtouch),(EScore),(easttouch)],-1,-1,15,2,0,4001] remoteExec ["bis_fnc_dynamicText", -2];```
warm gorge
@quartz coyote Your passing the arguments to the remoteExec just like you would pass it if you werent remote executing it.
still forum
And no you don't have two things running without any reason. The reason is you start them both @winter dune
peak plover
@quartz coyote make your text showing into a function and just remoteExec that function
quartz coyote
@peak plover why ?? is it too big ?
winter dune
@still forum but why do I need to execute both of them?
peak plover
For you
winter dune
or should I just delete the damn fsm file and make my cleanup system
still forum
@winter dune you don't?
warm gorge
It doesnt really make much of a difference though @peak plover still pretty much doing the same thing? Would be a bit nicer though I guess
peak plover
No it's not doing the same thing
quartz coyote
@warm gorge literally didn't understand a thing ...
peak plover
[format["<t color='#004399' size = '2' shadow='1' align='center' font='PuristaBold'>BLUE</t> <t color='#FFFFFF' size = '2'>Team Wins<t/><br/><t color='#FFFFFF' size = '1'>Blue : Points %1 - Captures %2<br/>Red : Points %3 - Captures %4</t>",(WScore),(westtouch),(EScore),(easttouch)],-1,-1,15,2,0,4001] remoteExec ["bis_fnc_dynamicText", -2];
//vs
remoteExec ["nig_fnc_nigText", -2];
the amount of data you are transmitting is a lot smaller
you are sending all that for every client
which is insane
warm gorge
Do you understand how to make your own functions @quartz coyote ?
To do it how nigel suggested
quartz coyote
but ..... @peak plover I have 5 different messages to show on player's screen .... that makes a lot more functions ... i'd like to keep the number of file small ....
@warm gorge Yes np π thx
queen cargo
which is neglectable @peak plover
more important: keep the ammount of packages low instead of the data transfered
but indeed, should be improved if just for readability purpose
still forum
The size doesn't matter @quartz coyote ignore @peak plover
quartz coyote
wow ....... data transmition war xDDD
peak plover
size does not matter
Why would you send the data that's already included in the mission file? seems redundant
still forum
Because it is irrelevantly small
queen cargo
package count is more important due to packages have to be parsed
low pckcnt --> better netperformance due to: less time spend parsing the package
quartz coyote
AH ! So i'm right to keep the number of files low right ?
queen cargo
@still forum talking about size vs ammount
peak plover
π€¦
still forum
Yeah. But still one remoteExec is irrelevant
queen cargo
obviously
still forum
compared to the hundreds of position updates per second
queen cargo
took that for granted
meager heart
The size doesn't matter Β© yes its all about the diameter ππ¨
peak plover
less files more frames
warm gorge
lol
peak plover
πΎ πͺ πΈ π§
The only reason people have low fps in mods like altis life
etc.
Is that they put too many files in
Just use init box on unit and no files
quartz coyote
hahah I launched the best argument ever π
still forum
Well TBH nigel launched it
queen cargo
true dat
peak plover
By saying that you should limit sending stuff that you already have on your ram/hardrive
still forum
You don't even know that
What if that's a server-side only script from a server-side only mod?
queen cargo
don't be so harsh on him
usualy that it is not the case in #arma3_scripting
still forum
I am harsh with people that are needlessly confusing SQF beginners that are obviously already having a hard time with the basics.
peak plover
Then that's different
queen cargo
that is why we are here too @still forum
to keep the knowledge high
because you know
we are high on knowledge
peak plover
IQ > 50 only allowed in this channel
meager heart
bye
still forum
That's reasonable
queen cargo
https://zenpype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/weed-einstein.jpg <-- high on knowledge
still forum
I think with IQ>50 we are still fine an no one needs to leave
peak plover
You need to be this tall to get that joke Β―\_(γ)
still forum
nigel Β―\_(γ)
peak plover
ohh shit
still forum
the L is tall enough
peak plover
phew
warm gorge
Has anyone experienced any performance issues with setUnitLoadout? Just found a report about it creating hundreds of entities at [0,0,0]
still forum
No
But I also don't run thousands of setUnitLoadouts in missions.
We talked about that here a few hours ago
tame portal
@warm gorge You could try deleting them π
If it actually does something like that
warm gorge
Was just curious if anyone knew much about it, didnt know it was spoken about earlier here. Apparantly the issue is going to be looked into, but never know how long thats gonna take. π
still forum
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T127225 Being looked at for over a month already
warm gorge
Exactly what I mean, have seen many bug reports with the same response not get anything done about them for months and months. I understand it might be hard getting around to them with however many devs are working on Arma ( 3 ) at the moment, but a lot of painful issues often never get fixed
still forum
0 engine devs are fulltime on Arma 3 at the moment
warm gorge
Really? Uh, well we can assume where their working I guess
still forum
Actually last week and this week there are 0 devs doing anything on Arma at all
They are on DayZ
No need to assume
warm gorge
Im just waiting for an annoucement of whats going to be done with arma after the Tanks DLC.
still forum
They get moved back on a per-task basis. If there is something to do they pull them back off the DayZ team
warm gorge
I know its been discussed so many times lately, but surely Arma 4 is going to be a thing in the next couple of years, with how well arma 3 has gone
still forum
Opposite. Arma 4 is not going to be a thing in the next couple years
2-3 years of further dev time is to be expected before we get it
warm gorge
Well whats gonna be done after this last DLC for arma 3? Just fix updates and shit
still forum
exactly
still forum
probably more people moving away from vanilla to modded
and community DLC's are kinda content updates
peak plover
You have the editor. you can be playing a new scenario every day
warm gorge
If only the editor didnt have so many performance issues to where its virtually impossible to edit with maps with heaps of objects lol
still forum
performance issues in the Editor??
If the editor is already lagging you don't even need to try to launch the mission
warm gorge
Right now you cant even select a group of objects without a freeze since the last update. But with missions with hundreds of objects its extremely laggy, almost like everything is being loaded in even out of view
violet helm
hey @still forum, the method you gave me is working perfectly, thanks
queen cargo
community made DLC
would be great
would require source level access though ...
trusted members only thus
still forum
What does source access have to do with community DLC?
still forum
We already have community DLC. And it doesn't require source access. And they already said no engine changes allowed for them
queen cargo
content DLCs are boring ...
still forum
We will just push Intercept plugins
queen cargo
that is how we have to do it without, yes
still forum
And it will become something like JayArma2Lib
Just instead of one closed source binary that does a specific thing we have a fully open-source moddable/extendable system
queen cargo
wanna hook into the UI system?
still forum
That also doesn't break with each update like JayArma2Lib did.
You mean custom drawing on top of game window? that's planned. so yes
Hook the UI config crap backend stuff? no
peak plover
Thayt would be nice
queen cargo
no i talk about actual ui config stuff
we also would barely be able to introduce new engine-based systems
everything is kinda weird when done this way
with direct source level access, things could be different
still forum
Intercept is basically source level access
queen cargo
it is not
it just provides a lot of things by hooking into source
still forum
Though.. you would barely able to add stuff that Intercept doesn't already provide the API to do.
Would be easy for me
still forum
Can you read assembly?
still forum
Then take arma3.exe and read it. It has everything in it ^^
queen cargo
buhu ... so you cant right now
still forum
True.
My dev drive is dead
I cannot do anything right now
I already hooked the preproc in my debugger
tame portal
ArmA 3 Engine DLC
queen cargo
more or less
still forum
So I did all the research and have all the docs lying around on my dev drive
In form of commented assembly
queen cargo
well ... i always failed to use those RE tools ...
could dig myself through the assembly
but failing to jump back to eg. last location was killing it for me
still forum
jump back to last location is backspace in IDA
Or switch tab if you opened a new one
queen cargo
not using IDA
still forum
well then.. Β―_(γ)_/Β―
queen cargo
could have used the free version ... but that is kinda weird looking and i never understood what the percentage thingy is doing
as even after two days of runtime it still was not complete
still forum
Takes about half an hour to analyze Arma for me
still forum
And It took me over a year to somewhat master IDA.
And it's one of the easier RE tools
queen cargo
idk ... did not touched it now for a long time
could also have been something else π
but i know in x32dbg it worked out of the box and as i expected it
probably was just osi layer 8 issue
but still ... that kept me away from the free IDA version
and the paid version ... no monez
thorn saffron
Damn, There is still no single plug-and-play module/script that you can just drop into your mission have have shop and money system with would let you buy and sell items vehicles and recruit AI squad members
queen cargo
need all info we know about enfusion scripting lang
thorn saffron
I'm honestly considering kludging something up myself
lone glade
that "life" game made on UE4 will save us all (it's sarcasm)
still forum
@queen cargo Download DayZ Standalone. unpack dta/system.pbo
lone glade
you should watch it for the lulz
still forum
Double click the documentation file and read
queen cargo
the scripting language is in there?
still forum
yes
queen cargo
well ... then making room on my hdd is now required i guess
still forum
I'd send it to you but.. It's on my dev drive
queen cargo
got an idea for a quick side-project
that probably requires intercept
and a lot of parsing
A LOT of parsing
AST generation, transformign it and outputting assembly
lone glade
I want more mathemagics in arma
still forum
lone glade
even more
queen cargo
EnScript --> SQF
possible
queen cargo
you have been warned
jade abyss
Why would you do that?
queen cargo
because why not?
jade abyss
EnScript -> SQF?!
It's like... idk...
filling up a Ferrari with Catpiss
It makes no sense
i...
do what you want
queen cargo
@jade abyss but be aware: you might loose your mind about this mortal
jade abyss
I don't loose my mind, i am more in a constant facepalming pose
queen cargo
close enough for me
also thinking about some XAML-Like language for arma UIs
<ui ext:x="io.x39.framework.il.xatt" ns:my="my.example.package">
<background backgroundColor="#AAAAAAFF">
<stackpanel>
<button click="{x:static my:button_click}">
<label text="OK"/>
</button>
</stackpanel>
</background>
</ui>```would be fancy
anyways
got enough project for the next few decades again in my pipe
still forum
Not Enscript to plain SQF. Enscript to SQF Assembly
queen cargo
Needs some special instructions though
still forum
That's actually easier than using existing instructions
queen cargo
That's mandatory for everything to work without a large Performance impact
still forum
You might not have noticed but creating existing instructions is already a ducttape hackjob because they actually require a pool allocator which I don't have
queen cargo
It also adds OOP to arma for free as sideeffect
peak plover
Contrary to popular belief,
isFlatEmpty```
does not return a boolean, but instead an arrayPlease, I hope they do not implement SQF in the enfusion engine
Lets just let them keep out this creepy cousin cause its time for it
subtle ore
@edgy dune </b>
edgy dune
ah thx
rotund cypress
Keep in mind though, that is just for structured text. @subtle ore @edgy dune
So you can use parseText if you want to do it in a hint @edgy dune
subtle ore
@rotund cypress Yep, i thought that was implied
edgy dune
hint parseText "line 1 </b> line 2";
Yes ^^
edgy dune
is there away to have a variable in a addAction name?
peak plover
I'd assume yes, not sure if you could change it
meager heart
@edgy dune _object addAction [format ["Some text %1", your_variable]...
edgy dune
ah thx
subtle ore
Quick question here,
I'm having to work offline since my isp is down at the moment. I am using playMove for some anims and the ai has zero collision
Going to try and post the script, it may be a while.
All i am essentially doing is just playMoving the anim, attaching unit to snap, detaching
As soon as the ai unit is killed however, collision is back
meager heart
Ai's placed in editor or spawned ? I had some troubles with ai collisions only if they placed in editor and no troubles with spawned
@subtle ore
subtle ore
@meager heart Going to try spawned now, thanks for the feedback
meager heart
np
rancid ruin
[
["a", 22],
["j", 36],
["f", 16]
]
what'd be the fastest way to select the array element containing the largest number?
lone glade
reverse, sort, reverse
meager heart
lone glade
that func is literally:
selectMax _this
and, just so you know, he want the ARRAY that has the biggest number
also selectMax doesn't support multidimensional arrays
rancid ruin
ye got it, thanks
thought you meant reverse the order of the array initially
not the elements
lone glade
yeah, the elements, it sucks but it's the only way to do that kind of sorting
meager heart
btw here (somewhere in this channel) was solution for getting highest player score and name, but it was exactly like you just said with sort
lone glade
yes, reverse the array, sort it by last value, reverse it back to what it was
rancid ruin
just to be clear, it's not "reverse the array" really is it?
lone glade
the elements
rancid ruin
it's more "make sure the first value in a child array is numerical" isn't it?
lone glade
yes
rancid ruin
sweet just making sure
lone glade
wait, got an example in garrison
rancid ruin
you could achieve the same thing doing some weird shit with select / apply right?
lone glade
nah
rancid ruin
sort has always been the way?
lone glade
yep
rancid ruin
i've not touched sqf in months
lone glade
it uses the first value of the array.
so I reverse it to have the Z pos as first index, sort it, reverse it so I can use those again
if I didn't it would sort by the highest X pos
little eagle
The fastest way you say?
_array = _array apply {[_x select 1, _x select 0]};
_array sort false;
_array = _array apply {[_x select 1, _x select 0]};
Copy.
jade abyss
π€
little eagle
{reverse _x} forEach _array;
_array sort false;
{reverse _x} forEach _array;
And without copy.
Whad'scha thonkin about?
jade abyss
I was thinking, if i get some more food or not.
meager heart
0 spawn
{
_array = [
["a", 22],
["j", 36],
["f", 16]
];
_array sort false;
hintSilent str (_array select 0);
};
good, now you sorted them in alphabetical order
little eagle
^
meager heart
lol
little eagle
You tried.
meager heart
return is ["j", 36]
lone glade
reverse alphabetical order then
meager heart
with true // ["a",22];
little eagle
Meh.
Real sqf mathmagic begins with MACROS:
#define SINH(x) ((exp (x) - exp - (x)) / 2)
#define COSH(x) ((exp (x) + exp - (x)) / 2)
#define ATANH(x) (ln ((1 + (x)) / (1 - (x))) / 2)
no it's more like tricks then magic
more tricks ```sqf
#define PUSH(a,v) (a) set [count (a), (v)]
#define ARG(x) (_this select (x))
#define ARG_IF(x,v) (if (count _this > x) then {ARG (x)} else {v})
PUSH, we have pushBack now.
ARG, this macro replaces one command. Useless unless it replaces at least 2 commands, or duplicate arguments.
ARG_IF, we have param now.
Don't like.
Also:
than*
Inline functions!
#define SLOT_CREATE(grp) (call {\
private _lastId = GETVAR(grp,lastId);\
if (isNil "_lastId") exitWith {""};\
private _id = format ["%1:%2", grp, INC(_lastId)];\
SETVAR(grp,lastId,_lastId);\
private _slots = GETVAR(grp,slots);\
_slots pushBack _id;\
Lobby_allContainers setVariable [_id, CREATE_NAMESPACE];\
SETVAR(_id,id,_id);\
_id\
})
Is it from your lobby ?
little eagle
Yes.
meager heart
the scripted one
little eagle
These are what I wrote first and took half the time to write it. The other half was creating the gui. The scripts themselves happened somewhere inbetween waiting for reloading the configs.
meager heart
rgr
queen cargo
Please tell me you are using commands for atan and Co @little eagle
And not those macros
lone glade
extension that uses the windows calculator
stable wave
if (getVariable ["hideKD", false] && !_isPlayer) then {
_entryAllKills ctrlSetText "-";
} else {
_entryAllKills ctrlSetText str (([_player, "playerKills"] call fn_getScore) - ([_player, "teamKills"] call fn_getScore));
};
Anyone knows why the game gives me a "Missing )" Error on line 1?
little eagle
@queen cargo There is no sqf command for atanh.
queen cargo
Did not saw that h part π
little eagle
@stable wave I'm refusing to help someone tagging their functions fn_, but I'd look into the syntax of getVariable, because it's a binary command, and you used in like a unary command.
meager heart
varspace getVariable
little eagle
I'd be delighted if atan could be implemented with basic arithmetic and a natural logarithm tho.
Would make finding anti-derivatives less of a hassle.
lone glade
commy
little eagle
Yes?
lone glade
You really think we're getting more commands?
they made this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_lerp
instead of a command
queen cargo
Intercept
lone glade
at that was well before senior devs were getting moved
little eagle
I never said we get new commands.
lone glade
if we ever get that they'd make it a new one and call it atan3
meager heart
2.5 (two point five)
lone glade
we already got 2