#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 421

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 10:52 AM

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does a3 have an elseif now

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 10:52 AM

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No.

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 10:52 AM

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oh i see that's just something you came up with

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 10:53 AM

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That's something I'm coming up with right now

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 10:53 AM

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if you actually implement it, call it elif though

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elseif is stupid

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 10:57 AM

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if (cond1) then {

} elseif (cond2) then {

} elseif {cond3} then { //cond will not be evaluated if any of the above statements triggered.

} else {

};

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 10:57 AM

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idk switch on true seems cleaner no?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 10:57 AM

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switch on true seems cleaner than a genuine if then elseif else?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 10:58 AM

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or jumptable in the case of contiguous integers

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switch (true)
{
    case a: {}
    case b: {}
    case c: {}
    default {}
}

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seems less noisy to me

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 10:59 AM

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And as a coder that knows other languages with proper if then elseif else structures you also prefer the switch on true?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:00 AM

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this is sqf we're talking about, not c

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:00 AM

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Yeah? And?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:00 AM

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in sqf the switch looks cleaner to me

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:00 AM

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Because there is nothing better

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and you are already used to it

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:01 AM

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idk i think i barely ever used it

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if a then
{
}
elif b then
{
}
elif c then
{
}
else
{
}

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i guess this isn't too bad either

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:02 AM

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I can give you both elseif and elif

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:02 AM

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maybe it was just your disgusting brace style that was putting me off haha

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i don't really care, i'm just an armchair designer here i don't actually do any sqf anymore

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:04 AM

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Also my implementation still leaves room for idiots to do stuff like

if (cond1) then {} 
elseif (cond2) then {}
else {}
elseif (cond3) then {} //will never happen
;

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https://github.com/dedmen/Intercept_CBA/commit/7ae31455b9d25e60630c0eb49783aae505e8c329
And done. Doesn't support if (cond) then yet though. Either need to #define the if away or use (cond) then variant

GitHub

Added elseif · dedmen/Intercept_CBA@7ae3145

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Had the idea 42 minutes ago

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And now it's done. Why doesn't BI give us such nice things :U

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:08 AM

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whats with the names? do you just pull a random naming convention out of a hat for each symbol? :D

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:08 AM

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Especially performance as you can do elseif {} which won't execute the condition if it doesn't get to it

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what symbol? what names?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:12 AM

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i see snake_case, PascalCase, camelCase, and some weird combos Pascal_snake, camel_snakeCamel, camel_SnakePascal

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:12 AM

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Intercept is snake_case. I use camelCase and uppercase CamelCase for classnames and other global names

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:14 AM

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alright fair enough

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:16 AM

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if (cond1) then {

} elseif (cond2) elseif (cond3) elseif (cond4) else {

};

Please don't do that.

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:17 AM

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seems legit

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 11:22 AM

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if (cond1) then {
    block1
} elseif (cond2) then {
    block2
} elseif (cond3) then {
    block3
} else {
    block4
};

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Dunno how what you posted would work, Dedmen.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:23 AM

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why

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 11:23 AM

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Lack of then-blocks.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:23 AM

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uh?

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No.

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They are right there

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:23 AM

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Is one statement allowed without 'then'

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:24 AM

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Ah you mean my last post?

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:24 AM

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My bad

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I mean in elseif: you can have a following statement without bracket?

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Like in C/C++

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:25 AM

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It works because elseif returns elseIfType and also takes elseIfType.
the elseif add's the condition for the next statement into the array of statements.
and the then then pushes the code to the last added statement

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@errant jasper Not possible because SQF

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 11:25 AM

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It's something I don't like about C tbh.

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:25 AM

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Okay. I see. But basically the same practical effect, of what you posted earlier with the sequenced elseifs

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:25 AM

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The condition check just returns false if a statement doesn't have code

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:26 AM

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you don't like if (foo) bar(); ?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:26 AM

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so elseif (cond) elseif (cond) both conditions would automatically be false and they don't do anything

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 11:26 AM

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So what's wrong with:

if (cond1) then {
    block1
} elseif (cond2) then {
    block2
} elseif (cond3) then {
    block3
} else {
    block4
};

???

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:26 AM

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nothing

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 11:26 AM

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k

jade abyss Feb 2, 2018, 11:26 AM

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tl;dr

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:27 AM

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To be clear I am talking about this part: } elseif (cond2) elseif (cond3) elseif (cond4) else { .. Which works because of the weird implementation of having a goddamn type, elseIfType, used for optional branching.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:28 AM

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I could fix that by having elseIfTypeWithoutCode elseif BOOL return elseIfTypeWithoutCode and elseIfTypeWithoutCode then CODE return elseIfTypeWithCode

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That way a elseif without code is an invalid argument for the next elseif

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But too lazy

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:29 AM

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So am I correct in that: if (cond1) then { BlockA} elseif (cond2) elseif (cond3) elseif (cond4) else {BlockB}
Then BlockB will only run if all conditions are false?

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And if cond4 is true then nothing happens?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:29 AM

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no

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the conditions without a code will automatically be false

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Because there is no code so they are kinda invalid

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That's equal to

if (cond1) then { BlockA} elseif (false) then {} elseif (false) then {} elseif (false) then {} else {BlockB}

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and that's equal to
if (cond1) then {BlockA} else {BlockB}

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:32 AM

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So it will run if cond1 is false. The remaining conditions do not matter?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:32 AM

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it will go through and stop at the first condition that evaluates to true

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The else statement is implemented same as a
elseif (true) then {BlockB}

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:33 AM

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I understand (probably)... Think I will just stick to my regular patterns..

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:40 AM

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Is there a recommended ratio between setObjectViewDistance and setViewDistance values (except former being less than latter)?

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:41 AM

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Think what values are preferred are quite personal. Up to 5km's I actually prefer they are identical.

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Are you playing with ACE? Then you can just set the maximum, and people can run with their own settings, limited by the maximum.

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:46 AM

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Yes, I am. Just wandered if it ever makes sense to make them different. From the performance perspective.

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:46 AM

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Lowering the objectViewDistance does give better performance.

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The drawback is ofc you are looking down unto that empty valley that actually has houses.

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:48 AM

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Yup. And I think that goes for units too. Enemy might be there but it's not to be seen. 😃

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:50 AM

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Why don't you just let the player decide?

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 11:51 AM

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^ That like cheating in pvp

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:51 AM

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Limit min/max distance

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and let them decide between them

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 11:51 AM

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is having better hardware cheating?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:52 AM

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yes

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And just because you don't have the money to buy a better graphics card that means everyone else you play with is always cheating

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:52 AM

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Nah, this is a philosophical chat, I am not talking about restricting anything. My mate and I were actually talking about how other games put a static image of "horizon" instead of just drawing everything and I was wondered if something like that can happen in Arma.

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Arma uses "fog" outside of viewdistance

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and there is that object view distance limit which makes sense but always hard to put an exact number on it

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 11:54 AM

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But there are practical problems of having too large a max viewdistance. Team mates with worse computers will not be able to see what you see. And too large view distance might confer wrong sense of security, because the server will only properly send network information about objects using its own viewdistance.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:55 AM

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"properly" means far away objects might lag behind about a second or so

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:56 AM

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(object) view distance is calculated in 3D? For example if a plane flies above 2000m while object view distance is 1000m, he will just see the terrain?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:56 AM

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They will still be there and visible. So I don't see a wrong sense of security

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yes @fossil yew

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In helicopter/plane I usually crank it to the max even if fps go down to 10

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:57 AM

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how can you play like that?

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 11:57 AM

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carefully 😄

fossil yew Feb 2, 2018, 11:57 AM

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I mean, it's nice, but also a bit sluggish 🙂

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haha ok

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 11:58 AM

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It's possible 😄

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Atleast helicopter if I'm only the gunner

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Plane and helicopter pilot get's a little harder

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 12:00 PM

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in a2 was dinamic vd script...

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:00 PM

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ACEX also has one afaik

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 12:02 PM

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https://i.imgur.com/x7bKvwa.png

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ace has

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wihtout acex

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fov based is very niiish

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:46 PM

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wtf kind of error is this arma:

Error in expression <gunDisplay setPosATL (house modelToWorld [-2.2 + (-0.2 * _size), -3.>
19:43:40   Error position: <modelToWorld [-2.2 + (-0.2 * _size), -3.>
19:43:40   Error Type Number,Not a Number, expected Number

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 12:47 PM

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sounds like NaN

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:47 PM

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_size may be nil

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:48 PM

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I'll look into it, just threw me off. So is it a number, or no? 😂

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 12:48 PM

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maybe type is number, but it's not a real number

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:48 PM

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it is, but it isn't 😛

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:49 PM

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So, a fake one 😛

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 12:49 PM

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yeah, it's a fake

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:49 PM

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I had a scalar that returned true for type checks, didn't provide any errors, but it wasn't equal to itself

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 12:49 PM

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-oo, oo etc are not in R

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:49 PM

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that was a gigantic PITA to find out

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:50 PM

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Sounds like fun lol thanks for the help

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:53 PM

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@tough abyss Have to be careful reading that. It's type is Number,Not a Number and it want's Number

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:53 PM

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Ahh, that helps.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:53 PM

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I don't know where BI got the idea to name the NaN type Number,Not a Number... But I also don't know where BI got alot of their other ideas

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:54 PM

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Ya, should really be NaN

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:54 PM

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i'd say lost in translation

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otherwise modelToWorldVisualWorld is even worse than I thought.

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and in case you're wondering, yes that's a real command, as well as modelToWorldWorld

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:57 PM

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Welll...
https://github.com/dedmen/interceptTest/blob/3c78fe6d18d6fcdb1dc7b75fcda9f44d6d9d33ab/interceptTest/cba.cpp#L603

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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modelToWorldModelWorldWorld ?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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modelToWorldWorldWorldVisualWorldWorldVisualWorldVisualASL !

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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gib a visual one, so:
modelToWorldModelVIsualWorld

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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if I were to call a function with a paramater in format 0 = [param1, param2, nil] call <function> and in this script assign the 3rd parameter _s = _this select 2; how can I use an if-statement that runs a piece of code only if the 3rd param has not been passed as nil?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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that's not how you call funcs

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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tag_fnc_function*

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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remove the 0 =

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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Uh.. you use isNil ??

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:58 PM

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yep

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:59 PM

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To check if it's nil?

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 12:59 PM

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but it still tries to run the code that's in the if-statement

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 12:59 PM

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And that's exactly how you do it

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Maybe you want https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/!_a then?

! a

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 1:00 PM

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that's the current if statement: sqf if(!isNil _s) then { [ _v, _s, true ] call BIS_fnc_initVehicle; };

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 1:00 PM

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'_s'

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need qoutes around the variable

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:00 PM

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You should check the isNil wiki page ^^

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 1:00 PM

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or { }

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:00 PM

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Because that's also not how isNil works

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 1:02 PM

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thanks @peak plover I mixed up the info on the wiki. I'll give that a shot 😃

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@still forum what do you mean? Should it be if ( !(isNil '_s')) then ....?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 1:03 PM

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nah, it checks if the var exist

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:03 PM

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isNil takes a string or a code

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a nil is neither string or code

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 1:03 PM

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also nothing stops you from using properly named local vars

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name them properly for your own sanity

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:04 PM

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or just use params

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to detect if a parameter was not passed I usually use scriptNull as default value

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also you can do if !(isNil "...")

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 1:04 PM

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if !isnil '_s' then {}

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 1:04 PM

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missing round brackets ^

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:04 PM

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Also why are you using ' instead of " ?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 1:05 PM

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because "funs"

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 1:05 PM

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don't need no parentheses

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 1:05 PM

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I know about those brackets it was about the formulation of the if-statement 😛

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if(!isNil "_setup") then {
                [
                    _vehicle,
                    _setup, 
                    true
                ] call BIS_fnc_initVehicle;
            };```

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splendid, running tests now

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 1:26 PM

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Either I am missing something, or people intentionally put misleading code on the BIKI

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The only comment, part 1 at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_initVehicle . Seems that is a glorified way to simply get nil.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:31 PM

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call compile to get a variable..

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seriously?

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What mindless piece of stawhead idiot is that guy?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 1:32 PM

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_getVariableOrNil = {
    if (!isNil (_this select 0)) exitWith {
        call compile (_this select 0);
    }; 
    nil; 
};

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wow

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just, wow.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:33 PM

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What?

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What are you talking about? If I look at that wiki page there is nothing like that on there

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Don't know at all what you mean.

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 1:33 PM

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👍

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:37 PM

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Don't know how I managed to overlook that. I usually check every edit

cedar kindle Feb 2, 2018, 1:43 PM

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mNS getvar on a local var 🤔

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 1:44 PM

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Oh crap.. you are right

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I'll just remove the whole comment as it actually makes absolutely no reason to be there

cedar kindle Feb 2, 2018, 1:44 PM

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😄

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 1:51 PM

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Good job. At least the comment will no longer confuse non-scripters trying to use the function.

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 1:58 PM

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I think this is a worse version of RETNIL.

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So:

if (!isNil "_var") then {_var}

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Needed in scheduled environment, because just using _var would error if the variable is undefined.

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:01 PM

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Can you ~~use it in a sentence~~ give an example? I assume there would be more than just _var, a side effect also?

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:02 PM

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Let's assume you have a function that reports a return value.

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So the function ends with _return, right?

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But _return might be nil/undefined.

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Your function would work fine in unscheduled environment.

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But it would error in scheduled environment.

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:03 PM

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Ah okay, I see now

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:03 PM

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So instead of writing the last line as _return, you'd write RETNIL(_return).

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RETNIL is just a macro which is essentially what I wrote.

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:04 PM

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I mean seriously. Any coherent reason why scheduled environment would behave different, except related to scheduling?

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:04 PM

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No idea. Example: https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/master/addons/xeh/fnc_endLoadingScreen.sqf

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:05 PM

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They just set the "nil is error" flag

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actually doesn't have anything to do with scheduled vs unscheduled

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:05 PM

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Unscheduled probably doesn't have this because of bwc.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:05 PM

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it's a flag that happens to be set for scheduled but not for most unscheduled scripts

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Nothing guarantees that, that won't change

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:06 PM

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How/where is this flag set?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:07 PM

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uhh

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In the code?

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:07 PM

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How do you explain code inside isNil not erroring if it's a flag? Does the command unset the flag?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 PM

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Yes it does

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 PM

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krgr

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 PM

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It launches a new script instance with that flag disabled, and then executes that instance in unscheduled

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 PM

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So it is a flag you have no direct control over, that certain commands toggle, and also typically set in the scheduled environment?

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 PM

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disabled you mean.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 PM

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spawn launches a new script instance with that flag enabled, and then pushes that into the scheduler array

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yes

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Saw that while writing last message

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@errant jasper yep

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I think it's quite consistend as in enabled in scheduled and disabled in unscheduled. But we all know BI

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:09 PM

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Make it a command. Just like disableSerialization.

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disableUndefinedCheck

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idk

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Doesn't VBS have that?

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Or was that all private vars

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Maybe?

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Or maybe let's not continue the BIS insanity, and have commands that toggle either on or off, instead of only one way xD

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:10 PM

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I don't know if I can easily toggle that at runtime

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 2:11 PM

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That's true. But more as a general principle to strive for.

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:11 PM

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Well, if isNil and spawn can, why not a command like disableSerializtion? Maybe not easy with intercept.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:11 PM

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They can because they pass the flag along when creating the script instance

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Yeah. "not easy" was what I meant. Sure it's possible the hard way

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Ah forget that

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It's right next to enabledSerialization

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:12 PM

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It only annoys me when I write something for CBA and then it breaks when someone tries to use it in init.sqf and the like.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:13 PM

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serializationEnabled/canSuspend/localOnly/undefinedIsNil are all next to eachother

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:13 PM

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localOnly?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:13 PM

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undefinedIsNil = true -> empty variables become nil.
undefinedIsNil = false -> empty variables error

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Yep. Have the same thought. Don't remember, checking right now what it does

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:14 PM

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canSuspend should atm be always the same as not undefinedIsNil.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:14 PM

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I can also change canSuspend at runtime and set it to true for unscheduled scripts XD

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Wonder what would happen

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localOnly is https://resources.bisimulations.com/wiki/privateAll

privateAll

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Though it seems a little different

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localOnly set's all variables as if they have a private

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:16 PM

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privateAll is attached to a scope?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:16 PM

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in VBS it also reads all variables as "private" and doesn't see higher scopes

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in VBS yes. In SQF it's attached to the script instance

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:16 PM

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https://resources.bisimulations.com/wiki/import

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So bad. We definitely don't need everything VBS has.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:17 PM

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Oh.. localOnly also makes global variable assignments private variables I think

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Meaning myVar = 1; after that myVar is nil

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:17 PM

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urg

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:18 PM

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because of missing _ it reads from missionNamespace instead of local scope

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:18 PM

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localOnly is never used, right?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:18 PM

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true. Always set to false

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:19 PM

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Better leave it that way. It sounds horrid.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:19 PM

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That's so dumb.. It could be so awesome if it was properly implemented

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there is the global flag per script instance.
And there is a local flag per variable assignment.
That get's set if you use private keyword and it starts with _.
Global flag missing the _ check makes that whole thing kinda useless

chrome nebula Feb 2, 2018, 2:30 PM

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Can anyone help me out, looking for a script to adjust player loadout and rank dependent on UID?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:32 PM

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What do you need?

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Most basic script basics? You should probably watch some tutorial on the youtubes or read the wiki instead of asking us.

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 2:34 PM

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youtubes is very badz sometimez dedmen

unborn ether Feb 2, 2018, 2:35 PM

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Is there any possible way to discover a code block of EVH that was already assigned?

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:38 PM

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No.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:39 PM

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discover a code block that was assigned
"discover" ? "code block"? "assigned" ?

chrome nebula Feb 2, 2018, 2:39 PM

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@still forum you talking to me? 😶

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:39 PM

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yes

unborn ether Feb 2, 2018, 2:40 PM

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@little eagle Awesome, ty

chrome nebula Feb 2, 2018, 2:40 PM

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So basically when player logs in, script runs to determine UID and assigns a loadout and a rank depending

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:40 PM

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script runs to determine UID You mean a single call to getPlayerUID

chrome nebula Feb 2, 2018, 2:41 PM

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Yus please

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:41 PM

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You want someone here to write the whole script for you? Or give you hints about what commands to use? Or explain you the basics of scripting?

chrome nebula Feb 2, 2018, 2:42 PM

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Could someone do the code for me? I’m in work currently

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 2:44 PM

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since you're at work you won't mind paying for the time it takes to write the script i'm sure

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 2:44 PM

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#350

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 2:44 PM

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$20/h pls

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 2:44 PM

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stop being bad cup oneoh

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 2:45 PM

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i'm keeping it real

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 2:45 PM

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no pain, no gain right 😛

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:46 PM

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#creators_recruiting People here write their own code mostly.

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 2:46 PM

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😂

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:46 PM

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@chrome nebula You can then wait a couple hours or days and see if anyone here is bored enough to write a script for you for free.

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Or you can learn how to script and ask for advice/help in here

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 2:47 PM

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on the other hand if you wanna learn this is the place

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:48 PM

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There are people here that are willing to teach people all of the script basics instead of just linking them to a tutorial?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 2:48 PM

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well, once in a blue moon yes

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 2:48 PM

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linking is more likely to happen

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 2:48 PM

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Did I hear selling code? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 2:49 PM

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😄

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 2:49 PM

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OPTiX awakes from his slumber

chrome nebula Feb 2, 2018, 2:54 PM

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well, I’m happy to learn?

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 2:55 PM

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here are some of the components you will need on your quest
if setUnitLoadout getPlayerUID == { then }

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 2:55 PM

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extra hints in DLCs, cost is #350 each

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 2:56 PM

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forEach

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 2:56 PM

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forEach? Why

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Assuming he does it in initPlayerLocal there is only one player to check

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 2:57 PM

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{call compile "yourcode"} forEach allMissionObjects "";

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 2:58 PM

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here's what you should do: get a book on C or another real language, work through that and when you've got a good grasp of everything, come back and you'll have no problem writing this sqf crap

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 2:58 PM

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yes good advice, go learn c and then come back and write this script

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 2:58 PM

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yes

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or other

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python is pretty popular

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:58 PM

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That is what scripting languages are for. So you have to learn C first.

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 2:59 PM

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gotta start with the basics

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can't run before you can walk you know

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 2:59 PM

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if you learn assembly first then your SQF scripts will be much faster as well

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 2:59 PM

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oneoh basically posted everything one needs.

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:00 PM

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listen to oneoh

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(not to commy)

rugged prairie Feb 2, 2018, 3:00 PM

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I guess this a scripting question (as i dont know much about programming), but here goes: Ryan's Zombies mod used a module to spawn zombies, is there a programming reason for Arma devs not to implement such a thing for units?

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 3:00 PM

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D-did I write something false?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:00 PM

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yea this gommy guy is full of 💩

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:01 PM

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i know this is your greatest fear commy but no i was just being an ass lul

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:01 PM

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@rancid ruin But you first need to take a special class in SQF Assembly

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 3:01 PM

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No, you can write modules to spawn units, and that has been done before.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:01 PM

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@rugged prairie lazyness?

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:02 PM

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I think we scared him off

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:03 PM

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it's not reasonable to expect a noob to learn asm and c this fast

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:03 PM

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Yes SQF Assembly exists.

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And yes. Writing assembly manually can make scripts faster

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Well.. You don't know how intelligent the noob is

little eagle Feb 2, 2018, 3:05 PM

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No one wants or needs to make something like that fast. oneoh posted the parts needed, and if one reads the wiki, one can figure out how to write it.

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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well no i forgot these components [ ]

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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we should crowdsource an sqf tutorial, like with chapters and shit'

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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and " "

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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but then again, arma 4 and enscript

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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@lone glade +5

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Some people from a german armaforum wanted to do that...

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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whats this arma 4? some hoax i bet

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:06 PM

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this channel should've had a weekly scripting challenge for years now...i suggested it ages ago and it's a good idea

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some kind of community blog

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:07 PM

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i will like the part when you have to explain someone why Enscript looks like C++ and then has keywords like "expands"

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:07 PM

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You can compare that forum to a life forum or the steam workshop though.. So you know how good that's gonna be

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@rancid ruin make. Give Ideas. We'll solve challenge and write blog about ideas

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:07 PM

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wat

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:07 PM

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I have lots of in-depth knowledge crap that I just puke into this channel which then get's forgotten

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Give me a place to do stuff in and I'll do :U

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:08 PM

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medium.com blogspot.com digitalocean.com

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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How about armablog.blog

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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Maybe own page on BIKI. Many years ago I found Sickboys note's here quite useful: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/6thSense.eu:EG

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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what about armablog.blog.blog.blogspot.blog

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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Actually very bad idea.. A .blog domain is 30€

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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holy moly

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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a .ovh domain is just 1,19€

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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.tk is free

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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doyouknowtheway.sqf

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:09 PM

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just make a bunch of articles on the BI wiki

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one per chapter and add a link easily viewable on the landing page

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 PM

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wikis are dogshit for browsing

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 PM

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ACE3 wiki then 😄

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 PM

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@rancid ruin I'll happily pay for that domain. If it's not unreasonably expensive like .blog or .xxx

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 PM

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Nah, most wikis just have terrible search, and poor layout for long term reading

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 PM

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plus we get versionning

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:10 PM

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i like sqf.enlighten.me

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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but none of these are onsolvable problems

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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then we can reuse it for enscript

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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Also github for the thingy like on ACE wiki is quite nice

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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oh yea those blog websites with like 60% empty space and like 5 random links to posts are much better than wiki

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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tbh you could just use github pages + jekyll for a cms

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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something like https://randomascii.wordpress.com/

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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that's all free

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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With the same kind of deep programming knowledge 😄

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:11 PM

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people could submit PRs for blog posts or whatever

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:12 PM

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If you give me ideas about what to write about I'll do that

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:12 PM

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how to abuse array refs with pushback / append / any command that modifies the array instead of returning the modified one huehuehuehue

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:12 PM

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beginners guide. server-client relationship. remoteExec. what is doable with scripting and what is doable with configs.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:12 PM

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armablog.art XD
Or armablog.tech for just 47,99€

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I certainly won't be writing a beginners guide

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:13 PM

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i would do github pages cos it'd be easier for collaboration

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:13 PM

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make a orga

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:13 PM

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with a wordpress blog or something you'd have to set up multiple users, worry about security, php, etc, fuck that

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i would offer to host it but i don't trust that my server wouldn't be hacked by arma cunts

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:14 PM

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if dedmen writes a blog we will need a blog explaining his blog

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:14 PM

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shared arrays are abuse? wtf

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:14 PM

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you mean 17 page tutorial

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:14 PM

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I'm fully for github pages.

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armablog.wang XD 10,69€

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:15 PM

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the fuck is .wang

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 3:15 PM

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Is my.wang available?

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:15 PM

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some demain he bought

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:15 PM

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no it's not

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But there doesnt seem to be a IP on that domain

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:16 PM

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sqf.github.io

errant jasper Feb 2, 2018, 3:16 PM

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I recently bought an .io domain. Still quite expensive.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:16 PM

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You can transfer my.xyz for just 3806,80€

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:17 PM

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sqf.bible

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:17 PM

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I think sqf.github.io is short enough to not need a domain

tame portal Feb 2, 2018, 3:17 PM

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its avaialble for 140€

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:17 PM

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yep ded

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:17 PM

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people will find it via hyperlink anyway

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the community just needs something like KK's blog, only better, and active in 2018

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we're in danger of losing knowledge or just not sharing it

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:18 PM

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Hm... There is a sqf.something domain still free. Wondering if I should buy it

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I already have a 6 letter domain that I can use for shortlinks

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:18 PM

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don't bother man, it's hassle

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:18 PM

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What hassle?

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Only costs like 3,50€ a year.. That's like a cent per day

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:19 PM

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money, domain privacy, less open

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:19 PM

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Didn't even mean for the blog

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just for myself for coolness 😄

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:19 PM

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breath in
RELIZ TFAR 1.0 ALRADEE
breath out
this was your daily reminder

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:19 PM

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i guess if you just point whatever.whatever to a github page then it could be useful

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:20 PM

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I'm buying man. 1€ in the first year. I'll use it for my sharex image uploads and make the main page a redirect to the blog

tepid mist Feb 2, 2018, 3:23 PM

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I hope this is the right channel to ask this, but how do I add Zeus to myself via the debug console? The mission I want to do this in is TRGM2. I've tried the assingCurator with my player ID, but I should spawn the module itself first probably, and I have no clue how to do that.

rugged prairie Feb 2, 2018, 3:23 PM

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Nah, I was eating 🍕

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:23 PM

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sorry no this is the arma blog channel

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:23 PM

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you can spawn the module with createUnit not the most trivial thing to do though

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:25 PM

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why not open the mission in editor and place a Game Master module with owner your player UID or logged admin?

rugged prairie Feb 2, 2018, 3:25 PM

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Going back to the spawn module question, is there a performance difference (between a module vs a spawn script)?

tepid mist Feb 2, 2018, 3:26 PM

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Because I do not own this mission, it's simply downloaded from the workshop, and I dont trust my players to not fuck up vehichles, and the Zeus would be the fastest way to fix mistakes :D

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:26 PM

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a module is just a script anyway, just added in a more editor friendly way afaik

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:26 PM

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you can still open up the mission if you know where to find it

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:26 PM

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modules are kinda just a more streamlined way of doing things

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:26 PM

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somewhere in /workshop

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if you play it, it's physically on your PC @tepid mist just gotta know where to find it and open it with a PBO manager

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:27 PM

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@rugged prairie a module is a script.

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Oh I'm too late :U

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:28 PM

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true but I think it's easier to have that script already been done at mission init than deploying it everytime with the debug console

tepid mist Feb 2, 2018, 3:28 PM

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I'll try to find it, otherwise I'll figure out the createunit command, thank you!

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:30 PM

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I usually just write in the rules, you fuck a vehicle up without valid reason, you're off the server this month

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:30 PM

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reasonable

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:31 PM

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especially on the I&A missions... 50% of the people there has no clue what they're doing

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:31 PM

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sounds like you don't have a clue what you're doing as well tbh

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:31 PM

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what do you mean

rugged prairie Feb 2, 2018, 3:31 PM

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Thanks for the clarification Dedmen. I'm going to read up a bit on it.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:35 PM

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I now own sqf.ovh \(O_O)/

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:38 PM

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sqf-mastery.dedmen

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:39 PM

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no such tld

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:39 PM

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sqf.edu would be cooler tho

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XD

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:39 PM

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yea good luck with that

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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didn't the xyz domains explode in their price? I think I saw it for like $7 a year on Google Domains quite some time ago

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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yeah

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well partly. Some names are insane

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others are like 8€

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still expensive compared to the 1€ for .ovh or 4€ for .de

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 3:44 PM

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.fun 1 dollar 🤷

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:44 PM

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http://sqf.ovh is up now :U

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sqf.fun would be a lie though

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:44 PM

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I'd expect ovh to be more expensive as OVH is the only registrar of ovh domains

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is that a donate button I see there? 😂

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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#realShit

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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What is ovh?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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some shitty tld

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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privately held company for webhosting and stuff

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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french CDN / VPN provider / ISP

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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didn't they also host ArmA 3 servers?

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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OVH gave away 2 free .ovh domains to everyone with an account when they first got control of the tld

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ovh host about 30% of the internet in europe probably

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 3:46 PM

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yeah. I got two back then

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Gotta catch the bus. back in 30 minutes

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oneoh get the github orga online. I'm in writing mood

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 3:46 PM

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german supplex the bus*

cedar kindle Feb 2, 2018, 3:48 PM

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gotta write that code!

warm gorge Feb 2, 2018, 4:12 PM

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private _duration = 5; // Duration (seconds)
_duration = _duration * 100;

for "_i" from 0 to _duration do {
    uiSleep 0.01;
    _ctrlProgressBar progressSetPosition (_i / _duration);
    _ctrlTextTitle ctrlSetText format ["%3 (%1%2)...", round (_i * (100 / _duration)), "%", _title];
    if ((!alive player) || {!(call _condition)}) exitWith {_fail = true;};
};

This doesn't seem to progress for exactly the specified seconds. Am I doing this wrong?

cosmic kettle Feb 2, 2018, 4:14 PM

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0.01+time commands take, but should be negligable.
at first glance seems correct.

warm gorge Feb 2, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Alright cheers, yeah it was only slightly off, was just curious why

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 4:18 PM

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why not while ?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:19 PM

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it's impossible to sleep for an exact duration, this is not just an arma thing

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 4:20 PM

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also uiSleep in for loop...

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:20 PM

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what you'll want to do is sleep in some increments and keep checking if it's yet time to invoke the action you want to perform

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then each time you invoke the action you reset the timer

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 4:20 PM

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are all integers in arma floats? or?

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:20 PM

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there are no integers

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it's all single precision float

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 4:20 PM

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okay

warm gorge Feb 2, 2018, 4:21 PM

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@meager heart Does a for loop over a while in this case really make much of a difference?

cosmic kettle Feb 2, 2018, 4:23 PM

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while = oneachframe, not sure about for

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:23 PM

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that's not correct at all

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 4:24 PM

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@still forum Sleep can sleep anywhere between the specified time and several hours

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@warm gorge

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bad discord

cosmic kettle Feb 2, 2018, 4:24 PM

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woops guess I had it mixed with waitUntil

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 4:31 PM

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while = oneachframe, not sure about for Uh.. no

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 4:31 PM

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for == if

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 4:31 PM

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nothing in scheduled is each frame

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:32 PM

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anyway the whole premise is flawed. what you want is something like this ```
total = total time to wait
interval = time between actions

start = current time
end = start + total
while (current time) < end
sleep for some small duration x, such that x < interval
if (current time) - start >= interval
perform action
start = start + interval

warm gorge Feb 2, 2018, 4:43 PM

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private _interval = 0.01;
private _start = diag_tickTime;
private _end = _start + _duration;

while {diag_tickTime < _end} do {
    uiSleep _interval;
    if ((diag_tickTime - _start) >= _interval) then {
        _ctrlProgressBar progressSetPosition ??;
        _start = _start + _interval;
    };
};

I believe I've converted your pseudocode correctly, just not sure how to go about actually progressing the progress bar. @pliant stream

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 4:44 PM

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>= _interval doesn't really make sense if you already sleep for >= _interval time

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though if you increment start... uh

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:45 PM

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do you need to update a hundred times a second?

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increase interval to 0.1 and sleep 0.01

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or 0.03, whatever floats your boat

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 4:45 PM

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for the progress pos.
totalTime = _duration
elapsedTime = (diag_tickTime - _start);

And then you can calculate how many percent are done and use that for your progress position. And get rid of the if check

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 4:46 PM

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yea just do ((current time) - (start time)) / duration to compute the elapsed ratio

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 4:46 PM

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I always forget if it's x/y or y/x 😄

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I always try when doing such things

warm gorge Feb 2, 2018, 4:54 PM

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private _start = diag_tickTime;
private _end = diag_tickTime + _duration;

while {diag_tickTime < _end} do {
    uiSleep 0.01;
    private _progress = ((diag_tickTime - _start) / _duration);
    _ctrlProgressBar progressSetPosition _progress;
    _ctrlTextTitle ctrlSetText format ["%3 (%1%2)...", round (_progress * 100), "%", _title];
    if ((!alive player) || {!(call _condition)}) exitWith {_fail = true;};
};

Awesome, got it working. Cheers guys. Appreciate it! 😃

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 5:00 PM

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is there a way to set the spawn point in the vehicle be disabled when it is full?

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 5:00 PM

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@warm gorge about loops http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-loops/ 😀

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 5:17 PM

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When I tested it a while ago

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I got faster results using time instead of diag_ticktime

cerulean whale Feb 2, 2018, 6:39 PM

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Just curious, trying to help a mateout here, what, scripting wise causes the most fps drop?

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 6:42 PM

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bad scripting

indigo snow Feb 2, 2018, 6:45 PM

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too much scripting

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 6:51 PM

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I think.. crashing the game causes the biggest fps drop

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Or does anyone know something that causes a bigger drop?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 6:51 PM

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uninstalling arma

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or even worse, turning your monitor off

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ALL the frames are gone now huehuehuehue

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 6:52 PM

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you can't do that via script tho

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 6:53 PM

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make a UI element that flashes very fast and changes color

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can't see the frames = no frames

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 6:54 PM

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Or just make a UI with thousands of empty frames

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 6:55 PM

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_f = { _this call _this };
_f call _f

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 6:55 PM

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So increase the frame rate

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 6:55 PM

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this should do the trick

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{ _this call _this } call { _this call _this } isn't that elegant

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now to just remoteexec on all clients

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:00 PM

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squint wat

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:01 PM

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don't question it

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I would just ignore him

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:02 PM

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agree

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asking what makes the most fps drop just doesn't make sense anyway

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so why even try to answer

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:03 PM

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I don't usually work with createTrigger and I am running into some issues after spawning them server-side.

west_spawn_zone setTriggerStatements ["this && (local player) && (vehicle player in thisList)", "nul=[thisList] spawn EH_fnc_inSafeZone;", "nul=[thisList] spawn EH_fnc_outSafeZone;"];

According to documentation, editor based triggers are only created on the server (they were working fine with above when placed via editor) but now they are being created server side, they don't want to work. I believe it has to do with the condition statement using local player and vehicle player in thisList, but it isn't acting in the same fashion as before.

Thoughts?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:04 PM

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wrong

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:04 PM

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XD

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:04 PM

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wait 5s

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:04 PM

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well local player can obviously not work serverside

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there is no player. nor can a player be local to the server

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:04 PM

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triggers are created on all clients unless specified otherwise for editor triggers

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:04 PM

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unless he himself is the host

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:05 PM

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Well, I understand that logic for sure, but how can I get past the locality issues if I am spawning it on the server only versus editor based before?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:06 PM

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make it a non server only trigger / change the statements ?

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"local player" only works for clients, which doesn't work if the trigger isn't present there.

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:07 PM

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I understand, I am just wondering how to distribute that to clients without spawning a new trigger for every client

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:07 PM

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spawn just one global trigger?

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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Well that is what it is doing now

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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you drop the trigger and ask here for something similar

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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And it is publicVar'd

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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you want players to not be able to fire within the safezone right?

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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It is for a mixture of things

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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I don't see how publicVar is relevant?

indigo snow Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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use isPlayer to check if a remote unit is a player

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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You can't publicVar a trigger

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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Yes, you can.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:08 PM

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No?

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How?

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You can't.

indigo snow Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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i mean you can pubvar the variable with the trigger reference

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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exactly.

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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tr = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _somePos];
publicVariable "tr";

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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which doesn't exist on the client

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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you are pVar'ing a variable

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not a trigger

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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Well, its referencing a trigger, if you want to get picky

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:09 PM

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and it doesn't exist on the client

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so all you are doing is transmiting a null object

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:10 PM

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that one is global eaglebyte ^

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:10 PM

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I guess all this is wrong then? killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-triggers-v3/

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:10 PM

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by default createTrigger creates it on all clients unless specified otherwise

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:10 PM

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"A single server trigger can be used by all clients as well as the server"

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:10 PM

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yes

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but, again

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it's your statement that is the issue

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the trigger works fine, the code in the condition field isn't

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in your case it would only work on non dedi MP on the host machine

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:12 PM

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Yes, I understand that. I was wondering if someone with more experience in creating triggers via script may know how to replicate an editor placed trigger to a scripted one with the locality intact.

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:12 PM

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Again, why keep trying to use triggers?

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:12 PM

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Because I want to avoid this: "A trigger should only be created on the server to avoid barrage of dead triggers on client disconnects"

indigo snow Feb 2, 2018, 7:12 PM

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you can use isPlayer to check if any unit is a player, so you dont need to use player

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:14 PM

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@tough abyss I think you missunderstand that sentence

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:14 PM

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I may, that is why I am asking for clarification 😃

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:15 PM

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(local player) Doesn't make any sense at all

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The player is by definition local

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:15 PM

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haha yes

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:15 PM

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Does the trigger work if you reduce the condition to something simpler?

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Your nul= is also complete bullshit

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completly useless

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 7:16 PM

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When placed in the editor it doesn't want to accept it without that

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Useless, yes, but won't work without it

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:17 PM

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Yeah. That's because of a stupid bug in editor code text fields that BI doesn't want to fix

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Only applies to the edit box though. nothing else

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It works just fine without it

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:17 PM

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it's because of how the editor text fields (and also debug console afaik) are processed

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:17 PM

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Arma just doesn't let you enter it into the text box. Your custom script trigger isn't a editor text box though

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:56 PM

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this is an exciting friday night

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 7:56 PM

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It's friday?

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 7:56 PM

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sqf-vm still seeks support in its c++ branch https://github.com/X39/sqf-vm/tree/cpp/sqfvm-cpp
i know you want it 😏

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:56 PM

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@rancid ruin what's happnin

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:57 PM

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nothing lol

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:57 PM

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why

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make something happen

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:57 PM

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i just realised it's friday night and i should do something

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but i can't even be bothered to play a game or anything

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let alone go out and do things

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:57 PM

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get the sqf blog started

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so we can start on writing crap

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:58 PM

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you say that like i've made a blog on github before

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i'm just good at telling people what to do

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 7:58 PM

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why bother to make a blog at github?

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:58 PM

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free, easy to collab

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:58 PM

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version control

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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host it yourself and ... just do it
hell ... i created a simple blog software for my page twice already Oo

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https://x39.io/

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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github pages are free

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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You obviously didn't read our conversation about it @queen cargo

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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nope

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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the idea is to have a community arma blog kinda thing

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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@lone glade do you know how to do it?

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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KK style but for everyone to contribute (within reason)

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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Or do we have to get bux?

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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something that would requrie a way to suggest new papers with admins cross-reading them?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 7:59 PM

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@still forum get bux, I did it once but it's been more than 2 years

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:00 PM

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i think you just create a repo and then attach a github page to the repo

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 8:00 PM

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Everyone should be able to contribute, but everyone should also be able to critique on what everyone

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:00 PM

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reponame.github.io

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:00 PM

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I remember it being very straightforward and pretty well documented

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:00 PM

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i think you'd need some kind of curation or you'd have noobs posting bullshit

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:01 PM

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the one issue we have with the ACE3 wiki is that you basically need WSL to build the site locally, otherwise you'll have to deal with ruby fuckery on windows

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:01 PM

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Seek for help has been dispatched towards people that know how to do this stuff

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You can just read the markdown tho so...

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Most stuff won't change on the site. And articles are written in markdown right?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:02 PM

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yes

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:02 PM

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i'm experienced with wordpress and i host plenty of sites but i'm not exactly a well rounded web dev @still forum

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although it's not rocket science

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:02 PM

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Same for me

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:02 PM

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but we use some html classes for sorting articles and other stuff such as "notes"

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:02 PM

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We'll just wait for bux to setup the basics for us now ^^

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:02 PM

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there's also the whole "is it where I want it to be"

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ruby gems on windows can just go eat a dick

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it's version hell 2.0

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:04 PM

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html classes?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:04 PM

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class htmls

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:04 PM

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out from html school

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from html earth, from html planet

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:05 PM

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</school>

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:05 PM

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ye sasseh boi

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:05 PM

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so ... requirements would be:

Basic page to read through the articles
Ability to comment on articles
Ability to login with eg. github (OAuth) to contribute articles
Ability to review contributed articles before publish
or did i missed something?

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:05 PM

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i just googled html classes, i thought i'd missed something

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:06 PM

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@queen cargo Basically a github repository.

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Just like on ACE

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:06 PM

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basically a github repo which auto deploys changes

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:07 PM

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lol pls use this jekyll theme for it http://jekyllthemes.org/themes/windows-95/

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:07 PM

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loads the shotgun

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:07 PM

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bitch please: https://blog.fefe.de/
way better

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:07 PM

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x39 i might i consider contributing to sqf vm if you fixed them headers and shit 😂

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:08 PM

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lights up a torch

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:08 PM

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not even sure what you mean with fixing headers
commandmap is already moved into its own header

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:08 PM

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the weird #ifdef _HEADER stuff

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:09 PM

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probably will never do

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feel free to "fix" it

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i personally do not get annoyed by this like you are
and i do not see any reason why i should waste my time on changing something i am fine with

also i yet have to reject a PR for reasons like this

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:11 PM

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3 contributors

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:13 PM

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mhh? @rancid ruin

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:15 PM

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i'm just messing with you. hard to reject PRs when you aren't getting any 😎

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:16 PM

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hard to get PR at all

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:16 PM

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fire department, QUICK

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:16 PM

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🚒

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:17 PM

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well looking at jekyll, i don't like many of these words

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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let's not forget @little eagle wise words:

commy2 💩 - Today at 7:19 PM
SQF is fine. People won't suddently start writing solid scripts just because we change to something else.

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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words like ruby and gcc

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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hehhehehehe

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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what is static analysis????

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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using sqf-vm you theoretically could write whole real programs using SQF

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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i'm checking the docs page out and it has "previous" and "next" buttons - on the docs page i mean wtf

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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@rancid ruin github takes care of building the site

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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making jekyll work on windows is what versionning hell looks like.

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:18 PM

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just would require some comands for it to work

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:19 PM

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sure github takes care of it, but for local tests.... shudders

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 8:19 PM

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how do i create via script a spawn point module like we have on the editor?

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I need to dynamically create a delet it.

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:20 PM

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spawn point module? you mean a respawn position?

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 8:20 PM

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Yes

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or something equivalent

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 8:20 PM

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[west,_YourCoolRespawnPointPosCoolThing] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:21 PM

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^ that

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 8:21 PM

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and if you assign it to a variable, use that info for the reverse

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:21 PM

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check the parameters for it

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 8:21 PM

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the _YourCoolRespawnPointPosCoolThing is what?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:21 PM

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just remember that it's local

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the marker

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 8:21 PM

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😂

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 8:22 PM

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Local? so the PC that make the spawn possition is the only that can spawn in it?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:22 PM

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5s, i'll post the parameters

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warning a bit large

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/*
    Author: Karel Moricky

    Description:
    Add a respawn point.
    It's recommended to call the function on server only.
    When called on client during briefing, the position will broadcasted correctly.

    Parameter(s):
        0:
            NAMESPACE
            SIDE
            GROUP
            OBJECT
        1:
            STRING - marker
            GROUP - group leader (use grpNull to dynamically use player's current group; useful when it changes frequently)
            OBJECT - object in which or around which players will be respawned
            ARRAY - precise position
        2 (Optional): STRING - respawn name, can be text or link to localization key

    Returns:
    ARRAY in format [target,id] (used in BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition)
*/

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 8:22 PM

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That is one large boi

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 8:23 PM

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yes he tall

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 8:24 PM

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but anser me, does that means being local that mean only the PC that make it is the only who can see and spawn?

subtle ore Feb 2, 2018, 8:25 PM

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If you pass a an object instead of missionNamespace or side

river meteor Feb 2, 2018, 8:26 PM

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X39#2180 Problem with sqf-vm is the lack of syntax checking. I was excited to use it, but if it can’t catch my errors and bugs as well as arma can, then I am better off sticking to arma.

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:26 PM

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well it's not feature complete is it

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:27 PM

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if you want syntax checking then use the SQF linter

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 8:27 PM

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That’s why we will use intersharp kek
Need to test porting types

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:27 PM

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btw you are very welcome in intercept slack

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:28 PM

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@river meteor SQF-VM has syntax checking
but it does not implements all types yet
which is why it cannot catch all your syntax errors (simply because it thinks stuff like loadfile is a variable instead of a command) but rather says unknown command
however, using eg. arma.studio, you will be able to lint your code files

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:28 PM

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I just realized that the intercept logo being a squirrel biting a nut is oddly fitting...... for you ded

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huehuehue

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:28 PM

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why

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I'm usually not biting nuts

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:28 PM

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furry n' all dat 😛

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:28 PM

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I don't think I know any squirrel furries

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actually..

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It's a rare furry race

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:29 PM

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🤔

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:29 PM

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http://www.squirrel-lang.org/ fyi

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:29 PM

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Intercept-Squirrel incoming?

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:29 PM

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intercept brainfuck

#

DO IT

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:29 PM

#

looks better than LUA on first look

lone glade Feb 2, 2018, 8:29 PM

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don't let your memes be dreams

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:30 PM

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that is an actual scripting language
which is what i always think of when seeing that logo

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yes, it is
but lua is plain C
squrrel requries c++ iirc

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:30 PM

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lua has a really good vm though

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:30 PM

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optimized in literal ages of work

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:30 PM

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We have C++ so who cares

#

Don't want C crap anyway

pliant stream Feb 2, 2018, 8:31 PM

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hey don't disrespect c

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:32 PM

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@river meteor https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/203020-armastudio-the-open-source-community-made-ide-for-arma/ here
not like it gets much love nowadays from me ... but as nobody is really interested in it as it seems, why bother to work on it (it is working though)

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:32 PM

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squirrel lang actually looks very enscript like...

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 8:32 PM

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it is literally based around C family

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:33 PM

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@rancid ruin bux just said he'll help with the basics

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:56 PM

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i'ma finish reading about jekyll later and see if i can help somewhere along the way

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like, some kind of decent index page or categorisation system would be useful

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rather than just a stream of random blog posts

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:57 PM

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Currently trying to get arma3 as name

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sqf is taken

rancid ruin Feb 2, 2018, 8:57 PM

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damn

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 8:57 PM

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Try fun

#

I used to have faith

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 8:58 PM

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arma3 account did nothing since 2013. And back then it only forked a dayz repo without ever contributing anything

#

I asked github support if they can give us the name

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 9:15 PM

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So, the synchronizeObjectsAdd dont really work with spawn modules, they do synchronize but the spawn point is not set to it.

#

im doing something wrong?

fleet wind Feb 2, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Allright i am trying to add a array of items into a listbox (dialog) I have tried this code { lbadd = [1500, _x] }forEach ["Test1","Test2","Test3"]; But i get this error Error reserved variable in expression
the idc is correct and i have no clue if it makes a diffrence but the dialog is created above that code and its all in a function.

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:16 PM

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yes

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lbadd is a command

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can't use that

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:18 PM

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Anyone here have extensive knowledge about admintoolkit 2.2? I have a quick question

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:18 PM

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http://www.squirrel-lang.org/squirreldoc/reference/language/classes.html Looks really nice. I think that would be quite good for arma

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I don't know what admintoolkit is soo...

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ask question

fleet wind Feb 2, 2018, 9:19 PM

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wait so what is the command for adding things in to ListBoxes then 😬

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:19 PM

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lbAdd

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Read it's wiki page

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 9:20 PM

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it is @still forum
even worse: it is simple to implement

only problem i have with it is the threading of them ... but i cannot remember what the actual problem was (just that i did not liked how it was solved)

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:20 PM

#

Theading and suspending looks very weird

#

but I don't think that would really be used for Arma scripting

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 9:20 PM

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iirc it is also extremly limited and not actual threading

#

more like the arma suspension thingy
pause main context and continue the other context

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:21 PM

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coroutines. yeah.

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Why was my message removed?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:21 PM

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but classes and such are muuch more intuitive that LUA

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@echo nest wasn't

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Lok

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 9:21 PM

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if it was red @echo nest, it was not delivered correclty

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Ok thx

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

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whole syntax is @still forum
and people barely know about squirrel

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

#

Also heard about it for the first time today

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

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When I tell admin tools to spawn an item. Nothing is spawned. Anyone have any ideas?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

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That is very specific.

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

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found it randomly when i was searching for LUA alternatives

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

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Is the admin toolkit like unofficial toolkit what is that

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:22 PM

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It's some exile tool I guess

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according to google

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:23 PM

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It's an admin tool for exile

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:23 PM

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Should better ask in exile forum then

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 9:23 PM

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Try exile discord

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:23 PM

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Everyone there just responds with"buy infistar". And I'm not gonna spend 40$ for something I might not use after 30 days

#

Just thought I'd give this discord a try.

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 9:24 PM

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NcStar is a scam

#

You don't need anti-cheat just don't play with cheaters

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:24 PM

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I just want an admin tool. Don't need anti cheat

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Just use the debug console

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Does that have teleport and item spawn?

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:25 PM

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it has literally everything that's possible

peak plover Feb 2, 2018, 9:25 PM

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You can teleport and spawn items with it but you have to type in the code manually

echo nest Feb 2, 2018, 9:26 PM

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That's ok. I'm gonna google it now

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 9:54 PM

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is there a way to detect if there is a music playing?

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 9:54 PM

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@still forum in lua you can make a class implementation through meta tables

still forum Feb 2, 2018, 9:55 PM

#

yeah. but seems kinda ugly doesn't it?

#

But I think the lua C++ bindings that exist make implementation easier

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as such easy to use bindings don't seem to exist for squirrel

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 9:56 PM

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It works
Class someclass = class(“someclass”)
SomeClasse:method()
Self.someVAr = “” — global class usable variable
End

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Never used squirrel

#

C++ has some binding with c# through clr hosting but for some reason arma didn’t play nice with it, at least for me. Idk what lua uses but I assume just doFile with exposed functions

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Or luaBind if iirc

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 10:02 PM

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squirrel was posted by me @tough abyss

tough abyss Feb 2, 2018, 10:02 PM

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Ah my bad

lofty nymph Feb 2, 2018, 10:10 PM

#

anyone know how to change the color of a checkbox??

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 10:33 PM

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remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd",[0,-2]select isDedicated, true];

What does that [0,-2]select isDedicated does? also, in MP another action apears

knotty mantle Feb 2, 2018, 10:38 PM

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it checks whether it is running on a dedicated server. If it is it execs the function everywhere but the server. Otherwise it runs globally.

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

cedar kindle Feb 2, 2018, 10:39 PM

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@astral tendon select 0 for false, 1 for true

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 10:40 PM

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False or true for what?

cedar kindle Feb 2, 2018, 10:40 PM

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for isDedicated

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and it picks the corresponding value in the array before select

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 10:57 PM

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@astral tendon as with all mystries in life, check the BI Wiki 😄 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/select

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isDedicated can be true or false

#

and select uses a boolean value like this: true => 1, false => 0

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 10:59 PM

#

what about that [0,-2]? and why check the isDedicated here?

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:00 PM

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it's for remoteExec

#

target machines for remoteExec

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

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:02 PM

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Hum... dont really get it, what is that option anyway?

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:02 PM

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targets (Optional): [default: 0 = everyone]
Number - Only 0 and 2 are special. When 0, the function or command will be executed globally, i.e. on the server and every connected client, including the one where remoteExec was originated. When 2, it will be executed only on the server. When 3, 4, 5...etc it will be executed on the client where clientOwner ID matches the given number. When number is negative, the effect is inverted. -2 means execute on every client but not the server. -12, for example, means execute on the server and every client, but not on the client where clientOwner ID is equal to 12.```

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like i said, check the wiki 😛

#

Select selects one value from the array [0,-2] based on the boolean isDedicated

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:03 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd
The second exemple is not like the Syntax

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:03 PM

#

eh?

#

It's for remoteExec

#

not the hold action

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:03 PM

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oh i see

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:04 PM

#

So if the if the environment is not a dedicated server, it remoteExecs to all clients

#

if it is a dedicated server, then it only runs for clients

#

(this way, it works on local hosted servers too)

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:05 PM

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So the BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd is Local?

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:05 PM

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you know i'm going to ask you to check the wiki again 😛

#

probably is, i don't know for sure

meager heart Feb 2, 2018, 11:06 PM

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its just addAction

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:06 PM

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Because later i had a problem that every player that joins created a new action

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:06 PM

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depends on where you're running the command from

#

you'd run that from the server, once

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:07 PM

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I need to test this again but first it was from the unit init, now i put on a SQF with a variable

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:07 PM

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if you run it from the unit int, then either don't use remote exec

#

or use if (isServer) then {do stuff}

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because unit inits run for every machine

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and you don't want that in this case, since then every machine remote execs it to every mahcine

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:09 PM

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Interesting, what about units variable that some times JIPs do not carry over?

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:09 PM

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not sure what you mean

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:10 PM

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Lets say, i make a unit with the name TestGuy

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A command like

if(alive testguy) then{hint "he is alive"}

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then start the game wtih a host and a client

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then the client disconnect and connect again and nothing happens or gets a error of undefined variable

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That usualy happens to me

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:12 PM

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depends on where you're running the command maybe

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:13 PM

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Were could i get that error?

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:13 PM

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although shouldn't, alive takes a global arg

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 11:13 PM

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if you call that comand from client and never public variable, it will never be in JIP @astral tendon

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same goes for server

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:13 PM

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although a unit var shouldn't need that?

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 11:14 PM

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such things as unit variables are not existing

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:14 PM

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i mean, you name a unit something

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:14 PM

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Also, when i talk about variable i talk about the variable we give on the editor

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 11:14 PM

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the unit names are nothign but global variables
however ,they should be globally available

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:14 PM

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yeah that's what i mean

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never happened to me roque, tbh.

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:15 PM

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That also happens to other objects

queen cargo Feb 2, 2018, 11:15 PM

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what is described above should actually never happen
either user error or some bug you discovered

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if you create an environment that you can share to test that bug, BI surely will fix it

inner swallow Feb 2, 2018, 11:16 PM

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In the case of the remoteExec command originally pasted above, it has its JIP flag set to true, so JIPs will get it fine if only executed from the server.

astral tendon Feb 2, 2018, 11:17 PM

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I already fixed most of the problems by avoid use variables that clients need to read

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if that was a week later i could ship my mission file for those testings

fleet wind Feb 2, 2018, 11:55 PM

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Allright its me again.... When i try to add a simple _unit addaction ["Test Plz",{[_this select 0] call JaM_fnc_selectstyle}]; it gives me awarning saying it (the function) may not be declared. Am i doing something wrong when i define them ? http://prntscr.com/i9dyf2 http://prntscr.com/i9dyie

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:11 AM

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Ok, you can check if they loaded correctly buy clicking the functiosn button under the debug console (in 3den ctrl + d)

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On the top left choose missionConfigFile in the functions browser

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Your path is wrong

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Wait

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nvm

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:15 AM

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@fleet wind where you get that error

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if in your "IDE" then ignore it

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:16 AM

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class pooPoo{
    class kaka {
        file = "functions";
        class gaga{};
    };
};
//
call pooPoo_fnc_gaga;

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:16 AM

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only errors rly matter are the ones in arma

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:18 AM

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@peak plover can you skip the first tagg thing ?

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:19 AM

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Check the functions library in-game.

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:19 AM

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How would i do that?

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:19 AM

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in editor

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CTRL D

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and functions

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It's a button on the bottom

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Then when it opens

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Top ~~right~~ EDIT LEFT

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Switch to missionConfigFile

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:20 AM

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could you answer my question @fleet wind?

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_unit addaction ["Test Plz",{[_this select 0] call JaM_fnc_selectstyle}];
your JaM_fnc_selectstyle is correct
only thing matters is that there is a file located at /functions/fn_selectstyle.sqf
if it is, it probably is a text editor warning you refer to and not some ingame error (because it would be new that ingame anything is erroring at all when undefined variables are used)

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:21 AM

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Yes sorry @queen cargo i get an error in game with one of my 3 functions Error undefined variable in expression

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:22 AM

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double check that you can load the file functions/fn_selectstyle.sqf in the editor

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:22 AM

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BTW how often do people use LOCATIONS?

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:23 AM

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depends on what you mean with using

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:23 AM

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CTRL D does nothing in editor ....

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:23 AM

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oN the top

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Tools > debug console

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*tools > functions

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That one exists too

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nearestLocation  [[0,0,0],'u_installation']

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I just checked and there's tons of location types in the vanilla game

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I wanna abuse some of them

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And create my own locations

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Just wondering if anyone else does that so I don't conflict

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:24 AM

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tools > functions viewer?

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:24 AM

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Yeah

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:26 AM

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Its all there

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http://prntscr.com/i9ecbh

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 12:27 AM

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The middle selection on top left is the tag thing

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:27 AM

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make a screenshot of the error msg @fleet wind

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:27 AM

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Nothing changes

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http://prntscr.com/i9ed85

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@queen cargo

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:29 AM

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JaM_fn_test is not correct

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JaM_fnc_test is what you need to use

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:30 AM

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I am really that stupid lul let me test

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:30 AM

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how do i pass a crew to a seat to a gunner?

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:30 AM

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npnp
those issues are usually the once that slip through with ease

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:30 AM

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like we have on the action menu

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:30 AM

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just next time open up with the exact error msg in the very begining @fleet wind 😄

fleet wind Feb 3, 2018, 12:31 AM

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Will do boss lol Sorry to waste your time

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:32 AM

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no wasting here
you have been nice

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this channel is for helping afterall

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:33 AM

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any ideas?

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:33 AM

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not really sure what you actually want to do

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:34 AM

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A code to pass from a passager seat to the gunner, like we already have on the action menu

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:34 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/moveInGunner

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with the addaction condition checking that you are currently not in the gunner slot already (gunner vehicle player != player)

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:36 AM

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moveInGunner do not work when the unit is inside of the vehicle

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:42 AM

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first moveout then movein

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:43 AM

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_this = vehicle player;
moveout player;
player moveInGunner _this;

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Im using this but i feel that is a litle wrong

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 12:49 AM

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you can add a comment "dirty" if it makes you feel better

astral tendon Feb 3, 2018, 12:55 AM

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_thisIsWrong = vehicle player;
moveout player;
player moveInGunner _thisIsWrong ;

peak plover Feb 3, 2018, 2:47 AM

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ABout the location question

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im using these classes to create locations and use them for myself

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But my question is, would this ever interfear with anything?

drowsy axle Feb 3, 2018, 4:33 AM

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Hey guys. Is it possible to get the location of a smoke?

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:34 AM

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Yes.

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:34 AM

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depends if you mean position or the location it's closest to

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both are yes but both are done a bit differently

drowsy axle Feb 3, 2018, 4:35 AM

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I'm looking for a gun run to be made on the pop of yellow smoke.. (would be funny if the AI popped yellow smoke)

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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AI do "pop" smoke, not sure what you mean for a gun run?

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You mean like on a plane?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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ofc

drowsy axle Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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Yea A-10 brrrrrt

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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what else would he mean, bob in his cessna? huehuehue

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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Wtf, okay well you're creating the smoke in the first place. So...

drowsy axle Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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haha lol

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:36 AM

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Yes, Alganthe

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:38 AM

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wait, I have better

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:38 AM

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like.

private _coolSmokeIGuessIDunnoThisIsLongVariableName = "SmokeShell" createVehicle getPosATL _vehicleThingy;
_pos = getPosATL _coolSmokeIGuessIDunnoThisIsLongVariableName;

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:40 AM

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I present to you the hog wild van:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71qj_AAw248&feature=youtu.be

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the bestest at close ground support 😄

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:41 AM

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😱

drowsy axle Feb 3, 2018, 4:44 AM

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How would I spawn a the gun run module from zeus? (without the use of zeus obvs)

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Would that be possible?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:45 AM

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yes

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ah fuck, that's stupid, they have a curator check for that module O.o

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:58 AM

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Any reason why zero CfgCloudlet classes are working with a particle source set by setParticleClass ?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 4:59 AM

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absolutely none?

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 4:59 AM

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Nope, not a single one works

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:00 AM

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how do you know it doesn't work?

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:00 AM

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Nothing Visual after object is created, nothing seems to be returned after creation either

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:00 AM

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are you using a particleSource class ?

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:01 AM

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Yes, is there other ways to create it?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:01 AM

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don't think so.

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:01 AM

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Huh, weird.

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:06 AM

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I feel like arma is trolling me

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:07 AM

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It probably is

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:07 AM

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config entry:
tabs[]= {[], [0]};
retrivieval:
(getArray (_x >> "tabs")) params ["_leftTabsList", "_rightTabsList"];
error:

if (count _ri>
 5:54:31   Error position: <foreach _leftTabsList;
};

if (count _ri>
 5:54:31   Error foreach: Type String, expected Array
 5:54:31 File z\ace\addons\arsenal\functions\fnc_compileStats.sqf, line 70

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TYPE STRING

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STRING

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:07 AM

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0_o

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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYDr0SKi30s&feature=youtu.be) Here is an example of your "BRRRT Gunrun smoke" (Me flying around in A-10, Ejecting and shooting smoke shells)

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:09 AM

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rolf

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for a second I thought you attached smokes to the A10 bullets

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FUCK YOU DID

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:10 AM

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Nope 😃

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fn_smoke =
{
  params[["_vehicle",objNull,[objNull],1]];
  for "_i" from 0 to 5 do
  {
    _vel = velocity _vehicle;
    ("SmokeShellYellow" createVehicle getPos _vehicle) setVelocity[_vel select 0,_vel select 1,_vel select 2];
  };
};
player addEventHandler["FiredMan",
{
  [(vehicle player)] call fn_smoke;
}];

Excuse the crappy code, it's getting late

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The velocity change isn't the smoothest in the slightest or in the right direction for that matter but it's okay I gues

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:12 AM

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it's no biggie tbh

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:12 AM

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Well you gotta get that realism packed in

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:13 AM

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GG

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absolutely GG:
code:

private _tabs = getArray (_x >> "tabs");
private _leftTabsList = _tabs select 0;
private _rightTabsList = _tabs select 1;

TRACE_3("tabs test", _tabs isEqualType "", _leftTabsList isEqualType "", _rightTabsList isEqualType "");

return:

 6:12:29 [ACE] (arsenal) TRACE: 0 tabs test:  _tabs isEqualType ""=false,  _leftTabsList isEqualType ""=true,  _rightTabsList isEqualType ""=true z\ace\addons\arsenal\functions\fnc_compileStats.sqf:61

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:14 AM

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Lool

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:16 AM

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guess i'll just use compile and add a comment ....

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:18 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:21 AM

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fuck it, two config entries and call it a day

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:27 AM

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uhm ... wut?
you rly wanted to create a single array for two tab lists?
should work though unless config issue ... but still ... wut?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:28 AM

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config issue

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for some godawful reasons it doesn't support sub-arrays

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:29 AM

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theoretically you could have used sqf-vm to check that

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mhh?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:29 AM

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they're stored as fucking strings

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:29 AM

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missing []?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:29 AM

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nope

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they're stored as strings

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:29 AM

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"Theoretically you should have used SQF-VM to check that" > You're starting to sound like Dedmen

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Or Commy for that matter.

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:30 AM

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you are wrong @subtle ore
they sound like me back when i was more active

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@signal peak supports config parsing using parseconfig__ and mergeconfig__

subtle ore Feb 3, 2018, 5:30 AM

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that's on you ¯_(ツ)_/¯

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:31 AM

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so ... tabs[] = {{"something"}, {"something"}}; is not working? @lone glade

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:31 AM

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I haven't tried using code brackets for sub-arrays

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:31 AM

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uhm ... what did you used then?

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:32 AM

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tabs[]= {[], [0]};

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:32 AM

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and that compiles Oo

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wtf

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:32 AM

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yes, yes it does

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as goddamn strings....

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:32 AM

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so ... tabs[] = random; will not error out

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wut

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da

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fuuu

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anyways ... it will work if you use the correct syntax @lone glade

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:34 AM

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true, I shouldn't have used logic there 😄

queen cargo Feb 3, 2018, 5:36 AM

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it should have crashed

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that is more the problem here

lone glade Feb 3, 2018, 5:37 AM

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I figured out that was the correct syntax since it didn't crash or error out

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welp, good news is that it works, bad news is that I have to convert all of my stats and write the API to add / remove them later on 😭

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I swear @still forum why'd you have to point out the flaw of the old system

west grove Feb 3, 2018, 7:52 AM

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oi fellas. got a question- maybe someone can help me with it. I'm connecting to a uav via connectTerminalToUAV, then i'll show the feed with showUAVFeed true -- it's all fine and working, BUT it'll connect me to the driver. instead, what I want to have is the feed from gunner perspective locked to a target. anyone got thoughts about this?

meager heart Feb 3, 2018, 7:55 AM

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you can try lockCameraTo...