Problem is Alt-Codes is typically dependent on other things. Despite, running an English Win some ALT-Codes differ on my system.
#arma3_scripting
errant jasper
exotic tinsel
yes @little eagle i know, there is not mention of if it works in multiplayer, and this is a place for asking about scripting questions.
strange urchin
How does adding items to containers locally even work?
little eagle
It says Arguments Global, Effects Global top left on the page!
still forum
@strange urchin How would it not work?
Global works by adding it. And telling everyone that you added it.
If you just don't tell anyone it will be local only
strange urchin
Does it stay local if someone takes it or places it?
still forum
How would someone take something they can't see
If you take it out and put it back. putting it back would use the in-engine "player added item to box" which is global
errant jasper
@strange urchin Did you ever play Arma II ?
strange urchin
I did some
errant jasper
Maybe you got lucky, but a lot of the less "polished" mission and scripts from the community back then had severe MP issues with crates and weapons/magazines.
strange urchin
So I guess it’s only good for ensuring only a particular player can take something
errant jasper
I can't remember the details exactly. But was not uncommon say for people to have a "resupply" script refilling equipment in crates regularly. Problem was they were run at the same interval, but when people JIP'ed their refresh time was different than the servers. So sometimes a crate would look full, except you couldn't grab anything, and when the server had been running a while, they had widely different content from player's perspective.
I don't know how it works nowadays, but if it is still like this, then you the server to also has the item you only want a particular player be able to take.
It is different, from items that are local on the player. When dropping those items they become global (at least they did).
But since BIS made a lot more *Global commands, these problems are mostly gone. Now the problem is duplication instead.
strange urchin
Yeah, I’ve seen that happen when assembling things from vehicles
little eagle
Just never use those addXCargo commands, instead of the Global variants.
still forum
addWeaponWithAttachmentsCargoGlobal 😁
little eagle
Then there is no problem. The not global variants should be disabled tbh.
strange urchin
Eh, it follows the conventions
errant jasper
I also recall being somewhat similar issue with BIS arsenal export script. It exports a list of commands right? And then you were supposed to dump it into init.sqf or the initiation line of the unit. And then it worked properly in the magical BIS world who knows only SP?
still forum
@lone glade found the bug with my profiler
case 0x0: {
returnCode = coreSigned ? security_class::core : security_class::self_signed;
};
case CRYPT_E_NO_REVOCATION_CHECK: ...
->
case 0x0: {
returnCode = coreSigned ? security_class::core : security_class::self_signed;
}break;
case CRYPT_E_NO_REVOCATION_CHECK: ...
Can you see it?
still forum
That's how you turn a "all working beautifully" into a "revocation check failed"
well atleast that was one bug. I'll just hope it fixes the profiler.
I could go home in 2 minutes.. Or I'll look into why the profiler doesn't work.. 🤔
meager heart
take a look at it in 2 mikes, after you will be at home 👌
still forum
too late
also I can't properly dev at home
since yesterday only with half broken visual studio and trackpad as mouse
sand pivot
I'm casting a wide net here. i'm trying to develop a script that allows multiple players to control the various positions of a UAV/UGV, namely (driver/gunner). Anyone tacked anything like this? More context about what i've done thus far can be found in the this ticket... https://feedback.bistudio.com/T128006
strange urchin
Perhaps you can remoteControl one of the UAV AI or something
meager heart
Request: Add a new command that returns if a unit is being remote controlled or better yet, states who is remote controlling said unit. (Preferred)
for the first partisUAVConnectedalso maybe some workaround for the second withgetConnectedUAV
@sand pivot
sand pivot
those return false and null respectively when using remoteControl by itself. My assumption here is they query a variable set by default UAV actions such as UAVTerminalMakeConnection
strange urchin
Yes. Probably the best solution is to use addVariable to keep track of who is controlling the gunner
Store a reference to the player’s object
And in case they disconnect, use isPlayer
sand pivot
right, i thought of that, hard part is if they switch between controlling the gunner/driver, i can't update it without some clever scripting utilizing an event hander. Only EH i've found that event tracks this seat switch action is the mission EH "PlayerViewChanged"
strange urchin
You can intercept when they try to switch from the action menu
Though, I’m not sure about the UAV menu
sand pivot
how can i intercept the base action?
sand pivot
i'll run with that a little thanks. that might allow me to update the variable i set
strange urchin
Be careful about using the display text of the action
If you try to check that, players playing in another language might be able to bypass
You can look at the stringtable arma used and just compare the action’s text to the localized text of whatever switch to gunner is
sand pivot
gocha, yea i know the action name via https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#SwitchToUAVDriver
strange urchin
Oh, there’s a classname-like thing? That makes it simpler
Just make sure you don’t try to set uieventhandler multiple times
Because they overwrite eachother
sand pivot
roger. this is extremely helpful. thank you!
still forum
@lone glade can you test the profiler when you have time? Turns out it was a revocation failure. The revocation list expired on 3rd December and I didn't have auto renew. Shouldn't actually prevent it from working. But maybe it did
Nvm. Scratch the maybe
https://github.com/intercept/intercept/blame/master/src/host/extensions/signing.cpp#L314
A OFFLINE fail would just exit the switch and return the default returnCode. Which is unsigned.
Was fixed on Intercept master branch but I guess that didn't make it into release
My standalone cert tester accepts the cert ¯_(ツ)_/¯
lone glade
i'll test it later today, I need to get around fixing that case sensitive check, i'll compare findif vs count for that
edgy dune
is there away to make an addaction run another action? For example what I mean is take for example the advanced rappelling mod. Now Im pretty sure that theres no keybinding for it but the way u activate the rappelling is by gonig to a edge and using the action menu. So my idea was to make an addAction that would have a keybinding using the shortvut parameter(i think its #7) which would then in turn run the rappel action
that should help u
west vale
`While {
{_x in JNF_GovHeli2} count units group JNF_GovGrp0 > 0;
{_x in JNF_GovHeli2} count units group JNF_GovGrp3 > 0;
{_x in JNF_GovHeli1} count units group JNF_GovGrp1 > 0;
{_x in JNF_GovHeli1} count units group JNF_GovGrp2 > 0;
};
do {
JNF_GovHeli1 setposATL [(getPosATL LandingZone select 0), (getPosATL LandingZone select 1), getPosATL LandingZone select 2];
JNF_GovHeli2 setposATL [(getPosATL LandingZone select 0) + (30), (getPosATL LandingZone select 1) + (30), getPosATL LandingZone select 2];
JNF_GovHeli1 flyinheight 0;
JNF_GovHeli2 flyinheight 0;
};`
still forum
Ah. Nice
west vale
Can someone please help me with my terrible syntax?
west vale
so I need to make it 1 condition?
edgy dune
u dont need a semi colon for the while I believe
While {
{_x in JNF_GovHeli2} count units group JNF_GovGrp0 > 0;
{_x in JNF_GovHeli2} count units group JNF_GovGrp3 > 0;
{_x in JNF_GovHeli1} count units group JNF_GovGrp1 > 0;
{_x in JNF_GovHeli1} count units group JNF_GovGrp2 > 0;
}
``` I believe this is wat dedmen mentand then u have the rest of ur code
wary vine
verbal knoll
@wary vine it happned to me as well XD
west vale
Ahhh I see now, thanks!
been trying to use in the in built debug console in the editor
west vale
While
{
{_x in JNF_GovHeli2} count units JNF_GovGrp0 == 0;
//{_x in JNF_GovHeli2} count units JNF_GovGrp3 > 0;
//{_x in JNF_GovHeli1} count units JNF_GovGrp1 > 0;
//{_x in JNF_GovHeli1} count units JNF_GovGrp2 > 0;
sleep 1;
}
do
{
JNF_GovHeli1 flyinheight 0;
JNF_GovHeli2 flyinheight 0;
};
Group JNF_GovHeli1 addWaypoint [[0,150,0],0];
sleep (random 2);
Group JNF_GovHeli2 addWaypoint [[0,150,0],0];
JNF_GovHeli1 flyinheight 150;
sleep (random 4);
JNF_GovHeli2 flyinheight 135;```So, my intention -
helicopter is on the ground with rotors spinning stationary.
they are full of 4 groups
When everyone is out of both helicopters - i want them to leave, but until then stay on the ground
so it is immediately moving onto the next bit of code
west vale
thanks, learning all the time
drowsy skiff
huh? did I get mentioned in here?
still forum
yeah. Spammer. repeated offender. FM removed him
lusty canyon
i have a holdaddaction with a long duration, how do you stop the action menu from fading out?
meager heart
when you will use hold action, do not open scroll menu 😀
edgy dune
do the use actions 1-20 under custom controls have DIK keycodes?
meager heart
🤔
wary vine
_cfunctions = ["Lega_Market","Lega_core"];
{
_functionConfig = "true" configClasses(configFile >> "CfgFunctions" >> "Lega_Market_Functions" >> _x);
{
private _function = format ["lega_fnc_%1",configName _x];
publicVariable _function;
}forEach _functionConfig;
} forEach _cfunctions;
``` this is the contents of my serverside pbo, its working to an extent, I am however having issues where I have to log in / out / then in again for some functions to load
worldly locust
Best way of deleting from an array during iteration?
still forum
_array set [_forEachIndex, nil];
worldly locust
I mean a specific element.
worldly locust
Odd. Lag.
Msgs not together. Must have crappy phone signal
So I do a forEach on an array. Do some stuff based on that element. Then if condition is correct I want to remove it.
worldly locust
I didn't say it was
Why are you always so...you? 🤔
You're always so aggressive.
worldly locust
Thank you for the help tho.
still forum
I'm not very patient at 9PM when I should be sleeping for over an hour
drowsy axle
Someone able to help me with some dialog GUI?
queen cargo
your problem is already visible in the highlighted syntax @drowsy axle
drowsy axle
Would you be able to point it out to me? @queen cargo
queen cargo
action = "
closeDialog 0;
[
player,
"<t color='#636e72'>-- <t color='#6c5ce7'>Commander Menu: <t color='#e17055'>Choose<t color='#636e72'> --",
player createDialog "CAPCommMenu_dialog";
] call C_fnc_giveAction;";```guess why you got that weird non-string coloring
unescaped "
lemme repeat: unescaped
drowsy axle
There's no ""'s missing
queen cargo
to escape, you have to use double quotas
drowsy axle
Right is that on both sides?
queen cargo
and a " in a string HAS TO BE escaped
drowsy axle
"" ""
queen cargo
no ...
"i contain a quota " and this is broken" ```"i am correctly escaped "" and contain a single quota"```Wouldn't that have two strings and not one whole string?
queen cargo
" is the start of a string
and the end
everything inbetween " and " thus is contained in the string
naturally, a " in the string thus will break the string
to solve this, you escape thje quota
to escape quotas, you use them twice in arma
thus an escaped, single quota is ""
"foo "" bar" --> foo " bar
drowsy axle
Ya know what. I'm just going to use addAction instead of my shitty attempt at GUI's
queen cargo
action = "closeDialog 0; [player, ""<t color='#636e72'>-- <t color='#6c5ce7'>Commander Menu: <t color='#e17055'>Choose<t color='#636e72'> --"", player createDialog 'CAPCommMenu_dialog';] call C_fnc_giveAction;";```as long as your actions code is correct, this wil work
meager heart
"'you', 'can', 'use', 'single', 'quotes', 'inside', 'double', 'quotes','tho'"
Do single quotes = a string?
queen cargo
yes, but in your case you cannot
because you want to use a string in a string
which means you will have to escape anyways
regardless of which quotas you use
meager heart
afaik even notepad++ have syntax highlight 🤷
winter rose
else, it's only notepad 😄
meager heart
😀
drowsy axle
Can I do the following?
fn_addAction:sqf param [_obj,_text,_script]; _obj addAction [_text, {_script}];fn_AddItem:```sqf
param [_classname,_item,_by];
player addItemToBackpack _classname;
hint format ["You have been given: '%1' by: '%2'.",_item,_by];``````sqf
_addAction_giveItem_1 =
[
player,
"<t color='#55efc4'>GRANT: <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access",
["alive_tablet","ALiVE Tablet","AI Commander"] call C_fnc_addItem;
] call C_fnc_addAction;
_removeAction_addAction =
[
player,
"<t color='#d63031'>DENY: <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access",
player removeAction 0;player removeAction 1;
] call C_fnc_addAction;```
you need check wiki for param and params
drowsy axle
Have I done something wrong?>
meager heart
yes
drowsy axle
They should be right
meager heart
check wiki
drowsy axle
it should be params, correct?
meager heart
yep
drowsy axle
Sweet. Someone else told me that params are [[, , ,],[, , ,],[, , ,]]. Hence why I used param
I cannot do two calls inside each other 😦
meager heart
yes someone lol
drowsy axle
[
player,
"<t color='#55efc4'>GRANT: <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access",
["alive_tablet","ALiVE Tablet","AI Commander"]|#| call C_fnc_addItem;
] call C_fnc_addAction;```Error at |#| for missiing ]😢
ArmA makes me sad sometimes
Anyway. I can pass ["alive_tablet","ALiVE Tablet","AI Commander"] call C_fnc_addItem; as a string, and more importantly, out again?
winter rose
@drowsy axle at least remove ;
meager heart
well you can _unit call tag_fnc_top call tag_fnc_kek; 🤷
winter rose
top kek @meager heart
meager heart
fixed*
frank vector
New to the group boys. ...and girls. Any of you use GIT for workflow?
winter rose
@frank vector I do
frank vector
Okay, that's what i use too. New to Arma3 scripting. It's been a promise
winter rose
@drowsy axle
[
player,
"<t color='#55efc4'>GRANT: <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access",
["alive_tablet","ALiVE Tablet","AI Commander"] call C_fnc_addItem /* ; */
] call C_fnc_addAction;
subtle ore
lol fail lou
drowsy axle
I don't understand @winter rose However, I knew WHICH ; you was talking about.
tough abyss
Performance wise, would it be better to addAction and removeAction when not in use (1second delay between checks) or should i use the condition flag in the addAction
winter rose
@drowsy axle
remove it, since you want to use the result with C_fnc_addAction
a ; stops the statement and creates another
drowsy axle
Ah true. But that doesn't stop the missing ] before call
I could just execVM "fn_addItem.sqf";
oh wait it still needs [] before it shit god damn arma
I could move the function inside the addaction
[
player,
"<t color='#55efc4'>GRANT: <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access",
player addItemToBackpack "alive_tablet";hint "You have been given: 'ALiVE Tablet' by: 'AI Commander'.";
] call C_fnc_addAction;```sjhitttttttt
still a fucking []
😢
I could just hint the damn things fuuuuuuu arma
finally..
winter rose
ooor go with intermediate variables if it is too imbricated
a readable code is coder's friend
or sanity's
drowsy axle
which ever
Do you mean?```sqf
_script = blah;
[
player,
"<t color='#55efc4'>GRANT: <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access",
_script;
] call C_fnc_addAction;
making a function of a function... lol
C_fnc_callAction
actually THAT wouldn't work... 😦
I give up
meager heart
did you tried to check wiki, for anything from what you was using in that ^... thingy, Capwell ?
winter rose
you keep putting this semicolon… your syntax is the first thing that -must- be right, you will hopefully) see the other errors easier
@drowsy axle , would C_fnc_addAction happen to take code as a third parameter?
if so, code is represented between { these thingies }, hence the correction:
[
player,
"<t color='#55efc4'>GRANT:</t> <t color='#2d3436'>Command Access</t>",
{ player addItemToBackpack "alive_tablet" ; hint "You have been given: 'ALiVE Tablet' by: 'AI Commander'."; }
] call C_fnc_addAction;
probably need write that function too 😄
drowsy axle
fnc_addAction:```sqf
params [_obj,_text,_script];
_obj addAction [_text, {_script}];
C_fnc_addAction = {
params [
["_unit", objNull, [objNull]],
["_string", "", [""]], //--- what for _string ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
["_code", {}, [{}]]
];
_unit call _code;
};
so code
meager heart
did you checked wiki for params ?
if yes you know that this is [variableName, defaultValue, expectedDataTypes]...
meager heart
🙄
drowsy axle
:/
unborn ether
@drowsy axle Well thats a strange question, you should read call|spawn|execVM
drowsy axle
.......
winter rose
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Topics is an excellent starting point really
drowsy axle
people need to understand that read the wiki is one thing. Understanding what the wiki means in a certain context isn't always clear.
wary vine
https://gyazo.com/6351208b2570f0e1b8fd3b838df1684d is this handled by engine ?
i have been looking through the gui scripts , but cant find anything
meager heart
Bahadur is handled by himself
little eagle
What are you trying to do?
wary vine
I was going to make an id system, using the players face
drowsy axle
Is: ```sqf
C_fnc_addAction = {
params [
["_unit", objNull, [objNull]],
["_string", "", [""]], //--- what for string ¯_(ツ)/¯
["_code", {}, [{}]]
];
_unit call _code;
};
-- fn_addAction.sqf:
this:```sqf
params [
["_unit", objNull, [objNull]],
["_string", "", [""]], //--- what for _string ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
["_code", {}, [{}]]
];
_unit call _code;```
or:```sqf
params [
["_unit", objNull, [objNull]],
["_string", "", [""]], //--- what for _string ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
["_code", {}, [{}]]
];```
or this:```sqf
C_fnc_addAction = {
params [
["_unit", objNull, [objNull]],
["_string", "", [""]], //--- what for _string ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
["_code", {}, [{}]]
];
_unit call _code;
};
No idea what that has to do with the identity menu.
wary vine
I want the face part xD
little eagle
Oh, the rotating face?
wary vine
yus
it uses RscObject , but I tried duplicating the face into a dialog, nothing happens, and there is nothing within the script that goes with the display that I can see
little eagle
Most menues are hard coded. Outside 3den.
little eagle
3den has some scripted menues, but the main menu, settings, etc. is all hard coded.
drowsy axle
@wary vine d read up for about 600+ hours...
little eagle
Idk if, and if idk how.
meager heart
maybe something in ui_f about that head 🤔
little eagle
No.
wary vine
i have looked xD
class objects
{
class Head: RscObject
{
model = "\A3\ui_f\objects\face_preview";
modelWoman = "\A3\ui_f\objects\face_preview";
idc = 109;
type = 80;
x = "35.8 * ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40) + (safezoneX + (safezoneW - ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2))/2)";
y = "6.6 * ( ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) + (safezoneY + (safezoneH - ( ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2))/2)";
z = 0.38;
xBack = 0.75;
yBack = 0.9;
zBack = 0.25;
scale = 0.21;
direction[] = {0,0,1};
up[] = {0,1,0};
faceType = "Man_A3";
selectionLBrow = "lBrow";
selectionMBrow = "mBrow";
selectionRBrow = "rBrow";
selectionLMouth = "lMouth";
selectionMMouth = "mMouth";
selectionRMouth = "rMouth";
selectionEyelid = "eyelids";
selectionLip = "LLip";
boneHead = "head";
boneLEye = "l_eye";
boneREye = "r_eye";
boneLEyelidUp = "eye_upl";
boneREyelidUp = "eye_upr";
boneLEyelidDown = "eye_lwl";
boneREyelidDown = "eye_lwr";
boneLPupil = "l_pupila";
boneRPupil = "r_pupila";
selectionPersonality = "personality";
selectionGlasses = "eyelids";
};
};
only thing I can find.
winter rose
\A3\ui_f\objects\face_preview seems to be the p3d yes
wary vine
tried it xD
winter rose
you could try createSimpleObject to check (I think it werkz)
winter rose
maybe a createVehicle "Head", I really don't know
meager heart
glhf
wary vine
Gunna do a work around.
https://gyazo.com/785e6fcb226a092c6b6589146261a9d5 why the fuck does that freak me out.
unborn ether
@wary vine Play with setMimic to get more freaks for yourself.
Well anyways, that's still better than any Mass Effect Andromeda facial expressions.
plush cargo
@wary vine not sure about the model for head but im doing a rotating obj rn. Here's the rotated code if interested
while {ctrlShown _modelCtrl} do
{
_vectorDirAndUp = ctrlModelDirAndUp _modelCtrl;
_vectorDir = _vectorDirAndUp select 0;
_newVector = [_vectorDir,0.5] call BIS_fnc_rotateVector2D;
_modelCtrl ctrlSetModelDirAndUp [_newVector,(_vectorDirAndUp select 1)];
sleep 0.02;
};
A little advice to use sleep (1/(diag_fps min 60)) as a basis of rotation delay (change values for smoothness) instead of sleep 0.02as its twitching a bit.
plush cargo
the twitching only happens when recording (my processor is shit) but im sure that way is better so ill use it, ty
still forum
I'm glad I wasn't here last night. Some people just never learn and refuse to read wiki.
little eagle
It will always twitch because sleep 1 means sleep 1+ seconds, not sleep 1 second and diag_fps or any other command will not fix it.
half inlet
what would be the best way to determine whether a given object (can be a building or a vehicle) has physics? I feel like this should be a simple solution, but I can't come up with anything short of detecting whether the position/velocity changed at all, which would be unreliable
actually I could probably use isKindOf, but I'm a little concerned if I use a certain parent class that not all static objects inherit from it
austere granite
getText (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> typeOf _vehicle >> "simulation")
probably?
austere granite
private _sim = getText (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> typeOf _vehicle >> "simulation");
private _hasPhysics = (_sim select [count _sim - 1, 1]) == "x";
that would be that then
half inlet
perfect, that'll do the trick - thanks!
in other news, for those aware that _obj setPosASL (getPosASL _obj) will move objects around when they are in a slope (which, imo isn't exactly intuitive), I just came up with a workaround
apparently you have to reset the orientation of the object (direction and vectorUp) before moving it around, meaning you can do this:
_obj = cursorTarget;
_vecF = vectorDir _obj;
_vecU = vectorUp _obj;
_obj setVectorUp [0,0,1];
_obj setDir 0;
_pos = getPosASL _obj;
_obj setPosASL _pos;
_obj setVectorDirAndUp [_vecF, _vecU];
which will not move the object
this is useful for mission persistence where you want to save objects that players placed or used (whether it's structures or vehicles) and you need them to spawn in precisely at their previous position
lone glade
^ oor, or you use posATL instead of ASL
half inlet
tried that, even _obj setPosATL (getPosATL _obj) moves stuff
anyhow I'll try and implement it into kp_liberation to see if it helps with player built FOBs getting scrambled upon mission restart
still forum
does setPosWorld also move stuff?
half inlet
well, TIL getPosWorld is a thing
lone glade
what do you mean move, you mean the object get rotated?
half inlet
I'll give that a shot see if it also affects orientation
no, with getPosATL and getPosASL the object moves in space, usually down the slope that it is placed on
orientation seems to remain unchanged
lone glade
eeerm... that's normal tho
half inlet
in hindsight it makes sense, since the position that is fetched with getPosATL/getPosASL moves with the orientation of the object
it didn't make sense until you pointed out that getPosWorld exists
lone glade
worldPos format was made long after ATL / ASL / AGLS
half inlet
so yeah, I guess that's another trivial issue sorted out 😛
little eagle
getPosX just reports a three dimensional array. setPosX is what adjusts the object to the terrain.
austere granite
it doesnt make sense
_obj setPosASL (getPosASL _obj) shouldnt move it
but when it's pitched/banked it will
austere granite
sure but the getter and setter should use the same coordinate system
little eagle
They do.
lone glade
they do ^
little eagle
getPos / setPos don't though.
austere granite
getPos is such a shit command
half inlet
yeah, that's what I meant - getPosATL/getPosASL seems to fetch a point that is not at 0 height above ground, but rather somewhere in the middle of the bounding box (?), which means when the orientation of the object changes (relative to the ground contact point), there is a lever arm between the two points, meaning the object moves
I could totally draw this on a whiteboard but I can't put it into words
lone glade
you don't like the AGLS format? huehuehue
austere granite
i like it less than you like atom
lone glade
AGLS is worse than ASLW because people use it at least 😄
little eagle
Cre8or, it's a point of the LandContact LOD. Middle of the object is World.
half inlet
myeah, I knew I had that wrong, I was just hoping to get the point across
little eagle
World should've been named ModelCenter.
winter rose
Real_*_Final2
little eagle
modelToWorldModelCenter would've made more sense than modelToWorldWorld.
lone glade
lone glade
best command ever 😄
little eagle
half inlet
hahaha what, that's a thing?
lone glade
little eagle
It was supposed to work like setPosWorld does now.
still forum
@austere granite Which? That doesn't suck? sure. But I think that returns same as getPosWorld or modelToWorldWorld
meager heart
modelToWorldWorldVisialWorldWorld 😔
little eagle
good post
meager heart
thank you
still forum
meager heart
😢
peak plover
What gives?
This is the object
For some reason
I can't get the type of this object
I want to re-create this object via script
How do I do it?
strange urchin
Some terrain objects simply don’t have classnames, if that makes sense
peak plover
How do I re-create it? via createVehicle
strange urchin
That’s why we have things like “ROCK”,”ROAD” when finding terrain objects
peak plover
I am doing a script
That will save and re-load the AO
I want this fence to be reloaded as well
How do I createVehicle this fence without knowing it's callsname?
unborn ether
So no typeOf cursorObject?
peak plover
But simple objects don't have damage
How do I create it and maintaing ability to handle damage?
unborn ether
Well if it has no classname - you can't, I don't remember something else that creates it by a modelpath.
peak plover
damn
unborn ether
Anyways that's strange, since missing classname is kinda a property on terrain-like only objects..
strange urchin
Well, that’s what makes them terrain-only, right?
unborn ether
Still the same vehicles.
unborn ether
Just take a look here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Assets
peak plover
Wud be annoying if it's reloaded and can't be destroyed (simple object)
Wud be slightly less annoying if it's broken the 2nd time I play it
peak plover
It's an automatic script
I'm not gonna look for a replacement for every single object LMAO 😄
Or even every type
unborn ether
I don't even get what's the cruel plan you are building there 😄
peak plover
Basically
It's a round based mission
Every round the map resets
So you don't have to reload the mission
unborn ether
So you process and replace the basic map objects?
peak plover
Start with only mission objects, but I soon realized I need to do map objects as well
I don't do roads or bushes, but mostly everything
unborn ether
Well thats huge work there
peak plover
not really
unborn ether
I'd be better creating a map with terrain stuff and then make SQM based on your assets chains.
meager heart
maybe you can try something with objectID 🤔
peak plover
?
I don't even know how to grab objectID
I'll just save the ones that are not typeOf '' and that'lld have to do... until something better appears like simple objects with damage 😮
meager heart
you can check it from the editor
unborn ether
simple objects will never be so
peak plover
No, it's automatic
unborn ether
thats why they are simple
still forum
no
unborn ether
😦
peak plover
😭
unborn ether
😄
strange urchin
nerd
still forum
I'm making other cool stuff happen :3
peak plover
intercept less-simple objects wen
unborn ether
createLessSimpleObjectABitPlease
peak plover
Man I was hoping there was another command to create shit with p3d, but nah. I guess simple objects are also the only way to use mission specific models
meager heart
createLessSimpleObjectABitPleaseWorldVisualWorld 😭
unborn ether
Intension of simple objects was to create some background environment, so no one ever touches that, like for cutscenes. This lessens the load on actual mission.
peak plover
Yeah
Well
They are fine for stuff that are not fences that you can run over
Like rocks
That will never simulate
unborn ether
As been told its just easier to ignore that, either to create own map.
peak plover
Or in certain gamemodes like dayz-alike-copies that don't neccesarly require you do destroy buildings. So you can have bigger towns etc.
meager heart
btw is that sahrani map, nigel ?
yes...
or there are the same...
gate Land_plot_zed_drevo1_branka and walls have no classnames 😀
still forum
@lone glade https://s.sqf.ovh/Brofiler_2018-03-27_17-03-14.png I'd say that's lookin good. The list bottom left has some problem with _ though.
And I need to find a way to get shorter names. Instead of always displaying the full file path
austere granite
split \ arraypeek
EZZZZZZZZZ
although that's super confusing, because 500 same function names
still forum
I only have the post-preprocess code and filepath of the script function. And I somehow need to get a readable name out of that
If your script has scriptName in it then it'll work. But CBA only does that in debug mode. So I have nothing to hold onto if you run CBA in release mode
https://s.sqf.ovh/Brofiler_2018-03-27_17-21-14.png Good enough for today.
Can also immediately see how much of a certain frame is spent running unscheduled scripts
the big green areas in the framelist on top is CBA_fnc_cachedCall. Quite heavy when it actually has to reload the data.
halcyon crypt
that looks sexy! 😃
austere granite
You look sexy
halcyon crypt
thanks man, so do you ofc 😁
winter rose
noice!
meager heart
looks 👌
lusty canyon
how can you get the magazine objects from reloaded EH? or how can i get the new/old magazines based on mag ID?
austere granite
there is no magazine object
little eagle
Dedmen, you mean ACE_common_fnc_cachedCall?
still forum
uh jup
I already know how I'll get better names out of that. So that I don't make such mistakes again
wary vine
amarite in saying you need true; at the end of a keyhandler ?
little eagle
No.
wary vine
o.O
its not working for me.
_display displaySetEventHandler ["KeyDown", format ["_this call %1",_keyPressed]];
_display displaySetEventHandler ["KeyUp", format ["_this call %1",_keyReleased]];
_keyPressed = {
params ["","_dik","_shift","_ctrl"];
if (_dik isEqualTo 42) then {Lega_Plantables_Setup_Shift = true};
if (_dik isEqualTo 29) then {Lega_Plantables_Setup_Ctrl = true};
};
_keyReleased = {
params ["","_shift","_ctrl"];
if (_dik isEqualTo 42) then {Lega_Plantables_Setup_Shift = false};
if (_dik isEqualTo 29) then {Lega_Plantables_Setup_Ctrl = false};
};
Where is this executed from?
little eagle
You sure _display isn't just null?
little eagle
I said, are you sure _display isn't null. Not if the display is shown. Use systemChat str to confirm / debug.
Btw., you should just use:
_display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", _keyPressed];
_display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyUp", _keyReleased];
because what you're doing now hurts physically.
wary vine
that doesnt work for me ?
_display displaySetEventHandler ["KeyDown", _keyP>
18:17:40 Error position: <displaySetEventHandler ["KeyDown", _keyP>
18:17:40 Error Type code, expected String
Also, do the systemChat str thingy, not just try things blindly.
peak plover
@still forum whoa that's very cool
little oxide
setObjectTextureGlobal work with r2t ?
still forum
yes
still forum
yes
meager heart
effects for all cameras commands are local, why setObjectTextureGlobal for r2t... 🤷
still forum
yeah you need the camera on every machine
but as long as you have that. You only need a single setObjectTextureGlobal
open tendon
what if i use attachto on a local object?
will it still be a local obj?
attachto is global
still forum
yes
open tendon
ok ty👌
open tendon
im using cfgsounds but changing volume doesnt seemt o do anytihng....
class v2r1
{
name = "v2r1";
sound[] = {music\1.ogg, db - 20, 1.0};
titles[]={};
};
-20, 0, 20, 100 tried it all the same
using a mono 11025 hz 16bit file
little eagle
Try absolute numbers for the volume, not a string.
meager heart
sampling rate maybe
open tendon
Thanks il try tomorrow
wary vine
https://gyazo.com/91665da1cda597530331c1af170dca66 tidied the dialog up a min
minimalistic, but has what it needed
small iron
Is there a way to run a line of code when a condition has changed (ex. player has changed positions)
small iron
A player changes position in the map, runs a hint that says "player has moved"
wary vine
o.O
wary vine
im confused , like anim Position .. or if a player is x distance away from last position
small iron
The latter
subtle ore
while{alive player} do
{
private _pos = getPos player;
if !((getPos player) isEqualTo _pos) then
{
//code
};
};
No
wary vine
private _pos = getpos player;
for "_i" from 0 to 1 step 0 do {
sleep HOWOFTENYOUWANTTOCHECK;
if ((player distance _pos) >= YOURDISTANCE) then {
_pos = getpos player; // reset _pos
//Run Code.
};
};
something like that maybe.
@subtle ore whats _x in yours mean ?
subtle ore
typo
wary vine
yours loops with no sleep whilst the player is alive, mine sleeps for x seconds infinitly .
50/50 xD
little eagle
Bugged, the second private should not be there.
vapid drift
I'm having trouble with a GUI... just starting down this path. When called, it displays the way I would expect but the data doesn't update. Is there something glaringly obvious I'm missing?
RscTitles.hpp
class RscTitles {
class TFR_IP68 {
idd = 230401;
duration = 1e+1000;
fadein = 0;
fadeout = 0;
name = "TFR_IP68";
onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['TFR_IP68_idd', _this select 0]";
controls[] = {
"TFR_IP68_background",
"TFR_IP68_windCur"
};
class TFR_IP68_background: RscPicture
{
idc = 2304011200;
text = "ui\IP68_d.paa";
x = 0.0075786 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.534375 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.255234 * safezoneW;
h = 0.45375 * safezoneH;
colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
};
class TFR_IP68_windCur: RscStructuredText
{
idc = 2304011100;
text = ""; //--- ToDo: Localize;
x = 0.0875 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.64245 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.0464063 * safezoneW;
h = 0.020625 * safezoneH;
colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
};
};
};
And the function that opens it:
disableSerialization;
cutRsc ["TFR_IP68", "PLAIN"];
while { true } do {
_display = uiNamespace getVariable "TFR_IP68_idd";
_windCur = parseNumber ([eyePos ACE_player, true, true, true] call ace_weather_fnc_calculateWindSpeed toFixed 1);
_display displayCtrl 2304011100 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t align='center' color='#e0e0e0'>%1</t>", _windCur];
sleep 0.5;
};
The RscTitle shows but the structured text remains empty
little eagle
1e+1000
This number is way too big.
vapid drift
Snagged it off a forum somewhere... better number in mind for indefinite?
little eagle
1e9 is like 11 days, so that should be enough.
little eagle
Likewise with 2304011200. Those are bigger than 1E7 and therefore will probably not be referenced correctly due to rounding errors.
little eagle
You could just use 10+ for idc. The only reserved numbers are 1 and 2 for OK and Cancel buttons.
vapid drift
I don't really understand the system completely, is there no issue with multiple controls from other mods sharing an IDC?
or is the idd the key here
little eagle
The idc only have to be unique for the same display. Your display only has two controls.
vapid drift
Ok, I'm with ya now. I thought the IDCs had to be globally unique
little eagle
The display itself doesn't even need an idd, since you refer to it by variable you set in ui namespace / onLoad.
vapid drift
yeah, that was left over, it should actually be -1
but that makes a lot of sense, I wasn't aware if functioned that way
little eagle
That's the default, may as well just delete the entry.
little eagle
Otherwise lgtm.
vapid drift
Yeah, that did it
although, when I removed the line for the idd, it generated an error
Putting it back in at -1 eliminated it
little eagle
Right. Maybe that's a thing for RscTitles. I never use that.
vapid drift
either way, thank you. I was beating my head against a wall on that one
little eagle
All numbers are floats in Arma. Anything above ~10 million will break sadly.
vapid drift
good to know
stone yarrow
hey what do u guys use to script (other than notepad)
subtle ore
Atom + language-sqf package
stone yarrow
thx
subtle ore
Atom breaks under large files though, so don't use it for anything like dumps or rpts lol
wary vine
Atom for scripting posiden tools for rpt
@vapid drift pretty sure the IDC's are unique to the display so as commy said 10+
stone yarrow
what exactly is and rpt
stone yarrow
yeah I just got arma and did a bit of the tutorials I mainly got it to learn to script
hearty plover
I need a trigger, the executes once, for each player, that triggers it. Can I not add a evenHandler to do this instead?
The trigger needs to fire when any player leaves it's area, needs to be repeatable.
- PLayer spawns.
- Player leaves trigger area
- PLayers loadout is saved
stone yarrow
can anyoen hop in a voice chat real quick wit me to give me an intro to scripting
hearty plover
I would, but I am about to play with my group.
stone yarrow
k
vapid drift
Is it possible to reference a model in a config file from another mod? Meaning is it possible to use one of the models from ACE for a custom item without having to inherit the class?
vapid drift
Well I know it's possible but for whatever reason I can't figure it out. Seems like it should be much easier than I'm making it
modern sand
just set the model directory to the p3d from ACE???
still forum
@vapid drift yes.
vapid drift
@modern sand I tried but I don't think I had the path right. Tried several things and always got an error that the p3d wasn't found
still forum
what path did you use
modern sand
Yer
vapid drift
I tried a few:
\ace\ace_atragmx\...
ace\ace_atragmx\...
ace\addons\ace_atragmx\...
several others
those first two should have had an underscore also
modern sand
You just use the pbo name
vapid drift
tried that as well
\ace_atragmx\data<name>.p3d
can't remember off hand but I tried it
modern sand
Yer
still forum
z\ace\addons\atragmx\...
vapid drift
z?
still forum
yes.
vapid drift
I meant I don't doubt you lol of all people, but what's reasoning for that?
still forum
Standards back from Arma2. Lots of reasons to do it
easy patchability was the original thing I think
still forum
Btw. Next time https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/atragmx/%24PBOPREFIX%24 just look ^^
vapid drift
son of a...
still forum
If there is a $PBOPREFIX$ then that's the prefix aka file path of everything in that pbo
you can also open the PBO in notepad++ and you'll see the prefix right at the top
vapid drift
well that will simplify some things in the future
peak plover
Are there any other ways to hide a unit than hideObject? setObjectTextureGlobal doesn't hide all of it (offroad)
still forum
If every texture has a hiddenSelection then setObjectTexture can do it
usually that's not the case though
little eagle
setPos it under ground.
winter rose
or setPos [0, 0, 10e10] hehe
still forum
ono
vapid drift
Is there something specific to do with dialogs and RscTitles to include all of the base classes? The tutorials I was following said that if they were setup in config files they would pull from the game directly?
I'm getting this error now :
No entry 'bin\config.bin/RscTitles/TFR_IP68/TFR_IP68_windCur.type'.
The section it refers to:
class TFR_IP68_windCur: RscStructuredText
{
idc = 1100;
text = ""; //--- ToDo: Localize;
x = 0.0875 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.64245 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.0464063 * safezoneW;
h = 0.020625 * safezoneH;
colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
shadow = 0;
};
Is this for a mission or addon?
vapid drift
addon
earlier I was making everything in the mission for simple testing, now I'm trying to convert it over
peak plover
If I setpos underground it's losess it usefulnes
little eagle
You need to add A3_Ui_F to requiredAddons if you inherit from a base class of A3_Ui_F e.g. RscStructuredText.
vapid drift
damn, alright. I need to just call it a night. I'm skipping simple things
little eagle
Can you post your config? I have a suspicion of what's wrong.
vapid drift
It's split into multiple pieces... what specifically did you want to see?
little eagle
RscStructuredText
vapid drift
then maybe that's something else I'm doing wrong? I just reference it the one time class RscStructuredText;
little eagle
Post it.
vapid drift
I told you man, it's not that simple
#define TEast 0
#define TWest 1
#define TGuerrila 2
#define TCivilian 3
#define TSideUnknown 4
#define TEnemy 5
#define TFriendly 6
#define TLogic 7
#define private 0
#define protected 1
#define public 2
#define ReadAndWrite 0
#define ReadAndCreate 1
#define ReadOnly 2
#define ReadOnlyVerified 3
#define true 1
#define false 0
enum {
DESTRUCTENGINE = 2,
DESTRUCTDEFAULT = 6,
DESTRUCTWRECK = 7,
DESTRUCTTREE = 3,
DESTRUCTTENT = 4,
STABILIZEDINAXISX = 1,
STABILIZEDINAXESXYZ = 4,
STABILIZEDINAXISY = 2,
STABILIZEDINAXESBOTH = 3,
DESTRUCTNO = 0,
STABILIZEDINAXESNONE = 0,
DESTRUCTMAN = 5,
DESTRUCTBUILDING = 1,
};
class CfgPatches {
class TFR_Equipment {
units[] = {
"TFR_Bag_CarryallBlack",
"TFR_HALO_Jumper",
"TFR_HALO_Jumper_Black",
"TFR_HALO_Pilot",
"TFR_IP68",
"TFR_BL500"
};
weapons[] = {
"TFR_Uniform_HAPS",
"TFR_Uniform_HAPS_Black",
"TFR_Vest_HABA",
"TFR_Helmet_HAPH",
"TFR_Item_IP68",
"TFR_Item_BL500"
};
requiredVersion = 0.1;
requiredAddons[] = {
"Extended_EventHandlers",
"A3_Ui_F"
};
};
};
class CfgFunctions {
#include "\tfr_equipment\functions.hpp"
};
class CfgWeapons {
#include "\tfr_equipment\weapons\cfg_includes.hpp"
};
class CfgVehicles {
#include "\tfr_equipment\vehicles\cfg_includes.hpp"
};
class CfgGlasses {
#include "\tfr_equipment\glasses\cfg_includes.hpp"
};
class RscTitles {
#include "\tfr_equipment\RscTitles.hpp"
};
Help me, I don't see RscStructuredText anywhere.
vapid drift
The first part of RscTitles.hpp:
class RscPicture;
class RscStructuredText;
class TFR_IP68 {
idd = 230401;
duration = 1e9;
fadein = 0;
fadeout = 0;
name = "TFR_IP68";
onLoad = "uiNamespace setVariable ['TFR_IP68_idd', _this select 0]";
controls[] = {
"TFR_IP68_background",
"TFR_IP68_windCur",
"TFR_IP68_windMax",
"TFR_IP68_windAvg",
"TFR_IP68_tempCur",
"TFR_IP68_tempMax",
"TFR_IP68_tempAvg",
"TFR_IP68_humCur",
"TFR_IP68_humMax",
"TFR_IP68_humAvg",
"TFR_IP68_barCur",
"TFR_IP68_barMax",
"TFR_IP68_barAvg",
"TFR_IP68_time"
};
class TFR_IP68_background: RscPicture
{
idc = 1200;
text = "";
x = 0.0075786 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.534375 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.255234 * safezoneW;
h = 0.45375 * safezoneH;
colorText[] = {1,1,1,1};
// ["0.0075786 * safezoneW + safezoneX","0.534375 * safezoneH + safezoneY","0.255234 * safezoneW","0.45375 * safezoneH"]
};
class TFR_IP68_windCur: RscStructuredText
{
idc = 1100;
text = ""; //--- ToDo: Localize;
x = 0.0875 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
y = 0.64245 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
w = 0.0464063 * safezoneW;
h = 0.020625 * safezoneH;
colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0};
shadow = 0;
};
RscStructured text is not a subclass of RscTitles is it?
little eagle
RscStructuredText is a root level class. You created a new class RscTitles\RscStructuredText which is different and empty and inherited from that instead and of course it's empty.
// requiredAddons A3_UI_F
class RscStructuredText;
class RscTitles {
class MyDisplay {
class MyControl: RscStructuredText {
};
};
};
Same for RscPictures.
vapid drift
Ah ok, so it needs to be outside
still forum
I told you man, it's not that simple ¯_(ツ)_/¯
little eagle
Well, not really. It's not something that I'd design that way.
But that's how it works.
vapid drift
more errors but that's good enough for tonight. Thanks to both of you guys. Really do appreciate it
next lily
Question- on the topic of weapon pylons, is there a way to get what weapon is on what pylon?
And/or the pylon of the missile you'd fire if you left clicked right then and there?
little eagle
Don't see why not.
winter rose
@next lily https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPylonMagazines and seeAlso links may help you here
obsidian chasm
Anybody ever had issue with [player, [missionNamespace, "inventory_var"]] call BIS_fnc_saveInventory; it's seems like it doesn't always work for me, i can die 15 times and then randomly I'll spawn as a different soldier.
strange urchin
Does it spawn you with the rifleman loadout of your faction?
obsidian chasm
Ye it works perfectly fine on launch, it just suddenly after x amount of respawns, spawns as the object it is in eden
I have no idea how to fix this other than making the exact unit myself as an addon or something but I have zero idea how to even do that
it's killed my mission completely lol
little eagle
Why would you even use that? Just use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getUnitLoadout / https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnitLoadout
obsidian chasm
How does that work commy
little eagle
Are the examples not enough?
little eagle
Dunno how to help. I could just repost what's on the wiki, but what's the point?
obsidian chasm
lol forget it man
sorry for not understanding it... i wish i wasn't so new
but what can you do you know?
strange urchin
What’s probably happening is the loadout is getting saved while you respawn. During respawn, your character probably has the default loadout of their class
exotic tinsel
is it possible to change the call signs in the lobby for a multiplayer server?
queen cargo
there is the scripted lobby of @little eagle
vapid drift
So I've got this to probably about 80% right now. When I use the action to open it, it opens and toggles the ACE action appropriately but it has a horrible lag spike of about 3-5 seconds before displaying the RscTitle. Then, it doesn't update the data.
When I had this as just a script out of a mission it all functioned fine.
https://pastebin.com/VU5UDGYt
still forum
And CBA can also do that. yes
vapid drift
So apparently I'm missing something in this area:
_display displayCtrl 1112 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='.75' align='center' color='#%1'>%2:%3</t>", _fontColor, _hour, _minute];
sleep 0.1;
I get a Error Generic error in expression but I literally haven't changed anything in this except the item that it checks for
little eagle
Post the full error from RPT.
lone glade
maybe, just maybe use parenthesis
little eagle
Eh, overrated.
vapid drift
lol
little eagle
The RPT says more than that line. And it is needed to see what to fix.
vapid drift
ok honestly I didn't even know that
and since I'm pretty sure you have pointed out this specific error I've made before... I'm gonna go ahead and not post what it says
lol
if I could buy you a beer for your patience I would though
little eagle
I wanted to say something snarky about patience and virtue bla bla, but I lost my train of thought somewhere and now idk where I was going with it.
vapid drift
lol
little eagle
Multiple setVariable public in a sleep 0.1 loop is a bad idea btw.
vapid drift
I'll own the issue, I was calling the function instead of spawning
How would I optimize that then?
little eagle
Not doing it, or at least increasing the delay.
vapid drift
would it be better to store all of that data in an array so that it's only "set" and "get" once each loop?
little eagle
You'd still send up to 10 arrays per second per connected player.
vapid drift
hmm, yeah. Well, now that I think about it, every time it exits the loop it erases the data so I really don't even need to store it on the player do I? I mean it's not accessed from anywhere but inside the loop
little eagle
Well currently you send it to every other connected machine for no apparent reason.
vapid drift
yeah, ok
queen cargo
@lone glade there is no need for paranthesis
tree is perfectly fine:
SQF;0;148;_display displayCtrl 1112 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='.75' align='center' color='#%1'>%2:%3</t>", _fontColor, _hour, _minute];
NA;0;0;
BINARYEXPRESSION;0;0;
BINARYEXPRESSION;0;0;
VARIABLE;0;8;_display
BINARYOP;9;11;displayCtrl
NUMBER;21;4;1112
BINARYOP;26;21;ctrlSetStructuredText
UNARYEXPRESSION;48;99;
UNARYOP;48;9;parseText
UNARYEXPRESSION;58;89;
UNARYOP;58;6;format
ARRAY;65;82;["<t size='.75' align='center' color='#%1'>%2:%3</t>", _fontColor, _hour, _minute]
STRING;66;52;"<t size='.75' align='center' color='#%1'>%2:%3</t>"
VARIABLE;120;10;_fontColor
VARIABLE;132;5;_hour
VARIABLE;139;7;_minute```there is no need for paranthesis
woke
queen cargo
in this particular case
lone glade
in a week:
"wait a second...."
lone glade
ofc
little eagle
Don't see why not.
winter rose
don't forget to close the brackets and quotes ^^
vapid drift
Was AFK
@meager heart yeah, it works fine
Is there a part in particular you're wondering about?
meager heart
_display displayCtrl 1112 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='.75' align='center' color='#ff0000' >%1: %2:%3</t>", _fontColor, _hour, _minute];
vs
_display displayCtrl 1112 ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["<t size='.75' align='center' color='#%1'>%2:%3</t>", _fontColor, _hour, _minute];
well, in the first one, it would show _fontColor as part of the text
little eagle
_fontColor could be "ff0000" though.
vapid drift
in the second one, it sets the color to the value of _fontColor
meager heart
yeah... that is interesting way for me 😀
vapid drift
I modify the color of the text and the background image based on SunOrMoon and currentVisionMode so it looks right
switch (currentVisionMode ACE_player) do {
case 0: {
if (SunOrMoon < 0.2) then { // Night
_fontColor = "6e6e6e";
_bgImage = "IP68_n";
} else { // Day
_fontColor = "e0e0e0";
_bgImage = "IP68_d";
};
};
case 1: {
if (SunOrMoon < 0.2) then { // Night
_fontColor = "1fbd63";
_bgImage = "IP68_nvg";
} else { // Day
_fontColor = "bcbcbc";
_bgImage = "IP68_thrm";
};
};
case 2: {
_fontColor = "bcbcbc";
_bgImage = "IP68_thrm";
};
};
i mean the syntax for the format
little eagle
You never used format before?
meager heart
i did, not like that ^
ember oak
guys how can I do a dialog like this? http://i.imgur.com/VAYOBoJ.jpg How i set the button angle?
little eagle
It's not format that handles the color. format just creates the string with html syntax for parseText.
parseText is what makes STRUCTURED TEXT out of the html syntax STRING.
Ermen07, you can't.
meager heart
rgr
meager heart
i mean, passing variable in to color, never saw that way...
little eagle
No, buttons are always rectangles and can't be tilted.
It's just normal string manipulation. Nothing unusual about that.
wide kayak
Ermen07 you can't
vapid drift
@little eagle Can't you just use overlapping images with alpha values and check the mouse position?
little eagle
Yea, that's probably how the thing in the screenshot is done.
If that even is something functional and not just art.
vapid drift
yeah, good point
it would be a pain mapping out the proper mouse positions for each "button"
little eagle
Eh, just some math.
vapid drift
I don't speak that language
little eagle
The shapes are simple enough for it to be relatively quick.
Very basic 2d vector math.
vapid drift
I'm a prison guard
little eagle
Math is indiscriminate. It's the same regardless of your wealth or status.
vapid drift
agreed, but the frequency that it pops up in my daily life is limited to when I'm butchering scripts in Arma
lone glade
which is plenty enough^
vapid drift
lol ouch
lone glade
vector math can be done by everyone
little eagle
The prison can guard itself. That's what the steel bars are for.
lone glade
math doesn't resolve itself.... wait... wait a second
austere granite
params [["_pos", [0, 0], [[]]], ["_posSecond", [0, 0], [[]]]];
if (count _posSecond < 3) exitWith { false };
if ((_pos select 0) < (_posSecond select 0)) exitWith { false }; // Left of pos
if ((_pos select 1) < (_posSecond select 1)) exitWith { false }; // Above pos
if ((_pos select 0) > ((_posSecond select 0) + (_posSecond select 2))) exitWith { false }; // Right of pos
if ((_pos select 1) > ((_posSecond select 1) + (_posSecond select 3))) exitWith { false }; // Bottom of pos
true;
First argument is getMousePosition, second argument is ctrlPosition _ctrl
ez
lone glade
ai intensifies
vapid drift
lol you would be surprised what an un-supervised individual and some dental floss can accomplish on metal bars
austere granite
use something like ```sqf
params ["_control"];
private _controlPos = ctrlPosition _control;
private _controlParent = ctrlParentControlsGroup _control;
while { !isNull _controlParent } do {
private _parentPos = ctrlPosition _controlParent;
_controlPos set [0, (_controlPos select 0) + (_parentPos select 0)];
_controlPos set [1, (_controlPos select 1) + (_parentPos select 1)];
_controlParent = ctrlParentControlsGroup _controlParent;
};
_controlPos
(So call that instead of ctrlPosition)
lone glade
I'll have to pull out the 🗞 adanteh
little eagle
Adanteh, this probably doesn't work for rotated controls or triangle shapes like in the concept art.
little eagle
Bye, lol
lone glade
triangle controls? you mean weird polygons? huehuehue
little eagle
A triangle is a weird polygon.
austere granite
use inPolygon huehuehue
little eagle
You probably could abuse inPolygon for this actually. 🤔
austere granite
yep
little eagle
As long as there are no rounded edges of the pseudo buttons.
sides*
I like the inPolygon idea.
austere granite
i like you
little eagle
Same.
It's funny, because the guy that asked this probably already left because they didn't like the answer.
ember oak
nono i'm here
vapid drift
lol
meager heart
do not give up that fast lol
wary vine
ezpz
create a picture control, in the config, duplicate the size and position elements, and turn it into a button 😃
little eagle
That will not work. Please check out the posted picture before making suggestions.
outer scarab
I'm trying to add functionality to this script to destroy all buildings of 3 specific classnames, in addition to applying sethit to random building components.if (isServer) then { { for "_i" from 1 to 2 do { _x sethit [format ["dam%1",_i],selectRandom [0,1],false]; _x sethit [format ["dam %1",_i],selectRandom [0,1],false]; }; } forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects ["house",600]); };
This works, randomly damaging buildings in the radius.
When it comes to targeting those specific buildings to setdamage 1 on, this is what I've tried to no success
{
{
_killhouses = Land_House_K_1_EP1,Land_House_K_5_EP1,Land_House_L_1_EP1;
for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
_x sethit [format ["dam%1",_i],selectRandom [0,1],false];
_x sethit [format ["dam %1",_i],selectRandom [0,1],false];
_killhouses setdamage [1,false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects ["house",600]);
};```
```_killhouses = format ["%1", ["Land_House_K_1_EP1","Land_House_K_5_EP1","Land_House_L_1_EP1"]];
if (isServer) then
{
{
for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
_x sethit [format ["dam%1",_i],selectRandom [0,1],false];
_x sethit [format ["dam %1",_i],selectRandom [0,1],false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects ["house",500]);
{
for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
_x setdamage [1,false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects [_killhouses, 1000]);
};```
subtle wigeon
what do i need to add to this to make it a vitual arsenal
_Cargo = createVehicle ["B_supplyCrate_F", position _parachute, [], 0, 'NONE'];
still forum
subtle wigeon
// add your items here
_Cargo addAction ["Open Virtual Arsenal", {["Open",true] spawn BIS_fnc_arsenal}];
obsidian chasm
Anybody have experience creating units via Orbat, ive followed every step and I just can't get my units to show up in game.
subtle ore
@obsidian chasm Are you talking about BiS ORBAT Viewer or ALiVE
obsidian chasm
Alive, sorry. I didnt know there were others
subtle ore
and you've followed this: http://alivemod.com/wiki/index.php/ORBAT_Tool , right?
obsidian chasm
Aye, watched videos on it as well
I wonder if I'm failing on the addon/pbo part as far as I know I'm doing it properly
subtle ore
if you're loading ALiVE and CBA I don't think so
obsidian chasm
Ye.. I copied the things the guy in the video told me to the autogen.hpp and cfgpatches.hpp I then packed them into a pbo , placed the @myfaction folder into arma 3 directory and then loaded local mod
yet what I created does not show
I feel like I've missed a step somewhere because I've done exactly what I'm reading
outer scarab
_KH = format ["%1", ["Land_House_K_5_EP1","Land_House_L_1_EP1","Land_House_K_1_EP1"]];
{
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
_x sethit [format ["dam %1",_i],1,false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects ["_KH",600]);
};``` I'm not getting any script errors from this, but it still isn't destroying those buildings. Tried with _x setdamage [1,false] tooIt takes one typename
_KH is not a valid typename
And an array of valid typenames is also not one typename
{
{
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
_x sethit [format ["dam %1",_i],1,false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects [_x,600]);
} forEach ["Land_House_K_5_EP1","Land_House_L_1_EP1","Land_House_K_1_EP1"]
Thanks, I'll give that a go. This is what I'd just tried forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects ["Land_House_L_1_EP1",600]);
little eagle
nearObjects only lists mission objects, not terrain objects.
outer scarab
Interesting, the earlier part of the script works despite using nearobjects
{
{
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
_x sethit [format ["dam%1",_i],selectRandom [0,0,1],false];
_x sethit [format ["dam %1",_i],selectRandom [0,0,1],false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects ["house",600]);
};
{
{
{
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do
{
_x setdamage [1,false];
};
} forEach ((markerpos "DE1") nearObjects [_x,600]);
} forEach ["Land_House_K_5_EP1","Land_House_L_1_EP1","Land_House_K_1_EP1"];
};``` in its entirety. Still doesn't destroy the listed buildingsYeah
because that code is never executed
{...}; You create a CODE type value. And just discard it again
Remove the left most braces
outer scarab
I'll have to keep an eye out for that, now it works. Thanks for your help @still forum
The only reason I needed to do that in the first place is cause those buildings have some weird bug, only a unit's gear (minus uniform) is visible from the outside looking in or vice-versa
still forum
CUP?
outer scarab
Yeah
still forum
A uniform is not gear (loong story)
outer scarab
That's the playermodel as far as the game's concerned right?
still forum
yeah
outer scarab
I wanted to know if someone had managed to fix that, but after this it'd have been the wrong time to ask lol
still forum
No way to fix that besides fixing cup
Either go to cup discord in #channel_invites_list or report it https://dev.cup-arma3.org/ there
outer scarab
Done, surprised it hadn't been caught before, it's been happening for a few months
river meteor
If I want to retrieve a variable from the client when they disconnect how would I do that? I have a event handler for seeing when they disconnect, but I don't believe I can remoteExec to a disconnected client
little eagle
You can't. The moment they disconnect it's too late.
river meteor
I figured. I guess I'll just track the variable on the server side
unborn ether
@Manason#7990 Its better to store that kind of stuff in some database
river meteor
@unborn ether it is stored in a database, but to edit the data I need it on the client, when they disconnect I want to update the database with the new data
winter rose
save frequently, not on disconnection event or you can always have issues with unexpected events (client crash, etc)
unborn ether
@river meteor You can just save stuff on some events ^, like InventoryOpened or when RscDisplayInterrupt (ESC menu) gets active, etc. Frequent enough and not flooding events.
@river meteor Or you can just make some delay counter and use it everywhere possible. This will give more consistency with some flood protection.
outer scarab
@still forum https://imgur.com/46LmwbI (discussion-related meme)
still forum
@outer scarab 22. do not post URL links w/o short description of what it is , anywhere
little eagle
I don't get it.
wary vine
anyone know anything about
_pos = player getRelPos [10, 0];
_tank = createSimpleObject ["a3\armor_f_beta\apc_tracked_01\apc_tracked_01_rcws_f.p3d", _pos];
_tank setPos (_pos vectorAdd (getPosWorld _tank vectorDiff (_tank modelToWorld [0,0,0])));
_tank hideSelection ["zasleh", true];
_tank hideSelection ["zasleh2", true];
_tank hideSelection ["clan", true];
_tank animate ["Wheel_podkoloL3", 0.5, true];
_tank animate ["Wheel_podkoloL6", 0.5, true];
``` syntax not working on a server?_tank setPos (_pos vectorAdd (getPosWorld _tank vectorDiff (_tank modelToWorld [0,0,0])));
tf?
wary vine
its from the wiki
little eagle
So what's wrong. There is a tank in your vid.
wary vine
that was from the second syntax
little eagle
Maybe it's your debug console.
wary vine
apparently the tank is there , but invisible ...
_pos = player getRelPos [10, 0];
_tank = createSimpleObject ["a3\armor_f_beta\apc_tracked_01\apc_tracked_01_rcws_f.p3d", _pos];
player setpos (getpos _tank);
systemChat format ["%1",_tank];
_pos = player getRelPos [10, 0];
_tank = createSimpleObject ["a3\armor_f_beta\apc_tracked_01\apc_tracked_01_rcws_f.p3d", _pos];
player setpos (getpos _tank);
systemChat format ["%1",_tank];
``` this is what im using now.still same issue.
wary vine
i was just using the stuff on the wiki to start, works fine in editor.
but not on the server
little eagle
Editor, what map?
little eagle
idk, looks bizarre to me.
wary vine
yh
its only so I can use simpleobjects for my farming system, instead of classnames xD
wouldn't have worked, but now they added set/get var on simple objects , it will 😃
little eagle
re:
_pos = player getRelPos [10, 0];
_tank = createSimpleObject ["a3\armor_f_beta\apc_tracked_01\apc_tracked_01_rcws_f.p3d", _pos];
player setpos (getpos _tank);
systemChat format ["%1",_tank];
getRelPos reports AGL, or really just z=0 always.
CSO requires ASL or ASLWorld with model paths.
wary vine
ahh
little eagle
So the object is created at sea level inside the terrain.
getPos reports AGLS, so for objects stuck under ground z is probably 0 or negative.
setPos being AGL would put you on top of the terrain for 0, dunno about negative.
wary vine
so you have to create it with ASL, but then you can use normal setPos to move it ?
little eagle
No.
obsidian chasm
Damn, spent a while learning how to use orbat alive, turns out i just get so many errors from my custom soldiers. fuck this game man
obsidian chasm
ye, just get some weird errors
i just wanted them to work like any normal soldier because my mission wont save inventory
i just give up, its demoralising
little eagle
weak
meager heart
my mission wont save inventory
getUnitLoadout?
obsidian chasm
i have no idea how to go about that
i mean will it even fix my issue?
the inventory saves using save inventory/load inventory just sometimes on respawn it changes to the default soldier
it can go 19 respawns without randomly switching also
meager heart
🤔
winter rose
if I may ask here, does anyone have experience with bikb commands, aka kbTell, kbAddTopic etc? I need help to fill the biki. please @ me or contact me at #community_wiki . Thanks!
little eagle
Sounds like a race condition, Victus. I bet it's the scheduler. It's always the scheduler.
obsidian chasm
would that first comment possibly be what might work?
i cant get on now to try it, thats all
obsidian chasm
😦
little eagle
The script in the post is a mess. Looks like someone threw shit at the wall hoping it sticks.
obsidian chasm
thats my plan
little eagle
- ctrl+a, delete, so broken code doesn't interfere
obsidian chasm
params ["_newUnit", "_oldUnit"];
if (isNull _oldUnit) exitWith {};
_newUnit setUnitLoadout (getUnitLoadout _oldUnit);
what about that
little eagle
2,
// initPlayerLocal.sqf
params ["_unit"];
_unit addEventHandler ["killed", {
params ["_unit"];
private _loadout = getUnitLoadout _unit;
_unit setVariable ["commy_respawnLoadout", _loadout];
}];
_unit addEventHandler ["Respawn", {
params ["_unit"];
private _loadout = _unit getVariable "commy_respawnLoadout";
_unit setUnitLoadout _loadout;
}];
respawnTime has to be > 0 for this to work.
obsidian chasm
hm, how come?
little eagle
Otherwise respawn eh triggers before killed eh.
obsidian chasm
my mission is escape so being downed and revived etc
i mean I guess I could set respawn delay to 0 lol
if thats what i have to do
little eagle
It has to be > 0, not 0.
obsidian chasm
ye i know lol
obsidian chasm
the loadout is via script
meager heart
well ... commy knows de wey ^ 😀
obsidian chasm
hopefully this works because I cant be bothered if not
its so tiresome being unable to do stuff like this when you have zero idea why
lol nope, still spawning as the default soldier
🤣
meager heart
how you add your loadouts ?
obsidian chasm
through a script in initplayerlocal apparently
wary vine
player playmoveNow (selectRandom ["Acts_TreatingWounded01","Acts_TreatingWounded02","Acts_TreatingWounded03","Acts_TreatingWounded04","Acts_TreatingWounded05","Acts_TreatingWounded06"]);
``` just checking, this should work for anims right ?@obsidian chasm show it
meager heart
BIS_fnc_addRespawn inventory < that thing required config loadout
in your case, first loadout in that config will be uns_men_USMC_68_MED
meager heart
did you copied that from BIS mission ?
meager heart
check description.ext in that BIS mission, you will find there something like #include "Loadouts.inc" or #include "LoadoutClasses.inc"
unborn ether
Or just better create your own functions.
meager heart
yes ^
obsidian chasm
i have // Player loadouts
#include "LoadoutClasses.inc"
meager heart
make your own
obsidian chasm
are there any tutorials on how to do that?
please
i remember a while back i tried changing that stuff but it didnt seem to have any effect
meager heart
i have no idea about tutorials
obsidian chasm
ah ok, so if i can figure out how to change this, itll fix my issue?
or is this a shot in the dark lol
im at wits end honestly
meager heart
ah ok, so if i can figure out how to change this, itll fix my issue?
yes
meager heart
glhf
unborn ether
@obsidian chasm The best way is to study SQF from scratch.
unborn ether
Interesting, if you can actually wait for setVariable result besides just diffing the data before and after?
little eagle
lol nope, still spawning as the default soldier
Of course you spawn as the default soldier. The script makes it so you respawn with what you had when you died.
You're still just throwing shit at a wall. You probably have some script error in your mission that prevents everything else from working. I said step 1 is to ctrl+A delete. Make a new mission, add my script, and you'll see that it works.
Why use that instead of onPlayerRespawned?
Why use onPlayerRespawned instead of the simpler eventhandler?
obsidian chasm
you realise I spawn as a different guy, right?.. so me spawning as the default guy isnt good
@little eagle
little eagle
Your mission is borked, mate.
obsidian chasm
So the other guy lied?
or are you just being an arse for no reason lol
@little eagle
little eagle
What? Your mission is evidently broken. First step I'd do is checking the RPT's.
obsidian chasm
it was working fine last year
only recently has this been happening
but ye i can see you're kind of hard to deal with, kind of odd but whatever
it is what it is
little eagle
Code I gave you works 100%. If it doesn't for you, then you made a mistake or the problem is somewhere else. Check the RPT's.
obsidian chasm
we already came to the conclusion that it is loadclasses..
meager heart
conclusion should be "do not copy paste crap" and more important do not copy paste things when you have no idea what they doing... make things yourself from scratch and you will have less frustration... so far everything what you showed from that mission and your scripts, can be described with
commy2 💩💩 - Today at 02:03
Looks like someone threw shit at the wall hoping it sticks.
Victus_Mortuus - Today at 02:03
thats my plan
^ also probably "greatest quotes update" there 😄
obsidian chasm
it's almost as though I'm trying to learn something kind of hard with zero prior knowledge and just getting told it's "easy" etc
i wonder if you guys were ever new or just born with the ability to mod arma and stuff lol
🤣
still forum
I already knew how to program when I got into Arma
If you know the basics then it's really all easy stuff
meager heart
i started with scripting in different game, with different language, had 0 experience with "programming for games"... in arma first scripting happened for me in a1 times... but something serious/complex only after a3 release... still noob, but i'm trying 🤷
mellow obsidian
Victus haven't read the context here at all but are you trying to learn sqf or?
cosmic kettle
@obsidian chasm there is no easy way here. Either find/pay someone or learn it yourself from scratch indeed. Everyone has his/her story on why we do it, but it all comes down to the same. We all one day wanted to create something.
Except commy, he fell in a tub of sqf while young.
meager heart
nihao ma
cosmic kettle
your comparison is semi-correct. You can easily compare this to a genuine language. You learn to speak it by talking to others. By yourself you only get so far.
winter rose
while totally neutral to this conversation, ^ I like the comparison
obsidian chasm
and I am trying, you realise I knew literally nothing about all of this last year but jumped into the deep end because my friends and I enjoyed Tanoa escape so I thought "damn a ww2 escape would be sweet" so I made it
it's extremely hard to communicate on here since I don't know half the things you lot are saying majority of the time
so me explaining things also gets muddled very quickly
cosmic kettle
When in doubt, google it. If that results in nothing, ask. People will happily help if the question is well constructed
still forum
SQF is much more readable than other languages.
mellow obsidian
Usually its hard for the people trying to explain something to know what level they should explain it on.
^
That is true
still forum
SQF is plain english. But there are other languages which really are chinese
Like brainfuck
cosmic kettle
Dedmen, You are assuming everyone speaks English in that statement.
still forum
Well. Everyone who is in this discord does indeed speak english
mellow obsidian
But If you have low skill level I recommend just having some fun in the debug console and having the rpt open
cosmic kettle
It's very readable to us, Frenchies could have a harder time.
obsidian chasm
Least I finally fixed my issue
now only one issue left lol
it never ends does it
meager heart
fix it
mellow obsidian
One does not simply play without RPT errors
nocturne basalt
Hi guys. I have a weird problem, and I dont think this have been attempted before. Here goes...
Im spawning 50mx50mx50m boxes on memorypoints.
Im using this script to do so
private ["_ship"];
_ship = _this select 0;
_ship setFeatureType 2;
for "_i" from 1 to 749 do
{
_mempoint = format["Component%1", _i];
_box = "TIOW_geo_box_50m" createVehicle (position _ship);
_boxSpawn = _ship selectionPosition [_mempoint, "Memory"];
_box setPos (_ship modelToWorld [_boxSpawn select 0,_boxSpawn select 1,_boxSpawn select 2]);
sleep 0.005;
};
for some reason, half the boxes spawn alot further up than the rest
still forum
private ["_ship"];
_ship = _this select 0;
->
params ["_ship"];
nocturne basalt
its not a function. just an init script
obsidian chasm
@meager heart will do when i figure out the issue lol
still forum
Doesn't change my argument ^^
nocturne basalt
it works to some extent, but around half spawn further up than where the memorypoint actually is
still forum
Could it be that the ones that spawn higher up are the ones that spawned after some boxes already existed below them?
nocturne basalt
hm, I have 749 mempoints each with individual names
still forum
Yeah that is the problem
nocturne basalt
oh