#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 442

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:01 AM

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Dedmen, can you attach user actions to objects with disabled simulation?

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 11:01 AM

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afaik no

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ACE action also don't work ^^

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I think I tried both when I was last trying to do that

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:01 AM

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Really? I want FurtherV to try first.

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I have a work around already in case it doesn't work:
Instead of:

_thing addAction [blah];

do:

private _dummy = "Building" createVehicleLocal [0,0,0];
_dummy setPosWorld getPosWorld _thing;
_dummy addAction [blah];

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But why do that if it's not needed in the first place.

delicate lotus Apr 2, 2018, 11:06 AM

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yeah object nolonger has actions when turning off simulation

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:07 AM

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That's strange to me, but if it is like that I have to accept it.

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You think the code I posted would solve it?

delicate lotus Apr 2, 2018, 11:08 AM

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yeah

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Since when is there an Object simply called "Building"?

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:09 AM

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Alpha.

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It's my go to dummy class, because it has the least performance cost while providing all the benefits of an OBJECT type.

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Like, they want you to use Logic, but that requires createUnit and all that. This class is just superior in every way, even though if it might be on accident.

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 11:10 AM

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you want to make something. Aka build something. So ofc you use a building

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:12 AM

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You could also try "#particlesource", but I'm pretty sure that one doesn't support addAction.

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Though I never tried.

lusty canyon Apr 2, 2018, 11:33 AM

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will this be enough to check if a vehicle is not upright?

((vectorUp cursorTarget) select 2) < 0 )

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:37 AM

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Define upright.

lusty canyon Apr 2, 2018, 11:38 AM

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upright = vehicle wheels contact ground surface (drivable)

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:39 AM

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Then no. The vehicle could lie on the side and this would still report true.

lusty canyon Apr 2, 2018, 11:41 AM

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so what conditional can i use? is there another vector i can use?

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can i do ((vectorUp cursorTarget) select 2) != 1 )

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:43 AM

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I don't think there is a perfect way to do what you want. But one could calculate the angle between the vehicles up vector and the terrain surface normal and choose an arbitrary angle that would be defined as "not upright".

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!= 1 would almost always be true, as the vehicle would stand there perfectly upright. That'd always fail on even slightly sloped terrain.

lusty canyon Apr 2, 2018, 11:47 AM

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how bout i do a range vectorup conditional like ((vectorUp cursorTarget) select 2) <= 0.5 ) and >= 1.5 ?

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:49 AM

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acos (vectorUp _vehicle vectorDotProduct surfaceNormal getPosWorld _vehicle) > 30

This means tilted more than 30 degree compared to the surface.

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I like this more than random numbers, because degree is something everybody understands.

lusty canyon Apr 2, 2018, 11:50 AM

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ok ill give that a go, thanks bro

scarlet spoke Apr 2, 2018, 11:56 AM

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Is it valid to declare a global variable in a for-loop like this?

for "myGlobalVar" from 1 to 10 do {};

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 11:56 AM

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I don't think so.

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Why would you possibly need this? sleep inside that loop?

scarlet spoke Apr 2, 2018, 11:59 AM

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I'm just re-implementing my SQF type-checker and wondered whether it would throw an error 🤷

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Okay then... Let's assume that the variable has to be local until proven otherwise 😄

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 12:02 PM

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Only one way to find out.

scarlet spoke Apr 2, 2018, 12:25 PM

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Yeah but I'm too lazy for that 🙈

steady terrace Apr 2, 2018, 12:33 PM

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could someone tell me what i'm doing wrong here?

_meters = this distance h1;
_val = if (_meters < 500) then [{"true"}.{"false"}];
hint _val;

(I'm very new to arma scripting)

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it says i'm missing a ] but i'm pretty sure it's closed

little oxide Apr 2, 2018, 12:34 PM

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use select instead of if, for this situation

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 12:34 PM

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You used a period and not a comma.

steady terrace Apr 2, 2018, 12:35 PM

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just saw that! stupid me

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 12:35 PM

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You could write the whole thing as:

hint str (this distance h1 < 500);

too. Makes more sense to me.

steady terrace Apr 2, 2018, 12:40 PM

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I'm getting a generic error @little eagle

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also since it's in the condition field I removed the hint part to get

this distance h1 < 500; which also gave me a generic error

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 12:41 PM

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Where did you put that code?

steady terrace Apr 2, 2018, 12:41 PM

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inside the condition field of a trigger

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 12:42 PM

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this in a trigger is a boolean, so duh.

steady terrace Apr 2, 2018, 12:42 PM

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ahh. then how do you specify self?

little eagle Apr 2, 2018, 12:43 PM

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thisTrigger, as the tooltip in the editor says.

steady terrace Apr 2, 2018, 12:44 PM

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sweet! thanks

meager heart Apr 2, 2018, 2:36 PM

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about "how to check if vehicle is upright"...
maybe with bis_fnc_getPitchBank ? 🤔

austere granite Apr 2, 2018, 3:54 PM

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What's the easiest way to tell if someone is running arma3diag?

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 4:02 PM

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productVersion

austere granite Apr 2, 2018, 4:04 PM

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you happen to know what it would return for a diag? Don't have dev branch set up and honestly i'm a lazy scrub so please spoonfeed 😦

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 4:04 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

winter rose Apr 2, 2018, 4:12 PM

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^ I am pretty sure you have a keyboard shortcut for this smiley

austere granite Apr 2, 2018, 4:13 PM

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/shrug

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The more you know

winter rose Apr 2, 2018, 4:13 PM

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/shrug

austere granite Apr 2, 2018, 4:13 PM

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! ¯_(ツ)_/¯

winter rose Apr 2, 2018, 4:13 PM

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Nooo, you failed meee

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Oh, not working from mobile apparently

meager heart Apr 2, 2018, 4:15 PM

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(°_°✿)

winter rose Apr 2, 2018, 4:15 PM

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O=(°.°Q)

astral tendon Apr 2, 2018, 5:59 PM

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/// on the TV
TV setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(MissionCamerartt,1)"];
///on the camera
AirporCamera cameraEffect ["Internal", "Back", "MissionCamerartt"];

It works and i can see the live feed from that camera on a screen, but once I opem the Arsenal the TV turns black and i have to set the cameraEffect again.

TV addAction ["Fix", {
AirporCamera cameraEffect ["Internal", "Back", "MissionCamerartt"]; 
}],

Any other way to fix that?

vapid drift Apr 2, 2018, 6:07 PM

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I have a setup for testing purposes that has 1 chinook, 2 vehicles, and 2 players. Each vehicles starts with a secure action that is placed on them in the editor. When someone selects the action, it executes this:

            [_object, ["<t color = '#FFC200'>Detach</t>", {
                ["detach", _this] execVM "test.sqf";
            }, nil, 1.5, false, true]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0];

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When it does this, two copies of the new detach option are added to each vehicle... there is some part of this that is not clicking with me.

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detach action*

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This is the whole block that should be run everytime a player selects the action:

    case "secure": {
        _this select 1 params [
            "_object",
            "_caller",
            "_id"
        ];

        _target = nearestObject [_object, "RHS_CH_47F"];

        _dist = _object distance _target;
        if (_dist < 5) then {    
            _relDir = (getDir _object) - (getDir _target);
            _object attachTo [_target];
            _object setDir _relDir;
            _object removeAction _id;

            if (typeOf _object == "B_Boat_Transport_01_F") then {
                _object disableCollisionWith _target;

                private _relPos = _target worldToModelVisual [getPosATL _object select 0, getPosATL _object select 1,(getPosATL _object select 2)-((_object worldToModelVisual (getposatl _object)) select 2)];
                private _offset = 0;

                if (count (attachedObjects _target) == 1) then {
                    _offset = 2;
                    while{ (_relPos select 1 < _offset) } do {
                        _relPos = _relPos vectorDiff [0,-0.05,0];
                        _object attachTo [_target, _relPos];
                        sleep 0.01;
                    };
                } else {
                    _offset = -3;
                    while{ (_relPos select 1 < _offset) } do {
                        _relPos = _relPos vectorDiff [0,-0.05,0];
                        _object attachTo [_target, _relPos];
                        sleep 0.01;
                    };
                };
            };

            [_object, ["<t color = '#FFC200'>Detach</t>", {
                ["detach", _this] execVM "test.sqf";
            }, nil, 1.5, false, true]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0];
        } else {
            hint "Nothing to secure to.";
        };
    };

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Most of it doesn't relate to the problem

vapid drift Apr 2, 2018, 6:47 PM

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Are action IDs unique to the machine that created them?

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 6:47 PM

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yes

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machine and unit you add the action to

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just as the wiki says

vapid drift Apr 2, 2018, 6:49 PM

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So if I remoteExec the add action, the action will have a different ID on each machine the executes the code? I'm just making sure I understand properly

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 6:49 PM

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yes

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well... "depends"

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but generally you cannot be sure that they will be the same...

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Unless... depends.

vapid drift Apr 2, 2018, 6:50 PM

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lol ok... that's the only thing I can think of as to why there would be multiple instances for each player

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they're not actually getting removed because of different IDs

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... maybe

still forum Apr 2, 2018, 6:51 PM

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But.. I don't see that in your script

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you are removing the "secure" action. And that works properly

vapid drift Apr 2, 2018, 6:52 PM

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Yeah... you're right

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Oh well lol, I'll figure it our later

inland badger Apr 2, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Hey ya'll, I'm looking for someone to kinda correct my code. So my mission is more or less completely dynamic and I use some mod called ZISHC to transfer zeus bots over to the headless client. Because of multiple dynamic systems I'm looking for a way to loop through all bots on the mission to attach event handlers to said bots. Not sure exactly how to keep looping through all bots spawned so far I've came up with this example but I'm not sure if it's a good or correct way for that matter.

[] spawn { 
  if (!hasInterface) then { 
    { 
      if (local _x && (_x getVariable "handlersSet" == true || isNull _x getVariable "handlersSet")) then { 
        [_x,["killed", {[[_this,(_this select 1)],'FN_HandleKillFunctionHere',false,false] call BIS_fnc_MP}]] remoteExec ["addEventHandler",0,true];
        _x setVariable ["handlersSet", true, true];
      }; 
    } forEach allUnits; 
  }; 
};

chrome steeple Apr 2, 2018, 9:15 PM

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This line is bugged without a THEN after the condition, right? if( !GVAR(enabled) || {getNumber (configFile >> 'CfgWeapons' >> _weapon >> QGVAR(allowSwapBarrel)) != 1}) exitWith{false};

inland badger Apr 2, 2018, 9:18 PM

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@chrome steeple if u use "exitWith" you do not need the "then" statement if it isn't working I would recommend you change it to

if( !GVAR(enabled) || (getNumber (configFile >> 'CfgWeapons' >> _weapon >> QGVAR(allowSwapBarrel)) != 1)) exitWith{false};

Never used the {} inside an if statement so I'm not sure if they work.

winter rose Apr 2, 2018, 9:26 PM

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the {} in an if statement allow for a lazy eval, aka if the first expression is false, don't evaluate the others

chrome steeple Apr 2, 2018, 9:28 PM

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Hm, right. It's from the overheating stuff in ACE, I can swap the barrel on all weapons.

inland badger Apr 2, 2018, 9:28 PM

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@winter rose Oh, I never knew that.

chrome steeple Apr 2, 2018, 9:32 PM

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Oh, now I see. So since the first thing goes false, it skips the second part which would evaluate to true on most weapons. Guess I'll notify the ACE team. Thanks for the help.

shadow sapphire Apr 2, 2018, 9:47 PM

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Anyone have any idea why the units spawned in this script refuse to get into the formation that I've set? They all get into column or staggered column and the first group spawned always enters safe behavior, instead of aware:

if (isServer) then {
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;
        _G4 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_officer_F","I_officer_F","I_soldier_UAV_F","I_medic_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;
        _G2 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;
        _G3 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;
            {
                {
//                    _x execVM "Gear\FN_CentralGreen.sqf";
                    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
                    _x setFormation "WEDGE";
                } forEach units _x;
            } forEach [_G1,_G2,_G3,_G4];
        [_G1, getPos leader _G1, 2200] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;
        Sleep 45;
        _G4 copyWaypoints _G1;
        Sleep 15;
        _G2 copyWaypoints _G1;
        Sleep 45;
        _G3 copyWaypoints _G1;
        Sleep 1;
        deleteVehicle _this
    };
};```

meager heart Apr 2, 2018, 11:00 PM

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bis_fnc_taskPatrol will add waypoints with speed LIMITED and formation STAG COLUMN... better just add waypoints SAD with CYCLE or create your own version of patrol script, then you will able to change that... also that ^ code... lets say you can make it better lol

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also if you will spawn dynamic groups, you will need this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteGroupWhenEmpty

hearty plover Apr 2, 2018, 11:18 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

river meteor Apr 2, 2018, 11:40 PM

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Trying to set up an onMouseButtonClick event. How do I check if the button is left or right mouse?

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 12:31 AM

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0 spawn {
    disableSerialization;
    private _display = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";
    private _control = _display ctrlCreate ["RscButton", -1];

    _control ctrlSetPosition [0.35,0.5,0.25,0.1];
    _control ctrlCommit 0;
    
    _control ctrlSetText "CLICK IT !!!";
    _control ctrlAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonClick", {hint str _this}];
};
```try it in console ^

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@river meteor

river meteor Apr 3, 2018, 12:32 AM

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Will do, thanks.

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 12:42 AM

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@meager heart, thanks so much!

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 12:47 AM

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np

quasi rover Apr 3, 2018, 5:45 AM

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One of our mission tasks is finding small object like SuitCase, Plastic Case with enemy guards in the house. The objects is placed by buildingPos -1 in the house . But sometimes the house is attacked and destroyed, task's object is also buried under debris and hard to find it. Is there a way to avoid burying object under debris?

strange urchin Apr 3, 2018, 6:05 AM

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Yeah. Place your object better

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I’d recommend hand picking the building positions you want to use

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And just pick a random one from those

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 6:39 AM

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@chrome steeple https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/pull/6170 <--

peak plover Apr 3, 2018, 6:54 AM

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okay

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Wild idea

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How smart/stupid would it be to create a namespace for every script? Like a location and use setVariable ?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 6:56 AM

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depends. Like always

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but sounds more stupid than smart

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Like.. If you have Quiksilver level scripts that might have some use. Otherwise I don't see it

peak plover Apr 3, 2018, 6:56 AM

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Wud be nice to acces that scripts variables and such from outside

verbal otter Apr 3, 2018, 6:56 AM

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is possible to make "ctrlCommit" comand custom?

peak plover Apr 3, 2018, 6:57 AM

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So instead of local variables I'd use setVariable and that way I can add like error messages and such and check from outside

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ctrlCommit custom?

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Wahat u mean

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 6:59 AM

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well just use global variables then?

verbal otter Apr 3, 2018, 6:59 AM

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i want make when control is moving - smooth stop with bleeding speed

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 6:59 AM

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@verbal otter No idea what you mean. ctrlCommit does what ctrlCommit does and you can't change that

peak plover Apr 3, 2018, 7:00 AM

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You can't change the command but U can definitely do that

verbal otter Apr 3, 2018, 7:01 AM

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@peak plover i think about use "waitUntil{ctrlCommitted};"

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and then start moving with lower speed

peak plover Apr 3, 2018, 7:02 AM

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U want it to slow down?

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U can manually calculate the next position and then use ctrlCommit 0 or U can change ctrlCommit from like 1 to 5 over time maybe?

verbal otter Apr 3, 2018, 7:05 AM

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yes, something like this

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 7:45 AM

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Is there a way to get weapon icons to use in GUI?

peak plover Apr 3, 2018, 7:47 AM

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Yah, many mods have done that with icons for kills etc.

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I'd assume it's defined in config what the icon is

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:11 AM

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Also when I try to spawn a GUI, where do I find the name I use?

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I'm getting undefined variable

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my tag in functions.hpp is PMC, my class is showShopDialog

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:17 AM

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well... does your function contain code to show the dialog / gui?

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:17 AM

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fn_showShopDialog.sqf has createDialog that matches dialog.hpp

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In functions.hpp I have class showShopDialog {};

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having a file called fn_showShopDialog.sqf

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with the tag PMC in functions.hpp, I should be able to call it with PMC_fnc_showShowDialog right?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:19 AM

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yes

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:19 AM

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This is how Im calling it

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player addAction ["Shop","[] spawn PMC_fnc_showShopDialog"];

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:20 AM

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asfar as I know, param 2 (1) of add Action can only be a String to a script location OR code in {}

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:20 AM

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nope

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string script is also okey

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:20 AM

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oh

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welp...

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hmm, I guess the issue must lay in the code to create the dialog then...
either the dialog itself or createDialog...

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:21 AM

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I hate GUIs

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:22 AM

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who doesnt

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:23 AM

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So this is my fn_showShopDialog.sqf

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https://pastebin.com/qaj11GPd

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functions.hpp https://pastebin.com/83qagdBh

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Am I missing something

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:26 AM

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actually, in which line do you get the error?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:26 AM

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CfgFunction class is missing. And you need to #include your functions.hpp in some config otherwise it won't do anything

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:27 AM

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wow. Im offended that I did not saw that...

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imma go cry in my noob corner now

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:27 AM

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class cfgFunctions
{
#include "functions/functions.hpp"
};

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I have that in description.ext

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oh wait slash is wrong way isnt it

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:29 AM

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doesn't matter

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if it didn't work your game would crash

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so it probably works

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:29 AM

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oh wait I see the issue, I have two functions.hpp, one in a sub functions folder

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one in main directory

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I was editing one in main directory

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:31 AM

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is it possible to send a precomp #include hpp originating from server to all players by remoteExec -2?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:31 AM

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that doesn't make sense

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#include is preprocessor. And that runs before the script itself

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#include doesn't exist at the point where you can remoteExec

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:32 AM

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ok so how do i send the server hpp over to clients?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:32 AM

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loadFile can read files and return the content

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:33 AM

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@lusty canyon it is automatically send to the clients when they download the mission.

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:34 AM

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Only if it is included in the mission pbo

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:34 AM

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hpp file is only in the server tho

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:34 AM

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._.

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I dont think you can afterload an .hpp file

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:35 AM

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@delicate lotus You should follow the chat... loadFile can load file contents into a string. It works with any text file type.

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You can just load the hpp and send the string over to the clients

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:36 AM

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ohhhh

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well I thought he wanted like to read file -> string -> recreate file on client side

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:36 AM

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would this work?


    private _targets = allPlayers;
    private _script = {    
        _customFNCs = loadFile "serverOnlyFile.hpp";
    };
    _script remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_call", _targets];

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:36 AM

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yeah. Can't write files except with filePatching and a extension

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no

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loadFile "serverOnlyFile.hpp" will obviously not work on client

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you have to call it on server and transmit the result.

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Not call it on client

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:37 AM

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because at that point the client is trying to find a file that doesnt exist?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:37 AM

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yes

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:37 AM

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So I got my GUI to show up, but its just a small white square in corner, no error codes

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:39 AM

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to call it on server do i just do _code = "myServerFile.hpp" ? then i can remoteExec the var?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:39 AM

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No

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you are missing the loadFile

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_code = "myServerFile.hpp" will result in "myServerFile.hpp"

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:40 AM

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this is my dialogs.hpp https://pastebin.com/8ehr6Z3G

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:42 AM

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haha right silly mistake. so would this work?


    private _targets = allPlayers;
    _customFNCs = loadFile "serverOnlyFile.hpp";
    
    private _script = {
        params ["_customFNCs"];
        
        // _customFNCs var now contains serverOnlyFile,hpp?
    };
    [ [_customFNCs], _script ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_call", _targets];

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:43 AM

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think so. Looks good

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:43 AM

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yes or no?

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.<

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:43 AM

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I don't see any err.... No. There is an error in there

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// _customFNCs var now contains serverOnlyFile,hpp? No it doesn't.
// _customFNCs var now contains serverOnlyFile.hpp? Yes it does.

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:44 AM

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The error is in the comment...

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:44 AM

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hang on you said the loadfile stringify the contents right? how can i remove that?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:45 AM

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remove the string?

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loadFile will always put the content it gets into a string. You can't remove that...

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:45 AM

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Remove what?

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Remove text being... text?

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What would you turn it into? Warm air?

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:46 AM

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says its a sqf file, how do i get it to run on the clients if its just a long ass string?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:46 AM

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compile?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:47 AM

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Oh a .hpp is a .sqf? Why name it .hpp then.. That's confusing.
compile to turn it into code. call to call it.

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:48 AM

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Just a question on the side. Why do you want that specífic .hpp file only on the server?

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I mean, for an .sqf that would make sense as some config stuff... but a .hpp?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:49 AM

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It is a sqf apparently

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just named .hpp

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:49 AM

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Well im completly confused now...

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:50 AM

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yeah. That's what I just wrote ^^

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You don't have to use any set file endings. A .Blubblabluuuuu file can be a sqf script.
Same as a .cookieEatingMonsterDingo can be a #include file

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:51 AM

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yeah sorry i had a brain fart , its a sqf. so would this work? and run code on clients


    private _targets = allPlayers;
    _customFNCs = loadFile "serverOnlyFile.sqf";
    
    private _script = {
        params ["_customFNCs"];
        
        _runCode = compile _customFNCs; 
        call _runCode;
    };
    [ [_customFNCs], _script ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_call", _targets];

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:51 AM

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But it's just confusing to now name the file what it is

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Yes. That would work

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:52 AM

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ok great thanks guys, sorry again for the brain fart its late over here

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:52 AM

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But you can also do the same alot shorter

(compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "serverOnlyFile.sqf") remoteExec ["call", allPlayers];

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preprocessFileLineNumbers is essentially the same as loadFile. But it executes the preprocessor and also add's line numbers in case of script errors

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 8:53 AM

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wow nice

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:53 AM

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If you have preprocessor you can also #include inside your serverOnlyFile.sqf and split your stuff into multiple files.

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:54 AM

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I have a dumb question: Lets say I want to run a command like createVehicleLocal from remoteExec...
createVehicleLocal looks like this. x createVehicleLocal y.
How would i put that in an remoteExec?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:54 AM

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It will be preprocessed and merged and compiled on serverside. And then executed on all clients

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[leftparam, rightparam] remoteExec ["commandname"]

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Soo.. [x,y] remoteExec ["createVehicleLocal"]

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:55 AM

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but how does remoteExec distinguish from rightparam and leftparam?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:55 AM

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left param is on the left. And right param is on the right.

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 8:55 AM

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Still showing up as small white square, looks fine in GUI editor

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:55 AM

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well there is a difference between left param right param functions and right param only...

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:55 AM

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yes

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with right param only there is only one parameter

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So there is also only a single place to put it

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rightparam remoteExec ["commandname"]

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:56 AM

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okay now I feel dumb because I just realized everything...

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 8:57 AM

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the one who asks feels dumb for 5 minutes, while the one who doesn't is dumb forever

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:58 AM

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Or he already knows everything....

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 8:58 AM

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(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:58 AM

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Or is intelligent enough to find out by himself by reading the wiki

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:58 AM

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I read the wiki

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I got confused

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 8:58 AM

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"confused" refer to my last statement 😉

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 8:59 AM

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I got confused about an Array being counted as multiple arguments instead of an array with multiple arguments

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:01 AM

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ask when you get stuck, no worries Dedmen will be happy to help

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:01 AM

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ofc he will... otherwise he wouldnt help...

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if he wouldnt be happy to help that he would not help people

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he loves to answers noob questions like mine

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:02 AM

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I was never good in philosophy

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:02 AM

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whats philosophy?

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never had that in my school

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:03 AM

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It's about thinking about stuff that you usually have nothing to think about

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:04 AM

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Weird I set it to safeZone but it defaulted to GUI_Grid

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I think thats the issue

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:04 AM

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"if a tree falls in the forest and no-one is there to listen, does the tree make noise?"

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:04 AM

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I think BI broke Arsenal export to config function...

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firstly, it does not export weapon attachments...
secondly, it exports uniform as uniform =, not as uniformClass =

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BI why you do this

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:06 AM

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There was a export to config function 😮

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:06 AM

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yes...

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:06 AM

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for a weapon with attachments you need a seperate CfgWeapons class for that weapon

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:06 AM

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CTRL + SHIFT + C

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no not to that config

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I mean for cfgRespawnInventories

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:07 AM

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That is mising on the description.ext page OwO

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:07 AM

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xD

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something that would be also nice would be the ability to execute code from file on respawn with specific inventories

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:07 AM

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hides

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:08 AM

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I mean, it could be also done by giving the player x amounts of an item and check around 1 second after respawn if he has stuff times x and then execute code...

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wait, is it actually possible to put a map into a backpack?

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if yes, how much space will it take away?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:10 AM

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I'd guess 1 mass

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:10 AM

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What is the Cfg for terminals?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:10 AM

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Sure it's possible

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@radiant needle Cfg stuff -> #arma3_config

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:10 AM

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also... what is the _respawn (_this select 2) returned by onPlayerRespawn?

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its a number... but its not refering loadouts... I guess thats the specific index number of the respawn?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:11 AM

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

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in SQS it was the delay...

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I thought SQF would be equivalent OwO

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:12 AM

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sqf has 4, sqs has 3

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:12 AM

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maybe it's the number of respawns. Counting up.

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:13 AM

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nah, it was always 3 for me

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but I only had 1 respawn for that side...

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:13 AM

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Is there a reason why my text is showing up as invisible for the 1501 control

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https://pastebin.com/zBHBmv7N

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:14 AM

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my text is showing up as invisible 🤔 How can you see invisible things showing up?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:14 AM

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XDDDD

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XD

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:14 AM

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Because I can click on where it should be, and it highlights

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:14 AM

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but if it highlights, it aind invisible

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:14 AM

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Btw it's Categories not Catagories

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:15 AM

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not its catgories

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:15 AM

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catacomberies

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half burial site half salon?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:16 AM

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Also CfgStuff looks wrong. You are passing weapons in there and expect a result in CfgStuff?

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maybe your text is empty because that config class actually doesn't exist in CfgStuff

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:16 AM

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I thought you said CfgStuff was for terminals?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:16 AM

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What?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:16 AM

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#arma3_config for CfGStuff

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:16 AM

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🤦

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I said you should go to #arma3_config if you want to ask config stuff

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Had no idea what you mean with terminals

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:17 AM

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no, just use cfgStuff

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:17 AM

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These items there are in CfgWeapons

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:17 AM

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yeah that works noqw

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:17 AM

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Hey ded, do you know any good (written) tutorials on dialog creation which don't just spoonfeed?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:17 AM

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@delicate lotus <respawn> is ownerID

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:18 AM

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oh

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:18 AM

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Step 1: Learn blackmagic

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:18 AM

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nice

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:18 AM

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I think

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:18 AM

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I think too

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:19 AM

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I think third

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:20 AM

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I think forth ^.^

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:21 AM

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So now how do I get it so when I click on one of the categories it populates the items box?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:21 AM

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you execute code when people click

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:22 AM

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so back over to dialogs.hpp

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:22 AM

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but you need to check how they click.
left clic, rightclick, middleclick, uganda knuckles click...

yes

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:23 AM

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leftclick

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:23 AM

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no left clic

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:23 AM

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onLBSelChanged

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:24 AM

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uganda knuckles click hue hue hue, u no de wey
@still forum you sure the CfgRespawnBlah is Description.ext then?

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cfgRespawnInventories

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:24 AM

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@winter rose https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_addRespawnInventory

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:24 AM

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is it possible to make your own cfg classes in the description.ext?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:24 AM

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yes

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:24 AM

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like cfgApple

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:24 AM

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So I don't use UI event handlers?

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:25 AM

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@still forum last edit: me

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:25 AM

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okay... and how would I work with them?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:25 AM

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missionConfigFile

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:25 AM

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okay

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@still forum do you know high quality tutorials on dialog creation?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:26 AM

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you already asked that and I didn't answer

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Because I don't know da way

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:26 AM

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wow

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:26 AM

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So I would want onLBSelChanged because thats a dialog control

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 9:26 AM

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but I need to use dialogs to make a respawn system thats not apeshit

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:26 AM

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LBSelChanged is for list boxes. If you have a listbox then that's the thing to use

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:27 AM

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perfect then

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now how do I reference a control from dialogs.hpp?

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Like say on onLBSelChanged I want it to LBclear my 1501 control

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Do I just do (findDisplay 9750) displayCtrl 1500;

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action = "[this] spawn PMC_fnc_setCategories;";

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SO I have that aas my action for a button

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and this is the function

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_text = _this select 0;
hint format["%1",_Text];

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why is it returning any with a script error?

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 9:37 AM

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not missing anymore 👀 @still forum
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgRespawnInventories

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:37 AM

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Undefined variable

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wiki says "this" is passed

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:38 AM

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Then the wiki is wrong

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where does it say that?

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:39 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-Buttons

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Also I tried action = "[""Gear""] spawn PMC_fnc_setCategories;";

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:39 AM

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I'm quite sure it should be _this

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:40 AM

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WHen I tried gear it should pass the string "Gear" shouldn't it?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:40 AM

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yeah

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:41 AM

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_text = _this select 0;
hint _text;

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it's saying _text is undefined

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this is my fn_SetCategories.sqf file

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 9:42 AM

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from your [this] spawn PMC_fnc_setCategories; ?

radiant needle Apr 3, 2018, 9:42 AM

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Oh its working now, just needed to full reload mission

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Damn once I got the basic format this actually isnt that ba

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bad

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already got an item filter set up

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for the categories at least

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When a user clicks on an item in a list box, how do I get the name of the selection?

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_this select 2?

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Is there a way to return text of selection instead of index?

astral tendon Apr 3, 2018, 12:07 PM

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_localStuff = 123;
player addAction ["test", {hint format ["%1",_localStuff]}]; /// says any

I did not get how that works, how do i pass a local variable to the next scope?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 12:11 PM

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you can't

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simple as that

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It's not a lower scope. It's a new script

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local variables only carry over to lower scopes

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Variables that carry over between different scripts are called global variables

tame portal Apr 3, 2018, 12:12 PM

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Make it global [T]/

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 12:12 PM

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You could pass it as arguments to the addAction to get a copy of your variable into _this.

tame portal Apr 3, 2018, 12:13 PM

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Oder use call compile with a format and the variable text to create the action :D but I don't recommend that

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 12:13 PM

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no need for call compile

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just format is enough

tame portal Apr 3, 2018, 12:13 PM

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Then that

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 12:13 PM

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That is probably the best solution if you only have string/number

tough abyss Apr 3, 2018, 1:05 PM

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Extensions have to come in an add on right and can’t be placed in a mission file?

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 1:07 PM

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@tough abyss a mod / game extension, you mean? if so, yes

tough abyss Apr 3, 2018, 1:08 PM

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Yah thanks

finite jackal Apr 3, 2018, 2:01 PM

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if !(magazinesAllTurrets vehicle player > [2]) exitWith {hint "Must have original 2 smokes to add additional smoke ammo"}; ```
Why is this returning "Error Generic error in expression"?

strange urchin Apr 3, 2018, 2:04 PM

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There seem to be multiple things wrong with what you’re doing

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Because an array with one number cannot be bigger than an array with strings and arrays of numbers and numbers

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That comparison doesn't make any sense

strange urchin Apr 3, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Yeah, even if it let you for some ungodly reason, you still wouldn’t get the result you want

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You’ll have to go through the list of magazines and check them

finite jackal Apr 3, 2018, 2:12 PM

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so I'm actually looking for a magazine count and I need to compare that specific number in the returned array and I didn't do so

strange urchin Apr 3, 2018, 2:13 PM

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You can probably use it

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You’ll want to do a bit of logic.

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And you wont want just evaluate it all it in the condition.

lone glade Apr 3, 2018, 2:24 PM

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you just need to use count

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unless you mean ammo count

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in that case it's count with an extra step

finite jackal Apr 3, 2018, 2:24 PM

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ammo count left inside a vehicle turret magazine

lone glade Apr 3, 2018, 2:25 PM

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for a specific mag or all of them??

finite jackal Apr 3, 2018, 2:26 PM

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either the current mag, or all mags inside the vehicle.

BIS does not let you reload vehicle countermeasures unless the original countermeasures are unused.

lone glade Apr 3, 2018, 2:29 PM

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private _emptyMagazineCount = {_x select 2 == 0} count (magazinesAllTurrets  vehicle player);

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if you want to check for depleted ammo you'll have to do config lookups and compare the current ammo vs what it has by default

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next update you'll be able to do:

(magazinesAllTurrets vehicle player) findif {_x select 2 == 0} > -1

wary vine Apr 3, 2018, 2:59 PM

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is there a listbox style that can allow multiple selections ?

austere granite Apr 3, 2018, 3:01 PM

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theres a config entry for it

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at least that's what i remember, but i can't seem to find it, plus i don't think you would have a decent get for multiple selections anyway

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my experience is that if you want a listbox that doesn't really suck, you just gotta make a custom one with controlgroup and ctrlCreate

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 3:55 PM

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@meager heart, any tips on how to create a randomly placed waypoint?

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 3:57 PM

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what ?

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Oh. Sorry to call on you directly, you'd given me input on something yesterday. I can look elsewhere, but I was wondering if you'd have any advice on how to create a waypoint in a random location and distance, sort of like how the bis task patrol waypoint works, with just a distance parameter.

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 4:03 PM

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Anyone have any idea why this is happening wen calling this script function?

["CAManBase", "initPost", {_this call score_fnc_unitInit},true,[],true] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

score_fnc_unitInit

diag_log format["Assigning Events to data: %1", name _this]; // Giving this error, Error in expression < format["Assigning Events to data: %1", name _this];
diag_log format["Assigning Events to data: %1", name player]; // Works but only outputs the HC and not the rest of the players/units spawned on the map

wary vine Apr 3, 2018, 4:04 PM

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@austere granite I ended up going with check boxes xD
https://gyazo.com/e7f7312f45aed9f620f678a1cf76fcf6

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:06 PM

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Hey, is there a good way to force AI to laser target a specific object / location?

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or is it possible to spawn a laser target marker?

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 4:07 PM

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from https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/170910-spawned-laser-targets-disappear/ ,

test = "LaserTargetW" createVehicle (getpos player);test attachto [player,[0,3,1]];
test spawn {
   t = time;
   waituntil { isnull _this };
   hint format ["time started\n%1\n\ntime stopped\n%2\n\ntotal time\n%3",str t,str time,str (time - t)];
};

as long as it is attachedTo it will remain "alive".

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:08 PM

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Oh so there is an object called LaserTargetW...
Is the W for west or just there?

winter rose Apr 3, 2018, 4:09 PM

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I think so (W = West)

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 4:12 PM

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Anyone have any idea about my issue?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:15 PM

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@inland badger You didn't post your error

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Error in expression is not the full error

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 4:17 PM

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My bad, this is straight from the log the entire error output

17:59:37 Error in expression < format["Assigning Events to data: %1", name _this];
_this addEventHandler["Hit">
17:59:37   Error position: <name _this];
_this addEventHandler["Hit">
17:59:37   Error name: Type Array, expected Object,Location
17:59:37 File core\fn_setupEVH.sqf [alive_fnc_setupEVH], line 14

diag_log format["Assigning Events to data: %1", name _this];
_this addEventHandler["Hit", {_this call custom_fnc_handleHit}];

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thats the only things that are inside the code, I've tried with _this and player first one gives the error, second one only assigns the data to the headless client

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Is there a script command to make me get an idea for a simple mission?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:20 PM

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Well seems like _this is an array... Instead of an object

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exactly like the error tells you

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 4:21 PM

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is there a way to print out the array to see what data is inside it?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:21 PM

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Yes.

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diag_log _this

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 4:21 PM

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ty, I'll check it out

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Weird its literally the same as if I switched _this > player but it's in an array instead ^^

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:27 PM

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so.. "Its literally the same but it isn't the same at all"

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 4:28 PM

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It outputs [HC]

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diag_log format["Assigning Events to data: %1", name (_this select 0)];

should technically do the trick if I ever learnt anything from arrays in arma.

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Worked perfectly, thanks for the help @still forum

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:42 PM

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Hey. Would anyone want a doRagdoll command?

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:45 PM

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yes me

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:45 PM

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Here is what it would look like if BI would give that to us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVwp_9rVGLk

YouTube

Dedmen Miller

Arma ragdoll

Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/dedmen

▶ Play video

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:47 PM

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wow

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:47 PM

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I really like the last one 😄

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my yt channel is transforming into a KK like channel 😄

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:52 PM

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well after hes gone...

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:52 PM

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Btw you can have and use that command with intercept_cba 😉

daring kestrel Apr 3, 2018, 4:54 PM

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now I'm curious how [0,-5,0] looks 🤔 does it look like unit is pressed by something heavy or does it bug out?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:55 PM

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I just tried -50. Basically doing a split

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Like legs go off to left/right and then he slips over onto his back and legs go back together

daring kestrel Apr 3, 2018, 4:56 PM

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Splendid ™

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:56 PM

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With -5 his legs bend over and he sits down on his heels and his body falls over backwards

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:58 PM

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so normal arma deaths?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 4:58 PM

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5000,5000 is too much. He flickers and get's invisible.
Also the recovery delay starts when he get's ground contact. Flying over altis and then landing in the water. You don't recover till you touch the terrain underwater

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I drowned

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 4:59 PM

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nice, so we can desintegrate enemies now?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 5:01 PM

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Ohhh crap

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Yeah.. don't go crazy with it....

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 5:01 PM

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crazy?

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me?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 5:01 PM

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This is first person perspective:

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 5:01 PM

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( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 5:01 PM

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https://s.sqf.ovh/AlertHelper_2018-04-03_19-01-26.jpg

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 5:01 PM

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lol where is the fucking head

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 5:02 PM

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Well... Right behind the camera I guess

delicate lotus Apr 3, 2018, 5:02 PM

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WTF

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thats too brutal

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the children in altis life wouldnt like that

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 5:06 PM

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lol

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how to create a waypoint in a random location and distance, sort of like how the bis task patrol waypoint works, with just a distance parameter
try it in debug console

0 spawn {
    _fnc_addRandomWP = {
        params [
            ["_group", grpNull, [objNull, grpNull]],
            ["_position", [], []],
            ["_distance", 100, [0]],
            ["_count", 4, [0]]
        ];

        for "_i" from 1 to _count do {
            private _newPos = [[[_position, _distance]], ["water","out"]] call bis_fnc_randomPos;
            private _wp = _group addWaypoint [_newPos, 0];
            _wp setWaypointType "SAD";
        };

        private _cycleWP = _group addWaypoint [_position, 0];
        _cycleWP setWaypointType "CYCLE";
    };

    private _group = [getPos player, playerSide, configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "Indep" >> "IND_F" >> "Infantry" >> "HAF_InfSquad_Weapons"] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    [_group, getPos player] call _fnc_addRandomWP;
};
``` @shadow sapphire

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 5:08 PM

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@meager heart, oh, man! Sorry, I already figured it out, I should have said something, but I JUST figured it out. But what you posted will still be helpful for me, I'll dissect it... if that makes up for me wasting your time...

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 5:09 PM

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also for better example, check how CBA task patrol works, DEL-J

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bis one is...

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 5:10 PM

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I just did it this way, though:

if (isServer) then {
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;
            {
                {
//                    _x execVM "Gear\FN_CentralGreen.sqf";
                    _x setBehaviour "SAFE";
                    _x setFormation "WEDGE";
                } forEach units _x;
            } forEach [_G1];
        _G1 addwaypoint [_this, 2000];
        [_G1, 1] setwaypointspeed "LIMITED";
//        deleteVehicle _this;
    };
};```

But maybe that's flawed...

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I'm going to just set a cycle waypoint with the same parameters or thereabout.

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 5:11 PM

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🏃 💨

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 5:14 PM

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Are there any obvious problems with this method, you think?

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 5:15 PM

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is it even working ?

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also trigger...

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 5:26 PM

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Yeah, it's working fine.

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 5:33 PM

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and formation WEDGE is default one...

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not sure about default behaviour, but i think its also SAFE

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 5:44 PM

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That's fine, I like having the parameters so that I can just replace key bits.

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Hey, does anyone know of a way to make AI groups walk in limited speed, in formation, but with rifles down instead of shouldered? If you put them in SAFE, then they let their weapons rest, but they will only move in column.

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I want them to travel in a formation other than column, and at a walk, not a jog, but with their weapons at rest.

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Ugh! It's almost like they need a combat mode BETWEEN SAFE and AWARE.

astral tendon Apr 3, 2018, 5:58 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setSkill
Seens like no player besides the host can use setSkill, is that a way so a client can use it?

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 5:59 PM

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@astral tendon, I'm not very sure, but this sounds like a time when you'd use a remoteexec to me.

astral tendon Apr 3, 2018, 6:01 PM

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It is strange because that does not have any argument or effect thing

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 6:03 PM

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I'm NOT good at this stuff, so you'll want to talk to someone far more knowledgeable than me.

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 6:21 PM

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I have a simple question, is it possible for one client to adjust variables for another client or do I need to broadcast it over to said client in some weird way?

still forum Apr 3, 2018, 6:29 PM

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both yes

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yes you can modify a different clients variable by broadcasting the variable to him

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 6:38 PM

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Okey, because I have this variable which I try to adjust for a player via the headless client but the value is never broadcasted to the player itself but the headless client does read the data correct

_causedBy setVariable ["alive_shotshit", (_causedBy getVariable "shotshit") + 1, true];

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 6:50 PM

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alive_shotshit

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 6:50 PM

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hi guys... i got a prroblem with a smal lscript....it should check if seatbelt is on or not and if it is it shouldnt let you get out of the car... it works for getout but not for eject
any ideas?

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code is
inGameUISetEventHandler ["Action", "
if (_this select 3 in ['eject','getOut']) then {
if (life_seatbelt) then {
hint 'Du kannst nicht aussteigen solange du angeschnallt bist!';
true
} else {
false
};
};
"];
doesnt work....

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inGameUISetEventHandler ["Action", "
if (_this select 3 == 'getOut') then {
if (life_seatbelt) then {
hint 'Du kannst nicht aussteigen solange du angeschnallt bist!';
true
} else {
false
};
};
"];
works

inland badger Apr 3, 2018, 6:51 PM

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Yea the getVariable "shotshit" is just a temporarly variable assigned to each player joined for bug testing, not currently connected to the database yet ^^

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 6:51 PM

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life_seatbelt 😄

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 6:51 PM

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yeah......its a life project....... kill me.... 😃

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 6:52 PM

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it seems like we was invaded... 😀

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kill me
we all will die, dont worry

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 6:53 PM

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any ideas about my problem too? or only rant about life ^^

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 6:53 PM

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@remote monolith, have you considered or tried disabling the eject action altogether server wide? Is that out of the question? Is it impossible?

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 6:54 PM

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how can i do that...

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 6:54 PM

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I wouldn't know.

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 6:54 PM

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ok....thats 2... ^^

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also if i put in this function the actions like rearm or refuel or repair you still can repair from inside a vehicle if you are near a ammo/fuel or servicevehicle.... so it seems it doesnt catch every action?

daring kestrel Apr 3, 2018, 7:09 PM

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@remote monolith I might be completely wrong, but I think it's worth checking '==' might not be case sensitive, while 'in' according to wiki is case sensitive for strings

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 7:10 PM

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but its also not working with == 'eject' which shouldnt be case sensitive...so it seems eject doesnt work there

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give me a sec....im testing something....

daring kestrel Apr 3, 2018, 7:11 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/action here os "GetOut" and "Eject", maybe try with those ¯_(ツ)_/¯

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 7:12 PM

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ok it works with == eject too..... so let me test another one....

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thnx for the heads up....

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@daring kestrel you are the man!!! 😃 shame on me i havent thought about this myself ^^

daring kestrel Apr 3, 2018, 7:20 PM

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😃

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 7:22 PM

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alright...but the refuel for example still doesnt work....i can still use the fuelpumps this way from within a vehicle.... any ideas about that?

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alright....works too...with the right combination of upper/lowercase

lone glade Apr 3, 2018, 7:40 PM

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you don't need to fuck with the refuel / rearm / repair actions
Use setFuelCargo, setRepairCargo and setAmmoCargo instead

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 7:42 PM

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but it still works from inside the vehicle.... even with setfuelcargo set to 0

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without it it would auto.refuel the vehicle if you are near the pump....with set to 0 you still can refuel from within the vehicle.... a bit fucked up if you ask me.... but hey...its arma.... ^^

lone glade Apr 3, 2018, 7:46 PM

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.... because pumps don't support that command

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 7:48 PM

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so we cant disable the pumps to 100%?

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and why is that..... room for improvement i would say....

lone glade Apr 3, 2018, 7:49 PM

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because it's probably the lowest shit on the list to "fix"

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people use those once in a blue moon

remote monolith Apr 3, 2018, 7:51 PM

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well..not on the server i build this mod for.... ^^

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i just tested it.... you still can repair refuel and reammo on the vehicles from insideyour vehicle even if fuelcargo ammocargo repaircargo is set to 0 ..... so what now ^^

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it doesnt work at all.... not only for pumps ^^

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and another one... i cant set two evhs because it only takes the last one...even if its for a completely different action.... wtf

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cant even combine it to one...because only the last entry works.... oh man....

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 8:11 PM

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Does anyone know how I would most easily invert this script, so that the group spawns like twenty four hundred meters away and then moves TO the trigger that spawned them?

if (isServer) then {
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
            {
                {
                    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
                    _x setFormation "WEDGE";
                } forEach units _x;
            } forEach [_G1];
        _G1 addwaypoint [_this, 2400];
        [_G1, 1] setWaypointType "SAD";
        [_G1, 1] setwaypointspeed "NORMAL";
    };
};

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 8:22 PM

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{
{
_x setBehaviour "AWARE";
_x setFormation "WEDGE";
} forEach units _x;
} forEach [_G1];
_G1 setBehaviour "AWARE";

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wedge is default 😔

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private _wp = _G1 addwaypoint [getPos _this, 2400]; //--- placement radius is 2400 ?
_wp setWaypointType "SAD";
/* _wp setwaypointspeed "NORMAL"; //--- that is default... */

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 8:27 PM

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@meager heart, there is context you're missing. All of that belongs.

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 8:28 PM

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k srry

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 8:28 PM

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Don't apologize! You've been helping me out big time!

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Right now I'm trying to figure out how to invert that so that instead of spawning at the trigger and then wandering away, they spawn somewhere random, then move toward the trigger.

meager heart Apr 3, 2018, 8:29 PM

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glhf

shadow sapphire Apr 3, 2018, 8:31 PM

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This is still not complete at all, but it has some of the necessary context:

if (isServer) then {
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        _G2 = [(getPos _this), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
            {
                {
                    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
                    _x setFormation "DIAMOND";
                } forEach units _x;
            } forEach [_G1,_G2];
        _G1 addwaypoint [_this, 2400];
        [_G1, 1] setWaypointType "SAD";
        [_G1, 1] setwaypointspeed "LIMITED";
        _G2 copywaypoints _G1;
    };
};

lusty canyon Apr 3, 2018, 9:50 PM

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how does the bis arsenal load gear so fast compared to get/set loadout +manual additem scripts.
mine is so slow i can open the inventory screen and see each mag being added.
is there a faster way? i tried running extra spawn additem loops but that just made it slower

noble pond Apr 3, 2018, 10:00 PM

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@shadow sapphire (getPos _this) is the part you need to change

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you could use relPos command to get a position 2400 meters away in any direction you want

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could be combined with random command to make direction different each time

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so a working example would be


if (isServer) then {
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(_this getPos [2400,(random 360)]), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        _G2 = [(_this getPos [2400,(random 360)]), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
            {
                {
                    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
                    _x setFormation "DIAMOND";
                } forEach units _x;
            } forEach [_G1,_G2];
        _G1 addwaypoint [_this, 2400]; //possibly change this too????
        [_G1, 1] setWaypointType "SAD";
        [_G1, 1] setwaypointspeed "LIMITED";
        _G2 copywaypoints _G1;
    };
};```

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 12:03 AM

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alive yes, on A3 idk

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oh hey, http://killzonekid.com/x-macros/
on April 1st 😄

vapid drift Apr 4, 2018, 5:29 AM

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I've been googling but haven't found anything useful... Can someone point me in the right direction for resync'ing a vehicle with a module on respawn?

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without using the expression field in the respawn module*

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Not even sure if that's possible

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 5:39 AM

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@austinXmedic#5151, thanks a ton!

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:23 AM

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Whats the best way to sort an array alphabetically, by it's first element?

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So If I have [A,C,B],[C,A,B],[B,C,A] I want it to sort into [A,C,B],[B,C,A],[C,A,B]

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:24 AM

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Just pick any of the common sorting algorithms and implement it in SQF 😅

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I don’t think there is a really easy way

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:25 AM

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No sort command that lets me select what index I want evaluated?

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:25 AM

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None that I know of

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:26 AM

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Maybe I should just sort the list with excel and then declare it in a variable at start of mission

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:27 AM

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There is this:

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

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But that won’t work, because you have arrays of strings to sort

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:28 AM

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Yeah basically I have an array with a [_displayName,_classname,_price]

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I wonder how deep it goes like if I have nested arrays

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will it attempt to sort past the first level

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Or mostl ikely it'll just be type array expected string

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:30 AM

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@radiant needle

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

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Try this

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:31 AM

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Mixed arrays (["a",1,[true]...]) are not supported and results are undefined.

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:32 AM

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So you don’t have just strings in your subarray?

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And it should still work because your subarrays structure is always the same

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Of course you can’t sort [1,”A”] because what comes first string or number?

But [[‘D','E’,’F’], [‘A','B’,’C’]] should work fine

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:35 AM

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The array is a display name, classname, and a number

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and the subarrays themselves should not be sorted

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:36 AM

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I guess even that would work.
[[‘D',1,’F’], [‘A',2,’C’]] should work fine because the subarrays have the same structure

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I can’t give it a try at the moment but I guess it will. Just try it out with my example and see for yourself

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 6:37 AM

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Array doesnt change during the mission so I ended up just sorting it in excel

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 6:38 AM

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Okay that’s even better 😃

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:06 AM

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@lusty canyon how does the bis arsenal load gear so fast compared to get/set loadout +manual additem scripts. It isn't. Really. It's the same.
mine is so slow i can open the inventory screen and see each mag being added. scheduled scripts. Just do it unscheduled.
Though weird that they are thaaat slow that they exceed the 3ms so fast.

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Someone should make a array sort code command. Where code is the comparison function. If x<y return -1. if x==y return 0 if x>y return 1.
Should work for most things right?

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 7:11 AM

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Yeah

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Sort with a custom comparator would be awesome

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 7:14 AM

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What is the slider equivalent to action

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for GUIs

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Also can I put sliderSetRange [1900, 0, 100]; right into the dialogs.hpp?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:21 AM

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no Idea what you mean with "action"
No idea what you mean with dialogs.hpp. I guess that's a include in your config?
You cannot define the range as config entries. But you can use a onLoad script to set the range

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 7:23 AM

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BY action I meant like how buttons have action =

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:30 AM

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I don't think they have that

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And even if they do.. #arma3_config

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 7:32 AM

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Why that have to do with config editing?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:32 AM

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If anyone knows then it's the guys in that channel.

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 7:32 AM

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SUrely it must have some event handler

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:33 AM

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Because UI configs are... configs.

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correct https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers onSliderPosChanged

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 7:42 AM

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Ah yes that works

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IS there a reason why my listbox scroll bar is white

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like the arrows are white and everything is white

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 7:43 AM

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I'd say yes 👀

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:43 AM

#

#arma3_config 👀

#

We know scripting stuff. Config stuff belongs to there..

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 7:44 AM

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^ and you may not have defined colors 😉

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:06 AM

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how do I define the colors is that through defines.hpp?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:07 AM

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You can also do it via script I think.

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:13 AM

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weird seems like lbSetColor isnt working

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:14 AM

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Uh.. Well obviously listbox color won't work on a scroll bar...

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@tender root Done. https://github.com/dedmen/Intercept_CBA/commit/a2498f8219ba11660e581e222f68fc3474a00ccf

GitHub

sort with compare func command · dedmen/Intercept_CBA@a2498f8

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So for Drew's example that would be
[[A,C,B],[C,A,B],[B,C,A]] sort {params ["_x","_y"]; _x select 0 < y select 0;} -> [A,C,B],[B,C,A],[C,A,B]
Well.... It would be that if we had a < operator for strings...

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:17 AM

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Is the scrollbar considered part of the listbox though?

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:17 AM

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@still forum Well that was fast 👍

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Lbs are tricky @radiant needle what exactly do you want to do?

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:19 AM

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Currently the listscrollbar is just white on white

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:20 AM

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usually the ScrollBar is a child of the main class like listbox etc.
So you got something like that:

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:20 AM

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Yeah so I see listScrollbar in my defines.hpp

#

I assume that is the relevant section

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:20 AM

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And here's the rest https://github.com/dedmen/Intercept_CBA/commit/63f89af9d72defaee00712eacf247937128ffb7b
😄

GitHub

String comparison operators · dedmen/Intercept_CBA@63f89af

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:20 AM

#

{
    class Scrollbar {};
};```

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@radiant needle maybe

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ListBoxes

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:21 AM

#

And again. #arma3_config

#

Do I really have to point to #rules ?

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:22 AM

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sorry @still forum 🙃

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:22 AM

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Technically if Im doing it through a script, it is scripting

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:22 AM

#

Yes it is

#

But you aren't.

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:23 AM

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come on don't start a discussion lets just move to #arma3_config

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:26 AM

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Can I do it through a script though? be much quicker to test colors than having to reload entire mission

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:27 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlSetBackgroundColor Maybe. If you can get the actual scrollbar control. Which you only can if you know it's IDC and it's unique in your dialog

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:31 AM

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How does the GUI know which way to point the arrows

#

because I noticed the slider and scrollbars both use "\A3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\scrollbar\arrowEmpty_ca.paa";

#

but on a slider it points left

#

scrollbar it points down

#

oh wait nevermind

#

\scrollbar\

#

derp

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:32 AM

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nope i tried that a few months ago. You cant change a lot of the attributes of UI with scripting due to missiong commands

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:34 AM

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Whats the best thing to do if my index is null?

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Just do a If (_Index isNull) exitWith{}; ?

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 8:35 AM

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yeah but isNull _index

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:37 AM

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or isNil I guess

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or not

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:38 AM

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isNull checks for null. isNil checks for nil. == 0 checks for 0.

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a index aka a number can neither be nil nor null.

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:39 AM

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Oh yeah I see apparently when nothing from listbox is selected it's -1 as opposed to nothing

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Well it kind of could be in the sense that _this select 0 which is the index, could remain undefined

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 8:43 AM

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You didn't say which context you are talking about

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For onLBSelChanged no. It returns the index. Not nil.

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Well it returns -1 which really isn't an index either

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 8:59 AM

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Cool my first GUI is complete

#

It looks like garbage

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but it's functional garbage

tender root Apr 4, 2018, 9:16 AM

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Good job 👍

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 9:25 AM

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So you can get classname of every item in arsenal

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but is it possible to do the same but with vehicles?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 9:27 AM

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every (non-terrain) object has a classname

#

So yes. You can get objects classnames

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See the typeOf script command

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 9:27 AM

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No I meant in the sense that can you get EVERY vehicle

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In the sense that I want to output an array containing every single vehicle classname

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like how there is bis_fnc_arsenal_data

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is there an equivalent for garage?

tough abyss Apr 4, 2018, 9:30 AM

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You could loop through the vehicle config...

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 9:30 AM

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"getNumber (_x >> 'scope') >= 2" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles") apply {configName _x}

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There

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Also not EVERY vehicle shows up in garage.

#

same with weapons in arsenal

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 9:34 AM

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What weapons/vehicles don't show up?

tough abyss Apr 4, 2018, 9:34 AM

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I guess those with 'scope' < 2

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 9:35 AM

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Yes. But they also don't show up ingame,
scopeArsenal < 2 works ingame but doesn't show in arsenal

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 9:36 AM

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In a practical sense though, what kind of items don't show up?

tough abyss Apr 4, 2018, 9:36 AM

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Base classes of vehicles for example

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 9:37 AM

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Item's who'se authors forgot that arsenal exists or made them before Arsenal was a thing

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 9:37 AM

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Also that code you gave me, how does that output?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 9:39 AM

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What do you mean "how"?

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It returns the classnames

tough abyss Apr 4, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Apply applies given code to each element of the array and returns resulting array. The value of the current array element, to which the code will be applied, is stored in variable _x.

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so it will create an array containing all the classnames from an array of classes which meet the criteria scope >= 2

radiant needle Apr 4, 2018, 9:42 AM

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So bis_fnc_garage_data has all the vehicles I want, but it outputs a .p3d instead of a classname like bis_fnc_arsenal_data does

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example of garage data \a3\soft_f\quadbike_01\quadbike_01_f.p3d

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arsenal data

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srifle_DMR_01_F

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 10:01 AM

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So.. You mean you ask for a solution. Then ignore the solution that was given to you and try to find one on your own?
Why do you even ask and waste my time then?

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:24 AM

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Are there things out there that remove comments from code?

#

Should I remove all comments when compiling to reduce filesize?

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Is that viable?

cedar kindle Apr 4, 2018, 11:25 AM

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comments are removed by preprocfilelinenumbers

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you mean size of pbo?

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don’t bother

wary vine Apr 4, 2018, 11:29 AM

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@peak plover I have found comments are good xD if you have to go and fix / change something down the line

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:29 AM

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I wanna keep comments in code, but decrease size of mission, thought maybe it is worth it

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So I'd just have a bat or ps file that compiles the mission and also removes all comments?

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 11:30 AM

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comments are generally good to explain _why_ you did it this way, not to explain your code - if you have to explain your code, rewrite it to be human-readable 👀

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:30 AM

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I was hoping it was worht it

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Can u give an excellent example @winter rose ?

lone glade Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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easy, write code then go back to it a week after

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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@peak plover It's called preprocessor

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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I like writing comments because it makes me find errors and stuff and think it through

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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Should I remove all comments when compiling to reduce filesize? comments aren't compiled

lone glade Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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.... just don't fucking litter your code with comments

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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compling into .pbo @still forum

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too late @lone glade

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:31 AM

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Well. You can calculate yourself how much you'd safe 😄

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a couple KB aren't really worth it

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:32 AM

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github says like 80k additions, must be like 1/4th comments

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it's like 1mb total file size 😄

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:32 AM

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you might just aswell enable PBO compression and it'll probably give you more

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:32 AM

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pbo compression?

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was is das

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:32 AM

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exactly what it sounds like

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Though like... No pbo packer supports that.. for whatever reason. I think mikeros pro tools have a checkbox to enable it

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:33 AM

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pro I don't have pro 😭

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Compression, so binarize?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:34 AM

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no

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compression

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binarize is not compression

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 11:45 AM

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Holy crap

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thanks

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not sure if doing it right

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but

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went from 1 mb to 300kb

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 11:50 AM

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what did you do?

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 12:00 PM

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-Z with makePbo

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Ahh

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Most gain is from mission.sqm

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But still

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I wonder if I can include mission.sqm in description if it's compressed?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 12:01 PM

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Arma doesn't know it's compressed

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-Z works in the free tools? good to know

peak plover Apr 4, 2018, 12:03 PM

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Yeah

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 12:07 PM

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Just created a new "PboCompressor" object. Guess i can delete that again then 😄

unborn ether Apr 4, 2018, 12:33 PM

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binarize is not compression well actually bin is somewhat a compression too.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 12:45 PM

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let's call it a side effect

sand pivot Apr 4, 2018, 1:39 PM

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is it possible to reference a display or control by class name? only way i've been able to is via findDisplay and displayCtrl which rely on the display being active

lone glade Apr 4, 2018, 1:40 PM

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they don't have classnames

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well, they do but they aren't used

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 1:41 PM

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if you put the display or control into a variable on onLoad like BI does. Then you can use the variable name

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if you name the variable like the classname. You'll be able to reference it by it's classname

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:41 PM

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if you can't find it through findDisplay + displayCtrl, then control no exists

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 1:42 PM

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wrong

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:42 PM

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Like "display being active", what does that mean? A display exists or it doesnt, whether it's topmost or anything like that won't matter

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Well if it has no IDC

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 1:42 PM

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then it either doesn't exist. Or it does't have IDD/IDC

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:42 PM

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But display not being active is not a thing

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In this case

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 1:43 PM

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can't it be invisible?

lone glade Apr 4, 2018, 1:43 PM

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it's still present

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:43 PM

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sure, but then you could still find it through that

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not to say that just assinging a uiNamespace var with onLoad is a bad idea

sand pivot Apr 4, 2018, 1:44 PM

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i think i have the answer i need, i was trying to do more relative referencing in the config itself by referencing one control from another without creating numerous parsingNamespace variables but i might just need to do that.

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thanks

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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use uiNamespace, not parsing

lone glade Apr 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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parsing is for config only

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or it's intended to be...

sand pivot Apr 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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and description.ext

lone glade Apr 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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which is a config

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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also you still don't to create numerous variables, just give controls an IDC, and set only the display to uiNamespace

sand pivot Apr 4, 2018, 1:45 PM

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right

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ok, let me back up a step...

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:46 PM

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like what you do will work, but the reason for doing it like that is that you have stuff set up far from ideal usually

sand pivot Apr 4, 2018, 1:47 PM

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i am creating a dialog, as i create the controls within said dialog, i am using __EXEC and __EVAL to keep a rolling cursor of where i am placing the next control

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this way, controls position and size are relative to each other and safezones

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when i set variables via __EXEC this is added to the parsing namespace

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 1:50 PM

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okay, but you could still use a regular idc to reference?...

sand pivot Apr 4, 2018, 1:51 PM

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correct, it's just an arbitrary number

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but you can't reference the control within the config as far as i know

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so if i want control1 to inherit from control2 but i want to use the height of control3 to set the vertical position of control 1, i am using variables set via __EXEC rather than accessing the height directly from the previous control.

austere granite Apr 4, 2018, 2:00 PM

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honestly i'd probably recommend you to use ctrlCreate in this case instead

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:27 PM

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Is it possible to add a suitcase to an inventory?

I'm trying player addItem "Suitcase"; but it doesn't do anything..
also tried

player addItem "NVGoggles";
dude addItem "Suitcase";
dude addItem "NVGoggles";

but none of them do anything. what am I missing?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 2:30 PM

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Suitcase doesn't exist in vanilla Arma

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No you cannot add something that doesn't exist

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:32 PM

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ahh

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okay

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any way to get around that through script magic?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 2:33 PM

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About a non existent thing?

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no....

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:34 PM

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sorry, forgot to say

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I do have them in game

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and I can place them

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just.. that's it

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 2:34 PM

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There is a suitcase terrain object

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:34 PM

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it's part of cup

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 2:35 PM

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Does it show up in Arsenal?

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:35 PM

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oh there are 2.. one from cup and one from arma itself

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it does not

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 2:35 PM

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Then you probably can't.

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Can you pick it up if you walk towards it and try to pick it up?

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:37 PM

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also nope

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that's why I wanted to do it through a script

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 2:37 PM

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Then definetly not possible.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 2:38 PM

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you "could" attach it to hand selection, but it would be hacky hacky

steady terrace Apr 4, 2018, 2:38 PM

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darnit

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 2:38 PM

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but definitely not added to the inventory

daring kestrel Apr 4, 2018, 2:42 PM

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I think it can be done, but with custom inventory system, like in Wastelands or Life missions

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:15 PM

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@noble pond, thanks a ton! That's what I was looking for!

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Is there a way to get the direction TO a marker from a given position? I don't want the marker's facing, I want the direction the marker is from where I am.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:22 PM

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getRelDir , BIS_fnc_dirTo

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:22 PM

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@winter rose, thanks a ton! I'll google those up!

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:22 PM

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👍 welcome! 24/7 ^^

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oh getDir can do the BIS_fnc_dirTo, great 😃

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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So I'm positive I don't have the syntax right for this, but I'll give it a shot real quick, haha.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:28 PM

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@shadow sapphire
the wiki is quite helpful on this really 😉
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getDir (alt syntax)
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getRelDir

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:30 PM

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I'm on the wiki. Syntax is something with which I always have trouble. First attempt didn't work, but the error message was quite helpful, so this shouldn't take too many tries.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:32 PM

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do you want the command to return 90 if the object if to the right of the player, whatever its orientation, or do you want "world direction" to the object?

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:32 PM

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This is some of the context:


        _G1 = [(_this getPos [500,(_this getrelpos (getmarkerpos "Origin"))]), INDEPENDENT, ["Units"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

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I'm trying to get units to spawn five hundred meters from a position, then move to that position, but I need them to originate within an acceptable range of directions relative to their "origin."

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:33 PM

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// for a player turned towards East, facing the object:
player getRelDir anObject; // will return 0 because the player is facing the object
player getDir anObject; // will return 90 because the object is East from the player

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:35 PM

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Ah, haha, so I need to be using getdir anyway. Regardless, my flaw is with the syntax in this line:

[(_this getPos [500,(_this getrelpos (getmarkerpos "Origin"))])```

river meteor Apr 4, 2018, 3:36 PM

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that line starts with a [ and ends with a )

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:36 PM

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Haha, I typed the wrong command completely.

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There is context missing.

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if (isServer) then {
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(_this getPos [500,(_this getdir (getmarkerpos "Origin"))]), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;{
                {
                    _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
                    _x setFormation "WEDGE";
                } forEach units _x;
            } forEach [_G1];
        _G1 addwaypoint [_this, 0];
        [_G1, 1] setWaypointType "SAD";
        [_G1, 1] setwaypointspeed "FULL";
    };
};

@river meteor

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It's working now.

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I was using the wrong command completely.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:37 PM

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perfect

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👍 gj!

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:48 PM

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What's the syntax for turning (getmarkerpos "Origin") into _origin?

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:51 PM

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_origin = getMarkerPos "origin"

😄

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:51 PM

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Up in parameters or?

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:51 PM

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I don't get what you mean

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:51 PM

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Haha, okay. I'll play with it a bit. Thanks so much!

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:52 PM

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don't hesitate

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:52 PM

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Okay, so this isn't working:

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Well. It won't let me post it.

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Still won't. Dang it.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:54 PM

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you can't put a file in this channel

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:54 PM

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{
        _G1 = [(_this getPos [2200,(_this getdir _origin)]), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;

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I wasn't putting a file. I have no clue why it wasn't letting me post it, it kept saying "You don't share a server with the recipient."

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I think a line that I had commented out (//) is confusing a screening bot.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:55 PM

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aaah maybe

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:56 PM

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if (isServer) then {
    _origin = getmarkerpos "origin";
    params ["_trigger"];
    _trigger spawn {
        _G1 = [(_this getPos [2200,(_this getdir _origin)]), INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        Sleep 1;

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Okay, there we go. That isn't working for me. I know something is wrong, and I even know what is wrong to a degree, but not how to do it appropriately.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:57 PM

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it's missing a } at least?

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:57 PM

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It's not that. There is context missing.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 3:57 PM

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don't hesitate to put intermediate variables, too

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 3:57 PM

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I'll try to post the whole script.

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I don't know what an intermediate variable is.

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Crap! Even without my commented line, it won't let me post the whole script. Getting "you don't share a server."

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:00 PM

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instead of one-lining everything, break it down to smaller code
aka

player setDir (player getDir selectRandom [unit1, unit2]);
// transforms into
_unit = selectRandom [unit1, unit2];
_dir = player getDir _unit;
player setDir _dir;

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much more readable and debuggable 😃 always think that you will forget what you meant when writing this code, and you want your later you to be happy 😃

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Makes sense.

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It's mostly my misunderstanding of syntax that holds me back. Even that, what you wrote, I had to read it three times to understand what you meant. Something in my brain doesn't associate variables unless it's VERY explicit. Like constant rules defined beforehand.

A is A no matter the context for the duration of this code!```

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Like that.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:04 PM

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if that helps, I try to visualise variables floating (or not) in a code block
a const can interact because it "floats" everywhere in the code, everyone can see and get it (not change it),
a local variable (like _x) in a forEach is "stuck" in its code block

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Makes sense. I think you can see how my brain works differently from competent coders in the way they they indent. To my brain, that LOOKS wrong. I write code like prose, apparently.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:05 PM

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yeah, but trust me it is worth it after a while ^^

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:06 PM

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I'm sure. I don't think my way is better or even adequate, it's just the way I do things instinctively.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:06 PM

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~~_origin = getmarkerpos "origin";~~
~~(_this getdir _origin)~~
try this markerDir "origin" 😀

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:08 PM

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@meager heart, the working script is already done that way, but I wanted to remove some redundancy. I guess it doesn't matter, though.

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I'll just stick with what's working.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:10 PM

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also again...

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/*
{
    {
            _x setBehaviour "AWARE";
            _x setFormation "WEDGE";
        } forEach units _x; //
    } forEach [_G1];
_G1 addwaypoint [_this, 0];
[_G1, 1] setWaypointType "SAD";
[_G1, 1] setwaypointspeed "FULL";
*/

private _wp = _G1 addwaypoint [getPos _this, 0];
_wp setWaypointType "SAD";
_wp setwaypointspeed "FULL";
_wp setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:11 PM

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That's much neater.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:11 PM

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formation "WEDGE" is default

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:11 PM

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Behaviour "AWARE" is default, too

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:12 PM

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Does it work in full context? If this stupid screening will let me post it.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:12 PM

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maybe the script is too big and Discord tries to convert it to file

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:13 PM

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WTF!? This bot will NOT let me post this full script.

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It won't even let me directly message the script. Geez Louise.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:14 PM

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there are no stupid bots https://pastebin.com/

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:15 PM

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https://pastebin.com/sLG09GYw

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Thanks!

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The pastebinned script works perfectly. I'd enjoy cleaning it up, though.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:19 PM

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doing it 😉

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:19 PM

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@winter rose, I don't think it's trying to convert it due to size, as I've posted much larger scripts here before and I normally run into the 1,000 character limit, but not a file conversion.

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I think that some line in there is leveraging a bot command somehow.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:21 PM

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why the sleep 1 between group spawn, server load?

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:22 PM

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Yeah, it's because back when my community was active, we had many players on, many AI spawning, etc., the sleeps seem to ease framerate drops so that you don't hear people on the mic saying "Frame drop, hostiles incoming," or something similar.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:23 PM

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ha ha I see the hack 😄

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@shadow sapphire https://pastebin.com/s7CU47p6

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should work

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woooooops, may have done a mistake

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:26 PM

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So there is one thing, this script is being prototyped and each squad won't be identical in the final versions.

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Similar, but with slight variations. One squad might have a marksman, another might have two rocketeers, etc.

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But I really like this. Very neat to look at. Easy to understand. Easy to read.

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:28 PM

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https://pastebin.com/iU3qT900 better 😄 made a mistake with the last WPpos commands
leaving work... long day

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:29 PM

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That's tough! Rest easy! Anyway, thanks so much!

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I'll dissect this and see if it can help me understand some things.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:29 PM

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afaik copyWaypoints is enough, that will duplicate waypoint chain, no need setWPPos

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 4:29 PM

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I'll be back in ~45min 😉

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:30 PM

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@meager heart, I think he's setting waypoint positions in order to maintain the "super formation" of groups in relation to each other.

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But It'll take me six times of reading this to understand it, so I could be completely off.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:38 PM

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hmm

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there is only 1 waypoint

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you can spawn them in the same position and give that waypoint, will be "mega super formation"

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:42 PM

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Hasn't been my experience. They blob up, instead of getting abreast. Unless I'm misunderstanding you.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:56 PM

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if (!isServer) exitwith {};
params ["_trigger"];
_trigger spawn {
    private _spawnPos = _this getPos [100, markerDir "origin"];

    for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
        private _group = [_spawnPos, INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        private _wp = _group addwaypoint [getPos _this, 0];
        _wp setWaypointType "SAD";
        _wp setwaypointspeed "FULL";
        _wp setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";
        sleep 1; 
    };
};

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@shadow sapphire

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:58 PM

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That's very concise and neat, but the four squads in my script are not identical, and if they have the same waypoint, then they are all just on top of each other, whereas if we offset each group's waypoint, each group gets its own space.

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I'll run your script really quick and make sure I'm not missing something. Thanks for the help!

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 4:58 PM

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set sleep to 3

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that delay will "spread" them, i mean

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 4:59 PM

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Then they are in a column, which is very cool, but it's still not optimum for an assault formation, does that make sense? Like if this was a security patrol, then a tight column is very neat, but for an assault, they should be abreast.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:00 PM

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just try it ^

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you will see

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 5:00 PM

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Will do!

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:11 PM

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also maybe just move will be better option, then waypoint... 🤔

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 5:12 PM

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@meager heart
https://imgur.com/kLsTQOb
https://imgur.com/iEsAOH0

Platoon column (your script)
vs
Platoon on line (my version)

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If they are all in column, then they can't get all guns on line and firing very quickly, especially if we increased their dispersion (sleep time), which would be necessary to keep them from getting creamed by mortars. If the platoon is generally abreast, then when they take contact, the majority of the platoon is in a position to react with fire. Make sense or still no?

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:15 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 5:16 PM

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Haha, it still doesn't make sense?

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:16 PM

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it does 😀

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 5:16 PM

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Oh, good!

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 5:27 PM

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How do i count percentage? like 20% of 100 = 20%

strange urchin Apr 4, 2018, 5:29 PM

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 5:31 PM

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👌

strange urchin Apr 4, 2018, 5:31 PM

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Ya ever heard of multiplying by a decimal?

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:32 PM

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if (!isServer) exitwith {};

params ["_trigger"];
_trigger spawn {
    private _spawnPos = _this getPos [100, markerDir "origin"];

    for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
        private _group = [_spawnPos, INDEPENDENT, ["I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_Soldier_SL_F","I_Soldier_TL_F","I_soldier_F","I_Soldier_AR_F","I_soldier_F"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
        _spawnPos set [0, (_spawnPos select 0) + 50];

        private _wp = _group addwaypoint [getPos _this, 0];
        _wp setWaypointType "SAD";
        _wp setwaypointspeed "FULL";
        _wp setWaypointBehaviour "AWARE";
    
        sleep 1; 
    };
};

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@shadow sapphire

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😀

strange urchin Apr 4, 2018, 5:33 PM

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Take your percentage, divide it by 100. Multiply whatever number you’re getting a percentage of by the number you got.

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 5:50 PM

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WholeValue = 60;
MyNumber = 9;
fraction = (MyNumber/WholeValue);
pecentage = 100*fraction;
pecentage;
//returns 15

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Yeah, that works.

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 5:51 PM

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Math works? W00t

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:52 PM

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also 9% from 60 = 5.4 😀

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 5:53 PM

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@meager heart You should revisit your maths classes again

shadow sapphire Apr 4, 2018, 5:53 PM

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@meager heart, very neat! Thanks!

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 5:53 PM

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Oh.. No I see your error

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9/60 not 9%/60

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:55 PM

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(60/100)*9 = 5.4

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 5:55 PM

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Well rip

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:56 PM

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You should revisit your maths classes again
applies to everyone 😄

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@still forum

solid violet Apr 4, 2018, 5:57 PM

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Hey guys!
I have a question.... An Issue also. Is there a script ( or magic) that would make the enemy not to shoot friendly aircrafts?
To be precise... I have 3 Black hawks. And multiple UAZ with DshKM or KORDS or BMP1 in town and I don't want the enemy vehicles to shoot at those Black Hawks

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Could you help me?

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 5:58 PM

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@meager heart Where did you get that 9 from? I don't see that anywhere

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he wrote that 9/60 is 15% which is correct.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 5:59 PM

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oh.. i thought he need

WholeValue = 60;
MyNumber = 9; //--- 9% FROM ^ 60

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 6:00 PM

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Actually i want to get the percentage

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 6:00 PM

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get it then

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 6:01 PM

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@astral tendon
if you want 22% of 1975:
1975 * 0.22 (also known as 1975 * (22/100))

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 6:06 PM

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so

Percentage = 0.22 //traslate to 22%;
WholeValue = 1975;
ValueOfThePercentage = Percentage * WholeValue ;
ValueOfThePercentage ;
//returns 434.5

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 6:06 PM

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ta-daaa

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sounds good

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 6:06 PM

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Good stuff

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 6:07 PM

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so i was right...

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about WholeValue thingy

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takes cookie

winter rose Apr 4, 2018, 6:09 PM

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🍪

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 6:10 PM

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Kinda, but take the free cookie.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 6:14 PM

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be careful, price jokes are copyrighted with #350 license 😄

strange urchin Apr 4, 2018, 6:58 PM

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Bruh. Why are we legit figuring out decimals?

naive estuary Apr 4, 2018, 7:02 PM

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Numbers should only consist of numbers. None of this "." nonsense.

still forum Apr 4, 2018, 7:14 PM

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@strange urchin Because some people apparently skipped primary school

strange urchin Apr 4, 2018, 7:14 PM

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smh

naive estuary Apr 4, 2018, 7:20 PM

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2 cool 4 school

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It is for nerds after all.

meager heart Apr 4, 2018, 7:39 PM

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🤔

gleaming oyster Apr 4, 2018, 7:41 PM

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Wtf does smh mean? All this cool kid slang is making my head hurt?

austere hawk Apr 4, 2018, 7:47 PM

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=smh

vapid drift Apr 4, 2018, 8:37 PM

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So I have a boat sync'd to a respawn module and a module that adds actions to it. How do I make sure it gets re-sync'd and the actions re-added on respawn?

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hopefully without having to add code into the expression field of the respawn module

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 8:40 PM

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

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how do i make the action faster if player have a especific item like a toolkit?

errant jasper Apr 4, 2018, 8:43 PM

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Quick practical solution. Add two actions, where only one is available depending on presence of the item. The one where you have the item has lower duration.

vapid drift Apr 4, 2018, 8:43 PM

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duration would be my guess

astral tendon Apr 4, 2018, 8:44 PM

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because i dont have any option to edit later even if i add a variable

errant jasper Apr 4, 2018, 8:46 PM

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@vapid drift Basically, whether modules work with "resyncing" depends on how they are written. Almost all BIS modules do not work when resyncing after the game has been running for a few seconds.

vapid drift Apr 4, 2018, 8:47 PM

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So I need to cross that hurdle and then how to re-sync on respawn

errant jasper Apr 4, 2018, 8:47 PM

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What module is adding the actions?

vapid drift Apr 4, 2018, 8:48 PM

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a custom module

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That's alright though, that gives me enough of direction to try and figure it out

errant jasper Apr 4, 2018, 8:50 PM

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Alright. Just to clarify, you don't need to worry about resyncing with the respawn module itself since you will not be adding new stuff to that dynamically.

vapid drift Apr 4, 2018, 8:58 PM

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Right, just the custom module correct?

tough abyss Apr 4, 2018, 11:42 PM

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A3W_disableBuiltInThermal = 1; // Display a black screen if the player tries to use thermal vision built-in a handheld weapon like Titan launcher (0 = no, 1 = yes)

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i wanna enable thermals for only laser designator helps

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please

vapid drift Apr 5, 2018, 3:30 AM

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So I've been looking off and on this afternoon to no avail... how do I setup a module to execute it's function when a new object is sync'd to it?

strange urchin Apr 5, 2018, 4:14 AM

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Execute it yourself

vapid drift Apr 5, 2018, 4:43 AM

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@strange urchin what do you mean?

strange urchin Apr 5, 2018, 4:48 AM

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Unpack the modules_f pbo and find the script

still forum Apr 5, 2018, 5:55 AM

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@vapid drift so you want to execute the script in 3DEN? While editing?

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I don't think that's possible. Aka there is no eventhandler for it afaik

vapid drift Apr 5, 2018, 5:56 AM

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No, not in 3DEN. The overall issue is getting the module to affect that object after respawn

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when I resync it, there's no effect and, from what I can tell, that's kind of just the way of it?

still forum Apr 5, 2018, 5:57 AM

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A module's script function get's the array of synced units inside _this when it's called

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Oh after respawn?

vapid drift Apr 5, 2018, 5:57 AM

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Yeah

still forum Apr 5, 2018, 5:57 AM

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After respawn it's a different object. Thus not synced.
And the module script only executes once at missionStart/JIP

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So you'd have to resync it.. and restart the mission. Which would remove the new sync again and the unit you synced to too 😄

vapid drift Apr 5, 2018, 5:58 AM

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lol

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I was hoping for a sort of "fire and forget" option where I could just sync the module and be done but that's just not a possibility is it?

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As of right now, I just call a sort of init function in the expression field of the respawn module

final condor Apr 5, 2018, 7:59 AM

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Best guide or Tutorial using Database to store player stats ?

wary vine Apr 5, 2018, 8:52 AM

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any idea to get rid of the invisible gun with BIS_fnc_ambientAnim

radiant needle Apr 5, 2018, 8:55 AM

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I don't think Arma has procedural animations

wary vine Apr 5, 2018, 8:56 AM

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same animation on myself, no invisible gun

still forum Apr 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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There is no invisible gun

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There is no gun.

wary vine Apr 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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but its holding an invisible gun

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https://gyazo.com/3cab0f15c1812476f93ad9c61dad2626.

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xD

still forum Apr 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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The player is holding his hands like he holds a gun yeah

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he is not holding a invisible gun. There is nothing in his hands

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No you cannot get rid of that. It's in the animation

wary vine Apr 5, 2018, 9:06 AM

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but the exact animation on myself, and it doesnt look like im holding a gun

still forum Apr 5, 2018, 9:07 AM

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Ah. Idea