#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 472

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:21 PM

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intercept looks sexy

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not as sexy as enforce, but still sexy

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:21 PM

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Ouchie my eyes dedmen, why u do dis

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:22 PM

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lmao

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findif is so nice

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:22 PM

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need colors like a kid with crayons

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:22 PM

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I'm too lazy to make an extension right now lol

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also singular points of failure makes for easier debugging

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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😮

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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Intercept is sexy already yeah..
But just wait for tasty Intercept-LUA or Intercept-Python :3

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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ewwwwwwwwww

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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0-0

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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LUA

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\s

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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Pff. Go away. I don't like you anymore!

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throws old cookies at @old glade

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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I like lua

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:23 PM

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Woah, throwing shade real quick. Run Jmaster

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:24 PM

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Yeah. The cookies throw shade too. But not that big

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:24 PM

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Since when did your cookies become old?

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:24 PM

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Also python is great

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dts_yOZSpwU

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^ python is the best

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:24 PM

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I always throw away the new cookies. So the old ones lay around and get older

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:25 PM

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0-0, ouch. Must hurt. Like throwing a hockey puck

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:25 PM

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Has anyone seen enforce?

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it actually looks amazing

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:25 PM

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https://github.com/intercept/intercept-lua/blob/master/addons/armalib/dedmenlib.lua look at dis niceness.
Getting a config entry
SQF.configFile.CfgVehicles.B_Quadbike_01_F.name 🤤
Getting a variable and calling it as function SQF.missionNamespace.CBA_fnc_currentUnit() 🤤

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:25 PM

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A friend showed me a snippet

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:0

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:25 PM

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yeah. Enforce "looks" amazing. But it's quirks are killing everyone who is used to real OOP

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:26 PM

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lol

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:26 PM

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mind witwawly bwown

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:26 PM

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tbh it's better than sqf lol

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but that's not a high standard

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brainfuck is probably better than sqf...

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:26 PM

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(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:26 PM

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lol

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:26 PM

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┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:27 PM

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dammit

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Now I want to write my addon in intercept

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but thats more woooooork

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:27 PM

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dwo wit

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:28 PM

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How's the performance difference?

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I assume alot better

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:28 PM

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up to 300x faster if you don't actually use SQF commands

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the SQF commands itself still take the same time

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:28 PM

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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me

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welp

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I know what I'm going to do

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:28 PM

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So pure math calculations are probably the best

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:29 PM

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which I am going to need to do a bunch of

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The thought of doing a neural network in arma for the lols crossed my mind in my programming class

tough abyss Jul 7, 2018, 8:29 PM

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My issue with SQF is more just about tooling, the language issues aside any new language basically comes with a steep hill to climb to be productive. Enfusion isn't going to solve those issues. Also sounds like it doesn't introduce any multithreading of any great nature either, the performance comes from what a better jit?

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:29 PM

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Depends really on what you are doing.
Information gathering like positions for TFAR is also very good. As Intercept has special direct engine access for positions

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:29 PM

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oh?

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What about terrain data?

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Objects, surface type, terrain gradient?

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:30 PM

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That would all have to go through SQF commands

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:30 PM

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And those are just binds?

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:30 PM

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yeah

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:30 PM

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BC, we can't really make conclusions until we see it in action. Just like with SQF, enscript will be new to people and they'll have to learn it. 🤷

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:30 PM

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So not much performance increase if any at all >.>

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well atleast it would help with the pathfinding

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and the math itself

tough abyss Jul 7, 2018, 8:31 PM

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For your stuff there will be a tonne of performance benefit, but for the actual calls it is still limited by the engine

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:31 PM

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Intercept_CBA has a special command which returns you the surfaceTexture. As opposed to surfaceType

tough abyss Jul 7, 2018, 8:31 PM

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Depends on how heavily you use maths verses the actual functions I guess

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:31 PM

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Because that's needed for that GRAD trenches mod to automatically support every map

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Also with Intercept I was able to make a forEach loop that was faster than any other alternative.

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:3

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 8:32 PM

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Niice

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anyway g2g

astral tendon Jul 7, 2018, 8:32 PM

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@still forum

{_x in ["C2_Mag","DemoCharge_Remote_Mag","SatchelCharge_Remote_Mag","rhsusf_m112_mag","rhsusf_m112x4_mag"]} count (magazines _caller) > 0

That is the way I come up before, do you see a problem here besides its slower?

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:32 PM

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Like. forEach SQF command.
Biggest benefit is that you can use all the C++ standard library

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@astral tendon nope. Only slower

tough abyss Jul 7, 2018, 8:32 PM

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Maps!

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:33 PM

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Hashmaps yeah! But.. With a little time you can just make a Intercept plugin to add Hashmaps to SQF itself. and then again write in simple SQF

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:33 PM

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Ded, you got something in your pocket that could possibly disable body movement whenever moving the mouse up and down?

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:34 PM

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I already read your post a few hours ago. nope

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:34 PM

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Dang.

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:34 PM

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disableInput?

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:34 PM

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Nah, I still need horizontal movement

astral tendon Jul 7, 2018, 8:34 PM

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is that findIf new? my notepad++ does not reconise it

gleaming oyster Jul 7, 2018, 8:34 PM

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yes

astral tendon Jul 7, 2018, 8:36 PM

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I like it, seen more usefull than the way I was doing it.

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 8:36 PM

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findIf exits after the first true

astral tendon Jul 7, 2018, 8:37 PM

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Yeah, need to be carreful if i need more than one to check true.

tough abyss Jul 7, 2018, 8:42 PM

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For multiple finds you can use select

snow pecan Jul 7, 2018, 9:30 PM

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@old glade > well what would be a good cell size for map pathing lol
10m?
That's far too excessive for ALiVE. You can sit comfortably around 50-100m.

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 9:39 PM

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Not using alive lol

snow pecan Jul 7, 2018, 9:42 PM

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two separate projects?

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The project I'm working on is meant to fix some of the issues I have with alive
particularly with ai pathing/virtualization and map indexing

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 9:45 PM

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Well, it's a new ai virtualization/indexing system

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It would probably be too much work to try to integrate it with alive

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If the alive guys are interested in helping me implement it then great, if not then it will be it's own stand alone system inspired by alive

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But I feel like the indexing and virtualization systems are such core systems that nothing short of a complete refactor would be able to change them

civic canyon Jul 7, 2018, 10:37 PM

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this true ? if (!playerSide isEqualTo independent && {player getVariable ["isEscorting",false]}) exitWith {}

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;

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 10:44 PM

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could be true

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but only if player is independent

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and escorting someone

dusk sage Jul 7, 2018, 10:48 PM

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!playerSide isEqualTo independent

^

civic canyon Jul 7, 2018, 10:48 PM

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hmm

dusk sage Jul 7, 2018, 10:49 PM

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!(playerSide isEqualTo independent)

civic canyon Jul 7, 2018, 10:49 PM

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if (playerSide isEqualTo west && civillian && {player getVariable ["isEscorting",false]}) exitWith {

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this true ?

meager heart Jul 7, 2018, 10:51 PM

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if player from west and he is civilian while he escorting someone... /s

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 10:52 PM

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no that not true

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that error syntax

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error syntax bad

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false almost is it

civic canyon Jul 7, 2018, 10:57 PM

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if (!playerSide isEqualTo independent && {player getVariable ["isEscorting",true]}) exitWith {};

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 10:57 PM

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BoGuu already told you what you need to do there

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 11:10 PM

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anyone know of an efficent way to calcuate the maxiumum slope of an area?

inner swallow Jul 7, 2018, 11:13 PM

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...a regression model? 😄

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 11:14 PM

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efficently?

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Surface normal might work

chilly hull Jul 7, 2018, 11:19 PM

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Is there a way to diagnose problems with extensions? Arma can't find my extension .so

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 11:19 PM

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.so linux?

chilly hull Jul 7, 2018, 11:19 PM

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yeah

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 11:20 PM

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go to your extensions folder and run ld myExtension.so

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should return everything as "found"

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where did you put your extension?

chilly hull Jul 7, 2018, 11:21 PM

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In the addons folder next to the pbo, but you're right, ld returns file in wrong format.

still forum Jul 7, 2018, 11:21 PM

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that's wrong

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should be in @mod folder

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not @mod/addons

half monolith Jul 7, 2018, 11:22 PM

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regarding helis with a dynamic loadout, is there a way to save the model data of a pylon and apply it on respawn the models on the pylons are the same?

_pylonPaths = (configProperties [configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _newV >> "Components" >> "TransportPylonsComponent" >> "Pylons", "isClass _x"]) apply {getArray (_x >> "turret")};
{ _newV setPylonLoadOut [_forEachIndex + 1, _x, true, _pylonPaths select _forEachIndex]; } forEach (_data select 4);

this works but the ownership of missile (pilot gunner) doesnt get found, or applied, not sure, it always defaults to gunner.

chilly hull Jul 7, 2018, 11:22 PM

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ah, you're right

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yay, extension loaded. Thanks

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I've installed extensions before, I just missed which folder it goes into

queen cargo Jul 7, 2018, 11:28 PM

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btw. if you want to test extensions, i can recommend a tool for you 🙄 cough sqf-vm cough

old glade Jul 7, 2018, 11:43 PM

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https://gyazo.com/9e40c98440726a23697f6dd68f4d1841

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😄

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its working

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kinda

meager heart Jul 7, 2018, 11:54 PM

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about "how to get slope level", friend of mine did some weird things with buildings and he used this way >

private _levelSlope = acos ((surfaceNormal getPos _origin) vectorCos [0,0,1]);
```but iirc that is not 100% reliable ^

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 12:15 AM

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Would #arma3_scripting be a good place to ask about creating Curator modules? They're sort of a mix of config and scripting, and as I've learned, have very poor error reporting.

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 12:17 AM

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modules are mostly scripts

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 12:18 AM

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Agreed, though I'm having trouble getting started with it, and its (probably) config related.

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I'll post it here regardless, then:

I am honestly just trying to get a curator Module to work. I use the make.py CBA dev environment.
Here is my config file:

    class Spag_ModuleEnding_F: Module_F
    {
        scope = 2;
        scopeCurator = 2;
        category = "MissionFlow";
        displayName = "End Mission (Custom)";
        icon = QPATHTOF(gui\Spag_Flag_ca.paa);
        portrait = QPATHTOF(gui\Spag_Flag_ca.paa);
        function = QFUNC(moduleEndMission);
        isGlobal = 1;
        isTriggerActivated = 0;
        curatorCanAttach = 1;
        curatorCost = 0;
        class Arguments {};
        class ModuleDescription: ModuleDescription
        {
            description = "Currently should just display a hint.";
            sync[] = {};
        };
    };

And my function, contained in functions -> fnc_moduleEndMission.sqf

#include "script_component.hpp"

params ["_logic"];

hint "im a thing!";

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 12:23 AM

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what is the problem?

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does it show up in the editor?

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Any errors in RPT when you try it?

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your hint is not displayed?

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 12:25 AM

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Saying the problem would probably be good, huh? xD
When placing the module down in Zeus, this error pops up. There is no trace of it in .rpt

 [bIS_fnc_moduleExecute] Cannot execute module, error found in "a_function_name"

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 12:26 AM

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"a_function_name" sounds weird.. Sounds like BI didn't fully implement their error messages

old glade Jul 8, 2018, 12:26 AM

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https://gyazo.com/946c0d9b4d46daa0afb905bc9bbeca7c

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yay it's no longer crashing my game lol

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 12:28 AM

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Sorry its not literally a_function_name, it's just the name of my function in this case.

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 12:30 AM

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what if you leave the #include away? you don't need it right now anyway

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https://github.com/michail-nikolaev/task-force-arma-3-radio/blob/7c2fc03dcf659c54f0b12a1c4fc98b054b40f4bc/arma3/%40task_force_radio/addons/task_force_radio_items/modules.hpp#L20
https://github.com/michail-nikolaev/task-force-arma-3-radio/blob/7c2fc03dcf659c54f0b12a1c4fc98b054b40f4bc/arma3/%40task_force_radio/addons/task_force_radio/functions/fn_initialiseEnforceUsageModule.sqf#L19 ugly outdated code.
This is an example of what I have

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I'm not sure if hint works properly in editor when you place a module

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maybe systemChat or diag_log instead

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 1:09 AM

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Still no dice, and at this point the script is purely just a hint, diag, and systemchat call.
I presume at this point its related to the ace/cba/make.py environment. I'll have to look at others examples some more, but so far I'm not seeing any solutions.

Update: it's certainly related to the make.py/cba dev enviroment, as arma 3 BIS functions works.

peak plover Jul 8, 2018, 7:03 AM

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player joins
setvariable ['player_init',true,true]
player disconnects
handledisconnect - > setdamage 1(body not deleted)
player joins same slot.
player getvariable 'player_init' (returns true)

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Is this normal behaviour

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 7:05 AM

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@peak plover if ai units replace the slot after disconnect then yes.

peak plover Jul 8, 2018, 7:06 AM

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they do, but setdamage 1 right away

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I'm wondering if this is supposed to happen or I made a error somewhere in my code?

warm gorge Jul 8, 2018, 7:43 AM

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Is there any way to prevent a projectile from doing damage to buildings such as launcher missiles without directly editing the event handlers of the buildings?

peak plover Jul 8, 2018, 7:46 AM

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What

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Why would you not want to use eventhandlers on the building?

warm gorge Jul 8, 2018, 7:47 AM

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Basically what I'm wanting to do is have a launcher do damage to vehicles, but not to buildings. I know I could do this by adding event handlers to buildings, but don't want to have to add it to every building.

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 7:52 AM

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Might be what you have to do

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dunno if CBA Class EH can pickup on terrain objects

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 7:54 AM

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you could look into an event handler for the player, or the projectile. check where the rocket hits, and if it damaged any buildings, reset them, maybe?

warm gorge Jul 8, 2018, 7:54 AM

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That is true

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 7:55 AM

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someone who knows weapon configs pretty well might be able to help out better. I do think it's possible to check objects something collides with.

peak plover Jul 8, 2018, 7:56 AM

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🤔

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I don't think you can do that

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Use CBA

velvet merlin Jul 8, 2018, 8:32 AM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/217741-making-modaddon-singleplayer-friendly/

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 10:09 AM

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@tough abyss is your XEH_PREP set up properly?

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 10:09 AM

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Yeah, I got it working. I don't actually know what was wrong, honestly, just came back to it a few hours later and it was fine.

tall eagle Jul 8, 2018, 11:40 AM

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Hi everyone 0/

I'm wondering if anyone can help me get/select a respawn point spawned dynamically so that I can do things to it (in this case sync it to a trigger). I have the code below;

// Create the BLUFOR respawn point for players
_bluSpawn = [west, _pos] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;
// Sync the respawn point to the trigger
_bluSpawn synchronizeObjectsAdd [_bluTrigger];

However this doesn't work as _bluSpawn contains the array which is returned from "BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition" and not the created object itself.

How would I go about selecting the created respawn point?

cosmic lichen Jul 8, 2018, 12:00 PM

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So you want to dynamically deactivate respawn points right?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Respawn https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition You can also deactivate positions in the respawn menu by using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_showRespawnMenuDisableItem

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 12:12 PM

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store your position, then just add killed/respawn eh for player(s) and check condition to remove position, after eh will fire or player will respawn... also make sure you will remove that position before or after respawn menu is shown or there will be couple errors... 😃

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also you can't synchronize variable with trigger lol

tall eagle Jul 8, 2018, 1:07 PM

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Sorry @cosmic lichen @meager heart I'm not activating or deactivating them. They are placed dynamically and linked to an "unlock" log entity, which itself is connected to a sector module.

Here is a screenshot of how I placed things manually in the editor (originally). I'm now attempting to do everything via script (so it's done procedurally).
https://s15.postimg.cc/8hqdhgfcb/editor-placed.png

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I already have the sector modules and other required elements being spawned dynamically (works really well).

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The code here creates the "unlock" logic, which is synced to the local sector module. A trigger is also created to trigger/unlock when BLUFOR takes the objective.

// Create the lock object and sync it to the sector module
_lock = (createGroup sideLogic) createUnit ["MiscUnlock_F", _pos, [], 0, "NONE"];
_lock synchronizeObjectsAdd [_sectorModule];

// Create the BLUFOR trigger (behind the unlock logic)
_bluTrigger = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _pos, true];
_bluTrigger setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", true];
_bluTrigger synchronizeObjectsAdd [_lock];

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Hopefully you can see from my editor screenshot, connected to the unlock logic are three triggers (one for each faction), which then unlocks a few things for the controlling faction.

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Amongst these is a respawn point which I'm now trying to create dynamically.

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My code posted in my first message, creates a BLUFOR respawn point on all objectives as it should do.

All I need to do now is "get" those created respawn modules and sync them to the BLUFOR trigger for each objective.

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Once that happens the respawn points wil only be avaialble on captured objectives (as the sector modules so all of the activating/deactivating themselves).

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All I need to do is "grab" the object (respawn position) that this line of code has created for me:
_bluSpawn = [west, _pos] call BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition;

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@meager heart I can sync a variable to a trigger when the variable contains an object. That is my question, how do I grab the object that the BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition created?

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 1:23 PM

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press(key)(c)="dance_animation"=valid

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"dance_animation"=Trigger(key)(c)=position=(2,2,2)

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 1:25 PM

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bis_fnc_addRespawnPosition < will not create any logics... so there is nothing to sync, Billa [Ash]

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bis_fnc_moduleRespawnPosition < that is logic

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 1:27 PM

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press(key)(c)=(animation_dance_code:212)=valid

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valid=animation_dance_code:212=dab_animation

tall eagle Jul 8, 2018, 1:27 PM

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Ah OK @meager heart

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Let me try that function out and see if I can get it to work (I'll probably have more issues though) 😄

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 1:29 PM

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check this https://pastebin.com/Z4Db9j7D

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that is > bis_fnc_moduleRespawnPosition

lunar violet Jul 8, 2018, 2:13 PM

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Hello, ¿what function i should use to make a building medical with ACE3?

torpid pike Jul 8, 2018, 5:36 PM

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hey all, is there a max RPM value or max throttle value available to detect for helicopters? (without using RTD...) 😮

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 6:29 PM

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is possible to add ace arsenal via addaction??

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 6:54 PM

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yes

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 6:55 PM

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addAction ["ACE arsenal",{ace_arsenal_fnc_openBox}];

like so? I'm having issues like this, any thoughts?

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 6:56 PM

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https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/arsenal-framework.html#21-adding-ace-arsenal-to-a-box
ace_arsenal_fnc_openBox

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 7:25 PM

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Damn, Alganthe could've plugged the ace arsenal.

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"Mah fancy search bars"

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"Mah fancy accuracy"

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:^)

meager granite Jul 8, 2018, 7:26 PM

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Is there an easy way to find out if player\unit is leaning left or right?

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 7:27 PM

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Someone else asked that about a month ago

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tried tons of things. don't think we found a reliable way

meager granite Jul 8, 2018, 7:28 PM

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Sad, I guess I'll have to come up with a crutch then.

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 7:30 PM

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aceopen.sqf [player, player, true] call ace_arsenal_fnc_openBox;

addaction addAction ["ACE arsenal","aceopen.sqf"];

so then more like this?

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 7:32 PM

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Why so complicated though

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just use the code inline like you did before

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and use the correct code like you do now

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 7:32 PM

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oh duh

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but that's the method correct?

still forum Jul 8, 2018, 7:33 PM

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yeah

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 7:33 PM

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ty >3

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❤

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 7:44 PM

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is that bug or feature ? https://gyazo.com/ac7fad28c7e4c4a60ee31e62e9e0ec21

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(i mean that "reticle in flames effects" 😃)

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 7:46 PM

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@meager heart Whats's your depth of field slider set to? Slide it down and see if it changes

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 7:46 PM

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lemme check...

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 7:47 PM

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I had this effect when i had it over halfway

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 7:47 PM

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it's set to 100

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 7:49 PM

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drop it to zero

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 7:55 PM

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yep you're right, that is depth of field mixed with bloom was making those fx...

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ty

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(first time saw this features*)

tiny wadi Jul 8, 2018, 8:28 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ueaWYkDOX8k

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Does anyone know of a fix for that behaviour?

gleaming oyster Jul 8, 2018, 9:04 PM

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yw sldt1ck

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 9:34 PM

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how do i get the nearest unit/player to my crosshair

meager heart Jul 8, 2018, 9:53 PM

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maybe with this > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/screenToWorld + https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObject / https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearEntities
or this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/worldToScreen + second part from there ^

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 10:58 PM

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I am having trouble getting any .dlls to work. I can send my mission as an example, if need be.

I am: using the 'test_extension' from https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/callExtension
through the debug, I am executing: "test_extension" callExtension ["fnc1", getUnitLoadout player];
and I am getting a return of: ["",-1,0], which is not correct.

Similarly, using "test_extension" callExtension str weapons player; returns "", also incorrect.

I am running the game in 64x, but tested it with x32 with both versions of the above dll in my mission root as well as running my game as x32
Both dlls have been rightclick->properties->unblock
I have VS 2017, both x86 and x64, installed on my operating system.
I am not running any mods
My game is up to date and files are verified

queen cargo Jul 8, 2018, 11:02 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Extensions#Where_to_put_Extensions.3F @tough abyss

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 11:04 PM

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@queen cargo That little tidbit was missing through the four or so threads and pages I read through, thank you. That got it working

queen cargo Jul 8, 2018, 11:05 PM

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just head over to the actual wiki page for extensions 🤷

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that is why it is there

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 11:07 PM

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It didn't show up in any of my google searches, and wasn't linked in any threads, nor on KZK's blog or comments.

The wiki has a lot of articles such as that, but I haven't found a central page with links to all of them. So I only come across them when Google feels like pulling it up, or someone links me it.

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ex I read through all of the callExtension page, and its not mentioned nor linked. edit: actually there is one link at the bottom in 'see also', which I skipped over

queen cargo Jul 8, 2018, 11:08 PM

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it is literally linked in callExtension
also, site:community.bistudio.com yourSearchGoesHere will bring you up the results only from the biki

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Calls custom .dll also known as Extension.

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literally first sentence in the description links to extensions page

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on the Extension part

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 11:09 PM

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I honestly did not see it while reading the article.

queen cargo Jul 8, 2018, 11:09 PM

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though ... you are right in the fact that callExtension is horribly written

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no offense here, just telling ya the possibilities to discover 😛

tough abyss Jul 8, 2018, 11:10 PM

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I gotcha.

I do search the wiki when possible. But I wish there was a central page that had links to articles like Extensions, and others. It'd be a good source to check first, and something to read and pre-emptively educate myself

queen cargo Jul 8, 2018, 11:11 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?search

ember flame Jul 9, 2018, 2:05 AM

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Hi everyone I'm new to this Discord group. I hope this is the right place to ask for scripting help. I was wondering if there was a way to limit the number of a specific loadout allowed per group when using the built-in Menu Inventory and Dynamic Groups. It looks like the limit you can set in BIS_fnc_addRespawnInventory are for the whole team and not per group.

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 6:43 AM

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FFS. Trying to build a Arma hack by getting help from #arma3_scripting. Some people man...

quasi rover Jul 9, 2018, 7:34 AM

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Maker and another Object name has the same variable name. Is it no problem?
e.g.

_spawnAA = getMarkerPos AAA  //AAA is Marker's variable name
...
aaa setVehicleAmmo 1;   //aaa is Object variable name

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 7:39 AM

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Makers usually don't have variables

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atleast it doesn't make much sense to put the markers name into a variable. As you might just use the name directly

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if you have two variables that are called the same and are supposed to contain different things that indeed won't work

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SQF is case insensitive aaa==AAA

quasi rover Jul 9, 2018, 7:40 AM

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I mean, Init field has variable for system empty marker on Eden editor.

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 7:44 AM

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Don't understand that language

quasi rover Jul 9, 2018, 7:47 AM

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Sorry, There is system empty marker on Eden editor, and their property has Marker Init: Variable name field

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 7:54 AM

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Don't know what that Marker Init and Variable name field mean.

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 7:58 AM

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I guess he is talking about "name" field in eden.

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When you assign "variable name" to marker in eden it is not really variable but it is just marker name which should be used as string.

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@quasi rover
So if you've markerName set in Eden as marker variable you need to access it via getMarkerPos "markerName"; // marker name is a string

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:18 AM

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Object's Variable Names are global missionNameSpace as far as I recall, so if two variables tried to exist in missionNameSpace with the exact same name, cAsE sEnSiTiVe, it would cause issues.

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but markers should, by tradition, be named marker_yourstring anyways

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 8:18 AM

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"name" for the markers in eden that is the same as > private _marker = createMarker ["nameFromEDEN", _pos];

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:19 AM

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actually now that you mention it, everything that asks for a marker takes a string, not an object. so that'd make sense

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 8:21 AM

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oops, never named them "marker_*"

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 8:24 AM

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cAsE sEnSiTiVe, it would cause issues. no they are case insensitive

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missionNameSpace -> missionNamespace 😉

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In general you should never use a variable called AAA. Just use tags and stop worrying about anything. And name the variable as what it does.

inner swallow Jul 9, 2018, 8:45 AM

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Yeah marker names are strings

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And must be unique per marker

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Object name/variable would be AAA, marker would be called "AAA", no conflicts there

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AAA = "AAA" however is a different matter entirely 😄

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 8:55 AM

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Yeah, the input field for marker name in eden is a bit misleading, as far as i remember it says "variable name"

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 8:59 AM

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also localizations... 😭

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 8:59 AM

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@STR_myMarker :^)

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:00 AM

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no i mean default eden localizations...

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for the menus, options, buttons... and everything

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:06 AM

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oh! ok then =] that's why I used A2 & 3 in English… in Arma 2, both AV8-B were localised "AV8B" in French, so 1/2 chance to get the one I want

also some shaky/shady translations here & there… so English to avoid any translation issue

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:06 AM

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yeah... ^ same here

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:08 AM

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Exit Arma with the carrier rocket.
Translated from ArmaGerman back into English.
Don't know what the original english is. I think something like exit Arma and open the Launcher probably

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:11 AM

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the A3 Ultimate Edition in Germany seems lit

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:12 AM

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Some translation bugs were fixed. And we were seriously planning to make a mod to revert the fixes. Because they were just sooo Arma.

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 9:12 AM

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I should check Polish translations 👀 (if there are any), I never was brave enough to launch Arma in other lang than english

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Things like translations should be publicly available on GitHub or something imo so community can help with it.

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:20 AM

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That would be next level modern tech stuff. Remember how old the engine is 😉

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Also then they would publish stuff before they can publish it. Strings for new DLC's/Campaign and stuff which they might want to keep secret till release

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:21 AM

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space engineers open-sourced their translations like that I believe

cosmic lichen Jul 9, 2018, 9:21 AM

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many games do

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 AM

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Yeah, not many studios can afford to have professionally made translations for every language so they seek help within community.

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 AM

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UI translations at least would be nice

cosmic lichen Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 AM

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and functions

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 9:24 AM

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☝🏽

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:26 AM

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functions completly open source 🤤

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They were paying KK to update a few of the functions. Even though they could've gotten the community to do it for free

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:27 AM

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Ctrl+H * → player setDamage 1

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:28 AM

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setDammmage*

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world

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:28 AM

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WorldWorldRealFinal2

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this joke never gets old 😄

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:30 AM

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btw when russians hear "T-100 Varsuk" for the first time, they just can't hold laugh... it's impossible

cosmic lichen Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 AM

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The real T-100

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_T100

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:34 AM

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this is real t100 > https://gyazo.com/4484eab2c168375a1637e4b16f605cf8

cosmic lichen Jul 9, 2018, 9:34 AM

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Planierraupe yeah!

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:37 AM

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who is real varsuk ? 😄

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Barsuk > барсук > badger
Varsuk > ....

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 9:44 AM

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... Borsuk 🇵🇱

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:44 AM

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tak

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 9:46 AM

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Thinking about it "badger" sounds more like a name for some small vehicle, not an mbt 😄

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:47 AM

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wasn't it the radio name of the tank operator with the mohawk, in OA campaign?

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Badger, not Varsuk ^__^

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:49 AM

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varsuk that is vadger... got it 👌

cosmic lichen Jul 9, 2018, 9:49 AM

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Well, let's hope that we get real names back in Arma 4

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 9:51 AM

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yes, memory thou hast not failed me
http://www.arma2.com/arma-2-oa-characters/1stlt-ben-qbadgerq-herrera

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 10:24 AM

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things get even more confusing when you start using callsigns even just in English. Like a Panther tank, orrr the callsign Panther? Hotel callsign or the literal hotel?

quasi rover Jul 9, 2018, 10:50 AM

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Thx guys.

astral tendon Jul 9, 2018, 12:21 PM

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[_barricate,["Damage Barricate",{
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
_target setDamage (damage _target + selectrandom [0.1,0]);
if (damage _target >= 1) then {{deleteVehicle _x} forEach attachedobjects _target;deleteVehicle _target};
if (currentWeapon _caller  == primaryWeapon _caller) then {_caller playAction "gesturePoint"};
if (currentWeapon _caller  == handgunWeapon _caller) then {[_caller] spawn {_caller = _this select 0;[_caller, "Acts_Executioner_Forehand"] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]; sleep 2; [_caller, ""] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]}}; 
},
    [],
    1, 
    true, 
    true, 
    "",
    "true",
    3,
    false,
    "",
    ""
]] remoteExec ["addAction",0];
_barricate setUserActionText [_actionName , "Damage Barricate", "<img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\heal_ca'/>"];

Im trying to figure how to get the action ID from the remoteexec to then use on the setUserActionText, is there a way to it or is just too complicated?

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 12:25 PM

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a bit out of #arma3_scripting , but it is "barricade" 😉

astral tendon Jul 9, 2018, 12:27 PM

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🙄

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[{
_BarricateAction = _barricate addaction ["Damage Barricate",{
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
_target setDamage (damage _target + selectrandom [0.1,0]);
if (damage _target >= 1) then {{deleteVehicle _x} forEach attachedobjects _target;deleteVehicle _target};
if (currentWeapon _caller  == primaryWeapon _caller) then {_caller playAction "gesturePoint"};
if (currentWeapon _caller  == handgunWeapon _caller) then {[_caller] spawn {_caller = _this select 0;[_caller, "Acts_Executioner_Forehand"] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]; sleep 2; [_caller, ""] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]}}; 
},
    [],
    1, 
    true, 
    true, 
    "",
    "true",
    3,
    false,
    "",
    ""
];
_barricate setUserActionText [_BarricateAction , "Damage Barricate", "<img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\heal_ca'/>"];
}] remoteExec ["call",0];

This is one way I figure, but I think is ugly.

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 12:30 PM

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it would be either a remoteExec call of a big block of code,
or remoteExec setUserActionText itself

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also your version would only "publish" the local actionId, so it is clearly not recommended
full code block it is then

astral tendon Jul 9, 2018, 12:34 PM

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Why is that a problem since the action is local? there will not be any change on the action ID unless if I need to remove it with remoteexec again.

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 12:37 PM

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you may have added on a client an action that doesn't exist on the server

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 12:42 PM

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private _text = "<t align='left' size='1.25'color='#FF0000'>Damage BarricaDe*</t>";
private _icon = "<img align='right' size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\heal_ca'/>";

[_barricaDe, [_text + _icon, {/* blah blah */}]] remoteExec ["addAction"]; //--- 0 default

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 12:44 PM

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it sets a background icon*

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 12:45 PM

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hmm

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then

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[_barricaDe, ["Damage BarricaDe*", {
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
_target setUserActionText [_actionId, "Damage Barricate", "<img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\heal_ca'/>"];
/* blah blah */
}]] remoteExec ["addAction"]; //--- 0 default

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maybe that way

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 12:47 PM

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you would need to trigger the first action before it takes effect

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also

[{
_BarricateAction = _barricate addaction ["Damage Barricate",{
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; (…)```
won't work as `_barricate` will be undefined (I guess)

astral tendon Jul 9, 2018, 12:52 PM

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[[_barricate], { 
params ["_barricate"];
_BarricateAction = _barricate addaction ["Damage Barricate",{
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
_target setDamage (damage _target + selectrandom [0.1,0]);
if (damage _target >= 1) then {{deleteVehicle _x} forEach attachedobjects _target;deleteVehicle _target};
if (currentWeapon _caller  == primaryWeapon _caller) then {_caller playAction "gesturePoint"};
if (currentWeapon _caller  == handgunWeapon _caller) then {[_caller] spawn {_caller = _this select 0;[_caller, "Acts_Executioner_Forehand"] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]; sleep 2; [_caller, ""] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]}}; 
},
    [],
    1, 
    true, 
    true, 
    "",
    "true",
    3,
    false,
    "",
    ""
];
_barricate setUserActionText [_BarricateAction , "Damage Barricate", "<img size='2' image='\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\Actions\heal_ca'/>"];
}] remoteExec ["call",0];

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I forgot about the the params.

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 12:58 PM

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this ^ should work imho

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 1:01 PM

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0 < for targets default 😃

astral tendon Jul 9, 2018, 1:02 PM

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I know, im used to put 0 to remember that this option exist in case i want to change later intead of search on google again.

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 1:02 PM

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oh i see 😄

brazen sparrow Jul 9, 2018, 3:27 PM

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anyone got any suggests on how to add a weapon to a weaponholder with specific attachments (i cant define the custom weapon in cfgs). The only thing i got so far is spawn a unit, change attachments, drop weapon, delete unit...

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 3:49 PM

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That is the only possible way

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Or define config subclasses with attachments pre-attached in a mod. That might work.. Not sure

winter rose Jul 9, 2018, 3:49 PM

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should work, official weapons have attachments declared and can be created this way

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 3:54 PM

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Can't remember that someone asked that question in a context of a mod. Has always been asked for missions with a "can't make mod"

brazen sparrow Jul 9, 2018, 3:56 PM

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i got a ui in eden where u can change weapon attachments, need to be able to spawn them in a weaponholder. So cant mess with the configs, i got it all working, just spawning the ai and dropping isnt very elegant and gotta wait a few secs for the animation 🤢

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 4:01 PM

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I have a addWeaponWithAttachmentsCargo(Global) SQF command ready... Sent it to Dwarden but nothing happened yet. Guess they don't want it

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 4:56 PM

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How do you create commands for them? Do you implement them via intercept?

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 4:58 PM

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no

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can't explain ^^

brazen sparrow Jul 9, 2018, 5:13 PM

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magic?

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 5:14 PM

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Ok ok, with your skills I guess you might have an access to "better" arma builds :D

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 5:15 PM

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Same as I can't explain how to edit configs while the game is running

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 5:15 PM

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top sicret © 😶

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 5:16 PM

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🕶

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 5:17 PM

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only for good reasons ^ btw

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 5:51 PM

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there is no way to get displayName without accessing the configfile ? 🤔

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 5:54 PM

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@meager heart displayName is only defined in configFile in SQF layer so I would guess so. Just make a fnc for it

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 6:02 PM

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yeah, i thought maybe there is some faster way, that function will make it even slower

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 6:29 PM

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I thought it was more about your annoyance with it. Dunno 🤷

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 6:31 PM

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was trying to speed up things...

meager granite Jul 9, 2018, 6:52 PM

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@brazen sparrow I remember doing similar thing with AI few years ago, iirc to skip animation I had to move AI into vehicle.

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Found the script if you're interested

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https://pastebin.com/raw/qgtY8yGJ

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(server_func_addOnEachFrame is not listed there, replace it with proper OnEachFrame mission event handler)

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(All in all its WIP and was never fully finished but concept worked)

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        if(diag_frameno % 2 == 0) then {
            moveOut server_unitForWeaponsWithItems;
        } else {
            server_unitForWeaponsWithItems moveInDriver server_vehicleForWeaponsWithItems;
        };

Welcome to Arma

hollow thistle Jul 9, 2018, 7:03 PM

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Such simple functionalirty... Much code 😱

meager granite Jul 9, 2018, 7:05 PM

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Its even has queue and failsafes 👌

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[offtopic] @still forum >Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WD5CXb-F50

YouTube

A Fruit Shop Owner

SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR 3 BULLET TRAILER

fucking idiots

▶ Play video

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 7:12 PM

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😄

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it's like inverted submunition... kinda more damage per bullet (+65% 😄)... sounds gud

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 7:38 PM

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LUL. All my guns fire only the actual projectile

meager granite Jul 9, 2018, 7:46 PM

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Its actually from trailer for the game

hollow lantern Jul 9, 2018, 7:49 PM

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is there a command to add a weapon attachment to a weapon that is a eden object? So already placed

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 7:49 PM

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No.

hollow lantern Jul 9, 2018, 7:50 PM

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ok

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:22 PM

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how would i force get cursortarget to ignore buildings like if a player/ai is in a building that it will get the player i am aiming at instead of the building

cosmic lichen Jul 9, 2018, 8:25 PM

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@tough abyss Don't think that's possible. cursorTarget will always return the nearest object the player points at.

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:26 PM

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or like some way to get the nearest target to my crosshair

digital hollow Jul 9, 2018, 8:30 PM

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Do nearestObjects and select for worldToScreen distance to center?

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:37 PM

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and how do i check which is nearest to my crosshair

digital hollow Jul 9, 2018, 8:40 PM

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you could worldToScreen each object and check the distance to center [0.5, 0.5]

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:43 PM

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there is no variable called center

inner swallow Jul 9, 2018, 8:45 PM

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i don't think that Ampersand was talking about a variable called center

digital hollow Jul 9, 2018, 8:46 PM

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worldToScreen returns coordinates on where that thing is relative to the screen. The crosshair is in the center of the screen [0.5, 0.5]

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 8:54 PM

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player addAction["Nearest Unit", 
    {
        nearest = [1000, 1000];
        nearestTarget = player;
        _units = nearestObjects [player, ["unit"], 2000];
        {
            if(nearest > [0.5, 0.5] distance worldToScreen getPos _x) then {
                nearest = [0.5, 0.5] distance worldToScreen getPos _x;
                nearestTarget = _x;
            };
        }forEach _units;
        hint name nearestTarget;
    }
];
``` whats wrong like it always is my name

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i am quite sure that unit is false in nearestobjects but i couldn't find anything how i would get all units with nearestobjects

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no but can anybody help me

digital hollow Jul 9, 2018, 9:03 PM

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You can also use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearEntities with "Man"

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:07 PM

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now i get https://imgur.com/a/iTD3IYy

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:08 PM

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CAManBase < no animals there 👌

digital hollow Jul 9, 2018, 9:08 PM

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Get some parentheses in your if condition. I think the poor thing is confused.

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:09 PM

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player addAction["Nearest Unit", 
    {
        nearest = [1000, 1000];
        nearestTarget = player;
        _units = player nearEntities ["Man", 2000];
        {
            if(nearest > ([0.5, 0.5] distance (worldToScreen (getPos _x)))) then {
                nearest = [0.5, 0.5] distance (worldToScreen (getPos _x));
                nearestTarget = _x;
            };
        }forEach _units;
        hint name nearestTarget;
    }
];``` still not working

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nobody can help me?

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😑

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:16 PM

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You guys are really helping that guy build his hack? 😄

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:17 PM

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hack?

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are you kidding me hacks are made in cpp not in sqf how would you even hack with sqf when you can only use it on your own server or in offline

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:21 PM

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So being able to select a player and remotely killing him in MP. or getting the player on your crosshair is completly unrelated to your question on how to circumvent Battleye?

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 PM

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that was obviously a joke but looks like you didn't get it

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 PM

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Ah so you seeking help here and asking questions is a joke? That's kinda rude

digital hollow Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 PM

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After he figures this out, the sense of pride and accomplishment will enable him to not want to descend to hacking.

inner swallow Jul 9, 2018, 9:23 PM

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well, this is interesting

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:23 PM

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it's a joke that i make joke about battleye and you dont get the joke i think

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:24 PM

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Well. Do what you want then. I'll let a moderator decide about the joke.

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:24 PM

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so can anybody help me now pls

peak plover Jul 9, 2018, 9:30 PM

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I built a speedhack for arma

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 9:30 PM

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wowzers

peak plover Jul 9, 2018, 9:30 PM

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if (doSpeedHack) then {
    setAccTime 10;
};

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:30 PM

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Yeah. Me too. setVelocity on a hotkey. Actually have it on F7.

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 9:30 PM

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😱

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 PM

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Oh that kinda speedhack. Mine just accelerates my vehicle. That's loads of fun when you do it in MP and someone else is driving 😄

peak plover Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 PM

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aaah 😄

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hahahaha

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 PM

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Their screams are so soothing

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 PM

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I wrote a little mod for myself with stuff like that, like a hotkey for recompiling scripts

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 PM

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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????

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:31 PM

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yeah kinda like that.

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With a little more vibration 😄

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 9:32 PM

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AAAAAAAAA ?

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:32 PM

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

still forum Jul 9, 2018, 9:32 PM

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XD

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 9:32 PM

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😬

meager heart Jul 9, 2018, 9:38 PM

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😀

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oh sorry... HAX....

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ok now

gleaming oyster Jul 9, 2018, 9:38 PM

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AAAAAA

tough abyss Jul 9, 2018, 9:43 PM

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how can i make that now arrrrrgghhh

meager granite Jul 9, 2018, 9:46 PM

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Indeed a cheater, his name comes up in some minecraft hacking discord servers

mint kraken Jul 9, 2018, 10:34 PM

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In a hpp file would it work if u name a class a number like ->


class Config {
    
    class ranks {
        class 1 {
            name = "Rank 1";
        };
    };

};

Atm I have a variable set as an array for my ranks but if that ^^ works I might just use that

austere granite Jul 9, 2018, 11:11 PM

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it should work but i wouldnt recommend it

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just give it a normal name... no reason not to

mint kraken Jul 9, 2018, 11:18 PM

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well if there is a way to convert 1 -> one, I mean I could make a code for that

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But is there any prebuilt ones?

obtuse cosmos Jul 10, 2018, 1:31 AM

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Anyone know why magazinesAmmoFull is always returning -1 for mag type? Wiki says "n/a" but why? It is primary weapon mag type - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/magazinesAmmoFull

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@mint kraken I don't think you can start it with a number... Something correct me if I'm wrong?

shadow sapphire Jul 10, 2018, 1:43 AM

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Is there a simple script that will make a named object fire at my cursor target?

obtuse cosmos Jul 10, 2018, 1:44 AM

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Are you building a hack too? 😄 😛

mint kraken Jul 10, 2018, 1:49 AM

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Yeh Numbers dont work unfortunatley

obtuse cosmos Jul 10, 2018, 1:50 AM

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you can do something1

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just not at start

round scroll Jul 10, 2018, 1:50 AM

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I'm just reading https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/217778-function-spawn-error/ and wonder what's going on. My understanding is that initServer.sqf runs in scheduled environment, hence the call will run in scheduled environment and only return once finished. Then the functions he stores in global vars should be defined, but according to the post they aren't. I usually use CfgFunctions, so never encountered this problem.

mint kraken Jul 10, 2018, 1:50 AM

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Ah

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Thanks, saved me lots of time ❤

shadow sapphire Jul 10, 2018, 1:51 AM

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A hack? No, trying to figure out a way to get the new USS Liberty main cannon to fire at shit.

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Some light naval support.

round scroll Jul 10, 2018, 1:52 AM

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@shadow sapphire start here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doFire and check all the related commands, can take a while to find the one that will do the magic

shadow sapphire Jul 10, 2018, 1:57 AM

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Thanks for the tip! I tried dofire already and didn't have time to mess with doartilleryfire, yet. Will have to pick it up tomorrow, the wife needs some attention.

round scroll Jul 10, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Is it true that this eventhandler(s) will execute on all animals and units? class Land; class Man: Land { class EventHandlers { class UNS_DSAI_UNITINIT { init = "if (isNil 'RUG_DSAI_INIT') then { '\RUG_DSAI\RUG_DSAI\' call compile preProcessFile '\RUG_DSAI\RUG_DSAI\DSAI_Init.sqf'}; d=[_this select 0] spawn RUG_DSAI_fAddUnit;"; }; ....

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@shadow sapphire this one might also be helpful: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_fireSupport

obtuse cosmos Jul 10, 2018, 5:15 AM

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hmm - The most basic example and it returns -1 (n/a) - What even is that? 😕 🤔

peak plover Jul 10, 2018, 5:39 AM

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n/a means not availalb

fossil yew Jul 10, 2018, 7:36 AM

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Are these two things the same in addAction:

"isNil ""PhotoTaken"""

and

"isNil 'PhotoTaken'"

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checks if some var has been set as condition for displaying the action.

tulip hare Jul 10, 2018, 8:06 AM

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are predefined loadouts limited to the eden editor only or is it possible as zeus to add a script to an object?

nocturne basalt Jul 10, 2018, 8:13 AM

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Hi guys. Im running a while(alive _object) with waituntils inside it. My question is, will the script break out of a waituntil if the unit is killed? Or do I risk a script that waituntil forever?

winter rose Jul 10, 2018, 8:25 AM

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@fossil yew same yes
you can switch singlequotes ↔ doublequotes where needed

inner swallow Jul 10, 2018, 8:27 AM

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The second is easier to read and troubleshoot, of course

winter rose Jul 10, 2018, 8:32 AM

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I kinda never use single quotes, but I can get that having a

onLoad = "this addAction [""Action"", {hint format [""your name is """"%1"""""", name player]; }];";``` is not the perfect stuff 😄

gleaming oyster Jul 10, 2018, 8:35 AM

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0_0

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cryingcat

inner swallow Jul 10, 2018, 8:53 AM

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I mostly only use them inside of double quotes, or if I'm lazy

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Using them in init boxes is probably good too, since the SQM becomes more readable

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And in briefing text of course, when using markers and images

delicate lotus Jul 10, 2018, 12:45 PM

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Hey guys, im currently making an script which creates an marker on the map when a player looks at them and presses an defined key.
I got the key check working but now im facing the problem that I dont know how I can get the current entity the player is looking at.
I can't use cursorTarget because that requires knowsAbout to be > 0 + that their not enemy units (comment from Pierre MGI on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cursorTarget).
cursorObject would return the unit but it could also return that tree the player is currently also looking at which is kinda bad...
Is it somehow possible to get the position a players cursor is currently pointing at? Or something like an raycast that returns all entities hit by it?
lineIntersectsWith sound usable for that purpose, but it really isnt because it only has a maximum range of 1000m and it also needs an ending Position...

still forum Jul 10, 2018, 12:45 PM

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

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0.5,0.5 get's you the world position corresponding to the center of the screen

delicate lotus Jul 10, 2018, 12:46 PM

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wow... how did I not find that?
thanks ^^

brave jungle Jul 10, 2018, 4:27 PM

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Some of my scripts just refuse to work in dedicated by using {//Code} remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_spawn", 0, false]; however typing the exact same thing into the debug console, it works.

winter rose Jul 10, 2018, 4:36 PM

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remoteExec takes an array as left parameter
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec
@brave jungle

brave jungle Jul 10, 2018, 4:45 PM

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Yeah

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But using bis_fnc_spawn

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You just use {} right? so the remote would be {{//Code}} remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_spawn", 0, false]; - no?

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THe problem I have though is that the EXACT same code that works in the debug console, doesn't work in the file

vague hull Jul 10, 2018, 5:21 PM

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why exactly do you want to spawn it.. its already sheduled. Its also better to have a function you can safely whitelist bis_fnc_spawn is used for many hacks as its there by default. if thats not a point then why not [[],{ CODE }] remoteExec ["spawn", 0, false] (although thats not ideal too)

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I assume it doesnt work because you blocked remote Exec

austere hawk Jul 10, 2018, 5:36 PM

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@shadow sapphire AI artillery fire is limited to weapons that are setup for ballistic computer functionality (means no airfriction) and only allows to calculate solutions from gun elevation angle >45° to 89.9°. Also it only works properly with turrets that can rotate 360°.

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for doFire i think the target has to be in vision/ detection range.

winter rose Jul 10, 2018, 5:44 PM

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@brave jungle

[nil, {/* myCode */ }] remoteExec ["spawn"];``` → ?

meager heart Jul 10, 2018, 6:02 PM

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#include "fn_call.sqf"

BIS_fnc_spawn ^

params [["_args1", []], "_args2"];

// --- input format: {code} or [{code}]
if (isNil "_args2" && _args1 isEqualType {}) exitWith {[] call _args1};

// --- input format: [param, {code}]
if (!isNil "_args2" && {_args2 isEqualType {}}) exitWith {_args1 call _args2};

// --- error and suggest supported format
[_this, "isEqualTypeParams", [nil, {}]] call (missionNamespace getVariable "BIS_fnc_errorParamsType");

nil

BIS_fnc_call ^

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so... just spawn and call 👌

shadow sapphire Jul 10, 2018, 6:23 PM

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@austere hawk, thanks for the tip! That’s good stuff to know! Now to figure out what the detection range is for that cannon... it should have been longer than what I was attempting to make it fire upon.

tough abyss Jul 10, 2018, 10:25 PM

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Does anyone know a good guide or video about creating Zeus modules? The biki page isn't written the best.

Been reading through various BiS module scripts and RSCs and still am not really quite grasping it.

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How do I disable vehicle animations?

tough abyss Jul 11, 2018, 1:48 AM

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Why do so many people make external mods for ACE3? I mean this as a legitimate question. Do they just not submit it to the git? Or is ACE3 really strict about pull requests?

surreal sedge Jul 11, 2018, 1:55 AM

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people all have little things they'd like to tweak about the mod

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therefore it's easier to make those small externals, than add stuff that means more boxes people have to check or uncheck to get things how they want it

tough abyss Jul 11, 2018, 1:58 AM

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Some externals are pretty sweet, though. Like using the ground texture for trenches, or ragdolling when going unconscious to prevent metagaming the animation. More externals means more shuffling for server admins

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 4:02 AM

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@tough abyss I submitted a ticket about stuff I've done, they just don't want some things as features, like resetting revive lives if using a PAK in medical facility or PAK time when used in medical facility is always 5 seconds

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etc.

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It's mostly just everyone doing their own version, which they like, but not everyone wants the same thing

tough abyss Jul 11, 2018, 4:03 AM

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You're right. I guess I'm a fan of more options and more optionals to pick or leave.

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 4:03 AM

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Well, you still have an option to edit it

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It's great, super customized

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I've even overwritten the medical damage EH

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just for a specific mission 'tho

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Without mods

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It's nice to be able to do it

tough abyss Jul 11, 2018, 4:30 AM

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It is, I agree. But I don't run my group, so every new mod has to go through an approval process, and then each update has to be pushed to the server. We also use steam workshop, meaning updates are forced, making more mods mean more maintenance. Our personal mod is also on workshop, meaning we can't just include other mods in it without getting the modder's permission.

It becomes a process, when it (could) just be a checkbox, you know?

tough abyss Jul 11, 2018, 4:56 AM

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Does Arma 3 undefine all #define macros on launch, or is that a CBA thing?

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 6:03 AM

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@tough abyss Hey, probably talking also a bit about my mod. The reason I do not do pull requests for ACE because it is a hassle to set up the project. On top of that iirc ACE already experimented with the ragdolling like I did, but decided against it because of several reasons. I do understand the problematic with mods updating spontaneously on the workshop and version control is not a thing there.

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 6:22 AM

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The next script I will be releasing in the SW will be pretty much the same deal, it will built ontop of aces overheating feature, but i highly doubt many people want such a script

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 6:39 AM

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I think actually many will 😄

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These things are genius

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 6:52 AM

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nah, why would you want your freshly picked up gun explode in your face?

still forum Jul 11, 2018, 7:01 AM

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@tough abyss most people don't even ask if ACE want's it. Now after the fact other people are remaking stuff like ACE Splint directly for ACE and get it integrated.
Like using the ground texture for trenches GRAD_Trenches is currently waiting to be integrated into ACE. There are still small quality issues they want to fix before it get's into ACE though. We even have a optional Intercept Plugin to automatically get the ground texture on any map. Even ones that aren't directly supported as currently all ground textures are kinda hardcoded.

Also ragdolling for unconcious doesn't help with the animation metagaming.
Without it you snap into the unconscious animation.
With it you ragdoll. Lay in ragdoll for 5 seconds. Then teleport away to the spot you are really laying and snap into the same unconscious animation.
So If you come around a corner you will still see the guy laying in the same animation as before. Only the first 5 seconds are different.

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Does Arma 3 undefine all #define macros on launch, or is that a CBA thing? You haven't understood how the preprocessor works if you ask that.

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ACE already experimented with the ragdolling like I did, but decided against it because of several reasons. Same what I just said. Doesn't really change anything past the first 5 seconds. And it isn't synced over MP meaning when ragdolling ends people will teleport around.

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 7:10 AM

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Yeah which is real shame tbh (ye syncing ragdolls is not the network friendliest thing) since I am using BIs own command for that, I will probably start requesting some help and add more "death/unconscious" animations so the meta gamins is a bit less.

still forum Jul 11, 2018, 7:51 AM

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More unconscious animations would be LIT.

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 7:56 AM

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well I will make a post later today in #creators_recruiting asking for someone who might want to do some animations, good thing they only need one keyframe, so that shouldn't be hard I believe.

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oh no, that means I gotta do some math stuff again so figure out if the unit lies on the back, side or front. hoo boy

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prolly going to use mempoints for left and right shoulder for this.

brave jungle Jul 11, 2018, 10:14 AM

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@winter rose I tried [nil, {/* myCode */ }] remoteExec ["spawn"]; and it doesn't load anything

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at all

still forum Jul 11, 2018, 10:15 AM

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try [[], {/* myCode */ }] remoteExec ["spawn"];

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passing nil to commands can make them be silently ignored

brave jungle Jul 11, 2018, 10:15 AM

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ok

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Yep

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that was it ty 😉

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now to test to see if it works on dedicated :3

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 10:17 AM

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hmm, RemoteExec is not very reliable, is it?

brave jungle Jul 11, 2018, 10:17 AM

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no :c

still forum Jul 11, 2018, 10:17 AM

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it is. if you use it correctly

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 10:18 AM

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I tried setting player roles by the server.

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IT didn't work well

still forum Jul 11, 2018, 10:18 AM

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probably a problem with the player role setting command stuff and not with remoteExec

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didn't hear of anyone having problems with specifically remoteExec yet

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 10:19 AM

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I think it mite fuck up a bit when it tries to send 30 unique RE in like less than 0.1 seconds

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And every one of those asked RE back

inner swallow Jul 11, 2018, 10:56 AM

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Not had an issue with RE itself

peak plover Jul 11, 2018, 11:48 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/rBlG4M9.jpg

winter rose Jul 11, 2018, 11:48 AM

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there's a BIS_fnc doing such a thing

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 11:50 AM

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I prefer using cba's player func to get all players. Seems to be reliable so far

winter rose Jul 11, 2018, 11:52 AM

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@peak plover https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_listPlayers

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(allUnits + allDead) select {isPlayer _x}```

velvet merlin Jul 11, 2018, 11:56 AM

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When used on player, it only has an effect on third person mode. First person LOD is still visible. (A3 Dev 1.33)
comment for hideObject

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is there still a way to have this work also on 1st person view/some other approach?

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 11:57 AM

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depending on uniform you could set the textures of it to either an invisible one or ""

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gun would be still visible

velvet merlin Jul 11, 2018, 11:58 AM

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well thats quite ugly

digital jacinth Jul 11, 2018, 11:58 AM

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also check out if hideObject allows you to run through solid objects. I noticed this when being invisible using ares/achilles

velvet merlin Jul 11, 2018, 12:04 PM

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well it has been used in scripted camera scene to keep the player next to the camera with a dummy unit that was hidden

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(for sound, direct radio chat, special camera stuff)

brazen sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 12:31 PM

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@meager granite ty for that code the other day, using the vehicle helped 👍

warm gorge Jul 11, 2018, 1:50 PM

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private _dropPoint = getPos player;

private _vehicle = createVehicle ["B_T_VTOL_01_vehicle_F", [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "FLY"];
_vehicle allowDamage false;
createVehicleCrew _vehicle;

_vehicle doMove _dropPoint;
_vehicle moveTo _dropPoint;
_vehicle flyInHeight 500;

waitUntil {moveToCompleted _vehicle};

_vehicle doMove [0, 0, 0];
_vehicle moveTo [0, 0, 0];

So I have a script which creates a VTOL at [0, 0, 0] and then orders it to move to a given position before waiting for that move to be completed and then moving back to [0, 0, 0]. For some reason it doesn't always work properly. Sometimes the VTOL will just fly around an area over and the moveTo is never marked as completed with moveToCompleted.

austere hawk Jul 11, 2018, 1:54 PM

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propably typical AI pathing issue - cant get the position just right, so it always loops around

warm gorge Jul 11, 2018, 1:56 PM

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What would you suggest I do instead?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 1:56 PM

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moveTo < low level command

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i think in this case better just 2 waypoints

warm gorge Jul 11, 2018, 2:08 PM

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private _dropPoint = getPos player;

private _vehicle = createVehicle ["B_T_VTOL_01_vehicle_F", [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "FLY"];
_vehicle allowDamage false;
createVehicleCrew _vehicle;

private _group = group (driver _vehicle);

private _waypoint = _group addWaypoint [_dropPoint, 0];
_waypoint setWaypointType "MOVE";
_waypoint setWaypointSpeed "FULL";
_group setCurrentWaypoint _waypoint;

_vehicle flyInHeight 500;

waitUntil {moveToCompleted _vehicle};

_waypoint = _group addWaypoint [[0, 0, 0], 0];
_waypoint setWaypointType "MOVE";
_waypoint setWaypointSpeed "FULL";
_group setCurrentWaypoint _waypoint;

Like this? @meager heart

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Forgot about the moveToCompleted part

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 2:11 PM

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yep, also you no need that moveToCompleted and setCurrentWaypoint

warm gorge Jul 11, 2018, 2:12 PM

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Is there a way I can check for the waypoint completion?

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Other than a position distance check

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 2:13 PM

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with currentWaypoint maybe, kinda ez way

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 2:40 PM

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0 spawn {
    private _dropPoint = getPos player;
    private _startPos = [0, 0, 0];
    private _vehicle = createVehicle ["B_T_VTOL_01_vehicle_F", _startPos, [], 0, "FLY"];

    createVehicleCrew _vehicle;
    _vehicle flyInHeight 500;
    _vehicle allowDamage false;
    _vehicle doMove _dropPoint;

    waitUntil {
        sleep 5;
        unitReady driver _vehicle
    };

    _vehicle doMove _startPos;
};
``` works too

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 4:07 PM

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@meager heart, could you use waypoint statements to throw a variable when a waypoint is complete, then pass that onward, or something?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 4:19 PM

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sure ^

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 4:19 PM

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Could you share an example of how that would work? I don't actually know how it would work. Would it be more simple than your previous example or more complicated?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 4:24 PM

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_wp setWaypointStatements ["TRUE", "missionNamespace setVariable ['wpCompleted', true, true]"];

private _isWaypointCompleted = missionNamespace getVariable ["wpCompleted", false];

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lol

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 4:37 PM

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What is the missionnamespace variable? How does that work?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 4:38 PM

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mission global namespace

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check this > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionNamespace

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also this > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 4:51 PM

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Very cool. Thanks.

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Do you know if BIS_fnc_ambientAnimCombat creates additional logic when it's used?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 4:54 PM

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no idea... you can check it, just look in that function^ script

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 4:55 PM

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Where might I find the function script?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 4:58 PM

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looks like no logics there BIS_fnc_ambientAnimCombat > https://pastebin.com/ir0g2CXT

Where might I find the function script?
Arma 3 root folder\Addons\functions_f.pbo

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also functions viewer ^

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 5:02 PM

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Hmm... very cool. Thanks a ton... one more question at the moment... Do you know where I would find the dialogue scripts that are used in game for when a player is leading an AI group, and they say things like, "hold fire," "move two hundred meters," etc.

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 5:07 PM

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huge maybe but i think you can check characters_f < i know danger fsm is there and there is some of formation... something fsm's 🤔

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 5:07 PM

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Okay! Thanks for the tips!

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 5:08 PM

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np

inner swallow Jul 11, 2018, 6:11 PM

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@shadow sapphire careful about using ambientAnim and derivatives in multiplayer, the last i tried it had a lot of issues. Some animations didn't work on a dedicated server. When i went through the function, it didn't look like it was MP safe either.

mellow obsidian Jul 11, 2018, 6:14 PM

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Can drawIcon3D handle variables as its text?

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 6:15 PM

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sure.
format it

mellow obsidian Jul 11, 2018, 6:16 PM

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Ahh, cheers!

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 6:17 PM

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@inner swallow, thanks for the heads up. Noted. I was sure hoping it would work out for me... Dammit.

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I've been trying really hard to make an "off duty" behavior as part of a larger script, that seemed like a silver bullet of a solution, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. Will have to test it before continuing.

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My objective is to have a security patrol make a sweep along a randomized route near their base, return to base, go "off duty" for a random amount of time (like six hundred to twenty four hundred seconds), then leave their idle animations and conduct another randomized perimeter sweep, repeating this cycle indefinitely until interrupted.

inner swallow Jul 11, 2018, 6:47 PM

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How about the dismissed waypoint?

shadow sapphire Jul 11, 2018, 6:49 PM

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Several problems with that one. The script practically exists for reconnaissance elements, and dismissed isn't very immersive, very interesting, and IDK how to "complete" it so that they would conduct their next sweep.

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 8:14 PM

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Hey guys, just arrived on this discord, with a disturbingly hair pulling question. Actually it's more like a general wondering exploration than a precise question :
I'm playing around with ropes at the moment. I'm trying to figure out what can be attached to what with ropes. After many hours of experiments, I can say these things :

any physx object can be attached to any physx object, as long as simulation is enabled for both
a rope can be attached to an object hidden with hideObject command
a rope cannot be attached to an object itself attached to anything else with attachTo (which probably disable the simulation of the attached object)
a rope can have one end not attached to anything

With that in mind, I'm trying to do a very simple thing : attach a boat to a pier. The boat is a physx object with simulation enabled, fine. The pier is a static object. Currently, I'm able to attach a rope FROM the boat TO any point on the pier, but if the boat is slowly moving, as soon as the rope gets stretched, the boat wank around in a very dangerous way. Over the internet some are advising to do the contrary in order to avoid wanking behavior. But if I try to create a rope FROM the pier TO the boat, the command have no effect. If I try a workaround by creating a physx object (let's call that an anchor), the rope can be created. But if I disable the simulation on the anchor, or if I attach it to the pier, here again the rope cannot be created.

Hence the final question : is there a way to properly attach a boat to a non-moving object in order to stop it from drifting, but avoiding this dangerous-looking wanking behavior ?

young current Jul 11, 2018, 8:19 PM

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From the top of my head I would say no. But I may be wrong

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Arma physX is rather wonky..

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 8:19 PM

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

young current Jul 11, 2018, 8:20 PM

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is probalby what hes using

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 8:21 PM

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a rope cannot be attached to an object itself attached to anything else with attachTo (which probably disable the simulation of the attached object)

This makes me think otherwise

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 8:22 PM

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I'm indeed not using ropeAttachTo, but directly ropeCreate instead. I assume it is the same, isn't it ?

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 8:22 PM

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Either way, it is possible to attach the boat to a object with a rope and disable breaking

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Attach vehicle to rope with optional offset
^^ ropeAttachTo desc

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 8:27 PM

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struggling to see your point... For now :

FROM boat TO pier works, but is wanking
FROM pier TO boat is not working at all

What do you suggest ? Creating a rope FROM the boat TO nothing, and afterward attaching the rope to the pier with ropeAttachTo ? Will it be different from the first use-case ?

meager heart Jul 11, 2018, 8:38 PM

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Currently, I'm able to attach a rope FROM the boat TO any point on the pier, but if the boat is slowly moving, as soon as the rope gets stretched, the boat wank around in a very dangerous way
setMass for the boat maybe

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 8:44 PM

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Already tried, hoping to increase the inertia of the boat and mitigate the wanking behavior. Sadly, it didn't change much. The boat was still wanking (hardly less, that said), but was now way more dangerous to human beings around. And increasing the mass again just make it sink. I also tried changing the center of mass in order to see if it can modify the wanking behavior in a more acceptable way, but no it cannot.

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Creating a rope FROM the boat TO nothing, and afterward attaching the rope to the pier with ropeAttachTo ? Will it be different from the first use-case ?
Just tried, nope. It works well, but the behavior is strictly the same

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 9:47 PM

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ArmA is all about workarounds, right ? I think I have one. The idea is to create the rope FROM the anchor TO the boat, as expected it prevent the wanking stuff. But as our anchor must be a physx object, we have to find a way to prevent it to move when the boat is drifting. Disable its simulation will not work, obviously. But one way to make the boat move instead of the anchor is to make the anchor super heavy. That way, it doesn't move at all, while the boat gently reach the max stretching of the rope and come back to the pier slowly. Excellent.

For now, I succeeded by using a Titan AA turret as an anchor. But it's not the best on a pier, not very immersive. The goal is now to find the smallest physx object I'm allowed to create a rope on, and then give it a ridiculously enormous mass. Very small object, very big mass....... yep, in ArmA when you want to anchor your boat to your pier, you have to create a Black Hole. This is fine.

winter rose Jul 11, 2018, 10:04 PM

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You can still hide it AND make it heavy, right? ;-)

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@vernal mural

oblique vale Jul 11, 2018, 10:07 PM

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Is there a way to change the texture of a building? Tried setObjectTexture / setObjectMaterial but looks like they don't work on buildings?

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:15 PM

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@winter rose Haven't tried yet, because I keep the object visible for positionning purposes. But I assume yes, hiding it will not cause any trouble. However the problem with static AA is not only the bad look, it's rather the difficulty to place it correctly without making it fall down in to the sea. That's why I'm currently seeking for a more stable object, something without this big tripod messing with the ground twice in three.

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 10:16 PM

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Could anyone give me a script on a vehicle spawner or a guide to it please?

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:16 PM

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@sinful sparrow what do you mean by "a script on a vehicle spawner" ?

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 10:17 PM

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@vernal mural I mean a script for a Vehicle Spawner

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I almost never scripted before so it will be a pain for me

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:19 PM

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ArmA will bring you to scripting anyway, one way or another. For now, a simple google query is enough, you are probably seeking for something like that : http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23020

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 10:19 PM

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Problem is i tried scripting before

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I never got into it, and I've been playing ArmA since its full release in September 12 2013

restive leaf Jul 11, 2018, 10:20 PM

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Uh, maybe stick to playing. No disrespect but if you are not into scripting running a server and maintaining scripts means that you have to get into it

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:21 PM

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I would guess that it got hard and you gave up, you need to continue to train yourself in something you want to succeed in even when it's hard

restive leaf Jul 11, 2018, 10:21 PM

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Being able to search on google helps too. Have found many ARMA scripts that way that were either used or modified

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:23 PM

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@oblique vale those commands are able to set the texture for existing surfaces defined directly in the model, call "hidden selections". If your vehicle (either car or building or whatever) have defined hidden selection, then you can retexture it with setObjectTexture. If it has not, then you can't. AFAIK, very few buildings in the vanilla game have hidden selections. This can be checked in the config file, I guess.

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 10:23 PM

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@restive leaf I want to try to stick to it but I end up dropping it

oblique vale Jul 11, 2018, 10:23 PM

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@vernal mural Thank you will check it out

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:24 PM

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Logan, continuing to practice when something gets hard is the only way you get better at it. Simple.

restive leaf Jul 11, 2018, 10:24 PM

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You have to persevere mate! Once you get over the hump you may be fine

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:24 PM

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you can ask as many questions as you'd like here

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a lot of people, even if they may not know the answer right off the bat. May find a solution with discussion

restive leaf Jul 11, 2018, 10:26 PM

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Yeah, check out the script that was linked above

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 10:26 PM

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@gleaming oyster I play computer so much but I never learned fully and in depth on computers

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:27 PM

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okay, isolate your interests to SQF in Arma 3.

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you don't need to be a wiz at everything to learn SQF

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:28 PM

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@sinful sparrow if you don't have coding experience or a dev background, learning the scripting language might be hard, indeed. One interesting thing you might consider is to take an existing simple scripted mission, and have a deep look inside. You can open the very basic file for mission scripting, which is init.sqf and browse for the code lines you find into it. That way you will learn new commands, and sometime you will get into something that interest you more than usual. That's the key, when the interest is there, so is the motivation.

waxen tide Jul 11, 2018, 10:29 PM

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@sinful sparrow http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=23020

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 10:40 PM

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@waxen tide thanks

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@vernal mural Thanks, only 1 person in my family is really interested in computers. I put over 10,000 in computers and I still dont fully understand files and that stuff. (I have a bit and of course common sense)

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 10:43 PM

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Learning sqf should be easy tbh.. Was Designed to be usable by the most rookie Idiots 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:45 PM

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@sinful sparrow sadly, when it comes to ArmA, common sense is more like a burden that anyone have to carry around, wandering deep into the darkest and strangest jungle ever explored : BI's one. Have fun ! 😉

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@queen cargo Bushnell's law applied to scripting, uh ? "Easy to learn, hard to master"

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 10:50 PM

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There is nothing hard either
You just have to understand how it works 🤷‍♂️

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It is even easier for those, with no coding background

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Sqf is operator based

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Literally everything down to the control structures is an operator

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:53 PM

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yeah maybe for a complete beginner it is easier to learn, that way. Having a coding background I remember I had to forget some of the things I know before, in order to acquire the right understanding. Now I have left coding and SQF is basically the language I use almost everyday, but still learning things from times to times !

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:53 PM

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difficulty is relative. Although SQF is definitely easier than a regular OOP language, it isn't instantly apparent

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 10:55 PM

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@sinful sparrow anyway, we all wish you the best 😉 If you know your goal, if you have the proper ressources like the official documentation, this channel, etc, you have all you need to nail it. 😃

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 10:55 PM

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@vernal mural things like that there is some sqf emulator?

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@gleaming oyster mostly because tutorials teach it wrong
If they would tell you that literally everything is just a math expression instead of trying to bring in actual control structures, beginners might have it easier

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:57 PM

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Most tutorials do it wrong absolutely, but most I see anymore barely touch on actual SQF. It's mostly working with BI modules and triggers.

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rarely any of these tutorials ever cover the effects and usage of any commands.

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 10:57 PM

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🤷‍♂️

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I started once writing some sqf guide

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But got Stuck in writing 🙈 🙈

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Somewhere in chapter 1

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 10:58 PM

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Well, you should continue and finish it. For the greater of the people

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 10:59 PM

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Got a Ton of projects to finish...

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Maybe I will continue tomorrow evening 🤷‍♂️

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 11:00 PM

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No. Right now, I demand it. PepeHype \

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 11:00 PM

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Sure @gleaming oyster
Will you then continue learning and write my exam tomorrow 🙈😂😂

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 11:00 PM

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Yes! 😄

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 11:01 PM

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@queen cargo I do know there is some (at least I know one of them), but never felt the need of using one.
But if you have a well aimed guide incoming, you should definitely improve it 'til beginners can use it to effectively progress ! 😃

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 11:02 PM

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Iirc the guide is right now in german
Not sure though... Läßt time I touched was a year Ago

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Gimme a Minute, will Boot my pc

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yup
in german and most of it could be said is just some extremly early draft

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and stopped at FSM

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 11:07 PM

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EEek

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 11:07 PM

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translating it is no problem 🤷

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funny part: the preamble is two pages long 😄

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 11:07 PM

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😄

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 11:08 PM

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@vernal mural Thanks, I mean't 10,000 hours not money

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Im like when you were younger you played a game so much but you didnt get into the stuff you can use or important things. Im still like that when im older... so it sucks for me and I could really use scripting

waxen tide Jul 11, 2018, 11:10 PM

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it is called "being lazy"

vernal mural Jul 11, 2018, 11:11 PM

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@waxen tide it might also be called "having other priorities". Let's not be rude.

waxen tide Jul 11, 2018, 11:11 PM

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pfff everyone is lazy

gleaming oyster Jul 11, 2018, 11:12 PM

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Definitely not true.

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 11:22 PM

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@waxen tide I don't find that stuff much fun anymore. I really have nothing to do so I just go on my computer

waxen tide Jul 11, 2018, 11:23 PM

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?

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 11:23 PM

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Im trying to make a scenario for my server I bought, working on that with a TS. Managing a Discord, Website and Steam group for a just starting out ArmA 3 unit, but you may call me lazy.

waxen tide Jul 11, 2018, 11:24 PM

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WELL MAYBE IT IS JUST ME BEING LAZY D:

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you guys could at least pretend to be lazy to make me feel less bad

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so did you make progress with that vehicle spawning?

sinful sparrow Jul 11, 2018, 11:26 PM

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Oh jcd its fine im taking my time on that stuff, doing it easy. plus only work was the server

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@waxen tide I did it on purpose, and im actually really lazy since im not motivated

queen cargo Jul 11, 2018, 11:38 PM

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And so, i decided it shall happen ...

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more info on that, later (roughly 24 hours)

sinful sequoia Jul 12, 2018, 3:01 AM

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I have the CUP RG-31 GC (M2) but the camera is not equiped with the laser marker, how would I add one?

vernal mural Jul 12, 2018, 5:14 AM

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@sinful sequoia I'm not sure it's possible, but I'm sure you can't do it by scripting. You will have to mod the mod itself, to the best.

arctic veldt Jul 12, 2018, 8:28 AM

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Considering you can add 30mm cannons to practically anything, you can add the laser to it 😉

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 10:33 AM

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0 spawn {
    private _vehicle = "B_MRAP_01_gmg_F" createVehicle (player modelToWorld [0, 10, 0]);
    _vehicle addWeaponTurret ["cannon_120mm", [0]]; 
    _vehicle addMagazineTurret ["32Rnd_120mm_APFSDS_shells", [0]];
    _vehicle addMagazineTurret ["30Rnd_120mm_HE_shells", [0]];
    _vehicle addWeaponTurret ["Laserdesignator_mounted", [0]];
    _vehicle addMagazineTurret ["Laserbatteries", [0]];
};
```into debug console ^

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@sinful sequoia

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 10:47 AM

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I need a bunch of random, flat, empty spots around a random town, say in a circle with like 500-1500m radius to spawn some prefabricated fortifications. I've looked at half a dozen commands like "isFlatEmpty" but it seems they always only provide one spot and some do not seem to handle large searches well :/ Anyone having a good idea with what i should start out?

compact maple Jul 12, 2018, 10:48 AM

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hello everyone, is there a way to force an spawned animal to stay close to the place she spawned?

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@waxen tide i think there is a safePos function from BIS that actually does that

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 10:50 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_findSafePos ?

velvet merlin Jul 12, 2018, 10:50 AM

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forceFollowRoad true => AI truck gets stuck at intersection 😑

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 10:50 AM

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but it seems to only always generate one

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i need multiple and preferably reasonably regularly spaced out

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 11:12 AM

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jesus findsafepos with 750m radius runs for like half a minute

peak plover Jul 12, 2018, 11:15 AM

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😮

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That's why you are better off generating those before hand and saving them to an array into the mission file

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(not mission .sqm) just as a file inside the pbo

round zenith Jul 12, 2018, 11:23 AM

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How to add a button to the next slide, the tablet "ExileMod" has 14 windows for scripts, I would like to add more scripts 14 to the next page.

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 11:24 AM

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Nah can't really do that i wanted random positions for a random city or POI fetched from map cfg thats tens of thousands of permutations even if i pregenerate it and save it gonna take hours

peak plover Jul 12, 2018, 11:28 AM

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        private _pos = [0,0,0];
        while {true} do {
            _pos = ['ao_2'] call CBA_fnc_randPosArea;
            private _isFlat = !((_pos isFlatEmpty [2,-1,-1,1,0,false,objNull]) isEqualTo []);
            private _isLand = !(surfaceIsWater _pos);
            private _isHouseNear = ((nearestBuilding _pos) inArea [_pos,15,15,0,false]);
            if ((count _pos == 3) && {_pos  inArea 'ao' && _isFlat && _isHouseNear && _isLand}) exitWith {};
        };

        player setpos _pos;

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I did sth like this

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I had the same issue

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This was a lot faster

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Bear in mind this is only for scheduled

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Repalce while with for loop if you are doing it in unscheduled

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I wanted a position near a house which is flat

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 11:36 AM

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also we have > selectBestPlaces

wind nexus Jul 12, 2018, 11:40 AM

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Its possible to force the advance flight model for all pilots on the server, that they can`t change to the regular flight model?

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 11:45 AM

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thx @peak plover

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 11:57 AM

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@wind nexus mission can force it via description.ext

winter rose Jul 12, 2018, 12:00 PM

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@wind nexus https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#forceRotorLibSimulation

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 12:17 PM

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also you can do that ^ from the server.cfg

wind nexus Jul 12, 2018, 12:18 PM

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ok thx all

carmine maple Jul 12, 2018, 12:19 PM

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I'm having trouble fetching the laser target object from vehicles ( Rhino, Nyx Recon,...), for players and UAVs and Jets / choppers it works fine though.

laserTarget _veh;
laserTarget gunner _veh;
laserTarget commander _veh;
--> all returning <NULL-object> for Rhino and Nyx
Did i missed something?

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 12:19 PM

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Has anyone got an idea what function is called by the function viewer to fill the listbox controls etc.?

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rscfunctionviewer.sqf is empty

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 12:23 PM

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bis_fnc_help afaik ^

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 12:24 PM

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Right, but that doesn't do much except opening the functionviewer correctly

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 12:26 PM

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don't get the question tbh lol

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to fill the listbox controls etc
where ?

peak plover Jul 12, 2018, 12:28 PM

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Check the code for bis_fnc_help

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IF you wanna know how it was made

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 12:28 PM

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Got it. There are serveral functions

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One is called rscFunctionViewer.sqf

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Which contains only

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_mode = _this select 0;
_params = _this select 1;
_class = _this select 2;

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But there is another one called rscDisplayFunctionViewer.sqf which contains all the code.

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 12:29 PM

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ohh

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 12:29 PM

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bis_fnc_help just makes sure the actual display is opened correctly e.g., opend from eden or debug console

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When looking through \a3\ui_f\scripts\gui one can see quite a mess

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Alot of empty scripts and stuff.

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 12:33 PM

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ohh x2 lol

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 12:48 PM

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it's like uhhh... can i get uhhhhhhh... 😄

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vanilla ui configs is so fun

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:16 PM

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yeah, fun, totally

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:27 PM

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I've been scratching my head at this for a while now, played around with it as well. Can't really find anything online either, is there anyway to remove a keyword from a string? For example string="THISisastring";, is there a way to find if "This" is in the string, if so then remove it?

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Just found BIS_fnc_inString, but don't really know how to then select the keyword and remove it.

winter rose Jul 12, 2018, 1:35 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_filterString can "helpe" (only for characters though)
there should be something else, let me see

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:36 PM

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Yer, I just found that and am currently playing around with it. However I'm pretty sure it's like splitString and doesn't filter the keyword, just the individual characters

winter rose Jul 12, 2018, 1:36 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/splitString and remove what you don't want

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then https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/joinString ^^

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:38 PM

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Split string only uses individual characters, not full strings. So if I was do do "This is a string" splitString "This" it will return with [" "," a ","tr","ng"] instead of ["is a string"]

winter rose Jul 12, 2018, 1:38 PM

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split with a space then ;-)

or
"myString" find "mySearch"
splitString
deleteRange

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:39 PM

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I can't use a space, seeming the entire goal is to remove a keyword whether or not it's spaced as it's own word (in this case selection).

brave jungle Jul 12, 2018, 1:40 PM

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How can I detect if the pause menu is open? I tried watching the esc button but it was unreliable. Perhaps grabbing the menu ID? (How?)

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:41 PM

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IDC is 49 so far I remember

brave jungle Jul 12, 2018, 1:42 PM

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Oh is it?

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:42 PM

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Try it.

brave jungle Jul 12, 2018, 1:42 PM

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So just findDisplay and thne work from there :3

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Yep

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:43 PM

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findDisplay 49 in allDisplays

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or isNull display

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:43 PM

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Is it possible to find the positions of default map markers such as petrol/gas stations around a map? Such as are they stored in a config or is there a scripting command I can use

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:44 PM

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isNull (findDisplay 49) (is faster)

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:45 PM

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if !(isNull (findDisplay 49)) then {// ESC IS OPEN//};

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That's only if the ESC menu is 49.

brave jungle Jul 12, 2018, 1:45 PM

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Yeah it works

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Cheers :3

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:46 PM

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Your're welcome

brave jungle Jul 12, 2018, 1:46 PM

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IS there a list where I can see what each display is?

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:46 PM

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I know @still forum had a nice list ^

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:46 PM

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Not sure, but I use [] spawn {while {true} do {systemChat str allDisplays; uisleep 1}}

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 1:46 PM

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not all displays show in allDisplays

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(i know, dont get me started)

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:47 PM

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That might by true, but it works for most cases

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 1:47 PM

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https://gist.github.com/dedmen/bfa12ab3906ed0107d5e56396326c7d8 <--

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:47 PM

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There you go 😃

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:48 PM

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display3den is missing 😉

brave jungle Jul 12, 2018, 1:48 PM

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Cheers

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:49 PM

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Just a question: If you could get a new function viewer, what feature would you like to see?

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:49 PM

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Search function

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:50 PM

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That was expected, anything else?

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:50 PM

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Even though it's not needed, coloured syntax?

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:51 PM

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Not possible most likely

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 1:51 PM

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you could get a new function viewer, what feature would you like to see?
fix it < this 😄

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:51 PM

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What's not working?

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:52 PM

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Ability to view it's attributes would be pretty cool, like preInit, postInit... etc

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 1:53 PM

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maybe export also 🤔

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:53 PM

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Export how?

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:53 PM

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Copy to clipboard?

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:53 PM

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Clipboard?

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 1:53 PM

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yes ?

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:53 PM

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right?

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because CTRL + A and CTRL + C is too much 😉

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:54 PM

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People are lazy

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:54 PM

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Nah, I can understand that, I don't see why it wasnt implemented

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:54 PM

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I loaded up the function viewer and thought the same idea, however ctrl+a ctrl+c is easy

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:55 PM

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Should it be fullscreen?

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Or like it is now?

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:56 PM

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I prefer if it was kept the way it is now.

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:56 PM

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Use Eden menus 😃

modern sand Jul 12, 2018, 1:56 PM

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Wouldn't make a difference really though

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:56 PM

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I'll stick to the Eden Editor's style, so not fullscreen then.

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The question is, functions in a ctrlListbox or ctrlTree

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 1:58 PM

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Depends how you're sorting it all

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 1:58 PM

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Sorting doesn't matter that much when you have incremental search in my opinion

warm gorge Jul 12, 2018, 2:02 PM

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I personally would say ctrlTree, I reckon would come out a lot nicer

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 2:03 PM

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My thought, too. Gonna see how it goes.

astral dawn Jul 12, 2018, 3:06 PM

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How would you guys implement in a mission taking a little array of text data from an external file?
We need to store a little list of server members in a file we can maintain without repacking the mission's .pbo.
The method must work both at linux and windows servers.
I think that file patching almost satisfies this, but it requires a -filePatching parameter to be passed to executable, but our hosting service (Nitrado) doesn't allow us to do that.
Another option is the INIDBI2 mod, but it only works on Windows.
Are there any other ways?

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 3:17 PM

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why external file?

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 3:17 PM

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you could also put it into a serverside pbo. but then you have to repack that pbo everytime

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 3:18 PM

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you can save variables into the namespace of the server's own profile. they'll survive restarts and can even be used across missions

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

astral dawn Jul 12, 2018, 3:20 PM

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@waxen tide Yes but then we can only add new members through the game itself

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Or do you mean that we could also edit it manually through a text editor?

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 3:21 PM

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idk the encoding of the file in which that is stored, it is half gibberish half readable. i guess there is a way out there to edit it with an editor.

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but if it is just a short list you can just write yourself a little gui to edit it ingame

astral dawn Jul 12, 2018, 3:21 PM

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@still forum Thx we are also considering this option. But even if we learn how to make addons it will probably be hard for other server maintainers.

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 3:22 PM

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profileNamespace is elegant because it exists, it works cross plattform and it is persistent outside your missions.

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shrugs

astral dawn Jul 12, 2018, 3:22 PM

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Yeah but but making the GUI for arma...

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Maybe there is some addon like inidbi2 I just don't know about

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 3:23 PM

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you can also just use commandline. appending an element to an array is simple

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 3:23 PM

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otherwise. use filePatching on linux and iniDB on windows

waxen tide Jul 12, 2018, 3:23 PM

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ewww

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 3:50 PM

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also you can #include hpp files from userconfig folder even when filepatching is disabled. (I've read about this somewhere, needs to be tested.)

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But if file will be not available it will crash your game.

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 3:54 PM

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even when filepatching is disabled huh? sure?

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If that's true then that's a bug

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 4:14 PM

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hmm... I've read about it somewhere. Might be not true.

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Unfortunately wiki article is a bit... barebone https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/userconfig

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 4:20 PM

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That's because userconfig doesn't exist

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it's a thing people made up

delicate lotus Jul 12, 2018, 4:33 PM

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Hey guys, I again got an question,
Many BIS Functions in the function viewer have "#include "defines.inc" at the top of the function.
How / Where can I find the content of this defines.inc file?

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 4:38 PM

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it's next to where the script file is

delicate lotus Jul 12, 2018, 4:44 PM

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okay nice

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thanks ^^

nocturne basalt Jul 12, 2018, 6:05 PM

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Anybody know a clever way to check if my vehicle is complete submerged in water?
This doesnt cut it for me:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/underwater

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Also tried example 2

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Hoping for something better than "if nearestObject is a fish" 😄

austere hawk Jul 12, 2018, 6:20 PM

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whats wrong with underwater check?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPosASLW - if it's negative by "drowning height" then you are underwater... you can also put a memorypoint in the model and get the memorypoints position and compare that. You can animate the point

mellow obsidian Jul 12, 2018, 6:25 PM

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Hey!
Having an issue with setPos and getPos

test1 = createVehicle ["Land_PowerGenerator_F", position player]; 

_dir = getDir player; 
test1 setpos (player modelToWorld [0,1,0]); 
test1 setDir _dir;

test1Pos = getPos test1;
test2 = createVehicle ["Land_Portable_generator_F", test1Pos];

So when I move the position of test1 with setpos and then getPos of test1 its the original position, not the position I've moved it to.
Sombody know away around this?

nocturne basalt Jul 12, 2018, 6:27 PM

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@austere hawk underwater returns true when parts of it is above water. Gonna try getposaslw. Thanks

austere hawk Jul 12, 2018, 6:28 PM

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propably because it just gets some arbitrary point it thinks is underwater

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 6:33 PM

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tag_fnc_isUnderWater = {
    (aimPos _this) select 2 < 0
};

_object call tag_fnc_isUnderWater;
``` maybe ^

austere hawk Jul 12, 2018, 6:42 PM

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aimpos should be somewhere in the middle of the vehicle

meager granite Jul 12, 2018, 6:46 PM

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@mellow obsidian add CAN_COLLIDE

mellow obsidian Jul 12, 2018, 6:46 PM

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Will try that, cheers Sa-Matra

nocturne basalt Jul 12, 2018, 6:47 PM

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@meager heart thanks

meager granite Jul 12, 2018, 6:48 PM

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@nocturne basalt How precise you need it to be? What you're checking for actually?

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 6:49 PM

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Is there any place where can I get information what all the names in the diag_captureFrame tree mean?

meager granite Jul 12, 2018, 6:50 PM

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@nocturne basalt Do you check if vehicle is drowning?

mellow obsidian Jul 12, 2018, 6:51 PM

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You are a genius Sa-Matra, it works. Many thanks!

meager granite Jul 12, 2018, 6:51 PM

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You can be a genius too by looking into BIKI: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicle 😉

createVehicle

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 6:52 PM

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😃

mellow obsidian Jul 12, 2018, 6:53 PM

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Haha yeah missed the last parameter there, didn't even think about it. My bad ^^

torpid pike Jul 12, 2018, 7:00 PM

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getHitPointDamage for landing gears is described as not possible here (officially): https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Jets_Hitpoint_Configuration

How does one get this value in A3? Is there something that modders are commonly doing to provide a value on this state?

meager granite Jul 12, 2018, 7:03 PM

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True, there is no hitpoint in getAllHitPoints either 🤔

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 7:37 PM

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@hollow thistle https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Performance_Profiling

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 7:39 PM

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Yeah I know how to open profiler. I wanted to know what every node means. One of the Liberation players is having some severe fps drop after few hours after the mission start and I'm trying to find the cause.

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In his profiling log only suspicous thing I saw is (part of tree):

total
  wSimu
   waitBG; 84.60422; 362.65869;""
     3dSwp; 84.61671; 362.64536;""

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but as I cant find any description what for ex. is "waitBG" node I have no idea what it means.

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 7:40 PM

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I see

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 7:40 PM

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Also it looks like some background thread so it might be irrevelant.

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 7:41 PM

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Ask @still forum , he knows alot about that stuff.

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 7:41 PM

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Hes streamin now so maybe ltr he will take a look at the channel 😄

verbal knoll Jul 12, 2018, 7:47 PM

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https://gyazo.com/a00d5d76375778e326fd3b830a79c8ad Hello, why it happens even when i disabled the ctrl via ctrlEnable false; thanks.

tough abyss Jul 12, 2018, 7:49 PM

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Today, my make.py enviroment will nnnnnooooooottt launch the dev build pbos. But I didn't make any fucking changes from last time WAT

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whatt the fucccckkk

rotund cypress Jul 12, 2018, 8:03 PM

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You are doing something wrong, it should grey out. @verbal knoll

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Is this some custom texture on it?

verbal knoll Jul 12, 2018, 8:04 PM

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fixed it already XD had to do ctrlShow false aswell...

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thanks anyway

rotund cypress Jul 12, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Even then, what happened when you did ctrlEnable false was weird.

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@verbal knoll

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 8:07 PM

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ctrlShow false; should hide it completely. Make sure you haven't placed two controls on top of one another.

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Does anyone know the IDC a edit box has to have to be detected as search control for a ctrlTree?

rotund cypress Jul 12, 2018, 8:13 PM

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In your tree, just put

idcSearch = IDC_OF_CTRLEDITBOX;```

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@cosmic lichen

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 8:13 PM

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Ah right, that's how it was. Thanks!

rotund cypress Jul 12, 2018, 8:14 PM

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I don't think this is even on the wiki.

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 8:14 PM

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It will be in a minute 😃

rotund cypress Jul 12, 2018, 8:14 PM

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Great. Yeah back when the tree was implemented I had to go check Bohemias code.

cosmic lichen Jul 12, 2018, 8:15 PM

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That's what I did, but I was looking for something different 😦

nocturne basalt Jul 12, 2018, 8:16 PM

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@Sa-Matra#6180 Im making a mech that can walk under water. I wanna disable ejection functionality while under water + hide muzzleflashes

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 8:19 PM

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@hollow thistle waitBG waitBackground. Wait for other threads to complete.
3dSwp DirectX Framebuffer swap.

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 8:21 PM

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Ty. So can 300ms framebuffer swap cause low fps?

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 8:23 PM

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well... yeah...

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300ms frametime is like.. 3fps

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 8:24 PM

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I have no idea what causes that.

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 8:28 PM

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graphics driver glitch could be

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or BI is hiding more inside there than it should be.
3dSwp should be 3D Swap. Maybe they are doing other stuff inside there

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Can you reproduce it?

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 8:33 PM

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It happens to one liberation player not me.

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He says that after few hours of playing he gets massive fps loss.

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 8:34 PM

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Sounds like sound bug though

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 8:34 PM

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I told him to get profiling exe and send me the captures.

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But theres nothing interesting here.

still forum Jul 12, 2018, 8:35 PM

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well if he has latest profiling that fixes sound bug.. So probably not that then ^^

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 8:38 PM

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if that happens on the client, after "some time" (also just for 1 player), probably not related with mission... at all... 🤔

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 8:39 PM

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Does anyone know what's up with some hud elements automatically fading out

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fadeIn / fadeout are on 0, duration is on 1e9, cutRsc with 0 time :/

sonic belfry Jul 12, 2018, 8:39 PM

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-__

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 8:39 PM

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i ran into it before but cant remember wtf caused it, just that it was retarded

sonic belfry Jul 12, 2018, 8:40 PM

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//Fades it out 100% instantly.
_control ctrlSetFade 1;
_control ctrlCommit 0;
//Fades it back in over 1 seconds
_control ctrlSetFade 0;
_control ctrlCommit 1;

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 8:40 PM

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not using ctrlSetFades or anything

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pure config, even just doing "FRL_Prep_uiLayer" cutRsc ["FRL_Prep_prepIndicator", "plain", 0, true]; fades it out right away again

sonic belfry Jul 12, 2018, 8:42 PM

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("AnyHUD" call BIS_fnc_rscLayer) cutText ["","PLAIN"]; //remove
("AnyHUD" call BIS_fnc_rscLayer) cutRsc ["AnyHUD","PLAIN"]; //show

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thats how i do it

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works fine

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but put it in a While do

tender fossil Jul 12, 2018, 8:44 PM

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Should I use 'getIn' event handler or a loop if I want to keep track of a vehicle that given player is in? I mean that the script should monitor the vehicles that player uses during match

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I guess a loop would be better?

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 8:45 PM

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imo more reliable to use a scripted EH, that checks if vehicle player

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scripted getins dont trigger and some other issues with it

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 8:45 PM

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duration = 1e+011; < in the config, Adanteh ?

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 8:46 PM

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wtf lel, checking config viewer it says duration = "1.#INF";

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🤔

meager heart Jul 12, 2018, 8:47 PM

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lol

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 8:47 PM

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okay the two ones that had broken both had a duration of duration = 1e+1000;

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... and here's the best thing

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it works fine in SP / local Host, but not on dedicated

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configs are now* dependent on playing on dedicated servers 🤔

hollow thistle Jul 12, 2018, 8:48 PM

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So the fps losses happen not only to the guy that i got profiling data from but also to his friend. One of them has nvidia and another one has amd so I would rule out driver issues. Maybe I'm missing something so I could send you the profling captures @still forum if you have the time to check them out.

tender fossil Jul 12, 2018, 9:09 PM

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@austere granite Is there any info on how to create scripted EH?

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 9:11 PM

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you using CBA?

tender fossil Jul 12, 2018, 9:11 PM

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I'm not, without mods

round scroll Jul 12, 2018, 9:11 PM

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guess that's an entry point: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Event_Handlers

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 9:12 PM

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its not 😄

round scroll Jul 12, 2018, 9:12 PM

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lol

tender fossil Jul 12, 2018, 9:12 PM

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I assume scripted EH's can only exist with help of CBA? 😛

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 9:13 PM

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nah, i just dont know the vanilla function names :/

round scroll Jul 12, 2018, 9:16 PM

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the f/a-18 script by @split nebula uses BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler and BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 9:16 PM

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tag_vehiclePlayer = objNull;
["tag_customEvents", "onEachFrame", {
    _data = vehicle player;
    if !(_data isEqualTo tag_vehiclePlayer) then {
        [missionnamespace, "vehiclePlayerChanged", [_data, tag_vehiclePlayer]] call BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler
        tag_vehiclePlayer = _data;
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

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that should be in

round scroll Jul 12, 2018, 9:16 PM

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there's aslo addEventHandler

austere granite Jul 12, 2018, 9:18 PM

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tag_vehiclePlayer = objNull;
["tag_customEvents", "onEachFrame", {
    _data = vehicle player;
    if !(_data isEqualTo tag_vehiclePlayer) then {
        [missionnamespace, "vehiclePlayerChanged", [_data, tag_vehiclePlayer]] call BIS_fnc_callScriptedEventHandler;
        tag_vehiclePlayer = _data;
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

[missionNamespace, "vehiclePlayerChanged", {
    params ["_newVehicle", "_oldVehicle"];
    systemChat "Changed vehicles"
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

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there

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now you have a scripted event system

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i think

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@tender fossil

tender fossil Jul 12, 2018, 9:37 PM

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Thanks! 😃 @austere granite

tough abyss Jul 13, 2018, 12:27 AM

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How should I pass the client's character to a server-side script? Ex.,
Client calls:

[player] remoteExec ["fnc_foo", 2];

dusk sage Jul 13, 2018, 12:39 AM

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You could do that if you so wish

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You could also fetch their object via ID server side

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Whatever floats your boat

tough abyss Jul 13, 2018, 12:43 AM

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If the above works, that sounds easiest to me. Thanks

tough abyss Jul 13, 2018, 1:14 AM

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How could I wait for a remoteExec script to finish?

thin pine Jul 13, 2018, 1:24 AM

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Broadcast a variable back to the player. Have the player waitUntil that var is received (or time out?).
Or perhaps use an event-like structure and have the server remotely call a function on the client once it's done.
Just some ideas

chilly wigeon Jul 13, 2018, 3:32 AM

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alternatively make whatever you want to do a function, and just remoteExec back from the server

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You already have the player object to use a target

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:04 AM

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anyone able to give me a hand real quick?

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Got a variable not being detected, but i'm sure i'm doing it right

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From a dialog, i'm sending:

action = "Time = ctrlText 1400; [Time] execVM ""Curious's Framework\scripts\misc\features\countdownTimer.sqf""; closeDialog 0; StopTimer = false;";

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 8:08 AM

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I am sure ctrlText 1400; doesn't work

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:08 AM

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Well that's where it's wrong

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 8:08 AM

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You need the display too

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:08 AM

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Because

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hold on

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because when I don't use spawn

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this script works fine

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It's a bit big, wanna see what I mean?

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Syntax: String = ctrlText idc

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1400 is the rscEdit idc

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class RscEdit_1400: RscEdit { idc = 1400;

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 8:11 AM

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Did you try ctrlText (_disp displayCtrl 1400);

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:11 AM

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I have not

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 8:12 AM

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Because working with idcs only can be a bit strange

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:12 AM

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Ah

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quick copy and paste and report back then?

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 8:12 AM

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Sure.

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:13 AM

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Same thing, undefined variable in Expression

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So i've got ```sqf
//Dialog
action = "_CountTime = ctrlText ((findDisplay 321) displayCtrl 1400); [_CountTime] execVM ""Curious's Framework\scripts\misc\features\countdownTimer.sqf""; closeDialog 0; StopTimer = false;";

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:14 AM

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ah yes! time is a reserved variable 🙂

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:14 AM

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//Countdown Script
[[], {
StopTimer = false;
_TimerAmount = _this select 0;
sleep 1;
_TimerAmount = parseNumber _TimerAmount;

sleep 1;

"CUR_Countdown" cutRsc ["CountdownNotification", "PLAIN", -1, true];
playSound "Beep_Target";

_displayM = uiNamespace getVariable "CUR_CountdownVar";
_control = (_displayM displayCtrl 1000);


for "_i" from _TimerAmount to 0 step -1 do {
    if !(StopTimer isEqualTo true) then {
    if (_TimerAmount < 60) then    {
        _control ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["%1 seconds!" , _TimerAmount];
    } else {
        _control ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["%1 minutes" ,floor (_TimerAmount / 60)];
    };
    if (_timerAmount < 15) then { _control ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format ["%1 seconds!" , _TimerAmount]; playSound "Beep_Target"; };
    _TimerAmount = _TimerAmount - 1;
    sleep 1;
    } else {
        ["<t color='#ff7635' size = '.8'>THE CURRENT COUNTDOWN HAS BEEN CANCELED BY ZEUS!</t>",0.01,(safeZoneY + 0.05),10,1,0,90]spawn bis_fnc_dynamicText;
        "CUR_Countdown" cutFadeOut 2;
    };
};

playSound "Transition3";
["<t color='#ff7635' size = '1.2' font = 'RobotoCondensedBold'>THE TIMER HAS ENDED!</t>",0.01,(safeZoneY + 0.05),3,1,0,90]spawn bis_fnc_dynamicText;
"CUR_Countdown" cutFadeOut 2;
}] remoteExec ["spawn"];

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I don't get it

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Without using remoteExec

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it works perfect

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:15 AM

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time is a command

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:15 AM

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Oh

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so it';s reserved

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:15 AM

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it's as if you did setDamage = 5

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:15 AM

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Right

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Yeah

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It worked before though?

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:15 AM

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assignation should raise an error

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:16 AM

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I'm probs doing something wrong in my detection of the varible though, could you have a quick look, i'll adjust the _time too

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Same error undefined variable in expression: _TimerAmount

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:19 AM

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of course: your argument is empty: [[], (…)

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so _this select 0 is nil

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:20 AM

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I put that there because you suggested to try it yesterday not suggesting its your fault I should ahve asked yesterday 😛

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:21 AM

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👀

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:21 AM

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So i'm putting my _CountTime there

digital jacinth Jul 13, 2018, 8:26 AM

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I do have a question about publicVariable. Is is possible to publivaraible compiled code? I do have a function compiled with cfgFunctions and essentially want to fill the same variable name from the server to all clients and jips.
The purpose is to make a script/mod of mine server only.

still forum Jul 13, 2018, 8:27 AM

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yes.

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you can publicVariable any variable

digital jacinth Jul 13, 2018, 8:29 AM

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okay, i did read on the wiki that it is not possible to transfer references such as "scripts" and "script handles". So I was not sure. I've seen people compile their code or simply assign code to a variable during runtime and then publicvar'd those, i wondered if that was posisble for cfgFunctions compiled as wlel

brave jungle Jul 13, 2018, 8:30 AM

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@winter rose Found a work around. Told the script to close the dialog instead, therefore forcing it to grab it there. It's a bit messy but will work, thank you for the help, you too @cosmic lichen

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:31 AM

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👍

quasi rover Jul 13, 2018, 8:35 AM

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When building is destroyed by our side's attack, Is there a way to find out who did it?

winter rose Jul 13, 2018, 8:42 AM

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with an eventHandler I think 🙂 @quasi rover

still forum Jul 13, 2018, 8:45 AM

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references true @digital jacinth
scripts are not references though.
And.. Not possible is also not quite true. You can transfer script handles but they are useless because the script only exists locally.

I've seen people compile their code or simply assign code to a variable during runtime
i wondered if that was posisble for cfgFunctions compiled as wlel That is EXACTLY what cfgFunctions is doing. compiling the code and assigning it to a variable during runtime.

digital jacinth Jul 13, 2018, 8:46 AM

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good to know. I prefer asking before wondering why itis not working

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 8:50 AM

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Interesting, tvCollapseAll _ctrlButton crashes the game 😄

cosmic lichen Jul 13, 2018, 9:23 AM

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Has anyone worked with ctrlTextWidth? It seems to return some very abstract values for me, which are in no relation to the actual text width.