@velvet merlin maybe it realigns a group formation direction with the group leader
#arma3_scripting
tough abyss
errant jasper
@unreal siren That's a bug in the call to the script.
compact maple
hey, how can i use include to create custom actions in ace_interaction ?
unreal siren
Any tips on solving?
quartz coyote
Hey could someone help me with vertor retation
I have an object that is slightly rotated. I want his retation to be zero, as if he was flat on the ground
probably
object: Array - Vector in format:
1: Yaw
2: Pitch
3: Roll
EDIT : Found it : [_Veh,[0,0,0]] call BIS_fnc_setObjectRotation;
digital jacinth
@compact maple have you taken a look at this yet?'
https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/interactionMenu-framework.html
While i think the ace docu is minimal at least this is there, somewhat
in short
create an action with ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction
then add it to either a class or an object with
ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToClassor ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject
With the two last ones you need to say where the action should be found
unborn ether
@meager heart Try creating it inside a controls group, you will encounter that there. (if nothing been fixed since then)
unreal siren
Got some good info for debugging my problem. Maybe somebody can help me out?
https://pastebin.com/nnP6sPFX or https://gyazo.com/0c86953011b4ffa095041200623ae5f2
frank ruin
life_RscPicture can I use ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format to change the background image?
halcyon creek
@meager heart its the name of an object it just takes that variable name and creates an explosion ontop of it
hollow thistle
So I'm using display with listBox on top of camCurator, does anyone has any idea if I can somehow block the mousewheel camera zoom when the mouse is over the listbox?
tough abyss
@hollow thistle Use _cam camCommand "manual off";
hollow thistle
Does this disable all camera engine key handling?
tough abyss
It disables moving and zooming
hollow thistle
Ok, ty.
So I need to find when cursor is over the listbox and disable the zooming then.
tough abyss
Yep and "manual on" to resume
frank ruin
How do I change the background image
of a Life_rscpicture ?
Outside the .hpp file
CONTROL(6969,_card1) ctrlSetStructuredText parseText format["images\draw\box.jpg"];
Cause that ain't fucking working :p
meager heart
@unborn ether rgr
prime fox
Hey guys, I need some help on my init.sqf. Ive created a cinematic intro of a briefing but when i try to use radio chat, nothing appears? I have tried everything and i just cannot get this to work. The script is here: ```cutText ["", "BLACK FADED"];
[0,0,false] spawn BIS_fnc_cinemaBorder;
Ryan playMove "Acts_A_M01_briefing";
sleep 5;
titleCut ["", "BLACK IN", 10];
player playMove "AmovPercMwlkSnonWnonDf";
sleep 1;
Ryan sideChat "Are we all ready? Yes?";
sleep 4;
Ryan sideChat "Right okay we have got alot to get through so if we all could settle down it will make life a hell of alot eaiser";
sleep 8;```
So yeah everything works other than the radio chat which is annoying but any help would be massively appreciated ๐
tough abyss
altis life game mode made by tonic.
i was free killed in a role play experience server.
dusk sage
๐ฎ !
heavy patrol
@prime fox if the guy receiving the message isn't a BLUFOR, you will have to put the message as global, or use a custom channel, I figured that out 1day ago with a bit of help. Kinda sucks, an option to just display the messages to players instead of a side would be the best.
outer fjord
So with knowsAbout How can I pull out info on what type of unit the AI sees?
Or would that be some other function?
high marsh
Parts of this too: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/targetKnowledge
meager heart
high marsh
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meager heart
so yes targetKnowledge will return "position error" and "target position", maybe will works for you...
outer fjord
So I know the AI basically auto-detect the source of say artillary if it hits around them
So I would use like select 7;? That way I can get basically the grid of said unit?
meager heart
yeah... also maybe checkVisibility or lineIntersectsSurfaces will helps (idk what are you doing there)
outer fjord
I basically want to exploit the nature of the AI detecting enemy arty positions by default, and in return counter-battery them(Assuming AI is crewing a artillery piece)
I'm pretty newish to scripting. So I just assume.
- I need to determine if target is artillery
- Get coordinates
- Use one the arty functions to get the AI to fire mission said coordinate.
tough abyss
Two basic approaches that may work. If you determine the artillery unit (allUnits filtered with those driving an artillery or perhaps you just have the unit that needs blasating) then you can use knowsAbout to determine if they know the unit, anything above 1.5 is knowledge of being an enemy. The other way is targetsQuery which goes from all the units that unit knows about and provides some filtering so you can then get the shorter list of units and check for driving an arty.
Then determining if the unit is in a mortar is probably just name (vehicle _unit) == "mortar" or something pretty similar.
meager heart
maybe just event handler Hit ๐ค
astral dawn
You can make it more advanced: attach 'fired' EH for artillery. When it fires its mortar round, spawn a script to monitor shell's position every few seconds. If it gets within range of an artillery radar, you log the launch position with some accuracy.
As I remember by default AIs spot artillery many kilometers away if the artillery kills someone from their squad. I might be wrong.
prime fox
@heavy patrol Hey cheers for replying man. Yeah i got it working at 2am this morning haha. I was a survivor unit and the guy doing the talking was an officer. Turns out that i had to be a rifleman in order to receive the messages, annoying that when i am stuck on a piece of script, it is always something so small that's stopping it from working.
heavy patrol
wait what, a survivor is considered different of a rifleman at the point of not receiving messages ? WTF ARMA
Well, on my side the issue is, I still can't make any good looking chatter because I'm using the Independents to make a guerilla scenario.
prime fox
yeah ikr haha. took me like 4 hours to figure it out because i would never have thought blufor survivors are not classed as regular Blufor ๐. And i'm not sure what your problem is? Is the text just not showing or?
heavy patrol
yeah, but that's because I'm using sidechats and groupchats, and these events work only for BLUFOR not INDIE, I think I'll need a big script file to change this but I'm a noob at scripting.
I'm pretty sure there's a logic handler or something like that but I just can't find it
mellow wedge
hey guys, i'm fooling around with tvSetPicture but i can't display the picture in true colours ... it just stays black without being set to by tvSetPictureColor. does someone have any bones for me?๐
vernal mural
hey there. Trying to place some crew in the USS Liberty bridge, on the seats. The best way I've found is to attachTo the unit to the ship with proper offset, and it works good, but when I make him play an animation with switchMove, the animation is played stuttering, like one or two refresh a second, no more. Any idea on how to avoid it ?
mellow wedge
nvm, wrong baseclass definition, thanks anyway
young current
@vernal mural as far as I know, no way to avoid that. It has something to do with attach to and characters.
prime fox
Hi guys me again. Im wanting to addAction on a bed and once activated, time skips for two hours. I know how to do this normally however, im wanting to only allow the player to see this and select this once another certain trigger has been activated. I can't figure out how and would love to know how. Cheers in advance ๐
@heavy patrol Ah right yeah im not too sure man. Worst comes to worst you can always set your side to blufor, change the loadouts and change your faction relationship status to how you want although that would be a massive ballache haha
round scroll
is there an easy way to have two objects attach/place via two memory points? E.g. the Nimitz has a shuttle_start memory point, the plane has a pos_launchbar memory point. The end result would be that both points are together. Currently I use modelToWorld for both, measure the distance2D and then move the plane in the direction of the shuttle_start. Anything more elegant?
vernal mural
when using getOut and getOutMan event handler, is there a way to check what action has been performed (get out, eject, or moveOut command) ?
halcyon creek
Trying to make a script where it changes the uniform when an add action is completed, I have tried various different ways and it always comes back with an error, where am I going wrong? ```titleCut ["", "BLACK", 0.2];
comment "Remove existing items";
removeAllWeapons this;
removeAllItems this;
removeAllAssignedItems this;
removeUniform this;
removeVest this;
removeBackpack this;
removeHeadgear this;
removeGoggles this;
comment "Add containers";
forceAddUniform "UK3CB_BAF_U_CombatUniform_DDPM_ShortSleeve";
addItemToUniform "FirstAidKit";
addItemToUniform "SmokeShell";
addItemToUniform "Chemlight_green";
addItemToUniform "UK3CB_BAF_556_30Rnd_T";
addVest "UK3CB_BAF_V_Osprey_DDPM9";
addItemToVest "ACE_EarPlugs";
addItemToVest "ACE_personalAidKit";
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {this addItemToVest "ACE_morphine";};
addItemToVest "ACE_tourniquet";
addItemToVest "ACE_IR_Strobe_Item";
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {this addItemToVest "UK3CB_BAF_9_17Rnd";};
for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {this addItemToVest "UK3CB_BAF_556_30Rnd_T";};
addHeadgear "UK3CB_BAF_H_PilotHelmetHeli_A";
comment "Add weapons";
addWeapon "UK3CB_BAF_L85A2";
addPrimaryWeaponItem "UK3CB_BAF_SUSAT";
addWeapon "UK3CB_BAF_L131A1";
comment "Add items";
linkItem "ItemMap";
linkItem "ItemCompass";
linkItem "ItemWatch";
linkItem "ItemRadio";
comment "Set identity";
setSpeaker "ACE_NoVoice";
sleep 3;
titleCut ["", "BLACK in", 0.2];```
Have also tried this before each one so i.e this addItemToUniform and it returns the error undefined variable this tried _this i.e _this addItemToUniform and it returns with the generic missing ;
It seems to be around line 14 each time where it goes wrong, so right below comment "add containers";
digital hollow
Syntax: unit addItemToUniform item You're missing part of the syntax for that command.
Same for forceAddUniform
You need to give those commands the unit object somehow. this works in a unit's init field. addAction will pass default parameters, one of which may be the unit, depending on how you have it set up.
ruby breach
Also, in general, never use comment unless you have some specific reason to (it's infinitely slower than using //)
digital hollow
It doesn't help that the default arsenal exports use it. =p
tough abyss
@round scroll I suppose you could give memory point of the 1st object you attachto to the attachTo command and for the offset you give reverse offset of the memory point of the object you attach, obtained with selectionPosition. You could vectorMultiply it by -1 to reverse. Not tested but I think the theory is sound
halcyon creek
Yeah thats just how the arsenal exported it @ruby breach I was going to remove it. @digital hollow when I put this so it says this forceAddUniform "UK3CB_BAF_U_CombatUniform_DDPM_ShortSleeve"; for example it returns an error
The add action should pass it over but doesn't appear to
digital hollow
Is this code going in the addAction? this doesn't mean anything in an addAction code section. Look at the wiki page for the default parameters that are passed in.
halcyon creek
No this is in a seperate script thats activated by an addAction
this addAction ["<t color='#22FF00'>Change into Flight Gear</t>","Scripts\FlightGear.sqf",[],1,false,true,"","_this distance _target < 4"]; this addAction ["<t color='#22FF00'>Change into FOB Uniform</t>","Scripts\BaseGear.sqf",[],1,false,true,"","_this distance _target < 4"];
ruby breach
addAction passes the following parameters to the code being called sqf params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; . You would need to use _caller (if using those params) or _this select 1 (if not using params) rather than just using this
halcyon creek
So it would have to be _caller forceAddUniform "UK3CB_BAF_U_CombatUniform_DDPM_ShortSleeve";
ruby breach
If you put the params line at the top of your code block/function, yes
halcyon creek
Right gotcha, thanks for your help ๐
// Params
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
// Remove Existing Items
removeAllWeapons this;
removeAllItems this;
removeAllAssignedItems this;
removeUniform this;
removeVest this;
removeBackpack this;
removeHeadgear this;
removeGoggles this;
// Add Containers
_caller forceAddUniform "UK3CB_BAF_U_CombatUniform_DDPM_ShortSleeve";
_caller addItemToUniform "FirstAidKit";
_caller addItemToUniform "SmokeShell";
_caller addItemToUniform "Chemlight_green";
_caller addItemToUniform "UK3CB_BAF_556_30Rnd_T";
_caller addVest "UK3CB_BAF_V_Osprey_DDPM9";
_caller addItemToVest "ACE_EarPlugs";
_caller addItemToVest "ACE_personalAidKit";
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {this addItemToVest "ACE_morphine";};
_caller addItemToVest "ACE_tourniquet";
_caller addItemToVest "ACE_IR_Strobe_Item";
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {this addItemToVest "UK3CB_BAF_9_17Rnd";};
for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {this addItemToVest "UK3CB_BAF_556_30Rnd_T";};
_caller addHeadgear "UK3CB_BAF_H_PilotHelmetHeli_A";
// Add Weapons
_caller addWeapon "UK3CB_BAF_L85A2";
_caller addPrimaryWeaponItem "UK3CB_BAF_SUSAT";
_caller addWeapon "UK3CB_BAF_L131A1";
// Add Items
_caller linkItem "ItemMap";
_caller linkItem "ItemCompass";
_caller linkItem "ItemWatch";
_caller linkItem "ItemRadio";
// Set Identity
_caller setSpeaker "ACE_NoVoice";
sleep 3;
titleCut ["", "BLACK in", 0.2];```Still returning an error, line 30 _caller addHeadgear "UK3CB_BAF_H_PilotHelmetHeli_A";
missing ;
still forum
why are you sometimes using this and sometimes _caller?
this is only valid in very specific cases. And I'm guessing your's isn't
That might be your problem. If it is. Then not finding it before is your fault for not looking at the whole error message
because it tells you exactly where the problem is
halcyon creek
Well not finding it, would obviously be my fault? Dont believe I blamed anyone else in what I said.
still forum
Actually I'm complaining about you not posting the full error message
if you did that it would've taken me half a second to find the issue
halcyon creek
If you read what I said though it returns the error on a different line in the message
still forum
yes.
I know
That's why I said what I said
The full error message shows more precisely where the error is
Line numbers are quite often incorrect
Actually in CBA/ACE for example. They are always incorrect.
halcyon creek
Right so the first part I'm having to change to _caller instead of this which I missed when I changed to caller? thats possibly the problem?
still forum
could be yeah
prime fox
Guys i know you are busy with someone else but if after or if you have the time can you help me with description.ext for custom sounds? I have looked everywhere and i Still cannot get my sound to play. It comes back with no error however, the sound / music just does not play for some reason. The description.ext is here: ```class CfgMusic
{
tracks[]={};
class Music1 {
name = "Music1";
sound[] = {"\sound\basem", db+0, 1.1};
titles[] = {0,""};
};
};``` Cheers a million if you can, im still getting used to description.ext's in arma 3 because i hate them and can never get sounds working.
still forum
For reference. Here is the actual complete error
for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {this addItemToVest "UK3CB_BAF_556_30Rnd_>
17:47:28 Error position: <this addItemToVest "UK3CB_BAF_556_30Rnd_>
it points right at the this
@prime fox also no error in description.ext?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#CfgMusic looking at that the first thing I notice is the missing file ending
prime fox
@still forum Yeah no error mate, it is just not working for some reason
still forum
how are you playing the music?
prime fox
I have tried to use, 'playSound "basem"'; playMusic "basem"; and also tried to select it on the trigger effects
still forum
both are wrong
you should use playMusic
and the name of your music is Music1
not basem
prime fox
oh
still forum
You should be getting errors about that though
still forum
The wiki page I linked shows to use it. It also shows playMusic "MyIntro" below it to play the MyIntro from the snippet above
prime fox
YESSS!! Got it thanks a million! I just copied and pasted the CFG music and edited it around, added playMusic "Music1" like you said and now i got it working. Legend man thanks! Been trying this for 4 hours straight and gave up trying a while a go because I couldn't do it. Im guessing with sounds, its just the same but with sound?
prime fox
what the sounds or music?
still forum
sounds
prime fox
Should be able to get the sounds working now you told me to use the class name instead of the other name. It sounds so obvious now I know what to do, cheers again man
quartz coyote
how would I say LeaderScore == ZERO ? Null ? because obviously 0 = false so I can't put that in
quartz coyote
LeaderScore is a public variable I created
and LeaderScore == 0 gives me a Generic error
still forum
Only you can know what your variable contains
quartz coyote
well I do know : A number
quartz coyote
mmmh ...
indeed, mybad, I had set the default value to " " so it coudn't work
is it possible to have :
waitUntil {getPosATL Veh == [_randomPosMapNoWater select 0, _randomPosMapNoWater select 1, (_randomPosMapNoWater select 2) + 7000]};
It looks like it's expecting a number and not an Array
digital hollow
Use isEqualTo to compare arrays.
quartz coyote
great thanks
strong shard
@quartz coyote Are you trying to compare two positions for equality? Where one position is position of object?
quartz coyote
one position is position of object
strong shard
@quartz coyote use distance instead equal, all numbers is float, not integer
quartz coyote
like this ?
waitUntil {Veh distance [_randomPosMapNoWater select 0, _randomPosMapNoWater select 1, (_randomPosMapNoWater select 2) + 7000] < 0};```distance cannot possibly ever by <0
You'd have to get very high on drugs on a international philosophy conference for that to make sense
quartz coyote
well since that seems to be obvious to you... it's isn't for me ๐
and I never took drugs ...
or almost ๐
oooh
I seeee
still forum
you know how far something that's 0 meters away from you is..?
quartz coyote
sorry
yes
indeed
I understand
waitUntil {Veh distance [_randomPosMapNoWater select 0, _randomPosMapNoWater select 1, (_randomPosMapNoWater select 2) + 7000] < 1};```is that a position in the sky?
quartz coyote
indeed
still forum
might be a little hard to hit exactly that.
quartz coyote
mmh
strong shard
@quartz coyote you waiting when heli or plane reach some point?
still forum
especially with a scheduled waitUntil that might only check the position once a minute...
I'd say impossible with a plane
might want a couple hundred meters as tollerance probably
quartz coyote
Veh setPosATL [_randomPosMapNoWater select 0, _randomPosMapNoWater select 1, (_randomPosMapNoWater select 2) + 7000];
waitUntil {Veh distance [_randomPosMapNoWater select 0, _randomPosMapNoWater select 1, (_randomPosMapNoWater select 2) + 7000] < 1};```huh?
what use does the waitUntil even have?
when you set it's position it will be at that position
quartz coyote
well for some reason it doesn't ...
some times it's higher, sometimes lower
probably due to my setposATL
and terrain hight changing
I should probably us setPos
ruby breach
Higher or lower is all relative. Higher or lower compared to.... what?
quartz coyote
@ruby breach well setPosATL is compared to Terrain no ?
ruby breach
ATL is going to be relative to the terrain; unless that's not what you want, in which case using ASL is probably better
still forum
above terrain level
could say that it's "compared to terrain" yeah
quartz coyote
yeah plus i'm messing up my random position aswell
round scroll
@tough abyss thanks, that worked nicely with the vectorMultiply
digital jacinth
is it possible to make AI shoot dogs? Even when i create them as a unit instead of an agent the ai will ignore them.
I create them like this
(group player) createUnit [_type, position player, [], 0, "FORM"];
I am looking for a solution to make ai recognize them as enemy and not manually program them to shoot them
quartz coyote
Maybe
Dog addRating -10000; ```ahah, give TK point to the dog, does that works just like for civilians ?
digital jacinth
iirc that won't do as a dog does not inherit from camanbase
and yeah it did not work
tough abyss
Attach invisible enemy target?
digital jacinth
like an AI?
high marsh
Here, instead of shooting the poor puppy let me just have em. I swear they'll all be friendly in 3 months
halcyon creek
Quick question if I want the script to run on every player when one player activates it what would I put? remoteExec VM "Scripts/Scriptname.swf"; ?
and then if (isServer) then { }; in the script?
ruby breach
[[], "Scripts/Scriptname.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", -2]; //executes on (all) players only
``` https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExecMaybe he has a Super Wicked File
high marsh
@inner swallow
swf = Ascended SQF (top secret)
high marsh
Have no idea about the rogue "VM" between remoteExec and the string though. (Virtual Monkey, does the execution)
digital jacinth
swf = shock wave file
He is programming flash with action script ๐
high marsh
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digital jacinth
now i gotta cry because i also do that at my job
halcyon creek
That was just a typeo haha
digital hollow
special warfare function
halcyon creek
@ruby breach so I wouldnt need if isServer in the script?
ruby breach
As long as you pass -2 as the target, no
halcyon creek
Fantastic, cheers
ruby breach
0 - Everyone, 2 - Server Only, -2 - Everyone except Server
halcyon creek
If I was hosting the server would -2 not run on mine then?
inner swallow
correct
in which case, [0,-2] select {isDedicated}
(i think, my memory is rusty)
[[], "Scripts/Scriptname.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", [0,-2] select {isDedicated}]; //executes on (all) players only```okay, no, because that's running on a player and isDedicated will always be false
I don't remember, but something like that ๐
still forum
wtf is that code after the select??
inner swallow
it is uh... stuff
either something very similar works, or this works, i can't remember exactly
yeah okay
i mean you don't need the {}
but that should work
(not in this context but [0,-2] select isDedicated is correct as far as i can tell)
aha, for this you'd want isServer
[-2,0] select isServer @halcyon creek
halcyon creek
Ill give it a shot
tough abyss
No, dedicated is also a server you will be executing on dedicated with that expression. Donโt reinvent the wheel, BIKI has all the code you need
Add if isDedicated exitWith {} to the file that will be executed and use 0 for target. Clear and simple, the script will abort on dedicated every time.
If you have headless client you will need to abort on it too unless you consider it a player, which it is by default
inner swallow
@tough abyss that's run player side
At least, that's what I understood from his initial description
tough abyss
Have you tried action with MoveToxxxxxx?
gleaming cedar
I just do setdammage and hide object lol
quartz coyote
@still forum Is there a way to delete a Vehicle (called "Veh") and create a new one (Called "Veh" as well) and still keep a loop with Veh in it running ? Doesn't the Veh var get updated with the new vehicle ?
still forum
deleteVehicle
setVehicleVarName
Veh = _newVehicle
Dunno what you mean with "keep a look with Veh in it" doesn't make any sense in my brain
quartz coyote
loop sorry
when I SQF deleteVehicle Veh; Veh = "B_Plane_Fighter_01_F" createVehicle _Pos; my loop gives me the error "Veh variable undefined"
My loop is in a side script
still forum
do it in unscheduled
quartz coyote
sorry I still have problems understanding what is scheduled and unscheduled
waxen tide
unscheduled means the engine will execute it as soon as possible and not stop executing it until it is done. Everything else will wait for your script, basically. Scheduled means it is added to a scheduler and, together with all the other stuff running, given 3ms execution time per frame. Which means you have no clue when your script will be finished exactly, and scripts might not finish in the order you issue them into the scheduler. Use unscheduled for timecritical stuff, basically realtime, and scheduled for everything else.
You can issue massive scripts that take minutes to complete to the scheduler, and the game will largely be unaffected (depending on the situation, what your script accesses, etc) If you try to do that in unscheduled, i think the game will look up until your script is done or more likely the engine will abort your script after time X.
quartz coyote
like Spawn is unscheduled and Call is Scheduled ?
waxen tide
it should say on the wiki page.
you might wanna bookmark: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3
quartz coyote
I use that everyday
it's just the knowledge behind that scheduled thing
I can't get what is what
and how to identify it
but thanks for trying to explain !
Can someone at least link me a post where I can read something about it
?
waxen tide
quartz coyote
thanks
prime fox
Hey lads me again haha, I'm trying to create a chat.sqf but I'm having some problems. I have grouped up some units along with the player in the same group. Set everyones group identity however, when i try to script in sideChat, it comes up with wrong names. If i try group chat, it just stays on 1. Any help?
waxen tide
@quartz coyote You might also want to look at this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order
quartz coyote
So what @still forum wanted to say is : Call your script so it will be unscheduled ?
quartz coyote
Right now i've understood f
quartz coyote
got it
But i don't understand what this will change in my situation ...
what ever I do it doesn't change anything ...
I tryed calling the loop and calling the deletevehicle, nothing changes, the Veh is undefined after deleteVehicle
meager heart
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cosmic root
Your best bet would be to add some check if the vehicle is null or the variable is nil. Something like
if (isNil "Veh") exitWith {};
if (isNull Veh) exitWith {};
//CODE
Hey guys! I read a changelog for a scenario, why would you do this? I thought compile was better.
Tweaked: All spawn compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers replaced with execVM.
meager heart
execVM is shorter, about 45+ characters are gone... ez to write now /s
if you're not trying to hide your stuff, just use cfgFunctions... ๐คท
kindred lichen
Hey, has anyone had any trouble with MoveInDriver not working for newly spawned AI units?
player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn", {
_veh = "OPTRE_M12G1_LRV" createVehicle position player;
_newGroup = createGroup [east, true];
[Player] joinSilent _newGroup;
_driverDude = "OPTRE_UNSC_Marine_Soldier_AT_Specialist" createUnit [position player, group player];
_nul = [_driverDude,_veh]spawn {
sleep 1;
Player moveInGunner (_this select 1);
sleep 2;
(_this select 0) moveInCargo (_this select 1);
};
}];
trying to make a gauss-Hog deathmatch, where players spawn in a vehicle, with an AI driver, so they can essentially solo the vehicles, but the AI never seems to get moved into the vehicle.
Damn, I got no idea.
Might be something specific to using ace3 and OpTrebuchet mod.
Also using vcom AI
tough abyss
Why don't you just waypoint them to get in? Or am I misunderstanding?
kindred lichen
I'd like it to just instantly happen on respawn.
I want the player to respawn in the gunner seat of a vehicle with an AI driver in the driver seat.
nvm I found it.
type createUnit []:
doesn't return a reference to the unit.
wow.
player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn", {
_veh = "OPTRE_M12G1_LRV" createVehicle position player;
//_veh = "B_LSV_01_armed_F" createVehicle position player;
_newGroup = createGroup [east, true];
[Player] joinSilent _newGroup;
_driverDude =_newGroup CreateUnit ["OPTRE_UNSC_Marine_Soldier_AT_Specialist" ,position player, [], 0, "FORM"];
_driverDude moveInDriver _veh;
Player moveInGunner _veh;
}];
This works fine lol
dry egret
is it possible to set textures on the screens on the USS Liberty?
i didnt see anything in the config listed in the hiddenTextures so i was hoping BIS was going about it another way
unreal siren
@meager heart Won't server startup be noticably slower with execvm?
meager heart
yes it will be slower vs function
unreal siren
Vs call precompile processfilenumbers?
Mission restarts are instantanious right now, the UI loads on the client almost overlapping the ArmA loading screen. Server loads the objects from the database before the player can notice right now.
meager heart
check this > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/execVM
unreal siren
My bad - I meant call precompile vs a function
meager heart
well... CfgFunctions does exactly that ^ in better way and automatically... with extra options...
more info there > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Functions_Library_(Arma_3)
unreal siren
So it's cleaner & faster, if I were to redo everything to work as a function...
meager heart
imo 100% yes, but it's up2u
unreal siren
I'm probably overthinking this.
fnc vs compile preprocessefilelinenumbers
Function1 = Time: 0.000497217, Time: 0.000498389, Time: 0.000497119
Function2 = Time: 0.000497803, Time: 0.000501709, Time: 0.000498877
I'd have to be writing an actual game for this to add up
meager heart
if you want the "real performance benchmarking" you can ask @still forum how to do it
still forum
@unreal siren Tweaked: All spawn compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers replaced with execVM.
for on the compileFinal is just idiotic and you'd only do that if you had no idea what the F you were doing.
Second
spawn compile preprocessFileLineNumbers is literally equal to execVM.
But execVM is still retarded for everything that you call more than once. Because you are recompiling the whole script everytime.
@quartz coyote call is not unscheduled. Don't know why the other people are trying to tell you that. It's wrong.
call just keeps the scheduled-ness. call in scheduled stays scheduled. call in unscheduled stays unscheduled. spawn always makes things scheduled.
and isNil {code} always makes things unscheduled.
So do
isNil {
deletevehicle
Veh = createVehicle
};
@kindred lichen you might also want assignAsDriver for AI before you moveIn.
quartz coyote
@still forum oh.... Thanks...
still forum
@unreal siren fnc vs compile preprocessefilelinenumbers
You are doing something wrong there.
Function = compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "myFile.sqf";
Then profile
call function
vs
call preprocessFileLineNumbers "myFile.sqf"
and see the difference.
quartz coyote
@still forum I just can't understand why this will enable VEH to be undated with the new vehicle inside my loop
still forum
undated?
you mean updated?
p is quite far from n to be a typo
The problem is that scheduled script will just pause inbetween
so it pauses after you deleted the vehicle and before you create the new one
Also Veh is a stupid variable name and may break at any time
still forum
Because it's such a short variable name without a tag
anyone else might also happen to reuse that variable
and then you'll be like "whaa? Why is it suddenly not working anymore I didn't make any errors anywhere"
quartz coyote
I see
So SQF isNil
That's going to pass the full code and pause only when it's finished ?
still forum
yes
quartz coyote
So my Loop containing Veh will never get the update due to pause between deletevehicle and createvehicle and will only get the update when the createvehicle will finish ?
meager heart
probably it's time for sqf blogs links... ๐
quartz coyote
I can't understand shit when I read. I need a conversation
still forum
And it also doesn't really explain this
a scheduled script may pause at any time. And it can theoretically pause for up to several hours
So it could be that you call deleteVehicle Veh and after that the script doesn't continue executing for an hour
meanwhile you other script comes along and tries to do stuff with Veh but that was just deleted.
quartz coyote
yea I understood that. Thats why : If I understood corretly the perpous of the isNil {}; is that it will pass the code without pausing and will not give time to my other script to see that Veh has been deleted right ?
still forum
isNil {} will freeze the entire game until it's code finished executing
no other script can be executed inbetween
quartz coyote
Ohhhhhh I see
now it's cristal clear
I'm a slow learner so thanks for your patience man.
scenic pollen
How long is too long (in ms) for a function to complete execution in a non-scheduled environment every second?
still forum
depends on how much fps you want
especially every second. If you have consistently slightly lower FPS the player doesn't notice it as much as sudden fps drops
I'd say don't go over 5ms. But that's already a drop from 60->45 fps
blazing quiver
I was hoping someone could give me a hand with a question I had. I have a mission that requires that players have access to a limited arsenal, but not be given the ability to load any pre-saved loadout they may otherwise have. I found a script that disables the "load loadout" buttons in the vanilla arsenal UI, but players can still use the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+O to open the loadout screen. Is there any way I could disable the shortcut as well?
[ missionNamespace, "arsenalOpened", {
disableSerialization;
_display = _this select 0;
{
( _display displayCtrl _x ) ctrlSetText "Disabled";
( _display displayCtrl _x ) ctrlSetTextColor [ 1, 0, 0, 0.5 ];
( _display displayCtrl _x ) ctrlRemoveAllEventHandlers "buttonclick";
}forEach [ 44146, 44147 ];
} ] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;
There is the script in question
scenic pollen
@still forum Thanks. This is for a script running server-side (potentially where AI will be running if not using a HC), so I'm just wondering how long a func should run before performance impact on AI is noticeable.
5ms sounds like a good shout
scenic pollen
Great, thanks!
meager heart
Is there any way I could disable the shortcut as well?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlEnable
@blazing quiver
/*
Buttons controls ID's
HIDE 44151
RANDOM 44150
SAVE 44146
LOAD 44147
EXPORT 44148
IMPORT 44149
TRY 44346
*/
[
missionNamespace, "arsenalOpened", {
params ["_display"];
_display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {_this select 3}];
{
(_display displayCtrl _x) ctrlEnable false;
(_display displayCtrl _x) ctrlShow false;
} forEach [44151, 44150, 44146, 44147, 44148, 44149, 44346];
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;
```did that ^ long time ago, but afaik still workshey @still forum ? Is there a reference doc that I can read about the communication tower added by TFR > 1.0, please ? Or is it enough to be close to it in order to increase the radio range ?
still forum
what is TFR? And how am I related to it?
still forum
Ahhhh
If your radio can reach the tower. The tower will retransmit it
But the transmission loss add's up.
If the tower is 2km away behind a hill and you have 50% transmission loss. The tower will retransmit the signal with 50% loss. And the loss from Tower->Receiver is added on top of that
there is no documentation besides the headers in the functions.
https://github.com/michail-nikolaev/task-force-arma-3-radio/blob/1.0/addons/antennas/functions/fnc_initRadioTower.sqf#L17
errant jasper
Why the tower retransmit with loss? Gameplay reasons? Or is the loss not signal strength, but more like "part of the signal" that never reached in the first place?
vernal mural
Ok great, thank you !
unreal siren
@still forum Gotcha. So I should revert the changes he did back to spawn compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers? Or spawn compile preprocessFileLineNumbers?
still forum
@errant jasper second one exactly. Distorted signal arrives. Distorted signal gets retransmitted
@unreal siren you shouldn't do anything at all. Re-read what I wrote
unreal siren
for on the compileFinal?
still forum
what?
unreal siren
unreal siren
I was trying so hard to comprehend
Gotcha
So it's the compileFinal that was no bueno
still forum
The Final is useless.
And if you remove the final then it's just equal to execVM so you might aswell just use execVM
unreal siren
I see. What makes it useless?
HDD vs memory block, I thought it's purpose was to write to memory
probably a doc or page I'm overlooking
still forum
It's useless because it just does literally nothing
compileFinal marks the variable as final if you write the script to it
you never write it into a variable though
so.. useless
ruby breach
@rocky mortar Re: the code you posted in #dev_rc_branch, you're going to error during _object = call newobject; because newObject needs arguments to return a value. Beyond that point, I'm pretty sure that _object is just going to be nil
still forum
yes. That's the problem
he wants to somehow keep private variables valid in that script even though he leaves it. That's just never going to work
rocky mortar
newobject returns a scope wich should still have acces to private variable until the scope is unreferenced
solar coyote
Hey guys. I've come here looking for advice. Currently I have an issue with Zeus. I'll make it short. I'd like to play it competitevly and also with free range for Zeus camera, but ability to spot players is giving an advantage to Zeus. What i'd like to do is to hide player (and all opposing faction units) while they are not in sight of friendly units. hideObject does not work, as it seems completely removes model therefore AI cannot spot them at all. I saw GetTactical achieved results similar to what i want, but its SP only so same technologies may not apply here. I'm looking forward to any suggestions. Cheers!
meager heart
afaik hideObject has local effect, so maybe you can try remoteExec it on zeus (as target) aka it will be hidden only on zeus client... ๐ค
peak plover
Yeah, run a script that hideObjects the units you want on the client you want them hidden on
solar coyote
If ai is local (i tested it only hosting, not dedicated) they cannot detect unit. A guy can just stand 5m away and shoot them all and all AI do is run around like headless chicken. It might work on dedicated, but i'm not sure if spanned AI is local to Zeus player or server. Also i would like to make it hosting friendly.
peak plover
ex. ZEUS hideObjects all players, this will make all players invisible for the zeus
yeah, ai spawned in zeus is local to the player spawning them most likely
you need to get a script to move the units from player client to server or headless client
ruby breach
@rocky mortar What is is that you want _result to return?
snow pecan
He wants it to return "billy"
Pretty sure he wants to use newobject as a constructor for class instantiation.
The following would then be used as a setter ["_set_prenom", "billy"] call _object;
But that's just not going to work.
quasi rover
[_unit] join (group _caller);```
`join` also change the side of _unit? e.g. _unit was a civillian, now change to _caller's side, west ?try this in debug console >
player spawn {
hint str [side group _this];
sleep 3;
[_this] joinSilent createGroup east;
hint str [side group _this];
};
dark swallow
I am having a issue when someone join my server everyone else there gear disapears off them so the vest,helmet and backpack?
quasi rover
@meager heart thanks.
tough abyss
@dark swallow donโt put your gear code in unit init
dark swallow
@tough abyss thanks
rocky mortar
@ruby breach result expected is billy as it was set just before
dry egret
anyway to get createVehicle to create the vehicle on the deck of the carrier?
possit = getPos loc;
possit set [2,200]; //adjustment to be above the carrier deck
signCircle ="Sign_Circle_F" createVehicle (possit);
hint str(possit);
even with offsetting the z axis, createVehicle is still placing the object on the ground at the bottom of the sea
still forum
@rocky mortar newobject returns a scope no it doesn't. You can't "return" a "scope"
rocky mortar
What do you mean ?
closures works in some other langage that bring variables of parent scope to child scope
hollow thistle
But SQF is not an JS. I doubt they would implement that even if asked.
I guess it would require a lot of internal changes.
jade abyss
closures works in some other langage <- There is your Problem. Sqf != AnyOtherLanguage ๐
rocky mortar
@hollow thistle yes perphaps, but it could be so powerfull
hollow thistle
Could be. But imagine what bugs would be able to be made by inexperienced scripters.
:D
And SQF was kinda made to be accessible even for random "Jon Doe".
rocky mortar
: )
still forum
put a variable into a namespace.
hollow thistle
I wonder why. Are code blocks stored serialized?
still forum
They are compiled to VM instructions and stored along with the string of the code (that you get back when you str)
code blocks are code.. literally.
They don't have a stack. No variables. No nothing
hollow thistle
Yeah so no way it would hold reference to private var so it is not unrefernced.
Tl;dr don't ever think about closures ๐
still forum
not even know what that is. I could give you script commands to get/set variables to current scope or any higher scope. That would do that too.
But why? Just use a frickin namespace instead of shitty dumb workarounds that will never work.
hollow thistle
Idk, don't ask me.
The guy just wanted to use practices from JS.
But SQF is SQF.
hollow thistle
Or php
dry egret
give me C++ anyday
still forum
Intercept ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
dry egret
lol
still forum
Intercept-Python ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
rocky mortar
i dont understand how private variable go along code across the different scope
it's just a guess, I think the variables are deferenced when the brackets close.
hollow thistle
dedmen said above why it wont work.
still forum
The scope is stored on a stack of scopes. If you leave the scope. It's removed from the stack. Because why keep something in memory that can't ever be accessed again and has absolutely no use?
And when the scope is removed from the stack. It's deleted.
jade abyss
true.
rocky mortar
yes that's what i understand, but "has absolutely no use" according the closure the example, there is a usage ๐
jade abyss
Wich one?
hollow thistle
rocky mortar
can you give more details?
still forum
I just don't understand why you would want to take the hard and impossible way. Instead of just using a namespace or an array
hollow thistle
The closure here is used to create some kind of OOP code, go with namespaces for that in SQF and you will be fine.
rocky mortar
namespace are public
if i use namespace the variable will be share with all the whole code
still forum
use multiple namespaces then?
rocky mortar
in fact it s not really a problem of workaround
cause i have already some public workaround
it was to raise a request for evolution that could bring a lot of things
jade abyss
Like?
Sry, but for me it sounds just like "Opening the possibility to break more things"
still forum
No matter how often you ask it's not gonna happen ^^. It's a major change in the scripting system that no one besides you ever asked for
rocky mortar
closure are a master piece dscha, you should look for documentation on this
jade abyss
I am not asking to "look for Demonstration", i was asking for an example from you.
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
snow pecan
Clearly the best option is to write your own language inside SQF and provide your own features.
https://github.com/DavisBrown723/SQF_plusplus_Transpiler
Don't look at the code btw
prototype btw
jade abyss
Like: What would be the benefit in it
hollow thistle
Data encapsulation.
IMO in sqf they would be kind of "nice to have" but not necessary to have as we have other ways of doing same/similar things.
jade abyss
And the benefit of it would be? (asking again)
meager heart
well you can have it... i thought it's clear ๐
meager heart
private _thing = createVehicle ["Sign_Circle_F", player modelToWorld [0,0,30], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
```into the console ^ and look up @dry egretin order to make AI shoot the player dog I had to resort to this
https://i.imgur.com/BEAeNZd.jpg
Luckily you can make the thing fully invisible with setObjectTextureGlobaltoo bad the shadow will stay
at leat the dog has now an "inventory"
still forum
Angel dog
digital jacinth
now i need to make it fly
still forum
just flip the attachTo around ๐
meager heart
that dog shadow there... ๐
digital jacinth
yea... one of the many downsides playing as a dog, i had to reverse engineer ace throwing and dragging a bit
meager heart
๐
digital jacinth
but hey, you can get into vehicles now, drag downed people, pick up that grenade and run into the enemy
meager heart
Advanced K9++ ๐
digital jacinth
you can always look at the now messy code i made. Right now focus is jsut to make stuff work, kind of
https://github.com/diwako/playabledog
requirements are cba and ace, tho i accidentally launched with acre, so woops
meager heart
you can remove init.sqf with enableSaving [false,false]; and just add in description.ext > saving = 0;
digital jacinth
good to know.
meager heart
yeah, afaik it does exactly the same
waxen tide
Is there a good tutorial around classes for a slow witted person?
waxen tide
No more like classes people define in missions
waxen tide
glances at Dedmen
digital jacinth
I am afraid you do not define classes in mission really. What exactly do you mean?
SQF is not an objective based language sadly
waxen tide
class CfgCompositions {
class test {
#include "test.sqe"
};
That structure is from Larrow's eden comp spawn script for example
What the hell is that even? It's not in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3 and it isn't in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands either. I demand my money back.
cerulean locust
that's just a custom class defined in description.ext.
It doesn't do anything on it's own. But it can be read from script.
ruby breach
waxen tide
"uses the same syntax as the config.hpp file"
is there more documentation on that?
my wiki fu is weak today
Well thanks so far ๐ค
cerulean locust
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Class_Inheritance has about 2 sentences of basic information.
waxen tide
Not defining the load order will guarantee you to end up in a world of pain and horror.
Been there done that โ
still forum
@waxen tide that is exactly #arma3_config ๐
waxen tide
Really? Good thing you mention it, i had not noticed.
#define DEBUG_DEV getNumber( missionConfigFile >> "LARs_spawnComp_debug" ) isEqualTo 2 Oh there is a missionConfigFile? splendid
still forum
that's description.ext
next to mission.sqm
the normal configFile is config.cpp inside mods pbo's
waxen tide
the entirety of it?
unreal siren
@still forum Thanks for helping me with the compile methods! It clicked. The new code is much more readable.
waxen tide
shouldn't the missionconfig show up in the config viewer?
inland badger
So, I've been trying to figure out how to kill the lights on a map that I'm working on a scenario for. I've managed to kill most of the lights but for some reason these once keep staying on. I've tried to find the class name for them by outputting the objects located near me but still no success. Is there anyone out there able to help me out? https://imgur.com/a/zB8gN18
This is what I got so far, the map is set on Chernarus 2035 which uses CUP objects sadly, and no it's not a zombie mission...
{
for "_i" from 0 to count getAllHitPointsDamage _x - 1 do
{
_x setHitIndex [_i, 0.97];
};
}
forEach nearestObjects
[
player,
["Lamps_Base_F", "PowerLines_base_F", "Land_PowerPoleWooden_F", "Land_LampHarbour_F", "Land_LampShabby_F", "Land_PowerPoleWooden_L_F", "Land_PowerPoleWooden_small_F", "Land_LampDecor_F", "Land_LampHalogen_F", "Land_LampSolar_F", "Land_LampStreet_small_F", "Land_LampStreet_F", "Land_LampAirport_F", "Land_PowerPoleWooden_L_F"],
600
];
That light that's staying on on your screenshot doesn't even have a pole or a bulb :u
I'd say bug report to CUP's feedback tracker with that. If the light is really there floating in the air like that
inland badger
That's the thing it does it on several buildings, when I kill all of the lights in the area it becomes brighter even :S but yea I'll report it to them as well
kindred lichen
In order to run something in "preinit" do I just make a preinit.sqf file?
or is it somewhere else like description or something?
kindred lichen
So if I define a function in cfgFunctions it gets ran?
noble pond
it compiles on mission start i believe
dusk sage
If you mark it as preInit, yes
kindred lichen
I'm trying to remove all the rocks and bolders from a map, and hideObjectGlobal is suggested to be run in preinit.
still forum
meager granite
@inland badger I think you iterate through wrong array
getAllHitPointsDamage will always return array of 3 arrays
Not sure if it will help with your issue though
{_x setHitIndex [_forEachIndex, 0.97]} forEach (getAllHitPointsDamage _x select 0)
inland badger
@meager granite cheers mate, I'll give it a try and see if it works ๐
quasi rover
_hostage setCaptive false;
[_hostage] joinSilent (group _caller);
In Host Server mode, _hostage joins our group and become WEST faction from CIV, but Dedicated Server mode, the _hostage do not join our group and still CIV faction. any tips to solve?
ruby breach
setCaptive is AL
digital jacinth
[_hostage,false] remoteExec ["setCaptive",_hostage];
[_hostage] joinSilent (group _caller);
Explanation, setCaptive has to run on the machine the unit is local to. joinSilent is actually global and it should work on any machine. Make sure that _calleris defined
it is possible find out which commands need to be called locally when using the wiki, here the setCaptive command https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setCaptive
quasi rover
I will give a try, thanks guys.
drowsy axle
Quick Question: Variable aren't case-sensitive, right?
Example: Capwell and capwell will be the same variable?
dusk sage
yes
tame portal
yEs
halcyon creek
trying to get a vehicle to have a set distance between eachother in a convoy, on the commnuity wiki it states theres a command for it (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setConvoySeparation) and the given example is this vehicle setConvoySeparation 20; however when I put this in a vehicles init field it returns and error stating that there is a genreic error in the expression and it is missing ;
any ideas?
ruby breach
Are you actually defining vehicle?
halcyon creek
Nope, so say if the variable name is mast1 it would be mast1 setConvoySeperation 20;
digital jacinth
use thisinstead of vehicle
vehicle is a command to get the current occupied vehicle of a unit, you are putting this into the init field, so you can simply use "this"
ruby breach
If in script, yes (assuming mast1 is a variable for an object). In an init field, you would use this
halcyon creek
Thanks for the help, im going to use the fact its 6.50am here to put such a simple and obvious oversight on my part as the excuse ๐
vernal mural
@still forum following my previous question about TFAR antennas, if I understand the headers correctly, in order to create a new tower by script I should
1 - create the object
2 - call TFAR_antennas_fnc_initRadioTower on it
3 - call TFAR_antennas_fnc_pluginAddRadioTower ??
According to the code initRadioTower seems to use a CBA delay function to call pluginAddRadioTower, so maybe the third step is useless ?
still forum
plugin stuff is called by initRadioTower. You shouldn't touch that
vernal mural
Good, thanks
still forum
If you want to move the tower. You have to call initRadioTower again for each position update
vernal mural
Is the old position still considered as a valid tower ?
still forum
yes
wait
not after you call init again
so if you move the tower but don't call init. Everyone will think the tower is still at it's old place
vernal mural
I see, it is linked to the object, it will know that a tower is already created with the given object and will update the former position instead of creating a new one. Good to know
vernal mural
@still forum again asking questions about TFAR ^^ what if a tower retransmit a player's signal, and another tower is reached ? Is the signal broadcasted adding its own deterioration ?
like : player1 ==> towerA ==> towerB ==> player2 with each players and towers only in range with their direct neighbors ?
vernal mural
Good to know. So if I want to ensure a good radio connection between a base and a remote location, I have to make sure that the base tower is able to reach the remote location, and the other tower is able to reach the base.
Alternatively, a single one tower is enough if placed half distant of the base and target location, and if personnal-carried radios are powerful enough to reach the tower.
Okay thanks. Lots of side missions ideas there !
still forum
there is also a global radio range modifier. Can be used to reduce the range of every radio (Like turning the 152 from a 5km into a 2.5km radio) to make radio towers be more worth it
vernal mural
Playing on Altis, the map is wide enough to make the towers worthy, even without reducing the range of radios : indeed, a 5km remote location is still reachable but with a horrible signal loss. Adding radio towers in secured locations (on a persistent mission) will allow to enhance the global communication network for future battles and objectives in the area. However, I will check this modifier, maybe we can tweak it to force the deployment of relays in some very remote and isolated places. More gameplay possibilities !
still forum
Btw there is also TFAR discord in #channel_invites_list
vernal mural
ohhhh great ^^ further questions will be in a better place there
tight cave
Might be a bit off topic and have nothing to with arma 3
Greetings, (using google sheets) I'm attempting to have information show up in the red info box depending on what sector I have highlighted.
I have made a flowchart as to how I see that working. From what I understand I may need to have a script written for this, however if it is at all possible to achieve this using the available functions, that'd make my life a lot easier. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/476107547221164042/477113735031291934/unknown.png
the flowchart as mentioned above(edited)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/138772603694350336/477116625225646083/unknown.png
errant jasper
You would probably have to use another technique since you cannot capture simply clicking on a cell (see https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/docs/JBhprb-b6x0/5FSuFQjHEQAJ ).
Once you find a mechanism to detect "cell" selection, you can use JavaScript to get the cell coordinate and read / write the proper cells.
Also second image looks like a game of Battleship: "You sank my Starship!". Also yeah, this is definitely be off topic.
vernal mural
I wonder if there is a way to use ACE arsenal to define what items a crate contains, and then make this content accessible only with the vanilla inventory system ?
tame portal
Lol don't mind my comment ๐
drowsy axle
:/ I did mind it
@vernal mural isn't used that way. You could use the export function on BI arsenal. And input it into a box's init
vernal mural
Mh, good idea. Will check
astral dawn
I make an AI man sit with switchMove. Is it possible to make him automatically stop the animation and engage enemy when his behavior automatically switches to COMBAT without waitUntil {(behaviour _this) == "COMBAT"; }; and without polling his behavior in a loop?
astral dawn
I am actually thinking, maybe to make AIs sit on benches it would be better just to make bench-vehicles through an addon?
limpid pewter
Hey buddies,
Anyone know what the aspect ratio is that's used for all weapon pictures extracted from their configs? For example; ```sqf
_picPath = getText (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _classname >> "picture");
Or are they all different?
limpid pewter
Thanks mate, will try that.
quartz coyote
Hello, Is this possible ?
if ({_x distance Object < 50} forEach playableUnits) exitWith {}; ```
I want to detect when no playableUnits are at 50m from an objectno that's.. yes it's possible.. but what you are doing doesn't make sense
forEach returns only the result of the last value
so you are checking here if the last unit inside playableUnits is less than 50m away
quartz coyote
ah
still forum
playableUnits findIf {_x distance Object < 50}
Use this to find the first unit inside playableUnits that's closer than 50m
if you don't find any. That means there is no unit
if (playableUnits findIf {_x distance Object < 50} != -1) exitWith {};
quartz coyote
genius ....
thanks
other question, if at the end of a script, I decide to execute the same script, will the 1st script end while the second is booting of will the 1st stay active because init command was in it
?
quartz coyote
and spawn ?
still forum
because the call waits till the script is done executing
whereas spawn continues right away
quartz coyote
so if I spawn Script2 then Script1 will close without any trouble
but it I Call Script2 then Script1 will stay open ?
still forum
ye
quartz coyote
okay thanks
brave jungle
{
if (side _x == "EAST") then {
_x addEventHandler ["Killed",
{
switch (_x isKindOf) do
{
case "Tanks":
{
//Code incl. other params for isKindOf and default
};
};
}];
};
} foreach allunits;
How do switch isKindOf ?
still forum
You.. don't
brave jungle
I don't want a bunch of Ifs
still forum
Like... Well. I guess... Maybe
switch true do
{
case (_x isKindOf "Tanks"):
{
//Code incl. other params for isKindOf and default
};
};
Like so maybe?
brave jungle
I'll give it a try, hopefully :3
brave jungle
Anyone free still? I need some help on this: https://pastebin.com/3mTjSmwe
Bascially, when a unit is killed, detect what kind of unit, add points to an array, display points.
meager heart
๐ค
maybe you can try >
private _rewards = []; //--- array with rewards
private _types = []; //--- array with types
private _index = _types find (typeOf _unit);
CUR_Points_Available_Array = CUR_Points_Available_Array + (_rewards select _index);
```something like this ^(isKindOf "Tank") != (typeOf == "Tank")
won't work. Unless you specify every type for every vehicle of type tank and so on
meager heart
yeah, list with classnames will be huge... ๐
hollow lake
Heya, I had an Idea to place for example a door down and to make it so only few ppl can access it, open/close it. Is there a way of doing that? Any help would be apprechated. Maybe where to start or so c:
still forum
opening/closing doors is just done via scripts
so yes. you can do that
If you made the door yourself you already know how adding the open/close action works. But I guess you didn't?
hollow lake
Did not mean like a normal door, ment like backalley fence or something. I am not into scripting. x)
cosmic kettle
@hollow lake Depends, what kind of door and who can use it. Once you know those things, you should be able to. If you made the door, add it to the config, if not; try script wise.
tender fossil
Can you create a camera view (in any way) so that the player watching the camera feed hears also the direct channel VOIP at the camera's position?
muted glen
simple way of doing that might be to just hide the player, disable him and tp him. switchCamera might work but idk if the camera also picks up audio. Could also use selectPlayer to temporarily move player to a camera object?
unreal siren
Wait
Are _vars automatically private now?
Or at least, private to the file and not the scope?
Wait, nevermind. I read that wrong.
File was using the new private _myvar thing
inner swallow
Eh? New?
unreal siren
As in, past two years new... lol
digital jacinth
private _varis just to tell that it is a whole new variable, youc an go into another scope with call and stil have access of the private vars outside teh call
private _var = 1;
[] call {
hint str _var; // 1
private _var = 2;
hint str _var; // 2
};
at least how i understood it, tho i write my functions without call for reference to never run into some kind of reference issues
hollow lantern
Anyone knows how to remove a magazine by its ID? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/magazinesDetail
still forum
Can't
half inlet
I submitted a ticket suggesting that a while ago: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T124736
(among other things)
it never got any attention, and probably never will, but at least I tried
unreal siren
Is there a good way to find this error? Bad conversion: bool
About 30 lines of it.
Namespace error IIRC
21:17:48 Global namespace not passed during: true
21:17:48 Error in expression <true>
21:17:48 Error position: <true>
21:17:48 Error Local variable in global space
21:17:48 Global namespace not passed during: false
21:17:48 Error in expression <false>
21:17:48 Error position: <false>
21:17:48 Error Local variable in global space```I have literally no idea how to find this. lol
waxen tide
undo the last thing you did, ideally.
still forum
That's probably a fuff up in the profileNamespace
you won't have much luck searching for it
without a engine debugger
unreal siren
Oh
It's addon related
meta.cpp/mod.cpp whatever
hidePicture and hideName don't take booleans
1/4th my mods use "true" or "false" when it should be 1 or 0
waxen tide
what are meta.cpp and mod.cpp actually good for? i mean in what context are they fully utilized?
still forum
mod.cpp ingame icon. Main menu/arsenal/editor
meta.cpp is just metadata for workshop items. So the game knows from where it comes
waxen tide
someone should write a wiki article on those files.
waxen tide
someone should add important missing information to that article.
still forum
which?
waxen tide
when a client queries the server over steam, only the "name" from mod.cpp and "publishedid" from meta.cpp is transmitted. nothing else.
still forum
doesn't really fit into there. That's not mod.cpp's fault
waxen tide
publishedid is used by the launcher to recommend the mod if missing, name can be altered to whatever. if name is missing, folder name (of server) is used as modname.
shrugs
i was pondering about putting it on mods section of dedicated server setup page, but the google captcha on the wiki defeated me. thrice.
bots are now better at captchas than i am, apparently.
kinda weird people write so much rubbish into their mod cpps btw. some mods have publishedid = 0
and now they mess up and put bool in there?
unreal siren
It's also a problem in the mod.cpp as well
hexed swift
Asked in another channel, figured it would be more appropriate here. I'm looking to limit the range of the automated turrets such as the Praetorian and the Centurian. Is there a way to alter their range to something like 2km? Currently, the Centurian can lock on and fire from 16km away. Didnt want people getting missiled at their base.
unreal siren
Can CutRsc accept a filepath?
meager heart
afaik only classes defined in RscTitles config
if you want show some pictures on screen you can use ctrlCreate
that will be like 2 lines of code...
unreal siren
Yeah, I kept messing up while defining my RscTitles lol
static compass
Why am I even looking at here if I donโt know a shit about scripting
digital jacinth
Is there a way to find out where the positionCameraToWorld is for every player? I need to check if some camera (mostly for zeus) is near a location.
basically i want to activate trigger (enable simulation) if a camera is near it, that already works. I just need a server side solution to let that trigger stay enabled globally for everyone if at least one camera is close.
fleet wind
Is there any way to have a player control both the driving and gunning of a tank at once? since WASD shift ect is not usually used for the gunner position.
digital jacinth
put an ai in the driver seat, since tanks dlc that is a thing already out of the box
fleet wind
So he will follow your exact orders ?
fleet wind
Thanks! i clearly have played to little latley.
astral tendon
{player setDir 145.776} remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call", 0];
This works unreliable, i get it to work once on a script file but then it does not work on a client, that script is called by the server
copper raven
[[],{player setDir 145.776}] remoteExec ["call", 0];
That will fix it and make it work 100%? any back ground on why that was happen?
copper raven
Yes, it should work, your syntax was wrong from what i think.
quartz coyote
@still forum This doesn't work ...
if (playableUnits findIf {_x distance (getMarkerPos "FlagTraining") < 50} != -1) exitWith {};```@digital jacinth put a trigger in editor and add positionCameraToWorld in the condition, on each client it will be local to client
digital jacinth
yeah thatis not what i want. I want the trigger to globally active for everyone even if one positioncameratoworld is near
it is about simulation enabling the triggers so the checks are only active if someone is near
tough abyss
You have to make it monitor global var and public var it, the statements are also local means every local instance of the trigger has to fire at once
still forum
@quartz coyote what does doesn't work mean?
quartz coyote
It seems to exit with even though I'm inside rang
Oh hold on
I'm an idiot
It should be a > instead <
still forum
noo... actually not...
I thought you wanted it to exit if there are units within 50m
if you swap that it will exit if any unit is not within 50m
quartz coyote
That's what I want. I want it to exit is no playable unit is within
still forum
yes.. That's what that does
find the first unit that's within 50m
if no unit is found. exit
late gyro
Hi everyone, Im trying to create a simple script that "switches" an action to either turn some portable lights on or off but its not working as intended. The action keeps stuck on the initial one instead of processing the else line, despite the variable having changed.
https://pastebin.com/VKc57Few
still forum
local variables don't carry over into different scripts
the code of your addAction is a different script
it cannot see your _lightsOn Variable
late gyro
So i should remove the underscore to make it a global one?
or should it be a public one?
inner swallow
global, remove the underscore
late gyro
and could you explain how the hint function in the addAction code does seem to pick up on the correct value?
inner swallow
public is for sharing between clients (or client-server)
late gyro
ah thanks for sorting that out for me SuicideKing ๐
still forum
and could you explain how the hint function in the addAction code does seem to pick up on the correct value?
just look at your code?
inner swallow
it's in the same script file i.e. the variable is local to that script
still forum
_lightsOn = "0";
hint format ["_lightsOn off %1!", _lightsOn];
I don't understand why you even have to ask why _lightsOn is "0" at that point
you set the variable to "0" so of course it's value will be "0"
late gyro
yeah I needed that slap in the face ๐
inner swallow
you have _lightsOn = "1"; within the addAction too
late gyro
exactly
working now, not quite as intended yet but ey
now to figure out how what to add in the addAction to make it end the while loop and refresh the action
hmm it doesnt remove after sleeping either :/
copper raven
Why don't you just use addAction condition field?
late gyro
Ive been trying for days to get this language figured out but its pretty complicated imho
you mean something like putting an addaction in the condition field of a trigger?
peak plover
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#EntityKilled
Does entitykilled run on the frame after the entity dies?
late gyro
ah so i would end up with one single action "lights on/off" instead of two actions
peak plover
ie. if a car explodes when does entity killed run, before or after the explosion?
late gyro
id like to show the specific action ๐
peak plover
@still forum what the name ๐
meager heart
maybe something in that direction >
private _id = command_monitor addAction ["text off", {
params ["_target", "_caller", "_id", "_args"];
if (missionNamespace getVariable ["var_ligts", true]) then {
{_x setDamage 0.9} forEach [gate_light_l, gate_light_r];
_target setUserActionText [_id, "text on"];
missionNamespace setVariable ["var_ligts", false];
} else {
{_x setDamage 0} forEach [gate_light_l, gate_light_r];
_target setUserActionText [_id, "text off"];
missionNamespace setVariable ["var_ligts", true];
};
}, [], -1, false, true, "", "local _target"];
๐
peak plover
^
meager heart
condition maybe wrong there... with local
peak plover
Has anyone ejected units out a vehicle when it get destroyed?
I have an issue when a destroyed vehicle will make dead bodies dissappear
late gyro
thanks sldt1ck ill try to figure that out
would have never figured that out myself xD
thanks alot
still forum
setting the variable on _target would allow you to have multiple actions
peak plover
addMissionEventHandler ['EntityKilled',{
params [['_killed',objNull]];
if (isNull _killed) exitWith {};
if (_killed isKindOf 'Man') exitWith {};
{
[_x,(getPosASL _x)] remoteExec ['setPosASL',_x];
false
} count (crew _killed);
}];
I want to eject units out of destroyed vehicles so the bodies don't dissapear
Anyone done this and know if this mite have issues?
My only concern is that it might not fire fast enough and still cause bodies to become invisible ( I think this is a feature in the vanilla game )
wet cobalt
Solved
polar folio
are simpleObjects similar to fixed map objects in terms of network and overall performance? i'm wondering since i spawn them dynamically but for some (bigger ones) it would make more sense to leave them instead of despawning them, when out of range. bad idea? ofc i'd make sure to only spawn stuff once in each area
inner swallow
are simpleObjects similar to fixed map objects in terms of network and overall performance?
maybe not exactly the same, but similar, yes, afaik
inner swallow
cool graphs. what's super simple?
hollow thistle
simple objects created from shape not config name.
You cant for eg. change their texture etc.
inner swallow
aha, thanks
quasi rover
//fn_rescueHostage.sqf:
.......skip...........
_pow setCaptive true;
_pow setVariable ["notrescued", true, true];
.......skip...........
[
_pow, "Rescue Hostage",
"\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
"\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
"(_target getVariable 'notrescued') AND {(_this distance _target) < 5 && alive _target} ",
"true",
{}, {},
{call MY_fnc_hostageJoin;}, // Code executed on completion
{}, [_anim], 10, 6, true, false
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd" ,0, _pow];
.......skip(taskcreate & trigger)...........
//fn_hostageJoin.sqf:
params ["_host","_caller","_id"];
[_host] joinsilent (group _caller);
_host setCaptive false;
_host setVariable ["notrescued", false, true];
_host domove (position _caller);
removeAllActions _host;
.......skip...........
```I'm getting in trouble about hostage joining on Dedi-server. The hostage joins the squad only when Squad leader run the <Rescue Hostage> action. he does not join when squad member do the <Rescue Hostage> action(actually join the squad for 1 sec and gone). And he also join the squad when I'm the only member of the squad and do the action. Any clues?well i assume for some reason the group leader (i'm assuming is AI) removes the hostage after it joins the group
when it's just you then you are the leader
quasi rover
It's MP Environment. and group leader is not AI.
meager heart
you can try it this way ```sqf
{call MY_fnc_hostageJoin;}, // Code executed on completion
```sqf
{
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId"];
[_target, _caller] remoteExec ["MY_fnc_hostageJoin", 2];
_target removeAction _actionId;
},
and the function will be >```sqf
params ["_target", "_caller"];
[_target] joinsilent (group _caller);
_target setCaptive false;
_target setVariable ["notrescued", false, true];
_target domove (position _caller);
@quasi rover
quasi rover
thx, I'll give it a try, I need other player to test.
violet gull
When pressing Ctrl+O in the GUI editor (trying to import an existing UI I made to make changes) the screen just flashes a loading screen for a split second and nothing happens. Am I missing something?
Nevermind, got it to work; apparently have to hold down the Ctrl+I for like 10 seconds for it to work.
unreal siren
So I guess there's engine level commands for Bis_fnc_selectRandom, what's a good way to visualize/test https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectRandomWeighted ?
meager heart
that is engine solution for BIS_fnc_selectRandomWeighted not for BIS_fnc_selectRandom and there is comment with "tests" ๐
unreal siren
I was being lazy and stuffing my arrays with duplicates, lol
meager heart
that is engine solution for BIS_fnc_selectRandom > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectRandom
unreal siren
I wasn't very clear, my bad. I ,know about selectRandom, selectRandomWeighted is more what I need.
meager heart
stuffing my arrays with duplicates
maybe this will help > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/arrayIntersect
(Example 2 from there ^, maybe ๐)
(even if you planned to have duplicates lol)
unreal siren
Yeah, awsome to know!
meager heart
๐ค
astral dawn
I've just had an idea... making an SQF interpreter and interfacing it with Intercept to spawn my script in a pure separate thread ๐ค did anyone ever have this idea?
tough abyss
Pretty sure there are better and more exciting ways of crashing Arma
astral dawn
Why? Another sqf interpreter runs its code. When there is something like unit setPos it interfaces the engine through Intercept.
still forum
No. The interpreter is not the problem
what happens if the unit suddenly changes position while the graphics renderer tries to render it on your screen?
What happens if you suddenly stop a sound. While the sound engine is trying to play it?
astral dawn
Yes I get it. But I thought that intercept solves this problem, or not?
astral dawn
I didn't work with intercept but I assume there is a way to wait until the engine has halted for this frame if I execute something like setPos through intecept
still forum
Yes...
Wait for a onEachFrame handler and execute it in unscheduled while the rest of the engine is halted
astral dawn
IDK maybe @queen cargo will like this idea, I've seen he is working on an SQF VM. Maybe what I'm suggesting could work with some limitations, like not changing states of ingame objects. Still could be useful for creating worker threads for calculating numbers.
still forum
No it doesn't.
On Linux you can execute some few script commands in parallel.
But you can't on windows
queen cargo
Theoretically it should be possible.. Though... Not with arma itself
I could make sqf-vm with actual threads
But that is because I barely have anything to actually create Race conditions
Besides global variable access
astral dawn
No parallel things on Windows? I mean, CreateThread and launch an instance of a VM inside it for every spawned script. Global variables and functions are going to be a problem indeed.
still forum
๐คฆ
It's not like I didn't try.
The pool allocators for gameData types are not threadsafe
queen cargo
Was talking about my very own sqf-vm @still forum
still forum
It works on linux because the pool allocators don't exist there
I know what you are talking about. I'm still talking about Arma
queen cargo
๐
Though... When you are already using intercept... Then there barely is a reason to use sqf anyways ๐คทโโ๏ธ
astral dawn
Then one would be able to avoid messing with C++ and compiling it. One would just write standard SQF code and let it consume as much CPU as it needs.
still forum
You could implement SQF VM inside intercept and remove all the script commands with side effects.
queen cargo
๐ค
that actually is a quite funny idea
and it would be already possible without much to do
tough abyss
If you have something that is heavy on calculation and you run it on a seperate thread then you could at least capture from intercept all you need then run your calculation on a separate thread and then rejoin to the primary one to apply to the game engine to apply your effects. But you can't be calling even gets in parallel.
still forum
we would need a async call that returns something like a std::future.. inside SQF
Which I already wanted to make for things like database interaction or TFAR
tough abyss
Yes that would be a reasonable abstraction as would be channels or async. But I think the end result would still end up pretty limited since a lot of decisions often need game data part way through the algorithm. The only use case I can really think of is something with substantial AI calculation, where you could arguably export world information (terrain and objects) and then just pass enemy location information and get macro orders back.
The amount of cases which have large calculation and small data input isn't all that big from a game perspective.
astral dawn
I thought, getting game world data is even less a problem than setting it
still forum
you cannot execute any SQF commands that take arguments or return values in parallel
don't you already have your own commands and datatypes?
queen cargo
and when that is done: you actually do can run sqf in parallel
though ... it is a different vm entirely
but ... well ..
for the intercept plugin i mean
new commands would be pretty much:
createVMdestroyVM <VM><VM> execute <STRING>
with the new datatype beingVMcontaining the whole sqf-vm vm
sqfception
still forum
and you need a way to get data back out
because waiting for the VM to execute in a different thread wouldn't be that helpful
dusk sage
SchedulerV2
queen cargo
ye ... forgot that one @still forum ๐
astral dawn
If Intercept can call SQF functions then the VM can return data back
dusk sage
If the intention is to block whenever ever you want to run SQF commands specifically, what's the point? You're still relying mostly on a single thread
still forum
And compiling and executing the code in a second thread and piping the results back will probably take more time and effort than just executing that script right there in the main thread when you need it
dusk sage
Sounds more logical if you want to do something not relying on the engine, like database interaction, like Dedmen said. But if your plan is to block continuously?
still forum
no the SQF vm would execute asynchronously
But it'll just have commands that don't interact with the world
so.. math stuff. Basically
astral dawn
Yeah the calling script would have to wait. Then spawn a script in the external VM to, for instance, plan a route or calculate something. When calculation is done the VM would send the data back through intercept then into some queue in the game's SQF VM. The difference is that the external VM will not be bound to 3ms run time per frame, nor it will share resources with the ingame VM.
Indeed the only application I see for it is, probably, AI mods which would always be hungry for more CPU
still forum
Give me a example of some math calculation which doesn't require ANY data from the game world that runs for over 3ms
AI would probably need information from the world wouldn't it?
astral dawn
No ofc we need data from the game world. If as you say we can't execute any SQF commands in parallel, including ones that only take game world data, we in a trouble. We would have to serialize requests by external VM through Intercept, which would have to sync to the game engine. ๐ค We would have to cache retrieved data to yield more performance ๐ค
dusk sage
I think you need to ask the question whether it's actually needed. Unless you have some massive algorithm planned, chances are it's going to run quicker synchronously unless you've already pooled threads
astral dawn
No I don't have anything in mind yet. It's just a quick idea I've had: if X39 VM is ready enough, could it be interfaced to game through an Intercept layer, to let others spawn scripts to achieve more performance for their algorithm. From what I see it's still quite hard.
queen cargo
pff ... at least the idea of using sqf-vm with intercept would be no problem
only thing: there is no interaction unless it is explicitly done
and the sqf-vm project is already ready for that kind of tasks
hell ... you all can try it whenever you want ๐คท
the current release version may not be on-pair with what is currently available
dusk sage
to achieve more performance
Whilst adding another layer of abstraction on top of another
queen cargo
but there is a discord bot and i lovely share binaries at any time
well ... theoretically, it would allow to utilize more cores ... but i also doubt that there is much use ๐คท
maybe some caching stuff ... could get useful ... but ... ye ...
in the end it probably will still be smarter to just write the intercept plugin to do that task for you
astral dawn
Yeah making an intercept plugin is better. But I would have to compile the C code for linux as well. Then test it there. I'm sure not everyone can do that. Also it looks like not many addons use intercept currently. Is there a list of addons based on Intercept?
still forum
script profiler, script debugger,
That's about all of the public ones ๐
peak plover
is ther a way to disable input for some keys?
sleek token
I would love to see a tutorial video about Intercept. The Dokumentation is kinda hard ro read and understand
still forum
I don't think I've ever seen a tutorial video about a c++ library ๐ค
queen cargo
in regards of sqf-vm
most up-to-date snapshot is available at https://x39.io/projects?project=SQF-VM
unreal siren
How would I go about accessing my mission parameters ingame?
At the very least, returning them.
IE GRLIB_csat_aggressivity or whatever
meager heart
meager heart
par ?
unreal siren
The parameters, or variable behind it
meager heart
they are stored in global variable BIS_fnc_storeParamsValues_data... probably you can, but that will be more hax than scripts ๐
unreal siren
ah
tough abyss
is there a way to see if the user is interacting with a display with exception of display 46
austere granite
depends on what you mean by 'interacting with'
tough abyss
Basically when you can see the mouse
And you arenโt moving your character around by moving it
unreal siren
So selectRandomWeighted, if an item is set to 0.8, it's 20% less likely to be selected than normal? What about 1.5?
What are the best conventions for this? going over 1x or under?
normal monolith
@tough abyss you want to know if a user opened a dialog ?
tough abyss
ye
normal monolith
well, you can create a loop that check if a dialog is opened, use dialog
tough abyss
Try setFormDir https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFormDir
tough abyss
Together with setDir
umbral oyster
and this too))
gleaming cedar
Is there an animation for putting an helmet on ?
still forum
I don't think I've ever seen someone use /. so I'd guess no
still forum
sqflint&vscode != arma
sleek token
i know
still forum
might very well be that it handles it differently
sleek token
just checking if it could work
austere granite
it depends on the sort of path i believe
in some cases it does support it
it others it doesn't
same thing with leading slashes
best is using \ which is always safe
sleek token
so conclusin better dont use it and keep \
austere granite
yep
sleek token
thx
unborn ether
One question around Init EVH: when does it trigger? Does SQM placed vehicles trigger that? etc. Thanks.
umbral oyster
anyone know how to overwrite initWorld and demoWorld in CfgWorlds?
unreal siren
Is there a way to call the arsenal in a way that pulls from the box it's called on?
(And reduces the count of the objects in the box as used)
waxen tide
if you use the ace arsenal, the first part is trivially easy. generate an array of stuff in the box and hand it to the ace arsenal as whitelist. Reducing the amount of stuff in the box and limiting the player(s) to that i recon would require a lot of custom scripting. You can look at Hearts&Minds/Antistasi mission, i think both? (at least one of them) has an arsenal that is limited in amount, players basically fill it with enemy looted gear to extend the stuff they have. But it is a bit buggy (if a player takes out an object, it will disappear entirely all other players have to re-open arsenal for it to re-calculate the available amount)
unreal siren
Totally understand
For somebody who understands how UIs are updated and whatnot, forcing an update would be trivial I think, but probably not worth my time right now to figure out... lol
And that case is exactly what I was trying to avoid
cerulean crane
I need a little help if someone has a moment. I have coding experience, but 0 experience with Arma Scripting. I decided recently to play around with it a little.
Here's what im trying to do. I am trying to make a round trigger area that when its activated by a player, spawns a stalker anomaly from a mod, somewhere within it. Ive managed to figure out how to spawn the anomaly directly where the trigger is, but Im struggling to figure out what to add next to make the location semi random.
This is what i have so far.
the parameters of the createFog are [Pos, Size, booleanIsSquare]
waxen tide
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3 <-- you wanna bookmark that
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Functions <-- you wanna bookmark that
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_randomPos
cerulean crane
@waxen tide Thank you I will.
I think i actually found something to un elegantly smash into place while I learn by imitation and documentation.
Do you think you could look at something for me and just let me know if this is not the right way to call a variable?
_nul = [thistrigger, 10, true] call anomaly_fnc_createFog;
Works perfectly to spawn my Fog cloud right in the middle of the trigger.
_loopCount = 0;
while {_random_pos_in_trigger isEqualTo [] && _loopCount < 100} do {
_random_pos_in_trigger = trigger_spawn call BIS_fnc_randomPosTrigger;
_random_pos_in_trigger = _random_pos_in_trigger findEmptyPosition [0, 0, "vehicleType"];
_loopCount = _loopCount +1; //Prevents infinite executions with severe hit on performance if no position can be found
};
_nul = [_random_pos_in_trigger, 10, true] call anomaly_fnc_createFog;```
Doesn't seem to spawn anything. Am I calling ``_random_pos_in_trigger`` wrong?Did you enable script errors?
waxen tide
-showScriptErrors Enables on-screen script error reporting (ARMA 2 v1.03.58627)
Very handy for basic script debugging.
You should also check C:\Users\Zombie\AppData\Local\Arma 3 for an .rpt logfile, it will also contain script errors
To debug the code you posted, my first step would be to see what's inside the variables step by step, and verify they contain what you think they contain. So i would do like:
_random_pos_in_trigger = [];
_loopCount = 0;
while {_random_pos_in_trigger isEqualTo [] && _loopCount < 100} do {
_random_pos_in_trigger = trigger_spawn call BIS_fnc_randomPosTrigger;
diag_log format ["%1", _random_pos_in_trigger];
_random_pos_in_trigger = _random_pos_in_trigger findEmptyPosition [0, 0, "vehicleType"];
_loopCount = _loopCount +1; //Prevents infinite executions with severe hit on performance if no position can be found
};
_nul = [_random_pos_in_trigger, 10, true] call anomaly_fnc_createFog;
diag_log writes to rpt logfile, systemchat shows up ingame in chat.
waxen tide
if you get no output at all, then your while condition actually never equals true, and thus your while loop is never even executed once. If you get one output, then your while condition is true at first, but then turned to false during the first loop.
Ehh thats nothing. X39 has written some external sqf interpreter, Awooooo wrote some intercept stuff for fancy debugging, and i probably missed a lot more cool stuff.
cerulean crane
The arma scripting isnt exactly very user friendly from what ive seen.
Wish it was like lua or something that ive worked with before.
Maybe Arma 4.
waxen tide
It's okay, you'll develop a love-hate relationship with it over time.
Also maybe check http://killzonekid.com/arma-debugging/
oh btw that "format" command is really nice, it even works for undefined vars. will simply throw out "any" without any script error.
and with format you do not need to care what type it is. literally eats any data type afaik
cerulean crane
diag_log {_random_pos_in_trigger}
22:17:02 {_random_pos_in_trigger}
lol
clearly im very good at this (sarcasm)
not sure why that came out as a string.
waxen tide
Err {} ? In sqf that's usually code brackets. Never even tried it like that. Try
diag_log format ["Debug info: %1", _random_pos_in_trigger];
my man.
waxen tide
oh also if you add like ``````sqf``` before your code you get fancy syntax highlighing in discord. Like the cool kids ๐
waxen tide
๐ค
cerulean crane
bangs head on desk
waxen tide
I think you have an empty array.
waxen tide
Heh i'm just the nightshift guy, okay?
waxen tide
What's trigger_spawn? Trigger name?
cerulean crane
i was just looking at that
im running a test right now replacing it with thistrigger
waxen tide
oh you working in that init field of that trigger, yes?
cerulean crane
OH THAT DID SOMETHING
};
_pos set [2,(_pos#2) - 2];
_trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _pos];
_>
22:25:45 Error position: <createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _pos];
_>
22:25:45 Error Type Any, expected Number
22:25:45 File diwako_anomalies\functions\anomalies\fn_createFog.sqf [anomaly_fnc_createFog], line 41
22:25:45 "Debug info: [<null>,<null>,-2]"```