#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 485

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 3:59 PM

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Playing the mission in MP doesn't seem to work.

austere granite Sep 14, 2018, 4:05 PM

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you can start two clients

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and connect to yourself just fine

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There's usually two entries in the LAN tab with the non-host and one of them should work, it does for me at least

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Wait

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You can have 2 clients?

austere granite Sep 14, 2018, 4:06 PM

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Sure, maybe not with the vanilla arma launcher, but that one is shit anyway 👌

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 4:06 PM

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:(

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Start persistent dedi and client

austere granite Sep 14, 2018, 4:06 PM

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I use arma3sync for dev related stuff launching, does everything you need

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 4:06 PM

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When you disconnect dedi will still run

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You can have many clients depends on your hardware how many it can handle

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 4:53 PM

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btw you can click play twice in launcher, also in b4 it was possible to join your own host

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(iirc was disabled be and -noPause startup param 🤔)

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 5:19 PM

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local host with 2 profiles > https://gyazo.com/fe4a19e8a11b78d5bb361ae538a1b2ef 👌

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in b4 that was possible too > https://gyazo.com/f7cf3007a5dab256293c391f54f1c85b 😃

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 5:29 PM

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I'm confused, I'm getting Undefined variable in expression

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but printing the variable with diag_log returns any

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and isNil isn't working on it.

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addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerConnected", {
params ["_id", "_uid", "_name", "_jip", "_owner"];

if(isNil _uid || isNil _id) exitWith {
    diag_log "isNil _uid || _id";
};

}];

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 5:32 PM

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isNil _uid that's not how isNil works

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

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 5:32 PM

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so how do I prevent the Undefined variable error?

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 5:33 PM

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Use isNil correctly.

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 5:34 PM

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also maybe you will need filter __SERVER__ name 🤔

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 5:35 PM

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ah so I should surround the variable name with quotes then?

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 5:35 PM

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Yush

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 6:10 PM

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_uid and _id will always be defined inside PlayerConnected mission EH with that use of params, so why bother checking it?

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 6:14 PM

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because he get's nil errors so they apparently... wait...

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undefined variable errors don't exist in unscheduled 🤔

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 6:14 PM

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Errors don’t match presented code

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It might have complained trying to isNil a number

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 6:15 PM

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ERROR! Error not found

tough abyss Sep 14, 2018, 6:15 PM

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Hehe

unborn ether Sep 14, 2018, 6:22 PM

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Checking EVH params with isNil. That's new.

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 6:51 PM

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dedicated _uid > ""

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//--- local host 
[2,"76562198345855537","player_name",false,2] 
//--- dedicated
[2,"","__SERVER__",false,2]

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also you can have this >

[1.08018e+009,"76562198345855537","player_name",false,3]

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dedicated and client on the same pc ^

unborn ether Sep 14, 2018, 6:59 PM

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Still, how's that around isNil? 😄

austere granite Sep 14, 2018, 7:01 PM

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undefined variable errors don't exist in unscheduled

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Why is this btw?

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Its annoying as fuck

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 7:10 PM

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@unborn ether i guess he was trying to fix that empty string uid by checking it with isNil 🤷

unborn ether Sep 14, 2018, 7:11 PM

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Can anyone tell if there is a way to add proxies? to a GroundWeaponHolder* like it has something in it?

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 7:23 PM

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Why is this btw? that's actually default

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scheduled is the special one. It has a setting to handle all undefined variables as error

austere granite Sep 14, 2018, 7:37 PM

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There isnt some special coin i can insert to enable that for unscheduled im guessing?

still forum Sep 14, 2018, 8:05 PM

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uhhh.. Well.. Intercept... eh.. no.

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Like.. yes. but no

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u know?

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 8:05 PM

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kinda*

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or... 🤔

high marsh Sep 14, 2018, 8:14 PM

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sometimes, only on tuesdays.

meager heart Sep 14, 2018, 8:22 PM

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probably depends on the phases of the moon 🌚

austere granite Sep 14, 2018, 8:33 PM

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If the furry can't just give me a straight yes then I guess it's a no ;_;

outer fjord Sep 15, 2018, 6:11 AM

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How can I make a Addaction global?

sudden ember Sep 15, 2018, 6:38 AM

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I'm trying to figure out a way to ensure that looping code added to a units init EH is only called about once a second so as to reduce processing load. Does anyone have recomme rations on how to do this? Its sounding like I can't simply use waitUntil? Thanks in advance

outer fjord Sep 15, 2018, 6:59 AM

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huh, what exactly makes it global?

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out of translation that is

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So if I have something like _vehicle addAction ['Hello world',{hint 'hello world';}];

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Also yea, so it's basically available to everybody.

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Sorry if that was confusing.

tough abyss Sep 15, 2018, 7:11 AM

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Make a function that adds action to a local player then remoteExec it everywhere but dedicated server

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 7:21 AM

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[_object, {
    _this addAction ["Action text",{ /* code */}];
}] remoteExec ["call"];

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@outer fjord you can try this way 🙄

outer fjord Sep 15, 2018, 7:27 AM

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So reading up on remoteExec

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That is what sends it to all clients yea?

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 7:31 AM

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clients and server

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 7:32 AM

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@meager heart Not the best idea to remoteExec objects, Arma doesn't like it.

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 7:33 AM

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wut

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 7:35 AM

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Apparently, it doesn't like it, since you will start getting Server|Client: object #:# not found on the other end. The more objects sent, the more of them.

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It seems that remoteExec and any other way of "publication" has some issues with object pointers validity.

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 7:38 AM

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OK... and your suggestion ? 😃

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@unborn ether

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 7:39 AM

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You need to add action for every PC on a object?

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 7:40 AM

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question > https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/490404221682712577

outer fjord Sep 15, 2018, 7:43 AM

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Yea, so basically I have a object spawn in with a addaction, but said addaction is only local to the player that spawned it in.

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 7:47 AM

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Two ways, one is easier and less optimal, second is more complicated:

Add addAction to a player on every PC (thru Event Scripts) with condition of specific object variable expected from something like cursorObject getVariable
Using ... remoteExec ['addAction',-2,true] way, where you don't remoteExec the vehicle reference, using vehicles and getVariable.

tough abyss Sep 15, 2018, 8:03 AM

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If you make addAction JIP persistent you will get one for every joining player, why would you want that?

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Also remoteExec and sending objects problem, sounds like a lot of unfounded assumptions

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Object not found message was there before remoteExec and is to do with something else, don’t remember exactly what, but it has been investigated

frigid raven Sep 15, 2018, 8:30 AM

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@tough abyss I did not followed the whole conversation. What is wrong with using initPlayerLocal.sqf here? Or is the vehicle spawned by the server ?

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In regards to the "all players receive the add action of the vehicle"

tough abyss Sep 15, 2018, 8:37 AM

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I understood it as being suggested to addAction to player and make it persistent

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 8:37 AM

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@tough abyss and any other way of "publication" means not just remoteExec

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It's not an assumption it's a clarified, but undocumented issue, I was investigating this case since A2.

tough abyss Sep 15, 2018, 8:39 AM

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There was no remoteExec in A2

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 8:40 AM

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Oh srsly? So no publicVariable*s and no addPublicVariableEventHandler

tough abyss Sep 15, 2018, 8:41 AM

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I am referring to @meager heart Not the best idea to remoteExec objects, Arma doesn't like it.

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Which is horseshit

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Ok, horseshit. As for me a call a horseshit when mate is just speaking and giving no practical solution, but calling everything a horseshit.

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Boom

tough abyss Sep 15, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Whatever

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 8:46 AM

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Definitely.

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 8:51 AM

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😃

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iirc in a2 was "remExWrite.sqf" ? (not 100% with the filename) aka RE aka functions module

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(that what is real horseshit imo 😄)

frigid raven Sep 15, 2018, 10:04 AM

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can I enforce some kind of log rotation? Having my ALiVE Mission running for few days the friggin .rpt is heluva large and unopenable (< cool word)

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 10:22 AM

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@unborn ether Apparently, it doesn't like it, since you will start getting Server|Client: object #:# not found on the other end. The more objects sent, the more of them. that's not remoteExec.
There aren't any problems remoteExec'ing objects unless the object is local only
Your stuff is just plain horseshit

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@frigid raven no. not with #arma3_scripting

frigid raven Sep 15, 2018, 10:24 AM

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is there a arma server channel?

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 10:28 AM

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scroll down in the channellist.

frigid raven Sep 15, 2018, 10:28 AM

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ah skipped that thx

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 10:33 AM

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@still forum As I told - if you call it horseshit - ok. I will avoid using broadcast along with vehicles.

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 10:34 AM

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I'll believe the guy that knows engine internals 👀

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 10:35 AM

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Still haven't seen any explicit explanation of that case for 7 years. 🤔

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 10:36 AM

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There aren't any problems remoteExec'ing objects unless the object is local only remoteExecing on stuff that is not present on remoteclients.

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 10:40 AM

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remoteExec'ing an object is literally just sending a number

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If the number cannot be resolved back it just turns into objNull

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Just stop sending objects that don't exist.

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 10:49 AM

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Ok, ill just quit arguing, since object not found issue is still present and its not explained, while I checked it with not-null objects via remoteExec

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You can continue putting your trust in RV Engine consistency.

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 10:51 AM

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it's explained

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drop a backpack and pick it back up

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and watch the serverlog

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There is a feedback tracker entry about it. And bi "fixed" it.. kinda... Not really.
The changelog said "fixed lag caused by" not "fixed bug". And no one ever complained about any lag.. So really no idea what they did

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 10:53 AM

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Also as we deviated from original question. this should be enough for "global" addaction.

[
            _entity,
            [localize "STR", <CODE>, nil, -801, false, true, "", <STRING>, 10]
        ] remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 10:54 AM

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It's that backpacks are not actually the containers that contain the items.
The actual container is at 0,0,0 and drops tons of errors when it disappears on server because it should be gone, but clients still send position updates

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remoteExecCall makes no sense there really.
If you execute a command, remoteExec == remoteExecCall

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but one is shorter.

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 10:55 AM

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Fixed.

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 10:58 AM

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short version > https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/490421999022374913 huehue 😄

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 10:58 AM

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isnt this less performant?

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you're creating a <CODE> with the array etc inside.

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instead of just sending an array.

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 11:01 AM

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(btw there are no arrays inside)

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_object call {_this < object}

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[_object] call {_this < array}

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:03 AM

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there are no arrays inside
_this addAction ["Action text",{ /* code */}];
looks at array

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 11:04 AM

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oh... you mean that

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:04 AM

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How can I make this better...
displayOnLoad

// Make display unclosable if player is dead
if (!alive player) then {
    _display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
        params ["_display","_dik","_shift","_ctrl","_alt"];
        if (_dik == 1) exitWith {
            [] spawn {
                private _interruptDisplay = (findDisplay 46) createDisplay "RscDisplayInterrupt";
                waitUntil {_interruptDisplay isEqualTo displayNull};
                [] call KPLIB_fnc_respawn_open;
            };
        };
    }];
};

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written at 1am after long day of work. 👀

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💩

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:04 AM

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if (_dik != 1) exitWith {} and remove a level of indentation

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:06 AM

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It's not exactly uncloseable as by blocking the ESC handler but by allowing to open the ESC menu over it and reopening the display after the menu will be closed.

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:07 AM

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do you use the spawn to delay?

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:07 AM

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no, i tried once to do (findDisplay 46) createDisplay "RscDisplayInterrupt"; in KeyDown EH and my game crashed.

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:07 AM

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XD

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 11:08 AM

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also you need disableSerialization here

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:10 AM

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I do? Had no errors.

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:11 AM

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Ask yourself the question: Is it still there after a savegame load?

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So.. Is the display exact display there after a savegame load? no.

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:11 AM

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No.

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:11 AM

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Thus you don't wanna serialize

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:11 AM

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enableSaving false 🙃

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 11:11 AM

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Problem solved.

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:11 AM

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I'll add this tho.

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I's even uglier now. 😄

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 11:13 AM

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also maybe just >

if (!alive player) then {
    _display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
        params ["_display", "_dik", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];
        if (_dik == 1) then {
            call KPLIB_fnc_respawn_open 
        };
    }];
};
```🤔

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:14 AM

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no point i could return true if i would want that.

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and it would block closing.

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I want the "intteruptdisplay"

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if you load into the mission you are supposed to be able to disonnect without having to respawn.

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 11:15 AM

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create that display from the function ? 🤔

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:15 AM

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Also as liberation is often modified by inexperienced people if you break something in the logic of the respawn you will have to `alt + f4" the game if the display will be unclosable 🤔

meager heart Sep 15, 2018, 11:24 AM

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enableSaving false > saving = 0; into description 👌

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steals 🍪

hollow thistle Sep 15, 2018, 11:29 AM

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🍪 ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

worthy fox Sep 15, 2018, 12:57 PM

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Does anyone know if its possible to have a SubCat inside the 3D Audio module in zeus?

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 5:08 PM

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afaik no

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I think I once tried that

mighty jackal Sep 15, 2018, 5:19 PM

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anybody know how i can add an action Id to this action? _heli addAction ["Toggle Basket","uh60m\scripts\toggleRescueBasket.sqf",[_basket,_heli],0,false,false,"",""];

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 5:19 PM

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add an action Id to this action you don't

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addAction returns the ID

mighty jackal Sep 15, 2018, 5:21 PM

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then if its returning it why when i use the action its still there so when i deploy my basket and when its out i still have the deploy basket option but i want it to get taken away once the basket is outside the helicopter

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 5:22 PM

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remove the action

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

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you should also get the ID inside your toggleRescueBasked via _this

mighty jackal Sep 15, 2018, 5:24 PM

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do i not need to have an id for the add action? so i'd just do _heli removeAction 0; at the end of the script?

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 5:24 PM

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you need the ID

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
There. _actionId

void badge Sep 15, 2018, 6:37 PM

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Do you guys know why there is none remove functions for cargo ? Must remove content then add what we want ?

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 6:37 PM

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there are none because noone made them yet

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It's also a bit hard when you get into removing weapons or magazines. Which one to remove if you wanna remove one and there are multiple with different attachments.

void badge Sep 15, 2018, 6:39 PM

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You can't really make them :/

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 6:39 PM

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I can...

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But yeah.. with "noone" I meant BI devs

void badge Sep 15, 2018, 6:40 PM

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I mean without removing all magazines then adding back what you what

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yes

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that's kinda sad because adding stuff back must generates heavy traffic

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 6:43 PM

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Yeah kinda. If you do it in one batch in unscheduled it might batch the network messages together

void badge Sep 15, 2018, 6:44 PM

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wil try

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thx for your responses

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 6:49 PM

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Is there any engine solution to stop exact WeaponHolder* to be cleaned up, besides creating _scripted variant?

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 6:50 PM

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Creating the scripted variant 😄

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Or just add a dummy item

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 6:50 PM

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Eh. Dummy item will still be listed and can be taken 😦

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 6:50 PM

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Oh engine solution? You can just hook the simulation method and make it skip sim

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not if it's a DLC item of a dlc that doesn't exist

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 6:51 PM

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🤔 dirty but will work

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I just tried to override InventoryOpened with creating a _scripted variant and then using player action ["Gear", _scriptedholder]

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Well that didn't go well 😄

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 7:09 PM

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@still forum You can just hook the simulation method and make it skip sim more detailed on that?

still forum Sep 15, 2018, 7:13 PM

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No

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EULA violation

tame lion Sep 15, 2018, 11:16 PM

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hey guys, what config property determines if a weapon is gonna show in the arsenal or not? it doesn't seem to be scopeArsenal like i thought cause that returns far fewer results than what i have present

unborn ether Sep 15, 2018, 11:33 PM

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@still forum pink panter music

austere hawk Sep 16, 2018, 12:27 AM

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@tame lion my crystal ball says that 1) wrong channel 2) cfgPatches is incomplete

tame lion Sep 16, 2018, 12:41 AM

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i was asking for a way in scripting because i need to know which property to pull from a weapon config via getText/getNumber

austere hawk Sep 16, 2018, 12:41 AM

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oh then it is scope first, and scopeArsenal second

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if something has scope=2 it appears automatically

tame lion Sep 16, 2018, 12:57 AM

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Yeah problem is scope ==2 also returnsall weapons that are derived from arsenal weapons for ai. EX: arifle_mx_aco_f wouldshow up in a query but wouldn't show up in arsenal

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 2:57 AM

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afaik weapons with predefined attachments "private/hidden" in the arsenal, only base classes there...

tame lion Sep 16, 2018, 3:16 AM

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I know that @meager heart but what im trying to do is get all these classnames in an array using something to the extent of

_weapons = "getNumber (_x >> 'scopeArsenal' ==2)"  configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"); //This line returns a very small, incomplete list which is missing even some vanilla weapons.

vs

_weapons = "getNumber (_x >> 'scope' ==2)"  configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"); //This line returns every weapon, including all the AI weapons and the vehicle weapons.```

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im gonna use this to create a shop system that accommodates for whatever mods are currently loaded where a player can purchase weapons

cedar kindle Sep 16, 2018, 10:03 AM

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does setDriveOnPath work for anyone? it does nothing for me

dusky pier Sep 16, 2018, 11:12 AM

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hello, i have on my mission a lot of objects - and getting low fps in the towns. is possible to use script for better FPS?

inner swallow Sep 16, 2018, 11:13 AM

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Make them simple objects

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Or disable simulation

dusky pier Sep 16, 2018, 11:14 AM

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i try'ed sqf {_x enableSimulation false;} forEach objects; but fps is still low

inner swallow Sep 16, 2018, 11:14 AM

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Or use dynamic simulation

dusky pier Sep 16, 2018, 11:15 AM

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@inner swallow ty, i will read about simple objects and dynamic simulation

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 11:15 AM

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Last time I tried driveOnPath it was broken, so never touched it again

proven crystal Sep 16, 2018, 11:31 AM

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My mission keeps kicking me out of zeus after a while. Has anyone encountered that before? Im running it via lan or internet

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Kicks me out of zeus interface and doesnt let me back in

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I found this online, describing a similar issue https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/217555-script-kicks-me-out-of-zeus-interface/

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Could it have to do with cleanup functions?

inner swallow Sep 16, 2018, 11:41 AM

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@dusky pier https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Simple_Objects#Performance

austere granite Sep 16, 2018, 11:52 AM

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Anyone happen to know why AI are so obsessed with vehicles and always want to reenter them?

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I don't assign vehicle through script anywhere, but just checking assignedVehicleRole quite a bit of units have a role assigned

dusky pier Sep 16, 2018, 12:19 PM

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@inner swallow thank you!

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 12:42 PM

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@austere granite afaik that happens only if you kicked them out but the vehicle is still "added" to a group and not "unassigned" for the crew...
you can try [_x] allowGetIn false; > kick them out (with action for example) or just use leaveVehicle that is the same as "remove vehicle from the group" + unassignVehicle + order get out

austere granite Sep 16, 2018, 12:43 PM

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Yep thanks, decided to go with a GetOutMan EH and leaveVehicle with that

proven crystal Sep 16, 2018, 1:10 PM

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So this message seems to be related to the issue that kicks me from zeus>
15:08:09 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'bis_fnc_objectvar'

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i have no clue what might cause it

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 1:49 PM

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@tame lion https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/arsenal/functions/fnc_scanConfig.sqf Arsenal.

junior stone Sep 16, 2018, 3:30 PM

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hi,

Anybody know why that has only a local effect?

ropesegmentX = player nearObjects ["ropesegment", 20];
{if (typeOf _x == "ropesegment") then {_x setObjectTextureGlobal [0, ""]; _x setObjectTextureGlobal [1, ""]; _x setObjectTextureGlobal [2, "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.752941,0.752941,0.752941,0.5,CA)"];};} foreach ropesegmentX;

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:42 PM

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maybe ropes are local?

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 3:43 PM

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also player

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also x2 bad idea setObjectTextureGlobal on the client

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:47 PM

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also player I don't see any relation to the asked question

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 3:47 PM

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you will see it later... maybe 😃

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(i guess)

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:47 PM

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I don't know where I would

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 3:48 PM

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well... we can ask where that code was running

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:48 PM

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As he says "only a local effect" I would assume on the.. player.

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 3:49 PM

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i think that was trigger... or logic

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lets see

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:50 PM

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and... why does that matter?

junior stone Sep 16, 2018, 3:51 PM

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its not a trigger or logic

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its if someone throws a fishing rod

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everybody can see the ropes, but not the texture changes

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:52 PM

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Only reason I can see is if ropes are local. Maybe the rope commands say something about that on biki?

junior stone Sep 16, 2018, 3:52 PM

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thing is, everybody can see the created ropes

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only the texture change is shitty

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:53 PM

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I know..

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doesn't change anything on my statement

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like. Everyone has their own local only ropes

junior stone Sep 16, 2018, 3:54 PM

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ah that you mean

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hm...

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then i probably need to do it via remoteexec 😄

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 3:58 PM

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tadam

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 3:58 PM

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you could check by getting the netID's of the different rope segments on different clients. If they are not the same then everyone has their own ropes

junior stone Sep 16, 2018, 3:59 PM

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will check that in a hour

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Hello, guys. I have a strange problem: items in the players uniform, which are written into the mission.sqm manualy (just like 3den set loadout), can not be looted in a multiplayer. Same goes for the backpack, but anyone can equip it and make it local for self. Did anyone encountered that?

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:02 PM

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which are written into the mission.sqm manualy what? how?
but anyone can equip it and make it local for self what? Don't understand what you mean

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 4:03 PM

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class uniform {
typename="TRYK_U_B_3CD_Delta_BDUTshirt";
isBackpack=0;
class ItemCargo {
items=11;
class Item0 {
name="ACE_fieldDressing";
count=4;
};

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this stuff

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theese items can not be looted. My second guess is that it happens because the client gets this in the cur_mp folder

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Which i am checking right now)

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:05 PM

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gets this what?
And why are you doing that manually? why not use Arsenal to specify the loadouts

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 4:05 PM

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well, i am wrighitng mission.sqm from the game state

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adding slots instead dead guys and scenario goes on

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it is like a respawn but mission can be played next week

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with a bit of realiability, not to spawn all the things at our 200 people size

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 4:07 PM

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🤔

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 4:09 PM

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so basicaly you cant loot dead body just like items there are not local to you

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You get its backpack, and items are lootable since it is on your back

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:17 PM

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How do I open vanilla arsenal without all items unlocked?

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Do i need the code (["Open", true] call BIS_fnc_arsenal;) in an addAction?

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:18 PM

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without all items unlocked you just posted the code to open the arsenal WITH all items unlocked

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

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Yeah

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I tried both, but neither worked.

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:19 PM

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"both"?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:19 PM

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yeah, one with all itmesd unlocked, and one without items unlocke

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:20 PM

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which one is without?

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And what's the problem with it?

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what does it mean that they don't work?

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 4:22 PM

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Ok to symplify the case, guys, you basicaly cant loot items from dead body with custom 3den inventory

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unless you put on the container on yourself

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Just reproduced it on clean mission

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And sorry for my articles)

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:28 PM

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Does the vanilla arsenal support item amounts? Like 5 AK74s, 3 Pistols etc.
Or can it only have infinite item amounts?

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:28 PM

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no

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:28 PM

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Ok thanks

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 4:35 PM

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[[cursorObject,clientOwner], {(_this select 0) setOwner (_this select 1)}] remoteexec ['bis_fnc_spawn',2,false]

set owner works it

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just, its really strange that you have to do this for mission object though

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sorry to bother and thanks for the answers)

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:39 PM

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Quick question about remoteExec: when remoteExec'ing from one player to one other player, is there any network impact at all on the server or the other players not receiving this?

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:39 PM

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messages goes from sender->server->receiver

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receiver can be a specific player, or multiple, or all, or none

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:40 PM

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Thanks

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I've got a second question, but this one might be a little too vague to really answer, how big is the overall impact of sending a position(posASL) over remoteExec 2-3x per second to a 5ish people on something like a server with 30-40 players on it.

While I've done this without really seeing any negative impact, I've got absolutely no frame of reference for at which point sending data becomes problematic, and am not sure how crazy I should go with the degree of optimisation.

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 4:45 PM

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The impact is X

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where X is between 0 and infinite

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And the unit of X is unknown

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 4:45 PM

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as expected 😄

paper cove Sep 16, 2018, 6:07 PM

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Need help writing scripts for the Life project

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 6:07 PM

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that comment on the BIS_fnc_arsenal page... you can get the arsenal action id with bis_fnc_arsenal_action variable

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@paper cove ask it there > #creators_recruiting and remove it from here 😃

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:20 PM

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when u use a Publicvariableclient to get a var from the server... is it necessary putting a waituntil for waiting the response?

still forum Sep 16, 2018, 6:21 PM

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I think yes

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You give too little information to provide a definitive answer

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:21 PM

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ok

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thanks u ❤

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:29 PM

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No no waiting. Server sends it and carries on

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:33 PM

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do u think that its not needed to put a waituntil?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:35 PM

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What do you want to wait until?

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:35 PM

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If u want to ask a var to the server and use the var in the script

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the server do not send the var instatly

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u need to put a waituntil to wait for receive the var

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:37 PM

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You mean you send request to the server from client and want the server to send back reply?

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:37 PM

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yep

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i do it with publicvariableclient and publicvariableserver

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:39 PM

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You can set event handler so you don’t have to wait and put your code in it or make server call a function on your client with the result

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:39 PM

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but u need wait for the server do the call

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so.. u need to put a waituntil to receive the var

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:39 PM

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Server can know who sent request and can reply back

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:40 PM

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i know

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thats not the question

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:40 PM

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No you don’t need wait until you can call function on the client from the server

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:40 PM

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with remoteexec right?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:40 PM

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Yeah

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:41 PM

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its better do a waituntil

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:41 PM

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No it is not

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:41 PM

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because remoteexec last 0.0191MS

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and publicvariablesclient

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last 0.003 ms

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:42 PM

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Wait until can last longer there is no guarantee it is executed in scheduled could take ages

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What?????

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:44 PM

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?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:44 PM

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You are worried about a hundreds of a millisecond while advocating the use of wait until? I don’t even...

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:45 PM

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in other ways cannot avoid use it

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 6:47 PM

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Not to mention that the use of public variables brings insecurity

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 6:57 PM

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where is publicvariables?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:13 PM

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Don't be shy, I saw you typing

knotty arrow Sep 16, 2018, 7:14 PM

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no, i use publicvariableserver

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its not the same like publicvariable friend

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 7:16 PM

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Anyone knows good multiplayer framework for making agent running cycled animations?

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Like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ambientAnim but without that "createunit is global" note

unborn ether Sep 16, 2018, 7:19 PM

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@calm bloom AnimDone|AnimChanged EVH for example.

calm bloom Sep 16, 2018, 7:19 PM

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Yep, i was just thinking if anyone made this together already

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:19 PM

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somevariable = compileFinal "fucked"; publicVariable "somevariable"; If you used somevariable with publicVariableServer it is now fucked

unborn ether Sep 16, 2018, 7:21 PM

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^ also things like remoteExecutedOwner and isRemoteExecuted gives some benefits to remoteExec family commands not present for publicVariable*

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:24 PM

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Arma 3 is so far ahead of Arma 2 in terms of scripting improvements you might as well stop looking at old code

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How do I use the playerConnected EH correctly?

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Right now I have this:

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addMissionEventHandler 
["PlayerConnected", 
{
[] spawn {

    params ["_id", "_uid", "_name", "_jip", "_owner"];
    
    if(!isServer)
    exitWith { diag_log "Not a server."; };
    
    diag_log [format["HLG: playerConnected.sqf: %1 %2 %3 %4 %5", _id, _uid, _name, _jip, _owner]]; 
    };
}
];```

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and it returns "HLG: playerConnected.sqf: any any any any any"

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 7:37 PM

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```sqf
your cool code
```

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:38 PM

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done

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 7:42 PM

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you need filter server there ^ ?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:43 PM

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?

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 7:44 PM

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you are trying to get the "real client" and filter the server with that eh ^ ?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:46 PM

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no i just want to get the uid, id, name, etc. of the player that joins

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the isServer is there so it doesnt try to do that in SP

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 7:47 PM

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private _mehID = addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerConnected", {
    params ["_id", "_uid", "_name", "_jip", "_owner"];
    if !(_name isEqualTo "__SERVER__") then {
        diag_log format ["HLG: playerConnected.sqf: %1 %2 %3 %4 %5", _id, _uid, _name, _jip, _owner]; 
    };
}];
```something like that maybe ^

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 7:58 PM

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@meager heart thanks that worked! I guess I need to name all my EH now.

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 7:59 PM

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I need to name all my EH now
sorry wut ?

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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well all you did was add private _mehID right?

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oh and you removed spawn

meager heart Sep 16, 2018, 8:00 PM

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oh ok i see...

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

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that "name" is > Return Value: Number - The index of the currently added mission event handler is returned. 😃

tough abyss Sep 16, 2018, 8:01 PM

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yeah return value

unborn ether Sep 16, 2018, 8:37 PM

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@tough abyss You don't actually need to store them, unless you are willing to remove them later.

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:46 AM

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hey peeps

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 8:54 AM

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👋

velvet merlin Sep 17, 2018, 9:01 AM

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is there some way to break out the loadingscreen if gets stuck by an script error? (to avoid restarting the game)

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i know back in the A2 days the dev version, had a special key combo for that

compact maple Sep 17, 2018, 9:17 AM

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press echap ?

velvet merlin Sep 17, 2018, 9:17 AM

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doesnt work during preloading/loading screen

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 9:45 AM

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Is there a script snippet for a login procedere out there ?

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I would like to have some kind of character login - where it loads state from the servers profile out of a cba hash

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Just wanna take a look at some examples how others implement a login procedere to get some persisted Player state

compact maple Sep 17, 2018, 11:02 AM

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@frigid raven i dont think so, i did mine tbh

carmine maple Sep 17, 2018, 11:24 AM

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is there a way to get the pp handle of the Halo jump "RadialBlur" ppEffect? Its created by arma itself, and i need to destroy it.

compact maple Sep 17, 2018, 11:25 AM

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why do you want to do this ? curious lol

carmine maple Sep 17, 2018, 11:26 AM

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arma sometimes fails to cancel the effect after a halo jump was done. You have to run around forever with that effect and its kind of annoying

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so the fix would be to make sure the player does not die? hm

velvet merlin Sep 17, 2018, 11:33 AM

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@carmine maple gotta check the A3 scripts and see if the FX leaves a GV to operate with

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otherwise not sure if you can overwrite the blur with a second call and then kill it off

carmine maple Sep 17, 2018, 11:35 AM

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ah i see. Handles are just numbers so you boot force kill all effects

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@tough abyss thanks that helps alot

spring stone Sep 17, 2018, 11:51 AM

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Heyho, I have a little question. For a little weather script I want it to create some wind but I don't want to specify the wind direction. I currently have this:
[0,[(random [-5,0,5]),(random [-5,0,5]), true]] remoteExec ["setWind", 2];
Its not working though. I'm sure I missunderstand how random works here. Can someone help me?

compact maple Sep 17, 2018, 11:59 AM

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at the very bottom of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/random

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there is a comment that explain the function

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 12:04 PM

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setWind has only right hand side argument

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Why not check wiki for syntax when it doesn’t work?

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 12:20 PM

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could someone confirm that with

if (params [
    ["_type", -1, [0]]
]) exitWith {systemChat format ["{DEBUGGING} {ERROR} {%1}", _type]};
``` the default value would be -1 
because when I send 0 through with it, its exiting with the error

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omfg

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im a damn idiot

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i forgot the !

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 12:25 PM

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Show the working example pls

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 12:25 PM

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if !(params [
    ["_type", -1, [0]]
]) exitWith {systemChat format ["{DEBUGGING} {ERROR} {%1}", _type]};

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 12:26 PM

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I don't see the point of manualy checking params with if. It is logged to RPT anyway if you pass wrong param.

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Also you can enable script errors in launcher so they will be printed in your face.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 12:27 PM

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@velvet merlin is there some way to break out the loadingscreen if gets stuck by an script error
endLoadingScreen

spring stone Sep 17, 2018, 12:27 PM

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@tough abyss While you are right...I'm sorry that I overlooked something, tze!

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 12:27 PM

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@hollow thistle why go into the script at all if not needed ?

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and for what im doing with this, it wont error

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 2:32 PM

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Hi, i'd like some help with a script to remove all NVG's form all spawned in AI. Any suggestion on how to do this?

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:39 PM

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@tame stream ```sqf
{
if ((side _x) == WEST)then
{
_x unassignItem "NVGoggles";
_x removeItem "NVGoggles";

};
} forEach allUnits select {!isPlayer _x};```

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this only needs to be run on server

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replace WEST with whatever faction, obviously

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:39 PM

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and maybe filter by AI because he asked for AI ^^

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:40 PM

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@still forum audit that change because i'm not 100% certain that's the way to go

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moar parenthesis

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:41 PM

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isPlayer takes object as argument

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:41 PM

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wait

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i need to look at biki

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:41 PM

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How can I set a variable to a spawned unit? ```sqf
for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
wave = false;

for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
    sleep 2;
    hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
    _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, UnitGroup];
    _unit setVehicleVarName format["%1_%2_%3",_unit,_ei,_w];
    _unit join UnitGroup;
};

if !(alive UnitGroup) then {
    deleteVehicle UnitGroup;
    wave = true;
};

waitUntil {wave};

};```

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:41 PM

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How can I set a variable to a spawned unit?

setVariable

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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@tough abyss nice one mate..cheers

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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👍

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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_unit isn't an object.

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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yes it is

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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it is...

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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createUnit returns the object it made

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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Well how come Arma is telling me isn't?

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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createUnit - Return Value:
Object - The reference to created unit

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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(allUnits - playableUnits) @tough abyss

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:42 PM

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I saw that @ruby breach

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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@wary vine expensive to run allUnits twice, you just need to check isPlayer

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much cheaper

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afaik

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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do the foreach

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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oh

velvet merlin Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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@still forum how to call endLoadingScreen via console/etc when stuck and blackscreen?

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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yeah i guess you could do that too

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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@tough abyss Much more expensive to loop through many units instead of.. not doing that

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@velvet merlin Bind a hotkey to it

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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there's multiple ways

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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@tough abyss should i run that via init.sqf?

velvet merlin Sep 17, 2018, 2:43 PM

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neat idea. ty

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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no @tame stream

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initServer.sqf

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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thx

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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allUnits select {!isPlayer _x};

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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but it will only remove NVGs for units present at init

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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private _units = (allUnits - playableUnits);
private _units = allUnits select {!isPlayer _x};

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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that's a better way to do it

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gnashes has it best

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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i was litteraly just writing that xD

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:44 PM

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playableUnits that excludes some AI tho

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:45 PM

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private _units = (allUnits - allPlayers);

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:45 PM

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How can I add these? as the + operator doesn't work for variable "merging". _var = _unit + _ei + _w

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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Use an array?

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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capwell

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what are the variables ?

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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im want to use this script to remove NVG's from units that get spawned in as players move into an area (Liberation Gamemode), will that script remove AI NVG's if run via initServer.sqf?

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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if they are strings use format

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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UnitGroup = createGroup east;

for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
    wave = false;

    for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
        sleep 2;
        hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
        _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, UnitGroup];
        _unit + _ei + _w;
        _unit setVariable ["", nil];
        _unit join UnitGroup;
    };

    if !(alive UnitGroup) then {
        deleteVehicle UnitGroup;
        wave = true;
    };

    waitUntil {wave};
};```

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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@tame stream you can remove the NVGs as you spawn in units then

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:46 PM

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Object, Number, Number respectively

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If you want to make a "name", use format

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:47 PM

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private _string = format ["%1%2%3", _unit, _ei, _w];

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:47 PM

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That's what I tried, but within the setVariable area. Thanks

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:48 PM

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_unit + _ei + _w what is that even supposed to do?

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make the variable name?

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:48 PM

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Yes.

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:48 PM

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He's trying to make "Unit_1_1" style identifiers

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:48 PM

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Yes. So that I can delete them

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 2:48 PM

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private _unitsWithNVGS = allUnits select {(!(isPlayer _x)) && {"NVGoggles" in (assignedItems _x)}};

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 2:49 PM

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UnitGroup = createGroup east; ...if !(alive UnitGroup) then { 😮

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deleteVehicle UnitGroup; 😱

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:49 PM

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if !(alive UnitGroup) then {
        deleteVehicle UnitGroup;
        wave = true;
    };```

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 2:50 PM

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hides

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:50 PM

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lol

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:50 PM

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Also I don't see how waitUntil {wave}; is supposed to work. Unless wave is used elsewhere

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Also didn't you already learn that you should use tags on global variables?

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:50 PM

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wave = false; after the for _w

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What do you mean by tags?

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C_wave?? @still forum

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:52 PM

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Just get into the habit of putting cap_ before any global variable you make

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:52 PM

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lol xD kk

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:52 PM

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or whatever tag you want

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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CAP_UnitGroup = createGroup east;
CAP_UnitArray = [];

for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
    CAP_wave = false;

    for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
        sleep 2;
        hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
        private _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, UnitGroup];
        private _string  = format ["Enemy_%1_%2", _ei, _w];
        _unit setVariable [_string, nil];
        _string join CAP_UnitGroup;
        CAP_UnitArray pushBack _string;
    };

    if !(alive CAP_UnitGroup) then {
        deleteVehicle CAP_UnitGroup;
        CAP_wave = true;
    };

    waitUntil {CAP_wave};
};```

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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private _string = format ["%1%2%3", _unit, _ei, _w]; that won't work

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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😦

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😢

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:53 PM

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_unit will stringify to the memory address and model filename of the unit

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Means a variable with # and whitespace and dots.

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:54 PM

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Changed

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:54 PM

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Also setVariable and setVehicleVarName are very different things

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And I don't know anymore what your intention is

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And as already hinted if !(alive CAP_UnitGroup) then { will never work.

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You just spawned the group. If you are not insta killing the units then that won't work

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_string join CAP_UnitGroup;

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

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does join take a string?

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no. it doesn't

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Why don't you just take _unit? You already have it right there.

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:56 PM

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O_Soldier_F is created. and given a unique "identifier" variable based on the wave and count within that wave.

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I then want to delete all unit's created within that wave before I begin the next wave.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:57 PM

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Still not clear if setVariable or setVehicleVarName

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

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

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:57 PM

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??

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I've chosen setVariable?

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:57 PM

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So i guess that's what you want then. Okey.

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deleteVehicle CAP_UnitGroup; That will also never work

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

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does deleteVehicle take a group as argument? no it doesn't

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 2:58 PM

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Would this? sqf { deleteVehicle _x; } foreach CAP_UnitArray;

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 2:58 PM

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Might I suggest that rather than assigning IDs to the units within the group, you just... you know... cycle through the group?

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 2:59 PM

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Would this? UnitArray is an array of strings.
Does deleteVehicle take string as argument?

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You already have the group

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you can use

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

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to get all units in the group

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:01 PM

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CAP_UnitGroup = createGroup east;

for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
    CAP_wave = false;

    for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
        sleep 2;
        hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
        private _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, CAP_UnitGroup];
        CAP_UnitCount = count units CAP_UnitGroup;
    };

    if !(alive CAP_UnitCount) then {
        {
            deleteVehicle _x;
        } foreach CAP_UnitCount;
        CAP_wave = true;
    };

    waitUntil {CAP_wave};
};```

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:02 PM

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alive CAP_UnitCount

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

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does alive take a number?

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Why do all your mistakes amount to you just not reading the wiki?

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:03 PM

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How do I change the UnitCount into a variable?

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:03 PM

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What?

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:03 PM

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It's already a variable

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:03 PM

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it is a variable

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:03 PM

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So why is it a number? (yes, it states it on the page, ik.)

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:04 PM

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because it's a variable that you've put a number inside

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thus.. a number.

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:04 PM

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Okay. I thought I was grabbing the units to then delete them..

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:04 PM

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I told you you can use units for that

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and that's true

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:04 PM

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I could delete the group.. but I would need to create it each wave.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:04 PM

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I have no idea where you got that count from now

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noone told you that

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:06 PM

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CAP_Units = units in CAP_UnitGroup; taken and adapted from: _isInMyGroup = _soldier1 in units player;

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:06 PM

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It's probably also worth mentioning ahead of you wondering why this doesn't work, that you're creating these units and then immediately trying to delete them

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:06 PM

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Well they are dead... @ruby breach

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:06 PM

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Again.. You just don't read

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

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units in CAP_UnitGroup doesn't make ANY sense

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:06 PM

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So what does make sense??

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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How are they dead? You just created them.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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for one units is a command without argument. Syntax error.
Second in doesn't take array on the left anyway
Third in doesn't take group on right anyway

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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How the fuck am I meant to get shit from this:

Examples
Example 1:
_myUnitCount = count units group player;
Example 2:
_isInMyGroup = _soldier1 in units player;

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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They are examples

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How the command can be used

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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units groupOrUnit (CAP_UnitGroup)

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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none of these matches what you are trying to do

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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CAP_Units = units CAP_UnitGroup;

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:07 PM

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you cannot just take something out of thin air. Slam a hammer onto it and expect it to work ^^

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:08 PM

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Why are the examples over complex?

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 3:08 PM

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Well you could learn the basics and it would be a lot easier to understand the examples.

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:08 PM

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Where from? Please give me a SQF book to buy and read... please

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 3:08 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQF_syntax
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Operators

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:08 PM

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you could read the Biki

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:08 PM

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many youtube tutorials out there

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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I've read that.. all of that all the DataTyoes

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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the one saving grace SQF has is the documentation

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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All of the Operators

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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then apply it

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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lotta google, youtube and trail and error...thats how most here have learned to do it

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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Well then it means you do not understand what you read.

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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you asked for a book and you got text

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:09 PM

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Whatever

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Thanks for your help.

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:10 PM

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🍵

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:10 PM

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I spent 2 hours. On the wiki, and trying BEFORE coming here.. 😃

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:10 PM

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What you have still isn't going to work

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:10 PM

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If this is your first foray into Arma 3 scripting you're trying to do something mildly complex

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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It isn't @still forum and I have been "learning" for about 9 months??

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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Either you're going to delete your spawned units immediately after creating them. Or you're going to spawn your first wave and then never do anything else

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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xD

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:11 PM

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Yeah.. And We've explained him everything 5 times already

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

#

So why won't CAP_Units = units CAP_UnitGroup; work

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

Returns an array with all the units in the group or group of the unit.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:12 PM

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Who said that won't work?

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it returns the list of units in that group

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I don't see why that's not supposed to work

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I even gave you a thumbs up when you posted that above to tell you that's good

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:13 PM

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Right.. hmm

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Check my stream, or not.

tame stream Sep 17, 2018, 3:14 PM

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@drowsy axle you are asking help for something thats simple for those with experience and immensely complicated for the uninitiated ... i was very much part of uninitiated and had no scripting knowledge, just wanted to make cool missions ... 100's of gaming hours later and as many frustrating hours of learning to script and only now i am getting some what proficient at scripting.

In crease you base knowledge to know how to use the more advanced scripts

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:14 PM

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He's probably still trying to do alive Group (or alive units Group)

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:33 PM

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Sorted it.

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😃

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:34 PM

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👏

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:34 PM

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TrigOpfor = false;
CAP_UnitGroup = createGroup east;

for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
    CAP_wave = false;

    for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
        sleep 2;
        hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
        private _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, CAP_UnitGroup];
        CAP_Units = units CAP_UnitGroup;
    };

    if (TrigOpfor) then {
        {
            deleteVehicle _x;
        } foreach CAP_Units;
        CAP_wave = true;
    };

    waitUntil {CAP_wave};
};``` Made a trigger with: https://gyazo.com/838730e14ab434db3aefc4b3c52b11cf

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The trigger doesn't activate when all dead

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😦

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:36 PM

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gime ve a swec

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are you sure the trigger doesnt activate?

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try putting something like:
hint "DEAD"; inside the trigger on activation

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then try again

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:37 PM

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I know what's going on

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and we already told you that before

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:37 PM

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Or you're going to spawn your first wave and then never do anything else

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:37 PM

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https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/491261011362316297

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The trigger activates and works just fine

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but it doesn't matter

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:38 PM

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yeah i see the problem now too,
it gets stuck on the waitUntil

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:39 PM

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the code is already past the if and at the waitUntil when the trigger fires

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:39 PM

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@drowsy axle what are you trying to do? Just tell us, there's probably an easier way to do all of this...

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:39 PM

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He wants to create a group, wait until they're dead, delete them, spawn another group, repeat

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:39 PM

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Do I put a waituntil for the trigopfor?

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:39 PM

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@drowsy axle what are you trying to do? Just tell us, there's probably an easier way to do all of this...

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:39 PM

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If you want to wait until that's set

#

then you might want to do what you want to do

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:40 PM

#

CAP_UnitGroup = createGroup east;

for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
    CAP_wave = false;
    TrigOpfor = false;

    for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
        sleep 2;
        hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
        private _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, CAP_UnitGroup];
        CAP_Units = units CAP_UnitGroup;
    };

    waitUntil {TrigOpfor};

    if (TrigOpfor) then {
        {
            deleteVehicle _x;
        } foreach CAP_Units;
        CAP_wave = true;
    };

    waitUntil {CAP_wave};
};```

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:40 PM

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ok this is a bit better, but now you have redundant code

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:41 PM

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the if

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:41 PM

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and the second waitUntil

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:41 PM

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you're using waitUntil {TrigOpfor} which waits for TrigOpfor be to true, so the if isn't needed, and the second waitUntil also isn't needed.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

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You can also edit code instead of copy-paste spamming the same stuff over and over again :u

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

#

CAP_UnitGroup = createGroup east;

for "_w" from 1 to 11 do {
    CAP_wave = false;
    TrigOpfor = false;

    for "_ei" from 1 to 11 do {
        sleep 2;
        hint format["Wave %2: Enemy %1.",_ei,_w];
        private _unit = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit [position spawnObj, CAP_UnitGroup];
        CAP_Units = units CAP_UnitGroup;
    };

    waitUntil {TrigOpfor};

    {
        deleteVehicle _x;
    } foreach CAP_Units;
    
    CAP_wave = true;

    waitUntil {CAP_wave};
};```

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

#

CAP_wave = true;

    waitUntil {CAP_wave};

wat

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

#

I know

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

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CAP_wave is useless. Get rid of it

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 3:42 PM

#

Yup Ik.

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:43 PM

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Also, instead of using a trigger, why not just check if all the units in the group are dead every (x) seconds?

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:43 PM

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He tried to do that

#

ended in alive GROUP or alive ARRAY

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:43 PM

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Well, he also wasn't properly waiting to check it, but yes, I agree

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Trigger might be more efficient, and he would have to write a check for that (because alive GROUP doesn't actually check if they're alive fast enough, because it takes about 30s for it to update the alive status)

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

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because it takes about 30s for it to update the alive status wat?

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

#

wut

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

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That's not true

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

#

it is

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

#

and also how would a trigger change anything on that?

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because alive GROUP doesn't actually check if they're alive fast enough That's also not true

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

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it is

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:44 PM

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alive GROUP doesn't exist.

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Where did you get non existant commands from?

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Magic?

#

Well.. There is a alive GROUP in Intercept CBA.

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But we are talking about vanilla Arma. And I know that noone here is using that.

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sooo...

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:46 PM

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there was something for checking if the group is considered alive

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:46 PM

#

Don't believe anything you say anymore 😄

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:51 PM

#

Also, Dedmen can call me an idiot if I'm remembering wrong, but waitUntil is going to be exponentially more efficient for use here because the checks don't need to happen for the entire mission duration (only when utilizing the wave mechanic), and the fact that you can make it check less often than every half second.

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 3:51 PM

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true

#

trigger keeps checking if you don't delete or have it trigger once

#

triggers are actually known to not be efficient

#

so I have no idea where you got that from 😄

#

Got no idea where you got anything from tbh

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 3:53 PM

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:(

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 3:53 PM

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Easier to make for some people, yes. More efficient, not really

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:01 PM

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Is there a VIM plugin that ads SQF syntax highlighting?

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:02 PM

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https://www.google.com/search?q=VIM+SQF

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Literally first result https://github.com/KoffeinFlummi/vim-sqf
Second result https://github.com/ussrlongbow/vim-sqf
Third result https://github.com/sqwishy/vim-sqf-syntax

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3x SQF for vim. Is that enough or do you need more?

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:03 PM

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yeah its enough

#

1st result is 4y old, 2nd result is 2y old, 3rd is 1y old

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:04 PM

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And vim is 27 y/o 🙃

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:04 PM

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yeah but VIM's syntax doesn't change

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:04 PM

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SQF syntax also doesn't change

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:04 PM

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yeah but new functions get added

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and some of it does change

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Haven't seen a single syntax change since SQF was introduced

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:05 PM

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its a bit of nitpicking tho. You know what the guy meant 😛

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:05 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

hollow thistle Sep 17, 2018, 4:06 PM

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Does not look like it would be hard to add new commands tho:
https://github.com/KoffeinFlummi/vim-sqf/blob/master/syntax/sqf.vim

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:08 PM

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I made a script to generate the highlight.js lists. Should just be a matter of 5 minutes to modify it to create the list for vim
https://github.com/dedmen/highlight.js_SQFgen here it is

drowsy axle Sep 17, 2018, 4:22 PM

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It does need to waituntil they are dead.

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😦

digital hollow Sep 17, 2018, 4:26 PM

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Are you just trying to delete the bodies?

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 4:27 PM

#

Let's see how well you've been paying attention. Here's everything you need to make a check to wait until they're all dead: ```
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/waitUntil
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sleep
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/units
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/select
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/alive
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isEqualTo

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:28 PM

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you also need spawn

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:28 PM

#

Alternative solution would be

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/waitUntil
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/sleep
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/units
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/count
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/alive

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Why spawn?

#

for what?

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:28 PM

#

cant sleep in scheduled

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:28 PM

#

What?

#

Stop making up things that aren't true

#

Your third thing today that's just a lie 😄

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 4:29 PM

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I've actually never bothered to see which of those two ways is faster. Can't imagine there's much of a difference

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Unless the group is extraordinarily large

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:29 PM

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spawn creates a new scheduled script.
So how does creating a scheduled script help for sleeping. If sleeping doesn't work in scheduled?

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That doesn't make any sense

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 4:30 PM

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ok unscheduled then

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:30 PM

#

He is using waitUntil

#

he is already in scheduled

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So why is spawn needed again?

queen cargo Sep 17, 2018, 4:33 PM

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@ruby breach gonna check what commands of those are working in swfvm in a Minute 😂

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 4:33 PM

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When and why did you rename it to swfvm? already saw you writing that a couple days ago

queen cargo Sep 17, 2018, 4:35 PM

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Did not really renamed it
But it is simpler from mobilephone

#

The folders etc. On the other Hand are named like that because that tiny - gets annoying to write each time

#

Official project Name remains sqf-vm

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 4:37 PM

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The real reason is because the project has caused him to re-evaluate it as Status Woe Format (I'll see myself out)

queen cargo Sep 17, 2018, 4:38 PM

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Status woe Format? 😅

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 4:38 PM

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~~You typed swf intead of sqf.~~ Actually, nevermind. It was as terrible in my head as it is written.

queen cargo Sep 17, 2018, 4:39 PM

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😂 😂

#

@ruby breach waitUntil and alive are missing

dusky pier Sep 17, 2018, 5:16 PM

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hello, i have low fps in the towns on my mission. Changed mission objects to simple. Disabed simulation. FPS now better, but still not enough 😦

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i think if i disable damage for all map objects?

still forum Sep 17, 2018, 5:17 PM

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Less objects

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no

#

#perf_prof_branch take prof and find out what's causing low fps

gleaming cedar Sep 17, 2018, 5:17 PM

#

I have a hard question. I have a campfire. I want it to have an inventory so you can add food in it to cook. I tried attaching an ammo box but it doesn't allow placing items. How do I make it so I can place normal items?

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Anyone? 😦

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 5:33 PM

#

no

0 spawn {
    private _campFire = "Land_Campfire_F" createVehicle (player modelToWorld [0, 5, 0]);
    private _supply = "Supply500" createVehicle [0, 0, 0];
    _supply attachTo [_campFire, [0, 0, 0.5]];
    _supply addWeaponCargoGlobal ["launch_MRAWS_green_rail_F", 1];        
    _supply addMagazineCargoGlobal ["MRAWS_HEAT_F", 1];
};

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better not use "global" commands on the clients, this is just "debug console example" ^

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@gleaming cedar

gleaming cedar Sep 17, 2018, 5:36 PM

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Ok that works thank you

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I tried it put did change the x y z to 0 0 0

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 5:40 PM

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attachTo also has "auto offset" if you mean that

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_supply attachTo [_campFire]; < auto offset

gleaming cedar Sep 17, 2018, 5:42 PM

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Thanks I put a pot on top of the campfire haha

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Now I can open the pot

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 5:42 PM

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ggwp 😃

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 5:47 PM

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Why do you need to attach it?

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 7:21 PM

#

is it possible to create a rope on a player ?

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 7:24 PM

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Try it 🤷 ,
may not be possible since not a static or physx object.

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 7:25 PM

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any small physxobjects I can create xD

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 7:25 PM

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I've seen scripts where the player has to "drag" the rope to something else and "tie" it off. So I would imagine it's possible

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 7:25 PM

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i cant get it working

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 7:25 PM

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discord wtf
Soda can.

wary vine Sep 17, 2018, 7:28 PM

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didn't work 😦

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 7:35 PM

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@tough abyss Desync can be caused by other people's slow connections to the server, turn on checks for slow connections and limit ping. Your mission could be sucking up net traffic with public variables being thrown at the server at a constant rate.

young current Sep 17, 2018, 7:37 PM

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600 is a lot

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 7:37 PM

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your server.cfg

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/server.cfg

#

600 is way too much. 200 would be morr suitable

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

young current Sep 17, 2018, 7:42 PM

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👀 open

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no

#

200 is alredy bad

#

200

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also 70 players is quite a lot

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and if you got some custom script stuff running those probably will also cause network strain

young current Sep 17, 2018, 8:03 PM

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ah then its likely just badly made.

#

cant do anything about that

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@tough abyss better place for the "life" related questions with higher chances to get the "right answers" > https://www.altisliferpg.com/ 👌

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 8:10 PM

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Altis life is known for being badly made.

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:12 PM

#

bulli

young current Sep 17, 2018, 8:16 PM

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truth is not bullying 😛

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 8:17 PM

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💩

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:17 PM

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😃

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:24 PM

#

Okay this drives me nuts. I renamed my constants.hpp to globals.hpp for reasons. Then I #include it to the files where needed. As I went into game I received the following error:
Include file ...\global.hpp not found. Then I realized that I named the includes wrong - so I renamed them global -> globals via replace.
Now Arma still throws this error even tho I renamed/removed every single occurrence of global. I don't know what to do now 😄

dusk sage Sep 17, 2018, 8:25 PM

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Are you using

#include "...\global.hpp"
```?

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:26 PM

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no globals

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since the file is called globals.hpp

dusk sage Sep 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

#

More talking about the ...

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

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or u mean the 3 dots

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nah ..

dusk sage Sep 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

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Is it one directory up?

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

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oah wtf

#

yea

dusk sage Sep 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

#

Are you using .. or ...?

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:27 PM

#

christ just thought I wrote ... on one occurence

#

am using ..

#

2

dusk sage Sep 17, 2018, 8:28 PM

#

Can you post your directory structure?

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:30 PM

#

sec

#

https://github.com/xetra11/Deployed/tree/feature_intel_items_on_insurgents

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just for the dir structure

#

did not yet pushed the refactoring/renaming of the includes

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:32 PM

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https://github.com/xetra11/Deployed/blob/feature_intel_items_on_insurgents/Actions/fn_addVehicleKeyWest.sqf#L1

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your file name is globals.hpp

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:34 PM

#

yes

#

As I said the repo state does not yet has the fixed naming of the #includes

#

I renamed them all - still arma tells me through an error that it cannot find global.hpp

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even tho I do not reference it anymore

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:36 PM

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dude, you have this >

#include "..\global.hpp"
```but your file is `globals.hpp`

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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wtf

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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I think he is saying he renamed it already?

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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Sorry but I think I said I renamed that

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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He's saying his repo is useless for us to look for errors because it's not current

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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^

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

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Now it is: https://github.com/xetra11/Deployed/tree/feature_intel_items_on_insurgents
So - still Arma tells me to f*** off 😄

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:38 PM

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https://github.com/xetra11/Deployed/blob/feature_intel_items_on_insurgents/Helper/fn_sameSide.sqf#L1

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fix that ^

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 8:40 PM

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Also, while you're in there, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isEqualType

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:43 PM

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@meager heart wtf this is... on my local working set it is changed ??!?!

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@ruby breach uh fancy

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 8:43 PM

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🤷

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 8:43 PM

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witchcraft

unborn ether Sep 17, 2018, 8:44 PM

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is _forEachIndex applicable inside apply?

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 8:45 PM

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Noop.

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 9:00 PM

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/*
typeName _first isEqualTo "OBJECT" or typeName _first == "GROUP"
*/
_first isEqualTypeAny [objNull, grpNull]

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🤔

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Wew. Much fancy sld dick, much wow.

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 9:00 PM

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☺

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wait

unborn ether Sep 17, 2018, 9:02 PM

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sld dick 🤣

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bulli

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 9:04 PM

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btw i hope nobody will read your nick wrong... man that turns horrible

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 9:05 PM

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:^)

frigid raven Sep 17, 2018, 9:09 PM

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@meager heart ffs now I have to refactor again

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stop triggering my clean code codex

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 9:16 PM

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k

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Also, you totally butchered the use of isEqualType

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_first isEqualType "GROUP" is checking if it's equal to String, not Group

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 9:17 PM

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yeah ^

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that why i posted... what i posted... b4 the dicks things

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 9:19 PM

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Also @frigid raven , fair warning, if you intend to do that check on units, dead units are civilians

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 9:51 PM

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looks like you have there nice loop(s)...

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also iirc there was ticket about "observer" spam

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this one > https://feedback.bistudio.com/T82906

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also x2 i can google > https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/157537-heavy-network-traffic-network-message-pending/

high marsh Sep 17, 2018, 10:02 PM

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Atlis life loops.

halcyon crypt Sep 17, 2018, 10:48 PM

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hmmmm since when does param [0, [], [[]]] error out when param 0 isn't an array?

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isn't it supposed to default to [] if type doesn't match?

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Since Arma 3 v1.53.132691, onscreen errors are displayed for when the input is of the wrong type or size.

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yet:

expectedDataTypes (Optional): Array of direct Data Types - checks if passed value is one of listed Data Types. If not, default value is used instead. Empty array [] means every data type is accepted.

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🤔

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 10:52 PM

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That would be working as expected

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You just defined default=[], allowed types = array

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It's going to error if it's not an array, and will default to []

halcyon crypt Sep 17, 2018, 10:53 PM

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actually, it doesn't really error. It continues the script but does log the error msg

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👍

ruby breach Sep 17, 2018, 10:55 PM

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It does error. It doesn't stop execution. But semantics.

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Still not sure what you were saying in the first place, other than it works as it should

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Unless you're thinking that param [0, [], [[]]] is the same as param [0, [], []]

tough abyss Sep 17, 2018, 10:56 PM

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If you don’t want it to error - isEqualType

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Or even better isEqualTypeParams

halcyon crypt Sep 17, 2018, 10:58 PM

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no, I assumed it actually killed the script but it's fine 😃

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all is good ☺

meager heart Sep 17, 2018, 11:00 PM

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bery gud

ornate ridge Sep 18, 2018, 1:04 AM

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how would you make a safe zone without using a VM?

high marsh Sep 18, 2018, 1:11 AM

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You can make a safezone without a virtual machine. I don't understand where you got the idea that you needed one

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player addEventHandler["HandleDamage",
{
    if(player inArea "SAFEZONE") then {
        0
    };
}];

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make a marker named "SAFEZONE" and execute this local to the client. Bam.

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 5:28 AM

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good morning peoples

high marsh Sep 18, 2018, 5:40 AM

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@frigid raven Waaaa. In the superior timezone (MDT) it's 11:40 PM thank you very much

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 5:41 AM

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MDT? MiDnighT ?

high marsh Sep 18, 2018, 5:42 AM

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Mountain Daylight Time, Midnight for short 😉

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 5:43 AM

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it is 07:43 AM for me :0

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Because I am very sporty and sexy I was already doing sports... just saying... no bragging

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modesty all over the place

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First question of teh morning:

When I have a script benchmarked to under 3ms - can I kinda be sure it is executed within one frame of teh scheduler? and therefore is kinda perfect to use scheduled?

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Just reading about scheduled environment tho

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 5:46 AM

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can I kinda be sure it is executed within one frame of teh scheduler no. You can never be sure about anything in the scheduler

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also benchmarking scripts runs in unscheduled

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in scheduled every script is slower

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 5:47 AM

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ok is there a relation? Like 2ms in unsheduled is ~ 4ms in scheduled?

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just curious

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 5:52 AM

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no

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 5:52 AM

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alright

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 5:52 AM

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And you can't know where in the scheduler cycle your script starts

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it might start when the scheduler already ran for 2.8ms

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and your 3ms script will never fit into 0.2ms of time

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 5:54 AM

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Got it

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 6:22 AM

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Depends on what else is in scheduler, you script can be in front of the queue or in the middle or at the back, you don’t know how long other scripts in front of it will take. If you script is interrupted at 60FPS it will resume back in about 13ms so you cannot even be sure how long it will run let alone when it will start running

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There is a fundamental flaw in scheduler though

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It works better for faster PCs

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3ms hardcoded makes no sense, it should be flexible value and depend on your FPS

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:24 AM

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Yea like lower fps should have longer frametime in scheduler eh?

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 6:25 AM

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The proportion of time allocated for scripts per frame goes up with faster PC and down with slower which are already struggling

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Yes the script simulation duration should be proportionate. On slower PC you can clog the scheduler with too many scripts it will get stuck because by the time it does the sorting which script to execute next, there is no time left for execution

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 6:27 AM

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🍿

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:27 AM

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🐵

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 6:27 AM

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So no script is executed except unscheduled but the game runs

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:29 AM

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funny

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and not funny

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 6:29 AM

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This is why every bit of performance you could squeeze out of your script matters

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:30 AM

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aye - glad u mentioned that isEqualType keyword therefore 😄

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New question: I kinda heard fragments of database usage via SQF. At the moment I store my player data in CBA Hashes. Did anybody has experience with this database stuff yet?

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 6:31 AM

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extDB3 iniDB and others

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:31 AM

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is it simple to use? or a pain in the 🍑

high marsh Sep 18, 2018, 6:32 AM

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extDB3 is pretty simple.

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:32 AM

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Do not need any full description here - just curious about your experiences

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hm gonna take a peek then

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 6:32 AM

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MySQL has stored procedures, when I see ppl sending full fledge SQL queries to extension I’m like 🤦‍♂️

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 6:33 AM

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BAM! Suddenly male

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 6:33 AM

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extDB3 is very easy to use

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:33 AM

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Do not find any wiki articles

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sb. provide me with the right keywords pls 😄

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 6:37 AM

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@frigid raven https://bitbucket.org/torndeco/extdb3/src/f1a08ecf20c7de0d1b043b600da9eb3c3d0b0f9a/sqf_examples/sqf/?at=default

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 6:38 AM

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uh thx

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:19 AM

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Is there any good reason to have a script not scheduled?

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 8:23 AM

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If you need reliable execution time

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It needs to be executed right now and needs to finish right now

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 8:23 AM

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I don’t get it, you don’t think that discussion above brought up some reasons against scheduled execution?

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 8:24 AM

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Basically everything that you are not okey with if it takes a full minute till it executes the first line of code.

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:26 AM

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@tough abyss well in my opinion it did not sounded like sheduled execution will slow down the whole world for me. I havent written any heavy or time critical script yet so - no. For me scheduled still sounds like the better choice

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 8:30 AM

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I don’t know anything about your scripts or mission, but I know this, trying to choose one or the other and stick with it is equally bad, you need both, just have to be smart about what goes where

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:40 AM

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@tough abyss Thats why I asked Is there any good reason to have a script not scheduled?

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:40 AM

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do you know where can i found some document about BE filters ?

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:41 AM

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@tough abyss But I am aware now. Just needed a bit more insight to play the cards right. Thx bud

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@compact maple xcuse me what is a BE filter?

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:42 AM

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just found something https://github.com/AsYetUntitled/Framework/wiki/BattlEye-Filters

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 8:43 AM

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I don’t think there is wiki page for it, would have been good to have with all the uptodate filters listed

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:44 AM

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yes it would have been nice, cause this :
On a new line add a number from 1 to 7 followed by a single space and then a keyword. For example:

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why 1 to 7 ?

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 8:44 AM

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#arma_battleye

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:45 AM

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thank you

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:49 AM

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player setVariable ["someId", 23423];

Can anybody tell me the scope of this? I think it is only stored in memory as long the player is connected? After a reconnect it is gone eh?

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:49 AM

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yep

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:49 AM

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am at work - so I can not try it out. Just so you can be sure I am not lazy 😄

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:50 AM

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you can use missionNameSpace to keep a value even if the player is gone

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missionNamespace setVariable ["YourString",3];//Same as: YourString = 3;
_yourString = missionNamespace getVariable "YourString";

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:50 AM

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Well I want to have some kind of login/userProfile

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Having a CBA Hash on the server namespace

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:50 AM

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i did a login system, but with extdb3

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:51 AM

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And when "logging" in - I want the player who successfully logged in to have id to the hash so setting new values is straightforward

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Yea extdb3 will be my nxt step

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first trying it with the hash and migrating to extdb3 if I have my own hosted server

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:52 AM

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i've never tried cba hash

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but, you can work in local with a local database

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:53 AM

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yea but want to have live QA after a new feature - so local is not satisfying 😄

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 8:53 AM

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Mission namespace is local if you disconnected it is gone unless it is on the server

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:53 AM

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aye

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Did sb. of you ever implemented login with passwords?

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To retrieve a user profile like an MMORPG would do

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 8:54 AM

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I don’t know how mmorpg works

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Never played one

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:56 AM

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what sb means lol

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somebody ?

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:56 AM

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@tough abyss milsim only? 😄

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yea @compact maple

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 8:57 AM

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login like stuff is used by lots of people. Basically everyone with a extDB backend. But no password.
Your login is just your steamID

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:58 AM

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yes i did a login/password system

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 8:58 AM

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Anything but swords and wizards @frigid raven

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:58 AM

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what about players who dont play through steam?

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 8:59 AM

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what

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they have to be on steam

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they cant play a3 otherwise ?

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 8:59 AM

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Ah really?

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Never was aware of that

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That is is a steam only game 😄

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 9:00 AM

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@compact maple steam mission?

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 9:00 AM

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@tough abyss ?

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 9:01 AM

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Steam missions are different from normal missions maybe this is what xetra meant

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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idk, he said that people could buy a3, but on another platform than steam

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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yea thats what I thought

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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you can buy steam codes elsewhere

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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Ah ok then no A3 is steam only

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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Therefore I was unsure how defensive it is to only use steamID

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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but you have to activate them in steam

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 9:02 AM

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got it

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 12:11 PM

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Is there some kind of input prompt ?

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So I can force the player to type a name or something like this?!

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or only "hacky way" with UI and clickable letters 😄

zenith edge Sep 18, 2018, 12:12 PM

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you can intercept chat messages

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 12:13 PM

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is this an intuitive approach?

zenith edge Sep 18, 2018, 12:13 PM

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there is obvious bad side of that, if someone typo's whatever you use to filter logins from normal messages

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 12:14 PM

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yea I get your point

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so no way for a UI popup with input prompt?

meager heart Sep 18, 2018, 12:14 PM

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Is there some kind of input prompt ?
RscEdit < this

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 1:02 PM

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How do I put code into the dialogs? Like a hint when a button is pressed or something

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Nevermind found it.

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 1:21 PM

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tons of ways to do dialogue in arma 3

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though if you want hint type things i suggest using systemChat

compact maple Sep 18, 2018, 1:46 PM

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@frigid raven just create a dialog

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 1:50 PM

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check

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 1:59 PM

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Vauun i was giving hint as an example, also does all dialog code have to be SQS?

hollow thistle Sep 18, 2018, 1:59 PM

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umm. no.

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 2:01 PM

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I meant the code that a button would trigger for example

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In the buttonSetAction biki page it says it has to be SQS

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 2:02 PM

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Just make a SQS script that calls a SQF script

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Some few legacy things are still SQS only yes

meager heart Sep 18, 2018, 2:04 PM

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btw we have ctrlAddEventHandler

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 2:04 PM

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To call an SQF script with SQS would be execVM or call compile preprocess?

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Oh, that makes it easier, thanks sldt1ck, didn't know about that one.

still forum Sep 18, 2018, 2:05 PM

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execVM. Or just call a function

meager heart Sep 18, 2018, 2:06 PM

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dude, bookmark this page https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers

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@tough abyss

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also check this > https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=287378519

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 2:11 PM

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Thanks guys!

hidden topaz Sep 18, 2018, 3:10 PM

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Is there a way to rotate an object around a given memory point?. The pivot point is the at the centre of the object by default, but i need it to somewhere else on the model.

peak plover Sep 18, 2018, 3:17 PM

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Uhh

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

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?

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:04 PM

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I have this const

#define INSURGENT_FACTION "CFP_O_IS"

And want to use this as the type for the CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler:

[INSURGENT_FACTION, "init", {call X11_fnc_addRandomIntelItem}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

But the handler is not triggered. Using "CAManBase"does work. What am I misunderstanding here?

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 4:05 PM

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How are you executing this code?

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Is the faction actually a class parent?

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Does it work with "CFP_O_IS" instead of INSURGENT_FACTION?

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Of the CfgVehicle men that it is

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I mean, looking at a glance it seems CFP_O_IS is a CfgFaction entry rather than a unit class.

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:07 PM

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@tough abyss no

tough abyss Sep 18, 2018, 4:08 PM

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well if it doesn't work with "CFP_O_IS" then it won't work with the INSURGENT_FACTION define

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:08 PM

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@errant jasper I think I mix up factions and unit classes then

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@tough abyss yea my question was more why it does not work with CFP_O_IS

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I thought it is like a subclass of CAManBase

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never figure out how to list this unit class inheritance of a unit

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:10 PM

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In the editor, open the config viewer on one of the units, then it will list all parents (ancestors) in the bottom.

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:10 PM

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gonna try it

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Is there a search function?

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because I gonna scroll my head off

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:11 PM

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If you right-click on a unit in eden and open the config viewer that way you shouldn't need to scroll

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:11 PM

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oh neat

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thx bud

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:15 PM

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I believe each unit has "faction" config entry. And there might not be a neat parent class for the units in the faction. So you can do something like this instead:

["CAManBase", "init", {
      if (getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf (_this select 0) >> "faction") == "CFP_O_IS") then {
             call X11_fnc_addRandomIntelItem;
      };
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;```

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:18 PM

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what is wrong with using only typeOf (_this select 0) isEqualTo "CFP_O_IS" ?

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I never understood the use of configFile >> "CfgVehicles" ...

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:20 PM

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Again you are mixing CfgFaction entries with CfgVehicles

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A tank or a soldier has a config of from CfgVehicles. A faction, like CFP_O_IS is under CfgFactions.

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Wait, I am missing something, editing. But still you are mixing

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K. updated it.

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:22 PM

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If the unit would be an CFP_O_IS unit wouldn't typeOf _this select 0 yield "CFP_O_IS" or something?

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oh

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still confused

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😄

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I dont get the >> operation actually

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:23 PM

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Well, I can't be sure, cause I don't have the mod or arma running right now. But it seems like CFP_O_IS is not the classname of a unit aka vehicle, but rather the classname of a faction.

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configFile is the entire config. configFile >> "CfgVehicles" is the root config of all units and vehicles. configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "B_Soldier_F" is the config for a NATO rifleman.

ruby breach Sep 18, 2018, 4:24 PM

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5 seconds of Googling leads me to https://github.com/tupolov/cfp/wiki/Standards#non-state-actors, and yes, that is a faction

frigid raven Sep 18, 2018, 4:32 PM

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I am kind of surprised there isn't a more convenient way to get the faction of a unit

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that is why I am a bit confused you know

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btw the config viewer shows me those parents: ["cfp_o_is_base","I_Soldier_A_F","I_Soldier_02_F","I_Soldier_base_F","SoldierGB","CAManBase","Man","Land","AllVehicles","All"]

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So I can substitue CAManBase with cfp_o_is_base right?

errant jasper Sep 18, 2018, 4:35 PM

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Yeah, you should be able to do that.