#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 489

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 3:35 AM

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hm

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i see

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[joke]

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anyways

calm ravine Sep 27, 2018, 3:36 AM

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where is the array out of range?

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unitpositionelev returns an array of 3 numbers, selection of [0,1,2] doesn't seem like it's out of range

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https://i.imgur.com/2Qve4kO.jpg

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 3:44 AM

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[  
    flagpole,  
    "Begin Your Next Sortie.",  
    "\A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\simpleTasks\types\interact_ca.paa",  
    "\A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\simpleTasks\types\interact_ca.paa",  
    "_this distance _target < 3",  
    "_caller distance _target < 3",  
    {},  
    {},  
    {},  
    {},  
    [],  
    10,  
    1000,  
    false,  
    false  
] remoteExecCall ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", mobius1];```
i'm sure this is a stupid question, but i'm not seeing any hold action being added and i'm not sure why.

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it's nearly midnight already, no wonder my brain isn't working

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 3:45 AM

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your RE target is mobius1

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 3:45 AM

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yes

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that's an object

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 3:45 AM

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and you are player 😃

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 3:46 AM

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mobius1 is player object, i should specify

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i want to add the holdaction to a single person

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 3:46 AM

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hmm

calm ravine Sep 27, 2018, 3:46 AM

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mmm, found the issue, preemptive array, when getpos returns array. Array in array. Nevermind. Thanks for the help and info though, didn't know out of range was equivalent to dividing by zero.

late gull Sep 27, 2018, 7:51 AM

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@tough abyss what about: add the action to the flagpole but show only for that player

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 8:18 AM

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Good day beloved brothers

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 8:18 AM

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throws tasty freshly made and still warm chocolate chip cookie at @frigid raven

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 8:19 AM

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...well

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why not 🍽

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 8:56 AM

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Why can I assign a ctrl to a variable if I am having a reference to the updated state of it?
Example

private _listBox = _display displayCtrl 1500;
// adding items to the _listBox variable

lbCurSel _listBox // yields `scalar`
// but
lbCurSel 1500 // yields the expected value

That does not make sense for me since the Wiki tells me both approaches are possible? Do I have to "update" the _listBox variable or better said reassign it before I call lbCurSel so it has the current state of the 1500 control?

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 8:59 AM

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if I am not having a reference to the updated state of it don't understand that?

compact maple Sep 27, 2018, 8:59 AM

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hello boyz

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 8:59 AM

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a control type variable is a reference to the control. Just like a object type variable is a reference to the object

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it doesn't contain the state of the control

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when you call lbCurSel it looks up the control reference. And grabs it's current value

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 9:00 AM

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@still forum sorry remove the not

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 9:00 AM

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// yields 'scalar' tells me you were probably passing a Nil to it

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 9:00 AM

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but I selected an item in it

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as I said I was able to reproduce with teh plain ctrl IDC

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And it worked then

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 9:01 AM

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Meaning _listBox was probably nil

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 9:01 AM

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hm

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gonna check that

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 9:01 AM

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But as IDC is correct.. Maybe _display was nil?

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 9:01 AM

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mybe when using 1500 I fixed the _nil state of the _listBox as well without noticing

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kk gonna recheck - so it actually should work with _listBox eh?

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 9:02 AM

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when you use 1500 it looks up in the currently open displays I think.

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yes the _listBox way should work

compact maple Sep 27, 2018, 9:05 AM

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_display = findDisplay 100000;
_combobox = _display displayCtrl 100001;
_comboboxTexture = _combobox lbData (lbCurSel _combobox);

this worked for me

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 9:09 AM

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ok then I have a typo somewhere

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 9:18 AM

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before you will add data to your list boxes use lnbClear and after lbSetCurSel

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lbSetCurSel < without that, current selected sometimes - nothing

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oh... also

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lbClear != lnbClear

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check wiki ^

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 9:42 AM

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I have not done many overlays so far, only really static ones which do not change. I want to create an overlay which increases in opacity over time. I know I can set fade in and fade out stuff in the configs themselves, but i would like to control this via script.

Can someone give me a pointer so I do not need to search through the whole wiki and several projects? I do want that overlay to be fullscreen as well.

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 9:46 AM

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maybe just use variable for the colors/backgrounds alpha and change it from anywhere 🤔

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:08 AM

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What is overlay?

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 10:21 AM

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any kind of paa or picture overlayed over the players display

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:22 AM

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So you use RscPicture to display it?

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 10:22 AM

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i do believe this will be needed as i do not know any other possibility to just display an image on a players screen

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:27 AM

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Hold on, I thought you already had an overlay and just wanted to change opacity with script? Sorry I misunderstood

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 10:28 AM

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Well that is true

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I have an overlay and jus want to change the opaciy via script and not via fade in or out

sturdy cape Sep 27, 2018, 10:29 AM

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You can use cuttext like you would rsc something also

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To show a pic

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:30 AM

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You can ctrlCreate RscPicture and if I am not mistaken, control opacity with some foreground color command

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

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

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Try that

worldly locust Sep 27, 2018, 10:33 AM

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getText(configfile >>"cfgAmmo">>"B_20mm_AP" >> "weaponType") returns "cannon", while getText(configfile>> "cfgAmmo" >> getText(configfile >> "cfgmagazines" >> "FIR_PavewayIV_P_1rnd_M" >> "Ammo")>>"WeaponType") returns "Default"

What I'm trying to do is pass a script any aircraft class, and determine if it carries bombs.(Eventually, also rockets, guns and missiles) Obviously the above is just a small part of the whole and is concentrating on a single ammo type or magazine type

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How can I accomplish what I want

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:38 AM

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Or you can just use ctrlSetFade and fade in out the whole control @digital jacinth

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I think you can commit that one to it will gradually change in its own

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 10:38 AM

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oh setfade looks promising

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yeah that looks nice, the commit is the length of the transition then and I can freely set the opacity

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:39 AM

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Well opacity is the fade

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 10:40 AM

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i guess it is just a bit of a different naming as I am used to then.

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 10:40 AM

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🤔

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 10:41 AM

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@late gull I dislike how addactions loks

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Look

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 10:55 AM

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I mean, i came across "opacity" as "visibility", "fillness" (most ridiculous one) already in my career. My understanding of the word "fade" in that regard was exclusively for the transitioning to opacity 1 or to 0.

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:00 AM

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who the fuck calls opacity "fillness"

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 11:00 AM

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well... if your controls created with ctrlCreate you can just use ctrlSetFade or/and change alpha for all of them...

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depends on which controls types there ^

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:03 AM

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@meager heart did you think of anything regarding my issue? it's super simple and i don't mean to bug you, i just want to figure out why i'm being a big dummy

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 11:03 AM

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sorry which one ?

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:03 AM

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the one where addaction isn't working for one player

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[  
    flagpole,  
    "Begin Your Next Sortie.",  
    "\A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\simpleTasks\types\interact_ca.paa",  
    "\A3\Ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\simpleTasks\types\interact_ca.paa",  
    "_this distance _target < 3",  
    "_caller distance _target < 3",  
    {},  
    {},  
    {},  
    {},  
    [],  
    10,  
    1000,  
    false,  
    false  
] remoteExecCall ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", mobius1];

mobius1 is playable unit

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and i don't see the action being added to the flagpole

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 11:09 AM

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@tough abyss flash ui framework developers that's who

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:09 AM

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smack them

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 11:09 AM

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i doubt they are around stil

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 11:10 AM

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just tried that ^ code even with the same names > https://gyazo.com/11a6f9cabe3cc7ceb31f3de26ce0912f
and > https://gyazo.com/521bdce2deb8df2ad5c87c5ae913e18f

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:10 AM

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ffs

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 11:11 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:11 AM

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guess i'll look later, i have to go wageslave now

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 11:12 AM

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glhf

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 11:17 AM

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@tough abyss also make sure t that object you attach the action to is not a simple object. Maybe that is the issue

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:33 AM

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It shouldn't be, it's just a flagpole

digital jacinth Sep 27, 2018, 11:45 AM

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some objects placed in the editor are instantly simple objects. You mostly notice this if you double click on them and you see no option for simple objects

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 11:49 AM

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i know; flagpoles aren't

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i also tested it with helper object

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that didn't work either

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 12:42 PM

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hm, is there a command to set the thrust value of an aircraft?

cedar kindle Sep 27, 2018, 12:51 PM

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no but you can manually update it, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocity

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 12:54 PM

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Or even https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addForce

cedar kindle Sep 27, 2018, 12:57 PM

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righto new commands 👌

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 12:57 PM

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wanted to set the thrust as a QOL thing, but i guess that's impossible

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the goal here is to do plane respawn by having the pilot look at a flagpole, perform a holdaction, and then be placed in a jet that's flying already

cedar kindle Sep 27, 2018, 1:03 PM

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that’s not impossible, we just told you how to do it

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and createVehicle with “FLYING” to have engine on

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 1:19 PM

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@tough abyss did you blocked me ? 😃

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just tried to add 👍 to your useful post and was no luck... well 🤷

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 1:33 PM

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@cedar kindle missing the point of what i need

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jet engineOn true;
jet setPos [getPos planeSpawnpoint select 0, getPos planeSpawnpoint select 1, (getPos planeSpawnpoint select 2) +10];
jet setDir 180;
    _vel = velocity jet;
    _dir = direction jet;
    _speed = 500;
        jet setVelocity [
            (_vel select 0) + (sin _dir * _speed), 
            (_vel select 1) + (cos _dir * _speed), 
            (_vel select 2)
        ];
mobius1 moveInAny jet;```

this is the code i wrote for it but i did this at my desk at work and i can't test it

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works in my head fine tho

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 1:36 PM

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jet setPos [getPos planeSpawnpoint select 0, getPos planeSpawnpoint select 1, (getPos planeSpawnpoint select 2) +10];
->
jet setPos (getPos planeSpawnPoint vectorAdd [0, 0, 10])

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 1:36 PM

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vectorAdd better option for that set pos

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too late

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 1:36 PM

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ooh, good suggestion

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dedmen got it first on my screen

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😏

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 1:37 PM

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        jet setVelocity [
            (_vel select 0) + (sin _dir * _speed), 
            (_vel select 1) + (cos _dir * _speed), 
            (_vel select 2)
        ];

->

jet setVelocity (_vel vectorAdd [(sin _dir * _speed),  (cos _dir * _speed), 0]);

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┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 1:37 PM

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😃

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 1:37 PM

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math is hard okay

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 1:38 PM

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also he unflipped non flipped table...

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so stronk

hollow thistle Sep 27, 2018, 2:31 PM

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setVelocity This could be used to make Advanced Towing smoother, couldn't it? (it was using setPos last time I was checking the source of it.)

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 3:19 PM

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Probably using setpos because setvelocity might cause some pretty big physics fuckups

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Setpos will find nearest acceptable spot

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Setvelocity will just throw it

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 4:39 PM

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i'm totally fucking baffled with this holdaction thing

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oh

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now it's working all of a sudden?????

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what in fuck

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okay

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i think i was just

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my IQ must be room temperature because apparently 3m is too short of a distance

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so condition was never satisfied

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despite being

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inside the unit

queen cargo Sep 27, 2018, 4:55 PM

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@tough abyss maybe you are just hungry 🤷

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 4:56 PM

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takes all of his food

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 5:07 PM

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reee

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYM3H20Xcg << Altitude restrictions cancelled, return to your mission Mobius One! >>

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Gonna make a handful of tweaks

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Gonna turn the jet engine on when the hold action is being initated

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So the canopy doesn't close mid-air

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Gonna reduce the initial speed

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and then add a voice lcip

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clip*

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might make a nice fade in / fade out

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 5:27 PM

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Is there a way for a script-file wide scope?

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I have a .sqf file that opens my dialog. In it I have a button handler. Unfortunately I have to redefine some variables in both scopes, the dialog-show.sqf scope and again within the _buttonHandler scope

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That kinda buggers me

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 5:28 PM

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no.

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Make a global variable.

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or if you have a dialog. you can save variables onto it using setVariable

frigid raven Sep 27, 2018, 5:29 PM

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ah same for controls eh?

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thats a way

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 5:30 PM

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yeah

orchid saffron Sep 27, 2018, 6:12 PM

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Hey guys, do you know a way to get the current gear of the car?

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I´m referring to the gearbox

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Like, 1, 2, 3

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i have a formula which is v = ((wheelCircumferencewheel rpm60)/1000) /(gear ratio * group gear ratio)

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But in arma is not working

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 6:22 PM

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` wrap your stuff in these things so that * works correctly`

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I don't know of any way to get the current gear nor the rpm

orchid saffron Sep 27, 2018, 6:23 PM

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v = ((wheelCircumference * wheel rpm * 60)/1000) /(gear ratio * group gear ratio)

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Thank you

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For example the hatchback

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wheelCircumference = 2.277, wheel rpm (first gear) = redRpm * gearUpMinCoef = 4829, gear ratio (first gear) = 2.461, group gear ratio = 4.111

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If you replace in the formula

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velocity = 65 km/h

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So over 65km/h we´re in second gear and below 65km/h we´re in first gear

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theoretically it´s correct but in arma

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Hatchback changes to second gear at more or less 20 km/h

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@still forum You can retrieve the rpm with vehicle player animationSourcePhase "rpm"

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Model_Config i´ve checked here if there´s some source for gear but nothing.

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Any leads? Let me know

west grove Sep 27, 2018, 7:04 PM

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oi people. i'm having some troubles again. wasn't it possible to "attach" a variable to a specific unit?

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i'm feeling like i remember something, but at the same time i do not

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 7:05 PM

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setVehicleVarName?

west grove Sep 27, 2018, 7:05 PM

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basically, what i want to do is set a certain status for a unit

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then later in script i just check if the unit has that status

still forum Sep 27, 2018, 7:05 PM

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setVariable

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

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uhh...

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o no

unborn ether Sep 27, 2018, 7:06 PM

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wab wab wab waaaaaaaab

west grove Sep 27, 2018, 7:06 PM

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ah yeah, that's it.

tough abyss Sep 27, 2018, 9:06 PM

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what's the best way to use setVariable to add an object to an array

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i want to put something similar to this setVariable ["marksman", this]; in the init fields of the marksmen in my ops

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so that way i can specifically add a holdaction to them

runic surge Sep 27, 2018, 9:17 PM

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Does anyone know if it would be possible to detect terrain features through scripting?

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Like slopes for example

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surfaceNormal would come in to play here but detecting which direction is higher, which is lower, and whether or not it is 'flat' to the left and right or more irregular

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My goal is to set object orientation based on this so I could potentially design certain terrain features with objects more quickly

foggy moon Sep 27, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Another one that comes to mind is the terrainIntersect functions, sounds like they're performance heavy though

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 9:26 PM

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for the slope you can >

private _slopeValue = acos ((surfaceNormal getPos _origin) vectorCos [0, 0, 1]);

runic surge Sep 27, 2018, 9:28 PM

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it being performance heavy doesn't matter too much since I wouldn't be using it in a mission. I am only trying to create a function that I could use to place and orient objects, and if it's functional and doesn't crash the game, that is good enough

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@meager heart what does this return? Slope angle?

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 9:29 PM

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yes

runic surge Sep 27, 2018, 9:29 PM

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ah

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that will be very helpful, thanks

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 9:30 PM

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also maybe you can play with selectBestPlaces 🤔

runic surge Sep 27, 2018, 9:32 PM

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doesn't that one only use locations?

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findEmptyPosition also this for preventing object overlap maybe

meager heart Sep 27, 2018, 9:34 PM

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no... you can filter there any kind of terrain/surface/check if there hills/trees and a lot more... check wiki

runic surge Sep 27, 2018, 9:35 PM

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I see

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thanks again

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I'll see what I can manage with this

foggy moon Sep 27, 2018, 9:37 PM

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So I'm running scripts on bombs/missiles after they drop, and I'm trying to figure out the best locality in which to do it. Do they get transferred to the server after drop/launch?

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So while they're falling/flying, they're still local to the player that launched them?

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cool, thanks

unborn ether Sep 27, 2018, 10:04 PM

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@foggy moon Any ammo shot is local to a gunner of that weapon, besides when you have some heli with manual fire where the owner is pilot or co-pilot.

foggy moon Sep 27, 2018, 11:19 PM

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awesome, thanks

wary vine Sep 28, 2018, 8:20 AM

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is it possible to include mission macros in a serverfile ?

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 8:21 AM

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#include a file out of the mission.pbo in a server mod? no

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other way around. #include in mission.pbo from a server mod. Yes. But not description.ext

wary vine Sep 28, 2018, 8:22 AM

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thought so .. balls xD

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format ["\life_server\..\..\mpmissions\%1.%2\script_macros.hpp",missionName, worldName]
``` i was hoping something like this but meeh

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 8:22 AM

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nope

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unless maybe your mission file IS a serverside mod

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then it would ofc work... But.. I don't know if Arma even lets players download these when they join or if players already need to have them

wary vine Sep 28, 2018, 8:23 AM

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just a thought, will just have to put the pveh inside the missionfile

sturdy cape Sep 28, 2018, 10:01 AM

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If you make an add-on for this and define functions for your sqf files in a config.cpp file you could even add eventhandlers or #include from the server side.

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Not sure if this needs a plugin Management system like exile mod has or the APMS from desolation redux,which is what i am working with

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Apms is very good to add stuff server side.

tough abyss Sep 28, 2018, 12:29 PM

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Why some people hate Arma so much? https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/219522-trouble-looping-through-allplayers-array/

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 12:29 PM

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Because https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/141866231362879488/494484129916649472

tough abyss Sep 28, 2018, 12:30 PM

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I can’t see discord links

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@tough abyss i don't understand

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Wait, I can now

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why doesn't he just add this in initPlayerLocal?

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why is he looping through all players for this

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 12:31 PM

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Well.. I already gave the answer to that didn't I?

tough abyss Sep 28, 2018, 12:31 PM

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JIPs won't get the eventHandler this way

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 12:31 PM

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😄

tough abyss Sep 28, 2018, 12:32 PM

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i'm going to make a bis account just to ask him what the fuck he's doing

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oh

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apparently i have bis account

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Iol

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done

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1st post?

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yeah lmao

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I guess I made an account but never used it

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what the fuck is gravatar?

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why can't i just upload an avatar normally?

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oh, i can, it's just a roundabout way

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 1:25 PM

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no

frigid raven Sep 28, 2018, 1:30 PM

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hey guys

rocky mortar Sep 28, 2018, 4:11 PM

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@wary vine what do you mean ? There is no difference between server and client side. Macro file are used by preprocessor

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didn't see the answers 😃

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just refresh

wary vine Sep 28, 2018, 4:12 PM

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@rocky mortar I meant, accessing a mission.pbo include from a serverside.pbo

rocky mortar Sep 28, 2018, 4:12 PM

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include path is define from the root of your mission or mod

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what do you want to do exactly ?

cedar kindle Sep 28, 2018, 4:28 PM

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he wants to #include a mission macro file in a server addon

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which i can’t say is a good idea overall

rocky mortar Sep 28, 2018, 4:42 PM

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if the server side code is in the same pbo file of macro file there is no problem

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:14 PM

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How would I use params to pass two things, from two different arrays?

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I was thinking of using ForEach, but there was a discussion a while back explaining another way.

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:26 PM

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Don't understand

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params takes values from one array

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so what do you mean with two arrays

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:30 PM

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_opforUnits = [classname,classname];
_opforUnitsPos = [[x,y,z],[x,y,z]];
```The two arrays

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:33 PM

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which two arrays?

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the two arrays INSIDE _opforUnitsPos?

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how are you passing them to the function

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can you maybe write down some code to show how you want it to work?

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:34 PM

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Well. I was going to do forEach. for both arrays. One that passes the position, then one that passes the classname. Which then the unit is created and positioned.

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But that's ain't effective.

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:35 PM

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I don't understand...
Do the arrays always have 2 elements?

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:35 PM

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They have the same amount, as they are related.

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:36 PM

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maybe order them like
units = [[classname, [x,y,z]], [classname, [x,y,z]]]

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that would be easier

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just a forEach loop through units. And a params ["_classname", "_position"]

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:37 PM

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https://gist.github.com/AxeriusNetwork/9fd6bdae1b1e7366b459c509a884fa7d ahhh cool.

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:38 PM

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but why do you think a forEach is a bad solution?

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:38 PM

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It's not "bad" it was giving me 32 reiterations

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:38 PM

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{
_classname = _x;
_position = _opforUnitsPos select _forEachIndex
} forEach _opforUnits

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:38 PM

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as it would foreach both arrays

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:39 PM

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I have no idea why you would foreach both arrays

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you already know the index of the position

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so why iterate again

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 5:39 PM

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Well that was my logic at the point. Now that I know you can pass arrays like that and param them.

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Seems the legit way.

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What does _forEachIndex return?

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:40 PM

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the index that the forEach is at

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0 on first element. 1 on second element

unborn ether Sep 28, 2018, 5:48 PM

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Just realized that adding InventoryOpened EVH on top of existing one will override the return value of previous one, even if new one has nothing or false as a return. Should I add this as note to EVH or its just too obvious and I am dumb?

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:51 PM

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the last returned value is used

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Don't know if that's written down somewhere. But I think it is

unborn ether Sep 28, 2018, 5:52 PM

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So it considers nil return as an actual value.

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 5:53 PM

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yeah

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the code is basically
bool shouldClose = false;
foreach (eh in handlers)
shouldClose = eh();

unborn ether Sep 28, 2018, 5:54 PM

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So no way to stack them? My purpose is just a script execution, not to override anything "behind" it.

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Damn.

tough abyss Sep 28, 2018, 6:04 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addEventHandler check the notes on this page, maybe there is one already?

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 8:55 PM

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linking messages is a developer feature

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you are missing the quotes around the classname string

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{
_x params  ["_classname", "_position"];
<do stuff here>
} forEach CAP_Units:

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 8:56 PM

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Ah yeah. I forgot that. xD

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Any differences between Unit and Vehicle create..?

#

CAP_Units = [
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F",[0,0,0]]
];

{
    _x params  ["_classname", "_position"];
    _classname createUnit position _position;
} forEach CAP_Units;```

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 8:58 PM

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yes. A Unit has a brain

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a vehicle doesn't

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 8:58 PM

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lol xD

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If I createUnit, for a vehicle. Does it automatically give crew? Or would I still need to do createVehicleCrew?

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 9:00 PM

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never tried.. I'd say no though. Don't know what happens when you createUnit a vehicle..

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Okay.. lol

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just a thought.

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 9:18 PM

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What is this at 0,0,0? https://gyazo.com/59daf1cc894c200b75deccb89651893e

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The Icon, thing.

still forum Sep 28, 2018, 9:20 PM

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some thing from some mod

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many things place things at 0,0,0

drowsy axle Sep 28, 2018, 9:21 PM

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I have 3den Enhanced.

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for debug

meager heart Sep 28, 2018, 9:41 PM

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_classname createUnit position _position; > _classname createUnit [_position, _group]; 👌

queen cargo Sep 28, 2018, 9:47 PM

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position _position?

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wut?

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did i missed somethin?

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position [0,0,0] is valid? Oo

meager heart Sep 28, 2018, 9:51 PM

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....position _something or ....[0, 0, 0]

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or <clssname> createUnit [_position, _group]

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OR just > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createUnit !11 😃

queen cargo Sep 28, 2018, 9:53 PM

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createUnit and createVehicle
both implemented in sqfvm

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🤷

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position too

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but cannot remember some weirdo position <array> variant

meager heart Sep 28, 2018, 9:55 PM

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sqfvm > https://gyazo.com/163e3926fedfc4fae5f92a6242208e05

queen cargo Sep 28, 2018, 11:28 PM

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what version @meager heart ?

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is it the latest snapshot or the released version?

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ahh

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though ... wait

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think the latest snapshot has bugged params

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though .. no

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wait

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position <array> simply is invalid

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that combination is simply not existing

meager heart Sep 28, 2018, 11:30 PM

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1.0.0 rc 1 afaik 🤔

queen cargo Sep 28, 2018, 11:32 PM

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also .. there is no createUnit accepting "just" position

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

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

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rc 1 has a bug inside with params

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https://x39.io/projects?project=SQF-VM latest snapshot available there

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CAP_units = [
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]],
    ["O_Soldier_F", [0, 0, 0]]
];
{
    _x params ["_classname", "_position"];
    _classname createVehicle _position;
} forEach CAP_units;```

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will work

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only createVehicle accepts that syntax

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https://discord.gg/eP4QgTr already ran it in there in the #sqf channel

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that would also be possible in sqfvm though :P
just that you need to create a group first 🤷

meager heart Sep 28, 2018, 11:38 PM

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oh createVehicle there...

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he had there createUnit > https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/495338329466994688

queen cargo Sep 28, 2018, 11:39 PM

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and was horribly wrong with both commands 🤷

regal kraken Sep 29, 2018, 6:33 AM

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Are line ending characters a big deal in ARMA scripts?

inner swallow Sep 29, 2018, 7:45 AM

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Not that I know

calm bloom Sep 29, 2018, 8:39 AM

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// Expression only runs on the server, must handle actions for all machines and future JIPs (Why BI?!)
expression = QUOTE([ARR_2(_this,_value)] call DFUNC(setSize););

Sad.

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so, if i want to compactly pass different parameters on clients, 3den custom attributes are not the right way

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so, only inits, then?

tough abyss Sep 29, 2018, 8:49 AM

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Where is this expression quote from?

calm bloom Sep 29, 2018, 8:50 AM

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ace custom attribute

tough abyss Sep 29, 2018, 8:50 AM

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So why are you asking BI?

calm bloom Sep 29, 2018, 8:51 AM

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sorry if i am wrighting some strange stuff. Ive just discovered a bit counter intuitive feature of our game

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because naturally everything in mission is kinda global

tough abyss Sep 29, 2018, 8:53 AM

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I’ve no idea what you are trying to do that is not working

calm bloom Sep 29, 2018, 8:55 AM

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ok, if someone is digging this custom attributes too: they are not good to define any client functions and fire only on server.

peak plover Sep 29, 2018, 9:58 AM

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Setsize ?

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Marker?

frigid raven Sep 29, 2018, 10:01 AM

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I have placed the following stringtable.xml in my root directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project name="Deployment RPG">
    <Package name="Lobby">
        <Key ID="str.dpl.profile.info.name">
            <Original>DebugName: </Original>
        </Key>
        <Key ID="str.dpl.profile.info.reputation">
            <Original>ReputationDebug: </Original>
        </Key>
    </Package>
</Project>

Still the strings cannot be found using localize "<key>"
Do I have to include the stringtable anyhwere? Because the Wiki does not tell anything about that?

meager heart Sep 29, 2018, 10:11 AM

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you no need "original" just use "english"

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Do I have to include the stringtable anyhwere?
no, mission root folder only

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also keys id's names...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project name="Deployment RPG">
    <Package name="Lobby">
        <Key ID="STR_dpl_profile_info_name">
            <English>DebugName: </English>
        </Key>
        <Key ID="STR_dpl_profile_info_reputation">
            <English>ReputationDebug: </English>
        </Key>
    </Package>
</Project>

#

something like that ^

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@frigid raven

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also_maybe_you_can_use_shorter_names_for_those_keys 😃

frigid raven Sep 29, 2018, 10:48 AM

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ah thought there is no convention

winter rose Sep 29, 2018, 11:09 AM

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you no need "original" just use "english"

I think Original is the default value, whereas English is not used as default if wanted language isn't present @meager heart

hollow thistle Sep 29, 2018, 11:10 AM

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If wanted language is not present first from the top is used, or smth like that.

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Thats why ace stringtable has english on the first place.
https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/advanced_ballistics/stringtable.xml

meager heart Sep 29, 2018, 11:12 AM

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yeah ^ commy was explaining that long time ago, i don't remember why exactly, but you can skip it...

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also tried with russian as original... and was fail...

frigid raven Sep 29, 2018, 11:16 AM

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so i cannot use "ns.module.key" as keyname?

meager heart Sep 29, 2018, 11:18 AM

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you can try it yourself just use them in your description.ext without quotes 😃

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author = $STR_xetra11_Interactive; < like that and with dots

still forum Sep 29, 2018, 11:53 AM

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If wanted language is not present first from the top is used, or smth like that. correct. Either the original entry is used, if it doesn't exist then the topmost one is used

meager heart Sep 29, 2018, 11:55 AM

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so that is optional and just not required then 🤔

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aka useless

arctic owl Sep 29, 2018, 2:35 PM

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Hey, does anyone have a UAV to Screen script that isn't Killzones? Something similar to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmEWtaKvSc ?

winter rose Sep 29, 2018, 6:20 PM

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@hollow thistle @meager heart @still forum thanks! Didn't know that

tough abyss Sep 29, 2018, 7:15 PM

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@arctic owl I threw something together a while ago.
Here's the link: https://pastebin.com/ZfHHprA5

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This should theoretically work with every UAV, just pass the Object/Screen and the UAV to the function.

arctic owl Sep 29, 2018, 7:20 PM

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@tough abyss , thanks going to give a go here after bit and see if I have any luck.

kindred lichen Sep 29, 2018, 7:34 PM

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I'm trying to get an addAction that'll only be availabe if the player can point at the object, so it doesn't work through buildings and walls and stuff, any ideas?

astral tendon Sep 29, 2018, 7:45 PM

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Is there a exemple for a LOITER waypoint?

arctic owl Sep 29, 2018, 8:26 PM

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@tough abyss , It works well, only problem I'm having is that it objects do not appear past about 300 meters from the camera, vs what I'm seeing when I am in the gunner view. I understand this is a camera attached to the gunner part of a UAV.

tough abyss Sep 29, 2018, 8:28 PM

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That depends entirely on your PIP setting in the graphics options of the game.

arctic owl Sep 29, 2018, 8:30 PM

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Hmmm, I have it set to Ultra, I suppose that may be the limitations of the PIP. Better than nothing! Thanks for your help.

arctic owl Sep 29, 2018, 8:45 PM

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And, when I go into arsenal, the PIP totally disapears from the screen and does not come back. Oh Arma.. lol.

arctic owl Sep 30, 2018, 12:36 AM

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Any work around Quicksilver?

#

I tried making an action that terminates the script on the Monitor, then a script that restarts it.

#

No luck.

#

This is what I have as the script that is suppose to stop it.

uavmonitorphI = [] execVM "scripts/uavmonitor.sqf";
sleep 5;
terminate uavmonitorphI;
hint "PhantomI Signal Lost";

unborn ether Sep 30, 2018, 12:51 AM

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@still forum Is there any way to get a weapon reloading time delta?

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 12:51 AM

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don't know any

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 8:42 AM

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@arctic owl You have to first set "terminate" as the cameraEffect and then use camDestroy to get rid of it.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraEffect
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/camDestroy

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:26 AM

#

I do have a question about spawning in many many objects. So far all of it is working just fine, but I do have some sync issues on a dedicated server. The server spawns those objects, but they are not in the right position and do not have the right rotation. this stays for around a minute or so and then it all snaps into place as it should.

Is there a way to prevent this?
This is the code snippet which spawns in the stuff, I have two of them one for simple objects and the other for normal object which have interactive parts.

{
    _x params ["_class","_posASL","_vehDirAndUp"];
    _object = createVehicle [_class, _posASL, [], 0, "NONE"];
    // _object = createSimpleObject [_class, _posASL];
    _object setVectorDirAndUp _vehDirAndUp;
    _object setPosASL _posASL;
    _object enableDynamicSimulation true;
} forEach _data;

Will spawning them at [0,0,0] also be faster or so?

#

this is all happening on the server btw

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:31 AM

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Does it do it without tinkering with simulation?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:32 AM

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not sure.

#

actually looks like it is still happening without the simulation part. I do spawn in multiple locations one of them had no simlation statement there and it still happened

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:39 AM

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Is the script scheduled?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:39 AM

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yes

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Try wrapping inside of the loop in isNil{...}

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Will spawning them at [0,0,0] also be faster or so?
yes, i guess enableDynamicSimulation is the slowest part here 🤔

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:42 AM

#

i mean, I could be jsut overloading arma. I am spawning in so much that even visual code gave up in syntax highlighting
https://i.imgur.com/DDaHxPA.png

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also running in unsheduled is a no go imo as these are way way too many objects

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:43 AM

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No one is suggesting you run it all unscheduled, just the object spawning and positioning part

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 9:47 AM

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also private will helps

#

few microseconds boost lol

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:48 AM

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ey if it runs faster

#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:48 AM

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Maybe you need to preload scene on clients as well, maybe it is not updating in time who knows

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:49 AM

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probably need to make the trigger areas larger then

#

the problem only occurs if you spawn the stuff directly on them (e.g. setting up the base camp) or if they drive to the locations.

#

i mean it is a lot i am spawning in, still.
from: https://i.imgur.com/j4zmFK0.jpg
to: https://i.imgur.com/vjVtrqc.jpg

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:52 AM

#

So the delayed effect you observe is through Zeus interface or in game on the ground?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:52 AM

#

both

#

it is bascially the server needs to broadcast the right rotation and position of the object

#

it is there, but not at the right position

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:52 AM

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With just one player in game?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:53 AM

#

I tested with 2 other people around, they both told me it looked the same. e.g. some table in the ground 90° rotated in the rwrong direction etc

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:54 AM

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Pretty strange, you think you can make repro?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:55 AM

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I wanted to release this at some point anyways. It is made to work with layers, it grabs the whole thing, extracts it into one huuuuge array so you can copy paste it into the spawn function.

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:55 AM

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Do you attach anything to the trigger?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:56 AM

#

no. right now i am using global variables as object holders, I will most likely switch to setVariable on the trigger in the future

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 9:58 AM

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Try to replace posASL with posWorld

#

In both grab and put

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 9:59 AM

#

i know it is a bit faster. it is only asl because that is with what i started out. now I cannot really change it anymore unless i want to edit an array with a few hundred items.

#

but yeah for future things posworld is better

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 10:00 AM

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It is not only better it is the one that should be used if you want exact position back, other pos commands introduce inaccuracy

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:01 AM

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🤔 that would explain some of the inaccuracies i experienced

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 10:02 AM

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Misalignment expected if you are not using get/setPosWorld

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:04 AM

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well, that means the stuff i have will stay misaligned as i got the pos with getPosASL

#

but future positions will be taken with getposworld instead

#

well, for now i just try spawning at 0,0,0 and moving them. salvaging those won't be possible right now.

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 10:08 AM

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getPosASL vs getPosWorld - same

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:09 AM

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so it is just the spawning part that has these problems when using setposAsl

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 10:09 AM

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getPosWorld                            // 0.0015 ms
getPosASL                            // 0.0016 ms
getPosATL                            // 0.0016 ms
getPos                                // 0.0020 ms
position                            // 0.0020 ms
getPosVisual                        // 0.0021 ms
visiblePosition                        // 0.0021 ms
getPosASLW                            // 0.0023 ms

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 10:12 AM

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Other setpos commands perform additional transformations while posWorld does not

#

There was a ticket on feedback tracker when it was introduced if anyone bothers to find it

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:13 AM

#

meaning right now if i switch out setposasl with setposworld, it should be the same, just more accurate?

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 10:14 AM

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No you have to grab it with getPosWorld if you want to put it with setPosWorld

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:14 AM

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ah, sad

#

as far as i now there is no transformation command from asl to world

#

or at least i could not find one

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 10:15 AM

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No

#

Would be too complicated

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 10:16 AM

#

spawning objects at [0,0,0] will speed up things, but probably the main problem is just number of objects... 🤷

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:17 AM

#

still thanks for the feedback on this. I got some answers form some other problems i had. Still making these things spawn faster is also good.

dim terrace Sep 30, 2018, 10:22 AM

#

isn't spawning of objects at [0,0,0] cause .rpt logs later?

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:23 AM

#

Well, you tell me. I am not sooo sure

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 10:26 AM

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"Object not found" spam ?

#

afaik that happens when you set pos them out of map, not when you spawn them at [0,0,0] and set pos after 🤔

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:33 AM

#

so far i am not seeing anything in the legs even repeated walking in and out of the trigger areas

#

must be a setpos thing then?

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 10:34 AM

#

🤷

peak plover Sep 30, 2018, 10:46 AM

#

I had the same issue

#

But I think deleting and creating non physics objects and non vehicles is worse than letting them stay there

#

@digital jacinth Remember how FPS got better in terrible timing 3?

#

When we left the base on heli, I had ~60 fps. There were thousands of objects in the base. While there I was ~15

#

For me the only thing that helped with wrong pos and rotation was just setting it again.
So I'd create the objects and then reset their positions a second later.

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 10:54 AM

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@peak plover dunno it is a give and take really. I am utilizing the whole map with several highly detailed locations. i think at this point it is better to just despawn the objects as you do not return there

peak plover Sep 30, 2018, 10:56 AM

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I'd say test it out. Don't hide any buildings and then teleport around.
I once tried by hiding and deleting all map objects and the fps impact out of view distance was minimal

#

There really shouldn't be much difference

#

However createVehicle on a HDD

digital jacinth Sep 30, 2018, 11:03 AM

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once itis cached :v

peak plover Sep 30, 2018, 11:04 AM

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That's true

peak plover Sep 30, 2018, 11:44 AM

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yea

#

Can you elaborate on the latter?

#

Ohh

#

For unconscious state?

#

And revive?

#

I've noticed many people still use the thing where they respawn the unit where they died always.
So when someone gets killed, you see a guy appear and dissapear for 1 frame

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 12:38 PM

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@dim terrace isn't spawning of objects at [0,0,0] cause .rpt logs later? no
@meager heart afaik that happens when you set pos them out of map, not when you spawn them at [0,0,0] and set pos after no. So far that was caused by invalid backpack containers that weren't propagated to server and other clients properly.

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 12:46 PM

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yeah i know about the backpacks weirdness, iirc there was some issues with objects out of map too, Dedmen

dim terrace Sep 30, 2018, 12:46 PM

#

pretty sure createAgent & createUnit did throw something

#

// Get designers to know more: Warning: Object B 1-1-B:10 (emtydoor.p3d) at position [1,1,0.356] too close to [0,0,0].
LogF("Warning: %s at position [%.2f,%.2f,%.2f] too close to [0,0,0].", cc_cast(GetDebugName()), vs._aimingPositionWorld.X(), vs._aimingPositionWorld.Y(), vs._aimingPositionWorld.Z());

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 12:48 PM

#

Never seen that "too close to [0,0,0]" message before

dim terrace Sep 30, 2018, 12:49 PM

#

I did, that's why I've used

                private _agent = createAgent ["VirtualMan_F", [0,0,10000], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];```

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 12:53 PM

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Ah.. I don't see agents that often. That's probably why I didn't see it yet

dim terrace Sep 30, 2018, 12:53 PM

#

it's in createUnit code too

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 12:55 PM

#

VirtualMan_F base class for the virtual curators ? 🤔

#

yes it is > https://gyazo.com/e5aae30575ba755f9639843f8be5186f

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 1:13 PM

#

oh btw vanilla respawn templates menu position teleports players at [0,0,0?] too...

#

when you will be in the respawn menu force close map and enjoy the view 😃

astral tendon Sep 30, 2018, 1:51 PM

#

    uav = createVehicle ["B_UAV_02_dynamicLoadout_F", [(getPosATL player select 0),(getPosATL player select 1),(getPosATL player select 2)+15000000], [], 0, "FLY"];

It does not matter how much I set the altitude, the UAV allways spawn in the same level.

frigid raven Sep 30, 2018, 2:06 PM

#

hey guys

#

Sorry again guys but I still cannot get my stringtable.xml file to work

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 2:12 PM

#

where did you place it? what's your keyname, how do you try to localize

frigid raven Sep 30, 2018, 2:13 PM

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project name="Deployment RPG">
    <Package name="Lobby">
        <Key ID="testString">
            <Original>DebugName:</Original>
        </Key>
    </Package>
</Project>

Place in the root where my Description.ext lies.
And calling it like localize "testString"

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 2:16 PM

#

and I guess isLocalized will return false for that?

frigid raven Sep 30, 2018, 2:16 PM

#

checking...

#

Okay - I just figured out that I had to friggin restart the whole preview

#

not just heading back to the lobby

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 2:26 PM

#

So it works now?

frigid raven Sep 30, 2018, 2:30 PM

#

still benchmarking 😄

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 2:31 PM

#

Asking this because I know you don’t like to read wiki, but having prefix str_ has some significance

digital hollow Sep 30, 2018, 2:33 PM

#

Are there script commands or functions for spawning ship weapon systems in the right place?

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 2:35 PM

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@tough abyss doesn't have any significance in this case

frigid raven Sep 30, 2018, 2:39 PM

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<Project name="Deployed RPG">
    <Package name="Lobby">
        <Key ID="str.dpl.profile.info.name">
            <Original>Name:</Original>
        </Key>
        <Key ID="str.dpl.profile.info.reputation">
            <Original>Reputation:</Original>
        </Key>
    </Package>
</Project>

after 123423423 tests, this does work

nocturne basalt Sep 30, 2018, 4:11 PM

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Hi guys. Can I remove the "get out" action when in a vehicle?

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I cant use removeAllActions player; since it only removes user added actions

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 4:13 PM

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Not without modding or disabling the action menu all together

nocturne basalt Sep 30, 2018, 4:13 PM

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oh ok

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 4:14 PM

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removeAllActions and such are for user added actions

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With addAction

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:24 PM

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Is there anyway to stop the vitalsLoop from ACE that spawns on a character? I wanna test something with vitals but i need them to remain static and not get recalculated while i test things

nocturne basalt Sep 30, 2018, 4:24 PM

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I c

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:25 PM

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@nocturne basalt you can't remove the action, but you can add an eventhandler for GetOut that essentially puts the person back in the vehicle. IDK if that would solve the issue for you

nocturne basalt Sep 30, 2018, 4:28 PM

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nah it doesnt help. Im making a parachute with a firing from vehicle function

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when Im in the FFV, I get the "get out" action

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:31 PM

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does the vehicle/parachute get deleted when that occurs?

nocturne basalt Sep 30, 2018, 4:34 PM

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no it only gets deleted when it hits the ground. Im putting the player into the driver position before it lands, or else you get stuck

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:37 PM

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this is just speculation, but wouldn't you be able to force them back into their old seat with the eventhandler? and at most they only see a frame of them falling? I know its not ideal, but might be the closet thing to want you want to accomplish

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:37 PM

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How do you put 2 switch cases into one to avoid something like this:

switch (_type) do {
    case 0: {
        code1;
    };
    case 1: {
        code1;
    };
    case 2: {
        code2;
    };
};

Can you connect case 0 and 1 so you avoid identical cases?

nocturne basalt Sep 30, 2018, 4:38 PM

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maybe its better to use if else for this

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:38 PM

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That's an example, I have many more cases ofcourse

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:38 PM

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if ((_type ==1) or (_type == 0)) then {
    //code1
} else {
    code2
};```

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:39 PM

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Nah... I want to keep the switch since I have many cases

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:40 PM

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idk but i think this would work too:

switch (_type) do {
    case (0 or 1) : {
        //code1;
    };
    case 2 : {
        //code2;
    }
};```

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:40 PM

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That doesn't work, I tried it

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:41 PM

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damn... i could swear that worked. I thought that case evaluated the code behind it

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:42 PM

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You get an error that the or operator needs boolean:boolean

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I guess I got it, looks a bit weird but gives me the right answer:

    case 0: {
        case 1: {
        };
    };

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:45 PM

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switch true do {
    case ((_type == 0) or (_type == 1)) : {
        //code1
    };
    case (_type == 2): {
        //code2
    };
};```

Edited and tested: works!

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 4:46 PM

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Just stop using switch if it's not suitable for what you're trying to do

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:46 PM

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@still forum Still better than having 20 different if statements

tame lion Sep 30, 2018, 4:47 PM

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@vivid locust read my previous, it worked for me just now

vivid locust Sep 30, 2018, 4:48 PM

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Yep, I've seen it. Might give this a try. It kinda sucks that you can't use operators in the cases like

case ( < 2): {
};

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Thanks

hollow thistle Sep 30, 2018, 4:52 PM

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switch (_type) do {
    case 0; // semicolon
    case 1: { // colon
        code1;
    };
    case 2: {
        code2;
    };
};

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^ - this is also shown on wiki in examples of switch do usage

calm bloom Sep 30, 2018, 6:13 PM

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Hello guys, does anyone know how to use ace3 TRACE_2 Macros?

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i mean, any other way then repack addon

still forum Sep 30, 2018, 6:19 PM

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i mean, any other way then repack addon no

calm bloom Sep 30, 2018, 6:31 PM

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okay(

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tnx

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 8:58 PM

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Hey guys, I need help that involves setting up a mission's date upon start up, I know this is easily done through 3den editor but the highest year i can go to is 2050 (im using a halo mod so i want the year to to be 2535). I know i can use setDate but i cant seem to get it working, i followed what the wiki page says however when i load the mission, the date is not set to what i want it to be.

Here is what I have got.

    waitUntil {time > 0};
    setDate [2535, 9, 27, 14, 0];
};```

high marsh Sep 30, 2018, 9:19 PM

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@tough abyss setDate requires a server side execution, but has local effects after the mission has started. The clients will sync their date if the server has the date set to 2535 before the mission has started

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in this case, you are using waitUntil to ensure the mission has already started

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if you need it to be set after the mission has started, use remotExec to set the date to 2353 locally on each client

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the previous isn't true though if you don't change the year

winter rose Sep 30, 2018, 9:27 PM

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@tough abyss you can edit the mission.sqm file directly too, just be sure not to edit it again in 3den afterwards (or repeat the process)

high marsh Sep 30, 2018, 9:28 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

winter rose Sep 30, 2018, 9:28 PM

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:3

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 10:29 PM

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@tough abyss where do you put that code?

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 10:54 PM

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but the highest year i can go to is 2050
https://gyazo.com/221287b72737cf97d3a0536eaf6a2a5f 🤔

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ez way https://gyazo.com/cc3da5d28958be4e17351677f1d7939b

radiant egret Sep 30, 2018, 10:56 PM

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@tough abyss some kind of reactive armor ?

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 11:01 PM

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@tough abyss init.sqf, @subtle ore was able to help me out though

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im also experimenting with the established shot intro thing and it displays the incorrect date, however i made a trigger for when i step on it, it displays the year and its the correct number (2535). Does anyone know a fix to this?

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https://i.imgur.com/kU8hbg7.jpg established shot

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https://i.imgur.com/dOzDuNQ.jpg trigger text thing

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@tough abyss Hold on a second, does your whole date not sync or only year? I know there is a bug with the year, unless the same year is set in the editor it just won’t sync

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whole date

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Hmm

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i wish the editor would allow me to use a year higher than 2050 lol

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Considering the game is set in 2035 giving it another 15 years max sounds like an oversight, you should report it as a bug

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is there any way to get rid of the date being displayed for the established shot?

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Is it enabled in description.ext?

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it's done through the editor

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no option about a displayed date

meager heart Sep 30, 2018, 11:43 PM

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is there any way to get rid of the date being displayed for the established shot?
no

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i wish the editor would allow me to use a year higher than 2050 lol
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/496092557768392714

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you can edit mission sqm...

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if you missed that > https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/496070702500413440 😃

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@tough abyss

tough abyss Sep 30, 2018, 11:48 PM

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@meager heart i'll look into it, thanks!

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 1:12 AM

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so

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am i being a smoothbrain here

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in the init field of some vr objects, i'm using

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oh SHIT I FORGOT TO SET THE VARSPACE

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AAAAAAAA

graceful condor Oct 1, 2018, 1:14 AM

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lolololol

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 1:20 AM

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this setVariable ["starterBlocks", "true"]; is in VR object block

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and

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how the fuck am i supposed to return all of those variables into an array

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i'm trying to use getVariable and I'm totally losing my mind

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 1:29 AM

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All variables?

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All blocks?

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Calmly explain what you are trying to do

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I'm having an issue with ctrlCommit. It seems to cause my ctrlSetPosition to work inproperly
https://i.imgur.com/nqckp9z.jpg

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3,21,34,1 would be on the bottom center of the screen

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

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If I use ctrlCommit 0 on every frame

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it bugs out

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 1:37 AM

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What are 3,21,34,1 winning lottery numbers for this week draw?

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 1:37 AM

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x y w h

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The numbers are correct (2nd image)

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But whenever I use ctrlCommit 0

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It breaks it

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 1:38 AM

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Those numbers will place image outside visible area

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Obviously ctrlCommit will move it outside

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 1:39 AM

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Ohh yeah, you're right. My bad

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Thanks

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 1:40 AM

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And don’t execute ctrlCommit on every frame it makes no sense

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 1:52 AM

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Yah

high marsh Oct 1, 2018, 1:53 AM

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Wait a sec, are you the same world famous life developer nigel? Why would you do such a silly thing? Is this why life frameworks have such low standards?

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 1:55 AM

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I don't develop life 👺

high marsh Oct 1, 2018, 2:02 AM

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That's what you say nigel, but when everyone sees your rpg framework 2.0, the secret will be out.

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 2:04 AM

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            [_ctrlSliderTimeout,_sliderPos,_timeUntilOpen] spawn {
                    disableSerialization
                    params ['_ctrlSliderTimeout','_sliderPos','_timeUntilOpen'];
                    systemChat str _this;
                    systemChat str _ctrlSliderTimeout;

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undefined variable in _ctrlSliderTimeout

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🤔

high marsh Oct 1, 2018, 2:04 AM

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Error speaks for itself

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 2:05 AM

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First one works and shows me https://i.imgur.com/YTlf3cd.jpg

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Says it's a control

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Ohh

#

I see

#

Disableserilization dones't have semicolon

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And it didn't error

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🤔

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 2:20 AM

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@peak plover trying to return a certain array of blocks

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i don't want to set an individual variable for each block

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and there's a lot of the same block that i need in different arrays, so i can't just use typeOf

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 2:29 AM

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Are these blocks all in the same area?

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 2:38 AM

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Yes

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 2:39 AM

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You can put a trigger with 3d space

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and if they are all in there, you can get 'em

#

example

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private _myArrayOfBlocks = [block1,block2,..];
private _myTrigger = triggerWithArea_1;

private _myArrayOfBlocksInTrigger = _myArrayOfBlocks inAreaArray _myTrigger;

#

As an alternative:
use 3den layers

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

digital hollow Oct 1, 2018, 4:13 AM

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Is there a way to detect whether an AI in a player's group has been given the Hold Fire command?

meager heart Oct 1, 2018, 4:31 AM

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we have currentCommand but idk is there "hold fire"

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sendSimpleCommand iirc has it but it returns nothing and no getters

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~~oh.. maybe~~

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~~with this > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/commandingMenu~~

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:20 AM

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good morning brothers from another mothers

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I am sad that I have to use localize to use stringtable values

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I wonder if anybody of you have written a n0ice macro for it

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Ah heres my question can I make a $ macro to have localize "key.of.awesomenezazsa substituted?

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like hint $(key.of.awesoamsdasd)

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can't test it cause am at work but am sure it is a not allowed symbol eh?

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 7:59 AM

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thx for pointing out

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need to get used to PreProcessor Cmds

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 8:10 AM

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Dunno about dollar sign but you could use word or letter, something like
#define S(KEY) (localize #KEY)
Usage of macros however makes code difficult to read and in this case doesn’t improve anything

broken thistle Oct 1, 2018, 9:09 AM

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I wanted to find out of someone has a web site that has script samples. I;m looking for an insert and pick up

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Oh and some mission editor samples too. I don't some missions in arma 2. The code in area 3 is more advanced that I thought

compact maple Oct 1, 2018, 9:32 AM

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wut

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is that arma 3 related

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 9:36 AM

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I don't some missions in arma 2. The code in area 3 is more advanced huh???

compact maple Oct 1, 2018, 9:37 AM

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lmao

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 9:40 AM

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Bizarre

queen cargo Oct 1, 2018, 11:26 AM

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Uhm... Wut? Using the Dollar syntax in Configs is legt

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Legit

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 11:35 AM

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Hi, can anyone tell me how to confugure a mission with 3 respanws only. An script? Thanks.

compact maple Oct 1, 2018, 11:43 AM

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What do you mean ? 3 different place to spawn ? or 3 respawn per player ?

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 11:51 AM

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respawns per player in the death place

compact maple Oct 1, 2018, 11:51 AM

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well in the multiplayer options in 3den I think you can configure the respawn system

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 11:54 AM

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yes, but i can't find where to select the number of respawns

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 12:38 PM

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@tough abyss Macros are friggin awesome! localize "key.of.me" vs. STR(key.of.me) the latter wins my heart

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... well after reading over it several times... meh

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😄

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 1:03 PM

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@frigid raven yes you can use a macro like that.
Ignore that guy who clearly doesn't know what he's talking about 😄

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 1:07 PM

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will do...

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I will ignore this guy ( @tough abyss )

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 1:16 PM

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@peak plover https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/287710933675933699/496121596080160768/20180930204941_1.jpg not really viable, i need to return an ever-shrinking mode for a bumper cars mini op i'm making -- i need a separate array for each 'ring' of VR blocks so i can progressively delete them

fringe yoke Oct 1, 2018, 1:42 PM

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Does anyone know of a command to toggle free look?

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 2:01 PM

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I will ignore this guy what the actual fuck? I did not say you can’t use macros

ruby breach Oct 1, 2018, 2:05 PM

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@tough abyss If you're trying to define multiple "rings" of squares, Alt Syntax 3 may give you what you need - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inAreaArray

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 2:06 PM

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hey hey, this looks to be what i'm looking for

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thank you! @ruby breach

compact maple Oct 1, 2018, 2:18 PM

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why do you people think you cant be touch lmao

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thats an hard superiority complexe you got there

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 2:58 PM

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@tough abyss 😄 calm down - just joking around

unborn ether Oct 1, 2018, 2:58 PM

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🍿

#

Okay 😦 slowly exits the room leaving popcorn behind

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 3:01 PM

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No take your popcorn with you - before sb. else takes the seat

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 3:02 PM

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looks up after eating popcorn off the ground

narrow musk Oct 1, 2018, 3:02 PM

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👀

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 3:02 PM

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giving up by laying on the ground

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 3:07 PM

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Wait

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Wouldn't it be easier to just create the blocks in .sqf? @tough abyss

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 3:08 PM

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listen here buddy that's too big-brained for me and also that's more effort than i want to put into this mission

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 3:08 PM

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Then 3den layers

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 3:17 PM

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@peak plover You can use 3den layers to return an array?

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 3:18 PM

#

yea

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 3:18 PM

#

WHAT

#

HOW

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 3:18 PM

#

https://i.imgur.com/mI2xYUK.jpg

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example

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 3:19 PM

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holy shit

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 3:19 PM

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line 40 I got the 3den layer entities and did param [0,[]]

#

This returns all objects within that layer

#

My layer name is generated on the fly in this case

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 3:19 PM

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absolutely amazing

#

thank you so much fampai you just made my life way easier

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 3:20 PM

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No problem

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 3:23 PM

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@tough abyss friends again?

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 3:51 PM

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Geee, let me think...sure

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 4:42 PM

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yay

grizzled rain Oct 1, 2018, 4:50 PM

#

Does anyone know how to add the alarm sound to an object?
to turn on and off such

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 4:52 PM

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@grizzled rain are you looking to make it so players can toggle the alarm?

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 4:56 PM

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Is GVAR a convention to adapt in your own mod/mission ? Or does it has some kind of copyright when I gonna use something similar?

grizzled rain Oct 1, 2018, 4:57 PM

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yes @tough abyss

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 4:57 PM

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Rule of thumb, prefix your shit so that it won’t clash with other people’s shit

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 4:58 PM

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I don't think one can put copyright around 4 letters..

#

ALWAYS use prefix for global variables

#

whether you hide it behind macros doesn't really matter

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 4:59 PM

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yea but my macro names will not interfere with others do they?

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 4:59 PM

#

Uh...

#

Arma doesn't really like redefining macros if that's what you mean

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 4:59 PM

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ok got your point

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 4:59 PM

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I think you might be forgetting that macros are just copy-paste

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 5:00 PM

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really first time I use macros

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 5:00 PM

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Don't use macros if you don't know why you should

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 5:00 PM

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so I forget to grasp the concepts sometimes

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I wanna make boilerplate statements more readable

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getVariable is a good example in my opinion

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 5:01 PM

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Well I'd say GVAR is not boilerplate.
And yeah.. ACE also has macros for getVariable stuff. But. That kills readability completely

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 5:01 PM

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hm

#

#define DEBUG(var1) [format ["DEBUG: %1", var1], DEBUG_CTX, DEBUG_CFG] call CBA_fnc_debug;

#

I wanna slim down my debug statements actually

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 5:03 PM

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that's a very nice idea. That way you can also very easily disable all your debugging, by just emptying the macro

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 5:04 PM

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Aye

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 5:50 PM

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#define LDEBUG(var1,var2) [format ["DEBUG (var1): %1", var2], DEBUG_CTX, DEBUG_CFG] call CBA_fnc_debug

Any idea what's wrong with this macro? var1 is not getting evaled. Calling it like so:
LDEBUG("before", _allProfiles);

#

I am omitting the # because it doesn't need to get converted to a string in my opinion

#

Tried this as well LDEBUG(before, _allProfiles); // no ""

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 5:52 PM

#

macro params aren't resolved inside "" strings

#

use '' strings

#

also leave away the quotes when you "call" the macro

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:02 PM

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ah ok - I found the quotes nice in the call cause of syntax highlighting for strings

#

Jeez I want to implement logic for 2 hours but still sitting there refactoring the whole

#

I am way too german

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 6:03 PM

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you mean "too perfect" 😉

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:04 PM

#

🦌 are.... are we allowed to be patriotic again?

#

ah yea right - all eyes on Trump now so we can rise again!

#

Alright third try my Kameraden! This time we can make it!

#

...too soon?

still forum Oct 1, 2018, 6:07 PM

#

for mother ~~Cherna~~russia!

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:12 PM

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! yay

#

#define LDEBUG(var1,var2) [format ['DEBUG - var1: %1', var2], DEBUG_CTX, DEBUG_CFG] call CBA_fnc_debug
#define DEBUG(var1) [format ["DEBUG: %1", var1], DEBUG_CTX, DEBUG_CFG] call CBA_fnc_debug

Next mystery to solve...
Calling it like
LDEBUG(after, _allProfiles);
yields
DPL.PROFILES - - after: ["#CBA_HASH#",["76561197977776587"],[[<null>,<null>,["#CBA_HASH#",[],[],any]]],[]]
Please notice that DEBUG is being removed from the output - I do have a macro called DEBUG but that one expects argument. Might this be evaluated there?

fringe yoke Oct 1, 2018, 6:18 PM

#

Does anyone know a way to toggle free look?

tame lion Oct 1, 2018, 6:19 PM

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double tap "alt"? is that what you mean?

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:20 PM

#

I think he means by script eh?

fringe yoke Oct 1, 2018, 6:20 PM

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Yeah, via script

#

I thought that went without saying in #arma3_scripting :p

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:21 PM

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Yea but the question seemed odd 😄

#

Can I know the use-case? Am curious

fringe yoke Oct 1, 2018, 6:22 PM

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There is a animation that plays, but the player is still allowed to move their head around, which makes the animation clip into the ground. I would like to switch to free look during the animation

#

Right now I going to use an extension to double tap alt... hoping for a better way

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:23 PM

#

So you want the player to stop looking around right?

#

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lookAt
Found this - mybe you can force him to look at something specific

fringe yoke Oct 1, 2018, 6:24 PM

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I don't think that works for players

#

Only ai

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:24 PM

#

besides that only found the flag-check https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/freeLook

#

@fringe yoke well give it a try ?

#

Units can be players, too as far as I know

fringe yoke Oct 1, 2018, 6:25 PM

#

I found the check yeah, disappointed I didn't find an enableFreeLook like everything else

#

I tired it already in the debug console with no luck, didn't dig into it too much

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:25 PM

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I think there is a way to execute every action a user can do - but hard to find without the wording for it

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 6:36 PM

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I'm not sure if u can force freelook?

#

or disable

#

Also what would happen if trackIR

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 6:54 PM

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You can disable kinda by overriding key press but if it is remapped to mouse or joystick you can only check if the binding is not vanilla

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 6:59 PM

#

Is it possible to make a Rsc_Picture clickable? I want to have them as clickable areas. Workaround would be overlay buttons without alpha values

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 7:05 PM

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Did u try an event?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlAddEventHandler

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 7:24 PM

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Yeah mousedown should work

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 7:24 PM

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okay then sth else is going wrong here

tough abyss Oct 1, 2018, 7:31 PM

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There is no Rsc_Picture though, only RscPicture

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 7:41 PM

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ye...

#

_profilePicture1 ctrlAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", {
    ["DEBUG!666", DEBUG_CTX, DEBUG_CFG] call CBA_fnc_debug;
}];

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Does not execute

#

trying same statement with a button now

#

k still not working - doing bullshit anyhow it seems

weary pivot Oct 1, 2018, 7:45 PM

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I’ve setup my artillery providers, my support provider and a unit they are synced and the artillery communicates and says Rounds complete but they never move to aim and the don’t fire. What am I doing wrong

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Nevermind I figured it out I had to many providers

unborn ether Oct 1, 2018, 8:19 PM

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@frigid raven To make control fire event handlers, it should be enabled. AFAIR things like RscPicture|RscPictureKeepAspect are both disabled by default.

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 8:27 PM

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But can be enabled in the config eh?

peak plover Oct 1, 2018, 8:29 PM

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

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Try that

frigid raven Oct 1, 2018, 8:45 PM

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thx a heap

meager heart Oct 1, 2018, 11:33 PM

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you can try ctrlSetFocus too 😃

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and there are no disabled controls by default... 👌

meager heart Oct 1, 2018, 11:59 PM

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oh... also "MouseButtonDown" - does not works with "RscPicture"... (i can't type)

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 1:19 AM

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is there anyway to get the IRL date/time in arma?

meager heart Oct 2, 2018, 1:28 AM

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only with extensions afaik

unborn ether Oct 2, 2018, 1:29 AM

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Is it possible to grab chat control and add some text to it? thanks.

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 1:29 AM

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the only one i found was one by KillzoneKid, but its 32bit only, and i definitely would need 64

unborn ether Oct 2, 2018, 1:29 AM

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@tame lion Watch for real_date extension. It has both x86/x64.

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 1:30 AM

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yeah thats the one im referencing, I used the DL link from here:
http://killzonekid.com/arma-extension-real_date-dll-v3-0/
and used it. It states its only for 32bit

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nevermind, he has a x64 buid on it too i just found

unborn ether Oct 2, 2018, 1:32 AM

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http://killzonekid.com/arma-64-bit-extensions/

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Jeez

tough abyss Oct 2, 2018, 1:59 AM

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@tame lion you can do this with missionStart, it even has an example

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 2:00 AM

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thank you, i just got it to work 😃

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long story short: I have a vehicle shop system and one of my members suggested doing like a "sale of the week" to me.
my idea was to do something like "Sundays between 7-9pm, all vehicles half off" or something to that effect

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 6:50 AM

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How would one determine which command to use to remove an item?

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Like removeWeapon,removeMagazine,removeItem

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 6:53 AM

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bis_fnc_itemType?

meager heart Oct 2, 2018, 6:55 AM

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addItem works with everything... so maybe removeItem too 🤔

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 6:57 AM

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Ohh it works with mags at least

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 6:59 AM

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be sure to have the right weapon item name

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I had a stupid moment where the name visible in the eden editor != the name it needs for being added

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 7:00 AM

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ohh itemType works great thanks @still forum

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 7:23 AM

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I guess if I want to drop player uniform via script I have to get the items with itemCargo uniformContainer _unit

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 7:35 AM

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would probably easier to use the drop action
I know that works for weapons, might work for uniforms too

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 7:39 AM

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I need animationless/instant

compact maple Oct 2, 2018, 7:39 AM

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hello superior living people

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 7:53 AM

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Well as soon as you have weapons with attachments in the uniform.. you're doomed

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 7:57 AM

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ohh yeah

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They would be gone

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But they won't be

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

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:07 AM

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you can unlink them from the weapon and put them in uniform that way

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 8:08 AM

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I would just take the gun apart

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Whatever 🤷🏻

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As long as the items are not dissappearing 😄

gusty flume Oct 2, 2018, 11:42 AM

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not an arma script but wondering if anyone here has experience with python scripting and could tell me if my script will do the job i want it to

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 12:19 PM

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Kind of a general question scripting question here:
I know that while {true} do is bad to do, busty is it strenuous on the system if you put a sleep in that condition? Ex: while {sleep 60; true} do

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 12:19 PM

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put the sleep into the code, not condition ^^

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 12:20 PM

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Oh i thought you could put It in the condition. It's worked for me in other instances

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 12:21 PM

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could too....

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But I don't see why. It should work. But looks ugly 😄

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 12:23 PM

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Lol i don't know the engine well enough but I think i learned that from reading some script a long time ago when i was but a young padawan

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My understanding is that the reason it's strenuous is because the condition code is getting run every frame, and my thought was that the sleep in the condition prevents that from happening

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 12:31 PM

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is because the condition code is getting run every frame nope

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your script runs for at most 3ms per frame

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and at minimum... never.

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Without any sleep your while loop might run dozens of iterations each frame. For up to 3ms.
With a sleep you can make sure it only runs between once every sleep interval and.. never.

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 12:38 PM

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Oh yeah... The code will exit once the condition is false anyway lol

tough abyss Oct 2, 2018, 1:54 PM

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"The code will exit once the condition is false"
no it won't

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the condition won't be satisfied if the condition is false

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if you have code that's being run and your condition gets set to false somehow during that -- your code would still execute

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it would stop executing after its current iteration would finish

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but it would not exit

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:18 PM

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I'd love to find out what @tame lion 's goal is

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Stop the loop condition from checking every frame?

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private _i = 0;

// waituntil runs once per fram
waitUntil {

    call my_fnc_runsEveryFrame;

    // increment
    _i = _i + 1;
    (_i == 10 && {
        _i = 0;
        ((currentWeapon player) isEqualTo (handGunWeapon player))
    })    // condition
};

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This would only check the condition every 10 frames

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And execute the code every frame

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:26 PM

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it would check "some" condition at most every frame. But not "THE" condition 😄

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:27 PM

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Wll

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let me edit

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if you wanna run code every frame

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but only wanna check the condition every 10 frames

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🤷🏻

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:29 PM

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:U

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but waitUntil doesn't run every frame

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it runs at most once every frame

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and minimum... never.

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:30 PM

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aaah

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yeaa

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in that case you can do a similar thing with eachFrame

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:30 PM

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I'd say in the average case.. it runs every couple frames

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:30 PM

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and run it all in unscheduled

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:30 PM

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I think Crowmedic was only aiming to make his code less performance intensive

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:31 PM

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@tame lion Is the issue low fps ?

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:38 PM

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I was asking only a generalized question. But more specifically i have a vehicle shop that updates it's contentevery hour from server start via while {sleep 3600; true} do

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I remembered reading somewhere that doing while true do's was a bad thing to do but figured if it only runes every hour it can't be that bad

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:39 PM

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your remembering and figuring are both correct

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That way to do a hourly update seems horrendously bad.. But.. You don't really have alternatives with vanilla Arma

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:40 PM

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Isn/t sleep still inaccurate}

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:40 PM

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yes

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Same as scheduled in general

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:40 PM

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But is been working though lol

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:41 PM

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yeah. It works. And there aren't really any good alternatives. But it still makes my non-existent back hair stand up

dusk sage Oct 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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As long as you don't need it critically on the hour :)

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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.dll and just a py script or sth 🤷🏻

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Intercept is the only almost-perfect solution.

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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&

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Yup

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Is only an update that doesn't need to happen exactly at the hour. Just close enough

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:42 PM

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Sure, but there's gotta be more things like that

dusk sage Oct 2, 2018, 3:43 PM

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If you make an extension, you're still gonna have to poll it

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:44 PM

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I just mean use an existing extension

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And use something other than arma to do things

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:44 PM

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Unless... Intercept.. But unless you go crazy like I would.. It's still polling

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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I was looking through a mod the other day (ace medical i think) and remember seeing something called cba_fnc_waitandexecute (or something to that effect) could that possibly be the alternative to my while sleep 3600 true do?

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:45 PM

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You almost can't do anything perfect with Arma ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Yeah. waitAndExecute is the most efficient alternative there is (besides.... that thing)

dusk sage Oct 2, 2018, 3:48 PM

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Don't be deterred from just sleeping for an hour if it really isn't time critical whatsoever @tame lion it's the simplest solution

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:48 PM

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and performance wise it doesn't really matter anyway

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:48 PM

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True

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There are other ways of increasing performance

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Which are probably more effective

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:48 PM

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-noSound :3

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:49 PM

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-nosound on server exe I'm assuming?

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:49 PM

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no.. that wouldn't make any sense ^^

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:49 PM

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scheduled scripts rarely kill performance

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:49 PM

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Server doesn't have sound anyway

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:50 PM

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Lol i knew that But the suggestion made me think i was wrong

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:50 PM

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disabling sound clientside gives more fps

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:50 PM

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How much more?

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:50 PM

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about half of one

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probably 😄

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:51 PM

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So 50% more?

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:51 PM

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Long story short I've got a project I've been working on over the past year. I've learn a lot in that time, better techniques, etc. I'm now going through all my older code and attempting to optimise and fix things that work but could work better

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:52 PM

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Ahh yeah.. Old projects are the best... NOT

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Most of the time when people tell me "My mission is awesome, I have been working on it for over 3 years" you already know the SQF code is gonna be utter garbage

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:52 PM

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yikes

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:53 PM

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You either go over all your code about once per year and clean up. Or you rewrite everything. Or your code is gonna stay crap 😄

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:53 PM

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My mission is gonna be awesome, I've had the idea for it for years, just started writing it.

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:54 PM

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If I find a single private ARRAY in there you're gonna get a slap on the wrist

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:54 PM

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Yeah... As an example... The dialogs for this shop... They declare selections as global variables because i didn't realize better ways to store and transfer data between different ctrl event handlers

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:55 PM

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setVariable! 😄

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 3:55 PM

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Yea

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_ctrl setVariable

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 3:55 PM

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Well... More like ´lbCurSel´

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That's what I've been doing now

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 3:56 PM

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I started looking into someone's mission on github today. This code is not his though, some idiot from armaholic wrote that years back and tons of people keep copying that shit. But I found DOZENS of occurrences of this

call compile format ["%1 = %2",_varType, _terrainGrid];
call compile format ["profileNamespace setVariable ['%1',%1]", _varType];

Note here that the profileNamespace variable is NEVER being read. It's purely useless garbage

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 4:01 PM

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You mean that they never pull it with profilenamespace variable?

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 4:02 PM

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getVariable yes

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 4:02 PM

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Yes... Lol I'm on my phone

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 4:02 PM

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Also the variable name is ""varname"" instead of "varname" like you would expect

dusk sage Oct 2, 2018, 4:02 PM

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Next you're gonna say they had with uiNamespace do { before that

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 4:03 PM

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no 😄 atleast I haven't seen that yet

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 4:05 PM

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Wait... I've done that... What's wrong with that?

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 4:09 PM

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kinda broken and unreliable.
I think the currentNamespace would carry over to other scripts even though you don't intent to

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I'm not up-to-date to whether that has been fixed

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 4:15 PM

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but this is how this should work, correct?

with uinamespace do {
var1 = "Test Text";
};
hint var1; //<--- fails

hint (uinamespace getvariable "var1"); //<-- succeeds

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just as a general theory question

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 4:18 PM

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yes

dusk sage Oct 2, 2018, 4:21 PM

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(but nothing stops you doing uiNamespace setVariable...!)

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 4:26 PM

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oh i know, it was just a working example to make sure i understood the concept lol\

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 4:33 PM

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    <Key ID="str.dpl.profile.info.isprisoner">
        <Original>Prisoner:&nbsp;</Original>
        <German>Gefangener:&nbsp;</German>
    </Key>

yields Prisoner:?
😦

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 4:34 PM

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why not use a normal space ^^

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Yeah the Arma font might not support printing that

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 4:39 PM

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when using normal it trims it

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 5:35 PM

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There is no way in forEachs scope to access the current iteration index eh?

young current Oct 2, 2018, 5:36 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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this?

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 5:37 PM

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leave me alone pls

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🐛

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thx tho...

high marsh Oct 2, 2018, 5:59 PM

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Have a taco, will make you feel better.

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 5:59 PM

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What about the cookies?

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already gone?

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 5:59 PM

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can't eat sugar

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brain fog == bad code

high marsh Oct 2, 2018, 6:00 PM

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there, don't go and getting yourself fat now.

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@peak plover Brain fog?

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You got sugar molecules in the form of cookies?

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 6:07 PM

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Brain fog is a general term for dysfunctions in focus, learning, and memory that can create brief episodes of confusion, disorientation and frustration.

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It's when you are trying to script and it's not working and you don't know why and you get more and more frustrated and confused

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 6:21 PM

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I'm having an issue with addPublicVariableEventHandler not firing despite me actually changing the variable. Here is how im using it:

"APM_Admin_notes" addPublicVariableEventHandler {
    hint str _this;
};```
and anytime i do this:
```sqf
APM_Admin_notes = "Some Data";
publicVariable "APM_Admin_notes";

the above code does not fire. Any ideas?

austere granite Oct 2, 2018, 6:22 PM

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When are you calling the code? There's something with using it in preinit/postinit that you need to spawn it I believe

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Rule?

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 6:23 PM

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dropped my keyboard and that popped out

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the variable is gonna change whenever a player enters a note into the array that is going to be APM_Admin_notes and the client is going to public the new variable

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what will happen is: Client who is an "Admin" (not logged or voted, but declared through my system) will enter data into a dialog, that data will get sent to the server and pushback'ed into the APM_Admin_notes array. The server will then PublicVariable APM_Admin_notes in order to make sure that all admins now have all the "notes" which will be in this array

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let me ask this: I'm currently testing in the editor with Local Hosting, not dedicated atm, does that affect how this works? does the event only happen when you aren't the one changing and public'ing the new variable?

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 6:36 PM

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This is the login handler (mouse button down) for my login Dialog. It is being executed.
Please note that _profile is a CBA Hash. Debugging it in the handler scope yields the expected values.

_loginHandler = {
    params ["_ctrl"];
    private _profile = _ctrl getVariable ["_profile", EMPTY_HASH];
    closeDialog 1;
    _profile call X11_fnc_login;
};

But when inside the X11_fnc_login the given param _profile is not the hash it was before. I know Dialogs work a bit different but did wasn't aware it will screw these things up?

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 6:36 PM

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i only did hint str _this to test how addPublicVariableEventHandler worked

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 6:55 PM

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I strongly suggest to dump public variable EH and use functions and remoteExecute instead

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@frigid raven What data type?
try

[_profile] call X11_fnc_login;```

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 7:03 PM

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CBA Hash (pseudo) so it isn in fact a huge ass array

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[_profile] spawn X11_fnc_login;

is working now

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no clue why -_-

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 7:27 PM

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look in X11_fnc_login

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how are the params grabbed

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I have no clue what pseudo means

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Wouldn't the has be an array?

high marsh Oct 2, 2018, 7:29 PM

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Pesudo -> Not genuine, perpetrating something, but is still not so

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 8:11 PM

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I have an array of 3 elements

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want to remove the value of the element at index 1

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_array set [1, nil] ?

peak plover Oct 2, 2018, 8:12 PM

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Yes

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:12 PM

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you want to replace the 1 element by nothing. Or you want to remove the element?

tame lion Oct 2, 2018, 8:27 PM

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Example depending on what you want to happen:

_array = [3, 4, 5];

_array set [1, nil]; //[3, nil, 5];

_array deleteAt 1; // [3, 5];

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:28 PM

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~~the deleteAt is enough to remove it~~ lol.. thought you were him 😄

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 8:38 PM

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I just want to have an empty value there without having it pop back somehow

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So I did it right, yay!

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    _player setVariable [KEY_PROFILE_FETCHED, EMPTY_HASH, _ownerId];

Does this make sense? I want the variable to be available on the players namespace.

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:40 PM

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Yeah. Looks fine I'd say. But better test that out before pushing it to production 😄

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 8:40 PM

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I am unsure about having _player as first param... I kinda see this as doubled args

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haha ye testing the whole time

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:40 PM

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Well.. Do you want to set it on the player object?

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or in that players missionNamespace?

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 8:41 PM

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mod is so huge for me now I am getting friggin crayz

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Ehm actually I getVar on the player object

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so yea on the player

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:41 PM

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that's correct then.

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 8:41 PM

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kk

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thanxe

meager granite Oct 2, 2018, 8:48 PM

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Have _ownerId instead of _player as left operand

high marsh Oct 2, 2018, 8:49 PM

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Hm? Where are you talking about Sa?

meager granite Oct 2, 2018, 8:50 PM

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@frigid raven post, I assume he tries to come up with a way to send specific player a variable or something

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Come up as in imagine something that probably will never be in game

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Unless it has something to do with Intercept since Dedmen responded to him

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:51 PM

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setVariable doesn't take a number as left argument

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He is using the
<object> setVariable [<name>, <value>, <public variable to clientID>]
sytnax

meager granite Oct 2, 2018, 8:52 PM

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Well, I feel stupid now

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How did I miss third array value accepting client id or even array of ids

still forum Oct 2, 2018, 8:53 PM

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You don't really use it that much ^^

meager granite Oct 2, 2018, 8:53 PM

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I thought he was thinking about how it could potentially work

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Yeah, never had a need for it before

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So @frigid raven ignore anything I said

frigid raven Oct 2, 2018, 8:55 PM

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yea thats what I felt weird about I have the left side argument player object and also as third right arg the owner ID... kinda double payload since the func could get the ID on the left side or get the owner by itself from the _player object

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wow I do not understand what I just wrote

meager granite Oct 2, 2018, 8:55 PM

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It makes sense since you might want to set variable on client which doesn't own target object

tough abyss Oct 2, 2018, 9:41 PM

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You know what P stands for in PublicVariable?

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Real men use remoteExec!