Maybe you want entities command but dont know it yet
#arma3_scripting
tough abyss
knotty sun
that would skip Zeus placed boxes, wouldn't it?
knotty sun
will do
west grove
got another question. :> is it possible to have a function that gets called automatically without me having to write it into my mission?
calling event handlers, etc
tough abyss
explain
knotty sun
if you're using it in the form of a PBO, yes
west grove
as pbo / addon, yes
basically the function works in every mission i play in, without me having to put it into mission scripts first
knotty sun
in config.cpp cpp class yourScript {postInit = 1;};
west grove
nice.
ok, but before i start working on it: it's not possible to have event handlers on item objects, no?
because that would also solve my problem
knotty sun
if you can reference them , ues
tough abyss
i dont understand the question
west grove
i have a new item (based on gps), and i want something to happen once the player picks it up
knotty sun
ooooh like that
tough abyss
you can add EH "Take"
west grove
in config?
like this? class EventHandlers: EventHandlers
{
Take = "hint 'taken!; ";
};
tough abyss
yeah for player not for item
tough abyss
you can add EH Deleted to the item if item gets deleted when you pick it up
But if your item is in weaponholder then you need Take EH for player
Take wont fire if item has a Rearm action and you press that instead of taking it
tough abyss
no it has to be added to the unit class like whatever class you are playing
B_soldier_something
it is player EH not item
west grove
ah, alright. so i actually do need the postinit stuff then
tough abyss
Try this in debug console player addeventhandler ["Take", {hint str _this}];
west grove
yes, this works, that's not a problem
my idea is to have a new item that i can just throw into any mission and then it will work
easier said than done
tough abyss
you can make a special weaponholder that holds only 1 item and when you pick up the item this weaponholder is deleted naturally, then you can add "Deleted" EH in config to the weaponholder
why do you need event when player picks up item?
west grove
i actually don't. if we break it down even further, i just have to check if the assignedItems == true
if ("testItem" in (assignedItems player) ) then ...
so i actually just have to use the inventory related EHs
now that i'm thinking about it..
and now that i'm thinking about it even more... is it possible to make a new item that is not the GPS but that can be placed into the GPS slot?
tough abyss
yeah, you just need to fake its type I think
better ask in #arma3_config
@west grove Yep it works, Deleted EH added to weaponholder
west grove
what about items in containers, etc? these aren't weaponholders?
tough abyss
Yeah you need Take
west grove
hmm got a new problem
can i remove a layer from allcutlayers?
with ""myStuff" cutRsc ["RscTitleDisplayEmpty", "PLAIN"];" i'm just overwriting it - makes sense.
but what about removing it completely?
west grove
ok, i just workarounded it with a variable for now. not as clean as i'd like to, but ok for now
tough abyss
Overwriting is deleting. You could fade it when it has opacity 0 it is removed, allCutLayers will still have reference to it because this is how it works
astral dawn
do extra brackets ()slow down SQF actually?
still forum
🤦
SQF is compiled
Yes they slow down compile times, same as whitespace and linebreaks do
astral dawn
No but after it's compiled, what happens to the brackets?
still forum
Same as with anything else that's not useful
thrown away
The order of the compiled instructions is the order of execution
brackets make no sense there
you can calculate like.. one or two nanoseconds per bracket, at compiletime
astral dawn
Allright, so it figures out precedence at compilation, and throws brackets away
Thanks 👍
tough abyss
I found how to spawn a flare on command but how do you get it to launch into the air like flares normally do?
_flrObj = "F_40mm_yellow" createvehicle startingpos;
_flrObj setVelocity [0,0,10];
hoary stratus
hey guys, how can i convert folders in pbo with cli (console)? which tool should i use?
tough abyss
I keep getting errors on this since adding in this parameter, and ideas?
//create array of all zone markers
_maxsize = paramsarray select 7
zoneMarkers = [];
{
if((_x select [0, 6] == "mrkAct") and ((getMarkerSize _x) <= _maxsize)) then {
zoneMarkers append [_x];};
x setMarkerAlpha 0;
} foreach allMapMarkers;
and the parameter is
class mapsize
{
title = "Arena max radius";
texts[] = {"Any","150","100","75"};
values[] = {1000,150,100,75};
default = 100;
};
robust hollow
whats the error?
tough abyss
_maxsize = paramsarray select 7
zoneMarkers = [];
{
if((_x select [0>
15:55:51 Error position: <zoneMarkers = [];
{
if((_x select [0>
15:55:51 Error Missing ;
15:55:51 File C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\Axebeard\mpmissions\ACTION_Arma_CMedition(Altis).Altis\initServer.sqf, line 13
15:55:51 Error in expression <";
_maxsize = paramsarray select 7
zoneMarkers = [];
{
if((_x select [0>
15:55:51 Error position: <zoneMarkers = [];
{
if((_x select [0>
15:55:51 Error Missing ;``` _maxsize = paramsarray select 7 // <-- missing semicolon, like the error says
zoneMarkers = [];
also x setMarkerAlpha 0; missing _ for _x
tough abyss
weird, must have hit del randomly. thanks
robust hollow
(getMarkerSize _x) <= _maxsize wont work because getMarkerSize returns an array, not a number
tough abyss
Just about to ask that, I need the radius, so I guess getMarkerSize _x select 0'''?
robust hollow
I'd probably do (selectMax getMarkerSize _x) <= _maxsize
tough abyss
Longest side?
robust hollow
yea
robust hollow
getText(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _weaponClassName >> "displayName")```Will getText return a string?
robust hollow
yes
tough abyss
Ok, wasn't sure if "text" was different somehow (like it is in UE4)
Is there a way to pull a random Primary Weapon from all loaded mods?
Go through CfgWeapons I take it?
robust hollow
selectRandom(allUnits select {!isPlayer _x && primaryWeapon _x != ""} apply {primaryWeapon _x})
```?eww thats not as good
wait 1
tough abyss
More importantly, how would you get a magazine for that weapon? I guess select the first one in the list?
robust hollow
more like this, dont know wtf i was thinking
primaryWeapon selectRandom(allUnits select {!isPlayer _x && primaryWeapon _x != ""})
any magazine or the one loaded?
tough abyss
No I meant pull a random weapon from the current modlist to give to the player, then give them ammo
robust hollow
i read mods as mobs 😢
tough abyss
oh lol
robust hollow
yea cycle through cfgweapons but it isnt just primary weapons, pretty sure there is a way to filter out everythign else but i cant think of it rn
tough abyss
ehhh, I actually did want secondaries mixed in there too, just not particularly launchers
I'm not sure how'd you select from there anyway though, like _randWeapon = selectRandom (configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >>);
robust hollow
something like this perhaps
configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','MachineGun','SniperRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"))
well yea... you gotta do that urself.
tough abyss
the _randWeapon is supposed to be a string of the weapon's name
For giving out to players
I have it set up for predefined weapons already, the "get all possible random weapons" is the thing I'm having trouble with
robust hollow
yea that returns a weapon classname... what do u want, a list of all weapons?
tough abyss
What does the return look like exactly?
robust hollow
that snippet as is would return something like "arifle_weapon_class_whatever"
tough abyss
like "hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F";?
robust hollow
if thats the random gun it lands on yes
tough abyss
Yeah, weird that it doesn't give me the weapon though... I must have missed something else then
robust hollow
send a snippet of how ur using it
tough abyss
_SelectedWeapon = (paramsArray select 3);
if (_SelectedWeapon == 0) then {
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','MachineGun','SniperRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
//magazineToAdd = "hlc_10rnd_12g_buck_S12";
};
if (_SelectedWeapon == 1) then {
_SelectedWeapon = (floor(random 9)) + 2;};
diag_log format["%1 %2",__LINE__,__FILE__];
switch (_SelectedWeapon) do {
case 2: {
magazineToAdd = "16Rnd_9x21_Mag";
weaponToAdd = "hgun_P07_F";
};
case 3: {
magazineToAdd = "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder";
weaponToAdd = "hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F";
};
};
weaponSelect = getText(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> weaponToAdd >> "displayName");
publicVariable "magazineToAdd";
publicVariable "weaponToAdd";
publicVariable "weaponSelect";
It show shows the display name just fine
Nothing showing up in the rpt either
robust hollow
log what the variable returns when u try to add it.
also, just reading that i feel like when _SelectedWeapon equals 1 there is a chance no weapon gets set?
tough abyss
I cut out all the other cases on SelectedWeapon
robust hollow
ohhhh, fair enough 👍
tough abyss
Yeah, I must have my paramater numbers messed up or something
Ohhhhh I know the problem
I have my script to assign loadouts set to waitUntil !isNil magazineToAdd, but I never added in the mags
molten pulsar
Hey does anyone know what the locality is for a projectile fired by a unit on a dedicated server?
tough abyss
How do I just pull the first magazine that's compatible with the random weapon?
robust hollow
getArray(configfile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _weapon >> "magazines")#0```ahhhhh I had just found something close to that on Reddit I was trying to parse out
high marsh
@robust hollow That's fine for weapons that don't use magazine wells.
tough abyss
you mean internal mags?
robust hollow
@molten pulsar i think the projectile is a local object, not a network object. I'm not 100% sure though, havent really look into it before, just did a quick test.
// FiredMan EVH
9:49:03 "SERVER - 13: tracer_green.p3d"
9:49:03 "SERVER - local: true"
9:49:03 "SERVER - netid: 0:0"
9:49:03 "CLIENT - 21: tracer_green.p3d"
9:49:03 "CLIENT - local: true"
9:49:03 "CLIENT - netid: 0:0"
alright, so its essentially local everywhere then?
robust hollow
yea cause it would seem its a different object for each client
molten pulsar
Thanks for the help man
tough abyss
@robust hollow testing in vanilla, this pulls a lot of mounted weapons that bug out. Any way to avoid those?
if (_SelectedWeapon == 0) then {
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','MachineGun','SniperRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
magazineToAdd = getArray(configfile >> "CfgWeapons" >> weaponToAdd >> "magazines")#0;
};
Ditch the MGs?
swapped MachineGun for LightMachineGun seems to do the trick, I think MachineGun is for mounted
robust hollow
🤷 i looked at arsenal to see how it sorted weapons
tough abyss
I checked the wiki, Machineguns weren't even listed just LMGs,. Makes senes (to Arma)
Any obvious reason this trigger doesn't work in multi?
0 = [] spawn {
_rad = triggerArea boundaryTrigger select 0;
damagePlayer = true;
for [ {_i=10} , {_i>=0} , {_i=_i-1} ] do {
_str = str (format ["WARNING: %1", _i]);
titleText [_str,"PLAIN"];
titleFadeOut 0.5;
sleep 1;
if (player distance boundaryTrigger < _rad) exitWith {damagePlayer=false};
};
if (damagePlayer) then {player setDamage 1;
[player] execVM "ACEdeath.sqf";
};
};
I wonder if boundaryTrigger needs to be public
wait no, this is the boundaryTrigger
tough abyss
Trying a different way but my exitWith is messing it up
_unit = _this select 0;
waitUntil {(_unit distance startingpos) > (zonesize select 0) + 10};
for [ {_i=10} , {_i>=0} , {_i=_i-1} ] do {
_str = str (format ["WARNING: %1", _i]);
titleText [_str,"PLAIN"];
titleFadeOut 0.5;
sleep 1;
if ((_unit distance startingpos) < (zonesize select 0)) then {exitWith {};};
};
if ((_unit distance startingpos) < (zonesize select 0)) then {exitWith {};};
else {
_unit setDamage 1;
[_unit] execVM "ACEdeath.sqf";
};
then {exitWith {};}; -> exitWith {};
tough abyss
so scratch the whole "then" part?
robust hollow
yea, but keep in mind you cant do exitWith {} else {}
tough abyss
Right, I want the countdown to stop if they get back into the zone
robust hollow
yea, so do
if ((_unit distance startingpos) < (zonesize select 0)) exitWith {};
_unit setDamage 1;
[_unit] execVM "ACEdeath.sqf";```Oh I see what you're saying
Is there a way to restart the script inside of itself? Because if you leave the zone, come back before you're killed, and leave again, the script doesn't check to see if you're leaving the zone again
robust hollow
i thought u said it was in a trigger, wont it start a new thread for u?
tough abyss
It was in a trigger, but I couldn't get it to work on MP so I just made it a "check distance" script triggered by initPlayerLocal
robust hollow
you can either put it in a loop or if its in its own file/function, spawn it at the end of itself
tough abyss
can I put the entire code into a while player alive?
robust hollow
yea, as long as you do alive player not player alive
tough abyss
that didn't seem to work, I put the while encompassing the whole script and it's self contained
_unit = _this select 0;
while {alive _unit} do {
waitUntil {(_unit distance startingpos) > (zonesize select 0) + 10};
for [ {_i=10} , {_i>=0} , {_i=_i-1} ] do {
_str = str (format ["WARNING: %1", _i]);
titleText [_str,"PLAIN"];
titleFadeOut 0.5;
sleep 1;
if ((_unit distance startingpos) < (zonesize select 0)) exitWith {};
};
if ((_unit distance startingpos) < (zonesize select 0)) exitWith {};
_unit setDamage 1;
[_unit] execVM "ACEdeath.sqf";
};```oh, well yea... you killed the unit/exited the loop
if ((_unit distance startingpos) >=(zonesize select 0)) then{
_unit setDamage 1;
[_unit] execVM "ACEdeath.sqf";
};
use that instead
though itl still exit the while loop so perhaps use a different condition or redefine _unit after the player respawns
tough abyss
they don't respawn, it's a one life mode
robust hollow
oh, well thats fine then
robust hollow
yea, if outside the zone, die
tough abyss
not triggering the countdown even
robust hollow
did u put it in the for loop or after it. it is meant to be after it
tough abyss
missed a bracket at the very least
alright, yeah that did the trick, seems to be good now
still forum
@hoary stratus the Arma 3 tools also work in console, mikeros tools too, and armake too.
@tough abyss Ok, wasn't sure if "text" was different somehow (like it is in UE4) It is. But getText returns string, not text. parseText for example returns text. You have to read the wiki to know such things ^^
@molten pulsar projectile is local to firer. So... Dedicated server. Atleast the bullet that causes actual damage is. I think players simulate their own bullets for impact effects.
tough abyss
You have to read the wiki to know such things You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
spark turret
Anyone have a recommendation where to start with a script thats low performance impact and replaces a projectile of a tank
queen cargo
creating a new file would be a start @spark turret
spark turret
...
thanks x39 i dont know what a file is, anyone have a youtube video explaining it?
queen cargo
i am not sure what you expected when asking that question other than that @spark turret
a fully done script?
spark turret
no lol ideas
and comments like "yeah i did that before its easy with this command:"
or "no its not possible it fucks up the ballistisc etc"
queen cargo
you have no conrete idea and just ask randomly "anybody knows how to do this? i do not"
for beginners:
- find out how to grab a projectile (you can create a proper question with this)
- find out how to manipulate some objects velocity (depending on complexity, either per frame or just once)
- find out how to pack all that into something that automatically attaches to everything
there you got three ideas
create questions with em and you will find your glory
for the first, there is an eventhandler you can use
the second, simple google of per frame eventhandler and setvelocity will guide you
for the third, cba extended event handlers
still forum
You want to replace the projectile?
You can use a Fired eventhandler to find out when a projectile was fired. Then you'll take the velocity and direction of the old projectile. and delete it using deleteVehicle. Then you'll spawn a new projectile (I think createVehicle command for that, not sure) then apply velocity and direction to the new projectile, and it will fly of.
That's what you wanna do right?
tough abyss
10:08:42 Error in expression <"_classname" ]; [ _classname , { [ ( _x select 0 ) ] call F_checkClass } ] call> 10:08:42 Error position: <select 0 ) ] call F_checkClass } ] call> 10:08:42 Error Generic error in expression
what causes that?
still forum
_x is probably not what you expect it to be
tough abyss
I am doing a KP liberation mission set in ww2. And everything is ready. but keep sending me this error, that make me not able to play
I am getting frustrated because I spend almost 30 hours (counting only the time in computer) working on it
and now that everything is ready I can't even play it. No "Grammar" errors. nothing just a expression error
still forum
https://github.com/KillahPotatoes/KP-Liberation/blob/8669ff08a1f03500b1ce83c6beb79411e2fc1443/Missionframework/scripts/shared/functions/F_filterMods.sqf#L2
That's the erroring code.
https://github.com/KillahPotatoes/KP-Liberation/blob/8669ff08a1f03500b1ce83c6beb79411e2fc1443/Missionframework/presets/init_presets.sqf#L101-L107 called from here. Did you edit any of these? infantry_units, light_vehicles and so on. There is probably an error in one of them
I think they come from the preset
tough abyss
How do I calculate the unload position of a cargo object?
winter rose
@tough abyss https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Vehicle_in_Vehicle_Transport
hm, tough one. What for?
My first guess would be to check in model config and "play" with the cargo's realBoundingBox too
tough abyss
na
i already solved it
with the attachTo
tool
easy to learn
I learned in like 10 minutes
winter rose
out of curiosity, what was it for? 🙂
winter rose
I mean why did you need the cargo's unload position ^^
tough abyss
Attachto != VehicleInVehicle, if you ask question make sure you ask the correct one
?!
whatever, that thing's crazy
for me
Attachto won’t behave in MP the same way
tough abyss
I want to determine which target an AI has fired at. I am thinking I can do this with the Fired event and then check its knowAbouts list and determine which is closest to its facing direction. Is there a better way to determine what an AI is aiming and shooting at?
Maybe assignedTarget would work?
Not sure that gets set unless something script wise sets it.
I can certainly try it in a fired event handler and log if there is anything in it to test it but I was confident that wasn't how it worked from the wiki.
It gets assigned but not sure how or even if it will match current target
unborn ether
postInit and preInit are function parameters, not category.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Functions_Library_(Arma_3)
@prime horizon
tough abyss
Where did you see that you need to prefix sound with @?
You do it only for mission config sounds and only if you want to use sound file from addon.
Do you realise that you are making an addon?
Anyway wrong channel, you need #arma3_config @prime horizon
crystal wolf
22:44:18 Warning Message: Addon 'A3_Air_F' requires addon 'A3_Characters_F'
where do i find this file
robust hollow
comes with arma 3
A3\addons\characters_f.pbo
crystal wolf
ok but how do i get it back
robust hollow
verify game files in steam
crystal wolf
what about for my server tho ?
robust hollow
verify game files in steam```the server may not need it though, there is usually a a3_characters_f error when a dedicated server loads up
still forum
A different error. Not this
robust hollow
yea, just found the normal one.
west grove
hey fellas. quick question again. has anyone had any experience with [] call BIS_fnc_groupIndicator; ?
robust hollow
did you verify ur game files?
robust hollow
is it a slot based server you can run steam update on or do you only have ftp access?
crystal wolf
i have full access but not sure how to do what ur saying
robust hollow
update the server with steam so it can redownload missing or damaged game files
robust hollow
theres no button to do it?
crystal wolf
ok how do i upodate with steam tho ?
robust hollow
on slot based servers u usually just click a button but if you dont have one u will need to contact nitrado
still forum
last I used nitrado they didn't
crystal wolf
but why cant i just download that one file
robust hollow
you can when you verify through steam 🙂
crystal wolf
but how !
robust hollow
apparently you cant verify without contacting nitrado, so contact nitrado
crystal wolf
22:50:10 Cannot register unknown string STR_DIFF_SCENE_ONLY
22:50:10 Cannot register unknown string STR_DIFF_SCENE_AND_MAP
22:50:12 Item str_a3_to_c01_m02_036_ta_mechanized_briefing_SOLDIERC_0 listed twice
i also got these which i gotta fix
not sure where they are located
still forum
no you don't gotta fix them
crystal wolf
yy
tough abyss
@west grove
I've made a function that checks if any (known to me) 3rd party group indicator exists and runs [] call BIS_fnc_groupIndicator if not.
wanton swallow
Hi all. How to check is player hands free or with weapon?
robust hollow
currentWeapon player == ""; <-- not wielding a weapon
wanton swallow
Thank you
tough abyss
I want to track how many shots each player fired, I figure the easiest way is to store the info in an array with each players ProfileName and the # of shots fired, or is there a more efficient/easier way?
Would it make more sense to store the info locally somehow, like in initPlayerLocal and then report it later? Is that even possible?
robust hollow
i would have thought something like this would do just fine
tag_shotCounter = 0;
player addEventHandler ["FiredMan", {
tag_shotCounter = tag_shotCounter + 1;
}];
My initServer has this
playerNames = [];
roundsFired = [];
{
_name = name player;
if !(playerNames in _name) then {
_newElement = (count playerNames) + 1;
playerNames set [_newElement,_name];
};
} forEach allPlayers;
publicVariable "playerName";
publicVariable "roundsFired";
and then I have this in initPlayerLocal
_unit = _this select 0;
_name = name _this;
//if player isn't in array, add them in
if !(playerNames in _name) then {
_newElement = (count playerNames) + 1;
playerNames set [_newElement,_name];
};
//get player's position in array, retrieve shots fired, add 1 to it
if (playerNames find _name != -1) then {
_element = playerNames find _name;
_roundsFired = roundsFired select _element;
_round_counter = _roundsFired + 1;
roundsFired set [_element, _round_counter];
};
_unit = _this select 0;
_name = name _this;
what
i assume that snippet is in a fired event?
robust hollow
i was more pointing out you do _name = name [_unit]
tough abyss
Ohh derp
robust hollow
doing it by name is a bad idea.
_name = name player; will be an empty string on a dedicated server.
what is the point of publicvariable arrays? you never rebroadcast them?
and if you did, that would be some bad network spam
tough abyss
The idea is to track the shots fired then report it at the end in the debrief or something
name player is supposed to return their ProfileName
robust hollow
yea, so what happens when two people use the same name?
tough abyss
They don't lol
robust hollow
what if they did
tough abyss
I don't know, what if?
robust hollow
why not use something that you know will be unique?
tough abyss
It would look like someone was blowing off a shitton of rounds
As far as we're concerned, names are unique, but what else is there?
robust hollow
player uid
tough abyss
UID?
tough abyss
how do I set a public variable in initServer from the players?
do I have to use missionNameSpace?
robust hollow
what?
tough abyss
if I declare a public variable in initServer, can any script just alter it?
robust hollow
yea but the change wont broadcast unless you tell it to
tough abyss
that's what I mean, how do I broadcast that?
robust hollow
publicVariable again, but if this is for the shots fired stat i would strongly advise against broadcasting on every shot
tough abyss
so what would be a non-retarded way to go about this?
robust hollow
record shots locally and then send the result to the server when the round ends
or, i think u can use FiredMan on anyunit from server, removing the need for any broadcasting
tough abyss
FiredMan doesn't look any different from Fired except it counts mounted weapons
So you're saying record the round count and just have it send the info over at the ending trigger
robust hollow
i did say that, but then decided you could probably do the whole thing serverside
tough abyss
And is this the right syntax, can't tell if it's doing anything ```sqf
this addEventHandler ["Fired", {[_this] execVM "roundTracker.sqf";}];
dont need to put _this in an array
tough abyss
starting over, so my event handler is still firing roundTracker, and this is roundTracker:
_unit = _this select 0;
_name = getPlayerUID player;
roundsFired = ;
_round_counter = roundsFired + 1;
roundsFired = _round_counter;
How do I define roundsFired though? Setting it to 0 of course resets it every time
robust hollow
if (isNil 'roundsFired') then {roundsFired = 0}; or define it elsewhere, perhaps before adding the event like in my example.
also you might as well do this in one line roundsFired = roundsFired + 1;. how you have it is unnecessary.
tough abyss
yeah I realized that
If I wanted to track the ammo types used (mainly just UGL grenades and regular magazines), would it be best to use arrays for those? My original plan was to make an array of the ammotype fired, then just track the amounts in a separate array
roundTypes = ["bullets", "grenades", "M203s"];
roundsFired = [x,y,z];
I'd probably do it in a single array like [["bullets",0],["grenades",....] but that works too
tough abyss
that's an array of arrays, no?
looks like it makes more sense though
Looking at the eventhandler, ```sqf
this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
}];
Do I need to pass the _ammo when firing the event? Like how do I pass the _ammo from the event to the script?that does it for u just like that ^
robust hollow
params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
// is the same as
private _unit = _this select 0;
private _weapon = _this select 1;
private _muzzle = _this select 2;
private _mode = _this select 3;
private _ammo = _this select 4;
private _magazine = _this select 5;
private _projectile = _this select 6;
private _gunner = _this select 7;
So it automatically passes that stuff into the script then?
robust hollow
yes
robust hollow
as long as you define _ammo, yes
tough abyss
Okkkkkay so I have to add _ammo = _this select 4;
robust hollow
yea
tough abyss
Ok cool
violet gull
Is there a limit to how many FSMs that can run at one time?
tough abyss
I got a Zero Divisor error on the _ammo = _this select 4; do I need to pass that FROM the unit firing the script?
robust hollow
did you change ur execvm argument from [_this] to _this?
tough abyss
sqf this addEventHandler ["Fired", {[] execVM "roundTracker.sqf";}];
now I need to add _this?
robust hollow
change [] execVM to _this execVM
tough abyss
No errors, but doesn't seem to be working
_unit = _this select 0;
_playerID = getPlayerUID player;
_ammo = _this select 4;
playerName = name player;
roundTypes = [];
roundsFired = [];
if !(_ammo in roundTypes) then {
_newElement = count roundTypes + 1;
set roundTypes [_newElement, _ammo];
set roundsFired [_newElement, 0];
};
_element = roundTypes find _ammo;
set roundsFired [_element, _element + 1];
thats not how set works
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/set
array set [index, value]
tough abyss
That I understand....
robust hollow
but you didnt do it?
tough abyss
_newElement is supposed to be the index, the value is _ammo
robust hollow
ok, and you do set roundTypes [_newElement, _ammo];
tough abyss
Yes
robust hollow
the syntax is array set [index, value] and youve done set array [index, value]
tough abyss
Ohhh shit
"you got it backwards" would've been a quicker way to say that lol
So it still isn't updating the arrays
robust hollow
cause u set the array empty every time the event fires?/
tough abyss
Hmmm
sqf if (isNil 'roundTypes') then {roundTypes = []};
Need one of those don't I
robust hollow
mmhm, or define the array before adding then event, then you dont need to check if it exists every time the event fires
tough abyss
I'm not sure where I would define the array beforehand, in initPlayerLocal?
robust hollow
where do u add the event?
tough abyss
I did it in the unit's init
robust hollow
i would move that to initPlayerLocal, where you would do ```sqf
roundTypes = [];
roundsFired = [];
player addEventhandler ...
Ohhh ok
It tracks the initial ammo fine but it's not picking up anything after that like pistol fire, UGLs, or launchres
_unit = _this select 0;
_ammo = _this select 4;
if !(_ammo in roundTypes) then {
_newElement = (count roundTypes) + 1;
roundTypes set [_newElement, _ammo];
roundsFired set [_newElement, 0];
};
_element = roundTypes find _ammo;
roundsFired set [_element, (roundsFired select _element) + 1];
aside from this
_newElement = (count roundTypes) + 1;
which should be
_newElement = count roundTypes;
it works for me
tough abyss
YEah I just realized it's skipping numbers because the array is 0 based
Oh sweet, it even counts grenades!
Now how would I get the arrays from each player? Since they're stored locally, would I need the roundTracker script to report back to another script, or can I do something like ```sqf
{
roundTypes = display round types....
roundsFired = display rounds fired....
} forEach AllPlayers;
@violet gull FSMs are added to scheduler just like execVM/spawn scripts so the limit depends on how powerful is your PC
violet gull
4500 FSMs running that just looped generating random numbers between 0 and 100 caused my FPS to drop/average around 45 to 62 FPS. So yeah, good to know.
On the VR map
Nearly no impact around 200-600 running
Had about 142 FPS
tough abyss
At some point you are going to clog scheduler with high number of scripts added and no script will get simulated apart from unscheduled until you restart mission
tough abyss
Would I need to get like the Object Namespace or something to retrieve the arrays from each player?
wanton swallow
How to cancel HandGunOn animation?
If i do HandGunOn with a playActionNow and before it's end call playActionNow for another animation or gesture, another action didn't execute.
First call of HandGunOn has override all next calls.
But if i use switchAction "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon" it can to cancel HandGunOn in early state, but cant cancel on later stage...
slim oyster
@tough abyss FSMs are added to scheduler for when state condition change is calculated but completes activation expression of states like unscheduled, correct?
or can it suspend state expression just like a script?
tough abyss
Why don’t you test it with canSuspend and report back?
slim oyster
it doesnt report correctly for FSM i thought
I was under the impression that the process of checking the condition blocks is added to the scheduler, with the actual condition check being unscheduled, and if met the resulting state expression is ran in unscheduled... Having the state conditions be checked on a frame/tick balance is the whole point of the CBA statemachine right?
tough abyss
So I had some mess like this I was going to try, but I'm sure it's probably the worst way to do this, right? I'm trying to get arrays stored on players and make arrays of those arrays to print the data from
allPlayersNames = [];
allRoundTypeArrays = [];
allRoundsFiredArrays = [];
//store player's arrays in here
{
if !(_unitName in allPlayersNames) then {
_newElement = count roundTypes;
if (count allPlayersNames == 0) then {_newElement = 0};
allPlayersNames set [_newElement, _unitName];
allRoundTypeArrays set [_newElement, roundTypes];
allRoundsFiredArrays set [_newElement, roundsFired];
};
} forEach AllPlayers;
{
_name = allPlayersNames select _x;
{
{
hint format ["Hello %1",player ]
} forEach _x select _x;
} forEach allRoundTypeArrays select _x;
} forEach allPlayersNames;
Or is there some way to save the variables out as strings in a text file?
@slim oyster Are you asking me about CBA? I think you should ask @still forum as I am unfamiliar with CBA
radiant needle
Why does it seem like doArtilleryFire does not work?
high marsh
@radiant needle give sample code and it might reveal errors
radiant needle
Arty1 doArtilleryFire [(position targ1), "32Rnd_155mm_Mo_shells", 1];
Arty1 and Targ1 are named in editor
Arty is NATO self-propelled
targ1 is game logic
high marsh
Are you sure the type is correct?
velvet merlin
is there a way to stop AI firing besides removing all magazine, or constant forgetTarget?
tough abyss
@tough abyss It already exists for a year in the tracker - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T127789
winter rose
@velvet merlin setBehaviour "CARELESS", set CombatMode "BLUE" ?
"CARELESS" alone doesn't always work with vehicles iirc
still forum
@slim oyster afaik cba statemachine is fully unscheduled
grizzled spindle
Does anyone know a way to check if a classname is a vest item?
still forum
BIS_fnc_itemType
tough abyss
@tough abyss Assigned To None went unnoticed
Isn't that how it goes with all bugs and feature requests? The feature tracker has IMO just been a place to go to waste time raising something, nothing I have raised or participated in since release has been even been triaged let alone assigned and done. BI does what it wants and if your bug aligns with what they are doing then it'll get fixed, that is the only process I have any confidence is at work when it comes to the tracker
Ideally what I really want is a combination of an event handler and a command I can call. That way I can get told when an AI selects a target and run a background process to check that and do stuff and then once it becomes unassigned again I can stop that process. That is the most performant approach to what I want to do but the event system is a little anaemic given the amount of actual events that could happen in the game.
So I am thinking I can at least use the Fired event and treat that as a proxy for targeting, they ought to be fairly similar. But because I can't get the current target I either have to do something expensive (like work out the most likely target) or just keep using the Fired events and do some sort of fudge thing that isn't really what I want but will hopefully look quite similar.
bugs != feature requests. bugs get higher priority, game breaking bugs even more.
lol if only.
winter rose
@tough abyss that you know of
winter rose
How many game breaking bugs have been fixed without being mentioned in the SPOTreps, too
tough abyss
^ this
Which is the point, BI does what BI wants and the feedback tracker isn't of value. The bugs associated with AI are all in there, many of them are game breaking and pretty high priority for a lot of people and they are now years old, without triage. Just doesn't align with BI's schedule.
Feedback tracker is monitored because community is very good at breaking the game
Anyway I have zero confidence this engine available but not exposed command will get done so I am going to have to waste a bunch of CPU cycles and hope I can make it run well enough.
Bohemia Interactive is an independent game development studio, so BI does what BI wants
velvet merlin
@winter rose as those are per group, its not viable in this case
unborn ether
<- setBehaviour "CARELESS", when BI talks about taking care of bugs in SPOTs, because I'm pretty sure 75% of bugs and other issues were "fixed" and spreaded to BI by people from community, like in this channel, forums whatever.
If they would care, things like CBA would probably never exist.
tough abyss
They do fix stuff, they quite clearly ask for details of crashing bugs or specific bugs. But no one looks at bugs put into the tracker, most of the stuff in there hasn't had the basic pass of "wont fix" or prioritised. There isn't a lot of point having a bug tracking system that they don't appear to actually use. The prior system they happily just turned it off and replaced it without migrating the data, that says a lot about how much their cared for its contents.
winter rose
@velvet merlin it's a pain, but I believe you can "unjoin" them, apply the settings to the one unit then rejoin them to the group
velvet merlin
_muzzles = getArray(configFile >> "cfgWeapons" >> _weapon >> "muzzles");
{
_done = _unit setWeaponReloadingTime [_gunner,_x,1];
} forEach _muzzles;
sleep _reloadTime;
if ((count _muzzles) > 1) then // 1 is AP
{
_unit selectWeapon (_muzzles select 1);
};```this works
just need to handle out of ammo situations
(AP vs HE in main gun of tank)
west grove
hey fellas. quick question again: is it possible to detect explosions in an area?
i don't mean objects being damaged by explosions, but just... explosions
i know that i can filter for #explosions with allMissionObjects, but i just have to track a small area around the player
tough abyss
Explosion EH but needs to be added to Object
west grove
i want to check a radius of x - if an explosion happens within it, i want the position of that explosion
the thing is, the explosion might not damage anything and i can't add damage EHs to every object, as the radius is not fixed (travels with player)
so basically, if an explosion happens in x range of the player, i want to know where it happens so that i can spawn stuff there
the explosion can be from any grenade or rocket or whatever there is
young current
Not 100% sure but I would say you cant detect explosions very easily like that
is this a generic thing or part of a specific situation?
west grove
a generic thing
i can workaround not having that, but if i could get this to work (with reasonable performance), that would be nice
young current
is it some kind of an awareness system or what are you spawning?
I might help to understand what you need if you tell what you are trying to achieve
west grove
yeah, i guess it can be called an awareness system
mark the position of the explosion on the map
young current
realtime or can it miss some?
I mean you could perhaps look for explosion related particles
west grove
whatever gives the best performance - so i guess it can miss some
can we detect particles with nearEntities or something?
young current
mm true maybe not
I think you could test it by making a object/entity listener and start dropping artillery around the detection area
and see what if it spots anything
unborn ether
@west grove What is the source of explosion?
west grove
grenades primarily, missiles, etc.
if you mean that with source
hmm nearestObjects picks it up
unborn ether
allMissionObjects "#crater" detects an aftermath of explosion as an objects.
You can't handle the explosion itself as it is. Because you can't normally track projectiles death. You can do it only on the side of each of client with Fired* EVH.
Then you need to parse what is that, and was it explosive enough.
If indirectHit config value of CfgAmmo is >2 - that's usually an explosive ammo already, but depends on what size of explosive, because that might be just 40mm
west grove
yeah, but sounds like a big load of additional code that i have to run through
detecting the crater objects isn't too bad, actually.
unborn ether
Depends on application, if you wish to run some broadcast about i am explosive you can attach Fired* EVH like I said and use remoteExec towards your server with pre-defined functions. Not like a lot of code, but this might cause some broadcast spam in case players will use HMG's or similar.
west grove
it's for singleplayer, so no server involved
unborn ether
No issue then at all. Just use Fired* EVH
The most intensive action will be getNumber of indirectHit value.
west grove
but then i need to add EHs to every ai
and the player
or is it enough on player side?
probably not, i guess
unborn ether
Every unit that you want to fixate being firing explosive stuff.
That case will give you an ability to detect the power of explosion, radius etc.
Using #crater will tell you it was a boom and nothing else.
west grove
yeah, found out about that right now. sucks.
unborn ether
As I said, depends on your purpose.
eager prawn
@west grove fyi, there is an event handler for when a vehicle/unit is hit/damaged by an explosion
tall dock
Hey, I've got a rather specific question about enableAI / disableAI on servers:
In my mission there are two "Praetorian 1C" units as air defense (that are classified as UAV's by the game), which are disabled by default with this disableAI "ALL"; in their init.
Then there is a radius trigger which triggers on enemy air units entering the radius, which in turn activates the units with {_x enableAI "ALL"} forEach defUnits;
When no enemy air unit is present anymore, the trigger deactivates with {_x disableAI "ALL"} forEach defUnits;
This is working fine in singleplayer and local MP, but as soon as I load the mission on my dedicated, the units activate for the first enemy air unit, then disable, then never activate again.
I've checked with hints if the trigger fires, which it indeed does. So, somehow the second enableAI command never activates the units.
The strange thing is - if I activate them manually via the remote debug console, they start working again.
What the hell am I doing wrong?
// Edit: the goal is to make them fire only at air targets. Maybe there is an easier way?
tough abyss
Do you use player command on dedicated?
tall dock
I'm sorry, what exactly do you mean with that? If player can control the UAV's? If so, no, I disabled access to them
tough abyss
What is trigger condition
tall dock
Type none, activation OPFOR, type present, repeatable, server only, condition this && {_x iskindof "Air"} count thislist > 0
tough abyss
And where the enemy unit spawned?
tall dock
But as I said, the trigger works fine - I've set up chat commands for every trigger activation / deactivation and it works.
I've placed the enemy air units with Zeus to test this, in the normal workflow some scripts spawn them
tough abyss
There is obviously issue with locality, 99% of the time it is when you move to dedicated, so not really enough information to identify the problem
tall dock
Well I do a check if isServer before I try to activate or deactivate the units and also before it writes the debug messages in chat. And somehow the very first execution works, the second one not, although the chat message says it activated
Thats why I'm a bit confused
tough abyss
Chat messages you see are they remote executed?
tall dock
yep
tough abyss
And when you enable units manually from debug console do you use server exec?
tall dock
Exactly
austere granite
Anyone happen to know how I can stop mouseDown getting triggered in arma, when arma doesnt even have focus and my mouse is on other display? 😄
Like I put my mouse on arma, use alt+tab, move my mouse to another screen and click a couple times, when I then alt-tab back in, arma will report a mouseDown
tough abyss
Can you show your onactivation statement?
@austere granite yeah known issue unit fires on alt tab
austere granite
it's for dialog stuff, no units involved so if I can do some hacky workaround that's good for me
tall dock
trigger deactivation: [false] execVM "fn_basedefense_activate.sqf";
script: `#define THIS_FILE "fn_basedefense_activate.sqf"
params ["_active"];
if !(isServer) exitWith {};
if !(_active) then {
{_x disableAI "ALL"} forEach d_basedefense_units;
"DEBUG: DISABLED" remoteExec ["systemchat", -2];
};
sleep 2;`
And this works fine. Same code & script for activation, _active gets checked for true in another if. Both if's work on first activation and deactivation
tough abyss
Why sleep?
tall dock
For debug purposes, this wasn't present in the first place
Either way, it somehow stops working
(with debug purposes I mean: cooldown condition, currently it locks itself after deactivation for 5 seconds before it can be triggered again. This is also in the trigger condition. Didn't make a difference)
tough abyss
Are you sure this disableAI works on init? Maybe it never disables AI for the first wave but trigger disables it after and it just fails to enable
tall dock
Yeah good call, I'm currently changing that by putting the initial disable into the init.sqf, maybe thats the problem
tough abyss
Try it who knows AI implementation is a mystery
tall dock
sadly there seems to be no way to let them fire only at air targets :/
tough abyss
helo
Does anybody know how do I make the night go faster than the day?
in mission only
ruby breach
setTimeMultiplier coupled with a sunOrMoon check
ruby breach
@tough abyss Keep it here, not in PMs. sqf private _daySpeedMultiplier = 1; // 1 IRL Hour = 1 In-Game Hour private _nightSpeedMultiplier = 2; // 1 IRL Hour = 2 In-Game Hours setTimeMultiplier ([_daySpeedMultiplier,_nightSpeedMultiplier] select (sunOrMoon < 1)); You'll need to run that periodically on the server for it to work. Pretty sure that's how the math behind setTimeMultiplier works, but @winter rose may know for sure.
ruby breach
Nah, you're good. Just better for it to be here in case someone capable of using search has a similar question later
tough abyss
does creating a sqf file solve something
?
named time.sqf
and then I place this on there
if (!isServer) exitWith {}; __startingdate = [2015, 04, 25, 3+floor (random 8), 00]; and 10am, 00 = minite setdate _startingdate; while {true} do { if (daytime >= 19 || daytime < 5) then { setTimeMultiplier 10 } else { setTimeMultiplier 5 }; uiSleep 120; };
but also
I think I need to change the params
or delete this starting date
I don't have the minimum idea of what am i doing
so i decided to copy a ready script and change all stuff
tall dock
@tough abyss Just fyi, I fixed the issue. Strangest thing ever - to toggle the AI of those stationary "UAVs" , you have to do it to both the unit and the imaginary gunner inside and also you have to toggle them client AND serverside (else they'll shoot without moving). #JustArmaThings
tough abyss
Is there a way to stack a bunch of strings into a hint so it all displays at once?
//display rounds fired by type for each player
{
_name = name _x;
{
_type = format ["%1",_x select 0];
_number = format ["%1",_x select 1];
hint composeText [_name, lineBreak, _type, " x ", _number ];
} forEach magazinesAmmoFull _x;
} forEach AllPlayers;
Or is there a better way to display text, or save it out to a text file?
Trying something like this
{
_name = name _x;
_fullLine = format [];
{
_type = format ["%1",_x select 0];
_number = format ["%1",_x select 1];
_thisline = format [_name, lineBreak, _type, " x ", _number ];
_fullLine = format ["%1 %2", _fullLine,_thisLine];
} forEach magazinesAmmoFull _x;
hint composeText [ _fullLine ];
} forEach AllPlayers;
Disable/enable AI is local command I doubt non server does anything unless locality changes @tall dock
tall dock
Yeah but when I don't execute it on clients, the turrets will shoot in the right direction, but their model won't move. As I said, really strange.
Seems like the turret movement is not synced
tough abyss
Well it won’t hurt exec it everywhere
tough abyss
Having an issue with this. It keeps throwing an error that _thisType is a String and not a number (and it should be a string)
{
_name = name _x;
_fullLine = [];
_ammoTypesArray = [];
_magAmountArray = [];
{
//if mag type is not in array, add it
_ammoThisMag = (_x select 1);
_ammoTypeThisMag = (_x select 0);
if !(_ammoTypeThisMag in _ammoTypesArray) then {
_newElement = count _ammoTypesArray;
if (count _ammoTypesArray == 0) then {_newElement = 0};
_ammoTypesArray set [_newElement, _ammoTypeThisMag];
_magAmountArray set [_newElement, _ammoThisMag];
};
_element = _ammoTypesArray find (_x select 0);
_magAmountArray set [_element, (_magAmountArray select _element) + _ammoThisMag];
} forEach magazinesAmmoFull _x;
{
_element = _x;
_thisType = _ammoTypesArray select _element;
_thisAmount = _magAmountArray select _element;
_thisline = format ["%1 x %2",_thisType, _thisAmount];
_fullLine = formatText ["%1%2%3", _fullLine, lineBreak, _thisLine];
} forEach _ammoTypesArray;
hint formatText ["%1%2%3", _name, lineBreak, _fullLine ];
} forEach AllPlayers;
Would there be any decent way to restrict the range of SAMs?
astral dawn
Maybe... measure the distance between launched rocket and the launcher and blow it up...
If it's too far
Still will make pilots perform crazy maneuvers
radiant needle
Yeah that's the problem, it'll still lock it up, and still get missile fired warning
Is there a way to get AI to ignore certain targets?
astral dawn
Well there is a forgetTarget command
Maybe you can edit the configs of these SAMs to reduce the range of their sensors?
radiant needle
Config editing isn't an option for me
tough abyss
_ammoTypesArray select _x, expected number bool, got string?
{
_thisline = format ["%1 x %2", _ammoTypesArray select _x, _magAmountArray select _x];
_fullLine = formatText ["%1%2%3", _fullLine, lineBreak, _thisLine];
} forEach _ammoTypesArray;
How come it's not getting the index as _x?
astral dawn
Well you could certainly try to forgetTarget the target your SAM knowsAbout which are too far away. It's some time anyway before the launcher knows about a plane and it launches the rocket because it has to turn its launcher. So you don't have to poll it too often, maybe one second should be ok.
Yeah or maybe try this one, I think it's even better
If it works ofc, I don't know myself about how certain aspects of disableAI work
How dynamic is this thing? Is it a dynamic scenario or the launchers are placed in a static way?
radiant needle
They are static SAM launchers defending a border
Basically want them close enough to be able to fire near instantly if border is crossed
But not actually lock and shoot over the border
astral dawn
@tough abyss
inside forEach, _x is the element you are currently iterating through
_forEachIndex is the index of the element
tough abyss
you can forgettarget as sparker said but need to exec it repeatedly
I just figured it out, so can you nest _x?
yes
tough abyss
So I have my mag tracker working, it displays how much ammo everyone has left at the end of the mission or whatever, but I'm displaying it with Hint right now and it's too much info for it. Is there a better text format to use?
last rain
How destroy object only explode?
astral dawn
Sure, you can get deep into the magic world of arma UI and controls @tough abyss
tough abyss
How destroy object only explode? ???
@astral dawn easier way was to write it to the RPT
astral dawn
I thought you need to show it to actual players in the mission and it had to look nice, you didn't say that you need it for debug purposes
So, @last rain wanted to know, how to make a UAV only receive damage from placeable explosives, but not from grenades
tough abyss
are you a psychic?
astral dawn
Yes I used another means of communication (PM) 😄
tough abyss
You know the answer, HandleDamage
astral dawn
Yeah I guided him there
Maybe someone would like to expand the dammage handling further, IDK 🤷
tough abyss
It requires like super advanced knowledge of Arma
astral dawn
Well sometimes it's not trivial to filter out certain damage types
Why doesn't it provide some damageType enum, would be so much better
like burning, drowning, bullet, explosion, collision, etc
tough abyss
because it doesn't care, only damage of selection matters, not with what it was damaged. If you need more advance damage info, HitPart is your friend, which is like super uber advanced
astral dawn
So, is ability to retrieve the name of selection, hit point, etc, an argument against having damage type? I still think a damage type enum would make sense for script writers.
tough abyss
I'm pulling random weapons from CFGWeapons, but is there a way to restrict it by mod? I'd like to have an option for "no vanilla weapons"
still forum
collect classnames from CfgPatches weapons entry
and skip all cfgpatches that start with A3_
tough abyss
Ok, I'll take a peek into that, thanks
radiant needle
Is there a way to make a trigger activate every time a unit enters it
tough abyss
if it's a trigger in the editor, just set it to Repeatable, there's a checkbox
radiant needle
Won't work if theres a unit already inside the trigger
tough abyss
Ah
something along the lines of if unit not thisList, not sure the actual syntax though
This is what I have for my random weapons, not sure how I'd work a CfgPatches check in there though
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','LightMachineGun','SniperRifle','MarksmanRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
something like this perhaps
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','LightMachineGun','SniperRifle','MarksmanRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun'] && {((configSourceAddonList _x)#0 select [0,3]) != 'A3_'}" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
16:09:37 Error position: <!= 'A3_'}>
16:09:37 Error !=: Type Array, expected Number,String,Not a Number,Object,Side,Group,Text,Config entry,Display (dialog),Control,Network Object,Team member,Task,Location
16:09:37 Error in expression <nfigSourceAddonList _x)#0 select [0,3]) != 'A3_'}>
16:09:37 Error position: <!= 'A3_'}>
16:09:37 Error Generic error in expression```🤔
tough abyss
what is select [0,3] selecting?
robust hollow
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','LightMachineGun','SniperRifle','MarksmanRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun'] && {((configSourceAddonList _x)param[0,'A3_'] select [0,3]) != 'A3_'}" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
try this. a few of the base classes dont have a patch apparently.
select [0,3] first 3 characters of the patch
high marsh
...you make my head hurt connor...
robust hollow
you may need to cycle through the entire array though, it may have multiple patches
whydis?
high marsh
It's very untidy.
robust hollow
yea, i can agree with that
tough abyss
Seems to work, but for some reason (at least with the Unsung mod) the time of day keeps resetting to 3am. I have this in my description and it works with everything else (vanilla/RHS)
class Daytime
{
title = "Time";
texts[] = {"Random","0400","0500","1200","1800","1900", "Midnight"};
values[] = {99,4,5,12,18,19,0};
default = 99;
function = "BIS_fnc_paramDaytime";
isGlobal = 1; // (Optional) 1 to execute script / function locally for every player who joins, 0 to do it only on server
};
Is there a way to get the side of a captive, without making them no longer a captive?
robust hollow
dont think so, though i do believe you can get their actual side from their group instead (if thats the issue)
tough abyss
Must be something weird with Unsung, it messes up the time on the old working version of my script too
radiant needle
@robust hollow that works well, thanks
tough abyss
welp it was my fault, paramArray was wrong one
tough abyss
this keeps using the same value over and over between matches, any ideas?
class Daytime
{
title = "Time";
texts[] = {"Random","0400","0500","1200","1800","1900", "Midnight"};
values[] = {random 23,4,5,12,18,19,0};
default = random 23;
function = "BIS_fnc_paramDaytime";
isGlobal = 1; // (Optional) 1 to execute script / function locally for every player who joins, 0 to do it only on server
};
default = random 23; cant directly use sqf in a config like this, even if you did with __EVAL, the result would remain the same until you reload the mission.
tough abyss
So doing this in init should work then right>?
if (paramsArray select 0 == 99) then {random 23 call BIS_fnc_paramDaytime;};
assuming my random param is set to 99 of course
robust hollow
yea, though it should only need to run on the server
oh, BIS_fnc_paramDaytime handles that for you anyway
high marsh
if I initialize and set a variable to a value, and then change the value of the variable. Is the variable when stored in memory the same or is it allocated as a different variable with a different value but same name?
I guess what I'm asking is that, if I change the value of a variable is more memory allocated now that I've changed it?
Trying to keep overhead to a minimum
tough abyss
What is the data type of the variable?
still forum
I guess what I'm asking is that, if I change the value of a variable is more memory allocated now that I've changed it? yes. Maybe. Probably. Most likely. It depends.
What does "change" mean?
are you assigning a different value to your variable? in that case no. Are you generating a new value? then yes.
tough abyss
What does Trying to keep overhead to a minimum in your case mean?
still forum
answering one question with a dozen more questions 😄
tough abyss
Because it is an XY Problem, I’m sure
still forum
you are just taking a reference to a existing value
the value 100 is actually created when you compile the script
And you just say that _blah will now point to that value instead of the other value
astral dawn
but then the other 50 gets dereferenced and destroyed?
still forum
dereferenced yes
destroyed no
the compiled script still has a reference to it
it has to be there when the script get's called the next time
high marsh
Ok. that makes a lot more sense now.
astral dawn
The compiled script? Do you mean the code-type variable? It has reference to 50 as if 50 is const float varname = 50;?
astral dawn
That's funny 😄
tough abyss
I ran into a problem with my Team Deathmatch on the one good Vietnam map tonight. I have a trigger that ends the match when there is nobody alive of either team, but a few times the map took so long to load that one team won before the other team could even log in. Any way to prevent that?
robust hollow
wait for there to be players in the game before checking if anyone is still alive?
if u have a pre-match countdown dont run the check until after that time.
tough abyss
I don't have a prematch countdown, but how do I put that in, or how would I check if they're in the game?
robust hollow
without a countdown, do a loop waiting for a player of each side to be in the game.
with a countdown, mark a time (eg: tag_markedTime = time + 30;) and then people cant leave a certain area until time > tag_markedTime.
i personally combine the two for one of my missions.
tough abyss
Ok yeah the loop makes sense, thanks as always
what's an easy line for seeing if there is at least one player on a side?
robust hollow
waitUntil {west countSide allPlayers > 0 && east countSide allPlayers > 0};
``` should dothat's what I was looking for, thanks
would I need a forEach to check multiple conditions on something? I have a list of weapons to blacklist that could be randomly pulled and I figure there's a way I can put them in an array to compare the if statement to right?
if weaponToAdd == [FakeWeapon, Rifle, HandgunBase]
I want to return True if any of those conditions are met, preferably without doing "if weapon == FakeWeapon or weapon == Rifle or weapon == HandgunBase"
robust hollow
if (weaponToAdd in [1,2,3,whatever])
tough abyss
Ahhhhhhhh
still forum
weapon in [wep1,wep2,a]...
That. You might need toLower because in is case sensitive
robust hollow
depends what exactly ur doing tho cause in would require an exact list of what u dont want
tough abyss
going off of this from earlier, but excluding fakeweapons:
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','LightMachineGun','','MarksmanRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
};
which vanilla seems to have plenty of
or at least I've rolled em multiple times
astral dawn
What is the best event / event script which gets triggered when player spawns or respawns, both in MP and SP?
There are:
init.sqf - gets called per mission start, not at respawn
EntityRespawned mission EH
onPlayerRespawn.sqf - doesn't work in SP?
NVM actually onPlayerRespawn gets called if respawn is enabled
tough abyss
getting this error when I select a weapon class that I know has no weapons in it:
21:20:12 Error position: <weaponToAdd == nil) then {weaponToAdd = >
21:20:12 Error Undefined variable in expression: weapontoadd```
```sqf
_SelectedWeapon = (paramsArray select 3);
if (_SelectedWeapon == 0) then {
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','LightMachineGun','','MarksmanRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
};
if (_SelectedWeapon == 1) then {
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['AssaultRifle','LightMachineGun','SniperRifle','MarksmanRifle','Shotgun','Rifle','SubmachineGun','Handgun'] && {((configSourceAddonList _x)param[0,'A3_'] select [0,3]) != 'A3_'}" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
};
if (_SelectedWeapon == 4) then {
weaponToAdd = configname selectrandom("(configname _x call BIS_fnc_itemType)#1 in ['Shotgun']" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons"));
};
if (weaponToAdd == nil) then {weaponToAdd = srifle_DMR_01_F;};
//if (weaponToAdd in [FakeWeapon, Rifle, HandgunBase, nil]) then {weaponToAdd = srifle_DMR_01_F;};
magazineToAdd = getArray(configfile >> "CfgWeapons" >> weaponToAdd >> "magazines")#0;
Should it be something other than nil, like just a blank space or something?
verbal saddle
isNil "weaponToAdd"
tough abyss
ay
verbal saddle
tough abyss
Is there a way to reload a mission automatically after it's ended?
verbal saddle
Though the mission or a server?
tough abyss
Preferably through the mission itself I guess? Not sure. On our server after a match (which takes like 2 minutes), we have to go through #missions, select the map, select the mission and reslot. Prefer to have it be there automatically if that's a possibility
Or maybe I should not end the mission and just restart it from within
verbal saddle
If you add the mission file to your server's mission rotation it will automatically load that mission on server start.
to the role screen
tough abyss
I don't necessarily want to do that, especially since it's not my server haha
and we have a Training Mission we keep up for the new guys
verbal saddle
I don't think its possible to restart a mission through itself.
That's all controlled by the server running the mission
tough abyss
That's what I thought.
Wonder how much a pain it would be to make it neverending looping rounds instead of a mission end then
verbal saddle
You'll eventually run into issues with mission stability & performance
tough abyss
Oh?
It wouldn't be running for long periods, probably 30 minutes at a time at most
and each round is like 2-5 minutes
verbal saddle
Something small will probably work
But having a 30 minute mission loop for 4 hours will eventually run into issues.
tough abyss
I get that. This is a simple team deathmatch in randomly selected zones with a random weapon each round
No AI, nothing fancy
I haven't messed with respawns before, I know how to spawn new units, but can I transfer a dead player into one of those units somehow?
verbal saddle
Arma 3 has a built-in system for respawns
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Respawn
tough abyss
I know that, I wasn't sure if it was the way to go. I'd like the dead players to be in spectator mode until the round ends
verbal saddle
If you want that then I would suggest that you have the mission restart at the end of the round.
Would make it a lot easier for you.
tough abyss
Okay. How do I make a mission restart though?
verbal saddle
End the mission
tough abyss
I think we came up that idea 30 minutes ago
west grove
oi fellas. i'm back with my daily questioning: is there an easy way to detect if the player is "a camera"? i have a script that runs constantly and does something whenever the player is not actually the player. as example, the spectator mode, or the camera view in arsenal, or just a generic camera created via camcreate
fleet hazel
Guys. How can I check the player in the presence of VAC ban?
Maybe there is a special dll?
foggy moon
@fleet hazel getPlayerUID gets you a player's steam id
fleet hazel
@foggy moon I in sqf to vac ban a player?
high marsh
no, you cannot vac ban players with SQF
that's stupid.
Plus, Battleye handles global bans with BI games
robust hollow
i think he wants to check if a player has a vac ban on their account 🤷
How can I check the player in the presence of VAC ban?
high marsh
I get that, but the follow up question raised my concern
fleet hazel
I wanted to ban players with vac ban from accessing my server. Suddenly have him ban from the other game. Any ideas?
@robust hollow yes.
robust hollow
you will need an extension
fleet hazel
@robust hollow eh(
west grove
if (true) exitwith {}; 😄
fleet hazel
@robust hollow http://killzonekid.com/arma-extension-check_player-dll/
west grove
hm is it possible to force a resource layer ontop of every other? i have a graphic on my hud, but now i noticed that subtitles are shown behind it.
robust hollow
im pretty sure you need to make them in the order you want them shown (front layer last)
west grove
that's bad
dang it, i always want to use the subtitle function, but for some reason i always have to scrap it again at a later point
and go back to the normal sidechat
thorn saffron
How can I get the name of currently played animation on the player character? I need to get in order to debug my mod that edits the transitions and such.
robust hollow
animationState player
thorn saffron
derp
I completely misread what that one did
can you run a loop using the command console? I remember crashing arma when I tried
robust hollow
in debug? you can if you spawn it. debug executes in unscheduled.
tough abyss
cameraOn == player @west grove ?
west grove
returns always true
tough abyss
Even if you spectate other unit?
west grove
dont know, can't test that
but it is true when switching to camera mode in e.g. 3den, so it's not of use for me
tough abyss
Try PlayerViewChanged EH as well it has many params retuned when fired
Wait you want it to work in 3den?
west grove
i want it to work everywhere. 3den, arsenal, spectator, etc
tough abyss
You need 3den specific commands
west grove
right now i'm checking the namespace variables, but i was curious if i can simplify that
tough abyss
Dunno, it is unclear to me what you’re trying to do
west grove
i want to transform this https://pastebin.com/0WSqLwHe into "is player really the player right now?"
(the condition is not improved yet, i just slapped all the stuff together)
with this condition i'm checking that we are actually in the game, not in the main menu, not in arsenal view, not in spectator, not in a cutscene
i might have missed something, though.
and this morning i wondered if it's possible to shorten all of that above with simply detecting if a general camera mode is active or not. then i could scrap most of these lines.
tough abyss
Check that no displays are open except the usual ones with allDisplays
tame lion
Question regarding get/set pos. I've created a system that allows players to spawn owned vehicles. I create a local vehicle preview for them to choose where it will spawn, and when they "commit" it, the position of the preview is grabbed, the preview deleted, and a new vehicle is spawned. It works as intended when they are on land, but when you try to spawn it on something like the carrier, the new vehicle spawns on the ocean floor. How should i get the vehicles position when it's hovering over sea?
tough abyss
Use setvehicleposition if boat will float
tame lion
And what getpos should i use to get it from the preview vehicle?
young current
SetPosASL could be better
tame lion
Only problem is that with this system, they could be spawningthe vehicle over land or over sea. And i would have to figure out which at the time the commit
young current
GetposASL
spark turret
anyone got a suggestion why the doTarget command is not working and how i can get it to work?
been excessivly testing it and the unit does the doWatch but no the doTarget
i just need a way to make an AI point their weapon at coords or and object wihtout using the vanilla autotargeting
also doSuppressiveFire does not work
gray thistle
Where can i ask ACE3 related Questions?
slim oyster
Ace 3 slack
tough abyss
@tame lion is the documentation for it not sufficient https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehiclePosition
astral dawn
What is your unit pointing at? What is the target? Did you reveal the target to the unit before making him doTarget the target?
@spark turret
I found that making doTarget on civilian targets is broken. As an alternative I use this:
target = "FireSectorTarget" createVehicle (getpos player);
target attachto [player, [0, 0, 0], "pelvis"];
target hideObject true;
sol1 reveal [target, 4];
sol1 doTarget target;
sol1 dofire target;
cursive whale
looking for advice on RemoteExec/RemoteExecCall
if I want a player to initiate a jump animation
how would I format; player SwitchMove "AovrPercMrunSrasWrflDf"; such that the animation runs on all clients but only for the initiating character object?
wiki examples suggest use of 'player' will be interpreted as all-players
cursive whale
i'm looking at;
// all clients will have their ammo set to 1 for their current weapon
{player setAmmo [primaryWeapon player, 1];} remoteExec ["bis_fnc_call", 0];
still forum
[player, "Aovrrrrfdgfsagrh4et43dgdg..."] remoteExec ["switchmove", 0]
cursive whale
which seems to suggest 'player' will mean each player
still forum
in that case you execute player locally on each player
so that will end up in player meaning all players
in my example you take the local player's object. And then tell all other players to switchmove on that object
cursive whale
right array rather than code?
cursive whale
ok, thanks
still forum
switchMove takes 2 arguments. So you pass array with 2 values. which are the two arguments
cursive whale
and 'player' will be transmitted as the callers object?
still forum
no
the result that the player command returns will be transmitted
that's stuff that people often get wrong. Order of execution
player command is executed first. Which returns an object.
Then that object will be put into the array, and that array passed to remoteExec
remoteExec has no clue where the object came from
cursive whale
right so the biki example is passing a code snippet (referencing 'player' when finally executed on each client) to bis_fnc_call
still forum
yeah
cursive whale
cheers
tough abyss
why are you looking for the example on remoteexec page when there is appropriate example on switchMove https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/switchMove
It has also a note in blue explaining the functioning of the command
Its like everything you asked is on that page
astral dawn
it's just attached to player so that AI will doTarget on this target, since they were not targeting captive players IIRC
but can also be used in other cases
sage flume
I've done this before but man I just cant remember. I want to change my original group (s) to one that I have in a dl'd mod. I am trying to find out how to find the path to the new group I have placed. the original is...
[east,configFile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "OPF_F" >> "UInfantry" >> "OIA_GuardSentry"],
..and I want to change that to something new that I downloaded
Where or how ( in the config viewer?) do I find th eproper path?
cursive whale
@tough abyss Just updating an old script that previously used BIS_Fnc_MP, no particular reason to review the SwitchMove page.
vast verge
So I need help getting attachTo working
_cwis1 = "CWIS1";
_destroyer = "Destroyer";
_cwis1 attachTo _destroyer;
i'm getting a generic error from that
robust hollow
@vast verge read the syntax for attachTo, it doesnt take strings like that.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/attachTo
vast verge
I'm sorry, I've never been really good with this sort of stuff, could you elaborate a bit for me? kinda lost.
robust hollow
object1 attachTo [object2, offset, memPoint]
attachTo works by attaching one object to another object. Your snippet shows you trying to attach one string to another string, which simply isnt a thing.
vast verge
ah, yeah what i read on the page gave me the idea that i had to make the string to do it in the first place.
neon snow
Can we extend functionality of built in actions either via scripting or config? I want a script to run after flaps down/up action or key was pressed
high marsh
@neon snow You could use animationPhase to check if the flaps are or down.
thorn saffron
I want to run a script on every man character after it gets spawned/created and I want to pass the info to the script about the unit so I can use it the script. Would this work for triggering the script using CBA?
class Extended_InitPost_EventHandlers {
class Man {
class taro_set_AI_skill {
Init = "(_this select 0) execVM 'taro_set_AI_skill.sqf';";
};
};
};
@thorn saffron Looks good. I believe you can just use _this, as I don't think it has any more passed params than just the unit itself.
verbal saddle
I'm having a very strange issue with respawn tickets in my mission.
If I end the mission while both west & east have > 0 tickets then it shows Blue vs Red on the debriefing screen.
If one of the sides has 0 tickets then it shows Blue vs Green on the debriefing screen.
Has anyone else experienced this issue or know a way to solve it?
thorn wraith
Anyone know if you can point an .ext value to another .ext value?
something like
class maingun{
gun = missionConfigFile >> "cfgLoadouts" >> "Base" >> "Weapons" >> "Rifle" >> "gun";
}```?
thorn wraith
yes
young current
that definitely does not look right
thorn wraith
like that, it just stores it as a path.
I'm wondering if I can make it read the actual value
young current
I highly doubt that
thorn wraith
or would that need to be a macro?
tough abyss
Yeah you can __EVAL it
dim kernel
is it possible to check who remoteExec'd the function
still forum
Return Value: Number - id of the client, which initiated remote execution Mh.....
still forum
I'm not suuuuuure. But I thiiiiiiiiiiink it doesn't
grizzled spindle
Is there a way to get a weapons inventory weight/mass?
tough abyss
load
loadAbs
loadBackpack
loadUniform
loadVest
getContainerMaxLoad
grizzled spindle
Sorry should have been more specific, Wanted to get weight from classname
ruby breach
Looks like there's a mass defined in the config
Looks like you'd need to manually calculate a total for the weapon and any attachments, however
unborn ether
@grizzled spindle ```SQF
getNumber (configFile >> "CfgYourConfig" >> _yourclassname >> "mass");
`mass` value `\10` means lbs.
So 10 mass is 1lbs.
AFAIR.Thank you very muxh
golden storm
Hi guys, so i was wondering if i could get a little help on something "easy"(?)
Thing is i want that in a certain place on the map, when a certain unit with a variable name of : "oficial1" enters "COMBAT" mode, an alarm starts playing, i tried this code on a trigger but it doesn't work, any advice?
Condition:
behaviour oficial1 == "COMBAT";
On Act.:
nul = [thisTrigger] spawn {while {true} do {playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_f\sfx\alarm_BLUFOR", player]}; sleep 6;};
It does execute, problem is that the sound won't play, i can hear somewhat of "white noise" tho, i mean the other sounds (gunfire, engines, explosions) sound like there is a louder sound (i.e. the alarm) is playing.
dapper path
Anyone here familiar with the altis life framework?
finite cloud
Does anyone know if there's a way to dynamically create radio protocol messages? For example., if I have an AI recon squad in an overwatch position, can I have that squad send a voiced radio message to the player's group, like "Enemy tank at 019224"? I found where all the radio protocol sound files and configs are located and I've looked into kbtell, but it looks like with that command I would have to use sentence classes that are pre-defined in some config
EDIT: I figured it out by looking at A3/systems/fn_spotter.sqf and fn_spotter.bikb. Basically it involves using the 3rd argument of kbTell to pass a dynamically generated string (for the message text) and an array of Words (defined in dubbing_radio_f/config.cpp, for the voice) to a sentence class you define in a bikb file
robust hollow
@dapper path yes, though depending on what you need you may want to try the altis life discord first.
high marsh
Is it possible to add a sort of "text field" option to a parameter in lobby parameters. I am sure you could do this with a mod, and not a mission. But how would I go about this?
brave jungle
Hello, i'm struggling to find out how to return what has been damaged on a player while using ACE3. I've found the handleDamage fnc but that's for setting damage, not returning. Anyone got an idea?
still forum
Or do you want to find out exactly what kinda wounds exist?
That command returns what parts of the body are damaged, but not in what way
brave jungle
I more just need to know if the head was hit, or if the leg was hit
still forum
Yeah then that command should do it. It will still show damage though if the limb was bandaged and isn't bleeding anymore
brave jungle
on unconscious would make it easier
Oh right, so not very good say, 30 minutes into a firefight
Does ACE not have one at all?
I find it odd to believe
still forum
If you do personal aid kit full heal then the damage will be gone
But a bandaged non stitched wound will have damage even if not bleeding
can you describe exactly what you need?
brave jungle
Detect what was hit, then play one of the animations depending on what was hit, head, arm, chest, leg
currently they're just random
but would be nice to have them tie in with the damage
still forum
Gimme 10 minutes. Just found a memory leak in ace that I gotta fix first before I forget
brave jungle
Oof, okay no problem 😛
still forum
Well I found something that would do what you want.. But it's broken and doesn't work. 😄
Gonna find the next possible way to do that then 😄
brave jungle
😂😁
still forum
getHitpointDamage might be best. Just choose the hitpoint with highest damage.
brave jungle
Alright 😉 Cheers
dapper path
@robust hollow the get damage script doesn't seem to be triggering for me
runic sandal
hello guys so guys im trying to make a GUI Weapon List there is some people says that i must to make weapon list config and its GUI like i spawn weapons its admin menu so can any one helps me or give me example's
robust hollow
skid menu david from two days ago, is that you? 🤔
tough abyss
some punctuation would have been good
radiant egret
@robust hollow
deja vu 😂
keen bough
I kind of need a (in depth) complete tutorial that covers the full topic of creating your own functions in armed assault 3. I find only partial stuff or stuff thats so old that isnt even working anymore 😦
keen bough
thanks @radiant egret - somehow that didnt even show up on my google search.
keen bough
If i am correct, i use my function like this:
[] remoteExec ["nar_myfunction", target, isPers];
Correct? nar is the tag i am using.
tough abyss
If you want to remoteExec it that should work, yes. That'll "spawn" your function.
//local
[params] spawn nar_myFunction;
[params] call nar_myFunction;
//remote
[params] remoteExec ["nar_myFunction", target, jip];
[params] remoteExecCall ["nar_myFunction", target, jip];
i was just unsure with the "" and if its nar_function or fnc_nar_myfunction :3 thanksies @tough abyss
winter rose
nar_fnc*
And it would be if you use CfgFunctions to declare it
still forum
That's missing the _fnc part
obsidian kiln
doartilleryfire needs to be broadcasted with remoteexec if the AI unit is local to the server and it's executed client side?
tough abyss
That depends on how you declare the function. In his example I assumed he did something like nar_myFunction = {}
keen bough
So, i have this in my cfgFunctions.hpp
file = "path";
class myFunction {};
To add another one, do i have to open up new curly brackets or do i just add another
class myFunction2 {};
beneath the first function, please?
still forum
yes. Same as you wrote
another class below the first one. All the same just different name
keen bough
ah. Because all examples show always only 1 thing :3 thank you @still forum
keen bough
I do this:
_inidbi = ["new", "Vehicle Garage"] call OO_INIDBI;
_readVehicles = ["read", ["Vehicle Garage", "Merc Vehicles"]] call _inidbi;
theGarage = _readVehicles;
which has 3 vehicles in it. But "theGarage" is still completely empty. Another script works like a charm (weapons script) but the variable there is actually empty too but works.
its with inidbi
I use extended debug console but with 'watch:' the variable is empty. Its... extremely strange...
Thats in the inidbi databse:
MercVehicles="["I_C_Offroad_02_unarmed_F","I_C_Offroad_02_LMG_F","I_C_Heli_Light_01_civil_F"]"
(Yes mercvehicles and merc vehicles. We are testing a lot of things and working on the fly currently)
astral dawn
Is it possible to simulate a key press through an SQF script?
robust hollow
as in triggering a key press evh? no
astral dawn
Like make arma think that I am pushing the 'move left' button for some time?
tough abyss
via extension
astral dawn
Did someone already make such an extension? 😄
tough abyss
I saw something hold on
astral dawn
So what I want to achieve is this:
Make player operate vehicle in a bad way, like GTA drunk driving
Or make player operate turret like he's aiming with WASD keys instead of mouse
I think it's not possible to manipulate a turret like this, right?
tough abyss
http://killzonekid.com/arma-extension-ctrl_tab-dll/ but 2013 man
astral dawn
That's cool, thanks!
young current
such could perhaps be achieveb by tampering with the vehicles movement velocity
sudden yacht
//Recently been having issues with script. Seems to spawn the unit, but the rest of the script appears not to be working. Where did i go wrong?
_target = group player createUnit ["CUP_B_USMC_Soldier", position player, [], 0, "FORM"];
[_target] join _grp;
removeAllWeapons _target;
_myNearestEnemy = _target findNearestEnemy _target;
while {alive _target} do
{
if (_target distance _myNearestEnemy < 100) then
{
_myNearestEnemy = _target findNearestEnemy _target;
_target switchmove "Acts_GetAttention_End";
sleep 2;
_myNearestEnemy setDamage 1;
} else
{
};
sleep 5;
};```Sure how do i do that?
young current
robust hollow
```sqf
<ur code here>
```
young current
👆
sudden yacht
thank you
robust hollow
gotta do 3 of these `before and after for a proper block
young current
put one more ` in both ends
sudden yacht
So um yeah hope someone van help.
young current
so what do you want it to do?
sudden yacht
if nearest enemy is within 100 and the unit is alive then setdamage 1 to nearest enemy
lapis jungle
I have an issue with a mod I'm making for my unit. It currently just has a single function that is essentially just a wrapper for ace_arsenal_fnc_initBox. When I load the mod, it says in the RPT that the mod is included in the "List of Mods", but when I look in the "Loaded Add-ons" I cannot find its single addon core listed anywhere.
When I try and call the wrapper function, it just doesn't work. No error messages or RPT log made.
I currently don't have internet to upload the add-on else I would to show you what I mean.
Does anyone have previous experience with mods not being loaded properly? If so, what steps could I take to seek the solution?
I have an issue with a mod I'm making for my unit. It currently just has a single function that is essentially just a wrapper for ace_arsenal_fnc_initBox. When I load the mod, it says in the RPT that the mod is included in the "List of Mods", but when I look in the "Loaded Add-ons" I cannot find its single addon core listed anywhere.
When I try and call the wrapper function, it just doesn't work. No error messages or RPT log made.
I currently don't have internet to upload the add-on else I would to show you what I mean.
Does anyone have previous experience with mods not being loaded properly? If so, what steps could I take to seek the solution?
robust hollow
does ur mod have a CfgPatches entry?
foggy moon
@sudden yacht think you need to move the findNearestEnemy check before the distance check, otherwise you're using the previous enemy
edgy dune
drowsy spruce
having some troubles with something and was wondering if anyone had any ideas. Im trying to attach a cargo container to one of the Tanoa cranes using rope. The rope isn't actually being created, I tried spawning in a small physics object then attaching that to the container then attaching a rope from the crane to the little physics object but still no luck. No errors or anything, just doesn't create the rope. Here is a pic of the crane i'm talking about. https://imgur.com/a/LPE5Kxs
drowsy spruce
So a little update, i got it to sorta work. I attached a go kart to the crane, and then from the go kart to the container, the only problem now is that the ropes look VERY laggy. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/283322734610743296/545096712897822749/2019-02-12_20-19-11.mp4
slate gull
Can i ask a question here about a problem im running into with my mod?
distant egret
@slate gull ask the question and people might answer it.
slate gull
Well i am new to all this and have been practicing scripting and wrote my first mod. But i have no idea what else it needs to become a mod. Right now its just a .sqf and i watched a video about packing .pbo's but i tried and it gave me an error. "Build failed result code=1" I dont know what that means
All tutorials i see on Google are old and dont make sense or dont have enough detail
distant egret
slate gull
ok, so im missing config.cpp
distant egret
And then define the scripts as functions as https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Functions_Library
Yes
slate gull
how do i write a config.cpp?
distant egret
Make a text file and rename it
slate gull
Sorry, if these questions seem a bit derivative but what goes in the text file?
Like i said im new, this is my first mod
distant egret
First example from the first link
However this is more of a job for #arma3_config as these are config files.
tough abyss
@drowsy spruce attached object inherits simulation properties from object it was attached to
lapis jungle
@robust hollow It does. Here's the entire config.cpp file:
class CfgPatches {
class bnb_f_core {
units[] = {};
weapons[] = {};
requiredVersion = 1.76;
requiredAddons[] = {
"ace_arsenal"
};
author[] = {
"Arend"
};
};
};
class CfgFunctions {
class bnb_f_core {
class functions {
file = "\x\bnb_f\addons\core\functions";
class arsenal {};
};
};
};
and then in fn_arsenal.sqf I have this:
[this,true] call ace_arsenal_fnc_initBox;
and in $PREFIX$ I have this:
x\bnb_f\addons\core
The structure of the mod is:
root
| addons
| | core
| | - $PREFIX$
| | - config.cpp
| | | functions
| | | - fn_arsenal.sqf
robust hollow
CfgFunctions: file = "\x\bnb\addons\core\functions";
Prefix: x\bnb_f\addons\core
?
lapis jungle
It's supposed to be such a simple little mod xD
robust hollow
ur prefix is bnb_f while ur function looks in bnb
lapis jungle
Yeah, my bad. I've renamed bnb to bnb_f, but I did double check to make sure I consistently did so. Just changed it whilst copy pasting into here.
spent 2 hours dedicated to making sure they're the same, and testing with and without the _. Is a _ allowed in a prefix?
robust hollow
yes
lapis jungle
Because when it comes to calling the function, you'd have to then write bnb_f_core_fnc_arsenal
or am I wrong?
robust hollow
yea thats right. just tested ur config and it loaded fine, function too. i guess double check the addon is loaded in CfgPatches, maybe also check ur prefix is actually being applied to the pbo 🤷
lapis jungle
Alright. Well, at least I now know it's not that I completely fucked up the path format or anything
Thanks, I'll keep at it
young current
What do you pack it with?
rose hatch
Not entirely sure where I might ask this, but does anyone know if there's a way to modify my OFPEC tag listing? The website I put down when I registered the tag no longer exists but I want to continue using the same tag.
Do I have to get in contact with the OFPEC site admins or something...?
rose hatch
Yep, already made my tag ages ago
I want to take the website out of the tag listing, as well as change the recently completed field
young current
theres a login at the top left corner
I recall you can edit those yourself when youre logged in
rose hatch
Logged in but I can't find anything. The site's a bit old, might've missed the option somewhere
young current
when youre registered and browse tags you get your tags list
hmm
but where was the edit button
rose hatch
Hmm...
I don't even see that, and I'm logged into the account I made the tag with
Ehh, I'll dig around on their forums and see if I can find something, thanks for the help though
rose hatch
I think their system got fubar'd at some point. I don't even see that, tried in chrome and firefox
Maybe somehow the tag got unlinked from my account in their db
young current
possibly. I read some old forums post related to that and there it was said that some people have had similar trouble
I think best is to contact ofpec admins
brave jungle
Hello, so I tried to get the returned damage from a player while ACE3 is active using getAllHitPointsDamage which sort of worked during testing but in action it was a nightmare xD
I've attempted to look, but does ACE have any way of returning the damaged sections?