arma3_scripting

[fleet hazel]

Guys. I have a query for sql_custom

SQL1_INPUTS = 1
OUTPUT = 1, 2-String, 3-String, 4-String, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-String, 10```
Creating a query:
```_query    =    format ["gangInfoWest:%1", 1168];
_queryResult = [_query,2] call Test_database_asyncCall;```
And I have error:
```[11:02:13:832960 +03:00] [Thread 12616] extDB3: SQL_CUSTOM: Trace: UniqueID: 112 Input: gangInfoWest:1168
[11:02:13:833357 +03:00] [Thread 12616] extDB3: SQL: Error extDB3Exception: SQL Invalid Number of Inputs Got 1 Expected 2
[11:02:13:833393 +03:00] [Thread 12616] extDB3: SQL: Error extDB3Exception: Input: gangInfoWest:1168
[11:02:13:855055 +03:00] [Thread 14932] extDB3: Input from Server: 4:112
[11:02:13:855110 +03:00] [Thread 14932] extDB3: Output to Server: [0,"Error extDB3Exception Exception"]```
Column id and cop_gang have the same values.

How to make 1 value used 2 times.

I don't want to duplicate the value in the request.

Solve the problem. Made:
SELECT id, owner, deputy, name, (SELECT count(*) FROM players WHERE cop_gang=gangs.id) as memberscount, maxmembers, bank, info, license, warpoints FROM gangs WHERE id=? LIMIT 1;

[cosmic lichen]

Was BIS_fnc_establishingShot changed on current dev? I am getting this error

*12:24:28 Error in expression <mitted BIS_fnc_establishingShot_fakeUAV || !(isNil "BIS_missionStarted")};

BIS_>
12:24:28 Error position: <|| !(isNil "BIS_missionStarted")};

BIS_>
12:24:28 Error Type Bool, expected Bool
12:24:28 File A3\functions_f\GUI\fn_establishingShot.sqf [BIS_fnc_establishingShot], line 247*

[tough abyss]

Dev or stable?

[cosmic lichen]

dev

[tough abyss]

Ok good find need to fix ASAP

Probably related to waituntil

[cosmic lichen]

I see.

[tough abyss]

Shouldn’t error unless the camcommited before returned nil

How to repro? @cosmic lichen

[cosmic lichen]

Good question.

It sometimes happens on mission start. Sometimes it doesn't

It's definitely caused by the new parameter "_waitTime"

[tough abyss]

Ok it is related to deleted camera

The fucking camcommited returns nil when camera is null

facepalm

[cosmic lichen]

😄

[leaden parrot]

Is there a way to catch a layer from the eden editor so I don't have to manually fill in an array with every single item i want to have in there? ( I want to attach an addaction to all objects in one of my layers.

[ebon ridge]

#define MUTEX_SCOPED_LOCK(mutex) for [{private _runOnce = true; waitUntil {(mutex pushBackUnique 0) == 0}}, {_runOnce}, {mutex deleteAt 0; _runOnce = false}] do

MUTEX_SCOPED_LOCK(_mutex) {
   // blah blah
};

This should work right?

[astral dawn]

What is this thing?

[ebon ridge]

Just a nicer way to do MUTEX_LOCK / MUTEX_UNLOCK

I hope

exploiting for[] syntax so I can run something before and after scope

[astral dawn]

But we already have a mutex and it's simple as hell 🤔

[ebon ridge]

This is based on that but better

Typically mutex locking in other languages is done using automatic scope based locking

This emulates that, you won't ever have a problem with unlock not being called, it code is clearer, and merges won't break it

[astral dawn]

You mean that it goes out of scope on its own and unlocks?

[ebon ridge]

yeah

The scope is the body of the for loop.

[astral dawn]

Oh I think I understand how it works now, yes it looks great and I think it should work

[ebon ridge]

for[a, b ,c] do { x } runs like
a; while(b) do { x; c }

[astral dawn]

I only hope that for is atomic but it should be 🤣

[ebon ridge]

which bit would need to be atomic?

the single statements are identical to how they are in MUTEX_LOCK and MUTEX_UNLOCK, and the rest doesn't require atomicity I don't think

It would look like:

private _runOnce = true;
MUTEX_LOCK(_mutex);
while { _runOnce } do {
    // blah
    _runOnce = false;
    MUTEX_UNLOCK(_mutex);
};```

[astral dawn]

I had a mutex test which was adding to common number from multiple spawned scripts
https://github.com/Sparker95/Project_0/blob/development/Project_0.Altis/MutexRecursive/mutexRecursiveTest.sqf
Try to adapt it to your mutex and see if it works

[ebon ridge]

sure, I will add it to the main test set as well

[astral dawn]

That's a damn good macro if it really works

[still forum]

what use does the isDead variable have?

why not directly count alive _x ?

what part is not working?

[quartz coyote]

Well I didn't know of any other way to check if all entities in an forEach were returning true so... that's why I'm asking. maybe you can help me make it more simple.
I'm not getting the "effect" :

_thisMan playActionNow "Surrender";
 _thisMan setCaptive true;```

[still forum]

Well I didn't know of any other way to check if all entities in an forEach were returning true so...
You did that tho
{_x getVariable ["isDead", false]} count _serroundingList; you are counting the ones that are true

But might aswell just count the ones where alivee _x is true

[quartz coyote]

ooooooooooh

true

indeed

[still forum]

The effect doesn't work... Have you tried just adding some logging to see what the script does?

[quartz coyote]

Nope. will do that !

i'm not familiar with logging

[still forum]

diag_log or systemChat

[quartz coyote]

i'll try to get more into it

systemChat yes.

but didn't know diag_log

i'll check

thanks man

oh hold on

how do I count the ones where alivee _x is true

[still forum]

Just like how you counted the ones where the variable isDead is true

[quartz coyote]

private _allSerroundingDead = {alive _x} count _serroundingList; ??

[still forum]

yes

[quartz coyote]

so

[still forum]

Surround btw

[quartz coyote]

it I want it to exitWith only if they are NOT alive then would private _allSerroundingDead = {!alive _x} count _serroundingList; work ?

yes sorry about spelling

[still forum]

yes

[quartz coyote]

cool thx

nothing happening

[still forum]

format [systemChat "%1 has surrendered",_thisMan];

uh.

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

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

[quartz coyote]

systemChat format ["%1 has surrendered",_thisMan];

never the less, it doesn't work either

[umbral nimbus]

is there any command which creates an object (missle) and tracks a target, asif it was target.

in VBS its possible through the createShot command. is there something simmelar I missed?

oh wow. I just sumbled uppon this

BIS_fnc_moduleCreateProjectile

anyone knows more about?

[quartz coyote]

nope. just open the script, you'll see what it does ? :/

[umbral nimbus]

I will then

[still forum]

If your logging doesn't happen. Add more logging

find the point where it stops working

[quartz coyote]

@still forum I found out why it's wasn't working.
It wasn't even executed...

🤦🏼

[quartz coyote]

would it be because it's created but the captive unit ?

I mean in a script space of the mission that can't be accessed by player ?

[still forum]

I mean in a script space of the mission that can't be accessed by player ? what?

player distance _thisMan undefined variable

Read wiki https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd
it tells you how to use the condition

Should I repeat what I just wrote?

[quartz coyote]

I've used this Hold Action a large amount of times and it has always worked...

So maybe explain which argument you are talking about

[still forum]

I did

[quartz coyote]

because to me... everything is right ...

[still forum]

https://s.sqf.ovh/Discord_2019-04-20_19-01-52.png

[quartz coyote]

oh right okay.

but ...

ohh...

okay I see what I forgot

indeed it's passing code

[winter rose]

@still forum could you add a red circle please

[quartz coyote]

and in that code, _thisMan is undefined

I got it

thx

[leaden parrot]

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

This command has local effect. The action will only be removed on the computer that executes the command.

So does this mean that I can't remove an action for every player that would look at an object?

[still forum]

you'd need to remoteExec if you want to remove for all objects

but you need the ID of the action. And every player might have a different one

[leaden parrot]

dang. What I wanted was to make a "move and drop" script so players on the server can move some objects around.

But that seems pretty impossible for me to do if I somehow have to find a unique ID per object per player and then give them an addaction/removeaction

hmm.. Could I instead give the objects both the "place" and "drop" action and just keep them there ? then I dont have to add or remove something from it aand fiddle with those ids?

[wild flint]

Would declaring the action in a global variable help in that regard?

[astral dawn]

@leaden parrot or you can give action to player itself, and in the condition field of the action specify when the action is available

and condition will be checking if player is currently carrying some object...

[high marsh]

@leaden parrot don't add the action to the object. Add a action to each player that has a condition that checks if the object is attached. Then and only when the condition is met, it will show the action.

[keen bough]

woopsie. I called a function the same function which calls the same function.... i would say, memorykill? 😄 Game crashed ^^

[tough abyss]

on call call this [ call "call this" ];

[astral dawn]

I guess you've got a Stack Overflow

[dreamy kestrel]

does anyone know of a way to programmatically get the player steamid? is that getPlayerUID?

[high marsh]

getPlayerUID is their steam64 yeah

[dreamy kestrel]

thanks @high marsh 👍

[keen bough]

alright, i am so glad i dont have to crate my own list where i can place soldiers in houses ^^ Allthough i would get much better positions tacticalwise but heck, enemy squadleader could be a douche and place a guy right within a shops big window - because 'eff that soldier!'

Anyway. Is there kind of a way to check for "the next street"-part of a street? Like a connects to b, b connects to c and d and so on?

So i could actually make kind of a navigation system (i would know way arounds - kind of but maybe i did not find a suitable command)

yeah, i will do a 'tactical_list' of building positions. But its time consuming to i want to first get my mission generator up and running with the basics.

still i have that street-"problem" finding connections or something like that.

looking for road instead of street. I found:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/roadsConnectedTo

[leaden parrot]

@astral dawn & @high marsh

I could try and do that, but not entirely sure. And if I add an add action to a player, everyone who looks at that player would get the option to use that action, right?

[leaden parrot]

Sorry I'm just new to all this so it's not going that fast

[still forum]

Fast?
Gimme my setVelocityModelSpace! FAST! PEW PEW

[winter rose]

Dedmen setVelocity [0,0,10e10];

[tough abyss]

Nope, doesn’t work. You need [Dedmen, [0,0,10e10]] remoteExec ["setVelocity", 🇩🇪];

[ebon ridge]

Is there some way to clear the current arma rpt file either via script or in editor setting (e.g. "Clear log on mission start" or something)?

[still forum]

no

[leaden parrot]

If I want to send a hint to all players on my server how do I do that? as far as I've tested and read, hint is not firing to every player

[winter rose]

@leaden parrot remoteExec

[leaden parrot]

so I can straight up do remoteExec hint "MyText"; doesn't need some other stuff than the hint?

[robust hollow]

thats not how it works 🤦

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

"MyText" remoteExec ["hint"];

[still latch]

Hello, here.
Guide me, pls.
Is there difference in terms of performance between
suit-up units with

removeAllWeapons 
removeAllItems
removeUniform 
...
player addVest 'rhs_6b23_6sh116';
(vestContainer player) addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_30Rnd_545x39_7N10_AK", 6];
...

and
A3 loadout system?

What is faster?

[leaden parrot]

Aight Connor thanks. I'll try that

[still forum]

what is "A3 Loadout system" ? @still latch

[still latch]

getUnitLoadout
setUnitLoadout
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Unit_Loadout_Array

[quartz coyote]

Hello. Any known issues with playSound3D ?
I'm encountering an issue :

playSound "whistle"; //This works fine
playSound3D ["\Sounds\whistle.ogg", _soundSource, false, getPos _soundSource, 1, 1, 200]; //This doesn't work at all```

[ornate marsh]

im back, so now im struggling on tasks. I've created a task, and now I want it to be completed after 300 seconds. I know I need to use ```sqf
["BIS_task_01","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;

[quartz coyote]

@ornate marsh a trigger that's set to timeout after 300s or a script with a Sleep 300; ?

[still forum]

@still latch setUnitLoadout is a single command. The other stuff is many commands.
So yes. There is a difference

@quartz coyote Read the wiki page.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D the notes will probably be helpful

[ornate marsh]

@quartz coyote yea figured out myself somehow, im working on some other scripts related to tasks so if i struggle I'll come back to you

[still latch]

@still forum yes. but what if this command calling same removeAllWeapons commands plus config parsing ones. 🙃

tested. 180 units with same loadout
760ms vs 215ms
thank you for profiler

[ornate marsh]

_completed = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted;
if (_completed = true) then
{ 
    [] spawn {sleep 300; ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; };

};

So i'm working on this script and i have a missing ) somewhere

[still forum]

_completed = true that's nonsense

you are setting a variable, not checking it

and == true also makes no sense.

as x == true is the same as x or as x == true == true == true == true == true == true == true == true == true

[ornate marsh]

im wanting to check if _completed is true

[quartz coyote]

What he means is keep only _completed

[ornate marsh]

im used to python and thats how python checks variables

[quartz coyote]

if _completed is true then _completed itself is sufficient

_completed = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskCompleted;
if (_completed) then
{ 
    [] spawn {sleep 300; ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; };

};```

[high marsh]

The var holds the evaluated true or false value

[ornate marsh]

actually, funny story, i want to change the _completed on the 2nd line to _activated, as that checks whether the task is assigned

but that variable is in the trigger, whereas that code is in the init of the task creator module

also @quartz coyote is there anyway to countdown the seconds

[quartz coyote]

you mean in the trigger ?

or in script ?

[ornate marsh]

essentially i want the 300 seconds to countdown as the sleep script is working, so player know how long they have to defend

if (_activated) then 
{  
    [] spawn {sleep 300; ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; }; 
 
};
else
{

    hint "Defense countdown reset";
};

Now i have a missing ; somewhere

[high marsh]

Make a control

[quartz coyote]

have that somewhere. a basic hint that would suit. wait one

[high marsh]

CtrlCreate, subtract a second through each itteration.

[ornate marsh]

do you know where the missing ; is? says its toward the end somewhere

[quartz coyote]

@ornate marsh it's not a missing one

[high marsh]

You have a semi colon adter if statement

[quartz coyote]

it's one too much

[high marsh]

Remove the one before else, it acts as a secondary path if the condition is mot met

[ornate marsh]

ah yeah got you

[quartz coyote]

if (_activated) then 
{  
    [] spawn {sleep 300; ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; }; 
 
} //NO SEMI HERE
else
{

    hint "Defense countdown reset";
};```

[ornate marsh]

i have a trigger which, when entered, spawns in some walls, creates a task, and then assigns it. The task is created throught the CreateTask module, which is synced to the wall-spawning trigger. The trigger then runs this code when a player enters the trigger ```sqf
["defendGasStation","ASSIGNED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
_activated = true;

which in turn tells the module that it should start the timer ```sqf
if (_activated) then 
{  
    [] spawn {hint "Timer Started."; sleep 300; ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; }; 
 
}
else
{

    hint "Defense countdown reset";
};

It is successfully creating the task, spawning in the walls etc. But it doesnt assign the task and the hint doesnt pop up to tell me the timer has started

can the _activated be passed over between init boxes? cause i think its not executing the script because it isnt receiving the _activated variable

[high marsh]

Lol, no. Activated is not a global or public variable in this case. An underscore is identifying of this.

[ornate marsh]

ah ok, so if i removed the underscore would that work

or do i have to do something else

[high marsh]

If it's set and used on the same local client yes

Use publicVariable if you want it everywhere

It'll broadcast the variable to server/client

[ornate marsh]

would i do sqf ["defendGasStation","ASSIGNED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; publicVariable activated = true;

[high marsh]

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

What is inside the variable activated anyways?

[ornate marsh]

true once the person enters the trigger, then false when they leave

[high marsh]

If it's just the task state, call it again on your "other" init box

But, once your trigger gets activated it has to be true for every connected trigger. So when is it going to be false and at the same time be activated?

[ornate marsh]

essentially the task is assigned once entering the trigger, the activated variable is then assigned true, which tells the task to start the timer. if the player leaves the trigger the activated variable is set to false and the countdown resets

[high marsh]

Then the only thing you need to store is the counter and the state of the task. Nothing else.

[ornate marsh]

activated = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskState;
if (activated) then 
{  
    [] spawn {hint "Timer Started.";sleep 300; ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; }; 
 
}
else
{

    hint "Defense countdown reset";
};

is this looking right

[high marsh]

Sure.

As long as the task exists.

[ornate marsh]

now i need the if statment to start the timer if the task is assigned, and reset the countdown if leaving the trigger. Any ideas?

[high marsh]

Store the time left in a variable, set it to 300 on the deactivation

[ornate marsh]

i'd have to make it a publicVariable to get it across from the trigger to the module wouldnt i?

[high marsh]

[this] spawn {
    params["_trigger"];
    If(isNil {_trigger getVariable "TimeLeftCountdown"}) then {
        timeLeft = 300;
    } else {
        timeLeft = _trigger getVariable "TimeLeftCountdown";
    };
    for "_i" from 0 to 301 do {
        timeLeft = timeLeft - 1;
        _trigger setVariable["TimeLeftCountdown",timeLeft,true];
        hintSilent parseText format["Defend the base <br/> Seconds left: %1",timeLeft];
        sleep 1;
    };
};
```
On Activation

this setVariable["TimeLeftCountDown",300,true];

You can modify the activation code to display the current countdown

[ornate marsh]

would that be ```sqf
hint "You have",timeLeft,"seconds left"

[high marsh]

I've modified the code above to reflect this

[ornate marsh]

so then in the if statement in the task, how would i 1) check whether the task is assigned 2) if so, start the countdown 3) if not, reset the countdown back to 300

for that script at the top, it says "undefined variable in _trigger" or something like that, and the timer in the hint goes super fast to -2

[high marsh]

Forgot to add suspension

But this should be a reference to the trigger

Should be fine inside trigger inkt

[ornate marsh]

timer is going at the right speed, but the same undefined variable thing pops up. Now how do i reset the timer when leaving the trigger?

the thing is, I want the countdown here

acivated = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskState;
if () then //activated equals ASSIGNED
{  
 
 //countdown starts here  
 
}
else //if countdown equals CREATED
{

//countdown stops, resets to 300

};

i only want the task to be assigned in the trigger "On Activation", and then the task is deassigned in "On Deactivation"

then the script above handles the countdown

in the createTask module init

[high marsh]

0 spawn {
acivated = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskState;
if (activated) then 
{
    timeLeft = 300;
     waitUntil
    {
        timeLeft = timeLeft = timeLeft - 1;
        sleep 1;
        hintSilent parseText format["Defend the base <br/> Time Left: %1",timeLeft];
        timeLeft == 0 || killTimer
    };
}
else
{
    timeLeft = 300;
    killTimer = true;
};
};

I'm on mobile right mow and have zero compiler or editor, but you should get the idea now

[ornate marsh]

yea sorta, missing ; near the sleep 1 somewhere, how would i check that the activated variable = ASSIGNED

[high marsh]

_tsk = taskState "BlahTask"

if(_tsk == "ASSIGNED") then { }

[ornate marsh]

thats what the activated varible does though? so couldnt i just do if (activated == "ASSIGNED then { }

[high marsh]

Yes, activated was never a boolean

[ornate marsh]

it was way before

[high marsh]

Well when you assigned it to true yes, then it would always be true no matter what. It also served zero purpose

It was like doing:

If(true) then {
    _blah = true;
};

[ornate marsh]

yea realised that now 😆

still a missing ; somewhere, near the sleep

or one too many

nvm fixed

0 spawn { 
BEN_activated = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskState; 
if (BEN_activated == "ASSIGNED") then  
{ 
    timeLeft = 300; 
     waitUntil 
    { 
        timeLeft = timeLeft - 1; 
        sleep 1; 
        hintSilent parseText format["Defend the Gas Station <br/> Time Left: %1",timeLeft]; 
        timeLeft == 0 || killTimer;
    };
    ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
} 
else 
{ 
    timeLeft = 300; 
    killTimer = true; 
};
};  ```
EDIT: Now the timer isnt working or even showing up -_-

@high marsh

[still forum]

you should really start reading the wiki dude

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

missing left argument

activated = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskState;
Don't use global variables without a tag.
Tag like BEN_activated
to make sure you don't get conflicts

[ornate marsh]

now the timer isnt showing up. man scripting is hard

from testing it seems like nothing is being stored in the BEN_activated variable

[still forum]

"it seems like"

add logging

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

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

just log everything that seems remotely useful and see what happens

[vale sky]

Hey Guys, do you know if there is any way to Return the Assigned Keys for an inputAction in String format? -nevermind, found it-

[ornate marsh]

systemChat doesnt appear, and when doing hint str BEN_activatedall that appears is ""

[winter rose]

systemChat str ? 👀

[ornate marsh]

i was trying systemChat BEN_activated but that wasnt displaying anything

[still forum]

systemChat doesn't display in singleplayer

[winter rose]

it shows in editor though?

[astral dawn]

I'm pretty sure that systemChat works in SP editor

[ornate marsh]

0 spawn {
BEN_activated = "defendGasStation" call BIS_fnc_taskState;
if (BEN_activated == "ASSIGNED") then   
{  
    timeLeft = 300;  
     waitUntil  
    {  
        timeLeft = timeLeft - 1;  
        sleep 1;  
        hintSilent parseText format["Defend the Gas Station <br/> Time Left: %1",timeLeft];  
        timeLeft == 0 || killTimer; 
    }; 
 ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; 
}  
else  
{  
    timeLeft = 300;  
    killTimer = true;  
}; 
}; 

Still no idea why its not working, tried systemChat but nothing is showing up. Its something to do with the BEN_activated variable

[winter rose]

what does BIS_fnc_taskState return?

[ornate marsh]

Ok so, we have the countdown script working, but now every time i leave the trigger it flashes up "Timer Reset" and then resets back to 300 and count down again. If i go back in it then duplicates and flicks between the first countdown and the new one.

On Activation

0 spawn {
    ["defendGasStation","ASSIGNED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
    killTimer = true;
    publicVariable "killTimer";
    timeLeft = 300;    
    publicVariable "timeLeft";
    while {timeLeft != 0 or killTimer} do
    {    
        timeLeft = timeLeft - 1;    
        sleep 1; 
        strTime = str timeLeft;
        hintSilent parseText format["Defend the Gas Station <br/> Time Left: %1",strTime];   
    };
    if (timeLeft == 0 || killTimer == false) do {
    ["defendGasStation","SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;   
    };
}; 
wall1 hideObject false;
wall2 hideObject false;
wall3 hideObject false;
wall4 hideObject false;
wall5 hideObject false;
wall6 hideObject false;
wall7 hideObject false;
wall8 hideObject false;
wall9 hideObject false;
wall10 hideObject false;```

On Deactivation:
```sqf
["defendGasStation","CANCELED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; 
killTimer = false; 
publicVariable "killTimer"; 
timeLeft = 300; 
publicVariable "timeLeft"; 
hint "Timer Reset"; 
wall1 hideObject true; 
wall2 hideObject true; 
wall3 hideObject true; 
wall4 hideObject true; 
wall5 hideObject true; 
wall6 hideObject true; 
wall7 hideObject true; 
wall8 hideObject true; 
wall9 hideObject true; 
wall10 hideObject true;

any suggestions?

What im tying to get is the hint/countdown to stop when i leave the trigger, then start again when i enter the trigger again

[ornate marsh]

fixed

[keen bough]

so, @high marsh the if-statement in the codebrackets will be tested only when activating the action. But how would i write it then, so the action shows only when all the requirements are met?

[high marsh]

Waaaaa

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

Read fool

[keen bough]

I ask because i dont understand it. It says it wants a 'String' and default is true (boolean). Or do i have to put in the sqf-file? Like
"test2.sqf" where the test is made and is checked and must return true?

[high marsh]

The code is compiled as a string into usable code.

this addAction [ "Kill everything", { params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; }, [], 1.5, true, true, "", "alive myTargetThatNeedsKilling" ,50, false, "", "" ];

Since alive myTargetThatNeedsKilling would either return true or false. Your action would show or it wouldn't

But it cannot return say an array, number, or text. Has to be a boolean

[keen bough]

can i do a standard if-statement in that? Or a script-file that checks the if-statment iself (would require an item near the person)?

[high marsh]

You don't need an if statement

It's already evaluated

However, if you want to check an unrelated variable you can

[keen bough]

so if i just write the classname in, it checks it surrounding for it?

[high marsh]

Classname? No.

You can change distance activation

You can check for object class in the condition

[keen bough]

How would i do it with the object class within the string-quote?

[high marsh]

_originalTarget isKindOf 'Air' , what are you wanting?

[keen bough]

there is an array of objects of one is chosen randomly to be transported to the target. They are a battery, some laptops and a kind of big machine

currently i check when the action is triggered, so used, if the item is in reach within the npc.

I would do something like this:

_value = 0;
while {true} do {
waitUntil {!isNull cursorTarget};
_curTarget = cursorTarget;


if (_curTarget isKindOf "Man") then {


 _unit = _curTarget;


 if (backpack _unit == "B_LIB_GER_Radio") then {


 _action = player addAction ["Use radio",<scriptfile>,<params>,etc...];


};

waitUntil {(isNull cursorTarget) OR (player Distance _curTarget > 2)};

player removeAction _action;

};

[still forum]

'backpack cursorTarget == "B_LIB_GER_Radio"' as condition in the addAction

[keen bough]

and whats with the item that needs to be, in addition, near the target? 😃

[winter rose]

&& nameObject distance cursorTarget < 3

[keen bough]

So it looks like this ```
"'thiscoolitem "my_item_name" distance cursorTarget < 6 && cursorTarget name npc == "Duracellhäschen"'"

Or without the  -> ' <- ?

[winter rose]

… this is wrong on so many levels! But we will solve that

[keen bough]

i am simply missing some kind of examples for such situations. I mean, normally you write "this (true) do stuff" but while wants it different with "this {true} do stuff"

Thats why i ask so many questions. Because arma is all but easy language usage.

[still forum]

wat

normally you write "this (true) do stuff" No that's also wrong on multiple levels

[keen bough]

"if (true) then" "while {true} do"

[winter rose]

Sqf is not an object oriented language.

But I am not sure what exactly is the goal of this script; you want the player to load the item on the back of the AI?

[keen bough]

it was an example how i would achieve something i want, but i know there is a different solution and i want to learn that solution.

thats why i wrote the example with the backpack.

I want "addAction" that only shows, when you have the specific item near the npc, that is named "Duracellhäschen" just for testing purpose. And with the item near and the player looking at the npc, then they should see the action.

Currently i have 2 working solutions.

1:) i check it after the action was done and have even cool lines of text.
2.) i achieve it over a "while" loop.

but there is a 3) - And this 3rd way is within the condition

[winter rose]

add the action to the NPC, with the condition that "npc distance theObject is correct"

[keen bough]

this addAction 
[
    "<title>", 
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
    },
    [],
    1.5, 
    true, 
    true, 
    "",
    "myObject checkDistance to npc < 6 Meters" // _target, _this, _originalTarget
    50,
    false,
    "",
    ""
];

[winter rose]

"player is looking at npc" is not needed, the action only displays in player's action list when he looks at the npc

[keen bough]

okay, i reedit

[winter rose]

But I guess something like this yeah

(sorry, I am not as helpful as usual as I am on mobile and it's past @high marsh )

[keen bough]

So, i ultimatively write

this addAction 
[
    "<title>", 
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
    },
    [],
    1.5, 
    true, 
    true, 
    "",
    ""this_cool_objectF" distance _target < 6", // _target, _this, _originalTarget
    50,
    false,
    "",
    ""
];

?

and no worry ^^ i have already 2 solutions, i just want to learn the last possible solution. I just want to learn everything, instead of just parts.

[winter rose]

no quotes around the object's name and yeah

[keen bough]

testing it with 'bob' my fellow test civillian... Poor Bob. What he had seen is far beyond the realm of cruelity

blep ...

well, i spawned the object near him which is Land_Map_blank_F and it does not show the action.

[winter rose]

did you name the object?

My_Object = createVehicle (…)

And use My_Object in the action condition

[jade imp]

how does one go about making a large array of names or other things that a script can pull from at random?

[astral dawn]

I would make a large array of names that a script can pull randomly

[jade imp]

yeah thats what I'm going for now

I wonder if I could just integrate a name generator

[astral dawn]

Do you mean 'how do I write some other program to convert some database I have into a format that SQF can understand'?

Or do you mean 'do I better store it in some variable or in config or whatever?`?

[high marsh]

names = [
    "BOB",
    "BOBDUDEBOB"
];
randomName = selectRandom names;

[jade imp]

yeah I'll probably just do that

[astral dawn]

I'm pretty sure you can make a name generator, SQF can manipulate strings

[high marsh]

You sure can. Just need common name bases.

[jade imp]

okay

[high marsh]

"100 common baby names" or something like that

[jade imp]

I'm trying to make a thing that sort of generates identities for a person

I got it all down now I think

[high marsh]

I guess, AI already get unique identities based on their side. N

[jade imp]

yeah but I need more than just a name

[high marsh]

Faces and voice packs are unique as well. I assume you're talkiny about players

[jade imp]

yeah

Im basically making a thing that generates names and attaches different 'flags' to it and then spits out a list of the names

so if you were doing like 'cops and robbers' or something, the bad guys pick a name from the list, the cops can then look it up and it displays the randomly attached flags

[high marsh]

namesOrdered = [
    ["A",[Al,Andy,Archer,Anderson],
    ["B",[Bob,Bobberson,Bob]
];

player setVariable["TAG_playerName","Bob",true];

[jade imp]

I'll probably do something like that

[high marsh]

Or store the player UID with name

If(isServer) then {
    profileNamespace setVariable["Bob'sSuperSecretUIDAsAString","Bob",true];
};
```

[jade imp]

so after the names, for the flags I want it to have like a 20% chance to pick something, then a 10% chance to pick a second item, and 5% - so on

[high marsh]

Although, I would store an array of information instead of just the name

That way you can grab any and all info from servet profile

[jade imp]

yeah I'm making an array now

[high marsh]

If you store it on the server profile, you can use these variables after restart

[jade imp]

I wouldn't need it to persist

but it wouldn't hurt

can you even use percentages

[high marsh]

Huh?

[jade imp]

like tell it "there is a 20% chance to add X"

[high marsh]

Math

[jade imp]

sweating

fine I guess I'll just use math

lol

[keen bough]

@winter rose i just named it somewhere _object and not global. I actually could make it global.

[jaunty ermine]

would someone be able to help me out? I've got a script that spawns in aircraft randomly and gets them to fly to a couple of waypoints, but I'm having trouble getting the planes to delete themselves when reaching the end.
this is what I have in the waypoint statement: _wp2 setwaypointstatements["true","{_aircraft deleteVehicleCrew _x} forEach crew _aircraft; deleteGroup _crew1; deleteVehicle _aircraft;"];

[keen bough]

the _aircraft is also created via _aircraft = createVehicle?

[jaunty ermine]

would you be upset if i said it's with BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle ?

[harsh sphinx]

I'm having difficulty understanding how to pass something dynamic within a define that is then using the hash https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands#.23. Without the hash it's fine and I can parse it as I see fit, but with the hash it strictly enforces what I pass so passing _x literally passes _x into the define and not what _x actually is. Can someone shed light on whether there's a way to achieve what I'm after without changing this define?

[keen bough]

@jaunty ermine Nah, why should i be upset? I am not a super-pro-scripter ^^ I just make things work on a practical side. As far as i know, you either have to name the vehicle (temporary within a script) or you find it again at the end of the script with nearestObject/nearestObjects and delete then.

[jaunty ermine]

ok, so if I were to name it like _posPlane = _aircraft select 0 and use the defined name instead of _aircraft in the delete script that should work?

[keen bough]

I am missing more informations on that, but if you store the planes in a local variable, you can delete them later (with the same script) - that i know for sure.

[harsh sphinx]

@jaunty ermine I don't think you have access to _aircraft within the condition, maybe try something like (vehicle this)

[keen bough]

yes! the driver command! Works absolute fine too.

[fluid wolf]

Ok here's a quick stupid question probably, how can I detect if a specific type of vehicle is near to another, without being able to name one of the two?

[jaunty ermine]

thanks guys, was doing my head in for a while. I'll give these a quick test

[fluid wolf]

Say like, B_Hunter needs to detect when an instance of B_MBT_01_F is within 50 meters, and then do an action.

[harsh sphinx]

Can't you just use a trigger for that? Depends how dynamic it needs to be

[fluid wolf]

I can use a trigger for it, but the trigger still needs to tell when the object entering it is B_MBT_01_F and not anything else

[harsh sphinx]

{typeOf _x == 'B_MBT_01_F'} count thisList > 0 something like that?

[jaunty ermine]

ok, so using (vehicle this) deletes the crew (yay) but not the aircraft (boo)

[fluid wolf]

Possibly, I cant tell exactly what that does just looking at that one though

[harsh sphinx]

it's just a condition within the trigger?

[fluid wolf]

No I get that

[harsh sphinx]

if that vehicle enters it will be true

[fluid wolf]

Ahh ok I see it now

[keen bough]

_x is a https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Magic_Variables and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/typeOf looks for the specific vehicle you mention

oooohh XD what the code does XD

[harsh sphinx]

or rather, it will be the amount of that type of vehicle that there is

[fluid wolf]

Ok ok, yea that might be the starting point I was looking for

[harsh sphinx]

but true because > 0

it's a little dirty but does the job

[fluid wolf]

Yea, from there I can ID each one and action them

[keen bough]

if its dirty and its works, its clean 😄

[fluid wolf]

^ Literally everything I've ever written

[harsh sphinx]

@jaunty ermine can you hint out (vehicle this) and see what it returns? it should be the vehicle

otherwise maybe objectParent might be of some success

[jaunty ermine]

@harsh sphinx it shoots out a random string of numbers and characters

[harsh sphinx]

I don't know how that gets processed, but if you're deleting the crew first then you might not be able to reference this anymore since the group leader was removed.

Can't you just use setDamage without the effects, or is there something I'm missing with deleting all the crew first gracefully?

[jaunty ermine]

was reading some blog post, they seemed pretty adamant to delete the crew first, I'l try shortening it down to just deleteVehicle

[harsh sphinx]

Alternatively maybe you can just set it as a variable first thing then be able to keep referencing the vehicle.

Yeah you should delete the crew first when deleting the vehicle but if you're destroying it I'm not sure if it applies

[jaunty ermine]

im not destroying, i need it to poof out of existence

[harsh sphinx]

but using setDamage on it without the effects is essentially the same thing

it will disappear

it's just a workaround if you don't have access to the unit to get the vehicle, but I'm sure you could just cast it

[fluid wolf]

Is tehre a way to keep an AI unit firing on full auto? I tried running things like dofire and forcefire but that only causes them to fire a single burst, and if its possible i'd rather not just cast dofire every 0.1 seconds

Alright

That'll have to do

gotta make a new weapon config anyhow

[tough abyss]

@jaunty ermine you can assign vehicle reference obtained from a crew member to a variable, delete crew then delete vehicle by using reference from the variable

_veh = vehicle Bob; _veh deleteVehicleCrew Bob; deleteVehicle _veh;

Obviously if you have more units than just Bob in it you will need to loop through all deleting them before deleting the vehicle

[jaunty ermine]

ok, so finally got it to work, as trying to reference the vehicle and group by name wasn't working , I used a work around by just using (vehicle this) for the object and have {deleteVehicle _x} forEach crew (vehicle this) + [(vehicle this)] in the waypoint statement. also @harsh sphinx, _veh setDamage [1, False] doesn't seem to work with ACE3's cookoff system

[quartz coyote]

Is there a way to extract an "effect" like hitGroundSoft="ImpactEffectsSmall" and use it to create a particle effect where ever I want ?

I have no clue how Addons work so I don't know if it's possible

I'd like to create the illusion of a bullet hitting the ground without the actual bullet

[winter rose]

You could create the bullets on the ground, you would have the impact sounds as well?

[quartz coyote]

don't care about the sound for now. just want the effect. How would I do that ?

[young current]

AllInOne config for example

And then your typical particle effect commands

[quartz coyote]

well that's a bit too advanced for me

[young current]

? You download the all in one config from forums, look up the config for your favourite effect, turn those parameters into particle effect script.

[quartz coyote]

Ok So I found this but now how do I convert it to a particle effect script ?

    class ImpactEffectsSmall //sources - ["A3_Data_F_ParticleEffects"]
    {    
        class ImpactDust1 //sources - ["A3_Data_F_ParticleEffects"]
        {
            simulation = "particles";
            type = "ImpactDust2";
            position[] = {0, 0, 0};
            qualityLevel = 2;
            intensity = 1;
            interval = 1;
            lifeTime = 1;
        };
[...]```

[still forum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drop
format ParticleArray.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ParticleArray

Type ? Oh! you have type in config so you can use that!
LifeTime? Oh! you have lifeTime in config so you can use that!

[quartz coyote]

Okay so I was indeed looking at drop. thanks

[still forum]

Problem is "ImpactDust2" is not a valid "ParticleType"
I assume it just means it inherits from the ImpactDust2 effect in config so you can take missing values from Dust2

I don't have the default values to hand.

[quartz coyote]

So do I keep "Universal" as a particle ?

a lot of particle effect I've seen, just use the default Universal particle

[still forum]

Maybe

just try around till it works 😄

[quartz coyote]

rgr 😄

[young current]

I recall cfgCloudlets having the actual particle stuff

[quartz coyote]

Found it :

        class ImpactDust2: Default //inherits 40 parameters from bin\config.bin/CfgCloudlets/Default, sources - ["A3_Data_F_ParticleEffects"]
        {
            interval = 0.005;
            circleRadius = 0;
            circleVelocity[] = {0, 0, 0};
            particleShape = "\A3\data_f\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal";
            particleFSNtieth = 16;
            particleFSIndex = 12;
            particleFSFrameCount = 8;
            particleFSLoop = 0;
            angleVar = 1;
            animationName = "";
            particleType = "Billboard";
            timerPeriod = 3;
            lifeTime = "1 + (4.2 * dustness)";
            moveVelocity[] = {"(surfNormalX / 2) * inSpeed / 250 * 0.9", "(surfNormalY / 2) * inSpeed / 250 * 0.9", "(surfNormalZ / 2) * inSpeed / 250 * 0.9"};
            rotationVelocity = 1;
            weight = 1.36;
            volume = 1;
            rubbing = 0.15;
            size[] = {0.2, 2.2};
            sizeCoef = 1;
            color[] = {{0.2, 0.175, 0.15, "(0.3 * dustness) + 0.05"}, {0.4, 0.32, 0.25, "(0.21 * dustness) + 0.035"}, {0.45, 0.37, 0.3, "(0.1 * dustness) + 0.016"}, {0.45, 0.37, 0.3, "(0.036 * dustness) + 0.006"}, {0.45, 0.37, 0.3, 0}};
            colorCoef[] = {1, 1, 1, 1};
            animationSpeed[] = {1};
            animationSpeedCoef = 1;
            randomDirectionPeriod = 0.1;
            randomDirectionIntensity = 0.05;
            onTimerScript = "";
            beforeDestroyScript = "";
            destroyOnWaterSurface = 1;
            destroyOnWaterSurfaceOffset = -0.2;
            lifeTimeVar = 1;
            position[] = {0, 0, 0};
            positionVar[] = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1};
            moveVelocityVar[] = {0.5, 0.5, 0.5};
            rotationVelocityVar = 0;
            sizeVar = 0.5;
            colorVar[] = {0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.2};
            randomDirectionPeriodVar = 0;
            randomDirectionIntensityVar = 0;
        };```

[still forum]

👏
Now have fun copying everything over manually to script 😄

[young current]

👍

[quartz coyote]

wallbang

but I gotta learn I guess

[young current]

Particle effect editor mod could also be useful

[quartz coyote]

indeed !

[young current]

And now that I think about it I recall seeing a particle effect module thing too

[quartz coyote]

Hey what is dustness ??

it's used as a multiplier but can find it's value or meaning

[still forum]

That afaik is the "dustness" value of the material of the surface where the "impact" goes into

same as "surfNormalX" that's the direction the surface points to.

dustness 0 doesn't throw up much dust, obviously. Like concrete for example.
But dustness 1 throws up a cloud of dust.

[quartz coyote]

so will 1 + (4.2 * dustness), work in my drop command ?

[still forum]

no

you don't have dustness

you need to make something up

I'd say make it a variable so you can tweak it till it looks good

[harsh sphinx]

I'm having difficulty understanding how to pass something dynamic within a define that is then using the hash https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands#.23. Without the hash it's fine and I can parse it as I see fit, but with the hash it strictly enforces what I pass so passing _x literally passes _x into the define and not what _x actually is. Can someone shed light on whether there's a way to achieve what I'm after without changing this define?

[heavy plover]

Hi All, I've tried making an admin menu but I'm having trouble with double clicking what I want to do in the list and making it do it. Could someone please review and let me know if anything jumps out? It's too long to paste so I put it in a pastebin https://pastebin.com/rJr5WK1r Thanks

[harsh sphinx]

onLBDblClick

[heavy plover]

I'll give it a try. Thank you

Still won't work 🤔

[copper raven]

How did you add the handler

[heavy plover]

I guess I didn't? Not that clued up on all of this

Sounds like that's my problem though

[tough abyss]

@harsh sphinx you can't

[harsh sphinx]

fuck, okay thanks

[heavy plover]

@copper raven _ctrl ctrlAddEventHandler ["LBDblClick","[] spawn AG_DCT; closeDialog 0;"]; works, I just need to change the var for each one so it doesn't run them all at once like they do currently

Thanks for the help everyone

[quartz coyote]

Is there a way to get a position that would be ALWAYS in front of marker what ever the marker's direction ?

[tough abyss]

Try markerPos _marker getPos [markerSize _marker select 1, markerDir _marker]

[still forum]

You mean system time at mission start?

Don't see any problem with that. But why not instead add a "currentSystemTime" command?

[hollow thistle]

This would be really useful. And I don't think it has any security risks with that.

[still forum]

but only the system time at mission start
Just call time command and add the elapsed seconds then

over 5-10 hour duration ah yeah. that

https://s.sqf.ovh/firefox_2019-04-22_17-42-05.png There ya go o7 It has a nice place on my arma todo list now

Yep. Already wrote that in my notes.
Timestamp would be useless to most

[tough abyss]

Make sure it also works on Linux

[tough abyss]

new to visual studio, how can i compile something?

[high marsh]

Hit build. Build and debug with F5.

[still forum]

The play button at the top

[high marsh]

Oh!

Shiny!

[winter rose]

Ctrl+Shift+B, but you don't compile SQF

[high marsh]

🤔

🤦

[winter rose]

This ☝️ is why I love you all 😂

[muted zephyr]

Great ai on my mission are shooting at friendly people any one know of a way to disable there weapons

[high marsh]

Are the AI enemies to the friendly AI?

If AI of your own side is killing team mates then their reputation score is low and they'll be fired at upon hitting a threshold

Otherwise:

BOB_AI disableAI "TARGET;

And to enable again:

BOB_AI enableAI "TARGET";

[muted zephyr]

Hmm that is odd since there inviceable since they act as a store for vehicles

[high marsh]

Obviously whoever set that up didn't ensure that the AI brain component of the unit was disabled

[muted zephyr]

That would be me

But in previous versions it wouldn't do that

[high marsh]

BOB_AI disableAI "All"

Doesn't matter, the AI will continue to be AI regardless of where or why you put them there for

[muted zephyr]

Ok thanks

Also what is a good script for AI air support

[high marsh]

Write your own, or google.

[astral dawn]

Were the car emojis a reference to the car script or anything?

[high marsh]

THE CAR SCRIPT

[craggy adder]

I've added an action to an object via the action's init field like so:

_actID = this addAction ["Read Intel", "scripts\read_intel.sqf", [_this select 0, _this select 1]];

read_intel.sqf is as follows:

diag_log (_this select 3) select 0;
diag_log (_this select 3) select 1;

When a player activates the actions on the objects, why is the output an array like this?

19:39:15 [any,any]
19:39:15 [any,any]

I'm expecting each output to be a single object based on the documentation.

I want the script to have access to the player that activated the action.

[tough abyss]

Just try _this select 1 in script

[craggy adder]

That helped me get where I want to be, thanks. But I'm still puzzled that anything passed into the third argument of addAction comes through as a string of any instead of the passed in value.

[quasi rover]

I placed turrets such as MK49 Spartan, Praetorian on editor. but the turret is moved by players sometimes during in-game.
How to fix the turrets not moved by players, but functional?

[vast acorn]

Hello! I'm trying to spawn a logic entity (LocationArea_F), but I'm having trouble figuring out the correct syntax.

This is what I tried: _areaLogic = "LocationArea_F" createVehicle _areaPos;

[tough abyss]

If it is logic you need to use createUnit

[vast acorn]

I've actually tried that too, but it hasn't worked either:

    private _grp = createGroup sideLogic;
    _arealogic = "LocationBase_F" createUnit [_areaPos,_grp];

This creates nothing when I run it. What am I doing wrong?

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createUnit
See here the command's syntax and (mandatory) arguments

[velvet merlin]

someone has a snippet to ensure infinite ammo via fired EH? (or otherwise) (for primary, secondary, pistol weapon and grenade)

[cloud thunder]

I prefer Reloaded over Fired because it will execute less and the unit still has to reload so less taxing and less immersion breaking and not so obvious.

_unit addEventHandler ["Reloaded", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_newmag", ["_oldmag", ["","","",""]]];
    if (_oldmag # 2 isEqualType "") then {_unit addMagazine (_newmag # 0)} else {_unit addMagazine (_oldmag # 0)};
}];

@velvet merlin

[velvet merlin]

thanks you two. i want actually near instant reload and not just magazines but also bullets

like for damage testing purposes

player addEventHandler ["Fired",
{
    player setWeaponReloadingTime [player,currentMuzzle player,0.1];

    private _weapon = currentWeapon player;
    player removeWeapon _weapon;

    private _magazines = magazines player;
    {
        if (!(_x in _magazines)) then
        {
            player addMagazine _x;
        };
    }forEach TEST_CurrentMagazines;

    player setVehicleAmmo 1;

    player addWeapon _weapon;
    player selectWeapon _weapon;
}];```

this is what i am using so far

however for actual mission purposes your approach Jigsor is a good one 👍

also want to implement a system to give AI more ammo as in the WW2 setting they dont have much

[tough abyss]

can i get a developer to talk to me who know's how to do sql and like do scripts like for altis life make a jail script or something.

PM me

[winter rose]

Not interested in the car script?

[velvet merlin]

anyone familiar with custom Eden attribute modding here?
we would need a Rsc with a dynamic amount of controls - can this be done somehow? ie is the ctrlCreate usable to extend a Rsc, or just script dialogs/displays?

[stuck lodge]

I wanted to combined two scripts that both use initPlayerServer.sqf. Would this be the proper way to combine the two?

`params ['_entity','_jip'];
{
_x addCuratorEditableObjects [[_entity],true];
} foreach allcurators;

waitUntil {!isNull ZGM && ZGM == ZGM};
{
if (!isNull (getAssignedCuratorUnit ZGMM)) then {
ZGM = getAssignedCuratorUnit ZGMM;
if (isNull (getAssignedCuratorLogic ZGM)) then {
unassignCurator ZGMM;
sleep 1;
ZGM assignCurator ZGMM;
if (isClass (configFile >> "CfgPatches" >> "task_force_radio")) then {
ZGM call TFAR_fnc_isForcedCurator;
};
};
};
} foreach allcurators;`

[still forum]

Doesn't look wrong to me

besides the global variables without prefix 😄

[stuck lodge]

alright cool, yeah I just have been using them as is because I don't know what else to use,

[stuck lodge]

should I be using something else for the variables to make it more clean?

[still forum]

Use some tag/prefix to make sure noone else can have the same variable names
DEV_ZGM for example

[stuck lodge]

gotcha

[keen bough]

if i dont understand it wrong, a trigger "on activation" will send to the script automatically "thisTrigger" (trigger object), aka the player over?

In on activation like

call narS_fnc_iAmYourDoom;

And in my function i can use the player activating the trigger with

_thePlayer = _this select 0;

?

[still forum]

call narS_fnc_iAmYourDoom; You don't pass any parameters
_thePlayer = _this select 0; so no you can't get a value out of parameters that you never passed

will send to the script automatically "thisTrigger" yes
aka the player over No. thisTrigger is the trigger, not the player

thisList contains the list of units inside the trigger.

If you want player. Just use player

[keen bough]

ah okay then it passes its over only within itself.

[still forum]

No also in sub functions

It's a normal local variable

So in fnc_iAmYourDoom you can access the thisTrigger variable from the higher scope

but you won't magically get _this arguments that you never passed

[keen bough]

can i pass it as param? [thisTrigger object] call fnc_yourdoom?

Because i could write my testscript without the trigger. I just want to learn how the trigger works and how i can abuse triggers for my needs.

[still forum]

thisTrigger object what is that supposed to be?

thisTrigger is a local variable. Not some kind of command

[winter rose]

a quick realisation I had this weekend: the server technically can "script.sqf" remoteExec ["execVM"], this is not disabled at all ?

[still forum]

yes

[winter rose]

yay! Danke

[queen cargo]

@tough abyss stuff like that ain't that simple, you are better of asking in an explicit life-related forum or discord server 😉

[tough abyss]

Any in mind I got told to come here if I can get a Altis life discord would be appreciated

[still forum]

#channel_invites_list 👀

[keen bough]

thats whats stands on wiki for "on activation"
Expression executed once the trigger is activated.

Passed variables are:

thisList - list of all objects in trigger area, based on 'Activation'
thisTrigger - trigger object

Cant i put thisTrigger (trigger object) in the [_thisTrigger] call fnc_awesome?

[still forum]

Cant i put thisTrigger (trigger object) in the [_thisTrigger] call fnc_awesome?
Yes. But not like that. The variable is thisTrigger not _thisTrigger

[keen bough]

ah, so i understood it more or less correct that i can hand over thisTrigger. And thisList ist really all objects? Even something thats there from the world itself or is it only placed stuff via zeus/editor and/or objects brought into the trigger area?

[still forum]

Dunno. I'd think only vehicles/units

[keen bough]

That would be neat, will test it as soon i have something to test with.

[still forum]

@tough abyss remoteExec comes to mind. Call a script that updates it. But you have to be very careful to stay in sync everywhere which seems to be quite a chore

[keen bough]

Should i make use of pre-placed triggers or is it better to write zones i wanna use in scripts too?

[still forum]

also objects are just a single number over network. Not expensive at all. So don't think you need to care about that

remoteExec variants sounds best for that then.
But you have to keep in mind that you have some overhead for remoteExec too, mainly the name of the function you are calling.

Also for JIP clients you need to make sure that they get the full pacakge

[queen cargo]

@tough abyss https://github.com/X39/XMS2/blob/master/X39_MS2_Scripting/Functions/XMSTicks/publishTick.sqf

you should update it though ... it is quite old

Initial full sync still required for obvious reasons

[keen bough]

Why dont you use a database? There you could store all the data you need. You have even a choice between two Databases. inidbi2 (quick, dirty, not too powerfull but it gets the job done) and the other one which name i dont know.

[still forum]

DATABASE! MÖCHTEN SIE DATABANK?! Intercept-DB DaTaBäNk max gUd beSCHTE in welT

Also because database would be server side only then. Which doesn't help with moving data between clients at all

[tough abyss]

Should getHit, getHitpointdamage, gethitindex all return 0 on obj null or invalid selection instead of nothing?

[still forum]

I think that would be preferable. You rarely expect a command to return nothing all of the sudden while wiki says it returns a number

[tough abyss]

will this break anyt existing scripts?

[still forum]

Are there people that expect getHitIndex to return nil on nullObj?
If there were people I'd call them cray cray

I only know a handful of people who even use getHitPointDamage/getHitIndex so I assume it's not a big problem at all

[tough abyss]

any other commands like this screaming inconsistency?

any commands with messed up ingame help?

[still forum]

Don't know anyone who even looks at ingame help

to answer your question: yes, many.

the new calculatePath one doesn't have any ingame help text I think

[tough abyss]

i know there were quite a few saying weapon instead of muzzle or even magazine

got caught myself dont remember which one

what is default for assigned team?

like what should assignedteam objnull return?

[winter rose]

teamNull iirc?

…nope, only teamMemberNull exists

[tough abyss]

"" for assignedTeam objnull?

will this break scripts?

i mean returning "" instead of nil

will this break scripts?

and if nil?

so "main" is default?

but it makes no sense obj null should not have color

i guess if it was not nil your expression would return 0 anyways

[ornate marsh]

im trying to attach to a heli to make a helicarrier essentialy. Looked online and tried this [this, variableName] call bis_fnc_attachtorelative; but that isnt working. Found this script then: https://pastebin.com/qQ0Xrzdh which attaches the carrier, but then only the stern and the tower spawns in, but then i cant attach objects to it

[young current]

have you just tried the attachTo command?

[tough abyss]

what should getObjectType return for objNull?

0 or -1?

[ornate marsh]

attachTo works for attaching objects to the carrier but I need to get the carrier attached to the heli and make the heli move

[young current]

that wont work

you will have to attach everything to the helo

but do note that attaching stuff loses their collision

so your helicarrier will go through things and blow up

[ornate marsh]

i mean everything is attaching to where the carrier should be, yet the carrier itself doesnt move.

i've tried attaching the carrier to the heli but it doesnt go anywhere

[young current]

where/how are you using the command?

[ornate marsh]

init box of carrier object in 3den:

this attachTo [carrierMovement,[12.736,3.257,-14.317]];
this setVectorDirAndUp [[-0.738,-0.674,0],[0,0,1]];

init box of object on deck:

this attachTo [carrier,[-25.042,-50.889,26.123]];
this setVectorDirAndUp [[-0.808,0.59,0],[0,0,1]];

Heli varName: carrierMovement
Carrier varNaem: carrier

also tried call bis_fnc_attachtorelative but that also does nothing

[young current]

try using those commands in the debug console

[ornate marsh]

i need to find a way of attaching all the parts of the carrier to the heli in 3den, that will work, i've done that in zeus

[young current]

then you may need to write them into a sqf that waits a bit for the game to properly initialize

its possible for example for the carrerier to init before your chopper and thus the attach to command has no target

[ornate marsh]

if i just use the attachTo on the carrier and attach it to the heli, it will only move when i type [_carrier] call BIS_fnc_Carrier01PosUpdate;

[winter rose]

open this function in the function viewer and see what it does; it references multiple carrier parts put all together. grab them all one by one, attachTo, and you should be good (collision not guaranteed)

[ornate marsh]

ive got the attach working, now just need [carrier] call BIS_fnc_Carrier01PosUpdate; to constantly repeat

[winter rose]

what did you attach, the carrier or the parts?

[leaden parrot]

What am I missing for this to work?

gm_1 addCuratorEditableObjects [[Land_HBarrier_3_F],false];

It tells me that it's an undefined variable in the expressions, but I thought the "object" part could be jsut the name for it from the config viewer?

[winter rose]

Check the wiki for the command's syntax, and if it is a classname, it's between quotes

[leaden parrot]

it expects objects

so does that mean I can't load it in direclt but need to spawn it first and name it before adding it with addCuratorEditableObjects ?

[young current]

oh wait @ornate marsh isnt the carrier many parts?

[ornate marsh]

i've (hopefully) got it working now

[young current]

Well good luck but I think your going to break it xD

[ornate marsh]

i got it working, used [carrier, carrierMovement] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative; in the carrier init, then ```sqf
0 spawn {while {true} do {
[carrier] call BIS_fnc_Carrier01PosUpdate;
sleep 0.00000001;
};
};

[young current]

I hope you dont actually hope you will be able to land on it 😄

in MP anyway

It might work but I would not get my hopes up

[ornate marsh]

im not landing on it yet. gonna make a script which detaches the carrier from the heli and freezes it in place

[young current]

that could in theory work.

good luck 👍

[ornate marsh]

Yeah it's working so far, just gotta do some tweaks, any idea on how to make an addAction appear all the time?

[young current]

add it to the player perhaps

[ornate marsh]

Yea tried that, was looking for a solution on how to attach players to the carrier without disabling simulation, but I think I got a workaround

[cosmic lichen]

Does anyone know a way to easily retrieve the required addons from within Eden Editor via script?

[finite tusk]

Load up Arma with mods, save a mission WITHOUT Binarization
In the mission.sqm somewhere, you'll be looking for binarizationWanted=0; addons[]= { "Addon_Name_Of_Asset_Here" "Another_Addon_Asset_Goes_Here" "ETC" "ETC" }

@cosmic lichen

Maybe?

Think it's dependent on if you've placed anything down. If not, shove a bunch of random stuff down and take a look in the file for anything extra you've added.

You'll soon learn what goes where

[cosmic lichen]

You'll soon learn what goes where That was a good one 😉

_configClasses = ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMods")) + ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgPatches"));
{
    _name = getText (_x >> "name");
    if ((_name find "Arma 3" == -1) && !(_name isEqualTo "")) then
    {
        _modList = _modlist + _name + endl;
    };
    true
} count _configClasses;```
I am able to return that list

But I actually want the information displayed in display3denRequiredAddons. The code for that display seems to be engine driven.

[finite tusk]

Ducks out.

That's all you man 😄

[elder karma]

Is there some way to make camera modules display on montiors/laptops?

I'm designing a fun-op where the players defend an embassy and I wanted to have a command center with monitors linked to various camera views.

[finite jackal]

@elder karma http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-uav-r2t-and-pip/
It relies on PiP

[glass frigate]

I have two groups (Alpha 1-1, Alpha 1-2) BLUEFOR and two groups OPFOR. I need a script that will check if all the units in a single group (Alpha 1-1 or Alpha 1-2) are dead. The dead group will then respawn at its original starting point/origin. Thanks for the help.

[surreal peak]

could use something like:

_alivecount = ({alive _x} count units _GROUPNAME);
if (_alivecount == 0) then {
//do stuff
};

in a trigger or loop @glass frigate

If that doesnt work, check out:
http://www.armaholic.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=9821
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/156866-how-to-check-if-group-is-dead/
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/alive
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/group

first two are people having similar questions, rest are some important things

[still forum]

private _noUnitsAlive = (units <groupname>) findIf {alive _x} == -1 would be more efficient in the cases where there are still units alive

[keen bough]

was

if (!isnil _variable) then
dostuff

correct?

[still forum]

not if you want to check if _variable is nil

isNil takes the name of the variable

not the content

[keen bough]

I want to check if its not empty, to create something

[still forum]

Then give it the name of the variable

[keen bough]

its from a weapon array. I thought that using

!= ""

would be not a good practice.

[still forum]

Correct

!= "" will also not work if _variable is nil

[keen bough]

variable will be defined through the weapon array (select) but has "" in it, when there is nothing in it (no supressor as example)

[still forum]

What is your definition of "empty" though?
Nil and empty strings are different things. isNil doesn't check for empty string

Then use _variable != ""

[keen bough]

Thought would not be a good practice to do it that way or am i misinformed? Didnt want to learn bad habits :3

[still forum]

There isn't any other way to do it... (okey there are.. but they are all stupid :D)

If you want to check if string is empty string, you have to check if string is empty. That's what == "" or != "" is doing

[keen bough]

hahaha ^^ care to tell me one example how to do it 'stupid'? ^^

[still forum]

count _variable == 0 (string consists of 0 characters)
(_variable splitString "") isEqualTo [] (If we split out all characters into seperate strings, and get 0 strings, it's empty)
toArray _variable isEqualTo [] (If we split out all characters to their ascii codes, and get an empty array, the string was empty)

[keen bough]

ah, i understand. Nice to know - thank you

(some will not belive that i understood :D)

[winter rose]

_variable + "b" == "b" :p

[keen bough]

if (something to throw) then throw (target = lou or dedmen or general direction of somebody) else look tough 😛

[still forum]

((toArray (_variable + "🕴️")) - [128372]) isEqualTo ([1337^(23363 mod 13)]-[sqrt 1787569])

[winter rose]

oh my xD

[keen bough]

Oh! Before i forget it. I have a small problem that i may fix easily but i wanna know what you would think:
Would you have a sat scan on personal scale (local markers an all) or on a global scale so everybody could see?

is there a way a script would wait for player input (coordinates, especially)?

[still forum]

coordinates? on the map?
Can use onMapSingleClick and just let the player click onto a spot

[keen bough]

Hrmhrm. Yes yes, that would work indeed. I always forget that we arent in arma 2 anymore. Equipment is top notch future like! We click on virtual maps! 😄 good idea

youve got to be kidding me... i wanna split of my old price-check shopt script and i forgot that the original has over 2000 lines of code ...

[young current]

Could as well write a new one

[still forum]

if (life_wannaShop) exitWith {diag_log "Illegal use of my script. Visit armastore.net to buy it"; endMission;}

[still forum]

couldn't think of anything better so quickly 😄

[winter rose]

hintC

[still forum]

will be gone on endMission tho I think

[queen cargo]

to mind blow you guys:
diag_log format (["%8 %9"] + productVersion);

[tough abyss]

Like what?

Does anyone know if there is any way to survive a helicopter crash or plane like its just stupid how it blows up on impact on the water maybe a script

[spice axle]

Vehicle allowDamage false

[tough abyss]

Will that make the blow up but not damage me?

[cosmic lichen]

player allowDamage false; helicopter allowDamage false;

[spice axle]

No that result in no damage to the vehicle. But in water i‘m not sure if the engine still works. But you can fly with 300 km/h into the surface and will be alive

[digital hollow]

There's the Survivable Crashes mod.

[dusky drift]

what does # do

I can't find any page on it

nvm I just found out it's the same as select

[tough abyss]

Is not

[velvet merlin]

does setMass work with ThingX?

[dusky drift]

is there a way I can test if a classname like B_Soldier_F belongs to blufor or opfor?

[digital hollow]

You can tell by the B_

[dusky drift]

yeah but how would I do that in code?

[digital hollow]

select alt syntax 3

[still forum]

there is probably some entry in the config class for it

you cannot trust on it always starting with B

especially with mods

[dusky drift]

"B_Soldier_F" isKindOf "BLUFOR" and "B_Soldier_F" isKindOf "NATO" both return false

[still forum]

Yes because isKindOf doesn't do what you think it does

[dusky drift]

I thought so

[still forum]

Just look into config and see what you could use

http://tikka.ws/class/index.php?b=cfgVehicles&c=B_Soldier_F&conf=2

side = 1; That sounds promising

[tough abyss]

SetMass is PhysX so it should @velvet merlin

[still forum]

O_Soldier_F is side=0

I_Soldier_F is 2.

tadaaa

[dusky drift]

so how do I get the side from "B_Soldier_F"

[still forum]

getNumber (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> yourclass >> "side")

[tough abyss]

There gotta be some BIS fnc for it

[dusky drift]

I'm trying to hide all modules in the zeus modules tab except for fire support and remote control. I wrote this code to try and do that, but putting it in the init field of the game master doesn't change anything

this addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectRegistered", {
    params ["_curator", "_input"];
    _costs = [];
    {
        _cost = if (getNumber (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _x >> "side") == 7) then {
            _out = [];
            switch (_x) do {
                case "ModuleCASBomb_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleCASGun_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleCASGunMissile_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleCASMissile_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleOrdnanceHowitzer_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleOrdnanceMortar_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleOrdnanceRocket_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                case "ModuleRemoteControl_F": { out = [true, 0.1] };
                default { out = [false, -10000] };
            };
            _out
        } else { [true, 0.1] };
        _costs = _costs + [_cost];
    } forEach _input;
    _costs
}];

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong

lkajwdalj I just realized the switch statements have _out written as out

Changing that fixed it

maybe I should learn to pay better attention to my code

[tough abyss]

Which side is 7?

[still forum]

logic

[round scroll]

where do I find the definitions for defines.hpp and dialog.hpp for GUI creation? I usually copied these from an old mission, but on this laptop I have none ... any way to get current ones from arma itself or a download location?

found it: copyToClipboard ("Default" call BIS_fnc_exportGUIBaseClasses);

[vocal mantle]

Hey, so I've been away from modding/scripting for awhile. Has individual weapon object referencing been implemented yet? I'm pretty sure it was mentioned awhile back that it was in progress.

[tough abyss]

No but you can now add weapon with accessories directly to the box

[leaden parrot]

How do I find the addon names for the objects I want to allow, with this script https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addCuratorAddons ?

I thought I could just right click my objects in the editor and get their name from the config viewer, but that doesnt seem to work?
gmO_1 addCuratorAddons ["A3_Modules_F_Curator_Lightning", "Land_BagFence_Short_F"]; the lighting bolt shows up here ( took the code from their example) but the sandbags does not.

[tough abyss]

Land_..... is not an addon name

Type utils 2 in debug console

Enter class name it will tell you which addon

[leaden parrot]

aww man,

it works, but. now my zeus has access to everything in that addon. I was hoping that I could add only 1 specific object. oh well

[tough abyss]

Then look at what @dusky drift did with curator EH

[leaden parrot]

"curator EH" what does that mean?

Im taking a look now. Can hopefully find out how that works

[keen bough]

@tough abyss is the weapon-add with accessories already on the stable? Or still in dev-branch?

[tough abyss]

means curator based event handler in this case addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectRegistered"... @leaden parrot

[leaden parrot]

cheers mate

[astral dawn]

Is there any way to prevent my group handle from being deleted when I move all the units out from this group?

[astral dawn]

Or maybe there is another way to achieve this?
I need to reorganize the formation of units in my group (who follows who). For this I create a new temporary empty group, make everyone join the temp group, then I make units join the old group in needed order.

[dusky drift]

I'm not 100% sure if this goes here but what syntax highlighting code do you guys use for arma code in code blocks?

[astral dawn]

I didn't know that there is one for code blocks

There is, however, syntax highlighting for VS Code, Notepad++ and Eclipse

I think also for Sublime

[keen bough]

Me with scripting:
<checks something with global variable test1>
<never deletes test1>
<later tries to test something that runs perfectly fine with test1>
<test1 shows different result than expeced>
<try to find the error. Start to doubt my scripting>
<go furious about how dumb i am that i have a running script that anyhow shows something completely different!>
<brain works for a moment>
<click>
<shamefully deletes the old test1 test variable>
<results as expected>
...

i lost 30 minutes...

[astral dawn]

Yes we need better debugging

[keen bough]

fun part is, when you have a grenade launcher and you do (select grenade magazine select name) it will throw a generic error when you have no grenade loaded.

So you have to use param. My param for normal magazine is the same. It results in string "Empty" but not with empty grenade-slot. There it shows me "" instead of "Empty"...

Such weirdness has only arma i guess.

[weak tiger]

I seem to get a value of 0 always when calling knowsAbout on a vehicle, is there an alternative to use for vehicles?

note im using side knowsAbout vehicle

same when trying to use commander vehicle and driver vehicle

[digital jacinth]

The problem proably is because you are using the side and not many or any unit/group of that side knows about it. Have you tried with a group standing right next to the vehicle?

[weak tiger]

im staring at it with a rangefinder from 500m and it shows on the map

I do get a value when I run player knowsAbout vehicle though

so I guess I can use that, is just more ideal in this situation to use the side

[digital jacinth]

how many units are there on your side?

[weak tiger]

as its server run

2

[digital jacinth]

they are in your group as well?

[weak tiger]

yes

[digital jacinth]

weird.

[keen bough]

case {_name in _assaultrifles}:       {_returnValue = "aRifle"};

Eh, how do i need to write it correctly in the code bracket of the case? I was testing around a bit but i am currently a bit clueless.

[robust hollow]

case (_name in _assaultrifles): {_returnValue = "aRifle"};

[high marsh]

^ needs colon

In a switch do satement, default doesn't. Cases do.

[keen bough]

so that was connor wrote is correct?

[still forum]

@vocal mantle Has individual weapon object referencing been implemented yet? I don't remember anyone mentioning that it was being worked on. As it's not really possible to do.
@astral dawn Is there any way to prevent my group handle from being deleted when I move all the units out from this group?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteGroupWhenEmpty

[keen bough]

ah eff... i already wrote the if-standard pattern. Was not much work but i kind of like cases.

[tough abyss]

does ACE use setUnitLoadout?

especially for adding backpacks?

[umbral nimbus]

I have noticed that depending on one's system specs and running mods, the time it takes from joining the 3d world to actually having the splashscreen removed and see the 3d world varries from 2 tot up to 15 seconds. In MP this is moat pronounced.

When I want a mission to start with a splash screem or some other intro texts, this appeara to be running behind the Mission Splash screen and some players only fall in halfway through.

Is there a way to let a script wait until this splashscreen is gone and the player actually sees the 3d world?

the hasInterface command, doesnt seem to work

[still forum]

@tough abyss arsenal does yes

[tough abyss]

Ace arsenal?

[still forum]

yes

[tough abyss]

Backpacks are bugged if you add them using setUnitLoadout

[still forum]

how bugged

[tough abyss]

Desynced content

[astral dawn]

@still forum deleteGroupWhenEmpty doesn't prevent the group from being deleted in this case, that's the problem.
I have made a test that moves all units from a group and checks what isGroupDeletedWhenEmpty returns before moving units, and it returns false.

Actually joinSilent has a note about that
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/joinSilent

[still forum]

JoinSilent is the note about automated deletion of groups when it's empty

deleteGroupWhenEmpty should disable exactly that ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[astral dawn]

So... maybe I should create a bug tracker page for that?
I wonder if units removed from group by their destruction will also cause the group to be nullified. If so, it would mean that deleteGroupWhenEmpty just does not work :/

[quasi sedge]

private ["_air","_land","_veh"];
_air = [];
_land = [];
_veh = "";
{ 
    _veh = configName _x;
    switch (true) do {
        case (_veh isKindOf "air") : {_air pushBack _veh};
        case (_veh isKindOf "car") : {_land pushBack _veh};
        case (_veh isKindOf "tank") : {_land pushBack _veh};
    };
} forEach ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles"));
diag_log format ["Наземная техника - %1",_land];
diag_log format ["Воздушная техника - %1",_air];

problem is that diag_log limiting classnames

,""RHS_Ural_Zu23_MSV_01"",""RHS_Ural_Zu23_VDV_01"",""RHS_Ural_Zu23_VMF_01"",""RHS

this is end of log

any workaround here?

[still forum]

diag_log only prints 2000 characters

Easier would be to copyToClipboard

Also I remember seeing that script. And I also remember giving you a faster and shorter variant 🤔

Oh look. It uses copyToClipboard to not have the 2000 char problem.
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/568019921204805633

[still forum]

First step, use lazy eval instead of multiple nested if's.
Second step, use lazy eval at all.

call (missionNamespace getVariable 'BIS_fnc_inString')
missionNamespace is useless, you are already in missionNamespace.
Thus the getVariable itself is useless, you can just write down the name.
Third instead of calling some BIS func always prefer engine commands.
Use find to check if string contains another string, but keep in mind that find is case sensitive.

_unit setVariable ['QS_treat_target',objNull,FALSE];
useless false at the end, also why is your false all uppercase? all uppercase indicates macro.

params ['_actionTarget','','','_actionName','','','','','','',''];
What are all the useless empty strings at the end?
Just only take the params that you actually need.

        private _return = _actionName isEqualTo 'HealSoldier';
        if (_return) then {
            [_actionTarget] call QS_fnc_treatOverwrite;
        };
        _return;

That one doesn't do much tho

[round scroll]

wasn't there a map/apply like function in SQF now to get a subset of an array into a new array? My current code looks like ```sqf
_targets = [];
{
// systemChat format ["side: %1", side _x];
if ((str side _x) in _flakEnemy) then {
_targets pushBack _x;
};
} forEach _possibleTargets;

[still forum]

apply is the map command.

But you want select. not map

_targets = _possibleTargets select {(str side _x) in _flakEnemy}

[round scroll]

very elegant, thanks @still forum

[quartz coyote]

Hello, Is it possible to have an array in mission params ?
Example :

    class VehicleRespawnRule {
        //ParamsArray[7]
        title = $STR_vehicle_respawn;
        texts[] = {"30secs / Only When Destroyed", "30 Seconds / 25m"};
        values[] = {[30, nil], [30, 25]};
        default = [30, nil];
    };```

[still forum]

Yes

You already know how to create an array. You use it on texts and values

but suddenly inside values and on default you forgot it again

arrays in config are {}, not []

[quartz coyote]

ah

I didn't know it was like that in config

    class VehicleRespawnRule {
        //ParamsArray[7]
        title = $STR_vehicle_respawn;
        texts[] = {"30secs / Only When Destroyed", "30 Seconds / 25m"};
        values[] = {[30, nil], [30, 25]};
        default = {[30, nil]};
    };```

is that it ? or are the [] too much ?

I do a lot of things by "imitation" or "reproduction" so I don't always know the rules behind them

[still forum]

the [] are wrong

you use {} in configs to make arrays. but [] in scripts

just swap them out

[quartz coyote]

Ah !

[still forum]

also to define a array value. You need to put [] behind the name. Like behind texts and values.
Also need to do that on default

[quartz coyote]

values[] = {30, nil}, {30, 25}; default[] = {30, nil};

??

if not, I don't understand what you mean

[digital jacinth]

values[] = {{30, nil}, {30, 25}}

array in array

[quartz coyote]

Oh I see !

is default[] = {30, nil}; correct tho ?

So is there a way to extract only index 0 with BIS_fnc_getParamValue ?

maybe ("VehicleRespawnRule " call BIS_fnc_getParamValue) select 0 ?

there is an error with default[] = {30, nil};
'Default/' is not a value

[still forum]

maybe that config entry that you're trying to use doesn't support arrays

could store as string and use parseSimpleArray

oh also nil is a script thing, it doesn't exist in config.
And I also don't think parseSimpleArray could parse it.
Maybe use a special value like -1 or smth

[quartz coyote]

this is mission param

nil is working perfectly well

[still forum]

nil in config will turn into "nil"

[tender fossil]

Does anyone know how to execute code for JIP only with Arma 2's multiplayer framework?

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

I've got it working on both me and JIP but I want it to execute on JIP only

[nil, nil, "per", rHINT, "Hello"] call RE;

initJIPcompatible.sqf

But it indeed also executes it on server at mission start

[winter rose]

I was about to slam you with remoteExec 😄

[tough abyss]

Well there is BIS_fnc_MP if you like pain and then there is RE ...

[tender fossil]

@winter rose 😄

@tough abyss But do you know how to get it working for JIP only?

[tough abyss]

All I remember that it was a major torture, not particularly interested revisiting the pain

[tender fossil]

Haha alright 😛

[still forum]

https://s.sqf.ovh/arma3_x64_2019-04-25_19-07-30.png now thats one beefy script error 😄

[vagrant mango]

Hey yall. So I am trying to add inspectable intel to my mission in the form of stuff on whiteboards and on phones and such that they can inspect for a blow op of the image. I was wondering if there is a way to tell in an item's attributes for a texture field or what not what the accepted size is for the image so it doesn't over stretch it.

[vernal mural]

some items such as whiteboard have specific fields for this task, so you can provide them an alternate texture you have designed. The size is not always the same, depending on the object you'd like to retexture

[vagrant mango]

Yeah.

Sorry so what I meant was. I am populating that information into that field.

I need to figure out what the default is or what not so my texture fits instead of gets stretched.

As a just incase I use initInspectable so they can hold action and see the full image.

But for example on the whiteboard, I have stuff that goes off the board.

Im guessing its because of the size of my image and its stretching it to fit but locking the aspect ratio to do so.

Ideally I just would like to find where the .paa's exist so I can just see what their size is pixel wise.

But Windows Search sucks.

[vernal mural]

oh I see. If you want to have a good looking feature, indeed you have to take the original texture from the game files and modify it, so it has the good size and shape plus the intel you want to draw on it. To find original texture, you can look into the config of the wanted object by right-clicking on it and then "view config" choice. It will open the config browser of A3 at the correct index, and you will be able to browse through object's properties, including texture ones. They are in the "hiddenSelectionTexture" entry

[vagrant mango]

Awesome. Thats what I was looking for. Thanks man.

[vernal mural]

Due to some internal mechanics, the texture path does not always perfectly reflect the "true" file path, but it will give you a solid starting point

[vagrant mango]

Yeah its a relative path. I just need to find where that damn thing starts lol.

I tried searching in the steam directory and no dice.

[vernal mural]

it's a bit more complex : game files are stored in archive files, with .pbo extension. It's like a zip but for A3. So windows explorer won't be able to find them. You have to manually open the PBO and browse into it to find the correct PAA file

[vagrant mango]

Ah.

[vernal mural]

You'll need some tools to browse PBOs

[vagrant mango]

Alright.

That makes sense.

Gotcha.

Now considering the item is from a specific DLC I'd need that DLC's PBO correct?

[vernal mural]

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=16369
easiest one, pretty much like any other archive manager

[vagrant mango]

Nvm.

I think I figured it out.

The root of the path it gives is a3

a3.pbo

Derp.

Word.

Thanks a bunhc.

bunch*

[still forum]

look at the second part of the path

that tells you the pbo

[vernal mural]

yep. Base game PBOs are in the "Addons" folder, DLC PBOs are in different folders. Also, you might consider other objects coming from mods. They work the same way : in the @MyMod folder there is an "addons" folder keeping all of the mod's PBO.

So yes, basically in A3, everything is a mod.

@vagrant mango although there is indeed a a3.pbo file, I'm highly sceptical on the fact that you could find anything useful in it.

[vagrant mango]

Yeah

What Dedmen said was correct.

[still forum]

as I've said.. Second part of the path is the pbo name

everything is a3

[vagrant mango]

Found it in structures_f

a3 was referencing the Arma install folder.

[still forum]

no it wasn't

[vagrant mango]

Cool. Got the .paa now I gotta open it and see how big it is.

Thnks a bunch.

[still forum]

but doesn't matter what a3 means.

[vernal mural]

yeah it's not really the root folder, but you get the idea. It means "the game", nothing more.

well guys, quick question : is there any particular reason for witnessing suppressFor having different effect on a hosted game and on a dedicated server ?

In both cases the command is played from the server machine

but in hosted mode, all targeted AI are firing, whereas on the dedicated server only 1 on 3 will obey

[vagrant mango]

Dude awesome. It worked perfectly. Grabbed the PAA converted it and edited it. Then saved it and it worked fine. Thanks a bunch.

[quartz coyote]

@still forum I really can't figure out a way of remembering the right way to put that freacking remoteExec...
Is this correct ?

_FOB_respawn_id call BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition; // not remoteExeced
[_FOB_respawn_id, BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition] remoteExec ["call", 0]; // remoteExeced```

[vernal mural]

@quartz coyote you might want to consider remoteExecCall

[quartz coyote]

one thing at a time cowboy. can't even master remoteExec, i'll be lost if you add a Call at the end 😄

@vernal mural Does that work ?

_FOB_respawn_id call BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition; // not remoteExecCalled
_FOB_respawn_id remoteExecCall ["BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition", 0]; // remoteExecCalled```

[still forum]

"you might want to consider remoteExecCall" no you don't

_FOB_respawn_id remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition", 0]; that

[quartz coyote]

but but but ... where does the call go ........

[still forum]

Why would you need call

Read the remoteExec wiki page

[quartz coyote]

I dunno

[still forum]

remoteExec has a call/spawn integrated

[quartz coyote]

why would this guy need a call ???
``Revo
The INCORRECT way to call reveal command on a certain object for every player:
[player, _desired_object] remoteExec ["reveal", 0];
In this case player object will be the object obtained on the computer where remoteExec is initiated. If it is dedicated server, player will be objNull, if it is client, player would be player object on this client. In any case this will not reveal _desired_object for all connected players.

The CORRECT way:
[_desired_object, {player reveal _this}] remoteExec ["call", 0];
The _desired_object will be identical on every client, this is what we want, but player will refer to individual player on each client, so _desired_object will be revealed to all connected players.``

[still forum]

Because he's calling a piece of code

[quartz coyote]

🤦🏼

[still forum]

Remote exec can execute functions if you give it the name

that piece of code up there, is neither a function nor has it a name

[quartz coyote]

I see

Dunno if i'll manage one day

until next one, thanks

[cosmic lichen]

@quartz coyote Don't worry, ppl have been studying SQF for years and still can't explain some of the voodoo 😄

[quartz coyote]

@cosmic lichen 😂

Thanks for cheering me up 😂

[winter rose]

Welcome to this pit of poor souls

[vagrant mango]

So now im having some weird issue with the initInspectable function. Have the whiteboard, with the texture up. Shows in the editor just fine. I am using a slightly zoomed in version of the photo for the initInspectable (So they could read the words if they have trouble) and it seems to be changing the whiteboards texture#0 and smushing it all up.

ONly when you load into the game.

Not in the editor, it shows fine there.

[tough abyss]

studying SQF 🤔

[winter rose]

enduring SQF?

[tough abyss]

SQF - an academic subject 😮

waves and shakes his SQF diploma

SQF
Q
F

[vapid crypt]

Status
Quo
Function

I would argue its fairly easy to learn and figure out. As Hagrid said, "Vastly misunderstood language, Harry. Vastly misunderstood."

[winter rose]

Stupid Quack Functions

but I don't want to diss on it even if it has its flaws – I guess it grew on me after all this time 😉

[vapid crypt]

I think it does for everyone after dealing with it for a while. Vastly misunderstood 😉

@vagrant mango so only happens when actually inspecting the object? I would assume its some sort of incompatible texture issue and would recommend eliminating that as an issue. Is the image compressed?

[queen cargo]

SQF itself is perfectly fine
though ... there are things one could improve at the execution side
but the operators make it complicated

[astral dawn]

Do you want to say that M242 SQF diploma is fake?? 📃 👈

[vapid crypt]

I would like to know who issued it and to make sure receiver != issuer

[winter rose]

one can see people didn't have naming standards, not even mentioning setDammage, but some commands are getters and setters, others are just property named, some argument orders are inconsistent; one of my wonderings is why a while do uses only code brackets where if then uses ( ) too?

But all in all, besides the existence of breakTo, the language is readable

[tough abyss]

Because it needs to be executed each iteration

[vapid crypt]

while needs a code bracket because it expects a script. if statements expects a boolean 😃

[winter rose]

while could have used a boolean 👀

[vapid crypt]

your not wrong

[winter rose]

argh

[tough abyss]

() evaluated once

{} can be called many times

[winter rose]

I say meh, and I mean it!!

[vapid crypt]

M242 makes a good argument. I can see the validity of his SQF diploma already 😄

[winter rose]

a good side of the sqf is being able to switch (true) 😄

but there is no do-while 🤔

[vapid crypt]

there is also no if () then {} else if () {}

[winter rose]

Ah true!

also, then 👀

How many compile errors did I have because of this!

[vapid crypt]

😬

[tough abyss]

Give me return and I’ll be happy

[winter rose]

a simple SQF goto would be fine

[vapid crypt]

I originally learned Java. Forgive my heathen ways

[winter rose]

runs away very far

we almost had Java in Arma 🙃

[tough abyss]

Sqs has one

[winter rose]

I know, where do you think I learnt bad coding 😄

[tough abyss]

Stackoverflow?

[winter rose]

you don't learn StackOverflow, you copy-paste

[vapid crypt]

google is my intern. He looks things up for me

[tough abyss]

Or downvote and close

[winter rose]

I don't even have an account 😄 so far every question I had was already asked by another

[tough abyss]

There is sqf section on stackoverflow

[winter rose]

ooooooh

[tough abyss]

Oh yeah

[winter rose]

I may have to create an account then 😄

and bring mock… support to these poor souls

[tough abyss]

Should be more posts on sqf, SO is like first site that pops up in searches

[winter rose]

I admit I never search Google for sqf.

[vapid crypt]

I did when I was first learning 😃

[winter rose]

I read the wiki 👀 but I do simple scripts though, not frameworks ^_^

[tough abyss]

That’s because it leads to forums with 100 posts and no good answer

SO is built to have quality answers

Many solutions you find on forums would have been instantly downvoted on SO and good ones upvoted

It is harsh but fair

[vagrant mango]

@vapid crypt no... so like... for example. I have a subfolder with pics\Whiteboard1.jpg in it... that is in the Texture #0 field of the Whiteboard object. That shows in the editor just fine. It shows it at the proper resolution and everyting. Now in initPlayerLocal.sqf I have [WB1,"pics\WBInspect.jpg"] call BIS_fnc_initInspectable; which is using basically that same image but zoomed into the text so they can actually read it if they cant from just standing and looking at it.

Problem is... on mission load, the pics\WBInspect.jpg is overwriting the Texture #0 field in the Whiteboards attributes.

So it SEEMS because of load order that behind the scense what initInspectable does is replace the Texture #0 attribute with what you give it. And since initPlayerLocal.sqf is apparently executeed after objects are initialized it would make sense that would happen.

Unfortunate though.

[vagrant mango]

Is it possible through ace_vehiclelock_fnc_addKeyForVehicle to make that a custom key for an array of vehicles?

[cosmic lichen]

[Revo_Laptop] call BIS_fnc_initIntelObject;

if (isServer) then
{
  Revo_Laptop setVariable [
  "RscAttributeDiaryRecord_texture",
  "a3\structures_f_epc\Items\Documents\Data\document_secret_01_co.paa",
  true
 ];

 [
  Revo_Laptop,
  "RscAttributeDiaryRecord",
  ["Secret Documents","These documents outline the enemy's defenses and movement, as well as meetings of high ranked warlords."]
 ] call BIS_fnc_setServerVariable;

 Revo_Laptop setVariable ["recipients", west, true];

 Revo_Laptop setVariable ["RscAttributeOwners", [west], true];
};

This code is giving me an error in line 3. Invalid number in expression

I am too blind to see it

[robust hollow]

start of line 3

https://i.imgur.com/j0zu1rq.png

invisible character

or uhhh... thin character

[daring pawn]

simple question i hope;

is there a quick way to use KnowsAbout or something similar to see if a unit knowsAbout any unit of a faction type?

[glass frigate]

targetKnowledge

[daring pawn]

Ah yea seen. I also just found this when digging a bit further https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_enemyDetected

[still forum]

@winter rose one of my wonderings is why a while do uses only code brackets where if then uses ( ) too?
Because it needs to re-execute the CODE every iteration. Not like if which only executes once.
If you'd just use boolean like while (_x < 1) do {_x = _x + 1} it would be a endless loop, as the condition is never rechecked.
@vapid crypt there is also no if () then {} else if () {} Actually I implemented that with Intercept-CBA, wasn't that hard, BI could do it too, or I could do it for BI. But honestly I'd rather not have that in game.
@cosmic lichen happens when copying from BIF. invisible characters inserted

[still forum]

Wanna break missions?
Put this into your mods preInit 0 = compileFinal ""

[tough abyss]

You sure?

[still forum]

well that'll make the 0 = ... that people often do in init boxes error

[winter rose]

that'll teach'em not to use vehicle init!!

or teach BI to remove this stupid "should return nothing" limitation 😏 or both, one can dream

[digital jacinth]

just do _nil for the return value, donot write into missionNamespace

[winter rose]

if you wanted to break Arma 2 (and I guess Arma 1 and OFP), you could do true = false 😆

(I think it got patched in A2 or OA at some point, where commands were protected from override)

[still forum]

Yeah in OA

[winter rose]

once you did player = objNull, you were in a bad situation indeed 😛

[still forum]

player = nil
if (player == dedmen) then dostuff

[tough abyss]

Attempt to override final function - 0
😠

[winter rose]

hearing Dedmen laughing in the distance

seriously though, is there any (good!) reason to keep using vehicle inits?

[tough abyss]

you know what page needed on biki

new shit that was added over old shit ppl still use

like private ["xzczxczxczxc"]

and such

[cosmic lichen]

@robust hollow @still forum Thank. How did you see that? Poseidon Tools didn't show that character.

[robust hollow]

vscode 👌

[still forum]

I just know it's the case.

And vscode shows it ^^

[tough abyss]

so if someone was away from arma can check all the cool stuff and stop embarrassing themselves

[still forum]

new shit that was added over old shit ppl still use we do some of that on the code optimization page

[tough abyss]

yeah but that is like buried and way too advanced

[cosmic lichen]

I copied that code directly from the Biki. Maybe guess it already contained that character

[still forum]

But yes. I'd prefer a page for that. with explanation why a new thing is better than the old thing.
That way I can just link to it instead of re-explaining things

I copied that code directly from the Biki. Maybe guess it already contained that character
Oof. Maybe someone copied from forum to biki then?

[tough abyss]

which page @cosmic lichen ?

[cosmic lichen]

BIS_fnc_initIntelObject

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

[tough abyss]

which example?

[cosmic lichen]

First one

[still forum]

Yep