#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 531

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 9:37 AM

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so I get what the code is, I just wanna know where to put it

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i.e. putting it in a trigger in mission would be silly

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but might work

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wanted to see if there were alternatives that were file based

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i.e. init.sqf

tranquil shoal May 21, 2019, 9:42 AM

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idk im learning arma 3 scripting at the moment, as far as i know init is Executed when mission is started (before briefing screen)

peak plover May 21, 2019, 10:41 AM

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

astral dawn May 21, 2019, 12:55 PM

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How can I temporarily hide the listbox at the top-left of the map display (the one with briefing and such things)???
I have found their IDC, but if I try to ctrlShow false they appear back at the next frame?

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😮

chilly wigeon May 21, 2019, 12:56 PM

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Did you ctrlCommit as well?

astral dawn May 21, 2019, 12:57 PM

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yeah

chilly wigeon May 21, 2019, 12:57 PM

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Hmm

astral dawn May 21, 2019, 12:57 PM

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well, ctrlSetPosition seemed to do the trick xD

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but it was amusing as hell

cosmic lichen May 21, 2019, 1:06 PM

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@coarse plover Don't do that. Use ```
if (isServer) then {setTimeMultiplier 0.1;}; //In init.sqf !!!Stopping time entirely isn't possible with this command!!!

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 1:11 PM

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Ok

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What's wrong with the loop?

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also, thanks 😃

cosmic lichen May 21, 2019, 1:15 PM

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The loop is wrong with the loop

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 1:55 PM

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well it works

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I thought you'd say something like it being taxing performance or something but no issues are apparent. I prefer your method though as it's more graceful

jade abyss May 21, 2019, 2:04 PM

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+You just have to execute that command once. Not constantly

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 2:11 PM

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Don't do that. Use
check up the wiki, the minimum multiplier is 0.1

cosmic lichen May 21, 2019, 2:16 PM

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https://imgur.com/R8KBav7

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Guess it's because Eden that timeMultiplier is 0

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 2:20 PM

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I don't understand you. setTimeMultiplier script command is capped. You suggested to use script command.

cosmic lichen May 21, 2019, 2:21 PM

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Nevermind.

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@coarse plover M242 is right. setTimeMultiplier can only slow it down to 1/10 of the original speed. Stopping isn't possible.

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 2:23 PM

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then I'll do as I was! thanks!

cosmic lichen May 21, 2019, 2:25 PM

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Just make sure setDate is executed on every client because its effect is local.

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDate Here's an example with remoteExec

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 2:26 PM

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ahhh fantastic ty

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 4:13 PM

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If I wanted to start my mission a certain way. Would I place a script inside the init.sqf or ?

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Looking to start a mission so the screen is black and fades to the player few.

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 4:51 PM

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@cosmic lichen I'm fine to use the loop, the command is fine to execute server wide as long as you're not changing the year

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just a heads up

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I did some tests and it works for me and 3 others

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@tribal stump https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order this may help

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init.sqf would work for you

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 4:57 PM

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ok thank you!

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 4:57 PM

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what happens if you change year?

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 4:57 PM

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if you modify the year the effect is only server side

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clients continue to see the same year

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 4:57 PM

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are you remoteexecuting it?

coarse plover May 21, 2019, 4:58 PM

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That's what I'm talking about, there's no need to if you don't change the year

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and I'm not changing the year

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so remoteexec is not required

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so, nadda

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 4:59 PM

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the effect of setDate command is local. The fact that it syncs for clients is not intended behaviour

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it is the result of some other syncs

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thus not guaranteed to work

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 6:11 PM

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@coarse plover Not sure what that link tells me. I think I should give more info.... Im trying to make a mission where both players were in a helo crash. And have the screen fade from black(Maybe with a blur, if possible.) Or fade in and out of black a couple of times until the player is given control.

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 6:27 PM

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Nevermind. I got. The init.sqf only fires when the mission is started right. It wont fire every time a player dies?

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 7:15 PM

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Still can't this script to work right. Just fiddling around with the numbers. This is what I'm working with.

0 = [] spawn
{
[1,"BLACK",3,1] call BIS_fnc_fadeEffect;
sleep 15;
[0,"BLACK",3,1] call BIS_fnc_fadeEffect;
sleep 5;
[1,"BLACK",3,1] call BIS_fnc_fadeEffect;
sleep 5;
};

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I would like the screen to remain black for a good 20 seconds, then have the black fade away for a few seconds. And then repeat a couple times. Until the player is "conscious"

kind marsh May 21, 2019, 7:16 PM

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hey, i'm pretty new to making missions in arma 3 but i was wondering if there was a way to only have the ai enabled when the player is inside a certain area? (is this the right channel btw?)

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 7:17 PM

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When you say enabled, do you mean spawned?

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@kind marsh Check this thread out. https://steamcommunity.com/app/107410/discussions/17/558747288128397180/

kind marsh May 21, 2019, 7:19 PM

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i have placed ai around the map but i assume that's pretty heavy on the game to have a ton of ai active all the time so i wanted to have them spawned but do nothing until the player is nearby.

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i'll check it out thanks

tribal stump May 21, 2019, 7:20 PM

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From my experience in MP. I'd say yes. If you've ever played on servers that are like an insurgency based. A lot of people don't like to have multiple AO's active at the same time. It bogs the server/game down.

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You could do a wave type system. Just like Nazi Zombies.

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So when you kill X amount of players, more AI spawn/move into towards the player(s)

kind marsh May 21, 2019, 7:23 PM

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it will probably just be single player or co op with 1 friend. the thread you linked helps a lot thanks!

zinc rapids May 21, 2019, 8:31 PM

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I need to change the texture of an object that returns [] when I call getObjectTexture object. I know there is no way to use setObjectTexture so now I'm looking for an alternative solution

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 8:33 PM

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Make a mod, inherit from the object and apply own texture

young current May 21, 2019, 8:35 PM

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if the object is configured for changeable textures to begin with

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 8:35 PM

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Presumably

young current May 21, 2019, 8:35 PM

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sounds like its not

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if getObjectTexture returns nothing

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@zinc rapids what object is it

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 8:36 PM

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Not all objects that have config textures can be tweaked with scripts

zinc rapids May 21, 2019, 8:55 PM

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It's a concrete peir

young current May 21, 2019, 9:11 PM

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those are not set up for texture changing

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so you cant do it

cosmic lichen May 21, 2019, 10:12 PM

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@dire star The reason time is synced between players with setDate is most likely due to the reason that the time was set on the server. From there it's automatically synced with all clients by the engine. At least that's how I remember it. I am not sure how often it's synced though.

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You could get the layerID by comparing existing layers before and after the new one is created https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/all3DENEntities

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Not sure if that solves the issue.

quartz coyote May 21, 2019, 10:23 PM

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getMissionLayerEntities did the trick

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 11:00 PM

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@cosmic lichen Not long ago setDate was not getting synced. And then it did. Nothing was done specifically to it. My guess it happened after weather attempted sync, but in any case it is a byproduct and there are no guarantees

high marsh May 21, 2019, 11:04 PM

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I thought the sync issue was just with the year?

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 11:05 PM

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that was never synced and is still not synced. At least now it is JIP compatible

high marsh May 21, 2019, 11:07 PM

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So JIP clients will have a different date?

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 11:07 PM

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do you understand what JIP compatible means?

high marsh May 21, 2019, 11:07 PM

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Yes I misread sorry

tough abyss May 21, 2019, 11:08 PM

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no worries

tiny wadi May 22, 2019, 3:59 AM

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Is it possible to check for two event handlers simultaneously?
I want to check for a listbox change as well as an ALT + Left mouse click

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so a combination of LBSelChanged and MouseButtonDown

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Possibly I could record the time that the listbox selection occurs and check the time difference in the mouse event?

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Maybe there is a better way though?

peak plover May 22, 2019, 5:35 AM

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What time difference?

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Why are you trying to do

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 10:25 AM

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How can i load a website on a button click?

spice axle May 22, 2019, 10:25 AM

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Open your browser. Type a website. Press enter

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 10:26 AM

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dude

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on RscButton Click

spice axle May 22, 2019, 10:37 AM

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Where do you wanna open a website? Give some informations what do you want to do

astral dawn May 22, 2019, 10:40 AM

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I assume he wants to open a web site with MS Edge when a player clicks a button in arma

brave jungle May 22, 2019, 10:55 AM

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function called via [this, 0.2] spawn ...functionName...

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 10:56 AM

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I have a Btn Called "Go To Website" so i want the function of it to open a browser and open the website

brave jungle May 22, 2019, 10:56 AM

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I don't think you can open websites via button for security reasons.

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You can open YouTube videos via the command however.

Alternatively, you can have text be clickable via the parseText command

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 11:07 AM

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@tiny wadi if you add (on)MouseButtonDown EH to the same control, regardless of the order it should fire before the selection EH so you can capture Alt key status from there

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@dim kernel https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Structured_Text there is an example there as well

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Or you could use an extension, but that is more complicated

brave jungle May 22, 2019, 11:13 AM

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the URL fetch by KK right?

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 11:15 AM

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No, it doesn't open browser

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has to be custom extension launching browser instance with given URL, could be quite simple but the whitelisting will make it complicated

brave jungle May 22, 2019, 11:16 AM

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Ahhh

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:43 AM

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how can i do a WeaponHolderSimulated and players can't take weapons from it

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?

winter rose May 22, 2019, 11:43 AM

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disableSimulation I think?

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:43 AM

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i try it, can i have action too

winter rose May 22, 2019, 11:44 AM

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I… don't get it?

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:44 AM

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i have the action and i can pick it

winter rose May 22, 2019, 11:45 AM

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well then I don't know, why would you need that?

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:45 AM

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i am doing a csgo case on arma 3

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and, the animation include an weaponholdersimulated with a rotating weapon

winter rose May 22, 2019, 11:46 AM

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why not spawn the p3d with simpleObject? I would believe it is possible with the p3d path

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:46 AM

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because rotating is so weird

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like jumping rotating

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and its look weird

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i use weaponholder rotating weapon from kk

winter rose May 22, 2019, 11:48 AM

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ah yes, simple object's simulation cycles are more spaced
well, then I don't know

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:48 AM

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😦

winter rose May 22, 2019, 11:48 AM

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someone else here may have the answer though

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:48 AM

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yes, sure

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i will wait 😦

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i will try another thing

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 11:49 AM

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Gentlemen i'm a complete newb in regards of scripting, but i'm running a small aliens inspired op, and i would like to have a little thing to simulate what is seen in the movies. I'm trying to add an action so that a specific role can move up to a terminal, execute a script that shows the hacking in progress bit, and then unlocks the door.
The door i'm using is an OPtre door, which doesn't have door animations that i can just activate, so i was just thinking of spawning it in with simulation disabled and having it enabled by the end of the action.
The script i'm trying to use to show the hacking is https://www.reddit.com/r/armadev/comments/7gubtp/customisable_keypad_cracker_script/
Any help or pointers on how to do this?

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:52 AM

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fixed @winter rose
i created an Land_Can_V3_F and attach it the local vehicle, and rotate local vehicle 😃

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thanks u turn on my light bulb

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and what do u want to do the script @crisp turtle

calm bloom May 22, 2019, 11:55 AM

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Hey, guys, im trying to get why exactly my hotkey blocking do not work fine with shift+key combo. May be you get an idea?
As i see in the keydown handler output when you press the shift +key it returns two keydown events - one for shift and one for key with shift combo bool
[[Display #46,42,true,false,false],[Display #46,58,true,false,false],
so, i wonder why doesent it block any key among them?

kka3_reload_handler = {
    disableSerialization;
    _display = (findDisplay 46);
    private _handler = _display displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown",{
        hintsilent str _this;
        justsee pushback _this;
        [_this select 1,[_this select 2,_this select 3,_this select 4]] in pzn_radiokeybinds;
        // (_this select 1) in pzn_firstradiokeybinds;
    }];
    pzn_transmit_handlers pushback _handler;
};```

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 11:57 AM

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@knotty arrow From what i gather the script itself doesn't do anything other than just show a hackign in progress thing and the string getting filled, but at the end of that script exec i'd like to have the door switch to disable simulation to enable simulation, so that they can actually go and open it

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:57 AM

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maybe u are not using the correct params @calm bloom

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with shift or ctrl

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@crisp turtle try with a simple hint to try to work, why u want enable enablesimulation or disable it?

calm bloom May 22, 2019, 11:58 AM

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holy cow, you are right

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:58 AM

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😃

calm bloom May 22, 2019, 11:59 AM

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probably the cba keybinds and keydown event have different order

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 11:59 AM

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maybe

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:01 PM

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@knotty arrow The door i'm using is from OPTRE, and i don't see or know what the animation is to have the door open. But if i disable simulation the player cannot open the door, so if i enable it after they've done the "hacking" they can open it.

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:03 PM

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try this

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{
_building setVariable[format["bis_disabled_Door_%1",_x] ,0 ,true];
 } forEach [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20];

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:05 PM

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uuh, how? I'm sorry, i'm really don't know how to use this 😛

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:05 PM

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just, the door is on a building right'

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?

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:06 PM

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The door is an object itself

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:06 PM

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ah ok

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what variable do u use to refer to the door

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_door?

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:06 PM

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That has an action "open door", that when used lowers the door

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:06 PM

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ajam

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:07 PM

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I sorry for being this dumb kek

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:07 PM

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no problem

young current May 22, 2019, 12:07 PM

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look up the doors config in config viewer to see the user actions script

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:07 PM

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replace _building for ur _Doorvariable

young current May 22, 2019, 12:07 PM

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it shows what part you can animate

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:08 PM

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its new goat, i don't think that he know how to do it

young current May 22, 2019, 12:08 PM

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good time to learn 😄

knotty arrow May 22, 2019, 12:08 PM

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😃

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:10 PM

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Perfect, the config viewer won't open.

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But i'll try, thanks

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 12:25 PM

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type utils 2 in debug console

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:25 PM

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Thanks, worked

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statement = "this animate [""Door_rot"",1];";
Apparently this is what "open door" does

jade abyss May 22, 2019, 12:42 PM

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try using animateSource

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Some buildings (e.g. CUP Hangar) use the "source" to animate the whole gate segments as one action.

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 12:48 PM

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Oh good lord that worked

wispy cave May 22, 2019, 12:51 PM

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On the subject of animating doors, I'm currently using sqf fish animateDoor ["Door_1_source", 1];
Which successfully opens the ramp of a blackfish fully. However I want to level out the ramp instead of opening it, is this possible?

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 12:51 PM

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what do you think 1 does?

wispy cave May 22, 2019, 12:52 PM

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I tried 0.8 and rad(0.8) to open it halfway

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Neither worked

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 12:52 PM

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then you did it wrong

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because it is the animation phase and it should animate up to it and stop

wispy cave May 22, 2019, 12:56 PM

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Tried a few more things, values equal to and lower than 0.5 close the ramp fully, values equal to and greater than 0.6 open it fully

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 1:23 PM

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I apologise, it seems the command is broken and the phase is rounded

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 2:37 PM

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Memlegen, i managed to do the thing i wanted to do with
hacker init

this setVariable ["allowhack",true];```
keypad init

```sqf
this addAction 
[ 
 "Hack Keypad",
 { execVM "keypad.sqf"; sleep 15; blastdoor animatesource ["source_door_1",1]},
 nil,
 6,
 true,
 true,
 "",
 "(_target distance _this) < 4 && _this getVariable ['allowhack',false]" 
];```

And it works in SP.
Put it on my Server, doesn't work anymore. The keypad bit shows up, but when the timer hits 15 the animation doesn't start. Anyone has any idea how to fix this?

winter rose May 22, 2019, 2:37 PM

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@crisp turtle please use ```sqf ``` around your code

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 2:38 PM

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Was trying to fix that yeah

winter rose May 22, 2019, 2:38 PM

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as in
```sqf
hint "hello world";
```
↓

hint "hello world"; ```

crisp turtle May 22, 2019, 2:39 PM

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Fixed it, thanks

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 2:40 PM

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(_target distance _this) < 4 you can set it in action params

quartz coyote May 22, 2019, 2:56 PM

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Hello all.
Question :
if I set public as true in varspace setVariable [name, value, public] will all varspaces be updated with the same value or will the value still only be related to the varspace but all varspaces will know that this particulare varspace has a variable holding this particular value ?

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In what is it different from a simple
name = value; publicVariable "name"; ?

still forum May 22, 2019, 2:59 PM

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one varspace

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your second code will be the same if varspace is currentNamespace

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"but all varspaces will know that this particulare varspace has a variable holding this particular value" varspaces don't know anything about eachother

quartz coyote May 22, 2019, 3:00 PM

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I meant clients

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so...

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if playerA has : player setVariable ["MyVAR", true, true];
It don't necessarily mean that playerB has MyVAR = true right ?

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:03 PM

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corrrect

quartz coyote May 22, 2019, 3:03 PM

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ah great

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:03 PM

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if you set a variable on objectA it won't suddenly appear on objectB

quartz coyote May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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okay be ojectB will still know that objectA has that var holding that value right ?

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that's why it's made public

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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if varspace is currentNamespace
currentNamespace can be not missionNamespace and so it will fail

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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objects can't "Know" anything

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"currentNamespace can be not missionNamespace and so it will fail" what?

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default namespace is mission.

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so currentNamespace will be missionNamespace

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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currentNamespace is currentNamespace

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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No it's not

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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yes it is

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:04 PM

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No

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Test it

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Or read the wiki page

quartz coyote May 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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Hold on, you can argue on that later.
Don't loose me in my learning

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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there is no "current" namespace

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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currentNamespace is a command, that returns the, current, namespace

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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currentNamespace is whatever namespace your script is running in

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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Yes

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which is normally missionNamespace

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 3:06 PM

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and could be uinamespace which is not broadcastable

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:06 PM

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except in UI eventhandlers or config scripts

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Well in that case what I said is still true

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publicVariable won't work in uiNamespace either

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@quartz coyote all "machines" will see that variable on that object

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machine can be a player or server or headless client

quartz coyote May 22, 2019, 3:08 PM

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that's what I meant with my non-expert language.
Thanks for understanding me 😉

still forum May 22, 2019, 3:09 PM

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Many people miss the difference between player and a player and machine

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all are different things, kinda

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:23 PM

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how to get the vehicle actual name, not it class or variable?

still forum May 22, 2019, 4:27 PM

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what do you consider a "name" ?

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:27 PM

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Dedmen

still forum May 22, 2019, 4:27 PM

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Vehicles usually don't have names

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Humans give names to living things usually

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:28 PM

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Like the gorgon?

still forum May 22, 2019, 4:28 PM

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Tell me what you mean by name

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a variable name and a classname are both names

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but if that's not what you want, what do you want instead

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The name displayed in editor? when you try to place the vehicle

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:29 PM

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Im looking at a gorgon, hes variable is IFV so im using CursorObject and returns IFV, but I want hes name that he is called as "Gorgon", so how do I get that?

still forum May 22, 2019, 4:30 PM

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I think you might be talking about the displayName?

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the name displayed in 3DEN on the right side in the unit panel

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:30 PM

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but how do I get that in game and in a script?

still forum May 22, 2019, 4:30 PM

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from the vehicles config

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and you get the config using the vehicles classname

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which you get via typeOf

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getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _classname >> "displayName")

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:32 PM

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So it will look like this

_classname = typeOf cursorObject;
getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _classname >> "displayName");

Returns "Pandur II" (because of ACE)

still forum May 22, 2019, 4:32 PM

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yeah

astral tendon May 22, 2019, 4:32 PM

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Thats what I need, tanks.

fleet hazel May 22, 2019, 6:23 PM

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Guys. I have a horizontal scroll bar. how to make the mouse wheel turn this strip?

digital jacinth May 22, 2019, 7:43 PM

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the side of thep player can differ from the side of the group the player is in. You are probably setting the player captive.

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so instead of side player use side group player

winter rose May 22, 2019, 8:05 PM

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isn't there a playerSide somewhere?

digital jacinth May 22, 2019, 8:09 PM

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playerSide will not show correct side if player joins a group that was not his original side.

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something like this normally does not happen, but eh.

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side group _unit works for AI as well, so i recommend it over the other command

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 9:44 PM

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Would anyone be willing to Talk to me about options available to prevent client side hacking. We are planning to start a server with a server side addon that is not required for down load on the client. We have been told that this will prevent us from enabling validation of signatures and file patching which will make us vulnerable to client side hacking and script bunnies.

We really need some positive advice/direction on things we can do the minimize this, because as it stands I may not host the server at all if we cant find anything. Please private message if your willing to talk about it or tag me here with your thoughts.
Thanks

hollow thistle May 22, 2019, 10:44 PM

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You should either remove this msg or one in #arma3_config , crossposting is not allowed here. @exotic tinsel

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 10:50 PM

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@hollow thistle done

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 10:59 PM

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Truth be told you can’t prevent it @exotic tinsel

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Well you can attempt to prevent it but you can’t stop it...

hollow thistle May 22, 2019, 11:00 PM

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Also you can enable signature validations with server only addons, not sure where you got information that you can't do that.

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:04 PM

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Also, to help you have a little bit of a better understanding, when you use client side saves, this means, somehow, somewhere the users save will be stored on their own computer. Which of course means at any moment they can find it, edit/modify it to their liking, and do as they wish. That’s why you should have server sided saves instead, this enables the save to be saved to their computer, however when they connect to your server there is a server check between the save they have and the save your server has and it autocorrect whatever variables to the ones that were saved upon previous logouts/server restarts

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 11:13 PM

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anyone knows the displayname for the settings?

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because i reworked the Escape Menu but i dont know the settings name

astral dawn May 22, 2019, 11:20 PM

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Is there some SQF command that provides good resolution timer? diag_tickTime provides only 1ms resolution 😢

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or is it Intercept time again 😄

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 11:22 PM

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anyone knows where i can find them?

astral dawn May 22, 2019, 11:22 PM

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@dim kernel you mean the display's class name?

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 11:22 PM

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ye

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:22 PM

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@shut torrent is it possible for players to modify mission files once they join the server for example the onRespawn file?

dim kernel May 22, 2019, 11:22 PM

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for example this is the escape menu RscDisplayMovieInterrupt

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but i want the video settings and audio etc

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:24 PM

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As long as you continuously run server checks upon login/logout no

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Not that I know of at least

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:25 PM

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@shut torrent where do i enable that? do you got a link or something?

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:25 PM

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You have to create the server checks yourself as far as I’m aware

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And usually you have to be running your own server

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:26 PM

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@hollow thistle thanks for the info that reassures me, ill set it up. thanks

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:26 PM

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And run checks through a “link”

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I’d help you if I could but unfortunately that’s way above my pay grade which is why I don’t run dedicated servers of my own lol

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:27 PM

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@shut torrent we have a dedicated server. ok, any other things we can do? ill have to do some research on what you mean by creating server checks

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:28 PM

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Okay, what do you run the server with?

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A droplet?

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:28 PM

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not sure another guy deals with that. i just write the code for the server.

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:29 PM

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Server checks would go through your serverinit I believe

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:29 PM

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is it some kind of process for checking their files or something?

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:29 PM

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Somewhat

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Not checking files

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Just their saves

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:30 PM

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we dont have saves enabled.

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:30 PM

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Assuming they save when they exit and it remains the same when they log back in

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Ahhh okay

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So as they log out you wipe the character

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:32 PM

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we dont do anything on our part, but we dont have saves enabled on the server. when they connect they spawn at a default location with a kit and go do missions then disconnect and repeat next time they log on. sever restarts every 24 hours we dont use DB. its not progressive server just quick access to combat action

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:32 PM

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Oh, then your main focus will be script bunnies

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:32 PM

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yes! def

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any suggestions on measures we can take when using server side only addons

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:33 PM

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Well what are you trying to prevent? Start up “hacking” or in progress “hacking”

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:34 PM

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both, we are not knowledgeable of this side of arma configuration and research is limiting on the topic.

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:36 PM

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Well, usually if you’re looking to prevent that kinda stuff you’re running a dedicated “life” server so to speak which progresses as time goes on. In terms of a quick mission, I mean besides reiterating the checks I was talking about earlier there’s really no quick fixes... Even with the checks it’s not always guaranteed to prevent. Hence why you have programs like battleeye anticheat software etc

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Besides if people wanted to hack a quick mission then that’s on them. I personally don’t think it’s worth putting all that time and effort into that when they can still technically bypass these things. Besides who would wanna hack anyways, it destroys the fun in missions that were created with the intent of providing it.

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Just my two cents

exotic tinsel May 22, 2019, 11:39 PM

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much appreciated

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:39 PM

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No problem, best of luck to you!

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 11:45 PM

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Hey, sorry to butt in, I'm experimenting around with scripting and the editor a bit and have been trying to use documentation to the best of my abilities and could figure a few problems out myself, but this has me stumped.
What I'm basically trying to make an AI do is

wait until player enters their vehicle (a helicopter, in this case)
then navigate to a waypoint and drop them off
My code 'til now looks like this: sqf [] spawn { _group = group (_this select 0); _pos = getMarkerPos ["Marker1", true]; waitUntil {sleep 1; player in (crew heli1)}; _wp = _group addWaypoint [_pos, 0]; _wp setWaypointType "TR UNLOAD"; }However, I seem to not quite grasp scopes well? I found out that I would need this [] spawn { } structure to use waitUntil and sleep in the unit's Init, but I can't figure out why the variables I define seem to not stay that way. The error in specific I'm getting is Undefined variable in expression: _group. If anyone could help me out with this or point me in the right direction, I'd gladly appreciate it!

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:46 PM

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There’s multiple YouTube videos on insertion/extraction

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Give me a sec and I’ll link you one

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That I found most helpful starting off

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https://youtu.be/2QBUQ8JKfuM

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@tough abyss

tough abyss May 22, 2019, 11:47 PM

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Thanks, I'll check it out and report back

shut torrent May 22, 2019, 11:48 PM

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👍🏾

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Reconvert into an mp3

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Oh

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That not sure

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 12:01 AM

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The method in the video does seem easier, though I'd like it to choose randomly from a group of markers, once I get to that point, can I incorporate that into the method shown in the video somehow? Perhaps by moving the existing waypoint?

shut torrent May 23, 2019, 12:07 AM

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So essentially you want it to randomly choose a path and then have it insert upon waypoint of the chosen path?

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@tough abyss

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 12:08 AM

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well, basically I have, say, five markers, so five potential places for landing/insertion

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I don't really care much for the path as they're all around the same general area, placed around a town

shut torrent May 23, 2019, 12:10 AM

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Okay

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/215692-randomized-plane-paths/

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That is a topic that I created a while back

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Take a look and use what you’re after

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 12:10 AM

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Will do, thanks

shut torrent May 23, 2019, 12:10 AM

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No problem

still forum May 23, 2019, 7:16 AM

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@exotic tinsel
We are planning to start a server with a server side addon that is not required for down load on the client. good idea.
We have been told that this will prevent us from enabling validation of signatures and file patching First one is bullcrap, second one.. Well yeah, filepatching is disabled by default, and should be left disabled (though you can enable it only on server and still stay save)
which will make us vulnerable to client side hacking and script bunnies if you really disable signature verification then yes, sure.
@astral dawn diag_tickTime provides only 1ms resolution where did you get that from? It provides time since game start in seconds, with the max resolution a float can do, which is about 7 decimal places I think? That's more than microsecond precision, not millisecond.

Might be intercept time yes, depends on what you are actually trying to do

@carmine oak with a script command no

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 8:02 AM

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@astral dawn if you need better time make extension

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:14 AM

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@still forum I got it from wiki and confirmed myself that its resolution is 1ms at game start and degrades over time https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_tickTime

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Does your profiler has a timer lying around maybe?

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:16 AM

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profiler has no script command to report time

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how have you confirmed it?

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you know that converting numbers to string without toFixed will truncate them?

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:19 AM

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Well we have a function wrapper that measures execution time and logs it. So I hit the 'measure performance' button in the console, and it reports that my function is taking like 200 microseconds. I check my logs, they report 1ms time difference (from the wrapper).

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But i didnt convert seconds to milliseconds, I will try that maybe

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:20 AM

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again, logging numbers truncates and rounds them, unless you use toFixed

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:20 AM

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But if it says on wiki that resolution is 1ms?? :/

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Am I supposed to not believe it?

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:20 AM

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Wiki is written by the community

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toFixed script command is newer than that note on the diag_tickTime page

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:21 AM

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Ok I will see if my issue is a conversion problem

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:21 AM

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The wiki is usually right, but not always

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You might also check time. I don't think there is a command to get uiTime?

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:23 AM

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Nah I couldnt find uitime

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Time gets accelerated unfortunately, but might divide it by acc factor

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:24 AM

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I remember some time command that directly takes system clock 🤔

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:25 AM

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Anyway, floating point is only like 6 decimal places? After 1hr it will be 1ms anyway

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:25 AM

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I've added a command to my profiler todo list
will return
[seconds, microseconds, nanoseconds] since game start.
With a 3 element array you can nicely use vectorDiff too

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 8:27 AM

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Yeah it would be cool. I have thought of something like 2 commands to start and stop measurements, and return the results. But it would need to work with scopes 🤔 probably would need to be wrapped in variables somehow

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:27 AM

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If tickTime is really only 1ms then SQF-VM is broke 😄

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Well you can just grab time at start and end, and then vectorDiff them

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Will only use rounded whole numbers. Which means precise up till 16777216 seconds. 4660 hours. Should be enough

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Biggest microsecond value would be 999999 which is still well within the precision.
And nanoseconds only go up till 999.

still forum May 23, 2019, 8:59 AM

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~~@astral dawn ^~~ derp
Please tell me when you tested diag_tickTime. If the 1ms precision is correct, SQF-VM needs to be fixed

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 9:00 AM

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oh wow, I just got up and you have already done it and built it :D
Yes I will test diag_ticktime now!

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:01 AM

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I thought I couldn't build because I don't have the certificate at work, but turns out I have 🤔

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 9:10 AM

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_dummyLoad = {
_size = 60;
_a = []; _a resize _size;
_b = []; _b resize _size;
_a = _a apply {666};
_b = _b apply {666};
private _i = 0;
while {_i < _size} do {
_b set [_i, (_b select _i) + _i*(_a select _i)];
_i = _i + 1;
};
};

private _diffs = [];
private _nExp = 10;
for "_i" from 0 to _nExp do {
private _tStart = diag_tickTime;
call _dummyLoad;
private _tEnd = diag_tickTime;
private _tDiff = (_tEnd-_tStart)*1000000; // Convert to us
_diffs pushBack _tDiff;
};

_diffs

On my computer it gives: [0,976.563,0,0,0,0,0,1007.08,0,0,0]

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So yes it is 1ms

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Why would sqf-vm need to be fixed though?

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:16 AM

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because sqfvm is not limited to 1ms precision

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And again, you are not printing with toFixed

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so the numbers get truncated :U
But converting to µs fixes it? But the numbers you printed don't look like µs

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 9:17 AM

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1000us is 1ms and we get roughly 1ms 🤷

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I could do round and it would be ok for this case

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:18 AM

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If it were 1ms precision, you would get exactly 1ms.
🤔

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 9:18 AM

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Maybe it's artificially limited to 1ms? I don't know

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:19 AM

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Ah now I see, it flips between 0 and roughly 1ms.
It should be exaclty 1ms tho 🤔 wtf
Unless your precision is already so far off... But it should be exact for atleast a couple hours

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 9:20 AM

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I ran the game for a few minutes 🤷

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Indexes are messed up I think? https://github.com/dedmen/ArmaScriptProfiler/blob/cb5d59f244207f6e107bdece6c1f247ff88a2021/src/scriptProfiler.cpp#L278
And it returns something like [281,0,0] in game

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so last two elements are 0 always, first one seems to be nanoseconds

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:38 AM

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Hello all. i'm having trouble with the select command. I'm obviously miss understanding something.
I'm trying to return true if the nearest man within 25m of my marker is of type b_soldier_f and false if not

nearestObjects [getMarkerPos "spawnLoc5", ["Man"], 25] select {typeOf vehicle _x isEqualTo "b_soldier_f"}```
Can't understand what i'm not doing wrong

winter rose May 23, 2019, 9:45 AM

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why not use nearestObject ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:45 AM

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🤦 crap, brain no worky

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:45 AM

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because there might be more than one

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and the end objective is to count the number of them

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count (nearestObjects [getMarkerPos "spawnLoc5", ["Man"], 25] select {typeOf vehicle _x isEqualTo "b_soldier_f"}
)```

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:46 AM

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Then use count?

winter rose May 23, 2019, 9:47 AM

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if the nearest man within 25m of my marker is of type b_soldier_f
^ it's a one man request?

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:47 AM

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Your isEqualTo will never return true, as isEqualTo is case sensitive and your classname is wrong.

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use
{condition} count (nearestObjects [...])

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:47 AM

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ah

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okay

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:48 AM

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Also nearestObjects takes classnames, if you want to filter by classnames, why don't you just do that in there?

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nearestObjects [getMarkerPos "spawnLoc5", ["b_soldier_f"], 25]
done?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:49 AM

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oh I didn't realise it took classnames I thought it took only "type"

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okay thx

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:49 AM

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The description on wiki page says "Classname"

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:50 AM

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i'm not gonna argue on the pedagogic level of the wiki...

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Is there a way to delete the "" around a value ?

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for example :

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I have an array in which I have values like "value"

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is there some sort of !str

winter rose May 23, 2019, 9:58 AM

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select

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:58 AM

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oh ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:58 AM

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What is the value

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Where did you get it from?

winter rose May 23, 2019, 9:58 AM

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"myString" select [1, 4] = "yStr" ```

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:59 AM

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I defined the value

still forum May 23, 2019, 9:59 AM

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are you sure there are " around the value? Or just around where you display the value? strings get quoted in debug console, but contain no quotes

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 9:59 AM

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wait. lemme be a bit more clear

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array = ["value1", "value2", "value3", "value4"]
in this array, my _x is going to be "value1" and so on.
But in some specific cases I want my _x to be value1 and not "value1"

still forum May 23, 2019, 10:01 AM

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what would value1 be

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a variable name?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 10:01 AM

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it's a marker name

still forum May 23, 2019, 10:02 AM

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marker names are strings

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 10:02 AM

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and i'm trying to use it as namespace

still forum May 23, 2019, 10:02 AM

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markers have no namespaces

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 10:02 AM

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fak

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So if I want to be able to use my var in any namespace i'd use missionNamespace ?

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yes. I already knew the answer here.

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sorry

still forum May 23, 2019, 10:11 AM

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profilerTime
Returns the time since gamestart as [seconds, microseconds, nanoseconds]
As said you can just use vectorDiff to find elapsed time. endTime - startTime.
Tried to make the command as precise as possible
https://github.com/dedmen/ArmaScriptProfiler/commit/34364cdde460d781337f11dcd944948ffd741d10

📎 ArmaScriptProfiler_x64.dll

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@astral dawn ^
My mistake never happened 🙊

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 10:12 AM

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Will try that!

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:13 AM

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I have multiple vars format [string, number].
Is it possible to sort all those vars (in an array maybe?) only on index 1 of each var ?

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:13 AM

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if you can convert it into [number, string] then sort command can sort it

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:14 AM

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sure

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ok i'll look into it

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Ah I see

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nice

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that'll work

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:23 AM

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@still forum It's alive!!

private _tStart = profilerTime;
_a = atan 90 + cos 90 + sin 0 + 1 atan2 1;
private _tEnd = profilerTime;
private _tDiff = _tEnd vectorDiff _tStart;
// Convert to microseconds
private _us = 0.000001*(_tDiff#0) + (_tDiff#1) + 0.001*(_tDiff#2);
_us

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:24 AM

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If you add them all back together you're loosing precision :u

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:24 AM

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well if I aim for microseconds then I'm good but yes

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:25 AM

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Well seconds will mooooooooost likely always be 0, so it won't matter

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:25 AM

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I just hope you don't disable it in scheduled >_>

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:25 AM

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+ 0.001*(_tDiff#2) did you mean *1000 ?

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Nah that command works everywhere

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:26 AM

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1000 nanoseconds is 1 microsecond

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so if I get 999... then I must convert it to 1 microsecond.... by dividing it by 1000

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:26 AM

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Okey, the seconds things is wrong then

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:26 AM

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ah yeah lol

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xD

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:27 AM

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Didn't know which, just knew one must be wrong

astral dawn May 23, 2019, 11:27 AM

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when I first made this I had both wrong 🤦

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:47 AM

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I'm struggling with my arrays :
I have arrayA = [var0,var1,var2,...] in which each var is format [number, string].
I'd like to create an arrayB only holding the vars from arrayA that have a matching string in index 1.
How would I do that ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:48 AM

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arrayA select {_x select 1 == "string you wanna have"}

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select all values where condition is true

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:48 AM

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😮

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that simple

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it seams I always overthink things.

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:50 AM

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Hello i have ran into an issue: I spawn crates and fill them with material from an array, always checking if theres enough space in the crate befor ethe next item gets added. Now, with rocket launchers, if i take one out of the crate by hand, and place it back in, it suddenly takes up 3 times the amout of "space". any idea why that is?

if (_crate canAdd [_SanMatActual,_numberAdd]) then
{_crate addItemCargoGlobal [_SanMatActual,_numberAdd];};

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it only seems to affect the rocket launchers

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:50 AM

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I remember some mass problem with rocket launchers, also from normal inventory

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Something about mass of ammo being counted twice

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:51 AM

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is there a way to fill the crate using the same "sized" launchers that the player will experience?

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so if i take one out, im able to put it back in

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:52 AM

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is there a nameSpace for a "Side" ? west / East ...

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:53 AM

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yes

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its west and easy

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east*

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:55 AM

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you mean if I do WEST setVariable ["myVar", true] it'll be available only for Blufor sided ?

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:56 AM

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um

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:56 AM

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no

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:56 AM

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no, afaik declaring a variable west doesnt do anything.

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:56 AM

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it'll be available only for Blufor sided that is in general not at all how namespaces work

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:57 AM

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flashranger are you trying to unlock something for one side only?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:57 AM

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i'm just trying to make a variable available and defined only on one side

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please @still forum you know I can't put the correct words on what I mean.

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:58 AM

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make 2 variables, one for east one for west?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:58 AM

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right ... but how would I do that 😄

still forum May 23, 2019, 11:58 AM

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You can call setVariable via remoteExec and give it a side as target
and just set in missionNamespace

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:58 AM

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that's what i'm asking

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ah

spark turret May 23, 2019, 11:59 AM

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_BooleanWest = false; _booleanEast = true

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something like that

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:59 AM

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@still forum but I thought missionNamespace was a namespace available to all "machines"

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:00 PM

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I don't think you understood namespaces

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:00 PM

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probably not

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:00 PM

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All namespaces (Except local only locations or local only vehicles) are available everywhere

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:01 PM

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so ... when I do player setVariable ... don't I define a variable only for player ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:01 PM

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You do

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on the object that the player script command returns

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But everyone can access that objects namespace

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But if you don't make the variable "public" the others won't know that it exists

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:02 PM

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AH !

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okay

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so what is missionNamespace ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:02 PM

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It's just a pre-defined namespace that everyone has

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just like uiNamespace and profileNamespace

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but missionNamespace get's cleared at mission end

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:04 PM

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so when I do myVar = true, what namespace is it sent to ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:04 PM

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I think you can imagine it like emails.

On your computer you store emails in multiple folders, the namespaces.
missionNamespace setVariable ["test", "value"]
You store a E-Mail named "test" in the folder "missionNamespace" and with the content "value"

Now your friend in another country has the same folders. But if you didn't send the E-Mail to him, he can't see the email that you stored in your folder.
If you do
missionNamespace setVariable ["test", "value", true]
You create a E-Mail, and send it to all (true) your friends. So all your friends will now also have a "test" email in their "missionNamespace" folder.

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what namespace is it sent to currentNamespace, which is generally missionNamespace.

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:05 PM

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I understand

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more or less

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still syfy but it'll blur out eventually

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so, back to my first issue : if I want send a variable only to blufor side i'd remoteExec it.

remoteExec [myVar, WEST]``` ???

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:09 PM

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Read again what i wrote

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I didn't say to remoteExec a variable.

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Which btw makes no sense if you read the wiki page

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:11 PM

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ooooh

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lemme try again

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[missionNamespace, ["myVar", value]] remoteExec ["setVariable", WEST];```

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cool

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:30 PM

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if I have arayA = [var0, var1, var2] (values would be [1, 6, 5])
and I do a array sort false it'll return [6, 5, 1].
Is there a way for it to return [var1, var2, var0] instead ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:32 PM

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but.. that's equivalent?

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what are you trying to do

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:32 PM

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yes but i'd like it to return the name of the variable and not it's value

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:34 PM

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That doesn't work

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:34 PM

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shit

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:34 PM

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You can't put variables into an array

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it resolves th variables, and then puts the value into the array

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and the value doesn't know which variable it came from

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:34 PM

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I see

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okay i'm stalling. I'm trying to do something which is probably very simple but not thinking it the right way and trying stupid things like this.

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I'm trying to create a respawn system that would take into account, the number of friendlies, the number of enemies of each locations, and select the safest one.

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so for now i've done this but don't know how to exploit it ...

tdmSpawnLocations = ["spawnLoc0", "spawnLoc1", "spawnLoc2", "spawnLoc3", "spawnLoc4", "spawnLoc5", "spawnLoc6", "spawnLoc7"];
{
    if (count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25] > count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25]) then
    {
        missionNamespace setVariable ["spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex, [count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25],"blufor"], true];
    };

    if (count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25] > count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25]) then
    {
        missionNamespace setVariable ["spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex, [count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25],"opfor"], true];
    };

    if (count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25] isEqualTo count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25]) then
    {
        missionNamespace setVariable ["spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex, [count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25] + count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25],"allOrNone"], true];
    };
} forEach tdmSpawnLocations;```

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in a loop it'll update every variable (corresponding to every marker) with the amount of friendly and the side that dominating

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:41 PM

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Why are you executing the same code 4 times, instead of just doing it once and storing it in a variable?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:42 PM

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probably because I don't know how to do it, or if I do, I can't think of a way to write it down ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:42 PM

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tdmSpawnLocations = ["spawnLoc0", "spawnLoc1", "spawnLoc2", "spawnLoc3", "spawnLoc4", "spawnLoc5", "spawnLoc6", "spawnLoc7"];
{
    _nearBlufor = count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25];
    _nearOpfor = count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25];

    if (_nearBlufor > _nearOpfor) then
    {
        missionNamespace setVariable ["spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex, [_nearBlufor,"blufor"], true];
    };

    if (_nearOpfor > _nearBlufor) then
    {
        missionNamespace setVariable ["spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex, [_nearOpfor,"opfor"], true];
    };

    if (_nearBlufor isEqualTo _nearOpfor) then
    {
        missionNamespace setVariable ["spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex, [_nearBlufor + _nearOpfor,"allOrNone"], true];
    };
} forEach tdmSpawnLocations;

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:43 PM

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oooh

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:43 PM

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where do you have variables in there who'se names you need to get?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:43 PM

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right I understand what you meant

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what ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:44 PM

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https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/581096588613648385

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:44 PM

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"spawnLoc"+ str _forEachIndex

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:44 PM

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Wait...

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Why?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:45 PM

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will correspond to all the markers in tdmSpawnLocations

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:45 PM

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Just use _x

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you are iterating through marker names

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the name will be in _x

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just use the name instead of building it with forEachIndex 🤔

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:45 PM

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mmmh, wait one. brain processing.

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true.

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but that's just righting my script correctly. I'm still not getting how to move forwards from there

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:48 PM

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You want to find the marker which has the least enemy units?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:48 PM

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yes

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or the most allies

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what ever, same to me

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:49 PM

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Why even set variable to missionNamespace, that just makes it more complicated

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Can the player be blufor and opfor?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:50 PM

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I understand that. That's probably why I'm lost

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:50 PM

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does it need to automatically choose the right side?

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:51 PM

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this code is executed server-side. i'd like it to do all the calculation and publish the two markers (one for blufor and one for opfor) that are the safest

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so that the client can simple do a teleportation on his side's safest location (marker)

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:51 PM

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Can just sort to have the most blufor marker at one end, and the most opfor marker at other end

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:52 PM

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how ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:53 PM

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If there are more blufor than opfor.
Take the blufor number but make it negative (so it will always be at the low end)
if more opfor, take opfor number at keep it positive (so it will always be at high end)
Then if you sort, you'll have the biggest blufor numbers at the start, and biggest opfor numbers at the end

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:54 PM

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right but how do I link the numbers I have to the name of my marker

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that's what I don't get

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:54 PM

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Put the marker name into the array

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You already have array with number and "blufor" string, just add the marker name to the end of it

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I'll show you

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:55 PM

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oh ... smart

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hadn't thought about it

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missionNamespace setVariable [_x, [_nearBlufor,"blufor", str _x], true];```

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like this ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:56 PM

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No that makes it still hard, as you have to check all the marker variables and then filter it somehow

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tdmSpawnLocations = ["spawnLoc0", "spawnLoc1", "spawnLoc2", "spawnLoc3", "spawnLoc4", "spawnLoc5", "spawnLoc6", "spawnLoc7"];
_sortedSpawnLocations = tdmSpawnLocations apply {
    _nearBlufor = count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["b_soldier_f"], 25];
    _nearOpfor = count nearestObjects [getMarkerPos _x, ["o_soldier_f"], 25];

    switch true do {
        case (_nearBlufor > _nearOpfor): {[-_nearBlufor, _x]};
        case (_nearOpfor > _nearBlufor): {[_nearOpfor, _x]};
        case (_nearBlufor isEqualTo _nearOpfor): {[0, _x]};
    }
};

//Array contains [unit count, markername] where unitcount is negative for blufor, and positive for opfor.

_sortedSpawnLocations sort true; //Sort ascending, negative blufor values will be at front, high opfor values will be at back, 0 values for equal or empty will be in middle.

_bluforMarker = _sortedSpawnLocations select 0; //Select first element, highest number of blufor units
_opforMarker = _sortedSpawnLocations select (count _sortedSpawnLocations - 1); //Select last element, highest number of opfor units

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 12:59 PM

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okay

still forum May 23, 2019, 12:59 PM

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Btw you don't need nearestObjects I think. nearestObjects sorts by distance, but you don't care about sorting.
nearObjects is probably cheaper

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 1:01 PM

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ah yes

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true

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_nearBlufor = count (getMarkerPos _x nearObjects [["b_soldier_f"], 25]);
_nearOpfor = count (getMarkerPos _x nearObjects [["o_soldier_f"], 25]);``` ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:03 PM

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Yeah. Looks correct

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 1:06 PM

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I've got a question that has no connection with the previous :
for local variable, often I see that they are declared with private _myVar but it works the same with a simple _myVar so what's the point of the private ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:06 PM

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makes sure you are not overwriting anything

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_myVar = 5;
call {
_myVar = 6; //Overwrites _myVar from above
}

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 1:07 PM

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I see

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I'm getting an error

missing ;```

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:11 PM

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oops. one ] too many

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 1:11 PM

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oh found it

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yeah

plucky schooner May 23, 2019, 1:30 PM

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Hello! I am encountering an issue with dialogs. The issue is that the eventhandler im adding is running, but not executing the function im giving it. I can verify this by adding diag_log _this; to the event handler. it will log the control and the index (when using LBSelChanged with ctrlSetEventHandler). but wont execute the function.

disableSerialization;
createDialog "RscMUGKit";
waitUntil { !isNull (uiNamespace getVariable ["RscMUGKit", displayNull])};
_display = (uiNamespace getVariable ["RscMUGKit", displayNull]);
_listCombo = _display displayCtrl 99350;
_listCombo ctrlSetEventHandler ["LBSelChanged", "diag_log _this; _this call MUG_Kit_onLCSelChanged"];

The dialog gets created and will add stuff to the ListComboBox but when I click on something thats inside the ListComboBox, it will not execute MUG_Kit_onLCSelChanged, but WILL execute diag_log _this;.

Any help would be appricated!

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:33 PM

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And you are sure that MUG_Kit_onLCSelChanged is correct?

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 1:33 PM

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Are you sure that MUG_Kit_onLCSelChanged is correct?

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looooooooool

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:34 PM

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functions usually have _fnc_ in the name

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👋

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 1:34 PM

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Dude, thats scary

plucky schooner May 23, 2019, 1:34 PM

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I am using missionNamespace setVariable with the function name and code

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 1:35 PM

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And when you call the function via console, it works?

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:35 PM

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uiEventhandlers might run in uiNamespace

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 1:35 PM

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Cause sometimes a missing } can bork up everything, without giving you an ErrorMsg

still forum May 23, 2019, 1:35 PM

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not missionNamespace

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Use CfgFunctions :U (not sure if description.ext CfgFunctions puts into uiNamespace, but mod CfgFunctions does)

plucky schooner May 23, 2019, 1:43 PM

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Found a missing " inside MUG_Kit_onLCSelChanged

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 1:51 PM

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😉

plucky schooner May 23, 2019, 1:58 PM

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Had a few other mistakes, thankfully they got reported in the RPTs , seem to be running now

keen bough May 23, 2019, 2:03 PM

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i made a cfgSounds.hpp and included it in my description.ext. But, since i cant see some forum entrys? hm... but what do i write in the .hpp file now to get my test.ogg sound and test1.ogg sound working?

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 4:36 PM

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Any clue why createVehicleCrew _veh; isn't returning the Group of the crew, as it claims to in the documentation?

_veh = _type createVehicle _spawnPointBLUFOR;
_group = createVehicleCrew _veh;
_wp = _group addWaypoint [_waypointPosition, -1];```
`Undefined variable _group`
`_wp = |#|_group addWaypoint [_waypointPosition, -1];`

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Is there a delay perhaps?

still forum May 23, 2019, 4:37 PM

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You gotta read the whole documentation

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Since Arma 3 v1.93.145652 this command will
Return Value: Group - the group of the created crew (since Arma 3 v1.93.145652)

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 4:39 PM

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I suppose I can get 1.93 through a beta?

still forum May 23, 2019, 4:40 PM

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dev branch yes

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 4:40 PM

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then I'll at least have all the stuff mentioned in the docs, hopefully

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thanks

cosmic lichen May 23, 2019, 5:48 PM

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What would be the easiest way to transform [1,1,1] to {1,1,1} ?

still forum May 23, 2019, 5:49 PM

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inside a string you mean?

cosmic lichen May 23, 2019, 5:49 PM

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yep

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"[1,1,1]" to {1,1,1} or "{1,1,1,1}"

still forum May 23, 2019, 5:49 PM

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select to cut off first and last character

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then add {} back

cosmic lichen May 23, 2019, 5:50 PM

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Alright

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That's what I planned to do.

swift yacht May 23, 2019, 7:05 PM

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Do the Arma 3 dev team want to add setObjectTexture for Vests and Headgear too?

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:14 PM

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How do i approach a while-loop with an addaction to wait that you used an action to determine an effect. Like changing a variable so an ied would explode or anything?

I cant return something with an addAction.

So how could i approach it that an ied waits (we say that it doesnt explode because the guy knows what he is doing) until someone starts to cut wires.

wispy cave May 23, 2019, 8:22 PM

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Use while {someGlobalVar} do [] and in the addaction set that var to false

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:23 PM

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mh, cant do. Its a general function. Currently i call a function that spawns, after creating an object, a check if a player runs too fast and so on. I would know how to do it complex but i try currently to do it all in one.

wispy cave May 23, 2019, 8:26 PM

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Use setVariable on the object the action is assigned to and have the condition in that while check for that var with getvariable

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:29 PM

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_myIed setVariable ["whateveriwant", thisisinit, false];
In the addAction i can then getVariable that data, change it again with setVariable and with an if-statement i can say then "Yup, i got the new stuff. Done"?

And it wont be a public global variable so i can do this for 100 ieds spawned in with the function? (just for understanding)

wispy cave May 23, 2019, 8:30 PM

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It's possible yes, don't know how you're doing stuff so I can't say if you will be able to

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:36 PM

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I start the function, and do
_iedObject setVariable ["bombDefusal", "Neutral", false];

Then i spawn the check if a player is near the ied and yadda yadda. Within the spawn i have the addaction that runs through once (to be added) and within the code-part in the addaction i do

_iedObject setVariable ["bombDefusal", "Red", false];

And within the while i hafe
_getInformation = _iedObject getVariable "bombDefusal";

With if (bombDefusal == "Red") go full boom. ? Would that be kind of correct?

wispy cave May 23, 2019, 8:38 PM

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I guess so, also I typically use getVariable ["name", "defaultValue"] just to be safe

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:38 PM

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thought so, yes. I will try around with the basic 'hello world' thing haha ^^ Lets see if i get it running. Thanks for the info! That helped me

fluid wolf May 23, 2019, 8:48 PM

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Does anyone know if its possible to loop a function inside a SQF until a condition is met without leaving it? EG Create an explosion every 5 seconds until a variable is changed?

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 8:48 PM

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How to add/ remove itemes from uniform? I want remove and add money ( GM DLC) but it didnt do nothing, only the hint works! Its useing as "addAction" from a box!

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´´´´´´´´´

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player removeItemFromUniform "gm_placeableItem_gc_money_71_100_bill";
player addItemToUniform "gm_placeableItem_gc_money_61_20_bill";
hint "Works";

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´´´´´´´´

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:49 PM

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@wispy cave

[_ied] spawn
{

  _object = _this select 0;
  _script = _this select 1;
  _done = true;
  _object setVariable ["bombDefuse", ["Neutral",], false];
  while {true} do
  {
    if (_done) then
    {
      [_object,
      [
          "Remote Wire",
          {
              params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
              _object setVariable ["bombDefuse", "Red", false];
          },
          [],
          1.5,
          true,
          true,
          "",
          "true", // _target, _this, _originalTarget
          2,
          false,
          "",
          ""
      ]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0, true];
      _done = false;

    };
    _info = _object getVariable ["bombDefuse", "Nothing"];
    "I just wait for Action." remoteExec ["systemChat", 0];


    if (_info == "Red") then
    {
      systemChat "IED: May i go boom? I go boom!";
    };
    sleep 2;

  };
};

Sadly i seem to do something wrong. I get an error that the variable is undefined.

wispy cave May 23, 2019, 8:51 PM

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probably because _object isn't known inside the addaction

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I believe _target is the object the action is assigned to but you better check the documentation

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:52 PM

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AH! yeah!

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 8:54 PM

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The Box, has the name "box1" and in the init. field i have this

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´´´´´´´´´

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box1 addAction [Pay 20, "scripts\addAction\pay.sqf"]

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´´´´´´´´´´

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And the class names are correctly!

winter rose May 23, 2019, 8:56 PM

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@tough abyss
```sqf
hint str player;
```

to format properly

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↓

hint str player;

keen bough May 23, 2019, 8:56 PM

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_target was what i needed. Sweet.

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 8:59 PM

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@winter rose How can i do this?

winter rose May 23, 2019, 9:00 PM

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… as I said, ```sqf etc

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```sqf
hint str player;
```

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 9:02 PM

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box1 init

box1 addAction [Pay 20, "scripts\addAction\pay.sqf"]

´´´´´´´´
pay.sqf

player removeItemFromUniform "gm_placeableItem_gc_money_71_100_bill";
player addItemToUniform "gm_placeableItem_gc_money_61_20_bill";
hint "Works";
´´´´´´´´

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Can someone help me out with script that would activate animation on demand

winter rose May 23, 2019, 9:03 PM

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@tough abyss "Pay 20", not Pay 20

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 9:07 PM

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@winter rose Sorry, i forget it here, but in game its in! The "Pay 20" is selectable and the hint works, but it did´nt get and remove the money!

keen bough May 23, 2019, 9:08 PM

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animations dont like me, so i dont try to use them <chuckles>

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 9:10 PM

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there is this one from global mob.

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if i call for it at start it works

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but if i want to bring it out with addaction yeah it fails

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@tough abyss it can that its works only for looping animation, like this

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player1 switchMove "Acts_ExecutionVictim_Loop";

keen bough May 23, 2019, 9:20 PM

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if i do addAction with remoteExec like
_id = addAction with remoteExec

I get back like _id = "2_1234"; and if i parse it to a number i only get 2". Am i missing something?

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I get the JIP ID and if i turn off JIP i get the real id.

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Workaround: On an Object, the IDs are in chronological order. Can be worked with. First action is 0, second is 1 and so on. So i know how to work with it in my functions.

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 10:22 PM

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Please, can i increase the lift capacity of a helicopter without using a mod?

still forum May 23, 2019, 10:23 PM

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you can make the object that you wanna lift lighter

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setMass or setWeight

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 10:25 PM

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@still forum thanks. Decreasing the mass of a tank can make it behave erroneous?

still forum May 23, 2019, 10:25 PM

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probably yes

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should reset it once you drop it

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 10:30 PM

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Hi again !
is there a way to execute code via control ? I know how to add a link to a button with ctrlSetStructuredText parseText but what about executing code ?
triggering a script for example
I tried controlName ctrlSetEventHandler ["onButtonClick", "[] execVM 'myScript.sqf"]; but didn't work

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 10:34 PM

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"[] execVM 'myScript.sqf"
something is missing?

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"onButtonClick"
there is like big red writing on UI EH page about this

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 10:36 PM

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can't see no red writing ...

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 10:37 PM

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yeah sorry orange

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shoudl be red

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and bigger

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much bigger

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 10:37 PM

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oh got it

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okay i'll try

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oh well do detective !

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thanks it works !

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 10:38 PM

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👍

quartz coyote May 23, 2019, 11:01 PM

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Executed locally on a client, will this hide the player from all other players or am I wrong ?

thisPlayerInMenu = player;
thisClientID = clientOwner;
[thisPlayerInMenu] remoteExec ["hideObject", -thisClientID, true];```

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 11:01 PM

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@still forum i had set the mass of a tank to 200 kg and tried to lift it with a Taru. Not worked. I believe tanks are denied to lift, right?

austere hawk May 23, 2019, 11:04 PM

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setting mass has limits

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you cant just make a tank 200kg. It would fuck up physix. Game stops you from doing it

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 11:10 PM

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@austere hawk no problem, i want to lift the tank with a heli. After that i recover the mass.

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But it's not working, tank can't be lifted even with 200 kg. Any way to do that?

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 11:13 PM

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btw: _helicopter setMass 1000000
hf

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(PhysX fun)

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 11:39 PM

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i will make the lift system with attachTo like in Arma 2.

jade abyss May 23, 2019, 11:41 PM

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Lemme guess: The Rope selection doesn't appear?

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iirc, it was a config Entry, that allowed the Vehicle to be slingloaded.

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 11:50 PM

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@quartz coyote no, hideObject is binary command not unary

winter rose May 23, 2019, 11:50 PM

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@tough abyss it is both

tough abyss May 23, 2019, 11:51 PM

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Ah yeah, true, but from that code it looks like it is only temp hiding

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Unary cannot unhide

winter rose May 23, 2019, 11:51 PM

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Yep

quartz coyote May 24, 2019, 12:05 AM

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just wanted to know if it worked.

[thisPlayerInMenu, true] remoteExec ["hideObject", - thisClientID, true];```

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the player executing code will not see him self hidden but all other player will see him disappear.

median aspen May 24, 2019, 12:11 AM

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hi does someone have a script or tip for the wasteland modus ( for starter money ?) so what i mean is when someone is joining the server only the first time he must have atleast some amount of money on the bank. Too gear up
Pls help.

tiny wadi May 24, 2019, 6:42 AM

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For the command buttonSetAction, I need to set the action of a button I created with a script but the wiki says it only allows SQS and not SQF. What should I do to be able to call the function I need?

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

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Can I just call it regularly?

still forum May 24, 2019, 6:54 AM

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Just do a call to a function

tiny wadi May 24, 2019, 7:07 AM

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okay cool, thank you

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Also one final question, if I create a GroundWeaponHolder at the position of the player and put an item in it. How can I make it so it shows up as a container in the players inventory automatically?

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It is created while the inventory is already open

still forum May 24, 2019, 7:19 AM

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When you open your inventory, you specify the container to open at the start. Cannot change in the middle

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need to close and reopen, but you can do that with script

tiny wadi May 24, 2019, 7:19 AM

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ah okay

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Yeah Ill do that then

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perfect.

winter rose May 24, 2019, 7:47 AM

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@quartz coyote it should

keen bough May 24, 2019, 9:46 AM

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Ivan now has IED. Ivan has Vodka to Spawn under IED as a Test. Ivan not happy, because Vodka lets fall big chest filled with Vodka! Not acceptable! Help Ivan. Tell Ivan how spawning Vodka does not throw big Chest around where Vodka is spawned under.

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Bleh... The object is quite nice behaving. But when i spawn in, for the training version, a smoke-effect/grenade, it spawns only right under sigh I think i try it with 'attachTo' but if someone has another solution, please tell me.

tough abyss May 24, 2019, 1:02 PM

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How does one make addaction to work with animations and only can be used by player that options is given. i am hitting the wall here.

astral dawn May 24, 2019, 1:09 PM

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Execute addAction on the computer of player that needs to have it

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Also I am not sure what you mean about the animations part

tough abyss May 24, 2019, 1:21 PM

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I am trying to give Lmg users hipfire option

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GM offers it so i am smashing my head on trying to make the roles have that option to toggle on and off at awill

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So far managed to make it toggle on and off but its broken and other player if they walk up to gents with this script they can actiavet of the mg dude

jade abyss May 24, 2019, 2:40 PM

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~~Could it be, that inPolygon is not rly accurate?~~

quartz coyote May 24, 2019, 3:36 PM

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Hi.
BIS_fnc_saveInventory : delete: Boolean - (Optional, default false) Whether or not to delete the loadout
What does that mean ?
Delete when ?

still forum May 24, 2019, 3:37 PM

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I guess it means delete rightnow

quartz coyote May 24, 2019, 3:40 PM

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where is the logic in this ?

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oh maybe delete is from the player. not delete the save

still forum May 24, 2019, 3:41 PM

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Example 1 shows it

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if you set delete to true, then it will delete instead of save

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_deleteInventory see. deleteInventory also calls saveInventory

quartz coyote May 24, 2019, 3:41 PM

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okay

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don't see the logic in this but at least I know I need to set it to false

still forum May 24, 2019, 3:42 PM

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No you don't

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just leave it out

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it has a default value

keen bough May 24, 2019, 3:46 PM

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Okay, serously... i have an IED-Object and when i spawn a grenade (live grenade) the object is catapulted into the air in worst case and wobbles in best case.

attachTo does not work and i dont know any command that would help me. Except, is there one that only spawnes the actual effect instead of the object that causes the effect?

quartz coyote May 24, 2019, 5:03 PM

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How do I pass my local argument in the executed code ?

_websiteButton ctrlSetEventHandler ["MouseEnter", "_websiteButton ctrlSetBackgroundColor [1,1,1,1];"];```

still forum May 24, 2019, 5:03 PM

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~~you don't~~

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setVariable on the control

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But you don't need to

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read the wiki page and see what arguments you are getting

quartz coyote May 24, 2019, 5:04 PM

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Ah true

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mybad

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controlName

next lily May 24, 2019, 5:37 PM

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Does triggerAmmo work for mines and satchel charges, or only flying ordinance?

still forum May 24, 2019, 5:38 PM

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supposed to work for all

next lily May 24, 2019, 5:39 PM

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Nifty.

keen bough May 24, 2019, 6:31 PM

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[_object] remoteExec ["ied_fnc_iedActionRemoveAll", 0, true];
 _beep = [_object] spawn ied_fnc_iedBeep;
 waitUntil {_beep == "Yes"};

Does not work and i dont quite understand why it is. It says now it expect bool/number and before it says too but _beep should return True. Now it returns "Yes" ...

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<sighs> going crazy. Dont want to use sleep -.-

astral dawn May 24, 2019, 6:42 PM

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spawn returns a handle to script

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you are waiting until _beep is "Yes"

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maybe you expected whatever the spawned script returns to be put into the variable you assign from a spawn command call? no it doesn't work like that

still forum May 24, 2019, 6:53 PM

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waitUntil {_beep == "Yes"}; that will never work

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You are never updating _beep, so it can never change it's value

keen bough May 24, 2019, 6:59 PM

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i used call before, no result either.

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but i use sleep now.

grim coyote May 24, 2019, 7:57 PM

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You can only get a return value from a function with using call

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What you need to do is to forget beep and use:
__
WaitUntil {[object] call function}_

still forum May 24, 2019, 8:35 PM

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@fading trench #rules no crossposting

fading trench May 24, 2019, 8:37 PM

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Ok

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I posted it here because I thought the other was the wrong place

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but nevermind 😛

cedar heart May 24, 2019, 8:39 PM

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why if in this code

    box1 AddAction [localize "STR_Talk",{
    hint "ok";
    }, [], 6, false, true, "", "", 3];

parameter on hideOnUse is true - it must hide the action menu after selecting that action
but i can using all the time. didnt work for me
Also command "box1 removeAction 6;" - doesn't help.

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6 is priority value of the action

still forum May 24, 2019, 8:39 PM

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"hide the action menu" not "hide the action"

cedar heart May 24, 2019, 8:39 PM

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aaaa ok

tough abyss May 24, 2019, 8:49 PM

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If you want to remove action after you selected it, you can add _this select 0 removeAction (_this select 2), to your action code

cedar heart May 24, 2019, 8:51 PM

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thanks a lot 🙂

keen bough May 24, 2019, 9:27 PM

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<scripts a "simple" ied script>
<after 3 days>
"Well, my 'simple' ied script has now 4 different difficulty-ratings, training mode, shit-ton of objects to choose from, placed facing in random directions, complete random wiring-mechanism with timed set-ups and instant-setups as well as some other stuff."

"Hmm. Well. How can i make this from a simple to an more advanced script"

And now i am thinking of pictures, recogniton where you have clicked on it and do "real" ied-stuff XD Come on, cant my brain stop on just the simple thing ^^ And with that the Question: Is it possible to use a picture and reckognize where on the picture a user has clicked?

next lily May 24, 2019, 9:28 PM

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If you know the picture coordinates on screen (relative to a set point of the picture), and the mouse coordinates at time of click, wouldn't it just be an arithmetic problem?

keen bough May 24, 2019, 9:29 PM

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Kind of, plus, technically you could to it with dialog-buttons spawned on the picture itself - and the buttons are cable-pictures. That, i think, should work too and would be probably a lot easier to do i think

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i swear, if that scripted monstrosity of an epic sandbox is in alpha and anybody put stuff in patroen i freaking hire someone that can take some workload off of me ... soooo freaking much to script.

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i still dont understand dialoges at all, and the "dialog editor" of arma never loads the freaking dialog i saved... its totally hillarious.

tawny geyser May 24, 2019, 9:39 PM

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Hello everyone, is there any framework to create a random task that will be generated in-game like in Antistasi/DUWS?

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Tried to find some by myself, but they all generating all mission, not tasks

obsidian violet May 24, 2019, 11:22 PM

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Good evening, im working on a script thats gonna make a AI surrender if they have more than two wounds with ace.

example arm and leg is wounded then he will surrender with a call function.

problem is that I cant find anyway of getting the damage into a if statement.

basicly what I need help with in the script is to define _wounded so it explaines that a _unit have more than two ace wounds. either two arms, two legs or a leg and a arm etc...

ex..
_wounded = ????????
"have more than two ace wounds"

if (_wounded ) exitwith { _unit call my_fnc_surrenderfunction;};

Thanks in advance 😃

Edit, gave it a try like this to simply check the pain level of the AI:
_acelowHealth = _unit getVariable [QEGVAR(medical,pain), 0] > 0.1;

But im getting a error message, and it doesnot work.. any suggestions?

keen bough May 25, 2019, 1:44 AM

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@tawny geyser I am not aware of a task-generator. The demand for 'just tasks' is, i guess so, not high enough so you find plenty of mission-generators but not task-generators.

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Blergh... i am going crazy why the freaking add-actions arent not working on the server. I remoteExec the function which contains all the effing actions globally and with JIP!... they no show

keen bough May 25, 2019, 2:21 AM

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Found out why... gosh, ARMA! you ... f.... grah... It did not export to multiplayer anymore and i uploaded the same pbo file over and over again on my server...

exotic tinsel May 25, 2019, 7:22 AM

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how do i make it so the syndicate vehicles count as positive vehicle kill? with out adding event handlers to all of them.

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and independent side is friendly in the mission

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:37 AM

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Hello and good morning.
I have

myVar = [object1, object2, object3];
myVar = selectRandom myVar; publicVarible "myVar";```
I want to ``player setDir myVar`` (which is not working, obviously) how can I do it another way ?

still forum May 25, 2019, 10:38 AM

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publicVarible "myVar" typo ~~and space at end~~

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setDir takes direction

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not object

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

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What are you trying to do

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You cannot look "car-wards"

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you look north-wards or east-wards

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:39 AM

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oh... sorry player setDir (direction myVar) ?

still forum May 25, 2019, 10:39 AM

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what are you trying to do

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:40 AM

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randomly selecting an object server-side, publishing it to everyone, setting the direction of the player same as the one of the selected object.

still forum May 25, 2019, 10:41 AM

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player setDir (getDir myVar) then I guess

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:41 AM

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oups. okay I mistaken direction from getDir

pseudo kernel May 25, 2019, 10:41 AM

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Can isNil be used to check if function is existing?

still forum May 25, 2019, 10:42 AM

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isNil can be used to check if a variable is undefined

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functions are variables

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if a variable is undefined it doesn't exist

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:43 AM

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if (isnil "myVar") then 
{
    myVar = "Hello";
};```

still forum May 25, 2019, 10:50 AM

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Don't see much to make better

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:50 AM

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that's satisfying to read !

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thanks for your time man

cosmic lichen May 25, 2019, 10:57 AM

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Not much would imply there's still something to make better 😄

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 10:58 AM

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@cosmic lichen about my script ? i'm open to suggestions

cosmic lichen May 25, 2019, 10:59 AM

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I have no idea. Looks fine to me.

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 11:00 AM

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then I didn't understand Not much would imply there's still something to make better :smile:

cosmic lichen May 25, 2019, 11:01 AM

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Dedmen said he doesn't see much to improve. Not much != nothing.

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Sorry for the confusion.

still forum May 25, 2019, 11:02 AM

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can return array from switch case, instead of always assigning two variables

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 11:04 AM

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thank you i'll see how i can adapt it

tawny geyser May 25, 2019, 11:12 AM

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@keen bough Okay, thank you for that.

cosmic lichen May 25, 2019, 11:14 AM

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if (!(isNil "VALUE") && {!(_defaultValue isEqualTo VALUE)}) then
{
    _attributeValues pushBack [_section,_attributeName,VALUE];    
};

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How can I make sure to only check the second condition when VALUE is not nil?

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Currently the second condition is not checked if value is nil.

still forum May 25, 2019, 11:18 AM

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() && (() && {})

cosmic lichen May 25, 2019, 11:20 AM

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Alright, thanks.

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 1:07 PM

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is there an equivalent of worldToScreen for mapToScreen ?

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that would be useful

inner swallow May 25, 2019, 1:48 PM

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i came across https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTrafficSpeed while in editor, does this actually work in arma?

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also, does the volume parameter for sounds in CfgSounds even work? it doesn't feel like it's having much effect

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:02 PM

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@quartz coyote
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlMapWorldToScreen
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlMapScreenToWorld
must give it (finddisplay 12 displayctrl 51) or the map control you are using

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 2:03 PM

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amazing thanks !

compact solar May 25, 2019, 2:14 PM

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im looking for a way to create random spawn/respawns for a pvp style gamemode is this possible?

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:15 PM

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so player doesn't choose where he respawns? Or he has a set of 'random' spawn points with the BIS spawn selection dialog?

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anyway, answer is yes to both

compact solar May 25, 2019, 2:17 PM

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no choice on respawn and the markers are picked on random

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:19 PM

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well, you just setPos player that has respawned

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from the server

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can also do it on client

compact solar May 25, 2019, 2:20 PM

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where would the best place to find the commands etc as i am still pretty new to this ?

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:20 PM

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depending on how much server cares where the player respawns, probably you want to do such calculation on server

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so...
here are the event scripts:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts
you probably want to create an onPlayerRespawn.sqf in the root of your mission folder

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and do something there

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it will be called each time player respawns

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also you need to setup proper parameters in description.ext, must set the proper respawn type, otherwise the game will end with 'mission failed' screen by default, or maybe not, I am not sure

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext

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see everything related to respawn there

compact solar May 25, 2019, 2:24 PM

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ive set the respawn type already and set a load of markers it was purely just getting a respawn set randomly, thanks i will have a browse

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:25 PM

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I am not sure if arma 3 respawn configurations in description.ext allow you to make it select one of the random markers instantly, without the menu

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But I didn't read it for very long time

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I would probably just setPos player somewhere :/

compact solar May 25, 2019, 2:29 PM

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so i can use setpos to select a random respawn marker? it doesnt have to be instant respawns but just has to be random

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:30 PM

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do you specify in your mission.sqm file the markers where you want the player to respawn? or does the position depend on some complex calculation?

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in other words, are these positions fixed at mission start and are fixed for all players, or do you need to compute a new position every time?

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anyway, setPos command sets player's position: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setPos

compact solar May 25, 2019, 2:35 PM

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the markers will are fixed

astral dawn May 25, 2019, 2:37 PM

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Ok I would approach it this way:
set name of the markers in such a way that you can filter them with a script (for instance, "respawn_west_0", "respawn_west_1", etc)
inside onPlayerRespawn.sqf iterate through all markers, find the markers where player can possibly respawn, select a random marker from them, get pos of that marker, set pos of player

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you mightn eed commands like
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allMapMarkers
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectRandom
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/find - to check if current marker's name contains a certain string

turbid thunder May 25, 2019, 3:07 PM

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Is there a way to turn off the siren for the ambulance while the beacons are on?

tough abyss May 25, 2019, 5:38 PM

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@compact solar this is how it works by default already, respawn markers are chosen at random and if marker is a rectangle or ellipse respawn position is randomly selected within marker in addition

compact solar May 25, 2019, 5:39 PM

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Thanks for the help everyone @quartz coyote talked me through it over teamspeak

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 6:00 PM

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Guys, how should I know when to disableSerialization ? i'm new to displays and controls

tough abyss May 25, 2019, 6:07 PM

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When you are working with displays and controls in mission namespace

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And by this I mean when you assign them to a variable

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All variables in mission namespace are serialised when you save game

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 6:09 PM

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I see

tough abyss May 25, 2019, 6:10 PM

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But controls and displays cannot be serialized hence the warning if you do not disable it explicitly

quartz coyote May 25, 2019, 6:11 PM

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okay

keen bough May 25, 2019, 11:53 PM

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I did not see it or i am unsure. Is this on global scale or do i have to run it globally?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/clearAllItemsFromBackpack

drifting frigate May 25, 2019, 11:55 PM

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I imagine it would need to be executed in the backpacks locality.

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Player backpack, local. Backpack on the ground, server.

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Player client I should say.

keen bough May 25, 2019, 11:57 PM

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Yeah, thats the question. Since arma is so nice to spawn backpacks prefilled, that i like so much that i clear the backpacks via script ^^

jade abyss May 25, 2019, 11:58 PM

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uhm, what?

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iirc there are prefilled and non-prefilled Backpacks

keen bough May 25, 2019, 11:58 PM

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we found viper backpacks from units in our merc-scenario, and, of course, we stole em and put them into our system. Now they get filled everytime with the respective soldier-loadout that we looted the backpack from.

sullen pulsar May 25, 2019, 11:59 PM

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last i remembered whoever had it last has control over it and the code would have to execute on their client

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worryWeirdThink

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:00 AM

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The one where the "Vehicle" is local to

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:01 AM

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the backpacks are spawned on the server and are in a box. So, their locallity is on the server. Should work and, if not, i can of course make it work. Just thought maybe someone could say where the command should be executed ^^ its not... too clear (for me)

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:01 AM

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Check the *Classname of the Backpack, i bet it has some _tag at the end

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:01 AM

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if it's in a box then yeah it's owned by the server till someone yoinks it.

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:02 AM

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dont wanna start arma now, but i guess it will have that. I guess i can avoid it with getting the base-class of the backpack?

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:02 AM

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Yeah

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:02 AM

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wasn't there a command to check locality ownership

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:02 AM

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Local
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/local

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But it's a config thing @sullen pulsar

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:02 AM

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the backpacks are created with addBackpackCargoGlobal on the server, so yeah, server ^^

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:03 AM

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Also:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/owner

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:03 AM

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where was the "look into the config for basename" thing on arma wiki again?

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:03 AM

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owner, that's the one i was thinking of

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:04 AM

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There is also clientOwner now, Ton

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:04 AM

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worrybraindead

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:04 AM

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Yeah 😄

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:05 AM

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oh clientowner just returns the players own ID

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:05 AM

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On Clients also

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Yeah, alot of stuff was added since you borked us all with Life :angrypepe:

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:06 AM

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only been 4 and a half years, no big deal.

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:06 AM

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Yeah, not much changed *cough*

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:06 AM

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<whisper> we will have a command to add weapons... and configure the attachments on it VIA SCRIPT!

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

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 12:09 AM

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dw im coming back to grace you with more life stuff but with aliens @jade abyss

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:09 AM

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I spam you with TrapPics!

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Ask Yuka/Hide! He knows that feeling!

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Always in fear

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:10 AM

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trap in trap or trap?

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:10 AM

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Yes.

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:11 AM

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"Which one of the effects you want to have?"
"Yes."

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:11 AM

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exactly

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:12 AM

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okay, i can go back to my function and look for the base name, or write a new function to delete all items in backpacks. The lazy version is second since i dont have to do any much else... first one would be neat and clean.

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 12:13 AM

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

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@keen bough

keen bough May 26, 2019, 12:15 AM

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ah, perfect! Thanks Dscha. This one i always forget because i dont use it often.

winter rose May 26, 2019, 6:04 AM

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@quartz coyote split this into many smaller variables or your head will explode

sullen pulsar May 26, 2019, 6:06 AM

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worryfade

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Thinking about it, very tempted

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 6:51 AM

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I have a weird script issue I'm probably just not seeing something on

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if (isServer) then {
  GVAR(loadouts) = true call CBA_fnc_createNamespace;
  publicVariable QGVAR(loadouts);
  
  addMissionEventHandler ["HandleDisconnect", {
      params ["_unit", "_id", "_uid", "_name"];
      GVAR(loadouts) setVariable [QGVAR(_uid), getUnitLoadout _unit, true];
  }];
};

if (!hasInterface || {!isMultiplayer}) exitWith {0};

player setUnitLoadout [GVAR(loadouts) getVariable [QGVAR(getPlayerUID player), getUnitLoadout player], true];

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This is supposed to save someones loadout when they disconnect, then load it back when they rejoin

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Instead when someone rejoins they got someone else's gear, but it was always the same specific person who's gear they got

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that script is in postInit

digital jacinth May 26, 2019, 7:51 AM

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QGVAR and GVAR are used to define constants. You are search for the key "getPlayerUID player" instead of what the command getPlayerUID returns.

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 7:52 AM

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ah right

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yup, thanks

digital jacinth May 26, 2019, 7:52 AM

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if (isServer) then {
  GVAR(loadouts) = true call CBA_fnc_createNamespace;
  publicVariable QGVAR(loadouts);
  
  addMissionEventHandler ["HandleDisconnect", {
      params ["_unit", "_id", "_uid", "_name"];
      GVAR(loadouts) setVariable [_uid, getUnitLoadout _unit, true];
  }];
};

if (!hasInterface || {!isMultiplayer}) exitWith {0};

player setUnitLoadout [GVAR(loadouts) getVariable [getPlayerUID player, getUnitLoadout player], true];

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 9:49 AM

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Yeah that's what I am using now

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Just completely forgot about GVAR for a second

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I don't know why I had put it there to begin with

quartz coyote May 26, 2019, 9:49 AM

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Hi all
If I understand the wiki : addAction in a forEach can take _x in the condition argument because it's string and not code ?

digital jacinth May 26, 2019, 9:51 AM

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_x can be anything. so yeah as long _x is a string it can be used as a condition in an addAction

quartz coyote May 26, 2019, 9:52 AM

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thx

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 9:53 AM

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Does anyone know if it is possible to save weapon and magazine info from a crate. I know about getMagazineCargo and getWeaponCargo but that will cause magazines to be refilled and everything from weapons (optics, acc, magazine) to be lost

digital jacinth May 26, 2019, 10:00 AM

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Not possible, I tried something similar in a persistent mission. You are either forced to make your own implementation or tell players so detach attachments

quartz coyote May 26, 2019, 10:04 AM

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Is there a way to have an action (addAction) from inside a Camera scene (camCreate) ?

fading dust May 26, 2019, 11:32 AM

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Hello ... I m looking for help to make my small Mod Zeus compatible so that can be played online

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I tried following tutorials but failed

cunning crown May 26, 2019, 11:33 AM

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Can you be more specific?

fading dust May 26, 2019, 11:34 AM

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I want my mod to be used with Zeus like in the zues unit list

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:03 PM

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@tough abyss @quartz coyote disableSerialization is for local variables, because spawned scripts are saved. Not for missionNamespace stuff. So you basically want disableSerialization everywhere where you work with displays in scheduled scripts. Don't need it in unscheduled. And if you are storing display/controls in missionNamespace, you'll get warnings and you have to think about the fact that they may become null at any point in the script.
QGVAR and GVAR are used to define constants. No, normal missionnamespace variables are not constants @digital jacinth

@fringe yoke @digital jacinth
Does anyone know if it is possible to save weapon and magazine info from a crate.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponsItemsCargo

tough abyss May 26, 2019, 12:08 PM

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@still forum you don’t need it in uiNamespace and it is not limited to local vars

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:09 PM

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weaponsItemsCargo works, just missing addWeaponsItemsCargo :p

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still better than losing it

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:09 PM

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We have that

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:10 PM

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there is?

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:10 PM

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Soon

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

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:10 PM

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That's a mouthful

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Nice, hope that will be soon then

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:10 PM

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Yep. I came up with that beautiful name and am proud of my baby

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It's still a bit broken tho. But I already submitted the fixes

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:11 PM

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It looks like it works with weaponsItemsCargo, is that correct?
So I could just do { _container addWeaponWithAttachmentsCargoGlobal _x} forEach _oldItems once it is out

fading dust May 26, 2019, 12:11 PM

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Any help

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:11 PM

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I don't think the syntax is the same. Might be. Haven't checked

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:12 PM

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ah, ugl ammo is handled differently it looks like

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so wouldn't work

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:12 PM

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@fading dust you have already been asked to be more specific.
In what way is your mod #arma3_scripting replated

fading dust May 26, 2019, 12:13 PM

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U know Zeus is used to spawn units in match

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:14 PM

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You are not providing ANY helpful information at all.

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Yes I know zeus can spawn units. How is that related to #arma3_scripting ?

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Just tell us what your actual problem is

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:14 PM

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Right now it is

weapon, muzzle, side, top, bipod, [mag1, mag1count, mag2, mag2count], count

if it isn't finalized it would be nice to switch it to

weapon, muzzle, side, top, bipod, [mag1, mag1count], count

weapon, muzzle, size, top, bipod, [mag1, mag1count], [mag2, mag2count], count

that would make it directly compatible with weaponsItems format

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:15 PM

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"if it isn't finalized" that part of it is finalized

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:15 PM

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damn

fading dust May 26, 2019, 12:15 PM

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I need a script that can make my mod Zeus compatible

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:15 PM

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But it's not alot of work to convert that

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:16 PM

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No, it still would've been nice if it just used the same format though

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:16 PM

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@fading dust that cannot be scripted. That's config stuff

fading dust May 26, 2019, 12:16 PM

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Someone tell me ask here

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:17 PM

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 {
    _x params ["_weapon","_muzzle", "_side", "_top", "_bipod", "_mag1", "_mag2", "_count"];
    _mag1 append _mag2;
     _container addWeaponWithAttachmentsCargoGlobal [_weapon, _muzzle, _side, _top, _bipod, _mag1, _count];
} forEach _oldItems

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:17 PM

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Yeah, it's not hard at all

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just would've been nice

fading dust May 26, 2019, 12:18 PM

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So I have to ask again in config

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:22 PM

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@fading dust you were not told to post here. You were told to post here if you need scripting help, which you don't

fading dust May 26, 2019, 12:22 PM

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Maybe I understand him wrong

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:38 PM

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Is there a command/way to lower the amount of space that the game objects/items take in inventory?

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:38 PM

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no

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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Dang

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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You can maybe use some commands to force items in inventory, even if there is no space

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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Such as...?

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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dunno

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Some of the commands to add items to inventory

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I know you can overfill boxes with script

quartz coyote May 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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@still forum do you know if there a way to have an action (addAction) from inside a Camera scene (camCreate) ?

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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no idea

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never tried nor heard

quartz coyote May 26, 2019, 12:43 PM

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okay thx

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:43 PM

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Ok

cosmic lichen May 26, 2019, 12:44 PM

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@tender fossil Use player setUnitTrait ["loadCoef",0.1];

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That will increase the amount of weight a unit can carry.

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:44 PM

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@cosmic lichen Oh wow, thanks! 😄

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This helps me more thank you'd guess 😛

cosmic lichen May 26, 2019, 12:44 PM

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Side effect is that I also increases stamina.

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:44 PM

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We have stamina disabled anyway

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:44 PM

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weight, but not space in uniform/vest/backpack?

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Yeah no. Only affects fatigure/stamina

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affects weight, not volume

cosmic lichen May 26, 2019, 12:46 PM

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Ah yeah, he could carry more but would still be limited by the volume of the vest/backpack/uniform.

tender fossil May 26, 2019, 12:46 PM

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I see, thanks anyways 😃

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:49 PM

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Is there a way to do addMagazine on a crate? addMagazineCargo works but I can't add half a mag

still forum May 26, 2019, 12:50 PM

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https://s.sqf.ovh/firefox_2019-05-26_14-50-02.png

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 12:50 PM

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ah thanks, missed that

cosmic lichen May 26, 2019, 12:54 PM

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So much work put into that screenshot 😄

tough abyss May 26, 2019, 12:55 PM

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Not enough arrows

cosmic lichen May 26, 2019, 1:00 PM

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There should be an arrow pointing to the arrows just to make sure.

fringe yoke May 26, 2019, 1:02 PM

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hm, doesn't look like there is a getMagazineAmmoCargo then

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unless I'm missing something obvious again

jagged field May 26, 2019, 1:20 PM

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Anyway to increase a specific units health?

astral dawn May 26, 2019, 1:21 PM

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setDammage ?

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#define setHealth(h) setDemmage(1-h) 😄

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just setDammage health to zero

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ah wait, you mean that character can get more damage before he dies?

jagged field May 26, 2019, 1:22 PM

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yeah

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e.g. can take more rounds before dying

astral dawn May 26, 2019, 1:22 PM

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I guess you would need to use handleDamage event handler

jagged field May 26, 2019, 1:22 PM

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I can just disable damage for the unit

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I tried, this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {(_this select 2)*0.25)}];

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but it works well with vehicles

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not so much with infantry, but I suspect thats to do with ACE

astral dawn May 26, 2019, 1:26 PM

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Did you try without ACE?

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Because ACE has its own handleDamage

spring stone May 26, 2019, 1:26 PM

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Is there a way to get an the object name of a unit with a specific Player ID? (Basically I want to attach an action to a unit with a specific Player ID)

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 1:26 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3

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This link should be pinned @still forum

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@spring stone
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPlayerUID

getPlayerUID

still forum May 26, 2019, 1:27 PM

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Can't pin

jade abyss May 26, 2019, 1:27 PM

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@lavish ocean ? ☝

still forum May 26, 2019, 1:27 PM

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@spring stone iterate through allPlayers

spring stone May 26, 2019, 1:28 PM

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Makes sence sometimes my brain is a bit to slow 👍 (Since I already look that code up but was unsure how to iterate it @.@)

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Oh wait no I rember why I asked. The thing is, with this I can get the PlayerID of a specific Object. But what I want is the other way around. I want the object name of a specifc player ID (when in game).

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or can the player ID possibly be used as an object in e.g. an addaction?

astral dawn May 26, 2019, 1:33 PM

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Player ID? Which player ID do you mean? Maybe you mean clientOwner?

jagged field May 26, 2019, 1:33 PM

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@astral dawn I'll test it without, cheers for the help

spring stone May 26, 2019, 1:34 PM

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Sorry, should have clarified: I mean a steamID64

astral dawn May 26, 2019, 1:35 PM

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as Dedmen said, you must iterate through allPlayers to find the one which has the required uid
Or you can create a namespace and use it as a hashmap to map the string to player object / clientOwner