#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 534

tough abyss Jun 7, 2019, 8:57 PM

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i think when i'm adding text afer id error

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22:48:53 Error in expression <ban "UID" "MY TEXT">
22:48:53   Error position: <"MY TEXT">
22:48:53   Error Missing ;

22:53:50 Error in expression <ban "UID" MY TEXT>
22:53:50   Error position: <MY TEXT>
22:53:50   Error Missing ;

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hmm so this will be hard to do i guess?

still forum Jun 7, 2019, 8:58 PM

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I'd say probably impossible

tough abyss Jun 7, 2019, 9:00 PM

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i think its possible with extension .dll, but no knowledge in this😉 .

still forum Jun 7, 2019, 9:02 PM

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nooooot really

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maybe

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somewhat

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not really

tough abyss Jun 7, 2019, 9:34 PM

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The codecrew _vehicle;return the same array in all clients? I mean with the same order.

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_vehicle is the same object in all clients

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@still forum you know 😀 ?

still forum Jun 7, 2019, 9:39 PM

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I would've already answered if I did

tough abyss Jun 7, 2019, 9:39 PM

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if yes i will be able to do a good optimization in my code

astral dawn Jun 7, 2019, 10:11 PM

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What are you trying to do? In 0.001% of cases, when someone is entering/leaving a car, it might return different values because nothing gets synchronized instantly in multiplayer

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...and, if something has even a slightest chance to fail, it will fail some time

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so probably relying on this command to return the same value for all players on the server is a bad thing to do

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critical decisions must be done centralized, preferable at the server

cosmic lichen Jun 8, 2019, 12:15 AM

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Can anyone recommend a good tool to build GUIs for Arma? Something a bit more flexible when it comes to macros compared to the Vanilla GUI Editor?

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 12:46 AM

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Arma Dialog Creator !

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@cosmic lichen

cosmic lichen Jun 8, 2019, 12:50 AM

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That looks nice. Thanks for the info!

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 12:50 AM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/209268-arma-dialog-creator-a-wysiwyg-approach-to-dialog-creation/

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Although not without drawbacks... it doesn't support groups or a few other types of controls

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But it can organize classes pretty well

cosmic lichen Jun 8, 2019, 12:52 AM

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Love the UI for changing control properties.

wary vine Jun 8, 2019, 4:25 AM

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not sure where to ask this, https://gyazo.com/ce48ac668cf2b74caf428ca93f12397a is there a way of getting rid of these black lines on RscLine ?

cosmic lichen Jun 8, 2019, 9:25 AM

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@wary vine Are these like 1000 lines drawn to create a graph?

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 10:29 AM

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Try adding 512 to the RscLine style property

west grove Jun 8, 2019, 10:52 AM

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oi people. quick question.. i'm trying to export data from a variable into a generic text file... i think that's possible, no?

jade abyss Jun 8, 2019, 10:52 AM

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diag_log? 😂

west grove Jun 8, 2019, 10:53 AM

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wiki says it exports to the report file

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 10:53 AM

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copyToClipboard

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no you cannot write a text file without a extension

west grove Jun 8, 2019, 10:53 AM

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damn

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alright, then i gotta do it manually via copytoclipboard

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would have been easier / more fancy to just have it create what i need manually

blazing quiver Jun 8, 2019, 12:19 PM

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So, not sure if this is the right place to ask, but may as well try here.

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Does anyone know how RHS has setup their disposable launchers to be auto-dropped upon use?

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I’m working on a disposable launcher of my own and I’d really like to explore adding that functionality.

hollow thistle Jun 8, 2019, 12:23 PM

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Not sure how RHS has done it but there is an CBA framework for that:
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/Disposable-Launchers

blazing quiver Jun 8, 2019, 12:25 PM

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Oh, that’s neat

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Though it looks like that still requires going into your inventory and ditching the tube

spark turret Jun 8, 2019, 12:40 PM

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Hi there,
is there a way atm to make AI put their weapons on their bakcs (and ideally walk around with them)?
SoldierOne action ["WeaponOnBack", SoldierTwo]
does not work. Couldnt find anything in formus as well.

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 12:42 PM

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Would like to know that too ^

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AFAIK that thing only works for players 😢

spark turret Jun 8, 2019, 12:42 PM

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snooping through ACE github bc i know they have a player function for that, maybe itll work for AI

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 12:43 PM

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tell me if you find it plz

spark turret Jun 8, 2019, 12:46 PM

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i found this, doesnt seem to work when issued via INIT tho

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/weaponselect/functions/fnc_putWeaponAway.sqf

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on AI at least

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 12:50 PM

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@astral dawn maybe this?
http://www.rhsmods.org/page/developers#disposable-weapons

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 12:51 PM

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It's for disposing weapons though 🤔

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we want to put weapon on back

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for AI units

spark turret Jun 8, 2019, 12:52 PM

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i found some really clonky way to do it

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 12:52 PM

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Oh, god, @blazing quiver that is for you:
http://www.rhsmods.org/page/developers#disposable-weapons
Sorry, @astral dawn

spark turret Jun 8, 2019, 12:52 PM

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freeze the unit with diableAI "Anim", then add the weapon with addWeaponGLobal. It will stay on the untis back. thos the unit is frozen

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frozen in terms of "its head moves a bit but it wont walk or react"

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Another really bad way to do it is: create an invisible weapon holder (like the ones spawend when a weapon is dropped) and attach that one to the back of the unit. then the unit can walk around with it too

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 1:08 PM

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@spark turret https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/190697-how-to-force-ai-to-holster-weapons/
In this thread example of code makes AI holster secondary weapon. Don't work with primary weapon 😒

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 1:27 PM

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@lost copper CBA has disposable weapons. That's probably preferable over the rhs thing

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 1:35 PM

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@still forum yep, you are right. 😅

wary vine Jun 8, 2019, 2:09 PM

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@cosmic lichen yeah

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but only 100

cosmic lichen Jun 8, 2019, 2:09 PM

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Interesting

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But I unfortunately don't know how to get rid of the artifacts.

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Have you tried using dots instead of lines?

wary vine Jun 8, 2019, 2:11 PM

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I haven't what I was thinking of trying next was using just something with a background and using atan2 to find the angle between the 2 positions and trying ctrlsetAngle

cosmic lichen Jun 8, 2019, 2:19 PM

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That could work. Question is if you can properly align those lines then.

wary vine Jun 8, 2019, 2:31 PM

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i already have the start x/y end x/y and the length

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thats what I use for rscline

wispy cave Jun 8, 2019, 2:52 PM

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Any easy way to detect if a player is teleporting?

young current Jun 8, 2019, 2:53 PM

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Intentionally or cheating

wispy cave Jun 8, 2019, 2:53 PM

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cheating

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I'm getting a bit fed up with the script kiddies joining the mission I maintain

rough heart Jun 8, 2019, 3:10 PM

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Infistar anti cheat?

rocky mortar Jun 8, 2019, 3:41 PM

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hi, does anyone know in wich cfg entrie tree models are declared ? I found grass in cfgworld but not tree

austere granite Jun 8, 2019, 4:02 PM

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nowhere

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they're not classes

rocky mortar Jun 8, 2019, 4:09 PM

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is there a method to find them ?

nimble yew Jun 8, 2019, 4:13 PM

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In a switch do what does the default case do?

rocky mortar Jun 8, 2019, 4:15 PM

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it does what other case don't

nimble yew Jun 8, 2019, 4:15 PM

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So basically a case else? (in other languages)

rocky mortar Jun 8, 2019, 4:16 PM

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yes something around that 😃

nimble yew Jun 8, 2019, 4:17 PM

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thanks

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 5:04 PM

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Do you have to be logged as admin or server command admin to use serverCommand?

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I have 2 buttons in my admin menu that uses serverCommand kick and ban

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:07 PM

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You don’t have to be logged in at all

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:18 PM

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What is the lifespan of variables in uiNamespace?
And what if I set a variable to an object handle placed on a map by default?

edgy dune Jun 8, 2019, 6:19 PM

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so I ran into a little issue with MP respawn EH. I made a mission in eden with respawned enabled, and played it in Multiplayer. in my init.sqf I have

player addMPEventHandler ["MPRespawn", {
    params["_unit","_corpse"];
    diag_log format["%1 respawned",time];
}];

Now I noticed in the RPT file, that if I respawn, theres two entries in the log that show up. Is it because I am both the server and a player that theres two entries or is there something else?

I also did use CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler to see if that would do anything different, which Ik it cant use MpRespawn so I used respawn so idk if that would cause any issues in MP

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:22 PM

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@astral dawn till game restart

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object will turn objNull after it's despawned

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"if that would cause any issues in MP" you didn't understand the difference between MP Eventhandlers and normal ones

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If you addMPEventhandler ONCE, it will be added on every client and server

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:24 PM

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aand it's despawned when map is unloaded, right?
will it get unloaded when I leave editor and go to main menu?

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in my case the variable turned to nil actually

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:24 PM

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yes,yes

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:25 PM

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actually no, it turned to objNull, you're right

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thx

edgy dune Jun 8, 2019, 6:33 PM

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ill go read up on MP respawn again then

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:34 PM

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what do you want to achieve? if you are doing a mission, there is an onPlayerRespawn.sqf event script

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts @edgy dune

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it's executed locally on the computer of the player that has respawned

edgy dune Jun 8, 2019, 6:36 PM

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oh well I started out scripting on a mission just cause its easier, I might make it into a mod idk. thats why I didnt want to use onPlayerRespawn.sqf

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:39 PM

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yeah but what do you want, do you need this event handler to be executed on every computer in MP or where?

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MP event handlers are executed on every PC

edgy dune Jun 8, 2019, 6:41 PM

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I just need to be executed on the player that respawns, which I thought MP EH only executed on the local unit

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It is only triggered on one machine where the unit it was assigned to is local. thats wat it says on the wiki, maybe my mistake was thinking triggered and execute are not the same word?

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:43 PM

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You can add it from anywhere but it is executed on local unit when player respawn, ie on player's machine only

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:43 PM

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Ah wait, MPRespawn has its own description where it states that it doesn't work as other MP event handlers work :////

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:45 PM

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target: Myvar = 4;
dunno what it is, defo not sqf

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:46 PM

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@edgy dune yeah I can't understand why it's being run twice in your case, judging by description it should get called once
Maybe try this one: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Respawn

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added with addEventHandler

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:47 PM

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marker.sqf:

_playerPos = "";

{
    _playerPos = createMarker ["PlayerMarker", position _x];
    _playerPos setMarkerShape "ICON";
    _playerPos setMarkerType "hd_arrow";
    _playerPos setMarkerDir direction _x;
    _playerPos setMarkerText profileName;
} forEach allUnits;

while {true} do {
    {
        _playerPos setMarkerPos position _x;
        _playerPos setMarkerDir direction _x;
    } forEach allUnits;
    sleep 0.05;
}

What am I doing wrong? This is executed from initServer.sqf this way:

[] execVM "marker.sqf";

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:47 PM

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Maybe was added twice? @astral dawn

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:48 PM

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Maybe yeah 🤷

edgy dune Jun 8, 2019, 6:48 PM

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@astral dawn I will, I was doing this last night so maybe a good nights sleep will help today lol

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:48 PM

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But he said that he adds it only in init.sqf

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@tender fossil Marker names must be unique

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I guess it works but only for one person in your case, right?

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:49 PM

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Yeah, also it's not updating the position and direction

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I'll make individual names with format

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:49 PM

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you can probably use client owner as a unique ID for each player

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:50 PM

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@tender fossil _playerPos is only one value

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ever

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you re moving one marker

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:50 PM

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Oh lol

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I guess it's the +30°C that causes this... 😄

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:51 PM

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neural processor needs a cooler too

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:51 PM

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Tin foil

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:52 PM

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How do I generate unique variable for each unit?

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:52 PM

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wrong approach

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make an array

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:52 PM

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Oh ok

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 6:52 PM

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I would use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/owner for unique ID

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:52 PM

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or setVariable onto the unit

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:52 PM

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ProfileName is local command

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:53 PM

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setVariable a "playerMarker" variable on the unit.
then use getVariable in your loop where you set the marker position

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Then you can also check if the variable is nil, and if so, dynamically create a new marker. That way you also handle newly spawned units

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:53 PM

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Maybe I should also use local variables to avoid extra traffic on network?

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:54 PM

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"extra traffic"?

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what traffic?

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:54 PM

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Local markers instead of global markers (?)

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:54 PM

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@tough abyss its my new Langage xd😂

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:54 PM

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local markers makes sense yes

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:54 PM

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Aren't global markers synced over network?

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Ah yeah

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 6:55 PM

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but I don't know why variables

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I never said anything about public variables 😄

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 6:55 PM

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Yeah meant markers

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 6:57 PM

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Markers are the worst and the oldest implementation in Arma. When you reference a marker the engine has to cycle array of all markers to find it, For. Every. Marker. Command.

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Same for network markers, each marker command is a packet sent

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Arma 3 😂

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It is all fun and games when you have only a few markers

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 7:00 PM

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how long does it take to iterate through them?

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Compared to speed of SQF

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if I have 100 of them for instance or 1000 or do you have any numbers for any value?

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:01 PM

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You are missing the point

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:01 PM

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"Compared to speed of SQF"
like the blink of an eye compared to a snail crawling up stairs.

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:01 PM

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It is fast to find marker

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:01 PM

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But still bad, because it could be done SO much better and faster

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:01 PM

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But when you have to do it for every marker command it mounts

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so if I lbAdd in a dialog all marker map, this will use a lot of traffic?

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No idea

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Vague question

drifting copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:05 PM

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I am using the following for a moving respawn point that is attached to a vehicle.

 
while {alive rspn} do {"respawn_west" setmarkerpos (getpos rspn); sleep 1;}; ; 
{}; 
 
_killspawnusmc = alive rspn; 
if (not _killspawnusmc) then 
{ 
   deletemarker "respawn_west"; 
};```

Is there a method of moving the spawn-in to that same vehicle? Note not using a "respawn" module but ``respawn_west`` marker instead.

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:05 PM

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what does lbAdd have to do with markers 🤔

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 7:06 PM

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and with traffic 🤔

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:06 PM

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What I'm doing wrong this time? :D

{
    _x setVariable ["playerLocalPos", (createMarker ["PlayerMarker", position _x])];
    (_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") setMarkerShape "ICON";
    (_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") setMarkerType "hd_arrow";
    (_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") setMarkerDir direction _x;
    (_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") setMarkerText profileName;
} forEach allUnits;

while {true} do {
    {
        (_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") setMarkerPos position _x;
        (_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") setMarkerDir direction _x;
    } forEach allUnits;
    sleep 0.05;
}

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:07 PM

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Name of the marker has to be unique

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:07 PM

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Even if I attach it to object right away?

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:08 PM

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@Dedmen for pushing marker info in a dialog.

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:08 PM

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"PlayerMarker" --> format["%1_marker", name _x]

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:08 PM

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Yeah, was just gonna add format @lost copper 😄

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Thanks!

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:09 PM

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But sleep 0.05 looks like bad for network

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:09 PM

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Getter commands do not broadcast @tough abyss

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 7:09 PM

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he's going to do it locally anyway @lost copper

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in the future

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:10 PM

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@astral dawn local marker for every player with his own pos?

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 7:10 PM

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as I understand, yes

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:11 PM

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@tough abyss so i'm safe ty for anwser.

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but yep command with global effect with a loop is never good😉 .

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:14 PM

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@lost copper Local markers yeah

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:15 PM

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Even if I attach it to object right away? you are not doing that.
(_x getVariable "playerLocalPos") get it once, and store it in a variable.

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:17 PM

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if (hasInterface) then {
     _marker = createMarkerLocal [format["%1_m", name player], player];
    _marker  setMarkerShapeLocal "ICON";
    _marker  setMarkerTypeLocal "hd_arrow";
    _marker  setMarkerDirLocal (getDir player);
    _marker  setMarkerTextLocal (name player);
    while (true /*maybe "alive player" here*/) do {
        _marker setMarkerPosLocal player;
        _marker  setMarkerDirLocal (getDir player);
        sleep 0.1; 
    };
};

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:18 PM

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I feel scared of this because, imagine if a cheater send a loop with global effect command i'm fucked no?

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:18 PM

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"imagine if a cheater" well you are already f-ed

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:18 PM

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xd

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:18 PM

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@lost copper that only spawns one marker

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:18 PM

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For one player

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:19 PM

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Ezcoo's code shows every unit

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yours only the local player

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:19 PM

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local marker for every player with his own pos?

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@tender fossil

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:20 PM

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Yes

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:20 PM

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@Dedmen i have good AH but, what u can do if a player exec global command effect in a loop?

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:21 PM

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nothing

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:21 PM

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I already tried this with no luck:


{
     _x setVariable [format ["pos%1", name _x], (createMarker ["PlayerMarker", position _x])];
     (_x getVariable str [format ["pos%1", name _x]]) setMarkerShape "ICON";
     (_x getVariable str [format ["pos%1", name _x]]) setMarkerType "hd_arrow";
     (_x getVariable str [format ["pos%1", name _x]]) setMarkerDir direction _x;
     (_x getVariable str [format ["pos%1", name _x]]) setMarkerText profileName;
 } forEach allUnits;

 while {true} do {
     {
         (_x getVariable str [format ["pos%1", name _x]]) setMarkerPos position _x;
         (_x getVariable str [format ["pos%1", name _x]]) setMarkerDir direction _x;
     } forEach allUnits;
     sleep 0.05;
 }

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:21 PM

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@tender fossil the variable name is not the marker name

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"PlayerMarker" is the marker name, which needs to be unique

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:21 PM

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Player should localy see only his position or position of all players on the map? @tender fossil

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:21 PM

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Position of all players on map

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Alright @still forum

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:22 PM

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Ok, wait a min

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:23 PM

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{
     private _newMarker = createMarker [format ["PlayerMarker%1",name _x], position _x];
     _x setVariable ["playerMarker", _newMarker];
     _newMarker setMarkerShape "ICON";
     _newMarker setMarkerType "hd_arrow";
     _newMarker setMarkerDir direction _x;
     _newMarker setMarkerText name _x;
 } forEach allUnits;

 while {true} do {
     {
        private _marker = _x getVariable "playerMarker";
        _marker setMarkerPos position _x;
        _marker setMarkerDir direction _x;
     } forEach allUnits;
     sleep 0.2;
 }

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:23 PM

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Do they both need to be unique or just the marker name?

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Ah alright

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So I put the format in wrong place

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:23 PM

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To make it local, just use the local marker commands everywhere, and let that code run on every players machine

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:23 PM

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Yeah, that's what I'm doing now

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:24 PM

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@still forum your script is not JIP compatible)

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:24 PM

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Problem is, if you spawn a new Unit, it will be in allUnits but not have a playerMarker set on it

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"your script is not JIP compatible" wat?

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You can fix that though by just checking if _marker is nil at the bottom, and then creating a new marker if needed

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:24 PM

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Yep i want to say that

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:25 PM

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It's JIP compatible if the new player joins into a existing AI

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:25 PM

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FFS profileName is local command you will see the same marker text

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:26 PM

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oops
_newMarker setMarkerText profileName; -> _newMarker setMarkerText name _x;

ruby breach Jun 8, 2019, 7:26 PM

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Could always have it setup something like ```sqf
while {true} do {
waitUntil {visibleMap};
//spawn markers
while {visibleMap} do {/Update markers each frame/};
//delete markers
};

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 7:26 PM

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what if we want them at GPS too

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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[] spawn {
    while {true} do {
        {
          _x addTorque [1000,0,0];
        } forEach vehicles; 
    };
};

Result my server got killed in like 2sec.

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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visibleMap true for gps too?

ruby breach Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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Not sure

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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need to try then. I assume it should be tho

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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@ruby breach or drawIcon like a pro

ruby breach Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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The example I have for that method is pre-pushBack, so I'm just not going to bother posting it lol

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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don't even dare 😄

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 7:27 PM

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@tough abyss as dedmen said, if you hyave a client sending random crap around you are f*d already

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:29 PM

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Disable addTorque with CfgDisableCommands @tough abyss

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 7:30 PM

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@still forum I tried your code, it's not working for some reason

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 7:31 PM

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(_marker setMarkerPos position _x;derp

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stray (

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edited above

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:33 PM

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@tough abyss yes i have done that but there is plenty of another command doing the same.😬

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but anyway u right i can't do nothing sad.😰

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Sounds like you are not using battlEye

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I don't run server atm, i just prepare my self to RP communty😂 😂

lost copper Jun 8, 2019, 7:39 PM

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RP server
no battleye

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 7:39 PM

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hahha i want to see result of that

tender fossil Jun 8, 2019, 8:25 PM

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@still forum Still not working for some reason, it shows only one marker

ebon ridge Jun 8, 2019, 8:28 PM

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I want to do simple in game debug menu, any recommendations? I was going to use CBA Fleximenu but there appears to be no documentation at all (if anyone knows where it is, or a project that uses it that would be helpful!)

still forum Jun 8, 2019, 8:32 PM

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don't know why Ezcoo, can't see error

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 9:43 PM

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How do I get the current zoom level, or better - current view cone which the player is observing?

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This thing should take into account binoculars, optics, right mouse button zoom, etc

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 9:59 PM

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Best way to see if player is on copilot seat in a heli?

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or maybe on the benches on a hummingbird for example?

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:25 PM

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@astral dawn maybe bind some action to the input action for zooming?

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afaik, there is one of two states the regular fpp, and then the zoomed in mode to compensate for real vision.

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same with the binocs.
Opened -> RMB -> Action

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:28 PM

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yeah but how do I get the size of the view cone, in whatever way? be it angles or coordinates of the four edge points of my camera?

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:28 PM

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screen to world?

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Is there any way/function to get the idc from the actual Display object? I can easily pass it along to the function I'm using it in, but if there's a simple way to get it that'd be preferable.

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:32 PM

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you mean the displays that are open?

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allDisplays

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if you end up needing to find one in specific you're going to need to look at the config.

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:32 PM

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No an individual one, for example a select and hinting it out would give you something like "Dialog #301" - I just need to capture that number by itself

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:34 PM

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Probably like this:
_className = findDisplay 12 getVariable ["BIS_fnc_initDisplay_configClass", ""]; // "RscDiary"
Then go to config >> className >> "idd"

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:34 PM

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oh, controls

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displayCtrl

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for control handle

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you'll still need idd

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:34 PM

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I think he means, he has a display handle, and he needs to get its IDD - Display ID

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:35 PM

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No I need the idc, not the idd

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:35 PM

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IDC is the ID of Control

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IDD is the ID of Display

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:35 PM

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which is it? control or display?

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:35 PM

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Yeah I don't work with dialogs too often, it's a control.

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:36 PM

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then https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlIDC is your friend

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if it's a control.... because initially you said 'display'

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:37 PM

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you can also use a UI EH to enact mouse over actions

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:38 PM

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Thanks, yeah as mentioned I don't work with dialogs too often so it's a foreign area and that distinction wasn't clear to me.

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Is ctrlIDC the only way?

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:38 PM

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why would you need another way 🤔

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I mean it does what you asked for

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getting IDC of a control handle

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:39 PM

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missing the control handle? :[

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:40 PM

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Yeah, it's also an Arma 3 function and I'm working within the constraints of 2 by working on a revival of an old game mode for a challenge. However the most challenging part is not having access to A3 functions. I still come to here for support, since it still helps.

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:40 PM

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so it's arma 2, ok 🤔

high marsh Jun 8, 2019, 10:41 PM

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shouldn't change a ton

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 10:41 PM

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ctrlIDC was added in arma III

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ctrlClassName - in arma III too :/

harsh sphinx Jun 8, 2019, 10:42 PM

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Yeah a lot of useful functions got added in 3. I can just pass along the idc to the function, so it's no biggie.

tough abyss Jun 8, 2019, 11:08 PM

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shouldn't change a ton
You think? A2 is way behind now, you just have no idea until you try something

astral dawn Jun 8, 2019, 11:40 PM

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10 years from its release date :{ damn I'm old

meager granite Jun 9, 2019, 8:53 AM

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What would be a reliable way to tell if player has mouse cursor on the screen? 🤔

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Be it some menu or map open

tough abyss Jun 9, 2019, 8:55 AM

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dialog?

meager granite Jun 9, 2019, 8:55 AM

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Doesn't cover map being open

tough abyss Jun 9, 2019, 8:55 AM

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Ah ninjaed

meager granite Jun 9, 2019, 8:55 AM

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getMousePosition returns previous position regardless of cursor being visible

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I can check if map is open by another command sure but I wonder if there is better way

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99.9% its not

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Even less reliable

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Well, I guess dialog || visibleMap is sufficent enough

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 12:28 PM

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I have this string: "[[myMedevacVehicle, 15], [myMedicTent, 10]]" and I need to convert it to an array, how do I do that?
I tried the compile, but it returned a code, the toArray is unreadable for normal humans and you have to then convert it back to a normal text one letter at a time

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 12:29 PM

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remove the space in there

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and then use parseSimpleArray

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toArray is unreadable for normal humans toArray doesn't turn a string that contains an array to the array

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myMedevacVehicle that won't work with parseSimpleArray

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do you not have any way to simply not put that array into a string?

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 12:30 PM

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call compile should do the job, no?

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 12:30 PM

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ye

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 12:33 PM

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@astral dawn it returns a code block, not an array. Like this:
{[[myMedevacVehicle, 15], [myMedicTent, 10]]}
and that breaks the script down the line

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 12:34 PM

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but did you call it?

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 12:41 PM

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I just get this:
[[any,15],[any,10]]

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 12:47 PM

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what is myMedevacVehicle then?

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and myMedicTent

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do they exist at all in your mission namespace?

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 1:07 PM

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well undefined variables gonna be undefined

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 1:41 PM

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myMedevacVehicle is a name of an object, but AFAIK you will be able to put in classnames as well.
However I do need to convert that string to an array. Its a string because the CBA settings editbox sends strings down the line.

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 1:42 PM

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Then use call compile

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like you did

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 1:43 PM

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and I just get [[any,15],[any,10]] instead of [[myMedevacVehicle, 15], [myMedicTent, 10]] the names are gone

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 1:45 PM

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The variables are undefined then

tough abyss Jun 9, 2019, 1:46 PM

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well undefined variables gonna be undefined
https://i.imgur.com/y916mkc.jpg

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 1:51 PM

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What is the logically explanation to why systemChat in initPlayerLocal.sqf isnt shown in the game, unless you first put in a sleep? - I am new to this arma scripting, and are trying to learn the ropes!

winter rose Jun 9, 2019, 1:52 PM

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Yes, there is.

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😋

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 1:53 PM

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fixed! 😄

winter rose Jun 9, 2019, 1:54 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts
Some scripts run before everything is loaded in order to init for example vehicles or variables; so if you add a sleep or waitUntil then it will happen once the simulation started

Event Scripts

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 1:58 PM

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Yeah I understand that, but I guess that the reason why a systemChat in the beginning of initPlayerLocal.sqf isn't shown, unless you give it sleep 1; is be cause that the chat module isn't yet loaded or something?

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 1:58 PM

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oh so there has to be a an object that is named in the mission for it to work. I just thought it would be passed into the array anyway. Now I get it.

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 1:59 PM

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Just make the intro a little longer? 😛

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I would have guessed that when it reached the point where it went on with the initPlayerLocal it would be ready for what ever you tossed at it, like systemChat

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hmm

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ok so I guess it has something to do with the player object then: it writes the systemChat before my client takes over the player object and make it local?

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And therefor I do not see it

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 2:33 PM

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ok i guess the chat / message system is just slow AF to initialize? because hints, and other effects shown is working right out the start

jade abyss Jun 9, 2019, 2:40 PM

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Try that
waitUntil{!isNull (findDisplay 46)};

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 2:43 PM

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that worked!

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So this means that I didnt see the systemChat because there was no display at the time?

jade abyss Jun 9, 2019, 2:45 PM

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correct.

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 2:45 PM

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much appreciated 😃

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And why hint is working is because its a way slower function, I guess...

jade abyss Jun 9, 2019, 2:47 PM

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Yep

little ore Jun 9, 2019, 2:52 PM

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Hey guys,

working on a script for a mission to rescue AI in the field.

this setSpeaker "NoVoice";
this disableAi "ALL";
[this, "Acts_InjuredCoughRifle02"] remoteExec ["switchMove", 0];
_action= ["Carry", "Carry", "", {[player, cursorTarget] call ace_dragging_fnc_startCarry;},{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[this, 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], _action] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;```

```ace_dragging_fnc_startCarry``` is sadly returning nothing, so how do i get the AI back into the first Animation. 
I thought of a  ```waitUntil {inputAction "defaultAction" > 1};``` because u have to press that Key anyway to drop down the AI. 
Someone has a better idea?

jade abyss Jun 9, 2019, 3:08 PM

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```
Code
```
for better readability

tough abyss Jun 9, 2019, 3:56 PM

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Yep
nope

thorn saffron Jun 9, 2019, 4:00 PM

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sadly an object classname wasn't passed through a compile. also if you dont have the object with the name on the map the compiling stops and it breaks the scripting.
I think I will have to come up with something completely different

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 4:15 PM

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What are you even trying to do? So you have a string representation of an array, and you need to get data out of it. It's pretty weird. Why would you even need that? Maybe there is another way?

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 4:17 PM

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it comes from a CBA setting, and cba settings are strings

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the user is supposed to enter a proper variable name in there, but you cannot ever trust the user to enter something correctly

quartz pebble Jun 9, 2019, 4:17 PM

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also that might happen when you work with arma extensions - they return results as strings

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 4:30 PM

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Well it certainly works:

myVar = "Whatever";
myArrayString = "[[myVar, 0], myVar, 1]";
myArray = call compile myArrayString;
myArray // Returns: [["Whatever",0],"Whatever",1]

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You can pass a string through a string and then through call-compile too:

myArrayString = "[[""classOfDude"", 0], ""classOfDude"", 1]";
myArray = call compile myArrayString;
myArray // [["classOfDude",0],"classOfDude",1]

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 6:33 PM

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When didJIP is true means the player joins a server where the mission is started right?

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So for it to be false is, to join a server without a mission or?

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 6:41 PM

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JIP is when you join a mission after the server owner has started it

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Non-JIP is when you are in the lobby when server owner presses 'OK' button to start the mission

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 6:42 PM

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Ah ok, I thought the lobby was part of the mission too

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 6:42 PM

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all the SQF functions, preinit, postinit, init.sqf or whatever, run after the lobby

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 6:42 PM

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gotcha

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Btw do you have any idea why, when I use TEDST to start the localhost test server, that it looks like a have 3 running in the server browser window?

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 6:47 PM

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Yeah I don't know, I have three 😄

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I mean, I have two, not three, lol

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 6:48 PM

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ok weird

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I can't seem to find any place with a list of attributes on the player object?

spice axle Jun 9, 2019, 7:02 PM

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In which direction?

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What is a attribute in your definition

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 7:03 PM

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I mean all the attributes like name and uid etc

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the initial ones

spice axle Jun 9, 2019, 7:04 PM

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These are apps

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All

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Hmm I am not following

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you mean name and uid is all there is? 😄

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untill you add your own?

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hmm ok

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I would have guessed there would be stuff like IP, versions, mods, etc etc

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ok that could be handled server side

rough heart Jun 9, 2019, 7:25 PM

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JIP : Join In Progress?

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 7:26 PM

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Yes

languid schooner Jun 9, 2019, 8:43 PM

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is it possible to spoof UID still? - watched some aged videos where people were dll injecting

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I am just asking, if it's safe to use like auth

neon snow Jun 9, 2019, 9:20 PM

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Is there a way to have procedural RVMAT?

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To make dynamic emmisive object

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 10:43 PM

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Dedmen can you make an SQF command that will...
...change the 3ms scheduler limit to something else?

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 10:47 PM

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ye

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 11:01 PM

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Hmm really? That would be most awesome actually, because we are currently trying to push as much processing into that poor scheduler

winter rose Jun 9, 2019, 11:09 PM

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Can you add a -useAllCores flag (that works?)

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 11:10 PM

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sure

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but your game will crash before the loading splashscreen

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 11:10 PM

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I'm not joking, can you really do that?

still forum Jun 9, 2019, 11:10 PM

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what?

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changing the limit? yes

astral dawn Jun 9, 2019, 11:11 PM

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Damn that would be cool 🎇

winter rose Jun 9, 2019, 11:12 PM

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what about a "script priority" then (:

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(it's "non-scheduled" so far)

astral dawn Jun 10, 2019, 12:27 AM

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I don't get what's script priority 🤔

hollow lantern Jun 10, 2019, 1:50 AM

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Question: I have a box on the map, near that box I have a MIM-145 AA battery. I now want to automatically rearm the battery once the ammo of it is 0 and then after 3 minutes rearm it. Can someone tell me how to run the script continuously and if there is a better way of doing it? My script: ```sqf
params ["_ammobox"];

_list = _ammobox nearEntities ["Car", 15];
_list params ["_gun"];

if (typeOf _gun == "B_SAM_System_03_F" && _gun ammo == 0) then {

sleep 180;
_gun setVehicleAmmo 1;

};

tawny kindle Jun 10, 2019, 1:53 AM

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make a loop

hollow lantern Jun 10, 2019, 2:01 AM

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ok and about the nearEntities, is there a better way of getting the SAM class? I get some _gun is not defined variable which makes me believe that the missile isn't always the first object

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nvm I rewrote the script, thanks for the hint @tawny kindle

tawny kindle Jun 10, 2019, 2:18 AM

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np

tough abyss Jun 10, 2019, 4:29 AM

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_gun ammo <- wrong syntax

jaunty ermine Jun 10, 2019, 5:50 AM

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Is there any function that changes a player's vision mode? I'm getting the vision mode through _var = currentVisionMode _player; but can't seem to set it again.

chilly wigeon Jun 10, 2019, 6:36 AM

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Depends on what you're planning to do exactly, but the NVGoggles actions may be of some use: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#NVGoggles

thorn saffron Jun 10, 2019, 8:58 AM

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ok so passing the array through CBA setting didn't work well at all.
Is it possible to get all objects in a mission that have a specific variable? I think it might be possible to set variable for an object in the editor by putting something like this into the init:
this setVariable ["funkyMedevacStation", true]
Then after mission launches I would need a script that finds all of the objects with funkyMedevacStation set to true and build an array out of them.
Is it feasible to do it like this?

hollow thistle Jun 10, 2019, 9:25 AM

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Doing it once on mission start is reasonable.

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You would just need to run your stuff in postInit as preInit will run before editor init "box" code is ran (so your variable will be not yet set on the object).

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something like this in postInit should work:

MY_funkyMedevacStations = (entities [[], [], false, false]) select {_x getVariable ["funkyMedevacStation", false]};

thorn saffron Jun 10, 2019, 9:32 AM

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will it run only for editor like objects and skip map houses, trees and such?

hollow thistle Jun 10, 2019, 9:33 AM

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Yeah entities does not run for map objects.

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If it would it would freeze your game for someeee time.

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(or more likely crash the game)

thorn saffron Jun 10, 2019, 9:33 AM

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~~cool it seems to work~~

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scratch that, it does not work on static objects placed in the editor (tents and such)

hollow thistle Jun 10, 2019, 9:50 AM

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try with (allMissionObjects "") then

velvet merlin Jun 10, 2019, 10:01 AM

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does getIn EH set in configs always trigger at mission start even if units start in a vehicle?

compact maple Jun 10, 2019, 10:13 AM

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Hello guys, does the lbSetCurSel function trigger the onLbSelChanged EH ?

tough abyss Jun 10, 2019, 10:28 AM

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It should

thorn saffron Jun 10, 2019, 11:21 AM

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I'm trying to get units to ragdoll when they are injured. Sadly setting the setUnconcious true then false stops units from reporting that they are injured with prevents you from using the normal heal action and breaks the AI ordering medics to heal units.
I tried setUnconcious to false and then apply some damage in order to remind a unit that it's injured and report it's status.

spark turret Jun 10, 2019, 1:19 PM

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a questions about global variables. if i declare IRON_GasAreas = [x,y,z]; in the initServer, will the clients be able to access it? i tought thats the point of global variables, that they are global

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i need some way to have an array that gets declared by the server and is accessible by all clients

hollow thistle Jun 10, 2019, 1:28 PM

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Global variable is global on your environment. Every network instance client/server has it's own copy of all namespaces. So if you want to have server variable accessible to all clients you need to broadcast it over the network.

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eg. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/publicVariable
or setVariable command with public flag set to true

spark turret Jun 10, 2019, 1:30 PM

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thank you i will try that.

compact maple Jun 10, 2019, 2:17 PM

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gosh I wish there was a way to just ctrl + s a script and instant test it instead of rebooting and repack pbo etc etc

winter rose Jun 10, 2019, 2:28 PM

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-filePatching?

broken forge Jun 10, 2019, 2:46 PM

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i'm currently making a zeus op and would like all of the players first person apart from me, as the zeus (so i can fly better when in a heli - to improve speed of medevac's etc). i've placed my zeus as a BLUFOR unit with the game master module attached (just so long range radio will work with TFR) so i don't know if that'll affect anything scripting wise.

Is there any way to have all caharacters but mine first person locked?

gleaming estuary Jun 10, 2019, 7:53 PM

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Trying to get setPosATL to set a location of an object about a meter directly in front of the player, can someone help? _panel setPosATL [(getPosATL _unit select 0) -5, (getPosATL _unit select 1) + 5, getPosATL _unit select 2];

surreal peak Jun 10, 2019, 7:54 PM

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@gleaming estuary not entierely exactly what you've asked, but ive achieved a similar thing with:

        _enemyPosX = (_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) select 0; 
        _enemyPosY = (_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) select 1; 
        _enemyPosZ = (_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) select 2; 

        _enemyPosX = _enemyPosX + 25; 
        _newPos = [_enemyPosX,_enemyPosY,_enemyPosZ]; 
        _boogy setPos _newPos;

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_targetToMurder is the person u want to set the object in relation to. boogy is the object you want to set the location

gleaming estuary Jun 10, 2019, 7:57 PM

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not really sure what this is doing... gets the x,y and z adds 25 to x to create a new pos?

astral dawn Jun 10, 2019, 8:04 PM

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@gleaming estuary getPos can perform conversion from cylindrical coordinate system to XYZ https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPos

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but it works with AGL position, not AGL

ruby breach Jun 10, 2019, 8:06 PM

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

astral dawn Jun 10, 2019, 8:06 PM

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so you can try like...

private _object = player;
_dir = direction _object;
private _newPos = _object getPos [1, _dir];

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yeah actually getRelPos should be better!

ruby breach Jun 10, 2019, 8:09 PM

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For all intents and purposes, _panel setPosATL (_unit getRelPos [1,0]) would work fine unless you're doing shenanigans over water

astral dawn Jun 10, 2019, 8:11 PM

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wait, but getRelPos takes heading relative to current object's heading (that's why I meant that it's better)

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so it must be getRelPos [1, 0]

ruby breach Jun 10, 2019, 8:12 PM

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Yeah, missed that bit. getPos is relative to North, getRelPos is relative to the object in question.

tough abyss Jun 10, 2019, 9:31 PM

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_posATL = ASLtoATL (player modelToWorldWorld [0,1,1.8]);

@gleaming estuary

torpid grail Jun 10, 2019, 11:43 PM

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In callExtension, are the strings passed in UTF-8 or UTF-16? The wiki says the internal encoding is UTF-8 but toString always converts to/from UTF-16

queen cargo Jun 11, 2019, 12:30 AM

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Uhm... Wut?

torpid grail Jun 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

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When I receive a call to my extension, be it either RVExtension or RVExtensionArgs, are the strings UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoded? The wiki says the internal encoding of strings is UTF-8 but it also says that toString encodes and decodes to/from UTF-16 strings. But I already figured it out, I was just reading the wiki wrong

dreamy kestrel Jun 11, 2019, 2:36 AM

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hello, question about creating Praetorian 1C "vehicles" (or similarly classed assets). I have a script that automatically stages key assets when the server initializes.

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however, they are not appearing in the UAV Terminal list. do I need to set a flag on them?

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if it matters, this is an ACE server.

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if I just place the assets via editor, they appear in the list oddly enough. but when through createVehicle, no.

dreamy kestrel Jun 11, 2019, 3:39 AM

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I figured it out. Follow createVehicle with createVehicleCrew as appropriate. Works like a champ. 👍

tough abyss Jun 11, 2019, 4:14 AM

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@torpid grail it’s multibyte

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 6:56 AM

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@surreal peak

        _enemyPosX = (_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) select 0; 
        _enemyPosY = (_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) select 1; 
        _enemyPosZ = (_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) select 2;

Oof.. You are calling getPos 3 times, that's so inefficient, and all the selects don't make it better.
->

(_targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos) params ["_enemyPosX", "_enemyPosY", "_enemyPosZ"];

...
_enemyPosX = _enemyPosX + 25; 
_newPos = [_enemyPosX,_enemyPosY,_enemyPosZ]; 
_boogy setPos _newPos;

Soo complicated.

_enemyPos = _targetToMurder call CBA_fnc_getPos;
_newPos = _enemyPos vectorAdd [25,0,0];
_boogy setPos _newPos;

@torpid grail utf8

surreal peak Jun 11, 2019, 8:28 AM

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@still forum thanks for advice, I was att the end of my ropes trying to get some other parts of the script to work so I decided to be very lazy. Also I completely forgot about the actual function for getPos. Thanks!

exotic tinsel Jun 11, 2019, 10:55 AM

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can someone help me with a code issue. I need to use apply on player attachedObjects to see if one of the attached objects iskindof "man". I still dont fully understand how apply works. could somoeone help me out?

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 11:21 AM

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You know you NEED to use apply, while you don't actually know how it works/what it does?

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Sounds to me like you don't actually want to use apply

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show me code or idea of what you're trying to do

exotic tinsel Jun 11, 2019, 11:27 AM

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in the condition of an action menu i need to determine if one of the players attachedbojects is a man. if true then i can show the action.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 11:28 AM

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sounds like you want findIf, and not apply

exotic tinsel Jun 11, 2019, 11:29 AM

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researching it now

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:04 PM

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anyone got a recommendation for a function to increase the players weapon sway. kind of like after someone ran and the weapon moves around a lot. setCustomAimCoef did not have an effect when executed on the player.

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:41 PM

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Hey guys 😃

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Is there a way to get the weight of an item ?

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:44 PM

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getMass?

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What is your definition of "item"?

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:44 PM

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No it does not work on an item (only an object)

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For exemple a map

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:45 PM

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You need to look into it's config then

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:45 PM

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Yeah, that's what I thought

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:45 PM

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For example a flashlight: http://tikka.ws/class/index.php?b=cfgWeapons&c=acc_flashlight&conf=1#subclass1

📎 firefox_2019-06-11_14-45-26.png

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getNumber (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _itemClassname >> "ItemInfo" >> "mass")

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:47 PM

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Yes I have already tested this, the problem is that some mods are made differently (they define the mass in the main class)

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But it doesn't matter, with a condition I can easily find it

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:49 PM

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Arma itself only reads mass from one place

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:49 PM

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Oh yes ?

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:50 PM

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watch out as mass is an abstract value not really representing it

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i have a script reqiring the weight of different weapons, the only way to acuratly get the mass in Kilograms was to place it in an ais backpack, weigh the ai before and after and then subtract.

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:51 PM

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she represents the weight of the item in the inventory

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:51 PM

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the mass in the config is not equal to the mass in the inventory.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:52 PM

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I can write mass all over the place, doesn't mean that Arma will read it.
A config file is just that, a config. The config entries are read by the engine, at the place the engine expects them at.

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:52 PM

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:/

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:52 PM

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"the mass in the config is not equal to the mass in the inventory." huh? Sure it is

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:52 PM

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not for the weapons i used

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let me check again so i dont say something wrong

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:53 PM

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There was a bug with rocket launcher ammo that the ammo mass was counted wrong, not sure if that was fixed yet

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:53 PM

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wasnt 2 weeks ago when i last checkd

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:54 PM

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In weapons the mass comes from WeaponSlotsInfo it seems. On items it comes from ItemInfo

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Magazines have it directly in their class

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vehicles have it in their 3D model and not in the class at all

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:55 PM

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now for example, BW mg3 has no mass entry, also no weaponSlotinfo.

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i remeber that getting the mass from the config was such a pain in the ass i couldnt solve.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:56 PM

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Are you sure it's not just inheriting that?

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:56 PM

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so instead i spawn a unit by scrit and weigh it, add the weapon, weigh it again

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i have no idea where mass is defined in the config. i only know that i wasnt able to solve that

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:57 PM

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Well. It's in ItemInfo for items, and WeaponSlotsInfo for weapons.
Every weapon class needs to have WeaponSlotsInfo

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:57 PM

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ah, i also remeber that the mass from config for magazines is abolsutely off. it seems like a random value really.

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 12:57 PM

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There's something strange about it. When I use loadabs with a map on me it returns 2. Whereas when I put it in my backpack and use loadBackpack it gives me 0.0125.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:57 PM

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BW mg3 has no mass entry, also no weaponSlotinfo.
I don't know what you're looking at.
https://git.koffeinflummi.de/bwmod-team/bwa3-public/blob/master/bwa3_mg3/CfgWeapons.hpp#L152

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:58 PM

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yeah well 200 mass

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but what do i take from that.

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its ~ 11 kg in game in inventroy

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 12:59 PM

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mass is mass and volume combined

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Arma doesn't have any "kg"

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It's just a arbitrary "magic" mass unit, it's not kilogram or grams or anything

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 12:59 PM

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well the inventory does have kg (might be ace, idk)
i dont know what rainboypony needs the mass for, but an abstract mass value is worthless to me mostly

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:00 PM

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Mods like ACE though made up a formula to convert game-mass into real world values that about match what you expect

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Here's what ace uses

private _weight = loadAbs _unit * 0.1;
format ["%1kg", (round (_weight * (1/2.2046) * 100)) / 100]

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 1:01 PM

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I have the answers to my questions, thank you 🙃

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(Last question, this type of product is it hard to make: https://armaservices.net/product/main-menu/ ?)

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:02 PM

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I don't know why they do a * 0.1
or why loadBackpack returns a weird value

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:02 PM

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lol

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one would assume that such an easy thing like weight would be easy to get in this game

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load player returns an absolte value (in kg iirc) tho

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thats what i use to weigh MGs

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and its accurate

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also not an ACE function

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:03 PM

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load returns the relative mass.

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It's explained on wiki what it does

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it doesn't return mass

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 1:04 PM

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I found out about my question. I have to get the full capacity of the bag and multiply it with : 0.0125. * 160 = 2

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:04 PM

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it returns load in percent

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I guess loadBackpack does the same then

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 1:04 PM

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Yes

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Exactly

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:04 PM

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Returns current sum of mass from items stored in all unit's containers

im like 95% sure it returns KG

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:04 PM

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"and its accurate" I have absolutely no idea what you are doing mate 😄

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/load formula is right there

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it returns percentage of "maxSoldierLoad"

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not mass in kilograms at all

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:05 PM

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well, i put a gun in the units backpack, weigh him before and after and then write down the difference = weight of gun#

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:05 PM

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not with "load" no.

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You get the percentage that the gun weighs relative to maxSoldierLoad

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I'll fix the wiki page for loadBackpack. Thanks @subtle flint

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and loadUniform.. and loadVest

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:06 PM

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hm let me test again

subtle flint Jun 11, 2019, 1:07 PM

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👌

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:09 PM

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now okay, it either a huge coincidence, but i tested my script again and got all the weights of all MGs i use

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with the "load _unit" command

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"rhs_weap_m249_pip_S_vfg",7.17255 for example

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IRL weight is 7,31 bis 8,4 kg

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"CUP_lmg_M60E4",10.314 - IRL 10.5 kg

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beware as that only worked for guns, the magazines gave back really wierd values.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:13 PM

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Wiki fixed

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maxSoldierLoad in vanilla Arma is 1000

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rhs_weap_m249_pip_S_vfg is 159.39 in config
Using ACE formula 159.39*0.1 * (1/2.2046)
That's 7.22kg

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Don't know what your script does.

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:20 PM

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interesting

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:20 PM

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But the wiki is correct.
load returns percentage of max load.

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:20 PM

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_mass0 = load _unit ;
_unit addWeapon _wepclass;
_mass1 = load _unit ;
_unit removeWeapon _wepclass;
_wepMass =(_mass1 - _mass0)x100x0.45;
//*0.45 bc lb to KG

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thats the core of the whole thing.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:21 PM

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maxLoad is either 56 or getNumber (configFile >> "CfgInventoryGlobalVariable" >> "maxSoldierLoad")

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:21 PM

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good to know the formula for config to Kg tho

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makes it much easier to get precise values

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:22 PM

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according to your results. In your config maxSoldierLoad seems to be 22.2 for you?
I have never seen a mod that changes that, and my configs all have 1000 in there

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*0.45 bc lb to KG hold on. what?

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:22 PM

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dont ask me

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its just the value i got and i played around until i got useful stuff form it

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:23 PM

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You said load returns the weight, but it doesn't at all.

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As I said
(159.39/1000) * 100 * 0.45

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Boom

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(weight/maxSoldierload)* yourspecialthing

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It returns a percentage

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:23 PM

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i dont know what i did, i only know that it works and i get KG in the end lol

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:24 PM

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ofc if the maxLoad is always 1000, and you multiply it by a thing it will end up roughly at the same value

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:24 PM

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yeah thats probably what i did. but your method is better

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:24 PM

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Are we clear now that load doesn't return weight?

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:24 PM

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yes

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it just corresponds to weight if the max weight in a player is 1000

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coincidence basically

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 1:26 PM

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If you want to still use load, and get real weight.

(_loadDiff * getNumber (configFile >> "CfgInventoryGlobalVariable" >> "maxSoldierLoad")) * 0.1 * (1/2.2046)

spark turret Jun 11, 2019, 1:26 PM

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yeah ill see that i use the ace formula in the future to get more precise values

oblique vale Jun 11, 2019, 3:03 PM

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Since I currently can't test it, are variables local or shared across the network?
Client 1: fooBar = createVehicle ['LOP_AA_Offroad', [3380.74,2139.57,0.0236716], [], 0, 'CAN_COLLIDE'];
Client 2: player distance fooBar

hollow thistle Jun 11, 2019, 3:08 PM

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Global variables are not shared over network by default. You would need to publish it over network.

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

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 3:51 PM

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Hi guys. Any thoughts why I can't put an item to the player's inventory with this code?

`this addAction ["Take the Antidote Kappa", {

[ player,"RyanZombiesAntiVirusCure", true ] call BIS_fnc_invAdd; }];`

I've tried different item classes and addItemToBackpack stuff too.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 4:21 PM

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BIS_fnc_invAdd never heard of that..
Holy macaroni what is that function..
Why does one need vectorDiff for adding a item to inventory.
And wtf, it's counting slots? That's not a thing anymore in A3.... wtf..

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addItem here. This.

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u sure that classname is correct?

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 4:33 PM

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Most probably, yes, because I've tried other classnames from tutorials and they also didn't work.

ruby breach Jun 11, 2019, 4:33 PM

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Have you tried... you know... vanilla items?

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addItem definitely works

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If it works for a vanilla item and not your modded item(s), it's a mod issue (or you've got incorrect classnames)

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 4:35 PM

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Not sure about addItem somehow I've hit addToBackpack from the first googling and then got to functions because sometimes they were more bulletproof than scripting commands

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I'll try addItem for sure

twilit field Jun 11, 2019, 4:36 PM

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Hi, can i detect, that player is using scope? I tried to use animationState but this doesnt work (same state).

ruby breach Jun 11, 2019, 4:36 PM

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Most BIS functions aren't really preferable

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@twilit field https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView

twilit field Jun 11, 2019, 4:37 PM

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great

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 4:37 PM

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BIS functions are nice.... But not 10 year old arma 2 bis functions that someone forgot to delete

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 4:37 PM

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And it was a cherry on a cake after 5hrs struggling with ai getting through the walls, so i probably weren't too focused :)

devout stag Jun 11, 2019, 4:49 PM

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Oh god don't mention AI phasing

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that crap is so annoying...

ebon hornet Jun 11, 2019, 5:27 PM

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Hey folks! I'm having some issues with the v1.93.145618 waitUntil change/update. I have as follows:

mug_types = ["LandVehicle", "Ship"];
waitUntil {uiSleep 1; ({if ((objectParent player) isKindOf _x) exitWith {true}} forEach mug_types)};
//do something

And I'm getting a "Type Bool expected Bool" error. I know why it's happening, I'm pretty sure (if it returns false it becomes nil) -but- I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out a workaround. On dev-branch as well, FWIW.

Am I missing something?

ruby breach Jun 11, 2019, 5:33 PM

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waitUntil {mug_types findIf {(objectParent player) isKindOf _x} > -1}? (an idea anyway)

ebon hornet Jun 11, 2019, 5:36 PM

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You know what, I think that'll work fabulously! Much appreciated. Knew there had to be some not-overly-convoluted way to do it, but be damned if my brain wanted to go there. Thanks again!

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 5:53 PM

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Thanks guys for the addItem command, much appreciated! But the adventure continues - does anybody know how to find actor of the triggered addAction command?

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I have a mission for the blufor guys to bring an item to the specific place and push the button with addAction. Inside there is an if that checks that the guy who pressed the button has an item. But there are 4 different MP guys and I can't just check a player.

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 5:57 PM

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"find actor of the triggered addAction command" you get it as argument in the code that addAction executes

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read addAction wiki page

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 5:59 PM

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Read thrice and now it seems that I'm a blind and / or stupid. _this params ["_caller"], right?

still forum Jun 11, 2019, 6:02 PM

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

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says somewhere on there, can't look now

dull drum Jun 11, 2019, 6:15 PM

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Hell yeah, it works!

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https://stevetobak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-alive.jpg

gritty grotto Jun 11, 2019, 9:58 PM

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Is it possible to get the Legacy Fatigue to work? It would be kinda cool if I could get the very old stamina system working again

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i wondered since it is found in arma 3 samples

winter rose Jun 11, 2019, 10:03 PM

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@gritty grotto not without an addon (available on the Steam Workshop) I'm afraid

gritty grotto Jun 11, 2019, 10:04 PM

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what you mean?

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do you mean that it won't work without making it as a mod? I figured that.

winter rose Jun 11, 2019, 10:13 PM

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"to get the Legacy Fatigue to work" yes

restive leaf Jun 12, 2019, 12:07 AM

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LOL... Does the Legacy Fatigue Mod still work? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=561559542

cosmic lichen Jun 12, 2019, 12:38 AM

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According to the first comment it works with some exeptions

restive leaf Jun 12, 2019, 12:43 AM

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That comment was 2017... lot of water under the bridge since then

drifting copper Jun 12, 2019, 6:35 AM

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I am trying to get players to respawn on a carrier but you know, lets fall through the deck glitch cause object solid state is weird.

At the moment I have tried a respawn_west marker on land with a trigger using

Cond

this && (player in thisList)```
On Act
```player setPos [getmarkerPos "something" select 0, getmarkerPos "something" select 1, 10]; player setPos [12670.24, 24750.043, 23];```

Issue is the "teleport" works though setting height is a issue. 23 on Z lets you fall 20m onto the deck and 22 lets you fall in water. Tried every .something value with no luck. Does anyone maybe have an idea how to do this or how to make the carrier a "solid object"?

young current Jun 12, 2019, 6:38 AM

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Use absolute positioning with setposasl

drifting copper Jun 12, 2019, 6:39 AM

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Thank you, though I might need that in a "simpler" english as that was foreign to me

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Teleporting player into a vehicle that is on deck like the RHS CH-53 that has the cargo space will work. Just lack the know-how

drifting copper Jun 12, 2019, 6:56 AM

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I have found this as well

  if (!isServer) exitwith {};
  {
    _x addEventHandler ["respawn",{
      _unit = _this select 0; 
      if (!isPlayer _unit) exitWith {deleteVehicle _unit}; 
      _vehicles = vehicles select {(side _x == side _unit) && canMove _x}; 
      if (count _vehicles > 0) then { 
         _unit moveInCargo (_vehicles select random (count _vehicles -1))
      }; 
   }]
  } foreach playableUnits
}```

On line ``_unit moveInCargo (_vehicles select random (count _vehicles -1))`` I assume that is any random side vehicle? If so how would I set it to a specific vehicle?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 7:02 AM

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@drifting copper

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

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instead of setPos

drifting copper Jun 12, 2019, 7:23 AM

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It worked ^ Thank you

quartz pebble Jun 12, 2019, 7:40 AM

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Guys, maybe someone has faced this:
-multiplayer, a group of 2 UAV's spawned. When logging any of them diag_log format ["uav: %1", _uav] in logs I see 9:41:51 "uav: B Alpha 4-1:2"
-after some time, the group entity itself disappears. The vehicles themselves are in place, but out of crew and out of the group itself. When you try to log, you see 9:45:51 "uav: 00007FF63C13C4E0"
-about 4 minutes passed since the group was spawned to the moment of it disappearing
-happens regularly on the live environment

any ideas what the heck is this?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 7:44 AM

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Some mod script deleting groups/ai units

quartz pebble Jun 12, 2019, 7:51 AM

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don't think.. the only assumption - is arma might consider the gruop with UAV's only - an empty group and eat it with the deleteGroupWhenEmpty mechanism

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will be able to check in some hours

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what actually confuses me a lot - is what gives the uav: 00007FF63C13C4E0 when I make diag_log

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 8:03 AM

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that's the memory address of the uav vehicle

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 10:03 AM

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Hi there guys.
Any advices on how to get trigger owner via script?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 10:06 AM

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you mean like https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/owner?

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have you tried if owner works?

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 10:08 AM

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Oh gosh. It's like "google how to get owner of the trigger? Oh, nobody knows for sure. Just spend an hour or so digging commands never finding nothing useful and then boom it's owner!"

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Thanks, @still forum i'll try owner now 😃

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 10:08 AM

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

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 10:16 AM

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Yeah, was there just looking at the wrong direction.

Tried in trigger onAct:
_caller = owner this
Didn't work.

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 10:21 AM

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what did it return?

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this is not defined in on activation

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the variables are thisTrigger and thisList

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owner thisTrigger

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 10:28 AM

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digging through debug console docs to get what it returns

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 10:29 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTriggerStatements (for thisTrigger info)

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Just save it into a global variable

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but. I can already tell you it returns nil, because this is nil too

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 11:48 AM

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Just got some fun debugging. 3 MP players, each has a script that creates a task and addAction on death. Code is 100% similar (except for units names of course). Works well for the Singleplayer. In MP the "host" player script works only for the task creation. addAction does not apply. Other players' scripts work just fine.

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 11:51 AM

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locality of addAction?

lethal sandal Jun 12, 2019, 12:06 PM

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I'm trying to use the invisible O_TargetSoldier by spawning it in front of BLUFOR AI but the AI aren't targeting it or even reacting to it. I've been using createVehicle to spawn them. Does anyone know how to get AI to react to these targets?

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 12:12 PM

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@still forum
locality of addAction?

Could you elaborate on this a bit more?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:12 PM

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it needs to be executed locally to the player

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not serverside

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 12:13 PM

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How can I ensure on that?

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And is it okay that it works for non-host player?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:14 PM

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how do you run the script that executes the addAction?

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could remoteExec it over to the correct player

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 12:19 PM

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it's a trigger that checks if the MP player is dead and has an Item as Condition and then adds action to the player's name variable: bf1 addAction ["blabla", {dirty deeds}];

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:22 PM

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does the trigger run globally or server only?

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 12:22 PM

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globally

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:25 PM

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then it should probably work 🤔

lethal sandal Jun 12, 2019, 12:27 PM

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does anyone know how to get O_TargetSoldier to work?

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 12:33 PM

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@lethal sandal are these soldiers OPFOR or do they have something that eagers BLU guys to shoot them?

lethal sandal Jun 12, 2019, 12:33 PM

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no, just needed sides. however, i found another classname that works: LaserTargetW

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to clarify, I wanted AI to to target a prop based on it's init file

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but independent does not have a LaserTarget

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wait nvm. LaserTargetW doesn't work

dull drum Jun 12, 2019, 12:39 PM

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@still forum

then it should probably work

That's exactly my thought!
I'm running this MP player as host from the editor wonder if that could be an issue

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@lethal sandal did you look at this one? https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/212237-ai-does-not-fire-at-practice-target/?tab=comments#comment-3254631

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Long story short if the target is a vehicle (not an object) then doTarget + doFire should do the trick

lethal sandal Jun 12, 2019, 12:45 PM

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the issues is that I need all the Units to not only attack but also react to it as if it were another AI.

timber wadi Jun 12, 2019, 12:46 PM

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hello all. I'm creating a mp scenario and I was wondering if there's a way to detect when players are in a certain area and teleport them to a location? This is easily doable with variables but do I have to assign a variable to each player? There's more than 70 so that way would be very inefficient. I heard that each (human) player already has a local variable called "player" but would this work with an area trigger?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:47 PM

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"I heard that each (human) player already has a local variable called "player"" no that's not how that works.

lethal sandal Jun 12, 2019, 12:47 PM

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{/your code here/} forEach allPlayers?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:47 PM

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area trigger trigger onActivation code get's all units in thisList variable

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Just grab all players thisList select {isPlayer _x}
and then teleport all the units in that list

timber wadi Jun 12, 2019, 12:49 PM

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if (player inArea playercatcher0) then{
player setPosASLW [15457,15485,23.7];
player setVelocity [0, 0, 0];
};

so this is the code

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:49 PM

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You might want to make a serverside only trigger for that.
For one that improves performance for your players.
Second it prevents every player trying to teleport every other player 😄

timber wadi Jun 12, 2019, 12:49 PM

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yeah exactly what I want to avoid lol

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:50 PM

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make a area trigger, server only
onActivation: {_x setPosASLW [15457,15485,23.7];} forEach (thisList select {isPlayer _x})

Why do you set the velocity?
And why aslW ?

timber wadi Jun 12, 2019, 12:51 PM

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so this is on a carrier and anything other than ASLW didn't work for some reason. My guess is that this is due to the sea floor not being equal in terms of altitude.

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when players jump down the carrier they gain a velocity and when I tested the script on a singleplayer scenario I died when I teleported back, setting the speed to 0 solved the problem

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@still forum thanks for the code! really helpful.

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 12:57 PM

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ASL should also work fine

timber wadi Jun 12, 2019, 1:27 PM

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@still forum just tested it and it works on players. thanks for the heads up.

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 1:47 PM

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I want to use DEBUGMSG(TEXT) as marco in my script to print TEXT in the chat using systemChat.
I would to define it like this #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) systemChat TEXT;, right?
If I were to use #ifdef, #else and #endif to only make this work if DEBUG is defined. How could I still keep using DEBUGMSG but nothing would happen?
Just an empty define like #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT)?

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 1:52 PM

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why don't you first try before asking? i really hate those questions @delicate lotus
The answer is indeed, yes

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 1:52 PM

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I did try it and it kind of didn't work 😅

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 1:53 PM

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#define DEBUG

#ifdef DEBUG
    #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) systemChat TEXT
#else 
    #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT)
#endif 

DEBUGMSG("my text")```yields 
```sqf
{ systemChat "my text" }```

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 1:53 PM

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;

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 1:54 PM

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hmmm. Maybe because I used format ["%1,%2", _unit, _anim] instead of just a string it did not work

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#ifdef DEBUG
    #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) systemChat TEXT;
#else
    #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) 
#endif

DEBUGMSG(format ["%1,%2", _unit, _anim])

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 1:55 PM

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yes

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commas start a new argument

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you are calling DEBUGMSG with the arguments
format ["%1,%2"
_unit
_anim]

But a DEBUGMSG macro with 3 arguments doesn't exist

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 1:55 PM

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// #define DEBUG

#ifdef DEBUG
    #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) systemChat TEXT
#else 
    #define DEBUGMSG(TEXT)
#endif 

DEBUGMSG("my text")``` yields ```sqf
{  }```

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ahh, the good old comma problem
solution:

#define COMMA ,
#define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) systemChat TEXT

DEBUGMSG(format ["something is odd with %1" COMMA "peter"])```

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 1:56 PM

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ahhhh

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 1:57 PM

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not solution

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you missed a thing

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 1:57 PM

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the ;?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 1:57 PM

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that too

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but also the thing without the dot

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 1:57 PM

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ohh ...

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*fixed

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 2:01 PM

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This would also probably work then.

#define DEBUGMSG(TEXT) systemChat TEXT
_msg = format ["bla%1",bla];
DEBUGMSG(_msg);

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since it no longer contains a comma

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 2:03 PM

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yes, but now you waste performance cuz you always do the format ^^

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 2:03 PM

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but it defeats the whole "only render when DEBUG is set" thing

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 2:03 PM

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It's still only "rendered" when it's set

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 2:04 PM

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but eats computing power

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||i love it when we end each others sentences @still forum 😏 😏||

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 2:04 PM

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Deja'vu

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wtf I can't find it. You did that spoiler mention thing already I swear

delicate lotus Jun 12, 2019, 2:06 PM

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I guess its best if I just do an formatting macro

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 2:07 PM

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nope, not me @still forum
barely used spoilers at all by now

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 2:07 PM

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someone did :U My brain knows this

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 2:08 PM

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haggord

devout stag Jun 12, 2019, 3:46 PM

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I'm sure this has been asked recently but is it possible to disable the footstep sounds of a player?

winter rose Jun 12, 2019, 3:48 PM

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not the sound themselves (without a mod),
but the effect on AI yes

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnitTrait myUnit setUnitTrait ["audibleCoef", 0]; @devout stag

setUnitTrait

devout stag Jun 12, 2019, 3:50 PM

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Ah gotcha, the effect is for a tvt game-mode but thanks anyway!

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 3:57 PM

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Am I allowed to do #include "\A3\ui_f\hpp\defineCommonGrids.inc" in my description.ext ?

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 3:57 PM

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No.

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Will work in eden but will crash the server.

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 3:58 PM

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'No, never' or 'No, not any more'?

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I mean it used to work some time or not?

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 3:58 PM

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Not anymore since they changed how filepatching works.

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 3:59 PM

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Hmm... so it means, I can not include a file from another addon?

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 3:59 PM

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Yes, you can't.

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 3:59 PM

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But Mikero's build tools solve this problem by doing preprocessing at build time?

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That's the way, right?

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 3:59 PM

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🤷

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 4:00 PM

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I mean if there is no way then it makes no sense to me

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 4:01 PM

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If it does preprocessing at build time there will be no include but inlined code so yeah it will work.

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Also i don't know if it is the case for missions in addon.

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I summon @still forum

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He will know for sure.

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 4:01 PM

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not now

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ask again in an hour

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 4:02 PM

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Ok thanks Veteran

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 4:05 PM

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"Not anymore since they changed how filepatching works." since 3DEN.
"But Mikero's build tools solve this problem by doing preprocessing at build time?" description.ext is not binarized

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 4:05 PM

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So if it's not binarized then it doesn't do its preprocessing?

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 4:12 PM

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yes

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 4:34 PM

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I guess you could just preprocess it manually or smth.

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But can't help you as I don't use any of BI or Mikero tools. Only armake2 and hemtt.

queen cargo Jun 12, 2019, 4:58 PM

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You always can use sqf-vm for preproc 😏 😏 rebStare

still forum Jun 12, 2019, 5:01 PM

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Yeah works nicely

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 5:55 PM

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what's bad in being able to include something from another .pbo?

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if I have that pbo and I am at a server then it's not forbidden on the server

hollow thistle Jun 12, 2019, 6:14 PM

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blobshrug

exotic tinsel Jun 12, 2019, 8:05 PM

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im trying to use the following in an action condition. the goal is to make sure the cursor object is not already attached to a player. but its not working. Can someone advise me on what im doing wrong.

((attachedObjects cursorObject) findIf {isPlayer _x} == -1)

ruby breach Jun 12, 2019, 8:18 PM

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I don't see a reason that check wouldn't return what you expect it to. true if no player attached, false otherwise

native hemlock Jun 12, 2019, 8:40 PM

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Isn't that testing for what's attached to your cursorObject, not what your cursorObject is attached to? I think you would want to use attachedTo instead.

ruby breach Jun 12, 2019, 9:07 PM

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^ would be the issue. See https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/attachedTo

tough abyss Jun 12, 2019, 9:25 PM

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Try

(!isPlayer attachedTo cursorObject)

cosmic lichen Jun 12, 2019, 11:41 PM

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Does anyone know a tool which allows comparison of two files and merge diffs line by line quickly?

astral dawn Jun 12, 2019, 11:48 PM

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Don't know the one which does merging
But notepad++ has a comparison plugin

cosmic lichen Jun 13, 2019, 12:06 AM

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Alright, thanks. Seems using git seemed to have worked.

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:16 AM

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I have an array of locations and I want to prune all locations that are not inArea of a list of another locations. How would I do this? More specifically, I have an array of houses and I want to only have houses that are in my array of city locations.

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 6:27 AM

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in can check position in location https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/in

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:28 AM

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@tough abyss So in basically uses inArea?

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so houses = houses select {(_x in cities)}; ?

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 6:38 AM

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I dunno. What houses is, an array of what?

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:38 AM

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created using nearestTerrainObjects

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 6:39 AM

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Then no.

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Read the page I linked to

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What type of argument should be on the left of in

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And cities is an array too?

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Then double no

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:42 AM

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Yeah basically I'm filtering an array created using nearestTerrainObjects with another array created using nearestLocations

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is there a way during nearestTerrainObjects I can filter it? (nearestTerrainObjects [player, ["House"], 300]) select {(count (_x buildingPos -1) > 0)}

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 6:44 AM

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It sounds more complicated than a single expression, but reading what you said again it is unclear to me what you want to achieve

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:44 AM

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Okay. I want all of the houses on the map within a 300 meter radius but only inside of a specified list of locations (using nearestLocations [getArray (configFile >> "CfgWorlds" >> worldName >> "centerPosition"), ["NameCityCapital","NameCity","NameVillage","CityCenter"], 25000];)

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 6:47 AM

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That is even more confusing. How many locations you want your houses to be searched in, one location or every location?

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:48 AM

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Okay look. I have the following

A: list of houses in a 300m radius to the player (using nearestTerrainObjects)
B: list of locations I want to filter the houses to (using nearestLocations)

That means I want NO houses that are OUTSIDE of B.

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https://pasteboard.co/IjbBH7W.png

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 6:55 AM

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Dunno try something like this:

_filtered = _houses select {_pos = position _x; _locations findIf {_pos in _x} > -1};

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 6:57 AM

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Okay, I'll try that. Thanks 😃

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would _filtered = _houses select {(getPos _x) in _locations}; work too?

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Yeah that didn't work

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I am going to try inArea

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Nope none of that works

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 7:40 AM

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The code I gave you works for me ¯_(ツ)_/¯

upper lintel Jun 13, 2019, 7:42 AM

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Yeah I think it was another issue

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It works now

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Although I'm using inArea

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 7:51 AM

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@astral dawn what's bad in being able to include something from another .pbo? Nothing. It's a bug.

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@cosmic lichen I use tortoise git's merge tool, or Araxis Merge cuz I'm so fanceh

thorn saffron Jun 13, 2019, 9:44 AM

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is there any way to trigger ragdoll without using setUnconscious true? It kinda breaks quite a bit of stuff, the unit is unable to report that it is injured and player stops being a squad commander with causes AI to give orders with can mess up your tactics, even if you trigger the Unconscious just for a moment.

digital jacinth Jun 13, 2019, 9:59 AM

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attach a can to the unit, set the mass of the can really high and setvelocity on it.

thorn saffron Jun 13, 2019, 10:33 AM

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This seems to break the damage handling drom another script and units die inatantly.Needa further testing though.

cosmic lichen Jun 13, 2019, 10:34 AM

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@still forum Thanks for the tip, gonna try that.

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:41 AM

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For some reason, my serverCommand wont kick clients. I have ensured the password is the same as defined, check error logs but nothing is showing a problem
Here is my code:

'serverCommandPassword' serverCommand format ['#kick %1', name (objectFromNetId (netId player))];
```The name is returned by that code and it's correct, however nothing seems to happen in-game.

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:42 AM

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(objectFromNetId (netId player)) wat?

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why

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player is already an object

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why turn it to netid and back

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have you checked that the string you are sending it looks correct?

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:48 AM

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Yes it is correct, in terms of why I used that, I tried the normal name player but I had the same error as above, it not kicking, so I saw somewhere to use that

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basically, it's there just from a random try

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:48 AM

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well if name player returns the correct data, why would the other thing then return different data, and why would the different data be correct if your current data is already correct. That doesn't make sense 😄

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

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Man

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I dunno

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

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And you are 100% sure that command password is right?

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

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Yes

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

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its different from serverpassword and admin password

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where do you execute that code?

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

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Yeah I know that

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Via a dialog button onButtonClick event

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:49 AM

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Servers don't have dialogs

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/serverCommand
"As of Arma 3 v1.39 an alternative version of serverCommand can be used on dedicated server and headless clients."

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📎 firefox_2019-06-13_12-50-31.png

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:52 AM

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The client is actually executing it tho

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:52 AM

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Ah.

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:52 AM

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via a button click

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 10:52 AM

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The wiki says in multiple places that the command only works on server.
But you are exectuing it on client. What does that tell us?

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 10:52 AM

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We instead need to send it to the server right

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remoteExec it and be done with it?

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Cheers 👍

tame portal Jun 13, 2019, 10:57 AM

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Or use the overload that doesn't accept a password and which works on the client 😬

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But I guess that's more tedious and restrictive as you need to be logged in as admin

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 11:14 AM

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Yeah trying to avoid the logged in admin approach

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 11:24 AM

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do not forget to avoid the "ohh my allowed player UIDs is hardcoded into the missionconfig / is softcoded in a simple array inside the mission serverside" 😉

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 11:26 AM

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Is there anybody that'd like to help me out with some scripting?

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 11:28 AM

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🔮

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ask your question and you may receive an answer my child

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 11:29 AM

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Aight! I've been trying to get boxes to trigger a trigger once they're inside. I tried (box1 in thislist) and for some reason that didn't give any results what-so-ever. The ideal set-up would be where players load up a truck with crates/ammoboxes ect (Using ACE) then when they arrive they unpack the supplies and bring them to a drop-off point which will only trigger if all the items are inside the trigger. Basically I'm trying to figure out how to do that, and if its possible taking ACE logistics into account (As I think the items are despawned and respawned when loading them in and out of a vehicle)

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 11:34 AM

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"As I think the items are despawned and respawned" not ammoboxes no

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ammoboxes are attached 100m below the vehicle and made invisible

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 11:35 AM

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Oh, that's interesting.

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 11:36 AM

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another question is: what does your trigger configuration look like, what does didn't give any results what-so-ever mean
what exactly right now is the problem? Trigger not firing or not the expected outcome results from that trigger firing?

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 11:38 AM

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The trigger won't fire. I had it set the same as you do when using (!alive box1) && (!alive box2) in its condition, with no type, activation and activation type selected.

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... I think I fixed it myself. I never realized I needed to have Activation anyone present

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 11:54 AM

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well, that was pretty much what i expected :P
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Trigger

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 11:55 AM

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I'm new to the entire ArmA missionmaking.. Bound to happen. Thanks for the help though. 😛

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 12:01 PM

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Still can't get this fcking kick to work 😠

_password = "aPassword"; //EXACTLY the same as the server.cfg entry, changed to show an example here.
_client = lbData [1500, ( lbCurSel 1500)]; //grabs currently selected user, this returns the name of the player. this works.
format ["[%1, '#kick %2'] remoteExec ['serverCommand, 2]", _password, _client]; //Exec on server and uses the kick playerName param.

thorn saffron Jun 13, 2019, 12:01 PM

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Just for giggles I tried making an animation with ragdoll = 1; but it didn't work

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 12:01 PM

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You can see your error right in the syntax highlighting

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first format, then remoteExec

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not half-format half-remoteexec

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 12:02 PM

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Oh fuck me sideways

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How did I miss that

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xD

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Still doesn't kick.

cosmic lichen Jun 13, 2019, 12:05 PM

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_client = lbData [1500, ( lbCurSel 1500)]; Does this return a value?

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 12:09 PM

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uhm ... better question actually to me is: is that your real code?

format ["[%1, '#kick %2'] remoteExec ['serverCommand, 2]", _password, _client]; //Exec on server and uses the kick playerName param.```

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because this obviously will not work for multiple reasons

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 12:11 PM

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Format returns a string...

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 12:11 PM

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yup

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and not even the correct one as this is the outcome currently:

[whateverisinpassword, '#kick whateverisinclient'] remoteExec ['serverCommand, 2]

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 12:12 PM

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If i'm honest, been away from arma for a while, I keep answering my own questions here xD

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i need to be putting format where the client part is

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then taking from that

queen cargo Jun 13, 2019, 12:13 PM

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// Fixed format for ya
format ["[%1, '#kick %2'] remoteExec ['serverCommand', 2]", str _password, _client];

brave jungle Jun 13, 2019, 12:13 PM

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I'll give it a try 😃

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Ended up working with sqf [_password, format ["#kick %1", _client]] remoteExec ['serverCommand', 2];

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ty for helping 👍

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 1:18 PM

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Having lots of units each in their own group, so one group per unit is quite a waste of resources.
But if I want to make civilians walk around, all in a different direction to different positions I would have to put each civilian in their own group.
Is it advisable to just use agents instead, even though they apparently use the same collision model as players and therefor cost more resources then normal AI? (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createAgent; second comment)

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 1:58 PM

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Wow okay. I am totally going to save that for later use so I always know what is more resource expensive.
I sure have the time and ability to do that and I will. I want my mission to run as smooth as possible after all.

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 2:27 PM

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Can I spawn cars as a simple object?

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Checking the Simple object box for the object in 3den seems not to work

spice axle Jun 13, 2019, 2:31 PM

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It work

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But you have to lock them because if you wanna get in you will stuck there and have to respawn

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 2:32 PM

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well it gets reset to unchecked after I reload the mission...

spice axle Jun 13, 2019, 2:32 PM

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Hmm ok

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 2:32 PM

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probably because they are modded vehicles

spice axle Jun 13, 2019, 2:32 PM

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Should not be a problem if there are modded good. But could be the reason. Try a vanilla vehicle

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 2:34 PM

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jup its because its a modded vehicle. Guess I have to iterate over all my prop vehicles and turn them into simple objects upon mission init.

spice axle Jun 13, 2019, 2:35 PM

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If you have enough time you could spawn the model and not the vehicle itself. But I have no idea how and i‘m not sure if this really works

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But google or another person here is your answer

round scroll Jun 13, 2019, 3:02 PM

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@tough abyss so creating agents instead of units in a off-combat-limits base for atmospheric reasons makes sense?

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do you know if the agents can do animations?

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yeah, for my khe sanh helo transportation mission I have up to 400 AI mostly idling around. Replacing most of them with agents might make it actually playable without HC 😃

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ok

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 3:10 PM

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That stuff is not well known enough

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that these things work, and are good for performance

hollow thistle Jun 13, 2019, 3:26 PM

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Maybe some chapter on optimization page on wiki could help with spreading the knowledge?

still forum Jun 13, 2019, 3:27 PM

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Just need to find someone with enough time to write such

hollow thistle Jun 13, 2019, 3:44 PM

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😬

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 5:03 PM

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@tough abyss is it still possible to make agents shoot and aim with the correct commands? For shooting like forceWeaponFire

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@tough abyss on the BIKI page of BIS_fnc_replaceWithSimpleObject it says this:
"Use with caution as this technique is not very clean - should not be used for many objects and definitely not in MP games.". Well my mission is a COOP MP mission...

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But if it just replaces the object with a simple object, why should it not work in MP?

hollow thistle Jun 13, 2019, 5:10 PM

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I don't see any reason why it could not work in MP.

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Bear in mind that some notes on BIKI can be pure bullshit or speculation.

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 5:11 PM

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lol

hollow thistle Jun 13, 2019, 5:13 PM

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However you never know with bi functions. The best you can do is to take a look inside with functions viewer.

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 5:13 PM

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yep. I usually do that with all BI function to just learn. Though its not always good practice since some functions are... well... meh in terms of efficiency

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What is a Super Simple Object? @ https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject

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Apparently just the model is used instead of the class and the position is additionally adjusted. Not sure what that has to do with being a superior simple object...

hollow thistle Jun 13, 2019, 5:25 PM

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It has minor performance advantage, but I think you can't animate it etc. 🤔

delicate lotus Jun 13, 2019, 5:33 PM

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Okay I made my vehicles a simple object but there is a problem with vehicles that have guns.
They now have the muzzle flash as if they would fire...

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Also they got a weird symbol attached to them...

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I think thats a hiddenSelection https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1769042019.

tough abyss Jun 13, 2019, 8:55 PM

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You can hide them with hideSelection https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideSelection

zinc sorrel Jun 14, 2019, 1:23 AM

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so i'm trying to work out the set velocity script for the Virtual Combat support module with a plane, currently i have it as _this setvelocity [0,0,500]; for it to spawn at a height, but i need to give it speed so it spawns with the engine on. I had it as _this setvelocity [200,0,500]; but it just seemed to flip. Any idea's?

round scroll Jun 14, 2019, 2:27 AM

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@zinc sorrel I think you can simply use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle and it will fly. If you want to follow the velocity approach, I recommend giving https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityModelSpace a try

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and don't forget to give it a crew 😃

shut finch Jun 14, 2019, 4:49 AM

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we really need eventhandler that runs when player is changing his view. Already got 2 quite heavy loops due to lack of it:(

cloud thunder Jun 14, 2019, 5:41 AM

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@shut finch There already is one "PlayerViewChanged"

shut finch Jun 14, 2019, 5:43 AM

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@cloud thunder
No. it's not what it sounds like.
Fired on player view change. Player view changes when player is changing body due to teamSwitch, gets in out of a vehicle or operates UAV for example.
it's the most misleading EH name, unless I don't know something.

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In other words: does it trigger when I change view from 3rd person to 1st person? Doesn't sound like it is.

cloud thunder Jun 14, 2019, 5:45 AM

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hmm, i've only tried it on UAV.

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what are you trying to do?

shut finch Jun 14, 2019, 5:49 AM

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I need an ability to create loops within that type of EH: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView

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what are you trying to do?
I've written a script that checks zoom when the player is using his scope and adjust shadow draw distance depending on the given zoom, so when you look into the scope you can see shadows at high distances. Unfortunately it has to be run in a loop forever, since there is no eventhandler.. also the bug with getshadowdistance command doesn't help either, it never returns value below 100.
Also I use another script that forces 1st person in specific vehicles.. and again, when player is in the vehicle it has to run in a loop (I already use getin vehicle EH at least)
I also see other great possibilities using this eventhandler, including draw distance optimization depending on the view, but again, it's not here.

cloud thunder Jun 14, 2019, 6:00 AM

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You don't need to have a loop to restrict view for some vehicles you can use handler keydown and getoutman. You may also be able to avoid aloop for gunner and draw shadows with right mouse click for holding breath or zooming while in optic with key handler as well. here is an example of a BMR Insurgency exert for limiting 3rd person view when not in vehicles. It needs to be modified for your requirements ofcourse.

    0 spawn {
        waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 46)};
        if (lobby_parameter_limitPOV isEqualTo 1 && {(difficultyOption "thirdPersonView") isEqualTo 1}) then {
            player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
            JIG_3rdPersonVeh = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler["KeyDown", {
                _keyOver = false;
                params['_display','_key','_shift','_ctrl','_alt'];
                if (inputAction 'personView' > 0 && {isNull objectParent player}) then {
                    player switchCamera 'INTERNAL';
                    _keyOver = true;
                };
                if (_key in [DIK_NUMPADENTER, DIK_DECIMAL, DIK_ABNT_C2] && {inputAction 'personView' isEqualTo 0} && {isNull objectParent player}) then {
                    player switchCamera 'INTERNAL';
                    _keyOver = true;
                };
                _keyOver
            }];
            player addEventHandler["GetOutMan", {if (cameraView isEqualTo "EXTERNAL") then {player switchCamera "INTERNAL"};}];
        };
    };

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you can add this to "KeyDown" to find out the output of right click if any

[_key] spawn { hint format["%1", _this]; uiSleep 1; hint "" };

shut finch Jun 14, 2019, 6:11 AM

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I already use GetInMan to start a loop when player is inside vehicle.
Well, I still see you're using waituntil loop, but didn't know about inputAction command, that will help a little.
As for keydown, it's more complicated, but better than nothing, I'll try it, thanks,

cloud thunder Jun 14, 2019, 6:16 AM

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the waituntil just happens once momentarily at the begining of mission. Once it gets past this waituntill then loop is forever over and it should be safe to add these handlers..

shut finch Jun 14, 2019, 6:17 AM

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inputAction 'personView' shall help me get rid of loop, I didn't see that at first, thank you

cloud thunder Jun 14, 2019, 6:17 AM

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np

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 6:48 AM

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Need some advice on how to prevent player from using client side mods on our server. We have a server side only mod and no client side mods. We changed the verifySignatures to =1 but it keeps giving a message on connect
"session lost - File 'addons\air_f_rtd.pbo' not found". what am i doing wrong

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 6:53 AM

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File 'addons\air_f_rtd.pbo' not found have you checked if that file is.. there?

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 6:53 AM

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should i look on the server or the client?

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 6:54 AM

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both

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 6:56 AM

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it exists on the server but not on my client. is it like a dlc thing or something? We dont require any dlcs on the server.

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 6:57 AM

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no it's not dlc

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verify files on your client

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maybe it shouldn't exist on the server, if so delete there.
If the client is really missing it, add it.

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One of them is wrong

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 6:58 AM

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im concerned that other players may run into this. the goal is only to require basic arma 3 addons and prevent client side addons.

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 7:09 AM

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If multiple players have the same issue, then the pbo on the server probably shouldn't be there

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maybe steam forgot to delete something

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 7:10 AM

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will we have issues if we have a server side only addon with out a signature? if use verifySignatures = 1;

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 7:12 AM

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if you load it via -serverMod then it shouldn't be an issue

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 7:13 AM

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ok

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 7:13 AM

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verifySignatures = 1 doesn't exist

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only 0 and 2 are valid

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 7:21 AM

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its saying that this is not found "missions_f_epa_data.pbo" but its on both the client and the server.

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nvm

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 8:23 AM

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in the server browser, when i select our server it says "Time until mission ends: 15min left". how do i get rid of that? the mission is continuous.

thorn saffron Jun 14, 2019, 9:02 AM

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Is there any vanilla fired even handler that I can plug myself into or do I have to add new fired EH to do my stuff?
I want to start a script every time any player throws a smoke grenade

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 9:03 AM

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Could somebody please provide me with the output of theese:

systemChat format ["%"];
systemChat format ["%1"];
systemChat format ["%2", 1];
systemChat format ["%%"];
systemChat format ["%%%"];
systemChat format ["%1", true];
systemChat format ["%1", false];
systemChat format ["%1", 1];
systemChat format ["%1", []];
systemChat format ["%1", [1,2,3]];
systemChat format ["%1", [[]]];
systemChat format ["%1", "test"];
systemChat format ["%1", player];

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 9:19 AM

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currently at work (and no arma installed at home because i needed those 120GB for something else)

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 11:41 AM

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@exotic tinsel https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/estimatedTimeLeft I believe

estimatedTimeLeft

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 11:44 AM

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@winter rose thanks. But why is it showing up at all? is there something i can do in the description or server file so i dont have to script it in?

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 11:49 AM

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I don't know much more about this issue, I am sorry - it seems 15 minutes has always been the default value since OFP

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 11:49 AM

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what value must i assign to get it to go away? the wiki doesnt say

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 11:51 AM

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chances are either 0 or -1

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 12:32 PM

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estimatedTimeLeft 0; and estimatedTimeLeft -1; sets the server browser Time until mission ends: 1 min

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 12:48 PM

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well ... then i am not really able to help ya sadly
why not just ignore that number? not like anyone would have ever cared in the history of arma about it

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plus as it seems that you have arma currently running, could you please execute theese quickly and provide me the output? https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/589017100627083284

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 12:49 PM

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worried players will see the server is about to restart in 15min and since it says that all the time they may not join

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@queen cargo sure i can do that

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 12:51 PM

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// initserver.sqf
[] spawn
{
    while {true} do
    {
        estimatedTimeLeft 36000; // Set to max (10 hours)
        sleep 3600; // Sleep for 1 hour
    };
};

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well ... you can always just use this workaround, unless somebody is actually capable of telling you how to disable this

exotic tinsel Jun 14, 2019, 12:53 PM

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how do you want me to capture these results? screen cap? or would you rather i write them to log file and paste here?

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 12:53 PM

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do not really care

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just need the outputs so i can create test cases for sqf-vm

hollow thistle Jun 14, 2019, 1:01 PM

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replace systemChat with diag_log and send him the RPT :d

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 1:05 PM

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we did already

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and just like this, new SQF-VM test cases where born: https://github.com/SQFvm/vm/blob/master/tests/sqf/format.sqf

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 1:13 PM

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by the way, there is no way to show the % character from the left format argument? you have to "trick" with format ["%1" , "%"] ?

ornate sky Jun 14, 2019, 1:20 PM

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Does anyone have some kind of script for dumping ALL arsenal class names into a variable, the clipboard or something.

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I'm pretty sure ACE uses this in this func: https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/arsenal/functions/fnc_addVirtualItems.sqf

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but i can't decipher how to use it to get the names

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 1:24 PM

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uiNamespace getVariable "ace_arsenal_configItems"

compact maple Jun 14, 2019, 1:25 PM

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@queen cargo did someone gave you the output ?

ornate sky Jun 14, 2019, 1:26 PM

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I solved it by adding stuff to a box with the Ace thing and then querying ace_arsenal_virtualitems

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with getVariable

queen cargo Jun 14, 2019, 1:27 PM

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@compact maple yes
@winter rose no, only using that Trick percentage is possible as char

ornate sky Jun 14, 2019, 1:28 PM

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@still forum Your thing works too, but returns an array of arrays

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nwm, the other thing does too

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 1:30 PM

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thankie! I always wondered if there was a hidden trick of some sort ^^

lavish ocean Jun 14, 2019, 2:07 PM

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note: safe CVL reverted out of #perf_prof_branch

thorn saffron Jun 14, 2019, 2:24 PM

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can you put a condition when adding an XEH in config, I want to add EH only to players, right now I'm adding it to every one, but I realize its not optimal. It looks like this right now:

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class Extended_Fired_EventHandlers
{
    class Man
    {
        class LZ_smoke
        {
            fired="_this call LZ_smoke_fnc_markLZ;";
        };
        
    };
};```

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 2:24 PM

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you can add it in script

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No there is no "players only" config condition

thorn saffron Jun 14, 2019, 2:26 PM

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I see the issue now. Thinking about it removing the EH could break team switch, not sure how remote control is handled

lavish ocean Jun 14, 2019, 3:53 PM

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and as bonus, fixed ctd in dynamic simulation in #perf_prof_branch

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:37 PM

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How can I put newline only in string? endl is \n\r, but I want \n only.

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Putting \n in directly is having the effect of just printing \n in my case (using an intercept plugin)

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 6:39 PM

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\r\n?

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:40 PM

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?

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 6:40 PM

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I am not sure that I got your problem

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iii think I get it now 😄

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:41 PM

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I am sending a string to an intercept plugin which writes it to a file, and I want to put newlines in the file. If I send the string "\n" it just prints litereally "\n" into the file.

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If I send endl I get two newlines

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 6:41 PM

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funny

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:41 PM

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Dunno if this is an sqf thing or an intercept thing

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 6:41 PM

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Intercept

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:42 PM

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So normally \n should be newline?

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 6:42 PM

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When used in Arma, yes
But not in a dll

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:43 PM

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Okay thanks

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grrrr :/

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but "\" doesn't need escaping to "\\"?

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lol it does in discord tho

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there is literally a wiki page for string but it doesn't explain any of this wtf. The words escape character aren't even on there :/

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it must need escaping to \\ or how would you write \ and then n?!

winter rose Jun 14, 2019, 6:55 PM

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Test and see (-:

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:55 PM

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i prefer explicit documentation I dunno if my test cases are universal or not

ruby breach Jun 14, 2019, 6:56 PM

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Sounds like it an issue outside of Arma though

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 6:56 PM

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my original issue is

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right now i am just asking about escape characters IN arma though

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at least i can exclude one variable if i can understand that

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but i don't see any documentatio and google isn't helping

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seems like the string "\n" is not a new line to me

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or i guess it probably is when you pass it to certain functions or something..

ruby breach Jun 14, 2019, 7:01 PM

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I mean, I'm pretty sure that in Arma a string is just one unbroken line of continous text.

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Pass a string containing /n to something like hint, and it'll display a line break

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Or use parseText and then <br> works

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 7:01 PM

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yeah but pass it to diag_log or whatever and you just get "\n"

ruby breach Jun 14, 2019, 7:01 PM

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Because diag_log just prints a string

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 7:02 PM

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yeah that is what i mean it is interpreted by the function and itsn't actually putting control chars into the string

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"just prints a string" isn't a definition of behaviour though

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anyway thanks for help it is clearer to me now

ruby breach Jun 14, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Could always just ```sqf
_yarp = _stringIWantToSplit splitString "\n";
_yarp apply {diag_log _x};

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 7:04 PM

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yeah in that case but i'm trying to pass string to an intercept plugin

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i am using splitString/joinString to try and do my own char escaping though