#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 535

still forum Jun 14, 2019, 7:08 PM

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@ebon ridge use the char code array to string thing to get a \n character

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and then put that into string

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endl should already do that, it returns \r\n afaik

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check in extension what is actually the content of the string, if you get double newline it might be a problem on extension end

ebon ridge Jun 14, 2019, 7:13 PM

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toString [10] worked thanks!

velvet merlin Jun 15, 2019, 5:15 AM

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possible to scan via sqf for colliding terrain objects? (ie using bb, or what else may work better)?

spice axle Jun 15, 2019, 5:59 AM

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LineIntersection, just at the phone but look up at the wiki

velvet merlin Jun 15, 2019, 6:44 AM

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in what way specifically?

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like there is no obj intersect obj cmd, right?

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so you need to check if the two shapes do

smoky thorn Jun 15, 2019, 7:05 AM

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How you guys handle multiple CfgFunctions in one same mission? The open-world mission I'm currently creating happens to be first one where I need to use two different functions at the same mission. TedHo's HLF inf unit UnitCapture/play and 7erra's Arsenal shop.

Both works well when only one of the is included in the mission but once both of them are implemented one of them doesn't work.

The closest of victory I've got is with the following on description.ext

class CfgFunctions
{
#include "arsenalShop\cfgFunctions.hpp"

#include "functions1.hpp"

};

In functions1.hpp I got the HLF UnitCapture/Play stuff and it works. However when I start the mission I got the pictures error. https://ibb.co/YtZ77CV Line 3 in confing.sqf I haven't touched and it works when HLF-function is not implemented so the problems is clearly concentrated on having two CfgFunctions at the same mission.

unborn ether Jun 15, 2019, 7:11 AM

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Is there any proper way to detect CarHorn weapon being used, because both Fired | FiredMan doesn't seem to be triggered when driver horns? Thanks.

thorn saffron Jun 15, 2019, 8:01 AM

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Is there a way to change ammo count in a magazine without a weapon on a vehicle? I have a dummy mag that is just there, without a weapon and I want to change the ammo in that magazine.

cosmic lichen Jun 15, 2019, 9:18 AM

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@velvet merlin Maybe with bounding box and inArea command?

rocky mortar Jun 15, 2019, 10:41 AM

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@lavish ocean Added: RVExtensionRegisterCallback and "ExtensionCallback" mission event handler << can we have please a bit more informations on how to used it ? (function prototype, and handler exemple) >> first test, the handler returns that extension is unknown, it seems to act like a call extension function (...)

velvet merlin Jun 15, 2019, 10:45 AM

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@rocky mortar check tools channel history

rocky mortar Jun 15, 2019, 10:46 AM

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thanks you kju, i m going to look

velvet merlin Jun 15, 2019, 10:48 AM

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@cosmic lichen cant see how with a simple use
with BB, therefore comparing relative positions, radius, etc - aka more complex maths i can see, but seems somewhat difficult

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i guess most simple would be still to make point clouds forth both
and then check if there is any overlap

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however for a whole terrain with all its objects, this may be quite a lot of data

cosmic lichen Jun 15, 2019, 10:52 AM

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Why do you wanna check a whole terrain? Some sort of quality control?

fleet hazel Jun 15, 2019, 11:35 AM

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Guys. How to make the horizontal bar in the RscControlsGroup work by scrolling the mouse wheel?

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http://skrinshoter.ru/i/150619/aQjFj7rB.png

cosmic lichen Jun 15, 2019, 11:35 AM

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If there is a vertical scrollbar I think that one gets priority

fleet hazel Jun 15, 2019, 11:36 AM

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@cosmic lichen No vertical bar.

cosmic lichen Jun 15, 2019, 11:36 AM

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Just saw the picture

fleet hazel Jun 15, 2019, 11:36 AM

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Horizontal bar only

cosmic lichen Jun 15, 2019, 11:41 AM

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Could be that scrolling is not supported by horizontal scroll bars

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DialogControls-ControlsGroup

velvet merlin Jun 15, 2019, 11:50 AM

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@cosmic lichen correct. check for faulty placement

fleet hazel Jun 15, 2019, 1:59 PM

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@cosmic lichen thn

remote monolith Jun 15, 2019, 4:29 PM

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hey there.... a short question about "how to fuck around with triggers" wanted to split chernarus in half for pvp zone and pve zone... and want to get the players a message when they enter the red zone or leave it.... now when one player enters... all players get the message... not only the one who enters

_ZoneTrigger setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", true];
_ZoneTrigger setTriggerArea [3500, 8200, 0, true, 500];
_ZoneTrigger setTriggerStatements
[
    "this", 
    "['ErrorTitleAndText', ['PVP-Zone', 'Du bist nun in der PVP-Zone! Feuer Frei!!']] call ExileClient_gui_toaster_addTemplateToast;", 
    "['SuccessTitleAndText', ['PVE-Zone', 'Du bist nun in der PVE-Zone! Pass auf worauf du schiesst!!']] call ExileClient_gui_toaster_addTemplateToast;"
];```

ideas? also i set the trigger to LOCAL with the false in the first line... where true would be global...

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:30 PM

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how would I define a global variable in an addon that is referenced by multiple functions?

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 4:33 PM

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myVariable = "myVariableValue";

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Of course you must make sure that your variable name is unique enough

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by using prefix or something like that

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ACE/CBA use different macros for that a lot

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But probably that is not what you wanted to know?

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:35 PM

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@astral dawn I guess what I'm really asking is where in an addon would I define that and make sure that it actually gets set?

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 4:36 PM

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ah ok

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so you are probably using cfgFunctions

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preInit is the best place to set it I think

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you know what cfgFunctions is, right?

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:36 PM

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yeah, that's what I'm using

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 4:37 PM

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ok, so just set some function to be run at preinit and do the initialization there

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:37 PM

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ok, good deal, thanks

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been away a minute... I'm a little rusty

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 4:37 PM

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but I am not sure in which order one addon's preinit is going to run VS your other addons' preinit 🤷

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:38 PM

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well the functions are all in the same addon so that should be fine

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I was just looking for a place to define all the types of ghillie suits so I wouldn't have to update several functions every time I modified it

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 4:38 PM

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read-only data can be stored in config

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BUT as I know, reading configs is much much slower than reading from a global variable

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so you will probably read these values and write them into a variable anyway to make it not so slow to read this data, but it depends on what code you run, how fast it needs to run, how often you run it, etc

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:40 PM

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basically just checking to see if a player has a ghillie in their items or are already wearing one and I plan to run it about once a second

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 4:41 PM

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consider event handlers instead of polling every second

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CBA has an event handler for when player changes clothes

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well, it will just poll this for you I think

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maybe it's not so much use for you then

vapid drift Jun 15, 2019, 4:42 PM

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I wouldn't think so in this point... it's a pretty short amount of code to begin with

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@astral dawn Thanks for helping

proven crystal Jun 15, 2019, 4:48 PM

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hello, do i have to remoteexecute ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject on the clients?

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i thought it was enough to do it only on the server

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it appears only the host sees the actions atm

ebon ridge Jun 15, 2019, 4:53 PM

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I'm having a problem deleting a respawn marker via script. It works fine in SP and local MP (both from editor) but on dedicated server the respawn doesn't disappear. The marker is respawn_west and I just calldeleteMarker "respawn_west" on the server during init phase. Any ideas?

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never mind :/ doing it globally is apparently required for some reason?

tough abyss Jun 15, 2019, 6:28 PM

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@remote monolith add

_ZoneTrigger triggerAttachVehicle [player];

proven crystal Jun 15, 2019, 9:58 PM

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is it possible to change vcom settings on the fly? skillevels i mean?

shut finch Jun 15, 2019, 10:55 PM

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Hello. I need to detect if cargo container has items inside, and if it has, exit the loop. I've been trying various ways, but keep getting "Error type Any, expected Bool" on my if checks....

        _container = _this;
        waituntil {
            sleep 0.5;
            if !(itemCargo _container isEqualTo []) exitWith {};
            if !(magazineCargo _container isEqualTo []) exitWith {};
            if !(weaponCargo _container isEqualTo []) exitWith {};
            if !(backpackCargo _container isEqualTo []) exitWith {};
        };
    };```

I just wonder why it doesn't work, when I execute `itemCargo _container isEqualTo []` it returns bool, but when  I do these checks with if condition inside my loop it keeps throwing error.

young current Jun 15, 2019, 11:00 PM

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I don't think you can compare to empty array like that

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What does an empty container return for that command?

shut finch Jun 15, 2019, 11:06 PM

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sure I can, it returns empty array, I took this syntax from this example:
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/206131-checking-if-a-cargobox-is-empty/
Actually, I'm beginning to think something is wrong with the loop or exitwith command

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.< yep, I should have used exitWith {true};
problem resolved

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:13 PM

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Hey there,
is there a way to get something like allVariables but with the values? Including values of nested arrays

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:14 PM

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(allVariables _object) apply {[_x, _object getVariable _x]} ?

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:16 PM

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that does not give me the values of nested arrays though

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:17 PM

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Is nested array an array like [[1, 2], [3, 4]] ?

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:18 PM

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yeah

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:18 PM

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then if your _object has a variable "myvar" having value of [[1, 2], [3, 4]] then you will get it

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:20 PM

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the code you send up there, returns this:

["bis_wl_sectorlockmrkrs",["BIS_WL_sectorMrkrLock1_11","BIS_WL_sectorMrkrLock2_11","BIS_WL_sectorMrkrLock3_11","BIS_WL_sectorMrkrLock4_11"]],
["size",150]

(part of what it returns, didnt want to post all of it here)

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and I want the values of stuff like "BIS_WL_sectorMrkrLock1_11" aswell

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:21 PM

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oh ok, so you need to use recursion I think

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I'm not a master of recursion because it's hard because it's hard because it's ~ 😄

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:24 PM

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I could hardcode for the max number of nested arrays, but that'd be endangering my sanity

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okay, better question: When I save a mission object (warlords sector in this case) to profileNameSpace on my server, can I somehow update the placed sector with the one I saved in profileNameSpace?

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:27 PM

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well there is no physical/computational/whatever limit why you would not be able to do that I think, but probably it's more related to #warlords_discussion and it's saving (if it has any saving, I don't know)

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:31 PM

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warlords sector is just an example though, so I thought this channel is still correct.
Doesn't really have to be saved.
If I any logic object (task, gameMaster etc) and copy it into a variable, and after something happened I want to restore the logic object to the state it was in when I copied it.

How would I update the changed object, to the copied?

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:32 PM

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Well, if the whole state of the 'object' is determined only by the values of the variables, then you can save variables then load them and in theory it should work allright, unless the variable values are copied to some spawned scripts or some other places...

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getVariable/setVariable should be used, I think there is no other way

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also, I think tasks from the BIS task framework are not logic objects but I am not 100% sure what they are

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:34 PM

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dang, in that case I need to make sure all arrays (even nested) are saved correctly. So back to the start :/

cosmic lichen Jun 15, 2019, 11:36 PM

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@tough abyss @velvet merlin easier imo to check for specific things, like floating entities, and objects with other objects too close I think that's a good idea. Check the bounding box or size of two objects and then check if the distance is smaller than the box of one of the objects. That way you could find potentially intersecting objects.

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:37 PM

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well, if you are not the author of the code for which you want to make the saving system, probably it's quite hard to say for you how everything is connected and if it's possible to change values on the run, probably you would want to halt the whole mission, perform load of your new values, then make it work again.... would need access to all the processing which is being done there...

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:40 PM

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I just want to load the previous state of sectors in warlords, so we can pause warlord sessions. Meaning it would only run once at mission start, so halting the mission once would not be ideal, but not too bad

astral dawn Jun 15, 2019, 11:41 PM

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probably it would be easier just to write save/load code for the sector module manually

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most likely if you find the initialization code for it you will understand what the structure is and what means what

frozen yarrow Jun 15, 2019, 11:44 PM

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I should learn looking in the function viewer first 🤔
there is the BIS_fnc_WLSectorUpdate function, that basically does the things I need....

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I'll try that for now. Thanks for helping me out 🙂

zinc sorrel Jun 16, 2019, 12:29 AM

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is there a way to get Transport helicopters from the support menu to have more accurate landings rather than land 100+ meters away? i know there's invisible heli pads, but rather not place 1000 of them around the map for a CTI mission

astral dawn Jun 16, 2019, 12:34 AM

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AFAIK the invisible heli pad is the best method

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Well, you can delete it afterwards

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For example you could add a "deleted" event handler to your helicopter, so when it's deleted his heli pad is also deleted https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Deleted

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 1:49 AM

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Since the createVehicleLocal is about to be nuked, what is an better alternative for local creation of a vehicle with 3D preview and also allow for vehicle modification?

winter rose Jun 16, 2019, 1:52 AM

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createSimpleObject will have an aditional boolean to create locally

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 2:02 AM

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But that also allows the use of modifications and also get the array with BIS_fnc_getVehicleCustomization?

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 2:04 AM

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There will be a param i see, will just enable it for me.

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Why they do this? i mean createVehicleLocal is not very critical for server security?

zinc sorrel Jun 16, 2019, 2:24 AM

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@astral dawn could it be used with the SingleMapClick command...so when i choose the helo's drop off destination it spawns a heli pad on that marker?

astral dawn Jun 16, 2019, 2:24 AM

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sure

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 2:48 AM

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nobody know for my issue?

still forum Jun 16, 2019, 2:48 AM

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Admins can see the HC

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 2:48 AM

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i'm not logged as admin

zinc sorrel Jun 16, 2019, 3:23 AM

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how would i set up the singlemapclick for the Helicopter trasport module?

astral dawn Jun 16, 2019, 3:25 AM

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Probably with this event handler
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#MapSingleClick

dreamy kestrel Jun 16, 2019, 5:10 AM

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hello, is it possible to pass callbacks into a function? for instance...

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_transform = { params ["_cb", ["_vals", []]]; private ["_transformed_vals"]; _transformed_vals = []; { private _y = [_x] call _cb; _transformed_vals pushBack _y; } forEach _vals; _transformed_vals; };

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or perhaps there is already an Arma 3 function that does this? what I am looking for is a LINQ style "select" transformation.

ruby breach Jun 16, 2019, 5:33 AM

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So before anything else, sqf params ["_cb", ["_vals", []]]; private ["_transformed_vals"]; _transformed_vals = []; is a travesty. No. Just... no. ```sqf
_transform = {
params ["_cb", ["_vals", []]];
private _tVals = _vals apply {[_x] call _cb};
_tVals
};

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You could also include _tVals in your params to make it private as well.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:10 AM

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Since the createVehicleLocal is about to be nuked
Nobody is nuking anything, you’ve been misinformed, so please stop spreading it further @astral tendon

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 6:13 AM

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Só, the comand will still work just fine and no server will disable it?

dreamy kestrel Jun 16, 2019, 6:13 AM

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@ruby breach Ah, well it seems apply is what I was after in the first place. I do not even really need a transform function, that is what apply does.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:13 AM

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apply does this, and yes you can pass callback to the function, why not? @dreamy kestrel

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It will be entirely optional @astral tendon

dreamy kestrel Jun 16, 2019, 6:16 AM

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@tough abyss no, the callback function is the transformation I wanted to take effect, as in the apply function. problem solved 👍

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i.e. private _add_one = [0,1,2,3] apply {_x+1};

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 6:18 AM

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So, why would i make a mission or an script with that comand and have the risk of being broke or unreliable due user error?

dreamy kestrel Jun 16, 2019, 6:18 AM

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or in my case, private _target_distances = targets_list apply {_shooter distance _x};

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:19 AM

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apply returns copy, if you want transform by reference then you can forEach and set

dreamy kestrel Jun 16, 2019, 6:19 AM

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@tough abyss Good to know, however, a copy is what I want. I do not want to effect the original.

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 6:21 AM

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@tough abyss that looks nuked to me still.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:21 AM

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It don’t understand your dilemma @astral tendon

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Why would a server owner deliberately break a mission by restricting CVL if the mission is using it and still run it? That is pretty idiotic thing to do

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 6:24 AM

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Maybe, he does not know it and it will take forever to figure.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:24 AM

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Besides this is still debatable wether there should be server option to restrict it

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Do you always take missions you know nothing about and put on your expensive dedicate server?

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 6:27 AM

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I know some who does it.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:28 AM

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I bet they run it without BattlEye either

digital jacinth Jun 16, 2019, 6:29 AM

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I do that, i gave access to mission makers. I do not see much of a problem in a small community

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:29 AM

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And why would you restrict CVL on your server?

digital jacinth Jun 16, 2019, 6:30 AM

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well no i do not restrict it as i am against the change as dwarden already knows

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:30 AM

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You are against an option that can help with cheating problem ?

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How does this option affect you personally?

digital jacinth Jun 16, 2019, 6:31 AM

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for close nit communities yes. I am not running some large gamemmode kinda server. peopole, make their own missions to play with friends

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I use local only objects a ton, such as filling houses, helper objects and so on

astral tendon Jun 16, 2019, 6:32 AM

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Maybe some one or some Palace says that its safer to do.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:33 AM

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@digital jacinth I don’t understand your objection to making it optional

digital jacinth Jun 16, 2019, 6:33 AM

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i would like the "safe" part to be opt in and not opt out

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:34 AM

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It is opt in and has been said by @lavish ocean already gazillion times

digital jacinth Jun 16, 2019, 6:35 AM

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last information i had was, it will have 3 modes, off, somewhat safe and safe, with somewhat safe being the default. might have changed again, as teh biki still has the on and off option only documented

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:36 AM

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No the 3 modes version was never safe default

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You’ve been misinformed too

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BI did not realise how many ppl use CVL in all sorts of interesting ways, so opt in became the only option

round scroll Jun 16, 2019, 6:44 AM

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on the agents vs units discussion some days ago, spawning the agents seems to be much less costly than a unit. Unfortunately it seems the agents cannot board anything with 'getin', otherwise it would be nice to load and unload hordes of them into helos/trucks/boats.

carmine oak Jun 16, 2019, 8:09 AM

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what's the best way to select the closest safe position?

remote monolith Jun 16, 2019, 9:11 AM

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@tough abyss your line didnt work for me... the trigger doesnt work at all when i add this line...

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 9:16 AM

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You sure it is my statement and not your trigger position [3500,295.67999,8200]??? This means your trigger is 8200 metres in the air, is this correct?

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the position format is [x,y,z]

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z is the height above the ground @remote monolith

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_ZoneTrigger = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", player getRelPos [10, 0], false];
_ZoneTrigger setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", true];
_ZoneTrigger setTriggerArea [4, 4, getDir player, true];
_ZoneTrigger setTriggerStatements ["this", "hint ""IN""", "hint ""OUT"""];
_ZoneTrigger triggerAttachVehicle [player];

works for me, walk a few metres forward, activated, back, deactivated ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Someone gave you the same answer on the forums too https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/223796-triggers-a-never-ending-story/?do=findComment&comment=3362630

exotic tinsel Jun 16, 2019, 9:28 AM

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can someone confirm if Respawn event handlers are stackable?

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 9:28 AM

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all event handlers are stackable apart from old onXXXX

exotic tinsel Jun 16, 2019, 9:28 AM

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ok thanks, getting odd behavior

remote monolith Jun 16, 2019, 9:51 AM

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@tough abyss it works for me too..when im alone in editor or the server...but if a 2nd player comes into the game and triggers it...you get the message as well.... (corrected the position... thnx for hint... copied the line from mission.sqm where its mixed up)

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and the hint in the forum already solved my problem....

calm bloom Jun 16, 2019, 11:08 AM

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Hello guys, im testing vehicle penetration and cargo bots keep jumping out when they knowabout enemy player unit, no matter to disableai "all". Do you know how to completely turn their brains off?

verbal saddle Jun 16, 2019, 1:42 PM

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Is anyone aware of a way to change the time an audio clip starts playing from without editing the original clip.
Similar to how playMusic does it? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playMusic#Alternative_Syntax

winter rose Jun 16, 2019, 1:46 PM

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@verbal saddle for playSound I suppose?

verbal saddle Jun 16, 2019, 1:50 PM

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Preferably anything that would support 3d audio.

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That's why playMusic is out of the question for my situation.

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 2:04 PM

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@remote monolith then you must be doing something wrong, because triggerAttachVehicle makes trigger monitor local player only, so there is no way in hell it can trigger for remote player

sturdy cape Jun 16, 2019, 3:37 PM

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anyone knows a simple way to prevent a unit from being able to use weapons?

young current Jun 16, 2019, 3:43 PM

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there is none

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 3:50 PM

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You can override fire action @sturdy cape

sturdy cape Jun 16, 2019, 3:51 PM

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like an EH? right now i am trying a while loop which checks for weapons and class of the player and does removeweapon after.will see what that does

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 3:52 PM

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No it just overrides LMB

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So when you click no fire

ebon ridge Jun 16, 2019, 6:03 PM

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what is the relationship between setTriggerActivation and setTriggerStatements? Does latter override the behaviour of the former, or is the former a pre-requisite for the latter?

still forum Jun 16, 2019, 6:04 PM

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both work together

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setTriggerActivation is evaluated first, and then the condition code is ran with it's results, and then the onActivation statement runs if both

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Atleast I think that's the case :U

tough abyss Jun 16, 2019, 6:29 PM

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setTriggetActivation controls Boolean this which you put in setTriggerStatements condition

ebon ridge Jun 16, 2019, 6:37 PM

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thanks

thorn wave Jun 16, 2019, 6:46 PM

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Looking to find or create a rescue winch script but not sure where to start. Any templates someone has laying around or a foundation I can use?

compact maple Jun 16, 2019, 6:54 PM

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Hey guys, I am doing so many reboot of my loczl server when testing scripts. Sometimes when I try to connect to my server, an error appear "cur mp mission is modified", I have to close my game, go to appdata, arma3, delete the curmpmission.pbo, then start my game against

harsh sphinx Jun 16, 2019, 6:56 PM

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Is there any way of getting the task name from a task created by createSimpleTask? I need to be able to do something dynamic, using setVariable on it would have been the preferred solution but the caveat of it not being set directly on the task but the FSM makes absolutely no sense to me.

dreamy kestrel Jun 16, 2019, 10:21 PM

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hello, I have successfully placed Jets DLC UAV controlled assets, VLS, the Hammer, and so on. this is all well and good, I can connect to them via UAV Terminal...

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however I am finding that the Hammer sometimes drops artillery into the AO, and I want to prohibit the AI from doing that. is there a setting I can tell it to not engage?

craggy adder Jun 16, 2019, 10:44 PM

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Remove the ammo from it on init?

dreamy kestrel Jun 17, 2019, 12:50 AM

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@craggy adder that's absurd, but thank you for the suggestion. then it would be useless for everyone.

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 1:29 AM

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anyone know if there is soemthing wrong here? https://i.imgur.com/PRuLqSk.png

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wanna make sure

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that it looks normal

sacred acorn Jun 17, 2019, 1:34 AM

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Have any of you guys had problems with PlaySound3D having wildly varying volumes?

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For context, here's my code that's attached to an On Activation trigger:

_soundToPlay = _soundPath + "sounds\jellyfishjam.ogg";
playSound3D [_soundToPlay, trackspeakers, false, getPosASL trackspeakers, 5, 1, 175];```

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However, when I play the mission, it seems a 50/50 chance if the volume will be either really really loud, or so quiet you need to be right next to the object to barely hear it. For the life of me I cannot figure out why it's so inconsistent. The only mods I have installed for this mission are ACE3 and CBA.

ruby breach Jun 17, 2019, 2:13 AM

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@vapid wadi Post code, not screenshots

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:13 AM

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alright

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1 second

ruby breach Jun 17, 2019, 2:14 AM

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You're probably getting "expected bool, type number"

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:14 AM

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``sqf
private _ServerName = tolower(MAIN_SETTINGS_TYPE(getText,"GameSettings","discount_serverName"));
private _nameCheck = (tolower profileNameSteam) find _ServerName;
private _discountPricing = M_CONFIG(getNumber,"VirtualItems",_itemData,"buyPrice") * 0.1;

if (_nameCheck) then {
_buyPrice = M_CONFIG(getNumber,"VirtualItems",_itemData,"buyPrice") - _discountPricing;
} else {
_buyPrice = M_CONFIG(getNumber,"VirtualItems",_itemData,"buyPrice");
};
``

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whoops

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welp

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thats it

jade abyss Jun 17, 2019, 2:14 AM

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3x `

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:14 AM

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ahh

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private _ServerName = tolower(MAIN_SETTINGS_TYPE(getText,"GameSettings","discount_serverName"));
private _nameCheck = (tolower profileNameSteam) find _ServerName;
private _discountPricing = M_CONFIG(getNumber,"VirtualItems",_itemData,"buyPrice") * 0.1;


if (_nameCheck) then {
    _buyPrice = M_CONFIG(getNumber,"VirtualItems",_itemData,"buyPrice") - _discountPricing;
} else {
    _buyPrice = M_CONFIG(getNumber,"VirtualItems",_itemData,"buyPrice");
};

ruby breach Jun 17, 2019, 2:15 AM

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_nameCheck is a number, not a boolean

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:15 AM

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uhh im stupid lol, how would I fix it then?

ruby breach Jun 17, 2019, 2:15 AM

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private _nameCheck = ((tolower profileNameSteam) find _ServerName) > -1)
``` probably

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:16 AM

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I didnt write that part, that works fine

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its used for boosting paychecks on altis life I copied it out of our servers paycheck script and removed one of the checks

ruby breach Jun 17, 2019, 2:17 AM

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that works fine Sure it does, but it causes an error a few lines down

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if (_nameCheck) then { doesn't work when _nameCheck isn't true or false

jade abyss Jun 17, 2019, 2:17 AM

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if (_nameCheck) then { needs a bool (true/false), you give it a number

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:17 AM

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ahh ok

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alright

jade abyss Jun 17, 2019, 2:18 AM

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Thats why -> Change it to the one that Gnashes posted, for example.

vapid wadi Jun 17, 2019, 2:18 AM

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if (_nameCheck != -1 && MAIN_SETTINGS_TYPE(getNumber,"GameSettings","paycheck_bonus") isEqualTo 1) then { this is how we had it before. I fucked it up sorry

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How our old dev team had this written is like a rewrite of the Altis Life Framework. Im just new and dont usually do scripting.

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Thanks for the help tho

sacred acorn Jun 17, 2019, 3:13 AM

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https://www.reddit.com/r/armadev/comments/c1hycx

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My Reddit thread for more info pertaining to my question

leaden summit Jun 17, 2019, 4:09 AM

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So I currently have SQF [ _helo, "Remove Flight Recorder", "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_hack_ca.paa", "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_hack_ca.paa", "_this distance _target < 4", "_caller distance _target < 4", {}, {}, {_recorder = "rhs_flightrecorder_assembled" createVehicle position player; hint "Flight recorder removed, get it back to base"}, {}, {}, 3, 0, true, false ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd",[0,-2] select isDedicated,true]; in a script and later on I want to delete the object _recorder
I understand that that variable is only local to that function, so how do I go about making it so I can reference it later in the script?

round scroll Jun 17, 2019, 6:08 AM

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if there's just one instance of recorder around, make it a global variable, easiest path to follow

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and if concerned on locality, publicVariable to broadcast it to all clients, depending on where the removal script runs

leaden summit Jun 17, 2019, 6:09 AM

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OK cool thanks

white sky Jun 17, 2019, 6:55 AM

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Is lbSetPictureColor just changing the color of the light that is illuminating the image ?

winter rose Jun 17, 2019, 8:34 AM

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@white sky something like that yes

exotic tinsel Jun 17, 2019, 9:26 AM

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would someone be willing to better explain what setGroupOwner does. i dont fully understand the wiki. Im trying to change the squad leader of a squad dynamically.

hollow thistle Jun 17, 2019, 9:39 AM

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You need to use setLeader

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setGroupOwner sets "owner" of the group. That means who simulates the group / where group is local.

winter rose Jun 17, 2019, 9:40 AM

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@exotic tinsel setGroupOwner sets network ownership of the AI 😉

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ninja'd!

hollow thistle Jun 17, 2019, 9:40 AM

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Eg you can set that headless client is a group owner of the group and it will simulated on hc not the server.

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You can't change ownership of the groups where player is a leader because groups lead by player are always local to him.

exotic tinsel Jun 17, 2019, 9:43 AM

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ok now i get it, thanks all

exotic tinsel Jun 17, 2019, 10:57 AM

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what is the deal with arma. there are 3 ways to disable a coms channel and still after respawn they have access to the disabled channel.
I have this in the initPlayerLocal

            0 enableChannel [true, false];
            1 enableChannel [false];
            2 enableChannel [false];
            3 enableChannel [true, true];
            4 enableChannel [true, true];
            5 enableChannel [true, true];

            setCurrentChannel 3;

this is in the onPlayerRespawn

            0 enableChannel [true, false];
            1 enableChannel [false];
            2 enableChannel [false];
            3 enableChannel [true, true];
            4 enableChannel [true, true];
            5 enableChannel [true, true];

            setCurrentChannel 3;

same configuration in the description.ext
and in the initserver

the player can still use side chat

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i have also used 1 enableChannel [false, false];

quartz pebble Jun 17, 2019, 10:59 AM

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By the way, is there a way to completely remove a radio channel from the list? E.g. if player has no other members in his group, he doesn't need the group channel. If player is not in a vehicle - he does not need the vehicle channel.

exotic tinsel Jun 17, 2019, 11:00 AM

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let me know if you find out. lol this has been a pain for a while for me.

quartz pebble Jun 17, 2019, 11:14 AM

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The only thing I found out so far, is the existing commands like enableChannel can't completely hide any of builtin channels.

queen cargo Jun 17, 2019, 11:22 AM

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It is possible

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But afaik no built-in way

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you could however, just catch the keys and manually swap channels

quartz pebble Jun 17, 2019, 11:30 AM

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Hm, nice Idea. @queen cargo thank you!

queen cargo Jun 17, 2019, 11:58 AM

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Urgh ... those closed-source DLLs ...

ivory lake Jun 17, 2019, 12:16 PM

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Is anyone aware of a work around for moveOut not working for AI that's under the players command?

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i guess having them leave the group and rejoin but surely there is a script command where it works without needing that?

ivory lake Jun 17, 2019, 1:44 PM

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note this is when the AI units are in a turret of a moving aircraft

tough abyss Jun 17, 2019, 3:50 PM

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is there a way to add arguments to the addAction condition param

queen cargo Jun 17, 2019, 4:05 PM

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remove and readd, create global variable, call some code

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just a few possibilities

limpid musk Jun 17, 2019, 4:17 PM

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Hi, please let me know if this is the wrong spot for this, I have been searching for a script or maybe a mod that would allow the player upon incapacitation to go back to shooting while bleeding out, or the "last stand" state, I have played on some servers before that had this feature, but all searches on the internet and workshop lead to player created missions. I have very very limited experience with scripting and any help in the right direction would be extremely appreciated. thank you

frozen agate Jun 17, 2019, 5:03 PM

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"this and assassinate, intel, rescue, secure"

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This is a condition script for an end trigger that's only supposed to activate when the four tasks are completed

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Only, it gives me an error when I preview

thorn wave Jun 17, 2019, 5:24 PM

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I’ve noticed in the collision light entry for an aircraft config, there is a daytime option. If set to 1 it makes no difference though. Does the engine not support that type of lighting when the time is still set to day?

remote monolith Jun 17, 2019, 7:10 PM

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@tough abyss yo see my lines of code right? so what can i do wrong then in your opinion? and like i said...when i add your line then it doesnt give me or anyone else any message at all...so it seems it doesnt trigger at all

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but doesnt matter anymore.... problem solved...

ruby breach Jun 17, 2019, 7:18 PM

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@exotic tinsel Probably unrelated, but there is still weirdness when people leave/rejoin a mission and disabled channels - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T117205

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To the best of my knowledge, that's still not been addressed; but I've not really managed a mission in about a year now.

tough abyss Jun 17, 2019, 7:20 PM

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@remote monolith You told me the line still makes it trigger for other players, now you tell me the line stops triggering it for anyone. Make up your mind, dude.

remote monolith Jun 17, 2019, 8:26 PM

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well... you should read the whole texts i write..

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CoolGargamelgestern um 11:11 Uhr
@tough abyss your line didnt work for me... the trigger doesnt work at all when i add this line...

sturdy cape Jun 17, 2019, 9:16 PM

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How can i make ai attack a player via a script? I want to do it that way because its a melee attack and playaction/setdamage Combo. Any simple way to check targets,move to target and Start my attack fnc?

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Or do i need to create an fsm and functions for all the Staates like Ryan did it for his Zombies? I want to keep is as simple as possible

tough abyss Jun 17, 2019, 9:46 PM

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@remote monolith @floral dew it works for me too..when im alone in editor or the server...but if a 2nd player comes into the game and triggers it...you get the message as well.... (corrected the position... thnx for hint... copied the line from mission.sqm where its mixed up)

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Anyway, I have little interest in you said I said, so could you please stop tagging me

carmine oak Jun 18, 2019, 1:53 AM

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Is there anything that can return more accurate representation of a model than the boundingbox

weak tiger Jun 18, 2019, 2:29 AM

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why do we need CBA functions to effectively deal with inventory after arma has been out for x years? can you please add a removeItemCargo and addItemCargo for each item type already

robust brook Jun 18, 2019, 3:05 AM

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https://pastebin.com/x0gXpP4P

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https://gyazo.com/21ce9b5572622609b39f5a8e03f8ff7d

#

need help with weapons not showing in crate

ruby breach Jun 18, 2019, 4:04 AM

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@robust brook https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addItemCargoGlobal

#

Should be getting something along the lines of "error: type array expected string"

finite jackal Jun 18, 2019, 4:33 AM

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👋 @robust brook _item is a multidimensional array, addItemCargoGlobal accepts a single dimensional array [item, count]

robust brook Jun 18, 2019, 4:33 AM

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asylum dev team pog thanks

finite jackal Jun 18, 2019, 4:37 AM

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if you want it to add all those items, you can use {_crate addItemCargoGlobal _x} forEach _item;

cosmic lichen Jun 18, 2019, 1:24 PM

#

Had anyone else have issues with ctrlTextHeight a very imprecise value?

queen cargo Jun 18, 2019, 1:25 PM

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doubt it has something to do with ctrlTextHeight

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and rather with the way fontscaling works

cosmic lichen Jun 18, 2019, 1:25 PM

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My guess is that it does not take the line height into account propely.

#

Any known workaround for that?

verbal saddle Jun 18, 2019, 1:40 PM

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You talking about the 3denCopy thing?

#

From what I've read it appears to be using a hidden ctrlStructuredText to get the height of the text. Then using the height of the text in that control to set the height of the ctrlEditMulti.
I'd say that the height of the text within the ctrlEditMulti is much higher then the height of the text in the ctrlStructuredText control.
Files for context:
onload: https://i.imgur.com/FDkyp2K.png
display: https://i.imgur.com/cbh8OQp.png

dull drum Jun 18, 2019, 2:07 PM

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Hi, guys! Is there a handler for the new spawned units? I think that EntityRespawned does not fit for the AI spawners, right? I've tried to add units to the array with while (true) do {} but it looks that it's too much for the script - my mission never started 😃

hollow thistle Jun 18, 2019, 2:10 PM

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If you have CBA you can use CBA XEH Init event handler.
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/Extended-Event-Handlers-(new)#event-handlers-related-to-objects
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/Adding-Event-Handlers-to-Classes-of-Objects

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Without it there are only config based init handlers.

dull drum Jun 18, 2019, 2:13 PM

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But if it will be config based class how do i get spawned AI unit there?

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also chuckled on this: 'because Man is the parent class of all animals'

hollow thistle Jun 18, 2019, 2:14 PM

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Do you use CBA or not?

dull drum Jun 18, 2019, 2:15 PM

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I have the mod, but as it is for MP mission I'd stick to the vanilla

hollow thistle Jun 18, 2019, 2:16 PM

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Then I think the only way to do this would be getting entities [[], [], true] and storing it in variable and periodicaly compare stored value with entities [[], [], true] again. That way you will know what entities were created between your loop executions.

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This will be kinda slow 🤷

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With cba you can do ["All", "init", {systemChat str _this}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler; and done.

dull drum Jun 18, 2019, 2:18 PM

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Nice!

verbal saddle Jun 18, 2019, 2:18 PM

#

@cosmic lichen
Ok this is what I've got currently.
Using excel I created a string of numbers from 1-675 in a column.
I then created a string of numbers in a row from 1-5982.

If I put the column of numbers in to the display it will only show a specific number of lines at once.
Example code: https://pastebin.com/raw/JmXmUeuV
Example image: https://gyazo.com/a2222b7053d997f44862aea8906d558a

BUT, if I put the row of numbers from 1-5982 in the code then it will show all of the numbers.
Example code: https://pastebin.com/raw/kkc1JLPJ
Example image: https://gyazo.com/40eccccc90281e917eb110eca5f20eaa

Looks like it might be the line breaks that are causing the issue.
Does ctrlStructuredText interpret text differently when using ctrlSetText vs ctrlSetStructuredText?

cosmic lichen Jun 18, 2019, 2:55 PM

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@verbal saddle Might be the issue. Gonna test that.

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Issue is still there even if both controls are ctrlEditMulti

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:06 PM

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Hello! So what I've been trying to do is dialogue between players in a custom mission.

Whenever player3 says anything to player1 (both are real players) it gets repeated by the amount of players on the server so I think this is the script running on every PC which causes the problem, but I don't know how to fix it.

Here's the script .sqf
`player3 KbAddTopic ["introduction","radio1.bikb","",""];
player1 KbAddTopic ["introduction","radio1.bikb","",""];

player1 KbTell [player3,"introduction","radio1"];

waitUntil {

player1 KbWasSaid [player3,"introduction","radio1",3];
};

sleep 1;

[player3, [player1,"introduction","radio2"]] remoteExec ["kbTell", player3];

sleep 5;

player1 KbTell [player3,"introduction","radio3"]; `

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Normal way of doing KbTell doesn't work at all between players

queen cargo Jun 18, 2019, 3:07 PM

#

```sqf
```

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 3:08 PM

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@sand anvil your script may be executed on each machine!

#

you should then call it only from the server

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:08 PM

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Yup and I don't know how to make it run locally if that's the correct way of saying it

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 3:09 PM

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where is the call defined?

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:09 PM

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Umm sorry, what do you mean?

#

It executes when player enters a trigger 0 = execVM "radio1.sqf";

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If that's what you mean

verbal saddle Jun 18, 2019, 3:14 PM

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Well the code still shows an error with the sizing of the scrollbar so hopefully it can he helpful for debugging the issue.

cosmic lichen Jun 18, 2019, 3:15 PM

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@verbal saddle I found the issue with the text height

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It's caused by two things. First of all, one control is a ctrlEditMulti and the second issue is the font.

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:16 PM

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@winter rose The weirdest thing is that I got this to work earlier on my old mission and it still works and I copied the script 100% and it doesn't work on my new mission anymore 😄 The only thing that differs is the length of voicelines

cosmic lichen Jun 18, 2019, 3:16 PM

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If both controls are ctrlEditMulti with the font font = "PuristaMedium"; it works fine with both your examples and mine

verbal saddle Jun 18, 2019, 3:18 PM

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1.56 - Eden Editor
CT_EDIT 2 (Since Arma 3 v1.57.135040)
Ahh

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 3:18 PM

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@sand anvil yes, what I meant.
make the marker server-only, and trigger "on player entering" (iirc there is such a thing) and you should be good

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or, inside your file, if (!isServer) exitWith {};

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:19 PM

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How does one make it server only? I'm really shitty at scripting 😄

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 3:19 PM

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the trigger has a tickbox in Eden Editor, don't worry 😉

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:19 PM

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I'll try the !isServer tho

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Oh I'll take a look

#

Oh damn

#

That might be it

#

I'll test it with my friend

#

Nah now the other player is completely silent

#

gonna try if (!isServer) exitWith {}; next

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 3:26 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Conversations may help for further usage

Conversations

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:26 PM

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The shitty thing about this is that I can't test with bots 😄 so it's pretty slow

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@winter rose You are a god among men!!! It works! if (!isServer) exitWith {}; is the solution!

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 3:28 PM

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take note everyone! \o/
but seriously, thanks 😄 hehe

sand anvil Jun 18, 2019, 3:28 PM

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Thank you ❤

static bridge Jun 18, 2019, 4:01 PM

#

Does anybody know if it's possible to use UnitCapture and UnitPlay to create a dynamic, on map click, airstrike call in? I only ask this because I'd like to create a divebomb call in with Stukas and aside from UnitCapture, idk how to get the AI to simulate a divebomb. My thoughts were to spawn a plane on map click and have it execute the movement data I capture. The movement data I capture would be to bomb a Target at the origin on a map [0,0]. Then if I theoretically execute the movement data, but replace the position with _pos + UnitPosition for each frame time. Theoretically I'd get that movement data to play anywhere I click on the map and be on target. Anybody know if this sounds possible? Or maybe another work around to a divebomb script?

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_pos = my map click position
UnitPosition is just the part of the capture data array.
[FrameTime, UnitPosition, UnitDirectionVector, UnitUpVector, UnitVelocity]

devout wolf Jun 18, 2019, 4:46 PM

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trigger
i fucked up
i have important trigger
i haven't steup it's name in editor
and activation
we are in this
trigger
any way?
to activate?

still forum Jun 18, 2019, 4:50 PM

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you don't need to give the trigger a name to let it trigger

tough abyss Jun 18, 2019, 4:52 PM

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any way?
to activate?
by?
script?

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or?

devout wolf Jun 18, 2019, 5:07 PM

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script

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to activate

#

anyway

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found solution

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i will leave it here

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for others if they make a litlle mistake

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_triggers = [getpos player select 0,getpos player select 1] nearObjects ["EmptyDetector", 5000];
{
_x setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", false];
}forEach _triggers;

radiant egret Jun 18, 2019, 5:12 PM

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👍

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 8:32 PM

#

Using these two winch scripts, how am I able to attach a custom basket model to the end of the rope (Winch) once activated? Once activated how could I get the patient to be loaded into it once it detects them?

#

_pilot = _this select 0;
_veh = assignedVehicle _pilot;
~0.1

#RopeDef
_SideRope = (ropes _veh) select 0;
_ropePos = ropeEndPosition _SideRope select 1;
_length = ropeLength _SideRope;
?(_length <=1.5) : goto "ExitScript";
~0.1
_ManSearch = _ropePos nearEntities ["Man", 3.5];
~0.1
?!(isNull (_ManSearch select 0)) : goto "ManCatch";
~0.1
goto "RopeDef";

#ManCatch
(_ManSearch select 0) switchmove "InBaseMoves_sitHighUp1";
~0.1
(_ManSearch select 0) enablesimulation false;
~0.1
(_ManSearch select 0) setpos [ getPos (_ManSearch select 0) select 0, getPos (_ManSearch select 0) select 1, (getPos (_ManSearch select 0) select 2) +0.5];
[(_ManSearch select 0),[0,0,1.2]] ropeAttachTo _SideRope;
ropeUnwind [_SideRope, 3, -1, true];
~0.2
_veh vehicleChat "man on winch rope";

#LengthCtrl
_length = ropeLength _SideRope;
?(_length <=1.5) : goto "ExitScript";
~0.1
?(speed _veh) >= 30 : ropeUnwind [_SideRope, 4, -20, true];
?(speed _veh) <= -30 : ropeUnwind [_SideRope, 4, -20, true];
~0.1
goto "LengthCtrl";

#ExitScript
?!(isNull (_ManSearch select 0)) : (_ManSearch select 0) moveincargo _veh;
~0.1
?!(isNull (_ManSearch select 0)) : _veh vehicleChat "man onboard";
?!(isNull (_ManSearch select 0)) : (_ManSearch select 0) enablesimulation true;
?!(isNull (_ManSearch select 0)) : [(_ManSearch select 0)] joinsilent (group _pilot);

~0.1
exit

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Here is the rope attachment position

#

#RopeAttachPos
_SideRope = ropeCreate [_veh, _AttachPos, 4];
~0.1
_ropePos = ropeEndPosition _SideRope select 1;
~0.1
[_pilot] exec "\SCmod_fire\script\SCmod_Catch.sqs";
~0.1
_id1 = _pilot addAction ["<t color='#FFFFFF'>RS winch</t>","\SCmod_basic_waterkit\functions\SCmod_bambyRS.sqs","",4.6,false,true]; _pilot setVariable ["Raise", _id1];

_id2 = _pilot addAction ["<t color='#FFFFFF'>LW winch</t>","\SCmod_basic_waterkit\functions\SCmod_bambyLW.sqs","",4.5,false,true]; _pilot setVariable ["Lower", _id2];

still forum Jun 18, 2019, 8:41 PM

#

🤢

#

```sqf

```
code highlighting

#

Also.. wtf is that SQS script??

ruby breach Jun 18, 2019, 8:52 PM

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Best I can tell, it looks like it may be from something related to https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1115246886

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 9:08 PM

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Yes, I had permission to use his scripts as a template for my own. Having trouble deciphering them lol. SQS is not my specialty

radiant egret Jun 18, 2019, 9:35 PM

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didnt even know A3 still supports sqs lol

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 9:37 PM

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Works well client side, not server lol

ruby breach Jun 18, 2019, 9:41 PM

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I'm not even sure you'll be able to get a lot of help with SQS. Might be better off translating everything into SQF first, then tuning/debugging

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 9:49 PM

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on it ^^ for the lulz

#

(yes, I am that bored :D)

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 9:50 PM

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@winter rose you're my hero lol

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 9:50 PM

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hahaha it brings back ooold memories actually

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 9:51 PM

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I usually enjoy scripting, but trying to do this is a pain in my ass lol

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@winter rose if it helps I could actually send you both the SQS scripts to make it easier? Both entries I posted are from two different files.

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 10:00 PM

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I am doing the rescue script you pasted

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 10:00 PM

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Oh great. I really appreciate that. My time for scripting is very narrow now days..

winter rose Jun 18, 2019, 10:06 PM

#

I only translated, I shouldn't have changed any logic

#

@thorn wave

📎 MavMacScript.sqf

#

did it work?

thorn wave Jun 18, 2019, 10:16 PM

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Let me test it real fast

dreamy kestrel Jun 19, 2019, 4:28 AM

#

how do I set a plane's (Jets DLC) targeting camera initial orientation? such as AZ, Direction, Angle, that sort of thing.

#

I need to set it on init. I know how to wire that event up on a class of objects, just not how to work with the targeting pod.

hallow spear Jun 19, 2019, 4:50 AM

#

anyone know how to get the eventhandler for honking a vehicle horn?

tough abyss Jun 19, 2019, 5:25 AM

#

Is "Fired" not working?

hallow spear Jun 19, 2019, 5:26 AM

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no, nor firedman

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i believe cause its not a turret position

ivory lake Jun 19, 2019, 5:50 AM

#

nah fired doesnt work for horn as it technically doesnt 'fire'

#

I assume you're wanting to see when a player does it right?

#

if so your option may be monitoring inputaction "defaultaction"

#

and checking if the currentweapon is the horn

finite jackal Jun 19, 2019, 6:01 AM

#

@hallow spear could try using the keydown handler and check if player is in a vehicle and is driver

hallow spear Jun 19, 2019, 6:06 AM

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thanks for the suggestions, i will work on the key handler approach

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 6:07 AM

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I'm sure there's a better way of doing this, but here's the 30 second version ```sqf
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["mouseButtonDown", {
params ["_displayorcontrol", "_button", "_xPos", "_yPos", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];
if (_button == 0) then {
if !(isNull objectParent player) then {
if (toLower(currentWeapon (objectParent player)) find "horn" > -1) then {
//It's a horn! (probably)
};
};
};
}];

hallow spear Jun 19, 2019, 6:19 AM

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thank you for this example!

drifting copper Jun 19, 2019, 7:07 AM

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Looking if someone can maybe shed some wisdom on me or if someone has the time help me. Looking for a "if is indfor then set invent random item from x list". I have 0 scripting knowledge and what I tried from google and the little I do know I managed to break my mission file.

hallow spear Jun 19, 2019, 7:28 AM

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you want an independent unit to get a random item? @drifting copper

drifting copper Jun 19, 2019, 7:35 AM

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@hallow spear yes and no. Want them to get a random "uniform" from a predefined list. This counts for editor placed and zeus spawn-in

runic edge Jun 19, 2019, 8:06 AM

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Hello guys, I'm trying to get some text displayed at the startup of my mission but the valign parameter isn't working. I'm unable to find my mistake at this point, what am I missing ?
Thanks in advance

sleep 2; 

[parseText "<t valign='top' align='right' font='PuristaBold' color='#417630' size='8'>D. I. S.  : </t> <br/> <t valign='top' align='right' font='PuristaBold' color='#417630' size='5'>Ad augusta per angustam  </t>", 
            false, 
            nil, 
            8, 
            0.7, 
            0] 
            spawn BIS_fnc_textTiles; 
            sleep 9; 

[parseText "<t valign='middle' align='left' font='PuristaBold' color='#417630' size='5'>Opération éclaircie </t>", 
            false, 
            nil, 
            5, 
            0.7, 
            0] 
            spawn BIS_fnc_textTiles; 
            sleep 6; 
[parseText "<t valign='bottom' align='center' font='PuristaBold' color='#417630' size='5'>Altis, H0600</t>", 
            false, 
            nil, 
            5, 
            0.7, 
            0] 
            spawn BIS_fnc_textTiles;

drifting copper Jun 19, 2019, 8:10 AM

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@hallow spear found me a work-a-round via DMs. Thank you.

marsh storm Jun 19, 2019, 10:02 AM

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Hey guys - I've got a script to spawn a BO_GBU12_LGB on a target for a scripted explosion but I'm looking for a bigger blast... Anyone know if there's a munition in say, RHS, that's bigger? Can't find their classnames for ammo on their wiki at all :/

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I'd really like the SCUD explosion or something similar but I can't find the classnames for any projectiles anywhere

spice axle Jun 19, 2019, 10:52 AM

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@runic edge where do you execute it?

dull drum Jun 19, 2019, 11:13 AM

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@hollow thistle thanks for that CBA event handler, it worked. AI is still stupid (or too smart) to do a zerg rush 😃 But it is much better than it was before (especially for troops out of groups)

runic edge Jun 19, 2019, 11:14 AM

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@spice axle It's in a file cantrecallname.sqf that i call in my init

dull drum Jun 19, 2019, 11:16 AM

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Got a question about setting up Zeus via script.
I need it only to have some units available and I need costs for these units. So the units part of the code works just fine - I can see only them in MP. But I don't have any points for the Zeus 😦
`//add Zeus Points
z1 addCuratorPoints 1;

// set Zeus available units and their costs
[ z1,
[
"RyanZombieC_man_1walkerOpfor",0.1,
"O_support_AMG_F",0.1,
"RyanZombie25mediumOpfor",0.1,
"RyanZombie15Opfor",0.1,
"RyanZombieboss7Opfor",0.2,
"RyanZombieC_man_polo_5_FOpfor",0.1
]
] call BIS_fnc_curatorObjectRegisteredTable;`

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Also it's possible to set up any amount of points with the Resources module in the editor , but the addCuratorPoints command page says that it is only from 0 to 1. While BIS_fnc_moduleCuratorAddPoints page looks unsupported https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_moduleCuratorAddPoints

spice axle Jun 19, 2019, 11:31 AM

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@runic edge you call it? sleep isn’t a valid command in a sheduled environment. You need to spawn it.

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Like _null = [] spawn my_function

runic edge Jun 19, 2019, 11:33 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/272416420988715009/590866703638986765/unknown.png

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this is my mission folder

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with my init in background

spice axle Jun 19, 2019, 11:37 AM

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What is the error message?

runic edge Jun 19, 2019, 11:37 AM

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There's none

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it just stick the message on top

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like valign='top' is non effective

runic edge Jun 19, 2019, 12:10 PM

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made a try with 1= ["Mission name", "By: Author name", "Date"] spawn BIS_fnc_infoText;
It's still appearing in the top right side corner of my screen

winter rose Jun 19, 2019, 12:30 PM

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BIS_fnc_infoText should appear bottom right
try without any mod…?

runic edge Jun 19, 2019, 12:34 PM

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disregard my last, I modified my hud layout back then

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juste remember

little ether Jun 19, 2019, 12:50 PM

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What's the best way to use a units INIT to apply ACE damage to it and have it work with bandages etc?

I have damage being applied correctly with [this, 0.8, "rightleg", "bullet"] call ace_medical_fnc_addDamageToUnit; but when bandaged the wound never fades. Is there something I'm missing that would help?

dim terrace Jun 19, 2019, 1:43 PM

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can someone test
cutRsc ["binocular", "PLAIN"]; in stable branch?

astral tendon Jun 19, 2019, 1:48 PM

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What is the comand like abs that make numbers negative?

still forum Jun 19, 2019, 1:49 PM

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abs makes numbers absolute (positive)

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Oh missunderstood the question

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- makes things negative

queen cargo Jun 19, 2019, 2:00 PM

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@still forum that answer is missleading

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private _num = -1;
diag_log -_num; // 1```

hollow thistle Jun 19, 2019, 2:01 PM

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-abs _num lenny

queen cargo Jun 19, 2019, 2:01 PM

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correct way to always get a negative number:

private _num = -1;
diag_log - abs _num; // -1

_num = 1;
diag_log - abs _num; // -1```

carmine oak Jun 19, 2019, 2:09 PM

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how do i open the debug console during briefing?

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 4:29 PM

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if ((isNull (getAssignedCuratorLogic player)) or (player == ace_player))

still forum Jun 19, 2019, 4:30 PM

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no need for parenthesis for isNull or getAssignedCuratorLogic

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 4:30 PM

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should return me true if a player is not a zeus, OR if he is a zeus but not in zeus mode?

still forum Jun 19, 2019, 4:30 PM

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first part checks if player is a zeus

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second checks if he is NOT remote controlling someone

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 4:30 PM

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oh

still forum Jun 19, 2019, 4:31 PM

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if (hasZeusAccess && !isRemoteControllingUnit)

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 4:31 PM

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i want to exitwith whenever a player is not actually in zeus mode.

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so i guess that is not only remotecontrol

still forum Jun 19, 2019, 4:32 PM

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check for whether the zeus display is open

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or remotecontrol

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RscDisplayCurator, dunno the idd

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 4:32 PM

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how do i check for the zeus display?

still forum Jun 19, 2019, 4:32 PM

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findDisplay

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 4:35 PM

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hmmm

tough abyss Jun 19, 2019, 5:16 PM

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you want display or just if it is open?

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findDisplay 312 is display

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could also check if curatorCamera is not null

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 5:22 PM

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ok that curatorcamera might be the thing for me

dreamy kestrel Jun 19, 2019, 5:28 PM

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I have spawned from artillery and AA assets at the beginning of a mission and crewed them, Mk49 VLS, Mk45 Hammer, in particular. I am finding that the AI engages lasers pointers and such in an AO on its own. I want to turn that AI behavior off. Does anyone know of a way to do that? Thanks!

tough abyss Jun 19, 2019, 5:29 PM

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AI engages lasers pointers and such what do you mean by "and such"

plush oriole Jun 19, 2019, 5:31 PM

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thermal targets?

tough abyss Jun 19, 2019, 5:31 PM

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try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableIRLasers @dreamy kestrel

dreamy kestrel Jun 19, 2019, 5:39 PM

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mainly I just want the AI to not engage anything. the only purpose I want it to serve is as a UAV Terminal object.

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ah ok, so if I do something like crew vic_name and iterate that crew over the enableIRLasers, that should do the trick?

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 5:42 PM

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you might want to try something like this maybe?

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_x disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
_x disableAI "TARGET";
_x disableAI "SUPPRESSION";
_x disableAI "AUTOCOMBAT";
_x disableAI "FSM";

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basically they wont do anything

dreamy kestrel Jun 19, 2019, 5:42 PM

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Perfect, I'll experiment. thanks all for the suggestions.

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 5:43 PM

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also _x enableAI "PATH"; if you wnat them to stay where they are

dreamy kestrel Jun 19, 2019, 5:43 PM

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sure, I'm only talking about the static turret assets, but I appreciate the insights.

proven crystal Jun 19, 2019, 5:44 PM

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_group setCombatMode "BLUE";
_group setBehaviour "CARELESS";

could also be options

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 6:21 PM

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Hello!!!!!!! I want to try disabling friendly fire in my mission, I have tried putting the below which I found online in my init.sqf with no luck. I've also tried the Arma 3 Friendly Fire module and that does not work with the correct sync set up. Any help please? Did I put the below in the wrong place? ta

{
        if (side _x isEqualTo WEST) then
    {
        _x addEventHandler
        [
            "HandleDamage",
    {
            _returnDamage = (_this select 2);
            if ((side (_this select 0)) isEqualTo (side (_this select 3))) then
    {
            _returnDamage = 0;
    };
            _returnDamage;
    }
        ];
    };
} forEach allUnits;

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 6:35 PM

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This EH can accept a remote unit as argument however it will only fire when the unit is local to the PC this event handler was added on
``` Individually have each player add it to themselves via initPlayer. AI need to have it added wherever they are local (probably server)

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 6:38 PM

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Interesting... so I'll add it to InitPlayerLocal and give it a go

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Yea does not work I'm afraid

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Ok lets spin this a different way... I use the following for spawn protection, how could I modify this to only take effect for WEST vs WEST damage?

0 = [] spawn { 
    while{true} do { 
        { 
            if(_x distance (getMarkerPos "safe_zone") < 200) then {_x allowDamage false} else {_x allowDamage true}; 
        } forEach allUnits + vehicles; 
        sleep 1; 
    }; 
};

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I could then expand it to cover the map for example... janky ik 😄

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 7:00 PM

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You don't

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The only way to check what you're taking damage from before it kills you is handleDamage

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 7:01 PM

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This method is effective in preventing death though

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direct fire protection is enough

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I'm aware it would not protect against indrect

tough abyss Jun 19, 2019, 7:02 PM

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doing while true sleep when you can add a trigger is not "effective"

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 7:03 PM

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^ performance aside, I don't believe there's a way to "prevent only west vs west damage" via script without using the EVH

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 7:03 PM

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Alright, thanks fellas

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I'm at a loss for finding a working EH script for this

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No locations work either, init.sqf or initplayerlocal

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I even tried initserver

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😄

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 7:03 PM

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If you have access to debug, local exec this on yourself - ```sqf
if (playerSide == west) then {
player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];
[_damage,0] select (side group _instigator isEqualTo side group _unit);
}];
};

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Thanks Gnashes, I also have the ability to exec global & JIP

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so this may do the job

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I'll check and come back

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 7:07 PM

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Granted, depending on how early that is applied to JIP, may cause issues with playerSide

tough abyss Jun 19, 2019, 7:07 PM

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dont forget that any override of "HandleDamage" EH is null and void when you have another "HandleDamage" EH added afterwards

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 7:29 PM

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Doesn't work online with global & JIP I'm afraid @ruby breach

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Thanks for trying tho

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 7:59 PM

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Theoretically, if I wanted the below to only affect WEST entities, how would I modify the below?

0 = [] spawn { 
    while{true} do { 
        { 
            if(_x distance (getMarkerPos "safe_zone") < 200) then {_x allowDamage false} else {_x allowDamage true}; 
        } forEach allUnits + vehicles; 
        sleep 1; 
    }; 
};

peak plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:07 PM

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0 = [] spawn { 
    while{true} do { 
        { 
            if (((side group _x) isEqualTo west) && {_x distance (getMarkerPos "safe_zone") < 200}) then {_x allowDamage false} else {_x allowDamage true};
        } forEach allUnits + vehicles; 
        sleep 1; 
    }; 
};```

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@coarse plover

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Also, don't use distance when checking this many units

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You can use an alternative like inArea

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

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:07 PM

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Thanks dude

peak plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:08 PM

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If this is for a bigger project, use a per frame handler and check only one unit per frame, currently it would cause other scripts to lag when there are a lot of units

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:09 PM

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This is the only looping script 😃 everything else is eden / ace modules / basic triggers

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and they are few

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With in area, I'm guessing I could use a transparent elipse area marker

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then format the code as:

peak plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:11 PM

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yeah transperrent ellipse

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or a trigger with an area

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:11 PM

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0 = [] spawn { 
    while{true} do { 
        { 
            if (((side group _x) isEqualTo west) && {_x position inArea elipsemarker1}) then {_x allowDamage false} else {_x allowDamage true};
        } forEach allUnits + vehicles; 
        sleep 1; 
    }; 
};

peak plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:12 PM

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// markers have to be strings
_x inArea 'elipsemarker1'

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:12 PM

#

ty ^^^

#

Thanks so much again, I'll test this and get back to you

peak plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:14 PM

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Do you only have a safezone for blufor?

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:14 PM

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Correct, this is a player west vs ai east mission

#

shit I just realised this is going to take effect for shots from the EAST side too

ruby breach Jun 19, 2019, 8:32 PM

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I did say that earlier

peak plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:38 PM

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You mean outgoing shots from blufor to opfor?

coarse plover Jun 19, 2019, 8:54 PM

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From opfor to blufor

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Are ineffective due to the fact we have allow damage as false on the west players

restive leaf Jun 19, 2019, 9:13 PM

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You could just alter the Fired EH in the safe zone on blue players to delete their bullets as they are fired and revert after

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Something like this that would be added to a player when they enter the SZ: sqf EH_firedSZ = player addEventHandler['Fired',{deleteVehicle (_this select 6)}];

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Would not stop grenades or explosive charges ofc

jade abyss Jun 19, 2019, 9:59 PM

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iirc throw or put EH for nades (or however the name was)

restive leaf Jun 19, 2019, 10:19 PM

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Actually no... Maybe the solution is to alter the HandleDamage EH so that damage from BLUFOR is ignored, i.e. return 0 if the side of argument 6 is BLUFOR

plush oriole Jun 20, 2019, 7:11 AM

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setVehicleAmmoDef 1 @tough abyss

#

Oh for units

#

I think you have to read some other variable because it doesn't know how many magazines is 'full'

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:17 AM

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@tough abyss
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setAmmo
?

setAmmo

runic edge Jun 20, 2019, 7:28 AM

#

Hello guys,
If I may ask a very noob question : what's my error in this _m = if(date select 4>=10) then {date select 4} else {str(0,date select 4)}; I want to display the minutes in game but as a clock do 04 if it's the fourth minute not just 4. I think if is the correct way to do this but I don't now what syntax I should use in my else.
Thanks in advance for your help !

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 7:29 AM

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str takes only one param

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use -showScriptErrors startup parameter to get a popup on script error, explaining (usually) where the issue is 😉 @runic edge

runic edge Jun 20, 2019, 7:31 AM

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thanks for your quick answer

#

what then if i want to display 0date select 4

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 7:31 AM

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else { format ["0%1", date select 4]; };

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Should do the trick ;-)

runic edge Jun 20, 2019, 7:33 AM

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I'll test it right now

#

much appreciated

plush oriole Jun 20, 2019, 7:33 AM

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Wait don't script errors turn on automatically

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With the white on black popup on the top middle left

#

I probably turned it on without realising

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

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Wait don't script errors turn on automatically
Nope, it's an option

plush oriole Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

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Huh

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

#

StartParameter

plush oriole Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

#

Til

#

Well

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

#

-showScriptErrors

plush oriole Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

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I must have known at some points

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:34 AM

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Probably

runic edge Jun 20, 2019, 7:35 AM

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I got the winfows jesus's talking about
there's an error as the script except the "]" here
_m = if(date select 4>=10) then {date select 4} else {format ["0%1",select**|#|** 4];};

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:37 AM

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select|#| 4 <- ?

#

What are you trying to achieve anyway?

#

want to display the minutes in game but as a clock do 04 if it's the fourth minute not just 4
There was somewhere a function for that, that gives out a string

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 7:39 AM

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DATE select 4

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:39 AM

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Not sure if i mix it with something else, but iirc there was a param to add the leading 0

runic edge Jun 20, 2019, 7:39 AM

#

oh ?
couldn't find it while I was searching for something like this

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:39 AM

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_m = if(date select 4>=10) then {date select 4} else {format ["0%1",select 4];};```

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 7:39 AM

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yes, some getTime HH:MM something

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:40 AM

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Yeah

#

But i am not rly sure, if that was Arma or somewhere else 😂

#

fnc_toTime somethingbla

#

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

BIS fnc timeToString

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@runic edge @winter rose

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 7:43 AM

#

it was Arma indeed ^^ used it not so long ago hehe

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:43 AM

#

😄

runic edge Jun 20, 2019, 7:43 AM

#

Thanks mate so to be clear, i dont need my ifs i just need to put it in my text ?

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 7:43 AM

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Ah yes, I wanted to use it for dates, but there is no dateToString iirc

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 7:51 AM

#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 8:20 AM

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@jade abyss, find it for me

coarse plover Jun 20, 2019, 8:21 AM

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InitPlayerLocal has the same effect as running something local exec via console right?

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 8:24 AM

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@winter rose No time fo dat! (huehue)

dull drum Jun 20, 2019, 8:30 AM

#

Hi guys, any thoughts on the Zeus points question I've shoot yesterday?

#

Oh, I cannot mention my own previous message in Discord >__>

#

Got a question about setting up Zeus via script.
I need it only to have some units available and I need costs for these units. So the units part of the code works just fine - I can see only them in MP. But I don't have any points for the Zeus 😦
`//add Zeus Points
z1 addCuratorPoints 1;

// set Zeus available units and their costs
[ z1,
[
"RyanZombieC_man_1walkerOpfor",0.1,
"O_support_AMG_F",0.1,
"RyanZombie25mediumOpfor",0.1,
"RyanZombie15Opfor",0.1,
"RyanZombieboss7Opfor",0.2,
"RyanZombieC_man_polo_5_FOpfor",0.1
]
] call BIS_fnc_curatorObjectRegisteredTable;`

Also it's possible to set up any amount of points with the Resources module in the editor , but the addCuratorPoints command page says that it is only from 0 to 1. While BIS_fnc_moduleCuratorAddPoints page looks unsupported https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_moduleCuratorAddPoints

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Everything above is running as initServer.sqf execVMs

tough abyss Jun 20, 2019, 8:41 AM

#

Ah yes, I wanted to use it for dates, but there is no dateToString iirc
Sure there is str date

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 8:44 AM

#

[2019, 6, 20, 10, 44] yeaaaaaah

#

see my year-old comment on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/date 😄

date

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 9:59 AM

#

Is there any mystery involved to make valign='middle' for ctrlSetStructuredText work, or is it broken (RscStructuredText)? 🤔

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 11:57 AM

#

... -.-

There is a bug with valign that requires adding 1 extra trailing space per line to the displayed text in order to keep it centered horizontally:```

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:21 PM

#

would someone be so kind to give me a bullet list of things to do and not to do to increase the FPS for players on a multiplayer server? getting alot of players complaining of low FPS. between 10 and 20 fps for alot of them. I get 50 so i dont know what the issue is and i have a 5 year old vid card.

peak plover Jun 20, 2019, 12:24 PM

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Less is more

#

less objects, less enemies = more fps

#

Don't give ai backpacks and attachments

#

Delete dead bodies

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:25 PM

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plz do keep going or PM me. didnt know about the backpacks and attachements thing

#

what are proxies?

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:30 PM

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@exotic tinsel GPU doesn't matter THAT much. It's the CPU

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:31 PM

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PLZ keep going. im writing these all down

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:31 PM

#

@tough abyss Have you ever tried to go mentaly crazy with setVelocity? At a certain speed the Scope deattaches from the Gun 😂

#

I did, was fun 😄

#

pushed me hiiiigh in the sky. Since then, i knew how Scopes were attached 😄

#

@exotic tinsel Loops that don't need to be executed every frame -> put a sleep in it for example

#

+Most important thing:
Optimize your code.

#

and kickout crappy Mods

#

He asked about getting better FPS

#

so... it is kinda important

#

e.g. there is crap outside like

_pos = [(getPos player select 0), (getPos player select 1), (getPos player select 2)];
blabla setMarkerPosEachFrame;

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:38 PM

#

hehe a mission can have between 15 and 30 EI, and if mission in an urban area then max of 50 civi to populate the area.

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 12:38 PM

#

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

Code Optimisation

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:39 PM

#

createAgent for Civs instead of createVehicle or placed down Units

#

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

createAgent

winter rose Jun 20, 2019, 12:39 PM

#

a "mission optimisation" page maybe could be useful with these tips? what do you say

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:39 PM

#

And the link above, posted from Lou

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:42 PM

#

well for pilots i bump view distance up but for infantry

setObjectViewDistance [1000,800];
setTerrainGrid 25;
setViewDistance 1000;

#

altis

#

shared hosted with fragnet

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:45 PM

#

thats not a lot, indicates another issue
perhaps the client draw distances are too high```
Not thinking about the obvious? Like... e.g. Scripts? Oh, i forgot, not worth it.

#

🤦

#

Or having a shitload of unoptimized crap that might not affect/suck alone, but in the mass..

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:47 PM

#

we run a couple sleep whiles on the client for monitoring things like chat so they can use chat commands

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:48 PM

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So alot of loops?

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:48 PM

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no like 3 whiles with low sleep

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i dont want to advertise here

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can i PM it to you. i dont want to get in trouble

jade abyss Jun 20, 2019, 12:49 PM

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Send him a PM?

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Scripts?

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 12:58 PM

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loads lol

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@tough abyss anythoughts?

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ok. well i got a lot of good advice. thank you all.

ruby breach Jun 20, 2019, 1:37 PM

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@coarse plover Yes and no. Yes in that both will execute the given code locally on a single machine (debug local exec runs on the machine that pressed the button only, IPL executes locally on each player's machine as they connect to the server and initialize the mission). No in that debug is happening postInit, while the other is happening during init. Something that may be useful for you in the future is https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order

peak plover Jun 20, 2019, 1:41 PM

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If it comes down to it

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Make sure the background for firefights and stuff is empty

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Example, pushing towards ocean instead of a city

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But if it's a tvt, that wouldn't work

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Also

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https://community.bistudio.com/wikidata/images/thumb/9/96/SimpleObject_PerformanceChart.png/1000px-SimpleObject_PerformanceChart.png

proper sail Jun 20, 2019, 2:15 PM

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Does:

_configs = "true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles");```
Give the same output as:
```SQF
_array = getArray (configFile >> "CfgVehicles")```

still forum Jun 20, 2019, 2:16 PM

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shouldn't

proper sail Jun 20, 2019, 2:16 PM

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What would be the correct equivelant for arma 2

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 2:17 PM

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is there a simple way to detect an rpg on unit?

dull drum Jun 20, 2019, 2:17 PM

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check against weapons on unit if array of classes has one then it has an rpg?

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Is there any way to reload current weapon via script? reload page states that it will reload all weapons, while loadMagazine is a strange thing with necessary turret position in params >_<

still forum Jun 20, 2019, 2:32 PM

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action

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I think "ReloadMagazine"?

dull drum Jun 20, 2019, 2:33 PM

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Hmm, eventually it looks like the reload page is a lie. It reloads current weapon just fine without reloading everything. Problem solved!

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Now I have my player behaving like some Overwatch character ^__^

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 2:38 PM

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How to get the key that the player binded for some imput like shift for sprint?

still forum Jun 20, 2019, 2:39 PM

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actionKeys

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but it doesn't work properly if shift/alt/ctrl are involved. There is no way that works perfectly

peak plover Jun 20, 2019, 2:51 PM

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Hmm

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@still forum What about the display control for the control settings?

still forum Jun 20, 2019, 2:52 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

peak plover Jun 20, 2019, 2:53 PM

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I sometimes thought about the same thing

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But never looked into it

vocal hearth Jun 20, 2019, 4:20 PM

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has anybody ever made a replacement for the sidebar action menu?

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If it was changed into something like an ACE interaction wheel menu, I'd be super happy

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I've never seen a mod that fooled with the sidebar though, so maybe it's untouchable

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 4:22 PM

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Yes, not me but both ACR and Epoch mods have dynamic radial menus. Lot of work though

vocal hearth Jun 20, 2019, 4:22 PM

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so nothing you can drop on the base game, they only work in the context of that mod

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 4:24 PM

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No, they are both APL-SA so...

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More seriously, the code is designed with the mod being present but could be coded to be more generic. Epoch's DynaMenu is particularly good, context based - what you are looking at, what it's state is, what is near you, very configurable and graphically pleasing on the eye

peak plover Jun 20, 2019, 4:30 PM

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WEll

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Don't arma life have that

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Like a custom interaction

elder karma Jun 20, 2019, 4:57 PM

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So I'm script illiterate and need some help.

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Would there be a way to set up camera modules, and code so a monitor was showing that camera's view? As if it were the security center display of some kind?

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 4:58 PM

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Yeah. Both Epoch and Exile mods have those

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So is ppssibl3 😉

compact maple Jun 20, 2019, 5:17 PM

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Hey, do you think this : https://www.soyoustart.com/fr/offres/1801sys47.xml
is enough for a arma 3 server ?

vernal mural Jun 20, 2019, 5:40 PM

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Is there a way to retrieve the "name" of a curator ? I tried name myCurator but it returns an empty string

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module's config says expression = "_this setVariable ['%s',_value,true];";, what is this %s duda ? Never seen this anywhere

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Nevermind, it kinda means "the name of the attribute you are setting up". In my case the attribute is "Name", so myCurator getVariable "Name" returns Zeus#1, as expected !
Thanks everyone for being my rubber duck 😉

still forum Jun 20, 2019, 6:02 PM

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@compact maple Accidentally hit the wrong channel?

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Yes, got enough

compact maple Jun 20, 2019, 6:02 PM

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@still forum Oops my bad, thanks for answering anyway

exotic tinsel Jun 20, 2019, 9:42 PM

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i desperately need help with solving our supposed FPS issues. Is there anyone willing to PM/Talk to me about configuration?

astral dawn Jun 20, 2019, 9:56 PM

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run the profile build

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and use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_captureSlowFrame

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but I don't guarantee that you will understand the profiler sections or that anyone here will tell you what they mean

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but if you have scripts which take FPS then you might be able to see them in the diag_captureSlowFrame output

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:14 PM

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Is there a way to check if the helicopter is ready to fly afther turn on the engine?

tough abyss Jun 20, 2019, 10:28 PM

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You mean if rotor spins fast enough?

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:28 PM

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yes

tough abyss Jun 20, 2019, 10:29 PM

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Could check rpm maybe

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 10:29 PM

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Hold SHIFT - if it takes off it is ready to fly 😉

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But I'm a ground pounder so...

tough abyss Jun 20, 2019, 10:34 PM

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@dull drum maybe add magazine to weapon with addWeaponItem, that should reload it

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:38 PM

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@astral tendon what is the purpose of the knowledge?

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:39 PM

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Why ask?

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:39 PM

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perhaps someone has figured out what you are trying to do in some other way

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:41 PM

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I only need to check if the player helicopter engine is ready to fly

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:41 PM

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I mean its ready to fly the momeny the engine is turned on

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:42 PM

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No its not.

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:42 PM

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there is however a paramterer that determines the time when it actually takes off

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startDuration = 5;```

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if this is set to 0 the helo takes off immediately

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:44 PM

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So, how do I put that on script to check if the engine is ready and the helicopter can take off?

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:45 PM

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I recall the value is in seconds

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possibly you can read it from the config and calulate form the time engine turns on

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or check if the RPM changes when the time is up and it lifts off and do something with that

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:50 PM

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rotorsRpmRTD can check it, but I guess the RPM is variable from helicopter from helicopter right?

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:51 PM

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Indeed

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 10:52 PM

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It might help if you explained what you are trying to do @astral tendon

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:52 PM

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check if the helicopter can take off afther the engine has ben turn on.

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 10:53 PM

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For doing what?

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Cause I will go back to my original answer of "when it takes off when you hold down SHIFT"

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We are not mind readers... so explaining the end game of what you want always helps

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:56 PM

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If (TheHelicopterEngineIsReadyToTakeOffCommand _myheli) then {
systemChat "Hey jimbo, your helicopter is ready to take off"";
};

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 10:57 PM

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Why would you need that... don't you get in the helo beforehand? Maybe for a message saying "Get your arse in here bud, we are leaving!"

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:58 PM

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yeah sounds like a lot of hassel for just to remind someone to get into the chopper

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especially when it might not even be doable

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 10:59 PM

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Why soo much questions? is like if I ask how do I sprint in the game and you want me to write a hole essay why I need to that instead of saying press shift.

young current Jun 20, 2019, 10:59 PM

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also not sure if advancedFlightModel uses StartDuration

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because what you aim to do with often helps to come up with a solution

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 11:00 PM

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You are asking for something that requires a bit of coding to do... i.e. our time... but you're not getting my time now

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 11:01 PM

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Last time I asked for a code check here I was called stupid for not using google.

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 11:04 PM

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That's... unfortunate. That said... the message that "Hey jimbo, your helicopter is ready to take off" really should be if the player is near the helo... cause you don't want to bring in punters when the rotors are turning anyway

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Would this possibly be for a Life server?

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 11:05 PM

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🙄

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 11:35 PM

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Now see, that's the problem right there... demonstrated in a few semi-anonymous discord messages starting with "Why soo much questions?" Well, see all those people with blue tags... They are people who over the years have done quite a bit of stuff for ARMA in all its many incarnations. Then there are the other people on the discord many of whom have spent a large portion of their free time working on the many incarnations of ARMA... And all of us try to help people who need help. And help people do things that, sometimes have been done before but many times are new... But when you're asking the community to spend time working out how to do something there may be a question of why? Because none of us get paid for this and we have many other ARMA demands on our time and if we don't understand what you are trying to achieve, or you suddenly develop an attitude then we might just go "Meh"... just speaking for myself tbh

astral tendon Jun 20, 2019, 11:49 PM

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As far as my experience in this discord teached me is that I should not ask for script or help clear/debug a code because it's usually ends with people questioning why im even doing it or why I'm Lazy or stupid for not search on right places (Yeah, I know those places to begin with) and how I'm a terrible coder, so I'm limiting my self to only ask for commands and clarifications on how they work instead ask for help with my code as I use to do before.

Of course is not all users that do that, others actually try to help or message me explaining stuff, those guys save this discord for me.

So your, questioning may end with what I'm already expecting, sorry if I juged you wrong.

restive leaf Jun 20, 2019, 11:50 PM

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You can check my message history mate... always try to be helpful

dreamy kestrel Jun 21, 2019, 1:22 AM

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@astral tendon mostly I've found the feedback helpful. there is always the occassional turd response, but that's to be expected in a public forum such as this one. take the good from the bad.

fierce geode Jun 21, 2019, 1:46 AM

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Okay all I’ve been screwed so many times, I’m stressed,every person I have hires for custom framework has turned out to be total assholes and scammed me out of a lot of money, is there anyone out there that can make a custom framework for my community, not a milsim but a life server, and I would like it to be rp framework not altis please let me know thank you

restive leaf Jun 21, 2019, 1:50 AM

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☝ 💯

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It's Life. He wants to get on that gravy train

astral tendon Jun 21, 2019, 1:54 AM

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I would recommend learn your self really, Its kinda hard do that kinda stuff with out people who you trust or have money into it..

restive leaf Jun 21, 2019, 1:55 AM

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☝

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Must say, as someone who has run persistent 24x7 servers since 2014... Make the server yourself, or in a team..
Your server has problems, how would you fix them?

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But not pay someone to do it for you

young current Jun 21, 2019, 1:59 AM

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if you pay money for stuff you must make ironclad contracts

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also off topic: but damn it irks me that "Altis life" mode is now called Altis

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makes not sense to me

astral tendon Jun 21, 2019, 2:01 AM

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Just "Altis"?

young current Jun 21, 2019, 2:02 AM

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yes

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seen that a few times now

astral tendon Jun 21, 2019, 2:03 AM

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lol, Im bad in naming conventions but dan.

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That must be fun to search.

restive leaf Jun 21, 2019, 2:04 AM

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Deliberately I suspect🤢

young current Jun 21, 2019, 2:04 AM

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People have referred to it as "Altis" on chat at least.

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I dont pay that much attention to what the servers and whatnot are called

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anyway. carry on with the channel business

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I'll catch some ZzZ

tough abyss Jun 21, 2019, 5:07 AM

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Not long before it gets shortened even more to A mod

weak tiger Jun 21, 2019, 6:53 AM

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is it possible to temporarily change an individual spawned vehicle's "threat"? ie so an AI tank would shoot at a civilian vehicle

jade abyss Jun 21, 2019, 6:58 AM

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You can try to assign the Driver group to a different Side. E.g.: Creating a new one (using the Enemyside) for him, then let him join in that one.

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

createGroup

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

joinSilent

drifting copper Jun 21, 2019, 8:27 AM

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Again me with my noob questions, not finding much on google.

Looking for a if ai unconscious then enableSimulation false; till revived or something like that, and maybe the best way to implement it? Using ACE3 but find it annoying how knocked out AI "track" players while in unconscious state - basically ending up "twitching" all over the place.

A nudge in the right direction would be appreciated

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:27 AM

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"till revived or something like that" can't revive things without simulation tho I guess

drifting copper Jun 21, 2019, 8:30 AM

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Will you be able to change state back to true if someone interacts with the AI? say try to apply a bandage or open medical menu, something along those lines?

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:30 AM

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Not sure if ACE Interaction works if simulation is disabled

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Maybe you could do disableAI stuff instead

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make the AI deaf and dumb and blind

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I'm not sure if there are good eventhandlers for ACE unconscious stuff

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https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/events-framework.html#22-medical-ace_medical ah yes. ace_unconscious

drifting copper Jun 21, 2019, 8:38 AM

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https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/events-framework.html#22-medical-ace_medical ah yes. ace_unconscious - not too sure what I am looking at.

But what you suggested first is that I look into a if _unit setUnconscious true; then _soldier1 disableAI "AUTOTARGET"; type of argument? The script does not have to be repeatable as the AI should be ziptied by the time they are revived

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Also, with _soldier1 is that global or a unit variable name? If it is a variable name is there a way to set it to global or "all AI in mission"

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:41 AM

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"that I look into a if _unit setUnconscious true; then " no. Use the eventhandler to detect when a unit goes unconscious

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"Also, with _soldier1 is that global or a unit variable name?" _soldier1 is a local variable, so it is neither global nor a unit variable name

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"If it is a variable name is there a way to set it to global or "all AI in mission"" a variable can only point at one thing

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As I said, use the eventhandler. The wiki page shows how

drifting copper Jun 21, 2019, 8:44 AM

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On the wiki now. Thank you

elder karma Jun 21, 2019, 10:13 AM

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@restive leaf were the people I'm making this for not already downloading a 13Gb mod-pack, I'd happily add thyose to the list.

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But I was more concerned with general / vanilla ARMA capabilities, and if so how one goes about scripting / writing those lines to do so.

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 10:53 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createDiaryRecord Anyone knows what's ment by unit ID? See teamSwitch tag

winter rose Jun 21, 2019, 11:01 AM

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hmm, like that I would say the sqm id

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but I clearly don't know

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@tough abyss would you mind if I provided an off-the-shelf script inspired by your sqf if (dayTime < 16) then { if (sunOrMoon isEqualTo 1) then { if (!((hmd _unit) isEqualTo '')) then { _unit unlinkItem (hmd _unit); }; }; }; on what will be https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mission_Optimisation ?

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 11:04 AM

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unit/objectid is apparently not really intended to be used by normal users 😄

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It's the unique object id, same that's used over network too. I don't know of a way to retrieve that.
You know the numbers on trees that you could get in 2D editor to hide trees? That's object id.

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Also check CfgDiary>>FixedPages there is a %LINK_UNIT_TEAMSWITCH% it autofills something.

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 11:13 AM

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Thanks alot. I already thought it was something like that. Didn't know about CfgDiary though.

tough abyss Jun 21, 2019, 11:23 AM

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ObjectId @cosmic lichen same id you use for triggerAttachObject

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 11:25 AM

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Thanks.

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 11:28 AM

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Ah! It's part of netId!

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Atleast that's what KK thinks in comment

winter rose Jun 21, 2019, 11:32 AM

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it would make sense

tough abyss Jun 21, 2019, 11:39 AM

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There is waypointAttachObject that uses id as well, same id

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Only works when you sync in the editor AFAIK

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And yes it is sent over network, but net id could be something else

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In any case this shit is old

brave jungle Jun 21, 2019, 11:52 AM

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I want to use set3DENAttribute on the module moduleRespawnPosition_F to change the side value to blufor.
I tried using side and the value of 1, as well as "BLUFOR", west and BLUFOR but it doesn't nothing, here is the config path for you to see it too
configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "ModuleRespawnPosition_F" >> "Arguments" >> "Side"

Any ideas?

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 11:58 AM

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_logic setVariable ["Side","-1"]; Side is represented by a number

dull drum Jun 21, 2019, 11:58 AM

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@tough abyss reload alone went pretty well, now I'll do the trick for pressing R 😃

brave jungle Jun 21, 2019, 11:58 AM

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right

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 11:59 AM

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@brave jungle I don't think set3denAttribute will work because this module uses Module Framework

brave jungle Jun 21, 2019, 11:59 AM

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Right

#

Okay

#

So to make it work I'd need to...

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 12:05 PM

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YourModuleVarName setVariable ["Side","1"];

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 12:30 PM

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So what does test = player createDiaryRecord ["diary", ["Record 1", "We can't refer to next record (("]];

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return?

#

typeName test fails.

tough abyss Jun 21, 2019, 12:39 PM

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What is the problem?

#

test is nil?

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It can be

#

Says so on the wiki

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 1:39 PM

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nope

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test contains "We can't refer to next record ((" but it's not type string

hollow thistle Jun 21, 2019, 2:13 PM

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test = player createDiaryRecord ["diary", ["Record 1", "We can't refer to next record (("]];

typeName test;

// returns
"DIARY_RECORD"

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 2:17 PM

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@hollow thistle How did you test that?

hollow thistle Jun 21, 2019, 2:17 PM

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Entered above without thing under the comment and pressed enter.

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😛

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 2:18 PM

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Guess I had a typo in it then, that's exactly what I did ealier.

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Thanks 😃

vernal mural Jun 21, 2019, 4:01 PM

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hey there,
Is there a way to retrieve the player's BI Unit by script ? I know we can gather UID, profileName, Steam name. What about other player's info ?

peak plover Jun 21, 2019, 4:12 PM

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hey quick question

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Can a mission have a script in it that runs during 3den

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automatically?

ruby breach Jun 21, 2019, 4:14 PM

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@vernal mural Do you mean their character?

winter rose Jun 21, 2019, 4:14 PM

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nope, the Arma 3 unit I guess

ruby breach Jun 21, 2019, 4:15 PM

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Ahhhhhh, gotchya

winter rose Jun 21, 2019, 4:15 PM

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I know about https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/squadParams for squad, but not about Unit

squadParams

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maybe a unit fills these

vernal mural Jun 21, 2019, 4:16 PM

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gonna try, thanks

#

Indeed squadParams give Unit informations 😮

#

And the Unit name is Unique, great way to check if a player can have some privileges. However I wonder if it's a HTTP request made on the fly, or if there is some kind of local storage once the game is started. If so, modification of local content might be possible

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 6:27 PM

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@peak plover What do you mean by running during 3den?

weak obsidian Jun 21, 2019, 7:38 PM

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Can anyone explain why the variable "briefingname" does not show the briefingname defined in intel class in mission.sqm and in descriptiont.ext? trying to understand why I'm always getting the filename instead of the actual briefing name when reading the variable.

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 7:45 PM

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briefingName is not a variable

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

weak obsidian Jun 21, 2019, 7:47 PM

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Returns the name of the current briefing/scenario name. <- THIS it does not do. It returns the filename,

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 7:50 PM

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It does. And missionName returns the foldername

weak obsidian Jun 21, 2019, 7:51 PM

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Well not for me, defined briefingname in description.ext and verified it is under the intel class in the mission.sqm, but all it shows is the filename

restive leaf Jun 21, 2019, 7:52 PM

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briefingname is a command though? Not a variable as Dedmen said

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 7:52 PM

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have you saved and reloaded the mission? MIght be a syntax error somwhere

restive leaf Jun 21, 2019, 7:52 PM

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You call it and it returns the mission name

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 7:52 PM

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

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You 100% sure the description.ext is in your mission/pbo?

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checked missionConfigFile in config viewer?

weak obsidian Jun 21, 2019, 7:53 PM

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YES. It shows correctly when loading the mission and everything just not in the mission itself

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I'm trying to use it in an intro text and all it shows it the filename

restive leaf Jun 21, 2019, 7:54 PM

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Oh. Never have mission selections. Just one mission per ARMA instance on the dedi. Learn something new every day. Thanks

weak obsidian Jun 21, 2019, 8:00 PM

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Yeah i'll try to make a new mission then and just set these things and nothing else and try to figure out why it returns the filename, not the actual briefing name. If I can reproduce I'll make bug report.

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:13 PM

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Can anyone spot the error ? https://pastebin.com/rEvNMXN9 Code is executed when display is loaded onLoad = "_this spawn Enh_fnc_briefingEditor_onLoad";

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The display is found properly, also the controls, but nothing happens. No log entry, no script error. I am too blind to see it.

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:14 PM

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diag_log on start of script?

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disableSerialization? can't store ctrl/display into script as can't be serialized

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:27 PM

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No luck

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:29 PM

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"colours" there's your error, you misspelled color

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:30 PM

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😄

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Have you tried filling literally everything with diag logs or systemChats and seeing where something stops?

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Can't find anything that hits my eye

hollow thistle Jun 21, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Enh_fnc_briefingEditor_onLoad are you sure its not nill at the moment of execution?

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Yes I did. Actually this script was working when I was testing it from within a mission.

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It's not nil.

hollow thistle Jun 21, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Because it will fail silently here for nils.

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🤔

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:32 PM

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The variable retuns the code, tested that already.

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:32 PM

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Can you explain what's happening and what not?

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"tested that already" how and where?

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:32 PM

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I checked Enh_fnc_briefingEditor_onLoad with the debug console so see if it isn't nil. Before opening the UI

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:33 PM

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debug console is missionNamespace

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onLoad is uiNamespace

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:33 PM

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Enh_fnc_briefingEditor_onLoad -> missionNamespace

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:33 PM

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but if you'd put a diag_log/systemChat right after your params, you'll know 100% whether it runs or not

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:34 PM

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I did that, as I said 😃

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:34 PM

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"Enh_fnc_briefingEditor_onLoad -> missionNamespace" not sure what you're trying to tell me

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Then explain what's wrong. Because I hear that it doesn't work, but it works. And I have no idea what's what

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:35 PM

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That's exactly the issue. The script runs fine, but none of the controls are filled. (ColourLB for example)

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:36 PM

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adding logs at the comands that fill the controls, the control is defined properly, and you are passing the right arguments to the command that add's stuff?

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~~Check that the other controls are loaded before your onLoad fires?~~ nvm spawn does that

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:42 PM

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private _ctrlComboTags = CTRL(90);
diag_log _ctrlComboTags;
{
   diag_log (_ctrlComboTags lbAdd _x);
   diag_log _x;
} forEach ["Linebreak","Marker","Image","Font","Execute","ExecuteClose"];```  ```22:40:13 Control #90
22:40:13 -1
22:40:13 "Linebreak"
22:40:13 -1
22:40:13 "Marker"
22:40:13 -1
22:40:13 "Image"
22:40:13 -1
22:40:13 "Font"
22:40:13 -1
22:40:13 "Execute"
22:40:13 -1
22:40:13 "ExecuteClose"```

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{
     idc = 90;
     x = CENTERED_X(90);
     y = DIALOG_TOP + CTRL_DEFAULT_H + 92 * GRID_H;
     w = 90 * GRID_W;
     h = CTRL_DEFAULT_H;
     onLBSelChanged = "_this call Enh_fnc_briefingEditor_onLBSelChanged";
};```

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Controls detected, data which should be added is correct. The control#90 is the correct display control with idc 90. But for some reason it's not adding the stuff to the control.

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:49 PM

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maybe some script runs later which deletes all elements

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 8:50 PM

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Checked that by removing every other script related to that ui

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 8:51 PM

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Add a sleep 5 between every element, so that you should be able to watch it live adding element by element

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:05 PM

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Alright, I found the issue

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Calling ["ShowPanelLeft",false] call BIS_fnc_3DENInterface; ["ShowPanelRight",false] call BIS_fnc_3DENInterface; after the _display variable seems to do some weird stuff to the _display variable

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Hiding the panels before actually storing the display into a variable solves the issue. That's actually how I did it in my other scripts.

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Is that even possible?

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 9:07 PM

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https://s.sqf.ovh/notepad%2B%2B_2019-06-21_23-07-11.png

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No private

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:07 PM

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fucking hell

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 9:07 PM

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better PM KK on BIF 😄

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:07 PM

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FUCDJFo<shDFOIjahdfoüasdfdsf

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 9:07 PM

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tons of other vars in there without private too

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:08 PM

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I just spend 3 hours finding that.

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Well not quite 3 hours but still

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Alright, requested that to be changed.

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Guess I learned another lesson today. Private variables need a TAG now too _Enh_display 😄

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Thanks @still forum for your help

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 9:18 PM

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wonder if logging the _display would've showed you anything. Probably see the different idd

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But weird that the other display happened to have controls with same idc

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:18 PM

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Nah not entirely.

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 9:18 PM

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lul. You could also spawn that thing instead of calling (from commy ACE slack)

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:19 PM

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Spawn what?

still forum Jun 21, 2019, 9:19 PM

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the bis fnc

cosmic lichen Jun 21, 2019, 9:19 PM

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Sure, next time I just spawn about anything

dusk badger Jun 22, 2019, 8:03 AM

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Any supply drop with random gear script? For a single player mission

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 8:27 AM

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I'd use the vanilla supply drop module and randomize the crates content.

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However, randomizing the crates content can be a bit tedious. So I'd google for a solution to that.

jade abyss Jun 22, 2019, 10:28 AM

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Wasn't there a command for it?

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I have seen it somewhere ... 🤔 Can't check niw, currently on mobile.

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 10:33 AM

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Biki search finds nothing.

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 10:52 AM

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What Lifestate returns?

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 10:52 AM

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a string

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i assume

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

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one of

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"DEAD"
"DEAD-RESPAWN"
"DEAD-SWITCHING"
"INCAPACITATED"
"INJURED"```

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 10:58 AM

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Was asking @tough abyss

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 10:59 AM

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The Wiki answered!

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 1:14 PM

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freshly tested: "INCAPACITATED" @tough abyss @tough abyss

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 1:19 PM

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Nice 👍

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 1:22 PM

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let's try this specific case

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negative; no way to get that info easily

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 1:25 PM

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Not nice 👎

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 1:26 PM

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true

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 1:43 PM

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true; returns "unconscious"-based animations

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unconscious
unconsciousfacedown
unconsciousoutprone

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and deadstate for… well, you know

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 3:01 PM

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can i just check something

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i'm doing a position based music fading thing

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just to test

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is it jip safe to have a localplayerjoin script or whatever it's called that plays music, then fade it elsewhere

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and is it better to use event handlers or the script file

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 3:05 PM

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yes, safe to have a local script

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 3:06 PM

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and i can't find the name of the sqf file that gets run on player load

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 3:06 PM

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as long as it doesn't have to be synced with other player's music

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 3:06 PM

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yep that was the only thing

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that's fine

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what's the best way to run a script when a player spawns in

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or

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hmm

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the issue is basically i want music to always be playing

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regardless of jip

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and fade it in and out

winter rose Jun 22, 2019, 3:08 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts for all available event scripts

Event Scripts

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 3:08 PM

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ah thanks

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 3:31 PM

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can i just check something else: with JIP, presumably you only have to worry about synchronising the state of your scripts, i.e. if you destroy a building with a script, anyone who joins will presumably have it destroyed for them as well because it comes with the built in multiplayer synchronisation of the world

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huh

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but it syncs positions of units and things

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that seems very odd

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is that because it would be insane to sync the map on join

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so if you kill a unit it would work with jip, but map buildings aren't synced

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ok

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thanks

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wait so spawning the explosion

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would the JIP client see it as they join

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i.e. the explosion object doesn't get removed after it goes off

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so what's the mechanism by which the syncing works like this then

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i could see if the explosion object was created exploding for the JIP player because the explosion's explodeyness isn't tracked

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i see

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ok

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wait so when someone joins do they have all these events happening on their client

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seems like it would be slow

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to recreate the world from what's been done to it reather than syncing the state

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yep

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ok

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so it would work with setdamage (setdammage hehe) but wouldn't with a removign one

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i don't know what removevehicle is for map objects

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so does deleting not get synced

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units and vehicles etc i assume are always synced

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so i can have a non repeatable server only trigger that e.g. spawns a car, and it will work and JIP players won't be able to trigger it again

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 3:59 PM

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Does anyone know what parameter task does? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createDiaryRecord

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Using simpleTasks player # 0 for testing fails with an error message

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:07 PM

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

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that's a different command you linked

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also maybe the player has no tasks, so it's an empty array so it has no first elemen

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and this is what the task type hsould be

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

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:19 PM

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No I didn't link the wrong command

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:19 PM

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ah i see

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yes so the task parameter needs to be of type Task

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:20 PM

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typeName (simpleTasks player # 0) returns "task"

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So is it a task now or is it not.

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:21 PM

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what

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ah i see

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hang on but your initial question was 'what does the task parameter do'

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:21 PM

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Well, if I could get it to work I'd probably find out myself.

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:22 PM

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I don't really understand your question

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you're not able to create a task and thus simpleTasks is empty

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is that it

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and the reason you're unable to create a task is because of the task parameter to createDiaryRecord

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:22 PM

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gimme a sec, gonna check something

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The question remains the same, what does the parameter task in createDiaryRecord do? Does it create a task, does it add a reference to the task in the briefing, or does it do nothing?

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:25 PM

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ah i see

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i would assume a reference to the task

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:25 PM

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In order to find that out, I create a task and afterwards added that task as parameter to createDiaryRecord

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But nothing.

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:25 PM

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since there's a Tasks tab which tasks automatically go to

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hmm

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not sure then

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but I would assume it's what the tasks system uses to create the diary menu Tasks tab and its contents

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:26 PM

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most likely.

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So it's doing nothing because creating that task prior already created that entry.

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Alright, the taskState parameter does what I expected.

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:27 PM

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ah that makes sense

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hmm

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:27 PM

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Gonna add that to the wiki.

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:27 PM

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i was unable to register an account

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:28 PM

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pm @ dwarden for an account

plush oriole Jun 22, 2019, 4:29 PM

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on discord?

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thanks

cosmic lichen Jun 22, 2019, 4:31 PM

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yes

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 4:57 PM

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Hey I'm trying to add music to a vehicle when the engine is on, but it doesn't play anything


if (isEngineOn (vehicle player)) then 
{ 


nul = [this] spawn {while {true} do {(_this select 0) say3D ["radiomusic", 25, 1]; sleep 268;};};

}; ```

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It works without the if then thingy

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but then it plays 24/7

ruby breach Jun 22, 2019, 5:00 PM

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Well, considering you're not looping the check but are looping the execution of the sound, that would make sense

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:00 PM

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Should the check be looped as well then?

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:01 PM

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i mean yeah, but you need to make it an efficient check.

ruby breach Jun 22, 2019, 5:01 PM

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If you want the check to happen more than once, yes

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But that^

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:01 PM

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How would one do that 🤔

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:01 PM

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you dont need, but it's highly recommended

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:02 PM

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I'm basically just copy pastaing script from forums and praying it works xD

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:02 PM

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.

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Well, check if the player isn't on foot (vehicle player != player) and then check the engine. Or you add a GetInEH and GetOutEH so you can terminate the loop properly

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And you'd need to create a loop to check if the player is on foot then the rest of the code

ruby breach Jun 22, 2019, 5:03 PM

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Alternatively, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Engine

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:04 PM

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Oh i didn't know that existed, instead of the GetIn and GetOut use ^

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:04 PM

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Uhhh I don't know If I can do that by myself tbh but I can try

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:06 PM

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Something like

someVehicle addEventHandler ["Engine", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_engineState"];
    if(_engineState) then 
    {
        // some code executed when the engine turns on
        nul = [_vehicle] spawn {while {true} do {(_this select 0) say3D ["radiomusic", 25, 1]; sleep 268;};};

    }
    else 
    {
        //engine off code, terminate the thread somehow.
    };
}];```

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:06 PM

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Oh dang

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I assume someVehicle is the variable for the car?

ruby breach Jun 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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or truck, or helecopter, or whatever

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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^

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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Ye ye

ruby breach Jun 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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Also, if (_engineState)

tough abyss Jun 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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you may have to mess with the _this encased in the spawn. Make sure _this select 0 is some object or valid sound source

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good catch

sand anvil Jun 22, 2019, 5:09 PM

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Hmmm

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I guess this should be somewhere else than on the vehicle init