#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 541

quartz coyote Jul 23, 2019, 9:08 PM

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it works

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thanks for the collective thinking

astral tendon Jul 23, 2019, 9:55 PM

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How can I allow the camera created with the camCreate to move around with the mouse cursor?

knotty arrow Jul 23, 2019, 10:36 PM

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thanks, i fix it @young current

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u can't i think, only doing a script with an eventhandler @astral tendon

real moat Jul 23, 2019, 10:37 PM

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class UTF {
    tag = "UTF";

    class functions    {
        file = "functions";
        
        class InsigniaProvider {};
        class A3LogExamples {};
    };
};

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Does anything seem amiss with this functions.hpp?

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I have fn_InsigniaProvider.sqf and fn_A3LogExamples within the functions directory

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Though VS Code says the functions cannot be found

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And I get "fn_InsigniaProvider.sqf not found" in game

cosmic lichen Jul 23, 2019, 10:43 PM

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are the functions called fn_XXXX

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?

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Is it a mod or a mission?

real moat Jul 23, 2019, 10:47 PM

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└───scripts
    │   #readme.md
    │   functions.hpp
    │
    ├───EXT
    │   └───IgiLoad
    │       │   IgiLoad.sqf
    │       │   IgiLoadInit.sqf
    │       │   supported.txt
    │
    ├───UTF
    │   └───CheckJIP
    │       │  checkJIP.sqf
    │
    ├───Functions
    │       fn_A3Examples.sqf
    │       fn_InsigniaProvider.sqf

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I use fn_ in the filename

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Its a mission

cosmic lichen Jul 23, 2019, 10:47 PM

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scripts\functions should be the path then

real moat Jul 23, 2019, 10:48 PM

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That is the path

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See above

cosmic lichen Jul 23, 2019, 10:48 PM

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file = "functions";

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file = "scripts\functions";

real moat Jul 23, 2019, 10:49 PM

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oh, so it ref the root file?

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I see

cosmic lichen Jul 23, 2019, 10:49 PM

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Try that.

real moat Jul 23, 2019, 10:49 PM

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Giving it a go

cosmic lichen Jul 23, 2019, 10:49 PM

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So far I know it always starts at mission's root

tough abyss Jul 23, 2019, 10:49 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Functions_Library

real moat Jul 23, 2019, 10:53 PM

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Awesome, was looking for that thanks

wanton swallow Jul 24, 2019, 5:28 AM

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Hi all. How to ignore this restriction?
Attempt to override final function
I want to override functions with debug console which was be declared in CfgFunctions.

high marsh Jul 24, 2019, 5:35 AM

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allowRecompile = 1; in your description.ext

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You can't ignore it because it's a security feature from preventing the function from being hijacked.

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can't remember if it was allowrecompile or allowfunctionrecompile

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

wanton swallow Jul 24, 2019, 5:43 AM

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Yes, thank you.

daring parrot Jul 24, 2019, 8:10 AM

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this newbie have a few dumb question to professional. :/

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the addon and mod is same thing?

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seriously i cant understand about the difference between them.

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 8:13 AM

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a mod is, let's say a whole lot of addons in order to make a full game modification ( = mod)
an addon is "just" a file with content in it

daring parrot Jul 24, 2019, 8:14 AM

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oh so addon is something like parts of the mod?

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it's new knowledge to me, thank you for the answer

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 9:24 AM

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1 addon could be a mod or 10 addons

summer trout Jul 24, 2019, 10:53 AM

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I have this in init in an object:
{ _x addEventHandler ["Killed", {null = [_x] execVM "death_sounds\player_ded.sqf";}]; } forEach allUnits;

and this in my addon:

stype = floor(random[1,18,38]);
music = format ["death_sounds\deathsound_%1.wav", stype];
_aslPos = getPosASL _PO;

playSound3D[music, _PO, false, _aslPos];```

And I get an exception that _PO is undefined...

Why does it happen?

still forum Jul 24, 2019, 11:06 AM

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_x is undefined

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you are passing a undefined variable, thus _PO is also undefined

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local variables carry over into lower scopes

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but you don't have a scope there. you are creating a new script

summer trout Jul 24, 2019, 11:08 AM

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But isn't _x the object in forEach loop?

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Even if it is undefined, then how does it successfully add event handler?

cosmic lichen Jul 24, 2019, 11:10 AM

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the first _x is fine

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The second one is undefined

summer trout Jul 24, 2019, 11:11 AM

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So how would I fix it?

cosmic lichen Jul 24, 2019, 11:12 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Killed

Arma 3: Event Handlers

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Killed eventhandler has a parameter which includes the unit which was killed

summer trout Jul 24, 2019, 11:13 AM

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Ok

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Thanks

cosmic lichen Jul 24, 2019, 11:13 AM

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  _x addEventHandler ["Killed", 
  {
    params ["_unit"];
    null = [_unit] execVM "death_sounds\player_ded.sqf";
  }];  
} forEach allUnits;```

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 11:14 AM

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```sqf too

summer trout Jul 24, 2019, 11:14 AM

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Ok

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Thanks

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 11:54 AM

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What you have all units screaming when a unit is killed?

edgy dune Jul 24, 2019, 1:35 PM

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Well why not,but why do null=?

still forum Jul 24, 2019, 1:37 PM

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no reason to

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 1:40 PM

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habit from init / trigger fields

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 2:01 PM

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Would prefer _dummy instead, 1. it is local 2. it removes any questions "why null"

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 2:03 PM

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some do 0 = (…)

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@tough abyss I am not 100% sure but I think these fields throw an error if you use local vars too =\

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 2:05 PM

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Yeah in init yes. Stupid just like not allowing return value stupid

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There is no reason for either by the way

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 2:06 PM

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that's what I think too
historic code… never changed

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 2:06 PM

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Arma wouldn’t be Arma if not for little surprises like these

hollow thistle Jul 24, 2019, 2:08 PM

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just use _ = ... shortest you can type and it's local.

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 2:08 PM

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I think these fields throw an error if you use local vars

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 2:08 PM

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Yeah you can also have variable with name ""

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 2:09 PM

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a = ^^

still forum Jul 24, 2019, 2:18 PM

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I could fix the = returning nothing bug. And maybe allow for things like
var1 = var2 = 5;

But... That means you couldn't write any code in init boxes anymore.. so you're not gonna get that fix

cosmic lichen Jul 24, 2019, 2:19 PM

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I would gladly sacrifice init boxes for that 😄

obsidian violet Jul 24, 2019, 2:29 PM

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Hi guys!
im trying to add the ACE action to make an object able to be loaded in ace cargo.
The object is the type of dog with a custom variable name of klt_dog

[klt_dog, 1] call ace_cargo_fnc_setSize;
I tried using this function that do give me the ACE interaction to load the object, however when I load the object into a vehicle the object does not dissapear,
and i get the text. "this object cannot be loaded".

any clues?

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 2:29 PM

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f- init boxes yep!

winter rose Jul 24, 2019, 2:49 PM

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they simply shouldn't exist 👀

tough abyss Jul 24, 2019, 2:56 PM

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server/clients/both
none

faint oasis Jul 24, 2019, 8:05 PM

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i have a question ? how to hide a smoke create by the command "create vehicle" ?

surreal peak Jul 24, 2019, 8:19 PM

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hideObjectGlobal should do it if it's made with createVehicle

white sky Jul 25, 2019, 5:43 AM

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Is there away to disable colorSelectBackground. Setting the alpha to 0 hides what you have selected

plain current Jul 25, 2019, 6:10 AM

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You mean you wan't it so u can't see whats selected? Set it to the same value as the background? @white sky

dull drum Jul 25, 2019, 1:52 PM

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Hi guys! Where can one find a list of such visual effects as ObjectDestructionFire1Tiny and others? Thanks!

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Found one small list under the configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "ModuleEffectsFire_F" >> "DestructionEffects" "

white sky Jul 25, 2019, 2:09 PM

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@plain current Then it hides whats selected I have the background alpha set to 0 as I'm using a image for the dialog

spark turret Jul 25, 2019, 4:28 PM

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hello again!
any better way to get a position opposite of another position instead of doing
pos1 select 0 - (pos1 select 0 - pos2 select 0)
etc etc
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something like "pos0 getVector pos1" (not actual function)

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im having an infantry group move opposite direction of a position which markes their attacking enemy. and im really to lazy to type out all the "select 0" -shit-
shoot

digital hollow Jul 25, 2019, 4:32 PM

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I would use the origin getPos [distance, heading] syntax

spark turret Jul 25, 2019, 4:32 PM

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ahhh that looks very interesting

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very nice thank you for pointing me in the right direction

spark turret Jul 25, 2019, 5:01 PM

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can i use selectRandom to select from code? if yes how would i do that?
im trying to do something like defining function stuff somewhere and then be able to call it fast

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_doThisStuff = {hint "Hello im hinting"};
_dothisstuff;

but it dont work

grim coyote Jul 25, 2019, 5:03 PM

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call _dothisstuff;```

spark turret Jul 25, 2019, 5:03 PM

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ouuu mesmerizing. thanks

wispy cave Jul 25, 2019, 6:34 PM

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which of the following do I use to add a voice to the arsenal? Item?

    BIS_fnc_addVirtualItemCargo
    BIS_fnc_addVirtualMagazineCargo
    BIS_fnc_addVirtualWeaponCargo```

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 6:34 PM

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I'd say none

wispy cave Jul 25, 2019, 6:34 PM

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well, people are complaining that they can't load their loadout because the item novoice is not included

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 6:34 PM

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voices(CfgVoices) are not items(CfgVehicles)

astral tendon Jul 25, 2019, 7:24 PM

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I cant unload my DLC trought steam anymore, is there other way to disable it?

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 7:47 PM

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So is this the update which has provided the createSimpleObject command the ability to use classname rather then shapename as a local object? Or am I too early still

hollow thistle Jul 25, 2019, 7:48 PM

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it is.

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 7:48 PM

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no

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that was always possible

hollow thistle Jul 25, 2019, 7:48 PM

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~~but it's not a separate command~~

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 7:49 PM

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what we got is createSimpleObject for local only

hollow thistle Jul 25, 2019, 7:49 PM

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nevermind I thought he wanted local, sorry too hot today.

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 7:49 PM

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yeah

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i hav wet blanket

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can recommend

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:08 PM

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Objects created with Syntax 2 can be textured. The default direction should match the direction of the object if it was created with createVehicle.

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

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Whats that talking about exactly? Its 😖 me

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:09 PM

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you can only retexture if you spawn from class

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not from shapename

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as shapename are "super simple object" not just simple

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:09 PM

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Yup, soryr got that bit

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The 2nd sentence is the bit which confuses me

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:10 PM

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it just says "this spawns just like createVehicle, everything is completely normal and nothing very weird and unexpected happens"

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:11 PM

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Oh, ok, fair enough 😄

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:11 PM

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whereas syntax 1 says "it's sometimes wrong"

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:11 PM

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🤣

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:11 PM

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like if you createVehicle an object, it always points northwards

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but syntax 1 might spawn it pointing southwards

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:11 PM

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Sorry for the plethora of questions, can simple objects have eventhandlers added? I see it supports set/getvariable but nothing about EVH's

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:12 PM

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I'd say no

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they don't get hit

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so

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what other EH's are there?

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they don't respawn..

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don't get damge

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:13 PM

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Hmm, was wondering whether I'd be able to use hit/handledamage, as maybe with BIS wizardry it works but just doesn't damage the object as such

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:14 PM

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nu

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 8:15 PM

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Cheers for the help 👍

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Now CVL is being set off default, might aswell get using createSimpleObject

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:16 PM

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If you addEH on initPlayerLocal will it be lost if the player dies?

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:16 PM

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depends on the eh think

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repsawn might carry over?

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:17 PM

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this addEventHandler ["ace_firedPlayer", {
    params [
        "_unit",
        "_weapon",
        "_muzzle",
        "_mode",
        "_ammo",
        "_magazine",
        "_projectile"
    ];}
];

tough abyss Jul 25, 2019, 8:19 PM

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Whaaaaat

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:20 PM

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Is this wrong?

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:20 PM

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that's not a valid eventhandler

tough abyss Jul 25, 2019, 8:20 PM

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Lol

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:20 PM

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Okay, I must have misunderstood how it works

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:20 PM

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https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/events-framework.html

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:21 PM

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Oh

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So its not how the BI one works then

tough abyss Jul 25, 2019, 8:21 PM

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Ace prefix should give plenty of clues

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:28 PM

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Like this then?

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[
_unit,
_weapon,
_muzzle,
_mode,
_ammo,
_magazine,
_projectile
] call ace_firedPlayer;

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:29 PM

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no

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read the page i linked

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Mhmm, am reading it

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:31 PM

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till the end

edgy dune Jul 25, 2019, 8:34 PM

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is there away to get the loadouts saved to my profile? kind of wat like liberation does

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ah nvm

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sorry

real moat Jul 25, 2019, 8:39 PM

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Do I always need to add event handlers, or can I just call them? Those from ACE/CBA

still forum Jul 25, 2019, 8:41 PM

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eventhandlers aren't called

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they handle events

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the bottom of the page I told you to read has examples

tough abyss Jul 25, 2019, 8:47 PM

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"Gear" with the action command don't trigger the InventoryOpened event handler. This is right?

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It should

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I will re-test

cold pebble Jul 25, 2019, 9:00 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#unsafeCVL
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicleLocal
Interesting point here, they're saying opposites for what the default value should be?

astral tendon Jul 25, 2019, 9:25 PM

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Just repeating the question, is there a new way to disable DLC for testing my missions with out DLC assets?

solemn token Jul 25, 2019, 9:31 PM

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You can disable the dlcs within the steam Library

tough abyss Jul 25, 2019, 9:31 PM

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you can untick all DLC in steam but I dont know if this will work

exotic flax Jul 25, 2019, 9:53 PM

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The launcher also allows you to enable/disable DLC's (just like mods) in the DLC tab

summer trout Jul 25, 2019, 9:55 PM

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When I put this script on a whiteboard object

And go singleplayer (or client-host multiplayer but with 1 person (only me)) then images load well.
But when I host it and someone else joins, then everyone BUT MY client has those images loaded... Why I don't have those loaded when in multiplayer?

carmine oak Jul 25, 2019, 10:43 PM

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anyone got any scripts to auto convert buildings/objects from livonia to cup cherno?

plain urchin Jul 25, 2019, 11:43 PM

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@summer trout try remoteExec'ing it

astral tendon Jul 26, 2019, 2:54 AM

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waitUntil {
_TargetThatUnitCanSee = allplayers;   
_targets = []; 
{if ([objNull, "VIEW"] checkVisibility [eyePos _unit, eyePos _x] >= 1 AND alive _x) then {_targets pushBack _x}} forEach _TargetThatUnitCanSee; 
if ((count _targets) > 0 or (!alive _unit)) then { //error here?
 _unit call VoiceCivSpotedOfficer; 
 true; 
  };
 };

This script start to give error afther this DLC, its saying type any expecting bool. what happened?

wanton swallow Jul 26, 2019, 3:14 AM

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Hi all.
How to localize text for each client when server do BIS_fnc_taskCreate?

[_side, format["DeliverTouristTown%1", _side], [format[localize"STR_WF_M_DeliverTouristTownDesc", _twn], localize "STR_WF_M_DeliverTouristTownTitle", "Attack"], _twnPos, "CREATED", 0, true, "Attack", true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate; //This code localize text for a server. and all clients get text, which localized for server locale

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 5:22 AM

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@wanton swallow remote exec a function that will create the task locally

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 7:47 AM

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Hey, need a little help, I'm spawning a random object from array on a marker, I have 4 locations as coords in an array, the object spawns on a marker but I need it to be spawning on these 4 random locations.

When I was using only one object it worked fine. Not sure how I can do this code.

Here's the code I'm using to spawn a random object.
_randomSpawnBox = _boxes select floor (random (count _boxes)) createVehicle getMarkerPos "marker_2";

It spawns fine on marker_2.

I need it to be something like this but a way that will make it work :)

_randomSpawnBox = _boxes select floor (random (count _boxes)) createVehicle getPos _randomLocations;

Cheers

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 7:48 AM

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select floor (random (count _boxes)) no

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

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^ yes

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for random locations do the same. also selectRandom one of them

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 7:49 AM

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and instead of 12345 i use classnames

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?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 7:49 AM

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yes

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your _boxes/_randomLocations arrays that you already have

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 7:50 AM

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yea

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so basically this

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_boxes = selectRandom ["O_supplyCrate_F","Box_AAF_Uniforms_F","CargoNet_01_box_F","Land_Pallet_MilBoxes_F"];

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from what I understood

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 7:53 AM

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var name would be private _boxClass =

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 7:54 AM

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private _boxClass = selectRandom ["O_supplyCrate_F","Box_AAF_Uniforms_F","CargoNet_01_box_F","Land_Pallet_MilBoxes_F"];

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 7:56 AM

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perfect! 👍

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variable names are really important to code understanding ;-)
comments shouldn't explain how the code works, if any
they should explain why you coded this way

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:00 AM

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nice

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selectRandom is far better than what I was doing 😄

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thanks for that

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so how do I get it to spawn on random location

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_spawnBox = _boxClass createVehicle getMarkerPos "marker_2"; I have this now

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works fine, it spawns randomly

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the box I mean, object

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:02 AM

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depends if you have an area or a position array 😄

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:02 AM

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i have an array of coords

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:03 AM

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selectRandom at it again!

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:03 AM

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I know that part hehe

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but in createVehicle

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cant figure it out

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_spawnBox = _boxClass createVehicle getPos _boxLocations

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:04 AM

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private _creationPosition = getMarkerPos selectRandom ["marker_1", "marker_2", "marker_3"];```
for createVehicle, check the wiki
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicle

createVehicle

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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so now I have _creationPosition variable that selects random marker right

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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if you have an array of coordinates

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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but how do I implement that variable

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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then getPos on a coordinate won't make sense

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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Why change getAmmoCargo and other get cargo commands? They used to return infinite number in case of entity not having any ammo cargo.

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Checking returned value with finite was a great and easy way to know if vehicle can rearm\refuel\repair

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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what they return now?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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0

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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Logically they should return 0

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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so if not getPos what should be used

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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well they fixed a bug then I guess

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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More like cut down a feature

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=getAmmoCargo&diff=123811&oldid=121633 seems like KK is responsible

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:10 AM

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Not I have to do config check instead of quick and simple finite getAmmoCargo _vehicle

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:10 AM

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why can't check for 0?

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because that would also detect rearm vehicles that are just empty?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:11 AM

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This only works if vehicle is fresh with full cargo

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In my mission I set cargo to 0 and do custom behaviour

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:11 AM

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set a variable onto the vehicle, before you set to 0

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:11 AM

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And clients did this check too to quickly know if custom rearming behaviour should be used

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Yeah, still a totally uncalled for change

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:15 AM

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same as waitUntil, and breaking assignedTeam for no apparent reason. and the waitUntil chaos. And tons of other commands that have new return values now which aren't listed at all in any changelog

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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_spawnBox = createVehicle [_boxClass, _boxLocation, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
how can I get _boxClass to work here, i switched classname for that variable but its not working which is logical, how would one implement it so it would work

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_boxClass, array of classnames for object, _boxLocation, array of coordinates for spawning

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:19 AM

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setMagazineTurretAmmo no longer can set ammo above magazine limit. Got told its a measure against cheaters.

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Except cheaters have myriad of other ways to mess game up while useful feature of having more ammo in non-modded environment is gone.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:20 AM

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@maiden warren use selectRandom...

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:26 AM

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private _boxRandom = selectRandom [["O_supplyCrate_F","Box_AAF_Uniforms_F","CargoNet_01_box_F","Land_Pallet_MilBoxes_F"], [7908.46,10229.1,0.147013],
[7911.83,10241.3,0.128614],
[7915.92,10244.7,0.144957],
[7926.76,10233.1,0.145]];

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:27 AM

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🙄

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_randombox = selectRandom [box1,box2,box3]
_randomposition = selectRandom [pos1,pos2,pos3]

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:27 AM

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I had that before

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Thats not the issue xD

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:28 AM

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what you just posted is wrong

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:28 AM

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I know

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private _boxClass = selectRandom ["O_supplyCrate_F","Box_AAF_Uniforms_F","CargoNet_01_box_F","Land_Pallet_MilBoxes_F"];
private _boxLocation = [
[7908.46,10229.1,0.147013],
[7911.83,10241.3,0.128614],
[7915.92,10244.7,0.144957],
[7926.76,10233.1,0.145]];

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:28 AM

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where's your selectRandom for box location?

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:28 AM

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it was in

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but I was testing different ways to try to make it work

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what i dont get is the createvehicle part

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:29 AM

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show the full code

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your arrays, up until the create vehicle

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:29 AM

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private _boxClass = selectRandom ["O_supplyCrate_F","Box_AAF_Uniforms_F","CargoNet_01_box_F","Land_Pallet_MilBoxes_F"];
private _boxLocation = selectRandom [
[7908.46,10229.1,0.147013],
[7911.83,10241.3,0.128614],
[7915.92,10244.7,0.144957],
[7926.76,10233.1,0.145]];
_spawnBox = createVehicle [_boxClass, _boxLocation, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

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on spawnBox if i use the classname in quotes it works fine

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but then the box is not random

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:30 AM

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code looks correct

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maybe you are just unlucky with the randomness

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:31 AM

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hm

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but can you have a variable right there

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the boxClass

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:32 AM

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yes

maiden warren Jul 26, 2019, 8:32 AM

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turns out you can

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lol

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it works

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for some reason

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well, thank you for your help, I appreciate it very much

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:36 AM

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the ammo(etc)cargo were calculated as cargo/maxcargo, the max cargo for vehicles not capable of this kind of cargo was 0, you see where it is going. It doesn't return -INF because it was division by 0. I can try to request that in this case it returns -1 maybe?

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And tons of other commands that have new return values now which aren't listed at all in any changelog

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99.99% of those returned NOTHING with null object as argument instead of default value. Mostly edge cases this is why no reason to list them all maybe?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:42 AM

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You can set negative ammo with setAmmoCargo so -1 is not perfect either

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Honestly, don't see a reason why -INF was an issue at all

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:44 AM

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You can set negative ammo with setAmmoCargo so -1
Is this a feature or a bug? if a bug this could be fixed

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:45 AM

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returning default with many commands has been expected for years tho.
like trusting alive objNull to return false. I use that quite alot

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:45 AM

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me too

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handy

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:45 AM

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default values are useful. If you want to extra check for null then you can do that.
returning nil however causes undefined variables and kills scripts

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:46 AM

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undefined behaviour

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:46 AM

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For a second I thought that alive objNull doesn't return false anymore

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:46 AM

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I don't actually know. didn't try

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:46 AM

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It does

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:47 AM

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I don't see the sense in now changing things that have been like that for years, and never really bothered anyone
Sure a programmer might see "ugh that's ugly" or "that shouldn't be like that if we were to make it nice" but that's true about most of SQF.

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:48 AM

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but it is correct default value

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:48 AM

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Its a cut feature of the command, if you ask me.

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:49 AM

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if you set ammocargo to -1 does it deplete your ammo when you resupply from it?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:49 AM

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It doesn't

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:50 AM

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so what is the use of -1?

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or any negative value for that matter?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:51 AM

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Not really, just saying that returning -1 is not as precise and perfect as infinite

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Actually, I might change vehicles that have cargo to -1 myself and then do check against -1

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No changes to command needed

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:52 AM

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you could set -1 on objects you want to pass as not having this capabilities

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:52 AM

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Still, it broke my mission and it sucks

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Yeah, gonna do that

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:52 AM

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so make it return -1 if cannot have that kind of cargo?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:54 AM

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Right now I'll just set cargo to -1 if vehicle had any cargo on spawn. And have clients check for -1 to see if vehicle is capable of rearming\repairing\refueling.

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 8:54 AM

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so it will be compatible with proposed change in the future?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 8:54 AM

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That too, yeah

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Still, infinite was perfect there. Also a useful case for finite command usage

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Hm, spawned ammo truck with APC nearby, after some shooting and instant rearming, getAmmoCargo still returns 1 🤔

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Are all cargos infinite now?

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transportAmmo = 1e+012;

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Oh, they practically are

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I guess BI couldn't fix infinite rearming from remote vehicles and made it infinite everywhere? 👌

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 9:04 AM

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i have a question do you know how to force connect the pipe between scba and gas mask please ?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 9:06 AM

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You mean force it on land?

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 9:07 AM

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wait i will send a screenshot

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 9:08 AM

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            hiddenUnderwaterSelections[] = {"hide"};
            shownUnderwaterSelections[] = {"unhide","unhide2"};

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These are selections that get shown\hidden when you're near water

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Easiest way would be to create mod with rebreather that always has these hidden or shown.

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 9:24 AM

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when i add the scba in a script

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474305904897032201/604242769430708237/Capture.PNG

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and when i use the CBRN specialist

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and i add the scba in arsenal before launching the mission

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474305904897032201/604242778427490305/Capture2.PNG

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@meager granite so do you know how to do that ?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 AM

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Oh, I thought you were talking about rebreather

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read that as scuba

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 AM

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ok and no i speak of that

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so do you know how to do that ?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 10:05 AM

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Its backpack's texture

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Don't know proper texture for it, gonna have a look

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There's probably also a BIS function for it or something

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 10:11 AM

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Hi guys. How can I get some unique ID of exact spawned Object?

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 10:12 AM

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netid?

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:17 AM

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@meager granite thx i think it's that but how to see the new function of dlc contact ?

high marsh Jul 26, 2019, 10:17 AM

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should have a new category for it under the function viewer

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:18 AM

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ok thx i will se it

high marsh Jul 26, 2019, 10:19 AM

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Yeah, it's A3_Enoch

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:22 AM

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@high marsh yes xD we have a function called "CBRN_Hose_Init"

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 10:22 AM

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@meager granite yay! Thank you!

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:29 AM

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ok but how to run the function ?

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[player] spawn BIS_fnc_CBRNHoseInit; but it doesn't work

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 10:33 AM

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Its bin_fnc_CBRNHoseInit

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For some reason

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[player] call bin_fnc_CBRNHoseInit

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Doesn't seem to be multiplayer-compatible either

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:35 AM

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oh ok it doesn't work in mp ?

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and thx it work

meager granite Jul 26, 2019, 10:38 AM

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Check function source in functions viewer, its really simple

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You could make it MP-compatible yourself with setObjectTextureGlobal

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Though these hoses might appear visible when you drop the backpack on the ground but its lesser evil

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:39 AM

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yes i know but i need to recreate a new function

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yes i think i will do that

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 10:39 AM

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Currently trying to make a guy talk with sound. Prepare for questions soon.

faint oasis Jul 26, 2019, 10:57 AM

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@meager granite i have copy all code of the function and i have change to settextureglobal and it work perfecly so thx you

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https://pastebin.com/vCrSXs8R

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called by [_unit] execVM

ornate sky Jul 26, 2019, 12:09 PM

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What's a good way to make a permanent text to show on screen?

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Like a HUD, to show score, money, etc.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:10 PM

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make a hug cutRsc thigny

ornate sky Jul 26, 2019, 12:11 PM

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hug?

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I'm guessing I need to make a Dialog?

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:16 PM

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@ornate sky just create a UI layer for your text myLayer1 = ["layernamethatfitsyou"] call BIS_fnc_rscLayer;

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And then spawn some text to it: [ _mystring, 1, 1, 60, 0, 0, "layernamethatfitsyou" ] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

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Function description will get you through the parameters of the function, they are mainly for text positioning, color and animation

ornate sky Jul 26, 2019, 12:20 PM

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how can I make sure that the text stays on the same place on every resolution?

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:20 PM

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Test it resizing the game screen?

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A question: how on Earth this piece of code

playerZeus =  getAssignedCuratorUnit z1;
playerZeus setVariable ["myDemons", [], true];

gets me an Error Error setvariable: Type String, expected Namespace,Object,Group,Display?

Like I can't declare that a variable stores an empty array? o_O
And when did [] become a string?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:35 PM

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it reports left side

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playerZeus is string

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maybe getAssignedCuratorUnit now suddenly returns string instead of objNull if z1 is objNull or smth?

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or you run in scheduled

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Why does your global variable not have a tag

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and can't it be local?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 12:36 PM

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any way to read if a unit completed its "domove" command? i want to disableai "path" upon reaching thier position

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 12:37 PM

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@spark turret if there is no command to check if the unit has reached its destination, why not just check if the unit is moving?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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was more looking for an eventhandler type thing that doesnt require a while look that checks

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but i guess that would work too

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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But z1 is 100% not objNull the script does tons of logic with it before these strings. @still forum

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 12:39 PM

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even better, will use a small marker that checks if said unit is in it at the wanted desttination

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:40 PM

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Could it be that getAssignedCuratorUnit returns string instead of Object?

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 12:40 PM

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@spark turret sure, that works

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:40 PM

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Use tags for global variables.

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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Which tags? 😃

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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MYTAG_myVariable

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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kinda dumb that "domove" exists but there is no way to check if a unit was assigned "domovev" or how far the unit is in completing its command

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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rok_playerZeus

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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@dull drum you thought about doing something like diag_log str playerZeus; or even better putting it in the watch field in the editor

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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make your variable names unique

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 PM

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@plain current I actually did and got me 15:12:46 "Zeus player is 2_1378"

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 12:42 PM

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@spark turret just check the distance between the unit and the end point and compare it with the distance from start point to end point to get how much of the trip is completed

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:42 PM

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Oh, thanks @still forum that will be handy not to mess with Arma list of vars, didn't think about it

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Fixed with tag, but it is still a String. I wonder if it returns an object netId string instead of object itself

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:49 PM

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according to wiki it doesn't

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maybe BI broke it

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:49 PM

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That would be fun.

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The thing is that this string does not look like a netId at all: 2_1424. It looks like some player ID. Which is a total mess because instead of getting a reference to the particular unit I'm getting a multiplayer ID of a person lol.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:57 PM

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so it does actually return a string?

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:58 PM

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It does.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:58 PM

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If you call "str" on a object, it can also turn objects into strings

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so are you 1000000% sure it's a string?

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:58 PM

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Hmm, then - no.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 12:58 PM

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When you execute getAssignedCuratorUnit z1 in debug console

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what do you get back

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or better yet typeName getAssignedCuratorUnit z1

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 12:59 PM

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Just execute that without a diag_log string?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 1:00 PM

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yes

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in debug console

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it shows you the result

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 1:01 PM

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It gives me an Object, which is right. Let me try to assign a global var with array to it.

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Strangely enough it also got me to set the empty array there. From the console. But from the sqf it still gets me a "String" error

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 1:05 PM

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my guess is that because you don't have a tag, and your variable is not unique. maybe some other mod/script is writing into same variable

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or maybe the error is giving you the wrong line of code?

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 1:05 PM

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But I've changed it and set the tag.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 1:06 PM

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and the error is just nearby?

dull drum Jul 26, 2019, 1:06 PM

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That's possible.

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I think I will get my black chicken cut it's throat and do some voodoo to know better.

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Thanks for all the help, guys.

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 5:51 PM

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how would i detect if someone is using cheat scripts?

true tundra Jul 26, 2019, 5:53 PM

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you dont

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 5:55 PM

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BE

real moat Jul 26, 2019, 6:22 PM

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[
    "ace_firedPlayer",
    {UTF_fnc_LogPlayerFired} // Even if contains nothing
] call CBA_fnc_localEvent;

Any idea what I'm doing wrong with this event handler?

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It causes ace to spit out errors about undefined variables in functions I dont even call.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 6:24 PM

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that's not a eventhandler

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and that's not how you pass a function

real moat Jul 26, 2019, 6:25 PM

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Okay, listen, can you PLEASE help me

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 6:25 PM

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What's so hard with following a example

real moat Jul 26, 2019, 6:25 PM

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I have read the page

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I have used the example

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 6:25 PM

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https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/events-framework.html#34-example

// Event handler added on a target machine
["ace_interact_tapShoulder", ace_example_fnc_onTapShoulder] call CBA_fnc_addEventHandler;

This is the example

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doesn't look like your code

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You have used the "calling an event" example

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why do you skip the "add eventhandler" example and jump to the "calling an event" example. While you are trying to add a eventhandler

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it's even called fnc_addEventHandler

real moat Jul 26, 2019, 6:26 PM

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I was under the impression ace events were already "added" by the mod

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 6:26 PM

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they are

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a handler is not a event

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a eventhandler handles a event

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it is not an event

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and you yourself are speaking of adding a eventhandler the whole time

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don't understand how you can think addEventHandler might be the wrong thing for adding a eventhandler

real moat Jul 26, 2019, 6:29 PM

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Thanks, man, that is exactly the kind of help I need.
I know you like to assume people know stuff and just link them documentation all the time.
That's cool, learn the hard way, put in the reading work and all that, but at what point do I have to beg you to give a guy a little guidance?

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Apologies, but every time I come here, you treat me like shit, so perhaps you should avoid answering my questions in future.
Well, I mean, go for it, but if you're going to answer me with a URL all the time, Ill just have to return tomorrow to ask another question if I cant figure the documentation out myself. I'll just leave it at that mate, probably best you do my messages a fat skip or something, else you'll only frustrate yourself. Thanks.

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 6:40 PM

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@winter rose but cheaters bypass my battleye scripts.txt???

ruby breach Jul 26, 2019, 6:44 PM

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If they're bypassing BattlEye through some means, you're not really going to stop them

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 6:56 PM

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they're bypassing the scripts.txt filters from what i've heard

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anything i can do about that? any detection method through script? can i disable cheat command?

dusk sage Jul 26, 2019, 7:48 PM

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If anyone would know something about this, wouldn't it be you?

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 7:54 PM

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@dusk sage i don't know shit

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 7:59 PM

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@plain current your missions can use CfgDisabledCommands yes

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 7:59 PM

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ok what command i should disable?

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:00 PM

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all the ones the clients do not remoteExec

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the server is whitelisted

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 8:01 PM

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do i disable hint and systemChat because mission does not use them and they use animation notification system?

rancid pecan Jul 26, 2019, 8:03 PM

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hi how to disable function viewer ?

ruby breach Jul 26, 2019, 8:03 PM

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You would disable everything not used by your mission

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I would assume your mission probably uses hint and/or systemChat

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:04 PM

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you can disable everything but what a client should through remoteExec

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 8:04 PM

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@rancid pecan load up infistar to block fnc viewer

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:05 PM

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if only the server remoteExecs, disable everything (but the BIS_fnc that are explained on the biki)

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 8:06 PM

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u know house is still my fav #1 tv series

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i have disabled hint and systemchat and servercommand

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is that enough to stop cheaters to do i need to block memory fnc?

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 PM

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block everything *but* what your mission needs

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 8:10 PM

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how do i block fncs like server_exit? memory cheater told me he just call server_exit and server goes down

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 8:11 PM

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which one?

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wait a minute. I was thinking something else

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I was thinking of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgRemoteExec

Arma 3 CfgRemoteExec

plain current Jul 26, 2019, 8:12 PM

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he say hes just ran server_exit in memory and i can block it with remote exec filter file

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 8:12 PM

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I guess extDB or some crap?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:16 PM

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@real moat what exactly are you trying to do with the event handlers added by ace?

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You are right ace adds event handlers, tho the Eventhandlers themselves have tio be added manually for each Client. So ti say the event fires but you have ti create the EH that reads em

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:18 PM

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"ace adds event handlers" no it doesn't

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it fires events
Event != eventhandler
A event, will be handled by a eventhandler. They are different things

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:19 PM

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Sorry you re right . It creates events, EH need to be added by the scripter.

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"Multiple ppl are typing" oh shit lol

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:21 PM

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if you know how to script. these are eventhandlers:

fnc_fireEvent = {
  {call _x} foreach Eventhandlers
};

fnc_addEventhandler = {
  EventHandlers pushBack _this;
};

{handlecode} call fnc_addEventhandler;

Ace or whatever mod then calls fnc_fireEvent in it's code

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 9:22 PM

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Why not use bi scripted EHs?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:22 PM

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I guess its less about creating the event and more about reading when it happens?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:22 PM

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because ace doesn't use BI scripted EH's

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yes. you rarely create events

tough abyss Jul 26, 2019, 9:23 PM

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Why not

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:23 PM

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btw events are never "created" but.... semantics

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because CBA events have been there before BI scripted events (I think) and also have builtin support for MP stuff and are probably also more efficient

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:24 PM

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I was under the impressipn all "fired + x" events arent supported by cba ccording to theor page

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:24 PM

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they are XEH events

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a different event system

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:25 PM

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So cba events != xeh?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:27 PM

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ye

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and cba also has player events

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which is yet another system

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but all work kinda the same under the hood

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:29 PM

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But now that we are talking about it, how would i create a server/local event? I see and know how ace does it but that id afaik a function called in the code when it executes, f.e.
'''Sqf
_doSomeCoolShit = xxy;
_createvent for xxy;
'''
Which doesnt mean i can add a specific event for something executed by a "foreign" script.
How do i add an event for somethigb i havent scripted/function called myself?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:29 PM

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you don't create events

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really

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you add a eventhandler for some string

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and when you fire a event, you just give it the name. And the system checks if there are any handlers for it

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so if you fire event "bla bla bla" it will either execute all eventhandlers for "bla bla bla" that were added previously. Or it does nothing if there are no handlers

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:31 PM

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Well the EH notices the event right? But how do i "create" the event it notices ?
Specifically can i check for stuff happening that i dont cause myself?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:31 PM

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Let my build some analogy

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:32 PM

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Good, my blood alcohol wont allow anything else.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:32 PM

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You have a list of names, and phone numbers for each name.

When an event fires, it checks that list, searches for the name and calls all phone numbers that are listed on the name.

The list starts out empty.

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If you add a eventhandler, it adds a phone number to the name of the handler

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When the event fires, and there are no phone numbers on the name, then it doesn't call any numbers

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same as when you add a eventhandler for a name, that is never checked by any event, your number will never be called

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ACE itself says in their documentation "there are these names on my list that you can add your number to, to be called if something happens"

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So if you want a new event/eventhandler combo, you just say "I now say "myEventhandlername" is a new name on the list that people can add their phone numbers to"

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you just make up some name

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or other example. Mailboxes.
The eventhandlers are people who check if their mailbox has any mail in it.
And the events just send mail to some mailbox.
If noone checks the mailbox, noone gets the mail.
If noone puts mail into your mailbox, you won't get any mail.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:36 PM

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Understood, tje event fires and all eventhandlers for that specific event fire too. Now the question is:
Can i "create" an event for a foreign script f.e. player selects a certain weapon
And will it fire always a player selectd that weapon no matter if by my script or not?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:37 PM

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if someone is there to fire the event

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then it will probably fire

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if noone fires it, then not

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CBA's playerEventhandlers do that. They check every frame if the current weapon changed, and fire a event if it does

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if a weapon get's changed, even arma itself doesn't know who did it, so it can't say "I won't fire your handler"
all handlers to the event get called, always

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:38 PM

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Is there a way to find an object's relpos from another object?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:38 PM

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Yes

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:38 PM

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I'm trying to attachTo. without trial and error.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:39 PM

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Upvote me for most helpful andwer psl

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Lol you re in for some fun

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:39 PM

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relativePosition=endPosition-startPosition

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simple math

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

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:40 PM

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oof

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thank you very much

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:42 PM

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@drowsy axle attachto is in my experience fucked up and not doinf what its supposed to. Its a very tidious way to get the right offset. I use a Testarea marker where i plac stuff at right offsrt in editor, read their pos, attach at 0.0.0 and read again to determine how far real offsrt needs to be. Z value returns bullshit and doesnt attach right tho

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Not a pro tho 🤔

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 PM

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z value should be right if you use right position format

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 PM

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Getpodasl before and after.

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Then get difference in z value and attach select 2 + z diff. Well Sounds good doesnt work. Probably im doinf sth wrong

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:45 PM

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maybe getPositionWorld might be better

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:45 PM

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Noted.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:45 PM

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they might use different centers

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 PM

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What center does attachto use?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 PM

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Lol

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Welcome to arna

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Honestly its such a pain in your best space to determine the centers attachTo uses. Its never accurate and always only almsot works. Awful

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 PM

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sorry for darkness: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597594867715145758/604429683550846988/unknown.png sqf _truckpos = getPosATL truck; _crate1pos = getPosATL crate1; _crate2pos = getPosATL crate2; _relPos = _truckpos vectorDiff _crate1pos; crate1 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; _relPos = _truckpos vectorDiff _crate2pos; crate2 attachTo [truck, _relPos];

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 PM

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so they are under the truck? instead of above?

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 PM

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Yes

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 PM

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Will try, wont expect anything useful tho

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

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They're at Z 0

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

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Invert z value

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Oh

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

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if you know, tell us so we can add the info to the biki

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

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Try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPosWorld instead of getPosATL

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

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Ah yeah

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Might work better

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

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@spark turret ah! getPosWorld wiki page says what the center difference is

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I think attachTo also uses model center

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also it's center not centre! Someone need fix critical bug in biki

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we all die

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call the macaronis

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:50 PM

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it's not 100% but better https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597594867715145758/604430335198887936/unknown.png

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:50 PM

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quite a bit better 😄

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not sure what else to do, seems only a couple cm off maybe?

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:51 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597594867715145758/604430627772563458/unknown.png

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:51 PM

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oof

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hmpf

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:52 PM

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Not sure what to see in thaz pic

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:52 PM

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its only half as high as should be

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:52 PM

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yup

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:52 PM

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do they float in air at the right position if you just don't attachTo?

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:53 PM

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let me see

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:53 PM

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maybe editor places them too low by itself?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:53 PM

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Problem is every time i read offset placed in editor and attach by thst offst its.... off

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Will try getposWorld

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X and y offset work fine its only t

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Z

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:54 PM

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I've moved them higher in the editor

young current Jul 26, 2019, 9:54 PM

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You need worldToModel

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:55 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorWorldToModel ?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:55 PM

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AH!

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that was the command I was searching for

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 PM

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which one?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 PM

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

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 PM

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I highly doubt any posagl will give what we want

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 PM

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Keep in mind that it's world position is "AGL" and not world

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 PM

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Bc diffrenxe in modelcenter = different posagl

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:56 PM

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... wow worldToModel doesnt take world position. GG

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 PM

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Lel

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 PM

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worth a try

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otherwise you can just manually convert posworld to agl

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 PM

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Did i mention the b in arma is for bugfree,

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 PM

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the truck blew up..

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 PM

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

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world should be ASL

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 9:58 PM

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Hey who has the power to change the name of the fuu ction "currentwaypoint" to "indexCurrentwaypoint"?

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Or do i need to Protest outside BI hq?

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 9:59 PM

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thebuckfastwine made one in game...

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BI HQ that is.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:00 PM

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Well bi hq it is

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:00 PM

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_truckpos = worldToModel truck;
_crate1pos = worldToModel crate1;
_crate2pos = worldToModel crate2;
_relPos = _truckpos ASLToAGL _crate1pos;
crate1 attachTo [truck, _relPos];
_relPos = _truckpos ASLToAGL _crate2pos;
crate2 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; ``` Apparently the truck doesn't exist.

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Clearly does: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597594867715145758/604433049953894524/unknown.png

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heh I like breaking things... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597594867715145758/604433203624804383/unknown.png

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:02 PM

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uh

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

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it replaces vectorDiff

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not the other thing

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:02 PM

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oh

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rip xD

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:02 PM

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that is clearly wrong syntax. it takes 2 arguments, you're giving it one

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:02 PM

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ASLToAGL posASL you mean?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:03 PM

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ASLToAGL getPosWorld truck

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:03 PM

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Edited above.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:03 PM

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U sure you ha vw the crates?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:03 PM

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uh...

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no

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you are doing basically the opposite of the right thing

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as I said. worldToModel takes 2 arguments

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:04 PM

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so the wrong thing? 😉

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ahhh

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_truckpos = worldToModel truck;
_crate1pos = worldToModel crate1;
_crate2pos = worldToModel crate2;
_relPos = _truckpos worldToModel position crate1;
crate1 attachTo [truck, _relPos];
_relPos = _truckpos worldToModel position crate2;
crate2 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; ``` like so?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:05 PM

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Pld use ''' sqf

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No space

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:05 PM

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https://gyazo.com/09a3c0aa8cac0ed8629bff7d0d86a63b

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Have done, did do?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:06 PM

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Maybe my phone aint showing it right idk. :)

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:06 PM

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"like so?" almost

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now undo the wrong stuff you broke before

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:06 PM

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Lol

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:07 PM

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my bad: sqf _truckpos = getPosATL truck; _crate1pos = getPosATL crate1; _crate2pos = getPosATL crate2; _relPos = truck worldToModel position crate1; crate1 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; _relPos = truck worldToModel position crate2; crate2 attachTo [truck, _relPos];

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:07 PM

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one step too far

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getPosWorld and ASLToAGL

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:07 PM

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ugh rip

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:08 PM

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Keep in mind getPosAtL is connected to center and ground below and will likey give bad values

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:08 PM

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that was right? ASLToAGL (getPosWorld truck );

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:08 PM

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yes

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:08 PM

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_truckpos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld truck );
_crate1pos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld crate1 );
_crate2pos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld crate2 );
_relPos = truck worldToModel position crate1;
crate1 attachTo [truck, _relPos];
_relPos = truck worldToModel position crate2;
crate2 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; ```

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:09 PM

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where do the position crate1 come from all of the sudden?

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:09 PM

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Example 2: _relPos = player worldToModel position car;

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:09 PM

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use _crate1pos

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you already have that

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:09 PM

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rip yea

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:09 PM

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and position returns wrong height

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:09 PM

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hence my issue.

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fuck yes... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597594867715145758/604435425037254712/unknown.png

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:11 PM

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It really botherd me that you define _truckpos but dont use is

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:11 PM

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is?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:11 PM

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to be fair it was used before

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but not anymore

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:12 PM

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I don't understand

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:13 PM

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_truckpos you don't use _truckpos anymore

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you don't need it

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:13 PM

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oh

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just the: sqf _crate1pos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld crate1 ); _crate2pos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld crate2 ); _relPos = truck worldToModel _crate1pos; crate1 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; _relPos = truck worldToModel _crate2pos; crate2 attachTo [truck, _relPos]; I see now.

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How do I params an array? ```sqf
EC_attachTo = {

params ["_object",["_arrayObjects"]];

{
    _objectpos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld _x );
    _relPos = _object worldToModel _objectpos;
    _x attachTo [_object, _relPos];
} forEach _arrayObjects;

};```

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:17 PM

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just do everything normally

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params works for any type

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it doesn't care

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:17 PM

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Okay.

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so just: params ["_object","_arrayObjects"];

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or: params ["_object",["_arrayObjects"]];

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:18 PM

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"just do everything normally"
so. "just"

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:18 PM

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kk 😄

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:18 PM

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Last oe doubles your array

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:18 PM

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tho I think both works

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no it doesn't

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not at all

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wtf

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:19 PM

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Whoops

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Ill take that back

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Now i take you figrured out how to place stuff at correcr offset @drowsy axle ?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:21 PM

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yes. He posted screenshot of it working

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:21 PM

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Good. Will steal and sell as my own. ...? Profit

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:21 PM

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Yeah. I do things the "simple" way, then make it better.

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it's now a function... yus

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:22 PM

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Defintely needs biki entry fpr attachto if it works corrextly

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Excuse me sir. Do you want to attach these objects to that thing? just: call EC_fnc_attachTo 😉

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Attaches object while keeping same absolute position
.. script

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Yes please

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I long for that

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Lou wanted something for wiki

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now he has smth

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Does he?

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Can I have "idea" credit?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:23 PM

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someone wake up lou

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:24 PM

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@winter rose ?

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I think he has been abducted while playing a3.

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Or, he got lost in the forest.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:25 PM

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Not an excuse

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This is urgent

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:25 PM

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is he the cba man?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:25 PM

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Like "storm area 51" urgent

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:25 PM

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nah

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if THAT was urgent. It wouldn't take three months,

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:26 PM

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Lou is the keeper of the biki :U

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:27 PM

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CBA_fnc_attachTo = {
    params ["_object",["_arrayObjects"]];

    {
        _objectpos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld _x );
        _relPos = _object worldToModel _objectpos;
        _x attachTo [_object, _relPos];
    } forEach _arrayObjects;
};``` my babies future looks bright?? 😉 😉

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:27 PM

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Does it work tho?

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:27 PM

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mh

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Let me try 😛

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Lol

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:29 PM

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EC_fnc_attachTo = {
    params ["_object","_arrayObjects"];
    {
        _objectpos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld _x );
        _relPos = _object worldToModel _objectpos;
        _x attachTo [_object, _relPos];
    } forEach _arrayObjects;
};

[truck,[crate1,crate2]] call EC_fnc_attachTo;``` WORKS!

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/601850288198123542/604440424588902437/unknown.png

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:32 PM

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Way to show off you can afford the new dlc

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10/10 will steal function fpr own script

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:33 PM

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aw

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 10:34 PM

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@drowsy axle @spark turret I AM BACK

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:34 PM

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EC_fnc_attachTo = {
    params ["_object","_arrayObjects"];
    {
        _objectpos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld _x );
        _relPos = _object worldToModel _objectpos;
        _x attachTo [_object, _relPos];
    } forEach _arrayObjects;
};

[truck,[crate1,crate2,crate3,bike1]] call EC_fnc_attachTo;``` https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/601850288198123542/604441210471448589/unknown.png | https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/601850288198123542/604441398703423672/unknown.png All I need to do now is save the dir.

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 10:34 PM

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what is it, mortals?

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:34 PM

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You did good. Will mention you @drowsy axle

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:34 PM

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he found a way to do attachTo stuff well

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wants example on attachto page

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:35 PM

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I want too

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:35 PM

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for attaching object to vehicle and keeping same absolute position

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:35 PM

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So idiots like me dont need to suffer

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:35 PM

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same absolute direction soon™

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like tbh it's simple..

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I know i'm saying this now.

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but like, when you think about it.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:36 PM

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same position is also same direction 🤔

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:36 PM

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nope

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dir is it's facing.

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 10:36 PM

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so wait what should I copy to the Biki 😄 gimme!

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:36 PM

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Sure.

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Let me put getDir and setDir.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:36 PM

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Dir isnt includef

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:37 PM

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I know.. I'm putting it in now, and testing.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:37 PM

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//attachTo while keeping same absolute position

_boxPos = ASLToAGL getPosWorld box1;
_relPos = truck1 worldToModel _boxPos;
box1 attachTo [truck1, _relPos];

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:37 PM

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oi.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 10:37 PM

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Said the australian

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:37 PM

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lol

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Wait

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the direction before and after attachto will be different.

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Wouldn't I need the relative dir...

hollow thistle Jul 26, 2019, 10:44 PM

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Maybe I'm little out of context... But can't u use:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_attachToRelative?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:45 PM

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silence

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:45 PM

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from the pastDir to the currentDir, because, this: ```sqf
EC_fnc_attachTo = {
params ["_object","_arrayObjects"];
{
_azimuth = getDir _x;
_objectpos = ASLToAGL (getPosWorld _x );
_relPos = _object worldToModel _objectpos;
_x attachTo [_object, _relPos];
_x setDir _azimuth;
} forEach _arrayObjects;
};

[truck,[crate1,crate2,crate3,bike1]] call EC_fnc_attachTo;``` ain't working as intended. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/601850288198123542/604443961913901060/unknown.png <- in game

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:45 PM

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oh for the direction stuff... yeah..

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_obj1 attachTo [_obj2]; The function says that preserves the position

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is that really all you needed to do??

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:46 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/601850288198123542/604444312679350276/unknown.png <- in editor

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:46 PM

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If no offset is specified, the offset used will be the current relative positioning of objects against each other. welp

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:46 PM

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oh

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:46 PM

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All the work was for nothing

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:46 PM

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mh

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I want my way to work. 😉

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:47 PM

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welp, turns out reading wiki pages helps sometimes, who would've thought

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:47 PM

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The direction. It's changed in the attachTo.

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Hahahahaha xD

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Azimuth Directional Relativity would that be a thing?

winter rose Jul 26, 2019, 10:50 PM

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attachTo then setDir iirc yes, and relative to the object it is attached to

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If no offset is specified, the offset used will be the current relative positioning of objects against each other. ah I could have told you that, this is how I put crates in the back of my trucks from Eden placement 😄

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:50 PM

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So the bike starts at: Dir = 66.215

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:51 PM

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turns out reading biki makes things easier afterall. who would've thought ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I guess we should recommend people to read the wiki 🤔

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:51 PM

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after attachTo ends at: Dir = 231.255

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(231.255 + 66.215) - 360 = -62.53 is the minus counted in arma?

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360 - (231.255 + 66.215) would be correct way.

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BUT

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I don't always know the numbers

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:53 PM

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Just rotate by 194.96 degrees

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:54 PM

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How did you get that?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 10:54 PM

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or just use the BIS function that already exists and already does it correctly

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231.255 + x = 360 + 66.215

drowsy axle Jul 26, 2019, 10:58 PM

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uh

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EC_fnc_attachTo = {
    params ["_object","_arrayObjects"];
    {
        [_x, _object] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative
    } forEach _arrayObjects;
};

[truck,[crate1,crate2,crate3,bike1]] call EC_fnc_attachTo;``` works

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Thanks @hollow thistle

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:19 PM

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X is 194.894 hope i could help

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:20 PM

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no it's not...

plain urchin Jul 26, 2019, 11:33 PM

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anyone found any cool new stuff to play about with from the contact dlc?

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about to hunt around in the configs and functions for new stuff rn

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:34 PM

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Hey guys, don't know why I am brain-farting on this.

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I need to get all bluefor within X of a opfor unit.

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a count of the blufor within X of a single opfor unit.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:35 PM

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inAreaArray
allUnits select side==blufor
count

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:35 PM

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Checking the wiki for like a findWithin, or something.

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inAreaArray?

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Yeah that's the count, but what about the.

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count if
distance from HVT < 10

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:36 PM

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inAreaArray does distance

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:36 PM

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Oh that's a function.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:36 PM

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you can set center and radius

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

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:36 PM

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Let me go check that out, thanks.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:36 PM

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alt syntax 3

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as "positions" you give it array of all blufor units

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then you get out all blufor units in range

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:37 PM

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Just what the dr ordered.

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Thanks ded.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:39 PM

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@jay _enemies = allunits inareaarray _markeratOpfor select {side _x == blufor}
?

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:40 PM

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I think inAreaArray before filtering blufor might be more efficient yeah

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I thought about doing blufor filter first

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:44 PM

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_enemies = allunits inareaarray _markeratOpfor select {side _x == blufor}

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this is almost what I have

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I am using the pos of the HVT opfor

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I am about to test to see if it follows the HVT's pos tho.

still forum Jul 26, 2019, 11:44 PM

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if you want to count you can directly replace the select with count

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:44 PM

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Not sure how that will work without some lame loop.

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Maybe a trigger area would be better, a trigger area that follows the HVT pos.

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Since I need to to be checked all the time.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:45 PM

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Trigger areas suck

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Markers are op

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:46 PM

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I am trying to start basic

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if HVT team alive, fight, if dead, surrender.

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Later I can get frisky with it.

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Add something like, if team is dead, and no blufor in x radius, run random dir

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:48 PM

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_numberTeamHVt = count (allunits inareaarray _hvtPosMarker select {_x side == side _HVT};

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:49 PM

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Yeah, then just chuck a isAlive check right

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:49 PM

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if (_numberTeamHVT < _enemies) then {surrebder or sth}

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Add more conditons into select via "&& alive _x" f.e.

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:51 PM

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Yeah

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So, I am looking into createMarket

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:51 PM

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Afaik you wont ve able to avoid a loop that checks.

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:52 PM

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Wondering, does the pos of the marker update with the unit if I pas a objec?

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Ahh

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How do I make it non blocking

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Call it with spawn?

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In the hvt init maybe

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:52 PM

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What

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:52 PM

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Obviously I don't want my HVT loop taking up all of the mission right.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:53 PM

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Yes. Marker position is static tho. Dont know of you can atta h marker to a unit. Dont think its possible, might be wrong tho

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:54 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler#Unscheduled_Environment

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This answers my question about how to include the loop without blocking the rest of the code from doing it's job.

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:54 PM

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A loop checkign every 2 or 3 second in a 100m marker for hvt team and enemies is not at all performance intensive tho. So wont be proböem

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:54 PM

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Been a long time, I am too damn rusty

spark turret Jul 26, 2019, 11:55 PM

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.. why would you not run thaz loop in a scheduöed normal environment?

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Just create an hvt_giveUp.sqf and execVm "yourfolder/hvr_giveup.sqf';
that script which includes the loop. Also put: "if !(isserver) exitwith {}; on top to avoid multi init in MP

hearty plover Jul 26, 2019, 11:58 PM

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Yeah.

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I forgot about how that worked.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 12:01 AM

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Put "this execVM "yourfolder/hvt_giveup.sqf" in the hvts init in editor and in tje script run your loop.
Put a "sleep 2" thing in tje loop to avoid perfomance stuff anf you will be fine

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Might put extra precautions like
'''Sqf
_this setvariable ["Jay_HVT_giveupscriptrunning",true,true];
If (_this getvariable "Jay_HVT_giveupscriptrunning",false]) exitwith {
_debug = "Hvt script run multiple times for thag unit";
diag_log _debug;
Hint _debug
}
'''

hearty plover Jul 27, 2019, 12:05 AM

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OKay cool

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 12:07 AM

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That thing gibes the unit defined in this execVM the variable "jay_hvtwhazeber_alreadyrunning" = true and then checks for that variable, which id global (importna t for mp). If it notices _alreadyrunnign = true, it will ecit thaz script and leave a debug Message

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Im drunk and will now sleep.

hearty plover Jul 27, 2019, 12:08 AM

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Later man

hearty plover Jul 27, 2019, 1:14 AM

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Hey

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Can you do this in one line.

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    _hvtGroupSize = count units group HVT;
    _hvtGuards = _hvtGroupSize - 1;

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I would like to do _hvtGuards = count units group HVT - 1;

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But I am getting a Error generic error in expression

ivory lake Jul 27, 2019, 1:46 AM

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_hvtGroupSize = (count units group HVT) - 1;

hearty plover Jul 27, 2019, 2:04 AM

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Ahhh, kek.

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Thanks

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 2:50 AM

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I have a mission with a p3d object that i want to create server side to any player see it. This object don't have a classname, how can i do that?

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I can't find a way to do that.

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If i use createSimpleObject, the path on server and on clients are different, so the object will only appears on server when i create then on server.

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On clients the path is mpmissions\__CUR_MP.altis\models\helion4_ceil.p3d

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on server the path is mpmissions\BRPVP.altis\models\helion4_ceil.p3d

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Understand me?

ivory lake Jul 27, 2019, 5:23 AM

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have you seen this:
http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-mission-root/

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:30 AM

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Doesn't seem like it. Maybe there is some global var for it? Google foo isn't giving anything.

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 8:42 AM

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@ivory lake thanks, but this does not work. Because the path returned in server is one and the path returned in clients is another, they are indeed different because in clients the mission is in the file __CUR_MP.altis.pbo and on server the mission is in the file BRPVP.altis.pbo.

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Test his MISSION_ROOT on server and clients, they will be different.

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@tough abyss why it doesn’t work?

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You need different paths, no?

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@tough abyss because when creating the object server side i need to use server side path, then the object is transmited to clients with that path, but since on clients the path is different, the object is not created client side.

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It is not created because the path is invalid.

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For clients.

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Why would you send server path to client, mission root on client is different you need to calculate it in client

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The engine sends, not me.

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Use local flag and create it everywhere

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Then manually sync if you need to

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@tough abyss this makes things harder, but seens the only solution.

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You are trying edge cases that is miracle even work and complaint it is hard? 😂

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💩

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Can't i create a classname for the p3d model in description.ext?

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:54 AM

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No

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 8:55 AM

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No you can make mod

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:55 AM

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Although if you ask ded, maybe.

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 8:56 AM

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Zed is ded

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:56 AM

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:O

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 8:56 AM

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I have a solution

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Name the mission server side as __CUR_MP.altis.pbo

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:57 AM

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No

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 8:57 AM

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@high marsh pulp fiction ref https://youtu.be/7Y_NU_OUwvk

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So server and client paths will be the same

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:58 AM

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<- Uncultured

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 8:59 AM

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Try it @tough abyss

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 8:59 AM

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I'm almost positive this would cause further conflictions.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:00 AM

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wondering if i can make AI change positon to middle/down when reloading. "reload" eh doesnt work as it fires too late and the unit will reload, THEN go down.

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 9:01 AM

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Should yeah, but those are two seperate events. Might not be perfect.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:01 AM

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what is two different events?

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 9:02 AM

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One for reload, one for changing to prone/crouch. One might take prescendce over the otjer, I dunno.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:03 AM

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no, just to be clear, i added this EH:

    if !(_unit getVariable ["IRON_EH_Reloading",false]) then {
        _unit setVariable ["IRON_EH_Reloading",true,true];
        _unit addEventHandler ["Reloaded", {
        params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_newMagazine", "_oldMagazine"];
        _unit setUnitPos "down";
        hint str "RELOADING";
        }];
    };

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:03 AM

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EH is called reloadED

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:04 AM

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ffs why wont it show as sqf

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:04 AM

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But there is muzzle EH Reload that fires before reloading

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 9:04 AM

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spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:04 AM

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the EH does fire and work, but its to late uasually

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ideally the AI would go prone BEFORE reloading

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will look at the muzzle thing m242 suggested

high marsh Jul 27, 2019, 9:05 AM

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That's exactly what I was talking about.

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Unless you want to handle reloading alltogether. Rather than by EH.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:06 AM

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do you know by chance the name of that muzlle EH?

how would i cahnge reloading altogether?

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:06 AM

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Reload

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:07 AM

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uh .. so exactly the one i use which fires to late?

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:07 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Weapon_Config_Muzzle_Events

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:07 AM

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ah found it

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so i add this EH to the units weapn rather than the unit itself?

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:08 AM

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It is config eh you need to make a mod

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:09 AM

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...

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do weapons not have that event already and i can just read it ?

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yep, EH "Reload" is not recognized. ffs

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:12 AM

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You can’t add eh to a muzzle by script

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:12 AM

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well why not

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i can get the muzzle and i can read events for that muzzle. thats how i understand it

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:12 AM

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Because muzzle is not an object

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:12 AM

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ah

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right, arma being wierd again with its structure. well then ill just live with AI happily standing in fire while reloading

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:14 AM

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Arma was always primary config driven and secondary script driven

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:14 AM

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which makes sense often but i cant make a mod containing all weapons just to make AI duck when reloading

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ah wait can i add the config EH for all class "rifles"?

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:16 AM

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Then you dont let AI auto reload instead force them to reload yourself

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:16 AM

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interesting approach

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how would i check for an emtpy gun? Fired EH that counts ammo in mag each shot?

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sounds performance-y

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:17 AM

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Or you can watch ammo in FiredMan EH and act accordingly

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:18 AM

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man every time i want to make super small improvements to AI i end up having to rip apart the vanilla one and disable 70% of it to overwrite with my own stuff

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 9:19 AM

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Performance? EH only triggered with each shot, unless you have thousands of AI firing full auto at the same time you should be ok

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Hacking AI is like hacking UI both suck

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Might as well write what you need from scratch or make a mod

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:22 AM

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yeah

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im working on a "AI defense line /trench" script where they leave the trench if they get hammered and its awful to get AI to actually DISengage

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they dont know anything else then attacking.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:45 AM

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actually i dont even have to disable autoreload. i just add the EH on top, if it notices 0 shots, go prone. AI does the rest

still forum Jul 27, 2019, 9:46 AM

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@spark turret

_numberTeamHVt = count (allunits inareaarray _hvtPosMarker select {_x side == side _HVT};
I said half a dozen messages above that you can just replace the select with count, which will be more efficient.

@hearty plover

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler#Unscheduled_Environment
This answers my question about how to include the loop without blocking the rest of the code from doing it's job.
Uh? Unscheduled environment is exactly the wrong thing for that. Because it blocks everything till the code is done.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 9:47 AM

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i was drunk an didnt understand half of what you said 😃

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 10:10 AM

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thanks @tough abyss my trench ai now ducks when reloading. did this:

_unit addEventHandler ["Fired", {
            params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
            if (_unit ammo _muzzle == 0) then {
                _this execVM "IRON\Debug\duck_and_reload.sqf";
            };
        }]; //for each trench guy
//---------in duck and realod .sqf:
params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];

//--- read units up/down/etc
_pos = unitPos _unit;
hint str _this;
//---------------------------
_unit disableAI "path";
_unit enableReload false;
//Determine what to choose
if (_pos == "Down") then {};
if (_pos == "Middle") then {_unit setUnitPos "DOWN";};
if (_pos == "up") then {_unit setUnitPos "middle";};
if (_pos == "auto") then {_unit setUnitPos "middle";};
sleep 1;
reload _unit;
sleep ((random 2) + 3);
_unit setUnitPos _pos; //set old pos

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works like a charm 😃

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only issue is they bend over backwards in a funny way when in open fields but thats arma stuff

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 11:48 AM

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@tough abyss i created a mod and put my p3d on it, the mod have only this file.

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once you made a mod, there is no way back, muahahaha

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 12:12 PM

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yes, i liked to do that, this open new possibilities

cold pebble Jul 27, 2019, 12:16 PM

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Whats the easiest way to get an array of all the names of the entries in a listbox in an array so I can compare them to a variable? 🤔

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Currently thinking a for loop iterating and pushBack

tough abyss Jul 27, 2019, 12:17 PM

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no other way

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have to loop over but then you can compare them at the same time no need to make array

cold pebble Jul 27, 2019, 12:17 PM

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Fair enough, cheers 👍

jagged elbow Jul 27, 2019, 1:33 PM

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Ive attempted to make some live feed cameras they work fine in single player but just show a black screen in multiplayer, i have this in my init.sqf: https://pastebin.com/j09QvHUu and this in the init field of a screen: this setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(screen1,1)"];

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anyone have any idea how to make this work on a dedicated server?

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 3:32 PM

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init.sqf runs for server + each client so thats the first issue

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dont know why the screen is black, but besides that you create a camera for each client + the server.

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@jagged elbow

ornate sky Jul 27, 2019, 3:34 PM

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I need to run a forEach on an Array that may be empty [] at runtime (but not nil). Will this cause problems?

still forum Jul 27, 2019, 3:34 PM

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no

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 3:35 PM

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foreach [] will do nothing.

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run 0 times

ornate sky Jul 27, 2019, 3:35 PM

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exactly what I need, thanks

ornate sky Jul 27, 2019, 3:51 PM

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now, is there a way to get a distance to an object that is not model center?

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eg. if a player is touching a vehicle that distance would be 0

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rather than distance to the model center?

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 4:20 PM

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yeah you can check for collisions

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or you can tinker with boundingbox or boundingboxreal

ornate sky Jul 27, 2019, 4:27 PM

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Guess you can do (x distance y) - (sizeOf y classname)

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close enough for my needs

wicked fulcrum Jul 27, 2019, 4:50 PM

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Hey There. I am new to scripting. Have some trouble figuring out what approach I can take for my problem. Been searching in here and on forums/web but haven't found any real answers.

So I run a function every 5 seconds that needs to find objects designated by Zeus as being "something". I can't change the class and use NearestEntities, as the objects can be moving cars, towers etc.

I have thought about making Zeus set a parameter/property on the objects and then find it that way, but that would require to poll all nearestEntities and then iterate through them, which is not a very good approach to run every 5 seconds.

My current approach is hardcoding the script to look for names like "something1", "something2" and check if they are null otherwise use them. This isn't great as it removes the dynamic I wanted to not be limited in number or specific names.

I have looked a bit in regards to use getMissionLayerEntities and see if Zeus can just add it to the right named layer and thus get the objects, but haven't had time to test that yet.

Ideally Zeus would select a unit, edit attributes and by a checkbox in a custom category select if this object should be a "something". A bit like ACE Arsenal. (Tried to find how they did it in their source, but couldn't locate that part)

Any ideas/thoughts/comments on how to approach this?

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 4:51 PM

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you can check for part of the name being something. check f.e. for "something" and it will also recognize "something_0815"

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what exactly are your intentions with that script? whats your goal

wicked fulcrum Jul 27, 2019, 4:52 PM

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oh interesting. I did not know it worked like that

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 4:53 PM

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but checking everything in the mission every 5 seconds is... well

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it works and i do it to for randomized militia equipemnt but its not ideal

wicked fulcrum Jul 27, 2019, 4:54 PM

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It is a script playing around with jamming/boosting and TFAR. So it runs locally on the players pc and checks if a "jammer" is in range of the player every 5 sec. Then calculates distance to jammer and check if any booster (ESM) is in range and it's effectiveness.

Ideally to enable our Zeus to play around with radio jamming etc.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 4:55 PM

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there already are existing very well working tfar jammers

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which are zeus compatible. we used one just last week

wicked fulcrum Jul 27, 2019, 4:55 PM

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yeah. I see your point. Not ideal to check something every 5sec. However if talking less than like 10-15 items and I can obtain those objects in a efficient way I would see the impact minimized.

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 4:56 PM

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i have an ( at least foe me ) interesting question.i want to gradually change the weather on an event ,not using forceweatherchange.i need the weather turn from totally sh+t to awesome in 120 seconds.well i found out i can return weather parameters but can i do something like this? ```sqf
_translation_base = overcast;
_foglevel = fog;
_rainLevel = rain;

50 setRain (_rainlevel - 0.05);;
120 setovercast (_translation_base - 0.05);
120 setfog (_foglevel - 0.05);
120 setwind 0.2;
120 setWindStr 0.2;
120 setWindforce 0.2; ```

wicked fulcrum Jul 27, 2019, 4:56 PM

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hmm. interesting. Googled around and didn't find any other than some old not-ideal scripts. Do they support ESM? So counter measures to jamming aka a teoretical booster that decrease the jamming efficency??

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 4:56 PM

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why dont you turn the script around and run the check loop checking for players near the object instead of object near players?

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allplayers is a smaller array than allvehicles so less perfomance impact

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@sturdy cape just saw that the function already supports gradual weather change

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 4:58 PM

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sounds just like what i am looking for

wicked fulcrum Jul 27, 2019, 4:59 PM

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hmm. I would still need to get the actual object. So whatever the Zeus selected to be the jammer should be obtained by the script.

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 5:00 PM

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could you point me to that?

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if theres an engine command i´d prefer that over my stuff

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 5:01 PM

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you could do sth like:

_startWeatherChangetime = time;
(_startweatherchangetime + 120) setrain  0;

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well your stuff already does change gradually so im not sure you even need it

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 5:01 PM

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yeah its basically one step

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 5:02 PM

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you define a time adn a value and it will smoothly transition from what the rain is now to what the rain will be at time x with value x

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i guess what i wrote it obsolete. let me correct

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 5:06 PM

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really that simple?`

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i see,i just replace the time with time plus value

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 5:08 PM

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its not. i just tested and it seems that weather is buggy

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according to biki you need to use forceWeatherChange for immediate change otherwise server might overwrite the scripted weather values or ignore them

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not sure at this point if gradually changing weather is possible

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it does seem to work with the gradual change at least for the fog, altough slightly delayed

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 5:10 PM

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that was the reason i started thinking about that

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just force the change in small steps or something

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-needs a for to step do then?

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 5:11 PM

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dont recommend forceweatherchange in multiple small steps. it will a. not look smooth and b. biki warns about lag

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just try the normal, built in gradual function and maybe @still forum knows more about it

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 5:12 PM

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as far as i know the weather will then change only after 50 mins or so which is not what i am trying to do

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its an emission event ,the blowout goes off and boom,fog rain and bad mood^^(works because forceweatherchange).then after 2 minutes the weather should be turned back to normal

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 5:16 PM

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well you can go and the the for _i thing

sturdy cape Jul 27, 2019, 5:16 PM

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hmmm or do the killzoneKid thing

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86400 setOvercast 1;
skipTime 24;

//to remain on the same date:
skipTime -24;
86400 setOvercast 1;
skipTime 24;```

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and playaround with skiptime,but for all my values?think thats too much

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i am attemping to get a brainf+ck again with this i guess but what about that? opinions? ```sqf
_translation_base = overcast;
_foglevel = fog;
_rainLevel = rain;
_windArray = wind;
_windX = wind select 0;
_windY = wind select 1;

for "_i" from 1 to 120 step 10 do {
50 setRain (_rainlevel - 0.05);;
120 setovercast (_translation_base - 0.05);
120 setfog (_foglevel - 0.05);
120 setWind [(_windX - 0.05),(_windY - 0.05), true];
};```

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 5:36 PM

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So if I wanted to make a npc move around in real life time how would I do that like by scripting it to move around?

young current Jul 27, 2019, 5:36 PM

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What does real life time mean?

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 5:37 PM

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Like let say morning to the next morning at that time it will move around on the next morning if you get what I mean

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Like it stay till 8am till the next 8 am by then it would have moved to a new location

young current Jul 27, 2019, 5:40 PM

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I guess there's many ways to do it. Some sort of looping script that loops through acceptable destinations in 12 hour interwall or some such.

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 5:41 PM

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Is there all ready a looping script made

young current Jul 27, 2019, 5:45 PM

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Dunno. Perhaps.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 11:17 PM

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@keen tide do you want the Ai unit to actually move around in its village doing "real life stuff" or do you want to have it appear at different destinations when players enter the village according to the time of the day?

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bc the second one is far easiert

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 11:19 PM

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I want it to appear at different destinations when players enter the area according to the time of day lol so that away I want it to be for a drug dealer for arma 3 so that away cops can’t bust people for it and they have to rp to find it.

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 11:23 PM

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well just make a list of the locations with the time when he is soupposed to be there and use that

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_DealerSchedule = [[_bedroom,6],[_church,9],[_stripclub,15]];
if (round daytime etc etc etc

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look into this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/daytime
and this
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array
and this
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/findIf
and this
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createUnit

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 11:26 PM

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-_- so your saying cause of my grammar I don’t have the skills wow judgmental much quicksilver

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And ok I will thanks ironsight

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 11:27 PM

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read the time, read from your array where he is supposed to be at, then spawn him at that location.

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 11:27 PM

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Got u I’ll work on that later.

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also thanks for your help

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 11:28 PM

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i guess its for some altis life thing??

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 11:28 PM

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kinda like that lol

still forum Jul 27, 2019, 11:28 PM

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"cops" "have to rp to find it"

spark turret Jul 27, 2019, 11:29 PM

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thats what the altis life is about. also of course screaming into your headset how you f..ed someones mom

keen tide Jul 27, 2019, 11:31 PM

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lol well im saving the scripts and ill work on it later and its not about experience when you have friends that know more then you that can help me out they just needed to know how to do it.

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all ready have a friend my cuzion lol more then a friend

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its much easier to just have family to do it lol