#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 558

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 10:26 AM

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with an {{Important}} or {{Warning}}

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 10:26 AM

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yeah

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setDestination with "LEADER PLANNED" is essentially calculatePath but without the bug

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also no need to isNil

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with an {{Important}} or {{Warning}}
done

dark ocean Nov 20, 2019, 10:35 AM

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I am using the createvehicle variable and it appears outside the building.

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https://gyazo.com/ef3e0cf8e105d8961e531d891ae3142e

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 10:38 AM

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createVehicle is not a variable but a command and unless you show how you use it is everyone's guess

still forum Nov 20, 2019, 10:40 AM

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I see ripped cars, so if you are a developer for that server I suggest you leave.

dark ocean Nov 20, 2019, 10:44 AM

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They are not broken but when not appearing inside they fly

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 12:22 PM

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oh - an illegal Life server @dark ocean

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 12:52 PM

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illegal is implicit when talking about life servers 😄

plain current Nov 20, 2019, 1:08 PM

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Imagine making an original lyfe server that's not a paste

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 1:11 PM

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Why? What possibly beneficial in that?

plain current Nov 20, 2019, 1:12 PM

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Having something original perhaps?

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Not talking about some specific framework or so, but basically every single modded life server in the past year has pasted the rules, rosters, docs, cars, TS icons, in-game faction layouts and UIs from other servers, which makes them all feel exactly the same.

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 1:15 PM

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Original 😫

plain current Nov 20, 2019, 1:16 PM

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"less commonly seen" would be a more appropriate term

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 1:17 PM

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Unless a server has a big team behind of 3d modelers, developers, etc and they put the time and money into it, none will ever by close to be original (whit quality content)

dark ocean Nov 20, 2019, 1:56 PM

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and you say that my ui is copied? @plain current

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 1:57 PM

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That's not what he said, it's just a general thing amongst life servers

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 1:58 PM

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I see ripped cars, so if you are a developer for that server I suggest you leave.
☝️

worn forge Nov 20, 2019, 2:02 PM

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For those of us who have never played on a life server, can someone explain what a ripped car is?

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 2:02 PM

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Model stolen from other games

worn forge Nov 20, 2019, 2:52 PM

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👍

waxen tendon Nov 20, 2019, 4:35 PM

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is it possible to get trigger synced objs

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 4:47 PM

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I think I saw a command about that yes

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 4:49 PM

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Yes, syncronized something

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 4:49 PM

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synchronizedObjects

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/synchronizedObjects (might not list triggers, to be tested)
or https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/synchronizedTriggers for waypoints

@waxen tendon

waxen tendon Nov 20, 2019, 4:51 PM

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Thanks!

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:04 PM

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My simple base builder is too simple and objects can only be placed on the ground. I want the object to follow the player's fov up and down not just left and right. There's a tonne of different solutions to this in various base builder mods and I've got a couple ideas but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Here's what I have,

you_fnc_interact=
{    params [["_interact", false]];
    private _obj= cursorObject;
        if (_interact) then {
            player setVariable ["object_LOC", 1];
            [_obj, player, true] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;
waitUntil {player getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==0};
            detach _obj;
    } else {
            if !(_obj isKindOf "MAN" or _obj isKindOf "CAR") then {
                deleteVehicle _obj} else { systemChat "Can't remove that"
        };
    };
};

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 6:12 PM

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_obj setVectorDirAndUp [[0,0,0], [0,0,0]];
this is invalid

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vector dir is perpendicular to vector up and both vectors are not null. if you dont know what it is, dont use it

still forum Nov 20, 2019, 6:13 PM

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your indentation is wrong and you are using or

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I assume something else sets object_LOC to 0?

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:20 PM

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@unique sundial , that's an error, yes. Leftover from playing with your tutorials this morning.

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 6:20 PM

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not to mention that setVectorDirAndUp needs local object as argument but cursorobject can return anything

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:20 PM

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@still forum , but it's not a "blob", and yes object_loc is set via addaction

dreamy kestrel Nov 20, 2019, 6:23 PM

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Q: I saw some code the other day and wondered if this was an SQF thing... Can we do something like this?
private _value = switch (_x) do { case 1: { _x + 1 }; case 2: { _x - 2 }; default { _x }; };
Currently working on a scenario where this is compelling.

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:24 PM

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@unique sundial , I edited that line (which didn't belong there anyway, sorry)

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 6:24 PM

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private _value = switch (_x) do { case 1: { _x + 1 }; case 2: { _x - 2 }; default { _x }; };
this is the same as
private _value = switch (_x) do { case 1: { 2}; case 2: {0 }; default { _x }; };

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:25 PM

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@still forum , what's wrong with "or"?

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 6:27 PM

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Nothing, some prefer || to it

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:28 PM

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@winter rose , stares at keyboard the what now?

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 6:28 PM

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"pipe" character

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twice

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:29 PM

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||

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 6:29 PM

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if (alive player || alive otherGuy) then { (…) };
// same as
if (alive player or alive otherGuy) then { (…) };

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:29 PM

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nice, okay-- if it makes ded happy I will press that button twice instead of "o" and "r"

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 6:30 PM

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no need, sometimes it is more readable to use and/or/not instead of &&/||/!

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:31 PM

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for readability on the forum I'll use words-- in actual scripts I'll use pipes ||

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 6:31 PM

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your call 👍

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:31 PM

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thanks

dreamy kestrel Nov 20, 2019, 6:31 PM

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@unique sundial not a literaly interpretation, point is, is it possible to use a switch statement? does it evaluate the cases as functional returns, i.e. to a private variable?

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or similarly for an if, i.e. private _value = if (_condition) then {_value1} else {_value2};

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 6:32 PM

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yes both valid

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you must have default case if you dont then it will return true if no matching case is found

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but switch is slow

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slowER

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

Code Optimisation

dreamy kestrel Nov 20, 2019, 6:36 PM

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@unique sundial thanks for the feedback.

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:42 PM

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@unique sundial, "if you dont know what it is, dont use it", here's an example of me knowing how to use it from Fly Tanoa Air,

playTAB setVectorDirAndUp [[1,0,0],[0,-1,0]];

Again, I've been using your tutorials all morning and, stupid me, left that line of code in the function. Many apologies. If we can move past that I'd like to hear your thoughts on how to keep the attached object at the center of the FOV...

you_fnc_interact=
{    params [["_interact", false]];
    private _obj= cursorObject;
        if (_interact) then {
            player setVariable ["object_LOC", 1];
            [_obj, player, true] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;
waitUntil {player getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==0};
            detach _obj;
    } else {
            if !(_obj isKindOf "MAN" or _obj isKindOf "CAR") then {
                deleteVehicle _obj} else { systemChat "Can't remove that"
        };
    };
};

dreamy kestrel Nov 20, 2019, 6:42 PM

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or more complex forms such as { ... } forEach switch (...) do { ... };

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slightly different Q, does addPublicVariableEventHandler report actual changes to a variable? or any write to the variable? i.e. so if My_value was 123, and updated to 123, would it report to the event handler?

worn forge Nov 20, 2019, 6:51 PM

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@dreamy kestrel I think you need to review your expectations there, as myPublicVariable will be changed with publicVariable "myPublicVariable", then it will be parsed by addPublicEventHandler... unless I am missing what you are asking

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 6:52 PM

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or more complex forms
sure:
{systemchat str _x} forEach (switch (alive player) do {case true: {[1,2,3]}; default {[4,5,6]}})

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addPublicVariableEventHandler is triggered on broadcast, I assume you read the page https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addPublicVariableEventHandler
The value of broadcast variable can be exactly the same, it is the actual broadcast that triggers EH not the change in variable

addPublicVariableEventHandler

dreamy kestrel Nov 20, 2019, 6:55 PM

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ah I see, broadcast, not value change. gotcha. thank you.

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so if we did want to monitor that, we would need to track an old state.

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 6:57 PM

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probably

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how to keep the attached object at the center of the FOV...

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you dont use attachtorelative

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you can use attachto and center it

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 6:59 PM

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right but I want the object to move up and down with the fov

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:00 PM

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fov is zoom, how exactly are you going to move it up and down?

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:00 PM

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sorry-- center of the screen

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:01 PM

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you can move it up down left right forward backward by changing the attachto offset

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:02 PM

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is this tutorial still valid or has bis added a function since then,
http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-attach-to-relative/

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:03 PM

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yeah it attaches object where it stands

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that was the idea

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:03 PM

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which is great, I want that-- but then I want to be able to look up and the object raises

cerulean cloak Nov 20, 2019, 7:03 PM

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   _x allowdamage false;
} forEach units group _SF1;```
I've got this in the init of a group with variable name `SF1` and for some reason it's not making all of the units invincible, anyone got any ideas as to why this is?

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:04 PM

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_SF1 is not the same as SF1

cerulean cloak Nov 20, 2019, 7:04 PM

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I'll give that a try, thanks

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:05 PM

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and if SF1 is a group then you dont need group command

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{
_x allowdamage false;
} forEach units SF1;

cerulean cloak Nov 20, 2019, 7:08 PM

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Perfect, thanks. I unloaded a whole magzine into my engineer and he still stands

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:10 PM

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but then I want to be able to look up and the object raises
you will need to rewrite attachtorelative in a such a way that you can alter attachto offset depending on where you look at

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which is not a simple thing

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:11 PM

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attaching to a memory point gave me a little wiggle but not enough to make it useful

unique sundial Nov 20, 2019, 7:11 PM

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I suggest you post on forums and hope Larrow finds it challenging 😂

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:12 PM

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thanks, I'm also trying to garner something useful from Vanderson's
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/222253-vandeansons-basebuilding-crafting-wip/

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I appreciate your help KK

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:48 PM

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I lifted this from the above and modified it-- it actually almost works-- the problem is that as you look up the object heads toward the horizon until it disappears. Unfortunately we really are into the realm of using things I don't understand.

    while {player getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==1} do
    {
        _distance = _obj distance player;
        _direction = ((acos ((ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0, 0, 1] select 2) - (ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0, 0, 0] select 2)) - 90)* -1);        //I have taken this one single line from R3F Logistics couse i can't find something like that
       _high = ((tan _direction) * _distance) + 1.45 + ((getPos Player) select 2);

        if (_high > (4 + ((getPos Player) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos Player) select 2) + 4};
        if (_high < (-4 + ((getPos Player) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos Player) select 2) + -4};

        _obj attachTo [player,[0, _distance,_high]];
    };

but giving up also won't net understanding. Can you see what I can't?

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 7:52 PM

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Take a look at that: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getCameraViewDirection (the examples)

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 7:54 PM

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thanks @cunning crown , this was my first idea this morning but as I researched I didn't find any examples of anybody using this technique so I thought it probably won't work.

You're saying to just attach the object at a set distance along the line?

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 7:55 PM

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Well I just tested you can grab the position where the player is looking with eyeDirection, then you just have to setPos

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Well I just tested you can grab the position where the player is looking with eyeDirection, then you just have to setPos
Not with eyeDirection, with getCameraViewDirection, my bad

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 8:32 PM

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Eh, I just had to move the _distance out of the while loop,

    _distance = _obj distance player;

    while {player getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==1} do
    {
        _direction = ((acos ((ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0, 0, 1] select 2) - (ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0, 0, 0] select 2)) - 90)* -1);        //I have taken this one single line from R3F Logistics couse i can't find something like that
       _high = ((tan _direction) * _distance) + 1.45 + ((getPos Player) select 2);

        if (_high > (4 + ((getPos Player) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos Player) select 2) + 4};
        if (_high < (-4 + ((getPos Player) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos Player) select 2) + -4};
        _obj attachTo [player,[0, _distance,_high]];
};

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 8:41 PM

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it works?

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 8:51 PM

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I'll need to test more but it seems to

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 9:00 PM

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Here's my solution then:
Seems to run faster, most is from the wiki with only little modifications and checks to avoid some cases and if you want the user to be able to change the distance from the object or anything else, it will be easier
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addMissionEventHandler ["draw3D", {
    // Position
    private _offset = 2;
    private _start = ASLToAGL eyePos player;
    private _eyeAimPos = (getCameraViewDirection player) vectorMultiply _offset; // Taken from the wiki of getCameraViewDirection
    private _end = (_start vectorAdd _eyeAimPos); // but modified a little bit
    _end = [_end#0, _end#1, (_end#2 max 0)]; // To avoid putting it in the floor
    if ((getPos obj) isEqualTo _end) exitWith {}; // Avoid updating the position if it hasn't changed
    _relPos = player worldToModelVisual _end;
    obj attachTo [player, _relPos];

    // Direction
    private _objRelDir = player getRelDir obj;
    if ((getDir obj) isEqualTo _objRelDir) exitWith {}; // Same as above but for direction
    obj setDir _objRelDir;
}];

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hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 9:07 PM

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@cunning crown ,I'll try out both solutions-- thanks for all the comments that'll help

cunning crown Nov 20, 2019, 9:09 PM

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👍

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 9:13 PM

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This one doesn't preserve the object's rotation so needs some tweaking but the function,

you_fnc_interact=
{    params [["_caller", player], ["_interact", false]];
    private _obj= cursorObject;
        if (_interact) then {
            _caller setVariable ["object_LOC", 1];
            _obj enableSimulation false;
            _distance = _obj distance player;

            while {player getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==1} do
            {
_direction = ((acos ((ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0, 0, 1] select 2) - (ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0, 0, 0] select 2)) - 90)* -1);
_high = ((tan _direction) * _distance) + 1.45 + ((getPos Player) select 2);

if (_high > (4 + ((getPos Player) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos Player) select 2) + 4};
if (_high < (-4 + ((getPos Player) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos Player) select 2) + -4};

_obj attachTo [player,[0, _distance,_high]];
            };
waitUntil {player getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==0};
            detach _obj;
            _obj enableSimulation true;
    } else {
            if !(_obj isKindOf "MAN" || _obj isKindOf "CAR") then {
                deleteVehicle _obj} else { systemChat "Can't remove that"
        };
    };
};

hazy agate Nov 20, 2019, 10:19 PM

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Hello, is there a way to add custom attribute/parameter to unit? For example a bool variable or something that I can query in script/function later on

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 10:20 PM

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unit setvariable ["theVar", value];

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like that?

hazy agate Nov 20, 2019, 10:21 PM

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Hmm possible, let me give it a try

hot kernel Nov 20, 2019, 10:24 PM

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typically,

unit setvariable ["theVar", value];
if (unit getvariable ["theVar", default value]==condition) then {};

hazy agate Nov 20, 2019, 10:25 PM

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It'll do I think gotta try out in a moment, I want to avoid multiple event handler script executions and allow only one execution at a time

astral dawn Nov 20, 2019, 11:14 PM

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How does it look for clients when startLoadingScreen is run on the dedicated server?

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I assume that all simulation stops, users experience desync? Or am I wrong?

winter rose Nov 20, 2019, 11:39 PM

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doesn't it do nothing, on the contrary?

astral dawn Nov 20, 2019, 11:50 PM

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Do you have information that it does nothing?

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I didn't test myself, I don't know

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 2:42 AM

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I have working para trooper drop script where the heli should drop the soldiers and fly away. It works 70 % of the time but sometimes the heli pilot decides that he has to land/hover instead of flying to his next waypoint 🤔
Google says its a known problem, any possible solution known ?

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 4:24 AM

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could help better if you share the code your currently trying to achieve it with

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 4:35 AM

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Original:
https://github.com/Defent/DMS_Exile/blob/master/%40ExileServer/addons/a3_dms/scripts/fn_SpawnHeliReinforcement.sqf
https://github.com/ispan55/Arma3-exile/blob/master/%40ExileServer/Addon/a3_dms/scripts/fn_HeliParatroopers_Monitor.sqf

It's part of DMS mission system for exile. I edited the code because its not working properly by default.
DMS_fnc_HeliParatroopers_Monitor -> https://pastebin.com/E1ay8xdT
DMS_fnc_SpawnHeliReinforcement -> https://pastebin.com/HccqqvUn

https://gyazo.com/c0ee6a183fe2d67d9b3da0fffc96d3a1

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 5:01 AM

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awesome where does it call DMS_fnc_HeliParatroopers_Monitor from ?

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never mind i see it just pushes it into a array at the bottom of the spawn file

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:04 AM

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with this codes it worked now 7 times in a row, lets see how long till it breaks 😂
iam testing for like 5 hours and 20 times i was like "I FIXED IT" but then arma said no 😫

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 5:06 AM

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would also need to see whats in DMS_fnc_SetGroupBehavior_Separate

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:08 AM

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[
  "_units",
  "_finalGroup",
  "_pos",
  "_difficulty"
])
then
{
    diag_log format ["DMS ERROR :: Calling DMS_fnc_SetGroupBehavior_Separate with invalid params: %1",_this];
};

private _behavior = param [3, "COMBAT", [""]];

private _tmpGroup = createGroup (side _finalGroup);

_units joinSilent _tmpGroup;

private _return =
[
    _tmpGroup,
    _pos,
    _difficulty,
    _behavior
] call DMS_fnc_SetGroupBehavior;

_units joinSilent _finalGroup;
deleteGroup _tmpGroup;


_return```

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 5:10 AM

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interesting i may be missing something but i dont see where it creates a waypoint if _remainAsGunship = true;

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:11 AM

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i turned that off

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it should just fly away

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 5:12 AM

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roger so thats false and just looking at the rest

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:15 AM

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looks like its working now 🤔 *knocksonwood 😄

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15 times in a row and he didn't land

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 5:16 AM

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i cant see why it wouldnt in your code i thought you said it wasnt working lol

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:16 AM

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            {
                unassignVehicle _unit;
                _unit action ["Eject", _heli];
                sleep 0.5;
                _unit setDestination [_dropPoint, "LEADER DIRECT", true];
                _unit setVariable ["DMS_AISpawnPos", _dropPoint];
                
            };```
did the trick i think

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yea it didnt work properly till i wrote here 😄

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but iam not yet convinced, need to test it another 20 times 😆

frozen knoll Nov 21, 2019, 5:18 AM

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i generally set a waypoint to destination and then a waypoint to move to and it never fails all though i do things different to dms

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:19 AM

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yea its a wild mix (exile + custom scripts like dms) 🙄

silent latch Nov 21, 2019, 5:24 AM

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is there a way to make it impossible to close a dialog

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to disable closing it

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without disableuserinput

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 5:35 AM

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How does it look for clients when startLoadingScreen is run on the dedicated server?
I’ll be surprised if it runs on dedi at all, all UI stuff is usually ignored. But if you want to find out you can run it on the host, not sure what this has to do with stopping simulation though, all it does is extends 3ms limit in scheduled

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@sharp grotto in order for params to be considered invalid you need to tell params command what are the valid params. Your use of params will always return true

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:43 AM

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its just a part of the script this code block ^^

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 5:43 AM

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Yeah, so, it still won’t know what is valid and what is not

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:43 AM

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or are you refering to pastebin links ?

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 5:44 AM

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No

sharp grotto Nov 21, 2019, 5:44 AM

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ok then you can ignore the codeblock in the message (not complete as you said)

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my problem is solved, it works now consistently

velvet merlin Nov 21, 2019, 8:29 AM

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(_this select 0) params [
    "_target",
    "_shooter",
    "_projectile",
    "_position",
    "_velocity",
    "_selection",
    "_ammo",
    "_vector",
    "_radius",
    "_surfaceType",
    "_isDirect"
];```

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is hitPart and this meaningful to optimize?

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aka only to assign to vars when actually needed

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(if you have a very high frequency ammo to trigger hitPart)

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followed by

if (count _ammo == 5) then {
    _ammoClass = _ammo select 4;
    private _hitValue = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> _ammoClass >> "hit");
    if (_hitValue >= 30) then {
        private _intensityFactor = (_hitValue / 400) min 1;
        [_projectile,_target,_intensityFactor,_isDirect] spawn {
            params ["_projectile","_target","_intensityFactor","_isDirect"];
            sleep 0.01;
            if (alive _projectile) then {```

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aka is it over optimization, or relevant? or in comparison to cache that confgFile read is way more important

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 8:39 AM

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The config hit value is passed in the _ammo array, why do you want to look for it separately?

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

HitPart Sample

winter rose Nov 21, 2019, 8:55 AM

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@astral dawn not tested on my side either

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 1:12 PM

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Is there an easy way to set unit like 50% of their current ammo (via script), or do I have to go through each magazine? Every function I see is made for vehicles and none of them seems to work for a troop.

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 1:21 PM

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Try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleAmmo

setVehicleAmmo

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 1:23 PM

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Yup, it worked when I used it on unit's init, trying to do it from script now

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Alright my bad, this works. I forgot to change parameter in the lobby 😄

smoky verge Nov 21, 2019, 3:31 PM

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is it possible to check if player has a specific vest?

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I don't think in inventory works

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 3:32 PM

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sure you can

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

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with this maybe?

hot kernel Nov 21, 2019, 3:40 PM

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The improvements we made to this script yesterday were great. It's safe to say I don't completely understand the arc cosine and tangent commands. This works just like I want except the object is rotated when grabbed to align with the caller. Dr. Eyeball's note on the modelToWorld page seems like maybe the answer.

I think if I replace the modelToWorld position array with something like "_relObj" from Dr. Eyeball's example it should preserve the object rotation after grabbing.

Any ideas?

you_fnc_interact=
{    params [["_caller", player], ["_interact", false]];
    private _obj= cursorObject;
    if (_interact) then {
            _caller setVariable ["object_LOC", 1];
            _obj enableSimulation false;
            _distance = _obj distance _caller;

            while {_caller getVariable ["object_LOC", 0]==1} do
            {
_direction =
((acos((ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,1] select 2)-(ATLtoASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,0] select 2))-90)*-1);
_high = ((tan _direction) * _distance) + 1.45 + ((getPos _caller) select 2);
if (_high > (4 + ((getPos _caller) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos _caller) select 2) + 4};
if (_high < (-4 + ((getPos _caller) select 2))) then { _high = ((getPos _caller) select 2) + -4};
_obj attachTo [_caller,[0, _distance,_high]];
            };

            detach _obj;
            _obj enableSimulation true;
    } else {
            if !(_obj isKindOf "MAN" || _obj isKindOf "CAR") then {
                    deleteVehicle _obj
            } else {
                    systemChat "Can't remove that"
        };
    };
};

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/modelToWorld
The while loop is left justified for readability in this window.

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 3:45 PM

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@smoky verge BIS_fnc_hasItem maybe

smoky verge Nov 21, 2019, 3:46 PM

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Ill check both
@astral dawn how do I use it as a condition for a trigger?

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 3:47 PM

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try to run it on player in the editor and see what it returns

hot kernel Nov 21, 2019, 4:02 PM

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my theory was completely wrong...

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:21 PM

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I have question about how time works in arma missions, because it starts right when mission starts. But what about mulitplayer? Does each player has the time synchronized or not? What about JIP players? Does their time synchronize or not?

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I'm not sure if I can rely on it in the mission if it's different for each player

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:24 PM

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@hazy agate https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/time

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:25 PM

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Well I see that The value is different on each client. but how different? Couple of seconds or minutes/hours?

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:25 PM

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Allright I have no idea then because it says a different thing in the comments:
for JIP clients 'time' value will start off counting from 0, not the real 'time' value. After about 2.5sec (on average), it will then jump to a high value and synchronise with the real 'time' value, which could be 900, for example

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in the comments it implies that it gets synced once after all, no idea

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What's your use case anyway?

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:31 PM

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I want to make ai propagate information about players after some time if the information is not too old. I know that the Last time seen from targetKnowledge uses mission time instead of server time and such. Now the question is, what happens when I call time during script and compare it to for example Last time seen

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:33 PM

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is not too old
so, both use time as I understand?

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then time difference should be valid I guess

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private _tooOld = time - _timeLastSeen > 30

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:34 PM

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Well if it's off couple of seconds it's not a problem but if it's minutes or more then script won't really work

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:35 PM

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oh wait, so you are taking time for instance on client and sending that time to server for the server to compare it with its time?

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:36 PM

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To be honest I'm not entirely sure, script is attached to AI Event Handlers so I think it should be time where mission started on server

exotic flax Nov 21, 2019, 4:36 PM

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why not use serverTime? That should be equal on all clients (and server).

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:36 PM

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because targetsQuery does not use serverTime

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:37 PM

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Well I guess it needs some testing to see what time is used and what happens during JIP

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:38 PM

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so look at it again, you are on server, you are attaching event handlers to AIs, event handlers are going to be run on the server as well then??

exotic flax Nov 21, 2019, 4:38 PM

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but a second on client A is just as long as on client B or the server

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targetAge: Number - the actual target age in seconds (can be negative)
This only contains the amount of seconds, not a time value

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so it doesn't matter if you use time or serverTime

astral dawn Nov 21, 2019, 4:40 PM

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@exotic flax you are talking about targetsQuery, not targetKnowledge

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the targetsQuery indeed has target age

exotic flax Nov 21, 2019, 4:41 PM

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those times should be local to the unit (player or server)

hazy agate Nov 21, 2019, 4:42 PM

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Hmm, targetsQuery could work

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I could mix it with targetKnowledge for additional information if I need it

magic quail Nov 21, 2019, 8:05 PM

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Can i get somehow the current animation state of an bar gate? So i mean if it is open or not.

unique sundial Nov 21, 2019, 8:06 PM

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animationPhase

magic quail Nov 21, 2019, 8:09 PM

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Thanks i will look at this 🙂

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Thanks it works now ^^

velvet merlin Nov 22, 2019, 4:38 AM

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is it possible to apply blur PP only to parts of the screen?

winter rose Nov 22, 2019, 7:04 AM

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Negative

hazy agate Nov 22, 2019, 10:33 AM

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I have a rather weird bug that I can't explain in any way with moving group units into vehicles. I spawn a regular truck and two assault groups, both groups have 8 soldiers, and vehicles has capacity of 16 or 17 people in cargo (depending if it's zamak or hemtt). I move in both groups into cargo of the vehicle, but two units (I think from different groups) don't enter the vehicle at all, even if there are spots left for some reason.

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I even hear the disembark command when I spawned everything next to me, and they actually exit I think since i see animation

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private _vehicleInfo = [player getRelPos[5,90], 0 ,"B_Truck_01_covered_F", west] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;

private _vehicle = _vehicleInfo select 0;

private _group1 = [player getRelPos[5,180], west, (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BLU_F" >> "Infantry" >> "BUS_InfAssault")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup; 
  private _group2 = [player getRelPos[5,180], west, (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "West" >> "BLU_F" >> "Infantry" >> "BUS_InfAssault")] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup; 
 
  { 
   _x moveInCargo _vehicle; 
   _x assignAsCargo _vehicle;   
} forEach units _group1; 
 
  { 
   _x moveInCargo _vehicle; 
   _x assignAsCargo _vehicle; 
  } forEach units _group2;

young current Nov 22, 2019, 10:37 AM

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Does the capacity you mention include the driver?

hazy agate Nov 22, 2019, 10:37 AM

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No, just the cargo space, without the crew

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So no drivers, gunners, etc.

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Yes they're from different groups, just checked

young current Nov 22, 2019, 10:47 AM

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Do you mean their commander/group leader is not in the vehicle?

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I think they may be called back by their leader if the above is the case.

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Though the code above is moving in just people in the group1 and group2

hazy agate Nov 22, 2019, 10:50 AM

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Well there should be since I spawn a group, not a unit one by one. Also, solved the issue, seemingly assignAsCargo broke everything

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I've used it since I read that transport unload without it wouldn't work, looks like it works

young current Nov 22, 2019, 10:54 AM

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Odd.

hazy agate Nov 22, 2019, 10:54 AM

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Kinda wish debugging in arma was easier 😛

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:04 AM

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@hazy agate sometimes I've seen units even getting ungrouped in similar situation

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arma AI ********

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Maybe if your script reproduces the error all the time, you should submit it to bug tracker

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Because I actually was trying to get a totally reproduceable situation but all was working when I was waiting for it not to work to reproduce it

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also assignascargo should be called before moveincargo AFAIK

hazy agate Nov 22, 2019, 11:10 AM

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Well they still behave like group since they follow search and destroy waypoint, besides one of my other scripts is in debug and monitors all groups and alive units in them, and each group has 8 units so they didn't got ungrouped

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Oh didn't know that it should be called before

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:11 AM

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also it's better to call assignascargoindex

hazy agate Nov 22, 2019, 11:13 AM

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Alright, also something is like very resource heavy in that script for some reason, the moment I spawn truck i get a massive fps drop for a brief moment

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Perhaps selectBestPlaces is not well optimized in my case

unique sundial Nov 22, 2019, 11:23 AM

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sometimes I've seen units even getting ungrouped in similar situation
Don’t think units can ungroup on their own

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:29 AM

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I also didn't until I saw it myself several times @unique sundial

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In similar situation with totally different iterations of code of mine

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When manipulating multiple groups mixed in multiple vehicle

unique sundial Nov 22, 2019, 8:14 PM

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@astral dawn you sure you played with no mods and you didn’t have some script accidentally joining unit elsewhere? And it happened multiple times? Nah, I’m skeptical

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 8:18 PM

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you sure you played with no mods
Only CBA
you didn’t have some script accidentally joining unit elsewhere
yes, it's all my AI code, I know when I move units between groups
And it happened multiple times?
A few times, enough to annoy me like hell

So, in my framework I have a 'Group' OOP Class and 'Unit' OOP Class, they are strictly linked and a soldier can be assigned to another group only through my framework, so it will be rendered in the corresponding OOP objects. But no, I was not moving them between groups, otherwise I would see that in my OOP objects and in the logs.

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So I had to make a periodic check which monitors if units belong to the proper groups 😄

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You are an Arma developer as I know? Maybe you could have a look pieces of code where units are being ungrouped to a totally new group by arma?

smoky verge Nov 22, 2019, 8:47 PM

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@astral dawn
on the vest problem I had
tried with
_myVest = vest player;
but I guess that only counts on already placed vests with variable names
mine's is in a crate because cup's vests cant be placed
I'd either need to find another script or a way to name a vest in a crate

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 8:48 PM

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?? no, vest player should return vest class name I guess, no?

smoky verge Nov 22, 2019, 8:54 PM

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mhmm tried but doesnt seem so
should be like this CUP_V_B_Eagle_SPC_Patrol = vest player;

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 8:55 PM

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(vest player) == "CUP_V_B_Eagle_SPC_Patrol";

unique sundial Nov 22, 2019, 8:55 PM

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@astral dawn unless you can come up with repro there isn’t anything to look at

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 8:56 PM

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I mean arma regrouping units on its own must be a few basic conditions easy to track, no? Maybe some AI error handling causes it to regroup them?

It's quite random and happens mostly when handling multiple vehicles with multiple groups spread across these vehicles. Also it's more likely to happen when cargo space becomes more full. That's all what I remember back from that time. It's not like arma group AI code is so bullet proof that it's not worth looking at. I could waste a few days to make a repro to be treated like with this group AI issue (opened in may this year): https://feedback.bistudio.com/T138990

smoky verge Nov 22, 2019, 8:56 PM

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oh I see
now it works
thanks a lot

unique sundial Nov 22, 2019, 9:03 PM

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There is nothing easy about AI and I don’t have the source. All I could offer you is dev attention if you can provide the repro @astral dawn

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 9:04 PM

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Yeah ok then, no problem, I thought you were related with BI, my mistake

unique sundial Nov 22, 2019, 9:05 PM

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I am, just not how you imagined

dreamy kestrel Nov 22, 2019, 10:24 PM

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Q: re: arrayIntersect, what is the return order? in terms of array2?

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 10:57 PM

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Anybody know a way to create a default value for an array being processed in foreach. In a sense, planning on having the array have a value present in _x select 0 but im not sure of a way to have a default value for _x select 1. Anybody happen to know a way to do so?

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:08 PM

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I didn't quite understand what you want, but maybe you meant this?

_array = [];
_array resize 10; // Will be an array of nil after that
_array = _array apply {0};  // Or any other default value

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:12 PM

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No, more this is the format im working with

{
    _class = _x select 0;
    _name = //typically _x select 1; but I also want a default value if not defined
    
} forEach GVAR(spawner_crates);

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:13 PM

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so spawner_crates is an array of [_className, name] ?

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{
    _x params ["_class", "_name"];
    if (isNil "_name") then {
        _name = "defaultName";
    };
} forEach GVAR(spawner_crates);

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:15 PM

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[classname,displayname],
[classname]
];```
would be essentially a expandable array

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:16 PM

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then my code above should do the job

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also it's nicer to unpack arrays with params

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:16 PM

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indeed, wast sure if params worked fully with _x or if it was a potential problem.

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:16 PM

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works with any array

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or _this

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:17 PM

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params itself has a default value option built into its syntax so the latter portion shouldnt be needed. Also, what language markdown do you use for arma code there?

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css?

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:18 PM

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ah yeah you're right, forgot about the default value in params

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:18 PM

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wait nvm

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:19 PM

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Markdown for code? I am not sure what you mean, sorry

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:19 PM

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i meant the code type flag you put in the front of the code markdown for coloring. didnt realize the the sqf value worked

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:20 PM

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Ah yeah we have markdown in Discord, I forgot that too 😄

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:20 PM

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didnt know sqf was an option for it tbh

astral dawn Nov 22, 2019, 11:20 PM

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I think it must be set up manually somewhere

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on the server

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not sure!

potent depot Nov 22, 2019, 11:21 PM

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dont believe thats possible. Anyways, thanks for the help!

bold kiln Nov 23, 2019, 1:13 AM

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I have an addAction that with each instance of the custom addAction it will show up on the action Menu

is there a way I can prevent this?

exotic flax Nov 23, 2019, 1:28 AM

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place the addAction on the object you want to have the action on, instead of on the player
set a reasonable radius for the action to be available
use condition to limit when it shows

bold kiln Nov 23, 2019, 1:45 AM

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Is there a way I can use a condition to check instances within the Action Menu?
The distance of each addAction will very, and it is already tied to the object rather than the player.

exotic flax Nov 23, 2019, 1:59 AM

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addAction itself doesn't have a way to see if something is active, used or even if it exists (with the exception of actionIDs which allow you to see if the ID exists).
The only way to see if you used a previous action is by setting a variable to the object (eg. _object setVariable ["activated", true];, and then check in the condition if the object has "activated" set to true

empty tartan Nov 23, 2019, 2:29 AM

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I have a weird case. I put a squad in a airplane, I put a group of soldiers in the cargo, then I use the action ["Eject", vehicle _x]. Then i tell the airplane to move to a pos. When i do this with a team where a player is, it works fine, if i comment out the eject command when a ai squad is in it works fine, but if I eject a AI squad the airplane first wants to land, then follow the move to pos command. Is there created a link between the group in the cargo and the group operation the airplane i dont know about?

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 3:10 AM

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Is there some resource which describes arma data conversion to string and back? With aspects like call compile vs parseSimpleArray, character escaping, etc?

unique sundial Nov 23, 2019, 4:19 AM

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@astral dawn what do you want to know?

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 4:21 AM

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I was wondering how I can get an alternative to parseSimpleArray, something like parseValue, and value could be a basic type, but not necessary an array... then I just realized that I could wrap it into array, then use str [_value] / parseSimpleArray pair 🤷

still forum Nov 23, 2019, 4:29 AM

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then I just realized that I could wrap it into array, then use str
That's what CBA does, CBA has a "parse arbitrary thing" function, which does exactly that

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 4:30 AM

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oh...ok

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maybe you remember at least approximate name of this function? 🤔

still forum Nov 23, 2019, 4:35 AM

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fnc_something

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or maybe it was just in a macro

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or maybe it was ace and not cba 🤔

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https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/ef9facb21ca72515cf799ac21be14907fe0b83f5/addons/settings/fnc_parse.sqf#L20

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 4:37 AM

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Ok, thanks

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So, we had to convert all array values which are of type 'Side' to special strings to save them 😄

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And then convert them back to sides

still forum Nov 23, 2019, 4:39 AM

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xor eax, eax
add eax, bedh
jmp eax

unique sundial Nov 23, 2019, 4:41 AM

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Don’t need to remove white space anymore

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 4:44 AM

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Yeah I've just tested, seems to work with spaces
Unless I'm talking nonsense because I didn't read this code very carefully 😵

sharp grotto Nov 23, 2019, 5:25 AM

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This Ai heli para drop is driving me crazy. All units dead (near waypoint) and everything works if there are any units left "even from a different group) the heli pilot ignores his waypoint and lands 🤔

sharp grotto Nov 23, 2019, 5:50 AM

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no errors in the rpt

https://i.gyazo.com/b194c7317a5b25e8aff43aa425394988.jpg

dreamy kestrel Nov 23, 2019, 6:14 AM

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Q: 1) how do you add class event handlers for objects such as ContainmentArea_01_sand_F (large or small)? 2) in particular for event handlers such as CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler is working for other assets, but not for the containment areas, even when _applyInitRetroactively=true.

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According to this, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgVehicles_Structures, should be available as part of Helicopters DLC, right? Which I have. However, in my editor, it is appearing to be part of Contact DLC, which I do not. Are the events prohibited in that case? In particular "init" does not seem to work properly.

velvet merlin Nov 23, 2019, 9:51 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/showWaypoints - does this override the difficult setting, or respect them?

showWaypoints

fluid wolf Nov 23, 2019, 11:54 AM

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Does anyone know if there is a way to return the zeroing value of a weapon? Ideally for weapons with automatic lead like the Cheetah where it would give you like, the zeroing distance as a number when locked on

winter rose Nov 23, 2019, 12:37 PM

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@fluid wolf https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/currentZeroing

currentZeroing

fluid wolf Nov 23, 2019, 12:37 PM

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Aww. yes. Thank you. Thats exactly what I needed

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I dont know how I didnt find that earlier

winter rose Nov 23, 2019, 12:38 PM

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I typed zeroing* in the search bar :p

fluid wolf Nov 23, 2019, 1:30 PM

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So did I... but, hey sometimes the blind need guides

unique sundial Nov 23, 2019, 2:14 PM

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There is a commands utility, it would have worked with keyword

frank vector Nov 23, 2019, 3:44 PM

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Hello everyone. Been learning scripting on and off and one of the major issues I seem to have always seems to be in profileNamespace. Is there a way that I can debug missions by producing a list of all variables inside a NamespaceProfile? Can I edit any variables inside the Namespace to fix any corrupt issues. I tried searching through discord but could not find what I was looking for. I imagine it would be a loop of some sort pulling an array? Sorry I was in PHP coding. Appreciate this whole community, especially KK, Gensis, Dedmen, etc.

still forum Nov 23, 2019, 3:44 PM

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

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to fix any corrupt issues
probably not, maybe.

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You should generally only store string,bool,number,array in profileNamespace. Don't save CODE variables.

unique sundial Nov 23, 2019, 3:55 PM

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You can make new profile it comes with brand new profileNamespace

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 7:25 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/startLoadingScreen
The game simulation is disabled during Loading Screen operation (at least in SP), therefore any use of sleep command will pause the game indefinitely. If you have to "sleep", use uiSleep
Does it mean 'any sleep in the spawned script where startLoadingScreen was called' or 'any sleep in any spawned script'?

winter rose Nov 23, 2019, 7:45 PM

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if spawned, it will not be processed until loading is ended

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afaik

smoky verge Nov 23, 2019, 8:59 PM

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does lookAt work when the recieving end is the player?
if not is there any solution to get AIs to look at players during cutscenes?

astral dawn Nov 23, 2019, 9:02 PM

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It should or do you have any problems?

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I think it worked for me, but it was long time ago and I don't remember

smoky verge Nov 23, 2019, 9:05 PM

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I'm not sure its working, it does face me because I locked its direction with disable Move
but the head still seems to be lookin where the rifle is pointing and do its usual look around movements
which is what it normally does

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the unit is crouching so it looks like its looking at my legs

winter rose Nov 23, 2019, 10:48 PM

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did you happen to do unit1 lookAt getPos player?

smoky verge Nov 23, 2019, 11:01 PM

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I didn't, is that what I'm supposed to do?

winter rose Nov 23, 2019, 11:14 PM

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nonono

runic quest Nov 23, 2019, 11:28 PM

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excuse me, could the "if" can use in the "waituntil"? https://sqfbin.com/tasowebepafizejolaco thanks!

winter rose Nov 23, 2019, 11:38 PM

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Yes

runic quest Nov 23, 2019, 11:40 PM

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@winter rose thank u very much!

smoky verge Nov 24, 2019, 12:18 AM

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so @winter rose it should effectively work as it is correct?
could the problem be caused by the disabled movement?

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 12:26 AM

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@smoky verge there is also doWatch command

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maybe it will work for you

smoky verge Nov 24, 2019, 12:27 AM

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I though that was just to mark enemies with those red squares you see in the east wind campaign

finite jackal Nov 24, 2019, 12:44 AM

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Has anyone HAD to use sleep over uiSleep?

silent latch Nov 24, 2019, 6:56 AM

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^

winter rose Nov 24, 2019, 9:46 AM

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@smoky verge glanceAt too ^^

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:21 AM

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Anyone who can tell what i'm doing wrong? Getting "generic error in expression" when I try to activate it.

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_keyPressed = 0;
_keyDown = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", "if (_this select 1 == 201) then {_keyPressed = 201;} else { if (_this select 1 == 209) then {_keyPressed = 209;}}"];

while {true} do {
if (_keyPressed == 209) then {
player setDamage 1;
} else {
if (_keyPressed == 209) then {
player setDamage 0.5;
}
};

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:27 AM

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count your curly brackets

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number of { should == number of }

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:27 AM

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oh crap

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thanks = )

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Will try it

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Okay it doesn't give me an error now

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But the code doesn't run

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201 for me is page up and 209 is page down

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I click the buttons yet it does nothing

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:29 AM

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But the code doesn't run
this means nothing without a context.

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:29 AM

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I updated my code above

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Yeah sorry

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I have an addaction in my init

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That calls this file

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Where this code is ran

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:30 AM

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I updated my code above
what changed?

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:30 AM

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The file runs other code I have but when i run it, it doesn't damage or kill my character

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Oh just the curly brackets

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//Gives the player the action option
_sandbagHandle = player addAction ["Barricade with a sandbag", "vectors.sqf"];

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That's my init.sqf

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:31 AM

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Oh just the curly brackets
The same as before

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:31 AM

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Yeah

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:32 AM

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So you have the error

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:32 AM

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?

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No it gives me no error

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It just doesn't do any of the if statements when I press any of the buttons

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:32 AM

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You said you updated code above but it is not updated it has bracket missing

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:33 AM

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what

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where

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:33 AM

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count { and } and compare the count

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:33 AM

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will do

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:34 AM

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while {true} do {
    if (_keyPressed == 209) then {
    player setDamage 1; 
    } else {
    if (_keyPressed == 209) then {
    player setDamage 0.5;
    }
};

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} is missing, I let you figure out where

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:34 AM

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Oh I see

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was looking at the event handler

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Thanks = )

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I've added the curcly bracket now but still doesn't work

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:36 AM

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while {true} do 
{
    if (_keyPressed == 209) then 
    {
        player setDamage 1; 
    }
    else 
    {
        if (_keyPressed == 209) then 
        {
            player setDamage 0.5;
        }
 //} ????????
};

because if you format your code you can see it

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:36 AM

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Yeah I suck at formating, I'll try to get better at it

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_keyPressed = 0;
_keyDown = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", "if (_this select 1 == 201) then {_keyPressed = 201;} else { if (_this select 1 == 209) then {_keyPressed = 209;}}"];

while {true} do
{
if (_keyPressed == 201) then
{
player setDamage 1;
}
else
{
if (_keyPressed == 209) then
{
player setDamage 0.5;
}
}
};

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That's what I have now, still doesn't run any of the conditions

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:37 AM

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What about
if (_keyPressed == 209) then
twice?

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what does this achieve

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:38 AM

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that's meant to be 201 in one, my bad

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:38 AM

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do you run it in scheduled or unscheduled?

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:38 AM

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?

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how do you mean

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:39 AM

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I mean while{true}... how do you launch that script

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:39 AM

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oh

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Through the addaction "_sandbagHandle = player addAction ["Barricade with a sandbag", "vectors.sqf"];" That's placed in my init.sqf

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I've ran other code in that script file and it works just fine, it's just that line of code from above that doesn't work

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:40 AM

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_keyPressed is not defined in it

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so comparing it to anything is not gonna work

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and it should give you undefined variable error

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when you select "Barricade with a sandbag" action

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:41 AM

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oh?

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do I need to make "_keyPressed" a global variable?

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:42 AM

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maybe

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I dunno

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no context

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:42 AM

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I can send you my entire file if you'd like? if that helps

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both my init and the file that's being called

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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wait is _keyPressed = 0; is also in this file?

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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yeah

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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then it is not undefined it is always 0

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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everything i've sent except the addaction is in the same file

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always?

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but I when I press page up it should set it to 201

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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the event handler doent change this variable because it runs in own scope

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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oooooooooooooh

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that can explain hours of frustration yesterday

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:44 AM

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and adding new event handler every time you select an action will add missions of event handlers which eventually make your game sluggish and maybe will crash it

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:45 AM

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How should I have it? and can I somehow extract what key is being pressed from it and using it instead as comparsion

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I suppose I can have the event handlers in a seperate file

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not being called just being ran

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:45 AM

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I dunno, lack of context, no idea what you are trying to do.

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:45 AM

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Trying to damage my character when I press the button page up or page down

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Want me to send the entire file to you or?

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if it helps

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:46 AM

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you can do it in event handler

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:46 AM

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I can get the key pressed from it?

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I tried to yesterday but was unable to

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proabably did it incorrectly

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:47 AM

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I can get the key pressed from it?
what do you think you are doing here: if (_this select 1 == 201)

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:48 AM

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Yeah I'm getting the raw number of the key being pressed, that I know

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But I don't know how I can use that outisde of the event handler since everything I've tried seems to not work

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:49 AM

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why do you want to use it outside of EH? if (_this select 1 == 201) then {player setdamage 1};

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:49 AM

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so I can detect what key is being pressed and use that in an if statement

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:50 AM

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You are detecting what key has been pressed here: if (_this select 1 == 201)

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:51 AM

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yeah I know but, I don't wanna run the rest of the code (I have more code, the "player setDamage 1" is just to test to see if it works) inside of the event handler

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:52 AM

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make a function, put a code of what else you want to do, call it on key press
if (_this select 1 == 201) then {call my_function}

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:53 AM

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That sounds logical, thanks 🙂

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Will do it

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does it send with it any params? the "call my_function"

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:54 AM

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you can send anything you want to it
if (_this select 1 == 201) then {[yourparams] call your_function}

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:55 AM

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Can I send with it "_this select 1"? Don't want to need 2 functions depending on what key I press

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somehow

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 10:56 AM

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you can send anything you want to it

sacred lance Nov 24, 2019, 10:56 AM

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alright

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Works like a charm, thanks!

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:00 PM

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Im trying to attach a trigger to a player so that by using the add camera area and add editing area modules, the camera follows a specific player while in zeus.

The camera area and editing area portion work, but it does not follow the player.

thisTrigger attachto [test1 [0, 0, 1] ];

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:02 PM

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thisTrigger attachto [test1, [0, 0, 1] ]; there is a comma missing

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@real osprey try to start with -showScriptErrors flag enabled in the launcher

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:03 PM

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Alright. Even with the comma there, it isnt working

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:04 PM

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Show me your complete script

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:04 PM

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That is the complete script.

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https://gyazo.com/0874fbc3d0a12ff4b5d7109a59aaa9cc

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:05 PM

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I mean your camera and editing modules

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:05 PM

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https://gyazo.com/834a8266878393404ea5d84840348606

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I realize that isn't entirely helpful but the player on the right is sync'ed to the zeus. Then both the camera area and the editing area and synced to it and then synced to a game logic

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which is synced to the trigger I am trying to attach

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:08 PM

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ok, the modules are executed at the start of the mission, not in a loop while your player is moving with the attached trigger

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:08 PM

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How would I go about executing them in a loop?

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I take it that would require an actual script?

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:08 PM

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Probably

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addCuratorEditingArea will be a good start:

_0 = spawn {
    while {alive yourPlayerName} do {
        yourZeusModuleName addCuratorEditingArea [0, position yourPlayerName, 500];
        sleep 10;
    };
};

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put this into the trigger init and remove the add curator editing area module
EDIT: Obviously change yourZeusModuleName and yourPlayerName to your actual variable names

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:15 PM

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yourZeusModuleName being the zeus player and yourPlayerName being the camera targer?

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target*

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:15 PM

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yourZeusModuleName beeing the name of the curator module and yourPlayerName the name of the camera target player

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:16 PM

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curator module being the actual zeus module variable name?

cunning crown Nov 24, 2019, 3:17 PM

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Yep

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:17 PM

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says its missing ;

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    while {alive test1} do {
        zu1 addCuratorEditingArea [0, position test1, 500];
        sleep 10;
    };
};

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:18 PM

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ah oops

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_0 = [] spawn {
    while {alive test1} do {
        zu1 addCuratorEditingArea [0, position test1, 500];
        sleep 10;
    };
};

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:20 PM

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editing area works and moves with the target

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so now I would need to do the same for addCuratorCameraArea

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?

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and, is 500 the radius of the editable area in that? I am assuming so?

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:21 PM

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_0 = [] spawn {
    while {alive test1} do {
        zu1 addCuratorEditingArea [0, getPos test1, 500];
        zu1 addCuratorCameraArea [0, getPos test1, 500];
        sleep 10;
    };
};

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yes the radius

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sleep 10, with 10 is the waiting time in seconds for the script to wait until setting the area again

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:25 PM

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~~Awesome! that works with an unintended side effect that it adds more room for the camera to move but doesn't delete previous room if that makes sense~~

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~~So say a 50m radius to begin. Camera can go from -50 to 50. Camera target moves 50m along X axis. Camera can now move from -50 to 100~~

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~~isnt necessarily a bad thing though~~

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next, If I wanted to assign it to a group rather than a player, could I just name the group test1 rather than the player?

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so that should the player die, but the group still has survivors, it can continue?

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that was apparently only when you are right near the zeus

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:33 PM

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I'm not sure if you can get the position of a group, but i doubt. You could just get the position of the group leader.
You need to replace. Test1 beeing the group variable name

_0 = [] spawn {
    while {alive (leader test1)} do {
        zu1 addCuratorEditingArea [0, getPos (leader test1), 500];
        zu1 addCuratorCameraArea [0, getPos (leader test1), 500];
        sleep 10;
    };
};

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:34 PM

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When the groupleader dies, a new one would automatically take its place, right?

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:41 PM

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right

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:43 PM

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swet

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sweet*

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this works perfectly

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Now, to extend this to multiple people

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(4 zeuses controlling 4 different squads)

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It would go something like

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    while {alive (leader test2)} do {
        zu2 addCuratorEditingArea [0, getPos (leader test2), 500];
        zu2 addCuratorCameraArea [0, getPos (leader test2), 500];
        sleep 10;
    };
};

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:45 PM

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yes

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:45 PM

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awesome

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I thank you so much for all this

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I do have a few more questions though if thats alright

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If I only wanted the zeus to be able to command troops, rather than place anything down

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I could set his resources to 0?

spice axle Nov 24, 2019, 3:47 PM

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You could give it a try yes, never touchend anything like this

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 3:47 PM

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Rofl

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Im trying to make an RTS style mission

real osprey Nov 24, 2019, 4:07 PM

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I also need to figure out how to hide enemy units until they come into contact with the specific group. I was thinking attaching a trigger that hides units unless they are detected by BLU? Would that work or is there a better way?

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Maybe using worldToScreen to check if they are visible and then hiding the unit markers if they aren’t?

dreamy kestrel Nov 24, 2019, 5:00 PM

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Q: we have a scenario, loading an object in a vehicle. so we say something like _obj attachTo [_vehicle, ...], right? We would like to verify the attachment was successful, so we can say if (isNull attachedTo _obj) then {false} else {true}, correct?

still forum Nov 24, 2019, 5:07 PM

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vehicle in vehicle loading is probably better than attachTo, if that vehicle and your object supports it

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then {false} else {true} that makes no sense, all you are doing is !

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:17 PM

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Hello everyone, does anyone has an efficient idea how to get ALL of the military locations on the map? And I mean not only the "military" ones that are marked with "NameLocal", but all locations, including those unmarked because there's a lot of them. I wanted to populate them with units. Going through the map with markers seem way too tedious and it would need to be done for every map.

young current Nov 24, 2019, 5:17 PM

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do you mean like populating all of them at once? as that would be bad idea

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:18 PM

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Not really, but I want to keep those locations in some variable, if players get close enough I could populate them.

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I still need to think of how to do it properly, populating bases when players are close enough and removing units if they move far away, but also somehow keeping the fact that base has been attacked for example so I won't spawn any more units in there, or only the "remaining" ones.

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However first of all, I need to get locations without causing too much strain on server, because I feel like iterating through couple of hundred thousands objects is a terrible idea

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:28 PM

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Well, search for all buildings of the military building types

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Then 'cluster' them

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I think that's the only proper and logical way

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:29 PM

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Well that's what I had in mind, but I feel like it'll be a huge hog on performance

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:29 PM

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To find all of them and cluster them? Yes.
However you only do that once per map.

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:30 PM

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Hm... in fact, I could actually do that in editor, get an array of all locations and then in the actual map, for each one just place a marker at the start for easy reference later on.

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:31 PM

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clusters = [];
for all such buildings do {
    _building = _x;
    _minDist = find min distance from _building to all of the clusters;
    if (_minDist > 300) then {
        _cluster = new Cluster(getPos _building);
        _clusters pushback _cluster;
    } else {
        _cluster.addBuilding(_building);
        _cluster.recalculateShape();
    };
};

Or something like that

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I've done a similar thing (clustering) for AIs already... but it is quite slow with big amount of objects as you can imagine

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:32 PM

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Wait, you can do something like that in sqf?

_cluster.addBuilding(_building);
_cluster.recalculateShape();

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:33 PM

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With OOP yes, without OOP no. It's pseudocode.

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:33 PM

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Alright, just making sure, because I've been looking for some ways for it in sqf

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:34 PM

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Then I have one for over a year 😄

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:34 PM

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Oh?

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:34 PM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/220081-oop-oop-light-yet-another-preprocessor-based-oop-implementation-for-sqf/

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With VSCode support ✨

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Well and the page has a reference to another similar OOP system (with terrible performance) if you want

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Also @queen cargo has one but I have no idea how much finished it is

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:35 PM

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Gonna definitely look through that 🙂

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I'll play around soon and try to figure out something for getting the objects

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Sad that most of them are unmarked on the map but oh well

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:37 PM

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yeah I agree

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I was thinking of doing same for my mission tbh

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Anyway, my cluster implementation, not OOP but simple arrays, if you find no better way than clustering them
https://github.com/Sparker95/Vindicta/tree/development/Project_0.Altis/Cluster

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:38 PM

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Firstly I wanted to create cluster of objects from eden composition, but I would leave a lot of existing bases just standing around unpopulated and that would look weird in the mission itself

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Alright gonna take a look soon, thanks for the links!

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 5:39 PM

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What recalculateShape does? @astral dawn

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:40 PM

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Well, it means that after a new point was added to our 'cluster', the cluster shape must be recalculated

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in my case clusters are simple rectangles

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so it's shape is a bounding box of all the objects on 2D plane

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I considered making cluster a circle, but it would mean solving the minimum circle problem, which is hard 🙂

queen cargo Nov 24, 2019, 5:49 PM

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@astral dawn oos is working and perfectly functional

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:50 PM

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That's cool, then @hazy agate should better use your OOP thing instead, since it should run faster

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Although... does OOS help with variable serialization by the way? Like, convert all object's variables into an array, then unpack it back into an object?

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 5:50 PM

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Mhm, I'll take a look!

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 5:50 PM

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For saving or network code for instance

dreamy kestrel Nov 24, 2019, 8:20 PM

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Q: does __FILE__ yield the absolute path of the file? or relative to the mission?

astral dawn Nov 24, 2019, 8:27 PM

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Absolute

unique sundial Nov 24, 2019, 8:51 PM

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There is getMissionPath as well https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getMissionPath

getMissionPath

dreamy kestrel Nov 24, 2019, 9:15 PM

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Perfect, thank you.

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 9:24 PM

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Well had a few minutes finally to sit down and look for objects around the map. I think one of the ways would be to get all the parent types of military structures I want to look for and just make array of them. Then just get objects around and check if they're kind of that what I have in array.

_objects = position player nearObjects 50;
_militaryObjects = [];
{
     if(_x isKindOf "Cargo_Tower_base_F") then { _militaryObjects pushBack _x; };
} forEach _objects;
_militaryObjects;

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I wonder if this can be done better because I've looked at the wiki and I noticed that military structures have subcategory called "Military". However I have no idea how to dig into that with script. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgVehicles_Structures#Land_Cargo_Tower_V1_F

winter rose Nov 24, 2019, 9:30 PM

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can't nearObjects filter by parent class?

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 9:30 PM

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Hmm let me try

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Yup it can

winter rose Nov 24, 2019, 9:31 PM

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Wiki, Wiki, Wiki! :)

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 9:31 PM

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Still learning scripting 😛

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I feel like it's still going to be a long list of types

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Okay I found something interesting while digging through the configuration files, objects have property called editorSubcategory

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And I managed to get all military categorized objects around player with this little script. Now I wonder, if doing it this way is worse for the performance and it's better to get all the parent types into array and just use nearObjects with the filter, or do it lazy way like this 😛

#

_objects = position player nearObjects 50;
_militaryObj = [];
{
    _type = typeOf _x;
    _text = getText(configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _type >> "editorSubcategory");
    if(_text isEqualTo "EdSubcat_Military") then { _militaryObj pushBack _x };
}
forEach _objects;
_militaryObj;

winter rose Nov 24, 2019, 9:50 PM

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~~hmm… it's not bad I think~~

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you could maybe first get an array of "Military Category" objects, then use this class list with nearObjects

that would be the best and less perf-hungry if you plan to do this check frequently

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 9:53 PM

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That sounds pretty good

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Not sure how often I plan to do that yet, but that still would be useful

winter rose Nov 24, 2019, 9:54 PM

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if you plan to do anything more than once, optimise it 😉

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 9:58 PM

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Well if that method works fine and actually finds all military objects, then on Altis there are 1149 objects of that subcategory, and there are only 22 unique types among them

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Those are not all types for sure since there are no walls in there, but still there are buildings which are probably the things I want mostly

winter rose Nov 24, 2019, 10:01 PM

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or grab them all in a list, and list through it

hazy agate Nov 24, 2019, 10:03 PM

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Yup, I want mostly just the general locations so I can spawn units in those FOB's once player gets close enough and such. But that's still a good start. I thought it's going to be problematic but turns out that it's not that hard

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And well this script can be used on other maps as well

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Okay, script does detect walls, however it doesn't seem to work for walls that already exist on the map, for example near Kore. For custom placed object it works. Regardless it's good enough

dreamy kestrel Nov 25, 2019, 12:32 AM

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I am guessing that complex macro expansion is not supported? Or I have a macro syntax error?

#define KP_DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS_LOG3(d, t, f, l)    if (d > 0) then {[t, f, l] call kp_diagnostics_log}
#define KP_DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS_LOG2(d, t, f)       KP_DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS_LOG3(d, t, f, __LINE__)
#define KP_DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS_LOG(d, t)           KP_DEBUG_DIAGNOSTICS_LOG2(d, t, getMissionPath __FILE__)

exotic flax Nov 25, 2019, 12:53 AM

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if you get an error on those lines you've got an error somewhere 😉

#

although I don't see anything wrong, but I'm not a macro expert either

winter rose Nov 25, 2019, 8:45 AM

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I think they don't like round brackets, see PreProcessor_Commands wiki page

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

PreProcessor Commands

cunning crown Nov 25, 2019, 8:57 AM

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It's square brackets that de PreProcessor don't like, he's pretty fine fine with rounded ones

winter rose Nov 25, 2019, 8:57 AM

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oh - also
getMissionPath __LINE__ -> nope

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one or the other, not both

unique sundial Nov 25, 2019, 9:06 AM

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Or I have a macro syntax error?
works fine for me

dark ocean Nov 25, 2019, 12:30 PM

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@unique sundial how can i get positions of a building to place cabinets

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https://hastebin.com/mupufefahe.cs

unique sundial Nov 25, 2019, 12:37 PM

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There is no such thing as case default try wiki

dreamy kestrel Nov 25, 2019, 7:13 PM

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Q: when working with variables, are these things references? i.e. say we have, private _x = []; private _y = _x; /* _y is the same object as _x */, unless we do something like this, private _x = []; private _y = +_x; /* _y is a copy of _x */ ? thank you...

still forum Nov 25, 2019, 7:14 PM

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yes

dreamy kestrel Nov 25, 2019, 7:15 PM

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and along similar lines, when we say _x select _i, we are working with a reference to the element in _x indexed by _i? i.e. so any changes to it, i.e. via set, for instance, are reflected accordingly?

still forum Nov 25, 2019, 7:15 PM

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you have a reference to the value that was in that array at that index at that time

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if you replace that value in the array, your value that you previously selected out of it won't update

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your value doesn't know where it came from

dreamy kestrel Nov 25, 2019, 7:16 PM

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okay dokay, thanks @still forum

tough abyss Nov 25, 2019, 9:31 PM

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@tough abyss you don't use sleep when you want a script to run on game pause, you use uiSleep

pseudo kernel Nov 25, 2019, 10:27 PM

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It is possible to prevent player from leaving vehicle for MP?

unique sundial Nov 25, 2019, 10:28 PM

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you mean lock someone in a vehicle?

pseudo kernel Nov 25, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Yep.

unique sundial Nov 25, 2019, 10:29 PM

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no, but you can disable their getout key

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but then they can bind it to mouse key and you cant disable that

pseudo kernel Nov 25, 2019, 10:30 PM

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That's may not be a problem, if they don't know about it.

unique sundial Nov 25, 2019, 10:31 PM

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still it is messy and unreliable

#

you have to disable action menu too

#

basically not worth the time

viscid crescent Nov 25, 2019, 10:48 PM

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i guess you could use disableUserInput, but that disables everything

#

another option would be to detect if they are outside the vehicle and just move them back in with moveInCargo or any of the related commands

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or you could make an eventhandler for GetOut and move them back in with that

sonic linden Nov 26, 2019, 12:20 AM

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hi, how can I add a new "item slot" to the inventory which can hold one item?
similar to the radio/map slot but all types of items are allowed in it

shadow umbra Nov 26, 2019, 5:13 AM

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Surely, vehicle player setVehicleLock "LOCKEDPLAYER", would suffice in preventing someone from getting out of their vehicle? @pseudo kernel

young current Nov 26, 2019, 6:59 AM

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@sonic linden you can't. At least not in the same way the default slots are made.

unique sundial Nov 26, 2019, 8:30 AM

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Surely, vehicle player setVehicleLock "LOCKEDPLAYER", would suffice in preventing someone from getting out of their vehicle?
There must have been some changes, because this doesn't work anymore even though it should according to wiki. However vehicle player setVehicleLock "LOCKED" seem to be working, but this will not stop player moving out if moveout player is used, which could be used by some mods

velvet umbra Nov 26, 2019, 6:13 PM

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is there any way to use a StructuredText in drawIcon? Like using a picture in the String?

young current Nov 26, 2019, 6:14 PM

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no, I dont think its how you use it

velvet umbra Nov 26, 2019, 6:15 PM

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okay thx i wanted to make new group map marker with an arrow as view direction and the name followed by the current players gun but for this i need structured text

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i build an alternative by using ctrls but by transforming the player position to gui position its kind of buggy

young current Nov 26, 2019, 6:32 PM

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why do you think its buggy?

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you just getpos the players position and use the x,y coordinates?

#

also drawicon syntax has "text" field

#

you could probably use that

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

drawIcon

velvet umbra Nov 26, 2019, 6:40 PM

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yeah but actually i need a structuredText field instead of a normal string field there to use a picture in the text field

young current Nov 26, 2019, 6:58 PM

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why do you need picture in the text field?

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that does not quite make sense

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If you have picture you want to show why not use drawIcon

velvet umbra Nov 26, 2019, 7:10 PM

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yes i want a arrow which changes direction corresponding to view direction followed by name of the player and his gun as pic ^^

young current Nov 26, 2019, 7:29 PM

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is the gun pic really necessary? the icon would be quite tiny

dreamy kestrel Nov 26, 2019, 7:51 PM

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shame select and apply do not furnish a _selectIndex or _applyIndex as the forEach does... that is very useful when wanting to do these sort of filters.

velvet umbra Nov 26, 2019, 8:17 PM

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its big enugh an looks good when i tried it solving it with ctrls but i'll figure an alternative out. thx for your help @young current

mighty jackal Nov 26, 2019, 11:53 PM

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how do you eject a unit from a vehicle on a dedicated server i see this
Example soldierOne action ["Eject", vehicle soldierOne];
then heres mine _victim action ["Eject", _basket]
but he never gets ejected from the basket its almost like he gets deleted

spice axle Nov 26, 2019, 11:54 PM

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How do you execute the script?

mighty jackal Nov 26, 2019, 11:54 PM

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how do you get the variable name of a unit thats in a vehicle on a dedicated server without the vehicle having a variable name set in the mission?

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execute via add action

spice axle Nov 26, 2019, 11:55 PM

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add action is attached where?

mighty jackal Nov 26, 2019, 11:55 PM

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to my helicopter

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everything works i just need the unit to get ejected and moved into my helicopter

spice axle Nov 26, 2019, 11:56 PM

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maybe set a variable name for the unit?

mighty jackal Nov 26, 2019, 11:56 PM

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how would you do that?

spice axle Nov 26, 2019, 11:56 PM

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double click the unit and enter a variable name in the mission editor

mighty jackal Nov 26, 2019, 11:57 PM

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the vehicle isn't named because its created via script so i can't do that

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therefore i don't know what person i'm picking up

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i'm doing a rescue basket script

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for a dedicated server with actual people

spice axle Nov 26, 2019, 11:59 PM

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you could get allPlayer and select the one who is in the vehicle near to you, but thats kinda hacky

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 12:01 AM

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i'll try it thanks

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 12:22 AM

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@spice axle he will now eject but he's not being moved into cargo he just falls to the ground

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after ejecting him this runs _victim moveInCargo [_heli, 1];

vocal burrow Nov 27, 2019, 12:42 AM

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is there a way to spawn an object on a memory point defined in the p3d?

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say i have a house that has 4 memory points, i want to spawn an object on one of the memory points. is there a code for that?

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 2:25 AM

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Can anybody explain why when i try to move a unit from a vehicle to another vehicle via script he just vanishes into space?

_victim action ["GetInCargo", _heli, 0];```

crude needle Nov 27, 2019, 5:44 AM

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@vocal burrow https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectionPosition

Then use modeToWorld.

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 6:13 AM

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can you play a sound from cfgSounds in your config.cpp from calling it in a sqf?

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example .. class CfgSounds { class Intercom1 { sound[]= { "\blackhawk\hoist\sounds\BasketAtCabin.ogg", "db2", 1, 1 }; name="Intercom1"; titles[]={}; duration=3; }; };

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then in the sqf would it be playSound3D "intercom1";

unique sundial Nov 27, 2019, 7:00 AM

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@vocal burrow try _pos = _obj modelToWorld (_obj selectionPosition _memorypoint);

jade abyss Nov 27, 2019, 7:17 AM

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hm, was there a way to create ai localy? 🤔

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like createVehicleLocal, just for Units
(Highlight pls, when answering)

round scroll Nov 27, 2019, 10:09 AM

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I want to have a group follow a player to pursue him. I set a waypoint on the player position, that works, but then they kind of get stuck at this coordinate. I tried to update the waypoint position frequently (once a minute), via _wp setWaypointPosition [player, 10]; with _wp being stored in the group (private _wp = _x getVariable "blud_mission_wp"; looped over all groups), but it doesn't seem to work

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full code at https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/pn99mGHqYk/

hot kernel Nov 27, 2019, 2:18 PM

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@round scroll ,
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_stalk

round scroll Nov 27, 2019, 2:23 PM

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thanks!

spice axle Nov 27, 2019, 2:32 PM

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@mighty jackal Try to run it locally on the client, because I think it has to

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 3:24 PM

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Why not just follow the example, if it's called from an addAction?
player action ["Eject", vehicle player]

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@mighty jackal as for why you guy is disappearing into space, it's probably because _heli hasn't been defined, and the default position for objNull is [0,0]?

delicate lotus Nov 27, 2019, 3:37 PM

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Can I, with a specific script command or a fancy mix of script commands, show a players steam profile picture in a dialog? (Without downloading it and including it in the mission folder ofc)

unique sundial Nov 27, 2019, 3:50 PM

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No

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Only steam name

delicate lotus Nov 27, 2019, 3:57 PM

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Bummer. But thanks for the quick answer. Also, didn't you stop doing ArmA scripting stuff? Nice to have you back

unique sundial Nov 27, 2019, 4:34 PM

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Dude, that was ages ago, I have been back since Contact development

delicate lotus Nov 27, 2019, 4:34 PM

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Noice

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 4:39 PM

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I agree - KK your tutorials helped me immensely.

still forum Nov 27, 2019, 5:03 PM

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Its Arma btw

sturdy sage Nov 27, 2019, 5:19 PM

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18:12:41 Unknown action UseContainerMagazine

This is spamming my RPT quite a bit, what could be the cause?

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 5:20 PM

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it seems related to Wasteland.

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:05 PM

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@worn forge can’t use player I’m making it for a dedicated server

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 7:06 PM

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So? Player triggers the command, it's executed on the player

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:08 PM

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Player doesn’t exist on dedicated

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 7:09 PM

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...

cunning crown Nov 27, 2019, 7:09 PM

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Then create an object on the server (also player can exist on dedicated)

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 7:09 PM

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No, no no.

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The action is executed by a player, and the effect is run on the player that executes it

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I'm assuming you have some addAction on a helicopter, the player selects that action, the script then gets executed by the player, the server's not involved

shadow sapphire Nov 27, 2019, 7:12 PM

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Could anyone write me a *trigger condition that basically says:

"T1 is present AND any player is present AND opfor is not present at other named trigger."

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 7:12 PM

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You need this as a condition in a trigger?

cunning crown Nov 27, 2019, 7:14 PM

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Ohh, I tought he was still talking about the sound thing, my bad

shadow sapphire Nov 27, 2019, 7:15 PM

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Yes, I need it as a condition in a trigger. IDK why I didn't specify that. I totally meant to...

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 7:19 PM

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I believe that a trigger can only have one activation condition, but you can then extend the activation with the condition of setTriggerStatements

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Not an issue if the trigger in question is a repeating trigger (ie., it doesn't end itself when the Activation is satisfied)

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Something like:
yourTrigger setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", true]; yourTrigger setTriggerStatements ["this && {T1 inArea thisTrigger} && (({side _x == east && _x inArea yourTrigger2} count allUnits) + ({side _x == east && _x inArea yourTrigger3} count allUnits) + ({side _x == east && _x inArea yourTrigger4} count allUnits)== 0)","YOUR ACTIVATION CODE","YOUR DEACTIVATION CODE"];

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Not tested, and could also be quite performance heavy.

shadow sapphire Nov 27, 2019, 7:34 PM

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Ah! Either way, thanks a ton!

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:45 PM

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how do you get the actionid from when a useraction is created via script i thought it starts at 0 but i can't remove my assigned actions

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 7:45 PM

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see the wiki @mighty jackal

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:46 PM

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not much information https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionIDs

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 7:46 PM

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addAction

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removeAction

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:46 PM

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i've done that but the actions don't get removed

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 7:48 PM

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show your code

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Between ```sqf ```

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:50 PM

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Action0 = _heli addAction [("<t color=""#FF2400"">" + ("Deploy Basket") + "</t>"),fnc_deploybasket,[_basket,_heli],3,false,false,"","driver _target == player"]; _heli removeAction action0;

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 7:51 PM

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Yep, should work

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:51 PM

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well it doesn't

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thats the problem lol

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 7:54 PM

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how is your code structured? Is it done in the same file? Place hint/systemChat to see if your code is reached

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:54 PM

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yes its done in the same file

worn forge Nov 27, 2019, 7:54 PM

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I'd put the code in curly brackets, personally

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 7:57 PM

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is your removeAction code reached @mighty jackal?

mighty jackal Nov 27, 2019, 7:57 PM

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haven't done that yet but using this loop works

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for now atleast

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i'll try it in a sec

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 8:26 PM

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That's one big second

😄

finite dirge Nov 27, 2019, 8:27 PM

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Or one big loop.

pure blade Nov 27, 2019, 9:26 PM

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hello 🙂

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is it possible to let a player join a "enemy" group without changing his side, so that "playerSide" and "side player" stay one his selected slot side?

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 9:53 PM

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change side friendliness towards each other? @pure blade

pure blade Nov 27, 2019, 10:03 PM

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hm i added this code into the initserver.sqf:

_allsides = [civilian,east,west,independent];
{
    _firstside = _x;
    {
        _firstside setFriend [_x, 1];
    } forEach _allsides;
} forEach _allsides;

so now the "playerSide" variable doesn't change anymore but the "side player" variable still does

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https://i.imgur.com/jnViN0K.png

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weird

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@winter rose

winter rose Nov 27, 2019, 11:14 PM

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so your player starts as East @pure blade ?

vocal burrow Nov 28, 2019, 1:06 AM

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@unique sundial thanks a ton man. Going to give it a whirl hopefully tomorrow. Basically have a building that will spawn certain objects on memory points. Hope this will work

pure blade Nov 28, 2019, 5:59 AM

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@winter rose yes @tough abyss hm okay then I need to find a other solution, thank you both

unique sundial Nov 28, 2019, 7:23 AM

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@vocal burrow Another way is to attachTo items to memory points using attachTo 3rd param and then detach, it should stay where it was attached after that

jade abyss Nov 28, 2019, 9:04 AM

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as long as they don't have PhysX

young current Nov 28, 2019, 10:45 AM

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Does disable simulation disable physx too?

winter rose Nov 28, 2019, 10:47 AM

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it doesn't move yep

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if a car is 10m above the ground, it will stay up

jade abyss Nov 28, 2019, 11:56 AM

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Jeps

shadow sapphire Nov 28, 2019, 2:21 PM

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Does anyone know of a method or existing script that makes specific destroyed vehicles respawn all at once?

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I tried enabling forced respawn in the vehicle respawn module, that doesn't seem to actually do anything.

I tried synching a trigger to the vehicles, and that initially appeared to work, but I've since discovered issues. First of all, when the trigger activates, the vehicles all respawn exactly where they were destroyed, rather than at their starting position. Secondly, once the trigger fires the first time, the vehicle spawn module just goes back to default behavior, which doesn't work because again, forced respawn doesn't produce the expected results.

worn forge Nov 28, 2019, 2:56 PM

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@shadow sapphire you could do something that searches all dead vehicles:

_deadVehicles = allDead - allDeadMen;

then run something that re-creates them

{ _class = typeOf _x; _pos = getPosATL _x; _dir = getDir _x; deleteVehicle _x; _veh = createVehicle [_class, _pos, [], 0, "NONE"]; _veh setPosATL _pos; _veh setDir _dir; } forEach _deadVehicles;

But for the "specific destroyed vehicles" you would need a way to define them, perhaps with a variable, by which you can then limit them.

shadow sapphire Nov 28, 2019, 3:01 PM

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There are only like two dozen vehicles, so I could definitely name them all if it simplified the script in any meaningful way. However, I do think that you are at least headed the correct direction.

The idea is that I have transport and logistics vehicles that respawn normally. Destroy, delay, respawn. But I want combat vehicles, like APCs, IFVs, and MBTs to respawn on a schedule, and all at once, in an effort to "schedule" major engagements in an endless PVP scenario.

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I do think your script is really close to what I need. I'll copy it and examine and test it later. Thanks a ton!

worn forge Nov 28, 2019, 3:13 PM

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Note that that bit of scripting will respawn them where they died. I assume you'll want to respawn them in a main base. If so you'll need to program in those coordinates and direction, preferably save them as variables and then drawn on those for the respawn.

dreamy kestrel Nov 28, 2019, 3:17 PM

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can anyone recommend a decent editor (IDE?) experience while maintaining mission / client/server code? I've seen folks using VS Code? Eclipse? even, Notepad++? thank you.

cunning crown Nov 28, 2019, 3:18 PM

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Vs code is pretty good

still forum Nov 28, 2019, 3:18 PM

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VS Code is best I'd say

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I use notepad++ for most small things, but anything "big" I use VSCode

shadow sapphire Nov 28, 2019, 3:19 PM

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@worn forge, thank you very much!

worn forge Nov 28, 2019, 3:20 PM

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I'm a notepad++ man! Simple, free, good. DEL-J np

random estuary Nov 28, 2019, 3:21 PM

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Sublime with the sqf plugin for syntax highlighting

winter rose Nov 28, 2019, 3:34 PM

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no one using Eclipse? 😄 GOOD
VSCode all the way

exotic flax Nov 28, 2019, 3:35 PM

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Atom is my preferred tool

spice axle Nov 28, 2019, 3:43 PM

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Atom!

jade abyss Nov 28, 2019, 3:44 PM

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N++ & Folder/File-View activated

winter rose Nov 28, 2019, 3:46 PM

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vim

jade abyss Nov 28, 2019, 3:47 PM

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There is a special place for people like you, in hell.

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:angrypepe:

winter rose Nov 28, 2019, 3:47 PM

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vim is hell, though :D

I chose VSCode over N++ because of the variable renaming option - I used N++ for a long time before that

jade abyss Nov 28, 2019, 3:48 PM

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Using GrepWin for that 😂

hot kernel Nov 28, 2019, 3:49 PM

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@winter rose , this one?
https://code.visualstudio.com/

winter rose Nov 28, 2019, 3:49 PM

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F2 → rename → done
@hot kernel yes, the one and only

hot kernel Nov 28, 2019, 3:49 PM

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thanks

jade abyss Nov 28, 2019, 3:51 PM

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hmm... meh. I remember trying to use it, became annoyed by it

hot kernel Nov 28, 2019, 3:51 PM

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any important set-up or configure options?

winter rose Nov 28, 2019, 3:55 PM

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SQF plugins, that's it

pure blade Nov 28, 2019, 4:05 PM

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https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Armitxes.sqf

hot kernel Nov 28, 2019, 4:14 PM

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@pure blade , thanks, got it

hazy agate Nov 28, 2019, 7:27 PM

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I have question regarding AI groups. I spawn some buildings on the map (or use existing ones). I also spawn groups of AI. How can I make them use those buildings around them, like force them to get into certain positions inside the building and stay there

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Or even spawn them inside the buildings right from the start

worn forge Nov 28, 2019, 8:30 PM

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Google zen's framework for arma, there is a great garrison script in that

hazy agate Nov 28, 2019, 8:34 PM

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Darn looks promising, wish I found it earlier since I've developed a lot of systems where I could just use the ones in lib, thanks I'll take a look at it!

empty tartan Nov 28, 2019, 9:21 PM

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is there a way to get hold of all arsenal loadouts in game as a list.

I want to be able to pick from a list containing my custom loadouts and then have an AI spawn with that loadout

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seems like i found it: (profilenamespace getvariable ["bis_fnc_saveInventory_data",[]])

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Seems like the formatting on the data i get out are a bit different than when i load the loadout on myself and use getUnitLoadout, which means i cannot use setUnitLoadout using the data i get from profilenamespace getvariable ["bis_fnc_saveInventory_data",[]]. Anyone has any insights to this?

spice axle Nov 29, 2019, 12:03 AM

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You could create the unit and getUnitLoadout if you want to have one specific and delete the unit after that

shadow sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 1:37 AM

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I need an addaction that adds a loadout to the unit that uses the addaction.

What would the formatting be for that?

I know it's like

this addAction ["Autorifleman", "BAutorifleman.sqf",[],1.5,true,true,"","true",3];

Then have your code in the loadout script, but I don't understand what I do to make the player using the addaction get passed into the gear script.

tough abyss Nov 29, 2019, 4:27 AM

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Hey, if this ain't the right place to ask, I apologize, but I'm working on a video and need a little technical help.

Is there an init script that will spawn the RHS Blackhawks with their doors open?

steel ferry Nov 29, 2019, 4:42 AM

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I personally don’t know the exact answer/name for the doors, but it is an animate call @tough abyss. It goes in the init box of each individual Blackhawk. Maybe try cargodoor animate 1;

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But idk on the exact name of the door(s)

tough abyss Nov 29, 2019, 6:05 AM

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Alright, I'll see what I can do with that

dreamy kestrel Nov 29, 2019, 6:31 AM

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This may be a stupid question, but how do I determine whether an object is Static, in the class name sense of the term?

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meaning would not respond to alive, I assume. I think I found it, _x isKindOf "Static", works for me.

spice axle Nov 29, 2019, 8:36 AM

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@shadow sapphire you could ever use player or look in the wiki article for parameters they are stored in _this and together with params you are fine

empty tartan Nov 29, 2019, 9:30 AM

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for those interested. Here is how i solved it: https://github.com/KillahPotatoes/arma.warfare/blob/feature/custom-infantry/client/player_actions/get_custom_units.sqf

spice axle Nov 29, 2019, 10:00 AM

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@empty tartan use params instead of select 0 or 1,2,3,4,5 pls. Way better then these mass of selects

empty tartan Nov 29, 2019, 10:01 AM

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yes, i got told so just now. I will change it after work 🙂

smoky verge Nov 29, 2019, 1:15 PM

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I've checked the Campaign Description.ext on BIstudio

{
    // Arma 3
    endDefault = ;

    // pre-Arma 3
    end1 = ;
    end2 = ;
    end3 = ;
    end4 = ;
    end5 = ;
    end6 = ;
    lost = ;
};

can't understand what the NoEndings is supposed to mean and why there are 6 of them including lost

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well I guess the 6 is probably changeable to the number of missions but why here

hollow thistle Nov 29, 2019, 1:21 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Campaign_Description.ext#Full_example

Campaign Description.ext

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 1:21 PM

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it's a fallback class, if you "forget" to define an ending it leaves the campaign instead of crashing the game

hollow thistle Nov 29, 2019, 1:21 PM

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BI just uses these classes to inherit them in other places and provide default values instead of typing this everywhere over and over.

proud carbon Nov 29, 2019, 1:24 PM

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hey if _WhichL = "I'm A String Yall", then

if (_whichL isEqualType "String")
``` would be true yeah?

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 1:25 PM

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yes

proud carbon Nov 29, 2019, 1:25 PM

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thank you

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 1:25 PM

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but _whichL isEqualType "" would be enough

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 1:41 PM

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@proud carbon isEqualType doesn't take -only- string value for comparison

1500 isEqualType "Number" // false
1500 isEqualType 0 // true

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 1:58 PM

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typeName _val isEqualTo "SCALAR" if you wanna use typenames, tho idk why, its longer and slower

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 2:00 PM

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That's wrong on so many levels

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 2:01 PM

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Prolly should be lowercase n, but I'm on my phone so it's not that easy...

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 2:01 PM

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first its typeName and not typeOf
second its Scalar not Number
third its SCALAR not Scalar as isEqualTo is case sensitive
fouth: why even tell a beginner about it if he shouldn't use it

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 2:01 PM

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Well there you go

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That's why ppl shouldn't even try to write code on phones, an sqf extension for the swift could be useful tho

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 2:03 PM

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well your syntax was correct ^^

tawdry harness Nov 29, 2019, 2:07 PM

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Hey, for the forEach loop, I have 5 groups of infantry that I need to loop through. Is there a way that i can group those into one forEach loop maybe using an && or do i have to do a forEach loop for each group?

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 2:08 PM

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{ } forEach (units grp1 + units grp2 + ...)

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 2:08 PM

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You got an array with 5 groups or you got variables like "group1", "group2", etc? Or you got 5 groups in the mission?

tawdry harness Nov 29, 2019, 2:08 PM

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group1, group2, group3...

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 2:09 PM

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what lou said ^^

tawdry harness Nov 29, 2019, 2:09 PM

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aight

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thanks

worn forge Nov 29, 2019, 2:53 PM

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@shadow sapphire we'd need to see your BAutorifleman.sqf script to see how you're doing it. But since the action is run locally, you can reference the player who ran it with the player variable, ie.,
player addWeapon "Autorifle";

shadow sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 3:19 PM

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@spice axle, thanks for the tip!

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@worn forge, https://pastebin.com/upmAWAje

worn forge Nov 29, 2019, 3:23 PM

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Since it's run locally, you can do it like this - https://pastebin.com/1PKG0KNE

shadow sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 3:36 PM

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That's awesome! This being run locally won't be a problem with other players seeing the wrong or no gear, right?

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Like I don't need to throw in addItemtoVestGlobal or anything?

worn forge Nov 29, 2019, 3:37 PM

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The wiki is your friend here. For example, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addWeapon will show you that the addWeapon command takes local arguments, but has global effect (and the question you asked is answered by the "global effect" part - when a client has a weapon added, it's sync'd across the network so the unit has the same weapon on all clients.

shadow sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 3:38 PM

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Roger. Thank you.

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 6:37 PM

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Hello, is there a way to get the damage on individual arm / leg, I am doing a simple injury hud and I would like to change color of the hit arm/leg same as it happens on the virtual training dummies, with this I can't get individual left/right arm/leg:

getAllHitPointsDamage player;
//[
//["hitface","hitneck","hithead","hitpelvis","hitabdomen","hitdiaphragm","hitchest","hitbody","hitarms","hithands","hitlegs","incapacitated"],
//["face_hub","neck","head","pelvis","spine1","spine2","spine3","body","arms","hands","legs","body"],
//[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
//]

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 7:11 PM

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@slate sapphire https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getAllHitPointsDamage see also chapter

getAllHitPointsDamage

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 7:11 PM

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You could have a look at this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getHit

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 7:12 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getHitPointDamage would be better in this case @plain current

getHitPointDamage

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:13 PM

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I did have a look but I don't find specific name l arm / r arm or leg, on gethit page there is no list of selection names there is only wrote that name could be in Czech but I don't find a list

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 7:16 PM

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getHitPointDamaaage ^^

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:16 PM

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I don't understand why there is face neck head pelvis spine1 2 3 body and then arms hands legs and body again

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yes I opened all the related wiki pages still I can't see the list of player hit point class,

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I guess I have to open the config of the base soldier to check, but still I don't see the logic to put 3 spine pelvis face neck and not larm rarm would have been too easy

finite dirge Nov 29, 2019, 7:19 PM

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That command gets the hit points for you:

Returns 3 arrays for easy cross reference: 1st - array of hit point names, 2nd - array of hit selection names, 3rd - array of damage values. All values in all arrays are ordered accordingly to hit part index for convenience and for use in setHitIndex and getHitIndex

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

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:21 PM

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it's what I posted, on that page there is no index for left or right just arms / legs

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For what a got, the hitpoints are shared arms hitpoint and legs hitpoint, the virtual training dummies are using something different cos they clearly have the single arm/leg color change where you hit them, probably is done using handledamage something I would avoid

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thanks for trying to help I appreciate still

finite dirge Nov 29, 2019, 7:28 PM

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it's what I posted, on that page there is no index for left or right just arms / legs
Yes, but running the command in game would guarantee what you are saying. If not, they are shared.

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:28 PM

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ok can you give me an example how to get the list I will run right away on console

finite dirge Nov 29, 2019, 7:31 PM

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Go to the wiki page. It does exactly that.

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Just diag_log the output and check your client rpt.

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:32 PM

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yes was asking an example cos I am not used to that and I should go and check proper syntax to diag_log

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 7:33 PM

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diag_log str getAllHitPointsDamage player;

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:33 PM

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merci

finite dirge Nov 29, 2019, 7:34 PM

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Don't need the str there.

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 7:35 PM

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It's useful anyways incase he wants to change it to a hint or something, doesn't really hurt but sure, dont need it there

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:36 PM

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20:35:58 "[[""hitface"",""hitneck"",""hithead"",""hitpelvis"",""hitabdomen"",""hitdiaphragm"",""hitchest"",""hitbody"",""hitarms"",""hithands"",""hitlegs"",""incapacitated""],[""face_hub"",""neck"",""head"",""pelvis"",""spine1"",""spine2"",""spine3"",""body"",""arms"",""hands"",""legs"",""body""],[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]]"

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same as wiki

plain current Nov 29, 2019, 7:37 PM

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And it's a bit of a habbit of mine, sometimes when debugging stuff like text commands/paths/etc it's nice to have the quotes so u can see if you have spaces at the start or end.

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 7:37 PM

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they share hitpoint

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so this uses something different

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https://imgur.com/a/Zitt49T

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 9:54 PM

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@slate sapphire have you checked https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Selection_Translations for getHit/setHit selections?

ArmA: Selection Translations

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 10:02 PM

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Yes I had, but found nothing, just that:
noha leg
nohy legs
nohybok legs_side

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maybe I found something

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pbiceps right_biceps {abbr}

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I have to try to compose the arms/legs with the single parts, thanks first time I just look for legs arms, this time you pointed me I tried to check right / left and there are some names I will let you know if works

winter rose Nov 29, 2019, 10:21 PM

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pnoha for right leg maybe?

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 10:22 PM

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I try but, I think there is a composition like butt thigh shin = leg

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tried shoulders biceps always return 0

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it may be I hit the elbow last try then I can tell you this gethit "part" is not working

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it return always 0 also if I write random name, 😦

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:50 PM

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Hi, so I have a problem with some scripts, how should I put them here for you to be able to see?

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:50 PM

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pastebin.com with expiration set to a month or so, and then send link

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:51 PM

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uh

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not like that, rite?

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:51 PM

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yup.

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:51 PM

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oh

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 10:52 PM

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Dedmen it's possible to link Github directly eventually ?

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:52 PM

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sure

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:52 PM

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or is it correctly posted?

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:52 PM

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you go to pastebin.com

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:52 PM

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yes

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:52 PM

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paste your script there, then select expiration date of a month, press "ok" or "submit". And then copy the url from the rul bar in the browser

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:53 PM

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oooh

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the script

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not text

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ahh

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yes

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got it

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lol

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so

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thing is that

unique sundial Nov 29, 2019, 10:53 PM

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annoying

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:53 PM

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i'm retexturing the normal looking nato uniform

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huh?

unique sundial Nov 29, 2019, 10:54 PM

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you

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typing

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one

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:54 PM

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many small messages bad

unique sundial Nov 29, 2019, 10:54 PM

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word

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per

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line

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well you are in the wrong channel anyway

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:56 PM

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might have two seperate hidden selectionn textures

unique sundial Nov 29, 2019, 10:57 PM

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#arma3_config probably will suit this better

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:57 PM

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yeah config making (what you're doing) doesn't have anything to do with scripting really

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:57 PM

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oh, rite.

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:58 PM

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double check that your model is really correct.
And it might have two hiddenselection textures. Check the original uniform class's config entries

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:58 PM

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So i reckon i just rephrase it in the config channel to avoid crossposting?

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:58 PM

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move there, delete here. Then its not crossposting

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:58 PM

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I couldn't find the sleeves variant tho

still forum Nov 29, 2019, 10:58 PM

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get it from arsenal, then "uniform player" in debug console.

vernal pawn Nov 29, 2019, 10:58 PM

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the guy in the tutorial has both of them the same. Ok

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 11:00 PM

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can someone, help me with correct syntax, for my previous problem I would like to use HitPart to see what part I am shooting at, I tried all chzec names without luck, from selection translation, I think that if I shot an ai in front of me with proper script I can get the selection name using: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HitPart problem is I don't know how to implement the code to do that test.

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I am afraid that there is only Arms or legs not individual arm / leg cos if I shot the soldier on one arm both arm get blood texture/bleeding same with legs... I am about to give up

tawdry harness Nov 29, 2019, 11:56 PM

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if (assignedTarget player == objNull) then { 
 hint "No Target"; 
} else { 
 hint "Target"; 
};``` always shows "Target"

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know how to fix this?

slate sapphire Nov 29, 2019, 11:58 PM

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Try on debug console _test = assignedTarget player; hint format [" value = %1",_test];

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check the value when no assigned target

tawdry harness Nov 29, 2019, 11:59 PM

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<NULL-object>

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is what is gives me

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 12:01 AM

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I am not sure so I probably better avoid to make you waste time but assignedTarget may be work only on team member when you tell them to attack something, and for player should be always null, did you check the wiki for assignedTarget already I suppose

tawdry harness Nov 30, 2019, 12:02 AM

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i want it to be nul so as to show No Target

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cos I want to check if an AI has a target

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or not

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 12:03 AM

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in this way it checks if you player have a target or not

tawdry harness Nov 30, 2019, 12:04 AM

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i know that

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but if i change the player to a unit

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i want to check if that unit has a target

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and it will be an AI

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 12:05 AM

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try use isNull instead of == objNull

tawdry harness Nov 30, 2019, 12:07 AM

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yup seemed to work

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dunno why it didnt last time

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 12:07 AM

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objNull == objNull; // false
isNull objNull; // true
objNull isEqualTo objNull; // true

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cos if you do the check == objNull always return false

tawdry harness Nov 30, 2019, 12:07 AM

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ahh

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gotcha

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thanks a lot

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 12:08 AM

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you welcome

dreamy kestrel Nov 30, 2019, 12:29 AM

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Q: how do you tell if a vehicle is friendly or not? we would also like to count "captured" vehicles? i.e. were once OPFOR, for instance, "captured" to BLUFOR. thanks...

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Q: re: switch, the first case to evaluate evaluates first? i.e. if you are doing a switch functional return style.

vernal pawn Nov 30, 2019, 1:19 AM

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did you just answear your own question...?

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xD

drifting copper Nov 30, 2019, 9:31 AM

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~~I want to setDamage on a specific ai on a tirgger but not kill them. This is tied to a animation

[civ1, "PRONE_INJURED", "ASIS"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;

Has anyone played around with this yet?~~

[civ1, "PRONE_INJURED", "ASIS"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;
civ1 setDamage 0.5;

Had the desired effect. I just had a typo

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 5:09 PM

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hello it's me again, would you please help me to correctly change the syntax from BIS_fnc_MP to remoteExec, I recently started to use vscode and I would like to remove some warnings

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'[[player,"AovrPercMrunSrasWrflDf"],"fn_Animation",nil,false] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;'

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[[[_tent, _side], "Client\Functions\Client_Mash.sqf"], "BIS_fnc_execVM", true, true] call BIS_fnc_MP;

worn forge Nov 30, 2019, 5:27 PM

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Scroll well back in this chat to read up on switchMove, if that (or playMove) is what's used in your fn_Animation then you don't need to use remoteExec, it will already sync among clients

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As for your second example:
[[_tent, _side], "your\function.sqf"] remoteExecCall ["execVM", 0, true]
... Assuming you need all clients including server and all clients that will JIP

slate sapphire Nov 30, 2019, 5:34 PM

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it's possible to disable specific warnings on vscode ?, thanks Ryko I try your syntax and read up

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:31 AM

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is there a way to implement an accurate wait timeout? elapsed timer using diag_tickTime, for instance, claims to be reporting milliseconds, but the timeout I am demonstrating is far compressed from that. a 10s timeout, for instance, is responding in something like 3.5s.

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what we need is an accurate, if possible high resolution, timer source.

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:36 AM

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diag_ticketTime is the most accurate source

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and if you are not using a eachFrame handler with unscheduled code, all timing somewhat-guarantees are gone anyway

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:43 AM

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the docs are incorrect, then, it would seem. 1 tick does not equal 1 ms.

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which it doesn't, I know this apart from Arma and diag_tickTime, but still...

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:44 AM

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huh?

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which docs talk of 1 tick a tick doesn't exist in arma

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:44 AM

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

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Resolution of 1 tick is 1 ms.

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:44 AM

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no idea what that's supposed to mean, there are no ticks

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:45 AM

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it just said so there, not my words, theirs.

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:45 AM

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maybe its supposed to mean "the maximum resolution is 1ms"

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:45 AM

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then it should read as such.

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it's fine, though, I just need some delay to wait for an event to occur.

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:46 AM

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its the time in seconds since game start. and it should be as accurate as possible (for a float)

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:46 AM

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so, perhaps time is more accurate?

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:46 AM

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it is usually smaller

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so yes

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 1:46 AM

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

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:46 AM

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but it pauses in singleplayer afaik

waxen tendon Dec 1, 2019, 1:51 AM

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how can i get muzzle velocities of vehicle guns?

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i have this

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player addEventHandler ["fired",{systemChat str (speed (_this select 6));}];

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but only works for primary weapons

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i tried to see what kind of array speed was returning but it does not when called alone

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 1:53 AM

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/timeapi/nf-timeapi-timegettime that's probably where the "1 tick == 1ms" comes from

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 2:03 AM

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something is wrong here, _variable is the name of an expected variable, _startedMs received a starting diag_tickTime, and _actualDelay was calculated by _delayMs/1000...

while {isNil _variable && (_timeoutMs < 0 || (diag_tickTime - _startedMs) < _timeoutMs)} do {
    sleep _actualDelay;
};

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I call it something like this, ["ThisIsATest", 100, 10000] call HEALTH_fnc_waitUntilVariable

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there's more around that, but this is the core. afterwards I test isNil _variable to decide whether there was a time out.

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 2:04 AM

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you are in scheduled, there is no guarantee on timing, besides that you sleep longer than what you've specified to sleep.
so a sleep 1. might sleep 5 minutes actually.

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 2:05 AM

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okay, so it should delay 10s+? it is returning far sooner than that. this is the problem.

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in something like <2s

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 2:06 AM

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how big is _actualDelay? Bigger than 0.1?

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have you tried to just add logging to see what happens?

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 2:06 AM

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in this example, 100ms (100/1000 s), and expecting a timeout of 10000ms.

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 2:06 AM

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just fill everything with diag_log and log every little thing

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 2:07 AM

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yes I am headed there next, barring insights.

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ah, unless I need a couple different flavors, i.e. a sleep flavor, or a uiSleep flavor...

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although I am unclear what a unit of uiTime is exactly... I'm assuming seconds as in sleep? but it does not say. only makes the distinction between that and "game" time.

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

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 2:21 AM

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ui time is the same as normal time

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just that it doesn't pause, or doesn't get accelerated by ingame settings

dreamy kestrel Dec 1, 2019, 2:22 AM

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I get that much, but can you tell me what the unit is? seconds? (I'm guessing...) or milliseconds?

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 2:22 AM

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yes same as sleep

daring pawn Dec 1, 2019, 4:51 AM

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I have a zeus bug happen semi regularly where I get two interfaces.

I've had it happen with both Achilles and with ZEN now aswell and i've tried to nail down why it happens. Had it happen before with vanilla too but only with Virtual Curator not when zeus is assigned to a unit

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This little gif should kind of explain what i mean

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https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1OsKNp62Ngkw1nBAUVfHSwRkOSpNvt-uf

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Its not a big issue when editing units, but it makes the objectives modules unusable

shadow sapphire Dec 1, 2019, 5:46 AM

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Has anyone ever experimented with using headless clients to run triggers or sectors rather than having the server do that job?

runic quest Dec 1, 2019, 6:19 AM

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excuse me . Do you have any changes in the code of the button for entering the Arsenal？ i try playMission ['','\A3\Missions_F_Bootcamp\Scenarios\Arsenal.VR']; but not work

unique sundial Dec 1, 2019, 8:56 AM

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@daring pawn does it happen in vanilla?

delicate lotus Dec 1, 2019, 9:08 AM

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I am currently reading through the ACE 3 coding guidlines to improve my own code a bit.
And it seems that they do not allow endless loops using while {true} do {};
But how else... would I make a loop that runs infinitely? Like a loop that updates BLUFOR tracker markers for example?

unique sundial Dec 1, 2019, 9:10 AM

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What do you mean they don’t allow?

delicate lotus Dec 1, 2019, 9:11 AM

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Well in the ACE 3 coding guidelines in section 8.8 they say:
While is only allowed when used to perform a unknown finite amount of steps with unknown or variable increments. Infinite while loops are not allowed.

With the while {true} do {}; given as a example how to not use while.

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https://ace3mod.com/wiki/development/coding-guidelines.html#88-while-loops

unique sundial Dec 1, 2019, 9:12 AM

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Are you ACE dev?

delicate lotus Dec 1, 2019, 9:13 AM

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No but I like to improve my own code by using their guidelines since they seem to be quite good.

unique sundial Dec 1, 2019, 9:16 AM

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The guidelines are probably for ACE contributors, which would make sense. You on the other hand can do whatever you want. Are while true do sleep loops bad? Not necessarily, depends on the context.

delicate lotus Dec 1, 2019, 9:16 AM

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Oh okay. Thanks very much!

daring pawn Dec 1, 2019, 1:24 PM

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@unique sundial I don't play vanilla regularly enough to know for sure. I'd suggest it does under the circumstances but im unable to get a reliable repro

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 2:43 PM

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@delicate lotus ACE code is unscheduled, infinite loop in unscheduled doesn't really make much sense

delicate lotus Dec 1, 2019, 2:58 PM

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ohhhh

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 5:50 PM

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Takbuster's comment in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearestObjects says "If you use "Man" as the class to look for, it will only find dismounted men. IE, men in vehicles will NOT be found."
It says that if I use Man. But what if I use CAManBase. Well I can tell you that using that will not find units in vehicles. So how to also find units in vehicles?

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 6:19 PM

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cannot

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nearestObjects for vehicles then detect their crew @forest ore

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 6:36 PM

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Thank you Lou.
Ran that quickly through my head and for now couldn't think of a solution for what I'm aiming.
So another take from a different angle: are dead units moved out of vehicles with a certain command especially in a case where some other unit gets in the position of the dead unit? Might there be an Event Handler to detect this?

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 6:38 PM

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you could try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#GetOutMan

Arma 3: Event Handlers

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for a single time check, you could do sqf allUnits select { alive _x && vehicle _x distance player < 30 };for example

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 6:40 PM

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Will try to come up to a solution with the GetOutMan EH. At least it has nicely bundled moveOut and "GetOut" & "Eject" actions

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 6:41 PM

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depends on what you are trying to achieve really

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 6:42 PM

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Weell, really would want to be able to remove weapons from killed units. Got this covered for units on foot but the same doesn't work for units in vehicles

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 6:43 PM

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allDeadMen?

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 6:43 PM

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For "on foot" the functionality is build with EntityKilled EH and nearestObjects check for the killed

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 6:43 PM

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@forest ore https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allDeadMen 😉

allDeadMen

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 6:46 PM

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Maaaaybe. Wait one

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No, got carried away too quickly. Will need to consider that

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 6:48 PM

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all@still forum always works

forest ore Dec 1, 2019, 6:48 PM

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haha 😄

real osprey Dec 1, 2019, 7:17 PM

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Im trying to hide units from a certain zeus's view until units they command have come into contact with them

_target = _unit targets [true, 50]; 
_knowledge = (leader test1) knowsAbout _target;
while {true} do{
if (_knowledge > 1.5) then
{ 
test1 reveal _target;
_target hideObject false;
};
else
{
_target hideObject true;
};
sleep 5;
};

Would this work?

still forum Dec 1, 2019, 7:18 PM

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afaik zeus can still see invisible units, atleast he should have the zeus icons above them

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you'd want to removeCuratorEditableObjects too

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test1 reveal _target; what for? you are checking if test1 already knows _target, why then reveal target to test1 if test1 already knows?

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}; else {
syntax error

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while {true} do{ if (_knowledge > 1.5)
if will either be always true, or always false.

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and if its true, you are constantly over and over again revealing and unhiding _target.
I'd think that doing it once would be enough

real osprey Dec 1, 2019, 7:21 PM

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Im trying to implement this into an RTS style mode where a player is assigned zeus, and is in control of 1 squad

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to prevent metagaming, I want any units that his squad (test1) doesnt know about hidden until his squad knows about them. Once his squad knows about them, I want them to show up on his screen

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Im kinda going for a Company of Heros feel

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I've also got a camera area and editing area script/trigger that follows the group so that the zeus can only really see whats immediately around his units

winter rose Dec 1, 2019, 7:26 PM

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Command & Conquer: Arma Edition, I like the idea