#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 583

smoky verge Apr 26, 2020, 5:17 PM

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down in #arma3_config I go

winter rose Apr 26, 2020, 5:17 PM

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as for the first question I would say "why not", but better to confirm with experts there yes

smoky verge Apr 26, 2020, 5:18 PM

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I'll delete the question here

merry glen Apr 26, 2020, 5:24 PM

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Hey guys I'm in need of some scripting help... I set a scenario where the player can be "disguised" when mounting enemy vehicles

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I found something that works for that

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but I don't want the player to be able to do that when enemies are around

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and I can't find something that accomplishes this

queen cargo Apr 26, 2020, 5:25 PM

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@loud python long Story short: Code is no lambda but only some data type
Scoping is pretty much, if the local scope of a Variable leaves, the variable disappears

loud python Apr 26, 2020, 5:26 PM

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sooo... dynamic scoping?

merry glen Apr 26, 2020, 5:26 PM

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knowsAbout has memory throughout the mission and doesn't work with the setting, nearestEnemy only provide grid position and and nearTargets can have a null component

queen cargo Apr 26, 2020, 5:27 PM

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https://foxhound.international/arma-3-sqf-private-variables.html @loud python

Private Variables in ARMA 3 SQF | Foxhound International

An exhaustive discussion on the rules regarding private variables and scopes in ARMA 3 SQF scripts.

loud python Apr 26, 2020, 5:27 PM

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targetKnowledge

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@merry glen

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that returns the last time the target was seen by the unit

merry glen Apr 26, 2020, 5:29 PM

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so something like side targetKnowledge player

loud python Apr 26, 2020, 5:29 PM

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@queen cargo can't read that article right now, but damn that seems interesting :)
Thanks for posting!

merry glen Apr 26, 2020, 5:29 PM

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ok thanks I'll try that

loud python Apr 26, 2020, 5:29 PM

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it takes a single unit as first argument though

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so I guess you have to combine that with some other stuff

merry glen Apr 26, 2020, 5:32 PM

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there's a targetsAggregate but I'm not sure I understand what it's for exactly

queen cargo Apr 26, 2020, 5:32 PM

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Yeah... Dynamic scoping pretty much

ebon ridge Apr 26, 2020, 7:00 PM

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It appears that
nearestObjects [_posWorld, [_type], 0.25, true]
doesn't return the same list of objects as
nearestObjects [_posWorld, [], 0.25, true] select { typeOf _x == _type }
This appears to be the case if the objects are simple objects, but why isn't really obvious, and the documentation doesn't mention it.

still forum Apr 26, 2020, 7:11 PM

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what does not the same mean?

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hows it different?

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actually

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yeah obviously it doesn't

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because your select does a different thing

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your select variant returns fewer objects

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because you check if the type equals what you want, thats not what nearestObjects is doing

ebon ridge Apr 26, 2020, 7:51 PM

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no, the first one returns 0 objects, the second one returns the correct set in the case i am testing

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sorry I didn't explain clearly

still forum Apr 26, 2020, 7:51 PM

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huh

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it sohuld be doing isKindOf

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not a typeOf check

ebon ridge Apr 26, 2020, 7:51 PM

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yeah

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but x isKindOf x == true right?

still forum Apr 26, 2020, 7:51 PM

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I think so

ebon ridge Apr 26, 2020, 7:52 PM

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so in my case i placed picnic tables, the ones marked simple object doesn't appear in the first call, only the second one

still forum Apr 26, 2020, 7:53 PM

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simple objects don't have a classname

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they are just spawned as the model

ebon ridge Apr 26, 2020, 7:53 PM

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they appear in the second call

still forum Apr 26, 2020, 7:53 PM

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Think nearestObjects just shouldn't return the simple objects

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send me the link to the FT ticket I'll take a look next week

ebon ridge Apr 26, 2020, 7:53 PM

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well for me its ideal that they do

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so i don't want that "fix" 😄

wraith cloud Apr 26, 2020, 9:36 PM

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Same ^ pls don't fix :c

daring pawn Apr 26, 2020, 9:40 PM

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Using CBA or Vanilla functions, is there a way to add an eventhandler for when CursorObject changes?

Or is there an efficient way rather than just a CBA PerFrame handler? I don't want to be unnecesserillaly checking something so regularly

fleet bear Apr 26, 2020, 9:56 PM

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is there any way for a client (admin) get the list of scripts (via diag_activeSQFScripts) on dedicated server?

dim owl Apr 26, 2020, 10:04 PM

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Hey guys, has anyone experienced a wrong value for ctrlTextHeight? I am just confused because my structured text height is too high

astral dawn Apr 27, 2020, 2:53 AM

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@daring pawn if there was a cba event handler for this (maybe it exists, I didn't check) it would have been implemented in the same way

grim wing Apr 27, 2020, 3:06 AM

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is there a way to make all placed objects in the editor have no damage instead of going into each object and setting it to disable damage

spring lodge Apr 27, 2020, 4:32 AM

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select them all and check disable damage?

smoky verge Apr 27, 2020, 5:47 AM

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can I post youtube links regarding my problem?

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 6:29 AM

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to set vehicle color I must use setObjectTexture?

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the color that can be set in appearance menu

smoky verge Apr 27, 2020, 6:37 AM

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uhm
you said it yourself
to set a vehicle color you need to use the appearance menu

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 6:39 AM

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in code

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setObjectTexture has [0 - n, ...] I dont want to set all this, I want to set the color itself

smoky verge Apr 27, 2020, 6:53 AM

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alright so
what setObjectTexture does is let you apply a texture onto an hiddenselection if an object doesn't have an hiddenselection you can't retexture it

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what do you mean exactly by color?

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 7:19 AM

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I just checked all the available textures and used switch...

smoky verge Apr 27, 2020, 7:33 AM

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I don't follow sorry?
what are you trying to do and what do you need?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 7:33 AM

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…for? forEach?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 7:56 AM

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@spiral fractal

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 8:47 AM

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Good day, I am new here and in Arma 3 Scripting. I would like to ask help in regards to the MP mission I am trying to make.

I am trying to add a custom loadout for a medevac vehicle's cargo, by putting this addItemCargoGlobal ["ACE_fieldDressing", 50]; on the init field of the vehicle.

Also I put this setvariable ["CS_TYPE","CAS"]; in the init field of some of the vehicles I placed to include it as the ALiVE Combat Support, and since I am using VCOM AI I also added this setVariable ["NOAI",1,false]; into the units init fields of the combat support, following the ALiVE's FAQ. (http://alivemod.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ)

Every time I run my MP Mission, it loads initially and then loads a 2nd time, I'm not exactly sure why, but it respawns these vehicles and cancel out the scripts I've put in them, rendering all of it useless.

Here's a 5 min. video I recorded to show what I am trying to say. https://youtu.be/3nxOfavKnBY

I've been trying to figure this one out myself by trying to execute the scripts at a delayed time but with my skills, I don't think I have the capability to do it. I feel like I've reached a dead end.

I'm sorry for a long post, I just wanted it to be detailed and clear. But thanks in advance if someone manages to help me.

Edit: I have ACE, ALiVE, MCC, RHS, VCOM AI(Script).

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 9:00 AM

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@simple moat dont do ".." for showing code, look at pinned message. need to structure it using `

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makes it much easier to read

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 9:02 AM

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@simple moat dont do ".." for showing code, look at pinned message. need to structure it using `
@surreal peak My bad, I didn't know how to do it.

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 9:02 AM

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np, you dont need to repost it, you can just edit your current post to update it

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 9:03 AM

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np, you dont need to repost it, you can just edit your current post to update it
@surreal peak Will do. Thank you. 🙂

round scroll Apr 27, 2020, 9:10 AM

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@simple moat what does it loads initially and then loads a 2nd time exactly mean? Do you start the mission twice or do you start the mission, it stops and restarts?

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 9:12 AM

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@simple moat what does it loads initially and then loads a 2nd time exactly mean? Do you start the mission twice or do you start the mission, it stops and restarts?
@round scroll As seen on the video, I get into the lobby > briefing (map) pressed continue > loads into the game, then couple of seconds later another loading screen pops up and loads something and once finished it respawns the vehicles in some way and all the scripts no longer work as if the vehicles are back at its default state w/o the scripts.

round scroll Apr 27, 2020, 9:19 AM

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@simple moat looks quite weird, can you run the mission without alive and also in another test without vcom to rule out that one of those mods respawn the vehicles?

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 9:26 AM

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@round scroll I did, I tried it by putting the modules one by one and a version without the VCOM AI, it actually worked but I think what causes this is the AI modules of ALiVE which I need.

In my assumption, the 2nd loading screen initializes all the scripts coming from the loaded modules, ALiVE in particular to recognize the objective placements such as towns and military bases and to start spawning AI. That's my guess, so I think I definitely need that to occur, only thing I need now is to either have a script stopping the vehicle to respawn or have the scripts in the vehicles to execute at a latter time, prolly after the 2nd load.

round scroll Apr 27, 2020, 9:30 AM

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if it's Alive, then your best bet is to check out alive.com website and their wiki for a solution

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 9:32 AM

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if it's Alive, then your best bet is to check out alive.com website and their wiki for a solution
@round scroll I'll give this a go. Thanks.

vague geode Apr 27, 2020, 9:56 AM

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Is it possible to use modified Arma functions in a custom mission without forcing all players to download/install anything before playing the mission?

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 10:01 AM

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Good day, I am new here and in Arma 3 Scripting. I would like to ask help in regards to the MP mission I am trying to make.

@simple moat I have found the culprit that is making my problem. I found out that the ALiVE Virtual AI system profiling is doing it, so I switched it off and everything is now working.

Thank you for all the suggestion and help.

thorn saffron Apr 27, 2020, 10:07 AM

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I gave a string "64 + 128" and I want to turn it into a number that I can feed into the bitflag function. However since it's a string I cannot do that.
How can I get what number is in there? It can be individual numbers or the sum, either is fine.
I tried the call compile but I don't quite get how to use the resulting code

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derp, I forgot to actually put in the call before the compile, call compile "64 + 128" returns the proper sum

proud carbon Apr 27, 2020, 10:15 AM

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Hey! for scripting with ace, is there a list for all the commands and scripts ace has?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:23 AM

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@proud carbon https://google.com/search?q=arma+3+ace+functions 🙄 ?

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ACE doesn't add any command, only functions.

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 11:10 AM

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anyone know a way to get userTexture to be flat on the ground and NO 'setvector' doesn't work

round scroll Apr 27, 2020, 11:13 AM

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The Nimitz sports a populate carrier script, which places F/A-18E/F aircraft or other planes on the Nimitz at parking positions. For the F/A-18E/F I check the classname (JS_JC_FA18E and F) to set specifics textures for different carrier names (E.g. Nimitz has different squadrons than Roosevelt than Reagan and so forth). Now the beta of the F/A-18E/F sports different textures and I'm wonder if there's a smart way to support both versions. Probably checking for the contrib squads in CfgPatches (JS_JC_FA18_CONTRIB_SQUADS2019 and such) ?

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:17 AM

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How can I override function from mod?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:19 AM

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no can do

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:20 AM

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?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:20 AM

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you cannot

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:20 AM

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why?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:20 AM

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safety reasons

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:21 AM

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can I disable it then?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:21 AM

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nope

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:21 AM

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what is that??

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:21 AM

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nope = no

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:22 AM

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I mean why its blocked, where is Duda?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:22 AM

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who is Duda?

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:22 AM

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Duda is the creator of advanced sling load mod

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 11:22 AM

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More of a question if its a function you don't want just // it out in the files? lol

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:23 AM

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I mean why its blocked

safety reasons

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:26 AM

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if BE is off, its still impossible?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:27 AM

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yup

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if you don't want a mod, don't use it - that's all there is about that

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:28 AM

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server has it and I am not an admin...

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:29 AM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:29 AM

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@spiral fractal so you are not the adminn of a server and you want to disable a server side mod?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:30 AM

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…see how it could be a security issue?

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:31 AM

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why are you trying to do this

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may be another solution

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:31 AM

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Advanced sling load mod cant lift wrecks, I made some changes to allow lifting wrecks

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:32 AM

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did you edit the config or make a script for it?

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:33 AM

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I paste the edited function to debug console and it "override" it

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:33 AM

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do you have achillies?

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if you are zeusing you can use execute code module

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:34 AM

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I want to make it work without additional actions

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:34 AM

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look:

the server you don't own nor manage uses a mod of which you are not the author
you are trying to override a server-side mod behaviour

simply, drop it - if you want to edit the mod, ask the mod author
if there are certain settings that need server administration, ask the server owner

all the rest is copyright infringement or hacking

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:35 AM

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What Lou said, the solution I gave is a bit of a grey area, and does require achilies to work. Also requires you to be zeus

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:36 AM

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https://github.com/sethduda/AdvancedSlingLoading last edit 4 years ago...

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:36 AM

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I get it - it's frustrating
that doesn't make it more valid

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:36 AM

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and if you somehow manage to find a way to execute code without being admin/ server owner. BIS would be very interested

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:37 AM

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I thought that because the mission executed by the server it will have more "rights" to execute code

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:38 AM

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it is not doable - let's close the topic now.

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 11:39 AM

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@spiral fractal simple question here.. are you trying to change a function for your OWN server or a 'server' you play on..

Advance sling license agreement is

The MIT License (MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 11:41 AM

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what I understood from it is that I can modify it

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:41 AM

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let's close the topic now.
@urban tiger

@spiral fractal edit the script as the license allows you to (so INCLUDING CREDITS), and run your own server with it.

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 11:42 AM

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@winter rose My apologizes my post was 5 seconds after.

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:43 AM

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BIS would be very interested
I dont think BIS would be that interested, but BI propably would be @surreal peak

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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thought BIS stood for Bohemia Interactive Studio

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What does the S standfor?

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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Nop, BIS is BISim

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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ahhh

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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as in Bohemia Interactive Simulations, a now seperate and autonomous studio

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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BI was BIS
BIS was BIA

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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they make stuff like VBS

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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BIS → BI (Bohemia Interactive)
BIA → BIS (aka BISim)

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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so why are the functions still BIS_? Is it just cause they dont want to change all of them

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:44 AM

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ConfusedDog Havent heard BIA mentioned before

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 AM

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backward compatibility @surreal peak

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@oblique arrow Bohemia Interactive Australia

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 AM

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Ah okay

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 AM

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they have a place in Australia? Never realised that

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 AM

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They had, thats BIS now

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:45 AM

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they did as they split, but it's more #offtopic_arma now

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:46 AM

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Also yeah if you changed all the BIS functions to BI functions you'd break lots of scripts that arent being worked on anymore

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:46 AM

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now we even have BIN_ prefix (BI Netherlands I assume), "thanks" to Contact…

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:47 AM

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heh

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:48 AM

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That's painful for the wiki okay??

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Dedmen, do something from Germany and make it BIG_ 😄

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:53 AM

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Wait Dedmen works for BI? When did that happen?

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or did he always work there

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 11:53 AM

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A few weeks ago already iirc

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 11:53 AM

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I don't count the weeks

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:53 AM

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he found a way to change his avatar colour, then they hired him

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:54 AM

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damn, GZ to him. MAKE BIG_

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 11:54 AM

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notlikemeow

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:54 AM

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what about you Lou? I always see you on here helping out people

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:54 AM

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I help people for free, I don't see why in their right mind they would send me monies for that 😄

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:55 AM

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blobcloseenjoy

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:55 AM

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but I can hold help code hostage until all of ya send me Paypalz 👀 😅

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:55 AM

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notlikemeow

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:56 AM

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Oh god dont give Dedmen the idea of starting a 1-man BI division in germany, he's gonna do it and go down to max 1 hour of sleep a night

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:56 AM

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sounds like 1 more hour of sleep than he usually gets

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:56 AM

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like he needs sleep anyway

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 11:56 AM

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heh

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:57 AM

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Which scripting related question: Whats the name of the software you can use to make sure your code doesnt throw errors at you so you dont have to constantly go to Arma to check

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:58 AM

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brain.exe

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with the wiki extension of course

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:58 AM

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sometimes brain.exe crashes and doesnt look for a single , hecking me over

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:58 AM

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@queen cargo made a wonderful SQF-VM that allows for proper debugging

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other debugging code tricks and tools can be found at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Debugging_Techniques

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:59 AM

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https://github.com/SQFvm/vm This thing?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:59 AM

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looks like it

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 11:59 AM

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Looks like it

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 11:59 AM

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thanks, will give it a shot

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 11:59 AM

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SQFVM, or a linter. There is a linter thing extension for VSCode

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That would catch the missing commas/semicolons

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:01 PM

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Theres also a style set for Notepad++ for simple stuff

surreal peak Apr 27, 2020, 12:01 PM

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got the notepad++ one, has saved me many hours of my life

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 12:01 PM

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style will show you missing string quotes, but no semicolons n stuffz

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 12:01 PM

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"skacekachna.sqflint",
"armitxes.sqf"

Yep, these are the extensions for VSCode altough new scripting commands are missing

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:02 PM

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and they don't prevent my coding errors

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:05 PM

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Hey guys, little trouble with a teleport script. During testing it seemed to teleport all players rather than just those within the trigger.

player setPos _pos;```

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:05 PM

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because player yes

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I believe your trigger is configured as "once triggered, move player there"

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you should teleport units in thislist

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:06 PM

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Yea I thought that might have been the case.

So;
thislist setpost _pos;
will do what I need?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:06 PM

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nope.

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:07 PM

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Sorry not 100% with this stuff

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:07 PM

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{ _x setPos _pos } forEach thislist

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:07 PM

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something like
players in thisList setpos _pos; no?

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 12:07 PM

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~~thislist is probably an array so you would need to foreach setpos~~ Lou!

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:07 PM

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ah

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:08 PM

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Ok, thanks @winter rose

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Oh, second question.

Say player B moves into the trigger 30 seconds after player A, would they both teleport when it fires after player A started the timer?

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:10 PM

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Does the script fire when the timer is triggered or after the timer ends?

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 12:10 PM

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It will teleport every player that are in the zone at the moment of the script execution

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:11 PM

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as in when are people teleported, since it'll teleport every player that is in the trigger area when its executefd

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:11 PM

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Also hi @oblique arrow !!

It's currently on 'countdown'. So will activate when Any player is present

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:11 PM

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ablobdoggowavereverse

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:12 PM

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(With a timer)

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:12 PM

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~~you should come join us on almonds discord~~

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:12 PM

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So I am correct in thinking that after X time, "on activation" fires, which will teleport anyone present?

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Well there's an invite to mine (mostly empty

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 12:13 PM

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But ye as Heyoxe said it'll teleport every player that is inside thisList (so the trigger area) when that script line is executed

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:14 PM

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therefore, you could make the trigger player-side (not server-side) and have in conditions ```sqf
this && player in thislist

pure brook Apr 27, 2020, 12:15 PM

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Nah I want all players in the trigger after X time (it's a reinsertion after death).

I've been fiddling with a whole bunch of stuff, but looks like I was starting to think too complicated for a simple thing.

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:24 PM

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the hardest part in coding is simplifying, indeed

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 12:33 PM

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Hello guys, I'm back again for another scripting question.

I am trying to remove the vanilla fatigue on my MP mission so that only ACE fatigue works once its initialised, because the gun sway is affected when player loads due to the player being encumbered and the gun sway stays with the ACE Fatigue when the mod is initialized.

I have added this script on my initPlayerLocal.sqf

_unit = _this select 0;
_isJIP = _this select 1;

if (!_isJIP) then {

   _unit setFatigue 0;
   _unit enableStamina false;

};

if (_isJIP) then {

   _unit setFatigue 0;
   _unit enableStamina false;

};```

But I don't think it's working... Any suggestions?

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 12:34 PM

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huh

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you are doing the same things whether JIP or not, why even check

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:34 PM

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if something do X
if not something do X

why not "just do X"?

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 12:34 PM

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I think ACE fatigue should be disabling vanilla fatigue on its own, atleast that would be a logical thing to do

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 12:38 PM

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I think ACE fatigue should be disabling vanilla fatigue on its own, atleast that would be a logical thing to do
@still forum True, but initially when the game loads the modules takes time to initialise. And since my Medic loadout has a lot of stuff in the inventory, it makes the character encumbered, so when the missions loads my medic character will be fatigued and have so much weapon sway, until the ACE Fatigue kicks in, then fatigue becomes fine but the weapon sway stays.

Because in my understanding, when the mission loads all vanilla settings kicks in and you can move your character and then couple seconds later the mods initializes, then ACE kicks in and replaces the vanilla settings.

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:40 PM

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can a Simple Object be added an Event Handler? 🤔

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 12:42 PM

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can a Simple Object be added an Event Handler? 🤔
@winter rose I don't know, since I am a rookie when it comes to scripting in Arma. That's why I only tried the most straight forward way of doing it by putting those scripts but it isn't working.

I just want to disable the vanilla fatigue so that when mission starts and player joins in, the vanilla fatigue won't have any effect on the characters until the ace kicks in. That's why I put it in both ```sqf

if(!_isJIP) {};

if(_isJIP) {};

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 12:43 PM

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That's why I put it in both
both doesn't make any sense tho

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 12:44 PM

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both doesn't make any sense tho
@still forum I see. I just thought that, all players joining in servers has that buffer time for them to initialize mods whether their JIP or not. Meaning the ACE system won't take effect until that happens.

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But the thing is, the script is not working whether I put it in init.sqf, initPlayerLocal.sqf or initPlayerServer.sqf. which is weird.

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 12:47 PM

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and you're not too heavy for ace fatigue?

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:47 PM

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can a Simple Object be added an Event Handler? 🤔
apparently, nope

simple moat Apr 27, 2020, 12:48 PM

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and you're not too heavy for ace fatigue?
@still forum Nope, it drains the stamina, but I still start at full at least compared to the vanilla fatigue wherein it doesn't even allow the character to walk until the ACE Fatigue kicks in.

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apparently, nope
@winter rose I see, although I don't really understand what are "Simple Object" and "Event Handler" does, since I'm not that familiar with all the scripting stuff. Still trying to learn it.

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 12:50 PM

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it was a question, I answered myself 👍

lofty anchor Apr 27, 2020, 2:44 PM

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how can i turn the following into an array of doors to lock for civilians

if (!isDedicated && {playerSide == civilian}) then {this setVariable ["bis_disabled_Door_1", 1, false];}

iv tried

if (!isDedicated && {playerSide == civilian}) then {this setVariable ["bis_disabled_Door_1", "bis_disabled_Door_2", "bis_disabled_Door_3", "bis_disabled_Door_4", "bis_disabled_Door_5", "bis_disabled_Door_6", "bis_disabled_Door_7", "bis_disabled_Door_8",  1, false];}

&

if (!isDedicated && {playerSide == civilian}) then {this setVariable ["bis_disabled_Door_1", 1, false];}
if (!isDedicated && {playerSide == civilian}) then {this setVariable ["bis_disabled_Door_2", 1, false];}
//and so on up to door 8

non of those work im not good with arrays

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 2:46 PM

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if (!isDedicated && {playerSide == civilian}) then {
{this setVariable [_x, 1, false]} forEach ["bis_disabled_Door_1", "bis_disabled_Door_2", "bis_disabled_Door_3", "bis_disabled_Door_4", "bis_disabled_Door_5", "bis_disabled_Door_6", "bis_disabled_Door_7", "bis_disabled_Door_8"];
};

lofty anchor Apr 27, 2020, 2:46 PM

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@still forum thanks ill give that a try now

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thanks @still forum works perfect

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 4:19 PM

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when I delete vehicle that has attached object what happens to that object?

oblique arrow Apr 27, 2020, 4:23 PM

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it unattaches itself iirc

spiral fractal Apr 27, 2020, 4:24 PM

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its seems like it

high horizon Apr 27, 2020, 5:02 PM

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Any function to kick players to lobby different from failMission, endMission and forceEnd??

merry glen Apr 27, 2020, 5:17 PM

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If anybody can tell me what's wrong with my string... I'm trying to set several activation statements for the same trigger without using the Eden interface: sqf triggerActivated capboss; bcuff=(boss getVariable ["ace_captives_cargoindex", false]); capboss setTriggerStatements ["bcuff !=-1", "titletext [""Hard to believe, but we did it. Let's go home Alistaire."", ""PLAIN DOWN"", 5]" + "titleFadeOut 2" + "playSound [""p6"", true]", ""];

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The engine doesn't like my "+", but I can't find another way to concatenate the strings

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 5:23 PM

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syntax error

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Why even concatenate at all?

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I don't see any reason to concatenate?

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just put all in a single string?

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maybe then you'll also see what you did wrong, try it

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 5:25 PM

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@high horizon …why?

merry glen Apr 27, 2020, 5:29 PM

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@still forum Arghf you're right. The activation statement is a single string...

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Thanks

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 5:29 PM

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Uh

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with the + you also had a single string

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you were just missing the semicolons, and the + didn't really make sense

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and btw you can just use single quotes inside strings

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instead of having to ""

merry glen Apr 27, 2020, 5:30 PM

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This works:
sqf bcuff=(boss getVariable ["ace_captives_cargoindex", false]); setTriggerStatements ["bcuff !=-1", "titletext [""Hard to believe, but we did it. Let's go home Alistaire."", ""PLAIN DOWN"", 5]; titleFadeOut 2; playSound [""p6"", true]", ""];

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I put double "" because I have quotes in there originally

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

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"If you want to include double quotes (") in strings enclosed by double quotes, the inside double quotes have to be written twice.

_string = "my string ""with"" quotes"
_string2 = 'my other string "with" quotes'"

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 5:32 PM

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This would also work

"titletext [""Hard to believe, but we did it. Let's go home Alistaire."", ""PLAIN DOWN"", 5];" + "titleFadeOut 2;" + "playSound [""p6"", true]"

or this

"titletext ['Hard to believe, but we did it. Let's go home Alistaire.', 'PLAIN DOWN', 5]; titleFadeOut 2; playSound ['p6', true];"

merry glen Apr 27, 2020, 5:33 PM

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I see 👍

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Guys, any way to simulate a key stroke locally via script either natively or via CBA or something?

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 6:02 PM

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real keyboard stroke no

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 6:03 PM

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So if I want the player to salute I will have to use the playAnim "_anim" option?

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I wanted to simulate the key stroke (salute) because the keystroke already deals with sending the animation to all other clients

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Now I will have to remoteExec the switchMove

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 6:04 PM

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its a gesture afaik

tough abyss Apr 27, 2020, 6:24 PM

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Does anyone have a smarter way of doing ```sqf
_cardinalDir = switch (true) do {
case (getDir player <= 22 || getDir player >= 348): {"north"};
case (getDir player <= 347 && getDir player > 303): {"north west"};
case (getDir player <= 302 && getDir player >= 248): {"west"};
case (getDir player <= 247 && getDir player >= 203): {"south west"};
case (getDir player <= 202 && getDir player >= 158): {"south"};
case (getDir player <= 157 && getDir player >= 113): {"south east"};
case (getDir player <= 112 && getDir player >= 68): {"east"};
case (getDir player <= 67 && getDir player >= 23): {"north east"};
};

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 6:37 PM

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getDir player <= 302 && getDir player >= 248
That range is incorrect, thats 54, not 45

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_cardinalDir = ["north", "north east", "east" , "east", "south east", "south east", "south", "south", "south west", "south west", "west", "west", "north west", "north west", "north", "north"] select (((getDir player)/45-0.5)*2)

meh could be better, the duplicates are crap because the north thing.. But probably..

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 6:46 PM

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Do you guys think this fnc could fix the current bug where for EDEN EDITOR placed Ai units who were edited with the EDIT LOADOUT option disable the player's ability to pick up their weapons?

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`vAiInventoryFix = { // Potential fix for the bug where players can't pick up items from Ai units equiped via EDEN EDITOR EQUIP UNIT OPTION.
params [
["_editorPlacedAiUnit", objNull, [objNull]]
];
if !(Local _editorPlacedAiUnit) exitWith {};
if (isPlayer _editorPlacedAiUnit) exitWith {};

[_editorPlacedAiUnit, [_editorPlacedAiUnit,name _editorPlacedAiUnit], [], false ] call BIS_fnc_saveInventory;
_editorPlacedAiUnit spawn {
sleep 2;
[_this, [_this,name _this]] call BIS_fnc_loadInventory;
};

};`

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I know that manually removing and re adding the items via script works in fixing the issue but perhaps BIS_fnc_loadInventory does exactly that

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 6:49 PM

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_cardinalDir = ["north", "north east", "east", "south east", "south", "south west", "west", "north west", "north"] select ((getDir player)/45-0.5)

try this @tough abyss

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 8:50 PM

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Ok I accept the indifference 😔

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 8:51 PM

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Good.

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@wind hedge j/k, but do you have the smallest repro ever?

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:03 PM

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@winter rose https://feedback.bistudio.com/T150415

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 9:05 PM

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thanks
I didn't know about this one. is it about "loading a custom loadout" or simply editing the loadout?

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:06 PM

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Editing the loadout via Eden is enough to cause the bug

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Doesn't happen for all players and certainly not for the host/server

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I am not entirely sure it happens just for the EDEN edited units, I believe it could happen for any unit placed via EDITOR even if you did not customized his LOADOUT

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Can be pretty game breaking for the players suffering from it

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 9:09 PM

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maybe for player-hosted missions? I could see a locality issue

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as for the original question "could it fix the issue", well… hard to tell given the (lack of) info.

exotic flax Apr 27, 2020, 9:10 PM

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I guess the main issue is that repro is not 100% sure...

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:11 PM

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as for the original question "could it fix the issue", well… hard to tell given the (lack of) info.
@winter rose I was actually trying to know if that BI func was doing the whole

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removeBackpackGlobal player;
player addBackpackGlobal _backpackClass;

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etc etc

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I mean, units that get their loadouts via script do not suffer from this it seems

exotic flax Apr 27, 2020, 9:12 PM

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BIS_fnc_loadInventory is removing all items/gear and putting new items/gear back to unit

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 9:13 PM

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you can check function's code in the Functions viewer too
can player 2 see the items, but not take them?

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:13 PM

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player 2 can see the items, interact with them even

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but moving for example the ai's primary weapon to their inventory (primary weapon slot) will cause the inventory to be bugged

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Now player 2 is unable to pick up weapons nor drop his

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droping his bugged primary weapon results in it being duplicated on the ground

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 9:15 PM

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ah well, I can't say much more about solving that - besides perhaps

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:16 PM

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The work around fnc I made will probably do the job

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will test it soon

tough abyss Apr 27, 2020, 9:17 PM

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@still forum thanks for the help but it seems like I can't find any smart solution that would be as accurate as the ugly switch. I've looked in different libraries and a lot of people come up with similar solutions as yours but they're off by at least a couple of degrees if not in the double digits.

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:17 PM

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@tough abyss what are you using that fnc for?

tough abyss Apr 27, 2020, 9:18 PM

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Getting a cardinal direction from bearing. IE [getDir player] call fnc_degree2Cardinal

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more specifically for ATC chatter when AI is flying planes

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 9:28 PM

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@tough abyss I use this for my 3D compass and it is accurate in getting true cardinal directions onEachFrame:

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if (alive player && "ItemCompass" in (assignedItems player)) then {

                 _infrontDistance = 1; 
                 _compassRadius = 0.25; 
                  
                 _cameraPos = AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [ 0, -0.5, 0 ]; 
                 _compassCenter = _cameraPos vectorAdd ( getCameraViewDirection player vectorMultiply _infrontDistance ); 
                   
                 {
                  _x params[ "_text", "_dir", "_size", "_color" ]; 
                   
                  AGLToASL( _compassCenter getPos[ _compassRadius, _dir ] ) params[ "_offsetX", "_offsetY" ]; 
                   
                  _offsetPos = ASLToAGL[ _offsetX, _offsetY, _compassCenter select 2 ];
                  
                  drawIcon3D[
                   "",
                   _color,
                   _offsetPos,
                   1,
                   1,
                   0, 
                   _text,
                   0,
                   _size,
                   "PuristaMedium",
                   "center",
                   false
                  ]; 
                  
                  if (_x select 3 isEqualTo [1,1,1,1]) then {
                    drawLine3D[ ASLToAGL _compassCenter, _offsetPos, [ 1, 1, 1, 0.2 ] ];
                  };
                  
                 } forEach [ 
                  [ "N", 0, 0.07, [1,1,1,1] ],
                  [ "ne", 45, 0.05, [1,1,1,0.5] ],
                  [ "E", 90, 0.07, [1,1,1,1] ],
                  [ "se", 135, 0.05, [1,1,1,0.5] ],  
                  [ "S", 180, 0.07, [1,1,1,1] ],
                  [ "sw", 225, 0.05, [1,1,1,0.5] ],
                  [ "W", 270, 0.07, [1,1,1,1] ], 
                  [ "nw", 315, 0.05, [1,1,1,0.5] ]
                 ];
                 
                };

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Perhaps you can adapt it to your needs... and to Ais because this is currently for players

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 9:38 PM

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you can use
```sqf
/* your code */
hint "Amazing!";
```
to get a better code block:

/* your code */
hint "Amazing!";

😉

still forum Apr 27, 2020, 9:40 PM

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@tough abyss does my version. Not work?
You are splitting up into 45° sections. So you can totally math it down like I did.

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My test cases all looked fine

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And if you want "rough" cardinal directions, why does one or two degrees off matter?

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Your switch case is also wrong, like I told you.
All sections should be 45° but for some reason you have a 54° in there

tough abyss Apr 27, 2020, 10:00 PM

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@still forum Yeah I mixed ut 4 and 5 there, fixed that after sending it. Putting it all at 22.5+45 indefinitely was the most accurate solution as of yet for me.

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:02 PM

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private _strDir = switch (round getDir player) do
{
  case 0;
  case 1;
  case 2;
  (...)
  case 23: { "North" };

  case 24;
  case 25;
  case 26;
  (...)
};

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:06 PM

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Need to have default or true will be returned if no match is found

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:07 PM

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true dat - after that, best code ever

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:13 PM

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anyone know a way to make a trigger be 'very' accurate as in ONLY if the unit is inside. weird as that is to say. but ive noticed even if i make the trigger '1m' and attach it to a unit, it will still trigger when the player is outside of it.

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:14 PM

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@urban tiger sorry, what?

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:14 PM

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Yes it confusing to even explain lol

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So if i make a trigger that is say '5m by 1m' and attach it infront of the unit. It will sometimes cause the conditions of the trigger to happen when im not actually in the trigger yet.

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:16 PM

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using attachTo?

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:16 PM

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yep

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:17 PM

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maybe the trigger's simulation is slow and updating every 0.5s or so, check with a hintSilent position trigger
if the unit moves, the trigger may lag behind

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:20 PM

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Yeah i think its just a weird bug in the engine.

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if i make the trigger 0.5 its 'more' accurate at 1m. weird

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actually i think ive found why.. the trigger 'size' are not in meters

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image showing triggers are not in meters: https://i.imgur.com/ZCNo1Gm.png

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:28 PM

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Trigger size is in metres

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:28 PM

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then the classnames are wrong?

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:28 PM

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What class names

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:28 PM

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look at the image KK

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:29 PM

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Tell me what Im looking at

crude vigil Apr 27, 2020, 10:29 PM

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I think he means 5m fence is not actually 5 meters

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:30 PM

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that wall is defined as '5m' same gones for the '1m' cube however if i placed 5 1m cubes, and move them in increments of 1m in eden

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:31 PM

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Do you realise that trigger A B and C are half sizes, so A 5 will make it 10 m wide

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:31 PM

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so what i just said? lol

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Don’t know

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:32 PM

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if i make the trigger 0.5 its 'more' accurate at 1m. weird

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:32 PM

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You said many things, one of them is that sizes are not in metres, they are

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:34 PM

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ive moved five 1 metre boxes and moved them in increments of 1m. and you have this https://imgur.com/a/fCOhcvj that.

So to have a trigger as 5 its actually 10m. not '5m'

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 10:37 PM

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it's "radius"

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so yeah, the wall class states 5m where it is actually 10.

urban tiger Apr 27, 2020, 10:40 PM

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Yeh its fine, just that triggers are tooltipped as 'area size' not "radius"

unique sundial Apr 27, 2020, 10:41 PM

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Do you realise that trigger A B and C are half sizes, so A 5 will make it 10 m wide

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

setTriggerArea

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Can anyone tell me why this isn't showing both the 3D icon nor the markers:

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vPARAMS_3Dhelpers = 3;
v3Dhelpers = {
 vWoundedMarkers = [];
 if (vPARAMS_3Dhelpers > 0) then {
 addMissionEventHandler [ "EachFrame", {
   if (diag_fps > 15) then {
   {
    if (side _x isEqualTo side group player && {alive _x} && (_x distance player < 500) && (lifeState _x isEqualTo "INCAPACITATED")) then {
  private _dist = (player distance _x);
  private _color = [1,0,0,1 - (_dist / 200)] ; // COLOR RED
  drawIcon3D [
   'a3\ui_f\data\revive\medikit_ca.paa',
    _color,
    [
    visiblePosition _x select 0,
    visiblePosition _x select 1,
    (visiblePosition _x select 2) +
    ((_x modelToWorldVisual (
    _x selectionPosition 'body'
    )) select 2) + 0.28 + _dist / 4.5
    ],
    0,
    0,
    0,
    "WOUNDED " + name _x,
    2,
    0.033,
    'PuristaMedium'
    ];
//Wounded Marker
if (count vWoundedMarkers > 0) then { {deleteMarkerLocal _x} forEach vWoundedMarkers;};
private _marker = createMarkerLocal ["vWoundedMarker_" + format["%1",_forEachIndex], position _x];
vWoundedMarkers pushBack _marker;
_marker setMarkerShapeLocal "ICON";
_marker setMarkerTypeLocal "hd_join";
_marker setMarkerTextLocal ("WOUNDED " + name _x);
_marker setMarkerColorLocal "colorBLUFOR";
};                   
} count playableUnits - [player];
};
}];
};
};
[player] call v3Dhelpers;```

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:05 PM

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…not reading that indentation Oo

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 11:16 PM

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Cannot do better because of Discord 2000 char. limitation

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:18 PM

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https://sqfbin.com paste indented there and gib link 😉

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 11:21 PM

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@winter rose https://sqfbin.com/igatepuhocivogopaden

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:22 PM

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I see a { } count playableUnits - [player]; thonk

potent granite Apr 27, 2020, 11:22 PM

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Can someone help me with setPylonLoadout
whenever I use this the old weapon remains in the list for the vehicle with 0 ammo - how do i make it go away so only the weapons that are actually on the vic are present in the list

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:23 PM

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Google says https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/219074-how-to-use-setpylonloadout/

potent granite Apr 27, 2020, 11:23 PM

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i have been googling this for 5 hours now

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I have only come here because I couldn't find my answer there

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:27 PM

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@wind hedge https://sqfbin.com/hotonasinedusoroboli better 😛

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and what does it show and not show?

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@potent granite show us what you got! 🌞

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 11:29 PM

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it shows a 3D icon over incapacitated playable units and also a marker

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@wind hedge https://sqfbin.com/hotonasinedusoroboli better 😛
@winter rose still doesn't work

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:31 PM

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I just changed the indentation and count → forEach

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it shows a 3D icon over incapacitated playable units and also a marker
isn't it what you want?

potent granite Apr 27, 2020, 11:32 PM

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@winter rose
here is a video of what im talking about - you cane see my custom pylons are present but the default pylon weapon is still in the list with 0 ammo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7GXFuVfSuA&feature=youtu.be

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:32 PM

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your code

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please

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 11:32 PM

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isn't it what you want?
@winter rose That is what I want but it is not working at all

potent granite Apr 27, 2020, 11:32 PM

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in the init of the vehicle (for testing purpose and then will be moved to sqf using _this)

this setPylonLoadout ["Pylon1", "FIR_Hydra_M247_P_19rnd_M",false]; 
this setPylonLoadout ["Pylon2", "FIR_SUU23_P_1200rnd_M",true];

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[["RHS_UH1Y"], {_this setPylonLoadout ["Pylon1", "FIR_Hydra_M247_P_19rnd_M",false]; _this setPylonLoadout ["Pylon2", "FIR_SUU23_P_1200rnd_M",true];}],

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@winter rose ^

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:37 PM

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@wind hedge do you use show script errors?

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(I am leaving for tonight though 🌜 beep me in 10h)

wind hedge Apr 27, 2020, 11:43 PM

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yes, no script errors

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kk, I am also posting on the forums now

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thanks

winter rose Apr 27, 2020, 11:47 PM

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Also, you are creating/deleting markers every draw, I am not sure this is a great thing

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Oh! Also, you are using modelToWorldVisual altitude, where drawIcon3D takes AGLS @wind hedge

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so your icons must be high up in the sky 😄

cunning crown Apr 27, 2020, 11:50 PM

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Yeah I wouldn't add a marker creating/deleting on each frame, maybe on the mapdraw / howerer it's named but each frame is useless

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 12:43 AM

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we love them burn

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but please stay ontopic and keep illegal content out of this Discord

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still offtopic...

glass zinc Apr 28, 2020, 1:21 AM

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anyone have any idea how to change

    if ((_vehicle isKindOf "Tank" || _vehicle isKindOf "TrackedAPC") && _special isEqualTo "FORM") then {
        _pads = nearestObjects [getPos _vehicle, [_pad_heavy], 200];
//        _pads = nearestObjects [getPos _vehicle, [_pad_heavy], 200];
        _pads = [getPos _vehicle] nearObjects ["_pad_heavy", 200];

im trying to make it use near objects instead of nearest
but i cant seem to get it to work

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bottom part is what i tried changing to to

robust hollow Apr 28, 2020, 1:22 AM

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_pads = (getPos _vehicle) nearObjects [_pad_heavy, 200];

glass zinc Apr 28, 2020, 1:22 AM

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ok thanks ill give that a try

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 1:23 AM

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Anyone know the difficulty config setting equivalent of enableStressDamage?

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 1:23 AM

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

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 1:24 AM

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yes that command equivalent

robust hollow Apr 28, 2020, 1:25 AM

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maybe stressDamageEnabled[]={1,0};

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thats in the old veteran difficulty flags 🤷‍♂️

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 1:29 AM

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hmm not seeing an example of that in wiki. Do you have a link?

robust hollow Apr 28, 2020, 1:29 AM

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yea, its for the old difficulty configs though, so i dont think it is any use now.

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 1:35 AM

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so then does anyone have any experience with enableStressDamage command ? I could not make it work.

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 1:37 AM

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I assume you have enabled AFM... so isStressDamageEnabled should return true.

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 1:37 AM

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yes

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and yes

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 1:43 AM

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tbf... I haven't played with AFM a lot, especially not in a scripted way. But the only thing I can think of is that the vehicle doesn't support RotorLib itself, meaning it will still use the default behaviour.
Unless the function is broken, although in that case the settings should work.

glass zinc Apr 28, 2020, 1:54 AM

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@robust hollow worked! thank you!

thorn saffron Apr 28, 2020, 2:06 AM

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Question: can inline functions go outside the scope of an SQF file they are defined in?

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 2:23 AM

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Short answer, yes. Are the inline functions defined by a global variable? For example you want to call on function defined in one script from another function defined in another?

queen cargo Apr 28, 2020, 3:06 AM

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There is no actual function in sqf
There is the code data type, that can push scopes in conjunction with call and etc.

thorn saffron Apr 28, 2020, 3:14 AM

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For example you want to call on function defined in one script from another function defined in another?
No, that is exactly what I want to avoid. I just want the inline function to exist only in the SQF file it's defined in.

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It does not matter now as I decided to make a proper function from that inline one

queen cargo Apr 28, 2020, 3:20 AM

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Private _whatever = code

cloud thunder Apr 28, 2020, 3:23 AM

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^

shrewd bough Apr 28, 2020, 3:38 AM

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I found a post on Reddit from about 4 years ago about changing the horn sound of a vehicle. I tried using the script in the comments, but it only disables the horn, instead of playing the sound I put in it.

Would someone be able to help me with this? Here's the Reddit post I found: https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/4e47no/scriptinghelp_car_horn/

Is it because I'm using an .ogg? The comments mentioned a .wss filetype.

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 3:58 AM

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hey, so i just started to script and im running into an issue

im in the Eden editor and editing the "init" section.

basically if someone has a laptop in thier inventory, I want an action to pop up,,,heres what i got and it doesnt seem to work

if ("Item_Laptop_closed" in items player) then {
player addAction ["Download Intel", {}];
};

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 3:59 AM

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take a look at the optional params for addAction

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there is a condition field

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:00 AM

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ah ok. i see thgat now. lets see

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:00 AM

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just make sure to fill the previous arguments correctly for your case

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:05 AM

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player addAction ["Download Intel", {if ("Item_Laptop_closed" in items player) {};}]

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i dont think thats right lol

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:27 AM

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object addAction [title, script, arguments, priority, showWindow, hideOnUse, shortcut, condition, radius, unconscious, selection, memoryPoint]

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player addAction [“Download Intel”, “your code.sqf”, [], 1.5, true, true, “”, “‘Item_Laptop_closed’ in items player”]

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:31 AM

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ahh, ok, see i thought that if theyt were optional, like command line, you could omit them

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thank you

fallow gazelle Apr 28, 2020, 4:41 AM

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So I am trying to make a training arena, or some type of area with less than lethal, or blanks. I saw a BAF (British Forces) mod with weapon BFA's (Blank Firing Adapters). How would I script in, or create a BFA for weapons in game?

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:43 AM

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odd we have the same name

fallow gazelle Apr 28, 2020, 4:43 AM

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@plain linden Noice. Lmao I might change it soon

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 4:44 AM

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yeah lol
anyway @fallow gazelle modded adapters can change a weapon damage, they probably modify weapons to have 0 damage

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:44 AM

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you can use the handle damage event handler to remove any damage

fallow gazelle Apr 28, 2020, 4:44 AM

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@spring lodge Is that done in Eden Editor?

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:45 AM

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Nah, scripted

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 4:45 AM

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is there a way to add multiple amounts of the same object with addItemToBackpack

fallow gazelle Apr 28, 2020, 4:45 AM

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How would I start with that? Or are there any tutorials online for editing damage in game?

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:46 AM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/205515-handledamage-event-handler-explained/

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Sanchez just do a simple for loop?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 4:50 AM

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I've read that I could do addItemToBackpack [ "GrenadeHand" , 20 ];
would that work? nevermind it doesnt

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:50 AM

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@spring lodge
sadly didnt work

I dont have a script to run yet, so im just trying to make it pop up

This is what I have
player addAction ["Download Intel", "", [], 1.5, true, true, "", "'Item_Laptop_closed' in items player"];

I go to the drone without the laptop, it doesnt show...thats good
I pick up the laptop, go back to the drone..it still doesnt show

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:55 AM

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Is the class name correct?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 4:56 AM

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checked from cfgMagazines
arma isn't giving me any error
but even if I try adding 1 it doesn't give me
so not sure

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:57 AM

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when i hovered over the laptop in the eden editor thats the name it gave me

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:58 AM

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Ahh the problem is items

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It returns special items, so like your compass, watch etc

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Not what is in your inventory

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 4:59 AM

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AHHHH

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 4:59 AM

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so it should be addMagazine?

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weird that answer helped us both

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 4:59 AM

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Lmao

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 5:00 AM

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i thought that was assignedItems that was for those special items

spring lodge Apr 28, 2020, 5:00 AM

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‘Item_Laptop_closed’ in ((vestItems player) + (uniformItems player) + (backpackItems player))

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I’m honestly not sure what the difference is

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 5:00 AM

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same

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weird, when i load in, it keeps saying "invalid number expression"

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player addAction ["Download Intel", "", [], 1.5, true, true, "", "‘Item_Laptop_closed’ in ((vestItems player) + (uniformItems player) + (backpackItems player))"];

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and still no dice

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 5:07 AM

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so apparently I can't add grenades to inventory
the classnames seem correct
and it does work for chemlights
but I can't get neither RGO and RGN

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 5:13 AM

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maybe i have to assign a variable to the player?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:04 AM

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@smoky verge code…? also, has enough storage space…?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 8:06 AM

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it does have space
code is
player addmagazine "GrenadeHand";
which doesnt work
but
player addmagazine "Chemlight_red";
does

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btw congrats for the profile

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:06 AM

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thanks

it's "HandGrenade"
GrenadeHand is what is throw iirc, the bullet itself

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 8:08 AM

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they should fix the biki cfg magazines then
what about the mini_Grenade
that doesnt work either

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:08 AM

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take the FIRST COLUMN class Oo I mean

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HandGrenade
MiniGrenade

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@smoky verge you don't addMagazine "B_65x39_Caseless", you addMagazine "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag" 👀

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 8:10 AM

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oh completely didn't notice
took the chemlights as reference
which have it identical

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:10 AM

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That's a paddlin'

cosmic lichen Apr 28, 2020, 8:34 AM

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The chemlights through me once off as well 😄

vague geode Apr 28, 2020, 8:40 AM

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I like the singleplayer death screen alot but if I use it in a multiplayer mission everyone would need to abort the mission and rejoin every single time they die.
I think I have found the singleplayer death screen function under P:\a3\functions_f\respawn\fn_respawnnone.sqf.

Can someone tell me how I would need to modify the code of this function so that I can use it in a onPlayerKilled.sqf script?
My mission has the respawn type 3 ("BASE") so what I hope to achieve is that when you die the score board appears (just as it does by default) but in the background you would have the "singleplayer death screen" (with KIA:, ENY:, TOD: etc.) but without the "Team switch"-, "Abort"-buttons etc. in the bottom left corner and after the respawn delay is over the "singleplayer death screen" would disappear and you would just respawn like you would normally do without the need to abort the mission. Basically an imitated singleplayer death screen.

Sadly I don't really understand this function exactly so I would really appreciate your help.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:54 AM

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@wind hedge got it working?

spiral fractal Apr 28, 2020, 9:41 AM

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I have function that run on the server, it is called inside init_server.sqf and run in loop, it moves marker using setMarkerPos command, do I have to use remoteExec to see the marker position updated as player?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 9:42 AM

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@teal mirage you could also be banned for promoting illegal content (and language), too
I recommend you to read our #rules

delicate lotus Apr 28, 2020, 9:43 AM

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@spiral fractal setMarkerPos is global.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 9:44 AM

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the f in lmfao

round scroll Apr 28, 2020, 9:44 AM

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when getting familiar with the Virtual Garage I stumbled over https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_initDisplay and the CfgScriptPaths setting. Is this CfgScriptPaths used anywhere else? Not sure I fully understand the idea behind it

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 9:45 AM

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you shouldn't play with moderators*, nor #rules

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moderators*

spiral fractal Apr 28, 2020, 9:46 AM

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@delicate lotus but for some reason I dont see the marker pos updates

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 9:47 AM

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    this includes harassment, name calling, racism, sexism, homophobia, other derogatory remarks (profanity) or any insults.```indeed

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profanity does not mean insult.
thanks, Dedmen

delicate lotus Apr 28, 2020, 9:49 AM

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@spiral fractal How do you call the function?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 9:50 AM

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!mute @teal mirage 7d

lyric schoonerBOT Apr 28, 2020, 9:50 AM

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Silence!! ò_ó
...
I keel u, @teal mirage!! Ò_Ó

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 9:50 AM

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got your back

delicate lotus Apr 28, 2020, 9:50 AM

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Thanks for muting him

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@spiral fractal Can you show me a snippet or the whole function where you call setMarkerPos ?

spiral fractal Apr 28, 2020, 10:23 AM

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is there faster way to test mission or dedicated server?

round scroll Apr 28, 2020, 10:24 AM

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I want to check for a variable to be true in a condition of a userAction. Should I add the variable to the object in question ((this getVariable 'ttt_nimitzParent') getVariable ['ttt_nimitz_hangarGarage', false];) or rather go with a global variable ttt_nimitz_hangarGarage ?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:26 AM

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better with the object variable, let's not "pollute" mission namespace

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also, what if you have two Nimitz ^^

round scroll Apr 28, 2020, 10:27 AM

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yes, that's the reason why I moved all the old global variables into the object namespace originally, thanks for reminding 🙂

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:28 AM

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the closest, the bestest

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:32 AM

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there isn't any way to use keyframe animation on a walkable unit is there?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:34 AM

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they would be floating I think

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:36 AM

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once its played if the unit is alive they just stand still doing a weird shuffle. once the unit is dead they'll slide along to floor like super man 😂 Although it seemingly works fine in the editor minus the walking animation. Best to use BIS_fnc_UnitCapture; for accurate patrolling?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:36 AM

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nope, it is meant for aerial vehicles

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:37 AM

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shame, guess ive got to do the old school way of lots of 'setpos' with unitcapture and a while loop doing a walking animation

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:38 AM

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it depends on what you want to do yes

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:41 AM

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just accurate repeatable patrols. that have the same path every time.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:45 AM

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waypoints?

high horizon Apr 28, 2020, 10:45 AM

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I gotta a error with dialogs, it says Resource not found, they are on a .hpp defined on desc.ext and inside that .hpp there is another dialog working

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Any solution? quite weird

astral dawn Apr 28, 2020, 10:46 AM

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Hosting an MP game from client, at start the camera is stuck like this and escape menu doesn't open, only game restart helps.
Also once in a few minutes the game shows this message in rpt:
13:43:50 Unit 0:0 not found, cannot update
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/684459680810270750/704617803327602738/unknown.png
Any idea how I can debug what's causing this? How is it even possible with a script? 😮

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I've found that IFA Liberation ACE is causing this, specifically ifa3_ace_placeables.pbo, but it has nothing special in it, it just adds some ACE interaction entries, I don't understand 🙈

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:50 AM

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@winter rose waypoints are not accurate when doing very tight movement where they hit the same point every time. think of it as 'cinematic'

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:51 AM

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setPos + switchMove then, yes

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MGS-like patrols I see ^^

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:52 AM

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well lou..

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https://i.imgur.com/EI1J1Y4.png thats hit that nail on the head 😉

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:53 AM

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\o/
not going to lie, you got me a strong flashback vibe here!

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:54 AM

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also got the animated background on the floor and walls nicely!

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 10:55 AM

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I got the music in my head now… thanks

urban tiger Apr 28, 2020, 10:56 AM

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I'm remaking all the music too 😂

Nothing else to really do during lockdown, i can automate all my work remotely. so decided to get back into modding on arma, granted i've gotten very rusty since 2015...

high horizon Apr 28, 2020, 11:16 AM

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I gotta a error with dialogs, it says Resource not found, they are on a .hpp defined on desc.ext and inside that .hpp there is another dialog working
@high horizon Anyone?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 11:18 AM

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it might not be a #arma3_scripting matter @high horizon
you should show your config and script here, and if it is not a scripting issue ~~you are banned~~ go to #arma3_gui for config help 🙂

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 11:19 AM

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why are you tagging yourself?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 11:20 AM

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Discord's quote function does that

still forum Apr 28, 2020, 11:20 AM

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He's just bumping, just as he does in my DMs, and on feedback tracker

high horizon Apr 28, 2020, 11:20 AM

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it might not be a #arma3_scripting matter @high horizon
you should show your config and script here, and if it is not a scripting issue ~~you are banned~~ go to #arma3_gui for config help 🙂
@winter rose Yep true, i always forgot it sorry

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 11:21 AM

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and don't bump so frequently as said above ↑

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 11:22 AM

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anyway I'm trying to detect if all pop up targets are down at the same town
I'm not sure how to do that since there is no way (to my knowledge) to detect the animation status of an object

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 11:22 AM

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really?

young current Apr 28, 2020, 11:23 AM

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animationPhase. animationSourcePhase

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😜

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 11:23 AM

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Wiki search:

📎 unknown.png

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Paddlin' combo ×2

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 11:25 AM

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thonk maybe I like the paddle

young current Apr 28, 2020, 11:28 AM

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megusta

oblique arrow Apr 28, 2020, 12:19 PM

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UWU

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:19 PM

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anyone can help me?
so as I've understood Animation Phase returns somewhere a value between 0 and 1
how can I use that value inside a trigger for example?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:20 PM

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place code inside the condition field?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:22 PM

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if I do that how would the trigger know what value to activate to?

young current Apr 28, 2020, 12:22 PM

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if phase <> x then do stuff

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trigger fires when condition is true

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:24 PM

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oh so I can specify which value to have
something like
if
target animationPhase ["terc", 1];
then

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because the syntax in the biki just says
object animationPhase animationName
so not sure if the above is correct

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:26 PM

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and returns a number, which you can just compare to 0 or 1

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:26 PM

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e.g animationPhase > 0.5

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 12:26 PM

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please read correctly ;)

_building animate ["maindoor",1]; // <--- animate
_p = _building animationPhase "maindoor";  // <--- animationPhase

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:27 PM

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it would be better to use animationSourcePhase though 👀 🙂

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:27 PM

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oh didn't copy from that
just though it would be the way to specify the phase

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:28 PM

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do you want to set it, or get it…

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:29 PM

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I want to use it as an activation trigger for a script to run
so I think it would go
target animationPhase "terc" == 1;?

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 12:30 PM

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^^ that will return true when target is down

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:31 PM

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exactly what I need
McThankies from Mcspankies

young current Apr 28, 2020, 12:32 PM

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best to not use absolute values in the phases though

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= 0.99 would be safer

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:32 PM

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oh ok thanks

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last thing
is there a way to have multiple Vnames inside the object parameter?

young current Apr 28, 2020, 12:33 PM

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something something float precision thing

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no

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:33 PM

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so I'll just have to make a bunch of &&

young current Apr 28, 2020, 12:33 PM

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yes

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:33 PM

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better than nothing I guess

young current Apr 28, 2020, 12:34 PM

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could be some sort of forEach check could be done

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:35 PM

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[target1, target2] findIf { _x animationPhase "terc" < 0.99 } == -1

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:35 PM

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And if you only care about all targets being down, you could probably do something like (_trg1phase + _trg2phase + ...) >= (0.99 * (count _target)), that would atleast avoid puttings 3000 &&

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:36 PM

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My word is the one and only :p

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:36 PM

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I mean it works ¯_(ツ)_/¯

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:36 PM

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the book says orange is better than pink
sorry @cunning crown

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:36 PM

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The book is wrong then 🙃

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:37 PM

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Hi

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Is there a way to get who activated a trigger?

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Like a variable name or something

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I want to make an action work only for a specific player

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More specifically. I'm showing subtitles when entering a trigger, but the subtitles are visible for everyone even if they're on the other side of the terrain

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:38 PM

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maybe
thatguy in thislist

still forum Apr 28, 2020, 12:39 PM

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thisList has the list of units inside the trigger

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if the trigger was activated by a unit, the unit will be in there

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:39 PM

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you can make your trigger client-side too (depends on the usage)

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:39 PM

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Yeah client side might work

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How can I do that?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:39 PM

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there is a checkbox in the editor, "Server-side" - untick it

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:40 PM

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oh

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it is

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:40 PM

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it all depends on the code you run in it, too

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:40 PM

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[  
 ["Chief of Security", "Hey Commander!", 0],  
 ["Chief of Security", "I need to talk you.", 2] 
] spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles;

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The subtitles are visible for everyone

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I want them to be visible only for the ones entering the trigger

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:41 PM

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ah, in condition you should set this && player in thislist

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:41 PM

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@winter rose doesn't seem to work

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:41 PM

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(count (_targets select { _x animationPhase "terc" >= 0.99 })) isEqualTo (count _targets)

That maybe then? (That will return true if every target in _targets are down, if 1 is the down state)

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:42 PM

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is _targets a trigger area?

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oh wait no

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:43 PM

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Nop, _targets is an array with all your target objects (_targets = [obj1, obj2, obj3]

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:43 PM

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yeah was about to say that

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:43 PM

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@cunning crown would do array isEqualTo number

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forgot to throw a count in there

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:44 PM

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It was to see if you would catch it 😉

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:45 PM

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and I guess the array is in the init?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:45 PM

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not the init of the trigger no

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:45 PM

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I mean init.sqf

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:46 PM

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then it would be a global variable, so maybe yes

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:51 PM

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what heyoxe suggested gives me an error if put in a trigger

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local variable in global space

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:51 PM

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and what I suggested you?

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local variable in global space

then it would be a global variable

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:51 PM

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no errors but doesnt work

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:52 PM

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…did you even change [target1, target2] ?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:52 PM

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yeah of course

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:52 PM

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So setting the trigger to work client side, will show the subtitles only clientside for those entering the trigger?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:52 PM

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and if you set the player in thislist condition

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:53 PM

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so this && player in thislist && pltHq in thislist?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:53 PM

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@smoky verge ```sqf
targetsList findIf { (_x animationPhase "terc") < 0.99 } == -1

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@vagrant urchin wasn't it this?

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:54 PM

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oh yeah might be lol

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sorry

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:54 PM

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It works fine on my end Sanchez (

systemChat str ((count ([trgt1, trgt2, trgt3] select { _x animationPhase "terc" >= 0.99 })) isEqualTo (count [trgt1, trgt2, trgt3]) 
); true
```)

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:55 PM

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so only guys in the area will have the subtitle yes (@vagrant urchin)

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 12:55 PM

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and also only pltHq will be able to activate it right?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:56 PM

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so what I'm using is pop up target
which get hit
go down, then I guess they have a 3 seconds sleep then pop back up

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shouldn't be an issue with grenades considering one pops them all down istantly

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:57 PM

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@vagrant urchin if both the local player and pltHq are in the trigger, it will fire on the player's machine. even if the player enters later.

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 12:58 PM

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That's what I used too @smoky verge and it works with grenades

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 12:59 PM

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mhmm could have messed the array
I'll try again

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 12:59 PM

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if you want the player to have subtitles only if the player is in the area, and never after, you can use ```sqf
OnCondition:
this && pltHq in thislist
OnActivation:
if (player in thislist) then { /* your subtitles go here */ };

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 1:01 PM

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My issue is that the subtitles are also visible for those not in the trigger. I think it's the way the subtitles work not the trigger

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:01 PM

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…when do you want them to display?

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if pltHq enters the area and the player is in the area, or "close" to the commander?

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you can check the distance

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 1:02 PM

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When entering the trigger.. The problem is that even if only one player enters the trigger, the subtitles are visible for everyone

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:03 PM

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I get the issue you have
I am trying to see the conditions you are trying to set

if the player is in the area then pltHq enters, should it trigger?
if the player drives the pltHq, should it trigger?
if the player is 1m out of the area and the pltHq enters, should it trigger?

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if pltHq enters the area, then 5 min later the player enters it, do you want it to trigger, too?

vagrant urchin Apr 28, 2020, 1:05 PM

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pltHq is a player.
The trigger should trigger once only when the player with the variable name pltHq is in the trigger.
The code (subtitles function) in the activation event should work only for pltHq, so only that player should see those subtitles

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:06 PM

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set ```sqf
if (player == pltHq) then { /* subtitles */ };

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 1:07 PM

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afaik are subtitles shown to all players which are "local", and since triggers execute for all players (even when not in the trigger area), it will execute on all machines.
The suggestion by Lou might work

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:07 PM

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might

spiral fractal Apr 28, 2020, 1:08 PM

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trigger can be set to local as far as I understood from the docs, it has 3rd param makeGlobal

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:09 PM

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yes, see https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/704673252227809322

spiral fractal Apr 28, 2020, 1:17 PM

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I managed to fix my markers issue, I had to pass the global array to the function, but now for some reason when marker change pos its title disappear 🤨 what can cause it?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:19 PM

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btw, initServer.sqf should be the name of your file, not init_server.sqf @spiral fractal

setMarkerPos is global effect

what is your issue again?

spiral fractal Apr 28, 2020, 1:21 PM

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I am editing existing mission, and this is how the author called it, when marker change pos its title disappear, only the marker type is visible

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:22 PM

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what is the code? because moving a marker does not change text (unless there is a bug I don't know)

open tendon Apr 28, 2020, 1:32 PM

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I'm having a problem where my AI wont fire at me when point blank range. I give an AI civilian a weapon and add him to an EAST group to make him hostile. anyone has advice?

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they aim at me and when i walk away they start shooting, but at point blank/close range they wont shoot

round scroll Apr 28, 2020, 1:47 PM

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for my virtual garage hack for the Nimitz I now face the problem that some vehicles are too big for the space on the elevator. I can check the size with boundingBoxReal and geo clip on a spawned object, but ideally I would need to know the size before I spawn it. Any way for that? Otherwise I will just add a blacklist and disallow spawning of some classes

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:48 PM

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~~sizeOf?~~

cunning crown Apr 28, 2020, 1:50 PM

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Any way for that?
I don't know any way to do it without spawning the vehicle atleast once

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 1:50 PM

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spawn it at 10km altitude, get bounding box, delete :\

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(be sure to use createVehicleLocal)

round scroll Apr 28, 2020, 1:52 PM

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ok

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 2:18 PM

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hi

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unit "init" has

this addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
 params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"]; 
...
}];

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when/where would be executed? in every client? server+local?

still forum Apr 28, 2020, 2:21 PM

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init is executed for every client server and local

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 2:24 PM

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is there a way to print "who is currently running script"?

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eg: using "systemchat", it would be useful to read "server says: ...and client_1 says:..." to help me debug

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 2:27 PM

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which context, through remoteExec?

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you have e.g clientOwner @mighty vector

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 2:30 PM

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hmm...doesnt seem to work

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both lines return 0

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what i would like to see is something like "0" for server, and "x" for every client

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 2:31 PM

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code context?

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 2:31 PM

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that would mean im running that multiple times

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this addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
 params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"]; 
 systemchat format ["%1 says hello",clientOwner];
}];

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this is unit's init

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 2:35 PM

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systemChat is local, so it won't trigger anywhere but the local machine

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code in init field runs for every client (even connecting ones), so yes it is run multiple times

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 2:36 PM

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that's the point. the systemchat is printed twice

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i would like to know who is printing each message

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both seem to have have clientOwner=0

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 2:38 PM

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see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting#Join_In_Progress

both seem to have have clientOwner=0
in SP maybe. Try the following

this addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
  [format ["%1 says hello", clientOwner]] remoteExec ["systemChat"];
}];

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 2:40 PM

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on my way...im testing it on editor, so that could be the reason

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 2:40 PM

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if this is offline Eden, yes

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@mighty vector workingz?

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:01 PM

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sorry, kids xD

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on eden, both say 0

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:03 PM

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of course again, if it is the offline editor

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:04 PM

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to ensure this is only executed once, and considering the ia is handled by server/hc

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should i add a condition before that? (handle event only on server)

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:04 PM

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if in Eden offline you already have two runs of one init field, there is something wrong

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:05 PM

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that's what im trying to figure out

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a unit, that code, 2 systemchats. first with params, 2nd null

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this addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
 params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"]; 
_id=clientOwner;
 systemchat format ["normal %1 hello %2 %3 %4 %5", _id, _unit,_killer,_instigator,_useEffects];

 [format ["remote %1: hello", clientOwner]] remoteExec ["systemChat"];
}];

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this ends with 4 messages written on chat

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:10 PM

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in MP Eden or in "normal" Eden?

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@mighty vector

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if in "normal" Eden, it is obviously not a matter of client, so clientOwner is useless.

would you happen to be running the runInitScript command anywhere? 👀

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:19 PM

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the mission is stored on mpmissions...if that is what u ask. Im not aware of any runintiscript...

vague geode Apr 28, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Is it possible to get the weapon that killed a player in the onPlayerKilled.sqf?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:25 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts nope

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params [
    "_oldUnit",
    "_killer",
    "_respawn",
    "_respawnDelay"
];
``` @vague geode 
You could however add a killed EH that would setVariable on the dead unit the weapon used

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(and get it through onPlayerKilled)

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:29 PM

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@winter rose within editor, tried playing in mp, and still 4 messages were print. remote this time was 2.
im not sure, but i think for some reason its being invoked twice...

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 3:30 PM

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"Killed" EH also doesn't return weapon... I believe the only (semi-)reliable method is to use the "HandleDamage" EH's to log the projectile (which can then be checked with weapons) of the last person who damaged the player (aka killer), and then use set/getVariable to retrieve that data in the "Killed" EH.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:30 PM

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~~the "Killed" EH returns the _ammo though~~ my bad

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I don't get all the cases in your last message@mighty vector

with only one systemChat ```sqf
[format ["remote %1: hello", clientOwner]] remoteExec ["systemChat"]; // this one

how many messages appear:
- in Eden Singleplayer
- in Multiplayer, you hosting, no other person
- in Multiplayer, you hosting, one other player (nvm if you cannot have someone else connecting)

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:37 PM

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@winter rose

this is the unit init:

this addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
 params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"]; 
 [format ["im %1, say %2 %3 %4 %5", clientOwner, _unit,_killer,_instigator,_useEffects]] remoteExec ["systemChat"];
}];

from eden>play in multiplayer (MP) option
when unit is killed, the systemchat is shown twice. first time with params, 2nd with null-object. both times client=2.
Do you want an screen cap?

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PS: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/183245-mp-killed-event-handler-running-multiple-times-on-dedicated/

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:39 PM

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another reason not to add anything to an init field

and from Eden > preview (no MP), I bet it works fine?

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:40 PM

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i dont think so, but going to check

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playing in SP at camera position also fails

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(i dont have a preview option)

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hmm....starting to blame ace....

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:43 PM

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…thanks for mentioning the usage of mods

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(although I don't see why they would do anything, but maybe)
try in vanilla and report?

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:47 PM

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...guess what?

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damn ace

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 3:48 PM

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derpWolf

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 3:51 PM

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99% of all computer issues are actually the user

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 3:57 PM

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¬¬

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going to try MPKilled to see if that behaves better...

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 4:00 PM

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don't put stuff in the init field (without knowing what it does), use an init.sqf or initServer.sqf

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 4:00 PM

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just testing

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 4:04 PM

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if you're just testing, then why do you need support for something that obviously isn't working...

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 4:34 PM

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cause is not working as expected. just confirmed is an ace issue

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once things are working as expected, it would make sense to write them on init.sqf

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otherwise, you should review ur programming habits 😛

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 4:40 PM

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Burn the init fields 🔥 , I always said it 😄

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 4:40 PM

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It's not an ACE issue... CBA/ACE did make a workaround for the bug which triggers certain EH's multiple times and since ACE is already adding a lot of EH's the issue is most likely that yours are being overridden...
Which is not ACE's fault, but not knowing how CBA/ACE works 😉

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 5:20 PM

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while {_time > 0} do {
_time = _time - 1;  
hintSilent format["Time Left: \n %1", [((_time)/60)+.01,"HH:MM"] call BIS_fnc_timetostring];    
sleep 1;
}; ```

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so i have this code for a timer, and it works, but the hint box doesnt go away after

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how can i make it go away after

thorn saffron Apr 28, 2020, 5:25 PM

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woops wrong channel

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 5:34 PM

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@plain linden```sqf
hintSilent ""; // this?

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 5:34 PM

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so back on that pop up target issue
we've managed to identify how to use the downed targets as a trigger activation
and I can run some checkup scripts to see that it works
but I can't find a way to keep them down
with the other scripts I've made a simple animate ["terc", 1]; does the job
but not in this case apparently

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 5:35 PM

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lol ya i just came back to say i figured it out lol

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 5:48 PM

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so if I use a sleep and let them pop back up the script works
looks like I can't stop them from staying down, only pull them down once up again

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 5:49 PM

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Regarding removeEventHandler, it says "Removes event handler added by addEventHandler. When any handler is removed, all handler indices higher than the deleted one should be decremented.".

How can event handlers in different addons work if removing one event handler invalidates the handles of all others? This can't be right...

wraith cloud Apr 28, 2020, 5:53 PM

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@vague geode currentWeapon _killer

fleet condor Apr 28, 2020, 5:59 PM

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Anybody know where I could find a full list of the base classes like "Tank", "Plane", "LandVehicle", and "SoldierWB"? Am I just not looking hard enough on the asset config page?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:03 PM

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@smoky verge I think there is a "noPop" variable to set, but I can't remember which one nor where

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:03 PM

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Hey, So im working with setGroupOwner and have run into the issue of, if the group is in a vehicle and it is idle, It will dismount the squad leader(likely due to the dummy waypoint used in transferring by the command). Now I can remount the unit via moveInDriver however, if this is in the dismount animation, it will not work. Another problem is the unit is determined as no longer in the vehicle at the start of the dismount process/animation. Anyone got a potential solution to get around this? I need the unit to either never dismount or to be immediately remounted upon the completion of its dismount animation.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:04 PM

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@fleet condor SoldierWB is… OFP era
try B_Soldier_F

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and see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgVehicles_WEST

smoky verge Apr 28, 2020, 6:05 PM

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I recall that nopop was somewhat global and I had to do extra fiddling to make it target specific
sadly I don't remember what exactly

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:06 PM

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try a setVariable, either "noPop" or "BIS_noPop" maybe?

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the global noPop = true was in A2 yep

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@potent depot have you tried locking the vehicle until transfer is done maybe?

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:08 PM

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doesnt locking only prevent mounting not dismounting? I believe it states that in its documentation

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also does that work with AI?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:10 PM

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blocks everything, and should work with AI

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:10 PM

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yeah had looked at lockDriver not just lock

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they have different functionality

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as well as locality restrictions so had assumed it was the same across

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ill try it out

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:12 PM

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Sorry repeating cos I really need an answer to this, it seems an obvious problem:

How can event handlers in different addons work if removing one event handler invalidates the handles of all others?
There must be something I'm missing or I didn't read the documentation correctly?

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:13 PM

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The handler returns an ID upon creation you can use that to remove it later if needed

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that way it doesnt remove all of that type

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:13 PM

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Okay but removeEventHandler docs say "When any handler is removed, all handler indices higher than the deleted one should be decremented."

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(thanks for replying)

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:14 PM

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I believe this is falsehood though (I hope)

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:14 PM

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So if I add an openInventory handler, and some other mod does, then I remove mine, other mod can't remove its?

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I really hope so as well because its a major design error if it works like this imo

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:16 PM

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yeah I would think that would break the purpose of that command. So i would hope that would be false as well. I have not experienced any issue with this.

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:17 PM

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I will test now hopefully docs can be updated (I didn't get write access yet)

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:17 PM

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can you try and confirm? so I update the biki

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:17 PM

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ye

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:17 PM

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that would be a problem if it is true

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:18 PM

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maybe it was this way in the old days though

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like OFP/ArmA

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ouch, this wiki sentence indeed dates back to OFP era (2006)

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:20 PM

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dear lord thats old

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That worked btw Lou

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ty

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should have checked rather than assuming

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:24 PM

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w00t w00t!

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:25 PM

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so add and remove event handler seem to work as we would hope, however removeAllEventHandlers, does reset the index to 0, so the next add returns 0

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which it shouldn't really

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:25 PM

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nice

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:26 PM

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well, there are pros and cons I would say

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removeAllEventHandlers is a reset, so "why not" - although I admit, if someone calls it and the other scripts are not aware of it… big damages ahead

no real reason to reset though

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thanks for the test, updating the page now

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:26 PM

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only con is if you hit max int with your event handlers right? if that happens you already got other problems, con is that all other code needs to know about you calling removeAllEventHandlers (which i guess people should never do basically)

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:27 PM

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The main con would be residual single removes with the old indexes if the indexes get reset if could hit a different one than intended

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:27 PM

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updated

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:28 PM

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i would say a warning on removeAllEventHandlers to not use it would be appropriate. There is no way for contentious addon writers to protect themselves in this case.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:30 PM

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updated removeAllEventHandlers as well

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 6:31 PM

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thanks!

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 6:31 PM

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thanks to you too, random citizen!

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:34 PM

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So why is account registration suspended for the wiki? Wanted to add a note to setGroupOwner about the dismounting issue/feature. Not that many people use the command tbh.

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 6:34 PM

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to prevent spam and people (willingly or unwillingly) break it

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:35 PM

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shame

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though understandable

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 6:35 PM

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although feel free to share your thoughts in #community_wiki so it can be added

potent depot Apr 28, 2020, 6:36 PM

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can do

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 7:25 PM

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@winter rose Seems theres a related ticket in the hands of dedmen: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T149510 . I'll ask politely which milestone it could go:

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Dear Dedmen: trying to create a killed event handler, I just noticed it was executed twice (!?).
With the much appreciated help of Mr. Montana, we were able to blame ACE.
Seems they already have a "workaround" for this, as detailed in https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/pull/7561, and that it might be solved if https://feedback.bistudio.com/T149510 is solved.

Do you have an ETA for this?

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 7:39 PM

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Hmm interesting, I am trying to debug something now where Killed EH will not run at all on first death, but only on second (or something like this, trying to narrow it down and make some kind of repro)

mighty vector Apr 28, 2020, 7:40 PM

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feel free to check https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/issues/7673

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 7:40 PM

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Hopefully I can expect that if I execute

player addEventHandler ["Killed", {
    params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
    systemChat format ["KILLED EH: %1", _this];
    _unit removeEventHandler ["Killed", _thisEventHandler];
}];

in script box while alive and then hit respawn button KILLED EH should be immediately printed right?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 7:47 PM

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as long as you don't use an init field 😄

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 7:47 PM

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no no using the Execute window

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sadly I don't get the behavior we would expect, trying to work out why :/

marble basalt Apr 28, 2020, 7:51 PM

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anyone know how to generate a classname list of weapons from a cargo

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 7:52 PM

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

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 7:56 PM

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that has a typo in return value btw

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 7:57 PM

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_id = player addEventHandler ["Killed", { 
 params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"]; 
 systemChat format  ["== %1 KILLED %2", _unit, _thisEventHandler];
 _unit removeEventHandler ["Killed", _thisEventHandler]; 
}];

So if I run this say 10 times before I press respawn, it will execute every second one of them. e.g. 1,3,5,7,9 only :/
The others will be executed if I then respawn again.

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 7:58 PM

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…in vanilla?

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 7:59 PM

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Trying it now in an empty mission, then in vanilla. However how could a mod interfere with an event handler like this? Seems it should be impossible?

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You can't intercept other peoples event handlers can you?

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confirmed it happens in empty mission now

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mods are cba, ace and some others

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:01 PM

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confirmed in vanilla

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:02 PM

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yep just did as well

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wow

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:03 PM

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I had 0, 2, 4
then 1
then 3

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:03 PM

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yeah same

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:03 PM

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on a local exec, of course.

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MPEventHandler = 0-1-2-3-4 then "x was killed"

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:05 PM

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weird

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 8:09 PM

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Noob question

What does 1%

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Mean

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:09 PM

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%1 you mean?

plain linden Apr 28, 2020, 8:10 PM

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Yea
My bad

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:11 PM

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Something is quite broken with respawn: the event handlers appear to be staying on the player unit, but only some of them. If I just execute that code once and hit respawn, and then repeat that a few times, I end up with each respawn printing multiple messages.

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@plain linden see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/format

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:11 PM

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@plain linden see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/format
it means "place argument #1 here"

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:11 PM

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lol

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:11 PM

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ninja'd 😢

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:12 PM

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I need to report this EH bug? I can do that or only some people?

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:13 PM

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you can head towards the feedback tracker, but be sure to search before creating one

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 8:14 PM

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yeah i did, i can't see one about this, only about it firing twice

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So is it intended that Killed EH travels with player after respawn or not?

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As in even if I don't re-add these EH they still fire (every second one) if I respawn multiple times?

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Actually no its obviously broken, I am calling removeEventHandler in the callback, so it shouldn't fire again.

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https://feedback.bistudio.com/T150628

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Okay if I don't try and remove them in the callback it executes every single one

winter rose Apr 28, 2020, 8:36 PM

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so maybe the index is jumping around…

ebon ridge Apr 28, 2020, 9:08 PM

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More like the event calling code is not copying the callback list before executing the callbacks (a classic mistake in event systems). When I remove the event handler it is removing it from the list that is actually being iterated, so item 1 becomes item 0, and the next iteration executes on item 2.

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:06 PM

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Does anyone know why I can't use alive with waitUntil?

waitUntil {
  sleep 1;
  !alive player;
};

"Generic error in expression |#|!alive player"

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:08 PM

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you can use alive, just not with an ! in front of it...

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try !(alive player); instead

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:10 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/waitUntil
example 1 on the wiki doesn't work for me. Going to test vanilla. Doesn't work in vanilla arma:

waitUntil {!(alive player)};

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:11 PM

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there's a big difference between !alive and not alive!

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:11 PM

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No it's not? and neither works for me.

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:12 PM

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does the player even exist the moment you run that code?

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:14 PM

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Yes..

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It just seems that you can't use !alive in a waitUntil

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:15 PM

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the whole wikipage is has examples full of them... so I'm sure it's possible...

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:15 PM

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waitUntil { 
    if !(alive player) then {true} else {false}; 
};

waitUntil { 
  if !(alive player) exitWith {true};
  false;
};

both give me generic error

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https://i.imgur.com/JcPGPb8.png

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100% vanilla arma in the editor after lauching and walking around for a bit I use the debug menu and run

waitUntil {
    !alive player;
};

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:18 PM

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and what happens with

waitUntil { not alive player };

???

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:18 PM

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same result

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https://i.imgur.com/athSG5l.png

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doesn't work on any objects neither. IE a vehicle or w/e

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can you try it real quick in the debug menu if you're on arma rn? Just so I know I'm not going crazy.

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:20 PM

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starting her up right now 😉

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only thing I can think of is scheduled/unscheduled...
so;

[] spawn {
   waitUntil {
      !alive player;
   };
   hint "you dead";
};

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^^ this works

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:22 PM

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hmm yeah it's probably because I'm using the debug.. I feel stupid now. thanks!

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:23 PM

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same applies for regular scripts, although usually it's already scheduled

tough abyss Apr 28, 2020, 11:25 PM

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yeah debug calls a temp function I think. I appreciate the help and insight haha 🙂

exotic flax Apr 28, 2020, 11:30 PM

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the console is great for small things, but does require some knowledge on how scripts are executed... been there, done that notlikemeow

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 12:17 AM

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So I've tried numerous ways to respawn with "current" loadout when killed but I can't get it to work. Can I ask for any examples to try

exotic flax Apr 29, 2020, 12:44 AM

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"current" as in "anything I had the moment I died", or as in "the loadout I had the moment I spawned in"?

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 12:45 AM

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hey, I just now got it !

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lol

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never fails, work all day,....finally give in and ask somebody and then bam, got it

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thanks anyway

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 1:50 AM

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ok, so 2 player coop,..I respawn and my body disappears, that good. The AI or other player get killed and respawns but dead body stays. How to remove?

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That's actually what I started to research way back this morning

exotic flax Apr 29, 2020, 1:56 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#Corpse_.26_wreck_management

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and I already answered that question last week to you...

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 1:57 AM

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yup I just read where BI AI (non-player) will not get body removed

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I think

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Only live players

exotic flax Apr 29, 2020, 1:58 AM

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corpseManagerMode

0 = None - None of the units are managed by the manager
1 = All - All units are managed by the manager
2 = None_But_Respawned - Only units that can respawn are managed by the manager
3 = All_But_Respawned - All units are managed by the manager with exception of respawned (opposite to mode 2)

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 1:59 AM

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does that go into the init?

exotic flax Apr 29, 2020, 1:59 AM

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if you put it to 1 it should remove all dead bodies when the limit is reached

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it's in description.ext, part of the mission files

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 1:59 AM

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got ya

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thanks !

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my mission already has a fuction to "clean up dead bodies"

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I just need to know if when my coop buddy dies, he respawns and his body will be gone

exotic flax Apr 29, 2020, 2:03 AM

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again; keep in mind that it only works in combination with the other garbage settings (like limit and time), so it doesn't de-spawn directly (unlike players who respawn)

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 2:03 AM

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k

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btw, are you a SP type player?

exotic flax Apr 29, 2020, 2:03 AM

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no, MP only

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 2:03 AM

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rog

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 2:15 AM

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Is there a problem with remoteExecing a bunch of 'unit setpos getpos x's?

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I'm trying to parse a cutscene and it would be a lot easier if I didn't have to divide the scripting up so much at this point :x

hallow sphinx Apr 29, 2020, 4:01 AM

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is there a way to assign the spectrum analyzer frequency signals to object in the platform version? im using the script from the wiki but cant figure out if i can assign the signals to an object "missionNamespace setVariable ["#EM_Values", [141.8,-30, 140.85,-50, 141.12,-40]];"

queen cargo Apr 29, 2020, 5:37 AM

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To Clarify something:
! == not and UNARY UNARY NULAR == UNARY (UNARY NULAR) aka !alive player == not alive player == !(alive player)

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 7:43 AM

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in MP when player enter as driver server cant setFuel on that vehicle?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 7:53 AM

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…yyyes.

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 7:55 AM

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usually server is the authority

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if I execute function on server that should set fuel I have to use remoteExec and set owner _veh as second parameter?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:03 AM

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I actually don't get your question.
what I can tell you is that setFuel takes a local argument, as shown here
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFuel

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so from the server, use```sqf
[_vehicle, 0.5] remoteExec ["setFuel", _vehicle];

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@spiral fractal ^

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 8:12 AM

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ah so I dont have to do owner _vehicle I can send the _vehicle itself, I thought it should be player who is the owner of the object.

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so when I want to execute function that is located on the server only, I use remoteExec and pass the vehicle, will it work?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:17 AM

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what I said above

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I recommend you reading https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec, it is a goldmine of information

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 8:18 AM

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I did like 3 times already... it didn't answer all my questions

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 8:19 AM

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@vague geode currentWeapon _killer
@wraith cloud The thing is that it only shows the current weapon of the killer but if you get killed my a granade or mine it doesn't show it properly.

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:20 AM

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targets: Object - the function will be executed only where unit is local

~~maybe these explanations should be rewritten then~~

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 8:20 AM

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params [
    "_oldUnit",
    "_killer",
    "_respawn",
    "_respawnDelay"
];
``` @vague geode 
You could however add a killed EH that would setVariable on the dead unit the weapon used

@winter rose My problem is that I don't know how to properly work with event handlers...

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 8:24 AM

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hello guys, I'm not sure I understand the BIS_fnc_spawnObjects function : i cant give as arguments both coordinates and "sitting on the ground" ?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:25 AM

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position: PositionASL, or Array as [referenceObject, placement]
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnObjects

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 8:26 AM

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yeah

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oh ok

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the question was dumb sorry

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:29 AM

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np 😄

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 8:30 AM

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feels weird tho ^^

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:35 AM

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you could always use createVehicle @runic edge

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 8:37 AM

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in the "main syntax" of createVehicle : type createVehicle position
Is the simulation enabled ?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:37 AM

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yes

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otherwise, there is BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 8:41 AM

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and BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject allow me to place vehicles as well via the "array" input ?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:44 AM

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Check the wiki!!1! :@

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 8:45 AM

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Is it possible to use dynamic loadouts in warlords meaning is it possible to have the same vehicle in the list of buyable vehicles but with different loadouts?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 8:45 AM

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What is it that you want to do? 😅 place an object by pos, by array, by random, by Jove? @runic edge

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 8:50 AM

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I m not sure 😬
I'd say I try to create a mission where a crate will spawn on a random position

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I guess that the best way to do it is something like

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private _markerArray = ["marker_0","marker_1","marker_2","marker_3","marker_4","marker_5"];
private _randnumb = floor random 5;

private _loc = markerPos (_markerArray select _randnumb);
//hint str(_loc);

"rhs_weapons_crate_ak" createVehicle _loc; ```

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 8:59 AM

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there is BIS_fnc_randomPos command https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_randomPos

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 9:02 AM

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oh

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this is good

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 9:02 AM

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or the alternative createVehicle syntax 😄

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 9:03 AM

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mh yes indeed

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 9:04 AM

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…this gif comes to my mind :D
https://giphy.com/gifs/ryan-gosling-eating-girlfriends-zdIGTIdD1mi4

Giphy

Cheezburger

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 9:07 AM

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oops that s accurate !

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 9:08 AM

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:p
a hard part of coding, indeed

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 9:37 AM

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or the alternative createVehicle syntax 😄
@winter rose if I may, is there a way with the markers to avoid picking the same marker position twice. Like in random draw without replacements ?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 9:43 AM

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you cannot have a "random" that is "random without the previous random" unless you store the previous one somewhere

astral dawn Apr 29, 2020, 9:44 AM

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you can write your own random nubmer generator

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 9:44 AM

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that's the long way, no? 😅

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there is BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle, too

private _positions = [getMarkerPos "abc", getMarkerPos "def", etc];
_positions = _positions call BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle;

private _pos1 = _positions select 0;
private _pos2 = _positions select 1;
private _pos3 = _positions select 2;

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@runic edge ^

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 9:53 AM

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yeah thank you, i'm looking at the wiki

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ok so i got it and i understand why your code is doing what i want but how on earth did you make that up: i mean its quite a tricky way to say it !

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 9:59 AM

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am I good or am I good 😎

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 9:59 AM

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yeah but how can i make it up by myself next time ^^

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:00 AM

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what do you mean?

my brain processed it this way:

you want a random, but not a random that has been chosen before
therefore, one pick for each entry
therefore, randomise and pick in order

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 10:01 AM

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That s what I meant

smoky verge Apr 29, 2020, 10:01 AM

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if I make a custom taskType would the icon appear in the slider on the module?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:02 AM

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I don't think so, but trials could prove me wrong

smoky verge Apr 29, 2020, 10:03 AM

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yeah doubted that too
also where are the default ones located?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:03 AM

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configFile >> CfgTaskTypes

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 10:04 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Task_Framework#Task_icons ?

smoky verge Apr 29, 2020, 10:05 AM

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oh I can just click on them to get the source file

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 10:06 AM

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if he wants random from array, maybe remove the item that was chosen so it will not even exits anymore in the array?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:06 AM

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that is a solution too

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@runic edge you could also resize the randomised array so you don't "pick" from it, too - many ways to do it 🙂

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 10:10 AM

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what programming language sqf is most similar to?

surreal peak Apr 29, 2020, 10:11 AM

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rather similar to C++ IIRC

still forum Apr 29, 2020, 10:13 AM

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SQF? Maybe Javascript

spiral fractal Apr 29, 2020, 10:13 AM

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hmm from my little experience with it, I though its more like JavaScript

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was just typing it 😄

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 10:15 AM

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I 'll try your first method after lunch then I 'll look into the resize method @winter rose

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 10:27 AM

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(Co-op) been working with things like save loadout on respawn, clean up corpse on respawn, movable respawn marker,...all work great now. Last thing I'm looking for is, when a player dies and does all of the above, primary weapon is still on the ground. How to clean that up, if possible?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:29 AM

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you could try to detect nearestObject(s) of "WeaponHolderSimulated" @sage flume

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 10:29 AM

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...heading to Google

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:30 AM

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the wiki would be better

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private _weaponHolders = nearestObjects [getPos _unit, ["WeaponHolderSimulated"], 5];
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach _weaponHolders;

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 10:32 AM

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that def' saves time! 😉

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creating is so much more fun than troubleshooting !

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 10:48 AM

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I tried it in onplayrespawn, initplayerlocal, onplayerkilled, but doesn't work. 😟

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 10:51 AM

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if you want to remove all the weapons immediately, you could do a removeAllWeapons

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if it is on deletion, maybe use a mission EH

sage flume Apr 29, 2020, 10:52 AM

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is one of the files I mentioned the proper one to work it in?

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onplayerrespawn?

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or killed?

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right now I have this

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removeAllWeapons player;
removeGoggles player;
removeHeadgear player;
removeVest player;
removeUniform player;
removeAllAssignedItems player;
clearAllItemsFromBackpack player;
removeBackpack player;
player setUnitLoadout(player getVariable["Saved_Loadout",[]]);

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in playerrespawn

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and alll that works as it should

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sooo Ill try that

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 11:17 AM

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@winter rose Which of the following parameters of the "MPKilled" event handler is the weapon which killed the player? params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 11:24 AM

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none, I was mistaken
you would have to use a "hit" EH, but this one doesn't (always) trigger on killed

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 11:43 AM

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Ok, but what's the difference between "_killer" and "_instigator"?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 11:53 AM

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see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#MPKilled
killer is the "unit" that killed
instigator is the unit that pressed the trigger

I believe it makes the distinction for remote-controlled UAVs @vague geode

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 11:55 AM

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But how can those differ from one another?

runic edge Apr 29, 2020, 11:58 AM

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@winter rose made it works with a sexier typo :

private _positions = [0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] apply {getMarkerPos ("marker_" + str(_x))};

_positions = _positions call BIS_fnc_arrayShuffle;
_positions resize 6;
{"rhs_weapons_crate_ak" createVehicle _x} forEach _positions;

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thanks for the tipSSSSSS !

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 12:01 PM

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@vague geode _killer = UAV, _instigator = the guy that remote controls the UAV

vague geode Apr 29, 2020, 12:02 PM

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Ah, ok.

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 12:06 PM

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(I think)

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:19 PM

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anyone know a way to make the AI completely 'not see/ ignore' any other units?

smoky verge Apr 29, 2020, 1:20 PM

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@urban tiger careless?

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:21 PM

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tried that, it then completely ignore the move point and walk through the wall 😂

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 1:22 PM

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disableAI 🙂

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:22 PM

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there is careless and then.. there is that 😂

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what AI parts would you even disable?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 1:23 PM

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what do you want to do?

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:24 PM

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ill send you a pm of what it does

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 1:26 PM

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I mean, the list in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/disableAI tells you about what you can do

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:31 PM

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pm'd you what the AI does when it see any unit close to it

round scroll Apr 29, 2020, 1:34 PM

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is there a framework/script only solution to simulate injured loading into a vehicle, like a helicopter? I know AIS and ACE have something like this, but would look for a more lightweight solution. Basic idea is that you're the pilot, land near the injured, task a crew member to get the wounded aboard, crew member exits, supports/transports the wounded and both board the helo

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 1:36 PM

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@urban tiger how is it walking around? waypoints?

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:36 PM

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Move.

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 1:38 PM

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maybe AUTOTARGET & CHECKVISIBLE ?

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:40 PM

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tried that. still go 'nah' and yeets itself off the side

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 1:42 PM

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"ALL" 😄

round scroll Apr 29, 2020, 1:42 PM

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@urban tiger if you want to have an AI that does not engage in combat, maybe try an Agent instead? AFAIK it doesn't have the combat state machine

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 1:45 PM

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@round scroll combat isn't the problem. The ai works perfectly fine but once a unit is close it refuse to work correctly. even if you disableAI

urban tiger Apr 29, 2020, 2:45 PM

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update ONLY does it if its a player is close. if it an ai unit and the player is no where close it works perfectly as attented

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 5:50 PM

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My AI pilot suddenly began skipping all the way to his last waypoint in the mission... worse, that waypoint doesn't even exist anymore, or does but has changed in number @_@

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Does disabling and enabling simulation of a unit reset the group's waypoints?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 5:52 PM

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should not

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 5:55 PM

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Does setCurrentWaypoint account for the first scripted point being #0?

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 5:56 PM

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it should?

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but really, if you can avoid waypoints, do 😅

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 5:58 PM

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It's getting to that point, but I'm scared of the alternatives.

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And apparently not, still going to waypoint 14 out of 13

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:/

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 6:01 PM

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0,0,0 I presume

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 6:04 PM

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No, actually where 13 is located; an arbitrary 'head in this direction, end mission on extraction' area.

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Except now it's 'Mission's beginning, immediately leave base and stop in midair' :/

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Fah... What would be the recommended way of doing waypointless AI guidance for more than simple actions?

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What's weird is that I have a Pilots SetCurrentWaypoint [Pilots, 2] script that runs right after I re-enable the driver's simulation and "MOVE" ai, it just speedballs through all it's waypoints :c

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Okay, instead of calling the group by name, I just passed Group Driver Vehicle instead and that... seems to have worked? o.0

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... right there in the notes, "Using this command forces the last waypoint to complete. Any code in the on Act of that waypoint will run. " ... :c

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 6:33 PM

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make a dummy last waypoint maybe?

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 6:34 PM

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I mean, there's no scripting in the last waypoint, but I feel like that may have been related? I don't know anymore @_@

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Looking into doing 'get to waypoint, wait until action I want is done, pilots addwaypoint to next thing I want done'

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Don't give them more than one waypoint at a time

winter rose Apr 29, 2020, 6:35 PM

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rewind to the very beginning of this and answer:
what is it that you want to do?

manic sigil Apr 29, 2020, 6:35 PM

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Fair

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The players start in a base next to the pilots; the pilots run to the helicopter and start it up and open the ramp, while the players go to the armory and quick-load their inventory.

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The pilots wait until all units of the player group including AI are aboard, then take off and head to the next waypoint.

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I've had all kinds of issue with the waiting-for-everyone-to-get-aboard, however... from just straight taking off and heading away, to taking off and hovering 20m in the air, to the most recent - going just enough to light the wheels, then kinda drifting across the helipad.

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I've done all manner of variations; disabling the pilot simulation, disabling their moveAI, tying a Hold waypoint to wait until the count of players inside is equal to the count of players, etc

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It was... 'working', up until I started trying to simplify it, since there were so many code snippets from various attempts :/