#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 588

manic sigil May 14, 2020, 3:13 PM

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It is certainly a number.

warm hedge May 14, 2020, 3:13 PM

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If it isn't readable for you, it translates into 1021790

manic sigil May 14, 2020, 3:15 PM

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I am aware, but I'm not sure if it's readable for my code. I've had issues before with e+00x type of things, notably when I was premaking missions back when Zeus had admin console.

jade abyss May 14, 2020, 3:16 PM

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It is

warm hedge May 14, 2020, 3:16 PM

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Put 1.02179e+006 into your code, it just returns 1.02179e+006. You even can do something like 1.02179e+006 + 100

winter rose May 14, 2020, 3:17 PM

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private _result = 1.02179e+6 / 1000;

manic sigil May 14, 2020, 3:18 PM

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so

if (1.02179e+6 in (getDLCs 1))

would work?

warm hedge May 14, 2020, 3:18 PM

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Yes

manic sigil May 14, 2020, 3:19 PM

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Just weird, didn't have that happen with the Marksman DLC, it was just the flat number.

warm hedge May 14, 2020, 3:19 PM

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Because 1021790 is bigger

jade abyss May 14, 2020, 3:19 PM

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https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/scientific-notation-converter.php?operand_1=1.02179e%2B6&action=solve
Simple spoken: It's just a "short way" of showing a long number

manic sigil May 14, 2020, 3:24 PM

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I get that; as I said, when I was doing admin-console-loading-shenanigans, I had issues where an object's Z position would get something like '5.2e+001', and trying to create an object with that would throw a huge fit. Had to go through my entire blocks of code to remove all e+ instances.

candid cape May 14, 2020, 4:10 PM

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Hi , for open an inventory player it's player action ["Gear", player];

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And for close ?

warm hedge May 14, 2020, 4:30 PM

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It's not a question about EHs...

crude vigil May 14, 2020, 4:31 PM

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My bad. I had my attention on somewhere else.

inner pine May 14, 2020, 8:09 PM

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Hey Guys , iam here right for a Little ace 3 question?

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just a question about an Item..

oblique arrow May 14, 2020, 8:11 PM

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Depends on the question @inner pine

wispy cave May 14, 2020, 8:53 PM

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Is there a way to get a list of all the slots in a multiplayer lobby? I'm specifically looking to make a listing ingame of which slots have which players in them and which ones are empty

winter rose May 14, 2020, 9:11 PM

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playableUnits does that iirc @wispy cave

wispy cave May 14, 2020, 9:11 PM

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playableunits only returns slots that are currently filled

winter rose May 14, 2020, 9:12 PM

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only if AI is disabled for them

wispy cave May 14, 2020, 9:12 PM

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AI is disabled on them unfortunatly

winter rose May 14, 2020, 9:13 PM

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then unfortunately IDK, unless getting the description.ext value of maxPlayers (number) is enough for you

wispy cave May 14, 2020, 9:14 PM

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No, it isn't. Guess I'm gonna be hardcoding it

faint oasis May 14, 2020, 9:55 PM

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hi, i have a question ? how to create a keybind and can custom the key if you go in "control" and "config addons" ?

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474305904897032201/710612200003207218/20200514235915_1.jpg

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/474305904897032201/710612198778601482/20200514235911_1.jpg

cunning crown May 14, 2020, 10:04 PM

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With CBA iirc

faint oasis May 14, 2020, 10:06 PM

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yes i think but how ?

cunning crown May 14, 2020, 10:07 PM

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See here: https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/Keybinding

faint oasis May 14, 2020, 10:08 PM

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ok but i need to call the function ? or i need only to add in .cpp ?

cunning crown May 14, 2020, 10:18 PM

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Just call the function, everything is explained in the link I sent ¯_(ツ)_/¯

faint oasis May 14, 2020, 10:20 PM

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ok i will check | i'm sorry

alpine ledge May 14, 2020, 10:38 PM

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could someone tell me what i'm doing wrong here:

trying to pack some functions into an addon
the functions themselves work just fine, however they keep getting called on the main menu for some reason
how does one prevent this from happening?

config.cpp:

class CfgFunctions
{
    class TestScripts
    {
        tag = "TEST";
        class Scripts
        {
            file = "function_test\functions";
            class civsInit {postInit = 1};
            class carsInit {postInit = 1};
            class trafficInit {postInit = 1};
            class combatInit {postInit = 1};
            class carsRadio {postInit = 1};
        };    
    };
};

robust hollow May 14, 2020, 10:39 PM

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its because the main menu is technically a mission too

alpine ledge May 14, 2020, 10:39 PM

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mhmm, but i only want it to be called when i call it via script or w/e

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does arma really call all functions once the menu is loaded? AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

robust hollow May 14, 2020, 10:40 PM

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remove postInit then?

alpine ledge May 14, 2020, 10:40 PM

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needs to be post init since i need to wait for the objects that will call them are loaded

robust hollow May 14, 2020, 10:41 PM

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im sure there is a better way, but this is what I have

private _isMainMenu = false;
private _mission = format["%1.%2",missionName,worldName];
{
    if ([_mission,getText(_x >> "directory")] call BIS_fnc_inString) exitWith {
        _isMainMenu = true;
    };
} count ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMissions" >> "CutScenes"));
if _isMainMenu exitWith {};

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could probably rework it to something like this

private _mission = tolower format["%1.%2",missionName,worldName];
private _isMainMenu = (("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMissions" >> "CutScenes")) findIf {
    _mission in tolower getText(_x >> "directory")
}) > -1;
if _isMainMenu exitWith {};

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idk, its all the same in the end

alpine ledge May 14, 2020, 10:45 PM

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could do it that way i guess - surely there's a better way around it though PeepoThink

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could do it as a module instead GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

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meh, too lazy for that and this works so i'll go with that, thanks wave

exotic flax May 15, 2020, 12:22 AM

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I know that ZEN (Zeus Enhanced) has a module to export a mission to SQF. Not sure about the full extend of it, but one of the zeuses in my unit used it yesterday without many issues.

lucid junco May 15, 2020, 12:29 AM

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does someone has experience with laggin ogv vids? which export setting youre using .etc ...

inner pine May 15, 2020, 1:53 AM

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Okay - Problem is : we cant use Surgical Kit in ACE and we Dong know why ...we had all looked up and checkt the addon Options. Could be there anythin we missed? In Mission.sqm we had had edited the NPC Units of Medics and what else...maybe some of you know the magic 🍕

exotic flax May 15, 2020, 2:02 AM

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for the Surgical Kit to be useful you need to enable 'Re-open Wounds' (or ace_medical_treatment_advancedBandages = 2;), otherwise the wounds will automatically close after being bandaged and the SK option won't show up.

inner pine May 15, 2020, 2:03 AM

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Dude - wtf....God Save your Soul . Best Regards

exotic flax May 15, 2020, 2:03 AM

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it's basically "Basic Medical" from the old ACE settings 😉

inner pine May 15, 2020, 2:04 AM

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i have the newest Version and i work with it after 2 years again and many has changed so i feel like noobish

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So...thanks i will sleep now in peace ✌🏻 Good Night

exotic flax May 15, 2020, 2:05 AM

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good night to you too and have fun stitching wounds in the future

inner pine May 15, 2020, 2:06 AM

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😘 everytime i will think at ya

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 7:48 AM

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if I want to override ACE server variable in mission file, where should I do it?

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I just want to set ace_explosives_requireSpecialist to true and make it ignore/override server setting

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cant I just do missionNamespace setVariable ["ace_explosives_requireSpecialist", true]; ?

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I will set it server init, hope it will work

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 8:47 AM

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oh I forgot about the global parameter, Thank you!

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not tested yet

brave jungle May 15, 2020, 9:14 AM

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You know in eden when you rotate via the red rotation, is that vector up or dir?

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when using setVectorX

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nvm

brave jungle May 15, 2020, 9:43 AM

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Stationary = [23.256, 0.310, 1.582];
    _currentUp = vectorUp slingMove;
    if (_currentUp select 0 != Stationary select 0) then {
      slingMove setVectorUp [_currentUp select 0 + 1, _currentUp select 1, _currentUp select 2];
    };
    if (_currentUp select 1 != Stationary select 1) then {
      slingMove setVectorUp [_currentUp select 0, _currentUp select 1 + 1, _currentUp select 2];
    };
    if (_currentUp select 2 != Stationary select 2) then {
      slingMove setVectorUp [_currentUp select 0, _currentUp select 1, _currentUp select 2 + 1];
    };

I'm getting error type any, expected number on my third if statement, slingMove |#|setVectorUp Not sure why though, the first two work and its just a copy paste

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Making an object rotate basically

warm hedge May 15, 2020, 9:47 AM

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Maybe because _currentUp select X + Y considered as _currentUp select (X + Y)

still forum May 15, 2020, 9:58 AM

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Stationary = [23.256, 0.310, 1.582];
private _currentUp = vectorUp slingMove;
{
    if ((_currentUp select _forEachIndex) != (Stationary select _forEachIndex)) then {
        _currentUp set [_forEachIndex, (_currentUp select _forEachIndex) + 1];
    }
} forEach _currentUp;
slingMove setVectorUp _currentUp;

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But, vectorUp should be normalized, just adding +1 doesn't seem right

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:30 AM

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Can someone explain what is this syntax ?
_x >> "directory"

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:31 AM

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(config class) >> (config class or property)

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

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:38 AM

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Thanks Connor!

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@robust hollow I'm trying to use it, am I using it wrong?

CfgServerSettings >> General >> TestVar call BF_fnc_log;

class CfgServerSettings
{
    class General
    {
        TestVar = "BF Arma";
    };
};

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:43 AM

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configFile >> "CfgServerSettings" >> "General" >> "TestVar"

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:43 AM

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aww

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:43 AM

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or missionConfigFile if it is in the description ext

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:43 AM

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it's not, it's an addon

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:44 AM

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ok, so configFile is the one you want 👍

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:44 AM

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Okay

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I tried, it prints the variable name, not the value

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(TestVar)

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:44 AM

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wrap it in parenthesis

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:44 AM

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configFile >> "CfgServerSettings" >> "General" >> "TestVar" call BF_fnc_log;

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:45 AM

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or, you meanit is only logging the config path?

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:45 AM

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output:
TestVar

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:45 AM

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To output the full pathsqf (configFile >> "CfgServerSettings" >> "General" >> "TestVar") call BF_fnc_log;

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to output the property value (in this case)

getText(configFile >> "CfgServerSettings" >> "General" >> "TestVar") call BF_fnc_log;```

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:46 AM

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Oh

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is this the most common way to access class variables?

robust hollow May 15, 2020, 10:47 AM

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one way or another accessing any config data is done with >> or / (slower)

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read up on the commands in the additional information section of that wiki page i linked. it has most relevant config related commands.

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:47 AM

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Thanks

faint oasis May 15, 2020, 10:48 AM

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hit , i have a question ? how to use the ed-1d drone ? because i want to create a script when the ed-1d scan an object or units but the event handler hit part doesn't work so how to detect the laser ?

hazy trail May 15, 2020, 11:36 AM

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Detect the Fired event on the drone.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Fired

faint oasis May 15, 2020, 11:40 AM

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@hazy trail yes but it doesn't work for the laser only for the knife

sacred slate May 15, 2020, 2:13 PM

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is there a simple way to make the strider faster? would be great to get it as fast as the hatchback. is it possible to get the driving mechanics of the hatchback sport into the stabile chassis of the strider?

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 3:00 PM

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how to exclude server and some player in remoteExec? remoteExec ["CBA_fnc_notify", [-2, ? ];
-1 * (owner _player) ?

slim verge May 15, 2020, 3:15 PM

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@sacred slate, only if you create a config addon that overides the originaL CONFIG VALUES

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:21 PM

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@spiral fractal maybe [-2, -(owner _player)] yes

candid cape May 15, 2020, 3:26 PM

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Hi , anyone know how to make an sleep

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on an specific code ?

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:28 PM

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yes, use sleep

candid cape May 15, 2020, 3:28 PM

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what I have to do ?

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If ((side player == WEST) then { hint "Hi";
sleep 1;
}

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And it hint "Hi" avery 1 second?

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:30 PM

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nope. tell me what you want to do

candid cape May 15, 2020, 3:31 PM

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I want to do an script

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That if you are COP

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You will recive 5 exp

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:31 PM

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then check while and sleep yes

coarse sedge May 15, 2020, 3:31 PM

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Hello, I am reading about the Arma 3 equipping uniform restriction which prevents you to equip uniforms from the dead but you are still able to take items from it. I want to expend that restriction to vests and backpacks.

On the internet all I've found is how to remove the uniform restriction, nothing about expanding it. Any thoughts on this?

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:32 PM

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while { sleep 1; playerSide == west } do {
  _playerXP = _playerXP + 5;
};
```@candid cape

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by script? @coarse sedge

coarse sedge May 15, 2020, 3:34 PM

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Any means necessery

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Hopefully there is a simple way to do it 😅

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:35 PM

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you could use the https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#Take event handler and script to put the item back

but the ideal way would be config, if it is doable this way

candid cape May 15, 2020, 3:36 PM

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And, where I have to put it @winter rose ?

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On the init?

winter rose May 15, 2020, 3:37 PM

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@candid cape no, wherever you want technically
I guess you are coding for the L*fe framework, and I don't know their structure. You should ask in their Discord (which is linked in #channel_invites_list)

candid cape May 15, 2020, 3:45 PM

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Omg

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Thanks

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It's working

digital hollow May 15, 2020, 4:06 PM

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TIL you can press F1 in Debug Console for scripting help.

winter rose May 15, 2020, 4:07 PM

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and there is autocompletion, too

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(in-game doc is still less up-to-date than our beloved #community_wiki!) 😉

sacred slate May 15, 2020, 4:19 PM

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@slim verge thx. do you have any more syntax where to start, i am not a coder

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this is harsh to google.

sacred slate May 15, 2020, 5:17 PM

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ok for some quick boost i have now this:

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(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", { 
    params ["_displayorcontrol", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"]; 
    if (_key == 46 && {not (vehicle player == player)}) then { 
 _vehicle = car1; //your vehicle  
 _vel = velocity _vehicle; //current velocity of car1  
 _dir = direction _vehicle; //current direction of car1  
 _speed = 50; //how much you want to add speed for the vehicle  
 _vehicle limitSpeed 200; 
 _vehicle setVelocity [(_vel select 0)+(sin _dir*_speed),(_vel select 1)+ (cos _dir*_speed),(_vel select 2)]; 
    }; 
}];

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but changing a vehicle statical would be great 😄

shut shadow May 15, 2020, 5:56 PM

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If something like BIS_fnc_stalk is used with group player like on the wiki example, and there's multiple seperate player groups, what will happen?

winter rose May 15, 2020, 5:58 PM

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if the function is called on a dedicated server, nothing at all

sacred slate May 15, 2020, 6:41 PM

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how do i get the dikCode of my joystick or pad?

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this isn't working:

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waituntil {!(IsNull (findDisplay 46))};
_keyName = (findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["keyName", "hint str _this"];

still forum May 15, 2020, 6:50 PM

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You don't.. basically

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 6:54 PM

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is it possible to get [x,y,z] point on object that I aim at relative to object [0,0,0] point? I want to set positions for ACE menu items

steel fox May 15, 2020, 6:58 PM

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how do i get the dikCode of my joystick or pad?
@sacred slate
https://sqf.bisimulations.com/display/SQF/DIK+KeyCodes
There are no DIK codes for anything but keyboard keys.

still forum May 15, 2020, 6:58 PM

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lineIntersect + worldToModel + math

steel fox May 15, 2020, 6:58 PM

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☝️

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 7:02 PM

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bruteforce it is meowsweats

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 7:32 PM

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hmm is it possible that groundWeaponHolders blocks ACE interaction menu from showing on object that I set it on if they are between player and ACE menu object?

still forum May 15, 2020, 7:32 PM

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Think so ye

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 7:34 PM

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thonk wow everything fights against me in my scripting activities, is it possible to ignore this objects somehow?

steel fox May 15, 2020, 7:35 PM

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hmm is it possible that groundWeaponHolders blocks ACE interaction menu from showing on object that I set it on if they are between player and ACE menu object?
@spiral fractal I don't think that is what is happening, and object can't "block" the ace interaction menu

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The distance between you and the object you set the menu on is however important

spiral fractal May 15, 2020, 7:37 PM

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I set it to 6m and I have to get to 1m to see the menu, but I can see menu items above the objects from 6m

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when I set Y to -1 it seems to work

exotic tinsel May 15, 2020, 8:23 PM

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Arma is giving an error about using numbers in a string for an array and i dont know how to fix.
Here is the error message followed by the line of code.
16:13:27 Error in expression <b + [["name=Request Transport Vehicles", "priority=22", "permission=Squad Leade>
16:13:27 Error position: < "priority=22", "permission=Squad Leade>
16:13:27 Error Invalid number in expression

v_db = v_db + [["name=Request Transport Vehicles", "priority=22", "permission=Squad Leader", "parent=Main Menu", "parent=SquadLeader Options", "action=[] execVM 'hud_os\actions\action_request_transpo_vics.sqf';"]];

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im banging my head on desk now

winter rose May 15, 2020, 8:26 PM

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you may have an unclosed quote somewhere else

still forum May 15, 2020, 8:31 PM

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did you copy from BI forum?

exotic tinsel May 15, 2020, 8:32 PM

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oh i know what you guys are on about. ill find it. thanks i never thought it could be one of those damn characters. ill track it down.

winter rose May 15, 2020, 8:33 PM

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use an IDE that supports SQF syntax already!

prime trout May 15, 2020, 9:35 PM

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Please can someone correct my silly ways. I am using below in SP to open a menu that i created. However in MP it doesn't give the player the dialog option. I know I have missed something but I am unsure what.

player addAction["UNITAF Menu",
{
    execVM "openDialog.sqf";
}]; ```

winter rose May 15, 2020, 9:49 PM

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Where do you place this?

prime trout May 15, 2020, 9:49 PM

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in the initPlayerLocal.sqf

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@winter rose

winter rose May 15, 2020, 9:50 PM

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then it does
but if you have a respawnOnStart that "kills" your units, the action is on the corpse

prime trout May 15, 2020, 9:52 PM

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Gotcha

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Yeah removing that worked. So how would I get it to be on the player after respawn @winter rose

winter rose May 15, 2020, 9:53 PM

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you can use a respawn event handler 🙂

prime trout May 15, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Rgr will take a look! Ta

tough abyss May 15, 2020, 10:32 PM

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is there a way a script can detect if the player is holding a weapon and then change their faction back and forth according to that?

winter rose May 15, 2020, 10:35 PM

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yes, currentWeapon player != ""

marble basalt May 15, 2020, 10:49 PM

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how would you go about getting classnames of ammo classnames for vehicles

winter rose May 15, 2020, 11:05 PM

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do you want ammo or magazine config @marble basalt?

marble basalt May 15, 2020, 11:11 PM

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not sure the difference but im trying to remove the ammo from a vehicle

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like disableing rockets on helis

prime trout May 15, 2020, 11:12 PM

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@winter rose I did it like this ```sqf
(_this select 0) addEventHandler ["Respawn",{_this execVM "scripts\UTFN\AddActionOnSpawn.sqf"}];

winter rose May 15, 2020, 11:12 PM

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Perfect, that's the spirit! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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@marble basalt removeAllWeapons, removeMagazines, removeMagazinesTurret…or edit the helicopter pylons in Eden

prime trout May 15, 2020, 11:16 PM

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Then ref above I the sqf I call is this https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/710968616312504352

No worries thank you for pointing me in the right direction 🙂

prime trout May 16, 2020, 12:41 AM

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Trying to get a script to run only if a player is in a area from my GUI.

I have placed an area and set its name to 'getdata'

then I am trying to only allow the button to work if they are inside that area.

_data = getdata;
_playerIsInside = player inArea _data;

if (_playerIsInside){

_thisPlayer = _this select 0;
onMouseButtonClick = [player, "scripts\UTFN\fn_Server_getUnit.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", 2];
};

false

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:41 AM

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@prime trout by area, you mean marker, or trigger?

prime trout May 16, 2020, 12:42 AM

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@winter rose I have a marker down

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is it easer to do with a trigger?

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:43 AM

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same with inArea

but if you named your marker "getData", you should use a string "getData", e.g ```sqf
player inArea "getData";

prime trout May 16, 2020, 12:45 AM

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Like this @winter rose ```sqf
_playerIsInside = player inArea "getData";

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:45 AM

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yep

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also, always private your local variables

prime trout May 16, 2020, 12:53 AM

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Wonderful! Will try now. Thank you. I haven't learnt 'private' yet.

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:55 AM

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See this freshly refreshed fresh page:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Local_Variables_Scope
and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/private can be fine too 😉

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 12:55 AM

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if (_playerIsInside){ also dont forget your thens

prime trout May 16, 2020, 1:01 AM

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It works! Woop. Thank you @robust hollow missed that. Must have deleted by accident.

@winter rose Thank you very much, will take a look in tooooo!

spiral fractal May 16, 2020, 2:42 AM

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how to useremoteExec function inside ACE interaction menu condition ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction?

molten roost May 16, 2020, 4:16 AM

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What's a dedicated server friendly way of teleporting players? setPos does not work (when ran on server at least).

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 4:17 AM

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it should work... are you sure you are giving it the correct object argument?

molten roost May 16, 2020, 4:17 AM

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yeah, one moment i'll put the code snippet here

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        _spawnPos = [CrashPos, 1, 25, 3, 0, 20, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
        player setPos _spawnPos;
        {
            if (!isPlayer _x) then {
                deleteVehicle _x;
            };
        } forEach units grp;
    }
    else
    {
        {
            _spawnPos = [CrashPos, 1, 150, 3, 0, 20, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
            _x setPos _spawnPos;
        } forEach units grp;
    };```

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 4:18 AM

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player wont work on a dedicated server

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a ds has no player

molten roost May 16, 2020, 4:18 AM

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there is no "player"

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 4:18 AM

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player setPos _spawnPos;

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is grp defined on the server?

molten roost May 16, 2020, 4:18 AM

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ah i skimmed right over that, thought i took that out

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its a variable in the group attributes

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let me fix the player thing then try again

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Still will not teleport players. When _playercount > 1 it will teleport all the ai in the group, but not the players. I have it in initserver currently, do i need to do the player teleport in init?

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Code looks like this now for reference if (_playercount == 1) then { // Deletes extra units if played in SP { if (isPlayer _x) then { _spawnPos = [CrashPos, 1, 25, 3, 0, 20, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos; _x setPos _spawnPos; } else { deleteVehicle _x; }; } forEach units grp; } else // Keeps slots open for JIP if Multiplayer { { _spawnPos = [CrashPos, 1, 150, 3, 0, 20, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos; _x setPos _spawnPos; } forEach units grp; };

crude needle May 16, 2020, 4:44 AM

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@molten roost Try delaying it with a sleep or waitUntil. Also, should use !multiplayer to check if singleplayer. Can also log the units grp to see if the players are inside or use a different flavor of setPos.

molten roost May 16, 2020, 4:45 AM

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oh didnt know i could use !multiplayer, i'll do that, thanks!

zinc sorrel May 16, 2020, 5:04 AM

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how would one get the ai to find a safe spot behind a object? trying to implement ai dragging wounded to cover

light shale May 16, 2020, 5:46 AM

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is there any way to edit code while in game, such as a recompile of a script. i found this command but im not how its used [] call BIS_fnc_recompile;

exotic tinsel May 16, 2020, 6:14 AM

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@winter rose it was a special character that got copied over in the section for priority. i use Visual Studio Code with all the sqf addons.

tough abyss May 16, 2020, 7:39 AM

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Hi, are there "structs" in SQF ? similar to struct in C ?

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Or objects that I can initiate at runtime with properties?

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Or are there hashes/dictionaries?

thorn saffron May 16, 2020, 8:16 AM

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How do you detect editor placed static objects like houses, trees and such around player? They are not picked up by the nearestObjects nor nearestTerrainObjects commands

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wait, they are, but under "House" it seems

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basically they are picked up when no filter is applied. With makes it kinda wonky as no filter search picks up stuff like bees, footprints and such

still forum May 16, 2020, 8:47 AM

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@tough abyss no, setVariable, no... well a namespace is a hash

finite sail May 16, 2020, 8:56 AM

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How do you detect editor placed static objects like houses, trees and such around player? They are not picked up by the nearestObjects nor nearestTerrainObjects commands
@thorn saffron editor placed things are entities, so try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/nearEntities and

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

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also, nearestbuilding and nearroads might be useful to you, depending on what you want to do

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:22 AM

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long shot before I start to dabble..
This post doesnt define if used in an SP environment or MP
Query: Is it possible to have an external link from the briefing, eg toi a web page.
If I get a dont know or yes, will dabble
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/169501-link-to-website-in-briefing/?do=findComment&comment=3277456

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needed for MP environment

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overall aim to get an auto join teamspeak link eg ts3server://teamspeak.zeus-community.net

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:46 AM

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F*** Me it works in sp environment autostarts ts if installed and joined me to my ts server, now foir an mp test

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wow..... this works in mp

winter rose May 16, 2020, 11:53 AM

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no reason not to 😉

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:53 AM

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they didnt used to allow external links and there aint many server admins that know this works

winter rose May 16, 2020, 11:54 AM

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yep, you cannot do a <a href=""> the usual way

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:54 AM

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so this works via a class in a button... is there a way to have this working in a briefing with executecode rather than via a button class ?

winter rose May 16, 2020, 11:55 AM

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you mean, automatically?

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or a "normal" link

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:55 AM

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well you know the execute expression code

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something to be clicked on like the link button

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so not auto no, via user interaction

winter rose May 16, 2020, 11:56 AM

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hmm while I think of if, maybe ctrlCreate a button out of sight, process a click on it (if doable?), delete the button 🤔

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:57 AM

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i have an auto inject serverside addon that spiels out a load of stuff on the briefing, to add an auto join ts link would be a leap ahead in helpfulness

winter rose May 16, 2020, 11:58 AM

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offside question, does it make Arma lose focus?

slim verge May 16, 2020, 11:58 AM

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no well. i have multi monitors and am in fullscreen mode

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so time to dabble a lot

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am failing to find anything reasonable to explain <execute expression= **************</execute> is their a comref link anywhere that explains it ?

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:13 PM

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comref
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createDiaryLink
plain sqf

wet shadow May 16, 2020, 12:13 PM

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Anyone here with experience of BIS_fnc_initVehicle in a dedicated environment? My testings seems to indicate that the animation sources are properly transmitted to all clients but the vehicle texture set by this function is local to the machine that created the vehicle (with the function in its init)

slim verge May 16, 2020, 12:14 PM

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thx for the link Lou but already have that was looking at a set of params for it eg something i could use to pass a URL,

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:14 PM

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nope, that's just code

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@wet shadow I am not sure about createVehicle'd object's locality, indeed
as this function takes a local vehicle as param…

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if by testing you get to know if createVehicle makes the vehicle local to the machine that called it, I can update the wiki

wet shadow May 16, 2020, 12:30 PM

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@winter rose You are correct, createVehicle does result in the object being local to the machine that executed that code as far as I can determine.

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But I am still baffeled why the BIS_fnc_initVehicle is able to propagate the animation changes but not the vehicle textures.

winter rose May 16, 2020, 12:32 PM

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I would guess because animation-related commands are global, therefore everything is sync'ed

sharp peak May 16, 2020, 1:08 PM

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Any way to disable group chat specificly?
enableChannel cant do it, and same for Description.ext's disableChannels[]

wet shadow May 16, 2020, 1:22 PM

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@sharp peak You can disable it in your servers server.cfg

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I am currently running this:

disableChannels[]={{0,FALSE,FALSE},{1,FALSE,FALSE},{2,true,truE},{3,FALSE,FALSE},{4,FALSE,FALSE},{5,FALSE,FALSE}};

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 1:23 PM

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is that really a server.cfg thing? thought it was only description.ext

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yep, there it is on the wiki 😲

sharp peak May 16, 2020, 1:26 PM

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I see, will try it, hope it works better than in Description.ext

winter rose May 16, 2020, 1:29 PM

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@sharp peak there is an issue that it doesn't apply to JIP players

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a workaround is using the related scripting command

sharp peak May 16, 2020, 1:30 PM

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wahts a JIP player?

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Somebody who joins after mission start?

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 1:30 PM

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yea

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"join in progress"

sharp peak May 16, 2020, 1:30 PM

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makes sence, thx too all

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 1:32 PM

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check the first comment here for a script you would run on player join to apply the disableChannels settings
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T117205

winter rose May 16, 2020, 1:33 PM

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was about to post that 😄 stahp ninja'ing meh!!

tough abyss May 16, 2020, 2:43 PM

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Is there any way to not let players join until some variable is True ?

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(using a servermod)

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if I delay init.sqf on mission folder, it still loads the player in

robust hollow May 16, 2020, 2:48 PM

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usually you would cover their screen when they load in and let them see again once the mission is ready to go. i cant think of a way to temporarily prevent players in the lobby from loading in.

queen cargo May 16, 2020, 2:50 PM

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Just why @tough abyss

winter rose May 16, 2020, 2:55 PM

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you can alway remoteExec endMission to them

tough abyss May 16, 2020, 4:00 PM

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Okay, thanks @robust hollow

tough abyss May 16, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Is someone using ExtDB3 here?

rough heart May 16, 2020, 5:45 PM

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Yeh why

tough abyss May 16, 2020, 6:06 PM

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@rough heart I'm using SQL_CUSTOM, with my own INI, but I can't get the protocol to always return strings (using TEXT definition)

modern adder May 16, 2020, 6:32 PM

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Hi lads, do you reckon it's possible to execute playSound for one player?

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If so, how?

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As in, I'd like to have a sound playing for one player, but not the other

spiral fractal May 16, 2020, 6:41 PM

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

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second parameter will execute the command on specific machine, server is 2 etc, 0 - everyone

modern adder May 16, 2020, 6:42 PM

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Thanks

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I suspected that remoteexec may be involved

spiral fractal May 16, 2020, 6:43 PM

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also there is remoteExecCall but I still dont understand when to use what 😄

vivid monolith May 16, 2020, 6:47 PM

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How do I put where a medic drags a wounded soldier and 2 riflemen are providing covering fire?

remote pendant May 16, 2020, 6:58 PM

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[_logic,_display,_sideBars] spawn {
disableserialization;
_logic = _this select 0;
_display = _this select 1;
_sideBars = _this select 2;

        waituntil {!isnull curatorcamera && !([] call bis_fnc_isLoading)};

Does anyone know what this is for?⬆️

nocturne bluff May 16, 2020, 7:04 PM

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its some code

remote pendant May 16, 2020, 7:11 PM

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yeah, but I would like to know what it does, since I get an error from this.

modern adder May 16, 2020, 7:23 PM

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Also, is there any way to make the addon builder include subdirectories?

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Or do I just have to use pbo manager?

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As I have a scripts folder which I'm trying to include within my pbo

rough heart May 16, 2020, 7:35 PM

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@tough abyss what exactly are you coding? Show me what you are trying...

oblique arrow May 16, 2020, 8:01 PM

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No crossposting please @remote pendant

modern adder May 16, 2020, 8:07 PM

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@remote pendant Looks like you're missing a closing bracket

sacred slate May 16, 2020, 9:00 PM

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how to assign all tasks to the player after teamswitch?

spiral fractal May 16, 2020, 10:36 PM

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someone know how to use the 5th parameter in ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction (5: Insert children code <CODE> (Optional)) https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/interactionMenu-framework.html#31-fnc_createaction

steel fox May 16, 2020, 10:46 PM

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You can use that to createSub action i believe

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Just pass it an empty {}, if you don't need it

spiral fractal May 16, 2020, 10:52 PM

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there is not enough info in ACE wiki, right now I add sub actions when I call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject and pass the _action, but I have to get array from server and find value in it, if I add this code to action it will get array from server for each one, I want to get the array once and use it in every child condition check

steel fox May 16, 2020, 11:40 PM

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You could do something like this:

Private _fnc_childrenActions = {
  private _customParams = _this select 2;
  private _theArray;//Provide code to retrieve server array
  _customParams apply {_x set [6, _theArray]};
};

This function would be put into the "Insert children code" spot.
And the parameters you pass your action would be an array of actions you want to display as children to this action.

The code simply sets the parameter array of every child action to the array you would want to get from the server.

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@spiral fractal

spiral fractal May 16, 2020, 11:59 PM

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in 3.6 Advanced Example there is an example of something similar to what I need, but I decided to leave this option for the next update...
for now I have to check if my code works correctly
what is the fastest way to get some unique detail about player that will also allow to find the player by it and will remain after player respawn?

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is there something other than getPlayerUID ?

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if I use owner what happens when player disconnects? joining player can get the same owner id the player who left?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 12:07 AM

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no

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if ownerID 3 leaves. ownerID 3 isnt used again. at least that how it was when i last worked with it

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 12:09 AM

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hmm, so I can use owner id, is it related to allPlayers position?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 12:10 AM

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no. it is related to the next available increment when they connected.

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yea just tested, first connection i was owner 4, second connection i was owner 5.

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 12:14 AM

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you connected twice or reconnected?

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you use owner player?

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I have 0 both times, I think I should use clientOwner instead

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 12:58 AM

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reconnected. this is on a dedicated server environ tho

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yea owner command only works on server. clientOwner is how the player can get their own owner id.

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 1:21 AM

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is it possible to get the player by owner id? for example if server gets id 4, how can I find the player with that id?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 1:25 AM

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https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/708655343877750845

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you'd run that snippet on the server though.

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to do it on a client you would need to somehow globally associate each client with their owner id so other clients can see which id belongs to which player.

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 1:28 AM

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I will check this code now, Thank you!

short sparrow May 17, 2020, 4:00 AM

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Hi, Im doing a really heavy mission (size) and I want to play a intro (cinematic intro). I've some troubles playing the intro in the right time. When the player click "Continue" on briefing (playing on multiplayer) it get stuck on a loading screen for several seconds and when the loading screen ends the intro its already playing. I've tried using time > 0, getClientStateNumber >= 10. Some ideas? Thanks

unique sundial May 17, 2020, 6:49 AM

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Have you tried running your intro from PreloadFinished EH? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#PreloadFinished

addMissionEventHandler

round scroll May 17, 2020, 12:22 PM

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can I add my own event handlers for stuff like 'plane in catapult', 'plane cat shoots' and so forth for the Nimitz? Right now the number of if's and the whole launch and arrest(recovery) scripts are a bit messy

warm hedge May 17, 2020, 12:26 PM

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Maybe BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler and such functions?

short sparrow May 17, 2020, 12:59 PM

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Have you tried running your intro from PreloadFinished EH? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#PreloadFinished
@unique sundial
it worked !! Thank you!

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 1:13 PM

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surfaceType getPosASL player in building returns "#GdtDirt" how can I fix it?

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I tried postition, getPos, getPosATL same results

young current May 17, 2020, 1:39 PM

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What are you expecting?

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 1:44 PM

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maybe at least floor_inside?

winter rose May 17, 2020, 1:45 PM

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(I updated the wiki page)

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it takes a 2D position, so floor is most likely the terrain surface

exotic flax May 17, 2020, 1:46 PM

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surfacetype will only return the terrain type, without taking in account buildings or decals (eg roads)

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 1:46 PM

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ah I misunderstood the

or Position3D in which case Z will be ignored

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that is nice 😐 so this function is pretty much useless right? I mean how would I ever get it to show surf_rooftiles for example?

winter rose May 17, 2020, 1:55 PM

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magic

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@spiral fractal you can find out with```sqf
onEachFrame {
hintSilent format ["ASL: %1\nATL: %2", surfaceType getPosASL player, surfaceType getPosATL player];
};

finite sail May 17, 2020, 2:00 PM

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I'm pretty sure surfaceType is a 2d function

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altitude is ignored

winter rose May 17, 2020, 2:00 PM

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yep

finite sail May 17, 2020, 2:01 PM

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I wouldn't rely on it too much either.. you'll find it returning things like dirt even when youre on a runway

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 2:01 PM

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no, this code only show the ground surface

winter rose May 17, 2020, 2:02 PM

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how would I ever get it to show surf_rooftiles
that's ↑ to what I replied

finite sail May 17, 2020, 2:02 PM

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yep

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also, don't expect comparable results when using the command on different maps

winter rose May 17, 2020, 2:03 PM

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who knows, maybe Arma 3 introduced a 2D/3D change ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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(I wouldn't count on it much)

finite sail May 17, 2020, 2:03 PM

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one map, can't remember which has loads of 'reddirt' while another had none

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 2:03 PM

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I dont understand, your code show the same result 2 times because Z is ignored

winter rose May 17, 2020, 2:04 PM

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It is "to be sure there is no difference"

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 2:04 PM

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oh I am sure...

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I tried almost every position function even eyePos 😄

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is it was that hard to make it check Z?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 2:06 PM

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@spiral fractal , I haven't read up and don't know what you're trying to do, but when I tried to use surfaceType as a helper for mission dynamics, I ended up using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectBestPlaces instead

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and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getEnvSoundController

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 2:09 PM

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I am planning to add onEachFrame to player if he has ghillie suit, and is prone on the ground to set his CamouflageCoef to 0

finite sail May 17, 2020, 2:09 PM

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ah ok

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getenvsoundcontroller might help, its something I use a lot

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You're specifically looking for long grass though, presumably

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*pulls up getenv ~ wiki page. sees own username in notes section

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 2:22 PM

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this function may come in handy

neon snow May 17, 2020, 2:40 PM

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How could I get animation state for pylon weapon?

winter rose May 17, 2020, 2:55 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/animationSourcePhase maybe, with the animation source name

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see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/animationNames to get some animation names (not always the same as animation sources)

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@neon snow ↑

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 3:00 PM

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how can caller get result from remoteExec / remoteExecCall? called function return boolean

short sparrow May 17, 2020, 3:09 PM

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Hi, I want to execute some code to prevent AI move when a player disconnects from server. If I put 'this disableAI "Move";' on the init of each playable unit it works. But I don't want to do it that way. I want to do it in some script file, so when I add some new playable unit it will add this feature automatically. I tried to execute the same line in init.sqf, initServer.sqf, initPlayerLocal.sqf, initPlayerServer.sqf and it didn't work on any of those, I also tried to use eventHanddles but I don't know which event its the right one and where it has to execute, thanks

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:32 PM

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Anyone here with a windows or linux (32bit) server who can run
diag_log ["ROAds", count ([worldSize/2,worldSize/2] nearRoads 2000)]; on stratis on their server and give me the result?
Should be either 1190 or 1203... I get 1203 on windows client, not sure if thats supposed to be same on server or if 1190 is the number for server as it has different data.

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:38 PM

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@still forum , I've got a windows 64b server here, can I help?

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:38 PM

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yes

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just run it and give me the number :3

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:38 PM

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ok, wait 1

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1203

unique sundial May 17, 2020, 3:42 PM

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@spiral fractal make function send back the result to sender same way you called remote function

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 3:44 PM

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yes I found reddit post and Adanteh suggested to run remoteExec with caller id inside the remoteExec, so I am changing my code now

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:44 PM

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Aww... I hoped it to be 1190 😢

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:45 PM

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its 1203 on both server and client

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:45 PM

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17:30:53 nearRoads 16384 98694 1634 57534
17:30:15 nearRoads 16384 98683 1621 57522
Yeah.. linux x64 is still missing 13 roads... Well atleast its not missing over 1000 anymore 😄 🙃

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:45 PM

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how strange

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may or may not be relevent...

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:46 PM

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now I need to test on 32bit linux server, I'll do that myself instead of waiting 😄

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:46 PM

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nearroads returns some runway peices

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but some runway pieces return false for isonroad

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 3:47 PM

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is it possible to "fix" surfaceType function?

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:47 PM

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whats broken?

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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its not checking Z

warm hedge May 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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...Why?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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im not sure that counts as broken

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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no, there is only one terrain under your feet, no need to check z

finite sail May 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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yep

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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17:48:13 ["ROAds",1203] on linux32 bit daaang... I thought I was done...

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 3:49 PM

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idk when I read "surfaceType" I think about surface under something, so if I pass player pos I except to get surface that he is standing on

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:50 PM

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it grabs the terrain material, and thats intended

warm hedge May 17, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Better make it more clear on BIKI?

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:50 PM

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same for surfaceIsWater, surfaceGetNormal, surfaceTexture

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 3:51 PM

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no, better add parameter to it to allow it

warm hedge May 17, 2020, 3:51 PM

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I don't think that's a good idea

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Make another command is better to make it compatible with older functions

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(If there's even chance)

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:52 PM

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The command implementation can only read terrain, making a line intersect on any nearby objects and trying to find that and getting the exact face and its material and parsing that.. noooo. Won't happen. That'd be a completely new implementation of that command

unique sundial May 17, 2020, 3:54 PM

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surfaceNormal*

still forum May 17, 2020, 3:55 PM

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Ah, read the wrong column

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:11 PM

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when vehicle drowns, it becomes wreck but it seems that killed event not fire, is it true?

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is it because the setDamage command executed with false as second parameter when it happens?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:18 PM

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I think that observed behaviour predates the introduction of that parameter

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:21 PM

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is it possible to fix it somehow?

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make event fire?

still forum May 17, 2020, 4:24 PM

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I don't think the engine executes script commands internally when killing a vehicle
Sounds like a bug that should have a feedback tracker ticket

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:34 PM

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Hey guys, is there a way to determine the player covered distance in meters?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:36 PM

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There's another weird 'vehicle gets wet bug'. If a vec gets deep in water but is able to drive out, if the driver gets out and back in, the vehicle will behave as though the engine is killed, although the indicator doesnt show red

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other players can get in the vec and drive it as normal, but the player who dunked it cant

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:38 PM

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nice 😐
I am not skilled enough to test it to be 100% sure its a bug... maybe its something in the mission file that I edit, but that is what I saw

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:39 PM

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to me, what you are describing sounds game related rather than mission related

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:39 PM

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and it wasn't reported before?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:40 PM

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ive never searched for reports of it

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*searches own mission folder

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it seems I knew about it, as my mission has a workaround

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:41 PM

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what is the workaround?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:41 PM

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periodically, i check the health and ASL of my two main mission vecs

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if they are damaged and underwater, i execute a vehicle died script

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tbh, i rarely use kiiled EH on vehicles anyway

winter rose May 17, 2020, 4:42 PM

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@fast harness you could add a loop that every second check the player's distance from the earlier second's save position

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:42 PM

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I thought about it but I wanted to use event instead

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:43 PM

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@winter rose Can you guess, how that affects the performance? 😄

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:43 PM

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you want something like pedometer?

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:43 PM

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Yep

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:43 PM

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negligible, @fast harness unless you have a million players

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:43 PM

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Sounds pretty good 🙂

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Thank you

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:44 PM

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will this be MP?

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:45 PM

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Yep

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:45 PM

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you need to decide if you are going to do it client or server side

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:46 PM

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server side, because the values are passed to a extension

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:46 PM

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yep, good reasoning

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:47 PM

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if it run on client it will affect server?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:47 PM

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no

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:47 PM

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So I can initiate a SQF thread per user or maybe a single thread which foreaches all players?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

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yes, should be OK unless theres other stuff you havent mentioned

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

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Not at the moment 🙂

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

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don't blame me when server gets 3 fps, lol

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blame @still forum , obvs

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

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😄 Sure, I'll do it...

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

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I think its best to make client do as much work as possible

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:49 PM

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it depends....

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:49 PM

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Yeah, but then I must handle a lot of publicVariables

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:49 PM

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depends what you want to do with that value

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:49 PM

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store them in a redis database

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:50 PM

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ah you want to do something like dayz stats has?

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:50 PM

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yep

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:50 PM

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as a general rule, if its today with mission assets or enemy AI, do it on server

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:50 PM

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then send the total value to server on player disconnect once

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:51 PM

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My Idea is a rvextension, which spawn a seperate thread which takes control over the data i/o.. in the mission i make simple value calls to this extension

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:51 PM

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thats way above my paygrade, so I'll keep quiet 🙂

fast harness May 17, 2020, 4:52 PM

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But I'm not so famillar with SQF handling at the moment 😄

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:52 PM

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i first learnt COBOL and then SQF. I'm not sure which is the most fit for purpose yet

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yes, i am old

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 4:54 PM

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I think getting the total value when player disconnects will be the optimal way to do it

finite sail May 17, 2020, 4:55 PM

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oh wait, news just in... CP/M was the first code I actually wrote with any skill

fast harness May 17, 2020, 5:00 PM

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Oh.. cobol is hunting me...

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A lot of our IT workloads are running with 16 bit COBOL tools... lot of migration fun

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:05 PM

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Little lost here.

 { 
  doStop _x; 
 }forEach units this; 
 waitUntil { 
  behaviour leader this == "COMBAT"; 
 }; 
 { 
  _x doFollow leader this; 
 }forEach units this; 
};```
Getting generic error in expression `behaviour leader this |#|== "COMBAT";`

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in composition init ^

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 5:10 PM

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maybe you have to add ( ): behaviour (leader this) == "COMBAT";

still forum May 17, 2020, 5:13 PM

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no

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unary commands always take precedence

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I'd say the posted error message is not the complete message

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:19 PM

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https://gyazo.com/c42231bc68e6a175f9d58cab643682e6

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this is all i've got

crude needle May 17, 2020, 5:20 PM

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Is it for sure scheduled?

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Not sure where "composition init" is at.

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:21 PM

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im pretty sure it is, { doStop _x; }forEach units this; works fine in the init

crude needle May 17, 2020, 5:21 PM

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Oh wait, you're using this.

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That's unscheduled.

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Wrap it all in a [] spawn {}.

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:22 PM

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Will do

still forum May 17, 2020, 5:23 PM

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this spawn {
{
doStop _x;
}forEach units _this;
}
replace with _this inside the spawn

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:37 PM

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okay, that mostly worked. How do i get the leader of a group in this scenario?

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getting this now https://gyazo.com/c2d38813b91f738bd09535e0228fabea

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tried a few different things, cant seem to get it

still forum May 17, 2020, 5:44 PM

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huh

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send your whole code please

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:46 PM

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[] spawn {
 { 
  doStop _x; 
 }forEach _this; 
 waitUntil { 
  behaviour (leader _this) == "COMBAT"; 
 }; 
 { 
  _x doFollow leader _this; 
 }forEach _this; 
};
};```

still forum May 17, 2020, 5:46 PM

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thats not what I sent

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Me:

this spawn {
You:
[] spawn {

molten roost May 17, 2020, 5:46 PM

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OH

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yeah that worked, thanks 😂

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sorry im new to this, learning 😄

winter rose May 17, 2020, 5:53 PM

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Hi new to this, I'm dad!

crisp cairn May 17, 2020, 6:27 PM

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Hello All, I am wondering what is the best way to measure a unit travelling 100m or more, I have been messing with a few snippets and been unable to find the solution

hoary saddle May 17, 2020, 6:28 PM

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hey guys, trying to find a script that allows people to respawn with their full load out, not what they died with, but the number of mags, nades, AT whatever their initial loadout has. any suggestions?

winter rose May 17, 2020, 6:30 PM

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@crisp cairn 100m from the starting point or 100m total walking distance?

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 6:33 PM

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maybe you can use trigger

crisp cairn May 17, 2020, 6:38 PM

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Total walking

winter rose May 17, 2020, 6:40 PM

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you would have to loop, something like this:

private _distance = 0;
private _oldPos = getPosATL player;
while { sleep 1; _distance < 100 } do {
  private _newPos = getPosATL player;
  _distance = _distance + (_previousPos distance _newPos);
  _oldPos = _newPos;
};
hint "you walked 100m!";

crisp cairn May 17, 2020, 6:41 PM

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Thanks mate, appricate it

tough abyss May 17, 2020, 8:23 PM

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Hey, how can I create a GUI that just stays in the background (the player does see it) at the bottom right corner of the screen, yet the player will still be able to play?

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sort of like to display players stats

astral dawn May 17, 2020, 8:29 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cutRsc does that
also #arma3_gui

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🤔 or you can just ctrlCreate at mission display I think

fast harness May 17, 2020, 8:41 PM

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setTimemultiplier... which factor does it have ? Tick*Multiplier?

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or seconds * multiplier ?

finite sail May 17, 2020, 9:18 PM

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does it matter?

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unless I'm fundamentally misunderstanding the concept, settimemuliplier 2 will double speed regardless of whether its doubling ticks or seconds

winter rose May 17, 2020, 9:45 PM

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it's in-game time multiplier, period.

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It is even written here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTimeMultiplier

fast harness May 17, 2020, 9:47 PM

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ty

unborn ether May 17, 2020, 10:15 PM

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configSourceMod (configfile >> "CfgWeapons" >> "arifle_AK12_F") // "enoch"

Which is Contact DLC, however this is expansion asset (Apex)

getText (configfile >> "CfgWeapons" >> "arifle_AK12_F" >> "DLC") // ""

What?

configSourceMod (configfile >> "CfgWeapons" >> "arifle_MXC_F"); // "enoch"

However belongs to "A3_Weapons_F_Rifles_MX" addon which is vanilla A3 content

BIS Consistency ™
Have a nice day

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:19 PM

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

Returns modDir of the mod that given config class was loaded from.
maybe one overrides the other

it is not a "mod asset" command

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getAssetDLCInfo
might be what you are looking for, but it is not on release yet

unborn ether May 17, 2020, 10:23 PM

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So I'm wondering for "arifle_AK12_F" in particular. This is Apex content (expansion mod). However it has no config value of DLC it belongs to. How do you properly define that? Create a damn simple object of weapon model and getObjectDLC it?

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:24 PM

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Perhaps
POLPOX did something for the https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_DLC_Restrictions page, the script is at the end of it

round scroll May 17, 2020, 10:31 PM

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thanks to the pointer to the scripted Event Handlers, guess I will restructure the Nimitz catapult and recover functions to make use of it. This is my very basic sample code for it, if there's more to it let me know: https://sqfbin.com/eseroyerasidihetuyuy

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:31 PM

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how to assign all tasks again to the player after teamswitch to a different squad?

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:36 PM

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if I run this code in CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler:
_pos = getPosATL player;
and I use _pos value 3 times, will it be faster than calling getPosATL 3 times?
_pos will be created and deleted on every tick?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:36 PM

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not by much, but most likely yes

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:37 PM

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@sacred slate you can just add the tasks to all the potential units

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:37 PM

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because it is just returning the variable value instead of doign all the work to return the position every time.

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as a general rule if I use something more than once, i assign it to a variable.

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:38 PM

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I thought so, and _pos itself, will be created and deleted on each iteration right? is it possible to keep it?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:38 PM

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set it as a global variable

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:39 PM

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pos?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:40 PM

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as a global variable you would want some prefixes on it. alternatively you can set the variable to a namespace just for that perframe event.

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you can do it however you like, just as long as it is saved somewhere that isnt wiped when the perframe event script ends

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:41 PM

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if I pass it as argument to the handler, and change its value inside will it work?

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:41 PM

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@winter rose units get spawned mid game too

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:41 PM

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that would be the same as defining it locally on every execution wouldnt it?

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:42 PM

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@sacred slate ouch
well, no easy way I'm afraid

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:42 PM

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the pos argument would be what it was when you added the event (unless cba perframe events allow updating the event args for next execution)

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM

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ok thx, i thought about a simple snipped.

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM

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ah ok

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:43 PM

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but i can live without too

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:46 PM

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is there wiki page or something where I can see list of function benchmarks, except the Code Optimisation page?

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:47 PM

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you can benchmark yourself with diag_codePerformance

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:47 PM

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or the bottom-left button of the Debug Console, too

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:47 PM

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does that use the command now or is it still on the old function version?

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it uses the command, very cool 👍

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:50 PM

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I saw that button but last time I clicked it my game crashed so I never used it after that 😔

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:51 PM

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just make sure the code your benchmarking is unscheduled and you'll be fine 👌

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:51 PM

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right now it shows : 0.0178ms

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:53 PM

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for 10k iterations

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:53 PM

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oh oh, I think it was registering the handler every time

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 10:53 PM

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👀

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:54 PM

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if you do```sqf
player addEventHandler ["Hit", {}];

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:54 PM

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i pressed it like 10 times 😄

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:55 PM

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is this correct? if yes, where should i place it. i had it in the init. onTeamSwitch {[_from, _to] execVM "test.sqf";};

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:55 PM

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it would be better to add a mission EH @sacred slate

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:56 PM

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i am lucky to understand, that means mission event handle.

winter rose May 17, 2020, 10:56 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#TeamSwitch ```sqf
addMissionEventHandler ["TeamSwitch", {}];

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 10:56 PM

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cool! thx

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and this goes anywhere into the init? 😄

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or can it be some where else

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any other exec'ed sqf's for example

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 10:59 PM

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I will benchmark my code to make it as fast as possible,
if I use exitWith will it be faster than nested if ?
I have 3+ checks at the top of the file, each one will exitWith

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 11:01 PM

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3 if exitwith, 1 if lazy eval exit with. nested ifs. dont think it makes a noticeable difference if the checks are light.

spiral fractal May 17, 2020, 11:01 PM

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ok, Thank you!

winter rose May 17, 2020, 11:03 PM

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@sacred slate depends on what you want ¯_(ツ)_/¯

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 11:03 PM

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when it comes to simpler stuff you may consider readability over optimisation.

winter rose May 17, 2020, 11:03 PM

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@sacred slate if it is a local-run script, init.sqf yes

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 11:12 PM

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is there a: selectPlayer next? you even have a hotkey for that but i can't find anything.

winter rose May 17, 2020, 11:14 PM

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in ArmA, it was Y/U/I iirc
there might be a key for that, just unassigned

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 11:14 PM

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yeah, but i need that as a script.

winter rose May 17, 2020, 11:14 PM

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a combination of selectPlayer, find and playableUnits should do

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 11:15 PM

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oke leme google a week. thx

#

its frustating when you even can't find the syntax

winter rose May 17, 2020, 11:15 PM

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the syntax of…?

sacred slate May 17, 2020, 11:16 PM

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anything 😄

robust hollow May 17, 2020, 11:16 PM

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there is an entire wiki 🤔

winter rose May 17, 2020, 11:16 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectPlayer
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/find
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playableUnits
↑ syntaxes!

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3
↑ syyyyyyntaaaaaaxes! 😄

steel fox May 18, 2020, 12:13 AM

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its frustating when you even can't find the syntax
What

sacred slate May 18, 2020, 12:36 AM

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selectplayer next; there is even a hotkey for that action (switch next unit)

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 12:54 AM

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what happens to the CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler when player respawn?

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 1:02 AM

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Nothing. It's there.

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 1:06 AM

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on dead unit?

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I have to remove it?

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 1:07 AM

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What, no. Pfh is not related to unit at all if you added it will be running until removed.

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If you mean that you added it with reference to player unit it will hold that reference.

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It will be the corpse or objNull if corpse was removed.

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You have access to pfh ID inside it.

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Do !alive _unit check and remove it if you need to stop it.

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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can I do it inside the PFH?

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 1:09 AM

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You have access to pfh ID inside it.
Yes

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 1:11 AM

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_this call CBA_fnc_removePerFrameHandler; inside will work?

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 1:12 AM

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No, read PFH documentation

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:12 AM

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according to the documentation of CBA not: https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/common/fnc_removePerFrameHandler-sqf.html

sage flume May 18, 2020, 1:12 AM

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I've placed a smoke module, a few, and I'm wondering if it's possible to replace that data with the "billboard" code/

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sorry to butt in

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 1:13 AM

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_this ARRAY
 0: _args - Parameters passed by this function.  Same as ‘_args’ above.  <ANY>
1: _handle - A number representing the handle of the function.  Same as ‘_handle’ returned by this function.  <NUMBER>

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 1:41 AM

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and in MP environment, I cant use player inside the PFH, I have to pass the player as argument?

robust hollow May 18, 2020, 1:42 AM

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you can use player if the event is running on a client.

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 2:33 AM

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hmm, how is it possible? I do separate test for each line in editor debug console:

private _s = "concrete_hall"; 

if ( "Grass" in _s || "Soil" in _s || "Weed" in _s || "Beach" in _s ) then {true}; // 0.0029 ms
if ( "Grass" in _s || { "Soil" in _s } || { "Weed" in _s } || { "Beach" in _s } ) then {true};  // 0.0038 ms
if ( "Grass" in _s || { "Soil" in _s || { "Weed" in _s || { "Beach" in _s } } } ) then {true};  // 0.0039 ms

proper sail May 18, 2020, 8:11 AM

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because you are checking for concrete_hall so it will check all

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check for grass, im guessing the bottom one will be the fastest then

still forum May 18, 2020, 8:26 AM

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@unborn ether https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getAssetDLCInfo

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bottom one is the slowest obviously. as neither of the conditions are true and it has to nest into each of them

winter rose May 18, 2020, 8:45 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getAssetDLCInfo
too late, old man

still forum May 18, 2020, 10:03 AM

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┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 11:35 AM

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ah, I understand now, the { } only useful when condition is true asap
I set it to "concrete_hall" to check the "worst case"

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if I do setUnitTrait every 0.5s it will cause server bandwidth to increase right, it will send data to the reset of the players?

still forum May 18, 2020, 11:49 AM

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afaik unit traits are shared, so yes

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 11:56 AM

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I added flag that (if will work as intended) will change value only if previous value was different, probably the most I can do...

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 12:20 PM

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is it possible to search for "EAST" for example in nearEntities? I want to find enemy that dont know about the player

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:21 PM

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There is no way to access a function (*.sqf) from addon in mission files?

I defined
missionNamespace setVariable ['TestFunction', compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "fnc_test.sqf"];

But I can't call it in the mission ( "Test" call TestFunction; )

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:21 PM

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_nearEntities select { side _x == east };

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@spiral fractal ↑

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@fast harness there is
either function viewer if declared in CfgFunctions,
or you can execVM its addon path

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:23 PM

#

Just updated my post

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Okay.. but in this way I have to double handle the declarions (in addon and mission file) ?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:24 PM

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in addon = globally declared, same as BIS fnc

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:29 PM

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ty; I'll give it a try via CfgFunctions

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https://gist.github.com/liKe2k1/39b2c26e5ac1cab918ddb4e436a22d09

Undefined Variable: testlib_fnc_getversion

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😦

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The Server has -serverMod=@testlib , the client doesnt know this mod

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:36 PM

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yes

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server-side addon = server-side function yes

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:36 PM

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ah okay, so there is no way to push the function to the client ?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:38 PM

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add the CfgFunctions to the mission! otherwise, the functions could be overridden.

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:39 PM

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Ah

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But in this way, I have to load the addon on client too, right?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:41 PM

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CfgFunctions and file in the mission yes

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:41 PM

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okay, thanks 🙂

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:42 PM

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you have to choose:

server-side only function: server-side addon
server-side & client-side: either both have the addon, or the mission defines the function in its own CfgFunctions

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 12:48 PM

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CfgFunctions
As far as I understand, CfgFunctions is a member of description.ext.
Does that mean that if I use CfgFunctions I have to get back to editor and make a save each time I wish a CfgFunctions structure update?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:48 PM

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CfgFunctions can be a part of an addon

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 12:48 PM

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That makes the situation even worse))

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:49 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Functions_Library explains it all

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 12:49 PM

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I mean, my experience says using CfgFunctions makes the local development extremely slow.

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:49 PM

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Hmm I didnt use the eden editor, just only for unit placements...

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:50 PM

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@quartz pebble every time you Ctrl+S or start the mission, description.ext changes are updated/loaded

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 12:52 PM

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Yeah, thats exactly what I mean. You can do "Start mission" only if you work on a tiny one.

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But if it is a medium-to large and requires you to do a number of steps after the mission start to prepare the environment for your script run..
Then exiting to editor, restarting, setting environment becomes a too much time eater.

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:57 PM

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Yep. I agree.. to setup an dev environment (build scripts, copy, restart and more) takes a lot of time

winter rose May 18, 2020, 12:58 PM

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don't develop your functions and your mission at the same time 😛
(I know, sometimes you have to)

fast harness May 18, 2020, 12:58 PM

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Heheh didn't do that 😄

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:00 PM

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don't develop your functions and your mission at the same time
If you work on a multiplayer mission then you don't have an other option.

fast harness May 18, 2020, 1:00 PM

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I prefer the way: Just setup both projects (mission and addon) in your IDE and make some magic in Powershell 🙂

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:01 PM

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And I work on a mission as on a mission and then when PBO builds, the build scripts separarate the SQF code onto mission and addon pbos.

fast harness May 18, 2020, 1:02 PM

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Thats nice 🙂

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:02 PM

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If you work on a multiplayer mission then you don't have an other option.
youuu do, if you know what you are doing 👀
I develop my MP missions in SP, then eventually debug them with friends if needed

steel fox May 18, 2020, 1:02 PM

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☝️

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:04 PM

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I develop my MP missions in SP, t
I guess everyone does so.
By the way. I gues what BIS CfgFunctions framework does - is takes your files and runs compile preprocessFileLineNumbers or compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers.
Or it also does any other useful things?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:05 PM

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compileFinal* so it is protected
it also defines _fnc_scriptName variable(s) and meta data too

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:05 PM

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which kind of meta data?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:06 PM

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see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_functionMeta

#

freshly baked yesterday for your eyes only 😄

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

_fnc_scriptName: String - Function name (e.g., myTag_fnc_myFunction)
_fnc_scriptNameParent: String - Name of q function from which the current one was called (_fnc_scriptName used when not defined)

#

you can also make them execute before or after init, etc

#

~~it makes coffee, too~~

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:10 PM

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I feel that framework was designed to separate BIS devs who write code from devs who make missions.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:10 PM

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well, it's a framework

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:11 PM

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"just take a suitable func from a lib and don't think how it works"

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:12 PM

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yep!
also, prevents a super-useful function to be lost in one single mission

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also helps the community to work with a lot of stuff - I mean, tasks without the Task Framework? buh!

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:14 PM

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Sure. I totally understand why BIS implemented the framework as it is. It solves their problems.
But what I can't understand though, is why a single mission maker would use the framework for his in-mission scripts? Which problems the framework would solve for him?

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:18 PM

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Arma 3 doesn't force you to use the (new) Task Framework, since it's still possible to use the "old" functions to do exactly the same. It just makes it easier for mission makers to create/read/update/delete tasks and keep track of them

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:19 PM

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We're not about the tasks framework, we're about CfgFunctions framework.

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:19 PM

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again; not required, just extremely useful, especially to prevent people from overwriting your stuff

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:20 PM

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just extremely useful
Which way (for an MP mission)?

steel fox May 18, 2020, 1:20 PM

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From a bloody programming principle perspective

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:20 PM

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especially to prevent people from overwriting your stuff

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:20 PM

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especially to prevent people from overwriting your stuff
How would they override your stuff?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:21 PM

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My_Function = compileFinal { /* code */ };

is "fine" too… as long as you set it for all your clients and the server 😐

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My_Function = compile { /* code */ }; // not compileFinal'd
```can be overridden by a malicious `publicVariable`

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:22 PM

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The question is - how that malicious publicVariable happens on the server? Through a cheat?

steel fox May 18, 2020, 1:22 PM

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when an exploiters runs arbitrary sqf

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:22 PM

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I can think of multiple ways to execute sqf on MP servers...

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but won't go there since it's against TOS and #rules

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:23 PM

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I think if someone malicious can run an arbitrary sqf code on the server, overriding your funcs - is the last thing you must care about😅

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:24 PM

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nope, it blocks a lot of attackers
see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Multiplayer_Considerations

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:24 PM

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so why not do it correct from the start, so that it doesn't break your mission/mod...

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 1:24 PM

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is it possible to set whitelist in server.cfg that will only allow whitelisted UID to join?

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:25 PM

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not do it correct from the start
Making a developer return to editor and Save each time he needs to update a structure of functions - is not what I'd call "correct"🙂

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:26 PM

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create CfgFunctions once, start game once, modify scripts on the fly...

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 1:26 PM

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it would be good if it was possible to simulate dedicated server in editor

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:26 PM

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just because you don't know HOW to do it, doesn't mean it's bad by default...

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and I usually write my scripts within a mission (easier to debug) and move them to a mod

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trust me; restarting the game every time you make a change is worse!

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:27 PM

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create CfgFunctions once, start game once, modify scripts on the fly...
And if need to add/remove a function? That's not what can be done without exit to editor

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:29 PM

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then make a simple execVM, what can I say

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1/ define your functions
2/ code your mission

ideally, not both intertwined

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:31 PM

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Ok, some ahother thoughts🙂
Assume arma can't protect against a malicious publicVariable (it is a legitimate command itself - how can arma know what's inside ¯_(ツ)_/¯)
But what if there is some code you wish to run on clients but don't wont to include into a client pbo? (say, it is secret)

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:31 PM

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make a server mod which includes the functions (so it's only loaded on the server)

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however this also means it can only be executed by the server

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:31 PM

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But somehow you'll need to pass it on client to run there

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:32 PM

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if a client needs to run it; it needs to be available on the client

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although you could make a function which triggers a function on the server 🤔

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:32 PM

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why would you transmit code through network, as it is both
1/ unsafe
2/ network-hungry

this is why it is in the bad practice list!

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:33 PM

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There are two opposite requirements: "the client needs it" and "you don't want anyone to see it"🙂

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(and that is only for a couple of funcs - not for the tons of code)

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:33 PM

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this is bad too:

[[], { player setDamage 1; }] remoteExecCall ["spawn"];

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but doable

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"less bad"

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:34 PM

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got a feeling it's another L*fe developer 🤭

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:36 PM

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but people can see it if they do an allVariables missionNamespace…

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:37 PM

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There are two opposite requirements: "the client needs it" and "you don't want anyone to see it"🙂
if the client needs it, the clients needs to have access to it...
if the client shouldn't see it, either protect your pbo or find a way to have the client execute a function from the server (which in return executes it on the client / all clients)

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but in the end it's Arma, a sandbox, where good programming solves 50% of security issues, and proper server configs the other 50%

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:42 PM

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Or the other way: pass the code to clients through the publicVariable, and then compileFinal on clients?

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:42 PM

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that will still show the full function on the client...

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:43 PM

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Only for those clients which know how to dump traffic or memory.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:43 PM

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or access SQF

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:44 PM

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or access SQF
I bet they are less numerous then those who know how to dump

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:45 PM

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are you kidding? how many Debug Consoles are active out there…

if you want super code safety, it's
client → params → server
client ← results ← server
period

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:45 PM

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how many Debug Consoles are active out there
Define "debug console". I'm serious. I've never investigated.

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:46 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Debug_Console

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which can be accessed even on MP, either when mission/server is broken or with hacks

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and trust me, the amount of script kiddies out there have access to it...

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:49 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Debug_Console
Never seen this working on any public server (except on ours and for myself only). But I believe it can be enabled by cheats.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:49 PM

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and that's the issue here
CfgFunctions makes it readable, but read-only

slim verge May 18, 2020, 1:49 PM

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might be missing something here.. @quartz pebble is your aim to create code that is unreadable to others ?

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:50 PM

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Let's say I'm just thinking aloud.

slim verge May 18, 2020, 1:50 PM

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well the answer would be to me anyway, yes no or i dont know

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:50 PM

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unreadable by clients, but executable by clients

slim verge May 18, 2020, 1:51 PM

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so taking this another step, you want to write code for your project but you dont want others to see, copy your code ?

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:51 PM

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unreadable by clients, but executable by clients
Mikero's tools. But that's another question: use or not to use. Philosophic rather🙂

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:52 PM

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anyway, logic-wise, always consider your clients as troublesome
you can only manage the server, therefore lock it up and secure it at best
make the clients ask the server, and the server answer the clients

the server is the one and only referee of the game

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and hiding code is… meh

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 1:55 PM

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Nowdays everyone tries to hide

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:55 PM

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not me... everything is open source (or not released yet)

slim verge May 18, 2020, 1:56 PM

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so here is my take on this, and this goes back to 2002 when OFP started. Since then most but not all code is a copy of someone elses work, developed and taken further. There is very little today that is "unique" as in not developed from someone elses work. Prior to "Life" the openess of using others code was very acceptable and allowed speedier development for new ideas.
The coming of the Life servers in my opinion poisoned all that, as far as i am concerned life server attitude to development stinks especially as very little of it is really any life server admins work

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 1:56 PM

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only thing I can think of to hide from clients are passwords and hashes... and for those there are other methods (although still readable on clients when accessible)

slim verge May 18, 2020, 1:57 PM

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as you can see from the reaction to that post I am not the only one that thinks this

winter rose May 18, 2020, 1:58 PM

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which is why I wrote this
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Best_Practices#Final_words


    It soils your reputation and devaluates your actions once it is found out — and it always get found out. DMCA's are filled on Steam every day.
    It makes people in the community get less helpful and more reluctant in giving advices. It can also prevent them to release an interesting feature!

Don't try to obfuscate your code: it is considered rude, especially since you learnt from others.

    Obfuscated code only makes it harder to get, but does not make it copy-protected. If the engine can read it, it can be obtained.
    Obfuscated code is also slower on compilation (and, depending on the quality of code and obfuscation, on execution too).```

oblique arrow May 18, 2020, 2:01 PM

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I wonder if there's obfuscation tools for SQF

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 2:01 PM

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which is why I wrote this
This has to be added as a warning to all obfuscators

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:01 PM

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I wonder if there's obfuscation tools for SQF
oh, there are. guess the community

oblique arrow May 18, 2020, 2:01 PM

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heh

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If the people making the obfuscators shared the opinion of that text they propably wouldnt be making obfuscators @quartz pebble

slim verge May 18, 2020, 2:02 PM

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and in addition everything I release is open source for good reason. For historical evidence, take a look at an addon from many years ago called Tx_Utils and then look at one of the better known frameworks and look for systems in there that are based on that (There is a lot)... Happy to see it being used and happy it has become popular and used by so many. My repayment for many many years of fun in OFP/ARMa and by christ i get annoyed by the arrogance of those thinking they are better than anyone else and their code is so bloody special

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rant over my blood curdled there for a bit

wraith cloud May 18, 2020, 2:09 PM

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especially as very little of it is really any life server admins work
That's just false

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:12 PM

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@wraith cloud most of L*fe servers are full of stolen content. Not all of them.

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either that or most of the thieves are in the L*fe community, maybe

wraith cloud May 18, 2020, 2:12 PM

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Those that have stolen content are irrelevant modded servers that last for a month or two

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:12 PM

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can someone point me in the direction of a link to replace an action key? i dont want to do a waituntil for someone to hit a key. but i cant remember or find the url that told me how to for example execute my own script when someone opens the map.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:13 PM

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@wraith cloud like, ANZ*S?

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@exotic tinsel https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdKey ?

wraith cloud May 18, 2020, 2:14 PM

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I've heard that, yeah

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:15 PM

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eh, there was something i found so that i wouldnt have to worry about the key they pressed on the key board, rather it would fire no matter what they had the action bound to.

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:16 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/displayAddEventHandler with "KeyDown"?

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 2:21 PM

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got a feeling it's another L*fe developer
@exotic flax Now I understand what did you mean🤣
Nope. Ours is another one. (Don't know if #rules) allow placing server links.

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:21 PM

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@exotic flax that still relys on knowing the key they pressed. Crap. This UI guy in the past showed me how to do it and i cant find the src. fml.

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if it helps with figuring out what im talking about i would have to add the code the description file. What im trying to do is replace the action for when someone opens the map to instead run my script.

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that way it doesnt matter what key they bound the map too.

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 2:24 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#Map ?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:24 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionKeys
actionKeys "Map";

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well, that too veteran 😄

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 2:24 PM

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he said he does not want to poll for keyPresses

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:24 PM

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can someone point me in the direction of a link to replace an action key?
weeell :p
EH it is then

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:25 PM

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although you can use that in combination with CBA settings (for custom keybinds) or the User Action keys (in combination with inputAction and/or actionKeys)

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:25 PM

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sorry @winter rose that was my bad, poor wording on my part.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:25 PM

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(okido!)

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:27 PM

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ok so inputaction looks like it operates based on the action not the key, question is how do i fire my own script on for example reloadmagazine like the code from link below.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction

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with out the waituntil loop

hollow thistle May 18, 2020, 2:27 PM

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~~you can't.~~

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you can check on keyPress what inputAction is pressed.

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so add keyPress EH to mission display.

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:29 PM

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moduleName_keyDownEHId = findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
   if (inputAction "User1" > 0) then {
      // execute code
   };
}];

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:31 PM

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ok so if i use that, what i can do to prevent the original action from firing, so to stop the map from opening. So that it doesnt flash on the screen when i use the code i know to close it.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:32 PM

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you would need to override it by returning true at the end of it

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:32 PM

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perhaps explain what you want to achieve, because now we give solutions to problems you don't seem to have(?)

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:33 PM

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@winter rose got it

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:33 PM

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eg. if you want someone to not being able to open the map, remove the map from the player 🤣

exotic tinsel May 18, 2020, 2:33 PM

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im gonna use the code @exotic flax thx for all the help, again.

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I want to write good code. even though im new. i have a custom gui for the map that i have been working on and now its time to activate it when someone opens that map. I dont want it to be clunky and i want it to run well. I all all the validation for whether or not to open it but i needed this code you provided. thanks all.

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 2:36 PM

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eg. if you want someone to not being able to open the map, remove the map from the player
@exotic flax Lets say.. There are some scripts in the mission I don't want public to avoid unnecessary questions.

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:37 PM

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how is that quote related to your comment? 🤔

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 2:38 PM

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The quote does not show whom it is addressed to ¯_(ツ)_/¯
If that wasn't me - ignore my answer

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:38 PM

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the map question was LifeSnatcher's 😄

quartz pebble May 18, 2020, 2:38 PM

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Then my favorite smile: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:39 PM

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thonk

jade abyss May 18, 2020, 2:39 PM

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📎 confused.png

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:39 PM

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stahp itt

jade abyss May 18, 2020, 2:39 PM

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No, don't eat the frog!

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 2:40 PM

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nom nom nom nom

jade abyss May 18, 2020, 2:40 PM

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:imageofragingpepe:

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Now back to scripting, peasants!

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:41 PM

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Yes, my liege

jade abyss May 18, 2020, 2:41 PM

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(wow, you gave up qui... oh)

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🏃

winter rose May 18, 2020, 2:42 PM

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🏃🔨

spice vigil May 18, 2020, 5:38 PM

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Before I go on a wild goose chase, is it possible to have an item that when you hold it allows you to have an action in your scroll bar that you can use up?

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For example, a button misc item that teleports an item in.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 5:40 PM

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you can script that if you have an object of type "x" in your inventory, an action appears yes

spice vigil May 18, 2020, 5:43 PM

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Awesome, just making sure before I research how to do it, that it's possible.

queen cargo May 18, 2020, 5:51 PM

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Addaction has a condition property @spice vigil
Just Check if the Player has that given item in any inventory 😜

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 6:08 PM

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X39 when I see your avatar I read the message with that character voice 😄

calm bloom May 18, 2020, 6:14 PM

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Hello, comrades! Can anyone remind me of the command, that renders object beyond objectviewdistance?

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 6:14 PM

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setViewDistance ?

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or setObjectViewDistance?

calm bloom May 18, 2020, 6:16 PM

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no, it was kinda specific for one object

winter rose May 18, 2020, 6:22 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFeatureType @calm bloom

calm bloom May 18, 2020, 6:22 PM

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Thank you!

ivory jetty May 18, 2020, 6:36 PM

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I'm having some issues wrapping my head around triggers, inits and remote execution. I've got a briefing area set up in my mission, which is enclosed in a trigger area; I want to set it up to warn players if they are leaving the area before I've finished the briefing.
My trigger is set up as a simple this trigger, with the activation condition being that any player exiting the area should trigger it. I set the OnActivation and OnDeactivation to be as follows:

[parseText "<t size='2.0'>Please do not leave the area while the briefing is in progress</t>"] remoteExec ["hint", thisTrigger];```
``` OnDeactivation
 [""] remoteExec ["hint", thisTrigger];```

Testing it with a friend, though, it appears that once the server is hosted, the trigger doesn't appear to do anything? I'm pretty sure the `targets` parameter of `remoteExec` can target an object, so it should target the client of the player who leaves the trigger, correct?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 6:37 PM

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is the trigger server-side only?

ivory jetty May 18, 2020, 6:37 PM

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Not set as such, no.

winter rose May 18, 2020, 6:38 PM

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try thislist instead of thistrigger - this will hint only to units in the trigger

gloomy onyx May 18, 2020, 6:41 PM

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hey guys, anyone willing to help with an addaction within the init.sqf? It works when I test it locally but not on a dedi server. Can I send someone the init.sqf for someone to look at please?

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 6:46 PM

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_object addAction []; or player addAction []; should work without issues in init.sqf so I guess you have an issue elsewhere, which should pop up when you check your log files or have -showScriptErrors enabled in the command line parameters

ivory jetty May 18, 2020, 6:46 PM

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Tried again with thisList, still doesn't appear to be doing anything.

gloomy onyx May 18, 2020, 6:50 PM

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@exotic flax nothing in the rpt and no script errors. I am trying to get the mission to end at an "Officer" when you reach him, officer addAction ["End Mission", "endmissionstate.sqf"];

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can I put it in the init box of the unit?

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 6:53 PM

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this addAction [
   "End Mission",
   { [] execVM "endmissionstate.sqf"; }
];

this would be better

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and please check the documentation of addAction, because you can't just call a file directly

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hmm... it is possible, although IMHO a bad idea

gloomy onyx May 18, 2020, 6:54 PM

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ok cheers mate

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 7:30 PM

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is it possible to lock UAV so that only specific player will be able to control it?

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 7:52 PM

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this is the code I have:

_u = [getPos spawnflag, 340, "B_UAV_02_dynamicLoadout_F", west] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;
//(_u # 0) setVehicleLock "LOCKED";
player connectTerminalToUAV (_u # 0);
_wp = group (_u # 0) addWaypoint [position player, 0];

spice vigil May 18, 2020, 7:59 PM

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Okay, follow up question: What would I add into the Config.cpp class to get the item to give the player the action to activate the sqf script? (anyone have an example, I've been trying to research it but, again, I'm at a loss. Haha).

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:20 PM

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Im looking to get into Arma scripting. just been roaming the wiki, it'd be nice to have someone I can go to for questions, please dm me. Thank you

astral dawn May 18, 2020, 8:21 PM

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You can post your questions here 🤷

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:21 PM

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I guess, I just don't want to flood the chat

exotic flax May 18, 2020, 8:28 PM

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but 1000 people know more than 1 😉

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:35 PM

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Fair enough 🤷‍♂️

still forum May 18, 2020, 8:37 PM

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I just don't want to flood the chat
But thats exactly what this channel is for 😄

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:38 PM

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Only experience I have with programming was when I took 2 years of learning computer science in high school(java) and very minimal c++. I've just been scrolling the wiki for probably 3 days straight trying to find guides or something to help me progress and it I haven't really gotten anywhere because I don't know where to start, I look at snippets of arma scripts and they look entirely different from what I understand, I just need a guide I guess to help me get started

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Im like 3 hours deep into this 18 hour c++ course

still forum May 18, 2020, 8:42 PM

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knowing a language like c++ will probably help you understand the underlying concept of SQF. Mainly the syntax and generally how things work and why (all because of the syntax basically)

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:44 PM

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Is it a good place to start? Where do I go to progress in the future?

still forum May 18, 2020, 8:47 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQF_syntax
understanding the basics IMO its most important to know that almost everything (besides "private" keyword, = sign, and brackets () [] {}) is made up of the 3 types of operators listed there
Next step is to get used to reading about all the commands when you use them https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3
You just cannot know everything, so seeing/reading the wiki is most important

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:47 PM

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IInteresting

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Got me kinda confused, so scripts are written in sqf?

still forum May 18, 2020, 8:49 PM

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Yeah

simple notch May 18, 2020, 8:49 PM

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Oh

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Ight I think im good for now im gonna look into sqf

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Thanks g

winter rose May 18, 2020, 9:06 PM

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@simple notch these links can also help you:

And as already told, this is the place to ask for help/guidance/confirmation 🙂

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 9:09 PM

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if you played some mission that you liked or want to build something similar, you can check if it has github repo and learn from it too

spice vigil May 18, 2020, 9:09 PM

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Okay, so I have changed my mind a little bit. I would like to make a custom grenade (which I can do) which triggers a sqf supply drop (which I can also do). But what I can never figure out is the config. Like what would I put in the config of the grenade class to activate the sqf script? XD (Quickly Favs all of those links, haha)

spiral fractal May 18, 2020, 9:11 PM

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maybe check ACE source code: https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/tree/master/addons/huntir

short sparrow May 18, 2020, 9:52 PM

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https://github.com/ArMaTeC/vscode-formatter-sqf
anyone know how to install this?

winter rose May 18, 2020, 10:26 PM

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@short sparrow you can install it directly from visual studio code, no need to download it from github

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go to the modules panel, look up sqf, it will be in the list

short sparrow May 18, 2020, 10:47 PM

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I search by 'sqf' and I can't find any sqf-formatter

misty salmon May 18, 2020, 11:24 PM

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Hello everyone, does anyone know the difference between playMove and swtichMove? Because Im trying to do an animation menu, en some animations plays with playMove and others with switchMove

young current May 18, 2020, 11:27 PM

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I recall those are explained on the wikipages for those commands?

exotic flax May 19, 2020, 12:13 AM

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The difference between playMove and playMoveNow is that playMove adds another move to the move queue, while playMoveNow replaces the whole move queue with new move

agile pumice May 19, 2020, 12:19 AM

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would have been nice for cargoindexes to be a param for getIn/getOut eventhandlers

exotic flax May 19, 2020, 12:23 AM

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you can already see if it's a "driver", "gunner" or "cargo" seat, so if "cargo" simply do a _cargoIndex = _vehicle getCargoIndex _unit;

agile pumice May 19, 2020, 12:24 AM

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last time I checked, that couldn't be used for the getout event. It would always return a null as if it was too late to retrieve the value

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I'll test it again

exotic flax May 19, 2020, 12:27 AM

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not sure about GetOut, since technically it should be empty because the unit is not in the vehicle anymore

agile pumice May 19, 2020, 12:28 AM

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yeah thats what I mean. I believe in the past I set a user variable for the cargo index when they got in, and then got the variable when they got out

exotic flax May 19, 2020, 12:29 AM

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getCargoIndex probably also won't work on GetOut since it needs to be in the vehicle to get the current index.

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probably the best way to handle it is to have a GetIn EH (on vehicles), and add a GetInMan and GetOutMan EH on the unit entering (including a variable with cargoIndex, which can get updated with GetInMan for position changes) and remove the EH's on GetOutMan.

ionic anchor May 19, 2020, 12:48 AM

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does anyone know a way to increase the imagesize in a CT_TREE, they are tiny and squashed

https://i.gyazo.com/d8b0a72a22cf6ebd2e2e0c6f7ecbbf62.png

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    _Functions_CT_TREE tvAdd [[], "Primary Weapons"];
    _Primarylist = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 1 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons');
    {
        _text = getText(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> configName _x >> "displayName");
        _pic = getText(configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> configName _x >> "picture");
        _Functions_CT_TREE tvAdd [[4],_text];
        _Functions_CT_TREE tvsetPicture [[4,_forEachIndex],_pic]; 

    } forEach _Primarylist;

    _Functions_CT_TREE tvSort [[4], false];

exotic flax May 19, 2020, 12:50 AM

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I believe the image size is tied to the text size

ionic anchor May 19, 2020, 12:51 AM

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if that's the case i might as well ditch the images lol

ivory jetty May 19, 2020, 3:29 AM

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How would I go about making all of my player's screens fade to black? I'm using the following, but it's throwing an error:

    [[0] BIS_fnc_fadeEffect] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_spawn", player];
} forEach _allPlayers;```

spiral fractal May 19, 2020, 4:03 AM

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[1, "WHITE", 5, 1] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_fadeEffect", -2];
maybe something close to this

ivory jetty May 19, 2020, 4:19 AM

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Can remoteExec be used to spawn a function?

ivory jetty May 19, 2020, 5:11 AM

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Tried that solution, using remoteExec to call BIS_fnc_fadeEffect has no effect, possibly because it requires a spawn command.

spiral fractal May 19, 2020, 5:15 AM

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if you call it in multiplayer (not dedicated server), using -2 will not show it to you because you are the server and client with owner id 2, you can set it to 0 and try again, but then it will be executed everywhere

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Remote_Execution

ivory jetty May 19, 2020, 5:21 AM

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... This reminds me why I always loathed netcode.

spiral fractal May 19, 2020, 5:23 AM

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everything I code works fine in SP then I test it in MP its not working right, then I fix it and test on Dedicated server and its not working again, so I have to rewrite my code at least 3 times meowsweats

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I should probably change my technique...

thorn saffron May 19, 2020, 5:34 AM

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I'm clueless when it comes to MP scripting, so here's my question:
if I use [] remoteExec ["muh_superfunction", 2]; to run a function on the server, then I call/spawn another function in that server side function, will the called/spawned function run only on the server, or will I have to keep using remoteExec with target of 2?
I don't want that nested function to polute clients

quartz pebble May 19, 2020, 6:29 AM

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Im looking to get into Arma scripting.
A minute of discussions.
How much it is worth investing into SQF learning, taking into account SQF will retire once the next ArmA is released?

astral dawn May 19, 2020, 7:16 AM

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A minute of discussions.
How much it is worth investing into SQF learning, taking into account SQF will retire once the next ArmA is released?
Equal to your amount of will to invest into coding side of this arma

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I mean if you want to code for this arma, then that's the language

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SQF is simple ||but extremely annoying||

unique sundial May 19, 2020, 8:16 AM

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@thorn saffron you remotely execute the function, so it starts and runs on remote machine, so any function it calls will be on remote machine too

warm hedge May 19, 2020, 8:22 AM

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How much it is worth investing into SQF learning, taking into account SQF will retire once the next ArmA is released?
It's always worth it until you're interested with SQFs in Arma 3, even after the release of the next Arma which uses another language

winter rose May 19, 2020, 8:26 AM

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there is also sqs if you want to avoid sqf

but joke aside, "how much is it worth", well: no SQF = no Arma scripting, that's it
you can wait years for a release that hasn't been announced, but that's your call

this channel is about Arma scripting though, and right now it is SQF

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@spiral fractal, have you read the Multiplayer Scripting wiki article?

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:21 AM

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Right, this is really confusing me

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Whenever I call a function which is supposed to return a value and assign the returned value to a variable, for some reason the value ends up being the bloody code of the function itself

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:22 AM

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if you are spawning it, then yes

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:22 AM

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Oh

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Is there a way to get around that?

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:23 AM

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yes, use call

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:23 AM

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I'm using call inside spawn

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So it goes to the scheduler

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:24 AM

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use the result inside the spawn then

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:24 AM

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I'd send a screenshot, but I can't

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What do you mean?

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Is there somewhere I can send a screenshot to?

warm hedge May 19, 2020, 9:24 AM

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Use external service and put link

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But why you want to send a shot?

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:25 AM

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https://imgur.com/qyzi1ss

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Oh, forgot about code tags lol

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:25 AM

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if (_wantToShowCode) then
{
  call LM_fnc_useSqfTags;
};

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:25 AM

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yeah kk

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hEvaluateCombat = [] spawn // once fncEvaluateCombat has run, set bEvaluated to true
{
        bCombat = call fncEvaluateCombat; // call fncEvaluateCombat with within the scheduler
};

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ah bugger

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:28 AM

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see pinned message

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[] spawn
{
  call SuperFunc;
  bEvaluated = true;
};

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urgh Java → SQF transition, brain has issues

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:30 AM

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no, I want to get the returned value of the function

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:30 AM

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[] spawn
{
  private _result = call SuperFunc;
  bEvaluated = true;
  // use _result here
};

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:30 AM

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That's the thing

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When I define a private variable instead of changing my local one, it gives me a generic error in expression

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:31 AM

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why not show us the whole code? (if it's huge, use sqfbin.com)

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:31 AM

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Which means it's still returning code

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Alright, hang on

queen cargo May 19, 2020, 9:31 AM

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if you are returning code, you are literally returning code, not calling it somewhere

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:32 AM

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https://sqfbin.com/vamoninufapemuqujayu

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I am calling it

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This is what makes no sense

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:32 AM

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you are returned a handle

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spawn returns a handle

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:32 AM

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I know

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That is not what I'm talking about

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I'm talking about the returned value of call

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:33 AM

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if you hint the handle, you will see code, but that's not a Code type

if (!(isNil "_this select 0"))
```…ever heard of `params`, our Lord and Saviour?

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:33 AM

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One problem at a time

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It's line 52 I'm talking about

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Not spawn, not anything else

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That always throws a generic error in expression

warm hedge May 19, 2020, 9:35 AM

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And Lou just pointed the problem didn't he?

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:35 AM

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No

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My spawn handle is unrelated

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:35 AM

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so in an eventHandler, you want to define _Combat, that is not used anywhere else

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:36 AM

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OH wait

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I copied the wrong code

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Damnit

warm hedge May 19, 2020, 9:36 AM

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F

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:36 AM

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😅

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:36 AM

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please just paste the faulty code, not the whole page too ^^"

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:37 AM

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bCombat = call fncEvaluateCombat; // call fncEvaluateCombat with within the scheduler

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Right, this is the line I'm talking about

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bCombat is defined elsewhere as bool

queen cargo May 19, 2020, 9:37 AM

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at what point are you getting code returned

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what line

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:37 AM

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THAT line

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bCombat = call fncEvaluateCombat; // call fncEvaluateCombat with within the scheduler

queen cargo May 19, 2020, 9:37 AM

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number in your paste

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:37 AM

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I'm really confused

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Do you want all the code, or do you just want to faulty line?

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Right, all the code is here

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https://sqfbin.com/ehuhipogoyihupokakaw

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Line 48 is the line I'm talking about

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bCombat = call fncEvaluateCombat; // call fncEvaluateCombat with within the scheduler

queen cargo May 19, 2020, 9:39 AM

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bCombat = call fncEvaluateCombat returns a code type (typeName bCombat == "CODE") according to you
what line number is bCombat assigned at, where is fncEvaluateCombat starting

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:39 AM

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bCombat is assigned right at the start

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function starts at line 6

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I believe it's returning code yes

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That's the only way it could be a generic error correct?

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:40 AM

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fncEvaluateCombat never returns anything, thus you cannot store its result in a variable if there is no result

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you are trying to store something thats not there in a variable -> error

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:41 AM

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It should, I followed the guide on the biki to a tee

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:41 AM

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it doesn't

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and no it shouldn't

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:41 AM

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How do I return something then?

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:41 AM

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You return combat = false; but assignment doesn't return anything

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/a_%3D_b

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:42 AM

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Ohhh

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God this language hurts my head

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How do I assign the return of the function then?

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:42 AM

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combat = false;
->
combat = false;
false;

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return the false

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:43 AM

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bruh

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:43 AM

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don't return the leftover empty space that the assignment left around

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:43 AM

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Are you bloody serious

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:43 AM

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Or, even simpler

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fncEvaluateCombat = {
if (...) then {...} else {...};
combat
}

just return the combat variable that you are setting anyway

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btw, its VEEERY bad practice to set global variables without a unique prefix

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:44 AM

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Yep, thanks for reminding me

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Was going to do that

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:44 AM

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Its very likely that some other script might use the combat variable too and mess up your stuff

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:44 AM

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Ok, cheers

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:44 AM

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isNil "_this select 0" thats not valid

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

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:45 AM

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I'm trying to select the first argument, and if it exists return true

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What would be?

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:45 AM

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And as Lou said, just use params with a default value

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:45 AM

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Okay, I'll look into that

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Thank you

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Sorry for all the confusion

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:46 AM

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params ["_uEnemy", objNull];
if (!isNull _uEnemy) then {...} else {_uEnemy = uSelf findNearestEnemy uSelf; ...}

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:46 AM

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By the way, is not the same as !?

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Operator wise

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:46 AM

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exactly the same

modern adder May 19, 2020, 9:46 AM

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Okay, cool

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:47 AM

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Or even better..

New:

fncEvaluateCombat = // defines fncEvaluateCombat, which evaluates if the player is in combat or not
{
    params ["_uEnemy", objNull];
    if (!isNull _uEnemy) then {
        _uEnemy = uSelf findNearestEnemy uSelf; // find the closest enemy to the player and store them in uEnemy
    };
    private _uEnemy = uSelf findNearestEnemy uSelf; // find the closest enemy to the player and store them in uEnemy
    private _iEnemyKnowledge = _uEnemy knowsAbout uSelf; // find out how much the enemy knows about the player from a scale of 0 to 4
    private _iSelfKnowledge = uSelf knowsAbout _uEnemy; // find out how much the player knows about the enemy from a scale of 0 to 4
    if ((_iEnemyKnowledge > 0) and (_iSelfKnowledge > 0))  then // if the closest enemy is alerted to the player's presence, and the player is alerted to theirs
    {
        hint "Warning! Entering combat!";
        true;
    } else {
        false;
    };
};

just get rid of the duplicate code.

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:49 AM

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params ["_uEnemy", objNull]; DEDMEN 👀

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:50 AM

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huh

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:50 AM

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params [["_uEnemy", objNull]];

still forum May 19, 2020, 9:50 AM

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notlikemeow

queen cargo May 19, 2020, 9:50 AM

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no worries
every men has theese kind of problems sometimes 😉

winter rose May 19, 2020, 9:51 AM

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he wants to be on my paddlin' list but he won't!

surreal peak May 19, 2020, 10:12 AM

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What does having objNull in params achieve?

still forum May 19, 2020, 10:12 AM

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

winter rose May 19, 2020, 10:21 AM

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@surreal peak basically:```sqf
params [
["_identifier", defaultValue, [allowed, types], [ifArrayAllowedSizes]]
];
// e.g
params [
["_unitPosition", [0,0,0], [[]], [3]],
["_unitDamage", 0, [0]],
["_lock", 0, [0, true]] // accepts numbers and booleans
];

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~~to old timers: was Operation Flashpoint's Desert Paintball always in the game (a.k.a in the v1.00)?~~
Got my answer: Real Paintball arrived in 1.40 patch

narrow pollen May 19, 2020, 11:17 AM

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is the volume value in 5 fadeMusic 0.5; based on the client's music volume slider?
Let's say a client has the slider at 30%. Does that mean '0.5' volume would be 15% for that client, e.g. that specific client's master music volume?

winter rose May 19, 2020, 11:18 AM

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yes, % of the client's setting. and no, you cannot force 1 to clients

narrow pollen May 19, 2020, 11:19 AM

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Thanks.
Does 1 not just mean it will be the max volume as defined with the client music volume slider?

winter rose May 19, 2020, 11:20 AM

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1 = max of the client's setting, yes

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if it's 0, it's 0

narrow pollen May 19, 2020, 11:20 AM

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Yeah, since it's a percentage of it

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Thanks, I didn't want to blast clients' ears

hollow thistle May 19, 2020, 11:48 AM

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you can also do 5 fadeMusic 2; to increase the volume tho.

winter rose May 19, 2020, 11:58 AM

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range is 0..1 @hollow thistle?

lone zenith May 19, 2020, 11:59 AM

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Hey folks, I asked a similar question before, but I'm getting a bit fed up. Is there no other way to get the muzzle index besides using the SwitchWeapon action and checking the current muzzle? It is not reliable at all.
Method with SwitchWeapon here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#SwitchWeapon

hollow thistle May 19, 2020, 12:00 PM

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@winter rose no? you can bump the volume

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wiki is not right there.

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At least in editor played mission.

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Might be limited in MP like playSound.

winter rose May 19, 2020, 12:02 PM

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ah well, this page has not been visited in ages so maybe then - anyway, the game's experience is always right 🙂

hollow thistle May 19, 2020, 12:02 PM

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I just tried 5000

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dont do that.

warm hedge May 19, 2020, 12:03 PM

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Variable feedback! 😂

winter rose May 19, 2020, 12:03 PM

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maaaybe we should ask for a limitation

lone zenith May 19, 2020, 12:04 PM

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Lou? You think you could help me out?