#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 598

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:25 PM

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

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:25 PM

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what about it?

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:25 PM

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also you play that sound everytime the player is alive, not dead

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that code is ugly, stupid and inefficient

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You can use selectRandom as I wrote above 😉

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:25 PM

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Look you tasked me with this

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:26 PM

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I hoped someone else would

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ugh playSound needs CfgSounds

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player addEventHandler ["killed", {
playSound selectRandom ["sound1", "sound2", "sound3"];
}]

something like that I think.

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:27 PM

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the ; is not at the end?

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:27 PM

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if you don't have any code after that, you don't need it

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:27 PM

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oh alright

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I'll try this and let you know if it works

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and what section goes under "killed"?

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:28 PM

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what mean?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:28 PM

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doesn't something have to go there?

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:28 PM

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where?
i posted the whole code

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it adds a eventhandler, that will fire the code once player gets "killed"

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

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:29 PM

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huh I thought i had to put something there. My little bit of knowledge is making me question a programmer way to much

still forum Jun 25, 2020, 9:30 PM

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I'm not good at explaining stuffz

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 9:30 PM

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same

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And if you want to know this script is so I can play random anime sounds when players die in my mission because I do exotic ops in my unit and this one anime op is a tribute to our lead pilot (In case you were wondering)

smoky verge Jun 25, 2020, 9:39 PM

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I'm kinda losing hope on this stupid line
is there really no better way to change an object texture in the editor from the attributes?

half hornet Jun 25, 2020, 9:54 PM

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what are you trying to set?

smoky verge Jun 25, 2020, 9:55 PM

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I've made an object and the problem is it has like 25 texture variants
and I don't want to spam the editor with 25 objects and instead make one with a texture selection menu

half hornet Jun 25, 2020, 9:57 PM

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have you tried setObjectTexture?

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if im reading you correctly i might not be

smoky verge Jun 25, 2020, 9:59 PM

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well setObjectTexture changes it in eden
I need it to be a dropdown menu visible in the attributes
like this https://imgur.com/a/brxxweZ

half hornet Jun 25, 2020, 10:03 PM

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oh oh oh yeah i definitely misread your question uh im not sure how to solve that one but i’ll see if i can find anything for you

smoky verge Jun 25, 2020, 10:04 PM

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don't worry I've been trying for 3 days
I'm the closest I'll ever be before I give up

half hornet Jun 25, 2020, 10:04 PM

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thats the arma development spirit!

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:24 PM

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magazinesAmmo doesnt work on vehicles?

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yes, it would seem so

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ok, so there is no way to get the ammo-count of magazines in a vehicle's inventory?

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:38 PM

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

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:38 PM

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yeah, that works

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finally

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i knew there was one

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:39 PM

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yw

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:39 PM

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thank you ❤️

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im getting the feeling that youre developing this addon more than i am

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😅

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:41 PM

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I demand 50% of the revenue

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:41 PM

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i make no revenue

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notlikemeow

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i thought arma modding was about giving to the community

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i got it all wrong

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:43 PM

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harr harr, how naive can you be! we du eeet for the moniez 💰

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 10:43 PM

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How much does a box of sand and a few snails cost though? 😉

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:44 PM

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fine sand here is 9,90 for 16kg

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snails are 7,90 piece

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:45 PM

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PIECE??

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:45 PM

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supply and demand

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:46 PM

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×6, no? Oo

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:46 PM

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demand is low, so supply is non-existent, thus prices for bulk are up

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:46 PM

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€?

I feel way too concerned about snails prices all of a sudden

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:46 PM

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€

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#arma3_scripting : "Discussion about anything related to Script creation and usage within game ... IF (script == true) THEN {chat here};"
Lou and Nica: SNAILS!

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yeah, idk

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i'll add you on the credits

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along with the whole discord

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but you'll get a personal mention

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as well as anyone who i can remember 😅

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:48 PM

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awww not mandatory but very welcome! 👍

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:48 PM

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it's the least i can do, tbh

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 10:49 PM

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script == true doesnt even work 😢

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 10:49 PM

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if (sand && count snails > 0) then { call vomit; };

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Damn... I actually like escargo 😉

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:50 PM

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HAH! screenshot and saved. You can't get away with this one!

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huehuehue

📎 unknown.png

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 10:51 PM

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😱

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:52 PM

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let it forever be known, that Lou will be credited as Hugh Laurie-lookalike

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:52 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTriggerArea
any idea if trigger's angle is always relative to North or a parent object's rotation also affects this?

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 10:52 PM

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if I find a way to ship some, I will @ebon citrus/@restive leaf /offtopic

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@astral dawn I don't know, but I would tend to believe they act as attached objects (relative dir)

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:53 PM

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i assume rotation is always 0

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by default

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so the angle would be north

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:54 PM

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funny, I assumed it's relative to north always. Because it's the laziest implementation and it's more accurate to assume it. 🤔

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 10:54 PM

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That's what I would assume, but tbh, just an assumption

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:54 PM

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there is a parameter to set rotation

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but all objects spawn with a rotation of 0 unless otherwise specified

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 10:54 PM

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Dedmen probably wouldn't know... we need Dwarden for the answer to this one

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:55 PM

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since triggers are 2d-ish objects, theyre always on the vertical axis only

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which is correlative with north

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will have to check

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:55 PM

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Dedmen seems to learn Czech though

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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i dont get the question

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wait, OH!

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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i dont get the question
You don't get my question?

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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youre talking about attaching

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sorry, i've lost my glasses

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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yes, trigger attachto car

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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does that work?

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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no problem 🍷 🍷

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attaching? sure

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:56 PM

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ok

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you can always get rel dir

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welp, i guess ill try

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 10:57 PM

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Thanks but no need for it, I am trying this already

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But I was thinking if someone had an immediate answer... there was a non zero chance of it 😄

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I am very hyped for results since it will teach my bots to avoid vehicles moving towards them

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 10:59 PM

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YES

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it follows parent rotation

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so if parent rotates, trigger rotates too

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 10:59 PM

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Nice

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Oh interesting

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Thanks

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Maybe @winter rose could add a note that that info should be added to the wiki before this conversation gets lost in the aether

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:00 PM

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not really

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i think it acts as predicted

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if it would act unpredictably, then i guess

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 11:01 PM

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Not really... otherwise the question would not have been asked and you wouldn't have tested it...

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:01 PM

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but that's just my opinion

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mmmh

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fair point

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:01 PM

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@astral dawn , how did you attach the trigger?

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:02 PM

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although, triggers are objects

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i used attachTo

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objects act like objects

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 11:02 PM

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if it would act unpredictably, then i guess
It gets more weird here, since does it also rotate whole detection area box according to parent model rotation (including pitch and roll) or not?

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i used attachTo
yes I used same

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:02 PM

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no pitch and roll, i assume

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since it doesnt have those properties

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but fair point

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:03 PM

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ok

It gets more weird here, since does it also rotate whole detection area box according to parent model rotation (including pitch and roll) or not?
would need to test

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:03 PM

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i shall test more

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let me break out the helicopters

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:03 PM

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since it doesnt have those properties
it does have a height though - I would tend to support the fact that it shouldn't, but we can't rule it out before testing

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 11:03 PM

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No... trigger is a sphere so pitch and roll are irrelevent

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You just roll around the circle

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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No... trigger is a sphere so pitch and roll are irrelevent
is it? trigger should have area (a, b, angle, ...)

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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triggers can be non-spherical

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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nope

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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they can also be rectangles

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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not a sphere
usually endless vertical cylinders

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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unless you set a height

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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Oh... really?

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:04 PM

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but… they can be square/rectangle, and/or set a height yes

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@restive leaf yep. you are wrong. please leave this Discord now.

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no snails for you 😢

restive leaf Jun 25, 2020, 11:05 PM

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notlikemeowcry

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:08 PM

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nope

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triggers keep their rotatation

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the only axes they rotate around is Z

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i spent a good moment kicking a car around with a tank

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because i was too tired to write as script

queen cargo Jun 25, 2020, 11:12 PM

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Fairly logical
Even with a height property

It is easier to check if something is inside something on a 2D plane then it is in 3D

winter rose Jun 25, 2020, 11:13 PM

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I can add that to the attachTo page then

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/attachTo updated

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:21 PM

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For the mission init I have

player addEventHandler ["killed", {
playSound selectRandom ["tuturu_1.ogg", "tutturuu.ogg", "onee-sama.ogg", "oh-shit_2.ogg", "hitmarker_2.ogg", "niconiconilovesyou-3_cutted.ogg"];
}]

and for the Description.ext I have

class CfgMusic
{
sounds[] = {01,02,03,04,05,06};
class 01
{
name = "01";
sound[] = {"tuturu_1.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};
class 02
{
name = "02";
sound[] = {"tutturuu.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};
class 03
{
name = "03";
sound[] = {"onee-sama.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};
class 04
{
name = "04";
sound[] = {"oh-shit_2.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};
class 05
{
name = "05";
sound[] = {"hitmarker_2.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};
class 06
{
name = "06";
sound[] = {"niconiconilovesyou-3_cutted.ogg", db+10, 1.0};
titles[] = {0,""};
};

};

Is anything wrong with this? (I have the sound files in the mission folder)

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Making custom death sounds for exotic op

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:22 PM

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playsound takes the sound class not the file name doesnt it?

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so 01,02,03,etc

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:22 PM

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for the init?

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

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playSound selectRandom ["tuturu_1.ogg", "tutturuu.ogg", "onee-sama.ogg", "oh-shit_2.ogg", "hitmarker_2.ogg", "niconiconilovesyou-3_cutted.ogg"];
👇
playSound selectRandom ["01","02","03","04","05","06"];

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

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@hushed tendon pastebin, please

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or atleast codeblocks

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

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oh sorry. How do I do that?

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

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which one?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

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either one that is needed

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

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```sqf
code
```

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code

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:24 PM

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oh alright thank you

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:24 PM

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https://pastebin.com/

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pastebin for long pastes

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codeblocks for short code blocks

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:24 PM

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thanks both

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:24 PM

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for example, if you want to paste your whole config

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the prefer pastebin

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keeps the chat nice and tidy

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❤️

astral dawn Jun 25, 2020, 11:26 PM

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Nice, thanks Lou

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:29 PM

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@robust hollow Gives the error "Sound 05 not found"

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:30 PM

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you used CfgMusic, try CfgSounds

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:30 PM

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alright

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:31 PM

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unless it is actually music, in that case you might want the playMusic command. up to you.

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:32 PM

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it is an .ogg playing a quick sound so I think you are right

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it is '''CfgSound''' not CfgSounds'''?

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messed the entire sentence up

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:33 PM

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the wiki disagrees

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:33 PM

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huh

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:34 PM

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playSound

Description:
    Plays a sound from CfgSounds

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:34 PM

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and also found the right (`)

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:34 PM

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

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:37 PM

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Am I missing the "Sound\tuturu_1.ogg", ... (Sound\ )

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:37 PM

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that depends, are your sound files in a folder named sound?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:38 PM

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They are in the mission file. Does that count?

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:38 PM

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as in the mission file root folder?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:38 PM

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ye

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:39 PM

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then just "tuturu_1.ogg" should be fine

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:39 PM

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still not working

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:40 PM

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idk then. follow the instructions, do exactly what the wiki says and it is impossible to go wrong 🙂

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:41 PM

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😭 Been doing this custom death sound thing for like 4 hrs

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Way too much work for something totally not worth it

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:41 PM

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is your cfgsounds in the description.ext?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:41 PM

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ye

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:43 PM

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maybe try with sounds[] = {01,02,03,04,05,06}; as an empty array instead.

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i imagine it isnt changing those to strings anyway (which i assume they need to be). the wiki examples leave it empty though so i guess it isnt necessary.

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:50 PM

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Not working

robust hollow Jun 25, 2020, 11:50 PM

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mm yea i have no idea. never had any issues adding sounds myself.

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:51 PM

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Well it is a custom death sound. That change anything from what you use it for?

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

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do i hear talk about playSound/playMusic?

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have you been taught about say3D already?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

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no

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

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our lord and saviour

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

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did not know about that until now

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:52 PM

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ok, anyways, what's up

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what do you want to do?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:53 PM

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make a custom death sound

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it is .ogg

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:53 PM

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death sound to others or the player only?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:53 PM

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player only

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:53 PM

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ok, sound is enough

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playSound

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:53 PM

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or for players on one side

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:54 PM

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?

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players of a particular side, as in west, east etc.?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:54 PM

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like players on bluefor. Let them know someone died kinda

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:54 PM

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kk

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is your triggering method setup?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:55 PM

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being? like in the init using eventhandler

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:56 PM

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which eventHandler are you using?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:56 PM

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playSound selectRandom["01","02","03","04","05","06"]; 
}]``` The Init

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:56 PM

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this will only play the sound for the player

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and no-one else

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is that fine?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:57 PM

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If it cuts down time yes

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:57 PM

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cuts down?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:57 PM

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forgot time

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:57 PM

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ummm, yeah like 3 seconds worth of writing

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ok youre triggering the sound

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how's your CfgSounds?

hushed tendon Jun 25, 2020, 11:59 PM

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https://pastebin.com/gikJcSFS

ebon citrus Jun 25, 2020, 11:59 PM

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lets see

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change this sounds[] = {01,02,03,04,05,06}; to this sounds[] = {};

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:00 AM

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trying it out

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actually is that all?

robust hollow Jun 26, 2020, 12:00 AM

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i suggested that before 😢

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:01 AM

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are all the sound-files in your root

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:01 AM

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Sry I must have not understood

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I think

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:01 AM

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what do you mean, you think?

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FuFu

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are they or are they not?

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:02 AM

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They are with the mission.sqf

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that root?

robust hollow Jun 26, 2020, 12:02 AM

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if by sqf you mean sqm, yes

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:02 AM

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ye sqm

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So yes they are

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:04 AM

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yep

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ok

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wait, where is your CfgSounds? in Description.ext?

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:05 AM

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😭 Finally after like 5 hrs I can finally hear "Nico nico ni" when I die😭

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:05 AM

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oh wow

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good job

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👏

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hmmm...

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what if...

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to be continued arma 3 death mod?

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:07 AM

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@ebon citrus @robust hollow @still forum
Thank you guys for helping me make a custom death sound and cutting down the time to only 5 hrs 😭 Thank you 😭

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:07 AM

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i didnt do anything

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if connor suggested the fix already

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:08 AM

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@ebon citrus Yeah we kinda just made that

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And you did help even if you just helped me see something I missed or misunderstood

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:09 AM

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sure

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i'll take that

hushed tendon Jun 26, 2020, 12:09 AM

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There you go

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Would this just be like a more gruesome death sound mod?

open hollow Jun 26, 2020, 1:16 AM

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helloo anyone knows how to do a costum Vignetting for a mission? , i want to use gas masks but JSHK mod doesnt have this "effect"

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i found this old post but in the documentation (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#rscTitles) i cant find how to define the rcsTitles
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/146786-vignetting/

robust hollow Jun 26, 2020, 1:21 AM

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you define a display inside the RscTitles class of a description.ext (or config.cpp?)

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there isnt too much trickery to it, just add the class to your description.ext file and it should be good to go

class RscTitles {
    class YourDisplay {/* display stuff here */};
};```

open hollow Jun 26, 2020, 1:52 AM

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ok, ill try with that

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i mean i shoud put the .paa route there and thats it?

robust hollow Jun 26, 2020, 1:54 AM

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yes, but that isnt all. you would need to define a display and then an image control on that display to set the image path to.

open hollow Jun 26, 2020, 1:55 AM

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cutRsc ["whateverImageClassName","PLAIN"];

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it will work with that?

robust hollow Jun 26, 2020, 2:08 AM

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if you have done the config correctly yes. maybe have a read of this to get an idea for what I'm meaning.
http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-gui-part-1/

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 3:54 AM

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if a unit with a variable placed in editor dies and respawns, does it lose that variable? is that variable only for that life?

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it looks like it does... any way I should go about reassigning it when that unit respawns?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:12 AM

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depends

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where does this variable need to exist?

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where the unit is local? server? all clients? all clients and server?

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The way to go about it is always "how lazy can i be"

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Dont ever do more than is absolutely necessary

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Lazy code = best code... usually

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 4:20 AM

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the unit is a playable unit lets name it squadlead1. so I guess it would have to be local to the player that is using it, and the server if I have scripts to run on that unit that are ran on the server

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some things that come to mind are doing some sort of on respawn mechanics but I need to learn eventhandlers first

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:25 AM

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Mmmh

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Remember the locality related to eventhandlers

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 4:25 AM

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currently looking at MPRespawn which shows global and local

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 5:54 AM

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squadlead1 addMPEventHandler [
        
        "MPRespawn", {

            params ["_unit", "_corpse"];

            if ((missionNamespace getVariable "squadlead1") == _corpse) then {

                squadlead1 = _unit;
            };
        }
    ];

something like this?

unique sundial Jun 26, 2020, 6:20 AM

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MPRespawn fires only where unit is created, i.e. on the respawning player machine

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 6:30 AM

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i guess I'm still lost. just trying to grab the global variable off a players corpse and reassign it to him when he respawns.

unique sundial Jun 26, 2020, 6:34 AM

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if you give variable name to the unit in editor it should still have this name after respawn

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without any additional scripting

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 6:47 AM

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well when I have a unit named "somename" and I enter him as a player, I run out, die, then respawn. when I check somename == player, I get false. same with isPlayer somename

unique sundial Jun 26, 2020, 6:59 AM

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hmm will have to check that

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 7:14 AM

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i think i might know the error. you might not have to... give me a sec

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yes, as per usual its user error. I had a bandaid fix where I had named a random item a variable, then in the unit's init I had thatvariable=this so I could skip an error I was getting if players didn't select that unit

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so I have created this which works wonderfully. the problem is, when the unit respawns, I have to manually call the script again. its as if the while loop ends on death. if I call it manually, everything works fine and resets on the unit. am I missing something?

https://pastebin.com/RWAyq02D

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 7:51 AM

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So the problem is _unit right?

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It works when you recall the function but the function fails after _unit's death, right?

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 7:54 AM

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yup my function throws nill after that unit dies, but if its called again, then it is defined again

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 7:55 AM

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It is because _unit is getting updated when you recall it , and when he dies, it is no more the respawned unit

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but still the dead guy

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you need to get _unit within while loop

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 7:55 AM

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I believe it is updated when I recall it yes

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so just stick my params in the while loop?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 7:56 AM

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The variable remains same as Killzone says, but the problem is , at that point, _unit is recorded in there in value form, not reference anymore.

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You need to get the variable by using

missionNamespace getVariable ["_unit", objNull]; //Ignore this, this confused you. New one with additional info below.```

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within your while loop

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 7:57 AM

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this will return the unitname/var?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 7:58 AM

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ofc , whatever the _unit in there is

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u wont write _unit there

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but whatever input u give to function

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an option to do that is, pass the variable as string...

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then do it like this:

_unit = missionNamespace getVariable [_this select 0, objNull];```

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So you do not pass an object anymore, but a string because your variable is what you want, but the value that variable returns is not always what you want(on death for example)

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:08 AM

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I guess I'm confused with params since this is my first time using it. I'm trying to make the code applicable to more scenarios than just putting the unitname in. I thought params ["_unit"] is the same as _this select 0

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:09 AM

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it is. But you have a while loop there, and you want _unit to always be the player who respawned

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For example, you want "_unit" to always target player, which can not always be the same entity(if he dies, he is a new man, he is no more the value that is returned from _unit)

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:12 AM

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oh ok I think I get it. the params in the beginning is defining the first _this select 0 from the [unitname] execVM "filename.sqf". Then the unit dies and the first _unit isn't filled anymore. so the second _this select 0 is pulling from that `[unitname] execVM "filename.sqf" again?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:12 AM

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you need to retrieve a new value, which is still stored in the variable that you pass to your function .

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yeah, _unit in there is the dead guy in this scenario, which is why isPlayer someunit returns false after death.

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Killzone said that variable name in the editor remains same, which is true, but you are losing that variable name after you pass a 'unit object'

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you need to get the new value that variable returns

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but in this function you are losing since _unit is an object now

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therefore, your function should retrieve the variable in string form, so it is not the value, but u re returning the string.. so later on, you can ask this string who the new guy is by using getVariable I provided above.

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which you have to do after your while loop starts.

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:18 AM

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ok I'm trying to follow. So I need to go back to the beginning and use something other than `params ["_unit"] to do this string idea?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:20 AM

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so what you have to do is , it wont be a unit anymore, it will be just a string. So the _unit is something like _unitVariable now. then you call:

_unit = missionNamespace getVariable [_unitVariable, objNull];

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beginning of your while loop.

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/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Undercover
 
Description: Turns the unit defined by the parameter to friendly then hostile if unit gets too close to blufor or opfor units
 
Parameters:
0: Unit Variable <STRING>
 
How to call:
 
[unitname] execVM "undercover.sqf";
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
params ["_unitVariable"];
 
if (isServer) then {
 
        while {true} do {
            _unit = missionNamespace getVariable [_unitVariable, objNull];
            waitUntil {
.
.
.

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Mind that Parameters part, it is not OBJECT anymore but a STRING

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making this change, will fix your problem. You do not need to change anything else, but try to understand what the problem is.

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Edited code, I used 2 different variable names accidentally, recheck pls..

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Of course, do not forget to turn your variable into string as well when u call the function.

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Since we changed data type

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:27 AM

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ok so the unit gets brought into the script as a string "unitname". then what getVariable is doing is searching everything looking for the string "unitname" and finds it. It then pulls in the object variable of that said unit and sets it to our private variable?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:27 AM

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indeed.

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:28 AM

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ok that makes sense, but wow I was trying to read the getvariable wiki page at the same time and that page is confusing for that command imo

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:29 AM

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Basically , you are getting the unit the variable is assigned to in this mission

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:33 AM

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so my call has to be ["string"] execVM... as well right?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:33 AM

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indeed

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the variable 'name' that you use for the unit..

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if you are using

[myUnit] execVm ...
```you now need to use:
```sqf
["myUnit"] execVM ...

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:36 AM

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missionNamespace getVariable ["_unitVariable", objNull];
thats wrong. Needs to be
missionNamespace getVariable [_unitVariable, objNull];

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:36 AM

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i was just gonna ask that, cause it didn't seem to work

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:36 AM

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Thank you, @still forum , modified accordingly.

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Coding in discord is not one of my top skills 😩

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:38 AM

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mk so in the getVariable parameter, if you want a string you put a string, and if you want an object you put an object

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we wanted an object in the end

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:38 AM

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@fair drum Make sure you remove the " " parts in getvariable (modified the code now).

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:38 AM

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yeah i got it

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:39 AM

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getVariable just asks the missionNamespace, what the variable's value is.

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if you are asking objNull that is provided as 2nd parameter, it is the default value in case it is not defined.

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so if you wanna make it string, go ahead, but it is better practice to keep it same type as the value you expect _unit to be.

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:40 AM

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the wiki is just weird. it says varspace getvariable name where name is a string, and all the examples are strings. how would I know that I could put an object lol

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:41 AM

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You are talking about objNull part or the first part?

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_unitVariable is a string, dont forget.

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:42 AM

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ah ok

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:43 AM

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you pass the variable name in string form, and you get the value from it.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:45 AM

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["myObject"] call HYP_fnc_myFunction;
``````sqf
params ["_variableName"];
private _theObject = missionNamespace getVariable [_variableName, objNull];

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:51 AM

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hmmmm i have it like that and its still not looping. is it because I'm using ["suicideBomber"] execVM "undercover.sqf"?

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my params is a string, and the getVariable is just a local variable just like above

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["suicideBomber"] execVM "undercover.sqf";

params ["_unitVariable"];

_unit = missionNameSpace getvariable [_unitVariable, objNull];

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:53 AM

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it's not "looping"?

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you have to use _unit at some point

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:53 AM

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sorry there was a pastebin above. standby

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:53 AM

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Can you paste your new code?

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:54 AM

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["suicideBomber"] execVM "undercover.sqf";

params ["_unitVariable"];

if (isServer) then {

        while {true} do {

            _unit = missionNameSpace getvariable [_unitVariable, objNull];

            waitUntil {

                sleep 1;
                ([west, east] findIf {_x knowsAbout _unit > 1.4} == -1) and
                (primaryWeapon _unit == "") and
                (handgunWeapon _unit == "");
            };

            hint "The Bomber is Hidden";
            _unit setCaptive true;

            waitUntil {

                sleep 1;
                ({((side _x == west) or (side _x == east)) and (_x distance2D _unit < 20)} count allUnits > 0) or
                (primaryWeapon _unit != "") or
                (handgunWeapon _unit != "");

            };

            hint "The Bomber Has Been Discovered!";
            _unit setCaptive false;

            waitUntil {

                sleep 1;
                ([west, east] findIf {_x knowsAbout _unit > 0} == -1) and
                ({((side _x == west) or (side _x == east)) and (_x distance2D _unit < 200)} count allUnits == 0);
            };

            sleep 10;
        };
};

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:56 AM

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private _get = { missionNameSpace getvariable [_unitVariable, objNull]; };


if (alive (call _get)) then
{
  // ...
};

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because _unit might die at any point

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 8:57 AM

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yeah I thought that was what we were trying to fix above with the getVariable to reset the _unit

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 8:58 AM

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there are sleeps/waitUntils in this code, so after each sleep , you need to make sure the _unit is still the unit you want

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:58 AM

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when you place it in _unit, it refers to the object itself, not the reference - hence the need to either refresh _unit or to always go for getVariable

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:00 AM

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To identify the issue, can u remove all the sleeps except sleep 10 at the end?

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and test it like that?

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:02 AM

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sure. before we did the getVariable stuff, I would run him into an enemy which he would die and I had a hint "test" after the sleep 10 which would always fire. I narrowed it down to the first while do returning nill because _unit was no longer defined. let me try it without the sleeps, 1 sec

fluid wolf Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 AM

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Shoot uhh, how do you do quoted names inside of a quote again? So a command like typeof that needs a "b_heli_light" inside of something thats already under "quotes"

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 AM

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""

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 AM

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you can use ' '

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or u can use " each time multiply it with 2.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 AM

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private _string = "his name is ""Lou Montana""";
private _string = 'his name is "Lou Montana"';
private _string = "his name is 'Lou Montana'";

fluid wolf Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 AM

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Awesome, thank you so much. That was driving me nuts.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:04 AM

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private _string = format ["his name is %1Lou Montana%1", '"'];
``` 👀 😄

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:05 AM

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doesn't loop even without the sleeps.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:05 AM

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then code problem - using -showScriptErrors?

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:05 AM

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let me try lou's dealio

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no errors on screen from previous attempts

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with your call lou, would you put it in the while loop at the start?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:13 AM

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no, replacing every _unit

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:13 AM

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oh.... oh my

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:28 AM

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well I just looked up some reference material for gamemodes I know have an undercover system. looking specifically at antistasi and his functions all use player and not trying to do it with a particular unit. would this just be easier to do it with all players?

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oooo or maybe an add action for the undercover script? or maybe something I can put into a player respawn template?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:32 AM

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It really depends on what sort of mission/gamemode you have in your hand.

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If you want to do this for all players instead of a particular unit, then yes you can use player but considering you will have multiple players, it is required to understand multiplayer scripting which I believe, you are not familiar with, yet.

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adding action is a matter of design, which is up to you.

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:39 AM

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i do want to do it for a particular unit, but I've been at this single script for over 3 days now so I'm getting burned out and wondering if I should start from the ground up again lol

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:41 AM

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if you re getting burned out, give a pause. Pushing may discourage and demotivate you which can lead you to completely give up if you are new to it; and in some scenarios, may also affect your capability of thinking logic wise.

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Are you saying it because the code is still not working, or is it fixed after Lou's fix?

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:45 AM

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it is not but I haven't fully implemented lou's fix yet. thats what I'm burned out about, I have rearranged and rewrittin this thing so many times in the past 3 days that its just burnout. I was looking for a simple idea that would be cool for an op for my unit but in the grand scheme of things, they probably wouldn't notice the work that went into it. its every friday so i'll have to make do for now but there's three more missions in this campaign so I have time to figure it out. just gonna take a break like you said

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:48 AM

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Take a break, also I suggest you to learn debugging techniques and whenever you are stuck, just use them to find out what is wrong.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:48 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Debugging_Techniques ^^

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:48 AM

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It will make your life easier.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:49 AM

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There is a wiki page for everything!

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:49 AM

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Eh, there was not when I had started :(

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:49 AM

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ive been using visual studio for the stuff. any cool things I can do with it if you guys use it?

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:49 AM

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not meaning that specific page, just in general 😅

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:50 AM

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@fair drum Visual Studio Code I hope?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Community_Tools#Code_Edition for plenty of options/plugins

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See? told ya@crude vigil

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:51 AM

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yes VScode. Already have the color'd text plugin. gonna try the armadev

crude vigil Jun 26, 2020, 9:53 AM

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@winter rose Today's starters are lucky in resource aspect.

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 9:54 AM

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hopefully its consistent with the next iterations of the game so I don't have to relearn

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:54 AM

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@crude vigil we work hard on that! 👍

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I 'member when using a wrong weapon classname in OFP crashed the game…

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@fair drum unfortunately…
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DayZ:Enforce_Script_Syntax

faint oasis Jun 26, 2020, 10:06 AM

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i have a question ? how can i make a convoy in arma 3 ? because i have this command : setConvoySeparation but i don't know how i use that.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 10:07 AM

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link the vehicles together in a group, and order them to go to some other point - they should use roads in column

faint oasis Jun 26, 2020, 10:12 AM

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@winter rose ok but what is the "FOLLOW" waypoint ?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 10:13 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Waypoint_types#Follow
not much I know I am afraid ^^

faint oasis Jun 26, 2020, 10:31 AM

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i have group all vehicles after i have set a "limitspeed" and "convoyseparation" and it work only if i change the formation to "line"

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 10:32 AM

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set behaviour safe should do the trick

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tanks, or just road vehicles?

faint oasis Jun 26, 2020, 10:40 AM

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@winter rose i have remove the "convoyseparation" and the convoy always work so the "convoyseparation" command is only to change the distance between vehicle in a convoy and it doesn't work if i remove the limitspeed. When the vehicle doesn't have a speed limit the convoyseparation doesn't work and the distance between vehicle can be bigger ex : this setconvoyseparation 20 | can be 100 between a faster vehicle. So how the faster vehicle can wait other vehicle ?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 10:41 AM

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ah yes, it's only a floor limitation, not a ceiling

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limitSpeed to the min speed I suppose - although, vehicles should wait each others in a way

faint oasis Jun 26, 2020, 10:42 AM

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yes but i need to check the distance between all vehicle

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and if it's greater than 20 limitspeed = 0

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yes it's a good idea

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 11:48 AM

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I use notepad++ and arma ingame debug tools for code dev

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shy

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 11:56 AM

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There is even a real debugger with breakpoints and everything for VS Code, why not use this 🤷

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 11:57 AM

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Because "real" programmers use Notepad (not ++)

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:07 PM

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how tf am i suppose to define a uav with addAction? only way i get it to work is going into in game init and doing "this" addAction...

surreal peak Jun 26, 2020, 12:10 PM

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in editor you can give the UAV a variable name

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:13 PM

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Depends on what youre adding the addaction to and how it's meant to worl

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There are lots of ways of retrieving objects

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you just need to find one that suits your purpose

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:16 PM

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player nearestObject addAction ["hi button", 
{
    hint "hi";
}];```

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now that i look at this... idk man

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i tried the variable name too and it just doesn't do anything lol, i wonder if im initiating the code right or something stupid

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:27 PM

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what do you expct this to do? @unkempt sorrel ?

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check the syntax for addaction: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

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the excamples for this one are great aswell

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this addAction
[
    "title",    // title
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; // script
    },
    nil,        // arguments
    1.5,        // priority
    true,        // showWindow
    true,        // hideOnUse
    "",            // shortcut
    "true",     // condition
    50,            // radius
    false,        // unconscious
    "",            // selection
    ""            // memoryPoint
];```

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target (_this select 0): Object - the object which the action is assigned to
caller (_this select 1): Object - the unit that activated the action
actionId (_this select 2): Number - activated action's ID (same as addAction's return value)
arguments (_this select 3): Anything - arguments given to the script if you are using the extended syntax```

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what you posted is a syntax error

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:30 PM

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player nearestObject addAction ["hi button", 
{
    hint "hi";
}];
//params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];```

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:30 PM

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no...

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:30 PM

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do i have to fill out all of those params?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:30 PM

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player addAction ["hi button", 
{
    hint "hi";
}];```

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this adds the action "hi button" to the player

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:31 PM

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Yes, I'm aware of that but idk if its my brain but like i can't replace player with the object i want

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:32 PM

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what is it you want to do?

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add the action to the UAV or the player?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:33 PM

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the UAV, but the tricky thing is, the uav is programmed as if a player is inside of it and you take control of that unit inside of the uav, that's why there's 2 seats, im just wondering how to get the unit inside of the uav

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:33 PM

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why do you need to get the units inside of the UAV?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:34 PM

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basically im trying to get an add action for the gunner in the uav

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:34 PM

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

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here you go btw

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:34 PM

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oohhh

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that might work!

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:34 PM

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

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that gives you the gunner

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:35 PM

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hell yeah man, thanks for the info 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:37 PM

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aything else?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 12:42 PM

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if i stumble across anything ill for sure let u know 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 12:43 PM

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thanks, i like tricky questions

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especially those ones that involve flipping a car over with a tank for research purposes

oblique arrow Jun 26, 2020, 1:01 PM

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hm wasnt there a way to do a custom one of those radio support actions?

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As in the ones that show up with a little icon on the top left of the screen that can then be executed via the radio

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 1:29 PM

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@ebon citrus quick question... do you believe this init script will work?

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{
    if (addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerViewChanged", {
    params [
        "_oldUnit", "_newUnit", "_vehicle",
        "_oldCamera", "_newCamera", "_uav"
    ];
}]) then
    {
        _d = [_x] execvm "IRLaserScript.sqf";
    };
}     forEach fullCrew player;

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i think i forgot the variable actually, i think i use _this

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 1:33 PM

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What are you trying to do? Since that script won't work

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 1:34 PM

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Well basically when i switch to a uav terminal or gunner screen, that event handler will fire and it will get the crew of the uav im in, then use that to put an addaction on the gunner

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 1:37 PM

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You most likely want something like this:

addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerViewChanged", {
    params [
        "_oldUnit", "_newUnit", "_vehicle",
        "_oldCamera", "_newCamera", "_uav"
    ];
    if !(isNull _vehicle) then {
       _newBody execVM "IRLaserScript.sqf";
    };
}];

Which will run an EH on "PlayerViewChanged", and run the script when inside a vehicle.

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 1:37 PM

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ohh okay, can u point out what i did wrong if u dont mind? i just like learning from my errors lol

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im new to all this so

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 1:39 PM

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addMissionEventHandler doesn't return anything and will always execute when the EH is triggered (in this case on "PlayerViewChanged").
All scripts you want to run on executing must be placed inside the EH.

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 1:39 PM

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ohh okay so it doesn' t give a return so i add it in the block? makes sense 😄

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 1:41 PM

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it does return something, but that is the EH index (which can be used to remove the EH at a later stage).
see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addMissionEventHandler

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 2:42 PM

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@unkempt sorrel player is not a valid vehicle

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fullCrew will return nothing

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if you want the player's vehicle, you need to use vehicle player

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

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Sorry i couldnt reply immediately, i was out helping my friend apply for worker's permit

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:02 PM

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@ebon citrus its okay i seemed to figure it out anyways, im using "gunner" and it does seem to return a value, my problem was initiating the script so i just did a simple way to start it and things are working as intended 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:02 PM

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what exactly is your script?

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if you care to share

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i'd like to have a read to make sure you did it right

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 3:05 PM

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Is there a way to change how much the player score rises for certain kills? (E.g. for a jet double that of a helicopter or for a tank double that of an APC)

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:05 PM

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handlescore and addscore

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

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

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couple that with "iskindof"

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and you have an easy check to give specific score for specific type of vehicles

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 3:07 PM

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The _object refers to the destroyed vehicle?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:09 PM

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try it

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would seem like so

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 3:10 PM

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object: Object - object for which score was awarded
So whatever is causing the award (killed unit, destroyed vehicle, etc.) is in this variable

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 3:11 PM

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Hiya does anyone know if it is possible to hide an object and only allow a specific unit to see it? Can't for the life of me think how it could be done

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 3:13 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObject
It's local, so needs to be called on all clients to take effect.
Meaning, you can call it on all, but one unit

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 3:16 PM

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@agile anchor What Grezvany13 said. If you want to hide if for everyone you could use hideObjectGlobal but I don't know if you can reveal it for one person with hideObject again afterwards...

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:16 PM

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uav = nearestObject [player, "USAF_MQ9"];
addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerViewChanged", 
{
    params ["_oldUnit", "_newUnit", "_vehicle","_oldCamera", "_newCamera", "_uav"];
    list1 = gunner uav;
    list1 addAction 
    [
        format["<t color='%1'>Enable IR Marker!</t>","#228B22"], // forest green
        {
            params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
            _pos = getMousePosition;
            invis = createVehicle ["B_Soldier_A_F", uav, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
            invis hideObject false;
            invis attachTo uav;
        }
    ]
}];

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:17 PM

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dangerous use of a global variable

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:17 PM

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also, uav != _uav

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:18 PM

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i dont think "_uav" param is passed for that event

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:19 PM

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this works btw, it executes the command when i want, its just the matter of adjusting z coords, and i can make it local, i just dont understand the differences of why they can conflict with other things, and can you elaborate lou ? i dont quite understand, and it actually is, _uav is if you go into the terminal screen

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:19 PM

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oh, yeah it is

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that's new

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yeah, but it's still a dangerous use of a global variable

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:20 PM

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works if you have only one UAV named uav yes

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:20 PM

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make sure to remove the action aswell

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or you'll keep on stacking them

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and if you have one USAF_MQ9 in the mission

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:21 PM

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long story short: don't 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:21 PM

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this seems like very Ad hoc code

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it works for one use-case in VERY specific circumstances if you open the UAV terminal once

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:22 PM

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hmm so basically, no global variables, and remove the action and loop it back

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and name uav something else

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:22 PM

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the game is adding a new action to the UAV whenever one of these occurs:

Fired on player view change. Player view changes when player is changing body due to teamSwitch, gets in out of a vehicle or operates UAV for example.```

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it's broken on a fundamental level

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:23 PM

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how should i specify that i only want the uav

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just do the param _uav?

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i didn't know if that conflicted with other things

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:24 PM

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need help with it?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:24 PM

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a little, but i think im understanding, ill have to see though when i actually write it lol

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:24 PM

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ok

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it's best to design the code in pseudo-code first

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first question, what do you want to do?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:26 PM

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well, i do want an ir laser to be shot from the tgp of the USAF mq9, so basically you can see what it is pointing at

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:26 PM

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like a visual laser?

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like the ones on rifles?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 3:26 PM

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@exotic flax @vague geode thanks I look into that

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:26 PM

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visual to NVG

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:26 PM

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yeah, but only for night vision, exactly

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:26 PM

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not just visual to where it's pointing

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:27 PM

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yeah a visual laser

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so im bascially putting an invis unit and attaching it to the drone

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:27 PM

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that turns off the laser too

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if you make the unit invisible, the laser goes invisible too

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:28 PM

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is there a way to disable just the model of the unit?

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i would assume the ir laser is seperate

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:28 PM

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yes and no

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make a gun that has no model and a unit which has no proxies appart from weapon-proxy

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then attach a laser to the gun

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but that's VERY hacky

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you haven't thought of using https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawLine3D

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?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:29 PM

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i haven't read into that actually

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one sec

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o\

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:29 PM

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a far less hacky way

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keep this in mind:
Visible through fog and past draw distance.

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:30 PM

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lmao that is probably what i would want, but is it possible to make it only seen by nvg's since it looks more like a mapping tool

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like i wonder if there's a way to do an eventhandler with nvg's and run that script, but idk how much workload that is

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:31 PM

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yeah

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:31 PM

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yup

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

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:32 PM

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@unkempt sorrel https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/currentVisionMode

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damn

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you got me

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:32 PM

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ninja'd

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:32 PM

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AAAAA

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:33 PM

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y e s, im fully erect, thanks btw man you helping me a lot lately lol

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:33 PM

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thank Lou

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men

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thank the community

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that's the one

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without the community, the community wouldn't exist

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when one person helps you, it's a long chain of helping and advice

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going way back decades

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almost

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:36 PM

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decades - OFP was released in 2001, the wiki dates back from 2006, and Arma 3 released in 2013 (already) 🙂

fair drum Jun 26, 2020, 3:38 PM

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@fair drum unfortunately…
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DayZ:Enforce_Script_Syntax
@winter rose
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! is it easier?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:38 PM

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almost decades already

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this is maybe a romantic idea

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but i like to think that the arma community was born the day ofp was released

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the community as in the people and the spirit

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:40 PM

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it sure did! mission makers existed day 1 thanks to the in-game editor 🙂

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the spirit grew from day 1 too

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:40 PM

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❤️

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continuing a tradition spanning many decades would be a dream come true for me

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a tradition around a game

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a tradition about helping

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:41 PM

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(I remember my old website in html to download .zip 👴)

Helping is generally the best option for a social species, so… yes, let's do that

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:42 PM

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uav1 = nearestObject [player, "USAF_MQ9"];
addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerViewChanged", 
{
    params ["_uav", "_uav1"];
    _list1 = gunner uav1;
    _list1 addAction 
    [
        format["<t color='%1'>Enable IR Marker!</t>","#228B22"], // forest green
        {
            params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
            _pos = getMousePosition;
            if (currentVisionMode player == 1) then
            {
            drawLine3D [uav1, _pos, [0,0.2,0,1]];
            }
        }
    ]
},1]
removeMissionEventHandler ["PlayerViewChanged", 1];
return```

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i had to use a global one

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:42 PM

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no

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:42 PM

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i think but i changed it to uav1

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o

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 3:42 PM

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also, return is useless and throws an error ^^

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:43 PM

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yeah that was gonna be my question, how do i loop the script back

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:43 PM

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loop back?

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dedmen coming at you

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dont worry

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lmao is starting out

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with scripting

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lets think this through

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in pseudo code

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if we are going to use drawLine3D

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you need to first get the object to add the action to

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:45 PM

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which is the uav right?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:45 PM

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the first line is useless as PlayerViewChanged gives us the UAV

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:45 PM

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or am i big wrong

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ohh tru

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:45 PM

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but even better than that

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you can attach the action to all UAV's at init-stage

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when you are initializing said vehicle

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this is a little dirty

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:47 PM

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how shall i go about this 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:48 PM

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add an onEachFrame eventHanddler to draw the line if the player is in NVG-mode and toggle(let's call it that) is enabled

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hmmm, is this multiplayer compatible meant to be?

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 3:50 PM

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@ebon citrus If I have to add the HandleScore event handler to the player how can I get the server to execute the addScore and addScoreSide commands?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:50 PM

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can there be multiple UAV's?

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@vague geode addScore has global effect

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ah, i see the note

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remoteExec?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:51 PM

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well, it would be nice but, and yeah, multiple would be nice, but idk if its worth the workload cause idk how to really go about it,

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 3:51 PM

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remoteExec?
I don't know. I am asking you... XD

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:51 PM

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it's possible, but youre taking quite the undertaking here

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considering your knowledge of scripting

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so i would recommend you do it for one UAV for singleplayer for now

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to get the hang of it

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and how scripting works, sounds good?

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 3:52 PM

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hell yeah man, its all i need it for anyways, ive just been wanting to do a solo mission 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:53 PM

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@vague geode yes, you would remoteExec it

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 3:53 PM

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Ok, thanks.

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:53 PM

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@unkempt sorrel the start of a scrtipting project is to consider what's the least effort you can expend to do it

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dont just "i can do MP, it's nice"

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it's a do i need to, do i not need to

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anyways

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give the UAV a variable name in it's init

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something like "LMAO_UAV_1"

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that way we can always refer back to the UAV with that name

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now let's add an action in the uav's gunner

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this action will just toggle a variable

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 3:55 PM

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i'm looking for insights, i wish to make an event where in a certain time a missle is shot by a unit on the terrain toward an helicopter but, the missle should not hit the helicopter, ie i want the unit to shoot to miss

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 3:57 PM

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LMAO_UAV_TOGGLE=false;
this addAction 
    [
        format["<t color='%1'>Enable IR Marker!</t>","#228B22"], // forest green
        {
          if (LMAO_UAV_TOGGLE) then {
            LMAO_UAV_TOGGLE=false;
          }else{
            LMAO_UAV_TOGGLE=true;
          };
        }
    ]```

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something like that

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you could also trigger this on the event of firing the UAV's laser marker, but we'll get to that later, not now

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actually this is garbage

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we probably want to use the UAV fired trigger

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that way we have the lsertarget

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@unkempt sorrel let's take this to DMs?

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 4:00 PM

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@ebon citrus I have never used remoteExec for a command with two parameters before so I don't know how I would do it...

[_unit, _score] remoteExec ["addScore"];?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:01 PM

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change the projectile speed to make it miss@flat elbow

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exactly like that

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now just define it to fire only on server side

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:01 PM

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uhh i think even with lower speed the target lock will still keep it to hit

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:01 PM

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not speed as in speed

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but nudge the missile to the side

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:02 PM

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wouldn't the homing system just make it steer?

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i mean i would expect a guided missle to steer even if I move it

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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setMissileTarget

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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exactly like that
@ebon citrus Was that the answer to my question?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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or nudge it enough to make it miss

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@vague geode yes

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Ok, thanks.

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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but just make it fire server-side

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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@flat elbow setMissileTargetPos to aim at a position instead of an object

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

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pos doesnt work on some missiles

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as they dont have appropriate config

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:04 PM

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

The munition must have manualControl config to use this command.
The target position has to be inside configured missile targeting cone for command to work.

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:04 PM

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as i said

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AA missiles dont have manual, for example

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:04 PM

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

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:05 PM

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what about exploding the missile short before hitting?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:05 PM

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that could work

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but if you want it to miss, i would recommend just steering it with script

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:05 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/triggerAmmo
triggerAmmo 10m away

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:05 PM

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10m is enough to damage most vehicles

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air vehicles atleast

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:05 PM

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mmh i'd prefer the missle to just go over it

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:06 PM

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then just nudge it

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missiles dont have infinite g-tolerance

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they cant account for all changes

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:06 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityModelSpace to make it go up ^^

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:06 PM

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i amde a missile "jamming" script at one point to make missiles steer away when the jammer was online

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@ebon citrus I have never used remoteExec for a command with two parameters before so I don't know how I would do it...

[_unit, _score] remoteExec ["addScore"];?
@vague geode [_unit, _score] remoteExec ["addScore",2];

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:08 PM

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basically:

1/ if you want the missile to go in a straight line to a missed point, setMissileTarget/setMissileTargetPos (depending on the weapon)
2/ if you don't mind the missile changing its trajectory before touching, setVelocity/setVelocityModelSpace
3/ if you don't want any of these, just triggerAmmo before hit (and beware of network desync)

unkempt sorrel Jun 26, 2020, 4:09 PM

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@ebon citrus sorry i was taking a little break, i can add u and we can go into dms if u want 😄

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:09 PM

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can i like, get the helicopter position, add like 5 meters, then force the unit to aim there and then forceWeaponFire?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:09 PM

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that would work @unkempt sorrel

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yes

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getPos

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but you would want a dummy-vehicle for AA missile, for example

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we need to know what kind of missile this is

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:10 PM

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private _posAboveHeli = getPosATL _helicopter vectorAdd [0,0,5];

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:10 PM

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yea for the getting i know that i'm unsure how to force the launcher orientation tho

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:10 PM

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(even though, 5m may not be enough)

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:10 PM

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5m is within detonation cone for AA missiles

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:10 PM

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the aimAt, fireAtTarget et simila requires an object not a pos

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:10 PM

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actually almost optimal

#

HOLY MOLY

#

is this an AA missile or ATGM?

#

does it have manual target or lock-on?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:11 PM

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Speak!

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:11 PM

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it is a lock-on

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:11 PM

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ok, then you need setMissileTarget

#

OR!

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you can do like the chads do

#

and spawn your own missile projectile

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and guide it to target with script

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and then make it miss

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:12 PM

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you overestimate my knowledge of trigonometry

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:12 PM

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but far easier would be to rely on the AI

#

anyways, im going to go and roast LMAO

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Lou, have at it if you want to

#

i'll be back in a bit

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:13 PM

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basically i want the players to $ their pants as they hear they are getting locked

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the pilot AI will then perform evasive manouvre but i need to be sure the missle miss

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:13 PM

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hah, if you want them to hear getting locked, the AI has to lock them unless you play a soundfile

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:14 PM

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and lock them with a radar-weapon at that

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:15 PM

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yes my idea was to make the AI lock them and as soon as the AI is ready to fire make it move the aim and shoot

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:16 PM

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you should count on the AI to shoot, then, but add a "Fired" EH to grab the missile and set its target off

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maybe like creating an invisible object above the helicopter and making the missile to target it

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:17 PM

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mmh yea i can do that, maybe a pencil

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so it will also explode at the heigh i want

#

i'm just curious now if I can manually control the aiming of a unit

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like, tell the AI where to point the gun

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:19 PM

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maybe
but again, you won't have the locking

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:20 PM

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yea that's just out of curiosity now

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:21 PM

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i'm still on the side of nudging the missile

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:22 PM

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from memory, there were a lot of issues in forcing the AI to shoot at something

fire, doFire, fireAtTarget, forceWeaponFire, I guess all these commands tried to circumvent various issues differently

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:22 PM

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

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:23 PM

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supressing fire

#

my best luck with getting AI to shoot is supressing fire

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but im not sure if that works with missiles

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:24 PM

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I would argue that a missile suppressing fire is the most effective kind

flat elbow Jun 26, 2020, 4:24 PM

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if you are a soviet AA missle suppressing fire is like the standard

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:25 PM

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reminds me of this video of a Russian soldier with broken arm calling Stalin organs fire over the radio 😄

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 4:25 PM

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@ebon citrus how did you test the attached trigger rotation yesterday? In my tests it seems that the trigger's area is not rotated with the parent object.

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:25 PM

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jsut saw that the other day

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not the area but the trigger's rotation

#

i guess i misunderstood your question

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 4:26 PM

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So what exactly did you find then?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:26 PM

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the trigger's direction changes as the car's direction changes

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 4:26 PM

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when attached?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:26 PM

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yep

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 4:26 PM

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in my case it seems to always look ~~forward~~ I mean North 🤔

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:27 PM

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forward?

#

it's possible the direction is relative to the parent

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 4:27 PM

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oh wait a minute it might be facing north because my velocity is zero

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sorry

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:28 PM

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🤷‍♂️

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 4:28 PM

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velocity doesn't matter; direction does

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 4:28 PM

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internal scripting stuff maybe

#

resets trigger size if vel is 0

#

so that the trigger wont fire

#

he has an adaptive system based on speed

#

that scales the trigger

astral dawn Jun 26, 2020, 5:01 PM

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I just tested with a long narrow trigger area and yes, it seems like this area doesn't rotate with the car the trigger is attached to

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it moves with it, but does not rotate

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 5:03 PM

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Does anyone happen to have a list of all possible type names of vehicles for the isKindOf command?

warm hedge Jun 26, 2020, 5:04 PM

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Every CfgVehicles entries could be

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:04 PM

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yeah, I am not listing that on the isKindOf page 😁

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:04 PM

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Hi I'm trying to hide an object to all units apart from 1 and have tried objectname hideObjectGlobal true; and objectname hideObject false; but this doesn't work any ideas please

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:05 PM

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where did you run that?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:06 PM

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'global was in the mission init and normal in a trigger

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 5:07 PM

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@warm hedge Ok.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:08 PM

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@agile anchor
hideObjectGlobal in init.sqf?
and the trigger, when does it fire? what are its settings

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:09 PM

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global in mission init from within editor and just for testing purposes i have the trigger player activated

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:13 PM

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from within editor
? wait, wut?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:14 PM

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attributes/general/init (I believe it is the same as having an init.sqf) but I could be very wrong and would like to know lol

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:15 PM

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I don't know a lot about advanced Eden functionalities, which is why I ask 😁

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:16 PM

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Oh ok i was beginning to worry lol

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:16 PM

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well, it hides the object, right?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:16 PM

#

could there be another way of achieving what I'm after

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yes it hides it

#

when ever i unhide it all see it

#

atm

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:22 PM

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the trigger would need to have player in thislist as condition

#

otherwise, any unit would trigger all local triggers

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:23 PM

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oh ok makes sense i'll give that a try thankyou

#

@winter rose didn't work unfortunately

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:26 PM

#

wut?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:29 PM

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so just to make sure i'm getting it right... in mission init objectname hideObjectGlobal true; activation trigger... Activation: 'any player' & 'present' Condition: player in thisList On Act: objectname hideObject false;

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:30 PM

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yep

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:30 PM

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doesn't work 😕

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:31 PM

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Make it work! 🔨

#

do you try it in MP with someone?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:32 PM

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I'm trying and failing hence why I'm here

#

no using sp atm

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:33 PM

#

…

#

ooooooh you want only -you- can see it, not AI?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:34 PM

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yes or a specific Ai unit and no other ai

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:35 PM

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that's different then

you cannot "hide" something from AI, except one-timed with forgetTarget
what you could do however, is setCaptive

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 5:36 PM

#

Fired and FiredMan EH's dont work with laser designator?

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:36 PM

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I've tried setCaptive and same thing happens (as soon as it transfers over they all shoot)

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

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@agile anchor yes, setCaptive must be reapplied on locality change

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

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would i have to assign forgetTarget to all other ai (other than the 1 i want to use)?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

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now, give us context so we can be more precise

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

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Context?

#

Whats that

#

kekw

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

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lol

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

#

what is it you really ~~desire~~ want to do?

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:37 PM

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you must know my question without anything else!

#

I'll stop being unhelpful ;)

#

@ebon citrus I don't think so

agile anchor Jun 26, 2020, 5:39 PM

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I'm trying to get a specific ai unit to engage a specific target but no other ai near by join the party lol

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:39 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/laserTarget might be useful instead @ebon citrus

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 5:41 PM

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not an eventhandler

#

and i am aware

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:41 PM

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@agile anchor ```sqf
{ _x setBehaviour "CARELESS"; } forEach _allOtherUnits;

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:41 PM

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Yes but that is the closest you'll get

#

What you trying to do exactly?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 5:42 PM

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detect the firing of a laser designator on a vehicle without making a loop

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:42 PM

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well if its not an EH then you have to

#

WhatThe

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 5:43 PM

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yes, it would seem so

#

i was just coming here to confirm my assumnptions

#

think so's dont help

#

my hypothesis is that fired and firedMan dont work with lasers

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:44 PM

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Best way is to test, but afaik it doesn't

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:44 PM

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is that a hypothesis, or did you test it?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 5:45 PM

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i tested it

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after my hypothesis

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and according to my tests

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i have made the conclusion that it doesnt

brave jungle Jun 26, 2020, 5:46 PM

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I'll need a 2000 word report by monday!

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Nah but seriously, as I thought 😉

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Loop it'll have to be!

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 5:48 PM

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isLaserOn can help

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yes, every time you turn on/off, a laser target object is created/deleted

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 6:15 PM

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hmmm

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 6:17 PM

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hmmm.

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(🧅)

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 6:21 PM

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layers

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 6:22 PM

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mostly a Dark Souls reference 😄

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 6:37 PM

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is there a way to set an addAction's title to a script?

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that would be re-evaluated the same way the condition is

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or will i have to see if i can slip an setUserActionText in the condition field

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this is gonna go so wrong

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but im also intrigued

vague geode Jun 26, 2020, 6:48 PM

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Just to make sure, with player addScore -1; I lower the score by one, right?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 6:51 PM

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yup

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@ebon citrus …what?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 6:53 PM

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😅

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it didnt work

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i need to change the action name

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since the players can change their backpacks

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so the action name needs to be the backpack name

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but i guess i cant do it in any "smart" way

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uhhh...

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i would hate to make a loop

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 6:57 PM

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@ebon citrus https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUserActionText ?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 6:57 PM

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yep, i know about that

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but i cant add a script to it, can i?

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a script that would evaluate every time similar to the condition field

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wait, never mind

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it works

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in the condition field

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"
    private _className = backpack _originalTarget;
    if (_className != '') then {
        private _backpackName = getText(configFile >> (_classname call TOM_fnc_getConfig) >> _className >> 'displayName');
        _originalTarget setUserActionText [1, format ['Open %1',_backpackName]];
    };
    ((backpack _originalTarget) !='') && (!alive _originalTarget);
    "```

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this has got to be the stupidest condition-field

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ok, i've got a problem

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the script is initialized for something IN THE MAIN MENU

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is there a way to detect if the game is in a mission?

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 7:09 PM

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maybe you can figure something through findDisplay? IDK about UI

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 7:10 PM

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i tried 46

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but 46 is loaded when the game loads into the main menu

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let's see !isNull player

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that might work

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 7:11 PM

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yep (and the script is irrelevant for dedi servers)

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 7:11 PM

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yep

jade abyss Jun 26, 2020, 7:12 PM

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MainMenu = uiNamespace getVariable ['RscDisplayMain', displayNull];

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 7:13 PM

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im trying to run a script as soon as the player loads into a mission

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 7:13 PM

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CfgFunctions?

jade abyss Jun 26, 2020, 7:13 PM

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nah, mainMenu is something different

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 7:13 PM

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cfgVehicles INIT eventhandler

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yeah, no

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shame

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i wanted to add an EH that adds an action to all units

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the script is running but it's not adding the eh

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is there a way to get the unit's object with the unit-name?

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never mind, it IS the object

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hmmm

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idk

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the script executes but the action is not visible

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it shows up in "actionIDs"

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but the action itself is not visible

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maybe it's inited too early

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nope

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it's not about when it's executed

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let's see if it works if i execute it through cfgFunctions

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instead of preprocessfile

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 7:58 PM

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that's weird

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:11 PM

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Vector question, does multiplying/diving a vector is the same as multiply/divide all of its values?

e.g
vector vectorMultiply 3
is equal to
[vector#0 * 3, vector#1 * 3, vector#2 * 3]
?

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it seems so.

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excuse me but… what??

📎 unknown.png

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is there a rounding issue not displaying in the str array, ooor am I blind/~~crazy~~ missing something?

private _v = [102, 687, 1543];
private _f = 53;
private _r1 = _v vectorMultiply 1/_f;
private _r2 =  [_v, _f] call BIS_fnc_vectorDivide;
[_r1, _r2, _r1 isEqualTo _r2]
```for reference

austere granite Jun 26, 2020, 8:19 PM

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i dont know what sorta floats arma uses

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but 102 divided by 53 is quiteeeeeeee a lot of decimals

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:20 PM

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that's my guess, buuut

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nah it's 1543/53

private _v = [102, 687, 1543];
private _f = 53;
private _r1 = _v vectorMultiply 1/_f;
private _r2 =  [_v, _f] call BIS_fnc_vectorDivide;
[_r1, _r2, _r1 isEqualTo _r2, [_r1#0 isEqualTo _r2#0, _r1#1 isEqualTo _r2#1, _r1#2 isEqualTo _r2#2]] // last is [true, true, false]

restive leaf Jun 26, 2020, 8:21 PM

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A very simple formula is used to calculate floats in Real_Virtuality. It is (+/-)1 integer, decimal point, 5 integers as the fractional component, e,(+/-)3 integers representing the exponent component. If the beginning integer is negative, the negative symbol will be added, but if it is positive, it will be dropped. In the exponent component, positive and negative is always shown. If the resulting shortened value would go further than the hundred-thousandth's decimal place, it will be rounded at the hundred-thousandth's decimal place, this is why numbers of larger magnitude lose precision. Numbers start getting shortened once they reach the millions, thus, 999999 is the largest unshortened number than can be shown. 1000000 will be shown as 1e+006.

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:23 PM

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sooo there is a difference between x/y and x * 1/y?

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no :D

private _a = 1543;
private _b = 53;
(_a/_b) isEqualTo (_a * 1/_b) // true

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 8:35 PM

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https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(x+*+1)+%2F+y+≠+x+%2F+y
Mathematical not possible to be false

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 8:35 PM

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arma doesnt fallow basic mathemathical order

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so it does 1/_B

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arma calculated _a*(1/b)

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not (_a*1)/_b

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right?

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i've seen this behaviour in some notorious languages

exotic flax Jun 26, 2020, 8:37 PM

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Actually Arma is correct, since it first did math and then calling a command

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And yes, a lot of languages just read RTL instead of per line and parse it correctly

queen cargo Jun 26, 2020, 8:41 PM

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Uhm... How did you came to that conclusion @ebon citrus?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 8:42 PM

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i didnt

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:42 PM

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"a very simple formula is used" wat....
It's just standard c/c++ float... Nothing special

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Actually Arma is correct, since it first did math and then calling a command
Math is also a command

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:42 PM

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gib answers 😄

restive leaf Jun 26, 2020, 8:43 PM

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LOL... That is straight from the wiki Dedmen

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:43 PM

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Someone please burn it down

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And just link to floating point wikipedia

queen cargo Jun 26, 2020, 8:43 PM

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Tried ti

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But sqf-vm is down right now

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:43 PM

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Who wrote that abomination of text?

queen cargo Jun 26, 2020, 8:43 PM

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So no tree__

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:44 PM

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/shrug

Who wrote that abomination of text?

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😢

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¯_(ツ)_/¯ HAH

restive leaf Jun 26, 2020, 8:45 PM

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DreadedEntity did... It was much shorter originally (in the original version by the same author actually) so I assume someone asked for it to be expanded...

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:46 PM

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also, maybe there were some evolutions in the engine? (don't burn me, just asking)

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:46 PM

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Please just wikipedia IEEE float

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:47 PM

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so all in all, where does the "issue" arise?

restive leaf Jun 26, 2020, 8:47 PM

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NOTE: Despite rounding the number and displaying it as a shortened literal, the engine seems to keep the actual value stored in RAM. 🤣 Now that is a classic line

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:48 PM

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Yes it is the same. And precision

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 8:48 PM

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float/double? or nothing alike

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 8:48 PM

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float prec

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Could be that isEqual.... No can't..
Just some weird precision issue with specifically your numbers

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:00 PM

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is there anything I can check for when a variable I saved with saveVar for my campaign is nil in the next mission? it does appear in the campaign.sqc with the right value, so it should be there, but it's not :/

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 9:01 PM

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What are you storing in the variable?

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:01 PM

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a string

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 9:01 PM

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What is saveVar?

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Never used that 🤔

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:01 PM

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

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"save a variable to campaign namespace"

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 9:02 PM

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Ah. Our like 3rd implementation of methods to save variables

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 PM

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I just need a variable that will still be there in the next mission. if there's another way, let me know 😄

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for some reason, it is nil, even though it did save correctly.

still forum Jun 26, 2020, 9:03 PM

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profileNamespace, but that would also stay there outside of campaign

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:07 PM

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huh, actually, the variable is there.
but isNil returns true 🤔

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:09 PM

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isNil var?

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it's isNil "var"

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beware the paddlin'…

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:09 PM

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yeah, I just noticed... thanks, I'll adjust it

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:11 PM

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hmm

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my addaction is not showing up when i do it through the config.cpp

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the action is there...

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in actionIDs

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but the action doesnt do anything

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if i add the SAME action through in-game (copy-paste) debug monitor, it works

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never mind, it is

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im just ACTUALLY factually artarded myself

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:18 PM

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bewaaare of the profanities 👀

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what was the issue?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:19 PM

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wrong action ID

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because the one i added in the debug had the correct action ID since the previous one was already added below it

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so it worked

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i used action ID 1

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:19 PM

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🔨

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:19 PM

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so the first aciton to be added was 0

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:20 PM

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consider also mods and other interactions - you should get the action ID by reference, not "guessing" it

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:20 PM

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yep, now it works

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i know...

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i swear there was a method to get all actions of an object

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but now i can only find the IDs

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:21 PM

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yay, it works 😄
now I can have the strategic map from Arma 1

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:22 PM

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oooh with the little screen top-right and all?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:22 PM

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pictures

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nyansee

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:23 PM

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I re-made it with the Arma 3 strategic map right now, because I have no clue about Rsc, but yeah, with some effort I could make the original A1 screen work 😄
(it almost worked unchanged, but not quite, a bit glitchy)

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:23 PM

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i swear there was a method to get all actions of an object
I believe all there was around was actionIDs @ebon citrus

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:23 PM

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

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:24 PM

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i swear to god, lou

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i have made this before

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:24 PM

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SWEAR TO MEEE 🦇

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but what do you mean by "get actions"?
obtain addAction parameters?

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:26 PM

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yep

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im going to do my own fnc for this

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:27 PM

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with card games, yeah 😋

barren spire Jun 26, 2020, 9:29 PM

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here it is with the original map :)
not 100% functional though
https://i.imgur.com/fgqw0Gd.png

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like, the video when you click a mission does not work, it just shows the players view xD
https://i.imgur.com/VbT7lgE.png

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:33 PM

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yeah that's the "video" I was talking about
this was a nice idea at the time!

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:34 PM

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Done

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my TOM_fnc_getAction with card games and street performers is done

winter rose Jun 26, 2020, 9:36 PM

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you need an addAction & removeAction too 😛

ebon citrus Jun 26, 2020, 9:36 PM

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XD

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sure

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addaction is there

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and removeaction exists too

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i wrote a quick function to return action ID of a unit with title or argument