#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 605

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 12:41 PM

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Correct, but atleast thats a incentive for them to come out and ask, and be educated

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instead just sticking with the first thing they see working, and turning that into a SQF tutorial or publishing it for others to learn from

hallow mortar Jul 17, 2020, 12:42 PM

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If your scripting language deliberately tries to trip people up so they have to go looking for help, that's a bad design philosophy IMO. But perhaps we have different perspectives.

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 12:42 PM

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yeah thats what I was told too when the == fix was made and I complained about it

spark turret Jul 17, 2020, 12:43 PM

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Well sqf is awful is almost every aspect (except the commumity docu) so theres that

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 12:43 PM

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the syntax itself is beautifully easy, the implemented commands ontop of it are not

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And the performance 👀
but I have some fixes on that front

exotic flax Jul 17, 2020, 12:44 PM

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it just doesn't follow the standards which any other language has... which makes it a pain for new and old devs

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but what to expect from a 20 year old language...

spark turret Jul 17, 2020, 12:47 PM

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Btw is arma physics using double to store data? I have come across unitys float point problem where the floats that store the physx values only allow for a 6km radius with precise values and then they loose precision => things wobble.
Was wondering how arma avoids that

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 12:50 PM

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https://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/content/gameworkslibrary/physx/guide/Manual/OriginShift.html
Not sure if Arma uses that.
Positions in Arma are floats, I don't know what physx uses internally

spark turret Jul 17, 2020, 12:51 PM

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Oh cool they also (maybe) do origin shift! I ll have to look into that, especially how that works in MP

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 12:51 PM

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As I said, I don't know if Arma uses that for physx

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Arma in general atleast doesn't

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Don't know why unity is 6km.. floating point is exact to the cm till about 260km

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and to the mm till about 16km

spark turret Jul 17, 2020, 12:55 PM

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Yeah but you can notice wobble at around 10km on stuff like computer screens and small details. So 6 is to play it safe

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 12:56 PM

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yeah sub-mm wobble, but things in Arma don't need to be that exact

torpid quartz Jul 17, 2020, 4:23 PM

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Hey pox gave me this code yesterday to store points in time

startTime = time;
endTime = time - startTime;

how would i get "endtime" to print in something like this?

titleText ["<t color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>endtime would go here</t><br/>", "PLAIN", 5, true, true];

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 4:24 PM

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titleText [format["<t color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>%1</t><br/>", endTime], "PLAIN", 5, true, true];

warm hedge Jul 17, 2020, 4:24 PM

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titleText ["<t color='#FFFFFF' size='2'>" + str endTime + "</t><br/>", "PLAIN", 5, true, true];```Or maybe like this. Don't know which is wiser in performance terms

torpid quartz Jul 17, 2020, 4:28 PM

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I was using just this, let me test those real quick

hint str endtime;

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 4:29 PM

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mine better perf

torpid quartz Jul 17, 2020, 4:37 PM

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yeah they both work fine, thanks for the help.

fair drum Jul 17, 2020, 4:37 PM

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so I have this:

if (local this) then { [this, "SIT2", "NONE"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim; };

on a single blufor's init section in the editor. BUT,

opfor's units are doing the sit as well and it doesn't make sense. green units and civs are not doing the sit thankfully. could "this" be messing up?

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and blufor's unit doesnt do the sit

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not sure why its doing this...

winter rose Jul 17, 2020, 4:59 PM

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you have another issue somewhere else @fair drum.

fair drum Jul 17, 2020, 5:00 PM

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yeah it looks like I do... cause i removed the line and its doing it still for those units...

torpid quartz Jul 17, 2020, 5:03 PM

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I'm moving an object using setPos, however the object is getting moved above a slope (since it's spawning ontop of a building, otherwise i'd use a random start with a marker), resulting in it spawning tilted each time, like tilted 35 degrees up. I'm running OBJ2 setVectorDir [0,0,0]; on another trigger 3 seconds afterwards but it doesn't seem to be doing anything ( assume the object is rotating to match the slope it's on top of so 0,0,0 won't effect it). any ideas on how to get this object to level out?

winter rose Jul 17, 2020, 5:13 PM

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@torpid quartz obj2 setDir getDir obj2

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or obj2 setVectorUp [0,0,1];

torpid quartz Jul 17, 2020, 5:18 PM

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I should run this after it get's moved right? I was triying _obj setVectorUp [0,0,1]; and no dice, i'll give the first one a go.

EDIT: having another object somewhere else and then referencing it with obj2 setDir getDir obj2 works.

So OBJ2 setDir getDir refOBJ2

digital hollow Jul 17, 2020, 6:42 PM

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In Zeus, with a single unit in its own group, it's possible to select either the unit or the group, shown by different highlighting in the Edit entities list.
However, curatorSelected returns the same [[_unit], [_group],[],[]] in both cases. Is there something else that contains the "highlighted entity"?
Or the mouse-over entity

carmine sand Jul 17, 2020, 9:39 PM

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is this the right way to let the init eventhandler to execute? since i did the pbo with the pboproject the script isnt working anymore. init = "(_this select 0) execVM '\tg_defense\nod\scripts\LaserAutoEmerge.sqf'";

hallow mortar Jul 17, 2020, 9:59 PM

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The init eventHandler can't be used in scripts and is only for use in an object's config

carmine sand Jul 17, 2020, 10:02 PM

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yes its in the config eventhandlers init

hallow mortar Jul 17, 2020, 10:06 PM

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ExecVM sometimes requires you to store the script handle (i.e. _handle = [] execVM ...). I don't know if the init EH is one of those places.

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For questions about config things, though, you're probably better off in #arma3_config

still forum Jul 17, 2020, 10:59 PM

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No you don't need to store the handle. That has absolutely nothing to do with execVM

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I'd say check the path, check RPT, add diag_log and just figure out where your problem is @carmine sand

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 1:07 AM

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Hi guys I have a script to capture hideouts. I have 3 hideouts in total. I want to make a weapon shop which you can only access if you have captured the 3rd hideout. Not the first or second. The third. Here is the weapon shop array format.

/*
*    ARRAY FORMAT:
*        0: STRING (Classname): Item Classname
*        1: STRING (Description): Description of item
*        2: SCALAR (Buy price): Cost of item
*        3: STRING (Conditions): Same as above conditions string
*        4: STRING (Nickname): Nickname that will appear purely in the shop dialog
*/```
I think I will have to make it a condition. SO the condition is to have captured the 3rd hideout but Im really not sure how to do so
Here’s the script https://sqfbin.com/soxoteqijuzakitujuso

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Just so everyone knows I’m just tryna have fun on Altis life not modded haha

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 1:11 AM

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The variables of the hideouts are gang_flag_1, gang_flag_2 and gang_flag_3, however they are never used other than checking the distance (which seems to be unrelated to the object in _hideout). This makes stuff a lot harder, especially for knowing which one is which from the outside.

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Although you should be able to simply check

(gang_flag_3 getVariable ["gangOwner", grpNull]) isEqualTo (group player)

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In short; the script is terrible (what would you expect from a L*fe mission/mod), but the solution is simple

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 1:16 AM

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Haha that’s true most life scripts are garbage. Ok so is the solution (gang_flag_3 getVariable [“gangOwner”, grpNu]) isEqualTo (group player)? So if I put that in the condition it should work right?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 1:17 AM

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with grpNull yes

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unless there is some other magic happening

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 1:18 AM

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My bad I misspelled. Anyways thank you so much Grezvany13 I appreciate it. I will test this tomorrow it’s getting a little late for me 02:18AM haha. Thanks man!

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 1:41 AM

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is it easy to add background noise like how namalsk has the kids playing the background? will it be dependent on player's music volume?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 1:50 AM

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You can use createSoundSource to place some sounds in specific areas (volume is defined in config) which loops till killed.
However all audio can still be controlled by the player through volume settings

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 2:50 AM

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say I have playable units in a plane for a 20 man MP team. the plane is also controlled by a playable unit. they land, they get out. what would I do to get the non selected playable units out of the vehicle in case of a JIP?

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hopefully i got my idea across

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 2:56 AM

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the group leader can simply order the AI to get out of the vehicle

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or you can have a script which kicks out all players when the pilot gets out

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 2:58 AM

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no, these units would not "exist" if not selected by a player is what I'm getting at

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so 20 open slots, with 20 units placed in the plane. 12 players show up with 4 late coming

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those 4 late coming, say the plane gets destroyed, would spawn where if that entity is gone

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 2:59 AM

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Do you use Respawn Templates?
Because in that case simply remove the respawn point from the vehicle and place a new one elsewhere

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 3:00 AM

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I use some respawn templates, but I do not use loadout templates. I rely on using what the unit has when placed in the editor and modified by me, then "save loadout" on death is selected to keep them with that loadout

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there will be a respawn position placed on the ground that will unlock when they land

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there is no respawn position before that landing. they just have their initial spawn from that "unit" placement

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 3:03 AM

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I would have respawn positions always enabled (so also on join) and have the vehicle as the only spawn location.
Because otherwise JIP players can't spawn at all it the units are dead / not available

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and if you only enable "MenuPosition" than they can't do anything else than selecting a position (so no role/loadouts)

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Although, and I'm not sure if you already tested it, it might be possible that the players can spawn normally even when the vehicle is destroyed. Either at the location of the (destroyed) plane, or at [0,0,0] as a default location

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 3:11 AM

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I have not, I'm just in theory mode atm while I work out an idea to see if its viable at my level of coding

digital hollow Jul 18, 2020, 4:42 AM

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Is there anything for checking whether a point is in a boundingbox?

warm hedge Jul 18, 2020, 5:02 AM

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inArea?

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 6:56 AM

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any way I can take the cfgRespawnInventory and not have to copy paste things multiple times? or is it pretty much required?

        items[] = {
            "ACE_EarPlugs",
            "ACE_morphine",
            "ACE_epinephrine",
            "ACE_tourniquet",
            "ACE_EntrenchingTool",
            "ACE_MapTools",
            "Laserbatteries"
            "ACE_fieldDressing",
            "ACE_fieldDressing",
            "ACE_fieldDressing",
            "ACE_elasticBandage",
            "ACE_elasticBandage",
            "ACE_elasticBandage",
            "ACE_packingBandage",
            "ACE_packingBandage",
            "ACE_packingBandage",
            "ACE_quikclot",
            "ACE_quikclot"

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 7:16 AM

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also, is there a way to define which items go in which containers using CfgRespawnInventory?

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 7:30 AM

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If you want to get a list of items used by a unit or multiple units, the ace framework gives a tiny script for that.

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The script gets every item used by the units, intended to create limited ace arsenals

fair drum Jul 18, 2020, 7:53 AM

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well i'm looking to use the MenuInventory template because every time I enable arsenal, even if its limited, players take FOREVER and they do something stupid with it. so I just don't do arsenal at all.

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:25 AM

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Is there a script which will have airplanes flying through the map on Altis ? Or can I do something like that on my mission?

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 8:26 AM

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you want ambient planes?

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there is BIS_fnc_ambientPlanes iirc @tough abyss

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:28 AM

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Damn that can only be used in single player according to the BI wiki

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 8:30 AM

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Ah yes (I rewrote it recently)

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you can either place planes and give them random waypoints, or script this yes

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You can open BIS_fnc_ambientPlanes and get inspiration/fix it for MP

jaunty zephyr Jul 18, 2020, 8:32 AM

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interesting. i've got a PFH running that gives me the distance of a unit to its next waypoint, and for units on foot (!) the distance does not update on each frame, but only every idk 3-6 frames, resulting in a resolution of 20cm to 60cm tinfoil

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why is that

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aah... does it only know the position where the current animation started ?

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 8:34 AM

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PFH… Public Fariable Handler?

jaunty zephyr Jul 18, 2020, 8:34 AM

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:P per frame handler

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 8:35 AM

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@jaunty zephyr getPos or getPosVisual?

jaunty zephyr Jul 18, 2020, 8:36 AM

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_unit distance _waypointPosition ... i guess that would be getPos on the unit? 🤔

west grove Jul 18, 2020, 8:36 AM

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dang it, i'm using (["GUI", "BCG_RGB"] call BIS_fnc_displayColorGet) call BIS_fnc_colorRGBtoHTML to get the current menu color, but now i found out that the color used in hints to highlight keys, etc. is much brighter ... but i can't figure out why exactly it is brighter

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 8:37 AM

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@jaunty zephyr getPosATLVisual distance _waypointATLposition

jaunty zephyr Jul 18, 2020, 8:38 AM

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@winter rose aah you're right. visual updates every frame.

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man that feels so wrong on a basic level

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 8:38 AM

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of course I'm right!

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But yeah easily forgotten ^^

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(that I am right, and the visual thing)

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:41 AM

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Ok thanks Lou

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 10:31 AM

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if i run addMissionEventhandler from an init, it will get run on each client for every player joining right?

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whats the best way to avoid adding multiple eh on each JIP etc. RN i just set a variable upon EH creation and check that before adding.

coarse sedge Jul 18, 2020, 11:12 AM

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hey i am very new to this and was wondering if anyone could help me out with spawning ai groups into player groups, at the moment i have (_ ai [getMarkerPos "aispawn", WEST, ["className","className"],[],[],[],[],[],180] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup, [ai] join (group player); ) and it spawns ai to the map and places one into my group but not all how do i get all ai that spawn from the (call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup) command to join a player group any help would be much appreciated.

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 11:43 AM

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@coarse sedge the bis_fnc_spawnGroup returns the created group. join uses units. so you have to make each unit from the group join the playergroup

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use the command "units", and "foreach".

hallow mortar Jul 18, 2020, 11:43 AM

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@spark turret use if (isServer) then { or initServer.sqf

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Also you don't need forEach in that join problem since join accepts an array

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 11:46 AM

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ah true

hallow mortar Jul 18, 2020, 11:46 AM

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(units _ai) join (group player)

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 11:46 AM

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isServer doesnt solve the problem. the EH has to be added locally, but only once

hallow mortar Jul 18, 2020, 11:48 AM

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initPlayerLocal.sqf, or remoteExec with JIP true from a server-only location

coarse sedge Jul 18, 2020, 11:51 AM

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@hallow mortar @spark turret thank you very much for the help got it

hallow mortar Jul 18, 2020, 11:52 AM

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if (isServer) then { [...] remoteExec ["addMissionEventHandler",0,true]};

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 11:59 AM

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that kinda cancels itself 😄

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if on server, run on all clients?

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and init is re-run on JIP so it would run again, also on the server

hallow mortar Jul 18, 2020, 12:11 PM

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@spark turret no, if on server the server tells the other clients to run it. It is a crucial difference since init is re-run by the JIP client, not by every client

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Putting something server-only in init.sqf is about the same as putting something in initServer.sqf. you could do that if you prefer.

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 12:18 PM

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ah cool

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but then the JIP player doesnt get the EH

hallow mortar Jul 18, 2020, 12:19 PM

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They do, since the remoteExec includes the JIP true flag - the server sends the command to JIP clients as well

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An alternative approach, depending on the EH you want to use, would be to add the EH only on the server, and have its effects broadcast with remoteExec

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 1:34 PM

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 this addEventHandler ["Fired",{(_this select 0) setVehicleAmmo 1}] 
``` Any ideas as to why this simple EH not working in the init field of any unit?

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 1:35 PM

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setVehicleAmmoDef maybe

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@tough abyss ↑

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 1:49 PM

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Thanks, I realized I was using the wrong command. Needed setAmmo not setVehicleAmmo.

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From what I've gathered though the setVehicleAmmo command is supposed to work for infantry units as well. So really not sure what's going on here. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Ah okay it's not working for the weapon the unit has. So it's a mod issue.

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Works fine with vanilla weapons.

winter rose Jul 18, 2020, 1:56 PM

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try to always mention mods on scripting questions in the future @tough abyss

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 4:17 PM

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is there an eventhandler for spanwing zeus units?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 4:18 PM

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

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 4:19 PM

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cooll thx

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:03 PM

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how did i mess up this mission param
arsenalrestricteditems[] = {"rhs_weapon_ak104"};
says im missing a ; But there is one there. Looked at the wiki for the basic understanding of how its suppose to look, the only thing different is a class

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 8:08 PM

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can you show the full description.ext?

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because it's most likely an error somewhere else

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:11 PM

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yes

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wait

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to be clear

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Thats suppose to go into an .ext and not an sqf?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 8:12 PM

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

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it MUST have that name with correct extension, otherwise it won't be used at all

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technically it's a config file, not a script

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:19 PM

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the error cleared up when I changed it to ext but now it just dosnt work

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I may be going about what im doing the wrong way in general, not sure

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 8:23 PM

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so this is your complete description.ext file?

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:24 PM

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Yes

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its for warlords, perhaps it has some other way of dealing with arsenal stuff? I do recall seeing something like BIS_WL_MortarBackpacks restricting backpacks specifically. Maybe there is something similar for the arsenal weapons

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 8:26 PM

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I only know about WLAIRequisitonBlacklist, but that's for buying units/vehicles

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btw... what happens when you add on top of that file:

author         = "YOUR NAME";
onLoadName     = "MISSION NAME";
onLoadMission  = "MISSION DESCRIPTION";

class Header
{
    gameType = "Warlords";    // Game type
    minPlayers =  1;    // minimum number of players the mission supports
    maxPlayers = 10;    // maximum number of players the mission supports
};

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:31 PM

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shows in the loading screen the your name mission name etc
regarding the weapon nothing

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 8:34 PM

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but it still doesn't load?

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:52 PM

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you mean the mission? yes it loads

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before and after that

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thonk this stuff complicated

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 8:57 PM

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well, to limit stuff in regular arsenal you need to arsenalRestrictedItems[]

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no idea how WL works

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 8:58 PM

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I guess back to digging through the a3 files again 😦

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hopefully my answer will lie there, although I doubt it. as I cant imagine weapons disabled on official servers

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mine dispensers are not enabled though, so maybe that will help... somehow

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    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [3, BIS_WL_factionAppropriateUniforms];
    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [5, (BIS_fnc_arsenal_data select 5) - BIS_WL_mortarBackpacks];
    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [23, (BIS_fnc_arsenal_data select 23) - ["APERSMineDispenser_Mag"]];
    BIS_WL_arsenalSetupDone = TRUE;
};```
this may be what im looking for... l

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:04 PM

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would this be the proper channel to discuss mod scripting or?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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According to channel description yes.

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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Grez would you happen to have any idea what the value 23 means

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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wonderful! anyone have experience with adding items to the ace medical menu?
i made ibuprophen/tylenol and everything works, except it wont show in the medical menu itself

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and if you mean the
[23,
is usually the number of that item, so to me it looks like 23 apers mines mags in the arsenal for use

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but im also jumping in late and could be totally wrong

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:10 PM

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BIS_fnc_arsenal_data is an array (not function afaik) containing all items in the arsenal

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:10 PM

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ahhhhhhhhhhhh

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:10 PM

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no.23 is just the 23th value in that array

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:15 PM

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gotcha gotcha, ill read up on arrays and try to help, if you run into an ace dev mind sending them my way?

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:17 PM

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hey ho, someone got a quick tip on how to disable all thermal visions in am mission?

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it often is too overpowered

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:19 PM

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I wonder what happened to the other 20 values then. either way ill try adding a 24th one and see what happens

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:19 PM

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@proven heath take a look at https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/tree/master/addons/medical_treatment (ACE_Medical_Treatment.hpp and ACE_Medical_Treatment_Actions.hpp)

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@tough abyss all "numbers" are used and mean different items... eg pistols, rifles, launchers, ammo, headgear, etc

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:21 PM

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🤔 so would I need to go through the grand config viewer to find their assigned number?

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:23 PM

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@tough abyss can you edge out yur problem again for me?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:24 PM

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@spark turret did you try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/disableTIEquipment ?

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:24 PM

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cool Grez, i will try that out

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:24 PM

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@spark turret trying to disable weapons through warlords arsenal.

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it seems like I need to find all the numbers of the weapons I want to remove to make this script work.

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:25 PM

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certain weapon types?

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or certain weapons`?

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:26 PM

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some specific weapons and launchers

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:26 PM

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ah okay

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not an ace arsenal?

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:26 PM

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nope

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:30 PM

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ok, this is the default array for Arsenal:

[
   [primaryweapon _center call bis_fnc_baseWeapon], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_PRIMARYWEAPON
   [secondaryweapon _center call bis_fnc_baseWeapon], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_SECONDARYWEAPON
   [handgunweapon _center call bis_fnc_baseWeapon], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_HANDGUN
   [uniform _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_UNIFORM
   [vest _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_VEST
   [backpack _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_BACKPACK
   [headgear _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_HEADGEAR
   [goggles _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_GOGGLES
   [hmd _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_NVGS
   [binocular _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_BINOCULARS
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_MAP
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_GPS
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_RADIO
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_COMPASS
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_WATCH
   [face _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_FACE
   [speaker _center], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_VOICE
   [_center call _fnc_getUnitInsignia], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_INSIGNIA
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_ITEMOPTIC
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_ITEMACC
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_ITEMMUZZLE
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_ITEMBIPOD
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_CARGOMAG
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_CARGOMAGALL
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_CARGOTHROW
   [], // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_CARGOPUT
   [] // IDC_RSCDISPLAYARSENAL_TAB_CARGOMISC
];

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so 0 = primary, 1 = secondary, 3 = pistol, etc.

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:31 PM

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ah so I misunderstood it. ill change it to 0 see what happens

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:33 PM

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i had been going through that to make the item itself @exotic flax but im having a hard time finding where in all those files it includes allowed items for the menu

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:34 PM

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all classes in class ACE_Medical_Treatment_Actions {} are actions processed by ACE Medical, even when you have that class in your own mod

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:35 PM

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm i need to check my spelling then cus it should be patching into that class

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//cfg vehicles
class IbuprophenItem: Item_Base_F 
    {
        scope = 2;
        scopeCurator = 2;
        displayName = "Ibuprophen";
        author = "Mark";
        vehicleClass = "Items";
        class TransportItems 
        {
            item_xx(Ibuprophen,1);
        };
    };
//cfgweapons
class Ibuprophen: ACE_ItemCore
    {
        scope = 2;
        author = "Mark";
        displayName = "Ibuprophen";
        picture = "\z\ace\addons\medical_treatment\ui\morphine_ca.paa";
        model = "\z\ace\addons\medical_treatment\data\morphine.p3d";
        descriptionShort = "Drink some water and Rest";
        descriptionUse = "use instead of morphine";
        class ItemInfo: CBA_MiscItem_ItemInfo
        {
            mass = 0.1;
        };
    };

still forum Jul 18, 2020, 9:40 PM

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MEU_Ibuprophen

Ibuprophen

One is not like the other

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:41 PM

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oh lmao, dropped that, dont worry thats fixed

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was gonna name it after a unit, decided not to, have run it with that still matching an it still doesnt show up in the med menu

still forum Jul 18, 2020, 9:42 PM

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everything should have a tag/prefix though

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:42 PM

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hm ill have to think of a custom one for myself

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#define _ARMA_

class ACE_medical_treatment_actions
{
    class Ibuprophen: FieldDressing
    {
        displayName = "Ibuprophen";
        displayNameProgress = "$STR_ace_medical_treatment_Injecting_Morphine";
        icon = "\z\ace\addons\medical_gui\ui\auto_injector.paa";
        allowedSelections[] = {"LeftArm","RightArm","LeftLeg","RightLeg"};
        category = "medication";
        items[] = {"Ibuprophen"};
        condition = "";
        treatmentTime = 3;
        callbackSuccess = "ace_medical_treatment_fnc_medication";
        animationMedic = "AinvPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_medic1";
        sounds[] = {{"z\ace\addons\medical_treatment\sounds\Inject.ogg",1,1,50}};
        litter[] = {{"ACE_MedicalLitter_morphine"}};
    };
    class Medication
    {
        painReduce = 0;
        hrIncreaseLow[] = {0,0};
        hrIncreaseNormal[] = {0,0};
        hrIncreaseHigh[] = {0,0};
        timeInSystem = 120;
        timeTillMaxEffect = 30;
        maxDose = 4;
        onOverDose = "";
        viscosityChange = 0;
        class Ibuprophen
        {
            painReduce = 0.4;
            hrIncreaseLow[] = {0};
            hrIncreaseNormal[] = {0};
            hrIncreaseHigh[] = {0};
            timeInSystem = 3000;
            timeTillMaxEffect = 45;
            maxDose = 12;
            incompatibleMedication[] = {};
            viscosityChange = -5;
        };
    };
};

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:43 PM

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you can register your own tag

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:43 PM

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and theres my custom treatments hpp

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i tried to have it use the same definitions ace morph for most everything so its not a point of failure

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except for the actual effect and time

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:44 PM

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at least there was some kind of arma website for regisitering your own tag

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like, 2 years ago

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:45 PM

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that already died during Arma 2...

spark turret Jul 18, 2020, 9:45 PM

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oh lol

still forum Jul 18, 2020, 9:45 PM

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class Medication
that class isn't a class inside there

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/b2f4b8ea20489df05e366683f6ddf34a2eeb1daf/addons/medical_treatment/ACE_Medical_Treatment.hpp#L557 this class is in a different place

class ACE_medical_treatment

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:46 PM

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still not working, no error

    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [3, BIS_WL_factionAppropriateUniforms];
    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [5, (BIS_fnc_arsenal_data select 5) - BIS_WL_mortarBackpacks];
    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [0, (BIS_fnc_arsenal_data select 0) - ["rhs_weapon_ak104"]];
    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [23, (BIS_fnc_arsenal_data select 23) - ["APERSMineDispenser_Mag"]];
    BIS_WL_arsenalSetupDone = TRUE;```
    this looks correct
    
    maybe theres something further  in the files im missing here

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:48 PM

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ahhhh i see what you mean, i dont know why i thought thatd work combining those classes

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ok so what needs to go in ACE_medical_treatment_actions
cus its looking like what i have there actually belongs in
class GVAR

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or does that all need to be contained?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 9:52 PM

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GVAR is a macro (aka function which prints out the full name)

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@tough abyss where did you add that script? and did you define BIS_WL_arsenalEnabled, BIS_fnc_arsenal_data and BIS_WL_arsenalSetupDone

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 9:53 PM

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ok i know little to nothing about macros

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_xx is the only macro i kinda am able to use

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 9:54 PM

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@exotic flax to fn_wlClientinit.sqf and no I did not, ill do that now IG

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and I hope im not completely overwriting files with this, just the parts I edit

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defining that completely broke the mission lol

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all sectors but one disappeared

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oh 💩 i just noticed something

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APERSMineDispenser_Mag

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mag

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Not the actual classname for the mine dispenser

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 10:00 PM

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ok try this:

_null = ["Preload"] call BIS_fnc_arsenal;
BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [0, (BIS_fnc_arsenal_data  select 0) - ["rhs_weapon_ak104"]];

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and make sure it runs on init

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should technically work for any mission with Arsenal

tough abyss Jul 18, 2020, 10:06 PM

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no luck.

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Still find it interesting how for the apers mine dispenser classname isnt actually in that, but only the magazine. and that BIS_WLBackpacks is a container of backpacks

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 10:13 PM

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i fixed all the pointed out issues and still nothing, back to digging, if anyones bored and finds some kinda "allowed medications" file or soemthing of the like lemme know lol

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 10:19 PM

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looking at how KAM is handling it it's exactly the same as I described

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 10:20 PM

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this is my new treatment file

#define _ARMA_

class ACE_Medical_Treatment_Actions
{
    class MEU_Ibuprophen: FieldDressing
    {
        displayName = "Ibuprophen";
        displayNameProgress = "$STR_ace_medical_treatment_Injecting_Morphine";
        icon = "\z\ace\addons\medical_gui\ui\auto_injector.paa";
        allowedSelections[] = {"LeftArm","RightArm","LeftLeg","RightLeg"};
        category = "medication";
        items[] = {"MEU_Ibuprophen"};
        condition = "";
        treatmentTime = 3;
        callbackSuccess = "ace_medical_treatment_fnc_medication";
        animationMedic = "AinvPknlMstpSnonWnonDnon_medic1";
        sounds[] = {{"z\ace\addons\medical_treatment\sounds\Inject.ogg",1,1,50}};
        litter[] = {{"ACE_MedicalLitter_morphine"}};
    };
    
};
class ACE_Medical_Treatment
{
    class Medication
    {
       painReduce = 0;
       hrIncreaseLow[] = {0,0};
       hrIncreaseNormal[] = {0,0};
       hrIncreaseHigh[] = {0,0};
       timeInSystem = 120;
        timeTillMaxEffect = 30;
        maxDose = 4;
       onOverDose = "";
       viscosityChange = 0;
        class MEU_Ibuprophen
        {
            painReduce = 0.4;
            hrIncreaseLow[] = {0};
            hrIncreaseNormal[] = {0};
            hrIncreaseHigh[] = {0};
            timeInSystem = 3000;
            timeTillMaxEffect = 45;
            maxDose = 12;
            incompatibleMedication[] = {};
            viscosityChange = -5;
        };
    };
};

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return of the prefixs

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could i be missing imports

still forum Jul 18, 2020, 10:22 PM

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oh

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yeah

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FieldDressing one

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 10:22 PM

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ooooooooooooooooooo yea thanks for catching that

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should i import these ace classes as well or will it patch as long as it loads last?

exotic flax Jul 18, 2020, 10:24 PM

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add class FieldDressing; to make sure it's available (class inheritance)
and yes, you need to make sure ACE is in your requiredAddons array

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 10:31 PM

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gotcha, time to see if that does it

proven heath Jul 18, 2020, 11:52 PM

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still nope, gonna try inheriting off morphine more directrly

proven heath Jul 19, 2020, 12:19 AM

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i was tryna make something funny now im down a rabbit hole

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 1:45 AM

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@exotic flax i see the issue now, I tried what you sent again, and i noticed that it seems with RHS when I place the weapon in eden on the floor, it has a different classname than in the arsenal

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in arsenal its rhs_weap_ak104
in eden -> objects its rhs_weapon_ak104

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sad days I guess, no more copying and pasting from find in asset browser

tiny wadi Jul 19, 2020, 2:08 AM

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Any idea how eden editor draws solid planes on the ground when previewing an objects bounding box? Is that all hard-coded or can that be replicated via script

hallow mortar Jul 19, 2020, 2:50 AM

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You could try https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_drawBoundingBox though I've not used it and don't know if it fills the box sides like that

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 3:10 AM

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~~nvm I'm dumb~~

finite jackal Jul 19, 2020, 3:11 AM

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@tiny wadi http://killzonekid.com/arma-3-bounding-box-utility/

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 3:12 AM

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yes it ran on every client. and I just looked at the command and it says to run it globally, not locally on every client

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so i would want remoteExec ["globalChat",2];

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because remoteExec ["globalChat",0]; would do a message for the server and a repeat message for every client

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i think...

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well no... 2 wouldn't work either cause then it stays only on server... idk... the combos i've tried either produce duplicates of messages, or none at all

astral dawn Jul 19, 2020, 3:17 AM

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remoteexec 0 will execute it on every computer

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on server and all clients

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globalchat has local effectso that's the way to run it

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but I don't know, I supposed that perhaps the event which triggered the remoteExec got executed on each client itself already

tiny wadi Jul 19, 2020, 3:19 AM

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Not quite what I had in mind, here is a screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/g2fvSe2.png

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The bottom plane that is highlighted

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 3:23 AM

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that could have been it Sparker. I had a single sqf file like

blah blah blah

params ["_dialog"];

switch _dialog do {

    case "truckFound" : {

        hq say2D ["truckfound1",20000,1];
        [hq,"There must have been some sort of battle here. Look, 5.56mm magazines on the ground. NATO?"] remoteExec ["globalchat",-2];
        sleep 8;
        hq say2D ["truckfound2",20000,1];
        [hq,"Look, there is some sort of fire off in the distance to the North East... Let's check it out."] remoteExec ["globalChat",-2];
    };
    
    case "insurgentFound" : {

        hq say2D ["insurgentfound",20000,1];
        [hq,"ChDKZ here? I thought we got rid of those guys years ago!"] remoteExec ["globalchat",-2];
    };

blah blah more

and was calling it in the editor triggers so I guess it was run locally on everyone as well... Guess I need to think about that as well

hallow mortar Jul 19, 2020, 3:24 AM

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Editor triggers have a useful "server only" checkbox in their attributes

astral dawn Jul 19, 2020, 3:25 AM

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Never really worked with triggers, sorry can't help. I prefer to write pure SQF blobcloseenjoy

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 3:25 AM

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i wish i could do that but currently I need a little bit visual as well

hallow mortar Jul 19, 2020, 3:30 AM

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What's up with making a unit play a voice sound that can be heard 20km away? Also once this is server-only you'll need to remoteExec that, say2D has local effect

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 3:31 AM

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I wanted to make sure everyone on the map could hear them and I didn't want them bound to a specific unit. They were in vehicles and I know say3d can be wonky inside of vehicles so I just used 2D instead

hallow mortar Jul 19, 2020, 3:32 AM

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say2D is still subject to distance-based and environmental attenuation. Try using playSound with the parameter to make it sound like a radio message.

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 3:33 AM

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mk noted. I found out also that I had to use globalChat because sideRadio/sideChat text gets muted by TFAR.

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 8:30 AM

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Any really experienced modders/scripters for hire?

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Will need mods such as air raid siren in specific area and bombs being dropped there for 5 minutes every hour

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 8:40 AM

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@tough abyss it's usually #creators_recruiting, but I can do that

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 8:50 AM

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Would it be possible for AI to be attracted towards gunfire
start moving to gunfire slowly and cautiously

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 8:56 AM

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firedNear EH for distances < 70m
Otherwise, Fired EH on everyone and move a specific group there

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:05 AM

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How does selecting a faction work? Do you just select it before being deployed?

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 9:17 AM

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@tough abyss you can place stuff in the editor and copy paste their classnames from there.
(Get yourself eden enhanced)
You can select all the stuff, right click and theres an option to log the class names. Really helpful

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:20 AM

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@spark turret thanks but my issue rn comes from one of the classnames not existing in eden but in RHS configs

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rhs_weap_ak74mr_1p87 is in the configs but for one of the infantry but not actually in arsenal/editor

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I want to know how they took the optic and attached it to the weapon in the config(the optic used is at the end of that classname)

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i didnt clarify that before I will now in the post

coarse sedge Jul 19, 2020, 10:42 AM

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hey can anyone tell me how to set the direction when using ("className" createVehicle [0,0,0] ) ???

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 10:43 AM

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setDir?

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@coarse sedge

"className" createVehicle [0,0,0]; // returns a vehicle

("className" createVehicle [0,0,0]) setDir random 360; // does the trick

coarse sedge Jul 19, 2020, 10:44 AM

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thanks heaps im new and having trouble finding what im looking for sometimes

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 10:45 AM

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hi new, I'm dad!
the channel is here for help, anytime 😉

torpid quartz Jul 19, 2020, 1:50 PM

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this addAction ["Add Medic Trait", {player setUnitTrait ["Medic",true]}];

this addAction ["Remove Medic Trait", {player setUnitTrait ["Medic",false]}];

Not able to use arma at the moment but does this look like it would work?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 1:51 PM

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yep

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 2:06 PM

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I'm running into a problem where script running from initPlayerLocal.sqf is not starting fast enough in a local server environment.

[] spawn
{
        cutText ["", "BLACK FADED", 999];
            0.1 fadeSound 0; 
};

When the mission leaves map screen the post processing effects do not start for 1-2 seconds after being loaded in. Will I* have to execute this via the init.sqf instead to hit the scheduler faster or?

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Running it from init.sqf works fine. Not gonna work for JIP but doesn't matter in my case.

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:23 PM

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init.sqf does work for JIP @tough abyss

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(as it is run for everyone)

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:24 PM

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im running multiple "event handlers" parallel to eachother, is that the correct way to do it?:

    _CompleteTask = {
        waitUntil {    //wait until player is in plane
            sleep 1;
            _goOn = (vehicle _player == _plane);
            _goOn
        };
        _taskname = _this select 0;
        _player = _this select 1;
        [_taskname,"SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; //then set task to completed
    };
    [_taskname,_player] call _CompleteTask;

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:25 PM

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no xD

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:25 PM

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😦 but it works

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enlighten me pls

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:26 PM

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this ^ is not an Event Handler? 🤔

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:26 PM

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yeah i know i didnt know what else to call it

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it works kind of like an event handler. wait until something specific happens, then do this code

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:27 PM

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isn't this simpler?

waitUntil { sleep 1; vehicle _player == _plane };
[_taskname,"SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:27 PM

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yeah but im running it for 4 players that all have a task like that in one central script that handles all tasks

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so i cant suspend the whole script to wait until the first guy got in the plane

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and then tell the second guy to do the same

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:28 PM

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yet this is what you are doing with call here

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:28 PM

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its not running parallel?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:28 PM

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nope

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:29 PM

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"waits for it to finish and return" ah whoop

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better read the description. so whats the correct way?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:29 PM

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you want this task to complete only when everyone is boarded, correct?

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:29 PM

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no, for each player when he boards, independent from the others

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:30 PM

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how did you create each task then?

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:30 PM

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a foreach loop


_planes = missionNamespace getVariable ["planes",[]];
_players = allPlayers;
hint "playertasks running";
{
    _plane = _planes select _foreachIndex;
    _player = _x;
    _taskName = "getIn" + str _foreachIndex;
    [_player, [_taskname], ["Get in the plane and take off", "Get in the plane", "airfield"], _plane ,"ASSIGNED", 0, true] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    _CompleteTask = {
        waitUntil {    //wait until player is in plane
            sleep 1;
            _goOn = (vehicle _player == _plane);
            _goOn
        };
        _taskname = _this select 0;
        _player = _this select 1;
        [_taskname,"SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState; //then set task to completed
    };
    [_taskname,_player] call _CompleteTask;
    
} foreach _players;

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each player gets a task for himself to board his plane

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:31 PM

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then use spawn _CompleteTask

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but then the "take off" part is not correct /nitpick

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:31 PM

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ah and thats paralell

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i know

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:31 PM

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scripting-wise yes, it's parallel

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:32 PM

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cool, i knew i had done it in the past but i couldnt remeber which function

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ill be back soon, getting into tasks

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is it possible that waituntil just checks the condition first and then runs the code in it the first time?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:35 PM

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…wat?

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 2:38 PM

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ah that wasnt the problem. i had an undefined var.

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:38 PM

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waitUntil will run code in loop until it returns true

yes, code with -showScriptErrors - saves lives

coarse sedge Jul 19, 2020, 2:47 PM

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hey another one of my rookie questions, im trying to set height, direction and position of an object on spawn but i can only get the object to do 2 thing ie position & height ("className" createVehicle [0,0] setPosATL [0,0,0];) or position & direction ("className" createVehicle [0,0] setDir 360;) but im trying to do something like this ("className" createVehicle [0,0] setPosATL [0,0,0]; setDir 360;) were am i going wrong?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 2:48 PM

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@coarse sedge multiline will save you:

private _vehicle = "className" createVehicle [0,0];
_vehicle setPosATL [0,0,0];
_vehicle setDir 0;

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bonus: more readable

coarse sedge Jul 19, 2020, 2:50 PM

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thankyou very much @winter rose

left pine Jul 19, 2020, 3:08 PM

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anyone remember the # commands that playback splash screen with little re-loading?

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as i remember it feels like #squarsh or some like that

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 3:09 PM

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I might need more precision than that though :3

plain patio Jul 19, 2020, 3:18 PM

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i wanna try and block AI from buying things like sector scans and teleports but i don't know how to do that? is anyone able to give me a hand? as i'm making a warlords mission

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 3:31 PM

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does that work? ```sqf
_idx = round ((random 1) * count enemies); //get random index

there is no further description for random x

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(i dont want to use select random bc i also delete that array pos)

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 3:33 PM

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it does

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 3:46 PM

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lol why in the world would nearTargets return random objects?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 3:46 PM

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like?

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 3:47 PM

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like a toolbox

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 3:47 PM

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them sneaky toolboxes 👀

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 3:47 PM

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it seems to get all objects?

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hm now that i think about it, maybe its not so bad to have objects also in there, and have them assigned a danger value

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i want to test if _unit is defined, i used isNil, but it throws an error if its defined.

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and isNull would throw an error if undefined right?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 4:00 PM

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show code

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 4:01 PM

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    _enemies = _unit nearTargets 500;
    _enemies = _enemies select {(_unit knowsAbout (_x select 4)) > 0 && _x select 2 == EAST}; //get all opfor that the blufor unit knows knowsAbout


    if (count _enemies > 3) then {
        _revealX = random [3,5,10];    //number to reveal
        for "_i" from 1 to _revealX do {    //reveal a bunch of enemies by marking them with smoke
            if (count _enemies > 0) then {
                _idx = round ((random 1) * count _enemies);    //get random index
                _enemy = _enemies select _idx select 4;
                _enemies deleteAt _idx;
                if (!isNil _enemy) then {

                    _pos = getPos _enemy;
                    _smoker = "SmokeShellRed" createVehicle position _enemy;
                    hint str _enemy;
                    sleep 2;
                };

            };
        };
    };

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i have the problem that sometimes _unit is undefined, idk why tho

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 4:01 PM

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isNil takes a string or Code

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_enemy = _enemies select _idx select 4;
use selectRandom

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 4:02 PM

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then ill have to find the index by searching the array

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 4:02 PM

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your issue is coming from _idx.

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 4:02 PM

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yeah im quite sure you re right

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oh i know. count enemies != index of last array position

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 4:03 PM

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_idx = round ((random 1) * count _enemies);

_idx = floor random count _enemies;

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 4:03 PM

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count enemies - 1 == index of last array pos

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ah yeah or like that

west sand Jul 19, 2020, 4:57 PM

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Does anyone have experience with trying to get Keyframe Animations to work on a dedicated server / multiplayer environment? I've rigged up animation on a prop object, but the movement is delayed or the animation skips many of its frames.

I'm under the impression it's because the server is unable to sync with the spam of object position updates in an MP scenario, as the animation works fine in single player / local multiplayer preview.

waxen tendon Jul 19, 2020, 7:29 PM

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any documentation for functions.hpp?

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class mission {
    tag = "ms";
    class scripts {
        file = "scripts\";
        class patrols {
            file = "scripts\patrols.sqf"
        };
        class laptop {
            file = "scripts\laptop.sqf";
            postInit = 1;
        };
    };
};```
laptop is postInit, it runs when on sp but not on mp, why would that be?

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 7:38 PM

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

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:10 PM

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Hi guys I have this script here (https://sqfbin.com/soxoteqijuzakitujuso) and this is how it works. SO theres 3 hideouts and you can capture them and that works just fine. But I want to make it so once you have captured one hideout you get $2500 for each gang member and the money gets deposited into your bank account every 10 minutes. And if you have captured the other hideouts too you also receive the money for those hideouts.The cash variable is alcash and the bank money variable is albank. Would anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Bear in mind I don't do any type of coding at all. Thank you!

surreal peak Jul 19, 2020, 9:22 PM

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@tough abyss whats the issue?

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also might be worth sharing script_macro.hpp

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:25 PM

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Ok i will share it but the issue is I don't know how to make it so the players get paid $2500 for each capture point every ten minutes

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Heres script_macro.hpp https://sqfbin.com/nuhabegefuzaxugaquda

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 9:51 PM

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Make a counter for all gang members killed and use that to multiply the pay. Then have a loop add to the bank var with a 10min sleep timer

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:52 PM

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I do not understand a thing you just said 😂 but how do I go about doing such thing?

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Sorry to say but...

Bear in mind I don't do any type of coding at all. Thank you!
Neither will we 😉

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Mhm maybe start with something simpler like spawning a car or sth to get into sqf

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:54 PM

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Ok I understand what you mean I just wanted to see if anyone had any scripts they were happy to share or something that was public and ready to use. Sorry if I sounded like i was making orders or smthng haha

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 9:55 PM

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There usually are never any out if the box solution to arma, Especially if you want to modify another script

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:56 PM

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Ah ok. Thank you

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 9:57 PM

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Is it a single player mission?

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 9:57 PM

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No it is a multiplayer mission

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Hm how does money get deposited into the bank account?

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I need to see the bank script

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Ah its in the hpp. Yeah i dont know anything about that. Sorry

tough abyss Jul 19, 2020, 10:02 PM

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its in sqf

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https://sqfbin.com/hohawerocogominivixo

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Thats the deposit script if anyone wants to take a look

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 10:15 PM

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ok, I suggest to learn SQF first, because that function is used to display the UI, not to handle deposits

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second; you might get more (and better) help when asking the devs of the framework

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 10:20 PM

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(Or you look through the files until you find a line that deposits money and copy paste that in the hideout capture)
But yeah, without sqf knowledge you wont get far and wont habe fun

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:24 PM

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So currently I have a respawn position module with 1 trigger on it to activate that respawn position. if I add another trigger, will that deactivate the respawn position module?

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or would i use deleteMarker

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 10:26 PM

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Hm idk about the triggerd but you can have multiple respawns, the player can then choose.
So it wont necessarily deactive the first one

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:27 PM

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just looking to delete the first one after a trigger

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 10:27 PM

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Ah, well just kill the marker. Dont think it ll do harm. Dont quote me tho

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 10:28 PM

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you'll need BIS_fnc_removeRespawnPosition

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:28 PM

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copy that

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 10:28 PM

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because the marker itself is just a marker, nothing else

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:31 PM

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does not work with respawn position module in editor

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returns true with no change

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nvm

spark turret Jul 19, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Hm but if i use the respawn_west markers, their respawn position updates as the marker is moved. I thought that indicates the respawn is directly tied to the marker and not stored somewhere else

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:32 PM

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id had to be 0

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since it was the first one that was created

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guess the question is, how do I pull the id from various locations if I didn't know the order they were spawned in with the respawn position module

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 10:34 PM

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in 3den name the Respawn module and use the following:
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/733330343318257685

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:44 PM

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what part would I change on that?

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 10:45 PM

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wherever/whenever you want to remove a respawn location

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:46 PM

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throws an expression error at getvariable

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 10:47 PM

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_logic must be the variable you gave the module, so if you named it first_respawn, you need to have the line _logic = first_respawn; (without quotes)

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 10:48 PM

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yup was the quotes that got me.

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sounded like you wanted a string

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 11:31 PM

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whats the command that creates a text box on the screen that you have to click okay to move past?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 11:31 PM

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hintC

fair drum Jul 19, 2020, 11:32 PM

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displays an attractive hint... oooh ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 11:34 PM

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There is also a BIS_fnc that shows a confirmation window, but I don't know it off the top of my head though

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 11:37 PM

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BIS_fnc_guiMessage ?

winter rose Jul 19, 2020, 11:39 PM

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Thanks! @fair drum ^

exotic flax Jul 19, 2020, 11:51 PM

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well, assignedTarget is aL (local argument), so I assume it's the same for getAttackTarget

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 12:05 AM

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better to use fnc_endmissionserver or just fnc_endmission and remote exec it?

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for mp

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 12:10 AM

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@fair drum endMissionServer remoteExecs endMission, so same difference ^^

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 1:03 AM

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how would i do something like

_target = (getmarkerpos _marker) + randomAmountOfRadiusDeviation

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cause i know the return is [x,y,0] but if I do [x,y,0] + [100,100,0] i'd actually get [x,y,0,100,100,0] i believe

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 1:43 AM

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either vectorAdd to achieve what you intended with [x,y,0] + [100,100,0]
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorAdd
_target = (getmarkerpos _marker) vectorAdd [100,100,0];

or getPos alt syntax 2 might be easier if you want a random position based off the marker pos.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPos
_target = (getmarkerpos _marker) getPos [100,random 360];

astral dawn Jul 20, 2020, 3:29 AM

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Still looking for solutions to quickly check if given object is a tree.
Maybe a list of tree model names? I wonder where can I get it this list dynamicly for any map.

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Are trees stored in config somewhere? Maybe I could parse config file?

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 3:47 AM

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@robust hollow in the context of artillery hitting that target, will that random 360 apply to all rounds, or change every shot?

Context (script in progress):

params ["_group","_marker","_rounds","_time"];

if (local _group) then {

    while {true} do {

        _ammo = getArtilleryAmmo [

            vehicle ((units _group) select 0)
        ] select 0;
        _target = (getMarkerPos _marker) getpos [random 100,random 360];

        {_x addMagazineTurret [_ammo,0,1]} forEach units _group;
        {_x doArtilleryFire [_target, _ammo, _rounds]} forEach units _group;
        sleep _time;
    };
};

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 3:50 AM

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it should apply to all rounds in that iteration of the while loop

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 4:04 AM

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i guess i could implement some sort of for argument to do it each round?

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 4:05 AM

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you can simply move the getpos to inside the foreach loop. then it would be random for every round

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 5:49 AM

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Internet went down but now on my phone... Can you do a for loop inside of a while loop?

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 6:07 AM

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yes

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:09 AM

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Hey guys - I think this is the right channel. So I've been toying with scripting for a little while, and have functionality I would like to package into a mod. Does anyone have any resources they can share regarding development flows when creating a mod.... "rapidly". Currently, my understanding is.... when I pack up the PBO, I need to reload the entire client to unpack the addon again at startup. Basically, my question is, how the heck do I edit scripts in my addon during run time. I thought I was on to something with symlinks, but the PBO is locked by the arma client.

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Basically, i just want to be able to modify a script and recompile it at runtime -_-

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 6:11 AM

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you’d use filepatching. im sure there is an explanation of it on the wiki, but i cant find it right now.

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:12 AM

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thats a word i haven't found and will add that to my google searches. thanks friend 🙂

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:13 AM

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how the heck do I edit scripts in my addon during run time
My answer is try not to edit your MOD scripts (functions?) via modifying MOD, but do it in-game, in-editor

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:14 AM

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ya sorry, they are functions.

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setup as functions i mean

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i'll look into that as well

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:14 AM

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CfgFunctions entry right?

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:15 AM

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well... they functions run and do what i want them to do start to finish

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my ultimate goal here is to have a streamlined process to modify the scripts in vscode, recompile in game, and test the changes

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not a perfect system, but nice for ironing out some basic syntax issues

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:17 AM

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You can't recompile existed CfgFunctions functions in-game because anti-cheating, not to break the game, or whatever AFAIK

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:20 AM

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i see some documentation that contradicts that, but i'm not sure if it's still valid
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Functions_Library#Recompiling
"recompile = 1; // 1 to recompile the function upon mission start (config.cpp only; functions in description.ext are compiled upon mission start already)"

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:21 AM

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Ah well. I think I forgot this because never tried that

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:23 AM

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maybe my core idea is wrong then. i figured a question about how to quickly edit a mod would be met with "like this you idiot...." 😆

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:25 AM

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I'm not a wiser man so I only do modify the MOD every each time when apply the change, while finalizing ¯_(ツ)_/¯

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:27 AM

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and that involves reloading your entire environment right? client + server?

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:28 AM

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I really don't know about Multiplayer things. Depends on what the function does and scope, that's a yes I guess

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:31 AM

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ok haha, maybe i should be asking this question instead....

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is there a way to test an addon with packing it into a PBO.. lol

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:33 AM

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test an addon
What do you mean?

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:36 AM

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load the contents of my addon, into arma, without packing the contents of that addon into a PBO

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 6:37 AM

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in editor or with filepatching. editor is fine for testing scripts in most cases.

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:40 AM

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ok so i found some info on filepatching. that actually looks like what i need "File patching is the ability for the engine to load local scripts and other files to override versions in packed addons.".

robust hollow Jul 20, 2020, 6:42 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CMA:DevelopmentSetup#Develop_with_unpacked_data
this is the link i was looking for i think

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:42 AM

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I'm new here...

warm hedge Jul 20, 2020, 6:42 AM

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Mmm this is the article that I didn't even knew

orchid stone Jul 20, 2020, 6:42 AM

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is it ok to say i love you?

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lol... thanks @robust hollow

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 6:51 AM

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I have an group of units that are in vehicles. How would I go about using setvehicle ammo...

So far I have
{_x setvehicleammo 1} foreach units _group but it doesn't work because it needs a vehicle name. I've tried nesting forEaches but I keep screwing it up.

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:05 AM

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@fair drum setVehicleAmmoDef might be what you want

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 7:10 AM

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simpler than what I just found...

        private _veh = [];

        {
            if (
                !(vehicle _x isKindOf "man")
            ) then {
                _veh = _veh + [vehicle _x]
            };
        } forEach units _group;

        {_x setVehicleAmmo 1} forEach _veh;

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:13 AM

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huh - yeah. Don't use that.

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 7:17 AM

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well the above works, but when I use {_x setVehicleAmmoDef 1} forEach units _group instead, it does not work.

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:18 AM

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What you want:

refill soldiers ammo? or
refill vehicle(s) ammo

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 7:18 AM

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refill the vehicles' ammo

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:18 AM

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then use my code, with vehicle _x

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{ _x setVehicleAmmoDef 1 } foreach (units _group select { not isNull objectParent _x } apply { vehicle _x });

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 7:21 AM

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0_o

{(vehicle _x) setVehicleAmmo 1} forEach units _group; looks to work

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let me try to break down your code, I know I can learn something from it

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so...

units _group select { not isNull objectParent _x } is selecting anything the unit is attached to or in? then you are applying vehicle to the object parent?

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:26 AM

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it is selecting every unit that is in a vehicle

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:50 AM

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{(vehicle _x) setVehicleAmmo 1} forEach units _group;
it works, but will also refill on-foot soldiers.

{ _x setVehicleAmmoDef 1 } foreach (units _group select { not isNull objectParent _x } apply { vehicle _x });
```can be broken down as:

private _units = units _group;
private _inVehicleUnits = _units select { not isNull objectParent _x };
//same thing as
private _inVehicleUnits = _units select { vehicle _x != _x };

_vehicles = _inVehicleUnits apply { vehicle _x };

fair drum Jul 20, 2020, 7:52 AM

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okay that helps with understanding when written that way

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 7:57 AM

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intermediate variables are better for understanding than one-liners, true

never forget that you write code for humans, not for machines 😉

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 7:59 AM

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@tough abyss find out. I don't know if AI distributes the attackTarget over network, I'd assume no.

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:16 AM

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Hey! Can anyone help me to understand if there is a way to catch a moment between player is outside a vehicle and player inside it. I'm talking about that animation of getting inside. If i use (vehicle player) on this moment it returns player. Basically if i allow a player to do something when he is not in a vehicle, he still will be able to do this action upon the animation of getting inside a vehicle. But technically speaking, he is already inside (but still can be easily killed)

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 10:21 AM

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the player is not in a vehicle until the animation of getin is over afaik
as for not in a vehicle on getout, IDK

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:21 AM

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Ok. So how to catch this animation or this status?

young current Jul 20, 2020, 10:21 AM

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No there's 2 types of getIns

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One that is character centric where move in happens at the end and one that is vehicle centric where move in happens first, then animation plays

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Precise get in is the latter and happens the same way evert time. Like climbing into jets cockpit

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The other one is just played on characters position

wispy cave Jul 20, 2020, 10:25 AM

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[QEGVAR(medical,woundReceived), [_unit, _bodyPart, _damageToAdd, _instigator, _typeOfDamage, _damageSelectionArray]] call CBA_fnc_localEvent; That's a line of code from ace medical. Do I understand it correctly that I can add a CBA event listener on whatever QEGVAR(medical,woundReceived) gets translated to and I'll have access to all those params in that EH?

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:26 AM

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@young current this is how it works. True. But how to catch the process when it starts but the player is outside a vehicle?

young current Jul 20, 2020, 10:27 AM

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You probably cant

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GetIn eventhandler is probs only thing related to that

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And maybe comparing the phase of the animation

copper raven Jul 20, 2020, 10:28 AM

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Do I understand it correctly that I can add a CBA event listener on whatever QEGVAR(medical,woundReceived) gets translated to and I'll have access to all those params in that EH?
correct, https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/master/addons/main/script_macros_common.hpp#L892, in your case it will expand to ace_medical_woundReceived.

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:29 AM

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When a player get in some vehicles, he is standing still but hatches are opening. So cannot get the phase of animation 😦

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 10:32 AM

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there is no out-of-the-box "isGettingIn/Out" scripting command though

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:35 AM

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@winter rose I understand it. Is there any workaround or some algorithm to catch the moment?

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Just any thing to work with

copper raven Jul 20, 2020, 10:36 AM

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closest you can get is this probably https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inGameUISetEventHandler

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:37 AM

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@young current getIn or getInMan EH's are firing after a player is already inside 😦

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@copper raven to catch getIn action menu pressed? Nice idea, thanks

copper raven Jul 20, 2020, 10:42 AM

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it will probably be enough, as getin has to always be ran through action menu iirc(no direct keybind for it). Some actions like manual fire toggle can be executed through a keybind at which point it'll bypass that event handler, but for getin it should be fine

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:46 AM

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And to put a time stamp in the variable (time + 10 - for example) when action is called. Then I'll be able to check if current Time or serverTime value is bigger than time stamp in the variable. Right?

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 10:47 AM

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you could grab the anim and use animationChanged EH?

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:47 AM

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Using these handlers: "GetInDriver" "GetInPilot" "GetInTurret" "GetInCargo"

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@winter rose can't use it. In some cases character animation doesn't change. The player stands still when hatch is opening, and then animation of the character begins

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 10:50 AM

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I thought this immobile thing was part of the get in animation itself 😦

spark moon Jul 20, 2020, 10:52 AM

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I was comparing animations via animationState but didn't tried EH tbh. Will check it now

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@winter rose me too! 😩

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Sad, but both AnimChanged and AnimStateChanged are firing when player is inside

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Or those EH's even doesn't fire on getIn but fires on getOut

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And to put a time stamp in the variable (time + 10 - for example) when action is called. Then I'll be able to check if current Time or serverTime value is bigger than time stamp in the variable. Right?
This works nice

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 12:21 PM

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the player is not in a vehicle until the animation of getin is over afaik
as for not in a vehicle on getout, IDK
@winter rose
my get IN Jet "eventhandler" uses ?(vehicle player == _plane) and it returns true as soon as you start the animation

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 12:34 PM

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yep, as HG stated above it depends on the animation type

digital hollow Jul 20, 2020, 1:09 PM

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is there a delete version of append or pushBack? or is _arr = _arr - [_element] good enough?

lost copper Jul 20, 2020, 1:10 PM

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

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Maybe that?

digital hollow Jul 20, 2020, 1:10 PM

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You'd have to use that with find

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I guess it's incorrect to say "delete version of..." since those two just add to the end.

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 1:11 PM

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if you want to delete from end you can resize 😄

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You'd have to use that with find
yeah if you don't know the index, you have to iterate the array first to find where the element is.

arr - [element]
copies the whole array, so depending on the size of the array it could be bad, it also iterates the whole array.

lost copper Jul 20, 2020, 1:12 PM

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You can use select with ex.6

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

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 1:13 PM

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select with code will be much slower than both find and arr-[element]

lost copper Jul 20, 2020, 1:13 PM

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Yes, you are right, Dedmen

digital hollow Jul 20, 2020, 1:13 PM

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Ah. ty

wispy cave Jul 20, 2020, 1:21 PM

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is there an EH for closing the arsenal in ace? The documentation doesn't list one but I found that's no guaranty for there not being one

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 1:22 PM

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yes

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https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/arsenal/functions/fnc_onArsenalClose.sqf#L19

wispy cave Jul 20, 2020, 1:23 PM

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thanks

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 1:23 PM

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ace_arsenal_displayClosed

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 2:05 PM

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I dont think i have seen a method like array - element that doesnt use or requires finding the elements index.
I guess sone just have it built into the remove method.

autumn swift Jul 20, 2020, 3:19 PM

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Is unsafeCVL still a thing in description.ext? And if it still exists, whats the difference between disabling cvl via that VS via the CfgDisasbledCommands ?

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:19 PM

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currently disabled

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unsafeCVL doesn't completely disable CVL, it only disables CVL for vehicle types tht are dangerous.
For example static objects are fine (I think) Tanks and guns are not

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:20 PM

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@spark turret arrayintersect

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I dont think i have seen a method like array - element that doesnt use or requires finding the elements index.
I guess sone just have it built into the remove method.
@spark turret

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 3:21 PM

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@still forum lights and particle emitters too I guess; emptyDetectors (triggers) maybe? (though it can be dangerous)

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:21 PM

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hm thats not necessarily better

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:21 PM

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it does what you wanted, what's your point?

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:22 PM

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yeah you re right

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:22 PM

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How does it? Its something completely different?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:22 PM

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just needs a little bit more fiddle

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:22 PM

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you can use arrayIntersect to filter out elements you dont want, i guess its good for dooing a lot of elements at once

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:22 PM

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I don't think lights are blocked. Haven't looked at it in a while

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:23 PM

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you cant delete an element from array without knowing its index unless you want to delete all matching elements of an array

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:23 PM

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findAt would need a loop

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:23 PM

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you can use arrayIntersect to filter out elements you dont want
how? it removes duplicates but besides that?

autumn swift Jul 20, 2020, 3:23 PM

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@still forum interesting, is there a list of all the unsafe objects? My issue is that I wanna disable CVL as its used by script kiddies to spawn explosions, however I still want to use that command for my own scripts

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:24 PM

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unsafeCVL is currently not a thing so that won't help you, Don't think there is a list posted anywhere

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:24 PM

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ive seen it in the ace arsenal wiki.
like you intersect the arrays of 2 loadouts and only add stuff that does not intersect

autumn swift Jul 20, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Ah ok, thanks!

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:25 PM

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private _items = allUnits apply {getUnitLoadout _x};
_items = str _items splitString "[]," joinString ",";
_items = parseSimpleArray ("[" + _items + "]");
_items = _items arrayIntersect _items select {_x isEqualType "" && {_x != ""}};
copyToClipboard str _items;

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i was kinda wrong

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:25 PM

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it needs some mental gymnastics, but it's entirely possible

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:26 PM

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ah it only returns commons, so you only need to filter one side, or do a whitelist kinda thing

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:26 PM

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but also kinda right

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:26 PM

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i still dont see how it would be better or necessary

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:26 PM

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well its like 1 line instead of a loop

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:26 PM

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findat is good enough

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findif*

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 3:26 PM

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findAt is not a thing btw

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:27 PM

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findOut

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:28 PM

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time for NCA_fnc_findAt

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:28 PM

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jsut so i udnerstand correctly, this part filters out all non-strings and empty strings?
_items = _items arrayIntersect _items select {_x isEqualType "" && {_x != ""}};

but it does not prevent stuff represtended more than once?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:28 PM

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finds element and deletes all members of it in an array

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example [_array, _element] call NCA_fnc_findAt; deletes all occurances of _element in _array and returns edited _array

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feels like something i would use, so im just going to add it to my toolkit

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bad naming, but jsut because Dedmen said it doesnt exist, ima use it

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:31 PM

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so kind of like arrayIntersect but return the other half, the one that doesnt intersect

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 3:33 PM

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just less mental gymnastics

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im feeling lazy

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"i could make a function out of this"

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:34 PM

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time to find out how to make ai talk over radio

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is there a list of radio text from cfg radio?

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 3:38 PM

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configFile >> CfgRadio

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:43 PM

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cool, time to go to the editor then

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hm how do i open cfg radio in the editor

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 3:46 PM

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Eden → ` → config viewer

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:49 PM

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i dont see any cfg radio there

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https://imgur.com/cWWrCNH

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 3:49 PM

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at the root

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configFile >> CfgRadio

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:51 PM

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ah there it is

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thanks

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is there a way to listen to it?

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 3:54 PM

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player sideRadio "theRadioSound"

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 3:56 PM

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so i would have to run that for every single radio message ingame...

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alright:
[west, "Base"] sideRadio configName selectRandom ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio"));
selectRandom implies that this: " ("true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgRadio"));" is an array that holds the classname to every single radio message available?

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ah, no its the path to there.

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okay i will do whats called a pro supporter move. ill make a video of every single message with its classname displayed and put that on youtube.

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so other lazy f* ers like me dont have to do the same thing again

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is there a way to tell if the radio message is over?

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:11 PM

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Hey, wondering if anyone can help me with a respawn issue I'm having on a multiplayer mission? I'm trying to set it so everyone starts where they're set in the editor but still has access to custom respawn points once the mission has started, any help is much appreciated thank you.

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:15 PM

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@serene ridge
inside description.ext

respawnOnStart = -1;

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

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:16 PM

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Do I need to make my own description.ext file for that then?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:16 PM

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inside the mission folder, yes

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:16 PM

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Okay, thank you!

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 4:18 PM

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Ugh 400 radio sounds

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:19 PM

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Follow up question: will that only work after the mission's been exported or will I be able to use that while testing via the editor?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:21 PM

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works in the editor too

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remember that the editor default environment is singleplayer

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the multiplayer is hosted multiplayer

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so the host is the server too

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Just tried it and it didn't work, do I need to fill the entirety of the description.ext out like it's shown on the wiki or will just the one line work?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:22 PM

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what do you mean "it didnt work"?

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 4:22 PM

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@serene ridge you can test respawn in the editor starting an MP editor session

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:22 PM

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and no, you dont need to

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remember that the editor default environment is singleplayer

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:23 PM

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That's what I'm doing, I'm testing the mission in multiplayer, spawn as a character and get taken back to the respawn screen

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:23 PM

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at the start of the mission?

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 4:23 PM

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…mods?

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:23 PM

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start of the mission, yes

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ACE, dependencies, ACRE2

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:24 PM

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remember that changes to description are loaded only when you back out into the editor

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is your description.ext named exactly that?

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and it's in the mission-folder?

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in the root of the mission folder*

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 4:25 PM

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beware of description.ext**.txt**

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:25 PM

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oh my god I put it in the wrong mission folder WHOOPS

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That

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:25 PM

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make sure windows explorer is set to show extensions

serene ridge Jul 20, 2020, 4:25 PM

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will be why

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No I just put it in a different mission than the one I'm trying it on

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Yeah funnily it worked when I put it in the right folder 🤓

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thanks again!

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 4:36 PM

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Yeah funnily it worked when I put it in the right folder 🤓
@serene ridge it has a tendency to do that 🔨

spark turret Jul 20, 2020, 5:39 PM

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how do i get the objects vector up?

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 5:39 PM

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I want to write the function to extract elements from lists in list (sometimes bad things happens, and I can get such things in scripts, like [group1, [group2, group2], group4, unit1] etc).

OT_fnc_ExtractFromArray = {
    params [["_list", [], [[]]], "_params"];
    private _homogeneous = [];
    {
        if (typename _x isEqualto _params) then {
            _homogeneous pushback _x;
        } else {
            if (_x isEqualType []) then {
                private _element = [_x,_params] call OT_fnc_ExtractFromArray;
                if (!(_element isEqualTo []) && (typename _element isEqualto _params)) then {
                    _homogeneous append _element;
                };
            };
        };
    } foreach _list;

_homogeneous
};

But it doesn't work as intended.
I.e., I call
[[3,6,[5,2,0],1],"SCALAR"] call OT_fnc_ExtractFromArray
and it returns [3,6,1], while the _element is correct ([5,2,0]). Seems like it is failed on append _element. What I'm doing wrong?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:39 PM

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what do you mean? the rotation of the object or the vector parallel with the z-axis in the object's local(relative?) space?

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private _element = [_x,_params] call OT_fnc_ExtractFromArray;

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function is not defined

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or variable is not defined, rather

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not 100% on that, since i've never tried calling a function from within itself

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well, a variable from within itself

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have you tried debugging it with simple systemchat commands

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to see if it ever even runs?

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like make the script print the parameters it's passed

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start debugging from there

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check back with your findings

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also

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append takes an array

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_Array append [variable];

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like so

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 5:48 PM

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@spark turret …vectorUp?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:48 PM

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that's probably your issue

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 5:48 PM

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@unreal scroll language, edit your profanity out now.

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:49 PM

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so your _element here is a scalar and not an array

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 5:49 PM

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"function is not defined"
See above, it is defined.

"or variable is not defined, rather"
Params variable is defined, see above.
As I said, the _element variable, taken from inside the block, is ok, it is [5,2,0], the _homogeneous veriable at this iteration is [3,6]

"append takes an array"
Of course it take an array. The function returns an array.

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"language, edit your profanity out now."
?

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:49 PM

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if (!(_element isEqualTo []) && (typename _element isEqualto _params)) then {
                    _homogeneous append _element;
                };```

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 5:49 PM

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s word.

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:49 PM

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youre passing append a not-array

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not an array

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you need to pass it an array

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_homogeneous append [_element];

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

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Syntax:
array1 append array2
Parameters:
array1: Array
array2: Array```

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that was a little bit insultive, but i'll take it. It's hot in here too 😅

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im just suggesting a fix here, it's up to you if you want to try it or not

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also, what montana said

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edit the profanity out of the original question

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 5:52 PM

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Can you read the function? Look at it again. It is pushback for element, and append for arrray.

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:52 PM

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!(_element isEqualTo [])

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 5:52 PM

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if (typename _x isEqualto _params) --> _homogeneous pushback _x;

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:53 PM

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yes

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if (!(_element isEqualTo []) && (typename _element isEqualto _params)) then {
                    _homogeneous append _element;
                };```

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this part here

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youre trying to append a non-array

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both of the parameters of append NEED to be arrays

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here you are checking that it is NOT an array: !(_element isEqualTo [])

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so we can assume that _element is not an array when the code comes to the append

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so you must wrap it in an array

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[_element]

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or use pushback

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you got me?

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nyanquestionwut

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 5:57 PM

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derpWolf

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 5:58 PM

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"so we can assume that _element is not an array when the code comes to the append"
No, we assume that it is not an empty list

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It CAN be an array

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 5:58 PM

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here you are checking that it is NOT an array: !(_element isEqualTo [])
He's not.

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He's checking that its not an empty array.

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Which btw you don't need to do, append with empty array just does nothing

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 5:59 PM

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oh yeah, youre right

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i messed up isequalto with something else

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my bad

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 6:00 PM

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What I'm doing wrong?

Why don't you just check? add diag_log's to every step and.. check what you are doing wrong

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 6:00 PM

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

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 6:00 PM

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isEqualType

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 6:02 PM

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wait

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arrays are not scalars

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Fixed it.

    params [["_list", [], [[]]], "_params"];
    private _homogeneous = [];
    {
        if (typename _x isEqualto _params) then {
            _homogeneous pushback _x;
        } else {
            if (_x isEqualType []) then {
                private _element = [_x,_params] call OT_fnc_ExtractFromArray;
                if (!(_element isEqualTo []) && {(_element isEqualType []) && {!((_element findif {typename _x isEqualto _params}) isEqualTo -1)}}) then {
                    _homogeneous append _element;
                };
            };
        };
    } foreach _list;

_homogeneous```

There was a simple mistake: (typename _element isEqualto _params) for array will never be true.

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 6:02 PM

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(!(_element isEqualTo []) && (typename _element isEqualto _params)) if _element is always an array as returned by the function

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you will never have a true of this

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mmh, just what i thought

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usually you can easily debug these kinds of issues with some systemchat and check if the codfe is ever entering the specific parts

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and then you can see where it stops

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 6:04 PM

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Thanks for repeating me :)
I'm using hints to show the steps, but it is a good idea too.

Btw, I can't understand what Lou Montana meant. Or it was just a joke?

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 6:05 PM

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whatever lou meant is already fixed

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hint is a bad idea if you have more than one, because the later hint will just hide the previous one

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 6:05 PM

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@still forum it's not

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not fixed*

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 6:05 PM

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Ah no

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@unreal scroll first message, first line. Profanity. #rules

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 6:06 PM

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Aaa... Ok, fixed ))

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 6:06 PM

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@unreal scroll didnt repeat what you said

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but your issue was solved, no?

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 6:07 PM

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Yes, it works as intended.

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 6:08 PM

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it's not elegant, but it works, so meh. whatever floats your boat

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also, good luck with it!

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 6:10 PM

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If you have a better idea for for re-assembling list elements in one - you can share, of course. I would be grateful.
NB: In russian "profan" is the person who knows a few, and makes a stupid mistakes, so, not knowing this word, I was a bit confused at the very beginning - I was thinking "What is so terrible in my code?" )) Some sort of misunderstanding.

still forum Jul 20, 2020, 6:13 PM

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theres a better way to de-nest arrays if they only contain numbers

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but you passing datatype I assume thats not the case

unreal scroll Jul 20, 2020, 6:19 PM

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It can contains unint/groups, this is why I needed it. Before the battle I add all attacking groups into one list, but in battles, if the leader was killed, there could be some mess with groups, and final script, which adds units to base garrison, sometimes fail... A long story, and I understand that it is much better to rewrite all scripts to avoid it, but yet another check is good in any case, I think.

queen cargo Jul 20, 2020, 7:59 PM

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🤔
What is the output of theese two SQF expressions:

private _arr = [1,2,3];
diag_log ({
  _arr pushBack _x + 1;
  true
} count _arr);```
```sqf
private _arr = [1,2,0];
diag_log ({
  _arr set [_x, _x + 1];
  diag_log _x;
  true
} count _arr);```

winter rose Jul 20, 2020, 8:25 PM

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diag_log returns Nothing though?

storm radish Jul 20, 2020, 8:32 PM

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having trouble with getting a script to loop more than twice

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while {alive crash2} do {
crash2 switchMove "Acts_Rifle_Operations_Right";
waitUntil {animationState crash2 != "Acts_Rifle_Operations_Right"};
};

queen cargo Jul 20, 2020, 8:50 PM

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argh ... youre right @winter rose 😅
~~tiny mistake~~ Fixed

tall hull Jul 20, 2020, 9:05 PM

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can someone help me out with setting a server up? im new to scripting and online doesnt have much stuff about how to do it

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 9:30 PM

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@tall hull >> #server_admins or #creators_recruiting

#

im not sure if youre looking for help in setting up a server or looking for people to create content for you, considering that you asked this in the #arma3_scripting

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 9:31 PM

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Probably not the best start, but it's a start: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting

#

the wiki in general is a minimum requirement if you want to do some #arma3_scripting

tall hull Jul 20, 2020, 9:32 PM

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im actually looking for help to understand how armas scripting works and some help is not bad as well haha

im not sure if youre looking for help in setting up a server or looking for people to create content for you, considering that you asked this in the #arma3_scripting
@ebon citrus

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Probably not the best start, but it's a start: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting
@exotic flax ill take a look

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also thanks @ebon citrus and @exotic flax for the help

ebon citrus Jul 20, 2020, 10:19 PM

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people here are usually more than happy to help, but we all come in many colours and some brighter than others. None of us here are gods (exceptions apply)

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 10:20 PM

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Google is the only God out there

#

and BIKI, his bastard son

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 10:44 PM

#

Hello everybody,

wanted to ask if someone knows or has a script. With which you can delete destroyed vehicles and spawn again in the same position. As often as possible. But only vehicles that have something in the init list. Say you would like to create a shooting range on a server where the vehicles can also be destroyed. Thank you in advance for your support.

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 10:47 PM

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so basically "if destroyed, respawn in position, with init script"

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 10:55 PM

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yes

waxen tendon Jul 20, 2020, 10:56 PM

#

fnc_randomPointOnLand = {
    xpos = random[_xl,(_xl+((_xh-_xl)/2)),_xh];
    ypos = random[_yl,(_yl+((_yh-_yl)/2)),_yh];
    if !(surfaceIsWater([xpos,ypos])) then {
        [xpos,ypos];
    } else {
        fnc_randomPointOnLand
    };
};

would this work? i am unsure about the recursion part

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 10:58 PM

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the X and Y values are not defined in the function
only the last line can be returned, so use a variable to return

waxen tendon Jul 20, 2020, 10:59 PM

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yeah xl,xh,yl,yh are defined elsewhere

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 10:59 PM

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they need to be defined INSIDE the function

waxen tendon Jul 20, 2020, 11:00 PM

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yeah, just noticed that, they will be passed via params

#

and what do you mean only last line can be returned?

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:00 PM

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@hybrid pier you most likely need to use the Killed EH, and run the "init" script manually after creating a new vehicle

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:01 PM

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okay

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:03 PM

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fnc_randomPointOnLand = {
    params ["_xl", "_xh", "_yl", "_yh"];
    private _return = [];
    _xpos = random[_xl,(_xl+((_xh-_xl)/2)),_xh];
    _ypos = random[_yl,(_yl+((_yh-_yl)/2)),_yh];
    if !(surfaceIsWater([_xpos,_ypos])) then {
        _return = [_xpos, _ypos];
    } else {
        _return = [something?] call fnc_randomPointOnLand;
    };
    _return; // only last line gets returned
};

waxen tendon Jul 20, 2020, 11:03 PM

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right

#

thanks!

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:07 PM

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and how do i tell the script if the particular vehicle is destroyed it will be replaced. how does the script know which vehicles are meant?

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:07 PM

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simply attach the EH to the vehicle

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:08 PM

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EH?

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:09 PM

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Event Handler: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addEventHandler

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:10 PM

#

oh 😦

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:11 PM

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@waxen tendon you might want to look at BIS_fnc_findSafePos and selectBestPlaces, which allow you to find a safe position with some specific rules

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:12 PM

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@exotic flax Thanks for goog Work

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*good

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:12 PM

#

I just spend way too much time on the wiki 😛

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:14 PM

#

😄

#

The goal is to build a really cool shooting range on the public server. I am also looking for a script with which I can move targets back and forth.

waxen tendon Jul 20, 2020, 11:18 PM

#

thanks a lot for those functions, really hard to find them with names like that @exotic flax

exotic flax Jul 20, 2020, 11:21 PM

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@hybrid pier check https://www.gruppe-w.de/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=2235 (yes is German post, but code is English), which is actually working pretty well

hybrid pier Jul 20, 2020, 11:49 PM

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tanks 🙂

#

*h

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:13 AM

#

@exotic flax have a quastion

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:13 AM

#

I might have the answer

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:16 AM

#

I have mounted a bell on the shooting range that can be used with a mouse wheel. but on the server you can only use them once and then not anymore. it always works in the editor. do you have a solution?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:19 AM

#

sounds like a locality issue (meaning the server only runs on the server or editor, but not on clients connected to the server)

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:22 AM

#

sry am a noob and not so smart. is there a way to fix it?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:26 AM

#

most likely a problem in the addAction or the script that it calls

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:27 AM

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i have a problem with the rail script

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https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1473191638820014326/5FEC0B33047CE2B19EC07BECAF089FBE35DF6164/

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:35 AM

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the examples in that script are wrong 😉

#

null = [RL_2,8,0,12,[3,-1,0,-1,objNull]] execVM "scripts\initTargetRail.sqf";

you need to add an extra , (comma) before the [ inside the array

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:37 AM

#

?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:38 AM

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null = [RL_2,8,0,12 -->, <--[3,-1,0,-1,objNull]] execVM "scripts\initTargetRail.sqf";

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:39 AM

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and than work the script?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:40 AM

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it should, although I don't have a working test version of it

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:41 AM

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I hope it works

#

you are from german or?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:42 AM

#

no, but I'm living in Germany for 5 years now 😉

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:43 AM

#

cool xD

#

wie gefällt es dir in Deutschland?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:45 AM

#

Nicht schlecht, obwohl die Sprache im Vergleich zu Niederländisch zu schwer ist ;)
although let's keep it English to follow the #rules

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:46 AM

#

friends? then can we also write private messages?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:47 AM

#

and I really dislike my German keyboard 😛

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:50 AM

#

okay, I saw the ILBE Assault Pack - Rewrite. sau cool 🙂 I wrote it with Satcom. The problem is, we use TFAR and wanted to build a radio bridge with the Satcom and it didn't work. do you have to pay attention to what? unfortunately there are no instructions how best to use it

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 12:54 AM

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The SATCOM only enhanced the range of the person(s) close to it, it doesn't fake a satellite connection (due to limitations on how TFAR works). So even when 2 people use it and are within range, it will still take in account terrain etc.

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 12:58 AM

#

so it doesn't really help?

the rail script does not work always get an error message when connecting to the server.

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https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1473191638820117263/8BC73A15741A92BE468110C65290CCD60BD5ABA5/

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 1:01 AM

#

did you add the script in the mission?

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 1:04 AM

#

yes

#

yes I see a problem in the script on the page says moveTargetRailExt.sqf

and the server looks for moveTargetRail.sqf

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https://www.gruppe-w.de/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=2235

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 1:07 AM

#

I just noticed the same in a simple test mission, and making some small changes does fix it

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 1:09 AM

#

okay and which ones? I think I have to write something in init.sqf right?

#

can you send me the right file where it works?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 1:10 AM

#

mine are too modified for my needs (paths etc are different)

#

but I just went over all the file names and made them match with the actual files

hybrid pier Jul 21, 2020, 1:12 AM

#

😦

#

Thanks anyway for your help. I delete it now because I can't get it to work

fair drum Jul 21, 2020, 2:10 AM

#

whats the command to create the little score/ticket boxes at the top right of the screen?

exotic flax Jul 21, 2020, 2:14 AM

#

I don't believe there's a command/function for that

torpid quartz Jul 21, 2020, 2:33 AM

#

I've seen there is ways to white or black list items from the a virtual arsenal, but is there a way to disable an entire category? Like just remove all weapons?

#

Actually found this

dontRemove = []; //Fill with the odd class names you do not want removed
{
    _types = _x;
    {
        if !( _x in dontRemove ) then {
            
            _info = _x call BIS_fnc_itemType;
            _info params[ "_type", "_subType" ];
            
            switch ( _type ) do {
                case "Mine" : {
                    _types set [ _forEachIndex, objNull ];
                };
            };
            
            switch ( _subType ) do {
                case "MissileLauncher";
                case "RocketLauncher";
                case "LaserDesignator";
                case "Binocular" : {
                    _types set [ _forEachIndex, objNull ];
                };
            };
        };
        
    }forEach +_types;
    _types = _types - [ objNull ];
    BIS_fnc_arsenal_data set [ _forEachIndex, _types ];
}forEach +BIS_fnc_arsenal_data;

[ "AmmoboxInit", [ this, true ] ] call BIS_fnc_arsenal;```

#

Hmm. I don't think I should have done that on mobile lol

#

Though I want to ask can I do this but also white list certain items too? Like remove all medical items but leave bandages and morphine?

hallow mortar Jul 21, 2020, 2:49 AM

#

Start your code block with ```sqf

#

and end it with ```

#

that will fix your formatting

torpid quartz Jul 21, 2020, 4:50 AM

#

ok fixed the formatting lol, had to copy and paste again because mobile didn't contain all the spaces.

So there this is dontRemove = []; in this code, but i want to also just disable 3 or 4 items in certain categories, is there any way this could be modified to do so? Or something I could stick between the rest of the code and the [ "AmmoboxInit", [ this, true ] ] call BIS_fnc_arsenal; to do so?

fair drum Jul 21, 2020, 4:55 AM

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My players have 2 respawn tickets each and I want to add a ticket every objective they complete, even to units that have no more respawns... I don't think this works. What else could I try? Must be separate from side pool (which will always be 0)

{[_x,1] call BIS_fnc_respawnTickets} forEach playableUnits;

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Maybe this?

[[player,1],BIS_fnc_respawnTickets] remoteExec ["call",-2,true];

torpid quartz Jul 21, 2020, 6:17 AM

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thinking
[ammobox,["B_Parachute"],true] call BIS_fnc_removeVirtualBackpackCargo;
if i slap it in before the last line, i'll give it a try later.

tardy sonnet Jul 21, 2020, 7:15 AM

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Having issues with this script I made (custom asset list for Warlords) not even sure if it's a script lmao but it's been working up until this morning and the Opfor units decided not to show up in the menu for purchase, is there any fix for this? The script is 800 lines long so I've placed it in a pastebin. https://pastebin.com/BPg2MH1K

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 7:47 AM

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thank you for this chat's consideration ^^

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 9:37 AM

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Is there a way to tell if a radio message is still playing or already over?

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That would help immensly

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Or the length of a sound. Anything the helps coordinate

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 9:44 AM

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nope - but the Conversation system

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Conversations#Manual_conversation_example
see kbWasSaid
@spark turret

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in the next patch, playSound will return the sound-emitting object, you can check when it is objNull meaning it has filled its purpose

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 9:51 AM

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any chance that will be expanded to the radio commands as well?
like sideRadio etc

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 9:52 AM

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so far no good, but perhaps 🐮

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 9:52 AM

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meh

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 9:53 AM

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you can still make a ticket, you will get your answer - anyway, it's not for right now

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 9:53 AM

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i mean im happy that the radios are being queued instead of overlapping, but im trying to "debug" them, aka list them with an index and the corresponding text/classname etc.
and i just have the whole array play but theres no way to tell which one is currently playing

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where would i make that

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 9:54 AM

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https://feedback.bistudio.com/maniphest/task/edit/form/3/ and #arma3_feedback_tracker

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but use search first
https://feedback.bistudio.com/search/query/advanced/

still forum Jul 21, 2020, 10:06 AM

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not planned for radio commands, didn't look at that, and now might be a bit late if you need it soon 😄

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:13 AM

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i can wait

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    // since Arma 3 v1.99.146480
        _source = playSound "Alarm";     //play the sound
        _source spawn         //why spawn?
        {
            waitUntil {isNull _this};    //wait until _source was deleted(?)
            hint "Finished!";
        };

can someone explain why spawn is used?

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so it runs parallel and doesnt suspend the whole script? or another reason?

ebon citrus Jul 21, 2020, 10:26 AM

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Probably because it's in unscheduled space

unreal scroll Jul 21, 2020, 10:26 AM

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Yes, seems like the author just wanted the hint to be showed independently. Only scheduled environment (where you comes using spawn) supports suspend. Basically you should avoid using spawn for complex scripts, as you're entering the parallel programming. It is not so simple. But for such tasks as above - why not? But I would prefer to use CBA WaitUntilAndExecute

ebon citrus Jul 21, 2020, 10:27 AM

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You need to have the waituntil in scheduled space

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That's why spawn

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:31 AM

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alright so the sound returns true for isNull _sound while you can still hear it playing.

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am i doing something wrong or is arma being arma?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:32 AM

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are you using the latest devbranch ?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:33 AM

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im on 1.99/1.98

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bc thats what the clan uses

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:34 AM

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I don't know what you mean; can you post your actual version?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:34 AM

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also it seems that just some sounds are falsely returned as isNull

warm hedge Jul 21, 2020, 10:34 AM

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Just use productVersion to get version

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:35 AM

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["Arma 3","Arma3",198,146379,"Stable",true,"Windows","x64"]

warm hedge Jul 21, 2020, 10:35 AM

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Then your game isn't in Dev-Branch, return value for playSound isn't implemented yet

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📎 unknown.png

unreal scroll Jul 21, 2020, 10:37 AM

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You can use simple workaround - just sleep for total length of the sound

warm hedge Jul 21, 2020, 10:37 AM

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Or wait until next stable update

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:39 AM

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nope - but the Conversation system
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/735069570473132083
@unreal scroll

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:40 AM

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yeah im using the other example now where it selects the nearestObject soundsourceoncar as the sound source

unreal scroll Jul 21, 2020, 10:41 AM

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@winter rose ??

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:41 AM

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it still seems to be quite random which ones are displaying the correct length and which ones arent

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:42 AM

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there is no way at the moment to get the sound length @unreal scroll
(his request)

Ir0nsight wants to avoid manual processing

unreal scroll Jul 21, 2020, 10:43 AM

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"there is no way at the moment to get the sound length"
Hm... Every sound file has its own sound length, or in A3 it is not so simple for playing sounds? (not speaking of IR0NSIGHT issue, just curious)

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:43 AM

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Every sound file has its own sound length
?

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every sound has a length, but there is no way to get this value by scripting

unreal scroll Jul 21, 2020, 10:44 AM

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So? I can calculate the overall time, and set it as delay. It is a manual way, but it will works.

warm hedge Jul 21, 2020, 10:45 AM

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meowhuh

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Yes that's the way?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:50 AM

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i did exactly that, more often than not it claims the length is like 0.01242541 seconds

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while the sound is playing at far longer

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:50 AM

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diiid you use the latest devbranch?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:52 AM

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no

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and i wont 😄

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 10:53 AM

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then the playSound trick won't work ¯_(ツ)_/¯

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:54 AM

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it does partly with ```sqf
playSound "Alarm";
hint "Started!";
[] spawn
{
_sound = ASLToAGL [0,0,0] nearestObject "#soundonvehicle";
waitUntil {isNull _sound};
hint "Finished!";
};

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so far i can tell that with that all oldman sounds are broken

unreal scroll Jul 21, 2020, 10:56 AM

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"more often than not it claims the length is like 0.01242541 seconds"
Just use the real world clock. You don't need 1/10 s accuracy, right?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 10:57 AM

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[["oldman_ambient_dialogues_015_am_syndikat_dialogue_a_AMBCIVILIAN_6",0.138977,0]]

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thats what arma claims is the length of this audio.

still forum Jul 21, 2020, 11:00 AM

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I don't know what you mean; can you post your actual version?
There is no actual version because we are on custom dev build

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 11:02 AM

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im special 🤷‍♂️

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:06 PM

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can i play sounds from this config part?:
playSound and sideRadio for the "classnames" do not work
bearing255[] = {"RadioProtocolENG\Normal\DirectionCompass2\bearing255.ogg"};
configfile >> "RadioProtocolENG" >> "Words" >> "bearing255"

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:06 PM

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yep, it's neither in CfgSounds or CfgRadio

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you can use the Conversations system to use them though

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:10 PM

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so are the sound files bound to scroll wheel action menus?

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or can i by script force them to be said/played?
Bc this doesnt work
player kbTell [
BIS_HQ, // to
"Airstrike", // topic
"AirstrikeRequest", // sentence
["Team", {}, "Anvil", ["Anvil"]], // argument 1
["Location", {}, "Strelka", ["Strelka"]], // argument 2
true];

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hm wait thats for arma 2

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:17 PM

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kbTell needs a .bikb declaration @spark turret

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:18 PM

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that means?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:19 PM

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

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:25 PM

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and that bikb file has to be created for each mission?

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and it holds the defined sentences with corresponding sound file paths

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:28 PM

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a bikb has to be referenced if you want to use kb commands - shared between missions or not, no difference.

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:30 PM

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now if it have:
text = "%team requesting close air support at grid %location ";
(from the conversations example)
how does it know how to pronounce the parameters (team and location)?

player kbTell [
    BIS_HQ,                                        // to
    "Airstrike",                                // topic
    "AirstrikeRequest",                            // sentence
    ["Team", {}, "Anvil", ["Anvil"]],            // argument 1
    ["Location", {}, "Strelka", ["Strelka"]]    // argument 2
];

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:30 PM

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it takes its words from the radio protocol words

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:32 PM

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so do you have to define each word with a file path in the bikb or can you use already existing radio protocl words?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:33 PM

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Words are already defined
But you have to define the sentence itself

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:34 PM

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okay. so i can create sentences in the bikb with parameters and feed existing words to the parameters:
and if i want custom sounds in there i have to give file paths

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:38 PM

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Yep

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:40 PM

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alright lets try that

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okay so i have a conversation.bikb that says

class Sentences
{
    class AirstrikeRequest 
    {
        // %team and %location will be replaced by the game engine with according values
        text = "%team requesting close air support at grid %location ";

        // available words are defined in config > RadioProtocol > Words
        speech[] = { %Team, RequestingCloseAirSupportAtGrid, %Location };

        class Arguments 
        {
            class Team { type = "simple"; };        // refers to %Team, first element of speech[]
            // "RequestingCloseAirSupportAtGrid" is part of Radio Protocol
            class Location { type = "simple"; };    // refers to %Location, last element of speech[]
        };
    };
};

class Arguments {};
class Special {};
startWithVocal[] = { hour };
startWithConsonant[] = { europe, university };

and i have this in my description.ext:
class CfgSentences
{
class MissionName
{
class Event1
{
file = "Conversation.bikb";
#include "Conversation.bikb" // avoids a double declaration
};
};
};
and then i call the air support with an CAS.sqf executed in SP with

player kbTell [
    dude_01,                                        // to
    "Airstrike",                                // topic
    "AirstrikeRequest",                            // sentence
    ["Team", {}, "Anvil", ["Anvil"]],            // argument 1
    ["Location", {}, "Strelka", ["Strelka"]]    // argument 2
];

(dude_01 is standing right next to me)

but nothing happens

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do i have to do something else first? like add a topic or sth?

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ahhh i had to do player kbAddTopic ["Airstrike", "Conversation.bikb"];
and now it shows up in the sidechat

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 12:56 PM

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kbAddTopic yes

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 12:56 PM

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but no sounds.

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i thought the built in words have sounds already?

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i changed the speech[] to
speech[] = {"RadioProtocolENG\Normal\DirectionCompass2\bearing255.ogg"};
but its still not giving any sounds.

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im getting closer to another profanity warning 😠

ebon citrus Jul 21, 2020, 1:07 PM

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filled with rage and frustration, i began debugging

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 1:09 PM

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Theres nothing to debug bc theres no error

night crescent Jul 21, 2020, 1:15 PM

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@winter rose @warm hedge I would like to load the vehicles multiple times in the Mission does it work with attach to ?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 1:15 PM

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if you script it, yes

night crescent Jul 21, 2020, 1:16 PM

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So does the script use ViV ? Or is it something different ?

warm hedge Jul 21, 2020, 1:16 PM

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Either?

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No idea what your goal is

night crescent Jul 21, 2020, 1:17 PM

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Make non comparable ViV Vehicles comparable

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As an example 3BAF Landrover loadable to an RHS C130

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Rhs c130 support ViV

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But the 3baf Landrover doesn’t support the feuture

warm hedge Jul 21, 2020, 1:20 PM

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It must be bigger than the cargo space

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 1:20 PM

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a vehicle that goes inside another only needs to be of the good size
ViV "storage" is defined in the holder

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@spark turret speech[] = { bearing255 };

night crescent Jul 21, 2020, 1:33 PM

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Yeah but it’s didn’t work with 6x6 ATV aswell its smaller than the buggy from rhs and it’s not fitting because it doesn’t have die ViV symbol in the display

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 1:50 PM

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ah okay so i got him to say "front!" lol thats a start

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i will refrain from describing the conversation system in my own words in regards to the rules about profanity.

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now i got this config file which holds all availavble (vanilla probably) words:
configfile >> "RadioProtocolENG" >> "Words"
its has the subclasses of
["Normal","CombatEngage","NormalContact","CombatContact","Stealth","Combat","NormalEngage","NormalWatch","NormalTarget","StealthEngage","StealthWatch"]
and i want all words in these subclasses.
for the sideRadio classes i used this to get an array of all classes in the parent:
_pathArray = ("true" configClasses (configfile >> "RadioProtocolENG" >> "Words"));
and then used configName for each to get the class name.
but if it do that for the
radioprotocolENG words it says the array is 0 length

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although the words each are their own class if i understand correctly, example:
configfile >> "RadioProtocolENG" >> "Words" >> "Normal" >> "Advance"

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 2:02 PM

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isArray, isClass ?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 2:18 PM

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yeah i didnt read the error corretly

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 2:35 PM

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okay i got the airstrike one to say all the words i input to it. I created my own sentence class but it doesnt work anymore

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 2:37 PM

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magic ¯_(ツ)_/¯

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 2:39 PM

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okay.... so topic and sentence have to be different strings

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 2:39 PM

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oh, do they?

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if so I can update the doc

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 2:40 PM

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no wait

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now it works again in the old, not working condition. magic indeed

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lol arma conversation contains "Thanos"

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 3:42 PM

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Can someone please test this:

switch (1) do
{
  private _case = case 1;
  case 2: { systemChat "empty"; };
  switch (2) do
  {
      _case: { systemChat "colon takes left argument"; };
  };
  default { systemChat "colon takes MAGIC variable"; };
};```

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 3:43 PM

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"empty"

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 3:43 PM

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wut

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ohh

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mhh

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?sqf switch (1) do { private _case = case 1; switch (2) do { case 2: { systemChat "empty"; }; _case: { systemChat "colon takes left argument"; }; }; default { systemChat "colon takes MAGIC variable"; }; };

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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the latter

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MAGIC

still forum Jul 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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should be default

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 3:44 PM

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winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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error missing ;

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MAGIC again

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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kk

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thanks

still forum Jul 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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the switch magic variable is privated to inner scope indeed

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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it better be for a good thing X39!

still forum Jul 21, 2020, 3:45 PM

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Actually 🤔
Should print empty and magic?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 3:46 PM

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ah yes, both

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I took it for a previous output

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I confirm both @queen cargo

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 3:47 PM

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it obviously is for a good thing

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SQF-VM

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 3:48 PM

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while I'm having fun doing a QTE function here 😄

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 4:02 PM

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Is it possible to have a condition for the mission intro text?

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 4:08 PM

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private _arr_expected = [9,9,9];
private _arr = [1,0,1];
systemChat str (_arr apply { _arr set [_x, 0]; 9 });

result of this?

still forum Jul 21, 2020, 4:09 PM

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_arr is 0,0,0 apply return is 9,9,9

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ah no

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_arr is 0, 0, 1

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 4:11 PM

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private _arr = [1,2,3];
systemChat count (_arr apply { _arr set [_x, _x + 1]; _x });```is this also growing up to array max?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 4:36 PM

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it crashed my game, so yes 😄

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 5:12 PM

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is there a good way to get all vehicles in a group?

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other than foreach unit group do get vehicle, pushback to array, delete doubles?

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:13 PM

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When you use driver vehicle, does it return objNull when there is currently no driver?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:15 PM

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@slate cypress objNull yes

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:15 PM

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Ah

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In that case, how can I make my trigger see an object variable?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:16 PM

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…?

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:16 PM

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I have a vehicle with a variable "leadVehicle". I have a trigger which needs to be able to see "leadVehicle" variable.

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:16 PM

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then use leadVehicle?

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:17 PM

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I have but the code isn't working. I'll send.

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:17 PM

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@spark turret there is assignedVehicle but no groupVehicles

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:18 PM

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This is my condition.

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operator = driver leadVehicle;
operator != objNull;

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This should return true when a player or any unit is inside the vehicle driver seat.

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It is returning true when the seat is empty.

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:18 PM

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nope, == & != cannot compare null objects

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use isNull

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:19 PM

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Ah

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Thanks works now

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Also do you know how to cause the mission intro text to appear with a condition?

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If possible, I'd like it to appear at a trigger

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:22 PM

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the mission intro text?

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 5:22 PM

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does that order a unit to do fire support or spawn mortars from thin air?:
BIS_fnc_fireSupport

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:23 PM

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It is called "Intro Text" under General settings within the Editor.

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It causes an animated text to appear showing the mission name

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There's no condition field though so I'm wondering if it is even possible to enable it with a condition

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:24 PM

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can't find it, maybe it's an Eden Enhanced thing

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@spark turret
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_fireSupport
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_fireSupportVirtual
(bonus: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_fireSupportCluster)

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 5:25 PM

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Oh might be

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 5:30 PM

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depending on its type you can find it on the wiki:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dynamicText
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_infoText
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_textTiles
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_typeText
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_typeText2
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_SITREP
@slate cypress

wispy cave Jul 21, 2020, 6:46 PM

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Is there an event that triggers when the vanilla arsenal is closed? Or is using inGameUISetEventHandler on action and checking for the arsenal action the only way?

astral dawn Jul 21, 2020, 7:01 PM

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@wispy cave Check this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/ScriptedEventHandlers

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Arsenal is an entirely scripted thing. So it used scripted event handlers.

wispy cave Jul 21, 2020, 7:26 PM

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thanks

slate cypress Jul 21, 2020, 8:34 PM

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Thanks

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 8:46 PM

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_arr = [1,2,3];
_nested = [_arr];
_copy = +_nested;
(_copy select 0) set [2, 1];
systemChat str [_nested, _copy]

``` What is this outputting?

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 8:50 PM

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stahp breaking mah computerrrz!1!

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I would say the array copy is not a deep copy; starting the game now

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123, 121

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wow, it's a deep copy 🙃 @queen cargo

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 8:52 PM

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bamboozle

astral dawn Jul 21, 2020, 8:53 PM

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stahp breaking mah computerrrz!1!
All these examples nullify arguments like we can't add this command because then someone can crash your game in MP' -if someone wants to crash the game, it can be done already with many ways if that person can remote-execute code on your computer 🤣

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 8:53 PM

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if

queen cargo Jul 21, 2020, 8:53 PM

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showed some already "by accident" (or more because i did not yet installed arma on new disk)

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 8:54 PM

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yeah the array-apply-set directly run from the console, didn't like it 😄

astral dawn Jul 21, 2020, 8:55 PM

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if
that's right, in ideal case you won't expose a critical system command to remoteExec just like you would not expose call, spawn, or these array manipulations, so there is no difference.

winter rose Jul 21, 2020, 8:55 PM

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private _arr_expected = [9,9,9];
private _arr = [1,0,1];
systemChat str (_arr apply { _arr set [_x, 0]; 9 });

result of this?
9 9 9@queen cargo

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private _arr = [1,2,3];
systemChat count (_arr apply { _arr set [_x, _x + 1]; _x });```is this also growing up to array max?

yeah, even if spawned, boom to Windows

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 9:29 PM

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All these examples nullify arguments like we can't add this command because then someone can crash your game in MP' -if someone wants to crash the game, it can be done already with many ways if that person can remote-execute code on your computer 🤣
@astral dawn yeah just make a loop outputting 5 hints a second. itll kill your fps down to a complete freeze.

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bonus points if the receiving player gets the hint audio bing at 5times / seconds

astral dawn Jul 21, 2020, 9:31 PM

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I have seen enough things like - what if I do something specific within a UI event handler, boom my game crashes to desktop

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Hopefully I have forgotten what exactly I did

spark turret Jul 21, 2020, 9:38 PM

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i managed to bluescreen my pc yesterday with arma testing. i hope it wasnt arma lol

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imagine yielding such power..