#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 609

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:15 AM

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@astral dawn what is the purpose?

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you might be chasing a rainbow

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so you have journal data, where is that data? Server or client?

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(client, as in a connecting client)

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(server, as in the host, with interface or not)

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and does this need to run in MP or SP environment?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:16 AM

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@astral dawn what is the purpose?
I have described it above in my message which describes the in-game notepad with notes (it's like... an GUI edit box). Notes are added by in-game events, and such events might happen quite often, so I can't save client's notepad data on each such event.

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:17 AM

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"save"?

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ok, so you want to save the data client-side?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:17 AM

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"save" = I want to saveProfileNamespace that data, that variable

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yes

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:18 AM

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are you sure you want to do that?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:18 AM

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If client is self-hosting or plays in SP it's only way 🤷

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:19 AM

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also, im not sure of these note's validity, but there is a note there Variables are also saved when the game is quit.

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but why do you need to save so much data?

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this fights against all reason

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12MB of text is MASSIVE

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:20 AM

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no, 12MB is not text of the note

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it's size of profilenamespace (vars.arma3profile file), because it also stores save game data (state of the game world)

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:20 AM

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what are you saving then?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:20 AM

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what are you saving then?
state of the game world

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:20 AM

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

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take a look here

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:21 AM

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no, it's a GTA-like save game thing

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:21 AM

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a what now?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:21 AM

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like... like they do in Antistasi or Overthrow

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:21 AM

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dont play either one of those

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so you want to save ONLY some specific things?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:22 AM

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yes. But when you do saveProfileNamespace it saves whole profileNamespace.

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:22 AM

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yes?

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It also saves it on quit

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and you shouldn't save mission variables into profile namespace

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use this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionNamespace

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:23 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/saveGame
IIRC standard saving is not really functional on dedicated server

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:23 AM

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what?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:23 AM

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Don't remember much though

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:24 AM

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ok, so this is ONLY dedicated server?

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then save the data on the server

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:25 AM

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ok, so this is ONLY dedicated server?
No, I never said that my mission is only for dedicated server... it can be run on DS, self-host, or in SP

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:25 AM

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...

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are you sure you want to do that?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:25 AM

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do what?

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:25 AM

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do all three at once?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:25 AM

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it's done 🤷

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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because all three of them are basically completely different beasts

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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almost same 😄

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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i wish

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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not much difference really. Only respawn is not working in SP

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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ok, well, profilenamespace is saved on quit

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just so you know

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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yay \o/

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thanks

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:26 AM

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and loaded when the profile is loaded

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what youre doing sounds really weird and destructive, but i guess that's what arma modding is about

tame lion Aug 2, 2020, 1:27 AM

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Question for anyone that is familiar with ACE arsenal. Is there a global variable that tracks what unit is currently being modified in an ACE arsenal?

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:27 AM

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just keep an eye on those variables, might piss off some people with massive file-sizes

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@tame lion player

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XD

tame lion Aug 2, 2020, 1:27 AM

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but you can also open up an arsenal on a remote unit through their scripting

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:28 AM

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i see

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that's a different thing which you didnt mention, probably

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open up their script and see?

tame lion Aug 2, 2020, 1:28 AM

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something like a current_arsenal_unit or to that affect

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:28 AM

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just keep an eye on those variables, might piss off some people with massive file-sizes
I made an extension for file i/o for this case 🤷 But I still want to support saving to profileNamespace.
And save game data isn't so huge really. BI's format to binarize things adds very much wasted space.

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:28 AM

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have you tried ace discord?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:29 AM

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hmm for what exactly?

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:29 AM

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speaking to crown

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:29 AM

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don't recall that name unfortunately, but what should I talk to them about?

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ohh is wiki down... right now 😦

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:31 AM

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i was talking to crownmedic, not you

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:31 AM

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sorry 😄

hollow thistle Aug 2, 2020, 1:35 AM

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ace_arsenal_center

tame lion Aug 2, 2020, 1:40 AM

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just found that through some magic lol

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ace has a discord?

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 1:41 AM

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they have Slack

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 1:47 AM

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i dont know, these days everyone has a discord or something

cold glacier Aug 2, 2020, 2:40 AM

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@astral dawn - Have you tried https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#Ended?

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Failing that, how about hooking the 'onDestroy' event of one of the UI elements?

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Maybe something like that will work.

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(Just speculating, can't test right now :( )

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 2:41 AM

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No I haven't. Nica has found that profileNamespace should work on closing the game though. Which seems to be the case for editor at least.

cold glacier Aug 2, 2020, 2:44 AM

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Ah, yeah, that should do it as long as it's not a crash. Could also offer the player an explicit save option, so they can choose to lag while profile namespace saves if they want.

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(Also - 12MB is a pretty sizeable vars file!)

astral dawn Aug 2, 2020, 2:46 AM

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12MB per save, we had to limit it to 4 saves per profile

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 6:42 AM

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Hey guys. I want players to respawn with their loadout they built during briefing and I am trying to use the following script. However when i try and test it on mp (hosting local to test) it doesnt work, any answer?

initPlayerLocal.sqf

[missionNamespace, "arsenalClosed", {
player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player];
hint "Selected gear saved!"
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;
player addEventHandler ["Respawn",{

    0 = [_this select 0] spawn {

        params [["_player",objNull,[objNull]]];
            waitUntil {sleep .2; alive _player};
            _player setUnitLoadout (_player getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);

    };

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 6:45 AM

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Because dead player and respawned player isn't equal so Saved_Loadout after the respawn contains nothing

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 6:55 AM

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Ok and thanks Polpox, so being a scripting idiot how do I fix? Do I need to define player UID?

(love your mods by the way for screenshots! And excited by the new wounded animations mod)

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 7:00 AM

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I think just declaring as global variable, which won't shared with other players?

And excited by the new wounded animations mod
Uh?

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 7:10 AM

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How do I do that?

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 7:10 AM

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Just dosqf Saved_Loadout = getUnitLoadout player;?

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 7:22 AM

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So just add that at the top of the script?

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 7:24 AM

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What?

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player setVariable ["Saved_Loadout",getUnitLoadout player];```Instead of this, and replace this one too```sqf
_player setUnitLoadout (_player getVariable ["Saved_Loadout",[]]);```, you know how it goes

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 7:30 AM

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Ah ok think I got it thanks will try

thorn cape Aug 2, 2020, 7:39 AM

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I made MP mission, dead players becomes spectators.
How to finish the mission for spectators after the end of the game?

I use this on a trigger in activation:
["Spectators_red_win",true,true] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_endMission", civilian];

And this in desctiption:
class CfgDebriefing { class Spectators_red_win { title = "MISSION COMPLETED"; subtitle = ""; description = "BLUFOR LOST"; }; };

What's wrong?

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 8:12 AM

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@warm hedge This doesnt work, again assume i am beinf stupid

["InitializePlayer", [player]] call BIS_fnc_dynamicGroups;
player execVM "Scripts\fn_ratings.sqf";
[missionNamespace, "arsenalClosed", {
Saved_Loadout = getUnitLoadout player;
hint "Selected gear saved!"
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;
player addEventHandler ["Respawn",{

    0 = [_this select 0] spawn {
    
        params [["_player",objNull,[objNull]]];
            waitUntil {sleep .2; alive _player};
            Saved_Loadout = getUnitLoadout player;
            
    };

}];

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 8:13 AM

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Why you redefine it after respawning?

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 8:13 AM

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I am merely copying and pasting a script i found on BI that is meant to allow the fixing of loadouts. I am not a scripting wiz at all.

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 8:14 AM

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[missionNamespace, "arsenalClosed", {
    Saved_Loadout = getUnitLoadout player;
    hint "Selected gear saved!"
}] call BIS_fnc_addScriptedEventHandler;

player addEventHandler ["Respawn",{
    0 = (_this select 0) spawn {
        waitUntil {sleep .2; alive _this};
        _this setUnitLoadout Saved_Loadout;
    };
}];```Will do, not tested

loud python Aug 2, 2020, 8:17 AM

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@ebon citrus Didn't see your message until now because you @pinged someone else

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thanks for the link, I will have a look at it 😄

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 8:19 AM

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I get undefined variable in saved loadout error

warm hedge Aug 2, 2020, 8:21 AM

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Did you closed Arsenal ever?

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 8:24 AM

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yes i close the arsenal

copper raven Aug 2, 2020, 8:38 AM

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Because dead player and respawned player isn't equal so Saved_Loadout after the respawn contains nothing
it does contain the same value corpse had
yes i close the arsenal
did the hint pop up at all?

still forum Aug 2, 2020, 9:57 AM

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@astral dawn

Is there a client-side event handler which runs on client and is triggered when client disconnects from server or goes back to game menu in a SP mission?
CBA, displayClosed EH on main mission display.
Or... just do it like DayZ, redirect the "Abort" button in the pause menu.

wet shadow Aug 2, 2020, 12:22 PM

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I am looking to color some VR cubes to my liking. However the standard wiki merthod

_block setObjectMaterialGlobal [0, "\a3\data_f\default.rvmat"];
_block setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,0,0,1)"];

only colors one side of the cube. Any tips on how to do a complete repaint of all six sides?

copper raven Aug 2, 2020, 12:23 PM

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1st parameter in the array is the selection index

wet shadow Aug 2, 2020, 12:25 PM

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~~Thats what I thought as well but its not the case, or at least changing the selection does not solve the issue~~
Nvm forgot to change the rvmat for each selection, problem solved

primal marten Aug 2, 2020, 12:38 PM

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Fixed it thanks @warm hedge

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@copper raven thanks also I was using ACe arsenal hence my fatal flaw!

vague geode Aug 2, 2020, 12:44 PM

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Is it possible to force retract a jet's gear in the 3Ditor? I am trying to make pictures of the jets loadouts by turning them upside down and opening all the bomb bays etc. and it just looks odd when the gear is down (or rather up in this case but you know, outside the vehicle)...

digital hollow Aug 2, 2020, 2:25 PM

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@vague geode spawn it in the air at altitude

vague geode Aug 2, 2020, 2:32 PM

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@digital hollow But then it's moving meaning it is very hard to get a usable scrennshot. I am trying to take those pictures to use them in a loadout selection. I know that you can open and close all the bays with the animateBay-command but I don't know how to make the jet retract the gear. It does't have to work automatic in any way, shape or form (I also use the animateBay-command in the console by hand). As I said I am only trying to take pictures of the loadout in the VR environment/map.

digital hollow Aug 2, 2020, 2:33 PM

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Use the Splendid CameraTM to actually take the picture, it can freeze time by default

short sparrow Aug 2, 2020, 2:42 PM

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Hi, is there any way to simulate the load of a human player connected to the server? I want to measure performance for a mission of 70-90 players.

spark turret Aug 2, 2020, 3:54 PM

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Fps?

fair drum Aug 2, 2020, 5:43 PM

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how would i go about limiting the amount of kits active on CfgRespawnInventory?

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edit: I'm a dumb dumb, take a look at BIS_fnc_addRespawnInventory for anyone else wondering

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 5:53 PM

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@short sparrow no

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There are too many variables to take into account to simulate

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It would be cool if BI would make a profiling client for servers that just does some lightweight stuff without running the hevay logic and interface

spark turret Aug 2, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Oh you meant simulate, i thought measure lol

spark turret Aug 2, 2020, 6:25 PM

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is it possible to do a raycast detecting ground in arma?

still forum Aug 2, 2020, 6:27 PM

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lineIntersects should be able to do that

copper needle Aug 2, 2020, 6:30 PM

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Im new to SQF and need to apply a HandleDamage EH to all vehicles on an MP server. What should I look into for this?

spark turret Aug 2, 2020, 6:41 PM

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remoteExec, addEventhandler, setVariable (?)

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 6:51 PM

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@spark turret why the setvariable?

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Just remoteExec is fine

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And ofcourse, addevenhandler

tribal trellis Aug 2, 2020, 6:57 PM

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Is there a way to get a loadout from a unit and then use that data to add the loadout to a crate?

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 7:03 PM

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@tribal trellis https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/everyContainer
And then iterate through the containers and add the items into the box

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You can also use getunitloadout and iterate through it and add items

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But i dont get why you would want to do this

tribal trellis Aug 2, 2020, 7:04 PM

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I was thinking using getUnitLoadout and then the array returned from that, adding that into a crate

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It's for a quartermaster system I'm messing around with

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 7:04 PM

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You cant add it directly, no

tribal trellis Aug 2, 2020, 7:04 PM

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It takes a loadout from a unit (so I can dynamically edit the loadouts, if I need to)

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Rather than hard-coded loadouts

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 7:05 PM

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But what is your goal?

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To set a loadout to a player?

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One you can edit?

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Just getunitloadout and setunitloadout

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You can use the return from getunitloadout to set the loadout of another unit

tribal trellis Aug 2, 2020, 7:06 PM

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Yeah I know that much, that's what I had before

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 7:06 PM

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But why does it need to be in a box?

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Dont get me wrong, feel free to do it

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I just mean that yiu might be going further than the ocean to fish

tribal trellis Aug 2, 2020, 7:07 PM

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I'm just messing around with stuff, it doesn't necessarily need to be but trying out different methods

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Or at least thinking of different methods

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 7:09 PM

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Sounds cool

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Have fun

sacred turret Aug 2, 2020, 7:40 PM

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does anyone knows the difference between enableFatigue and enableStamina?

young current Aug 2, 2020, 7:46 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Stamina @sacred turret

Arma 3 Stamina

orchid stone Aug 2, 2020, 9:20 PM

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does the EH created with addPublicVariableEventHandler fire in single player?

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 9:25 PM

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did you read the notes?

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This EH works only in Multiplayer environment

orchid stone Aug 2, 2020, 9:27 PM

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i did, that's why i asked here.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addPublicVariableEventHandler
specifically these 🙂

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but if i missed it, and you would be so kind to help me with where you found the info, that would help me

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ah i see, so i did miss it

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thanks for your help 🙂

fair drum Aug 2, 2020, 11:24 PM

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so messing around with the OPTRE corvette at around 10km in the air when I place my units inside and the games starts, the game goes WOH you are mad high, better make you act like you are freefalling

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might have to make a teleporter instead

ebon citrus Aug 2, 2020, 11:29 PM

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@fair drum The game acts weird if you spawn units in air (not on the ground) so youre better off having your stuff on the ground and then teleport it to the corvette

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 12:02 AM

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trying to use #include correctly in my description.ext so far I have:

#include "\config\CfgRoles.hpp"

I get an error that it cannot be found though the files are located in that path. and the folder containing config is the mission root folder

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I also tried:

#include "config\CfgRoles.hpp"

and

#include "..\config\CfgRoles.hpp"

hollow thistle Aug 3, 2020, 12:14 AM

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#include "config\CfgRoles.hpp" should work, ensure the file exists.

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eg. https://github.com/KillahPotatoes/KP-Liberation/blob/master/Missionframework/description.ext#L232

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 12:27 AM

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I figured out the problem, had issues with the file to be copied when it meets with the other file

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:26 AM

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another question regarding ACE Arsenal. I think I've stumbled across a bug possibly when creating a limited arsenal. Here is the concept: I'm allowing my players to start with a very limited arsenal, and over time they will be able to purchase upgrades for this arsenal to add more items. The scripting seems to work, however I am getting one problem with the arsenal interface. The compatible mags tab is not populating all mags that are compatible with the currently selected weapons like normal. Another issue is that all the grenades and explosives are showing up in the all mags tab. Magazines are still compatible if taken from this tab, so it's not a config issue.

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:30 AM

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did you add the allowed list by hand or did you use the script that ace provides to copy all the loadouts of every unit placed

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:31 AM

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I added it by hand

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I'm trying a new method now that doesn't involve using ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems. Instead I am just using ace_arsenal_fnc_removeBox and then ace_arsenal_fnc_initBox using CBA_fnc_execNextFrame to add it back on the next frame. This will only happen whenever the players upgrade their arsenal

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:38 AM

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Ah well then I'm not too familiar with ace arsenal scripting. All I know is that the one time I tried to do a limited arsenal with the loadout finding script provided, it didn't add everything I needed.

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:39 AM

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well that didn't work, so now I'm gonna try this bit of coding.


            [_arsenal_box, true, true] call ace_arsenal_fnc_removeVirtualItems;
            [_arsenal_box, _array_to_add, true] call ace_arsenal_fnc_addVirtualItems;```

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:39 AM

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you can't go wrong with removing everything then adding the new thing back

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:40 AM

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you would think lol

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:41 AM

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you could be right on the bug issue. sometimes it misses stuff

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:41 AM

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I know I've made something similar work before in the past. I made a series of scripts that allowed players to have a "favorites" arsenal that only contained items they have favorited in it, allowing them to not have to sort through a ton of other items. That worked and allowed for compatible mags, so IDK why this isn't working the same way.

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:42 AM

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Anyone know if onPlayerRespawn.sqf is fired AFTER the spawn location is selected? Need to see how much scripting I have to do as far as finding a squad leader and spawning on his location in a drop pod. If it fires after, that would be nice as I can just make the squad leader a spawn point.

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:43 AM

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taken from description.ext on wiki:

respawnOnStart

Respawn player when he joins the game. Available only for INSTANT and BASE respawn types.

respawnOnStart = -1; // Default: 0

    -1 - Dont respawn on start. Don't run respawn script on start.
     0 - Dont respawn on start. Run respawn script on start.
     1 - Respawn on start. Run respawn script on start.```

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that might answer your question?

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:44 AM

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that's a different command

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thats for initial mission start for that player

tame lion Aug 3, 2020, 1:44 AM

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oh i gotcha now that I looked at it, lol

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well there is one way you could test:
place a simple systemChat in the file and see when it pops up, before or after

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 1:45 AM

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good point

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the answer is that it fires after, excellent

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 2:13 AM

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mk after a few more failures, i'm still trying to figure out how to create a vehicle 10000 meters above a player... so far I have

"vehicle" createVehicle (getposATL player)

but I'm not sure how to add 10000 to the z axis on the corresponding [x,y,z]

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I think I might have created the worst way possible of doing this:

private _podStart = [
    (getPosASL player) select 0,
    (getPosASL player) select 1,
    ((getPosASL player) select 2) + 10000
]

anyone got a more efficient way lol

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 2:43 AM

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addvector

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

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sorry, vectorAdd

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@fair drum ^

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 2:48 AM

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i see now. guess that only works with arrays of 3 values. what if i had a 6 number array and want to add to the 5th number easily?

digital hollow Aug 3, 2020, 2:52 AM

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array set [index, value]

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 2:59 AM

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@fair drum false, it works with vectors with 2 or 3 elements

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 3:54 AM

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where can find a list like ["face_hub","neck","head","pelvis","spine1","spine2","spine3","body","arms","hands","legs","body"] but for vehicles?

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 3:56 AM

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which command will allow me to check the helmet slot?

warm hedge Aug 3, 2020, 3:59 AM

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headgear

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 4:16 AM

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@copper needle https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectionNames

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 4:32 AM

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Thanks Nica

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Would anyone happen to know what causes vehicles to explode?

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like the names of what have to take a certain amount of damage

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 4:44 AM

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depends if you have ace cookoff/ammo racking

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typically its just hull damage

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but with acecookoff you can have hull, ammo, and sometimes fuel damage

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anyone know what the weapon "throw" and "put" is? I see it show up in various scripts

astral dawn Aug 3, 2020, 4:46 AM

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it's when you throw or put something, like throw a grenade, put a mine

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 4:47 AM

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Why would I list that in my CfgRespawnInventory?

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 5:15 AM

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@fair drum leave it out and see what happens

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 5:34 AM

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I already did and notice nothing. I'm still able to throw and place stuff with all the grenades and stuff in the inventory. Was just wondering why the generator script for cfgrespawninventory adds it to everything.

velvet merlin Aug 3, 2020, 6:35 AM

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is a decent BI function to disable a center screen info message? like when an important character has died to information the player about it

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 6:44 AM

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What is the selection name of the hull on a vehicle? In the config it says it is "palivo" but the same is said for the HitFuel

young current Aug 3, 2020, 6:46 AM

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@copper needle for what purpose?

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 6:46 AM

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Testing to see if the Hit selection is equal to the hull

young current Aug 3, 2020, 6:47 AM

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There is no universal selection naming

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BI vanilla stuff is quite consistent

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But modded things can be anything

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 6:48 AM

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I am staying vanilla

young current Aug 3, 2020, 6:48 AM

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Usually there is a hitHull hit point if I recall correctly

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 6:50 AM

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Ive tried that and it just doesn't seem like the correct name

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It identifies the hull with that when using setHitPointDamage but not when finding if the place hit is equal to the hit selection

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but HitHull does not detect the right thing

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Would you happen to know where the hull is on an offroad?

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 6:54 AM

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@copper needle firegeometry?

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Visual geometry and firegeometry are different things

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 6:55 AM

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What do you mean?

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I need to be able to shoot at the hull to test the selection name so I need to figure out where the hull is. Does that help?

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 6:55 AM

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Have you tried looking for the right selection in firegeometry?

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nyanLaugh

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No you dont

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 6:57 AM

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What is firegeometry? Sorry Im very new to this

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 6:58 AM

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

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Take a look here

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You can get the selection aimed at far easier

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Viewgeometry is usually complex

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Simulating physics for this complex geometry is not always wise

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So the firegeometry is like a more simplified version of the viewgeometry that is used for bullet collisions and such

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 7:00 AM

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Is there no easier way to find out what the selection name of the hull is? Is it not listed somewhere?

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 7:00 AM

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It's in the firegeometry LOD

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nyankms

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Did you not read what i said

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@copper needle https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectionNames

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Here

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I dont understand what youre trying to do

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Maybe that would help

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Would you care to explain?

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"hit_engine","hit_fuel","hit_hull" seem to be the hull selections for the firegeometry

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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Sorry Im not trying to be rude I'm just confused. My goal is to detect when the hull is shot so that a HandleDamage EH can make sure that the hull does not go about 0.89 to avoid it exploding

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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Excluding wheels, glass etc.

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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Ill try all that thank you!

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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Hitengine going to red doesnt make it blow up

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Hitfuel and hithull can

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If i remember correctly

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But those are not the health points @copper needle

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You want to use this @copper needle

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

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Why not just check if the engine hitpoints drop

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?

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Or hull

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Trough the command i provided above

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Honestly, i'm on my phone right now, so i cant do examples

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Im just saying, the way i would do this

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 7:13 AM

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I think I understand what you mean. Let me give it a go

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 7:13 AM

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Yeah, do what you need

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I need to sleep

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I've been past 24 hours up now

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 7:14 AM

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Jesus Christ. Well take care. I really appreciate the help!

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Using getHitPointDamage got it to work perfectly thank you!

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How would I add a HandleDamage EH to any vehicle that gets created in a multiplayer mission?

copper raven Aug 3, 2020, 10:25 AM

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CBA XEH

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 11:57 AM

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If youre going to mod it, you might aswell add it to the init of a vehicle baseclass

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Just make sure to add checks for when it should be triggered

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Otherwise you might have it trigger in the main menu

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giiggles

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 2:08 PM

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I have a question. I'm still learning all the syntax and stuff (I'm used to C#) and I saw that for a method to return a value there's no explicit return statement.

I noticed that if I try to return inside a foreach loop it actually does not break out the loop nor the method itself, and it keeps on iterating.

Is there a way to explicitly return?

tame portal Aug 3, 2020, 2:11 PM

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The last statement of a function returns the value

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If you want to do a loop personally I'd save the value you want to return in a variable and then after the loop just do _myVar

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 2:13 PM

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So I'm forced to initialize the return variable at the beginning and modify it accordingly during the execution?

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yeah exactly okay hahah

tame portal Aug 3, 2020, 2:13 PM

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Yeah iirc

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Inside your loop you can do if (myBreakoutCondition) exitWith { _returnVar = ... }

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I don't know if for loops can return directly

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apparently if statements can, so you are able to do things like _myVar = if () then { 1 } else { 2 }

queen cargo Aug 3, 2020, 2:16 PM

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@humble harbor (and somewhat @tame portal) to return a value from inside a loop, use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/breakOut alt syntax

private _fnc = 
{
  scopename "myScope";
  for "_i" from 0 to 1000 do
  {
    false breakOut "myScope"; // Break out of the context named "myScope", returning false
    systemChat str _i; // is ignored as we broke out above
  };
  true
};
systemChat "Result:";
systemChat str ([] call _fnc);```

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 2:18 PM

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apparently if statements can, so you are able to do things like _myVar = if () then { 1 } else { 2 }
@tame portal

Wow that's odd

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Okay thank you all👌🏼 @tame portal @queen cargo

tame portal Aug 3, 2020, 2:20 PM

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@queen cargo I just wish there was a return statement

queen cargo Aug 3, 2020, 2:21 PM

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#define RETURN(VAL) (VAL) breakOut "function"

fnc_my_func = { scopeName "function";
  // ...
  RET(5);
};

there ya go

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as alternative, use some SQF-replacement language

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Nou made one
i did too
and some other guy i forgot the name of and possibly plenty others too

tame portal Aug 3, 2020, 2:23 PM

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well atleast enscript has it natively

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although enscript is also making some weird decisions about what's ok and what's not lol

narrow furnace Aug 3, 2020, 4:01 PM

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hello everyone. i broke my mind, how can i kick players from lobby without starting mission using sqf? EventHandlers as OnPlayerConnect not working in lobby connections. and i cant get list of lobby players using allPlayers or #userlist? i need this for whitelist check.

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and how to kick client with message using only server side code?

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 4:16 PM

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@narrow furnace Is this what you are looking for? onUserConnected
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/server.cfg#Arma_server_only
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Server_Side_Scripting

onPlayerConnected is a mission event handler and is an event that works upon loading a mission, hence it cannot work on lobby connection.
Now I don't know how servers handle things but I would say that this section will most likely help you achieve what you are trying. Especially onUserConnected event.

drowsy axle Aug 3, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Could someone link me to how WaitUntil has changes, as I'm using some 2013 code about ballistic tracers, and the WaitUntil is returning nil?

young current Aug 3, 2020, 4:18 PM

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could be the code is broken some other way

narrow furnace Aug 3, 2020, 4:18 PM

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@narrow furnace Is this what you are looking for? onUserConnected
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/server.cfg#Arma_server_only
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Server_Side_Scripting

@crude vigil Looks like exactly what i need. i'll thy this. thx

drowsy axle Aug 3, 2020, 4:18 PM

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could be the code is broken some other way
@young current of course, but I heard something about WaitUntil changing that broke the normal way, or used way, of WaitUntil.

young current Aug 3, 2020, 4:19 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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maybe this then

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bi wiki is your friend in these cases

drowsy axle Aug 3, 2020, 4:19 PM

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Indeed, what page is this?

warm hedge Aug 3, 2020, 4:20 PM

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

waitUntil

drowsy axle Aug 3, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Thank you.

young current Aug 3, 2020, 4:20 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3

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for future reference

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 4:21 PM

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I've noticed that sometimes when a player dies, he gets ejected from the group and doesn't get put back in on respawn. What's the exact rules for this?

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 4:25 PM

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@fair drum Scripted or one of respawn templates?

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More likely to find an answer on #arma3_editor or #arma3_scenario possibly.

modern moon Aug 3, 2020, 5:17 PM

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Is there a command or a function to put every object created with createVehicle on the ground like the 3DEN Editor already does?

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 6:20 PM

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Might need to rephrase your question. Are you looking to place every single vehicle possible or what. createVehicle should already place things on the ground if you give it a [x,y] position and leave out the z

spark turret Aug 3, 2020, 6:26 PM

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Car SetposAtl getPos x,y,0

turbid zenith Aug 3, 2020, 6:37 PM

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Heya all, I am looking for a script that let's me define what loadout each player spawns with.
Let's say I have a .sqf file with the loadout, and I want to use it on a player (unit) with a variable name p1.
Any advice or links that could be of use?

spark turret Aug 3, 2020, 6:40 PM

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setUnitLoadout

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if you put that into the onPlayerRespawn.sqf it will reequip all respawning players.

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or you can just call it from anywhere to reequip whenever you want

turbid zenith Aug 3, 2020, 6:42 PM

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Thank you peepoThumb

fair drum Aug 3, 2020, 6:44 PM

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alternatively, look up cfgRespawnInventories and cfgRoles

spark rose Aug 3, 2020, 7:42 PM

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Hey all. In the following code i receive a "generic error in expression" ```sqf
addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled",
{
params ["_killed", "_killer", "_instigator"];
if (isNull _instigator) then {_instigator = UAVControl vehicle _killer select 0}; // UAV/UGV player operated road kill
if (isNull _instigator) then {_instigator = _killer}; // player driven vehicle road kill
if (side _instigator == west && side _killed == Civilian) then
format ["Killed By %1", name _instigator] remoteExec ["hint"];
spawn FNC_record_civilian_death;
}];

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game says first line, but not sure why

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 7:44 PM

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@spark rose what is this? spawn FNC_record_civilian_death;

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also, your error is here: if (side _instigator == west && side _killed == Civilian) then format ["Killed By %1", name _instigator] remoteExec ["hint"];

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you need closing brackets

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and opening ones

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can just have an if-then

spark rose Aug 3, 2020, 7:45 PM

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largely overthought function to track civilian deaths using a global variable

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 7:46 PM

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if you dont want to pass anything, use [] spawn

spark rose Aug 3, 2020, 7:48 PM

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okay roger

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yeah the function just adds a +1 to a variable count so no need to pass

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i may re-write to make it less clunky in the future

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i borrowed it from someone else before i had any idea what i was doing

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only marginally better now 😉

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 7:55 PM

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_trg setTriggerStatements ["this", 'hint "Waves starting..."; for "_i" from 1 to _attackTime do {sleep (_attackInterval * 60); _group = [getMarkerPos "enemySpawn", resistance, 10] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup; _waypoint = _group addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "enemyTo", -1]; _waypoint setWaypointType "lambs_danger_rush";', ""];

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where am I going wrong with this statement

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The enemies don't end up spawning

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No errors either

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_attackTime = 5;
_attackInterval = 1;

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I have some code before this which spawns an "initial group". That works fine.

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hint "Waves starting..." runs but the rest doesn't seem to...

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 8:02 PM

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(unrelated)
I'm confused. Shouldn't a bullet fire a "Deleted" event on impact since it got null?

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:17 PM

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ahh I see

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:21 PM

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@humble harbor bullets ricochet

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they dont get deleted on impact always

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 8:22 PM

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Yeah but at some point they have to, I checked and the event never gets fired

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:22 PM

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well, it doesnt get deleted then, does it

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 8:23 PM

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It becomes null but does not fire the event? :/

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:23 PM

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i know what youre trying to do

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give me a moment, im digging up the BI-way of doing it

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BI checks on each frame if the round is Null

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with BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:25 PM

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I made them global but it still didn't work thonk @tough abyss

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:25 PM

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i'd recommend using missionnamespace, though

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instead of stacked event handler

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missioneventhandler

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sorry

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@slate cypress show the code

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:26 PM

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if (_this select 1 == officer) then {
    hint "Attack starting...";

    attackTime = 5;
    attackInterval = 1;

    _initialGroup = [getMarkerPos "enemySpawn", resistance, 10] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _initialWaypoint = _initialGroup addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "enemyTo", -1];
    _initialWaypoint setWaypointType "MOVE";
    _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getMarkerPos "enemyTo"];
    _trg setTriggerArea [250, 250, 0, false, -1];
    _trg setTriggerActivation ["ANYPLAYER", "PRESENT", false];
    _trg setTriggerStatements ["this", 'hint "Waves starting..."; for "_i" from 1 to _attackTime do {sleep (_attackInterval * 60); _group = [getMarkerPos "enemySpawn", resistance, 10] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup; _waypoint = _group addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "enemyTo", -1]; _waypoint setWaypointType "lambs_danger_rush";', ""];
}
else
{
    hint "You do not have permission to use this command!";
}

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that is the full contents of the sqf

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it is called using addAction

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:27 PM

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what...

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:28 PM

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??

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:28 PM

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nothing, im reading

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so the enemy isnt spawning?

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:28 PM

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The initial group is and moving to waypoint

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The consecutive groups aren't..

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hint "Waves starting..." runs though

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So the trigger is defo being activated

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 8:29 PM

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Why did attackTime become _attackTime in statement, same for other variable...

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:29 PM

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_attackInterval

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that variable doesnt exist in the scope

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:30 PM

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oh forgot to change that sigh

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 8:30 PM

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if you are going to use _myVariable, you need to define them first in that scope

ebon citrus Aug 3, 2020, 8:30 PM

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dont worry

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honest mistake

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here:

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🔨

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use it at your own discretion

slate cypress Aug 3, 2020, 8:31 PM

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😆

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yay arma crashed so i cant test it now

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gotta restart

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well actually, it didn't crash but i'm just mostly frozen

astral dawn Aug 3, 2020, 8:58 PM

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Check alt syntax
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDamage

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Haha I'm faster!

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 8:58 PM

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Mine is seen above :(

astral dawn Aug 3, 2020, 8:58 PM

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On my screen mine is above meowhuh

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 8:59 PM

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I ll give you the place , u added extra info, more worthy! notlikemeow

astral dawn Aug 3, 2020, 8:59 PM

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Strange, I thought discord sorts it same for all

spark rose Aug 3, 2020, 9:05 PM

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Ouch. I just realized this ```sqf
if (side _killer == (side player) && side _killed == Civilian) then

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returns a civilian kill whenever you kill anyone

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😦

winter rose Aug 3, 2020, 9:18 PM

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a dead unit is civilian indeed

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 9:27 PM

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Any way to stop secondary explosions on vehicles?

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Ive tried using setDamage and making the useEffects false but it still causing the secondary explosion

spark rose Aug 3, 2020, 9:28 PM

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@winter rose that makes me sad

exotic flax Aug 3, 2020, 9:29 PM

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@copper needle afaik does vanilla Arma not have secondary explosions, only ACE. No idea how to disable that, but I believe it is possible.

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 9:33 PM

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Yeah I think it's the ace cookoff thing

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 9:37 PM

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Im in vanilla Arma 3. When I _unit setDamage [1, false]; it destroys the vehicle and no initial explosion/fire is created. But after about 15-20 seconds an explosion goes off. Im attempting to prevent that explosion

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Also to removeEventHandler I need to get the index of the event handler I am removing. How do I get that?

crude vigil Aug 3, 2020, 9:40 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addEventHandler --> _thisEventHandler if you will remove in the code of the event.

copper needle Aug 3, 2020, 11:20 PM

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Can anyone provide/point me towards examples of uisleep?

exotic flax Aug 3, 2020, 11:20 PM

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@copper needle https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/uiSleep has an example and description

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@humble harbor are you looking for scripts or configs? Because config stuff can be asked in #arma3_config although it's most likely a memory point in the model and some config stuff for how far it can rotate etc.

humble harbor Aug 3, 2020, 11:27 PM

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@exotic flax my bad

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 12:15 AM

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thanks @exotic flax

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Is there a semicolon missing in if (_hullDamage > 0.9) then {_unit setDamage [1, false];}?

ebon citrus Aug 4, 2020, 12:16 AM

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Yes

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You need to end statements with a semicolon

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Including an if-then statement

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 12:19 AM

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So like _noExplode = if (_hullDamage > 0.9) then {_unit setDamage [1, false];}; _delV = if (_tDamage == 1) then {uiSleep 10; deleteVehicle _unit;};

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?

ebon citrus Aug 4, 2020, 12:21 AM

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@copper needle what are you doing with the return value?

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And yes, like that

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 12:23 AM

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Was originally going to use it but no longer needed. They have been changed to just if statements

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if (_tDamage == 1) then {uiSleep 10; deleteVehicle _unit;}; In this line Im trying to get the script to wait 10 seconds and then delete a vehicle. Am I using uiSleep correctly?

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At the moment Im getting "Error Generic Error in Expression"

robust hollow Aug 4, 2020, 12:32 AM

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you need to execute it in a scheduled environment (spawn/execvm)

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 12:37 AM

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I dont understand what that means. Could you provide an example?

robust hollow Aug 4, 2020, 12:38 AM

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if (_tDamage == 1) then {_unit spawn {uiSleep 10; deleteVehicle _this};};

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or you would spawn the function that snippet is from so it would wait for the unit to delete before proceeding.

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 12:39 AM

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That worked perfectly. Thank you!

ebon citrus Aug 4, 2020, 1:13 AM

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@copper needle read it. You will need it:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler

astral dawn Aug 4, 2020, 6:36 AM

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unknown direction
it always has a specific direction, or vector dir and up at least
setPos the object in the direction that it's facing
do you mean moving it 'forward' where it is facing even if it's facint up-east for instance?

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I guess that's what you mean yeah

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Check 'worldtomodel' and 'modeltoworld' commands on wiki

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Also for your case you need to use setPosWorld instead of setPos

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 6:52 AM

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Im trying to use the "Eject" action to eject the whole crew of a vehicle, but in unit action ["eject", vehicle] I don't know how to set the whole crew as the unit. Any ideas?

winter rose Aug 4, 2020, 6:57 AM

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use forEach

copper needle Aug 4, 2020, 7:07 AM

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Works perfectly thank you!

hallow mortar Aug 4, 2020, 8:40 AM

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Can I use format on the title parameter of an addAction in order to insert a wildcard?

warm hedge Aug 4, 2020, 8:42 AM

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What exactly you wanted to do? You can use format to addAction's text though

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 8:43 AM

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switch (VARIABLE) do {
  case (west): {
      _export = 1;
  };
  case ("west"): {
      _export = 1;
  };
  case (east): {
      _export = 0;
  };
  case ("east"): {
      _export = 0;
  };
};

I tried using or as case ((east) or ("east")) : { but its been a while since i've done scripting so perhaps i'm missing a fundamental here.
Wanting to combine it to make my file shorter

warm hedge Aug 4, 2020, 8:45 AM

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call {
    if (VARIABLE isEqualTo west or VARIABLE isEqualTo "west") exitWith {
        _export = 1;
    };
    if (VARIABLE isEqualTo east or VARIABLE isEqualTo "east") exitWith {
        _export = 0;
    };
};```?

hallow mortar Aug 4, 2020, 8:45 AM

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@warm hedge I want to use a text substitution wildcard (%1) as part of a system that has random generation aspects. If format can be used, then I'm all good.

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 8:45 AM

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works the same yes

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 8:52 AM

#

I have a question about (multiplayer) scripting
I'm +- new to arma 3 scripting so idk how to solve that problem.
So my problem is: We are going to launch our server on the 14th, but I need to make some ingame 'powerpoints'/slideshows on screens. It's really confusing for me what I actually have to put in init as code... Globaltexture or just texture, when I test the server in editor, singleplayer then it says: image.something not found

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 8:55 AM

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have the images in 1024 x 512 (or 2048 x 1024 etc), convert to paa via a3tools. Ensure they work in game. Use setObjectTextureGlobal and depending on the object you're setting, a billboard for example is 0 for the main area, you'll need the correct hiddenselection id. you can then use an addAction on an obj and then either use an .sqf file to add each one or just add each side as an addAction

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so i.e
laptop has this addAction ["slide 1", {billboard setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "mySlideImage1.paa"}];

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 8:57 AM

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So the players who join musn't have the images in their files to see it?

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 8:57 AM

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No

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The mission file is enough

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its the path that matters

#

all scripts presume mission path unless an addon path is given.

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so mymission.altis, if I have an image in the base (next to the mission.sqm) then I can call upon it ingame just as myimage.paa. If I place it into a folder call img so it becomes mymission.altis >> imgs I'd need to do img\myimage.paa

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 8:59 AM

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ok, so is it better to put the actual codes ingame (the laptop etc) or an .sqf file (I just can't work with it :/ )

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ok

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:00 AM

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Up to you tbh, depends if you care if your inits look "clean"

hallow mortar Aug 4, 2020, 9:00 AM

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all scripts presume mission path unless an addon path is given.
It doesn't make any difference in this specific example because it's correct for setObjectTexture, but there are some commands that have to be told the mission file path

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:00 AM

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Yes true

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Only a few though

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:00 AM

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'but there are some commands that have to be told the mission file path', ...? such as

hallow mortar Aug 4, 2020, 9:01 AM

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playSound3D is the one that comes to mind. There's a couple.

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None of them are ones you're using in this case though.

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:01 AM

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okay I thought mandatory

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:01 AM

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you can always use getMissionPath

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But if you look at the wiki examples on a command you're using it will usually show you, you wont be the first person to encounter a path problem

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:02 AM

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How can even assure if it's working or not, will it execute noramllly if I test in multiplayer in editor?

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:02 AM

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just remember don't use that C:/blah because thats different on every client

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:03 AM

#

k

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:03 AM

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put it on your server

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test from your perspective

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if you see it its working

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the multiplayer editor button makes you a client and server, so you see everything

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:04 AM

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ok I hope it'll work otherwise cya inabit

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:04 AM

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😄 gl

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:04 AM

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Thnx

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so mymission.altis, if I have an image in the base (next to the mission.sqm) then I can call upon it ingame just as myimage.paa. If I place it into a folder call img so it becomes mymission.altis >> imgs I'd need to do img\myimage.paa
@brave jungle wait one last thing 😅 ... My scenario is an MPMission

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that doesn't involve anything right

brave jungle Aug 4, 2020, 9:05 AM

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yeah thats fine

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the client downloads the mission file

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when it says receiving mission file

smoky carbon Aug 4, 2020, 9:06 AM

#

k

ancient wasp Aug 4, 2020, 2:20 PM

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Hello everyone. Could someone give me an idea how to handle players that are connecting to a lobby? Unfortunately both onPlayerConnected and its stackable version don't work in the lobby and on a brifieng and also I can't get a list of players by using the allPlayers command in the lobby

crude vigil Aug 4, 2020, 2:39 PM

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@ancient wasp
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/739879496647311452
[Link includes a previous answer of mine to same question in this channel.]

ancient wasp Aug 4, 2020, 2:50 PM

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@ancient wasp
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/739879496647311452
[Link includes a previous answer of mine to same question in this channel.]
@crude vigil Thank you for your reply. Yes I know this event onUserConnected but seems like it doesn't allow to use any user-defined scripts. When I try to use my function it complains about missing semicolons or something. Seems like it allows to use either kick or ban and that's it

crude vigil Aug 4, 2020, 2:51 PM

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What are you trying to do?

ancient wasp Aug 4, 2020, 2:53 PM

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I need to call a custom script before I will decide to let a player join or not. A whitelist implementation specific for our server only

crude vigil Aug 4, 2020, 3:04 PM

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You cannot do that afaik, that events are not run in such environment where scripting commands work. I doubt you would be able to achieve what you want in lobby.

ancient wasp Aug 4, 2020, 3:16 PM

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Are there any ways around? I have just seen this implementation on another server, but I'm unable to ask them how they did it

velvet merlin Aug 4, 2020, 3:20 PM

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whats the recommend approach for dead bodies and weaponholders in SP in regards to performance?
just disable simulation when player is not close (ie 50m) or is removal still better?

tame portal Aug 4, 2020, 3:41 PM

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@ancient wasp Youd need to implement such checks via RCON

ancient wasp Aug 4, 2020, 3:44 PM

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thank you! I go to google

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@ancient wasp Youd need to implement such checks via RCON
@tame portal Can I use this system in combination with my DLL for example? I just can't find out

spark moon Aug 4, 2020, 4:56 PM

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I'm wondering if there is another way to switch rifle's weapon mode other than

player forceWeaponFire [(primaryWeapon player), "FullAuto"]

warm hedge Aug 4, 2020, 4:59 PM

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No

spark moon Aug 4, 2020, 5:00 PM

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Thanks!

ebon citrus Aug 4, 2020, 5:15 PM

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No
@warm hedge yes
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Actions#SwitchMagazine

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i dont recommend it... but you can use it for example in mission init

warm hedge Aug 4, 2020, 5:18 PM

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W-woah, didn't knew that workaround

ebon citrus Aug 4, 2020, 5:19 PM

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SwitchWeapon is a bit better for that

humble harbor Aug 4, 2020, 7:41 PM

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wow it gets me every time how inconsistent Bohemia is at naming things

odd bison Aug 4, 2020, 7:42 PM

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QUESTION. Hello everyone. Is it possible to create a marker as a ring? (Circle with a hole) Thank you.

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Exampe:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/499242853747261450/740293808301801492/marker.jpg

jovial steeple Aug 4, 2020, 8:05 PM

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Does anyone know where I can find the memory points for the Greyhawk's TGP?

humble harbor Aug 4, 2020, 8:24 PM

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@jovial steeple what is tgp

jovial steeple Aug 4, 2020, 8:26 PM

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The camera/designator thing.

winter rose Aug 4, 2020, 8:33 PM

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

getAllHitPointsDamage

humble harbor Aug 4, 2020, 8:33 PM

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@jovial steeple "laserstart" is the gunner camera position, "commanderview" is the gunner camera direction

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@jovial steeple those names are gonna differ for every other drone because bohemia cannot name things properly

jovial steeple Aug 4, 2020, 8:35 PM

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Thanks guys, will look through these. Im trying to attachTo somthing to it.

humble harbor Aug 4, 2020, 8:38 PM

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@jovial steeple thingToAttach attachTo [drone, [0,0,0], "laserstart"]

fair drum Aug 4, 2020, 10:16 PM

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so I'm trying to get my scripts to be more efficient, rewrote my teleporter script. any way to get _landing variable into the code scope that is in the addaction?

params ["_teleporter","_landing"];

_teleporter addAction [

    "Teleport to " + str _landing,
    {
        params ["_target","_caller"];
        _caller setposASL getposASL _landing;
    }
];

fleet stirrup Aug 4, 2020, 10:22 PM

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@fair drum hey there, in the documentation here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction you can see that there is a parameter called arguments that you can pass it in using. You can then access it using _this select 3 inside your action script

fair drum Aug 4, 2020, 10:23 PM

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ah so in total it would be params [_"target","caller","_teleporter,"_landing"]

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well actually, (_this select 3) select 1

fleet stirrup Aug 4, 2020, 10:26 PM

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You could do it in the params as you put there! If you were to do that though you would have to do it like this
params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_landing"]

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Another thing, personally on the "Teleport to " + str _landing, line I would use the https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/format command

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But I doubt in that case there are any significant differences to the two, I am just used to the C world of printf and python's format strings

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 10:30 PM

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Hey!
I'm getting this error

 0:15:42 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss not found
 0:15:42 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss not found

But I checked both https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_SoundFiles and https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D and it's still listed as a valid sound there. I've also validated my game files through Steam.

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 10:46 PM

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Even checked my own cfgSounds

name = "Alarm - Independent";
sound[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent",1,1};
titles[] = {};

willow hound Aug 4, 2020, 10:47 PM

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Try a3/sounds_f_sfx/alarm_Independent.wss.

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 10:47 PM

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Ty, I'll try that

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Nope, didn't work

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 0:57:23 Warning Message: Sound a3/sounds_f_sfx/alarm_Independent.wss not found
 0:57:23 Warning Message: Sound a3/sounds_f_sfx/alarm_Independent.wss not found

 0:53:16 Warning Message: Sound a3\sounds_f_sfx\alarm_Independent.wss not found
 0:53:16 Warning Message: Sound a3\sounds_f_sfx\alarm_Independent.wss not found

 0:48:06 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_Independent.wss not found
 0:48:06 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_Independent.wss not found

 0:43:56 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F_sfx\alarm_independent.wss not found
 0:43:56 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F_sfx\alarm_independent.wss not found

 0:15:42 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss not found
 0:15:42 Warning Message: Sound A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss not found

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Tested these so far

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Weird thing is, when I test this in the editor:

playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss", player]; // alarm

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It works

fair drum Aug 4, 2020, 11:05 PM

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What was the original playsound3d line

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That you did

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 11:06 PM

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[_target,"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss",50,1] remoteExecCall ["life_fnc_say3D",RCLIENT];

params [
    ["_object",objNull,[objNull]],
    ["_sound","",[""]],
    ["_distance",100,[0]],
    ["_pitch",1,[0]]
];

if (isNull _object || {_sound isEqualTo ""}) exitWith {};
if (_distance < 0) then {_distance = 100};
_object say3D [_sound,_distance,_pitch];

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Yeah, now I tried it with say3D and it's like no, not found

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player say3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss",50,1];

This doesn't work

willow hound Aug 4, 2020, 11:09 PM

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According to BIKI, say3D needs a classname not a file.

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 11:09 PM

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Ah

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Right

sacred turret Aug 4, 2020, 11:09 PM

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Does the game logic entity works with remoteExec?

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 11:10 PM

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So I basically have to add it to description.ext

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Thanks

willow hound Aug 4, 2020, 11:10 PM

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Even checked my own cfgSounds

name = "Alarm - Independent";
sound[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent",1,1};
titles[] = {};

@solar shore Why not use this?

solar shore Aug 4, 2020, 11:11 PM

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Yeah did something like that in my description.ext now

    class storealarm {
        name = "storealarm";
        sound[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss", 1.0, 1};
        titles[] = {};
    }

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Ah nvm

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player say3D ["Alarm_Independent",50,1];

Would work as well

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Ty!

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Don't even need to add it to my description.ext

willow hound Aug 4, 2020, 11:13 PM

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@sacred turret What do you mean?

sacred turret Aug 4, 2020, 11:18 PM

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I want to add this action for everyone
player addAction ["Arsenal", {["Open", true] call BIS_fnc_arsenal}, {}, 0, false, true, "", "true", -1];
Preferably via game logic remote exec, is that possible?

willow hound Aug 4, 2020, 11:24 PM

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Does game logic remote exec mean you want to place down a Game Logic in 3DEN and put that code into its init field?

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Or are you using mods that extend the Game Logic to include some remote execution?

sacred turret Aug 4, 2020, 11:43 PM

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the first one, sorry for the answer delay

willow hound Aug 5, 2020, 12:18 AM

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@sacred turret Answered in #arma3_editor, not sure if you noticed.

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 12:44 AM

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Is there any way to cache the map markers (or to load it by request before the map load)? We have serious problems with game hanging on map zoom, while drawing map markers. Moving the whole game folder to SSD helps a lot, but doesn't eliminate the problem.

willow hound Aug 5, 2020, 12:49 AM

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Not that I know of.
Out of interest, how many map markers do you have?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 12:52 AM

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https://youtu.be/LM6dh1rJOUU?t=29
(0:29)

willow hound Aug 5, 2020, 12:58 AM

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But that's not that many...

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:26 AM

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@unreal scroll where's the lag?

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im looking at this video and im not seeing the problem

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:27 AM

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How do you suppose I'll show how the whole game hangs? 🙂

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:27 AM

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by recording it?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:29 AM

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Hm... Can't imagine how it would help you. You just zoom the map, and it hangs.
If you don't zoom the map, and wait 20-30 s (other OT modders says they need to stare at the sea) - then it works well.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:30 AM

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erm...

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but im not seeing any hanging in this video

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:31 AM

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You see the map zoom at this video? Then just stop the video and imagine it hangs 🙂 This is how it looks like exactly.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:31 AM

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but it doesnt

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it looks EXACTLY like that?

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but it hangs

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so it doesnt happen to everyone?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:32 AM

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Absolutely. The game stops to work. It is no more. Crashed. The ex-game.
"so it doesnt happen to everyone?"
Yes, all OT mods.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:32 AM

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any scripts?

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what is OT?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:33 AM

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"any scripts?"
???

"what is OT?"
Overthrow

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:33 AM

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Mods as in modification or moderator?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:34 AM

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Rephrase please.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:36 AM

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when you say "OT mods" what do you mean?

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moderators or modifications?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:36 AM

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Modifications

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:37 AM

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so whenever someone is running OT, they get this issue where the game crashes on map zoom?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:38 AM

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Right

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:38 AM

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ok...

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give me a moment

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cannot reproduce

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:44 AM

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How long did you played it? I mean overall time?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:44 AM

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about 10 seconds

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:44 AM

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😁

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That bug is a bug. It doesn't make the whole mod unplayable. It happens very often on game start, when you open the map. For HDD ~ 30-50%, for SSD for about 5-7%. Maybe it depends on campaign progress (more time = more markers).

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:48 AM

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ok, then no

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report it to the mod author's page

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:50 AM

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Thanks, but I didn't ask where to report about it. I'm working on it, and I need to fix it.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:50 AM

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welp, i cant reproduce it, so i dont know how to fix it

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cant even start

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 1:53 AM

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Even if you would seen it, then you would need to dig into the map script.
And if the original mod authors and I wasn't able to fix it, then it is not so simple. But who knows...

exotic flax Aug 5, 2020, 1:57 AM

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tbf... showing a video where the issue isn't visible isn't a great bug report...
And I doubt it's Arma specific, just a bad script in a mission or mod...

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:58 AM

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it's not immediately obvious

exotic flax Aug 5, 2020, 1:58 AM

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Although adding a lot of map markers with scripts (especially those with onEachFrame) are FPS killers, so that is probably the issue here as well

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 1:58 AM

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i've been playing this for a little while now

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and no bugs

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cant reproduce it

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:03 AM

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"showing a video where the issue isn't visible"
As I said, you'll get nothing from such video, no any specific info. It would looks like the usual zoom in/zoom out, then it hangs. Never on the map draw, but only on markers draw.
Also there are no onEachFrame scripts.

https://github.com/ArmaOverthrow/Overthrow/blob/dev/addons/overthrow_main/functions/player/fn_mapSystem.sqf
https://github.com/ArmaOverthrow/Overthrow/blob/dev/addons/overthrow_main/functions/player/fn_mapHandler.sqf
If there is no such option like map caching, I wonder if there any way to optimize it...

exotic flax Aug 5, 2020, 2:11 AM

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@unreal scroll addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", { is just as terrible as onEachFrame since it also runs on every frame...

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same as CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:13 AM

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What could you recommend?

"same as CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler"
It can be run not only in every frame, btw. Any time interval.

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:14 AM

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I have some code which creates an area trigger in a given location. It then spawns enemies when the players activate that trigger once. The problem I am having is you can either have the trigger local to the player or global so everyone has a trigger on their machine. The problem with global is that enemies will be spawned several times... The problem with local is that enemies will only be spawned if that specific player activated the trigger (which they may not). Does anyone have a workaround?

exotic flax Aug 5, 2020, 2:15 AM

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CBA_fnc_addPerFrameHandler has an argument to set an interval (default 0), which will help a lot.
Although less dynamic markers will be the only real solution

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:15 AM

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"The problem with global is that enemies will be spawned several times..."
Use remoteexec/remoteexeccall, and run it on a server only.

velvet moss Aug 5, 2020, 2:15 AM

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Hi,
I am just dipping my toe into the scripting scene for ARMA and am trying to figure out what is going wrong with our script. The basic idea with it is to allow a Zeus to "hide" a player by double clicking on them, setting them to captive:
https://pastebin.com/aWeFaQ1Y

We are getting the following error and are having a hard time solving it. We want it to work on a multiplayer server:
https://pastebin.com/zxLDSe0e

exotic flax Aug 5, 2020, 2:16 AM

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@velvet moss you use double quotes within double quotes

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this fixes the errors:

this addEventHandler [
    "CuratorObjectDoubleClicked",
    "_player = _this select 1; if(isPlayer (_player)) then {if(captive (_player)) then { [_player,false] remoteExec ['setCaptive']} else { [_player,true] remoteExec ['setCaptive']}}"
];

velvet moss Aug 5, 2020, 2:18 AM

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Oh man... I'm gonna be super embarrassed lol

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:18 AM

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@unreal scroll I could do that but it will be the same effect...

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Every client will end up using remoteExec

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The server will run it as many times as there are clients

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:18 AM

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Ah.... Then the simplest workaround: define some variable on first run, and check it.

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I.e., from my own old scripts:

if (_leader getvariable ["OT_FOBdone",false]) exitWith {};
_leader setvariable ["OT_FOBdone",true,true];
(some code here)

If it is not tied with units/group, then use server setvariable
But it is always better to rewrite the script to make it launch only once.

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:21 AM

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It’s a bit confusing. What is the idea behind doing that?

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:22 AM

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If the variable was sat, then the script doesn't run. Very simple.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:22 AM

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MaxP couldnt reproduce

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:22 AM

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It all starts from addAction which a certain unit can use which will call an sqf file. In that sqf file, it will spawn an initial group of enemies which will move into a town. Once the players arrive at the town (any players since I don’t know exactly who), it will begin spawning waves

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Oh so it is a debounce

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:23 AM

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and to answer your question, no, there is no "cache" for markers and i dont know what exactly that would even help and how

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@slate cypress swap your SQF files and execVM's for functions

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jsut a tip

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JahyWink

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execVM is good for one-maybe runs and testing

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:24 AM

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@ebon citrus As I said, thanks for helping.

@slate cypress "(any players since I don’t know exactly who)"
The better way: to execute the script via the action menu once, with remoteexec, then remove the action itself.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:24 AM

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but as soon as you have 1 minute to make it a function, i.e. define it, you should

velvet moss Aug 5, 2020, 2:25 AM

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Mr. Grezvany13, thank you. That solved all the things.

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:25 AM

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Ah so

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If I create the trigger on the server side local to the server, will this solve my issue

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:25 AM

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you can remove the action or leave it and use the hide-on-use

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if you intend to run it more than once set a condition

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:25 AM

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Since then anyone can activate it, not just the person who used the action

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:25 AM

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if you dont, hideonuse

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:26 AM

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@slate cypress "If I create the trigger on the server side local to the server, will this solve my issue"
It is a good thing to create triggers ONLY on a server (except specific cases).

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:26 AM

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Makes sense 🙂

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:26 AM

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unless you need them to be client side

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:26 AM

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Of course

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:26 AM

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like for visual or audio effects

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pretty much that

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:27 AM

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Also regarding defining it as a function, is this better when executing it multiple times?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:27 AM

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if a trigger needs to trigger visual or audio effects -> client side
everything else -> server side

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@slate cypress yes, and more secure

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:27 AM

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Ok thanks for the tip 🙂

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:27 AM

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execVM compiles and adds the script to the scheduler every time it is called

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:28 AM

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So it’s slower and it’s not always certain when it is run I guess

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:28 AM

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so not only does it need to recompile it, it also can be changed during runtime

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which is... ok, for debugging

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dirty debugging

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but not so good if youre running an MP mission

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functions are compiled once

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yeah, functions you can also choose to either spawn or call

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if you spawn them, you can add them to the scheduler

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but by calling them, you can return values from the function

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:29 AM

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Yeah because iirc spawn is pretty much asynchronous

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:29 AM

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so as soon as you have time, i would recommend you take a look at the cfgFunctions

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spawn adds the script to the scheduler

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 AM

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It doesn’t yield the current thread though right?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 AM

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it returns the script handle

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 AM

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Yeah

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 AM

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same as execVM

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spawn doesnt compile anything

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so it's faster

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 AM

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So if the function yields and I use call, it will cause the thread to hang until the function has returned something?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:31 AM

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"yeilds"?

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you mean waits, as in sleep?

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:31 AM

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Yeah

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:31 AM

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cant

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well, can

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but if the call is executed from unscheduled environment, then cant

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youre aware of how the arma 3 scheduler works?

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:32 AM

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I’m not too fond of it

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:32 AM

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what?

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it's not a matter of opinion

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are you aware of it or not?

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:33 AM

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I’m not too fond of it
means I don’t know much about it

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:33 AM

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this is not interrogation, im just asking

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ah, i see

#

you should

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take a quick read through this article:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler

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it's arguably the most powerful tool in an arma 3 scripters arsenal

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:33 AM

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Thanks

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:34 AM

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you've probably used it already

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just dont know it

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:40 AM

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Done

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:43 AM

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now you should know the difference between calls and spawns

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:44 AM

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Spawn puts the script into a scheduled environment. Call from a scheduled environment adds it to the scheduler whilst call from an unscheduled environment executes the script in one go without suspending

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You also can’t sleep in an unscheduled environment but you can sleep in a scheduled environment

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Sleep times aren’t guaranteed either due to the scheduler refreshing every frame so it depends on the local FPS

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:47 AM

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call from scheduled environment executes it immediately, not add it to the scheduler

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it is still executed in scheduled environment, it just doesnt get added as a task

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:47 AM

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Oh

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:48 AM

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call is like a function call

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function(arguments) for example

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:49 AM

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Are you able to sleep in that or no

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:49 AM

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but instead in sqf, you do [arguments] call function;

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:49 AM

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If in a scheduled environment

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:49 AM

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if it's called from scheduled environment, yes

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think of them like boxes

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unschedulked environment is one box

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everything in it must be completed for every cycle

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scheduled environment is like a box with multiple boxes in it

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the scheduler will run as many boxes that it can and then repeat them if they werent finished

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the scheduler prefers scripts which have been in the queue the longest when it runs

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when you sleep in a scheduled script, the scheduler doesnt rerun the script again until the sleep is done

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when the sleep is done, the scheduler continues from where it left off when it next time returns to that specific script

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so a sleep doesnt pause the scheduler

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it just makes the scheduler ignore running the script until the sleep has elapsed

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the scheduler will continue to run other scripts

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once a script is complete, it will get removed from the scheduler

slate cypress Aug 5, 2020, 2:52 AM

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I see

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 2:53 AM

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if youve ever used the threading module in python or similar programming languages, this will be easy to understand

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the scheduler just switches attention between the different "threads"

still forum Aug 5, 2020, 3:08 AM

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http://sqf.ovh/ite/2018/01/21/ITE-the-scheduler.html
"call" doesn't add something to the scheduler, it just stays where it is

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 3:39 AM

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this is the type of information I AM looking for

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thanks dedmen

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call from scheduled environment executes it immediately, not add it to the scheduler
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105462984087728128/740400514671575040

fair drum Aug 5, 2020, 3:41 AM

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interesting. so the difference between sqf and sqs is its length of the execution until suspended?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 3:41 AM

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the difference between sqf and sqs is that sqs is deprecated

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 3:54 AM

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Is there any kinds of standard in allocating display idd? recently started making GUI and i've been wondering, does everyone just pick a number and hope it doesn't collide with other mods?

astral dawn Aug 5, 2020, 4:05 AM

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yeah something like this 😦

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although I am not sure if you can do that, but if you can, create it with ID = -1 and store the handle in some uinamespace variable

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that's best way for controls for sure, don't remember if displays can do that

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 4:18 AM

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it works for displays too. i'm using that method on a mod i'm working on

astral dawn Aug 5, 2020, 4:18 AM

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nice, so keep using it I guess

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 4:22 AM

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I've been thinking if mapping the addon prefix to a number would work

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since we are already assuming prefixes are unique then mapping them one-to-one to integers would guarantee idds to be unique

astral dawn Aug 5, 2020, 4:51 AM

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it would require absolutely every single person creating displays to use this convention

fair drum Aug 5, 2020, 5:44 AM

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which marker is the ellipse marker? not finding it in cfgMarkers

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:00 AM

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too little(few) people are using displays for it to be necessary

patent goblet Aug 5, 2020, 6:44 AM

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I want to return the clan tag of player, is there such a script command?

winter rose Aug 5, 2020, 6:46 AM

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Yes, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/squadParams

squadParams

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@patent goblet ^

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@eager pier pwease prefix your global variables with your tag :)

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 7:13 AM

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@eager pier i don't understand your algebra very well but wouldn't rotating the camera while it's moving cause conflicting positions? eg. moving left and turning right

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also shouldn't camSetRelPos use relative position and not ASL?

wind ingot Aug 5, 2020, 9:23 AM

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Is there a way for a user to clear specific profileNamespace variables without a specific script? I've opened vars.Arma3Profile and it almost looks like a binarized file, not very easy for a common user to handle.

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@eager pier Not sure what you mean by jitter, but if you're rounding numbers maybe it's causing the rotation not to be very smooth. (I didn't find any rounding in the script but just a heads up.) Also that uisleep I'm assuming is best solution, not sure what exactly is it purpose but could be causing undesirable delay. I'm aware sleeps is something very volatile in arma scripts.

astral dawn Aug 5, 2020, 9:33 AM

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Is there a way for a user to clear specific profileNamespace variables without a specific script? I've opened vars.Arma3Profile and it almost looks like a binarized file, not very easy for a common user to handle.
Yes it's binarized. Code to clear variables there is very simple though

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Profilenamespace setVariable ["something", nil]

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SaveProfileNamespace

wind ingot Aug 5, 2020, 9:35 AM

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Yeah that's the normal way. I guess there's no easy trick, since all variables are bunched together and not split by addon.

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Some people are complaining my mod (which I haven't maintained in 2 years) isn't working properly. However I've tested and is working perfectly. I just need to get better feedback and do alternative troubleshooting. I'll suggest the person to create a temp profile with clear variables instead.

crude vigil Aug 5, 2020, 11:10 AM

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@eager pier Could it be that you re handling everything in 1 scope , maybe if you split positioning and direction handling in 2 different loops, that maybe fix your problem?
Apart from that, you are aware what you are trying to achieve is somewhat already available, right? Just wanted to notify in case you are not.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/camCommand with "manual on" parameter.
Although, I dont remember how exactly the controls of it are..

vague geode Aug 5, 2020, 11:19 AM

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Is there a way to edit in-game (user-)actions from the action menu? For example change the condition for an action to appear in the action menu (e.g. the ramp of the Blackfish (Vehicle Transport) has to be open to unload all vehicles) or hide/remove them from the action menu completely to replace them with a custom one?

crude vigil Aug 5, 2020, 11:21 AM

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@vague geode Sadly no.

vague geode Aug 5, 2020, 11:26 AM

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@crude vigil That is very unfortunate.

I would have liked to make the "Unload all vehicles"-action more realistic by either
only making it appear if the ramp is already open (I would have added an action for that like in the Blackfish (Infantry Transport)) or by
making the action open the ramp first, then ejecting the vehicle and closing the ramp again afterwards...

crude vigil Aug 5, 2020, 11:28 AM

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@vague geode we all have such dreams but sadly.... notlikemeowcry

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 11:29 AM

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You could probably do something like that with a mod since you could overwrite the vanilla config. But that's a different channel and a much deeper issue.

vague geode Aug 5, 2020, 11:35 AM

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Maybe I can suggest that change in a forum or the #game_design-channel although I don't know if that one is intended for such suggestions.

Making that change shouldn't be too hard since the code to open/close the ramp of a Blackfish for example is already there so if I am not mistaken it would be more or less just copy/pasting that code into the "action to be performed"-code of the vehicle transport variant...

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 11:38 AM

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@eager pier you use spawn

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That runs in the scheduler

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For scheduler related reasons, your code isnt running at 0.05s refresh rates

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Prefer missionEventHandlers with eachFrame or draw3d

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Those are ensured to run each frame

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Unlike spawn

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ALSO

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~~Why in the name of lord are you readding the eventhandlers every cycle~~ (my bad, you arent

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But still

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Move the code from the scheduler

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Specificly, everything in the while-loop

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Move it into an eachFrame missionEventHandler

timid niche Aug 5, 2020, 12:43 PM

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Anyone got a script that checks if you are looking at a window?

wind ingot Aug 5, 2020, 1:28 PM

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@timid niche I think there's a function that get the object name of what you're aiming at, and I believe it works on terrain objects too, though windows might be tricky as they are part of a single entity.

copper raven Aug 5, 2020, 1:47 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/lineIntersectsWith probably using this, compare players current position with an offset one (10-15m) relative to player's direction

queen cargo Aug 5, 2020, 1:55 PM

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private _i = 0;
private _arr = [1, 2, 3];
_arr findIf
{
  _i = _i + 1;
  if (_i > 3) then { systemChat "Abort Endless Loop" };
  _arr pushBack _x;
  false
}```
could somebody check if this code outputs the "Abort Endless Loop" message?

warm hedge Aug 5, 2020, 1:56 PM

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The game crashes

exotic flax Aug 5, 2020, 1:57 PM

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same here

Error Max array size would be reached. Current size: 9999999, wanted size: 10000000.

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well, game doesn't crash, just hangs for a minute and then spams "Abort Endless Loop"

warm hedge Aug 5, 2020, 1:59 PM

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Ah

unreal scroll Aug 5, 2020, 2:11 PM

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Is it supposed that objectparent command works differently for clients and dedicated?
For on-foor units, on dedicated it always returns the unit itself, but null for client.

crude vigil Aug 5, 2020, 2:38 PM

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@eager pier Yes, it would require a change of structure. I do not know much about camCommand apart of its existence but since you are trying to recreate it, maybe you can work on top of it instead of creating it from 0 to match your needs. Just a thought, since I do not know what your purpose is.

I doubt spawn has anything to do with that issue. If it had been an issue, that problem wouldnt only occur solely when you both change position and direction but it would also occur individually(ie, when you change position only or direction only).

queen cargo Aug 5, 2020, 2:54 PM

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ohh ... crap ... sorry for that @warm hedge @exotic flax 😅
there used to be a throw in there but thought i should change that to systemChat to make result reading simpler ... forgot then that the throw should abort the loop

digital hollow Aug 5, 2020, 3:09 PM

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Which is faster, generally? < vs <=

still forum Aug 5, 2020, 3:12 PM

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neither?

ornate sky Aug 5, 2020, 3:33 PM

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Can I capture an Event when the player puts on NVGs, and also how to detect if player has NVGs switched on currently? player hmd returns the NVG classname regardless of whether they are on or not.

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 3:34 PM

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that's because hmd is just checking what's in the HMD inventory slot

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_camera_getVisionMode seems like it might be what you need

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oh, this is probably better https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/currentVisionMode

ornate sky Aug 5, 2020, 3:42 PM

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Thanks @hallow mortar. Now is there a way to intercept the "NVG on" event in a way similar to an Event Handler? I want to execute custom code when player puts on his NVGs.

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 3:48 PM

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I don't think there's anything for the event specifically. There are a few ways I can think of, though I wouldn't call them optimal:

run a regular loop to check the vision mode. Limitations: loop performance, possible lag between NVG activation and script execution, need to make sure it doesn't execute the code again after the first time it activates per NVG activation
write a UI Event Handler, onKeyDown, that checks the pressed key against the player's NVG actionKey and activates your script if it matches. Limitations: pain in the ass, may not account for all potential bindings

ornate sky Aug 5, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Yep, that's what I feared. Thanks for your help. I figured I can use onEachFrame as well, although it might be overkill.

copper raven Aug 5, 2020, 3:52 PM

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

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try this

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 3:53 PM

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That would activate when a player picks up NVGs, not when they activate them

ornate sky Aug 5, 2020, 3:56 PM

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I think I'll utilize onEachFrame, assuming it's clientside. I don't like it, but the custom code is very short and shouldn't affect performance much, if at all.

sonic thicket Aug 5, 2020, 4:04 PM

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Hey everyone, I have a vehicle within Eden that has the Variable name "C7" When I try to hide this vehicle using either;

"this hideObject true;" in the init field
"C7 hideObject true;" from the in game execute field

They still both fail to hide the object whereas the wiki literally states: "Hide entity. Can be used on soldiers and vehicles, also on static objects. "
Source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/hideObject

ornate sky Aug 5, 2020, 4:07 PM

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SP or MP

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 4:07 PM

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the init field should work in either since it's executed on all clients

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That being said, the editor attributes should have a visibility checkbox which I believe does work

sonic thicket Aug 5, 2020, 4:09 PM

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Ill check that out after I've done the current test 🙂

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Show Model i see

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now testing

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 4:10 PM

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As far as I can see, there isn't anything grammatically wrong with your implementation, so using the attributes checkbox is a workaround rather than a solution. I'd still like to get to the bottom of why yours didn't work but I'm not sure how

sonic thicket Aug 5, 2020, 4:12 PM

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I suspected the type of vehicle, tested 2 vehicles since then so it may still be the case but I doubt it is

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haha hide model doesnt work either

warm hedge Aug 5, 2020, 4:12 PM

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MODs?
Other scripts?
What vehicle?
^ What mission?

sonic thicket Aug 5, 2020, 4:13 PM

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Well, everything is custom so that's going to be a long list

warm hedge Aug 5, 2020, 4:13 PM

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Better to test in vanilla so you can make sure something's off on your environment

sonic thicket Aug 5, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Something is off with variables, just tested deleteVehicle C7; and it didnt worked. i will continue testing and if i hit a brick wall ill go vanilla, see what happens there

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Ugh, it is the caching script

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 4:24 PM

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Speaking of hideObject scripts, a while ago I discovered that this did not unhide the objects in question on dedi:

[obj_setup1,false] remoteExec ["hideObjectGlobal",2,true];```
(executed from the completion script of a holdAction)
Never figured out why and it's kept bothering me

sonic thicket Aug 5, 2020, 4:25 PM

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Thanks for the tips guys 🙂 "Other scripts?" rang a bell and well, guess its time to look for a solution for that now

spark turret Aug 5, 2020, 5:02 PM

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NikkoTJ just a wild guess but the unhide command has to be executed on the same machine as hide?

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 5:06 PM

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@spark turret hideObjectGlobal is a server-only command and is being executed on the server in both cases

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to hide, by (if isServer) in init.sqf, and to unhide, by the target parameter of the remoteExec

spark turret Aug 5, 2020, 5:06 PM

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Very interesting

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Did unhide get overwritten by a JIP maybe?

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You unhide, jip comes and runs init again hiding it?

hallow mortar Aug 5, 2020, 5:09 PM

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No. The if isServer in init.sqf means that code is only run when the server runs init.sqf, which only happens once because the server cannot JIP. Also, I verified with someone who was watching at the time that the object never became visible at all.

spark turret Aug 5, 2020, 5:10 PM

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Then its a bug and obviously dedmens fault

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Dedmen pls fix

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 5:58 PM

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This is a dumb question but... How do I get an object inside a script if it was placed in the eden editor with a variable name? I know there is vehicleVarName but that just returns a string. I want the object so I can give it an addAction. Many thanks!

fair drum Aug 5, 2020, 5:59 PM

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Not exactly sure if I'm following. You have an object with the name object1 and you want to add a action to just that one? Or do you want to add action to every class type that this object is?

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 6:01 PM

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I simply want to addAction that specific vehicle but I want the object to be accessible via its variable name.

Ghosthawk - helo1

Inside sqf

//_helo1 = fetch ghosthawk here
_helo1 addAction["Whatever", {}];

winter rose Aug 5, 2020, 6:05 PM

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helo1, no underscore

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 6:05 PM

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To be honest... That does make sense now that I engage my brain 😄 Thank you!

queen cargo Aug 5, 2020, 6:15 PM

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private _arr = [];
private _cases = {
    case 1: {_arr pushBack "inside 1"; "a"}; 
    _arr pushBack "past case 1";
    case 2: {_arr pushBack "inside 2"; "b"};
    _arr pushBack "past case 2";
    case 3: {_arr pushBack "inside 3"; "c"};
    _arr pushBack "past case 3";
    default {_arr pushBack "inside default"; "default"};
    _arr pushBack "past default";
};
private _res = switch 2 do {
    [] call {
        [] call _cases;
        _arr pushBack "past cases inner"
    };
    _arr pushBack "past cases call outter";
};
_arr pushBack _res;
systemChat str _arr```
result?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:24 PM

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@timid niche https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/intersect

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Anyone got a script that checks if you are looking at a window?

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:26 PM

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has anyone run into trouble with remoteExec and explosives? I noticed when I call remoteExec with the target arg set to the explosive object it doesn't work

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this is the exact text in my function (_obj is the explosive) sqf [_obj, [_dir, _up]] remoteExec ["setVectorDirAndUp", _obj] , strangely if i call ```sqf
[_obj, [_dir, _up]] remoteExec ["setVectorDirAndUp", 0]

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:46 PM

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@tough abyss why do you need to remotexec it?

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Also, is _obj a unit or an object

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If it's not a playable unit or a vehicle with a player in driver, the script gets executed on the server

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But i still dont see why you need remoteexec

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setVectorDirAndUp has global effect

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:48 PM

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setVectorDirAndUp requires local arg

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:48 PM

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Yes?

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:48 PM

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so i thought i'd need to run it where the object is local

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:48 PM

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You can set it on one client/server and it updates to all clients

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No, you dont

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If the client knows _obj, it doesnt need to remoteExec

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:50 PM

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the wiki says the argument must be local though?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:50 PM

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And since it's a private variable, i assume it does

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:50 PM

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am i not understanding local correctly?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:50 PM

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a local argument means an argument that is processed on the machine where the command is executed

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Local argument, global effect

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Actually bad example

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But you dont need to remoteexec it

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Just set it on one client and it does the job

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:52 PM

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alright gotcha

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:52 PM

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@tough abyss take a peek here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:53 PM

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still weird how it works for other objects but not explosives though

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@tough abyss take a peek here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting
@ebon citrus yep read it already

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:53 PM

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Because explosives are not units

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Just dont use remoteExec for global effects

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 6:54 PM

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cool thanks

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 6:56 PM

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So for example, i dont think you can set vectorDirAndUp of a player from the server

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Or a player controlled vehicle

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The "processed locally" doesnt say much

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What it tells me is that commands will use the return instead of the process

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Would have to ask dedmen

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 7:04 PM

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so explosives are ok because they are spawned in by whoever was going to call setVectorDir?

copper raven Aug 5, 2020, 7:04 PM

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arg local means for the command to take the effect properly it's arguments must be local to the machine that's executing the command. trying to remoteExec the ammo as the target won't work for the same reason you can't setVariable on an ammo

tough abyss Aug 5, 2020, 7:07 PM

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using ammo as the target in remoteExec won't run the command where the ammo is local?

copper raven Aug 5, 2020, 7:25 PM

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correct

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/owner if server side, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getShotParents maybe that if client side

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actually now that i think about it, i think ammos in general have issues when you try to setPos etc on the owner machine, its better to just straight up run it on all machines so it syncs properly iirc

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 7:40 PM

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I am receiving a script error saying "scopename" is defined twice but the code still works perfectly fine.
How can I avoid the error? My code looks nearly identical to the wiki. The only difference is I don't have a top level while{true} like the example. Could that be the cause?

EDIT: Upon further inspection, the code doesn't actually work as expected. The if statement works perfectly fine and switching into the scope works but none of the hints or sleep saying what scope the code is in.

scopeName "main";
hint "inside main";
[] spawn {sleep 1; hint ""};
    scopeName "loop";
        hint "inside loop";
        [] spawn {sleep 1; hint ""};
        while {true} do {

            if (player isEqualTo currentPilot objectParent player) then {
                heli1 addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Player List", {call fn_openMenu}];
                breakTo "main";
            };
            
        };

copper raven Aug 5, 2020, 7:43 PM

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How can I avoid the error?
don't define scopename twice? 😄

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 7:43 PM

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Youre defining the name as "main" and then "loop"

cold glacier Aug 5, 2020, 7:44 PM

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The indentation in that block is really misleading.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Sure is

cold glacier Aug 5, 2020, 7:44 PM

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scopeName "main";
hint "inside main";
[] spawn {sleep 1; hint ""};
scopeName "loop";
hint "inside loop";
[] spawn {sleep 1; hint ""};
while {true} do {

    if (player isEqualTo currentPilot objectParent player) then {
        heli1 addAction ["<t color='#FF0000'>Player List", {call fn_openMenu}];
        breakTo "main";
    };
};

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 7:44 PM

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@rain mural check your brackets

cold glacier Aug 5, 2020, 7:45 PM

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That's the correct indentation for that code.

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You can see the the "inside loop" bit, isn't actually inside, because of the way the brackets are placed.

copper raven Aug 5, 2020, 7:45 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/exitWith is enough there, actually, just use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/waitUntil

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 7:47 PM

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what is fn_openMenu?

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also, the correct syntax is [arguments] call function;

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leave the arguments blank array if you dont intend on passing any

cold glacier Aug 5, 2020, 7:48 PM

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You can absolutely use call fnc_myThing Nica.

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Assuming it takes no arguments.

jade abyss Aug 5, 2020, 7:48 PM

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also use _var call fnc_myThing

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It makes no diff.

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 7:48 PM

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The scope indentation didn't copy over into Discord.
The issue I had with having a while{true} is it continuously spawned in an addAction on the helicopter causing MASSIVE frame drops. I only want one addAction to exist on the vehicle not 8 million but I need a constant check to see if the player is a pilot.

Thank you for the feedback and little improvements I can make. Much appreciated! 🙂

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 7:49 PM

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add the check into the addaction condition field?

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check example 5 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

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condition:
String - (Optional, default "true") script code that must return true for the action to be shown. Special variables passed to the script code are:
_target: Object - the object to which action is attached or, if the object is a unit inside of vehicle, the vehicle
_this: Object - caller person to whom the action is shown (or not shown if condition returns false)
_originalTarget: Object - the original object to which the action is attached, regardless if the object/unit is in a vehicle or not
⚠
condition is evaluated on each frame in non-scheduled environment.
condition is not evaluated if a dialog is open.
If action is added to an object (and not to player) condition will only get evaluated IF player is closer than ~50m to the object surface AND is looking at the object.
If action is added to player, condition is evaluated all the time.```

jade abyss Aug 5, 2020, 7:56 PM

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And the reason you post it in here is what? @brisk lagoon

brisk lagoon Aug 5, 2020, 7:56 PM

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Sorry I was lost couldn't find it my bad

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 7:59 PM

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I did have a look at that and tried it out with another check but I didn't really know what I was looking at, then I found the things about scopes. I shall try that now, cheers

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 8:18 PM

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I used the condition section and it works. Thank you guys for assisting me!

winter rose Aug 5, 2020, 8:19 PM

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Dem peeps are ze bests

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 8:20 PM

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Indubitably!

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 8:21 PM

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also, this is the one and only(not really) valid place to use the init field

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but dont let it get the jump on you

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the init field is a mysterious fort of many pitfalls and traps

runic pumice Aug 5, 2020, 8:25 PM

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    player addEventHandler ["Respawn", {
        player moveInCargo respawnVeh;
    }];
};```

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how can i set this script up

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so if respawnVeh's cargo is full

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it will select respawnVeh2

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and so forth

cold glacier Aug 5, 2020, 8:27 PM

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FYI @rain mural, this would be my implementation (if it helps):

private _fnc_addPlayerListAction = {
    private _actionId = _this addAction [
        "Player List", 
        fn_openMenu, 
        [],
        1.5,
        false,
        true,
        ""
        {
            _this isEqualTo currentPilot vehicle _this
        }
    ];
    _this setVariable ["playerListAction", _actionId];
};

player addEventHandler ["GetInMan", {
    player call _fnc_addPlayerListAction;
}];

player addEventHandler ["GetOutMan", {
    private _actionId = player getVariable ["playerListAction", -1];
    if (_actionId >= 0) then {
        player removeAction _actionId;
    };
}];

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Disclaimer: Has never been run, may contain syntax errors.

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It avoids running any extra per-frame checks when the player is out of a vehicle, even if they'd be quite cheap.

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{
    player moveInCargo _x;
    if !(vehicle player isEqualTo player) exitWith {};
} forEach myListOfRespawnVehicles;

@runic pumice

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Tries to move player into a vehicle, if the player is in the vehicle, it stops, if not, it keeps looping through and trying vehicles.

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 8:32 PM

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@cold glacier Ah I see. That would seem like a much better way of carrying out the task. Well, it gives you more control over everything.

fair drum Aug 5, 2020, 8:40 PM

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_logic = respawnvarname;

_respawn = _logic getvariable ["respawn",[]];
_respawn = _respawn param [0,[],[[],""]];
if (typename _respawn == typename []) then {
   if (count _respawn == 2) then {
      _respawn call bis_fnc_removeRespawnPosition;
   };
};

looking at this script, how did the author know what things you can put in the string after the getVariable? is there a list? secondly, can anyone explain the _respawn params. I know how params normally work, but I haven't seen this syntax

winter rose Aug 5, 2020, 8:41 PM

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See param (not paramS) on the wiki

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@fair drum

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:29 PM

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Sorry to be a pain. I have returned :P
My new error is error undefined variable in expression: jc_fnc_openvehiclemenu. I am basically trying to create a dialog menu when the addAction has been used. I have 4 main files (pretty small currently) and I cannot find what the error/undefined variable is and the error isn't very specific (maybe I haven't learnt how to decrypt them yet 😛 )

initPlayerServer.sqf

waitUntil { !isNull player };

waitUntil {!(isNull (findDisplay 46))};

heli1 addAction
    [
        "<t color='#ffe600'>Player List",
        {[player] call JC_fnc_openVehicleMenu},
        nil,
        1.5,
        false,
        false,
        "",
        "player isEqualTo currentPilot objectParent player",
        -1,
        false,
        "",
        ""
    ];

fn_openVehicleMenu.sqf

params ["_player"];

if (!(isNull (findDisplay 693))) exitWith { closeDialog 2;};

createDialog "vehicleMenu";
waitUntil { !(isNull(findDisplay 693)) };
[] spawn JC_fnc_vehicleListRefresh;

fn_vehicleListRefresh.sqf

while { !(isNull(findDisplay 693)) } do {
    {
        lbAdd[1500, name _x];
    } forEach switchableUnits;

    sleep .1;
    lbClear 1500;
};

cfgFunctions.hpp

class cfgFunctions {

    class JC {
        class vehicleMenu {
            class openVehicleMenu {};
            class vehicleListRefresh {};
        };
    };
};

Sorry for the large post

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root/functions/vehicleMenu

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My folder structure is:

Mission
functions - folder
vehicleMenu - folder
fn_openVehicleMenu.sqf
fn_vehicleListRefresh.sqf
gui - folder
defines.hpp
vehicleMenu.hpp
initPlayerServer.sqf
mission.sqm

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I will look at yours now

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I have another menu that I was working on and the format I used is the exact same and that menu works fine

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I have them both side-by-side in VSCode

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I have my functions in separate .sqfs

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Not in a "grouped" file

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Other menu I have that works

class cfgFunctions {

    class JC {
        class adminMenu {
            class isAdmin {};
            class openMenu {};
            class playerSelected {};
            class autoRefreshPlayerList {};
            class teleportToPlayer {};
            class healPlayer {};
            class killPlayer {};
            class freezePlayer {};
        };

    };

};

New menu

class cfgFunctions {

    class JC {
        class vehicleMenu {
            class openVehicleMenu {};
            class vehicleListRefresh {};
        };
    };
};

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I don't get why one works and the other doesn't

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They are setup the same

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Folder structure and all

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:46 PM

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sippu

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Did i miss something?

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:47 PM

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No, they are in Mission Folder\Functions

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:47 PM

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giiggles

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Then you need to define the path

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:47 PM

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I am not arguing that. I am just confused why one version works and the other laid out the exact same does not

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It baffles me 😄

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Yes I meant that

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Both menus are
root\functions\menu

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:48 PM

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What are they named?

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:48 PM

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My folder structure is:

Mission
functions - folder
vehicleMenu - folder
fn_openVehicleMenu.sqf
fn_vehicleListRefresh.sqf
gui - folder
defines.hpp
vehicleMenu.hpp
initPlayerServer.sqf
mission.sqm

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:50 PM

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file = "filepath from root";

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add that before the function class defines

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most definately

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:51 PM

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Right ok. So file refers to the subfolder they are in?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:51 PM

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yes

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the whole path from the root mission folder

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if they would be in "functions", then use file = "functions";

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for you, use file = "functions\vehicleMenu";

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:53 PM

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class cfgFunctions {

    class JC {
        class vehicleMenu {
            file = "functions\\vehicleMenu";
            class openVehicleMenu {};
            class vehicleListRefresh {};
        };
    };
};

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Ok fingers are crossed

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 9:53 PM

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one \ not 2

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:53 PM

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no double \

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just one

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this isnt windows

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:53 PM

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I have to escape it as it is in double quotes?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:53 PM

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well, it is, but it isnt

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no, you dont escape it

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Ok

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 9:54 PM

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You shouldn't need the {} at the end of your class openVehicleMenu, you can just do

class openVehicleMenu;

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Only reason you'd need it is if you're making a mod with preInit & postInit stuff

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:55 PM

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you can also write your code into oneline format

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but you dont

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:56 PM

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I am still receiving the same error:

'[player] call |#|JC_fnc_openVehicleMenu'
Error Undefined variable in expression: jc_fnc_openvehiclemenu

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 9:57 PM

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Not sure if it makes a difference, but put

class cfgFunctions {
    class JC {
       tag = "JC";

cunning crown Aug 5, 2020, 9:57 PM

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doesn't change anything

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:57 PM

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yeah, youre trying to use mod-format

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really?

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also, tag is not with ""

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tag = Nca

cunning crown Aug 5, 2020, 9:58 PM

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In this case yeah, but if he changes the value of the tag then yeah, it will make a difference

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And tag = Nca will be converted to tag = "Nca" by the engine iirc

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 9:58 PM

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fair enough

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wait

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@rain mural you dont have description.ext?

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where are you defining this config?

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Trueeeeeee 🤦‍♂️

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Sorry for your time wasted 🙄

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:00 PM

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Oof

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:00 PM

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none at all

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take this

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🔨

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use it with care

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 10:00 PM

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Ah percussive maintenance on my PC

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:00 PM

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No... erm... it's intended for you

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😅

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 10:01 PM

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Both would achieve the same goal though 🤷‍♂️ 😛

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:01 PM

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i guess, well, be back if you have troubles

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 10:02 PM

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I shall.
At least I can be awarded biggest mug of the year 😏

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Anyone know why synchronising an object to a module in the editor, and testing synchronizedObjects on the object doesn't show the module,
but testing synchronizedObjects on the module shows the object?

rain mural Aug 5, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Funnily enough @ebon citrus, that fixed it 😄

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:05 PM

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but why does syncing 2 modules together show the other module when you do synchronizedObjects on one of the modules?

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:05 PM

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weird, let me check

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kind of #arma3_editor but i guess it goes

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:06 PM

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I tried to ask in there, but it's quiet atm, xD

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:06 PM

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XD

dull drum Aug 5, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Hi guys.
Can't successfully comprehend some multiplayer / locality issues.
Could use some help if possible.
I have a string of code in my trigger OnActivation: [8, true] remoteExec ["fuelingTimer", 2]; // run function server side
This one string for my serverInit: timer = [] execVM "server\FuelingTimer.sqf";
And these inside my fuelingTimer:

fuelingTimer = {
    params ["_time", "_on"];
    _time = RK_fuel_timer;
    _initTime = _time;
    "booyah!" remoteExec ["systemChat", -2, true]; // broadcast message everywhere except the server

In my comprehension the scheduling and locality should go as follows:

server init, run sqf script
trigger activated: run fuelingTimer function
from inside the fuelingTimer "booyah" should be broadcasted to all machines in MP except the server
But it fails on the step 3.

If I'll change OnActivation string to [8, true] remoteExec ["fuelingTimer", 0, true] everything runs, but later on messes with while-sleep things inside fuelingTimer which I want to avoid.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:07 PM

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@storm sierra what module are you using?

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Custom module inherited from Module_F

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:07 PM

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it could be that the module deletes itself after succesfully running?

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:08 PM

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nope, setting the module variable name to D, and testing D while mission runs it shows it as still there

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:08 PM

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hmnmm

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i'll take a look in a min

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:08 PM

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I feel like it's an editor/scripting/config question tbh, but only scripting channel is active atm, haha xD

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tested with same module yes, and they worked fine between each other

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but not to any other objects

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from the objects*

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to the module

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:10 PM

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@dull drum

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first of all

storm sierra Aug 5, 2020, 10:10 PM

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@dull drum You can't remoteExec fuelingTimer as it's not compiled as a function.

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:11 PM

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fuelingTimer is a code-block

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a variable

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not a function

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so when you call what i presume is fuelingTimer.sqf

fuelingTimer = {
    params ["_time", "_on"];
    _time = RK_fuel_timer;
    _initTime = _time;
    "booyah!" remoteExec ["systemChat", -2, true]; // broadcast message everywhere except the server```

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you are just defining a global variable

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so you need to call the function

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remoteExecing a variable with some parameters does nothing

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youre also missing a closing bracket in fuelingTimer.sqf

dull drum Aug 5, 2020, 10:12 PM

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that's copypasting issue

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:12 PM

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[8, true] remoteExec ["fuelingTimer", 2]; // run function server side does nothing

dull drum Aug 5, 2020, 10:13 PM

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but it does if I'll change 2 with 0

ebon citrus Aug 5, 2020, 10:13 PM

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[[8, true], fuelingTimer] remoteExec ["call", 2]; // run function server side is what youre looking for

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but fuelingTimer needs to be defined clientside

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you should maybe take a look at remoteExecCall

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or define your code as a function