arma3_scripting

[little raptor]

Do you use mods?

[distant oyster]

yeah just tested. the eventhandler just goes ballistic when crashing

[little raptor]

makes no sense to me

maybe it's a bug?

[distant oyster]

hmmm it kind of works just with a little bit delay

damaging the main rotor will destroy it but it will regenerate quickly

or not. weird

sometimes it can handle the damage and sometimes not

[little raptor]

I'll just ping dedmen for now so he can take a look at it later @still forum

[smoky verge]

tried getting the selection name of the rotating diorama piece with
selectionNames GalleryDioramaUnit_01_F;
but it didn't work;

did I use it wrong?

[little raptor]

did I use it wrong?
Yes
SelectionNames takes an object

[smoky verge]

oh got it

[opal ibex]

Is there anyway to get Container Object of the last added Container to a box/vehicle? I'm trying to create a container with specific items inside with a script but i have not been able to find a way to get the CO so i can add items to it. I did see someone getting the last object that returns from everyContainer which made me think last added object would be the last element in that array but that is not the case.

[hushed tendon]

I know if statements only run once but I have it in a function that I'm calling but it still won't run. Should I be using something else?

[hushed tendon]

Nvm

[hallow mortar]

What command are you using to create the container?

[loud birch]

setObjectScale works in sp but not on a dedicated server

the object just stops existing at all

[hallow mortar]

If it's createVehicle (as I would expect) the first syntax here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createVehicle returns the created object e.g.

_createdObject = "classnamehere" createVehicle [getPos player];
_createdObject addItemCargo ["optic_ARCO",2];```

[hallow mortar]

It does work on DS (source: watched someone do it a few hours ago) but there are specific conditions under which the command works at all.
Also, there can be culling issues. For example, when someone made a giant Miller, he would disappear if you looked at his top half, because some part of his normal model was still somewhere at his feet, no longer in your field of view, and the game therefore assumed he was out of sight.

[loud birch]

maybe putting it in the init field doesn't work?

im not quite sure what the problem is with my set up for it

[opal ibex]

It's not, I'm not talking about objects, I'm talking about Cargo Container Objects (Backpack/Vest/Uniform https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Containers)

For example, I already have a box object that was created with createVehicle, i want to use addBackpackCargoGlobal to add a backpack and get the added backpack object so i can use more add commands on that container (backpack) to add items into the backpack.

Although it looks like create"Vehicle" is able to create a backpack object, i could maybe manipulate this, i will try somethings. Thanks.

Okay maybe not, I was not able to find a function to move an object into a container. Does such a thing exist?

Every function I see creates an object with the classname.

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/204274-problem-simple-cargo-transfer-crate-to-crate/

[opal ibex]

Well I figured it out. Last answer on that topic, I wonder why I never thought of substituting new-old . I was already doing a count check but I was doing it on total.

[tough abyss]

Okay a question you know the screens and stuff we can place custom images on, is it possible to change them mid mission via script

cool thanks

[tough abyss]

haha ha my first custom texture

[tough abyss]

good good the main op center is 90% completed including animations and props

[still forum]

sounds like bug. But no time for that

[little raptor]

what are you working on rn?! 😛

[still forum]

battleye timeout

[little raptor]

I'll just make a ticket then

[hushed tendon]

I have some code running where I'm trying to count the number of players for bluefor and allow to code to repeat itself until turned off keeping the exact number of blufor players until turned off. But I can't find the right code to keep the current number of players. I have this so far

while {readyActive == true} do {
  {
    if (isPlayer _x && playerSide == west) then {
        //Idk what to put here
    };
  } forEach (playableUnits);

  hint format ["players %1",westPlayers]; //testing purposes
};```

[still forum]

readyActive == true that nonsense. Comparing a boolean to true does nothing

readyActive == true == true == true == true == true == true == true == true is literally the same as readyActive

you want the number of players in blufor?

or number of playableUnits in blufor (different things)

westPlayers = west countSide playableUnits

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

[hushed tendon]

I'm looking to count west players that are even just slotted.

Yep that works. Thanks

[tough abyss]

sigh combat animations are so nice they allow you to keep a squad grouped together while allowing you to place them naturally around an area instead of standing in a wedge formation like idiots

[clever radish]

Yeah, sure. My image is .jpg, the A3 image converter doesn't work and crashes each time i use it. I'll post my codes on Pastebin

https://pastebin.com/75xWmxNW

[cosmic lichen]

onload = "[] spawn {execVM 'rangeScript.sqf';};";
execVm spawns already

@clever radish

action = "closeDialog 0;";
You can use IDC = 1 instead

[clever radish]

oh okay. Thanks, could that fix the problem with the image not spawning?

[cosmic lichen]

no

what image?

[clever radish]

Terra is helping me with GUI not spawning my image. Everything runs as it should, but the image is not showing. No script error will show either

[cosmic lichen]

What't the code?

btw let's move to #arma3_gui

[clever radish]

sure

[past wagon]

if I set player locations in init.sqf, will that be a problem if AI is disabled? will it only set the locations of units who have already been occupied by a player in the role selection screen?

@ me

what i mean is, do those objects exist in the mission before they are selected by a player

[spark turret]

Allplayers only catched players, not unoccupied slots afaik

[past wagon]

player0 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player1 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player2 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player3 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player4 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player5 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player6 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player7 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player8 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];
player9 setPos selectRandom [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]];

This is what I have in init.sqf. I have not added in the values yet

this is for multiplayer, and AI is disabled. will it still set the position of these objects if they have not been selected by a player?

[willow hound]

@past wagon If AI is enabled for playable units, the unit can obviously exist before the player joins.
Independent of that, init.sqf runs on every client that connects, so if you change the player object position there, already existing objects get teleported.

[past wagon]

wait

[willow hound]

If that is in init.sqf it's bad

[past wagon]

so every time a player connects it runs the script again?

[willow hound]

Yes

[past wagon]

should it be in initPlayerLocal instead?

[willow hound]

That's why one should be using initServer.sqf for server stuff and initPlayerLocal.sqf for client stuff.

[past wagon]

okay, im gonna put it in initServer.sqf because i was having problems with it in initPlayerLocal.sqf

[willow hound]

Not that particular code, because initPlayerLocal.sqf runs for every connecting client too, so every time a player joins everybody who's already playing gets teleported.

[past wagon]

the code would run again after the mission started, and teleport players in the middle of the mission when someone connected

yea

would it be fine in initServer.sqf?

[willow hound]

It's not going to do much good in initServer.sqf as the units probably don't (all) exist when that runs.

[past wagon]

okay

[willow hound]

initPlayerLocal.sqf runs for every client that connects, so you can just place player setPos selectRandom [...]; there.

[past wagon]

but wait

isnt that the same problem as before?

#arma3_scripting message

[willow hound]

No, it only teleports the player on the client that is running initPlayerLocal.sqf (= the client that is joining).

[past wagon]

okay

so I dont need one line of code for every player

[willow hound]

In fact the problem was that you teleported every player from that file.

[past wagon]

i can just have it say player instead of listing player1, player2, player3.....

because the units are named player1, player2, player3.....

[willow hound]

Exactly, because you only want to teleport one player - the one that is joining.

[past wagon]

ok

thank you

but there is one problem with this

the way I had it, each unit had one of 3 possible unique spawn locations

now everyone will have the same spawn locations, so it is possible that two players will spawn in the same place

[willow hound]

Do your players have different role descriptions?

[past wagon]

im not sure

[willow hound]

That would be the easiest way to get something going.

[past wagon]

i can make them have different role descriptions

[willow hound]

Then one way to get it working is this:

private _spawnLocations = [[0, 0, 0]]; //Can't hurt to have a failsafe / fallback
switch (roleDescription player) do {
  case "Player 1": { _spawnLocations = [...]; };
  case "Player 2": { _spawnLocations = [...]; };
  ...
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

[past wagon]

okay

so how do i make this work?

i need each player to have different role descriptions?
is that what "Player 1", "Player 2" are?

[willow hound]

Yes

[past wagon]

okay great

and this will still work in initPlayerLocal.sqf?

[willow hound]

That switch-statement is basically the same as:

if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") then { _spawnLocations = [...]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") then { _spawnLocations = [...]; };

[past wagon]

ok

[willow hound]

It is indeed intended to work in initPlayerLocal.sqf.

[past wagon]

okay nice

and what does the top line of code do?

[willow hound]

Well it could in theory somehow happen (somebody messes something up while editing the code, a bug comes along, ...) that roleDescription player does not end up matching any of the options we compare it to ("Player 1", "Player 2", ...), and then player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations; would throw an error. To avoid that we set a default value for _spawnLocations (ideally not in water, so [0, 0, 0] might not be the best choice), so in case the role description doesn't match any of the role descriptions provided, initPlayerLocal.sqf doesn't get interrupted by an error.

If the role description matches "Player 1", then that default value gets overwritten with the correct values for Player 1.

[past wagon]

okay

if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") then { _spawnLocations = [[, , ], [, , ], [, , ]]; };
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

I havent added in the values yet, but should this work correctly?

I also havent put in the fallback line of code at the beginning yet just for simplicity

[willow hound]

Looks right to me.

[wet garden]

hi guys i'm currently trying to make a scripted function where ai units and both empty and destroyed vehicles are deleted after 2 minutes, they would be inside a trigger area. I wrote this with some help from others, however i don't currently have access to a server to test it on; does this look satisfactory?

scopeName = main;
_counter = 0;
_counterLimit = 120;

while{true} do
{
_counter = _counter + 1;
    
    if (_counter == _counterLimit && ((aiUnits inArea Trig1) || (landVehicles inArea Trig1)) then
    {
        { (landVehicles inArea Trig1) deleteVehicleCrew _x } forEach crew inArea Trig1;
        deleteVehicle aiUnits;
        deleteVehicle landVehicles inArea Trig1;
        
        killAi = allUnits inAreaArray Trig1;
        {deleteVehicle _x} forEach killAi;

        killVeh = vehicles inAreaArray Trig1;
        {deleteVehicle _x} forEach killVeh;
        
        canibal = allDead inAreaArray Trig1;
        {deleteVehicle _x} forEach canibal;
        breakTo main;
    };
    else
    {
        
    } exitWith {};

sleep 1;
};

[past wagon]

thank you!

[distant oyster]

there are quite a lot of errors.

1. scopeName syntax is: scopeName "main": https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/scopeName
2. aiUnits inArea Trig1: if aiUnits is an array then this command will not work (same for landVehicles) https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea
3. deleteVehicleCrew syntax: vehicle deleteVehicleCrew unit. vehicle is an object, not an array (landVehicles) https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/deleteVehicleCrew
4. crew inArea Trig1 that is an illegal combination. again, crew only works on objects
5. deleteVehicle aiUnits; assuming aiUnits is an array this is also wrong
6. deleteVehicle landVehicles inArea Trig1; see (4) and (5)
7. killAi = allUnits inAreaArray Trig1; allUnits allUnits returns an array and does not take in any arguments, inAreaArray is similar to inArea (2): https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inArea
8. canibal = allDead inAreaArray Trig1; see (7), same goes for allDead: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allDead
9. breakTo requires a string as right argument: breakTo "main";: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/breakTo
10. else { } exitWith {}; is not possible. it's either if (condition) then {} else {}; or if (condition) exitWith {};

soo, uuhh nothing of your script will work

[still forum]

instead ob breakTo you can just use break and get rid of scopeName and that mess

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

[idle sierra]

hey guys, im new to script code, so forgive me if this is a little handholdy

how would you write a script where you add a crew to an empty vehicle on init?

ive tried customizing vehicle crews from the config.cpp route, and its an insane hassle just to get more than 3 into a vehicle, i was wondering if its any easier using scripts.

[past wagon]

@willow hound I added in some placeholder values to test it and I am getting an error on line 11. it says undefined variable

if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") then { _spawnLocations = [0, 500, 0]; };
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations; //ERROR HERE

[little raptor]

because it's not

_spawnLocations is only defiend inside the scope

[past wagon]

yeah

okay

do i remove the underscore?

[little raptor]

🙄

[past wagon]

idk

[little raptor]

_spawnLocations = call {
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[0, 500, 0];};
  ....
};

but better to use arrays

or hashmaps

[past wagon]

okay

_spawnLocations = call {
if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

does that look better?

@little raptor

[little raptor]

missing ;

[past wagon]

oh

[little raptor]

also it won't work

[past wagon]

why not

[little raptor]

selectRandom _spawnLocations
returns a number

[past wagon]

and its supposed to be an array?

[little raptor]

have you ever seen a position as a number?! (hey go to grid 1 )

[past wagon]

no?

idk

so how do i fix it and make it return as an array instead of a number?

[willow hound]

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

Fix it by making it an array of positions.

[past wagon]

dont I already have an array of positions??

{[0, 500, 0];};

[little raptor]

you have an array of numbers [0, 500, 0] 🙄

[past wagon]

ok

do i just need to add another set of brackets? []

[little raptor]

yes

[past wagon]

ok

_spawnLocations = call {
if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

[little raptor]

now it works

[willow hound]

Now it's an array of one position, selectRandom will always return the same position.

[past wagon]

yay

ok

so...

well yea they are all the same coords

oh and i only put in one set of coordinates per player

just for testing

[willow hound]

As long as you're aware of that, we're good 🙂

[past wagon]

yep

thanks

wait i got undefined variable again

[little raptor]

did you exit the mission or just restart it?

[past wagon]

i went back into the editor

and saved it

[little raptor]

there is no undefined variable in that code

it's from somewhere else

[past wagon]

well it says line 13

_spawnLocations = call {
if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

and variable _spawnLocations

[little raptor]

there is nothing wrong with that

[past wagon]

lemme try it again

it wont let me paste the image of the error message into discord

[surreal peak]

couldnt that be condensed with a forLoop with

roleDescription player == format["Player %1",_x]

[past wagon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/793759503115223053/818593070915911761/error_message_3.8.21.PNG

[willow hound]

The end goal is different _spawnLocations for each player.

[surreal peak]

ah

have you tried putting selectRandom _spawnLocations; in brackets like (selectRandom _spawnLocations); I know some languages are finiky like that

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setPos the comments all do that

[little raptor]

it's perfectly fine

read the rules of precedence

[willow hound]

What if we are in the case I described earlier?

[past wagon]

if you guys cant find the error, then I certainly cant 🤷‍♂️

[little raptor]

there is no error

[past wagon]

im just gonna restart arma

[surreal peak]

post the rest of your code if it still doesnt work

[willow hound]

What if roleDescription player matches none of provided ones?

[past wagon]

WAIT

am i a fucking retard

nope

for a second i thought i might have pasted it into the wrong mission file

[little raptor]

then this is your problem
#arma3_scripting message

[past wagon]

oh

[little raptor]

provide a default pos

[past wagon]

wait

[little raptor]

_spawnLocations = call {
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
  [[0, 500, 0]];
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

[past wagon]

that just adds a default pos?

[willow hound]

Where is the money indent Lebowski Leopard?

[past wagon]

i dont understand what the array at the bottom does

[spice axle]

that is a default return value

[past wagon]

okay

but how exactly does it work?

[spice axle]

If the role description is not Player 0 to 9 like Player 10 he still needs a spawnLocation and this is the default value

[past wagon]

okay

[spice axle]

I'm not what that script should do

[past wagon]

wait

[spice axle]

That is a very bad coding style

[willow hound]

oof

[little raptor]

what is mr genious?

[past wagon]

by any chance do the role descriptions actually have to have quotations?

or are they just strings?

[willow hound]

In the Editor?

[past wagon]

yea

in the editor

[willow hound]

Don't need quotes there

[past wagon]

ok

[spice axle]

I mean why do u call it and not just taking a normal switch case

[past wagon]

well all the role descriptions match up with the ones in the code

so i dont know what the problem is

[little raptor]

faster

[spice axle]

Isn't there a break statement now?

[little raptor]

but the fastest solution is hashmaps here

[spice axle]

And to call a script is faster then just execute the script?

[little raptor]

which I'm not in the mood to explain to a newbie

[spark turret]

Its a one time check for 9 players. Performance dont mattee

That code looks shite

Needs a foreach loop or switch case

[past wagon]

*10 players

dont forget about Player 0 you will hurt his feelings

[willow hound]

Modify the end of the script like this and tell me what Arma gives you when you try with that:

systemChat str _spawnLocations;
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

[past wagon]

ok

[willow hound]

Ah nevermind, it gives you undefined variable lol

[spark turret]

Elegance in coding is the opposite of performance. And when performance doesnt matter, i pick elegance

[spice axle]

I'm not a newbie. Hashmaps would the best solution. But I agree with the faster execution against a switch but why call that function

[past wagon]

ok

[little raptor]

switch balala do {}
is still calling a code
so is if (blabla) then {}

plus call has a very minor performance penalty (<0.0004ms)

[spice axle]

_spawnLocations = call {
  // why do it here
};

and not here

_spawnLocations = [0,0,0];
if (blabla) exitWith{};

[little raptor]

because it exits the entire script

[spice axle]

Yeah I mean then

U could try to just answer my question

[spark turret]

Just put it in a if( true) then

[little raptor]

in which case you check the if multiple times

[little raptor]

you wanna copy paste code? be my guest

[spice axle]

Thanks for just answering the question. I mean that is ugly as hell, not sure if (<0.0004ms) is worth it

[spark turret]

I meant to keep avoid exiting the whole script with exitWith, yoi make an obsolete if statement.
It was a joke

[past wagon]

_spawnLocations = call {
if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[0, 500, 0]];};
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

any news about wth is wrong with this script?

is my arma broken?

[spice axle]

No default at the end

#arma3_scripting message
use this

[past wagon]

yea but why do i need a default

i know but that wont work when i add in actual arrays with a bunch of coords

right?

[spice axle]

if ur roleDescription does not match one of the above u will run into a error

[past wagon]

okay then lets fix the error instead of making a default coordinate

[willow hound]

You said all the role descriptions align, so you shouldn't need a default, which makes this very interesting.

Is it vanilla Arma @past wagon?

[past wagon]

yes

and these coordinate arrays are completely for testing purposes

i am going to add in 10 different sets of coords for each player

[spice axle]

Just paste your added coords one

[past wagon]

well i still have to get the coords

that will take like an hour to do

[spice axle]

So it works with default, but not without?

[past wagon]

no no no

[still forum]

Just go into your mission

[past wagon]

im so fucking confused

[still forum]

type "roleDescription player" in debug console and see what comes out
You say its correct, but did you actually check?

[past wagon]

the default is basically just "if the script doesnt work then just put them here". right?

[spice axle]

no its if your statement is not true use this

And u have 10 if statements

[past wagon]

the role descriptions are Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, etc.

[still forum]

Did you check yes?

[past wagon]

not just "player"

[still forum]

Or do you think they should be?

[past wagon]

I am confused

[still forum]

Please just go and check

[little raptor]

#arma3_scripting message

[past wagon]

okay

in the editor or in the mission?

[little raptor]

in the mission

[past wagon]

ok

i get this:
""

[little raptor]

do you see the problem now?

[past wagon]

not at all

[spice axle]

Did u try in multiplayer?

[past wagon]

not yet

[spice axle]

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

[little raptor]

🙄

[spice axle]

Does not work in single player.

[past wagon]

bruh

[still forum]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/664809593859211264.png?v=1

[spice axle]

Why would u not just want to give the unit a var name

It is so much easier

[past wagon]

idk

[willow hound]

It's more complicated to check player == Player1 because you have to pay attention with isNil "Player1" and fun stuff like that

[still forum]

"Does not work in single player." that shouldn't be a problem here

[little raptor]

vehicleVarName

[still forum]

the script is obviously checking multiple players

so its obviously intended to be multiplayer

[past wagon]

wait if I host a LAN server will it work

[spice axle]

But if the is execute that stuff in single player

[past wagon]

even if I am the only one on the server

[still forum]

did you test in editor preview?
There is singleplayer and multiplayer Eden editor

yes. Multiplayer editor is local hosted LAN

[still forum]

but who cares if this is a multiplayer mission

[spice axle]

no

wait

[still forum]

Scrolling up I see so many people making bad recommendations and steering in the wrong direction

[spice axle]

He is just testing that stuff in singleplayer and not multiplayer. He should switch to multiplayer editor

That's why it isn't working

[still forum]

Yes. I just wrote that above

[spice axle]

Yeah me too with my comment, u just misunderstood that

[willow hound]

Smart; I didn't think of that. Only read about the existence of those commands a few days ago in fact.
Either way, I originally proposed using roleDescription, and here we are

[past wagon]

okay it does work in multiplayer

[spice axle]

Yeah

[spark turret]

anyone one what that error means?

22:52:51 Trying to add inventory item with empty name to object [Sharpshooter]
22:52:51 Trying to add inventory item with empty name to object [Heavy Gunner]
22:52:57 [ACRE] (sys_io) INFO: Pipe error: Read CreateFileA WinErrCode: 2
22:53:13 [CBA] (optics) INFO: Scripted camera restarted.
22:53:13 [ACRE] (sys_io) INFO: Pipe error: Read CreateFileA WinErrCode: 2
22:53:22 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'bis_fnc_objectvar'
22:53:22 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'bis_fnc_objectvar'
22:53:22 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'bis_fnc_objectvar'
22:53:22 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'bis_fnc_objectvar'

it goes on for another 200 lines

[still forum]

which

there are 5 different messages in there

[little raptor]

you're probably passing a local object to a remote target

[spark turret]

hm that sounds like an equipement script could cause it ?

add local magazine to server owned unit, like that

[still forum]

Isn't 'bis_fnc_objectvar' the function that remoteExec tried to execute? does it make sense to call that via remoteExec? as its basically a getter?

also I think that stuff is done by vanilla

No 5 @little raptor

[little raptor]

Trying to add inventory item with empty name to object
[ACRE] (sys_io) INFO: Pipe error:
[CBA] (optics) INFO: Scripted camera restarted.
A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'bis_fnc_objectvar'
😛

I'm just messing around tho 🙃

[still forum]

[Sharpshooter]

[little raptor]

but it's the same kind of error 😜

[spark turret]

i got a script that re-equips units into terrorist style, called through cba spawn eventhandler on class "man"

maybe that causes it. not really improtant bc some other poop auto disconnects me on serverjoin with no error message

Eh arma reboot fixed it. Probably some battleeye crap

[grim coyote]

Does it matter if I use netid array or object array using remoteExec? (network bytes wise)

[past wagon]

sleep 60;
    while { true } do {
      waitUntil { sleep 1; alive player };
      if !(player inArea "EndZone") then
      {
        player setDamage 0.05;
      };
    };

[surreal peak]

while true bad

[past wagon]

i want to give players 60 seconds to get to a specific zone before they start taking damage

whats bad about it?

[surreal peak]

Whenever I have had a script with one, it just ends really poorly for performance. You really need an exit condition

use triggers

[frigid lodge]

Hey everyone, quick question can you check to see if a door will open inwards or outwards?

[past wagon]

okay

what if I want the exit condition to be until there is one player left

how would I go about that?

[drifting sky]

Does emptyPositions include in its count seats which have a dead body in them?

[past wagon]

sleep 60;
    while { true } do {
      waitUntil { sleep 1; alive player };
      if !(player inArea "EndZone") then
      {
        player setDamage 0.05;
      };
    };
``` this script doesnt seem to be doing 0.05 damage to players who are not in the zone after 60 seconds. what could be the problem?

[past wagon]

it seems to be able to do 1 damage and instantly kill the player, but cant do smaller increments of damage

[willow hound]

Well, it is setDamage, not addDamage.

[past wagon]

OH

if I change it will it work?

[past wagon]

i changed it and it still doesnt seem to be applying any damage

[willow hound]

There is no addDamage command 🙂

You have to get the current value, add the amount of damage you want to add to that value and then use setDamage with the result.

[hallow mortar]

_currentDamage = damage player;
_newDamage = (_currentDamage + 0.05);
player setDamage _newDamage;```

[little raptor]

because you don't put a sleep in it

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

I don't think so, but not sure either.
You can try killing the vehicle crew see what it returns

[broken forge]

Is there a way in which I can create an option to enable or disable the alarm part of my script before the mission starts? ```sqf
soundAlarm = {
if (isNil "AlarmHasGoneOff") then {
AlarmHasGoneOff = true;

        deleteWaypoint [grp4, 1];
        wp1 = grp4 addWaypoint [getMarkerPos "marker_0", 0];
        [grp4, getMarkerPos "marker_0"] call BIS_fnc_taskAttack;

        // Comment or Delete waitUntil {} Field if an Alarm is Not Needed or Desirable
        waitUntil {
            _alarm = createSoundSource ["Sound_Alarm", getMarkerPos "marker_0", [], 0];
            (EAST knowsAbout player) == 0;
        };
    };
};

{
    _x addEventHandler ["firedMan", {
        _x removeEventHandler ["firedMan", _thisEventHander];
        [] spawn soundAlarm;
    }];
} forEach (units grp0 + units grp1 + units grp2 + units grp3);

[hallow mortar]

Yes, parameters (secondary params in the article)
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mission_Parameters

[little raptor]

waitUntil {
_alarm = createSoundSource ["Sound_Alarm", getMarkerPos "marker_0", [], 0];
(EAST knowsAbout player) == 0;
};
will spawn many alarms

disable the alarm part of my script before the mission starts?
not sure what you mean

[drifting sky]

Is there a script command to order a medic to heal a unit?

[little raptor]

no
it has to be scripted

there is an action for healing
but again it won't "order" the unit to do it

[broken forge]

@little raptor how would I fix the spawning of many alarms? For the Disable or Enable the Alarm, I'm looking at like creating a mission param that can be selected before mission start while in the lobby.

[drifting sky]

alright, so i'll have the medic move to the person who needs healing first

[hallow mortar]

Yes, mission params are exactly what you need. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Mission_Parameters

[drifting sky]

is there a generic move to (a person whom may be moving)

so that they will follow that person until they reach them?

[little raptor]

no

[drifting sky]

fucking hell

[little raptor]

you have to put it in a loop

doMove and moveTo (moveTo requires doStop in A3, not sure about A2)

[little raptor]

create the alarm soundSource
waitUntil {sleep 1; condition}
delete sound source

(EAST knowsAbout player) == 0;
probably will never happen

or at least it'll take forever

[broken forge]

What should I use as a condition?

Would something along the lines of once the reinforcements, or enemies in the area have been eliminated work?

[sacred slate]

plz help ```sqf
_selection = allGroups select {side _x isEqualTo west};
player hcSetGroup [_selection,""];

[little raptor]

help with what?

player hcSetGroup (allGroups select {side _x isEqualTo west} apply {[_x, ""]})

[sacred slate]

thx @little raptor

[wind hedge]

I want to create random sounds around the player but I don't want other players to hear these sounds (local to the client only), I should use Say3D right? Because playSound3D says is only local while say3D is marked as both Global and Local on the wiki and so it got me confused...

[sacred slate]

plz halp again 😄 ```sqf
player addAction [([getPos player select 0, getpos player select 1, 500]), (random 360), "O_Heli_Attack_02_F", EAST] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;

i some how have to wrap

well i even dont have a menu item title lol

i can do it with a sqf, but i don't wan't too

[orchid stone]

are module functions executed in scheduled or unscheduled?

[hollow thistle]

Scheduled. You can always check by logging output of canSuspend

[orchid stone]

thank you!

[sacred slate]

i got it. player addAction ["a useless action that does nothing", {[([getPos player select 0, getpos player select 1, 500]), (random 360), "O_Heli_Attack_02_F", EAST] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;}];

[tidal ferry]

Question, is it possible to save a loadout to profileNamespace and have a script that can load it up later?

Looking into making a script for my guys that would preserve loadouts between missions

Nvm, got it, thanks!

[cloud thunder]

Is there a smarter way to detect dense jungle areas or positions in Tanoa?
Trying to hide some IEDs/traps amongst the foliage.

count nearestTerrainObjects [position player, ["FOREST","FOREST BORDER", "FOREST TRIANGLE", "FOREST SQUARE"], 20000, false, true]
```returns 0
```sqf
count nearestLocations [position player, ["VegetationBroadleaf", "VegetationFir", "VegetationPalm", "VegetationVineyard"], 20000]
```returns 0
```sqf
isLush = (count nearestTerrainObjects [position player, ["TREE","SMALL TREE","BUSH"], 15, false, true]) > 14
```Gives me fairly acceptable results. Better alternatives?

[cloud thunder]

hmm so maybe selectBestPlaces?

[tough abyss]

hello! can i give you guys two trigger requirements and you can string them together for me so it only goes off when both are met?

[little raptor]

selectBestPlaces

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

[little raptor]

say3D is marked as both Global and Local
One is for effect , the other is for arguments

say3D has local effect

[tough abyss]

@tough abyss what are you trying to do

[wet prawn]

Wanting to set up a trigger that stops firing the tracer module once a target has been shot.

[tough abyss]

shot or dead

[wet prawn]

using the pop up targets, so when they get shot and go down, i would like the tracer module to stop

[real tartan]

is there a way to respawn as enemy? So I start blufor, die, and respawn as opfor without leaving to lobby ?

[spark turret]

onPlayerRespawn.sqf and then set to a different position, new loadout, new side

[modern path]

i need some advise, how can i damage a unit (ace medical) without killing it, but still making it unconsious?

(using a script)

[manic sigil]

I tried to pass a vehicle to a script, using [vehiclenamehere] execVM "Script", but the first task is a getpos _this and it's complaining that _this is an array, not an object... but shouldn't it be the vehicle? o.0

[winter rose]

nope!

[manic sigil]

._.

[winter rose]

you are passing [vehicle], this is the argument itself (you could pass player, "", etc)

use params to name inner array values!

// e.g
player execVM "file.sqf"; // _this = player
[player] execVM "file.sqf"; // _this = [player]
``````sqf
// and in file.sqf
params ["_unit"];

_unit setDamage 1; // player is killed

the good thing is that params works for both player and [player]

[manic sigil]

I realized it just as you said it... ofc I was adding an extra layer of []'s

T_T

[winter rose]

it happens, this is called the rubber duck method 😛 when explaining to someone, the solution reveals itself

[manic sigil]

This is true.

I'm writing a scene, actually a bonus for exploration, where the player can call in supporting fire after destroying a jamming device, but the subsequent chaotic mess of communications and the desperate situation means that everything available gets used - read, randomly select three types of fire support per target, from VLS to mortars to a cluster bomb.

So wrapping my head around creating and calling functions.

But I couldn't get spawn to work for the life of me, and call doesn't allow for sleep, so it's not useful for mortar or arty, where I want multiple, spaced hits.

But I think Spawn may have been failing for the same reason I couldn't get Exec to work

Yup, just so T_T I thought the [] was required to pass anything to a function

So Calls can't suspend, but Spawns can... do Spawns stop the thread they're running on until theyre complete?

For instance, if I had each of my functions generated in the same .sqf that they're called in, and ended with:
target spawn fnc_mortar;
target spawn fnc_bomb;
target spawn fnc_arty;

would fnc_mortar have to finish before fnc_bomb could begin?

Think I figured it out, nvm

And my random call idea works out :3 This is going to be such a hot mess

[still forum]

public variables yes, otherwise no

[manic sigil]

Ugh... spent all this time making my target jump around randomly, then remembered that BIS_fnc_randomPos exists T_T

On the plus side tho, the heli-rocket attack is 🔥

Now i just gotta make it look good, since I'm spawning in the rockets instead of relying on the heli to take the shot

[wind hedge]

will this work: SQF _result = surfaceIsWater (getPosWorld player); _result

I am asking because I know it works with (getPos player)

but getPosWorld is faster so...

[still forum]

It takes a 2D position

so whatever height format you use doesn't matter

[winter rose]

↑ so basically yes ^^

[manic sigil]

Similar question;

pickle = getpos player; 
[pickle select 0,pickle select 1,(pickle select 2)+15]

is spawning the thing that follows on the ground :/ I've checked each value, and it should be 15 meters above me.

[winter rose]

how do you position the object? try maybe getPosASL/setPosASL?

[manic sigil]

ASL seems to have done it. Ugh T_T

[graceful pewter]

Do I need a script to get the AI to use a searchlight in a side to side sweep?

The item is from CUP

[worthy spade]

BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd has some built in occlusion property, so the action doesn't show up if there's something blocking your view . Is there a way to turn this off?

[winter rose]

nope, but add the action on the unit itself

[cosmic lichen]

it's probably part of the addAction command

[worthy spade]

Oh, that's brilliant actually. Thanks.

[winter rose]

note that then you do not have to aim at the object itself… which may defeat the purpose?

[worthy spade]

It won't.

Close proximity is enough.

[winter rose]

kewl! you can even add that proximity thing as action display condition 🙂

[hushed tendon]

Anyway to remove the players ability to move but allow them to use the map and scroll wheel options while then being able to give them back control? I'm thinking enableSimulation but I can't seem to get it to work for a group of players in MP.

[winter rose]

yes, by using the key pressed event handler on display 46 (main display) iirc

[hushed tendon]

Yeah no clue what that means. Still fairly new to scripts

[winter rose]

oh ok! sorry for the deep dive :p

[spark turret]

i have an EH that fires on inventory openend, and i check if the container is a dead man unit, if so i want to close the inv.
closeDialog 602 didnt work, any suggestions?

[finite jackal]

Return true to override inventory opening

[spark turret]

as a return value in the eventhandler?

[winter rose]

yes

[spark turret]

thats a new one in arma. ill try that

any other EH use that?

[winter rose]

yes

😁

[spark turret]

coolio it works now

[finite jackal]

Inb4 Lou says to look at the wiki

[tidal ferry]

Anyone know how to go about getting the pos of a playable unit in multiplayer, before it's initialized? As in, the position of exactly where it was placed in the 3den editor

Looking to make a script where players who are loading in have a choice of either spawning in at their unit's default location on base, or spawning at other locations elsewhere on the map

[winter rose]

save a getPosASL somewhere 🙂

[tidal ferry]

But I mean, before it's initialized on first spawn

So like, player's just loaded in, gone through role screen, and is at the first respawn screen to load in at the 3den placed pos or somewhere else

[winter rose]

grab it as soon as the unit is created?

[tidal ferry]

Potentially before the unit is created, like grabbing the data on where the unit was placed in 3den

[winter rose]

but that ^ can be a simple add Respawn position function call, no?

[tidal ferry]

Yeah, but the trick is the position- I'm looking to make a script that can get that position locally, on each player client, so that every playable unit has a respawn unique to that unit on the exact position it was placed in the editor

I just don't know how to get the position, or if it's possible

[worthy willow]

You can access the SQM by adding to your description.ext (Credit: KillzoneKid)

class MissionSQM
{
    #include "mission.sqm"
};

So you can find all units pos

You have to do conversions

as they are stored in a different format

[tidal ferry]

Hmmm, okay, sweet

Will it break if the missionSQM happens to be binarized?

[worthy willow]

Don't know

[tidal ferry]

Sounds good, I'll do some testing

[still forum]

yes

[tidal ferry]

Darn

[hushed tendon]

Anyway to remove the players ability to move but allow them to use the map and scroll wheel options while then being able to give them back control?

[worthy willow]

KeyDown eventhandler

returning true will override key press

[hushed tendon]

I'm not sure I understand.

Actually nvm

I'm just dumb

[tough abyss]

hmmm would sqf while{goggles _x != "G_Respirator_white_F";} forEach units group player; do { _x setdamage (damage _x + 0.05);} forEach units group player; sleep 1;

work or am i messing up my magic variable placment again

[tidal ferry]

Hey, any way to get the variable name of a certain object? E.g. if I want to get the variable name of the local player's unit

[still forum]

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

[tidal ferry]

Forget the command for that

Sick, thanks!

[tough abyss]

@still forum since you here can you havce a look at that code i just wrote

sorry to bother

[still forum]

I already left

I only join for a few seconds to read things, and then move on

Eh I mean..
You've reached Dedmens mailbox, please leave your message after the beep. beeeep

[tough abyss]

k sorry man have a good one

[tidal ferry]

Alright, more dumb questions 😂 Trying to figure out what the best way would be to have the function search through the mission.sqm to find the entry for the local player's unit, so that it can pull the pos from that entry

What would be the best way to go about searching through a mission.sqm's mission entry for that entity?

That reaction doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling

[tidal ferry]

No clue where to even start, but I'm looking into using select to search config in missionNameSpace, then description.ext, then the missionSQM class and all the way down the tree to entities

Just need to figure out how it's structured, any tips would be welcome 😂

[hushed tendon]

To be fully honest I have no clue how to implement a keydown event handler to keep the player from moving. Anyone mind give me some tips?

[tidal ferry]

Okay, what's the function to pull a variable from a config entry? getVariable right?

getMissionConfigValue ("MissionSQM" >> "Mission" >> "Entities" >> "Item0" >> "Entities" >> "Item0" >> "Attributes" >> "name");

Anyone know what's wrong with my syntax?

[still forum]

Read wiki

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

[tidal ferry]

I already am, can't figure out what I'm getting wrong

Syntax-wise I mean

[still forum]

Read the examples?

about everything is wrong

>> doesn't take string
getMissionConfigValue doesn't take config

thats not at all how that command works

See wiki

[tidal ferry]

Okay, so then it'd look more like getMissionConfigValue ("MissionSQM >> Mission >> Entities[etc]")?

Or would I be using /'s?

[willow hound]

What are you even trying to do?

[still forum]

What

Where on tha wiki page does it say anything about "MissionSQM" or using getMissionConfigValue with >>

Cuz I don't see it

The command takes a string.

[tidal ferry]

No, okay, so from earlier, someone gave me some code that adds the mission.sqm into the description.ext as a class

[still forum]

And as I said >> still doesn't take a string on the left side

[tidal ferry]

This post

I know it takes a string

But I don't know how that string needs to be formatted

[winter rose]

still doesn't take a string

[still forum]

That command is useless for what you're trying to do

Would help if people wouldn't only credit a name (and the wrong name at that) but instead link the source so that people can read up on it by themselves.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionConfigFile
Scroll down.

[tidal ferry]

Thank you, reading through now

Hallelujah, finally got it

[tough abyss]

Stupid question from a noob. Is there a mod/way to add triggers(F3 in editor) to zeus? I want to add repair/healing areas on a dedicated vps playing Overthrow Plus. I can get it working in the editor but can't figure out how to recreate it in our current game. I've thought about how I could do it manually in the .pbo(private group -- no key check) but I feel like I'm over complicating this. I'd appreciate any guidance to get me back on track.

[spark turret]

you can edit missions while having their savefiles intact

ive done it with liberation

no idea how savefiles work tho

[willow hound]

Is Event Handler code (re-) compiled every time the EH fires?

[past wagon]

//PLAYER SPAWN RANDOMIZATION
_spawnLocations = call {
if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500], [, , 500]]; };
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

I am getting an error on line 2: missing ;

where do I put the ; ?

[slim oyster]

can't have empty elements in your arrays

you can also use a switch statement instead of the call return

[past wagon]

yea im not done putting in the values

but why does it say there is a missing ; on line 2? will that be fixed when I finish putting in the values?

[slim oyster]

yes

[past wagon]

okay, thanks

[slim oyster]

private _spawnLocations = switch (roleDescription player) do {
    case "Player 0": {
        [[0, 0, 0], [100, 100, 0]]
    };
    case "Player 1": {
        [[10, 10, 0], [110, 110, 0]]
    };
    default {
        [[0, 0, 0], [100, 100, 0]]
    };
};
player setPosATL selectRandom _spawnLocations;

[past wagon]

is that more efficient than the current script i have?

[worthy willow]

You could use the new HashMap data type

🙂

[slim oyster]

true

[worthy willow]

And yes a Call is faster that a Switch but you are calling roleDescription a lot so the performance gain is probably canceled out.

[spark turret]

i really dont believe that a call is faster in the end. its stated sometimes but it makes zero sense for a compiler to have abstraction be slower.

[little raptor]

yes

[little raptor]

use vectorAdd instead of [pickle select 0,pickle select 1,(pickle select 2)+15]

[little raptor]

maybe a simple _unit setVariable ["ACE_isUnconscious", true, true] will do it? (I've forgotten how it worked)

[little raptor]

use animStateChanged instead

_unit addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
params ["_unit", "_anim"];
if (_anim select [0,4] != "amov" || _anim select [9,3] != "stp") then {
  _unit playMoveNow format ["amovp%1mstpsrasw%2dnon", _anim select [5,3], _anim select [17,3]];
};
}];

remove the EH to restore the ability to move

[little raptor]

it used to. I think Dedmen fixed it, but not sure

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

It can be 25% to 50% faster
in sqf every {} that is executed is a call.

if () then {};
switch () do {};
while {} do {};

call simply executes the code ( {} )

for a compiler

sqf is never compiled to machine code or something
it is interpreted I believe

[past wagon]

does initPlayerLocal.sqf execute when a player connects to the server or selects a role and joins the mission?

[willow hound]

The latter

[tough abyss]

little help plz sqf while {{goggles _x != "G_Respirator_white_F"} forEach units group player;} do { {_x setdamage (damage _x + 0.1)} forEach units group player }; sleep 10;

this is killing the player outright when it triggers instead of damaging over time

[little raptor]

your sleep is outside the loop

[tough abyss]

while {{goggles _x != "G_Respirator_white_F"} forEach units group player;}
     do {
        {_x setdamage (damage _x + 0.1)} forEach units group player; sleep 10;
        };```

better

[little raptor]

no

it's wrong

[willow hound]

That condition looks to me like only the last element of units group player actually has an impact.

[little raptor]

yes

it damages everyone if the last guy doesn't have a respirator!

[tough abyss]

well it damages the unit so thats a win considiering i cam up with this code off the top of my head at 4am

yeah im stumped a little help on how to get it to only damage the one not wearing the mask

[little raptor]

while {true} do {
  {
    if (goggles _x != "G_Respirator_white_F") then {
      _x setdamage (damage _x + 0.1);
    };
  } forEach units player;
  sleep 10;
};

the loop goes on forever, so if someone takes their mask off later they'll take damage

[tough abyss]

still i was pretty close considering my rather lacking scripting knowledge

[glass bridge]

do you wish to trigger this in a specific area only? Asking as a HAZMAT professional and if a trigger will be used in combination with this.

[north plaza]

hi im trying to get the classnames of some vehicle weapons to use with the addweaponturret command

[tough abyss]

@glass bridge im hoping to use it interchangably in triggers and for entire map

probs have to modify for triggers

[north plaza]

and no i cant use the arma wiki because they are from a mod

[little raptor]

I'm not sure what kind of weapons you want

I think vehicle weapons are of type 65536
but I don't think you can modify those

("getNumber (_x >> 'scope') >= 1 && {getNumber (_x >> 'type') == 65536}" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgWeapons")) apply {configName _x}

gives you all weapons defined in the config and of type 65536

[past wagon]

//PLAYER SPAWN RANDOMIZATION
_spawnLocations = call {
if (roleDescription player == "Player 0") exitWith {[[12294, 19176, 500], [15415, 22406, 500], [3203, 20058, 500], [10218, 17779, 500], [4071, 20452, 500], [11914, 21564, 500], [4587, 22501, 500], [4207, 17277, 500], [9634, 18172, 500], [3081, 19081, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 1") exitWith {[[4587, 19665, 500], [8522, 19217, 500], [11941, 22596, 500], [6649, 22229, 500], [3990, 21117, 500], [14601, 23179, 500], [6310, 17372, 500], [5102, 20262, 500], [16554, 21863, 500], [7111, 17738, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 2") exitWith {[[7993, 22772, 500], [7002, 19597, 500], [3230, 21008, 500], [7328, 21442, 500], [11018, 17901, 500], [9227, 19692, 500], [6201, 19000, 500], [9974, 21632, 500], [4777, 21374, 500], [8603, 21809, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 3") exitWith {[[7572, 22080, 500], [6595, 20696, 500], [8481, 18457, 500], [11643, 20506, 500], [10353, 21035, 500], [, , 500], [4424, 18606, 500], [6215, 20262, 500], [14424, 20628, 500], [14343, 22283, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 4") exitWith {[[7450, 18715, 500], [5632, 20750, 500], [5591, 18661, 500], [8780, 20397, 500], [9458, 17317, 500], [10109, 19923, 500], [5102, 17969, 500], [12999, 21184, 500], [15089, 21686, 500], [12823, 22392, 500]]; };

if (roleDescription player == "Player 5") exitWith {[[6215, 21836, 500], [5998, 19461, 500], [10109, 20547, 500], [15835, 21320, 500], [2972, 21741, 500], [5442, 19855, 500], [8698, 23464, 500], [8291, 20886, 500], [7680, 19258, 500], [12131, 19828, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 6") exitWith {[[5496, 22121, 500], [13596, 22134, 500], [3990, 17982, 500], [9051, 21252, 500], [10245, 19149, 500], [6649, 21347, 500], [6717, 18552, 500], [12606, 20560, 500], [4763, 21904, 500], [8183, 17331, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 7") exitWith {[[3433, 18647, 500], [7911, 20180, 500], [8033, 21564, 500], [12524, 21564, 500], [14044, 19963, 500], [3963, 19543, 500], [11290, 19583, 500], [11168, 21917, 500], [10638, 18620, 500], [3976, 22053, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 8") exitWith {[[13569, 22867, 500], [8793, 17819, 500], [13637, 20615, 500], [5116, 19217, 500], [11208, 21239, 500], [14994, 20913, 500], [7287, 20615, 500], [9567, 22229, 500], [16093, 22039, 500], [5265, 17290, 500]]; };
if (roleDescription player == "Player 9") exitWith {[[9485, 20574, 500], [4641, 20723, 500], [8712, 22772, 500], [9349, 18796, 500], [10856, 20262, 500], [5971, 21171, 500], [7599, 18091, 500], [14112, 21429, 500], [5944, 18091, 500], [11358, 18593, 500]]; };
};
player setPos selectRandom _spawnLocations;

this script is not working and i dont know why

not even giving me an error message

[little raptor]

where are you even executing that?

[slim oyster]

@past wagon you have an array with empty elements still

[past wagon]

its in the initPlayerLocal.sqf file

wait which array has empty elements

[slim oyster]

player 3

[little raptor]

[, , 500]

[past wagon]

FUCK

lol

lemme fix that

[slim oyster]

get a linter

[noble heart]

ik this is a basic script but can sombody make me a jet deletion script its name is jet1 and everything i look at dosent make any sense to me cause i dont know shit about coding

[little raptor]

wdym jet deletion?

[noble heart]

so like once it reaches a trigger it deletes the jet for extra cpu space

so i can put more ai if need be

[cosmic lichen]

You can do that inside the waypoint

[little raptor]

CPU space
?!
anyway, you can define an area and use deleteVehicle if the jet runs outside the area

[cosmic lichen]

deleteVehicle <someWPVariableThatIDontRemember>

[noble heart]

so just deleteVehicle jet1?

[north plaza]

im talking about about the classnames like they use in addweaponurret like as an example to add a 6.5mm rcws turret for the driver you would put "this addweaponturret ["lmg_rcws",[-1]]; its the lmg rcws part that im looking for

[cosmic lichen]

No, I need to check

[noble heart]

mk

[little raptor]

and what I showed you gives you ALL vehicle weapons

[slim oyster]

waypoint magic var would return the pilot so

deleteVehicle vehicle this

in your waypoint onAct

[noble heart]

just that?

[glass bridge]

@tough abyss I'm working on a solution, just give me a moment :)

[north plaza]

do i put that in the init field of the vehicle or the .sqf of the mission

[little raptor]

it's literally just:

[thisTrigger] spawn {
params ["_trigger"];
while {triggerActivated _trigger} do {
  {
    if (goggles _x != "G_Respirator_white_F") then {
      _x setdamage (damage _x + 0.1);
    };
  } forEach units player;
  sleep 10;
};
};

[slim oyster]

oh heh, you'd probably also want to delete the pilot

[cosmic lichen]

yes

[glass bridge]

Does spawn work with sleep?

[cosmic lichen]

deleteVehicle vehicle this;
crew vehicle this apply {deleteVehicle _x};

[noble heart]

this didint even work

[slim oyster]

deleteVehicleCrew?

[cosmic lichen]

is there a command ? 😮

yeah, right. I used that one before

wait, deleteVehicleCrew can also only delete one crew member at a time. So not so useful afterall

[little raptor]

Again, it returns all class names in the config as an array.
There's no guarantee any of them would work on your vehicle

[little raptor]

{deleteVehicle _x} forEach ([vehicle this] + crew vehicle this);

[cosmic lichen]

Yeah, why not

[slim oyster]

wow no apply

[cosmic lichen]

unused _foreachIndex 🔥

[little raptor]

[slim oyster]

for "i"

[noble heart]

none of those worked

i put them in exactally as stated

[cosmic lichen]

but tbh, isn't it weird deleteVehicleCrew has no alt syntax to just get rid of the entire crew of a vehicle?

[slim oyster]

quite strange

[cosmic lichen]

They work. I tested it

[noble heart]

then what am i doing wrong

[slim oyster]

It's probably the waypoint field

[little raptor]

yes

[noble heart]

im putting it in as {deleteVehicle _x} forEach ([vehicle this] + crew vehicle this);
under act and it dosent wanna work

[cosmic lichen]

ticket time 😄

[cosmic lichen]

Then your waypoint isn't completed

[noble heart]

heh

[cosmic lichen]

Increase the completion radius under "Transformation" to 50m for testing

[slim oyster]

it's a jet so can probably leave it large

[noble heart]

i dont see anything called completion radius

are you talking about the size?

[slim oyster]

are you using a waypoint or a trigger?

[noble heart]

cause its 250 by 250 by -1

[noble heart]

trigger

[slim oyster]

ah okay

[cosmic lichen]

....

wth

[slim oyster]

haha

[noble heart]

i dont even see that

[slim oyster]

well you can use a trigger as well

just a different magic variable

[little raptor]

_area = [_pos1, _pos2, _pos3, _pos4]; //define a polygon
while {true} do {
{
  if (!isPlayer _x && {!(_x inPolygon _area)}) then {
    {deleteVehicle _x} forEach ([vehicle _x ] + crew vehicle _x );
  };
} forEach allUnits;
sleep 10;
}

[slim oyster]

I think in your case best to use a waypoint though

[noble heart]

all i see under transformation is position rotation size

[noble heart]

that gave me a error

[little raptor]

you can always use something like this:
#arma3_scripting message
deletes any unit that leaves the area 😛

you have to use it in the right place

[noble heart]

heh

[little raptor]

plus you need to define _pos1, etc.

to make a polygon

[noble heart]

wat

my brain is melting slowly

[noble heart]

that still dosent make sense to me

[little raptor]

each position is a 3D array

[x, y, z]

only x and y matter

[little raptor]

you can get those positions in eden 😛

[slim oyster]

you could have used just ! inArea with an invisible marker

regardless

a move waypoint with that onAct would work fine

[little raptor]

example

_pos1 = [1000,2000,0];
_pos2 = [-1000,2000,0];
_pos3 = [-1000,-2000,0];
_pos4 = [1000,2000,0];
_area = [_pos1, _pos2, _pos3, _pos4];

[little raptor]

@noble heart or this
just define an area

[noble heart]

like i said i know nothing about coding/scripting

[little raptor]

or an empty trigger

triggerArea someTrigger

[noble heart]

none of this makes sense i just want a script that i can put into said trigger that deletes the jet that is named jet1

[little raptor]

you can't do it with just a trigger

[cosmic lichen]

I just went a way for making a ticket and now I see you are drawing polygons. Waypoint isn't fancy enough anymore ? 😄

[noble heart]

then how do i even do it

[slim oyster]

I dont think the waypoint was ever utilized

[cosmic lichen]

xD

[slim oyster]

its a tab on the eden editor

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Waypoint

[cosmic lichen]

You know what Eden Editor is missing? Away to export unit layout and attributes, to share with others so we can quickly exchange a setup with beginners

[slim oyster]

Hmm yes it's almost like it needs some sort of extension

[noble heart]

wait do i have to have the trigger and waypoint synced or something

[cosmic lichen]

Well it needs to be vanilla so new comers can easily access it

[little raptor]

@noble heart does your jet even have a waypoint?

is it just one jet?

do you want to delete more units?

[noble heart]

one jet and it has a waypoint to said trigger

[slim oyster]

then in the onActivation field of the waypoint put the aforementioned script

now you got me messed up haha

[noble heart]

which one there are like 50 now

[cosmic lichen]

oh btw

we should really use deleteVehicleCrew

[little raptor]

I think this is referring to the group tho

[cosmic lichen]

there is some weirdness going on if crew is deleted via deleteVehicle

[slim oyster]

yes

no, it refers to group leader

[cosmic lichen]

group leader = pilot

[little raptor]

ok (makes no sense tho)

[slim oyster]

yup

[little raptor]

vehicle is deleted first

[noble heart]

this also dosent even work

[cosmic lichen]

man

it works

I literally copyied it out of the editor

[noble heart]

it doesent

[little raptor]

are you putting that in the waypoint or trigger?

[noble heart]

now im putting that on a waypoint

[past wagon]

For my mission i need the contents of storage crates to be random. I want half of the crates to be equipment crates (with random equipment) and the other half to be weapon crates (with random weapons). The problem is that I want both of these types of crates to be the same mission object. How can I make it so that it only adds weapons to half of the crates and adds equipment to the other half?

[little raptor]

it should work then

[noble heart]

its not

[little raptor]

what is your waypoint type?

[noble heart]

move

[slim oyster]

did you set the waypoint completion radius?

[noble heart]

yeah its 100

[past wagon]

these are the scripts I currently have:

//WEAPON CRATE CONTENTS RANDOMIZATION
private _weaponArray = [["hgun_ACPC2_F", "9Rnd_45ACP_Mag"], ["hgun_P07_F", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F", "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder"], ["hgun_Rook40_F", "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], ["arifle_MX_Black_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_black_mag"], ["SMG_01_F", "30Rnd_45ACP_Mag_SMG_01"], ["srifle_DMR_03_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], ["SMG_03C_TR_black", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], ["arifle_SPAR_01_blk_F", "30Rnd_556x45_Stanag"]];

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";

{
_weapon_and_mag = selectRandom _weaponArray;

_weapon = _weapon_and_mag select 0;
_mag = _weapon_and_mag select 1;

_x addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
_x addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 3];
} forEach _crates;

//EQUIPMENT CRATE CONTENTS RANDOMIZATION
private _itemArray = ["Binocular", "FirstAidKit", "muzzle_snds_L", "optic_Arco_blk_F", "optic_Aco", "optic_Hamr", "optic_ACO_grn", "optic_MRCO", "muzzle_snds_acp", "optic_Holosight_blk_F", "HandGrenade", "SmokeShell", "U_B_FullGhillie_ard", "V_TacVest_oli", "H_HelmetB", "H_HelmetB_camo", "B_AssaultPack_rgr", "B_Carryall_mcamo", "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr"];

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Equip_F";

{
_item = selectRandom _itemArray;

if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
_x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
else
    {

_x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
    }

} forEach _crates;

[cosmic lichen]

just check out the setup

[little raptor]

I literally just tried it and it works (as R3vo said already)

[past wagon]

the way it currently works is that there are separate mission objects for the respective types of crates, but i want to have the same crate types everywhere.

[noble heart]

here go into the vc it dosent even wanna work not sure what your on about

[cosmic lichen]

Send a screenshot of your waypoint setup

[noble heart]

cant

[cosmic lichen]

Upload it to imgur or so

[noble heart]

https://imgur.com/a/T7nNcUF

[cosmic lichen]

Looks fine 🤷‍♀️

[noble heart]

and the jet has a variable name its jet1 if that means anything

[cosmic lichen]

nope

doesn't matter

[noble heart]

AAAAAAA

[cosmic lichen]

B?

[little raptor]

delete the waypoint and put it again then
don't mess with the completion radius or anything
just paste that code

@noble heart also the waypoint must not be offmap

[past wagon]

//WEAPON CRATE CONTENTS RANDOMIZATION
private _weaponArray = [["hgun_ACPC2_F", "9Rnd_45ACP_Mag"], ["hgun_P07_F", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F", "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder"], ["hgun_Rook40_F", "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], ["arifle_MX_Black_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_black_mag"], ["SMG_01_F", "30Rnd_45ACP_Mag_SMG_01"], ["srifle_DMR_03_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], ["SMG_03C_TR_black", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], ["arifle_SPAR_01_blk_F", "30Rnd_556x45_Stanag"]];

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";

{
_weapon_and_mag = selectRandom _weaponArray;

_weapon = _weapon_and_mag select 0;
_mag = _weapon_and_mag select 1;

_x addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
_x addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 3];
} forEach _crates;

//EQUIPMENT CRATE CONTENTS RANDOMIZATION
private _itemArray = ["Binocular", "FirstAidKit", "muzzle_snds_L", "optic_Arco_blk_F", "optic_Aco", "optic_Hamr", "optic_ACO_grn", "optic_MRCO", "muzzle_snds_acp", "optic_Holosight_blk_F", "HandGrenade", "SmokeShell", "U_B_FullGhillie_ard", "V_TacVest_oli", "H_HelmetB", "H_HelmetB_camo", "B_AssaultPack_rgr", "B_Carryall_mcamo", "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr"];

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Equip_F";

{
_item = selectRandom _itemArray;

if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
_x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
else
    {

_x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
    }

} forEach _crates;

I would like to get it so that I can have 50% of crates contain weapons and 50% of crates contain equipment, but I want them to be the same type of crate/mission object.

[noble heart]

still not working and its not

[past wagon]

for each crate, could I make it flip a coin, and if it comes up as equipment, it adds random items from the equipment array, and if it comes up as weapons, it adds random weapons from the weapon array?

[cosmic lichen]

@past wagon You have all the crates in the _crates variable

so just count them

[past wagon]

yea

[cosmic lichen]

divide by 2 (integer only 0,1,2,3,4,5,6..)

and fill half of them with weapons, other half with other stuff

[past wagon]

well yeah but wouldnt it be easier to just have each crate have a 50% chance of being either?

[little raptor]

I don't understand
you want each crate to be half filled with weapon and half filled with ammo?

[past wagon]

no

[little raptor]

or half of the crates to be weapons and the other ammo?

[cosmic lichen]

if (random 1 > 0.5) then {

[past wagon]

i want each crate to either contain weapons + ammo or equipment.

[cosmic lichen]

but that could make you end up with 100% weapons

[past wagon]

i know but there are a fuck ton of crates so odds are that wont happen

I want each crate to have a 50% chance of having weapons added to it, and a 50% chance of having equipment added

[cosmic lichen]

Odds were bad for that guy who won 700 million in the lottery, but still

[noble heart]

use arsenal and blacklist some stuff

[past wagon]

well if the luck comes out that way then it isnt the end of the world

[noble heart]

itl take time but better than rng

[past wagon]

no i am making a battle royale game

[noble heart]

either that or select items

ah

[past wagon]

so its gotta be rng

[cosmic lichen]

_rng = random 1

if (_rnd <= .33) then {weapons}
if (_rnd > 0.33 && < 0.66) then {equipment}
if (_rnd >= 0.66) then {mags}

or you do
_rng = selectRandom [0, 1, 2];

[tough abyss]

okay is call BIN_fnc_CBRNHoseInit a contact only function cause it aint working son

[cosmic lichen]

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

It's not contact only

[austere seal]

how did everyone begin to learn/understand arma coding? little to no prior experience in scripting or coding. did you just trial and error? or is there a website for basics?

[cosmic lichen]

No programmer here as well. I just started with a video tutorial (German though)

[glass bridge]

PAIN. PAIN and suffering. And I still suck.
Mostly Youtube tutorials

[tough abyss]

pain apain and hours of trying code combinations till it sticks

[little raptor]

@past wagon a really simple (but unoptimized solution) is this:

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";
_cratesWithWpn = [];
for "_i" from 1 to count _crates /2 do {
_rand = selectRandom _crates;
_cratesWithWpn  pushBack _rand;
_crates = _crates - [_rand];
};
_cratesWithItems = _crates;

[cosmic lichen]

@austere seal https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Topics start here and read some

[little raptor]

now use each for what you want

[tough abyss]

seriously tho that function isnt working for me to link the gas mask to the pack

[glass bridge]

@tough abyss

params["_thisTrg", ["_goggles", ["G_Respirator_white_F"]], ["_eVehicles", []], ["_addTime", 10], ["_addDamage", 0.1]];

while {true} do {
  {
    if (_x isKindOf "CAManBase" && !(goggles _x in _goggles)) then {
      _x setdamage (damage _x + _addDamage);
    };
    if (_x isKindOf "LandVehicle" && !(_x in _eVehicles)) then
    {
        {
            if !(goggles _x in _goggles) then 
            {
                _x setDamage (damage _x + _addDamage);
            };
        }forEach crew _x;
    };
  } forEach list _thisTrg;
  sleep _addTime;
};```

Le script. Save it as sqf and execVM it in the on activation filed. Activation "Anybody" Type "Present".

how do i get the syntax highlights working?

[little raptor]

```sqf

see the pinned messages

[austere seal]

@cosmic lichen thank you

[glass bridge]

@tough abyss You can give it all the goggles you want that should work, excepted Vehicles (CBRN resistant ones you can define as you like), the time inverval and the damage that should be added each interval

[thisTrigger, ["G_AirPurifyingRespirator_02_black_F", "G_Respirator_white_F"], [cbrnTruck1, cbrnTruck2]] execVM "poisonScript.sqf";

[cosmic lichen]

if (_x isKindOf "Man" &&
Change that to "CAManBase" please

[past wagon]

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";

private _weaponArray = [["hgun_ACPC2_F", "9Rnd_45ACP_Mag"], ["hgun_P07_F", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F", "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder"], ["hgun_Rook40_F", "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], ["arifle_MX_Black_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_black_mag"], ["SMG_01_F", "30Rnd_45ACP_Mag_SMG_01"], ["srifle_DMR_03_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], ["SMG_03C_TR_black", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], ["arifle_SPAR_01_blk_F", "30Rnd_556x45_Stanag"]];

private _itemArray = ["Binocular", "FirstAidKit", "muzzle_snds_L", "optic_Arco_blk_F", "optic_Aco", "optic_Hamr", "optic_ACO_grn", "optic_MRCO", "muzzle_snds_acp", "optic_Holosight_blk_F", "HandGrenade", "SmokeShell", "U_B_FullGhillie_ard", "V_TacVest_oli", "H_HelmetB", "H_HelmetB_camo", "B_AssaultPack_rgr", "B_Carryall_mcamo", "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr"];

_weapon_and_mag = selectRandom _weaponArray;
_weapon = _weapon_and_mag select 0;
_mag = _weapon_and_mag select 1;

_item = selectRandom _itemArray;

if (_rnd <= .5) then {
_x addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
_x addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 2];
} forEach _crates;

if (_rnd >= .5) then {
if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
_x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
else
    {

_x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
    }

} forEach _crates;

[tough abyss]

yup okay sqf [unit] call BIN_fnc_CBRNHoseInit; isnt working for me

[past wagon]

i highly doubt that will work but is it a start? @little raptor

[little raptor]

this will

#arma3_scripting message

[tough abyss]

ah screw it i dont need to hose link to work gasmask is fin by its self

[past wagon]

yeah but i wanna use code that im somewhat familiar with

[little raptor]

it won't produce the result you want

[past wagon]

i dont at all understand the code you wrote

[cosmic lichen]

@glass bridge if (_x isKindOf "Man" &&
Change that to "CAManBase" please

otherwise it will trigger for snakes and stuff as well

[glass bridge]

Alright. But why?

[cosmic lichen]

Animals inherit from Man as well

and you don't wanna put a gas mask on a snake or goat

[glass bridge]

that's true :D

[slim oyster]

really makes you think

[little raptor]

It selects a crate
adds it to an array called _cratesWithWpn
then removes it from the pool
it does that for half the total crates
what remains is your _cratesWithItems

[cosmic lichen]

Nah, better don't ask "why" 😄

[past wagon]

okay

why do you abreviate "Weapon" to "Wpn"?

that just confused me lol

[little raptor]

shorter variable names = faster

[cosmic lichen]

oh god 😄

Reminds me of that dude

_f =
_d =

uz6=

[little raptor]

not that short

[cosmic lichen]

scripts with 50 variables named like this

[slim oyster]

upsmon

[cosmic lichen]

Was fun reading it...not

[past wagon]

wait how much faster?

[little raptor]

very little

[cosmic lichen]

negligible

[little raptor]

but at least easier to type!

[past wagon]

ima just call it "Weapon" so i dont get confused

what does _cratesWithWpn pushBack _rand; do?

[little raptor]

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";
_cratesWithWeapons = [];
for "_i" from 1 to count _crates /2 do {
  _rand = selectRandom _crates;
  _cratesWithWeapons pushBack _rand;
  _crates = _crates - [_rand];
};

{
 ...
} forEach _cratesWithWeapons;

_cratesWithItems = _crates;
{
 ...
} forEach _cratesWithItems;

of course you didn't need to create a separate array for _cratesWithWeapons (you could just do it in the for loop)
but if that confuses you too...

[little raptor]

adds _rand to array _cratesWithWpn

[past wagon]

what is _rand? is it half of all _crates?

[little raptor]

a single random crate

[past wagon]

okay

so does that mean that there will only be one crate that isnt a weapon crate?

[little raptor]

it does that in a loop

for "_i" from 1 to count _crates /2 do {

[past wagon]

how many times?

ohhhhhh

its how many crates there are divided by two

okay

_cratesWithWeapons = []; what does this line of code do?

[little raptor]

creates an empty array

[past wagon]

am I supposed to put stuff in that array?

[little raptor]

it gets filled

_cratesWithWeapons pushBack _rand;

[past wagon]

oh

wait so where do I put in my array?

@little raptor

[little raptor]

before all that

[past wagon]

ok

[little raptor]

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";

_cratesWithWeapons = [];
for "_i" from 1 to count _crates /2 do {
  _rand = selectRandom _crates;
  _cratesWithWeapons pushBack _rand;
  _crates = _crates - [_rand];
};
_cratesWithItems = _crates;

private _weaponArray = [["hgun_ACPC2_F", "9Rnd_45ACP_Mag"], ["hgun_P07_F", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F", "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder"], ["hgun_Rook40_F", "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], ["arifle_MX_Black_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_black_mag"], ["SMG_01_F", "30Rnd_45ACP_Mag_SMG_01"], ["srifle_DMR_03_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], ["SMG_03C_TR_black", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], ["arifle_SPAR_01_blk_F", "30Rnd_556x45_Stanag"]];

private _itemArray = ["Binocular", "FirstAidKit", "muzzle_snds_L", "optic_Arco_blk_F", "optic_Aco", "optic_Hamr", "optic_ACO_grn", "optic_MRCO", "muzzle_snds_acp", "optic_Holosight_blk_F", "HandGrenade", "SmokeShell", "U_B_FullGhillie_ard", "V_TacVest_oli", "H_HelmetB", "H_HelmetB_camo", "B_AssaultPack_rgr", "B_Carryall_mcamo", "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr"];
{
  _weapon_and_mag = selectRandom _weaponArray;
  _weapon = _weapon_and_mag select 0;
  _mag = _weapon_and_mag select 1;
  _x addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
  _x addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 2];
} forEach _cratesWithWeapons;


{
  _item = selectRandom _itemArray;
  if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
    _x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
  else
  {
    _x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
} forEach _cratesWithItems;

that's your whole script

[past wagon]

private _weaponArray = [["", ""]];

private _itemArray = [""];

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";
_cratesWithWeapons = [];
for "_i" from 1 to count _crates /2 do {
  _rand = selectRandom _crates;
  _cratesWithWeapons pushBack _rand;
  _crates = _crates - [_rand];
};

{
 ...
} forEach _cratesWithWeapons;

_cratesWithItems = _crates;
{
 ...
} forEach _cratesWithItems;

and where do I put the code that actually adds the weapons into the crates? just at the end?

[little raptor]

that's your whole script

[past wagon]

oh

ok

[little raptor]

just use what I posted above

[past wagon]

thanks

but just out of curiosity, can you tell me what would have gone wrong with this script?

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";

private _weaponArray = [["hgun_ACPC2_F", "9Rnd_45ACP_Mag"], ["hgun_P07_F", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F", "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder"], ["hgun_Rook40_F", "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], ["arifle_MX_Black_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_black_mag"], ["SMG_01_F", "30Rnd_45ACP_Mag_SMG_01"], ["srifle_DMR_03_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], ["SMG_03C_TR_black", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], ["arifle_SPAR_01_blk_F", "30Rnd_556x45_Stanag"]];

private _itemArray = ["Binocular", "FirstAidKit", "muzzle_snds_L", "optic_Arco_blk_F", "optic_Aco", "optic_Hamr", "optic_ACO_grn", "optic_MRCO", "muzzle_snds_acp", "optic_Holosight_blk_F", "HandGrenade", "SmokeShell", "U_B_FullGhillie_ard", "V_TacVest_oli", "H_HelmetB", "H_HelmetB_camo", "B_AssaultPack_rgr", "B_Carryall_mcamo", "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr"];

_weapon_and_mag = selectRandom _weaponArray;
_weapon = _weapon_and_mag select 0;
_mag = _weapon_and_mag select 1;

_item = selectRandom _itemArray;

if (_rnd <= .5) then {
_x addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
_x addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 2];
} forEach _crates;

if (_rnd >= .5) then {
if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
_x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
else
    {

_x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
    }

} forEach _crates;

[little raptor]

everything

your foreach doesn't run on anything

[past wagon]

well

[little raptor]

misses {

[past wagon]

ok

[little raptor]

@past wagon and if not that, since you're selecting a random number your crates wouldn't necessarily be divided in 2

[past wagon]

oh

yeah thats fine

[little raptor]

you could even end up having all crates with either items or wpns

[past wagon]

that would be astronomically unlikely

there are hundreds of crates

it would be pretty even

[little raptor]

still, they wouldn't necessarily be divided by 2

[past wagon]

yeah but thats not even a problem

[little raptor]

something like 70% 30% was absolutely likely

[past wagon]

not with hundreds of crates

it might be off by a couple

randomness is good

its for a battle royale

[little raptor]

do you even know probability?

[past wagon]

yes

if there are 200 crates, then there would be a 50% chance for it to be off by 1 crate, a 25% chance for it to be off by 2, and a 12.5% chance to be off by 3

well regardless of the amount of crates

but it would almost always be within 97 - 103 crates of one type

at least I think thats how probability works

idk

[crimson walrus]

You could put it in a loop, run a bunch of trials, and see what happens.

[past wagon]

yea

[little raptor]

@past wagon ```sqf
_a = [];
for "_i" from 1 to 100 do {
if (random 1 >= 0.5) then {_a pushBack _i};
};
count _a

may give you as low as 27-30

an even better test:

_b = [];
for "_j" from 1 to 1000 do {
  _a = [];
  for "_i" from 1 to 100 do {
    if (random 1 >= 0.5) then {_a pushBack _i};
  };
  _b pushBack count _a
};
_b sort true;
_b#0

gives you the minimum after 1000 tests

[past wagon]

_crates = allMissionObjects "Box_EAF_Wps_F";

_cratesWithWeapons = [];
for "_i" from 1 to count _crates /2 do {
  _rand = selectRandom _crates;
  _cratesWithWeapons pushBack _rand;
  _crates = _crates - [_rand];
};
_cratesWithItems = _crates;

private _weaponArray = [["hgun_ACPC2_F", "9Rnd_45ACP_Mag"], ["hgun_P07_F", "16Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["hgun_Pistol_heavy_02_F", "6Rnd_45ACP_Cylinder"], ["hgun_Rook40_F", "30Rnd_9x21_Mag"], ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], ["arifle_MX_Black_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_black_mag"], ["SMG_01_F", "30Rnd_45ACP_Mag_SMG_01"], ["srifle_DMR_03_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], ["SMG_03C_TR_black", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], ["arifle_SPAR_01_blk_F", "30Rnd_556x45_Stanag"]];

private _itemArray = ["Binocular", "FirstAidKit", "muzzle_snds_L", "optic_Arco_blk_F", "optic_Aco", "optic_Hamr", "optic_ACO_grn", "optic_MRCO", "muzzle_snds_acp", "optic_Holosight_blk_F", "HandGrenade", "SmokeShell", "U_B_FullGhillie_ard", "V_TacVest_oli", "H_HelmetB", "H_HelmetB_camo", "B_AssaultPack_rgr", "B_Carryall_mcamo", "V_PlateCarrier1_rgr"];
{
  _weapon_and_mag = selectRandom _weaponArray;
  _weapon = _weapon_and_mag select 0;
  _mag = _weapon_and_mag select 1;
  _item = selectRandom _itemArray;
  _x addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
  _x addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 2];
  _x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1]
} forEach _cratesWithWeapons;

{
  _item = selectRandom _itemArray;
  if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
    _x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
  else
  {
    _x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  };

{
  _item = selectRandom _itemArray;
  if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
  {
    _x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  }
  else
  {
    _x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
  };

} forEach _cratesWithItems;

@little raptor would the repeated code at the bottom add multiple random items to the item crates?

[little raptor]

it's wrong

misses ;

one extra {

plus it only adds two random items

(if it was corrected, that is)

[past wagon]

ok

wait where is it missing the ;?

[little raptor]

if isClass (configFile >> "cfgVehicles" >> _item) then
{
_x addBackpackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
}
else
{
_x addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1];
} ; <- here

[past wagon]

ok

do I also need one on the line below _x addBackPackCargoGlobal [_item, 1];

[little raptor]

just what I said

[past wagon]

oh

ok

[little raptor]

it's not needed there because of the else

if () then {} else {};

[past wagon]

oh yea

ok

[little raptor]

and you didn't remove the extra {

[past wagon]

got it

[noble tiger]

question for you guys, trying to add { #include "RifleTargets\cfgfunctions.hpp"};
to an existing class CfgFunctions, however when i do add it, i get an error code saying something to the effect of encountered "}" instead of "=" Any ideas?

[little raptor]

#arma3_config

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: is there a call stack?

[tough abyss]

how to check if player is not in a trigger

is it sqf player != in list 'trigger'

[hollow thistle]

!(player in list triggerVariable)

[tough abyss]

can i get some help with this sqf if !(player in list shelter1 or shelter2); then { _x setdamage (damage _x + 0.1); } forEach units player;

[little raptor]

no

you can call a recursive code virtually infinitely

[little raptor]

1. you need two ins
2. remove the ; before then
3. missing {}

[tough abyss]

@little raptor can you show me what you mean by two ins

[little raptor]

!(player in list shelter1) && !(player in list shelter2)

or

!(player in list shelter1 || player in list shelter2)

[tough abyss]

second 1 is the one

[little raptor]

both do the same thing

[tough abyss]

&& only return true if both conditions are met

right

[little raptor]

yes

[tough abyss]

the player can only be in one of the triggers

[little raptor]

not if they overlap

[tough abyss]

they dont

[little raptor]

plus that's not the same thing

it means player is in neither trigger

I simply corrected what you were doing
!(player in list shelter1 or shelter2)

[tough abyss]

no i want it to kill the player if there not in one of the shelters

[fresh wyvern]

Anyone who knows how to remove the minigun magazines from the Ghost Hawk? and/or how to add an other turret type to the helicopter?

_veh = "B_CTRG_Heli_Transport_01_tropic_F"createVehicle (player modelToWorld [8,0,0]);  
_veh setUnloadInCombat [true, false];

_veh removeMagazineTurret ["2000Rnd_65x39_Belt_Tracer_Green", [0]];
_veh removeMagazineTurret ["2000Rnd_65x39_Belt_Tracer_Green", [0]];

_veh addMagazineTurret ["2000Rnd_20mm_shells", [2]];
_veh addWeaponTurret ["gatling_20mm", [2]];

_veh addMagazineTurret ["2000Rnd_20mm_shells", [0]];
_veh addWeaponTurret ["gatling_20mm", [0]];

_dirP = getDir player;
_veh setDir _dirP 

[tough abyss]

but wont && kill the player even if he is in one of the shelters

[little raptor]

well it was correct in the first place

[tough abyss]

thanks it works i think i get it now

[hushed tendon]

_unit gives off an error, its a MP mission. I have it running in

//initServer.sqf
//All inside if (isServer) then { ...
while {readyActive} do {
  {
    if (isPlayer _x && playerSide == west) then {
      westPlayers = west countSide playableUnits;
      _unit addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
        params ["_unit", "_anim"];
        if (_anim select [0,4] != "amov" || _anim select [9,3] != "stp") then {
          _unit playMoveNow format ["amovp%1mstpsrasw%2dnon", _anim select [5,3], _anim select [17,3]];
        };
      }];
    };
  } forEach (playableUnits);
};

Would player work instead of _unit if in a remoteExec?

[tough abyss]

finaly got my emissions script done and my gas mask script

[drifting sky]

New Question. (A2OA)... I have ai units that sometimes go prone and then sit there forever. I can detect these situations. But I don't know how to unstick them. Is there a foolproof way? Perhaps a way to reset the ai for that unit entirely?

[tough abyss]

 unit setCombatMode "GREEN";```

[little raptor]

bc you are doing it wrong

[hushed tendon]

Sounds about right

[little raptor]

[_unit] joinSilent group _unit

[drifting sky]

should i try both those things?

[little raptor]

🤷

[hushed tendon]

I honestly think resetting the group should do it but it wouldn't hurt to try both methods separate and together.

[tough abyss]

she may be rough ```sqf
while {alive player} do
{
sleep (selectRandom [5,10,15]);
b1 sideChat "ALL forces be advised, emission detected! Seek shelter immediately!";
sleep 1;
[1] spawn BIS_fnc_earthquake;
sleep 30;
b1 sideChat "Emission will hit in thirty seconds!";
sleep 1;
[2] spawn BIS_fnc_earthquake;
sleep 15;
b1 sideChat "Emission in fifteen seconds!";
sleep 1;
[3] spawn BIS_fnc_earthquake;
sleep 10;
b1 sideChat "FIVE SECONDS! GOD HELP YOU IF YOU ARNT INSIDE YET!";
sleep 1;
[4] spawn BIS_fnc_earthquake;
b1 sideChat " EMISSION INCOMING";
sleep 3;
[4] spawn BIS_fnc_earthquake;
shelter = execVM "shelter.sqf";
[4] spawn BIS_fnc_earthquake;
shelter = execVM "shelter.sqf";
sleep 10;
b1 sideChat "The emission has passed";

};```
im proud of my little script.

also is there a limit on sleep times

[little raptor]

let me ask you a question. do you even know what an event handler is?

[hushed tendon]

Somewhat. But I'm going to say no

[little raptor]

no

[tough abyss]

sweet

[little raptor]

it's a code that triggers every time that something happens

you just add it once

[hushed tendon]

Oh I have to call it. Right?

[little raptor]

no

something like this will trigger (get called) every time the unit changes its animation

_unit addEventHandler ["AnimStateChanged", {
        params ["_unit", "_anim"];
        if (_anim select [0,4] != "amov" || _anim select [9,3] != "stp") then {
          _unit playMoveNow format ["amovp%1mstpsrasw%2dnon", _anim select [5,3], _anim select [17,3]];
        };
      }];

[hushed tendon]

ohhhh

And this keeps the player from changing stance?

_unit playMoveNow format ["amovp%1mstpsrasw%2dnon", _anim select [5,3], _anim select [17,3]];

[little raptor]

as for issues in your code:

1. you're adding multiple event handlers
2. no sleep

[little raptor]

it forces the unit to play a certain animation

in this case I'm using a stop animation

[hushed tendon]

Keeping them from moving

[hushed tendon]

Yeah my code is very beginner-ish/sucks. Definitely going to need someone to point out all the mistakes when I finish it.

However I have learned a lot while making it

[leaden haven]

I have a marker on the map that gives information on amount of players. Should I used a PlayerConnected event handler to update this every time a player connects to the server?

_num1 = worldName; _num2 = serverName; _num3 = playersNumber west; _num4 = playableSlotsNumber blufor; _markerinfo = createMarker ["Info.", [12245.8,18606.6,-3.05176e-005]]; _markerinfo setMarkerShape "ICON"; _markerinfo setMarkerColor "Default"; _markerinfo setMarkerType "lop_flag_Afghan"; _markerinfo setMarkerText format ["Map %1. Server name: %2. Players %3 of %4", _num1, _num2, _num3, _num4];

This is the code. But I am unsure on how to have it automatically update to show the correct amount of players.

[little raptor]

update it using setMarkerText

[leaden haven]

Thanks.

This should work.

onPlayerConnected { _num1 = worldName; _num2 = serverName; _num3 = playersNumber west; _num4 = playableSlotsNumber blufor; markerinfo setMarkerText format ["Map %1. Server name: %2. Players %3 of %4", _num1, _num2, _num3, _num4]; };

[hushed tendon]

Adding _num1 and _num2 in onPlayerConnected seems redundant. (Unless they change throughout the mission)

[leaden haven]

I guess so , but it works. I can trim it down. It works running from eden. Should work on my server.

[tough abyss]

if (isServer) then
 {
    while {true} do 
     {
        {
            if (goggles _x != "G_AirPurifyingRespirator_01_F") then 
               {
                 _x setdamage (damage _x + 0.1);
               };
        } forEach units player;
        sleep 10;
     };
 };
else
 {
  exitWith {};
 };```

does this look right for use on a multiplayer server

[little raptor]

No