#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 665

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 10:58 AM

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don't know any other way of doing it

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 10:59 AM

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yeah, i was trying to avoid that

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but if it comes down to it i'll just delete the weapon aswell

dusk gust Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

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Potentially looking for setWeaponReloadingTime?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

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thanks for the help

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

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dusk gust Potentially looking for setWeaponReloadingTime?

that only affects reloads between rounds

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not magazines

dusk gust Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

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Ahh

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 AM

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i had a similar issue aswell, that's the only solution i found, it's clunky but gets the job done

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 11:17 AM

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is there anyway to get rid of this choppy running in unitcapture recording? my first idea of a solution would be to have humans playing instead of relying on unitcapture?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:18 AM

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BIS_fnc_unitCapture is for air vehicles and should appear smooth?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:29 AM

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copper raven i had a similar issue aswell, that's the only solution i found, it's clunky but ...

it doesnt, unfortunately

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:29 AM

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what are you doing exactly?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:30 AM

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removing the weapon from the turret

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removing all magazines

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adding the magazine i want

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adding the weapon

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the gun muzzle also flashes very briefly

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i figure that's a side effect of removing and adding the gun

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:35 AM

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hmm just tested again on the tigris titan missiles, works fine

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:35 AM

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can you share the script?

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i can compare if im doing something wrong

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:35 AM

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vehicle player removeMagazinesTurret ["4Rnd_Titan_long_missiles_O", [0]];
vehicle player removeWeaponTurret ["missiles_titan_AA", [0]]; 
vehicle player addMagazineTurret ["4Rnd_Titan_long_missiles_O", [0]];
vehicle player addWeaponTurret ["missiles_titan_AA", [0]];

gloomy aspen Mar 18, 2021, 11:36 AM

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Hey guys i'm facing an issue with a function i'm trying to implement via scripts.

The idea is a set of 'lockers' which players can only access if their UID matches that defined by a script and a marker.

In my init.sqf I have


[] execVM "scripts\cages\b70a.sqf"
[] execVM "scripts\cages\b71a.sqf"
[] execVM "scripts\cages\b71b.sqf"

Then three separate scripts named 'b70a.sqf','b71a.sqf','b71b.sqf' which look like this

private _myWhiteList1 = ["id1"];

while {true} do
{
    {
        if (!(getPlayerUID _x in _myWhiteList1) && (_x inArea "b70a")) then
        {
            _x setPos getMarkerPos "cageteleport";
        };
    } count allPlayers;
    sleep 0;
};

private _myWhiteList2 = ["id1"];

while {true} do
{
    {
        if (!(getPlayerUID _x in _myWhiteList2) && (_x inArea "b71a")) then
        {
            _x setPos getMarkerPos "cageteleport";
        };
    } count allPlayers;
    sleep 0;
};

private _myWhiteList3 = ["id1"];

while {true} do
{
    {
        if (!(getPlayerUID _x in _myWhiteList3) && (_x inArea "b71b")) then
        {
            _x setPos getMarkerPos "cageteleport";
        };
    } count allPlayers;
    sleep 0;
};

So far testing shows that the script works fine if there is just one working, but as soon as another is added they all stop functioning (Tested in SP & MP)

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:37 AM

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copper raven ```sqf vehicle player removeMagazinesTurret ["4Rnd_Titan_long_missiles_O", [0]];...

yeah, works for me on the titan too

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let me try this script on the tank

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Nope

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doesnt work for the tank

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:38 AM

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modded?

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or vanilla

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:38 AM

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nope

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vanilla

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:38 AM

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which tank and what ammo

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:39 AM

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here:

vehicle player removeMagazinesTurret ["24Rnd_120mm_APFSDS_shells_Tracer_Red", [0]]; 
vehicle player removeWeaponTurret ["cannon_120mm", [0]];  
vehicle player addMagazineTurret ["24Rnd_120mm_APFSDS_shells_Tracer_Red", [0]]; 
vehicle player addWeaponTurret ["cannon_120mm", [0]];```

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slammer

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:39 AM

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gloomy aspen Hey guys i'm facing an issue with a function i'm trying to implement via scripts...

params ["_whitelist", "_area"];

while { sleep 0.1; true } do
{
  private _playersInArea = allPlayers inAreaArray _area;
  {
    if !(getPlayerUID _x in _whitelist) then
    {
      _x setPos getMarkerPos "cageteleport";
    };
  } forEach _playersInArea;
};
```you can simplify it

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[[_id1, _id2], "b70a"] execVM "areaTeleport.sqf";

gloomy aspen Mar 18, 2021, 11:43 AM

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@winter rose do you think the over complication is causing the non-functionality?

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Thanks btw, ill try that

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:44 AM

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I have no idea why it stops and it should not

gloomy aspen Mar 18, 2021, 11:44 AM

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yeah its odd, it works perfectly if theres only one of the scripts being called, as soon as the second goes in it stops

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 11:44 AM

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winter rose `BIS_fnc_unitCapture` is for air vehicles and should appear smooth?

was using for ground units/infantry

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How do i play a series of multiple animations together smoothly?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:45 AM

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playMove

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:45 AM

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dusty whale here: ``` vehicle player removeMagazinesTurret ["24Rnd_120mm_APFSDS_shells_Trace...

that delay is from reloading the round

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:46 AM

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wouldnt setWeaponReloadingTime remove it?

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because it doesnt

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so it cant be reloading the round

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:46 AM

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vehicle player setWeaponReloadingTime [player, "cannon_120mm", 0]; after it seems to work

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:47 AM

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i'm running vehicle player setWeaponReloadingTime [gunner(vehicle player), currentMuzzle (gunner(vehicle player)), 0.0]; which doesnt

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basically the same, just more general purpose script

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:47 AM

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currentMuzzle won't work because you're on MG when you run that script

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atleast in slammer

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:47 AM

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😓

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yeahhhhh

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youre right

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big dumb dumb

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thanks for the help

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really appreciate it

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 11:48 AM

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np^^

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 11:48 AM

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❤️

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 11:48 AM

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@winter rose so like 'man1 playmove 'insertanimhere'; playmove 'insertanimhere'; playmove 'insertanimhere'; etc?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:48 AM

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man1 playMove "..." every time

gloomy aspen Mar 18, 2021, 11:49 AM

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winter rose ```sqf params ["_whitelist", "_area"]; while { sleep 0.1; true } do { private...

Just to clarify @winter rose should the ID array i.e. _id1 etc. work with player uid? So


[[_id1, _id2], "b70a"] execVM "areaTeleport.sqf";

would become


[[84754837538534, 34543534355434345], "b70a"] execVM "areaTeleport.sqf";

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:50 AM

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gloomy aspen Just to clarify <@!137855151120711680> should the ID array i.e. _id1 etc. work w...

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getPlayerUID is a string, so ["84754837538534", "34543534355434345"]

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 11:53 AM

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winter rose `man1 playMove "..."` every time

man playmove ''; in different triggers? tried that alongside using the countdown/timeout timer, to no avail, its not smooth, there is a choppy transition @winter rose please advise

gloomy aspen Mar 18, 2021, 11:53 AM

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@winter rose Alright pal, thank you 🙏

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 11:55 AM

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opal sand man playmove ''; in different triggers? tried that alongside using the countdown...

man playMove "anim1";
man playMove "anim2";
man playMove "anim3";
// or
{ man playMove _x } forEach ["anim1", "anim2", "anim3"];

and if there is a "twitching" AI movement, try disabling AI with man disableAI "move"

copper narwhal Mar 18, 2021, 11:56 AM

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sorry for butting in on the convo but would you guys know if it is possible to prevent a player changing weapon attachments in the vanilla inventory but still allowing something like the ace3 interaction menu to change attachments? If so would it be done using an eventhandler of some sort or how would i begin?

crude vigil Mar 18, 2021, 12:07 PM

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@copper narwhal It should be possible.. You can first create an event handler , check if player has opened inventory, when opened, retrieve the attachments first and create a while loop till inventory is closed, check continuously the weapon attachments, if anything modified, change them back according to the retrieved attachments?

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 12:10 PM

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@winter rose Hey thats great, thanks so far, but it seems as though some animations wont play after other specific ones (e.g 'loop', or 'terminal'), is this right?

copper narwhal Mar 18, 2021, 12:16 PM

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crude vigil <@!574720405491810316> It should be possible.. You can first create an event han...

would the loop cause some performance issues if a lot of people had their inventories open at once 🤔 if i was to hide the attachment box from appearing on the inventory GUI would that work also or would people still be able to attach using right click as that would only stop the image of the attachment appearing?

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 12:17 PM

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And, guys, how do i an activate a trigger, but delay it (e.g 15 seconds) so i can set up the camera ready to record? (tried radio delta, countdown/timeout 15 seconds, but that doesnt work)

crude vigil Mar 18, 2021, 12:25 PM

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@copper narwhal That is indeed the better solution regarding user experience. People will still be able to attach stuff using right click. That is what will be annoying if you take the GUI modification approach. You ll need to prevent a lot of stuff..

As for the performance part.... if code is on client side(which should be in this case), every man computes for himself for their own opened inventory, so ' a lot of people opened inventory ' is not a case to worry about. And a single while loop wont hurt you at all, let alone it is not even run always but only while inventory is opened. :)

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Either way, you ll need to implement what I said because, iirc, even taking a weapon mod from ground is automatically adding to your primary weapon if there is space. Although not sure what exactly you are up to, so maybe u do not need.

copper narwhal Mar 18, 2021, 12:29 PM

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crude vigil <@!574720405491810316> That is indeed the better solution regarding user experie...

in that case i think ill go with the check if player has opened inventory, when opened, retrieve the attachments first and create a while loop till inventory is closed, check continuously the weapon attachments, if anything modified, change them back according to the retrieved attachments method 🤔

crude vigil Mar 18, 2021, 12:31 PM

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If you manage, better do it the way you called. Because without any information on UI side, players may not understand why attachments cant be added to weapon.

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:31 PM

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Funny issue. If a vehicle collides with something, the gunner will no longer take lookAt commands

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even if AUTOCOMBAT is disabled in the AI

copper narwhal Mar 18, 2021, 12:32 PM

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the reason why im doing this is because infistar is being a pain and blocking the function of a mod when using the vanilla inventory but not when using the ace interaction menu surprisingly

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:33 PM

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dusty whale Funny issue. If a vehicle collides with something, the gunner will no longer tak...

the thing you collide into also needs to be a wreck of sort

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even if the combat state is set to careless

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even if i repeatedly set it to careless

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the ai returns to the default gun position

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 12:35 PM

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try doWatch

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

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:35 PM

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setBehaviourStrong doesnt help either

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doWatch is too slow

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there is considerable lag compared to lookAt

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:37 PM

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robust tiger try doWatch

doWatch has the same issue

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and it doesnt matter if the thing you crash into is an enemy tank

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but if it's a dead tank, then it triggers the AI to just look forward

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ONLY dead vehicles do this

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empty vehicles are fine

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scratch that

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empty vehicles do the same

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if it's Civilian units, then there is no issue

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let me set blufor and opfor friendly

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see what happens

spark turret Mar 18, 2021, 12:41 PM

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DoTarget works for me for giving suppressive fire

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:42 PM

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nope

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setting friendly sides doesnt work

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civilians it is, then

copper narwhal Mar 18, 2021, 12:44 PM

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crude vigil If you manage, better do it the way you called. Because without any information ...

ill give it all a try and see how it works, thanks 😄

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 12:49 PM

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opal sand <@!137855151120711680> Hey thats great, thanks so far, but it seems as though so...

yes, you should use _out versions instead of _loop

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:54 PM

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now there's considerable lag in aiming

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with both lookAt and doWatch the AI pauses for a moment before fixing the vertical allignment

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is it ranging?

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and can i tell it to not do that?

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i've set aimingSpeed to 1

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 12:57 PM

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I made a nasty workaround

{car forgetTarget _x}foreach (car targets [false]);
group car setBehaviour "AWARE";
 car dowatch getpos player;

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 12:59 PM

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?

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problem is now that the AI is supposedly doing ranging

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or something like that

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the horizontal aiming is immediate

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but the vertical lags behind

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 1:03 PM

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I'm not 100% sure what the issue is. Could you tell me what is the goal here? I missed it 😅

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:17 PM

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@winter rose thankyou so far sir, heads up, gif coming your way soon, take cover 😂 , last question, how do i delay a triggers activation? need to get the camera setup in position ready to record, prior to triggers actions being played out

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 1:23 PM

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opal sand <@!137855151120711680> thankyou so far sir, heads up, gif coming your way soon, ...

[] spawn { sleep 10; /* stuff */ };```

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:28 PM

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[] spawn { sleep 10; /* stuff */ }; (Whats this stuff stuff all about?)

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 1:28 PM

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before, what is immediate
in the "stuff" part, what is to be delayed
10 being the delay (in seconds)

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hint "triggered!";
[] spawn {
  sleep 5;
  hint "waited 5 seconds";
};

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:30 PM

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the trigger has a fair few lines of animation code in the on activation field, so, what do i do?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 1:30 PM

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I DON'T KNOW!! 😱

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add them in the spawn?

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:33 PM

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https://imgur.com/VMxsYkS is as far as i got, sorry

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 1:34 PM

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opal sand https://imgur.com/VMxsYkS is as far as i got, sorry

place your lines in place of the stuff thing!

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wrap them with the spawn {}

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:34 PM

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i think i got u

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@winter rose if im triggering you will ask someone else, sorry but what is easy to you is very tough for me, still dont get it, but thanks for trying

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 1:42 PM

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opal sand <@!137855151120711680> if im triggering you will ask someone else, sorry but wha...

/* code that is to be triggered immediately */

[] spawn {
  sleep 10; // this is the delay
  man playMove "thing1";
  man playMove "thing2";
  man playMove "thing3";
};
```no pb on my side no worries
tell me if I am unclear

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spawn creates a new script where you want use sleep (you cannot use sleep in a trigger's code)

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:47 PM

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hey how do you do that crop screenshot thing again? got an error msg

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 1:48 PM

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Windows+Shift+S, or printscreen+paste in mspaint

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:53 PM

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(How i put my code in, in on act):

[] spawn {
sleep 10;
man1 switchmove "thing1";
man2 switchmove "thing2";
man3 switchmove "thing3";

{man4 switchmove _x } forEach ["thing4", "thing5", "thing6"];

{man5 switchmove _x } forEach ["thing7", "thing8", "thing9"];
};

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 1:54 PM

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comments don't work in those boxes

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:55 PM

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@copper raven what? i dont understand what youve just said

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 1:55 PM

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remove the //

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:56 PM

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right lol

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 1:56 PM

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talking about comments why don't we have a preprocess <STRING>?

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 1:57 PM

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Because game crashing preprocessor. And in general no

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 1:58 PM

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writes sqf preprocessor in sqf

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 1:59 PM

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https://imgur.com/OHCSi27 'On Activation: Type Script, expected Nothing'

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 2:00 PM

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do something like furb_dummy = [] spawn ...

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or just anything, _stuff = 😄

glass zinc Mar 18, 2021, 2:01 PM

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Im having a issue trying to pull a specific phrase from a string.
Is there any way to pull "CargoTurret" from a longer string of "Dfljlekwfadfskljflksjef/adshflksejflsakdjf/hsdflksjflejkf/CargoTurret/dslfjksdlfjas/CargoTurret/alkdfjalsdkjf"
and count the number of times it occurs?

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there are lots of options to filter by characters or elements

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but does not seem to be a way to pull by specific words

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and count them

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any ideas?

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 2:03 PM

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think we've had something similar in the past

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uh

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#arma3_scripting message perhaps that?

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modify it abit, you might not want it returning an array if you don't care about where exactly they occur

glass zinc Mar 18, 2021, 2:04 PM

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yeah i saw that on the wiki

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but i cant seem to figure out how to apply it to my problem

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as the wiki does not really explain what each part of it is doing

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 2:05 PM

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opal sand https://imgur.com/OHCSi27 'On Activation: Type Script, expected Nothing'

use #perf_prof_branch, its a age old bug thats recently been fixed

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 2:05 PM

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e.g count (["Dfljlekwfadfskljflksjef/adshflksejflsakdjf/hsdflksjflejkf/CargoTurret/dslfjksdlfjas/CargoTurret/alkdfjalsdkjf", "CargoTurret"] call _fnc_findStringsInString)

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@glass zinc

glass zinc Mar 18, 2021, 2:05 PM

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ok will give that a try

warm hedge Mar 18, 2021, 2:11 PM

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I never thought it was a bug...

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 2:13 PM

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wonder what would happen if you did 0 = compileFinal "" before the object init is ran xD

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would break so many missions

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 2:13 PM

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would not attribute the value to 0 afaik

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in Arma 2 and before you could do true = false…

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 2:15 PM

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still forum use <#105466848958513152>, its a age old bug thats recently been fixed

Thanks again guys @still forum , @winter rose; will send following into #perf_prof_branch see if can get an answer
(because even when on act is stripped down to below, still receive same error message: 'On Activation: Type Script, expected Nothing')

[] spawn {
sleep 10;
man1 switchmove 'Acts_CivilTalking_1';
man2 switchmove 'Acts_CivilListening_1';
};

glass zinc Mar 18, 2021, 2:16 PM

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@copper raven it works!

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thank you

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 2:16 PM

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opal sand Thanks again guys <@!90532520101183488> , <@!137855151120711680>; will send foll...

yes the bug is that you cannot return any value.
_stuff = [] spawn { will trigger a second bug, that will cause the script to not return a value
spawn returns a "Script" value, thus bad

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 2:22 PM

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robust tiger I'm not 100% sure what the issue is. Could you tell me what is the goal here? I ...

have the AI aim at a spot immediately

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currently it aims at the position in horizontal axis immediately, but the vertical axis takes quite long

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 2:24 PM

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still forum yes the bug is that you cannot return any value. `_stuff = [] spawn {` will trig...

have submitted relevant info message into #perf_prof_branch as best as my knowledge allows me to, thanks again

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 2:25 PM

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Huh?

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I meant you should use perf_prof branch (the branch, not the channel), not post there about a bug thats fixed on the branch

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 2:33 PM

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*Seeking clarity: oh so youre saying i need to read through the #perf_prof_branch (this link is the branch right? https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/160288-arma-3-stable-server-200-performance-binary-feedback/?do=getNewComment) to find the already fixed answer/solution, via the branch link not discord channel? my brain is only working off literal concrete thinking right now, my bad

cold mica Mar 18, 2021, 2:43 PM

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opal sand *Seeking clarity: oh so youre saying i need to read through the <#10546684895851...

Change your steam branch for Arma 3 to profiling. Look here for more info:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Steam_Branches
Just go to Arma 3 >> Properties >> Betas and input the password CautionSpecialProfilingAndTestingBranchArma3. Then you can select the profiling beta branch in the dropdown. Test your script after this.

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 2:47 PM

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why is setWeaponZeroing dev branch only notlikemeowcry

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me want set-zeroing-delight

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 2:48 PM

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opal sand *Seeking clarity: oh so youre saying i need to read through the <#10546684895851...

yes. If you use the branch that'll fix the bug for you

opal sand Mar 18, 2021, 2:49 PM

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cold mica Change your steam branch for Arma 3 to profiling. Look here for more info: https...

@cold mica Thankyou sir just the answer was looking for/needed lol, my head couldnt compute what dedmen was saying and nearly exploded lol, Thanks @still forum for bearing with my lack of understanding

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:00 PM

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my server needs to be restarted each 4 hours or so. i have a working script but it's time for improvement.
so far, my best bet is to have a looong uisleep 14400;

is this a crime?

related: i want to cancel. my best idea so far is to terminate a waiting script, using something like:
_wait = [] spawn {sleep 1440};
//on certain condition
terminate _wait;

is this another crime?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:03 PM

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mighty vector my server needs to be restarted each 4 hours or so. i have a working script but ...

is this a crime?
no, having a long uiSleep is not a crime.

is this another crime?
meh and no, no biggie. the usual structure for this would be

private _wantedTime = time + 14400;

waitUntil { sleep 0.5; time > _wantedTime || condition1 };
// ...

hallow mortar Mar 18, 2021, 4:03 PM

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Is #include case sensitive?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:04 PM

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@winter rose that second waitUntil IT'S a crime xD. no need to check time each half frame if event is going to be in 4hours!!!!

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:05 PM

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mighty vector <@!137855151120711680> that second waitUntil IT'S a crime xD. no need to check t...

it's half a second

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what is your use case?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:07 PM

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my server needs to be restarted each 4 hours or so

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:10 PM

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I mean, what is condition1 ^^

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 4:10 PM

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hallow mortar Is #include case sensitive?

Arma's filesystem is case insensitive

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:13 PM

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well...restarting might be delayed/canceled...and that's what i havent tried yet...
lets suppose restart is set in 4 hours, and im in the middle of my assault. a simple "delay 1 hour" could work.
i have 2 approaches in mind:

use uisleep+terminate and reschedule restart to the new time (quiter dirty)
keep waiting until the old time and wait again (as the new restart time has changed)

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:14 PM

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mighty vector well...restarting might be delayed/canceled...and that's what i havent tried yet...

KIWI_SERVER_RESTART_TIME = 14400;

waitUntil { uiSleep 1; time > KIWI_SERVER_RESTART_TIME };
```and in another file```sqf
KIWI_SERVER_RESTART_TIME = KIWI_SERVER_RESTART_TIME + 3600; // adds one hour```

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you can sleep and check every minute if you prefer ^^

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:17 PM

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dusty whale have the AI aim at a spot immediately

Some things I've noticed using doWatch and the like:

Using a position instead of an object won't have the gunner wandering around (When he targets something, he's not really aiming at the unit but its last known position. If you've ever played Arma on recruit with an AI squad leader you'll sometimes notice the target icon is not on the unit's actual position and wanders a lot without direct LOS)
Disabling the AI "TARGET" and "AUTOTARGET" might help, preventing the AI to "override" your commands

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:18 PM

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TARGET AND AUTOTARGET are disabled and i am using a position

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with both lookAt and doWatch

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doesnt matter

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:19 PM

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@winter rose but that sucks!...
acording to documentation waituntil checks every frame...that's useless. it might be much better (optimized) to just sleep 14400!
already have a draft i have to test...but this code seems much cleaner

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let me try it and i'll come back

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:20 PM

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mighty vector <@!137855151120711680> but that sucks!... acording to documentation waituntil ch...

waituntil checks every frame...that's useless
not when a (ui)sleep is in it

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also,

Premature Optimization is the root of all evil

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:21 PM

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knuth!

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:23 PM

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Yes!

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:23 PM

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I wish i could solve this

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😓

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but it looks like i'll have to abandon this idea

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the AI refuses to cooperate

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i wish there was just a way to tell the AI too aim their gun at stuff without all this extra

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i've disabled every single bit of the AI i can

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and it still goes wondering off with the aim

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it's unresponsive at times aswell

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why is this game like this?

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why are there like 50 scripting solutions to one problem but all of them are broken

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:34 PM

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dusty whale I wish i could solve this

One solution is occurring to me right now. Disable the AI's "TARGET" and "AUTOTARGET" and manually with a script set the gunner's direction vector

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:34 PM

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robust tiger One solution is occurring to me right now. Disable the AI's "TARGET" and "AUTOTA...

what would that kind of script be?

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as far as im aware of, you need AI to set the direction of a vehicle's turret

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you can rotate the turret without AI

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but you cant elevate it

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:35 PM

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I posted something similar earlier with the setVelocityTransform command, except you would do it manually and only with dir vector

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:36 PM

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no, but what i mean is that there is no command to set the weapon direction of the AI

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please prove me wrong and say there is

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:36 PM

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

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you do it over small steps so it's smooth and neat looking

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:37 PM

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there is no command to set the weapon direction of the AI
correct

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:38 PM

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robust tiger https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVectorDir

the turret of a vehicle is not an object

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:38 PM

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

Alternatively, you can get turret and gun angle in degrees using animationSourcePhase or animationPhase commands

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:38 PM

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but the gunner is

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:38 PM

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robust tiger but the gunner is

you cannot setVectorDir a turret

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:39 PM

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ok, it worked on the hunter

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:39 PM

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can i use animateSource to set the elevation of a gun?

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 4:39 PM

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it does not work on the tank, my bad

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:40 PM

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i can calculate the correct degree, but if im not able to, i wont even start

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i think i can

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need to try this in practise

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if i can, then i'm neutering the AI the rest of the way

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this is going to be so annoying to script in sqf

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:49 PM

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time + 120 works. i guess serverTime+120 too. are there any functions to add time? eg: systemTime+120

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:49 PM

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mighty vector time + 120 works. i guess serverTime+120 too. are there any functions to add tim...

wha'?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:50 PM

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vehicle player animateSource ["mainturret", 1]; doesnt seem to work

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(vehicle player animationSourcePhase "mainturret"); returns a coherent number

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/231606-can-i-manually-rotate-a-vehicles-turret-if-i-know-its-animation-name/?do=findComment&comment=3423253

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that solves it

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no overriding animation source

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:53 PM

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winter rose _wha'?_

lol.
servertime=time in seconds since server started=>number. if I add 120 is like adding 2 minutes (future time when the server will be restarted)
seems I cant easily add minutes to systemTime. is there an "add_seconds_to_time(systemTime,120);" ? i dont hink so

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:53 PM

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one more broken solution to add to the pile

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it's VERY interesting that BI cant expose a command to the script that would be able to animate the turrets of vehicles

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How old is this feature? Like 20 years?

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granted, sqf hasnt existed for the entire duration of Arma

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:54 PM

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dusty whale How old is this feature? Like 20 years?

was not a huge priority until very now

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:55 PM

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dusty whale granted, sqf hasnt existed for the entire duration of Arma

for most of its life though 🙃

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:55 PM

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i suppose

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but it's still a bummer

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well, atleast the AI simulates the average soldier perfectly

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disagreeable at best

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well, 16 hours of that down the drain

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 4:56 PM

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mighty vector lol. servertime=time in seconds since server started=>number. if I add 120 is li...

not really, but why would you need systemTime 😉

if you really want precision use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_tickTime, but you don't need that for a 4h restart thing

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 4:57 PM

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only because the AI cant work with me

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 4:58 PM

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winter rose not really, but why would you need systemTime 😉 if you _really_ want precision...

i think you'll get the idea

PMCES_set_restart = { 
  systemchat format ["%1",_this];
  systemchat format ["%1",time];
  _r=time+_this*60*60;
  systemchat format ["%1",_r];
  _remaining_time=_r - time;
  systemchat format ["%1",_remaining_time];
  //...
};
4 call PMCES_set_restart;

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:01 PM

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for display, ok

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I thought it was for "real world precision" 🙃

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 5:02 PM

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wont time work on server side?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:02 PM

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it will !

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hence why my earlier solution will work!

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 5:03 PM

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...i dont understand. sorry.
reason to use diag_tickTime instead of time?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:03 PM

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microsecond precision 😄

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 5:03 PM

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for a 4h restart? not needed xD

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:03 PM

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correct 😄

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for display, though, it might be another trick
but you can also do a countdown, e.g restart in 2h, 1h, etc

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 5:04 PM

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sure...but that v3.0 xD

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:06 PM

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well, countdown is easier than converting time array

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 5:11 PM

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sometimes i wonder why some things in arma were made the way they were made...🤷‍♂️

dark ivy Mar 18, 2021, 5:19 PM

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I'm using the Vehicle Respawn module in a mission, and I want to empty out the vehicle's inventory and give it a custom inventory after it respawns, but don't know how. Any help?

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I was thinking of something along the lines of placing

execVM "vicInv\RU_vic.sqf";

in the Vehicle Respawn "Expression" field, and that file would contain

clearWeaponCargoGlobal _this;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _this;
clearItemCargoGlobal _this;

_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_10Rnd_762x54mmR_7N1",14];
_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_30Rnd_545x39_7N10_AK",30];
_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_45Rnd_545X39_AK_Green",7];
_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_GRD40_Red",7];
_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_VOG25",7];
_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_mag_rgo",20];
_this addItemCargoGlobal ["rhs_mag_rdg2_white",20];

Obviously the problem here is that I can't use _this or the old vehicle's variable name.

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:25 PM

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dark ivy I was thinking of something along the lines of placing ```sqf execVM "vicInv\RU_...

the problem here is that I can't use _this or the old vehicle's variable name
you can, if you provide the vehicle as an argument

dark ivy Mar 18, 2021, 5:29 PM

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Module says that passed arguments in expression field are [<newVehicle>,<oldVehicle>] so by doing clearWeaponCargoGlobal _this select 0; it should hopefully work, right?

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 5:37 PM

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yes?

dark ivy Mar 18, 2021, 5:42 PM

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Just tested and it works! Thanks Lou.

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 5:49 PM

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AI gunner of vehicle doesnt take any lookAt commands if you bump into something with the vehicle

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instead, reverts to a forward looking position

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despite being entirely disabled

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apart from "WEAPONAIM"

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because i need that for lookAt

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why is this AI so broken?

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FSM is disabled too

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so it should not be doing ANYTHING

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any idea what's causing this behaviour?

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same behaviour persists even if the vehicle and crew are set to not take any damage

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I dont know anymore

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 5:59 PM

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dusty whale despite being entirely disabled

that's the problem

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AI need TARGET and AUTOTARGET to aim properly

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:00 PM

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https://streamable.com/c4pdea

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there's a video to the issue

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^^

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on that clip, only the scripts in the debug console were run

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disableAI was untouched

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:00 PM

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little raptor AI need TARGET and AUTOTARGET to aim properly

i was told previously to disable target and autotarget

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:02 PM

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dusty whale https://streamable.com/c4pdea

should i make a bug-report of this?

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or is this intended behaviour?

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:02 PM

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you were told wrong

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when AUTOTARGET is disabled AI won't keep track of the target

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:02 PM

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im not using target, im using lookAt

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as featured in the video

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and "target" is not disabled in the video

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:04 PM

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dusty whale should i make a bug-report of this?

can we address this?

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is this a bug or a feature?

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:07 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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I don't think the current devs will bother with the AI either way
The "AI devs" are gone

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:08 PM

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hmm...second time i crash arma

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:08 PM

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little raptor ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is that a bethesda response?

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"yes"

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:08 PM

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whats the proper way of exiting a function?
exitwith{}; shouldn't work?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:09 PM

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well, i guess i cant bother with arma anymore, then

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such a shame

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:09 PM

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exitWith exits the current scope

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:09 PM

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dusty whale such a shame

you can still report it. that was just my "experience" with previous AI bug reports

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:09 PM

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PMCES_set_restart = { 
  systemchat format ["%1",_this];
  systemchat format ["%1",time];
  _r=time+_this*60*60;
  systemchat format ["%1",_r];
  _remaining_time=_r - time;
  systemchat format ["%1",_remaining_time];
  //...
  if(isNil "_myvar") exitWith {}; <-----------this seems to crash
};
1 call PMCES_set_restart;

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:10 PM

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Why is support for one game dropped when the other game isnt out yet?

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:10 PM

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i guess you can try manually setting the turret direction or something like that(would be hard to detect when you should actually do that), that looks like just some regular arma ai weirdness

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:10 PM

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copper raven i guess you can try manually setting the turret direction or something like that...

there is NO WAY to manually set turret rotation

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:10 PM

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it's not dropped, the majority of the team has just moved to other projects

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:10 PM

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dusty whale https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/231606-can-i-manually-rotate-a-vehicles-...

^

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i'm just really frustrated at this point

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because of how much i did to try and make it work and it gets destroyed by this bug

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/"feature"

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:13 PM

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@dusty whale does lookAt just stop working completely?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:13 PM

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once you bump into something, yes

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running the command again doesnt help

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the AI just flatout ignores it

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:13 PM

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what about doWatch?

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:13 PM

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send the script

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let me take a look

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:14 PM

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little raptor send the script

script is on the video

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:14 PM

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dusty whale https://streamable.com/c4pdea

^

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:14 PM

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you just run "execVM"

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:14 PM

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i didnt

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that was there from previous test

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i deleted that and ran the script i wrote

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:14 PM

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ah ok

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so this:

gunner vehicle player lookAt position player
```?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:15 PM

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gunner (vehicle player) lookAt getPos player;

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just something that came to mind

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:15 PM

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that's literally the same thing

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anyway

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let me test it

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:16 PM

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copper raven what about doWatch?

same issue

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just tested

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 6:17 PM

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doTarget?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:17 PM

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needs a target

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 6:17 PM

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glanceAt 😄

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 6:18 PM

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dusty whale needs a target

but also nothing prevents you from creating an invisible object

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:18 PM

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winter rose _glanceAt_ 😄

no change

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the AI refuses any and all commands after you bump into something

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it nicely keeps the gun level to the front, though

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:18 PM

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after some time it works again

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xD

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:19 PM

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setBhevaiour doesnt help

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM

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systemchat format ["%1",_remaining_time]; prints 5
uiSleep _remaining_time;

error generic error in expression ?

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM

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probably uiSleeping in unscheduled

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM

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prints doesnt exist

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or

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that's part of the message

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM

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copper raven probably `uiSleep`ing in unscheduled

in debug console...

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM

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yes debug console is unscheduled

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:22 PM

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copper raven after some time it works again

that's not beneficial for this purpose

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but it is a good point

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how long did it take?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:22 PM

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copper raven yes debug console is unscheduled

sleep will work?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:22 PM

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maybe it can help debug the issue

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:22 PM

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mighty vector sleep will work?

cant sleep in unscheduled environment

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use spawn

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:23 PM

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oks

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:23 PM

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[parameters] spawn {script}

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:23 PM

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its a function...so [parameters] spawn {call function}, isnt it?

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:23 PM

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dusty whale how long did it take?

didn't count, just fast forwarded 4x

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:24 PM

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So it does

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let me break out the stopwatch

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:24 PM

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@dusty whale using a fake target works just fine

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as for lookAt:

after some time it works again

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as sharp. said

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:25 PM

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dusty whale let me break out the stopwatch

30 seconds flat

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:25 PM

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use a fake target instead

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forget about that command

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:26 PM

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for which command?

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:26 PM

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doTarget

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:26 PM

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copy

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:26 PM

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do you have CBA?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:26 PM

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i'll have to reveal target, dont i?

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yes

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i use CBA for the extended debug

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:27 PM

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use this

_target = "CBA_O_InvisibleTarget" createVehicleLocal ASLtoAGL getPosASL player;
createVehicleCrew _target;
gunner vehicle player doTarget _target;

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he won't stop aiming according to my tests

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:27 PM

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messing with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/disableAI doesn't give any results 🤷, doTarget with a fake target like said above is your best bet

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:28 PM

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it may also work without createVehicleCrew

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since the simulation for that object is of "TankX"

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and it has a high cost

exotic tinsel Mar 18, 2021, 6:28 PM

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can someone point me in the direction of what i would need to do to get the class/type name from a terrain object .p3d name.

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:29 PM

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typeOf

exotic tinsel Mar 18, 2021, 6:29 PM

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that works on terrain objects?

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:29 PM

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but some terrain objects have no type

exotic tinsel Mar 18, 2021, 6:29 PM

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rgr

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:29 PM

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exotic tinsel that works on terrain objects?

works on all objects

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:29 PM

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little raptor use this ```sqf _target = "CBA_O_InvisibleTarget" createVehicleLocal ASLtoAGL ge...

doesnt work

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ok, now it works

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the AI also finds it fun to engage it with fire

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:30 PM

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exotic tinsel that works on terrain objects?

not ALL of them

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but most

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some terrain objects dont have a type

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:31 PM

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dusty whale the AI also finds it fun to engage it with fire

try without crew

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:31 PM

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little raptor try without crew

no reaction

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:32 PM

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dusty whale doesnt work

you have to reveal the target first

exotic tinsel Mar 18, 2021, 6:32 PM

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so typeof does not work on the terrain object which is a fence. so any idea how i can get the class name from the .p3d name? i know the fence exists in the props so it is an object with a class name

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:32 PM

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scan cfg with the model name

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:32 PM

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little raptor you have to reveal the target first

i did

exotic tinsel Mar 18, 2021, 6:32 PM

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yeah im new i dont know how to do that. do you have alink i can get started with?

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:33 PM

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the gunner registers the contact but doesnt actually turn to face it

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_target = "CBA_O_InvisibleTarget" createVehicleLocal ASLtoAGL getPosASL player;
gunner (vehicle player) reveal _target;
gunner (vehicle player) doTarget _target;```

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:33 PM

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exotic tinsel yeah im new i dont know how to do that. do you have alink i can get started wit...

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/configClasses https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getText https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isEqualTo https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/splitString

exotic tinsel Mar 18, 2021, 6:33 PM

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@copper raven thx mate

copper raven Mar 18, 2021, 6:34 PM

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it's gonna be expensive, might wanna consider caching

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:35 PM

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dusty whale i did

then idk

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:37 PM

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any ideas?

PMCES_set_restart = { 
  systemchat format ["%1",_this]; //<----------first time invoked it says 1, but on recursive call it also says 1! (although it may be null)
  //...
  call PMCES_set_restart; //<-this call is also showing "1" ???
};
1 spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; };

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:37 PM

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little raptor then idk

setUnitCombatMode "BLUE"; and the AI will target but wont fire

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:37 PM

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dusty whale `setUnitCombatMode "BLUE";` and the AI will target but wont fire

it won't fire at anything

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:37 PM

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i dont care

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i'm simulating my own firing already

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animating the gun barrel and doing the flash

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aswell as spawning the projectile

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but this is satisfactory

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 6:38 PM

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mighty vector any ideas? ``` PMCES_set_restart = { systemchat format ["%1",_this]; //<----...

call uses parent's _this

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:38 PM

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not fun, but enough

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if the AI can keep the gun on target, that is enough

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:38 PM

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winter rose `call` uses parent's `_this`

another option?...params["_x"] ?

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:39 PM

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no

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:39 PM

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mighty vector any ideas? ``` PMCES_set_restart = { systemchat format ["%1",_this]; //<----...

on recursive call it also says 1

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what did you expect?

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but anyway, you have to pass new args to the call

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 6:40 PM

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mighty vector another option?...params["_x"] ?

spawn or [] call

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 6:40 PM

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if you want it to change

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 6:40 PM

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[] call 😉

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not working...let me debug...xD

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 6:49 PM

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dusty whale ```sqf _target = "CBA_O_InvisibleTarget" createVehicleLocal ASLtoAGL getPosASL...

this works smoothly so far with the edits

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Thank you!

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❤️

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@little raptor thank you leopard, i mean

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i quoted myself there by accident

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so it needs to have a crew

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 7:07 PM

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now it travels a bit

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THE AI has a hard time keeping track of the target

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😓

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but i'll look after that tomorrow

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doTarget tooltip in the debug console says "unit doTarget position" despite the fact that doTarget doesnt take a position, but an object or an array

stuck rivet Mar 18, 2021, 7:31 PM

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how do I refer to an object that I haven't made a reference to in the editor in the debug console without being physically present? Say I want to destroy an object X setDammage 0 what would take the place of X? Usually I would do cursorObject but that requires to be present and looking at it

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 7:32 PM

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you could e.g grab it with a nearestObject command

stuck rivet Mar 18, 2021, 7:33 PM

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that gets me something like 21c272cc080# 1780805: ah64d.p3d

winter rose Mar 18, 2021, 7:33 PM

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yep, that's the object

stuck rivet Mar 18, 2021, 7:34 PM

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how do i use it in a script?

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getPos 21c272cc080# 1780805: ah64d.p3d

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doesn't appear to work

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 7:35 PM

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save it into a global

willow hound Mar 18, 2021, 7:35 PM

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str cursorObject //Can return something like "21c272cc080# 1780805: ah64d.p3d"
```Because it's just the string representation of your object.

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 7:35 PM

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myObj = nearestObject [...]

stuck rivet Mar 18, 2021, 7:37 PM

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ah ok thanks it works

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out of curiousity can you remove global variables?

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 7:37 PM

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myObj = nil

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usually works for me

stuck rivet Mar 18, 2021, 7:38 PM

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I see

willow hound Mar 18, 2021, 7:38 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables
You might want to catch up on some reading 🙂

stuck rivet Mar 18, 2021, 7:44 PM

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thanks 👍

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 8:31 PM

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this works

if(!foo) exitwith {};

but how can I do something like:

if(bar) then {
//...
//...
exitwith {}; <-------------------------exit/end script here
};

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 8:31 PM

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See

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

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No. But please read it

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 8:41 PM

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still forum No. But please read it

sorry, but I dont get it. (spanish native :S)
would a "false" do the trick?

to give some context:

PMCES_set_restart = { 
  if (isNil "_foo") then {
    if (isNil "_bar") exitwith {};
    //doC
  } else {
    //Already waiting and minutes given -> update and exit
    if (!isNil "_bar") then {
      //doA
      //doB
      //exit <------------this is what i want, for cleaner code
    };
  };
  //...
}; 
[1] spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; };

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 8:42 PM

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dusty whale now it travels a bit

I'm gonna come back with my favorite doWatch 😛
After the AI successfully acquires it with doTarget you could do a while{true} loop with doWatch. Like so:

watch_script = [] spawn
{
  while{true}do
  {
    _unit doWatch (getPos _target); //argument as position seems more reliable than object; emphasis on 'seems'
    sleep 0.05;
  };
};

Then you could terminate that with:

terminate watch_script;
_unit doWatch objnull;

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 PM

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while true loops should always have a sleep

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 PM

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robust tiger I'm gonna come back with my favorite doWatch 😛 After the AI successfully acquir...

doWatch fails if you drive into a wall

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 PM

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its nonsense to call doWatch a hundred times every frame

robust tiger Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 PM

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well it's a workaround for hard to crack problem

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 PM

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mighty vector sorry, but I dont get it. (spanish native :S) would a "false" do the trick? to ...

see breakOut/breakTo wiki pages

dusty whale Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 PM

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im using doTarget already

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and it works ok

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this is just so stupid in general

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please expose something that i can use to set the rotation of the turret

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just animateSource is enough

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i'll work out the math

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because working with the AI is the bane of all existence

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:06 PM

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still forum see breakOut/breakTo wiki pages

thats a goto...a cat just died

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:08 PM

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no.. not really

valid abyss Mar 18, 2021, 9:15 PM

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Is there any way to create a new inventory item?

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:15 PM

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scripting, no

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:26 PM

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still forum no.. not really

if (true) exitWith {}; //IMHO better than goto, but killed a cat anyway

heady quiver Mar 18, 2021, 9:33 PM

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Hi guys, why does my a jet take off when its linked to a CAS Bomber Support ?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:33 PM

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can I get an script handle within the script? like using _this ?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:34 PM

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there is nothing wrong with goto

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:34 PM

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...

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there is...and inside your heart, you know it

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:35 PM

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you can tell me what is wrong with it

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:36 PM

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well...its unestructured

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and thats enough evil for me 😛

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:36 PM

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its only unstructured if you can't make it be structured

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:36 PM

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/362929.362947

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:36 PM

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switch is basically subset of go to, do you hate it too?

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:36 PM

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yes, if you write bad code its bad code

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:37 PM

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goto its the proper way for spaghetti code...and people who use it (except for switch), will met satan in hell 😛

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anyway...going back for my fusillini code...i have a long running sleep and i want to cancel it.
AFAIK, terminate supports spawn handles...

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can that handle be linked somehow to _this? can i make "terminate _this" ? (not doing the exit, just for another crappy code)

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:40 PM

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you can’t

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when you add slip the script is rescheduled for the time after sleep

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this is why you can’t sleep less but likely more

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so the script is on hold and will not respond to terminate unless it is simulated

heady quiver Mar 18, 2021, 9:42 PM

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Guess no body knows 😦

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:42 PM

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so...

PMCES_set_restart = { 
  systemchat "hello";
  sleep 14400;
};
_handle=[1] spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; };
sleep 10;
terminate _handle;

wont terminate until sleep 14400 ends.

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:43 PM

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script won’t run?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:44 PM

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my bad...i mean, it will not terminate "immediatly", but only when sleep ends

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is that right?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:45 PM

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depends on what is before sleep

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:45 PM

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my bad again

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ill put it simpler

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:45 PM

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if it has to suspend before sleep it will terminate before sleep

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:46 PM

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updated, for better understanding

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:46 PM

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terminate will stop your spawn before the long sleep ends yes

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:47 PM

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also how do you know it doesn’t terminate until after sleep?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:47 PM

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...sorry for my english...but aren't u guys saying opposite answers?

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 9:48 PM

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Why
_handle=[1] spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; };
instead of
_handle=[1] spawn PMCES_set_restart;
?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:48 PM

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if you keep on changing question

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:48 PM

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mighty vector my bad...i mean, it will not terminate "immediatly", but only when sleep ends

wrong. Immediately is correct, immediately when you execute the terminate

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:48 PM

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crimson walrus Why _handle=[1] spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; }; instead of _handle=[1] spaw...

it that work, i didn't knew. i'll fix it 😉 thx

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:49 PM

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mighty vector can that handle be linked somehow to _this? can i make "terminate _this" ? (not ...

that would't make sense. If you want to terminate a sleep, from within the sleeping script..
Your script is sleeping, it can never get to execute "terminate" while it sleeps

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:49 PM

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ill try to explain the best i can

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i scheduled a server restart in 4hrs, so instead of checking periodically, my script will sleep 14400

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if someone wants to "cancel" or change restart time, it could "terminate" the previous process(sleep) and run another

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:52 PM

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yep. and you can do that with terminate like you posted above

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:52 PM

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//serverinit.sqf or whatever
PMCES_set_restart = { 
  systemchat "hello";
  sleep 14400;
};
_handle=[240] spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; };

//someone wants to reschedule
terminate _handle;
_handle=[120] spawn { call PMCES_set_restart; };

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:53 PM

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local variable obviously won't work, but yes something like that you can do

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:53 PM

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ok, perfect...now, the initial question was

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if theres a way to get handle within script, in order to change PMCES_set_restart to set "global_handle"=this

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:54 PM

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how about
global_handle =[120] spawn PMCES_set_restart;

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Or how about reading the wiki?

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

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 9:55 PM

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_thisScript

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:55 PM

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thats not the issue...

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or at least, again, i didnt explain myself

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:56 PM

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Thats exactly the answer to your question.
If you don't ask what you wanna ask then its hard to help

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:56 PM

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AND I'M MUCH APPRECIATED FOR YOUR PATIENCE💌

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:56 PM

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#rules no allcaps please

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:57 PM

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what i was thinking was about the scope of the handle

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the restart script is inside initserver.sqf or whatever

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but the "cancel" this restart and reschedule is going to be used from console/debug while playing

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so i have to rewrite PMCES_set_restart to terminate older handle and register the new

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like a global variable...

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:58 PM

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yes

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 9:58 PM

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missionNamespace setVariable ["pmces_next_restart_handle", _pmces_next_restart_handle];

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would that be the correct approach?

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 9:59 PM

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just store handle into global variable at the beginning of yur PMCES_set_restart

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terminate (missionNamespace getVariable ["PMCES_restartHandle", scriptNull]);
PMCES_restartHandle = _thisScript;
...

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 9:59 PM

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PMCES_set_restart = {
if (not isNil "global_handle") then { terminate global_handle; };
global_handle = _thisScript;
sleep 14400;
};

How's that?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 10:00 PM

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global_handle = _thisScript;

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:00 PM

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that's what i was looking for. your 3 answers toghether

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@still forum yes, terminating a global variable
@unique sundial yes, using _thisScript
@crimson walrus you summarize, but i love u too

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thank u...going to try it rn.

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:22 PM

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Okay...lets check for QA/advices:

PMCES_set_restart = { 
  //Schedule next restart to PARAM minutes from now.
  params["_minutes"];
  private _pmces_next_restart_handle = missionNamespace getVariable "pmces_next_restart_handle"; 
  //It's already waiting?
  if (isNil "_pmces_next_restart_handle") then {
    //Not waiting and no minutes given -> nothing to do
    if (isNil "_minutes") exitWith {};
    //No, but minutes given -> Start waiting
    //systemTime doesn't allow to easily add minutes. Using time
    _pmces_next_restart_time = missionNamespace setVariable ["pmces_next_restart_time", time+_minutes*60]; 
    //Register handle
    missionNamespace setVariable ["pmces_next_restart_handle", _thisScript]; 
  } else {
    //Already waiting and minutes given -> update and terminate older
    if (!isNil "_minutes") then {
      _pmces_next_restart_time = missionNamespace setVariable ["pmces_next_restart_time", time+_minutes*60]; 
      terminate _pmces_next_restart_handle;
      missionNamespace setVariable ["pmces_next_restart_handle", _thisScript]; 
    };
  };
  //So far ready to wait or restart
  private _pmces_next_restart_time = missionNamespace getVariable "pmces_next_restart_time"; 
  //systemchat format ["_pmces_next_restart_time: %1 and now: %2",_pmces_next_restart_time, time]; 
  //Wait until restart time 
  if (_pmces_next_restart_time > time ) then { 
    private _remaining_time = _pmces_next_restart_time - time; 
    uisleep _remaining_time; 
    diag_log "PMCES Restarting in 2 minutes..."; 
//TODO hint vs BIS_fnc_showNotification
    uisleep 120; 
    [] call PMCES_set_restart; 
  } else { 
    diag_log "PMCES Restarting..."; 
//TODO hint vs BIS_fnc_showNotification
//TODO restart; 
  }; 
}; 
[60] spawn PMCES_set_restart;

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:23 PM

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you know that you do't need the getVariable/setVariable right?

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Please use sqf highlighting

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!code

wicked roostBOT Mar 18, 2021, 10:23 PM

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How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

```sqf
// your code here
hint "good!";
```
↓

// your code here
hint "good!";

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:23 PM

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pretty hard to read that mess above

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:24 PM

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still forum you know that you do't need the getVariable/setVariable right?

dint know sqf highlight. thanks!!!

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:24 PM

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still forum you know that you do't need the getVariable/setVariable right?

if i knew it, i woulnd't have probably used it. please, consider this code is run from a file, but invoked from console too

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:25 PM

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how are you waiting until the restart?

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you are just repeatdly calling yourself?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 10:25 PM

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you can edit your posts

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:25 PM

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and you are restarting even though the time is not up?

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:26 PM

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...sorry...too many questions and didnt understand them. :S
on first run, last line start the first restart schedule (1hour)

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if someone invokes another thing, it would be overwritten and a new start is made. previous is terminated

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the wait its just an sleep and a final recursive call

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:28 PM

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PMCES_set_restart = { 
  //Schedule next restart to PARAM minutes from now.
  params["_minutes"];

  terminate (missionNamespace getVariable ["pmces_restart_handle", scriptNull]);
  pmces_restart_handle = _thisScript;
  
  // wait until restart
  sleep (_minutes-2)*60;
  diag_log "PMCES Restarting in 2 minutes..."; 
  //TODO hint vs BIS_fnc_showNotification
  sleep 120;
  diag_log "PMCES Restarting..."; 
  //TODO hint vs BIS_fnc_showNotification
  //TODO restart; 
};
[60] spawn PMCES_set_restart;

how about just that?
assuming your minutes are always bigger than 2

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:29 PM

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let me read, understand and probably cry...
BUT i dont want to check if i need to restart every 2 minutes. dont need to...

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:29 PM

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Your code maybe does that, mine doesn't

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:33 PM

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why did u write:

terminate (missionNamespace getVariable ["pmces_restart_handle", scriptNull]);
whats the scriptNull? where is that initialized? its like a default param=nil?

isn't missionNamespace setVariable needed to make the script handle global?

pmces_restart_handle = _thisScript;

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:36 PM

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

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

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its default value, and its a null script

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"isn't missionNamespace setVariable needed to make the script handle global?"
No. I told you that above. You don't need that

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global variables and missionNamespace are the same thing

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:38 PM

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still forum global variables and missionNamespace are the same thing

then why not:

terminate (getVariable ["pmces_restart_handle", scriptNull]);
? (or even simpler, idk)

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:39 PM

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because syntax error

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thats why not

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:39 PM

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f**k

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ok...now, should I start crying now, here...in front of everyone...or can I go to the corner and cry alone?

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:41 PM

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no you should spend the time to read the wiki instead

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:43 PM

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still forum no you should spend the time to read the wiki instead

do you really think I would have been able to do the shit I did without reading? xD

still forum Mar 18, 2021, 10:45 PM

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The worst scripts I've seen so far are mostly people copy pasting stuff together, not knowing what they are even doing besides "uh, it just works"

mighty vector Mar 18, 2021, 10:45 PM

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its my second "working script"...and im afraid to QA the first

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 10:46 PM

#

Hi folks,
I'm trying to use createVehicleLocal to make a "#lightpoint", but have encountered trouble in multiplayer.
My script fails to make the light when hosting the mission on a dedicated server, but succeeds when hosting locally.
I use an addAction prior to creating the light, and the action consistently shows up in both situations, so I know it's not a locality issue with createVehicleLocal.
Google had some mention of the command being disabled for security reasons - any thoughts?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 10:48 PM

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it’s not disabled unless it is disabled by mission maker

cosmic lichen Mar 18, 2021, 10:49 PM

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crimson walrus Hi folks, I'm trying to use createVehicleLocal to make a "#lightpoint", but have...

Would help if you actually post some code.

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 10:49 PM

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Sure thing, thanks. I'll double check that I'm not disabling it, too.

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https://pastebin.com/kf3rkqjf

cosmic lichen Mar 18, 2021, 10:55 PM

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// executed using [_buyStationObject] remoteExec ["item_fnc_buyStationAddAction", 0, true];
 
private _buyStation = _this select 0;
 
_buyStation addAction
[
    "Open Buy Station",
    {
        [] spawn item_fnc_buyStationMenu;
    },
    nil,
    1.5,
    true,
    true,
    "",
    "true",
    6,
    false,
    "",
    ""
];
 
private _brightness = [16, 12, 10, 8, 6] select ((round (daytime - 12)) min 4);
private _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal (getPos _buyStation);
_light setLightBrightness _brightness;
_light setLightAmbient [0, 1, 0];
_light setLightColor [0, 1, 0];
_light setLightDayLight true;
_light setLightUseFlare false;
_light setLightFlareSize 0;
_light setLightFlareMaxDistance 0;
_light setLightAttenuation [1,6,6,0,0.25,1.75];
``` I'll just repost it here

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@crimson walrus Check the pinned post to find out how to post code properly

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 10:57 PM

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I'll also note that daytime is always between 12 and 24

cosmic lichen Mar 18, 2021, 10:57 PM

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Have you tried for testing with createVehicle?

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 10:58 PM

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nope, thought lights had to be made locally. I'll give it a shot.

cosmic lichen Mar 18, 2021, 10:59 PM

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Basically, just remove all code and just try to make it appear, then go on from there. Could be something with the settings for the light.

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 10:59 PM

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It does work fine when hosted locally

cosmic lichen Mar 18, 2021, 10:59 PM

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ah okay

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The script is called where?

crimson walrus Mar 18, 2021, 11:00 PM

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[16, 12, 10, 8, 6] select ((round (daytime - 12)) min 4);
maybe daytime doesn't sync up fast enough with the client and this tries to select a negative number?

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it's remoteexec'd once from the server

cosmic lichen Mar 18, 2021, 11:01 PM

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or is that light part of the create shop function?

unique sundial Mar 18, 2021, 11:05 PM

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do what R3vo said, createVehicle and see if it works

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if it does but not with local version, please make a ticket and ping me with link

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:15 PM

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Can I get some help with this proof of concept? Its a simple scoreboard formatted as a hint.

private _headlessClients = entities "HeadlessClient_F";
private _humanPlayers = allPlayers - _headlessClients;
onEachFrame {
  {
    _playerName = name _x;
    _playerScore = _X getVariable ["score",0];
    _hintLine = format ["\n%1 - %2", _playerName, _playerScore];
  } forEach _humanPlayers;
  _hintArray = [];
  _hintArray pushBack _hintLine;
  hintSilent format _hintArray;
};

I know it won't work, obviously

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for every player, I need a new line in the hint with the _hintLine = format ["\n%1 - %2", _playerName, _playerScore]; formatting

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:20 PM

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agile pumice Can I get some help with this proof of concept? Its a simple scoreboard formatte...

_headlessClients = entities "HeadlessClient_F";
humanPlayers = allPlayers - _headlessClients;
onEachFrame {
  hintSilent ((humanPlayers apply {format ["%1 - %2", name _x, _X getVariable ["score",0]]}) joinString toString [10]);
};

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:22 PM

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how are you so good at this

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:22 PM

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I'm not even sure if it works meowsweats

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also, note that it is very slow

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you shouldn't do it every frame

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:25 PM

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I'll do it every 5 seconds, just to avoid the fading effect

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:25 PM

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does it work tho?

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:26 PM

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nah, syntax is iffy

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19:23:00 Error in expression <%2", name _x, _X getVariable ["score",0]}) joinString toString [10]);
};
>
19:23:00   Error position: <}) joinString toString [10]);
};
>
19:23:00   Error Missing ]

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working it out

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:29 PM

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agile pumice ``` 19:23:00 Error in expression <%2", name _x, _X getVariable ["score",0]}) joi...

yeah

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I left out a ] (format)

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:31 PM

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while {true} do {
  _headlessClients = entities "HeadlessClient_F";
  _humanPlayers = allPlayers - _headlessClients;
  hintSilent str ((_humanPlayers apply {format ["%1 - %2", name _x, _X getVariable ["score",0]]}) joinString (toString [10]));
  sleep 1;
};```

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That's what I got to work

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prob don't need the str

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:32 PM

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no

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:33 PM

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but thank you for sharing your genius

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:33 PM

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np

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:34 PM

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I'm looking for that wiki page with the fancy structured hints but I can't remember where I found it

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:35 PM

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you mean hintC?
or just structured text?

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:35 PM

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not hintc

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structured text

little raptor Mar 18, 2021, 11:36 PM

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

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meowtrash

agile pumice Mar 18, 2021, 11:38 PM

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I'm already there haha

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already started whiping up some code

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something like this?

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_headlessClients = entities "HeadlessClient_F";
_humanPlayers = allPlayers - _headlessClients;
_separator = parseText "<br />--------------------------------------------------------------<br />"; 
_txt1 = text ((_humanPlayers apply {name _x) joinString (toString [10]));
_txt1 setAttributes ["align", "left"];
_txt2 = text ((_humanPlayers apply {_x getVariable ["score",0]}) joinString (toString [10]));
_txt2 setAttributes ["align", "right"];
_structuredText = composeText [text "Chickens Killed", _separator, _txt1, _txt2];
hintSilent _structuredText;

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The name works, but the score shows any

crimson walrus Mar 19, 2021, 12:01 AM

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cosmic lichen Have you tried for testing with createVehicle?

I did end up getting it to work with createVehicleLocal. I had the server calculate the brightness and send it as an argument, and also added a 1 second sleep before creating the light.

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Thanks for the help

exotic tinsel Mar 19, 2021, 12:11 AM

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is there a way to detect if an object can take damage?

agile pumice Mar 19, 2021, 12:16 AM

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isDamageAllowed

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@little raptor I don't fully understand what the purpose of joinString (toString [10])) is

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 12:30 AM

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agile pumice <@!360154905148653568> I don't fully understand what the purpose of ``joinString...

adds nextline between each element

agile pumice Mar 19, 2021, 12:33 AM

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so that isn't going to work with the new revision

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also it seems that enableEnvironment [false, true]; will also prevent new ambient life from spawning via script

agile pumice Mar 19, 2021, 12:56 AM

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while {true} do {
  _headlessClients = entities "HeadlessClient_F";
  _humanPlayers = allPlayers - _headlessClients;
  _separator = parseText "<br />--------------------------------------------------------------<br />";
  _composedTextArr = [text "Chickens Killed", _separator];
  {
    call compile format ['
      _txt1_%1 = text (name _x);
      _txt1_%1 setAttributes ["align", "left"];
      _txt2_%1 = text str (_x getVariable ["score",0]);
      _txt2_%1 setAttributes ["align", "right"];
      _composedTextArr append [_txt1_%1, _txt2_%1];'
      , netId _x
    ];
  } forEach _humanPlayers;
  _structuredText = composeText _composedTextArr;
  hintSilent _structuredText;
  sleep 1;
};```

copper raven Mar 19, 2021, 4:48 AM

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what's the point of the call compile format?

torpid palm Mar 19, 2021, 5:55 AM

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so dumb question, if i want to to call for all vehicles/weapons/gear for a store script how could i implement that?

hallow mortar Mar 19, 2021, 6:33 AM

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You could do a config dump, but it's a bit risky because config can have a lot of minor variants and hidden stuff that you might not want to put in your store

#

If you really don't want to manually make a list, you could try making an Arsenal with all the stuff you want, and then reference it using one of the getVirtualArsenal[stuff] functions

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But making a deliberate and considered list, one item at a time, is probably the best way

spark turret Mar 19, 2021, 9:22 AM

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See pinnes messages for Dialog

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 9:38 AM

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Hello everyone! Hope everyone is having a great day. So I have a question and I am looking for someone who can help me solve this problem. I'm looking for maybe a mod or a unit randomization guide. Perhaps, as in the example, there is a rifleman who sometimes wears a hat, helmet, uses other weapons, ammunition, or other equipment.

spark turret Mar 19, 2021, 9:47 AM

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Use cba init eventhandler, then run a script that selects randomly from arrays of equipment

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Thats how i do it.

mental prairie Mar 19, 2021, 10:33 AM

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How do I make an AI go to the nearest player in the 10 meter radius?

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 10:34 AM

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1/ get the nearest player
2/ order to move
3/ ????
4/ profit 😎

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which step is the issue? 😉

mental prairie Mar 19, 2021, 10:41 AM

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I use the following code to get the nearest player position and move:

_nearestPlayer2 = _nearestPlayer select 0;
_ai moveTo [getPos _nearestplayer2];

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 10:41 AM

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yes, but objects of type "player" do not exist; it must be a class 😉

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so it would be a near entities, filtered by a select { isPlayer _x } 🙂

mental prairie Mar 19, 2021, 10:46 AM

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okay, so once I get a classname of entities, I filter them all by select { isPlayer _x }, and I'm good to go?

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 10:47 AM

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yes
I recommend filtering by CAManBase, or using… allPlayers select { _x distance _myObject < 10 }

mental prairie Mar 19, 2021, 10:48 AM

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In that case, I think I should replace nearestObjects with nearEntities

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 10:48 AM

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or allPlayers?

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it's a list of all players 😄

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ah wait you want the nearest

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private _closePlayers = allPlayers select { _x distance _theObject < 10 };
if (_closePlayers isEqualTo []) exitWith { hint "no one here"; };
hint "hey, someone here! getting the closest";
// filter by distance
// pick the first one (closest)
// move

mental prairie Mar 19, 2021, 10:56 AM

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_nearestPlayer = _nearestPlayer select { isPlayer _x }
_nearestPlayer = selectRandom _nearestPlayer
_ai moveTo [getPos _nearestplayer];``` What I came up with.

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 10:59 AM

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don't forget to check if the list is not empty

mental prairie Mar 19, 2021, 10:59 AM

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okay. Thanks!

vague geode Mar 19, 2021, 11:05 AM

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Does anyone happen to know how exactly the allowFleeing-command operates? Like what does a cowardice-value of e.g. 0.25 actually mean? (Hopefully not that a quarter of the men is just going to run at first glance of an enemy...)

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

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 11:28 AM

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vague geode Does anyone happen to know how exactly the `allowFleeing`-command operates? Like...

allowfleeing 0; means they will never flee

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@vague geode check https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/fleeing

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 11:32 AM

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vague geode Does anyone happen to know how exactly the `allowFleeing`-command operates? Like...

if I had to guess I'd say it's the ratio of the number of men left in a group to the number of enemies!

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at least that seems to have some effect

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or it could be the aggregate percent of suppression for all team members

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all I know is that the more suppressed and outnumbered a group is, the more likely they are to flee

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:16 PM

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The page explains it actually

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If the group losses by injury/damage or death/destruction are higher than the max strength, multiplied by leader's courage or allowFleeing level , then the group will start fleeing.

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So it's just a multiplier of some sort

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:38 PM

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Does anyone know why Hardware3 setPos getPos HardWare3Pos2 works, but
GeneratorVillage setPos getPos GeneratorVillagePos1 does not? It says "Generic error in expresion"

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:39 PM

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Are all four objects?

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:40 PM

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Yes

vague geode Mar 19, 2021, 12:41 PM

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cosmic lichen The page explains it actually

Now it does because you added it one hour and 15 minutes after I asked the question.

But now I have a followup:

If the group losses by injury/damage or death/destruction are higher than the max strength, multiplied by leader's courage or allowFleeing level , then the group will start fleeing.

But if that's the case 0 should make them always flee and 1 should make them take a stand no matter what but according the old version of the page it exactly the other way around.

Also the the infantry's armour just their health?

PS: I would add the note from the old version of the page as well since it shows you which effect increasing/decreasing the value was.

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:41 PM

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Could it be that GeneratorVillage has an object attached to it? (BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;)

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 12:42 PM

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clever radish Does anyone know why `Hardware3 setPos getPos HardWare3Pos2` works, but `Genera...

GeneratorVillagePos1 seems like a pos

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at least that's what the name says

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also what is GeneratorVillage? we don't have a "village" object

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:43 PM

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Now it does because you added it one hour and 15 minutes after I asked the question.
Not really. There was a link in the desciption saying "More info here"

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:43 PM

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little raptor `GeneratorVillagePos1` seems like a pos

It is not. It is a pillow. "village" is the var of the object

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:43 PM

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what

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 12:44 PM

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check what they are
execute:

[typeName GeneratorVillagePos1, typeName GeneratorVillage]

in debug console

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then paste the result here

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:44 PM

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no var names in editor

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:44 PM

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It is a CUP object, btw

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:45 PM

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little raptor check what they are execute: ```sqf [typeName GeneratorVillagePos1, typeName Gen...

["OBJECT","BOOL"]

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:45 PM

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yeah

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bool 😄

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That's a nice object

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 12:45 PM

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then you see it yourself

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they're not both objects

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paste the attach code here

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:48 PM

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The class name of the object is "PowGen_Big_EP1", but because I've got multiple of them I have set a variable name being "GeneratorVillage" It should work as I have done the same with Hardware3

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 12:48 PM

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but it doesn't as you see.

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Just double check your var names. Nothing else we can do here

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 12:50 PM

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little raptor paste the attach code here

The object attached to generator got variable GeneratorVillageSwitch with init 0 = [this, GeneratorVillage] call BIS_fnc_attachToRelative;

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I just tried in VR and it works. Every code being the same as well as the var names.. weird

clever radish Mar 19, 2021, 1:11 PM

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Found the problem. I had a trigger condition named GeneratorVillage. Thanks for the help

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 1:22 PM

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is there a way to force the player to freelook? can you simulate keypresses?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 1:29 PM

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nope

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 1:50 PM

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Hi guys how would i constantly check (or every 10 seconds) if [0] call BIS_fnc_countdown has reached 0.

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I was thinking a EH but not sure if there is something like that.

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 1:55 PM

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waitUntil {sleep 10; ([0] call BIS_fnc_countdown == 0)};

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 1:55 PM

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Why tho?

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 1:56 PM

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or

_serverTime = serverTime;
_countDown = 50;
waitUntil {sleep 10; _serverTime + _countDown >= serverTime};

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 1:56 PM

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It is known when a countdown reaches 0

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 1:57 PM

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true

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just sleep _countdown 😄

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 1:57 PM

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Because i am working on a secure area mission and once the timer reaches 0 i want the mission to be completed and all remaining AI to be removed.

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or killed.

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 1:57 PM

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The question is why check evry 10 seconds?

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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uhm

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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Just spawn a script and
sleep _countdown;
//Delete stuff

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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When you know when the countdown ends

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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Because i want something like:

%1 seconds remaining.

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so maybe every 30 seconds.

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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cosmic lichen ```sqf waitUntil {sleep 10; ([0] call BIS_fnc_countdown == 0)}; ```

<-- this would be usefull

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 1:58 PM

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sleep 30;
hint "countdown is x seconds"
sleep 30;

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...

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 1:59 PM

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notlikemeow

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 1:59 PM

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meowsweats

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What are you thinking off leo?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 2:00 PM

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cosmic lichen sleep 30; hint "countdown is x seconds" sleep 30;

This what I meant meowsweats

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:00 PM

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Uhm

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That gonna be ugly if i need to check it 10 times lol

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 2:01 PM

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#loop

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:02 PM

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could i somehow display car stats, like an ai is driving a car and i as player need to know which parts of the car are red, or yellow

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(this is a race mission and i wanna have car degradation in play, and you'd have to call the ai to the pitbox to repair the car and change wheels and so on, but the players need to know how the car is actually doing)

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:04 PM

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@cosmic lichen One problem the timer start when WEST unit steps in a trigger.

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[300] call BIS_fnc_countDown;

cosmic lichen Mar 19, 2021, 2:05 PM

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get away from that countdown function

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you don't need it.

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:06 PM

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oke 😦

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trg2 setTriggerStatements ["this", "
  'Enemies are moving into the area...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
  [pos, 25] call spawnPatrolUnits;
  [300] call BIS_fnc_countDown; <-- Remove this for?
  deleteVehicle trg2;
", ""];

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meowsweats

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 2:09 PM

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ember path could i somehow display car stats, like an ai is driving a car and i as player n...

The display part is up to you
but for knowing how it's doing you can use getAllHitPointsDamage _veh

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:09 PM

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oh god im gonna have to make a gui arent i..

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 2:09 PM

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yes

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if that's how you want to display it

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:10 PM

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softly fuck

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 2:10 PM

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but why don't you use the ingame GUI?

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the vehicle stats

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:10 PM

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yeah, like thats what i want

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just be able to see that like..car stats you usually get but when youre outside of it..

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do you know how to just use the ingame gui? or should i ask in #arma3_gui

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:15 PM

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@cosmic lichen can you please help my with it 😛 ?

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trg2 setTriggerStatements ["this", "
  'Enemies are moving into the area...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
  [pos, 25] call spawnPatrolUnits;
  // Start timing for 5 minutes <---
  deleteVehicle trg2;
", ""];

🤔

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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so wait you want it just to do a timer and when the timer runs out delete the thing?

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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When the timer runs out i will perform a couple of things yes.

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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sleep

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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can't do that

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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oh oka

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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ember path do you know how to just use the ingame gui? or should i ask in <#616327617725071...

I do know but you should ask there anyway

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:19 PM

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y

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why cant....you do sleep?

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:20 PM

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Cuz i am in a setTriggerStatements

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:20 PM

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ok

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huh.........well

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 2:20 PM

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spawn

exotic flax Mar 19, 2021, 2:21 PM

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setTriggerStatements can handle sleep as well if you use spawn (except for condition of course)

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:22 PM

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        trg2 setTriggerStatements ["this", "
                    'Enemies are moving into the area...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    [pos, 25] call spawnPatrolUnits;
                    null=[]spawn {
                        sleep 60;
                        '4 minutes remaining...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                        sleep 60;
                        '3 minutes remaining...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                        sleep 60;
                        '2 minutes remaining...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                        sleep 60;
                        '1 minute remaining...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                        sleep 60;
                        [player call BIS_fnc_taskCurrent, 'SUCCEEDED'] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
                        { player say2D 'cp_mission_accomplished_1'; } remoteExec ['call'];
                        'Mission Completed ($2500).' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                        [2500] remoteExec ['updatePlayerMoney'];
                        deleteVehicle trg2;
                    };
        ", ""];

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:25 PM

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Is there a way to script a one time check of a players mods then let them join the server?

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not sure which channel this question is most appropriate in

heady quiver Mar 19, 2021, 2:26 PM

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it works 😛 ty

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:27 PM

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tough abyss Is there a way to script a one time check of a players mods then let them join t...

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

But then you have to know the specific addon name. For example, ACE has like 20 addons inside of itself as a mod.

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:28 PM

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hmmmm

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okay I see the issue

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cause this array would be massive

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have to check against 100 addons but I only want it to run 1 time

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_loadedMods = getLoadedModsInfo;

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would this not work better?

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:30 PM

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i mean you can use keys right?

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:31 PM

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yup, the array is massive lol. you could. I like activatedAddons when I have to pull out a specific addon, like ace medical.

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:31 PM

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I want to set up a whitelist for mods that might not be on the server

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client side mods that are on my approved list

ember path Mar 19, 2021, 2:31 PM

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i see

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:31 PM

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so an easy way to do that

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is to just add the keys of the mods to the server, but not the actual mod itself

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:31 PM

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okay total noob at that lol

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how does one add keys

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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so if you look in the mod folder, there is usually a folder called keys

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it is a bisign key

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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okay I follow

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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that needs to go in the keys folder in the server root

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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ahhh okay

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then set the server signatures to 2?

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:32 PM

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yup

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:33 PM

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yea thats much easier XD

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:33 PM

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the only mods that are forced are the ones that are loaded on the server. all other standalone keys allow mods that are optional

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:34 PM

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Thanks I appreciate that

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and these keys they don't change if say the mod is updated?

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:35 PM

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the activatedAddons method is for things like say... i make a mission with standard arma, but I want to make it compatible with ACE Medical, so I would have a fsm that changes the game state if ace_medical is in the activatedAddons array.

fair drum Mar 19, 2021, 2:35 PM

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tough abyss and these keys they don't change if say the mod is updated?

yes, if the mod is updated, the keys get updated too typically, its up to the mod maker. So you got to be on top of that.

tough abyss Mar 19, 2021, 2:36 PM

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Okay cool

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That's easy tho

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just drag and drop

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 2:48 PM

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is there a getRelPos but which takes a vector direction instead of compas direction?

slim oyster Mar 19, 2021, 2:50 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorDir,
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/weaponDirection,
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/eyeDirection

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 2:50 PM

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vectorFromTo?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 2:51 PM

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winter rose vectorFromTo?

thank you!

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i would use weaponDirection, but it's inaccurate 😓

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so i have to play around a bit

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is there an internal function in arma to find a point at distance along a given line or should i just calculate it myself?

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:06 PM

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there is, but can't remember it

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:06 PM

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oh, damn

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into the BIS-functions i go

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oh cool, there's matrix multiply and transpose functions here

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not what im looking for today, though

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does this actually work`?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_runLater

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who needs timers when you have this

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wait, does it just call a timer internally

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i'll just call BIS_fnc_lerp on the 3 points

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cant be asked to look deeper

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never mind

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:20 PM

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winter rose there is, but can't remember it

for future reference, it's https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_interpolateVector

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:20 PM

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dusty whale for future reference, it's https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_interpola...

lucky you, because I had this in mind ^^
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_getLineDist

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:21 PM

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[[0,0,0], [10,10,10], 1, 0.5] call BIS_fnc_interpolateVector

this gets you 5,5,5

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:21 PM

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I usually multiply a normalised vector, does the job ^^

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:21 PM

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which is the middle point along that line

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:21 PM

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winter rose I usually multiply a normalised vector, does the job ^^

i didnt check what the command does under the hood

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:22 PM

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you wanted a distance, here you have a percentage

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:22 PM

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that's true

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but i know what the distance is

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because i know the components

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so i can figure out the appropriate percentage

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but can i just multiply my position vector with the normalized direction vector

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and get it that way

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i love how some of the selection names are in middle-european gibberish and some are english

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:31 PM

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-english +Western-European gibberish

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:34 PM

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debatable

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:37 PM

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for the record, the language is Czech

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:47 PM

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i know

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i'd say Czech Republic is smack right in the middle of europe

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 3:52 PM

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yup

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 3:54 PM

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BIS_fnc_interpolateVector is inaccurate

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😓

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it ends up a bit below from where it's supposed to be

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but only at longer distances

winter rose Mar 19, 2021, 4:00 PM

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of course, number precision

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:02 PM

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dusty whale `BIS_fnc_interpolateVector` is inaccurate

don't use that meowsweats

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:06 PM

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oh, alright

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:06 PM

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little raptor don't use that <:meowsweats:707626030613135390>

what do you reckon?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:08 PM

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dusty whale what do you reckon?

you can try:

vectorMultiply
vectorLinearConversion

opal sand Mar 19, 2021, 4:17 PM

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Hey guys, im trying to play the executioner/victim kill animation (via trigger>radio delta), ('Acts_Executioner_Kill', ''Acts_ExecutionVictim_Kill')
but the executionerkill anim unit tries to holster his pistol first which ruins the timing of the two animations which should play at same time, Had tried 'this disableai anim' in the (executioner) units init field, to no avail/effect, how to fix?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:18 PM

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Same issuer with vectorLinear

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:18 PM

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little raptor you can try: 1. vectorMultiply 2. vectorLinearConversion

can you take a look at this script?

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im not sure if my math is correct

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arrow2 = "Sign_Arrow_F" createVehicle [0,0,0];
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D",{
    private _end = [0,0,0];
    private _ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [
            AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,0], 
            AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,viewDistance], 
            player,
            vehicle player,
            True,
            1,
            "FIRE"
            ];
    private _start = vehicle player modelToWorld (vehicle player selectionPosition ["konec hlavne", "memory"]);
    if (count _ins > 0) then {
            _end = ASLToAGL(_ins select 0 select 0);
        } else {
            _end = positionCameraToWorld [0,0,viewDistance];
        };
    drawLine3D[_start, _end, [1,0,0,1]];
    
    private _perc = 100/(_start distance _end);
    
    private _pos = vectorLinearConversion [0,1,_perc,_start,_end,True];
    
    arrow2 setPos (_pos);
    
    hintSilent str(_pos);
    
}];```

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the arrow should be along the line, but it isnt

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this is done with a smaller

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look at a hillside and see the arrow go and do its own thing

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:43 PM

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dusty whale the arrow should be along the line, but it isnt

don't use setPos

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getPos

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position

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visualPosition

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getPosVisual

misty niche Mar 19, 2021, 4:44 PM

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noob question here, if i want to run this code in debug consul in game, what should i change? assuming i have named one object of the target group as A.
_localityChanged = _someGroup setGroupOwner (owner _playerObject);

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:44 PM

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little raptor don't use setPos

what am i allowed to use?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:44 PM

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anything but setPos

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whichever you're most comfortable with

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I personally recommend ASL

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:45 PM

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opal sand Hey guys, im trying to play the executioner/victim kill animation (via trigger>r...

switchMove

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:47 PM

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little raptor I personally recommend ASL

i tried first setPosASL

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makes no difference (ofcourse converting the AGL coordinates to ASL)

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also, why not use these commands?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:47 PM

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they use AGLS format

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which simply put are not convertible or compatible with any other command

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they should be used in special places

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:48 PM

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roger

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anyway, even with converting the AGL to ASL and using setPosASL, it fails the same way

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the arrow is not at the path of the line

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the coordinates get scewed by vectorLinearConversion

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i'll try flipping some numbers around

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😓

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 4:50 PM

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dusty whale the arrow is not at the path of the line

what is _perc?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 4:52 PM

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unimportant

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it doesnt actually change the accuracy of the result

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it's what i use as the percentage distance

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:24 PM

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dusty whale ```sqf arrow2 = "Sign_Arrow_F" createVehicle [0,0,0]; addMissionEventHandler ["D...

the problem is not the math, nor accuracy
it's just a visual error

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try this:

arrow2 = "Sign_Arrow_F" createVehicle [0,0,0];
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D",{
    _p1 = eyePos player;
    _p2 = AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,1000];
    private _ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [
            _p1, 
            _p2, 
            player,
            vehicle player,
            True,
            1,
            "FIRE"
            ];
    // private _start = vehicle player modelToWorld (vehicle player selectionPosition ["konec hlavne", "memory"]);
    if (count _ins > 0) then { _p2 = _ins # 0 # 0;};
    drawLine3D[ASLToAGL _p1,ASLToAGL  _p2, [1,0,0,1]];
    
    private _perc = 100/(_p1 distance _p2);
    
    private _pos = vectorLinearConversion [0,1,_perc,_p1,_p2,True];
    
    arrow2 setPosASL (_pos);
    
    hintSilent str(_pos);
    
}];

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in other words, it's drawLine3D that's causing the "error"

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not vectorLinearConversion

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:27 PM

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what?

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no it's not

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:27 PM

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little raptor in other words, it's drawLine3D that's causing the "error"

It's most definately not

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demonstrate to yourself by doing drawline3d to end and _pos

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those lines should not diverge

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but they do

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:30 PM

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they don't

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as I told you it's just a visual error

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:33 PM

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they do diverge

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trust me

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i can send you the math

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independent of arma 3

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your p1 is wrong

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it NEEDS to be the muzzle of the vehicle

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:34 PM

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dusty whale they do diverge

hintSilent str ((_start vectorFromTo _end) vectorCos (_start vectorFromTo _pos))

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:34 PM

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not the eye position of the player

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:35 PM

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that's the proper way to test divergence

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which doesn't happen

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:35 PM

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youre using wrong values

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the starting position of the vectorLinearConversion is the muzzle of the vehicle not the eye position of the player

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private _start = vehicle player modelToWorld (vehicle player selectionPosition ["konec hlavne", "memory"]);

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:36 PM

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dusty whale the starting position of the vectorLinearConversion **is the muzzle of the vehic...

what I said is based on your own code

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:36 PM

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my code says that the start is the muzzle position of the vehicle

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:36 PM

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yeah forget that code I sent you

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it was just to show you it's a visual error

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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it's not a visual error

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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I'm talking about this:
#arma3_scripting message

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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i have another arrow being set at the _end location

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and the ray from the muzzle goes directly to the root of the arrow

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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do you check that visually?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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so it's not a visual error

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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with your eye?

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or with math?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:37 PM

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listen to the end, please

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:38 PM

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I did listen

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but you're checking it visually

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:38 PM

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then i set the second arrow to the position give by the vector conversion

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then i draw a line to the location of the vector conversion from the same starting position

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and the lines diverge

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i should be seeing 1 line

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but im seeing 2

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VERY clearly 2

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:39 PM

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again, don't check visually

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:39 PM

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further evidence is the muzzle device of the vehicle

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i have another script set a target at the position of the arrow

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:39 PM

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send me the code

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:39 PM

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the 2nd arrow

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the one with the diverging lines?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:39 PM

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i'll prove to you it won't diverge

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:39 PM

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dusty whale the one with the diverging lines?

yes

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:51 PM

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little raptor yes

arrow2 = "Sign_Arrow_F" createVehicle [0,0,0]; 
arrow3 = "Sign_Arrow_F" createVehicle [0,0,0]; 
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D",{ 
 private _end = [0,0,0]; 
 private _ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [ 
   AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,0],  
   AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0,viewDistance],  
   player, 
   vehicle player, 
   True, 
   1, 
   "FIRE" 
   ]; 
 private _start = vehicle player modelToWorld (vehicle player selectionPosition ["konec hlavne", "memory"]); 
 if (count _ins > 0) then { 
   _end = ASLToAGL (_ins select 0 select 0); 
  } else { 
   _end = positionCameraToWorld [0,0,viewDistance]; 
  }; 
 drawLine3D[_start, _end, [1,0,0,1]]; 
  
 private _perc = 100/(_start distance _end); 
  
 private _pos = AGLToASL(vectorLinearConversion [0,1,_perc,_start,_end,True]); 
  
 arrow2 setPosASL  _pos; 
 arrow3 setPosASL AGLToASL _end; 
 drawLine3D[_start, ASLToAGL _pos, [1,0,0,1]]; 
  
 hintSilent str(_pos); 
  
}];```

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picture for illustration: https://ibb.co/3k4Dvmb

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:53 PM

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dusty whale ```sqf arrow2 = "Sign_Arrow_F" createVehicle [0,0,0]; arrow3 = "Sign_Arrow_F" c...

add this:

hintSilent str ((_start vectorFromTo _end) vectorCos (_start vectorFromTo ASLToAGL _pos));

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it'll be 1

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therefore no divergence

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:54 PM

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that still doesnt change the fact that the arrow nor the line is along the start-end line

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:54 PM

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that's how you see it

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but they are aligned

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:54 PM

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but they are not

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that much is obvious

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look at the picture

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you cant credit that much divergence to a "visual error"

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:55 PM

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do you want them to be aligned visually?

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or mathematically?

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what is your end goal?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:55 PM

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i want the red arrow to be along the path of the start-end line

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currently it is not

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hold on

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i'll post an exhibit video

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so that you can see the issue

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https://streamable.com/ygjt72

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here you go

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 5:59 PM

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dusty whale picture for illustration: https://ibb.co/3k4Dvmb

this is impossible
it can't be the same code
are you sure it's actually the same code?

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 5:59 PM

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you see how the target strays from the line when the line extends too far

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yes, it is the same code

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want me to walk it all the way from main menu?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 6:00 PM

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no

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 6:01 PM

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desktop?

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is the floating point accuracy of vectorLinearConversion poor?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 6:03 PM

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dusty whale is the floating point accuracy of vectorLinearConversion poor?

no

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 6:03 PM

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yeah, youre right

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it's elevation that breaks it

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so there must be one of the aslagl conversions

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that im not doing right

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but im not sure which one

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 6:04 PM

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it's not that either

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 6:04 PM

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really?

little raptor Mar 19, 2021, 6:04 PM

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it's probably positionCameraToWorld

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 6:04 PM

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no, it's not

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positionCameraToWorld is only used to find _end

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both the _pos and _end lines use the same position

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so it wouldnt matter what positionCameraToWorld gives

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they use the same value

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positionCameraToWorld can be whatever

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because vectorLinearConversion and the non-linear conversion lines both use the same _end

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so it wouldnt make a difference

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even if the error was in positionCameraToWorld

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which it isnt

robust tiger Mar 19, 2021, 6:12 PM

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are they in the same vertical plane or not, it's really hard to see

dusty whale Mar 19, 2021, 6:12 PM

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theyre not

robust tiger Mar 19, 2021, 6:17 PM

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couldn't you just cut the _start to _end vector and use that?