arma3_scripting

[potent dirge]

Thanks I really appreciate

[umbral nimbus]

I'm running a displayeventhandler in a script for keyUp and Keydown. Which change a variable. (and print it in a hint for testing)

However when I check the variable in a loop it hasnt changed.

How do I get the value from the eventhandler back into my script?

it's a local variable btw

making it a global variable ain't a smart thing to do right?
That's the easy way out

actually...now I think of it.
Wouldnt matter for multiplayer. It isn't published over the network with PublicVariable command.

https://tenor.com/view/ducky-gif-9483281

[grizzled lagoon]

If eventhandler is start you can call thé fonction and set argument in the call

[_local] call tag_fnc_name;

Or spawn...

[cyan dust]

Good day again. Just to make sure - there are no bitwise operations available in SQF? Specifically interested in "if (a & b == a)"

[grizzled lagoon]

you want to put 2 conditions in the same if?

[exotic flax]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Function_Group:_Bitwise

if (a && a == b) then {}
``` is valid

But bitwise is afaik not available with commands

[cyan dust]

Thanks a lot!

And another one: I see we have multiple options of organizing and accessing the code for execution, from your experience, which is faster/less memory consuming/both in case of planned single use (on, say, init) or multiple uses per game session (hotkeys for example)?

• store as "MyScript.sqf" and call compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers (turn it into function before use)
• define a function like ASM_fnc_doStuff
• execVM "MyScript.sqf"
  (the latter must be "slowest" of all, as I suppose)

[distant oyster]

calling once: execVM, compile (very bad for performance and security)
multiple times: compile(Final) once, CfgFunctions does it automatically with some more benefits

[exotic flax]

CfgFunctions is the easiest to manage and good practice unless you need something specific

[cyan dust]

That's what I thought too 👍 Thank you guys

[dusk shadow]

Anyone know if there's a way to retrieve the layerID of a layer after it's been created?

talking about while In 3DEN*

or better yet to check which layerID a given entity belongs to

I suppose I could just use get3DENLayerEntities and loop until I find the correct layer...

[raw haven]

Can I do a task that is triggered when I talk to an npc?

[winter rose]

yes

[raw haven]

How could I do it, is there a tutorial?

I've been looking for about 20min and I can't find anything

[dusk shadow]

@raw haven If there isn't a exact tutorial for what you are looking for then look for tutorials about the subparts of what you are trying to do:

1. how to "interactions" to "npcs"
2. how to create and complete tasks with script

1. addAction is a good command to look into
2. Task Framework is a good place to start (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Task_Framework)

[raw haven]

ok Thanks

[cerulean cloak]

Because that way if they get shot at in the water it won't do anything.
And respawning it isn't ideal because then I need to add back a couple of event handlers, ace cargo contents and it's inventory. Plus also copy over any other damage sustained.

[potent dirge]

Hello again, I'm trying to create a vehicle disabled check using canMove and canFire that will trigger a script. I need this check to apply only to vehicles disabled by the player, but I'm not sure what the best way to do it.
I was initially thinking of putting it in a "HitPart" or "HandleDamage" EH, but that might not be best performance wise. Neither would a dedicated script with waitUntil attached to every vehicle.

Any suggestions as to the best place to place such a check?

[willow hound]

EHs are good, don't be scared of them 🙂

[agile pumice]

how would I use setVelocityTransformation to move an object along a linear path from object a to object b??
Something like this?

  t1 = time; 
      t2 = time + 10;
      onEachFrame
      {
          player setVelocityTransformation
          [
          AGLtoASL (getpos player),
          AGLtoASL (getpos target),
          [0,0,0], 
              [0,0,0], 
              [0,1,0], 
              [0,1,0], 
              [0,0,1], 
              [0,0,1],
          linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
          ];
      };

[hollow lantern]

I'm currently trying to get a chopper to make a nice descend.

waitUntil {(_aircraft distance _destination) < 1000};
[0.5] call _kiDescend;``` 
```sqf
private _kiDescend = 
{
    params["_z1"];
    _v1 = -6;
    _refreshTime = 0.1;
                
    _z2 = getpos _aircraft select 2;
    _v2 = velocity _aircraft select 2;
    _Vel = [];
    _velZ = 0;
    _z = getpos _aircraft select 2;
    while{_z >= _z1} do
    {
        _z = getpos _aircraft select 2;
        _velZ = [_v1,_v2,(_z-_z1)/(_z2-_z1)] call BIS_fnc_lerp;
        _vel = (velocity _aircraft);
        _vel set [2,_velZ];
        _aircraft setVelocity _vel;
        sleep _refreshTime;
    };  
};``` However, somehow the chopper does not really go down to the ground in a nice 45-60 deegres angle. Instead it sometimes occur that the helo does a 50 deegres angle in the air for slowing down and then the script fires and uses this angled position as base which results in the helo going upwards instead of down. 
Is there anything I should adjust to counter-act this?

[crude vigil]

position of player should be saved outside as an _initPos then passed into the command otherwise you give new position each time which would result in some quite ridiculous acceleration.

[little raptor]

getPos shouldn't be used at all

[crude vigil]

there is also just a command named getPosASL , instead of AGLtoASL (getPos...) which you can use

[crude vigil]

May I ask if your purpose is to simply change the altitude of the chopper?

Just want to make sure you are aware that these commands exist:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/flyInHeight
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/flyInHeightASL

[hollow lantern]

not only. My purpose is that the helo makes a descend into a landing zone instead of just flying at full speed and then makes a altitude change by going step in the air (to slow down) and then go down

here is a image representing my goal https://i.imgur.com/hwqyoe1.png

more or less

[crude vigil]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/forceSpeed
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/limitSpeed
You mean these as well?

[hollow lantern]

already tried them, they are not usable in my case. My code above somewhat works, it just has sometimes the issue that the helo banks to the sky (probasbly for slowing down) and then the script fires. It then uses that weird angle as basis which results in the chopper going upwards then down

[agile pumice]

that doesn't work

this is my current code:

t1 = time;
t2 = time + 10;
player setDir (player getDir target);
["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame", {
    if (player distance target > 1.6) then {
        player setVelocityTransformation
        [
            getPosASL player,
            AGLtoASL (target modelToWorld (target selectionPosition "neck")),
            [0,0,0], // fromVelocity
            [0,0,0], // toVelocity
            [0,1,0], // fromVectorDir
            [0,1,0], // toVectorDIr
            [0,0,1], // fromVectorUp
            [0,0,1], // toVectorUp
            linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
        ];
    } else {
        ["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame"] call BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler;
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

I need to change the

    _nextVectorDir,
    _currentVectorUp,
    _nextVectorUp,

params so the object (in this instance player) faces the target

[little raptor]

how is it supposed to move to target if velocity is 0?

[agile pumice]

it already moves to the target

[little raptor]

then what is the problem?

[crude vigil]

velocity is for mp purposes, command doesnt use it for positioning

it is for sync over network

[agile pumice]

the problem is getting the vectordir/vectordirup to face the target

[little raptor]

vectorFromTo

you can calculate the vectorup using vectorCrossProduct

[agile pumice]

what vectors do I use for vector1 and vector2 in the syntax?

[crude vigil]

does vectorUp even work for player though? (Unless in vehicle)

[little raptor]

no

at least not setVectorUp

I don't know about that command

[crude vigil]

I mean it does but upon landing it goes back to normal standing

[little raptor]

but I assumed that was for testing

because the code doesn't make sense (moving the player up to some bunny?!)

[crude vigil]

use vectorDir player for vector1 , and the calculation Leopard gave for vector2

[crude vigil]

(I stopped questioning such stuff in this channel)

[agile pumice]

I think I was just looking for

            vectorDir player,
            vectorDir target,
            vectorUp player,
            vectorUp target,

well kind of

[crude vigil]

you want player to look at the direction bunny looks?

[agile pumice]

nah, I just want the rabbit (player) to face the player during the movement

[crude vigil]

wait is rabbit the player?

[agile pumice]

the rabbit (player) ends up looking the direction of the object at the end of the conversion

yes

[little raptor]

[agile pumice]

I am putting together a whimsical easter mission

[crude vigil]

[agile pumice]

its the vectorup bit that I need to adjust right?

[little raptor]

as I said, just use vectorFromTo

for next vector direction

[agile pumice]

I did but like I said, the player ended up facing the same direction as the target at the end of the transformation

[crude vigil]

I still am trying to understand this line (player will face player?)

[agile pumice]

I think I just need player setVectorDir (vector1 vectorFromTo vector2 before the setVelocityTransformation starts

player face target
setVelocityTransformation

[crude vigil]

yes you shouldnt do anything dynamically there. (ie. get all your values outside onEachFrame from start and pass them into command)

(Unless you know what you are doing)

[agile pumice]

I agree, I think something closer to this is what I'm aiming for:

t1 = time;
t2 = time + 10;
player setDir (player getDir target);
player setVectorDir ((vectorUp player) vectorFromTo (vectorUp target));
["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame", {
    if (player distance target > 1.6) then {
        player setVelocityTransformation
        [
            getPosASL player,
            AGLtoASL (target modelToWorld (target selectionPosition "neck")),
            [0,0,0], 
            [0,0,0], 
            [0,1,0], 
            [0,1,0], 
            [0,0,1], 
            [0,0,1],
            linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
        ];
    } else {
        ["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame"] call BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler;
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

though I don't think I should be using vectorUp for the two vectorFromTo objects

[crude vigil]

Well in here, you do not even modify the final vectorDir in setVelocityTransformation value so...

[little raptor]

you're still on this?

[agile pumice]

I'm just trying to workout the vectorFromTo command. Do I use _vectorDir = (getpos player) vectorFromTo (getpos target); and then reference _vectorDir for vectorDirTo and vectorDirFrom inside setVelocityTransformation?

yes, I don't have a full understanding of the vector commands yet

[little raptor]

t1 = time;
t2 = time + 10;
_p1 = getPosASL player;
_p2 = target modelToWorldWorld (target selectionPosition "neck");
vec2 = _p1 vectorFromTo _p2;
player setVectorDir vec2;
["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame", {
    if (player distance target > 1.6) then {
        _p1 = getPosASL player;
        _p2 = target modelToWorldWorld (target selectionPosition "neck");
        player setVelocityTransformation
        [
            _p1 ,
            _p2 ,
            [0,0,0], 
            [0,0,0], 
            vec2 , 
            vec2 , 
            [0,0,1], 
            [0,0,1],
            linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
        ];
    } else {
        ["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame"] call BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler;
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

the vectorups probably need conversion too

[agile pumice]

the thing is, I don't want the vectordir to change mid transformation, which it does when you do vectorFromTo inside the transformation block itself

but your code might be the closest possible result to what I was looking for

[little raptor]

then just use the new code

[agile pumice]

I tested it, the result was what I mentioned

[little raptor]

I updated it just now

[agile pumice]

strange, I tried my own version of that and it was broken =/

[little raptor]

it is broken

[agile pumice]

oh, it was probably because I didn't do
_p1,
_p2,

[little raptor]

no

player setVelocityTransformation
        [
            getPosASL player,
            AGLtoASL (target modelToWorld (target selectionPosition "neck")),
            [0,0,0], 
            [0,0,0], 
            [0,1,0], 
            [0,1,0], 
            [0,0,1], 
            [0,0,1],
            linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
        ];

your vectors are [0,1,0]

[agile pumice]

sorry, I meant I had
getPosASL player,
AGLtoASL (target modelToWorld (target selectionPosition "neck")),
in place of the
_p1,
_p2,
in the transformation block

[little raptor]

again, that's not the problem

it's just a variable

[agile pumice]

I had

t1 = time;
t2 = time + 10;
_p1 = getPosASL player;
_p2 = target modelToWorldWorld (target selectionPosition "neck");
vec2 = _p1 vectorFromTo _p2;
player setVectorDir vec2;
``` outside the transformation block

and had
```sqf
vec2 , 
            vec2 , 

inside the transformation block

[little raptor]

it changes nothing

[little raptor]

I already told you what's wrong

#arma3_scripting message

[agile pumice]

they weren't that the last time I tested

[little raptor]

that's literally your code

#arma3_scripting message

[agile pumice]

I didn't paste my last test before using your updated code, It looked like this:

t1 = time;
t2 = time + 10;
//_vectorDir = (vectorUp player) vectorFromTo (vectorUp target);
_vectorDir = (getpos player) vectorFromTo (getpos target);
player setVectorDir _vectorDir;
["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame", {
    if (player distance target > 1.7) then {
        player setVelocityTransformation
        [
            getPosASL player,
            AGLtoASL (target modelToWorld (target selectionPosition "neck")),
            [0,0,0], 
            [0,0,0], 
            _vectorDir, //vectorDirFrom
            _vectorDir, //vectorDirTo
            //[0,1,0], //vectorDirFrom
            //[0,1,0], //vectorDirTo
            [0,0,1], //vectorUpFrom
            [0,0,1], //vectorUpTo
            linearConversion [t1, t2, time, 0, 1]
        ];
    } else {
        ["rabbit_attack", "onEachFrame"] call BIS_fnc_removeStackedEventHandler;
    };
}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;

is what I was trying to explain

[little raptor]

_vectorDir is local

[agile pumice]

That would explain why it broke haha

I don't think the:

_p1 = getPosASL player;
_p2 = target modelToWorldWorld (target selectionPosition "neck");
vec2 = _p1 vectorFromTo _p2;
player setVectorDir vec2;
``` before the onEachframe is necessary

nevermind

my monty python spoof mission is near completion

I even modified the rabbits to have red eyes and bloody faces

[tulip ridge]

Probably a really dumb question but I'm still fairly new to SQF files, and was wondering if there was anything necessarily wrong with this script? It works fine but I don't know a lot of the convention for sqf files as much as other programming languages.

/*
 * Briefing Script
 * Just edits some markers on the map
 */

openMap [true, false];
// [variable name, marker type, marker text]
_markers = [
  ["task_meetup", "hd_join", "Meetup"],
  ["task_rescue", "hd_unknown", "Rescue"],
  ["task_extract", "hd_pickup", "Extract"]
];

for [{_i=0},{_i<(count _markers)},{_i=_i+1}] do { // Can you have spaces? I tried spacing stuff out but it caused a "missing ;" error
  _markerName = (_markers select _i) select 0; // This + the array at the top can probably be done better
  _markerType = (_markers select _i) select 1;
  _markerText = (_markers select _i) select 2;

  // Move Camera
  mapAnimAdd [1, 0.1, markerPos _markerName];
  mapAnimCommit;
  sleep(1);

  // Edit Marker
  _markerName setMarkerType _markerType;
  _markerName setMarkerColor "colorwest";
  _markerName setMarkerText _markerText;

  // Make marker blink
  [_markerName, 0.5, 3] call BIS_fnc_blinkMarker;
  sleep(3);
};

[little raptor]

apart from using for [{_i=0},{_i<(count _markers)},{_i=_i+1}] do there's not much wrong with it

you might also want to take a look at params

also no need for parenthesis when using sleep

[tulip ridge]

you can just do sleep x?

[little raptor]

yes

read the rules of precedence:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Order_of_Precedence

[tulip ridge]

alright, and what was wrong with using a for loop?

[little raptor]

that's the slow variant of for

you should use for "_i" from 0 to count _markers - 1

sqf is not like other languages

[tulip ridge]

I mostly meant like "the standards" of sqf, so like for python, 4 spaces is "standard" for indents. While in others, 2 is "standard"

[little raptor]

there are no such standards in sqf

Indents are simply considered good programming practice (for reading). so you can use whatever you prefer
I personally prefer 4 spaces

[tulip ridge]

I was just using indents as an example

[little raptor]

take a look at the list at the top of this page. (expand it)
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting

it contains almost everything you'd need

[hollow lantern]

is there an easy method of getting values for setVectorDirAndUp ? Like e.g. have a person on the ground rotated in a specific way and then having a sort of getVectorDirAndUp command.

[little raptor]

[vectorDir obj, vectorUp obj]

if you have an object that's your dir and up

[cosmic lichen]

@heady quiver https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Containers

[fair drum]

if i have a script running locally on a vehicle and that driver leaves the game, do I need to restart that script when the locality changes or will it automatically transfer over?

[cosmic lichen]

you can't have a script running on a vehicle

it runs on the client or the server.

if the vehicle changes its locality you have to make your script detect that and adjust

[fair drum]

yeah thats what i meant. the driver's computer is in ownership of the vehicle

[normal epoch]

never worked with anything more advanced than placing and syncing stuff so how would i set up delayed spawns for groups of units?

[fair drum]

what I like to do it disable simulation, hide them, then reenable them when I want. gives the effect of "spawning" but I placed everything in the editor before hand. can even be fun to create states with FSMs

[normal epoch]

so then via a trigger re-enable them?

[fair drum]

you can if you want

[fair drum]

you are gonna want this.

{
    private _group = _x;
    {
        _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
        _x hideObjectGlobal false;
    } forEach units _group;
} forEach globalGroupVariablePoolHere;

[tulip ridge]

How can you get a list all the units in a group? I tried using (units group squadName) join player; but this gave an error saying that it was a group and not a list of objects.

I was looking on the wiki and it said that units returns an array of objects so I don't know what I did wrong.

[fair drum]

just units groupnamehere

returns array of units... [unit1,unit2,unit3]

so in total

(units squad_1) join player;

[tulip ridge]

ooooh

I just included group when I didn't need to, thanks!

[dusty whale]

ropeCreate doesnt work, despite setting enableRopeAttach to true

im getting null-object as return

[dusty whale]

im getting an error on this undefined variable _gunner

[_gun] spawn{
  waitUntil {time > 10};
  _group = createGroup [west, true];
  _gunner = ("B_RangeMaster_F" createUnit [position gun, _group]);
  sleep 2;
   _gunner moveInGunner _this#0;
};```

_gunner is literally defined just before

[fair drum]

your syntax of createUnit doesn't return anything

[dusty whale]

i see

[fair drum]

if you want a return you HAVE to use group createUnit [type, position, markers, placement, special]

[tulip ridge]

How can you check if all the units in a specific group is in a vehicle? I tried using (units groupName) in heli in the condition [of a waypoint] but it gave a general error.

[fair drum]

units groupName findIf { !(_x in heli1) } == -1

units groupName findIf { alive _x && !(_x in heli1) } == -1

even better as it filters out dead units that are in the group but haven't been removed yet

so it reads... if a unit is alive, and not in heli1, you will get a value that is the index of that unit in the array (so basically >= 0)

so if there are units alive, and none of them are not in heli1, then you get a return value of -1

[tulip ridge]

works like a charm! thanks a bunch

[cyan dust]

Good day. Is there a way to hide/show certain GUI element? I would like to hide some buttons before something is selected in listbox

[cosmic lichen]

ctrlSetFade

[heady quiver]

_pistolConfigs = "((configName (_x)) isKindof ['Pistol', configFile >> 'cfgWeapons']) && (getText (_x >> 'displayName') != '')" configClasses (configFile >> "cfgWeapons");

Is there a way to loop over all the pistols and make a class for each weapon?

class pistolNameHere {

};

[cosmic lichen]

A class?

You wanna format them as string?

Or do you mean like an OO approach?

[heady quiver]

Well its for the shop im using and i dont wanna define all the weapons manually so i just wanna loop over pistols, rifles, attachements etc and just give them all a base price based on what they are.

Example:

class rhsusf_acc_m14_bipod { <-- loop 
  price = 25; <-- default price
  stock = 100;
};

Another example:

class cfgHALsStore {
    containerTypes[] = {"LandVehicle", "Air", "Ship"};
    containerRadius = 10;
    currencySymbol = "$";
    sellFactor = 0.5;
    debug = 1;
    
    class categories {
        class launchers {
            displayName = "Rocket Launchers";
            picture = "a3\ui_f\data\gui\Rsc\RscDisplayArsenal\secondaryWeapon_ca.paa";
            
            class launch_NLAW_F {
                price = 2500;
                stock = 100;
                description = "<t color='#ff0000'>Where has my beer gone?</t>";
            };

[cosmic lichen]

So you wanna export them so you can put them into a config file?

[heady quiver]

yea

[cosmic lichen]

copyToClipboard

[heady quiver]

or just loop over them all

Mmmm

No

I dont wanan to manually add it

i just want all pistols and give them all the same price.

[cosmic lichen]

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

Here are a few good example on how to mass export (by copying to the clipboard)

Then you just paste it into your config file

[heady quiver]

So there is no way to do something like

{
_x {
price = 25; <-- default price
stock = 100;
}

} forEach _pistols

?

[cosmic lichen]

No. You cannot add new properties to existing classes

Via scripting*

[heady quiver]

damn

[heady quiver]

not sure how i would do this

_pistols = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 2 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons');
{_x} forEach _pistols;

How do i get the class name from a pistol 🤔

[finite sail]

morning chaps.. is there a recent all in one config output anywhere?

save me switching to diagnostic branch and using the sexy new diag_exportconfig

[heady quiver]

_pistols = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 2 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons');

pistols = [];
{ 

format['%1 { 
 price = 200; 
 stock = 999; 
};', configName _x];

} forEach _pistols;

This almost works but only returns one pistol -.-

[heady quiver]

i figured it

[tough abyss]

does commands like drawPolygon only work on maps? or can i use them for regular displays too?

[cosmic lichen]

_pistolsCfg = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 2 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons'); 
 
_pistols = "";

{  
 
_pistols = _pistols + configName _x + endl + "{" + endl + "  price = 200;" + endl + "  stock = 999;" + endl + "};" + endl;
} forEach _pistolsCfg;

@heady quiver

hgun_ACPC2_F
{
  price = 200;
  stock = 999;
};
hgun_ACPC2_snds_F
{
  price = 200;
  stock = 999;
};
hgun_P07_F
{
  price = 200;
  stock = 999;
};```

@tough abyss What does the doc say?

[heady quiver]

well thats way better then what i had

x)

ty revo.

[tough abyss]

this is for drawIcon idk about others

Syntax:
    map drawIcon [texture, color, position, width, height, angle, text, shadow, textSize, font, align]
Parameters:
    map: Control
    texture: String - Icon texture
    color: Array - Text and icon color in format [r,g,b,a]
    position: Position2D, Position3D or Object
    width: Number - Width of the icon (but not the text)
    height: Number - Height of the icon (but not the text)
    angle: Number - Rotation angle of the icon (but not the text)
    text (Optional): String
    shadow (Optional): Number or Boolean - 0 (false): no shadow, 1: shadow (for text), 2 (true): outline (works for text and for icon only if icon angle is 0)
    textSize (Optional): Number - Size of the text in UI units (since Arma 3 v0.72)
    font (Optional): String - (since Arma 3 v0.72)
    align (Optional, default: "right"): String - "left", "right" or "center" (since Arma 3 v0.72)
Return Value:
    Nothing 

[cosmic lichen]

Ever heard of the biki? 😉

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

[tough abyss]

that's same as drawIcon it seems

map is still just a control

[cosmic lichen]

Your question was if it works on a display or only on map control

[tough abyss]

my bad i was using "display" incorrectly

yeah i meant a general control, not map specifically

[cosmic lichen]

No, only works for maps.

[tough abyss]

thats a shame

[heady quiver]

One more question:
_pistolsCfg = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 1 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons');

this returns weapons now but some of those weapons have scopes is there a way to filter that?

srifle_DMR_01_ACO_F, srifle_DMR_01_MRCO_F, srifle_DMR_01_SOS_F, srifle_DMR_01_DMS_F <-- retrusn things like this

[cosmic lichen]

_pistolsCfg = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 1 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2 AND (configName _x call BIS_fnc_baseWeapon == configName _x" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons')

[heady quiver]

https://ibb.co/G2hSVK5

[cosmic lichen]

Can you find the mistake I did ? 🙂

[heady quiver]

🤔

[cosmic lichen]

Do not just copy paste, also read 🙂

[winter rose]

( issue

[cosmic lichen]

...

Let him think for a moment 😄

[winter rose]

😁

2 minutes is enough!!1! 😄

[cosmic lichen]

I guess that's the average time ppl can focus on something these days

[winter rose]

sorry, what were we talking about?

[cosmic lichen]

_pistolsCfg = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 1 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2 AND (if (isArray (_x >> 'muzzles')) then {configName _x call BIS_fnc_baseWeapon == configName _x} else {true})" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons');

This is the updated code. We might need to add another check for muzzles, just to be safe

[heady quiver]

UH

[cosmic lichen]

Alright, tested and works

[heady quiver]

😮

thanks 😄

[heady quiver]

Is there also a way of getting all magazines? or do i need to loop over each weapon to get the compatible mags?

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_compatibleMagazines
This mayb?

[heady quiver]

yea so gotta loop over each

no way of getting all mags from the game i guess.

[warm hedge]

Excuseme what's the context? Can you explain for the drunk?

(I ate some cocktails not a wine)

[heady quiver]

I want all magazines that are currently in the game.

[warm hedge]

Currently in-game, in the terms of configs or in mission?

[heady quiver]

config

[warm hedge]

Do the mostly the same with what R3vo wrote, but for CfgMagazines

[heady quiver]

lmfao i just crashed my game

_weaponsCfg = "getnumber (_x >> 'type') isEqualTo 1 AND getnumber (_x >> 'scope') isEqualTo 2 AND (if (isArray (_x >> 'muzzles')) then {configName _x call BIS_fnc_baseWeapon == configName _x} else {true})" configClasses (configfile >> 'CfgWeapons'); 
_weapons = "";  
  
{    
 
 _magazines = [configName _x] call BIS_fnc_compatibleMagazines;
    {
        _weapons = _weapons  + 'class ' + _x + endl + "{" + endl + "  price = 100;" + endl + "  stock = 999;" + endl + "};" + endl;  
    } forEach _magazines;

} forEach _weaponsCfg;

was trying to all mags from that other list

🧊

[warm hedge]

Uhh

If you just wanted to get every mags ingame you only needed to use configClasses

[heady quiver]

_configs = "true" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMagazines");

like this ?

[warm hedge]

Basically yes. You of course need to adjust the conditions if you wanted to get all personal weapon magazines

[heady quiver]

by personal weapon you mean what he holds?

oh no.

I think i know what you meant, im getting ammo for vehicles as wel lol

[cosmic lichen]

Yes, config file is a messy place

[heady quiver]

Yea im getting a lot of shit now.

mags that are for vehicles, mags without images.

even stungrenades that are un useable

x)

[cosmic lichen]

BIS_fnc_itemType

"getNumber (_x >> 'scope') == 2 && getText (_x >> 'picture') != '' && getText (_x >> 'model') != ''" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgMagazines"

Should get you started

[heady quiver]

thats exactly what i needed

😮

Where can i found all the Cfg's 🤔 cuz i need attachments as wel.

[heady quiver]

is it just me or cant i find alot of information about weapon attachments.

[heady quiver]

Can i call a function i am currently in ?

function1 = { call function1 }; for example.

i guess i should try before asking

🤣

[little raptor]

yes you can. it's called a recursion. but it must have a proper condition to end, otherwise it'll loop forever

[heady quiver]

// Check if the location is already used before
    if(_location in used_locations) then {
        call createMissionLocations;
    } else {
        used_locations append [_location];
    }

The only thing that might inf loop this is the fact that i run out of locations.

[little raptor]

why on earth do you use append?

just use pushBack

[heady quiver]

oke changed it

x)

I got a lil problem btw, if you have some time

// Get random location
    _location = call getMissionLocations;
    _location = selectRandom _location;

    // Name
    _marker_name = format['task_%1_time_%2_marker', round random 9999, round time];

    // Create marker
    _markerstr = createMarker [_marker_name, _location]; 
    _markerstr setMarkerType "mil_unknown";
    _markerstr setMarkerColor "colorBLUFOR";

    // Create trigger if player gets close start a mission
    _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _location];
    _trg setTriggerArea [600, 600, 50, false];
    _trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", false];
    _trg setTriggerStatements ["this", "
        'Bluefor entered the area' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
         
    ", 
    ""]; // Check if bluefor is close, remove marker and call other function

    // Check if the location is already used before
    if(_location in used_locations) then {
        call createMissionLocations;
    } else {
        used_locations pushBack [_location];
    }

i want to delete that marker when a bluefor walks into the area but the problem is this function can be called multiple times.

[little raptor]

you have to change it to:
used_locations pushBack _location;

[little raptor]

_location = call getMissionLocations; why do you call here?

[heady quiver]

getMissionLocations = {
    _locations = allMapMarkers;
    _list = [];
    {if(getMarkerType _x == 'ellipse') then {_list pushBack getMarkerPos _x;};} forEach _locations;
    _list
};

[little raptor]

_marker_name = format['task_%1_time_%2_marker', round random 9999, round time]; don't use random

[heady quiver]

Getting a list of locations based on markers

[little raptor]

ok

[wary lichen]

Hello, how to create player absolute invincible on server? Make it invulnerable to hits from other players in MP?

player AddEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {False}];
player allowDammage false; ``` does not work

[heady quiver]

player allowDamage false;

[wary lichen]

Other players can kill me

but this invincible works when bomb hit player

other players can kill me, it looks like my god mode is not exists using player AddEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {False}]; player allowDammage false;

[little raptor]

handleDamage should return number

[wary lichen]

any ideas?

[winter rose]

yes - what Leopard said

also allowDamage has a local effect, remoteExec it

[little raptor]

it has global effect

but local args

[wary lichen]

in arma 2*?

[wary lichen]

remoteExec is not exists in my game

[winter rose]

oh, Arma 2

[winter rose]

oh true

[little raptor]

just use:

player AddEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {0}];

[wary lichen]

not work 😦

I try it, but others players can hit me

[heady quiver]

Leo, you know how i can pull it off?

[little raptor]

where do you try it?

[wary lichen]

on server

[little raptor]

are you the server?

[wary lichen]

no

my server is dedicated

[little raptor]

then try it locally

same goes for allowDamage

you shouldn't try either of them on the server

[wary lichen]

ok, locally it works

I know

but how to use on server side this

[little raptor]

it has global effect

you don't have to do anything

[wary lichen]

humm

[winter rose]

maybe use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_2:_Multiplayer_Framework and rEXECVM with the allowDamage command in it

[wary lichen]

thanks, I try it!

[little raptor]

honestly I don't fully understand what you're trying to do

if(_location in used_locations) then {
why do you create a new marker if it's already "used"?

[heady quiver]

i dont

it will call the same function in hope it find a new position

[little raptor]

wat?
"in hope"?!

[heady quiver]

xD

[winter rose]

💥 🔨

[heady quiver]

if the pos already exists it needs to find a new one.

so i recall the function

[little raptor]

it's not a random process

why do you think you have to even do this?

just grab a location that is not being used

[heady quiver]

how

call getMissionLocations vs used_locations

[little raptor]

make each used_locations markers

instead of positions

_unused_locations = _locations - used_locations

then select random one of unused_locations

[heady quiver]

createMissionLocations = {

    // Unused locations
    _unused_locations = call getMissionLocations - used_locations;

    // Get random location
    _location = selectRandom _unused_locations;

    // Name
    _marker_name = format['task_%1_time_%2_marker', round random 9999, round time];

    // Create marker
    _markerstr = createMarker [_marker_name, _location]; 
    _markerstr setMarkerType "mil_unknown";
    _markerstr setMarkerColor "colorBLUFOR";

    // Create trigger if player gets close start a mission
    _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _location];
    _trg setTriggerArea [500, 500, 50, false];
    _trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", false];
    _trg setTriggerStatements ["this", "
        'Bluefor entered the area' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
    ", 
    ""]; // Check if bluefor is close, remove marker and call other function

    // Add location to used locations
    used_locations pushBack _location
    
};

[wary lichen]

Yes, this it really works, thanks!

[little raptor]

what is getMissionLocations now?

[heady quiver]

the same

getMissionLocations = {
    _locations = allMapMarkers;
    _list = [];
    {if(getMarkerType _x == 'ellipse') then {
        _list pushBack getMarkerPos _x;
        _x setMarkerAlpha 0;
    };} forEach _locations;
    _list
};

[little raptor]

It should use markers

as I told you before

[heady quiver]

oh.

markernames or the entire object

[little raptor]

what entire object?

markers are just strings

so just _x

[heady quiver]

ah yea

// Used location
used_locations = [];

getMissionLocations = {
    _locations = allMapMarkers;
    _list = [];
    {if(getMarkerType _x == 'ellipse') then {
        _list pushBack _x;
        _x setMarkerAlpha 0;
    };} forEach _locations;
    _list
};

createMissionLocations = {

    // Unused locations
    _unused_locations = call getMissionLocations - used_locations;

    // Get random location
    _marker = selectRandom _unused_locations;
    _marker_pos = getMarkerPos _marker;
    
    // Name
    _marker_name = format['task_%1_time_%2_marker', round random 9999, round time];

    // Create marker
    _markerstr = createMarker [_marker_name, _marker_pos]; 
    _markerstr setMarkerType "mil_unknown";
    _markerstr setMarkerColor "colorBLUFOR";

    // Create trigger if player gets close start a mission
    _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _marker_pos];
    _trg setTriggerArea [500, 500, 50, false];
    _trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", false];
    _trg setTriggerStatements ["this", "
        'Bluefor entered the area' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
    ", 
    ""]; // Check if bluefor is close, remove marker and call other function

    // Add location to used locations
    used_locations pushBack _marker
    
};

[little raptor]

now fix this:

marker_name = format['task%1_time_%2_marker', round random 9999, round time];

[heady quiver]

whats wrong with that

I asked before how i could make this and this was the answer i got

x)

[winter rose]

gets to the door quickly

[heady quiver]

😆

[winter rose]

🚪🏃‍♂️☁️

[heady quiver]

I dont see a problem cuz i can;t really never be the same.

well.

maybe 0.000000000000000000001%

But if you have a better option im all ears

[little raptor]

you don't need to randomize it

[heady quiver]

oh?

task_id + 1 ?

global var.

[little raptor]

format['task_%1_marker', count used_locations];

for example

[heady quiver]

🤔

sounds good to me

createMissionLocations = {

    // Unused locations
    _unused_locations = call getMissionLocations - used_locations;

    // Get random location
    _marker = selectRandom _unused_locations;
    _marker_pos = getMarkerPos _marker;

    // Name
    _marker_name = format['task_%1_marker', count used_locations];

    // Create marker
    _markerstr = createMarker [_marker_name, _marker_pos]; 
    _markerstr setMarkerType "mil_unknown";
    _markerstr setMarkerColor "colorBLUFOR";

    // Create trigger if player gets close start a mission
    _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _marker_pos];
    _trg setTriggerArea [500, 500, 50, false];
    _trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", false];
    _trg setTriggerStatements ["this", "
        'Bluefor entered the area' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
    ", 
    ""]; // Check if bluefor is close, remove marker and call other function

    // Add location to used locations
    used_locations pushBack _marker
    
};

Now my main question

x)

How the F can i remove that marker once a player walks into the area.

[little raptor]

why do you use triggers for that?

[heady quiver]

because once they getting into the area this marker needs to go and a mission spawns.

[little raptor]

I mean do you have a compelling reason not to use loops?

also how many triggers could you be dealing with at once?

[heady quiver]

mmm

1. I dont know
2. once it triggers it should get deleted (i want maximum of 3 triggers at a time)

1 at east random location (max: 3)

[little raptor]

well if it's just 3 then I suppose it's fine

just use setVariable

to associate the marker with the trigger
then getVariable to delete it

[heady quiver]

But how is this gonna work with 3 markers

[little raptor]

setVariable

[heady quiver]

Yes, im listening / reading docu

lets say i have _myTruck setVariable ["myPublicVariable", 123, true]; doesnt it override when i call the function again?

[little raptor]

is _myTruck the same thing as before?

in your case it's _trig

you're creating a new trigger in every call of that function

the variable is stored in the trigger's namespace

if you have hundreds of books, can't they all have Page 1?!

and each page1 content is different

[fair drum]

when using magazinesAmmo whats the best way to determine which turret it belongs to? the command lumps all magazines info for all turrets into a single array.

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/magazinesAllTurrets
Might be better to just use this instead.

[fair drum]

oh yeah thats better. i was getting mixed up with all the close names.

[heady quiver]

mytruck is from the docu

x)

[little raptor]

I know

[heady quiver]

createMissionLocations = {

    // Unused locations
    _unused_locations = call getMissionLocations - used_locations;

    // Get random location
    _marker = selectRandom _unused_locations;
    _marker_pos = getMarkerPos _marker;

    // Name
    _marker_name = format['task_%1_marker', count used_locations];

    // Create marker
    _markerstr = createMarker [_marker_name, _marker_pos]; 
    _markerstr setMarkerType "mil_unknown";
    _markerstr setMarkerColor "colorBLUFOR";

    // Create trigger if player gets close start a mission
    _trg = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", _marker_pos];
    _trg setVariable ["marker", _marker_name, true];
    _trg setTriggerArea [500, 500, 50, false];
    _trg setTriggerActivation ["WEST", "PRESENT", false];
    _trg setTriggerStatements ["this", "
        'Bluefor entered the area' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
    ", 
    ""]; // Check if bluefor is close, remove marker and call other function

    // Add location to used locations
    used_locations pushBack _marker
    
};

So i set it like this yes?

[little raptor]

you might want to use a more "sophisticated" name than just "marker"

but yeah

now just delete it inside the trigger statements

[fair drum]

so I'm going to be calling some things a ton in a spawned loop. would it be better to set those single commands to a function contained within the script and use the function variable instead?

[drifting girder]

would adding a simple statement like if (isMultiplayer && isServer) ensure a script always works on a multiplayer server?

[fair drum]

if (isMultiplayer && isServer) then {}; would make it so it only fires on the server machine and only when a multiplayer environment is detected. It does not determine if a script is going to work.

[willow hound]

Option 1:

while {_cond} do {
  //A lot of code
};
```Option 2:
```sqf
while {_cond} do {
  execVM "myOtherScript.sqf";
};
```Option 1 or 2 in your specific case? It's an important difference. Option 1 is good because it doesn't compile the code every loop iteration, Option 2 is bad because `myOtherScript.sqf` is recompiled for every loop iteration.

[heady quiver]

I gotta retrieve that variable with getVariable 'current_marker'; right ?

[little raptor]

thisTrigger getVariable ['current_marker', '']

[heady quiver]

mmm

yes

finally

x)

ty mate

[fair drum]

more like

_this spawn {

    while {true} do {

        private _variable = command; 
        private _variable2 = command;
        private _variable3 = command;
        //etc

        sleep 1;
    };
};

//VERSUS

_this spawn {

    private _fnc1 = {command};
    private _fnc2 = {commmand};
    private _fnc3 = {command};
    
    while {true} do {

        private _variable = call _fnc1;
        private _variable2 = call _fnc2;
        private _variable3 = call _fnc3;
        //etc

        sleep 1;
    };
};

[willow hound]

No difference I believe; code is only compiled once and call can be imagined as copy-paste.

[fair drum]

but I just saw your comment that a while loop only compiles once, which is mainly what I was looking for

I thought it would be compiled every run

[fair drum]

say I have an array [apple, pear, pear, coconut]. is there a way to detect the repeat of pear? so i can do a if (repeat of pear exists) then {}; statement?

[little raptor]

if they are non-array, you can just subtract

_cntElement = count _array - count (_array - [_element]);

there is also another variant of count:

_cntElement = {_x isEqualTo _element} count _array;
```but it's slower than what I said (but works with array elements)

[fair drum]

might be a little more complicated I think. thinking of how to modify your idea...

_array = [["CUP_20Rnd_TE1_Red_Tracer_120mmSABOT_M256_Cannon_M",[0],20,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_20Rnd_TE1_Red_Tracer_120mmHE_M256_Cannon_M",[0],20,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_1200Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_762x51_M240_M",[0],1200,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M",[0,0],100,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M",[0,0],100,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M",[0,0],100,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M",[0,0],100,1.00001e+007,0],["CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M",[0,0],100,1.00001e+007,0],["SmokeLauncherMag",[0,0],2,1.00001e+007,0]];

and I want to count how many "CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M" though I won't know what strings the arrays contain since I'm writing it for all vehicles

maybe go through every internal array and extract the first element using a forEach. then doing a comparison from there

[little raptor]

_cntElement = {_x#0 == "CUP_100Rnd_TE4_Red_Tracer_127x99_M"} count _array;

[fair drum]

and here I was, making some 10 lines of code for what you did in one lol

[heady quiver]

Hi leo can i also pass on a setVar on a eventhandler?

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: are there by any chance any functions that can help to compute gradients? in particular, I have a case where I have some thresholds and would like to color them accordingly, i.e.
case 1) [[0, WHITE], [0.25, YELLOW], [0.65, ORANGE], [0.85, RED]]
case 2) [[0, WHITE], [-0.25, YELLOW], [-0.65, ORANGE], [-0.85, RED]] in a negative direction
case 3) [[0, WHITE], [0.25, BLUE], [0.5, GREEN]] in a positive direction
really both 2+3 are a scale of [-1,1], in two separate directions; i.e. case 3, let's say, gradient 0.2 would be a paler blue, 0.9 would be a stronger green, that sort of thing

[fair drum]

You can. Oops thought you meant inside of.

[zealous heath]

Is there a way to script on public zeus nowerdays? Was planning to do a scripted op with a bunch of friends and random players because we don't have enough people

(*legally script, I know there's hax but I REALLY don't want to resort to those)

[fair drum]

have you tried voting yourself as admin? I'm not sure if debug comes up when on admin anymore on public zeus.

[zealous heath]

Nope, it doesn't, they removed that with the tank dlc update

[fair drum]

then afaik, nope. if only they loaded up ZEH or something on the public servers so you could at least have an execute box

[zealous heath]

AFAIK?

[fair drum]

as far as i know

[zealous heath]

Ah

Welp, thanks anyway

[heady quiver]

    // Spawn HVT (Mission Objective)
    _list = [_location, 30] call getHouseSpawnLocations;
    _group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _hvt = units _group;
    _hvt = selectRandom _hvt; // ?? How do i select the first unit from group

    addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled", { // ?? Add hvt to handler
        params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
        systemChat 'hi';
        if (_unit == _hvt && local _unit) then {
            [player call BIS_fnc_taskCurrent, "SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
            [_mission, 'SUCCEEDED'] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
            { player say2D "cp_mission_accomplished_1";  [player, 1500] call HALs_money_fnc_addFunds; } remoteExec ["call"];
            'Mission Completed.' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
            'You have earned $1500.' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
        };
    }];

can anyone help me with this 😄

[fair drum]

the first unit in the array or the leader unit?

[heady quiver]

well there is only one in there.

so just the first

x)

i thought _hvt = _hvt select 1

but my main problem is the eventhandler

But i checked the EventHandler page and it says: args (Optional): Array - additional arguments to be passed to the EH code. Available during code execution via _thisArgs variable. but when i do this it says it expected 2 and i gave 3.

😕

[wispy cave]

Does ace fire an event when stitching is started?

[fair drum]

I see your issue. Let me finish cooking and I'll get it typed

[heady quiver]

i hope, im lost atm

x)

_group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
_hvt = units _group;
_hvt = selectRandom _hvt; // ?? How do i select the first unit from group
_eh setVariable ["objective", _hvt, true];
_eh = addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled", { // ?? Add hvt to handler
      params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
      _hvt = _this getVariable ['objective'];
      if (_unit == _hvt && local _unit) then {
            // DO STUFF HERE IF HE KILLED
     };
}];

🧹

maybe @little raptor knows ^^ ?

[fair drum]

i'm sure he does. be patient. this is an easy fix.

[little raptor]

@heady quiver
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

All supported variable types:

Namespace, Object, Group, Team Member, Task (FSM Task), Location ( scripted only)
Control and Display since Arma 3 v1.55.133553

[fair drum]

you have a lot more errors than just that BTW

[little raptor]

first of all _eh doesn't exist yet
second of all, _eh is a number
third of all _this is an array

just use a global variable

[heady quiver]

[little raptor]

as usual

[fair drum]

_mission from above doesn't exist from above either

[heady quiver]

but there can be multiple tasks again

like markers

[little raptor]

so?

you only need one entity killed event handler

[heady quiver]

per mission yes.

[little raptor]

just save the "tasks" in an array

if (_unit in some_var_tasks)

[fair drum]

did you write all this? or are you copying it from somewhere else and trying to make it work for own applications?

[heady quiver]

im making it.

trying *

x)

[little raptor]

@heady quiver instead of a global event handler like "entityKilled", attach a "killed" event handler to your object

another error I didn't notice is that _hvt is an array

[fair drum]

to answer your other question, you need to place the _hvt in the argument section of addmissionevent handler

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled",
    {
        params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];

        private _hvt = _thisArgs select 0;

    },
    [_hvt]
];

since you are going to use _hvt = units _group select 0 earlier, it makes it into a single string, so you need [] to turn it back into an array for the _thisArgs

[heady quiver]

i see.

but now leo showed me the other wa

y

    _hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        systemChat 'he dead';
    }];

[fair drum]

you can do either. Assigning a killed handler to a unit, or using a entity killed mission handler that checks to see if the unit killed was the unit you want

[heady quiver]

yea....

[fair drum]

im just responding to your full post about how to bring it into the missioneventhandler that you had a question on

[heady quiver]

yea thanks!

i mean there are so many ways of doing things x)

_group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
_hvt = units _group;
 _hvt = selectRandom _hvt; 

// EventHandler
_hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
 systemChat 'he dead';
 }];

This seems to work

[fair drum]

just be careful of locality

[heady quiver]

Yea..

Im trying yours now but same thing

addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled",
    {
        params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
        private _hvt = _thisArgs select 0;

          if (_unit == _hvt && local _unit) then {
              systemChat 'you killed HVT';
          }

    },[_hvt]];

3 elements provided, 2 expected.

Unless the docu is wrong lol

[fair drum]

oh i know why

that 3rd parameter is only in the dev client

Since Arma 3 v2.03.147276

[heady quiver]

fuc,

k

[fair drum]

i dont think we are at that version yet

[heady quiver]

how would i do it then 🤔

[fair drum]

your setVariable method

[heady quiver]

But that didnt work.

[little raptor]

just do what I said

[heady quiver]

you mean the addEvent to object?

or the one with the array.

    _group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _hvt = units _group;
    _hvt = selectRandom _hvt; 

    // EventHandler
    _hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        systemChat 'he dead';
    }];

[fair drum]

that one

[heady quiver]

    // Create group with unit (HVT)
    _group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _hvt = units _group;
    _hvt = selectRandom _hvt; 

    // EventHandler
    _killed_eh = _hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        // Do stuff here when dead
    }];

    _killed_eh setVariable ["task_name", _name, true];

HELP

[winter rose]

_killed_eh setVariable
NO

_killed_eh is a NUMBER @heady quiver

[fair drum]

i think you are over complicating things, but I don't know how you are setting up your tasks.

[heady quiver]

a number?

[willow hound]

0, 1, 2, 3, ...

That stuff

[heady quiver]

yea i got that

-.-

[fair drum]

yeah, its returning a number, a number you can't do anything with

its not like its returning a object, or a logic to point to

the number is used for removing event handlers

[heady quiver]

so how would i setVariable to a EH ?

oh.

[fair drum]

you don't

[willow hound]

Set it to the unit the EH is attached to

[heady quiver]

aah

    // Create group with unit (HVT)
    _group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _hvt = units _group;
    _hvt = selectRandom _hvt; 
    _hvt setVariable ["task_name", _name, true];

    // EventHandler
    _hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        // get the variable and compare it with killed unit
        // Do stuff here when dead
    }];

    

well i need to retrieve the data now in the EH how do i do that?

[winter rose]

and please```sqf
// turn
_hvt = units _group;
_hvt = selectRandom _hvt;

// into
_hvt = selectRandom units _group;

[heady quiver]

just _this getVariable ['task_name']; ?

[fair drum]

you don't need to make that comparison... the killed is ATTACHED to the unit

[heady quiver]

oh yea srry x)

i meant

i need to retrieve the task name

    // Create group with unit (HVT)
    _group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _hvt = selectRandom units _group;
    _hvt setVariable ["task_name", _name, true];

    // EventHandler
    _hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        // Get the task and finish it
    }];

[fair drum]

well do you know what the task name is that you are going to be retreiving?

is that what _name is referring to somewhere above?

[heady quiver]

i wont know the name thats why its gonna be setVariable (task_name)

yea

exactly.

[fair drum]

then you pretty much know the rest then. you get the variable from _hvt that contains your name of the task, then you use that name in your taskcompleted setup

[heady quiver]

Yes, but while im in the EH do i use _hvt or _this getVariable ['task_name'];

🤔

[winter rose]

what does the wiki say 👀

[fair drum]

_this select 0 or with params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"] and then using _unit

[winter rose]

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

this addEventHandler ["Killed", {
  params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
}];

[heady quiver]

yes

but thats not what im asking

[winter rose]

so```sqf
this addEventHandler ["Killed", {
params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];

private _taskName = _unit getVariable ["task_name", ""];
// rest of stuff here
}];
```as you can see, params names your arguments already; no need for _this select 0

[heady quiver]

private _taskName = _unit getVariable ["task_name", ""]; <-- this

i just needed to know how i could call something like that

[winter rose]

_hvt does not exist in the EH, so it cannot be accessed

[heady quiver]

x)

[winter rose]

if you add an EH to a unit, _unit will be that unit

[heady quiver]

aaah

[winter rose]

…sorry if I make it sound obvious but that's how it is 😬 😄

[heady quiver]

No all good makes sense now.

this is MP compatible?

As long as that unit exists for all players then it should be fine right

[winter rose]

you don't need to set the variable publicly btw, since you add the EH locally

and the MP compatibility will depend on what you will put in that code

[crude vigil]

It is not the right question to add for MP compatibility of your script.

You create the _hvt and event handler on same place(so same machine is executing this code, so it is yes MP compatible)

[heady quiver]

Here:

startKillMission = {
    params['_location', '_name'];

    // Create task
    _name = format['%1_task',_name];
    private _myTask = [west, _name, ['', 'Eliminate Target', 'kill'], objNull, true, 0, true, "kill"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
    [_name, _location] call BIS_fnc_taskSetDestination;

    // Do mission stuff here
    //[_location, 15] call spawnEnemyUnits;

    // Spawn HVT (Mission Objective)
    _list = [_location, 30] call getHouseSpawnLocations;

    // Create group with unit (HVT)
    _group = [selectRandom _list, east, ['CUP_O_INS_Story_Bardak'], [], [], []] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;
    _hvt = selectRandom units _group;
    _hvt setVariable ["task_name", _name, true];

    // EventHandler
    _hvt addEventHandler ["Killed", {
        params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
        private _taskName = _unit getVariable ["task_name", ""];
        [_taskName, 'SUCCEEDED'] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState;
        { player say2D 'cp_mission_accomplished_1';  [player, 1500] call HALs_money_fnc_addFunds; } remoteExec ['call'];
        'Mission Completed.' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
        'You have earned $1500.' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
    }];

};

This seems to be working for me.

Any suggestions that could be better ^^ ?

[winter rose]

player say2D hmm… where does this script run?

[heady quiver]

on the player.

Thats why: remoteExec ['call'];

i want all t ohear

to hear *

[winter rose]

oh okay (playSound?)

[heady quiver]

yea that makes more sense

cuz player is not really saying it

x)

Alright, awesome thanks for the help guys.

💌

[fair drum]

so I want to check performance on this script I wrote as it potentially has many instances depending on how many people sync my module. The performance test built into arma, will it go straight through and not test the spawn'ed part of code? whats the best way to test a loop like this?

https://pastebin.com/CjjvhPyz

[winter rose]

it would be better if one script ran for a global array ofc, but otherwise it is not awful

wait

if !(local _vehicle) exitwith {
  [[_vehicle, _time], hyp_fnc_runRearm] remoteExec ["call", 0];
};
```…

@fair drum 🔨

if !(local _vehicle) exitwith {
  [_vehicle, _time] remoteExec ["hyp_fnc_runRearm", _vehicle];
};
``` 👀

[fair drum]

lol probably just me being up at 4am last night. was trying to build in a check to reset the script if ownership of the vehicle changed

[winter rose]

the check should also be done at the top of the while ^^

[fair drum]

i had a check earlier than that which prevents a non local or null vehicle from even reaching that point I believe

[winter rose]

while { sleep _time; alive _vehicle && local _vehicle } then

[fair drum]

okay, noted 🙂

[winter rose]

you'll be safe that way
but also, if someone disconnects the script is lost

[fair drum]

thats what i was trying to prevent

[winter rose]

it should be the server that sends the function to execute to the current owner - safer that way

[fair drum]

okay ill modify it at the module level to do that (currently the module is set to global)

[winter rose]

ideally:

• run the function server-side
• only one script that checks an array
• added vehicles get into that array
• null/deleted vehicles get removed
• the server does a forEach
• the server remoteExecs said function on the vehicle's owner (with remoteExec ["func", _vehicle])

[fair drum]

okay, shouldn't be too hard of a change (besides doing it for all my previous modules oops lol)

[heady quiver]

    // Add action to objective
    [_objective,                                                            
            "Place Explosive",                                                
            "\a3\ui_f_oldman\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\destroy_ca.paa","\a3\ui_f_oldman\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\destroy_ca.paa",                
            "_this distance _target < 30","_caller distance _target < 30",
            {},{},{
                null = [] spawn {
                    '30 seconds before detonation...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    sleep 10;
                    '20 seconds before detonation...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    sleep 10;
                    '10 seconds before detonation...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    sleep 5;
                    { player say2D "Beep_Target"; } remoteExec ["call"];
                    sleep 5;
                    _this allowDamage true;
                    _explosion = 'CUP_IED_V4' createVehicle getPos _this ;
                    _explosion setDamage 100;
                    _this setDamage 100;
                };
            },{
            
        },[],5,0,false,false                                                                    
    ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _objective];

Question: how can i access _this if im in a spawn function.

[fair drum]

[apple,pear,coconut] spawn {

    params ["_apple", "_pear", "_coconut"];
};

// or

[apple,pear,coconut] spawn {

    _this; //returns [apple,pear,coconut]
};

[heady quiver]

ah so if i pass the created object in there

thats still an array tho 🤔

[fair drum]

that whole null = is old

oh you just want a single object without an array?

[heady quiver]

ye

[fair drum]

salsa spawn {

    _this; //returns salsa
};

[heady quiver]

i see.

But what if _this = _this

x)

because _this in the BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd is that object where the function is on.

[fair drum]

salsa spawn {

    _this spawn {

        _this spawn {

            _this spawn {

                _this; //returns salsa
            };
        };
    };
};

[heady quiver]

what i mean is

hold up

    // Add action to objective
    [_objective,                                                            
            "Place Explosive",                                                
            "\a3\ui_f_oldman\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\destroy_ca.paa","\a3\ui_f_oldman\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\destroy_ca.paa",                
            "_this distance _target < 30","_caller distance _target < 30",
            {},{},{
                object = _this; // <-- this
                null = [] spawn {
                    '30 seconds before detonation...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    sleep 10;
                    '20 seconds before detonation...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    sleep 10;
                    '10 seconds before detonation...' remoteExec ['systemChat'];
                    sleep 5;
                    { player say2D "Beep_Target"; } remoteExec ["call"];
                    sleep 5;
                    _this allowDamage true;
                    _explosion = 'CUP_IED_V4' createVehicle getPos _objective;
                    _explosion setDamage 100;
                    _this setDamage 100;
                };
            },{
            
        },[],5,0,false,false                                                                    
    ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _objective];

oh no.

its not _this its target

[sacred slate]

can i assign the repair and rearm capability to a custom vehicle?

[fair drum]

[
    1,
    2,
    3,
    4,
    5,
    6,
    {
        //code here
    },
    8,
    9,
    10,
    [argumentsToPassToScript],
    12,
    13,
    14,
    15,
    16
] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;

please really look at the wiki page, it's listed as the 11th parameter and it has a huge array of possible values you can use

[heady quiver]

yea will check

@fair drum

I can do _target but the problem is that i am in that spawn thingy

i can do deleteVehicle _target for example outside spawn {}

    // Add action to objective
    [_objective,                                                            
            "Place Explosive",                                                
            "\a3\ui_f_oldman\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\destroy_ca.paa","\a3\ui_f_oldman\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\destroy_ca.paa",                
            "_this distance _target < 30","_caller distance _target < 30",
            {},{},{
                deleteVehicle _this;  // <-- THIS WORKS
                target spawn {
                    sleep 5;
                    deleteVehicle _this; // <-- THIS DOESNT WORKS
                };
            },{
            
        },[_objective],3,0,false,false                                                                    
    ] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _objective];

[fair drum]

params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_arguments"];

_target spawn {

    sleep 5;
    deleteVehicle _this;
};

[heady quiver]

ah.

ty

[fair drum]

use params. every time if a command gives them. so you don't get unorganized

[fair drum]

do you mean do the while loop evaluation for every vehicle on the server? then feeding the results to the client for the actual addMagazine or setWhatever function for a particular vehicle? or just getting the units that you need, then feeding the function that has the loops to the client and have the client do the evaluation loop and commands?

[wispy locust]

Howdy! I am currently working on ACV from scratch got my model ingame and its amphibous and all that, for my armaments i have a 30mm cannon and coaxial machine gun. While on water it won't fire the main gun but the coaxial gun will fire. Any suggestions on how I would get he main gun to fire while its on water? Don't know what script or if i need a certain code to allow for this.

[fair drum]

curious, did you import a config from a previous vehicle then modify it?

[wispy locust]

More or less inherited values from the Badger IFV only thing I ended up changing was armor values. @fair drum

[fair drum]

I would think this is a config issue only. Maybe try over at #arma3_model or #arma3_config

[past wagon]

how do I check what side a player is on?

i want my code to go something like this:

if player is side Blufor then {
//code code code code code
}
else {
//code code code code code
}

[warm hedge]

side player

[past wagon]

ok

can I do:

if side player = blufor then {
  //code code code
}
else {
  //code code code
};

@warm hedge

[warm hedge]

= is to declare not to compare, == instead

[past wagon]

ok

[past wagon]

do I need to put the "if" condition inside parenthesis like this:

if (side player == blufor) then {
//code code code
}
else {
//code code code
};

?

@warm hedge

[warm hedge]

Well most of the time true

If you wondered do or not to do, do

[past wagon]

ok

thank you

[winter rose]

I mean to create a function that refill the vehicle (the while-loop content) and to run the while server-side

[past wagon]

Im getting a problem with this code. The systemChat and playSound are not working for players on the independent side

waitUntil {!isnull player};

sleep 5;

if (side player == blufor) then {
    systemChat "The Rebels are attacking the APD Headquarters! Guard the transport vehicle!";
    systemChat "Stay inside the blue area around the HQ marked on the map!";
    playSound "FD_Finish_F";
    while { true } do {
        waitUntil { sleep 1; alive player };
        if !(player inArea "APDHeadquarters") then {
                player setDamage 1;
        };
    };
};
else {
    systemChat "You are attacking the APD Headquarters! Steal the transport vehicle and deliver it safely back to the Rebel Base!";
    playSound "FD_Finish_F";
};

[winter rose]

yep

if {} ; else

[past wagon]

LOL

[winter rose]

that's why 😄

[past wagon]

i just noticed that

[winter rose]

of course, it is valid in SQF, no errors 😄

[past wagon]

wait a minute

do i just need to get rid of that extra };?

its supposed to be like if (boolean) then { shit } else {other shit};, right?

ohhh

[winter rose]

it's the ; that stops it

[past wagon]

so there WAS a reason that i forgot to put a ; there

silly me

[winter rose]

if you indented properly :U

[past wagon]

lol

[winter rose]

if (condition) then {
  // something
} else {
  // something
};

// or

if (condition) then
{
  // something
}
else
{
  // something
};

[past wagon]

ok

oh yeah and heres the other thing

_transport = allMissionObjects "B_Truck_01_ammo_F";

{
    while { true } do {
        sleep 1;
        if (_x inArea "RebelBase") then {
                    endMisson "END1";
        };
    };
} forEach _transport;

it is supposed to end the mission when they drive the vehicle inside the zone, but nothing happens

i am not sure if I am doing that right tho

[winter rose]

you have exhausted your free support options (1 per week)
to enhance your range of support, please proceed to the Arma supported pack (5$/month)

[past wagon]

lol

[winter rose]

it… will end the misson when one truck happens to be in there

[past wagon]

uhhh

there is only one truck

in the mission

[winter rose]

it's… awful 😄

_truck = TheTruck;
waitUntil { sleep 1; _truck inArea "RebelBase" };
[] spawn BIS_fnc_endMissionServer;

[past wagon]

ah

nice

yoink

_truck = Transport;
waitUntil { sleep 1; _truck inArea "RebelBase" };
[] spawn BIS_fnc_endMissionServer;

ohhh

i have to use the variable name

i completely forgot that variable names existed

when i wrote that

_transport = Transport;
waitUntil { sleep 1; _transport inArea "RebelBase" };
[] spawn BIS_fnc_endMissionServer;

so that ^ should work? if the truck's variable name is Transport

[cosmic lichen]

Why assign it to a local var if you have a global one already?

[past wagon]

idk

but if it works, ill use it

[cosmic lichen]

Just don't name it "Transport"

name it "TRIO_Transport"

Otherwise chances are high your variable gets overwritten by a mod or somthing

[past wagon]

nah we good

[cold pebble]

Is there a clean way to detect when somebody enters a UAV view? Using CBA if that helps 👀

[still carbon]

Please, help us, We're frickin' stuck with this problem. I don't know what we did wrong. The idea is, that a sound should play when trigger is hit.

[cosmic lichen]

Would help if you tell us what you tried so far.

[still carbon]

Wait a sec, I was preparing some screenshots.

https://ibb.co/jzCm15m
https://ibb.co/m94dwYW
https://ibb.co/YyczyH9

It does not work. I don't know why exactly.

When trigger is activated, the sound does not play. It just gives an error that it couldn't find the sound file.

[hallow mortar]

Because the file path you've provided in description.ext is wrong

It points at sound\dialog_0_officer_0.ogg but the actual file isn't in a subfolder called sound

[still carbon]

It still gives me this error

https://ibb.co/7pgNmj9

The file path is now correct @hallow mortar

https://ibb.co/zRmSjdq

But it still does not work.

[hallow mortar]

Well now you've put description.ext in the sound folder so it's probably not reading it

description.ext always goes in the main mission folder

[still carbon]

OH MY

THANK YOU

I LOVE YOU

IT WORKS

God bless you, @hallow mortar

[copper hornet]

Hello! I hope i'm in the right place.. I'm attempting to make a script provide a medical-only arsenal for a gamemode, but i'm not sure how to do so

[clever radish]

nearEntities ["Man", 160];

How do i use NearEntities of "Man" to select all sides but BLUFOR?

[warm hedge]

(nearEntities ["Man", 160]) select {side _x == blufor};```

[copper hornet]

Specifically i'm wondering about how to set it up so the arsenalbox is restricted to the medical items in the misc tab, i'm running ACE fyi

[clever radish]

wouldn't that select BLUFOR only?

[clever radish]

Yes, it is possible, Ossom.

[warm hedge]

Ah sorry, but blufor

Just do {side _x != blufor};

[clever radish]

Thank you, POLPOX.

[clever radish]

I have a script. I will send you pastebin for it. Wait a min

[copper hornet]

👍

DM's open

[fair drum]

rip your inbox

[copper hornet]

Hence typically having it closed lol

[potent dirge]

Afternoon fellas, I have a small problem.
I would like to generate an array containing objects which have only a specific string in their var name (not classname).
E.g. A list of all objects who have 'specItem' in their varname, so objects named 'specItem_1', 'specItem_2', 'specItem3' will be collected into the array, but objects with 'spec_Item', or 'item' will not be collected.

[cosmic lichen]

"string" in "string2"

[potent dirge]

will this work for objects?

[cosmic lichen]

varname is just a string

[potent dirge]

oh okay then

for some reason running _isInString = "foo" in "foobar"; in the debug console gives a generic error

[cosmic lichen]

It's not that line

[potent dirge]

I'm sorry but I don't understand

[cosmic lichen]

This line cannot give an error, it's caused by something else.

[potent dirge]

It's the only line in the console, I tested it on a new mission

[cosmic lichen]

Then validate your game files

[potent dirge]

"string" in "string" also does the same thing

[cosmic lichen]

Are you running some really old build or something?

[potent dirge]

No

I'll validate and restart and try again

[heady quiver]

Hi, does anyone know how i can keep a map marker on a unit's position even when he moves?

[willow hound]

Works for me, [0.6] spawn TEST_fnc_setOvercast; gave me Overcast: 0.6 in system chat.

[willow hound]

With a while-loop.

[warm hedge]

Or EachFrame type of EH

[heady quiver]

Which one is more efficient?

Doesn't have to be spot on, could be maybe every 5 seconds update?

Unless its not a problem to keep checking it.

[warm hedge]

If it's not supposed to update every single frame, while is better

[heady quiver]

Thanks 🙂

Also when i have this in my init.sqf : nul = [] execVM "functions\locations.sqf";

There is a function in there called createMissionLocations how can i call that function the the same file? (init.sqf)

[warm hedge]

Just multiple execVMs?

[willow hound]

You can't, define the function properly and you can.

[heady quiver]

// Start default locations
if(isServer) then {
    for "_i" from 1 to 3 do {
        // call createMissionLocations;
    }
};

this is what i mean.

When the mission / server is loaded i want it to execute 3 times that function.

[willow hound]

Define the function using the functions framework and you can do just that.

[heady quiver]

it is..

[warm hedge]

Or, just need to createMissionLocations = {bra bra...}; or sqf createMissionLocations = compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "theFunctionFile.sqf"

[heady quiver]

Wait let me re-explain

locations.sqf

createMissionLocations = {
}

[warm hedge]

Yeah... maybe we're not getting what you're meaning

[heady quiver]

the function is there.

there are multiple functions in there but the one createMissionLocations is the one i want to call in the init.sqf file .

[willow hound]

You don't know when execVM actually executes the code, so you can't just use the function after your execVM line because it might not be defined yet.

Guess you could waitUntil

[warm hedge]

call is better

[willow hound]

Or define your functions properly

[heady quiver]

like?

[warm hedge]

execVM and spawn do execute scripts apparently, but... they're not do their job in THE FRAME. call on the other hand, will do

[heady quiver]

i can call a file?

[willow hound]

Like this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library#Adding_a_Function

[warm hedge]

call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "function.sqf" longer than just an execVM but should work

[heady quiver]

Yea i need to look into that stuff

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Scheduler
You can read this article to see what's up between spawn and call

[heady quiver]

yes this worked.

[willow hound]

The functions framework does all this stuff for you and you can just use call createMissionLocations; in init.sqf without having to compile your function three times to run it three times.

[heady quiver]

yea that would be better but kinda new to that

[willow hound]

Basically you make a happy little CfgFunctions in your description.ext following the specifications described on the wiki page and that's it.

[heady quiver]

But i might make happy little accidents

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/bobross-art-gif-4621523

[heady quiver]

^^

my man

[willow hound]

We all do, but then we tinker with our code until it works (or ask someone for help)

[heady quiver]

true that

i will try

ty

[velvet merlin]

ty - had a second TEST_fnc_setOvercast function to overwrite the first 😵

[spark turret]

just teleport your marker on a loop. one to five second intervall is mostly fine, sometimes you even want WAY longer delays. 5 minutes for marking own teams in the AO, so you know roughly where they are, but not immersion breaking precise-realtime

[heady quiver]

yea

at the spawnGroup function it says skillRange: Array of Numbers - (Optional, default []) skill range format [min, max] is it between 0 and 1 ?

cuz right now they ai are aimbotting me

[fair drum]

should be 0, 1 yes

[heady quiver]

_group = [_rnd_pos, east, [selectRandom call getEnemyUnitList], [], [], [0.1, 0.4]] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

like this 😄 ?

[spark turret]

[selectRandom call getEnemyUnitList] what

that syntax is wrong.

check selectRandom again, then what params the function want

[heady quiver]

mate.

the function returns an array.

so i select a random unit from that array.

[fair drum]

why are you not naming your functions with fn_ or fnc_?

[heady quiver]

dunno

[fair drum]

so you don't confuse yourself, or others

just do bs_fnc_getEnemyUnitList

[heady quiver]

👌

[winter rose]

oh, a bs function

[heady quiver]

but i was asking about the 0.1 - 0.4 part

😄

[fair drum]

i was reading through ACE's coding format rules and they use fnc_balls_face

[wary lichen]

Hello, how to globally get all players on server and for example use playMove at him?

in arma 2 on dedicated server

[cosmic lichen]

Bob Ross FTW.

If you can't fall asleep, just watch him painting and talking like he's high

[willow hound]

Can't use allPlayers in A2, so you gotta go with allUnits and isPlayer.

[wary lichen]

it is globally works?

without call RE, or any things for Multiplayer working?

[willow hound]

According to the documentation we have, those commands should work on every machine, yes.

[wary lichen]

how to playMove globally?

[willow hound]

I can't tell you how to actually do it because I don't know how remote execution in A2 works (I don't even have A2), but according to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playMove, playMove only takes local arguments, meaning you have to execute playMove on the machine which the animated unit is local to.

[heady quiver]

_objective addEventHandler ["EachFrame", {
  private _marker = _this getVariable ["markerCargo", ""]; // ??? cant be _unit
}

has no params how can i get the var 🤔

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EachFrame
EachFrame is a Mission EH, you can't add it to a specific object.

[heady quiver]

oh fuck

guess gotta use a while loop

So if i call a function with a while loop to constantly update the vehicle's position and then couple minutes later i call that function again thats overwrites the other one right

[exotic flax]

Well yes, unless the while loop is still running

[heady quiver]

so lets say i call it, and i start the while loop.

i can call the same function and then i got 2 while loops at the same time/

[exotic flax]

Yes

[fair drum]

more like this?

https://sqfbin.com/icacerowotapelelibas

[winter rose]

yes (but… why the switch case with ONE case? 😄)

[fair drum]

there's more, just left it all out for size

[winter rose]

OK then 🙂

wait, no

[fair drum]

i don't expect anyone to read through mountains when i have a focused thing

[winter rose]

and that's actually nice of you!

here, you are still creating a single spawn for every vehicle

you should go through the array (_syncedEntities), remove dead entities, then remoteExec the thing, in the same thread

a.k.a```sqf
[_syncedEntities] spawn {
params ["_syncedEntities"];

while { !(_syncedEntities isEqualTo []) } do
{
_syncedEntities = _syncedEntities select { canMove _x };
{
// do stuff remoteExec ["func", _x];
} forEach _syncedEntities;
};
};

[spark turret]

why the while loop?

does _synchedEntites autoupdate <=> reference, not clone?

[winter rose]

he wants a repeat every x seconds

[copper raven]

isNotEqualTo

[spark turret]

isDifferentTo

[winter rose]

oh yes, I thought it was still in dev 😄

[copper raven]

best command ever made

[fair drum]

i see. my second case was if _persistence was true and it used the classes of the vehicles instead and added a loop check to add more vehicles of that class to the pool to re execute the function in case you were wondering

[winter rose]

okie
just use one thread to remote exec, the less threads the bettererest 😉

[heady quiver]

startCargoMission = {
    params['_location', '_name'];
    // Random pos and nearest road
    _rndLocation = [call BIS_fnc_randomPos, 5000] call BIS_fnc_nearestRoad;
    // Create Objective
    _objective = 'CUP_O_Ural_CHDKZ' createVehicle getPos _rndLocation;
    // Create marker
    _marker_name = format['task_%1_marker_cargo', count used_locations];
    _markerstr = createMarker ['Cargo', getPos _rndLocation]; 
    _markerstr setMarkerType "o_unknown";
    _markerstr setMarkerText "Cargo Supply";
    // Set variable
    _objective setVariable ["markerCargo", _marker_name, true];
        
    while{true} do { // while loop
        sleep 1;
        _pos = getPos _objective;
        _markerstr setMarkerPos _pos;
        if(!alive _objective) then {
            // Delete marker here and stop while loop
        }
    };
};

Can anyone help me ^^

[fair drum]

with what in particular

[heady quiver]

it breaks x)

the while loop.

[fair drum]

whats the error? always list the error lol

[heady quiver]

https://ibb.co/X5nZ2rK

[copper raven]

can't sleep in unscheduled

[fair drum]

oh, its cause you arent in a scheduled environment

[heady quiver]

ohyea.

null = [] spawn {} right

[fair drum]

just leave out the null =

don't need it on A3

but you are going to have to feed _objective, and _markerstr to the spawn

[heady quiver]

holyshit

my pc just became a console

5 fps

[fair drum]

you forget the sleep?

[heady quiver]

no

    while{true} do { // while loop
        [_objective, _markerstr] spawn {
            sleep 1;
            _pos = getPos _objective;
            _markerstr setMarkerPos _pos;
            if(!alive _objective) then {
                // Delete marker here and stop while loop
            }
        }
    };

[fair drum]

you didn't define the params in the spawn scope

remember from yesterday?

[heady quiver]

ah

[willow hound]

That's not the main problem 🙂

[copper raven]

move the while loop into the spawn

you're clogging the scheduler with that code

[fair drum]

oh yeah i see that now

50 billion spawns

[heady quiver]

lmfao

i was wondering why my pc just became a toaster.

[rough heart]

🍿 👀

[heady quiver]

💥

[fair drum]

you can cook popcorn on his pc

[heady quiver]

x)

[heady quiver]

I checked and yesterday we did this _target spawn {

but now i have 2 vars 🤔

[copper raven]

so? pass an array instead

[heady quiver]

    [_objective, _markerstr] spawn {
        while{true} do { // while loop
            sleep 1;
            _pos = getPos _objective;
            _markerstr setMarkerPos _pos;
            if(!alive _objective) then {
                // Delete marker here and stop while loop
            }
        };
    }

aren't i doing that here?

[copper raven]

yea, but you're missing params

[heady quiver]

    [_objective, _markerstr] spawn {
        params['_objective', '_markerstr'];
        while{true} do { // while loop
            sleep 1;
            _pos = getPos _objective;
            _markerstr setMarkerPos _pos;
            if(!alive _objective) then {
                // Delete marker here and stop while loop
            }
        };
    }

yea works

cewl

now i just need to exitWith or breakout 🤔

[copper raven]

you can move the alive check into while condition, and run code you want after the while loop, essentially same concept

[heady quiver]

Isnt the alive check already in the while?

oh

you mean

[copper raven]

instead of true i meant

[heady quiver]

just realised what you meant

but how 🤔

problem is

that function can be called twice.

so 2 trucks.

[copper raven]

yeah, so?

[heady quiver]

that not a problem?

[copper raven]

doesn't change anything

[heady quiver]

oke ocol

cool *

[_objective, _markerstr] spawn {
  params['_objective', '_markerstr'];
  while{alive _objective} do { // while loop
     sleep 1;
     _pos = getPos _objective;
     _markerstr setMarkerPos _pos;
  };
    deleteMarker _markerstr;
};

seems to work

uhm

Is it possible that i just corrupted my mission lol

[surreal peak]

How can I go about changing the suborbinates of an ORBAT with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ORBATSetGroupParams

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_ORBAT_Viewer has subordinates[] = {2ndBCT}; // Subordinates, searched on the same level as this class. yet I cannot figure it out for the set

[little raptor]

I told you to use event handlers

[heady quiver]

🚪 🏃‍♂️

[little raptor]

nvm

[heady quiver]

Got it working tho.

[little raptor]

I didn't see the setMatkerPos

[heady quiver]

ah ok

clearWeaponCargoGlobal _vehicle;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _vehicle;
clearItemCargoGlobal _vehicle;
clearBackpackCargo _vehicle;

This a good way to remove all items from a vehicle?

[willow hound]

I believe that this is the only way, yes.

[winter rose]

clearBackpackCargoGlobal*

[willow hound]

Yea not sure if you've got them all 🤷‍♂️

[fair drum]

if I'm remoteExec to potentially many objects' clients every second, wouldn't that clog up the network?

[winter rose]

that's what the server is for 🙂

[heady quiver]

addWeapon vs addWeaponGlobal 🤔

addWeaponGlobal = broken on dedi server.

[willow hound]

?

One adds a weapon, one adds a magazine

[heady quiver]

Yep

edited.

x)

Weird.

[wary lichen]

how to insert " in text

[winter rose]

""

[willow hound]

systemChat """Hello"", he said."; //"Hello", he said.

[winter rose]

hint "this is ""quoted""";
// or
hint 'this is "quoted"';

[wary lichen]

oh thanks

[heady quiver]

guys.

I asked before if i could call my 'cargo' function multiple times but that doesnt seem to be the case

[winter rose]

?

[heady quiver]

https://sqfbin.com/piqufahutehunikubiru

[winter rose]

yeah?

try
[] call BIS_fnc_randomPos

[heady quiver]

My goal is to spawn cargo vehicles with a marker on the map for them (Which works now) but i can't call it again nothing happends (or atleast not showing on map)

https://ibb.co/Fn0Ryh1

Any reason why i can't call it twice or have 2 vehicles drive arround?

[winter rose]

most likely

btw you are not using your params at all

[heady quiver]

https://sqfbin.com/mopoparumalobizukunu

[willow hound]

The reason is that you forgot to use your dynamic marker name.

[heady quiver]

omg..

🚪 🏃‍♂️

ty..

[dusky pier]

Hello, i have a custom grenade, but when i add it to player - he can't use it, need to drop on the ground and take again.
And just after that - grenade is able to use.
When press "F" to change ammo type to grenade - nothing is changes

Is possible to somehow make it able to use without drop to the ground?

[tough abyss]

whats the script to make characters keep nvgs on for pics

[dusk shadow]

Q: Is BIS_fnc_objectVar guaranteed to be the same after restarting the mission?

Nvm, it obviously couldn't be with regards to objects created while the mission is running.

[willow hound]

The example shows that the variable is part of the missionNamespace, that's another hint.

[dusk shadow]

Well yeah but I was thinking since stuff placed in the editor is listed and initalized (AFAIK) in the same order each time...

if the netID of an object is the same then objectVar would give the same result each time...

but yeah

dynamic objects screws it all up

[willow hound]

Can always look at the source code of BIS functions

[dusk shadow]

mhm it's netID they are using to build the variable name

[still forum]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-clown-honk-honk-honk-red-nose-gif-13876101

[potent dirge]

quick question is there any command to force AI vehicle commander's to use smoke?

[fair drum]

yup, grab the smoke magazine class and use one of the force fire commands

[potent dirge]

okay thanks

[pine solstice]

hello all was wondering if someone could help me. i am editing and intro and i would like to make the text bigger

titleText [" T E S T", "BLACK IN",9999];

[exotic flax]

titleText ["<t size='10'> T E S T</t>", "BLACK IN",9999];
``` try this and increase size when needed

[pine solstice]

that didnt work it shows this

<t size='10'> T E S T</t>

[winter rose]

Arma 2?

@pine solstice 9999, false, true]

you need to set the isStructuredText flag

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

[exotic flax]

my fault

[winter rose]

yes. You are demoted to rank 41 nao

[exotic flax]

noooo.... I lost my 42 status

[cosmic lichen]

yes

[little raptor]

swtich?

all you had to do was look at the syntax highlighting