arma3_scripting

[fair drum]

it is the weirdest thing. I only have a few mods on right now. your dev tools, some of polpox's stuff. nothing really that would effect chat channels

[little raptor]

did you try adding the channel to player on server?

[_channel, [player]] remoteExec ["radioChannelAdd", 2];

[fair drum]

so it worked for about 4 seconds, then was removed once I spawned. yet I still show added under radiochannelinfo. the channel works fine in SP editor where I can force a customChat with script. but when in multiplayer, I can't even force a customChat either through the server or player.

[little raptor]

perhaps it's a sync issue

add the channel with some delay after it's created

like a few seconds

[fair drum]

hmmm let me try that

so now I've narrowed it down to the respawn menu. while in the respawn menu, I can access the channel, but the moment I spawn, it gets removed. all i have is the menuPosition respawn template and nothing in my onplayerrespawn.sqf even touches chat channels

[little raptor]

when you respawn you get a new "body"

in fact you should touch onplayerrespawn!

[fair drum]

yes, but I'm still showing in the array of added units while in my new body

with the transferred vehiclevar

[little raptor]

remove and add again

in onplayerrespawn

[fair drum]

that looks to have fixed it. what was confusing me is I didn't even know to think of that because everything was still showing that I was added to channel at all times. even when I was the new unit and had my editor reference.

[fair drum]

so do I need to call a end mission on the server? or will it automatically end if every client has ended? for example...

https://sqfbin.com/cawegevolahipohulate

[dry python]

load.sqf:

_test1 buttonSetAction "profileNamespace setVariable ['myTest', 1]; saveProfileNamespace; closeDialog 0;";
_test1 ctrlShow true;```
output.sqf:

_test2 = profileNamespace getVariable ["myTest", 0];
diag_log format["Test: %1", _test2];

when its loaded i dont get a 1... only if i reconnect or die.

anyone know why and how to solve?

[warm hedge]

I thought I said ENTIRE, not a part of them. Those two don't make sense

[dry python]

i cant post the whole wasteland script..

:/

[fair drum]

put it on sqf bin

[dry python]

nvm ill keep testing myself, thanks anyway

[fair drum]

its freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and no signups needed

[golden storm]

Hello everyone, so, a quick question, it might make you want to slap me and i understand you.

What i'm trying to do is to get the game to respawn players inside a vehicle, checking if it's empty or not, if it is, then respawn the player inside that vehicle, if it's not, then select another vehicle (there're 12 vehicles, each with a single unit capacity), what i have is this but even i know it is SOOOOOOO wrong:

_respawnVeh = {respawn_west1, respawn_west2};

if (hasInterface) then {
    player addEventHandler ["Respawn", {
    {{alive _x} count crew _respawnVeh == 0} forEach _respawnVeh;
    if crew == 0 do 
        {player moveInCargo _respawnVeh};
    }];
};

[warm hedge]

if crew == 0 do

[fair drum]

Are you using anything like the menu position system?

[golden storm]

@warm hedge Is it THAT bad? Sorry i'm used to scripting simpler things (i'm not adept at programming or anything, but i'm trying to learn)

@fair drum I'm trying to set the respawn trough the init.sqf

[warm hedge]

More like it's simply illegal.
crew is a reserved variable because it is a command, and that is not a way to use this command.
do is also not a suitable command to use if, then instead

[golden storm]

Huh, neat, i'll revisit the code completely

Thanks @warm hedge

[sharp grotto]

Is there a way to check if a player is muted via the player list ?
I want to mute a player in sidechat/direct if he got muted by another player (via HandleChatMessage) 🤔

[outer fjord]

Hello, I'm sorta confused on defining variables with just unit names. Exactly why doesn't the game like this set up? 😅

Unit1 = "I_soldier_UAV_06_F";

RemoveBackpackGlobal Unit1;```

It seemed to work for vehicles themselves, but units seem to need a extra step

[warm hedge]

Unit1 is not an object, but just a string

[outer fjord]

Uh, how would I unstring that? I want it to keep it generic for that specific class.

Because I tried just
RemoveBackpackGlobal "I_soldier_UAV_06_F"; and generic error as well.

[robust hollow]

you'd probably need something like this

{
    if (typeOf _x == "I_soldier_UAV_06_F") then {removeBackpackGlobal _x};
} forEach allUnits;

or alternatively remove it before/when spawning them, depending on when this is used

[outer fjord]

It's used on inti it seems on liberation framework. But typeOf _x == shoudl work for both ways yea?

[[KP_Liberation_infantry_laa], {removeBackpack _this;}]``` This is part of the array I wrote out as part of their file that fires off on any unit spawn.

[warm hedge]

Isn't allUnits select {typeOf _x == "I_soldier_UAV_06_F"} better?

[robust hollow]

idk, wouldnt think so. why loop through all units just to loop through some of them again?

[outer fjord]

/* - Specific object init codes depending on classnames.
Format = [Array of classnames as strings, Code to apply]
_this is the reference to the object with the classname */

KPLIB_objectInits = [
    [["Flag_White_F"], {_this setFlagTexture "res\NFG\Prototype200x200.paa";}],
    [["Land_HelipadSquare_F", "Land_HelipadCircle_F", "Land_HelipadRescue_F"], {{[_x, [_this, true]] remoteExecCall ["addCuratorEditableObjects", 2]} forEach allCurators;}],
    [[FOB_box_typename], {_this call F_setFobMass; [_this] remoteExecCall ["F_setLoadableViV", 0, _this];}],
    [[KP_liberation_recycle_building], {_this setVariable ["ace_isRepairFacility", 1, true];}],
    [[KP_liberation_small_storage_building, KP_liberation_large_storage_building], {_this setVariable ["KP_liberation_storage_type", 0, true];}],
    [KP_liberation_medical_facilities, {_this setVariable ["ace_medical_isMedicalFacility", true, true];}],
    [KP_liberation_medical_vehicles, {_this setVariable ["ace_medical_medicClass", 1, true];}],
    // Hide Cover on big GM trucks
    [["gm_ge_army_kat1_454_cargo", "gm_ge_army_kat1_454_cargo_win"], {_this animateSource ["cover_unhide", 0, true];}],
    [[KP_Liberation_infantry_lat], {removeBackpack _this;}],
    [[KP_Liberation_infantry_laa], {removeBackpack _this;}]
    [["Flag_White_F"], {_this setFlagTexture "res\NFG\Prototype200x200.paa";}],
];```

Is the full file

[warm hedge]

{

} forEach (allUnits select {typeOf _x == "I_soldier_UAV_06_F"})```, I mean

[robust hollow]

in case you're still having trouble with this, try using the ButtonClick event handler instead. buttonSetAction uses SQS code, not SQF, so what you have there may not be valid.

[robust hollow]

yea to me that is worse than just foreach because you loop through allUnits with select and then loop through the selected units again with foreach, instead of just looping them all once with forEach

[outer fjord]

mmm, just weird that they have vehicles and other objects work fine but not infantry. Could just be set up that with with KPLIB_objectInits

thank you for your help btw.

[warm hedge]

Ah, true

0.0272 ms

Cycles:
10000/10000

Code:
{ 
 
} forEach (allUnits select {typeOf _x == "O_Soldier_F"})```
```Result:
0.0259 ms

Cycles:
10000/10000

Code:
{ 
    if (typeOf _x == "O_Soldier_F") then {};
} forEach (allUnits)```

[copper raven]

with more units select will be faster

[proven charm]

Why isn't this code I got from the forums doing anything: _center = createCenter sideLogic; _group = createGroup _center; _pos = getpos player; _cas = _group createUnit ["ModuleCAS_F",_pos , [], 0, ""]; _cas setVariable ["vehicle","O_Plane_CAS_02_dynamicLoadout_F"]; _cas setVariable ["type", 1];

[little raptor]

where do you execute it?

[proven charm]

console

[little raptor]

is "ModuleCAS_F" a virtual cas?

[proven charm]

not sure I think the virtual cas class name is something like : "SupportProvider_Virtual_CAS_Bombing"

[cosmic lichen]

Result:
0.0415 ms

Cycles:
10000/10000

Code:
{  } forEach (entities [["B_support_AMG_F"], [], false, true])


Result:
0.117938 ms

Cycles:
8479/10000

Code:
{  
    if (typeOf _x == "B_Support_AMG_F") then {}; 
} forEach (allUnits)

This is way faster. Tested with 50 units.

[little raptor]

You should use the alternative version of createUnit:

private _moduleGroup = createGroup sideLogic; 
"ModuleCas_F" createUnit [ 
 getPosATL player, 
 _moduleGroup, 
 "
this setVariable ['vehicle','O_Plane_CAS_02_dynamicLoadout_F'];  
this setVariable ['type', 1]; 
this setVariable ['BIS_fnc_initModules_disableAutoActivation', false, true];" 
];

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Modules#Spawning_a_Module_by_script

[proven charm]

@little raptor thx man that works 🙂

hmm what's weird is that with unsung planes the planes seem to blow them self up when firing

[little raptor]

are you sure they blow up when they fire??

or do they explode when they spawn?

[proven charm]

they fire then blow up

yep they shoot them self in air

vanilla planes seems to be ok

[little raptor]

could be the counter measure stuff

do they have counter measure?

[proven charm]

idk

[little raptor]

well they fire their counter measure after shooting

maybe it's "bound" to something else in unsung

[proven charm]

I'm testing all the unsung planes, bit hard to know which plane is good for CAS though with all the loadout abbreviations

Here's the list: ``` blows up:

• AF
  uns_F4E_GBU
  uns_F4E_AGM
  uns_A7_AGM
• Navy
  uns_A7N_AGM
  uns_F4J_AGM

ok:

• AF
  UNS_F111_AGM
  uns_f105D_AGM
  uns_f100b_AGM
• Navy
  uns_A4B_skyhawk_AGM
  uns_A6_Intruder_AGM

so its with some planes only

[warm hedge]

There's a short lag between an unit in a group's dead and the leader recognizes that he's dead now and kick him out from the group. Is there any command/function to remove this lag?

[winter rose]

reveal mayhaps but I wouldn't hold my breath

[warm hedge]

Unfortunately reveal is not the thing, so you don't need to worry about to die

[little raptor]

killed event handler + set group to grpNull

[proven charm]

can you change the mouse cursor like zeus does?

[little raptor]

afaik no

[proven charm]

oh no :/

[little raptor]

I'm not absolutely sure.
you can check the Zeus files, see if there's any "reference" to those mouse icons.
if you find anything let me know! I also needed this a while ago but gave up.

[proven charm]

yea I already did check the curator files..

[warm hedge]

IIRC there's no possibility than a map GUI control?

[proven charm]

yes map should be possible

The cursors are defined in configFile >> "CfgWrapperUI" >> "Cursors" . that's all I know

[tough abyss]

Hello everyone, does anyone have a problem that the BIS_fnc_kbTell dialogs go too fast and don't play sound? Although subtitles appear.

[winter rose]

yes, you need to assign a speaker to the person saying the line

if you use a simple module/Logic, it will speak MickeyMouse-y

[tough abyss]

Thank you, but I have it marked in the config (actor= "DB_HQ"). Or do you mean the 6 parameter BIS_fnc_kbTell?

[winter rose]

I mean, what is DB_HQ?

[tough abyss]

This is a unit on the base.

[winter rose]

oh, that's weird then. I only encountered this issue if it was a Logic speaking

[tough abyss]

Thanks for the help, I'm just working with BIS_fnc_kbTell for the first time. And my task is to make radio conversations between the HQ and the player.

[still forum]

only true if most units are of that type.
If you just filter out 10% with the select, the select will be better

[dusty whale]

where are ace-functions defined?

because they sure as heck are not in cfgFunctions

[dry python]

_test1 ctrlSetEventHandler["ButtonClick","profileNamespace setVariable ['myTest', 1]; saveProfileNamespace; closeDialog 0;"];

doesnt work, same issue

[little raptor]

they use CBA

CBA uses a feature called function caching. it won't recompile the function on every mission start and thus it's faster:
https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/main/script_macros_common-hpp.html#PREP

functions are defined in XEH_PREP.hpp

[little raptor]

what about addEventHandler?

[fair drum]

is stacking switch dos a bad idea on performance vs just stacking if thens or using a fsm?

[little raptor]

all of them are nearly the same

[fair drum]

do you know if the FSM carries the handle return with them to access inside or do I need to pull that in with setFSMVariable?

[little raptor]

🤷 I've never worked with FSMs. they're just fancy way of doing if thens
If you really care about performance use "precompiled" conditions

(if the conditions are fixed/predictable)

[fair drum]

well if they are all the same, with these amount of conditions, I'd rather be visual with a FSM editor

[dusty whale]

wait what? CfgFunctions in the base configFile (not missionConfig) recompiles every time you start a mission?

since when did that happen?

and why is that a thing?

[little raptor]

if it doesn't then what CBA says makes no sense

there's no way to make loading times faster besides that

[little raptor]

I don't know

[dusty whale]

it sure as heck doesnt load the changes i make to files, so why does it need to recompile if nothing changes?

[digital hollow]

You can disable cba function cacheing if you want to live-load changes to function code https://ace3mod.com/wiki/development/setting-up-the-development-environment.html#71-disabling-cba-function-caching

[dusty whale]

im talking about cfgFunctions

[little raptor]

@still forum is what I said true?!
#arma3_scripting message
(do cfgFunctions recompile in every mission)
as a dev you should know

[still forum]

There is a cache in uiNamespace

If you don't set allowRecompile or filePatching or whatever it should copy from there

Not sure, that initFunctions script is huge :u

[little raptor]

I'm not sure why CBA would claim that it speeds up the loading times if otherwise

[fair drum]

before I go any farther, can I clean this up?

https://sqfbin.com/getuqexubiwerowezuye

[little raptor]

hashmaps

[fair drum]

guess I gotta read up on those lol

[little raptor]

and this is exactly what I meant by "precompiled" conditions

conA -> condB -> load codeAB
kind of thing

very fast

but tedious to set up

[fair drum]

got a quick small example?

[winter rose]

either at one point it was recompiled every time (I seem to remember a patch where it happened, then got removed the one after)
but maybe they are simply talking about CBA functions idk?

[little raptor]

call {
    if (A) exitWith {
        if (A1) exitWith {
          //code A1
        };
        if (A2) exitWith {
          //code A2
        };
    };
    if (B) exitWith {
        ...
    };
    if (C) exitWith {
        ...
    };
};

Transforms into:

hm = createHashMapFromArray [
[
    A, createHashMapFromArray [
        [
            A1,
            {
              //code A1
            }
        ],
        [
            A2,
            {
              //code A2
            }
        ]
        
    ]
],
[B, ...]
[C,...]
]

call (hm get A get A1)

of course the best way to set those is with a code that generates it automatically

I have an example of that too but it won't fit here

[fair drum]

ah so I was messing around with the first example then a hour ago

but I didn't continue with it enough

[winter rose]

less than 2000 chars? 😄

[little raptor]

Or maybe they're just referring to compile /compileFinal

(you won't be doing that if you "cache" the name of the function and load it from uiNamespace)

[brisk tusk]

Hey guys. I'm trying to find a way to set a specific type of ammo on a crew served weapon. From what I've found, I think I should be using the setMagazineTurretAmmo into the turret's init, but I'm not to sure as I keep getting an error whenever I try

[little raptor]

what's the error?

and post your code

[brisk tusk]

did a bit more. Ended up stopping the error, but nothing happens

ye 1 sec

vehicle setMagazineTurretAmmo [UK3CB_BAF_23Rnd_40mm_G_Box, 6, UK3CB_BAF_Static_L134A1_Deployed_Low]
&
vehicle addMagazine ["UK3CB_BAF_23Rnd_40mm_G_Box", 15];

pasted into the turret's init

[little raptor]

wat?

vehicle setMagazineTurretAmmo [magazineClass, ammoCount, turretPath]

magazineClass is a string

turretPath is an array

[brisk tusk]

Gotcha. I really don't know much of this, so I didn't realize when reading the wiki

[still forum]

could also do [side,string] array keys. Not sure if thats faster in the end, but might be.
Letting all the work be done in a single hashmap lookup, rather than having to recurse down in script

[brisk tusk]

I'll take another shot at this. Thanks for helping!

[little raptor]

actually there's one thing better about this. you can have "unequal" lengths:
call (hm get [a,a1])
call (hm get [a,a1,a11])
etc.
I like it! 😄

[still forum]

yeah, you can have only the side.
But not really easy to have a automatic fallback ala (if side+class not found, try only side)

well easy yes but performant

[brazen lagoon]

Any ideas on why my paradrop script seems to work locally but not on a server?

(vehicle _player) setPosATL [_position select 0, _position select 1, 2000];

this seems like its the problem

[fair drum]

what value did you give _player

[brazen lagoon]

when I click somewhere it teleports me for a split second and then tps me back

[fair drum]

also post the whole script on sqfbin.com and paste it here

[brazen lagoon]

sure, sec

https://sqfbin.com/godatehuxeviwifajose.sqf

it's remoteexec'd like this: [clientOwner, (getPlayerUID player), _pos] remoteExec ['SG_fnc_paradrop', 2, false];

[fair drum]

nvm. give me a sec to read it all

line 26, what are you trying to do with that?

[brazen lagoon]

uhh ok so on the client end

the activation trigger looks like this: sqf _actionid = player addAction [ "Paradrop Vehicle", { openmap [true,false]; titleText ["Select Map Position", "PLAIN"]; onMapSingleClick " [clientOwner, (getPlayerUID player), _pos] remoteExec ['SG_fnc_paradrop', 2, false]; false " }, nil, 5, false, true, "", "" ];

so this is trying to clear the onMapSingleClick on the client after the drop happens

[little raptor]

player setVariable ['actionid', _actionid, true];

does it matter?

to others

[brazen lagoon]

true

[little raptor]

I mean if you needed the id the non-public variant was ok. I was asking why you're making it public

[brazen lagoon]

i dont follow

oh

[fair drum]

set last to false

[brazen lagoon]

does setVariable broadcast over the network?

[fair drum]

if its true it does

[little raptor]

when you set the public flag yes

[brazen lagoon]

oh yeah. I think i set that to true at some point but it isnt necessary anymore

yeah I'll remove that

[fair drum]

so your script is executing, you are just being teleported and then back again instantly?

[brazen lagoon]

@fair drum ok but I want onMapSingleClick to stay that function

like, I want that to be called every time there's a click event until it succeeds

[little raptor]

I recommend the stackable version instead

[fair drum]

use the actual event handler

[brazen lagoon]

what does that mean

[fair drum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#MapSingleClick

[little raptor]

Since Arma 3 v1.58 a stackable MissionEventHandler is available and should be used instead: MapSingleClick.

[brazen lagoon]

ah ok. and then probably call remoteExec to delete the event handler when the drop is successful

[little raptor]

why remoteExec

[brazen lagoon]

because the actual drop is run on the server

[little raptor]

so?

the action is local

[fair drum]

your addmissioneventhandler is local

[brazen lagoon]

right, but how would the local machine know when to remove it otherwise?

I guess I could have a waitUntil position change or something

[little raptor]

no

like I said the click is local

ok I see what you mean

nvm

[brazen lagoon]

ok, but I don't want the event to keep firing every time a player clicks on the map

well i do but only until it actually succeeds

then I want it to stop happening

but yeah I'll modify it to use eventhandlers and see if that fixes it. Not sure why that would be the reason I get teleported back though. it seems like I get 1 frame of being in the right spot and then I get sent back

[little raptor]

I don't think it does

let me read your script

[brazen lagoon]

ok

[tough abyss]

I have faffed around with Event Handlers and all that (bear in mind I'm not very 'script' minded) and cannot manage to lock the co - pilot seats of my helis? I have the pilot locking working. Any help would be appreciated

this addEventHandler ["GetIn", { if (driver (_this select 0) == (_this select 2) ) then { if (!(vehicleVarName (_this select 2) in allowedPlayers)) then { moveOut (_this select 2); Hint "You are not Allowed!"; }; }; }];

[fair drum]

start using params rather than select

this addEventHandler ["Getin", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];

    if (driver _vehicle isEqualTo _unit) then {
        if (!(_unit in allowedplayers)) then {
            moveOut _unit;
            hint "You are not Allowed!";
        };
    };
}];

you might want to add some additional conditions like the type of vehicle though

[little raptor]

@brazen lagoon first of all, don't use getPos
second of all, I think the problem is here:

_chute = createVehicle ['i_parachute_02_f', getPos vehicle _player, [], 0, 'can_collide'];
        _chute setVelocity _velocity;
        vehicle _player attachto [_chute, [0, 0, 2]];

do this instead:

    [false,false] remoteExec ["openmap", _caller_id, false];
    [_player] spawn {
        params ["_player"];
        _pos = [_position select 0, _position select 1, 2000];
        vehicle _player setPosATL _pos;
        waitUntil {getPos _player select 2 < 250};
        _velocity = velocity vehicle _player;
        _chute = createVehicle ['i_parachute_02_f', _pos, [], 0, 'can_collide'];
        _chute setVelocity _velocity;
        vehicle _player attachto [_chute, [0, 0, 2]];
        waitUntil {(getPosATL _player select 2) < 5};
        deleteVehicle _chute;
    };

(also I swapped one of your getPosATLs with getPos

(I know I said don't use it but you should here)

[brazen lagoon]

what's the reasoning behind not using getPos

[little raptor]

it's in AGLS format

[fair drum]

but do you want the copilot seat locked at all times no matter what? why not use lockTurret?

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/position
for parachuting tho you actually need getPos (AGLS)

[fair drum]

i 'think' the copilot is considered a gunner

[brazen lagoon]

basically its mixing position types?

[little raptor]

yes

[brazen lagoon]

gotcha

[tough abyss]

No so what I have is two pilots with their own variable names obviously, and only those two should be able to get into a Pilot, Co-Pilot or Gunner seat.

[little raptor]

e.g. a unit in a building that is 10000m tall is at 0 agls height

[brazen lagoon]

hmm ok lemme try it out in sp again and then ill test on the server if it works

[little raptor]

btw I messed up one part

fix it yourself

_pos = [_position select 0, _position select 1, 2000];

_position is not defined

[brazen lagoon]

oh right

[little raptor]

just define pos in the outer scope and pass it as param

[brazen lagoon]

well I just changed the spawned script to take in position

@little raptor the problem is this creates the chute at 2000m

which then tps you back up

so I think you do actually need to get the position of the vehicle

[little raptor]

oh

I didn't notice the waitUntil

[brazen lagoon]

yeah, I think I fixed it

gonna see if this works now

[little raptor]

which position did you use?

I hope it's not getPos again

[brazen lagoon]

getPosATL

[little raptor]

use ASLtoAGL getPosASL

[brazen lagoon]

which I think is the one that createVehicle wants?

[little raptor]

createVehicle needs AGL

(ATL is not an "official" format)

[brazen lagoon]

oh weird, the wiki says its only AGL if its a boat or amphibious

ah

[little raptor]

that's the definition of AGL

on land: AGL = ATL
on sea: AGL = ASLW

[brazen lagoon]

makes sense

[fair drum]

is your allowedplayers on every client? or did you define it on the server but forget to make it public?

[tough abyss]

On server, I think 👀, I have an .sqf with allowedplayers and my two pilots with variable names matching. That bit works with locking pilots

[brazen lagoon]

@fair drum @little raptor nope, it's still doing it. it's teleporting me for a split second then sending me back

[fair drum]

but where is that sqf with the allowplayers variable being fired? only server? or is it in something like init.sqf which all clents run

[tough abyss]

Oh! init.sqf sorry

[fair drum]

are you getting an error at all or is it just not doing anything

[tough abyss]

So what I sent originally works to lock the pilot. No errors but that is all it does.
I don't know what to add to lock the co pilot/gunner seats

[fair drum]

are your allowed players using the same unit class?

like say, a pilot from the editor?

[tough abyss]

My entire ORBAT is using the same class, team_lead, but I can change that easily

[fair drum]

which vehicle are you using, ill look up the positions

incoming mod vehicle =(

[tough abyss]

😂 Get ready:

• Apache (Apache Project)
• Wildcat (3CB)
• Griffin (RHS Retexture)
• Chinook (CH-47 Mod)
• Puma (RKSL)
• Merlin (3CB)

If it is simple to get the positions I can do that if you tell me how?

[fair drum]

do you want the turrets locked for everyone or just allow the allowed players

copilot is a turret

[tough abyss]

Only allow the allowed players

[little raptor]

may I see the updated version?

[brazen lagoon]

figured it out

[fair drum]

so load up the vehicle and do a fullCrew vehicle on it and post it

[brazen lagoon]

seems to be a race condition of some sort. the first setPos isn't running fast enough so the rest of the code is basically a no-op because the vehicle is never actually set to that altitude

[little raptor]

yeah that was my first guess too

I thought passing the position directly to createVehicle would fix it

[brazen lagoon]

yeah it's odd

but nothing a waitUntil won't fix

or shit even just a sleep but that's hacky

[tough abyss]

Put into the init?

[fair drum]

just name the vehicle something and start the game and do it from the command line

[tough abyss]

[[heliD,"driver",-1,[],false]]
[[heliD,"gunner",-1,[0],false]]

[fair drum]

i mean one of the transport helis. and when i say load it up, i mean load it up with full units

[fair drum]

this addEventHandler [
    "GetIn",
    {
        params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];

        private _turretCrew = fullCrew [_vehicle, "turret", true];

        if (driver _vehicle isEqualTo _unit || _turretCrew findIf {_unit isEqualTo _x#0} != -1 || gunner _vehicle isEqualTo _unit) then {
            if !(_unit in allowedPlayers) then {
                moveOut _unit;
                hint "You are not allowed!";
            };
        };
    }
];

just trying to verify that the modded vehicles don't have something that won't work with this

cause I want to see if those modded heli's have their crew members as "turret" like the taru bench does

[tough abyss]

[[heliD,"driver",-1,[],false],[B Alpha 1-1:7,"cargo",2,[],false],[B Alpha 1-1:8,"cargo",3,[],false],[B Alpha 1-1:9,"cargo",4,[],false],[B Alpha 1-1:10,"cargo",5,[],false],[B Alpha 1-2:1,"cargo",6,[],false],[B Alpha 1-2:2,"cargo",7,[],false],[B Alpha 1-2:3,"cargo",8,[],false],[B Alpha 1-3:1,"cargo",9,[],false],[B Alpha 1-3:2,"cargo",10,[],false],[B Alpha 1-3:3,"cargo",11,[],false],[B Alpha 1-3:4,"cargo",12,[],false],[B Alpha 1-3:5,"cargo",13,[],false],[B Alpha 1-3:6,"cargo",14,[],false],[B Alpha 1-4:1,"cargo",15,[],false],[B Alpha 1-5:1,"cargo",16,[],false],[B Alpha 1-5:2,"cargo",17,[],false],[B Alpha 1-5:3,"cargo",18,[],false],[B Alpha 2-1:1,"cargo",19,[],false],[B Alpha 1-6:1,"cargo",20,[],false],[B Alpha 2-2:1,"cargo",21,[],false],[B Alpha 2-4:1,"cargo",22,[],false],[B Alpha 2-3:1,"cargo",23,[],false],[B Alpha 2-6:1,"Turret",-1,[0],false],[heliG,"gunner",-1,[1],false],[B Alpha 1-1:4,"Turret",-1,[2],false],[B Alpha 1-1:5,"Turret",0,[3],true],[B Alpha 1-1:6,"Turret",1,[4],true]]

Co-Pilot is Alpha 2-6

[fair drum]

how many side gunners does that vehicle have?

i count 4?

[tough abyss]

So it's the chinook, so there are the side gunners on the Miniguns however it classes the end seats of the benches as turrets

[fair drum]

I see, well if you don't care about those end bench seats then that will do fine. didn't add the gunner _vehicle isEqualTo _unit though

[tough abyss]

Right now I don't, we rarely fill up a full chinook. If I did does it become a pain?

[fair drum]

you just can't use those last two seats as a normal infantry man

not a big deal imo

[tough abyss]

Yeah that's fine, I'm just going to check my others hold on

[[grifD,"driver",-1,[],false],[B Alpha 4-5:1,"cargo",4,[],false],[grifG,"gunner",-1,[0],false],[B Alpha 3-3:1,"Turret",0,[1],true],[B Alpha 3-4:1,"Turret",2,[2],true],[B Alpha 3-5:1,"Turret",5,[3],true],[B Alpha 3-6:1,"Turret",7,[4],true],[B Alpha 4-1:1,"Turret",1,[5],true],[B Alpha 4-2:1,"Turret",3,[6],true],[B Alpha 4-3:1,"Turret",6,[7],true],[B Alpha 4-4:1,"Turret",8,[8],true]]

[fair drum]

oooo that ones a fat rip

is that an open bench seat one that everyone can shoot from?

[tough abyss]

Long and short of it yeah

[fair drum]

do you care if non heli crew get into the side turrets on other vehicles like the chinook?

[tough abyss]

No not particularly, my main effort is to stop those that aren't pilots flying

[fair drum]

oh well let me change that then

[tough abyss]

Understood

[fair drum]

this addEventHandler [
    "GetIn",
    {
        params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];

        private _turretCrew = fullCrew [_vehicle, "turret", true];
        private _copilotName = (_turretCrew select 0) select 0;

        if (driver _vehicle isEqualTo _unit || _unit isEqualTo _copilotName || gunner _vehicle isEqualTo _unit) then {
            if !(_unit in allowedPlayers) then {
                moveOut _unit;
                hint "You are not allowed!";
            };
        };
    }
];

try that

fixed

[tough abyss]

Can this go on any helicopter yeah?

[fair drum]

'probably'

[tough abyss]

Roger 😆

[polar anchor]

hello, i downloaded arma 3 just today and i was looking at the scrpting page, i was wondering where should i add an event handler, for example, should i use addEventHandler in a file such "initPlayerLocal.sqf"? so when it gets triggered it gets called for the player? and what parameters can i use for "this" before the addEventHandler? i know i can use player but can i use any other entity? if yes, how do i add an event handler for all the entities (both players and bots)?

[hallow mortar]

All of these things depend on the exact type of event handler and what you want it to do

[polar anchor]

can u be a bit more specific?

[tough abyss]

Okay so I'm back at work tomorrow and need to sleep so I will test the others tomorrow but it has worked on one of the Helicopters.
https://gyazo.com/961d5e7a63e3cbb7d304d4fe68a4d55e
Cheers for the help, I'll let you know what happens for the rest

[little raptor]

do you know any scripting?

[polar anchor]

not at all

i know some c++

it doesn't look to hard

just need to figure out few things

[little raptor]

good

well what you ask doesn't have an easy answer
in multiplayer scripting "locality" is an important concept

[fair drum]

downloaded arma 3 and instantly goes to scripting. mah man

[little raptor]

there's no straight answer to "where should I put this?"

it depends what commands you're using

[fair drum]

I can think of one thing 😉

[polar anchor]

for example what if i want to hint to everyone played joined the mission?

and what if i want to print player killed this entity?

still for everyone?

in a multiplayer mission?

[fair drum]

lots of different concepts in those. read the multiplayer scripting page, locality, and variables pages

[little raptor]

the answer to that would be:

1. a hint in initPlayerLocal.sqf
2. for kiiled: a killed or (MPKilled) event handler, which remoteExec (broadcast over network) a systemChat for everyone

I can show you some docs/tutorials to get started

since you know C++ it won't be hard for you

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting
and the table at the top is really helpful for quickly navigating thru stuff.

you can also find some other learning docs at the bottom

[polar anchor]

thank you

[little raptor]

and this is for multiplayer scripting:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting

[polar anchor]

something like this would work?

player addMPEventHandler ["MPKilled", {
    params ["_unit", "_killer"];
    if (isPlayer _unit && isPlayer _killer) then {
    { hint format "%1 killed %2", name _killer, name _unit} forEach allPlayers - _headlessClients;
    }
}];```

?

inside initPlayerLocal.sqf?

[little raptor]

not bad for a beginner 😉
but no! 😄

[polar anchor]

what's the issue there?

[little raptor]

first of all your syntax for format is wrong
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/format
it takes an array on the left
it should be:
format ["%1 killed %2", name _killer, name _unit]
second of all:

EH code will trigger globally on every connected client and server
so you should've only added one hint, not forEach

but I gotta hand it to you, I'm still really impressed that you just installed Arma and got so far! 😄

[polar anchor]

its basically c++ lol

u just read the wiki

is this better?

player addMPEventHandler ["MPKilled", {
    params ["_unit", "_killer"];
    
    if (isPlayer _unit && isPlayer _killer) then {
    format ["%1 killed %2", name _killer, name _unit] remoteExec ["hint", -2];
    }
}];```

[little raptor]

you learned how to use remoteExec already?!
I had to explain it a million times to some people! 😄
anyway, no need for it tho

the EH triggers globally for everyone

[polar anchor]

i literally just read the wiki of remotexec lol

looks like people dont read it xd

[little raptor]

well "some people" couldn't read it!

yeah

[polar anchor]

okok thx

thx for all the docs and stuff 😉

really appreciate it

😄

[little raptor]

np
you might find this useful too:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Operators#Order_of_Precedence
as a programmer you could use it!
it saves you some headaches down the road!

[polar anchor]

is it the same of c++?

[little raptor]

sort of

not entirely

for example >>, or ^ , etc. do not have the same precedence/meaning

[polar anchor]

oh ok i see

ty

[fair drum]

@little raptor when you do your switch evaluations using

private _variable = call {
  if (blah) exitWith {};
  if (blah) exitWith {};
};

i have to add arguments like a traditional call right? or in this instance will it pull in local variables from earlier in the script?

[brazen lagoon]

any idea why this addAction doesn't work? It shows up in the listing of actions but doesn't actually seem to trigger.

this addAction [ 
  "HALO Jump", 
  { 
    openmap [true,false]; 
    titleText ["Select Map Position", "PLAIN"]; 
    _mh_id = addMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", { 
      params ["_units", "_pos", "_alt", "_shift"]; 
      [clientOwner, (getPlayerUID player), _pos, false] remoteExec ['SG_fnc_paradrop', 2, false]; 
    }]; 
    [player, _mh_id] spawn { 
      params ["_player", "_mh_id"]; 
      diag_log format ["player: %1, id: %2", _player, _mh_id]; 
      waitUntil {!visibleMap || ((getPosATL _player select 2) > 1500)}; 
      removeMissionEventHandler ["MapSingleClick", _mh_id]; 
    }; 
  }, 
  nil, 5, false, true, "", ""
];```

[little raptor]

nope. a called code can see the local variables from its caller (parent) scope(s)

like a code in if () {} or while or etc.

[fair drum]

this pleases me

[polar anchor]

how do i repeat an action infinitely?

i crashed with this

        while {true} do {
            _unit playActionNow "agonyStart";
            sleep 1;
        }```

[little raptor]

also note that in the unary version of call, _this is what would be in the parent scope:
in other words:

[1] call
{
  call {
    params ["_1"]; //<-works and _1 is now 1
  }
}

[little raptor]

crashed?!

[polar anchor]

yes

[little raptor]

where did you execute it?

in debug console?

[polar anchor]

initPlayerLocal

player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage"];

    _firstTime = true;
    if (_firstTime && isPlayer _unit && _damage > 0.9) then
    {
        _firstTime = false;
        _unit setDamage 0.9;

        while {true} do
        {
            _unit playActionNow "agonyStart";
            sleep 1;
        }
    }
}];```

[smoky verge]

[] spawn { 
{ deletevehicle _x;   
  } forEach (getMissionLayerEntities "hangar" select 0);

shouldn't this delete everything inside of the hangar layer?
its not doing that

[little raptor]

ah I see

you need to learn about the scheduled environment too

[polar anchor]

yeah i guess

[little raptor]

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

[polar anchor]

what's the problem?

[little raptor]

sleep is not allowed in there

[fair drum]

gotta have a spawn in there before you can use sleep commands

[little raptor]

@polar anchor spawn is sort of like thread detach in C++

but it's not actually multithreaded

[polar anchor]

oh okk

[little raptor]

the scheduler runs "serially"

you don't have to worry about mutex and stuff

[little raptor]

do you execute that in eden?

[smoky verge]

ingame

after mission start

[little raptor]

the command needs server exec

[fair drum]

ughhh... i just started realizing the my VSC formatter for sqf keeps lowercasing random things which screws up my case sensitive things!!!!!

[little raptor]

(if you're not doing that in SP)

[smoky verge]

I tried it in SP first but its not working
oh..

[little raptor]

did you check to see if there's anything in the layer?

(getMissionLayerEntities "hangar" select 0)

run this alone in debug console

[little raptor]

also if you want to loop an animation it's better to use event handlers (for animations)

such as animDone

[smoky verge]

its reporting the stuff inside the layer

[little raptor]

did you try a couple of systemChats to see where it's not working?

I couldn't see anything

[little raptor]

is that the actual code you ran?

#arma3_scripting message

it's missing a }

[smoky verge]

goddamit

weird I was expecting arma to report an error like that

[little raptor]

no it doesn't report error for unclosed brackets

[smoky verge]

I guess they didn't expect my levels of noobness
pepehands.gif

[polar anchor]

ok thx

how do i spawn code inside an event ?

[little raptor]

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

here's an example that someone posted a few comments ago:
#arma3_scripting message

[polar anchor]

got it thx

[little raptor]

you should also be careful! you may inadvertently overwrite a variable.
that's where private comes into play (it's not necessary otherwise)

[winter rose]

but still a good practice with no downside

I see you 👀

[polar anchor]

two more questions:
i'm trying to do a system where if you die, you don't directly die but u get wounded and u can get healed (haven't finished yet), at the current state i would like to know how can i do something like i did below but working? xd. the two variables outside the event are errors, how would i do something like i meant correctly? second question: i'm adding an event handler inside another event handler, is that corrent? if so what can i do if both of them have one parameter with the same name? how can i distinguish them?

sqfwaitUntil { !isNull player };

private _isFirstTime = true;
private _isKillable = true;

player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
    params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage"];
    if (!_isKillable && _damage > 0.9) then
    {
        _unit setDamage 0.9;
        exitWith {}
    }

    [_unit, _damage] spawn
    {
        params["_unit", "_damage", "_isFirstTime"];
        if (isPlayer _unit && _damage > 0.9) then
        {
            if (_isFirstTime) then 
            {
                _isFirstTime = false;
                _unit setDamage 0.9;

                // First time it would be killed, he gets invulnerability for one second
                _isKillable = false;
                _unit switchAction "agonyStart";
                sleep 1;
                _isKillable = true;

                _unit addEventHandler ["AnimDone", {
                    params ["_unit", "_anim"];
                    if (_anim == "agonyStart") then
                    {
                        _unit switchAction "agonyStart";
                    }
                }];
            }
        }
    };
}];```

• if there is anything else you would suggest me to improve on i would appreciate it

[fair drum]

so say I have a variable peanuts how can I rename that peanuts_1 etc for indexes. if it was a string I would have just done "peanuts_" + str _i to get my "peanuts_index"

[polar anchor]

like bad syntax or stuff like that

[robust hollow]

use setVariable with that string option?

[fair drum]

yeah that was my backup plan. didn't know if there was a way with global variables

[robust hollow]

missionNamespace setVariable is global variables (if executing in the missionNamespace)

[fair drum]

will _forEachIndex work inside of an apply?

[little raptor]

the two variables outside the event are errors
ok, so first of all, you're using local variables. local variables are preceded with an underscore _
a local variable is only visible to the current scope and scopes created directly from the current scope (called, if, while, etc.)
an event handler is not a "direct scope" (it is executed somewhere else)so it doesn't see your variable

second of all, you can use the unit's "namespace". check setVariable

i'm adding an event handler inside another event handler, is that corrent?
not really. at least not the way you did it

another issue with your code is that you should return something with your handleDamage EH. it's not overriding the damage right now
in sqf, to return something, you end the code with a statement that returns a value:

call {
  1; //returns 1
};
call {
  alive player; //return a bool
};

note that this is wrong:

call {
  _alive = alive player; //return nothing
};

[little raptor]

no

@polar anchor another issue with your code is the exitWith
it takes an "IF" on the left

if (cond) exitWith {};

[polar anchor]

😫😳

[little raptor]

and you might wanna take a look at lazy eval for conditional statements:

if (a && {b && {c}}) exitWith {};
```it's a bit more advanced

[polar anchor]

2am don’t blame me 😆

What about those 2 private variables?

How can I use them outside the EH?

[little raptor]

I explained them

[polar anchor]

I tried removing the _ but getting the same result

So is the _ implicitly setting a variable private’s

[little raptor]

you shouldn't put private then

[polar anchor]

?

[little raptor]

private is a different concept

[polar anchor]

I obv removed the private keyword too

[little raptor]

a local variable is not necessarily private

[little raptor]

private is like declaring a new variable in a new scope:

_a = 1;
if (true) then {
  private _a = 2; //this _a is private to this scope
};
_a; //_a is 1

[cosmic lichen]

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

[polar anchor]

Is _ just a convention?

[little raptor]

anyway, you should've used "namespaces" instead

[fair drum]

would this get me the intended result of skipping a vehicle spawn if the vehicle that was created last loop is still alive? (loop and other stuff not shown) launcher is basically the silo or capture point
https://sqfbin.com/iyuxuyudawewojiyuhay

[little raptor]

no

it actually makes the variable local

the variable is destroyed when the scope ends

[cosmic lichen]

 if (_type == "attackheli") exitwith {};
            if (_type == "mrap") exitwith {};
            if (_type == "quad") exitwith {};
            if (_type == "tank") exitwith {};
            if (_type == "truck") exitwith {};
            if (_type == "antiair") exitwith {};
            if (_type == "apc") exitwith {};
``` ![notlikemeow](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/700311897937018890.webp?size=128 "notlikemeow")

[polar anchor]

But isn’t it already local to the scope of where u declare it?

[fair drum]

haven't put anything there yet

This is an example of the array being pulled in earlier

L2_arudy_vehicle_positions = [
    ["tank", [5667.15, 6990.76, 0], 234],
    ["apc", [5653.15, 7003.32, 0], 167],
    ["antiair", [5666.75, 7013.35, 0], 199],
    ["truck", [5621.29, 7019.85, 0], 176]
];

[little raptor]

yes

[polar anchor]

So why would I use _

To specify that it is local?

[little raptor]

oh you were referring in general?

no

a = 1

won't destory

it's global

[polar anchor]

At the end of scope?

Oh

[fair drum]

are you facepalming that I didn't put anything there yet for the exits, or that its a garbage way of doing a huge switch do lol?

[polar anchor]

So without _ it’s global and with it it’s local, indipendently of where u declare it (scope)?

[little raptor]

I think the page R3vo linked explains it well enough:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Local_Variables_Scope

[polar anchor]

Btw gotta go now thanks for you help, tomorrow I’ll try to understand better

Thanks 😋

[little raptor]

np

[cosmic lichen]

Flesh out the script, then ask again. Half of the stuff is missing

[fair drum]

I ommited stuff since I thought it wasn't nessisary for you to read through it all... here's full so far.

https://sqfbin.com/bizaxanejowuvidicake

[cosmic lichen]

and call {...exitWith} will not exit your script if that is what you wanted

[fair drum]

I haven't put anything in the exitWiths yet for that section. but in the first section with the positionsarray is what I'm going for in the end

ill fill them in real quick

[cosmic lichen]

I still don#t get your ealier question

If you wanna check if the vehicle is still alive then just save it in a global var and do alive Myvehicle

[fair drum]

its gonna be potentially an array of 10s of units. let me flesh it out and give you a full view of it

@cosmic lichen
https://sqfbin.com/azijimuzigusuhibutux

[fair drum]

nvm I figured something out with using set and the array

[little raptor]

your code is the perfect fit for a hashmap

[fair drum]

ooone day i'll get to learning them lol

[fair drum]

what would be the best way to learn how to make a large 3d plasma shield dome (or even something simple like what a trigger looks like in the editor or ingame with visible triggers turned on)? would it require some sort of 3d model import? maybe I could do it with a particle effect? not sure where to start

like the draw trigger areas in preferences ( i think its 3den enhanced tho)

[robust hollow]

idk how editor does it, but there is a 3d sphere virtual object. maybe scale that to the size you need 🤷

[fair drum]

i think that has collision though. let me try to fly a plane through it. i need something with no collision

it actually doesn't. thats nice

that actually looks perfect with some tweaks!
https://ibb.co/9WC9V5g

could probably add an electric type texture

[little raptor]

They're just like array of [key, value] pairs. Except they provide "constant time lookup" for keys. (unlike arrays, you don't have to go thru the elements one by one to find them; a hash function will calculate what it "maps" to and takes you there, which can be significantly faster if you have lots of elements)
Basically they're similar to this array:

[
[key1, val1],
[key2, val2],
...
]

If you have key1, you get val1 without having to loop through the elements, etc.

[cyan dust]

Good day. Is there a way to get all the subfolders of the certain folder inside mission? And get all the filenames inside subfolder

[warm hedge]

I don't think there's a command to get every files in a mission folder

[cyan dust]

Pity. Thanks.

[warm hedge]

One thing you can do is to make a ticket and spam @dedmen (jk) 🤞

[cyan dust]

хД nah, I think I'll find something to do by myself about it

[warm hedge]

The thing I did to achieve similar is list every files in a file 🙃

[cyan dust]

I thought about writing some console app which will output "createHashMapFromArray" argument for me. It's not the same as "add some files and they'll be handled" but shitty instrument is better than nothing at all.

[karmic silo]

Im looking to make a tool that measures distance that the bullet has travelled once fired, yet simply dont know how id start, id appreciate any help.

[copper raven]

fired event handler

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

[still forum]

no

[still forum]

no, probably not. Accessing files on disk directly rather not

[warm hedge]

So slightly different thing is required than addonFiles?

[cyan dust]

Got it, thanks

[cyan dust]

Mmm... is it me you asking?

[warm hedge]

Nop, for Ded

[still forum]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frosty scarab]

Anyone know a good way to check if a player is walking up a steep hill (which would force them to walk as apposed to run when holding shift)

[warm hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_terrainGradAngle
This, maybe

[frosty scarab]

i'll have a play around with it

Angles > 17 or < -17 seem to force walking

[vague geode]

Can I compile .fsms the same way as .sqfs?

BIS_fnc_function = compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers "filepath/file.fsm";

[hollow thistle]

No

you exec fsms via execFSM

Also, use compileScript instead of compileFinal and preproc.

[vague geode]

But there has to be a way to compile them into a variable like e.g. BIS_fnc_WLAICore, BIS_fnc_WLAIPurchases, BIS_fnc_WLGarrisonRetreat etc.

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

[hollow thistle]

There's no way. If you're using CfgFunctions you can define a function that points to FSM but it's just a wrapper function that does execFSM under the hood.

[pulsar bluff]

no need to use compilescript ...

[hollow thistle]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library#Attributes

[vague geode]

The question is can I have the scripts outside of the mission folder?

[hollow thistle]

In an addon, yes. I don't see how it's related to "compiling" an fsm into variable.

[vague geode]

Because you can store .sqf-scripts outside of the mission folder and then compile them into a variable thus preventing the script itself from being downloaded...

[still forum]

its recommended

[still forum]

so you want a serverside only fsm that clients cannot see?

you can execFSM on server.

But you cannot execFSM on client and get a file that only the server has and transfer it to client

[vague geode]

So all FSM-files that a client has to execute have to be part of the mission-folder?

[still forum]

yeah

[pliant stream]

they can be in an addon too

[still forum]

atleast I don't know a way not to

[vague geode]

Ok, thanks.

[polar anchor]

hey, i'm learning how to make GUIs but i am always getting an error "Resource not found" when i try to show it.
This is my Description.ext:

#include "BaseComponents.hpp"
#include "MyComponents.hpp"

this is MyComponents.hpp: https://pastebin.com/g5vVAjRr
and this is BaseComponents.hpp: https://pastebin.com/FD9BUqTv
what's the issue?

[copper raven]

how are you trying to show it?

also #arma3_gui

[polar anchor]

tried with createDialog "Test";

and cutRsc["Test", "PLAIN"]

none of them worked

[copper raven]

openDialog?

[polar anchor]

create

[copper raven]

well cutRsc won't work because you need to define the resource in RscTitles, but createDialog should work 🤔

[little raptor]

it's missing some definitions.

not sure if they're mandatory

[copper raven]

with what he has right now it should show up

[polar anchor]

i've included everything in BaseComponents

CTRL + P in game gui editor

[copper raven]

run isClass (missionConfigFile >> "Test") in debug

what does it return

[polar anchor]

0

false

i know it doesn't find that class but why

i've done everything correctly (?)

🤔

[little raptor]

maybe because of the missing ; at the end?!

[copper raven]

description.ext.txt perhaps? 🤣 (no idea)

[cosmic lichen]

why not use import ?

[polar anchor]

o.o

still not working

but thx

[polar anchor]

nope

[polar anchor]

wdym?

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/import it's some new stuff for importing classes into mission config

[cosmic lichen]

import RscPicture;
....

your GUI

no need for all that other crap

[polar anchor]

this way? https://pastebin.com/R8PMQ3gR

and remove basecomponents.hpp?

[cosmic lichen]

Works for me ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[polar anchor]

wtf

[little raptor]

ye

[polar anchor]

ok cool thx

[cosmic lichen]

import RscPicture;
import RscCombo;
import RscText;
import RscButton;

class Test
{
    idd = 5000;
    class ControlsBackground
    {
        class PictureBackground: RscPicture
        {
            idc = 1200;
            text = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0.5)";
            x = 0.391719 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.368 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.221719 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.275 * safezoneH;
        };
    };
    class Controls
    {
        class ComboWeapons: RscCombo
        {
            idc = 2100;
            x = 0.490719 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.4285 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0876563 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.022 * safezoneH;
        };
        class TextWeapon: RscText
        {
            idc = 1000;
            text = "Weapon:"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.438125 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.423 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0360937 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.033 * safezoneH;
        };
        class ButtonGive: RscButton
        {
            idc = 1600;
            text = "Give"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
            x = 0.475766 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
            y = 0.58624 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
            w = 0.0515625 * safezoneW;
            h = 0.022 * safezoneH;
        };
    };
};```

[polar anchor]

it has no sense

still not working

[little raptor]

did you close the mission?

or just restart?

[polar anchor]

restart

[little raptor]

you must close it

[polar anchor]

ooooooooooooooof

[little raptor]

go back to eden and come back

[polar anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carrey-stupid-stupid-dumb-and-dumber-smacking-self-gif-5362094

[cosmic lichen]

just hit save

in eden editor

then do findDisplay 313 createDisplay "test"

no need to ever preview the mission

[polar anchor]

works

[cosmic lichen]

Every time you do a change, hit save

[polar anchor]

ok thank you guys

😉

[cosmic lichen]

yw

[polar anchor]

one more question: why 313 as idd?

[polar anchor]

.

[cosmic lichen]

313 is the Eden Editor display IDD

[little raptor]

eden display

common displays:
313 eden
46 mission
12 map (and displayCtrl 51 is the map ctrl)
49 pause display

[polar anchor]

ok got it

👍

[distant oyster]

49 is escape, 12 is map

[little raptor]

right! 😄

[cosmic lichen]

Nice party knowledge there

[exotic tinsel]

is there a way to get the config ref from a class name?
I know i can do this on an object "configOf player;" but i have class names in an array id like to look the display name for but they are not all in cfgVehicles.

if your going to go that way I think this would be better.

private _config = [
"CfgVehicles",
"CfgWeapons",
"CfgMagazines",
"CfgAmmo",
"CfgGlasses"
] select {isClass (configFile >> _x >> _x_object_type)} select 0;
private _x_object_name = getText (configFile >> _config >> _x_object_type >> "displayName");

[little raptor]

no

[exotic tinsel]

yes

ok so how does yours solve my problem? yours returned a number.

[little raptor]

it wasn't the full answer genius

you were supposed to adapt it

[winter rose]

hey, cool down

[exotic tinsel]

ok genius, then you didnt help

[winter rose]

both of you 👀

[exotic tinsel]

thats what i did. you post something partial, someone adapts it and gets a solution. so ive done everything you wanted me to do.

ok yeah im walking a way now.

[still forum]

https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/master/addons/common/fnc_getObjectConfig.sqf

[tough abyss]

Hello. I want to make interactive pop-up dialog sequences, and add some dialog critical choices that change side relations in-game. But I have zero experience with scripting.

• Can someone point me in the right direction and/or give me tips to get started?
• Should I make something simpler first?
• (Willing to spend hours tweaking code)

[exotic tinsel]

@tough abyss google arma create ui tutorial. You will find all links and vids that will help you get started.

@still forum @little raptor
It may not be the best but I went with this, hope its useful to someone else.

private _x_object_type = _x select 0;
private _config = ("true" configClasses (configFile)) select {isClass (_x >> _x_object_type)} select 0;
if !(isNil "_config") then
{
    private _x_object_name = getText (_config >> _x_object_type >> "displayName");
    _ctrl_object_id = _ctrl lbAdd _x_object_name;
    _ctrl lbSetData [_ctrl_object_id, _x_object_type];
};

[still forum]

thats pretty terrible actually

configFile >> configname _x
thats nonsense.
_x == configFile >> configname _x
already. You're walking backwards just to be able to walk forwards again

Also your ("true" configClasses (configFile)) is nonsense for classnames.

classnames can only be in CfgVehicles, CfgWeapons, CfgMagazines, CfgAmmo, CfgGlasses or UI classes which your code wouldn't find

[long hatch]

hi, how can i manipulate a path using variables example:

if ((uniform player) in ["uniform_1", "uniform_2", "uniform_3"])
 then {_myVar = "blk"} else {_myVar = "wht"};

player setObjectTextureGlobal [3, "path\to\imgae\custom_"_myVar"\file_"_myVar".paa"];

This for example won't work and i wasn't find a clue to solve this by myself. Hope some one can give me a tip.

[still forum]

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

[copper raven]

do you really need to lookup entire config like that?

[still forum]

no you don't

[still forum]

This was alot better already

[copper raven]

yeah

[still forum]

and with findif it would be even better, like Leopard posted

not sure why some people insist on making backwards steps

[copper raven]

can also use hashmap to cache

as he wants displaynames

[still forum]

also missing )

[long hatch]

Yes i see was free typing 😄 ^^

[exotic tinsel]

yes so origannly i wanted a solution just for display names. Then i thought id make something that would work allow you to look up any thing by class name or what ever if i want it for terrain objects so i wrote what i posted.
This is what im using for my UI though. hope it makes you all happy.

private _config = [
    "CfgVehicles",
    "CfgWeapons",
    "CfgMagazines",
    "CfgAmmo",
    "CfgGlasses"
] select {isClass (configFile >> _x >> _x_object_type)} select 0;
if !(isNil "_config") then
{
    private _x_object_name = getText (configFile >> _config >> _x_object_type >> "displayName");
    _ctrl_object_id = _ctrl lbAdd _x_object_name;
    _ctrl lbSetData [_ctrl_object_id, _x_object_type];
};

[still forum]

also if x then {_myVar = "blk"} else {_myVar = "wht"};
can be written as
_myVar = if x then {"blk"} else {"wht"};
or
_myVar = ["wht","blk"] select x

[copper raven]

select is the most optimal here

[still forum]

findIf might be slightly better

yes, due to all the config lookups findIf will probably be better

[copper raven]

oh yeah, i meant what you wrote

[still forum]

ah :u

[tender fossil]

Can publicVariable event handlers contain e.g. waitUntil?

[hollow thistle]

no, it's unscheduled.

[past wagon]

if I am making an array, can I put [] as one of the items in the array to make it empty?

for example, I want it to randomly select a weapon, but I want there to be a chance that it will not select any weapon

[willow hound]

Weapons as in weapon class names?

[past wagon]

yes

this is my array

[little raptor]

""

[past wagon]

ok

[""] thats actually what I did at first but i second guessed myself

[little raptor]

not like that:
["weapon1", "weapon2", ""]
if you want to have a certain chance better use random

[past wagon]

if it is a weapon with a magazine, would it be ["",""]

[little raptor]

this will have a 1/nth chance of being selected

[past wagon]

yea

my array looks like this:

_weaponArray = [["weapon1", "mag1"], ["weapon2", "mag2"], ["", ""]];

would that work the way I want it to?

[weary hare]

Is it possible to change a config property for ammo through a script? Trying to make flare rockets with changeable fuse distances and want to know if it's worth attempting.

[little raptor]

like I said, depends what you want.
this will give it a fixed chance, regardless of number of weapons:

_weapons = [
["wpn1", "mag1"],
["wpn2", "mag2"],
...];
_wpn_mag = if (random 1 > 0.05) then {
  selectRandom _weapons 
} else {
  ["", ""]
}

[copper raven]

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

[little raptor]

or that

you'll also have to provide the weights

[past wagon]

its alright, i dont need a specific chance

[little raptor]

if you have, say, 1000 weapons, the chance of getting ["",""] will be pretty slim

[willow hound]

No, you can't change config via script.

[past wagon]

yeah but I can put it in multiple times

to adjust

[little raptor]

using what I said would be easier

and saves you typing

[past wagon]

but there are only like 7 weapons lol

its ok its ok

as long as it works

[weary hare]

Any suggestion on how to go about making an interaction that changes the fuse on a rocket? Make different rockets with different fuses and have it just change the ammo in the vehicle?

[willow hound]

Best ask that in #arma3_config, they know how to perform that kind of sorcery.

[past wagon]

what would 2 + (round random 2) be?

[little raptor]

2,3,4

[past wagon]

okay

im looking at the wiki rn so i can understand what it does

[still forum]

[past wagon]

would this code repeat 5 times?

r = 0;
while {r < 5} do {
  //code
  r = r + 1;
};

[little raptor]

for

[valid abyss]

yes

[long hatch]

https://pastebin.com/3mGXkyqu ok the code is working so far, when used in the Debug Console, but as function it won't work, the path that i want to generate using the suggested format Command returns in the function any instead of blk or wht.

[still forum]

aby means undefined variable

private _ranksColorSwitch = "blk";
 
_ranksColorSwitch =

thats nonsense, why set it twice right next to eachother.

Just
private _ranksColorSwitch = if

[valid abyss]

Is there any way to make music play in a 3D environment ?

[still forum]

"suggested format Command returns in the function any instead of blk or wht." which one exactly?

[still forum]

say3D

[little raptor]

if defined in cfgSounds say3D

otherwise playSound3D

[valid abyss]

I've tried that but for some reason it doesn't play

[still forum]

Do you have it in CfgSounds?

[valid abyss]

It's from a mod called Rome Music

[still forum]

You mean this one with the typoed v at the end?
format ["\gm\gm_characters\gm_ge_characters\data\uniform\ranks\army_%1\gm_ge_or4_osg_%1.rvmat", _ranksColorSwitchv]

[still forum]

you need to put the music piece into CfgSounds. if its a music mod it will only have it in CfgMusic

[valid abyss]

How would i do that?

[little raptor]

#arma3_config

[willow hound]

@wicked roost !wiki Description.ext#CfgSounds when?

[little raptor]

@wicked roost 😛

[long hatch]

Even the first format returns any but i think it's maybe an issue in my way of thinking. Can it be the case that the Path in this ACE Command would be still saved as format ["\gm\gm_characters\gm_ge_characters\data\uniform\ranks\army_%1\gm_ge_or1_s_%1.rvmat", _ranksColorSwitch] instead of "\gm\gm_characters\gm_ge_characters\data\uniform\ranks\army_blk\gm_ge_or1_s_blk.rvmat"?

[still forum]

no....

yes?

I don't understand that question. doesn't make sense to me

add diag_log and check

sounds like your _ranksColorSwitch is nil, did you really send the full script or did you copy-paste snippets together?

[long hatch]

It's the full script

No Snippets

[little raptor]

if the entire format returns any that's not why

[still forum]

Ah derp

Your variable is undefined

You're not passing it to the script inside the action

And as far as I can see ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction doesn't give you the ability to specify arguments

[tender fossil]

    _handleSidePlayer = [_requestID, _side] spawn WFBE_CO_FNC_MonitorHandleSkills;

    if (_side == west) then {
        _opposingSide = east;
    } else {
        _opposingSide = west;
    };

    _handleOpposingSidePlayer = [_requestID, _side] spawn WFBE_CO_FNC_MonitorHandleSkills;

    publicVariable "WFBE_SRV_VAR_RequestPlayerSkill";

    ["INFORMATION", format ["RequestSkill.sqf: Waiting for the team score calculation threads to finish... _requestID: %1", _requestID]] Call WFBE_CO_FNC_LogContent;

    waitUntil {(scriptDone _handleSidePlayer) && (scriptDone _handleOpposingSidePlayer)};

(NOTE! Arma 2) Any idea why the last line throws a "Generic error in expression"?

[still forum]

Possible fixes are , make it a global variable, or setVariable it onto the player, or compile your action statement from string, or check the players uniform everytime inside the action statement

if you don't expect the player to change uniform (which you already aren't checking), I'd say just make it global variable

[past wagon]

can I use addItemCargoGlobal to add both magazines and vests to a container?

[little raptor]

waitUntil {(scriptDone _handleSidePlayer) && (scriptDone _handleOpposingSidePlayer)};

wat?

just call them

[still forum]

you can try, probably not

[past wagon]

what is a vest?

what cfg group?

[still forum]

CfgWeapons

but items are too

[past wagon]

ok

[still forum]

magazines aren't

[past wagon]

so addItemCargoGlobal works for a vest, right?

[still forum]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

try

[past wagon]

i dont have arma open rn

[still forum]

backpacks and weapons are also CfgWeapons but they also have seperate commands

[little raptor]

backpacks are vehicles

[still forum]

[past wagon]

ok so what is the command for a vest?

[digital hollow]

addItemToVest

[little raptor]

addItemCargo

(global if MP)

[past wagon]

ok

but does that also work for magazines?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

probably

[past wagon]

bro why does no one know

[little raptor]

because we haven't tried

[past wagon]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ok i will try

time to open arma 3

bruh

[little raptor]

I mean yes

[past wagon]

is it:
Yes, No, or I don't know?

[little raptor]

yes

[sharp grotto]

Half the fun is trying to solve problems yourself without any help 😛 (imho)

[still forum]

try and write on wiki 😄

[little raptor]

all cfgWeapon stuff work on it

• cfgMags

[past wagon]

this is basically my question:

Which of the following works on both Vests and Magazines?:
addItemCargoGlobal addWeaponCargoGlobal addMagazineCargoGlobal

im guessing its not the third

[little raptor]

addItemCargoGlobal

as I told you

[past wagon]

ok

oh yeah

im dumb

forgot you told me that LOL

[little raptor]

it also works on weapons

[past wagon]

ok

so why do the other two even exist?

[little raptor]

perhaps the addItemCargoGlobal command was later updated to support weapons and mags

[past wagon]

ohh

yeah that makes sense

[little raptor]

it works on everything you carry besides the backpack

[past wagon]

ok

perfect

[past wagon]

addItemCargoGlobal should still work in singleplayer, right?

[little raptor]

ye

[past wagon]

okie

_weaponArrayOne = [
    ["srifle_EBR_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 
    ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["arifle_MXM_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag"], 
    ["srifle_DMR_03_multicam_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 2, 
    ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], 
    ["arifle_ARX_hex_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["SMG_03_TR_khaki", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], 2, 
    ["", ""], 3];
r = 0;
while {r < 4} do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayOne;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 3 + (round random 4)];
    r = r + 1;
};
_weaponArrayTwo = [
    ["LMG_Mk200_F", "200Rnd_65x39_cased_Box"], 2, 
    ["LMG_03_F", "200Rnd_556x45_Box_F"], 2, 
    ["launch_RPG7_F", "RPG7_F"], 
    ["V_HarnessOGL_brn", ""], 
    ["",""], 4];
r = 0;
while {r < 2} do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayTwo;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 1 + (round random 1)];
    r = r + 1;
};
_itemArray = [
    "HandGrenade", 
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 2
    "optic_Hamr", 2];
r = 0;
while {r < 2} do {
    _item = selectRandomWeighted _itemArray;
    if (_item == "HandGrenade") then {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1 + (round random 3)];
    }
    else {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 3 + (round random 2)];
    };
    r = r + 1;
};

any idea why this isnt working in the init.sqf file?

nothing happens. i dont even get an error message

and AirdropCrate is the name of the container that I want this stuff added to

[still forum]

what

why not just use a for loop

what is this mess :u

and why global variables for your loop iteration, and why global variables without tag
global variables should always have a tag, and use local variables if you don't need global, like here.

What are these empty weapon classnames?
Why are there duplicates in there?

Do you know that selectRandomWeighted exists?

you are missing private's on your variables

Why are you using addWeaponCargo for the weapons at the top, but then use addItemCargo for the weapons in the middle?

select 0;
select 1;

just use _weaponAndMag params ["_weapon", "_mag"]

[past wagon]

uhhhhh

dont worry about it

the reason im using addItemCargoGlobal for the second weapon array is because there is a vest included

it doesnt matter tho

@still forum what is the reason that im not getting anything added to the crate? is it because of the variables?

[still forum]

I just see a huge mess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past wagon]

but i dont know why its not working

is there anything about it that would make it not work?

[still forum]

_item == "HandGrenade" that will never work and only trigger error, an array can never equal a string

[past wagon]

but _item = selectRandom _itemArray

[still forum]

no but

[little raptor]

which is an array of array of strings

[past wagon]

oh

[past wagon]

does the _itemArray look better now?

[little raptor]

yes

it has an error

,

[still forum]

all of them do

[past wagon]

got it

[little raptor]

and why are there duplicates?

just use weighted

[still forum]

I already tried asking that and didn't get an answer

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past wagon]

i dont know how to use weighted

[winter rose]

then we can explain?

[past wagon]

sure

[still forum]

Learning new things trains the brain, can recommend

[little raptor]

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

[element1,weight1, ...]

[past wagon]

yeah thats what im looking at rn

is it selectRandomWeighted _array [number, weight]?

[winter rose]

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

selectRandomWeighted ["a", 1, "b", 2]``` is the same as ```sqf
selectRandom ["a", "b", "b"];

[past wagon]

so wait

do I have to change the array itself?

[little raptor]

yes

[past wagon]

ok

[little raptor]

just put the weight next to each element

[still forum]

_itemArray = [
    "HandGrenade", 
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 
    "optic_Hamr", 
    "optic_Hamr"
];

selectRandom _itemArray

->

_itemArray = [
    "HandGrenade", 1,
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 2, // 2x chance
    "optic_Hamr", 2
];

selectRandomWeighted _itemArray

The commata have been added

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: re: HASHMAP is there a way to get the values in the same way we get the keys?
Or must we do this: _hashmap apply { _x#1; }?

[still forum]

no, no

apply doesn't support hashmap as wiki says

[dreamy kestrel]

cool, good to know, ty

[little raptor]

you must use forEach

[dreamy kestrel]

or rather have to take a long way round it then, introduce a function that does it

[past wagon]

does it look better now?

_weaponArrayOne = [
    ["srifle_EBR_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 1, 
    ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["arifle_MXM_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag"], 1, 
    ["srifle_DMR_03_multicam_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 2, 
    ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], 1, 
    ["arifle_ARX_hex_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["SMG_03_TR_khaki", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], 2, 
    ["", ""], 3];
r = 0;
while {r < 4} do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayOne;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 3 + (round random 4)];
    r = r + 1;
};
_weaponArrayTwo = [
    ["LMG_Mk200_F", "200Rnd_65x39_cased_Box"], 2, 
    ["LMG_03_F", "200Rnd_556x45_Box_F"], 2, 
    ["launch_RPG7_F", "RPG7_F"], 1, 
    ["V_HarnessOGL_brn", ""], 1, 
    ["",""], 4];
r = 0;
while {r < 2} do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayTwo;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 1 + (round random 1)];
    r = r + 1;
};
_itemArray = [
    "HandGrenade", 1, 
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 2
    "optic_Hamr", 2];
r = 0;
while {r < 2} do {
    _item = selectRandomWeighted _itemArray;
    if (_item == "HandGrenade") then {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1 + (round random 3)];
    }
    else {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 3 + (round random 2)];
    };
    r = r + 1;
};

[little raptor]

no

missing weights

[past wagon]

how

didnt I just add them?

isnt that the number next to the string?

[winter rose]

"1"

[past wagon]

oh

yeah

[dreamy kestrel]

HASHMAP get values function, i.e.

private _getHashMapValues = {
  private _map = _this;
  keys _map apply { _map get _x; };
};

[little raptor]

forEach is faster

[dreamy kestrel]

how so? illustrate...

[little raptor]

_vals = [];
{
  _vals pushBack _y;
} forEach _map;

[still forum]

you are taking the keys and copying them, then iterate through all of them and do a hashmap lookup for EVERY key

forEach just iterates once, no lookups, no keys fetching, no keys copying

[dreamy kestrel]

oh okay I see

shame that, or would apply do the same? i.e. _map apply { ... }

[still forum]

[dreamy kestrel]

LOL

I have to ask, you know...

[still forum]

No you don't

[dreamy kestrel]

yes, yes I do

[still forum]

You don't have to ask a question that you already received the answer to

[dreamy kestrel]

I am trying to shave a pushBack operator out of it... 😛

[little raptor]

pushBack is fast
it may not be as fast as apply tho (I think it preallocates too)

[dreamy kestrel]

assuming apply de-cons to _x, _y, etc

[little raptor]

speaking about arrays here

[dreamy kestrel]

forEach works for HASMAP? that was the question.

[little raptor]

yes

[willow hound]

!wiki HashMap

[winter rose]

lol you wish

[willow hound]

I do 😦

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-hardy-the-drop-mo-too-ivebeenthere-me-gif-9348768

[still forum]

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

[copper raven]

foreach with hashmaps doesn't set the _forEachIndex, but i guess it's intended right? doesn't make a lot of sense to provide it

[still forum]

it does

[copper raven]

🤔

[little raptor]

_hm = createHashMap;
_hm set ["1",1];
{
_forEachIndex
} forEach _hm

5.12395e+008

[still forum]

see!

🙃

crap

[copper raven]

🤔

[little raptor]

I can't see how it'd be useful either way

the order never stays the same

[dreamy kestrel]

it might be intuitive, who knows.

[still forum]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

people expect it because every other forEach does it

[dreamy kestrel]

but then again SQF expects a semi-colon after curly brace close, so...

[still forum]

and it doesn't cost me anything to give you a counter

[little raptor]

apply and select and findIf then?!

[dreamy kestrel]

exactly. or any other array operator support for it.

[still forum]

I also created a system that lets me add a _forEachIndex to every loop

together with the continue/break

just been too lazy to make a command for it

[dreamy kestrel]

verified apply does not support hashmap, assuming select neither

[still forum]

@little raptor I can understand the thing you got muted for now

[little raptor]

wat?

[still forum]

At some point you just gotta get out the block button, its healthier

[willow hound]

What do you mean verified, HashMaps are new and their documentation is complete, it went straight through #community_wiki...

[still forum]

I also don't understand why someone needs to verify something thats written on wiki and that the guy who friggin made hashmaps already literally told you directly just minutes ago.

But some people...

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/HashMap 🙃

[dreamy kestrel]

I'm sure it is accurate; pardon me if I don't take your word for it @still forum , or anyone's.

[past wagon]

Sorry guys, i had to go for a little. so this is what i have. does the code look like it should work? or are there still problems with the variables? this is being tested in singleplayer but its intended to be multiplayer. its in the init.sqf file

_weaponArrayOne = [
    ["srifle_EBR_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 1, 
    ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["arifle_MXM_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag"], 1, 
    ["srifle_DMR_03_multicam_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 2, 
    ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], 1, 
    ["arifle_ARX_hex_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["SMG_03_TR_khaki", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], 2, 
    ["", ""], 3];
r = 0;
for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayOne;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 3 + (round random 4)];
};
_weaponArrayTwo = [
    ["LMG_Mk200_F", "200Rnd_65x39_cased_Box"], 2, 
    ["LMG_03_F", "200Rnd_556x45_Box_F"], 2, 
    ["launch_RPG7_F", "RPG7_F"], 1, 
    ["V_HarnessOGL_brn", ""], 1, 
    ["",""], 4];
r = 0;
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayTwo;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 1 + (round random 1)];
};
_itemArray = [
    "HandGrenade", 1, 
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 2
    "optic_Hamr", 2];
r = 0;
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
    _item = selectRandomWeighted _itemArray;
    if (_item == "HandGrenade") then {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1 + (round random 3)];
    }
    else {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 3 + (round random 2)];
    };
};

[winter rose]

don't r

for "_i" from 0 to 3 do {
  // ...
};```

@past wagon

[past wagon]

is 3 the number of times the code repeats?

[winter rose]

no, it's "from 0 to 3" so 4 times
but you can also do "from 1 to 3"

[past wagon]

could I do from 69 to 420

[winter rose]

yup

[past wagon]

cool

[winter rose]

would be 420 - 69 + 1

[past wagon]

yeah

ok

[winter rose]

so #352 he he

[past wagon]

changed it

so how does it look now?

i will test it

[little raptor]

repeats twice

[past wagon]

....

uh

you mean the for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {?

that is supposed to repeat twice

[little raptor]

yes

[past wagon]

ok

thanks

i also have one that repeats 4 times

you know whats even better than using for or a while loop with a variable?

just copying and pasting the code as many times as you want it

works every time 👍

[little raptor]

what if you want to change the code?

[winter rose]

or, a bit slower but maybe a bit simpler to read:

{ } forEach [1, 2, 3, 4];

[past wagon]

lol

ok

[little raptor]

resize 4

[past wagon]

there is still nothing in the crate

and im not getting any error message or anything

any ideas why its not working?

[little raptor]

where do u exec?

what is airdropcrate?

[past wagon]

im executing in init.sqf

@little raptor

[past wagon]

AirdropCrate is the variable name of a container in-game

[still forum]

add logging and see what happens where

diag_log or systemChat

[past wagon]

ok

where should I put the systemchat?

@still forum

[still forum]

wherever you want to log things

so.. everywhere

[past wagon]

im confused

what is this for?

[still forum]

logging

If you see your log message, you know that line of code executed

log some variables too, and you know that line of code executed and what the variables were

[past wagon]

_weaponArrayOne = [
    ["srifle_EBR_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 1, 
    ["arifle_Katiba_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["arifle_MXM_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_mag"], 1, 
    ["srifle_DMR_03_multicam_F", "20Rnd_762x51_Mag"], 2, 
    ["arifle_AK12_F", "30Rnd_762x39_AK12_Mag_F"], 1, 
    ["arifle_ARX_hex_F", "30Rnd_65x39_caseless_green"], 2, 
    ["SMG_03_TR_khaki", "50Rnd_570x28_SMG_03"], 2, 
    ["", ""], 3];
for "_i" from 1 to 4 do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayOne;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addWeaponCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 3 + (round random 4)];
};
systemChat "Test";
_weaponArrayTwo = [
    ["LMG_Mk200_F", "200Rnd_65x39_cased_Box"], 2, 
    ["LMG_03_F", "200Rnd_556x45_Box_F"], 2, 
    ["launch_RPG7_F", "RPG7_F"], 1, 
    ["V_HarnessOGL_brn", ""], 1, 
    ["",""], 4];
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
    _weaponAndMag = selectRandomWeighted _weaponArrayTwo;
    _weapon = _weaponAndMag select 0;
    _mag = _weaponAndMag select 1;
    AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_weapon, 1];
    AirdropCrate addMagazineCargoGlobal [_mag, 1 + (round random 1)];
};
systemChat "Test";
_itemArray = [
    "HandGrenade", 1, 
    "optic_Arco_blk_F", 2
    "optic_Hamr", 2];
for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
    _item = selectRandomWeighted _itemArray;
    if (_item == "HandGrenade") then {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 1 + (round random 3)];
    }
    else {
        AirdropCrate addItemCargoGlobal [_item, 3 + (round random 2)];
    };
};
systemChat "Test";

[still forum]

So instead of asking "where in these dozens of lines of code could something be broken" you know
"Ah, this works, but this doesn't, so the problem is somewhere inbetween"

when I say everything I literally mean everything

put a log message everywhere where you want to know whether something happened

[past wagon]

ok

@still forum I put in 3 test messages in system chat and I am not getting any messages in system chat

[still forum]

there is no chat in singleplayer, do you have a chat at all?

[past wagon]

no

let me test in multiplayer

[still forum]

you can either use local MP preview, or use diag_log.
But diag_log is annoying if you don't have a second monitor and some tool that live-updates your log

[past wagon]

still not getting any messages in system chat

even in multiplayer

[cosmic lichen]

give use diag_systemChat please which eats anything 😉

[still forum]

some people use hint for that, but hint only shows a single message

[past wagon]

and i really have no clue what anything youre talking about is

[still forum]

did you check your RPT?

did you test your script in debug console?

[past wagon]

no

[still forum]

if you have a syntax error, it won't compile, and nothing will run

[past wagon]

but im not getting any error messages

in game

[still forum]

Dunno if compile errors are displayed ingame

[past wagon]

ive always gotten error messages when there is an error in my script

what is compile?

[still forum]

in general ingame error messages are basically always sub-par.
Should always check RPT for errors

scripts get compiled

[past wagon]

what is RPT?

[still forum]

Arma has a wiki

its almost 1 AM I can't explain you the basics of scripting.
See Arma wiki for diag_log, RPT, compile

[past wagon]

ok

[cosmic lichen]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Debugging_Techniques @past wagon

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

Also see that blue box at the top

[polar anchor]

are mission event handlers not working on multiplayer and vice versa?

[cosmic lichen]

It contains all important links

They are working in mp

[polar anchor]

ok ty

[analog walrus]

Quick question, in order to actualise variables/flags/etc. for a new player joining in an MP scenario, is there any other way to do it besides doing getVariable a whole bunch of times?

[golden storm]

Hello everyone, just a quick question, i'm trying to call a code from an SQF in my mission, it is aimed at setting the same animation for certain units, at the current time it is not working but i don't know why:

animation.sqf:

_unit = _this select 0;

[] spawn {
  waitUntil {time > 0};
  while {true} do {
    _unit switchMove "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup";
    sleep 16;
  };
}; 

On unit's init:

test1 = [this] execVM "scripts\animation.sqf";

But it says: _unit is not defined

[analog walrus]

_this select X

is only used when dealing with params of a function. If that's all the code you have in animation.sqf, there's no need to declare _unit. You can replace _unit with _this and it should work.

[golden storm]

oh, ok thanks, but ai'nt "switchMove" a function?

[fair drum]

_this spawn {
    params ["_unit"];

    waitUntil {time > 0};
    while {true} do {
        _unit switchMove "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup";
        sleep 16;
    };
};

you can just send it right into the sleep scope is what he means

[fair drum]

if you use setVariable and use its 3rd param, set global, to true, it will become global and persistent

so it will auto pull from the server when a new player joins

or did i just misread your question

[analog walrus]

_this select X is used after calling the function, kinda. To give an example, addAction has a number of params for the script part:

unit addAction ["Test", {
  params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];
}];

If want to declare a variable as _target or _caller you do

unit addAction ["Test", {
  variable1 = _this select 0;
  variable2 = _this select 1;

so now variable1 is _target and variable2 is _caller. In this case, _this refers to the "params" array, "_this select 0" simply means you're choosing the first item of the array.

It's a bit difficult to explain in words exactly, but some of the functions will have a "params" array that you can then select from, it's best to check the wiki

[golden storm]

Oh ok, so for it to work it needs multiple parameters