arma3_scripting

[dreamy kestrel]

simplest way forward; also don't know what I don't know, i.e. "AnimStateChanged" event handlers...

why complicate things?

triggers working out great connecting with ieds.

Q: it is safe to GC the trigger inside the condition callback, i.e. detects the ied 'went away' for whatever reason, was blown up, disarmed, etc

[tiny wadi]

Is it possible through scripts to tell the third person camera to ignore a specific objects geometry?

[dreamy kestrel]

nice effect, true to form, when I depress the IED a little in the ground, -0.0125 something like that, when it blows, it includes debris.

[wanton forge]

how do I make a enemy shoot at the player when the player walks through a trigger?

[fair drum]

do you want it 100% hit and dead player?

[wanton forge]

not 100% but basically I am making a Vietnam mission with the new dlc and I have a sniper in a tree waiting for the player to get into a trigger where he will begin shooting at him.

I want the player to have a chance to fight back if they are lucky and spot the sneaky sniper

[fair drum]

single player or multiplayer

[little raptor]

Use setUnitCombatMode

[wanton forge]

multiplayer, but I am testing in single player with one character

[little raptor]

you mean hide it but only from the camera?
via scripting, no

[tiny wadi]

I just wanted it so that the camera didn't get pushed around by an objects geometry but still rendered normally. Like when you are close to a wall the camera will come in closer, I wanted to disable that for a specific object

[little raptor]

Afaik no

[wanton forge]

Yea I tried setUnitCombatMode and it doesn't work

Because the ai doesn't know who the target is I guess

[fair drum]

did you reveal the player to the AI?

[wanton forge]

idk how to do that?

SniperAmbush1 setUnitCombatMode "RED"; I have this

what do I need to add though so the ai targets man1?

man1 being the player

Oh I figured it out @fair drum

sorry about that

SniperAmbush1 setUnitCombatMode "RED"; SniperAmbush1 reveal man1; This is what I did and it is all good

[fair drum]

doesn't help you for multiplayer

this is what I had so far.

// Put the following in the sniper's init box
if !(isServer) exitWith {};
this setUnitCombatMode "GREEN";
this disableAI "RADIOPROTOCOL";

// Everything below goes in a trigger
// Trigger Activation: AnyPlayer
// Trigger Server Only: ON

//Condition Box
this;

//OnActivation Box
thisList apply {
    if (_x isKindOf "CAManBase") then {
        SniperAmbush1 reveal _x;
    };
};
SniperAmbush1 setUnitCombatMode "RED";

[wanton forge]

Hey thanks so much! Why is it different for multiplayer though and does this script need to run in a separate file in the map folder?

[fair drum]

it tells you where to put things...

[wanton forge]

Okay cool

do I have to add if !(isServer) exitWith {}; to all my init boxes now?

And thanks so much for the help

[fair drum]

understand that those init boxes are run on every machine, everytime someone loads the mission. lets say you had a additem command in there and you had 60 players. you just created 60 items. so the server check makes it so that it just runs once, on the server

[wanton forge]

What is a simple script I can write where you go to a body and text appears saying *search body for intel* and then it will say *no intel found* and the player will be sent to another location?

[fair drum]

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

[wanton forge]

Is there a way to make a simple dialogue script so a character can talk to me and then I get an order to go to a certain point?

[undone dew]

strange issue, I'm making a medical task for a mission with some AI set in one of the prone animations but they keep auto-healing so you can't heal them.

this disableAI "ANIM"; this disableAI "MOVE"; if (isServer) then { [[this,"PRONE_INJURED_U2"],BIS_fnc_ambientAnim ] remoteExec ["call"] }; this setDammage 0.5;

[finite jackal]

Remove their FAKs or MED kit?

[undone dew]

oh maybe

hahaha thats what it was, good call

[warm hedge]

The following information is obsolete as of Arma 2 v1.00. Reason: For later titles (Arma 2, Arma 3), see Particles Tutorial - Full examples.

[plucky trail]

Hey Y’all!

I have a custom static object that I wish to omit a specific type of light, similar to the continuous fire light omitted by the BI campfire, but I am unsure how to proceed.

As of right now, I have the object inheriting from the CampingLamp so it gives off a continuous Light but it’s a white/LCD light color.

Is it possible to use config Event handler to change the light’s color, I’m not familiar with Scripts but i believe it would be Setlightcolor & setlightambient. Is this doable?

OR Would it be more convenient to Script a Light point to the model’s location and find a good color match to what I seek?

This is my first project with lights and don’t know what the best practices are so I’m unsure how to approach this situation.

Thank You!

[winter rose]

emit* ^^
Seek Lightpoint tutorial on the BI wiki @Lantern#2301 :slight_smile:

[winter rose]

Ping

[plucky trail]

5 AM messaging is bad for my grammar, Thank you for pointing it out though 😂

I had the BI wiki pulled up while I was asking, I’ll start on my light point and learn about event handlers as I go. I appreciate it!

[copper narwhal]

is it possible to use intro cams/intro scripts on dedicated servers or do they only work on sp/mp missions?

[cosmic lichen]

They work if executed for every player

[copper narwhal]

i was planning for it to execute for each individual player whenever they join the server

[cosmic lichen]

that works

[fair drum]

for text, look at sideChat then you would want to use the arma 3 framework with some triggers.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Task_Framework

[brazen lagoon]

crazy idea, has anyone ever tried procedural map gen?

something like. you have a specific heightmap painted a certain way and then you use random generation to create cities, roads between them, place trees, etc. is there an inherent limit to the count of mission objects?

[grizzled lagoon]

Hi, I have problem with my remoteexecs if I do sqf [getPlayerUID player, (name player)] remoteExecCall ["JS_fnc_teste", 2]; the function of server sqf diag_log "Reception coté serveur"; but in the log i dont see that, my config.cpp of the server ```sqf
class CfgPatches
{
class John_serveur
{
units[]={"C_man_1"};
weapons[]={};
requiredAddons[]={};
fileName="John_serveur.pbo";
author ="John";
};
};

class CfgFunctions {
class john_fonction {
tag = "JS";

    class base {
        file = "\John_server\core\extdb";
        class server_init {};
        class request {};
        class teste {};
    };
};

};and the cfgremoteexecsqf
class CfgRemoteExec {

class Functions {
    mode = 1;
    jip = 0;

    class JS_fnc_teste {allowedTargets = 2;}; // example envois serveur
    class john_fnc_envois {allowedTargets = 1;}; // example reception coté client
};

class Commands {
    mode = 1;
    jip = 0;
};

};``` The logs do not say that the function cannot be found or that it is not allowed to be executed. Do you have an idea to solve the problem?

[little raptor]

yeah your FPS

[brazen lagoon]

how so

are all missionobjects always loaded?

[little raptor]

every object is always "simulated" to some level

[brazen lagoon]

or do you mean that maps have special optimizations that you can't do at a mission level

right. and the maps can run higher object counts because they do even less simulation?

[little raptor]

the game creates some objects only when they are needed

or maybe simulates them when needed?
all I know is that not all objects are fully loaded in a map

[brazen lagoon]

but if you create mission objects, they will always be fully loaded?

[little raptor]

afaik yes

you can test

[brazen lagoon]

I see

that's a shame but makes sense

[little raptor]

@brazen lagoon https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Simple_Objects#Performance

[brazen lagoon]

hmmm

so you could script this then? making 40k trees as simple objects?

I guess no way to know without trying

[hollow lantern]

short question about attachTo. I have attached two weapons to a helicopter, however the weapons can't shoot and can't rotate around. Is there something better to work with? I guess it is a limitation of attachTo? https://i.imgur.com/f0zoltH.jpeg
Code used is:

US_SupHelo01_Gun01 attachTo [US_SupHelo01,[-0.145699,5.89916,-5.23]]; 
US_SupHelo01_Gun01 setVectorDirAndUp [[0.00106458,0.999999,-6.36484e-005],[0.0003609,-6.40327e-005,-1]];

US_SupHelo01_Gun02 attachTo [US_SupHelo01,[0.0606022,-0.203697,-5.23]]; 
US_SupHelo01_Gun02 setVectorDirAndUp [[-0.000406593,-1,9.80905e-005],[0.000448534,-9.82729e-005,-1]];```

[little raptor]

they should be able to rotate

they're just turrets

if you're using AI to control them it won't work tho

because they're upside down

[hollow lantern]

tried a UAV terminal. Turret is stuck. They are B_Uav_AI at best

because well, turrets

[little raptor]

probably just because they're upside down then

did you try an upright one?

it should work

[hollow lantern]

I did not, the point of my attachTo was to have them upside down. But I will remove the setVectorDirAndUp of one turret and see if it makes a difference

yeah that works then @little raptor

but it is not exactly what I'm looking for. Is this a engine limitation that upside down turrets can't shoot?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hollow lantern]

alright, did a FT item for that https://feedback.bistudio.com/T158456

Thanks for your help

[tiny wadi]

Hi, I saw in the 2.04 update there is a Added Support for precompiled SQF bytecode
What is that?

https://dev.arma3.com/post/spotrep-00098

[pulsar bluff]

@brazen lagoon why would we want procedural gen arma maps? proc gen looks terrible

more important would be removing paywall from terrains so they can hold a full server

maybe a gofundme, ask BIS what $$$ they want to remove the terrain paywalls

[little raptor]

#dev_rc_branch message

allows faster compilation and in some cases better performance

[wanton forge]

how do you delete a vehicle a few seconds after it goes through a waypoint?

[fair drum]

so when you open a waypoint and you scroll down. you see a completed box? or on completion or something like that? a box to put code?

[wanton forge]

Waypoint Expression?

[fair drum]

the tooltip should say something like, executes code when waypoint is completed

im not in game atm

[wanton forge]

There is On Activation

[fair drum]

yeah that box.

[brazen lagoon]

@pulsar bluff proc gen does not inherently look terrible

and besides the idea wasn't even necessarily totally 100% random. maybe something like some scripts that take in some user input and then simplify the map creation pipeline

[wanton forge]

{deleteVehicle _x} forEach units group this; I know this deletes smthn, but I do now want it to delete right away as my cutscene camera needs to see it for a bit

So I want it to delete after 10 seconds or so

[brazen lagoon]

sleep 10; first

the script you posted will delete all units in the group of whatever unit this refers to

[fair drum]

you gave him a partial answer

this spawn {
  sleep 10;
  {deleteVehicle _x} forEach units group _this;
};

[wanton forge]

awesome!

Thanks

I have a few questions though.

So instead of this can I put many units down? Like unit1 unit2 and so on...

unit1, unit2 spawn { sleep 10; {deleteVehicle _x} forEach units group _this; };

[fair drum]

[] spawn {
  sleep 10;
  [unit1, unit2, unit3] apply {
    deleteVehicle _x;
  };
};

simple answer with what you have

[wanton forge]

Oh lol yea that is way easier!

Thanks mate!

[karmic flax]

Does anyone know how to make something an ace medical building via scripting?

[wanton forge]

Hey does anyone know how to get an AI to shoot an RPG at a helicopter with 100% accuracy, but no damage when the helicopter passes through a trigger?

[fair drum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_guidedProjectile
no AI needed

[wanton forge]

okay thanks I will check this out

[[10005.3,16813,0], "ammo_Missile_Cruise_01", h1, 180, false, [0,0,0.25]] spawn BIS_fnc_exp_camp_guidedProjectile; Here is what I got so far...

[[10005.3,16813,0] This is the start location for the missile, but I am unsure why it is not working. I put this code into a trigger On Activation.

[fair drum]

use a AA missile

[wanton forge]

what is the code for that, and where do I find the list of available weaponry?

[fair drum]

"M_Air_AA"

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgMagazines

[wanton forge]

Thanks man for all the help!

[fair drum]

i think you can even use that function to launch cars

[wanton forge]

My code is still shit. lmao

I am so new to this it is not even funny so sorry about all the questions bro

[fair drum]

because you are not reading. time to start
#arma3_scripting message

also, notice your missile start position

its in the ground

[wanton forge]

lol kk

[lean anchor]

@still forum hi sorry for tagging you but i cant find much documentation on the EH "GroupCreated"
Im trying to get the leader of the group once it is created and this is my script

_id5 = addMissionEventHandler ["GroupCreated", {
_group = _this;
_groupldr = leader _group;
_groupveh = Vehicle _groupldr;
diag_log _group;
diag_log _groupldr;
diag_log _groupveh;
}];

when running this i get this in my RPT

19:01:42 B Alpha 2-1
19:01:42 <NULL-object>
19:01:42 <NULL-object>

just after spawning in a group with zeus

I then thought it could be todo with delays but im not sure how to add a delay to let the group spawn

[crystal flame]

How do I get the object that called a script from an action? I have this addAction ["<t color='#0000FF'>Garage</t>", "openGarage.sqf"]; in my object init, and inside of openGarage.sqf I'm trying to access what I thought should be _target however that is giving me undefined

For clarification, I'm trying to get the object the action is on, not the player that did the action

[fair drum]

where are you getting that event handler? I don't see it on the wiki

[fair drum]

you aren't creating _target

you need params

[crystal flame]

Is that not a default?

[fair drum]

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

[warm hedge]

GroupCreated / GroupDeleted are added very recently, 2.04?

[crystal flame]

That goes in openGarage.sqf?

ahhh I think I figured out the problem

I was trying to use _target inside an inline function

[fair drum]

that not your only problem then

post your garage.sqf

if its big, use sqfbin.com

[crystal flame]

https://sqfbin.com/onukiyizixuciginotaw

Line 18 is where I'm trying to access _target

[fair drum]

then you have to give all the params to the sqf file

_this execVM "openGarage.sqf"

now params in your script will be filled

[lean anchor]

newly released this patch and im in same boat

v useful EH but im just discovering stuff about it

its best to call it and send the group to a script and then edit the group there

[fair drum]

got a linky to the addition page?

[crystal flame]

The params are being filled, I can access _target on line 13. But within my function I can't. I'm assuming it's because line 49 where I call fnc_spawn_vehicle does _spawnbtn buttonSetAction "call fnc_spawn_vehicle";

I'm guessing the way it handles calling a string doesn't keep access to the same scope

[fair drum]

that's probably it

[lean anchor]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T156211

tada

[crystal flame]

Came kinda close to a solution. _spawnbtn buttonSetAction format [ "['%1'] call fnc_spawn_vehicle", _target ];

Except I'm guessing I can't pass objects this way, it jsut turns it into a string unfortunately

[fair drum]

that's the only instance where that EH was mentioned?

[lean anchor]

yup

just about the only one

other than the spotrep

[fair drum]

thats what I need to see. the spotrep

[lean anchor]

rgr

1 sec

https://dev.arma3.com/post/spotrep-00098

then ctrl + f "group"

[fair drum]

hmm yeah i see that. what have you tried so far? creating a new group with a single unit in zeus?

[scenic kestrel]

Is there anyway to remove the turrets from the military speedboats?

[fair drum]

i don't think so. the only animation sources I have is:

[hitGun, hitTurret, muzzle2_source, muzzle2_source_rot, muzzle_source, muzzle_source_rot, ReloadAnim, ReloadMagazine, Revolving]

nothing about hiding turrets

[scenic kestrel]

ok cool. you looked for a hiding animation eh? good to know

[fair drum]

yes. some vehicles (such as the wheeled apcs) have a hideTurret animation

they look pretty cool

[scenic kestrel]

sweet, ima go play with that then 🙂 thanks as always.

[fair drum]

@lean anchor figured it out

you can't call leader/units/etc from within that event handler

store the group in a namespace, then use it from there

//Test Handler
addMissionEventHandler [
    "GroupCreated",
    {
        missionNamespace setvariable ["EHThis", _this];
    }
];

//Test in Debug
private _testGroup = missionNamespace getVariable "EHThis";
private _testLeader = leader (missionNamespace getVariable "EHThis");
private _testUnits = units (missionNamespace getVariable "EHThis");

private _return = format ["Group - '%1' | Leader - '%2' | Units - '%3'", _testGroup, _testLeader, _testUnits];
_return;

@lean anchor

gives me everything

@lean anchor yes there needs to be a delay, tested it with this and it worked as well

addMissionEventHandler [
    "GroupCreated",
    {
        _this spawn {
            sleep 1;
            private _group = _this;
            private _leader = leader _this;
            private _units = units _this;
            private _return = [_group, _leader, _units];
            systemChat str _return;
        };
    }
];

without a delay, the handler fires without grabbing the units before they init

[lean anchor]

would that be faster than if i was exec to another sqf file?

im wanting this specific thing to be as fast as possible

and yeah, i found that passing it out works

[cosmic lichen]

Exec makes it slower

[still forum]

may have to delay it by a frame.
It fires as soon as the group is created, not after the group was created and all possible members were added some time later.

[fair drum]

how would you personally delay it a frame without heading into scheduled?

[proven charm]

you need scheduled inorder to use sleep

[tired scarab]

Good Morning from England,

Would anybody here be able to assist? I want to be able to end a mission upon the condition that a given task is completed.

I have set up a trigger with the condition of

taskCompleted inteltask1;

with an on activation

"inteltask1" call BIS_fnc_Endmission.

Though this doesn't seem to work. I imagine that that taskCompleted condition doesn't function how I understood or maybe I have named a variable incorrectly. Maybe there is also a way to do this by usind the End Scenario Module in the editor?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[cosmic lichen]

Use BIS_fnc_taskCompleted instead of taskCompleted

You can also sync the trigger to the end scenario module, but that has less options than BIS_fnc_endMission

also SP or MP?

[tired scarab]

SP Thanks

Let me give that a go, I am quite new to the editor and scripting so learning out of necessity as I go along,

[cosmic lichen]

Sure.

[tired scarab]

do I need to call this function in the condition of the trigger or is it sufficient just to state it?

[cosmic lichen]

in the condition

[tired scarab]

okay, just checked the syntax on the wiki, I will test it now,

ahh excellent it works as intended! thanks you so much!

[cosmic lichen]

yw 🙂

[still forum]

I would use CBA's execNextFrame

[grizzled lagoon]

Anyone have solution ?

[winter rose]

try without an addon first - also without MP exec restriction, just to see if it works

[cold pebble]

Does CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler not work on buildings such as "Land_Cargo_HQ_V1_F2 or flags? And if not, does anyone know an equivalent way?

[copper narwhal]

hello all again, i think this is the right channel. But for structured text is it possible to position the text more precisely than what i have below 🤔

cutText ["<t valign='bottom'align='left' color='#813b07' size='2'>testtext</t><br/>***********", "BLACK IN", 10, true, true];```

[grizzled lagoon]

I don't have any mistakes except this one but I don't think it concerns my concern : sqf Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for L Alpha 1-2:1 REMOTE

[winter rose]

Does it work without the addon thing - that's the question

[grizzled lagoon]

the diag_log is not work on my log server, but for the sqf [] call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "\John_serveur\core\extdb\fn_server_init.sqf"; it work

[willow hound]

@grizzled lagoon What about [] call JS_fnc_server_init?

[grizzled lagoon]

it is for load extdb 3

[willow hound]

But does [] call JS_fnc_server_init work too?

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes it work no problem

[winter rose]

I don't know if a client can ask for a function to run if it is not defined client-side too

as in [] remoteExec ["ServerSide_Only_Function"];

[willow hound]

Local functions work, see last Note on remoteExec.

[winter rose]

cool! thanks 👍

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes on init un spawn local functions for remoteexec

[copper narwhal]

any ideas from my thingy above how i would do whats in the gyazo? https://gyazo.com/058b76106a3c0e2bb540efd899c3d09b

Im not even sure such alignment is possible at least from what i have tried🥲

[willow hound]

So diag_log in JS_fnc_server_init works but diag_log in JS_fnc_teste does not work?

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes

[willow hound]

Can you post the source code of JS_fnc_teste?

[fair drum]

Use the dynamic text function

[rancid mulch]

First sentence from wiki about cutText: "Displays a text message in the center of the screen". That means it does not help you to display text on the bottom left corner.
Link to Hypoxics suggestion: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dynamicText

[whole lotus]

Is there any API for extracting real-time info from the server (player positions, heading, speed etc)? Looking for possibilities to make a real time browser map for a server to use in ATC-operations.

[copper narwhal]

AAA very nice thank you @fair drum @rancid mulch

and i presume id use this same thing if i wanted different messages to appear in different areas of the screen consecutively?

[grizzled lagoon]

sorry for my late, ```sqf
params ["_uid", "_nom"];

diag_log "Reception coté serveur";

private _query = format ["INSERT INTO personnage (uid, nom, nombre) VALUES('%1', '%2', '0')",_uid, _nom];

dialog format ["Format sur envois fnc %1", _query];
[_query,1] call JS_fnc_request;

private _query = format ["SELECT nom, nombre FROM personnage WHERE pid='%1'", _uid];
private _result = [_query,2] call JS_fnc_request;
diag_log format ["resultat %1", _result];

private _query = format ["UPDATE personnage SET nombre='%2' WHERE uid='%1'",_uid, ((_result select 1) + 1)];
[_query,1] call JS_fnc_request;```

[winter rose]

dialog format

[rancid mulch]

There is an old and dead project. Code is available on github.
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/168411-real-time-browser-map/
Another project, which does the data extraction on the client:
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/171846-athena-an-arma-2nd-screen-application/
And a 3rd one here. Basically only the map in a browser but scroll to the bottom and see ctab project:
https://jetelain.github.io/Arma3Map/

[grizzled lagoon]

Oh yes

[whole lotus]

Thanks McDodelijk! I have looked through these before except for Athena. I will take a look.

Athena is not open source unfortunately.

[willow hound]

Does everything work now?

[fair drum]

The last argument is which rsc layer it's going to use. Make sure that number is different for both of them to show at the same time on screen.

[copper narwhal]

yeye so for example if i wanted to have the text on the bottom right fades out just as another message in the top left fades in, it would be possible?

[fair drum]

You just have to do some timings with them. Add some sleeps in the script etc

[copper narwhal]

exactly what i was thinking, thats perfect thank you

[grizzled lagoon]

Yes thanks you ansin11 and Lou

[still forum]

You can write your own with SQF scripts and extensions

[whole lotus]

Unfortunately I'm more on the web side of things, hence why I'm asking this question in the first place. Any pointers in the right direction are much appreciated! 🙂

[vague geode]

Is there a way to stop Portable Helipad Lights from blinking instead having them either switched on or off?

[cosmic lichen]

You might be able to use animateSource ["MarkerLight", 0 or 1]

[vague geode]

That doesn't work unfortunately.

[hallow depot]

Hi! I need some guidence once again, can someone please tell me why I get an error message on this script?

[cosmic lichen]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[hallow depot]

I'm trying to make several units guard a building

if !(isServer) exitWith {};

_unit1 = newGroup1 createUnit ["rhsusf_army_ucp_squadleader", [14589,16754.2,0], [], 0, "FORM"];
_unit1 setDir 135;
_unit1 setFormDir 135;
_unit1 setPos getPos _unit1;
[_unit1, "GUARD", "FULL"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim

_unit2 = newGroup2 createUnit ["rhsusf_army_ucp_squadleader", [14585.2,16750.5,0], [], 0, "FORM"];
_unit2 setDir 135;
_unit2 setFormDir 135;
_unit2 setPos getPos _unit2;
[_unit2, "GUARD", "FULL"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim

[hallow depot]

Thank you, didn't know that

[cosmic lichen]

So what isn't working?

[hallow depot]

I get an error message

[cosmic lichen]

That says what?

[hallow depot]

hold on, I will start the game

[cosmic lichen]

[_unit1, "GUARD", "FULL"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim
One error is in this line

Open your rpt

no need to start the game

!rpt

[wicked roost]

Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/arma.RPT

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

[hallow depot]

Ok, I think I got the .rpt file inot sqfbin.com, how do I show it for you?

*into

[cosmic lichen]

save it and copy the link

[hallow depot]

What is the error?

[cosmic lichen]

Read the line

something is missing

[hallow depot]

[player, "STAND1", "ASIS"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;

this is the example from bi wiki

I don't get it where there is something missing

[cosmic lichen]

A line has a start and an end.

Read it from start to end.

[hallow depot]

Oh, I missed ;

at the end

[cosmic lichen]

Exactly

[hallow depot]

Thank you!

Still error

[cosmic lichen]

What now?

[hallow depot]

Error setdir: undefined varable in expression newgroup1

[cosmic lichen]

What is newGroup1 ?

[hallow depot]

I guess the group for my _unit1

[cosmic lichen]

Did you create that prior the creation of the unit?

[hallow depot]

if !(isServer) exitWith {};

_unit1 = newGroup1 createUnit ["rhsusf_army_ucp_squadleader", [14589,16754.2,0], [], 0, "FORM"];
_unit1 setDir 135;
_unit1 setFormDir 135;
_unit1 setPos getPos _unit1;
[_unit1, "GUARD", "FULL"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;

_unit2 = newGroup2 createUnit ["rhsusf_army_ucp_squadleader", [14585.2,16750.5,0], [], 0, "FORM"];
_unit2 setDir 135;
_unit2 setFormDir 135;
_unit2 setPos getPos _unit2;
[_unit2, "GUARD", "FULL"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;

[cosmic lichen]

That means newGroup1 is undefined

[hallow depot]

No, whats that?

[cosmic lichen]

newGroup1 = createGroup east;

prior to the createUnit command

same for the second group

[hallow depot]

Ok, I'll try

[hallow depot]

Thank you once again! It works now

[cosmic lichen]

Awesome

_unit2 setPos getPos _unit2;
Also, this doesn't make much sense. You can probably just remove it

[hallow depot]

Ok, I used that one before when I spawned a vehicle and wanted in a specific direction, thought that I had to use it when spawning units to

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[hallow depot]

[_unit, "STAND", "FULL", { (player distance _this) < 5 }] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnimCombat;

if I want the unit to exit the animation and it's on the same side as me, what do I put in the text where it says "player distance _this"?

[cosmic lichen]

side _this == side player

or
side _this == playerSide;

[hallow depot]

So for me to understand that, does that mean that the Ai only recognizes Ai on the same side in a 5 meter radius?

[hallow depot]

when I put down an enemy Ai near the Ai with the animation it doesn't exit the animation

if !(isServer) exitWith {};

newGroup1 = createGroup [west, true];
_unit1 = newGroup1 createUnit ["rhsusf_army_ucp_squadleader", [14589,16754.2,0], [], 0, "FORM"];
_unit1 setDir 135;
_unit1 setFormDir 135;
//_unit1 setPos getPos _unit1;
//[_unit1, "GUARD", "FULL"] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnim;
[_unit1, "KNEEL", "FULL", { (side _this == side player) < 5 }] call BIS_fnc_ambientAnimCombat;

[tough abyss]

hey guys I am trying to make the task complete when destroying AA and Artillery pieces , this is my code

!alive Mortar1 && AA1;

I tried it in game and gave me error

[spark turret]

yeah you have to add eventhandlers that auto end the animation on danger or similar.

[winter rose]

yup

[spark turret]

even for being killed iirc

[tough abyss]

How would I pair them both for the condition

if possible

[spark turret]

you can only have one paramter for the function "alive", youre trying to pass 2.

[winter rose]

!alive Mortar1 // boolean, true or false
AA1 // object

true && object // error

// proper way:
not alive Mortar1 && not alive AA1

[fair drum]

!alive Mortar1 && !alive AA1
//or
[mortar1, AA1] findIf {alive _x} == -1;

[tough abyss]

Oh thanks guys , it had me stumped for a bit lol

[winter rose]

I was about to write the "or", so mutual -ninja actually 😄

[spark turret]

if you place down (obsolete) brackets in your code, it gets a bit clearer as to why your way doesnt work:

(!(alive Mortar1)) && AA1;

but bigbrain could oc set AA1 to value = true, since SQF isnt statically typ(ised(?))

(dont do that)

[cosmic lichen]

Am I right to assume that there is no command to check whether simulation is disabled by dynamic simulation system? 😦

[winter rose]

by it, no iirc

[cosmic lichen]

that is a 🦆ing bummer

[spark turret]

hm maybe there are eventhandlers for that that would let you log it?

very wild guess

[winter rose]

well a simple dynamicSimulationSystemEnabled && simulationEnabled should do, provided that you do not disable simulation manually

[cosmic lichen]

no

simulationEnabled doesn't work for groups

[winter rose]

check its leader then 😬

[cosmic lichen]

that's not the same

[winter rose]

unfortunately.

[cosmic lichen]

I am trying to replicate the debug mode from diag exe

Well, mission failed.

[spark turret]

we'll get 'em next time! 🐍

[winter rose]

time for a ticket!

[spark turret]

all these things should automagically go into the arma 4 git feature request tracker

damn i was to slow 🐌

[cosmic lichen]

#arma3_feedback_tracker message

[crystal flame]

How do I go about retrieving linked objects?

[fair drum]

linked as in modules?

[crystal flame]

Doing Sync To, then using synchronizedObjects returns an empty array

like attaching an object in the editor

[little raptor]

attach != sync

[cosmic lichen]

inside the Editor use the 3den* commands

[crystal flame]

I want to link an object to the garage to use as spawn points

[cosmic lichen]

Need to be more specific

What garage?

[crystal flame]

Sorry. Just an object I've placed down, with an action on it. When the player uses the action I'm trying to get an array of linked objects to spawn a vehicle at

[fair drum]

why don't you record the posATL and dir of each of the linked objects and just use those in the addaction script?

[crystal flame]

Ideally I want to be able to just link positions to the garage object that I can move around without having to use specific object variable names. That way I can have multiple garages where I can add/remove/move spawn points easily

And potentially another script in the future to set spawn points during runtime

So my idea was that any object with the garage script as an action would look through some list of spawn points when you do the action, where the list could be modified and not hardcoded

I found this, but it's still an empty array when I either Link or Sync To https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/get3DENConnections

[little raptor]

what type of object do you use?

[crystal flame]

One is a repair depot, which has the garage script on it. Then the other is an invisible helipad

[little raptor]

synchronizedObjects don't work on those afaik

[crystal flame]

If thats what you meant

That's just one of the things I tried

[fair drum]

you are over complicating this. just select all the positions of the objects you want, right click select log -> positions to clipboard and just paste it in a variable for init and just call a select random of that variable for a position

[little raptor]

no need for that either.

[crystal flame]

Yes I'm fully aware I can do something like that. But I'm trying to not have the spawn positions hard coded

[little raptor]

what do you mean by hard-coded?

[crystal flame]

If I just paste the positions into the script I can't move spawn points around while playing

And any time I want to make adjustments I have to go back in and copy paste new positions

It's very poor coding practice

[fair drum]

not how sync'd objects would work anyways

[little raptor]

just use them as arguments for addAction then

[fair drum]

its a combination of conditions with setCaptive

[crystal flame]

Then I am limited to a specific amount of spawn points

[little raptor]

then use setVariable

[crystal flame]

My end goal is a base building scenario. Where there could be any amount of garages in the game, with any amount of spawn points in use by each one at undetermined positions

[little raptor]

how do you "determine" them then?

[fair drum]

why not use the alternative syntax of getPos or use BIS_fnc_findSafePos? with the garage object as the center

[crystal flame]

Some method of spawning a garage initially, then there will be an action to add a new spawn point. You move to the position, and use some action like "Set Spawn Point Here". It then adds your position to the garage somehow so when you use it as a spawn, it has its own list of positions

[little raptor]

setVariable it is then

[crystal flame]

The reason I was trying to use links in the editor is because I want to have premade garages as well

Okay I think I'm on the right path now then

Thanks for your help

[fleet plaza]

// your code here
if (hasInterface) then {
    private _zeus = (allMissionObjects "ModuleCurator_F") select 0;

    _zeus addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectPlaced", {
        params ["_curator", "_entity"];
        
        if (_entity isKindOf "Land_GarbageBags_F"}) then {
            deleteVehicle this;
        };
        
    }];
};

how to fix this so it works?

[winter rose]

deleteVehicle _entity;?

[willow hound]

Remove the excess } in the if-statement.

[fleet plaza]

this didnt work

if (hasInterface) then {
private _zeus = (allMissionObjects "ModuleCurator_F") select 0;

_zeus addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectPlaced", {
    params ["_curator", "_entity"];
    
    if (_entity isKindOf "Man" && {(side (group _entity)) isEqualTo EAST}) then {
        null = _entity spawn INF_fnc_infecthim;   
    };
    
}];

};

[fleet plaza]

but this works so probably isnt the } the problem

[winter rose]

this } is the issue

[fleet plaza]

oh wait

well now it works

tnx

[wicked fulcrum]

Not sure if this is the correct channel to ask. But I got a question about best-practices for signing of mods. So for mods that has server-side code creating a new key-pair for each update is, as I understood it, best-practice as it ensures that any client only joins with the mod version that match the server-side "mod code".

However for purely client-side mods would you still create a new key-pair for each mod update? Or would you just use the same key as there is no server-side "mod code" to match?

I can see the benefit of using the same key would save the server-admins from having to update the key upon update. While the negative part is that the server-admins won't see and test the changes a update brings, before there could be clients on the server using that update.

[little raptor]

There is no need to update the key
just sign the mod with the current key. the signature will be updated to match the changes

[wicked fulcrum]

Cheers. Will do that. 🙂

[past wagon]

I need a piece of code that will delete all vehicles within a marker area, but I can't figure out how to go about doing this. It seems simple, I just don't know what to do

[little raptor]

inAreaArray, vehicles and deleteVehicle

[past wagon]

thanks. i'll figure it out

this isnt related to my last question, but how does this code look?

_spawners = allPlayers inAreaArray "VehicleSpawningArea";
[_spawners, ["Please wait before spawning another vehicle!"]] remoteExec hint;

[cosmic lichen]

units inArea?!?

[past wagon]

yeah i have no idea

[cosmic lichen]

hint in forEach?

[past wagon]

yeah lol

i really have no clue how that is supposed to work lmao

[cosmic lichen]

I don#t even know what you are trying there

read docs of units, inArea, hint and forEach, maybe also format

[past wagon]

heres what im trying to do

I have an action that spawns a vehicle. i want to limit how quickly players can spawn vehicles, which i have already done. When it stops them from spawning a vehicle, I want it to hint them that message. So, what I did was I made a small area around the action, and I want it to hint all players in that area

[little raptor]

inAreaArray

[past wagon]

okie

[little raptor]

but hint forEach makes no sense

[past wagon]

is that because hint is local?

[cosmic lichen]

yes

and because you only need hin once

[past wagon]

do i need to remoteExec?

[cosmic lichen]

yes

without forEach

[little raptor]

wat? no.
because you only see one hint
what's the point of forEach?

[cosmic lichen]

Yeah, that is true too

[past wagon]

ok ok ok

i get it

i can use a single hint command to hint multiple units

so, an array of units

[cosmic lichen]

just remoteExec the hint to all players that are in the spawn area

[past wagon]

so how does this look?
#arma3_scripting message

oh wait i forgot to remoteExec

[cosmic lichen]

Will still not work

read the units doc

and maybe allPlayers

[past wagon]

ok

also when I do remoteExec on hint will it look like this? I am guessing I am completely wrong. just trying to remember what it looked like last time I used remoteExec

[_spawners, ["Please wait before spawning another vehicle!"]] remoteExec hint;

[crude vigil]

Dont try to remember what you did, try to open wiki of the command if you do not remember the available syntax

Memorizing does not really help when you need to alter things.

[cosmic lichen]

There is literally an example on the remoteExec page. Please read it

[past wagon]

i know but im always confused about remoteExec syntax

[cosmic lichen]

Invest these 5minutes

[past wagon]

even when I read the wiki

[crude vigil]

There are 11 different examples on the page.

There is a direct example of hint usage.

[past wagon]

["Please wait before spawning another vehicle!"] remoteExec ["hint", _spawners, false];

[crude vigil]

See, that is now progression

Thank you mighty docs

[cosmic lichen]

You can omit "false" since that's the default

Just make sure you _spawners is correct now.

[past wagon]

thanks, my bad for not checking the wiki first

yeah now I gotta fix _spawners

[cosmic lichen]

read allPlayers

[past wagon]

ok

[cosmic lichen]

That's what you want to use

[past wagon]

alright so heres what i have now:

_spawners = allPlayers inAreaArray "VehicleSpawningArea";
["Please wait before spawning another vehicle!"] remoteExec ["hint", _spawners, false];

[little raptor]

there is also a pinned message

[cosmic lichen]

Looks good if "VehicleSpawningArea" is a area marker

[past wagon]

yep

thanks

[past wagon]

_cars = vehicles inAreaArray "CarSpawn1";
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach _cars;

so my goal is to delete all vehicles inside a marker ("CarSpawn1"). Will this do the trick?

[winter rose]

did you try it 😊

[past wagon]

yeah lemme try it

also can I do something like this where I have 3 different variables and I just want it to wait until at least one of them is equal to zero?

waitUntil { s1 == 0 or s2 == 0 or s3 == 0 };

[cosmic lichen]

waitUntil { 0 in [s1, s2, s3]}; would work as well

[little raptor]

or s1 * s2 * s3 == 0

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: working on a mission/mod, I noticed that my side flips from playerSide or WEST to ENEMY after engaging several EAST faction units. why is this? and is there a way to prevent it?

I'll elaborate a bit, it matters because I am also counting units by side, so counting on the alignments to be dependable.

[past wagon]

math haha

[little raptor]

because of friendly fire which adds negative rating

use a HandleRating event handler to prevent negative rating

player addEventHandler ["HandleRating", {
    params ["", "_rating"];
        0 max _rating;
}];

[dreamy kestrel]

friendly fire? hmm... so I am setting friendliness as well, could that be it?

mainly wanting to account for civilian disposition toward players, that sort of thing; but I was wondering if that also deals with opfor aggression towards blufor?

[little raptor]

probably yeah.
even destroying your own vehicle counts as friendly fire

[dreamy kestrel]

right I would expect that, at least, i.e. own vic destruction

okay, that's a clue where to begin looking

[little raptor]

try that event handler code

it'll prevent it

if that's why

[dreamy kestrel]

what does it prevent? friendliness from being evaluated?

[little raptor]

you won't get negative rating for friendly fire

[dreamy kestrel]

I see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#HandleRating

so I could set that, but really the root cause is to use the friendliness better. east+west should always be aggressive to each other, no half measures. civilians is another question.

thanks

follow on question, I guess there is no way to identify the "other" unit in the rating evaluation short of bookkeeping hits and kills?

[little raptor]

not really. you need another event handler on the other unit

[dreamy kestrel]

not exactly what I was asking, case in point, blufor engages opfor, blufor gets a rating evaluation. but we do not know whether blufor was engaging opfor by that event handler.

[little raptor]

yeah you don't

[dreamy kestrel]

so in other words, we might "allow" true friendly fire, but might filter true enemy fire

[little raptor]

that's what I said

you need an even handler on the other unit to detect he is being hit

like hit, handleDamage, etc.

[dreamy kestrel]

right, okay dokay, thanks

[crystal flame]

thanks @little raptor @fair drum got my garage working 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2rwhFahceo

still needs some more work, I want to add camouflage selection, and display the top speed and seat count as well

[fair drum]

You ended up doing what I pm'd?

[dreamy kestrel]

I properly engaged my first couple of sector captures today, including OPFOR units spawning in. And with a little help from a damage reflection god mode, jammed through them and play tested out some kinks. For the most part working well, but I need to fine tune the unit garrison strategies a bit. Should not be difficult, but I do want to keep the groupings at least somewhat geographically centered if possible. Then round it all out with light and heavy vehicles.

[round scroll]

this code here seems broken after a recent arma update. Earlier it stopped AI infantry to be fixated on air units when they appear, now it does not do much. Is forgetTarget broken or is another command needed now? https://sqfbin.com/rumoliyiqelusamewigo

[ivory lake]

OK i got a weird situation, I'm using a deleted eventhandler on an object and when it runs I want to delete an array of objects along with it. I feel like I should know the answer for this but what I've tried so far doesn't work or sucks.

However getvariable doesn't work on the object as it's deleted

What's the best way to pass an array to the eventhandler and allow for multiple instances of the script (so has to be a unique global variable if going that route)

NVM I'm a moron who used the wrong variable name, getVariable worked fine.

[cold pebble]

I have a question ref CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler which has confused me a bit. I'm currently using it for a variety of classnames however a few recent additions don't seem to be working as intended.

private _fobBuildingClassname = getText(missionConfigFile >> "Blufor_Setup" >> "AW_fobBuilding"); //returns "Land_Cargo_HQ_V1_F"
[_fobBuildingClassname,"initpost",{
    params ["_object"];
    if ([getPosATL _object] call AW_fnc_isNearFOB) then {
        _object addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",{0}];
    };
},false] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;
["Land_TentHangar_V1_F","initpost",{
    params ["_hangar"];
    AW_maxPlaneCount = AW_maxPlaneCount + 1;
    publicVariable "AW_maxPlaneCount";
},false] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

The above are 2 examples where it doesn't seem to be working. When looking at it further, if I do ["All","init",{systemChat str _this}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler nothing comes up for when either of the above are spawned however when I look at the XEH configs it should be enabled

class All {
        XEH_ENABLED;
    };

Have I missed something, or is this intended? And if it is, is there a nice way to do what I am trying with something within CBA or ACE?

[vague geode]

Is there a way to command subordinate AI like UAVs (waypoints marked, changeable waypoint types etc.)?

[winter rose]

only with the command menu, no "create waypoints" for them in vanilla @vague geode

[cosmic lichen]

High Command

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_High_Command

[vague geode]

Ok, thank you guys.

[vague geode]

Is there a way to take a look at the code that makes it possible for UAVs to be commanded that way?

[cosmic lichen]

It's handled inside the engine I believe.

No way to look at it

[vague geode]

That's a pity...

[sonic linden]

i have a problem, i want to attach my player to an object and still be able to move my had and look around is this even possible at all ?

[willow hound]

Well, have you tried moving anything after attaching your player to something?

[sonic linden]

i dont get this question can you repeat ?
i have tested it and my player is attacht but my 1/3personview is locked

[warm hedge]

attachTo is not really cool with native actions. Forget the idea is the best way to achieve, or do setPos setDir or such command every frame

[sonic linden]

okay

[willow hound]

attachTo is the only way to attach objects, but, as you already found out, you can not look around when attached to something.
I imagine the only way around this would be making a mod with a fake vehicle seat for the player to sit / stand in (and then attaching that seat), because you can look around and shoot in vehicles.

[sonic linden]

i have done that but its a bit wired, i dont get the eye pos of cargoslots to work, its always offset to the center of the "vehicle"

[willow hound]

Maybe the mages in #arma3_config can help with that.

[sonic linden]

that's funny, already ask there a few days ago. they sad use attachTo ;D

[crystal flame]

Yep. Each garage has an array of points/directions representing each spawn point

I’ll need to make some changes for multiplayer but as is it works great

[drifting portal]

{ 
_x enableSimulationGlobal false;
_x hideObjectGlobal true;
} forEach units independent;

this doesn't seem to work?

its not hiding or disabling simulation on independent units

[copper raven]

where are you running this

[drifting portal]

I think I need to do spawn right?

[warm hedge]

No call should do

Make sure units independent is returning something

[drifting portal]

debug console

[copper raven]

dedicated?

[drifting portal]

I'm running the server from my pc

[copper raven]

but dedicated? or playerhost?

doesn't tell me much

[drifting portal]

editor -> play multiplayer

[copper raven]

and you're the one running the code, not some other client?

[drifting portal]

yes

Server Exec

[copper raven]

🤔

[drifting portal]

and tried global exec

it just hides them

simulation is still on

they still shoot me

but they are not visible

[drifting portal]

it does

[drifting portal]

I'm trying to hide all enemy units to save performance, so it does hide them and disable their simulation, but if they are in a turret, they would get hidden but their simulation is not disabled, kinda weird

fixed it

{  
_x enableSimulationGlobal false; 
_x hideObjectGlobal true;
vehicle _x enableSimulationGlobal false; 
vehicle _x hideObjectGlobal true; 
_x disableAI "all";
} forEach units independent; 

[winter rose]

now that's quite different from

this doesn't seem to work?
its not hiding or disabling simulation on independent units
😬
so, yeah, vehicled units are managed differently. kudos on finding out

[fair drum]

Yeah if the units are in a vehicle, just disable and hide the vehicle. It will disable and hide the units as well making it easy.

[cosmic lichen]

What's the best way to check if player(s) was/were detected by given side? knowsAbout seems to be a bit too unreliable.

[hollow thistle]

you mean <side> knowsAbout player?

[cosmic lichen]

Yeah

[hollow thistle]

hmm, well you could check knows about of every units <side>

but that's more expensive.

Probably bit more reliable.

or big ass trigger with detected by condition

[cosmic lichen]

targetsQuery perhaps

[] spawn 
{
  while {true} do 
  {
    sleep 30; 
    _detected = units east findIf {((_x targetKnowledge player) # 0 == true || (_x targetKnowledge player) # 1 == true) && alive _x};
    hint str (_detected > -1);
  };
};
```This seems to actually work very nicely. This way the player has 30 seconds to kill the unit which detected him before the alarm goes off.

[proven charm]

its not always 30 secs, depends when you call the code

[cosmic lichen]

true

[proven charm]

could already be sleeping there 🙂

[cosmic lichen]

Good catch

[cosmic lichen]

Is there a way to spawn fireflies?

createvehicle [_type,_pos,[],_maxHeight * 0.1,"none"];
``` Works but no FSM =/

[warm hedge]

Fireflies?

As, bugs?

[hollow thistle]

[_agent] call BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour;

[cosmic lichen]

❤️

[hollow thistle]

not sure if it works on them.

[cosmic lichen]

Gonna find out

[hollow thistle]

"P:\a3\animals_f\Data\Scripts\main.fsm"

it just calls this func on the agent and quits

[cosmic lichen]

Doesn't work

[hollow thistle]

try with an agent

you're creating a vehicle, vehicles have no brain

[cosmic lichen]

private _agent = createAgent ["FireFly", getPosATL player, [], 0, "NONE"];  
[_agent] call BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour; 

No luck

[hollow thistle]

it seems they can't be created as agents

null object

[cosmic lichen]

[dreamy kestrel]

re: garrison for a sector, I spawn a group in, that much is fine, but they "always" form up in whatever formation, and I'd like that not to be the case, i.e. just be where I placed them. I might give them an instruction, i.e. defend a point, patrol waypoints, etc, but that's a next step. thanks...

[tough abyss]

bruh

[cosmic lichen]

@dreamy kestrel Create one group for each unit

or use doStop

[dreamy kestrel]

doStop, thanks...

[little raptor]

Create one group for each unit
very bad practice

[cosmic lichen]

Doesn't matter for 2 or 5 units

I am here to show options, not tell what's the best for his situation

[dreamy kestrel]

naw, man, we're talking could be upwards of 30+ 40+ units here... plus vehicles and crews themselves.

[cosmic lichen]

Be more precise next time then

[little raptor]

There are two problems with that.

1. Group limit (256 per side I think)
2. Each unit will have their own path finding thread, which will severely slow down the game
   when they're grouped only the leader generates a path (the others simply follow the leader)

[dreamy kestrel]

I wasn't asking that though, read the OP. only that the group would form up. anyway, doStop is the solution. appreciate the feedback.

[dreamy kestrel]

very good to know

[wind hedge]

guys, is this:

(((getPosWorld _x) select 2) < 20)

as good as

(((getPosATL _x) select 2) < 20)

I need to find out if the unit is not too high in the air

getPosWorld is faster so that is why I am trying it use it

[cosmic lichen]

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

[winter rose]

ATL = Above Terrain Level

but not above building level 👀

[little raptor]

it is also ASL

a completely different thing

if the unit is not too high in the air

neither of them fit your need

[hoary halo]

Hey guys! I've got this recruitment script that I use, but I'd like the dismiss action range to be reduced, otherwise I see the "dismiss" action on screen all the time, I'd like to reduce it so I have to be facing 1 meter of the unit I want to dismiss for the action to pop up, if anyone could help that would greatly appreciated

said script :

MMF_fnc_recruit=
{ params ["_caller"];

if (_caller== player) then {

MMF_recruitAction=[ player, "Join Group",
"\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
"\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",
"player distance cursorTarget<5 && (cursorTarget getvariable ""MMF_isRecruit"") <1", "playerSide isEqualTo side cursorTarget", {}, {}, {
[cursorTarget] call MMF_fnc_recruit;
}, {}, [], 2, 0, false, true] call BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd;
} else {

[_caller] join (group player);
systemChat "Joined group";
_caller setVariable ["MMF_isRecruit", 1];

dismissAction=_caller addAction ["Dismiss", "[_this select 0] join grpNull; (_this select 0) setVariable [""MMF_isRecruit"", 0]; (_this select 0) removeAction dismissAction;"];
_caller addEventHandler ["Killed", {
(_this select 0) removeAction dismissAction;
}];
};
};

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction
Use the radius parameter.

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[willow hound]

You might run into problems using that dismissAction variable because it's a global variable. Imagine this scenario:
You have two units A and B. Unit B already has had an action added to it previously, unit A has not. You add the dismiss action to both units.
Because it already had an action added to it, addAction with unit B will return 1. But addAction with unit A will return 0, so one value will overwrite the other because both are saved to the same dismissAction variable.
Now you can't delete the dismiss action from one of the units because what's stored in dismissAction is not the same as the Action ID of the dismiss action on that unit.

[cosmic lichen]

Just save it in the namespace of the unit

[wind hedge]

This is my need: ```SQF
waitUntil {
sleep (2 + random 2);
if (diag_fps > 15) then {
private _playerIsNearEnough = ((allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F") findIf { (alive _x) && !(vehicle _x iskindof "Air") && (_x distance2D _zombieSpawnPos < _zombieSpawnDistance) && (((getPosWorld _x) select 2) < 20) }) isNotEqualTo -1;
(_playerIsNearEnough)
};
};

[winter rose]

with words please? what do you want to achieve?

[cosmic lichen]

😄

[little raptor]

as I said, getPosWorld is ASL

[wind hedge]

I don't want players too high up to trigger the continuation of the waituntil

[little raptor]

height is measured from the sea when you use ASL

a person on a mountain will be considered "too high" in your code. so _playerIsNearEnough = false

also no need for _playerIsNearEnough

[copper raven]

use lazy eval and omit the if

[wind hedge]

alright so I should use getPosATL because getPosWorld uses getPosASL which would not trigger if the players are on a mountain etc

[little raptor]

no you should either use AGL or AGLS

[cosmic lichen]

ASL is just wrong

[little raptor]

ASL and AGL are the best world coordinates

[wind hedge]

I just want the fastest what will do the job, so it is AGL?

[cosmic lichen]

You are evaluating that every 2 to 4 seconds

saving 0.002ms on a position won't save you

[wind hedge]

yes but I have like 30 locations running that spawn4

[cosmic lichen]

if you need to watch our for surfaces eg rocks use AGLS

[wind hedge]

No I just need to know if a player is near enough so I can spawn the zombies

[cosmic lichen]

How many players?

[little raptor]

then what you should care about is using one loop. you don't need 30 spawns

[wind hedge]

Well yeah, I will expand the script with one loop in the future, but right now I want to optimize this waitUntil

I will just go with getPosATL

[cosmic lichen]

Remove the if, remove the _variable use lazy eval

then do performance testing

[wind hedge]

Like this: SQF waitUntil { sleep (2 + random 2); ((((allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F") findIf { (alive _x) && !(vehicle _x iskindof "Air") && (_x distance2D _zombieSpawnPos < _zombieSpawnDistance) && (((getPosATL _x) select 2) < 20) }) isNotEqualTo -1) && (diag_fps > 15)) };

?

[cosmic lichen]

waitUntil
{
   sleep (2 + random 2);
   ((((allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F") findIf
   {
     alive _x && 
     !(vehicle _x iskindof "Air") && 
     (_x  distance2D _zombieSpawnPos < _zombieSpawnDistance) && 
     (((getPosATL _x) select 2) < 20) }) isNotEqualTo -1) && 
     diag_fps > 15)
   };
}; ```

a bit easier to read

might wanna exit if diag_fps is < 15

so perhaps put that in front and use lazy eval

[copper raven]

just lazy eval whole thing

no need to do any exiting

[cosmic lichen]

That's what I meant

[little raptor]

waitUntil {
  sleep (2 + random 2);
  diag_fps > 15 && {
    (allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F") findIf { (alive _x) && !(vehicle _x iskindof "Air") &&   {(_x  distance2D _zombieSpawnPos < _zombieSpawnDistance) && (((getPosATL _x) select 2) < 20)} }) != -1
  }
}; 

[cosmic lichen]

this

[wind hedge]

Thanks guys! You rock!

can't wait util @cosmic lichen and @little raptor release their own cDLC!

[cosmic lichen]

#notGonnaHappen

Wait, why if in waitUntil?

I guess it's not needed

[little raptor]

isn't it an infinite loop?

I just remove it for now

I don't know what it is anyway

[cosmic lichen]

I dunno.

that random 2 is also weird given that he is looking for max performance but can't decide on how often he needs to run it 😄

[wind hedge]

the random part is so that it doesn't check at the same time as the other 20 loops

but perhaps my logic is flawed

[willow hound]

Have you already considered using distance to omit the height check?

[wind hedge]

but distance is 800...

I guess I could also use isTouchingGround

[willow hound]

You're already checking for aircraft and I don't see many other options to gain altitude, so what's up with that anyways?

[cosmic lichen]

Parachutes ? 😄

Flying tanks

[wind hedge]

Arma 3!

[cyan dust]

Good day. Is there a command to play "glitch" visual effect just like when mission ends?

[cosmic lichen]

0 cutrsc ["RscInterlacing","plain"]; 
0 cutrsc["RscNoise","black"]; 
0 cutrsc ["RscStatic","plain"];

[little raptor]

parachutes are air vehicles tho

[cyan dust]

Thanks a lot 👍

[brave lance]

Hello is this working?
(desc.ext)

disableChannels[] = {
    {0, true, true}, //--- Global Chat
    {1, false, true}, //--- Side Chat
    {2, true, true}, //--- Command Chat
    {3, false, false}, //--- Group Chat
    {4, false, false}, //--- Vehicle Chat
    {5, false, false}, //--- Direct Chat
    {6, true, true} //--- System Chat
};

[copper raven]

iirc disableChannels is broken

[brave lance]

soo?

what can i do about it to disable any channels

[copper raven]

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

[brave lance]

If you guys keep going to give wiki links every one for helping wtf is this channel anyways?????

[copper raven]

well do you want me to copy paste the syntax or what?

[brave lance]

bruh

tbh arma community dying every single day because of this kinda stuff (infistar, weirdly moderated servers, people are so arrogant)

Not up-to-date tools old engine, really bad coding language. And this game is still making money at least update the editor.

[winter rose]

Yet you keep coming, so there must be something.

You ask for info, it is provided. What more do you want, spoonfeeding?

[winter rose]

PS: this channel is #arma3_scripting.
Scripting in Arma relies on SQF.
SQF is explained on the wiki.

[brave lance]

Okay maybe i want, spoonfeeding. I think this is the right place to ask.

• SQF language is only works for Arma.
• Hard to learn.
• Look like cpp but not cpp maybe java?
• Not really great videos for visual learners.(They are great but old)
• So complicated and no proper debugger.

And yes new comers wont understand from wiki. Sorry.

[graceful kelp]

Hey could i get some quick help to get a statement to work, so if there is an intersect it removes _X from array

_ins = [_heli, "GEOM"] Intersect [_heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2], aimPos _x];
if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
    _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
};

[winter rose]

You absolutely have the right to not understand the wiki and can even ask for explanations; what you cannot do however, is lashing out on helping peeps.

Is that understood? We understand the potential frustration, but we are not your punching ball to evacuate it.

[little raptor]

no

you can't remove array from array like that

[copper raven]

how is sqf complicated, and how does it look like cpp/java?

[graceful kelp]

it is inside a foreach statement that checks everything in an array

[little raptor]

it doesn't matter

[graceful kelp]

    {
        _ins = [_heli, "GEOM"] Intersect [_heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2], aimPos _x];
        if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
            _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
        };
        sleep 0.20;
    }   foreach _dataLinkArray;

so this wont work

[little raptor]

if _x is an array , _array - [_x] won't work

[little raptor]

also the intersect command doesn't return objects
what you wrote is incorrect

[brave lance]

By any meaning i don't want to be disrespectful to any one. I love ArmA. Its not like a game it more like framework for milsim. But arma is lacking on game engine. 10 years old engine and still working on single thread. Please update wiki(Classnames are missing some pictures from beta.) and editor.

[graceful kelp]

is if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
incorrect?

[little raptor]

is _dataLinkArray an array of objects or intersects?

[graceful kelp]

object

[little raptor]

then it should work

[graceful kelp]

it dosent want to

[winter rose]

We do what we can with what we have, but we will look into the wiki.

As for your issue, did you save your file as description.ext (and do you have file extensions showing in Windows?)

[graceful kelp]

thats what i need help with

[little raptor]

are you trying to check if it intersects with heli?

[graceful kelp]

so im tryna make a radar script i came on here before to get help using check vis but that dosent work for what i need

if (isVehicleRadarOn _heli && (_heli animationPhase "fcr_enable" == 1) && _heli getHit "radar" < 0.8) then {
    _datalinkarray = (listRemoteTargets playerSide) apply {_x # 0};
    {
        _distOffAxis = abs ([[_heli, (getposatl _heli select 0), (getposatl _heli select 1), (getposatl _x select 0), (getposatl _x select 1)] call fza_fnc_relativeDirection] call CBA_fnc_simplifyAngle180);
        if (_x == _heli || _x isKindOf "man" || _x isKindOf "StaticCannon" || laserTarget _heli == _x) then {
            _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
        };
        if !(alive _x) then {
            _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
        };
        if ((_heli getVariable "fza_ah64_agmode" == AGMODE_GND) && (_distOffAxis > 45)) then {
            _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
        };                
        if (_heli getVariable "fza_ah64_agmode" == AGMODE_AIR && !(_x isKindOf "air")) then {
            _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
        };
        _ins = [_heli, "GEOM"] Intersect [_heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2], aimPos _x];
        if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
            _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
        };
        sleep 0.20;
    }   foreach _dataLinkArray;
    {
        if !(_x in fza_ah64_targetlist) then{
            fza_ah64_targetlist = fza_ah64_targetlist + [_x];
        };
    } foreach _dataLinkArray;
};
fza_ah64_fcrlist = _dataLinkArray;

[brave lance]

I saved in side the mission file / desc.ext
But i guess enable channel or Disable channel thing is not working anymore. (they told me its broken).

[graceful kelp]

so im tryna check if there is something between the target and heli

[little raptor]

then you're using the wrong command

Finds named selections in object which are in specified LOD, intersected by given section of a line.

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

[graceful kelp]

lineIntersects then?

[little raptor]

what you wrote checks if it intersects with heli

[little raptor]

lineIntersectsSurfaces

[graceful kelp]

that has hardcode dis of 5k
i need 8k

[little raptor]

split the distance

[graceful kelp]

thats beyond me

[little raptor]

a for loop

[graceful kelp]

would lineintersect not work

[brave lance]

Thanks for the chat. Thats all wanna to say. I would like to end this conversation for now. I am sorry if i was disrespectful by any mean.

[little raptor]

it's even more limited that lineintersectsSurfaces

[graceful kelp]

crap

[little raptor]

all intersect commands have a limit

even if the wiki doesn't say so

[graceful kelp]

right so how would i got about splitting the distance?

[little raptor]

a for loop

[graceful kelp]

    _ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2], aimPos _x, _heli, _x];
    if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
        _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
    };

so i would need to check twice somehow by splitting it

[little raptor]

_lastPos = _p1;
_dir = _p1 vectorFromTo _p2;
for "_i" from 3000 to _totalDist step 3000 do {
  _NextPos = (_dir vectorMultiply _i) vectorAdd _p1;
  //check from _lastPos to _NextPos;
  _lastPos = _NextPos;
};
//now do it from _lastPos to _p2 one last time outside the loop

splits by 3000m

[graceful kelp]

that looks like black magic give me a min to try understand

[winter rose]

as far as I know it was broken but it was fixed.

The file name should be description.ext (not desc.ext, descr.ext or as it happens sometimes description.ext.txt)

[brave lance]

Thank you. So much!

[winter rose]

Does it work?

[graceful kelp]

so P1 is helI
p2 is end point
lastpos is the middle?

[little raptor]

yeah

[brave lance]

My description file is description.ext

[little raptor]

p1 is the start

p2 end

[brave lance]

But i write the disable channel thing like this;

disableChannels[] = {
    {0, true, true}, //--- Global Chat
    {1, false, true}, //--- Side Chat
    {2, true, true}, //--- Command Chat
    {3, false, false}, //--- Group Chat
    {4, false, false}, //--- Vehicle Chat
    {5, false, false}, //--- Direct Chat
    {6, true, true} //--- System Chat
};

Its not working i can still use side chat.

[winter rose]

is the mission file "mission" or "mission.sqm"?

[graceful kelp]

what is _i then

[brave lance]

Mission file >> description.ext

[little raptor]

split range

[winter rose]

I mean the "mission" file, next to description.ext

[brave lance]

Yes its mission.sqm

Oh sorry my bad 😂

[little raptor]

you can just draw it on a piece of paper.

[brave lance]

Its binarized btw.

[winter rose]

Ok, just checking if you had the file extensions showing

1, false, true
means
side channel / disable text / allow voice

@brave lance ^

if you want to entirely disable it set it to false, false

[brave lance]

Hmm okay thank you. So that code is working right?

Okay thank you so much.

[graceful kelp]

black magic of another level im barely understanding
so would this work

_lastPos = _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2];
_dir = _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2] vectorFromTo aimPos _x;
for "_i" from 4000 to 8000 step 4000 do {
    _lastPos = (_dir vectorMultiply _i) vectorAdd _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2];
};
_ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2], _lastPos, _heli, _x];
_ins1 = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_lastPos, aimPos _x, _heli, _x];
if !(_ins isEqualTo [] || _ins1 isEqualTo [] ) then {
       _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
};

[winter rose]

wait, or true true
The doc has an error :grimacing:

[brave lance]

let me check 1 sec.

[little raptor]

1. where'd you get 8000 from?
2. why aren't you checking intersect inside the loop?

see the code again

I added some stuff

[graceful kelp]

8000 is the distnace i need

for "_i" from 4000 to 8000 step 4000 do {
_lastPos = (_dir vectorMultiply _i) vectorAdd _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2];
};
is this a loop?

[little raptor]

it's not what you need

it should be what it IS

[graceful kelp]

right

[little raptor]

distance from heli to aimPos _x

[brave lance]

All of the channels are working ahaha.

[winter rose]

so there may be an issue with the description.ext. Is it the only thing that is in the file?

[graceful kelp]

_lastPos = _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2];
_dir = _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2] vectorFromTo aimPos _x;
_totalDist = _heli distance _x;
for "_i" from 3000 to _totalDist step 3000 do {
    _lastPos = (_dir vectorMultiply _i) vectorAdd _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2];
};
_ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2], aimPos _x, _heli, _x];
if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
    _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
};

how do i put that in a loop?

[little raptor]

you copy paste it

[brave lance]

author="Yanoee";
onLoadName = "Hybrid Combat Royale";
OnLoadMission = "<t color='#4af0a8'>Hybird Combat Royale | Yeni bir deneyim için.<br /><t color='#7289da'>Discord: xxxxx<br /><t color='#CAE4F1'>Web: xxxxx<br /><t color='#FF0000'>V:3.6.0";
overviewPicture = "Core\Resources\Images\logo.paa";
respawn = 3;
respawnOnStart = 1;
respawnDelay = 6; 
disableChannels[] = {
    {0, true, true}, //--- Global Chat
    {1, false, true}, //--- Side Chat
    {2, true, true}, //--- Command Chat
    {3, false, false}, //--- Group Chat
    {4, false, false}, //--- Vehicle Chat
    {5, false, false}, //--- Direct Chat
    {6, true, true} //--- System Chat
};
showHUD[] = {
    1,    // Scripted HUD (same as showHUD command)
    1,    // Vehicle and unit info
    1,    // Vehicle radar [HIDDEN]
    1,    // Vehicle compass [HIDDEN]
    1,    // Tank direction indicator
    1,    // Commanding menu
    1,    // Group info bar
    1,    // HUD weapon cursors
    1,    // Vehicle display panels
    0,    // "x killed by y" systemChat messages
    1    // force show drawIcon3D icons
};

corpseManagerMode = 2;
corpseLimit = 10;
corpseRemovalMinTime = 200;
corpseRemovalMaxTime = 300;
wreckManagerMode = 2;
wreckLimit = 5;
wreckRemovalMinTime = 200;
wreckRemovalMaxTime = 300;
class Params
{
    class MapPick
    {
        title = "Choose Area";
        values[] = {0,1};
        texts[] = {"Larche","Fields"};
        default = 0;
        isGlobal = 1;
    };    
};
#include "Core\Scripts\Market\Gunstore\DEF_Gunstore.hpp" //Gunstore
#include "Core\Scripts\Market\Gunstore\UI_Gunstore.hpp" //Gunstore
class RscTitles
{
    #include "Core\Scripts\Client\Player\StatusBar\statusbar.hpp"        
};

[brave lance]

Whole description.ext

[graceful kelp]

im to far beyond my understanding to finish this but this is a help so far thanks

[winter rose]

I don't see any issues as it is… weird

[little raptor]

_p1 = _heli modelToWorldWorld [0,2.1,2.2];
_lastPos = _p1;
_p2 = aimPos _x;
_dir = _lastPos vectorFromTo _p2;
_totalDist = _lastPos distance _p2;
_clear = true;
for "_i" from 3000 to _totalDist step 3000 do {
  _NextPos = (_dir vectorMultiply _i) vectorAdd _p1;
  //check from _lastPos to _NextPos;
  _ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_lastPos, _nextPos, _heli, _x];
  if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
    _clear = false;
    _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x]; break;
  };
  _lastPos = _NextPos;
};
//now do it from _lastPos to _p2 one last time outside the loop
if (_clear) then {
  _ins = lineIntersectsSurfaces [_lastPos , _p2, _heli, _x];
  if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
      _dataLinkArray = _dataLinkArray - [_x];
  };
}

[brave lance]

Yeah and i don't have any other stuff that intrupts with system chat.

[graceful kelp]

is _p1 & break intentional

il give that a go thanks

[winter rose]

sorry, my Arma is updating tonight. I can check tomorrow

[graceful kelp]

by the time it gets to clear
wouldnt lastpos & p2 be ontop of eachother?

[little raptor]

no

maybe (if the distance is round)
you can check that too

[graceful kelp]

its checking all the way _totalDist
so the last pos would overlap i think

[little raptor]

no

[graceful kelp]

ah so it checks in 3000?

[little raptor]

yes

[graceful kelp]

right so it would have to be 3,6,9

[little raptor]

ye

[graceful kelp]

got you

im in a situation where there is definetly intersection but
if !(_ins isEqualTo []) then {
apparantly isint right

[winter rose]

it is

even though isNotEqualTo exists now ^^

[graceful kelp]

il give that a go

so isNotEqualTo is a thing?

the wiki stopped working for me noooooooooo

[winter rose]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isNotEqualTo since v2.04 iirc (and yes wiki down too)

[graceful kelp]

great thanks

if (_ins isEqualnotTo []) then {
the statement to remove stuff just isint working

[winter rose]

Wiki down
#community_wiki message latest COMREF (a bit old)

[misty salmon]

How do pass in parameters to this? In Zeus with Zeus Enhanced, one option is "Execute Code". Mousing over the box where you can enter code shows this:

This code will be passed the following arguments:
0: Module Position ASL
1: Attached Object (objNull if none)

I'm guessing that the attached object that I'm passing in is the vehicle that I'm clicking on before the execute code dialog box pops up. I tried this land "LAND" to land the heli but it won't work. I'm unsure of how to pass in the second argument instead of this.

[little raptor]

params ["_pos", "_obj"];

put that at the beginning of your code and use those parameters (if you need them)

[fair drum]

so those are arguments, you have to assign parameters to those arguments.

[buoyant hare]

The wiki is currently down (at least for me). Anyone knows the arguments for getClientState?

[little raptor]

#arma3_scripting message

[misty salmon]

Gotcha. Can you show me how to use the param? I'm a bit new to SQF, I've not done a ton. (programming is my day job, this is just a new lang)

[little raptor]

_pos and _obj are what the module told you

This code will be passed the following arguments:
0: Module Position ASL
1: Attached Object (objNull if none)

how you want to use them is up to you

e.g.:

_obj land "LAND"

[crystal flame]

Is there a way to limit a player driven vehicles speed that isn't just applying a force every tick? limitSpeed and forceSpeed don't seem to have an affect.

[misty salmon]

Ah, nailed it. I'm unused to declaring variables as strings, haha

[little raptor]

params is used when you want to "map" array elements to private variables

[1,2] params ["_num1", "_num2"]; //_num1 is 1, _num2 is 2

[misty salmon]

Super neat! I'll keep that in mind, thanks a bunch

[buoyant hare]

Cheers!

[little raptor]

no.

[crystal flame]

Darn

[little raptor]

limitSpeed and forceSpeed
AI limits

[crystal flame]

Yeah that’s what I figured

All I'm trying to do is put a speed restricted area inside a base, so I'm thinking a single loop that iterates over each vehicle in the area and caps it's velocity shouldn't be too bad

only one way to find out I guess

[little raptor]

preferably use a loop on each client for their own vehicle

[crystal flame]

What I ended up doing is just locally checking if the player is in a vehicle, and if the vehicle is within a trigger area I clamp the velocity. Seems to work fine

[outer fjord]

Evening,
How would I use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_exportConfig

To make a All in one? Like it seems it wants PBO paths rather then the config.bin already compiled

[copper raven]

uhm, what?

look at the example

[outer fjord]

Is there a temp file that gets made some were I pull from? I actually have no idea were the config.bin gets made when you run the game after it compiles Mods, CDLC, ect

Utils 2 just shows bin\config.bin/

[cosmic lichen]

It wants a config

[copper raven]

every addon has config.bin, they all get loaded into the game

[cosmic lichen]

not a file

[copper raven]

you just need to pass a config to the command

[outer fjord]

oooo

[copper raven]

diag_exportConfig ["C:/mycfgvehicles.txt", configFile >> "cfgVehicles"]

[outer fjord]

my bad, I misread the path part >.>

had them in reverse

[clear ravine]

Hey guys can anyone help me with the new SOGPF module for cinematic? I have the camera shots working fine however there are more than one and they seem to play in a different order every time i start the mission. I would like them to play in a specific order every time. Can anyone help? thanks

[wanton forge]

Hey does anyone know how to get an AI to shoot an RPG at a helicopter with 100% accuracy, but no damage when the helicopter passes through a trigger?

lmfao I still can't figure this shit out @fair drum

[fair drum]

still didn't get the guided projectile to work?

[wanton forge]

yea unfortunately no

[fair drum]

post what you got

[tardy oriole]

How would I get the gas masks to work with the current chemical weapons?

[wanton forge]

kk give me a sec. I will write it out

Guided missile Sqf:
`_target = _this select 0;
_startPos = _this select 1;
_missileType = _this select 2;
_missileHeight = _this select 3;

_perSecondsChecks = 100;

_missileSpeed = 6174;
_pos = [0,0,0];

if (isNull _target) exitWith {hintSilent "No Target Found!"};

_pos = [_startPos select 0, _startPos select 1, _missileHeight];

_missile = _missileType createVehicle _pos;

while {alive _missile} do {
if (_missile distance _target > (_missileSpeed / 10)) then {
_dirHor = [_missile, _target] call BIS_fnc_DirTo;
_missile setDir _dirHor;

_dirVer = asin ((((getPosASL _missile) select 2) - ((getPosASL _target) select 2)) / (_target distance _missile));
_dirVer = (_dirVer * -1);
[_missile, _dirVer, 0] call BIS_fnc_setPitchBank;

_flyingTime = (_target distance _missile) / _missileSpeed;
_velocityX = (((getPosASL _target) select 0) - ((getPosASL _missile) select 0)) / _flyingTime;
_velocityY = (((getPosASL _target) select 1) - ((getPosASL _missile) select 1)) / _flyingTime;
_velocityZ = (((getPosASL _target) select 2) - ((getPosASL _missile) select 2)) / _flyingTime;
_missile setVelocity [_velocityX, _velocityY, _velocityZ];

sleep (1/ _perSecondsChecks);
};
};`

Script used in trigger: nul=[target, startLocation, missileType, missileLaunchingHeight] execVM "guidedmissile.sqf"

Script used in object that you want to fire: nul=[laserTarget player, getPos startLocation, "M_Scalpel_AT", 500] execVM "guidedmissile.sqf"

[fair drum]

you took that from somewhere else didn't you

[wanton forge]

yea

I am learning from it though

[tardy oriole]

Thanks chief

[fair drum]

give me the starting position you want

[fair drum]

?

[wanton forge]

10005.3,16813,1

I am also using Fockers Arma3 Scripting Guide and it is helping me understand more

[fair drum]

why are you insisting on spawning these projectiles righ tnext to the ground...

they are just gonna hit something

[tardy oriole]

I found the script after looking

[wanton forge]

okay

[fair drum]

and just use the built in function

give me, the target name

[wanton forge]

h1 is the target

[fair drum]

[ASLToATL [10005.3,16813,1000], "M_Air_AA", h1, 1020, false, [0,0,0], 30, "", false] spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_guidedProjectile;

works fine for me

make sure you use it in a scheduled environment

[wanton forge]

Sweet I will try this. And does this sit in a trigger?

[fair drum]

you can do anything you want with it

[wanton forge]

For some reason it doesn't work...

[fair drum]

dude i literally just sat in the virtual editor, changed h1 to player and shot myself

took about 10 seconds for the missile to get to me

[wanton forge]

okay let me do some more testing lmao

thanks tho, brother!

Oh maybe because the target is not a player but a helicopter

That could be it

[fair drum]

nope

target can be any object

are you spawning it?

https://streamable.com/p5f8lv

[wanton forge]

No I am not spawning it.

[fair drum]

#arma3_scripting message

notice is says spawn, not call

[wanton forge]

oh nvm! I switched the two false lines to true

[fair drum]

cool you just made your heli die no matter what and you also just made it spawn a projectile for every client that joined the game

[wanton forge]

oh wait wtf!

lmao

[fair drum]

stop messing with the arguments of things thinking they will change something. i just showed you that it works.

[wanton forge]

okay okay.

Thanks bro

[fair drum]

with a heli named h1 to prove it
https://streamable.com/jw1t5c

[wanton forge]

oh lol okay

how long does it take to hit?

because it is not hitting

My Trigger:

Everything Below [ASLToATL [10005.3,16813,1000], "M_Air_AA", h1, 1020, false, [0,0,0], 30, "", false] spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_guidedProjectile; Works...

[ASLToATL [10005.3,16813,1000], "M_Air_AA", h1, 1020, false, [0,0,0], 30, "", false] spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_guidedProjectile; h1 setHitPointDamage["HitVRotor", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["HitEngine", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["HitHull", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["Glass1", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["Glass2", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["Glass3", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["Glass4", 50]; h1 setHitPointDamage["Glass5", 50]; h1 allowDamage false; _source01 = "#particlesource" createVehicle getPosWorld h1; _source01 setParticleClass "UAVWreckSmoke"; _source01 attachto [h1,[0,1,-1]]; [] spawn { sleep 30; [h1, hccs1, hccs2, hccs3, hccs4, hccs5, hccs6, hccs7, hccs8] apply { deleteVehicle _x; }; };

Oh nvm @fair drum

Thanks for the help!

[cosmic lichen]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[cosmic lichen]

@wanton forge

[still forum]

So complicated and no proper debugger.
There is a proper debugger as visual studio code extension

• Look like cpp but not cpp maybe java?
  neither, completely new.

• Hard to learn.
  I think SQF is the easiest language I know, so I'd disagree on that

[queen cargo]

There is sqf-vm allowing you to code with sqf outside of the armaverse theoretically (practically, nobody does (yet))

It also features a full debug interface, available through code or cli (also being used by arma.studio, so here you get the debug features from sqf-vm too)

Sqf is of the c style Syntax family more or less, yes

Programming of any kind is never good for "visual learners"

Btw, did I already mention the plethora of language servers for visual code, aiding in development?

[spark turret]

sqf is easy, but its inconsistent and arma is buggy and you have to dig deep until you get a proper debugger.

[wraith cloud]

Imagine complaining about the Arma community dying when you threaten to DDoS servers

[spark turret]

arma is a very open and friendly community. i have never had a community that was more willing to help with problems.

[cosmic lichen]

I think SQF is the easiest language I know, so I'd disagree on that
True, only thing which makes it sometimes a bit hard to understand are little inconsistencies.

[cyan dust]

Good day. Is there a way to check if GPS is active or not? I'm trying this, but it's returning true even if GPS is turned off

        private _gpsdisplay = uiNamespace getVariable "RscCustomInfoMiniMap";
        if (!isNil "_gpsdisplay") then
        {
            private _gpscontrol = _gpsdisplay displayCtrl 101;
            if (!isNull _gpscontrol) then
            {
                _gpsActive = ctrlShown _gpscontrol;
            };
        };

Also tried ctrlVisible and ctrlFade > 0 both giving false negative result (false even when GPS is on)

[cosmic lichen]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Interaction

or https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/infoPanels

[cyan dust]

Damn I feel stupid хД
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/visibleGPS

Thanks for pointing 👍

[warm hedge]

Does parseText have 8192 bytes limit?

[wraith lake]

hey! im trying to make this script work but i cant seem to do it help https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setSlingLoad

[willow hound]

What have you got so far?

[wraith lake]

in what way? (im very new to scripting)

[winter rose]

what did you try / what is the error you meet?

[willow hound]

What are you trying to use setSlingLoad for and how have you tried getting that to work so far?

[wraith lake]

uh im not meeting any error, im trying to make mraps slingloadable by putting it in the init box

[willow hound]

Ah, but setSlingLoad is meant to actually attach some cargo to some helicopter.

There is enableRopeAttach which can be used to disable (and re-enable) sling loading for sling-loadable cargo.

But I don't know how much these commands can be used to override limitations such as the Ghost Hawk not being able to carry a Slammer MBT.

[wraith lake]

yeah no for heavy lifting id use the CH-47, then to make it work should i use the example provided?

[winter rose]

it should work out of the box. what is the precise case you are trying?

e.g if you are trying to lift a tank with the MH6 (or a house), it won't work

[wraith lake]

im trying to lift the m1220 with a ch-47

[winter rose]

M1220… is not a vanilla asset
nor is the CH47

I assume it's too heavy for this helicopter
you can change its weight with setMass

[wraith lake]

those are mod assets yes i could try changing the mass of said vehicle

either im being very incompetant or it doesnt seem to work

[winter rose]

what did you try?

@wraith lake

[wraith lake]

i tried lowering the mass of the vehicle it had no effect on it being able to slingload

[winter rose]

how did you do it?

(also, maybe its config does not allow it, and therefore you cannot fix it by scripting)

[hallow depot]

Hi everyone! I have one issue, I want to load one box on one truck, I want to drive it into a trigger that activates a hint, the box has the variable name cargo. My issue is that it wont work.
Trigger
Activation: Blufor
Condition: this && cargo in thisList
On Activation: hint "The cargo has arrived";

Any suggestions?

[cosmic lichen]

thisList will only list Blufor objects since thisList only contains objects that satisfy the trigger's condition

[hallow depot]

How can I solve it?

[cosmic lichen]

Change the trigger to "empty"

[hallow depot]

like Activation: None?

[fair drum]

yup

[hallow depot]

Thank you

[hallow depot]

It wont work

Activation: None
Condition: cargo in thisList
On Activation: hint "The cargo has arrived";

[fair drum]

try anybody

[hallow depot]

Thank you! That solved it

[pulsar bluff]

hey fellas, to host a dedi with prairie fire, do i need to have -mod=??? filled

think i got it thx

"-mod=vn"

[fluid wolf]

does BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_SITREP have the ability to adjust its location on the screen? For instance is there a way I can spawn it in the center of the GUI?

[copper raven]

it probably uses one of the layout coordinates

you can either "hack" and change them, then restore, or edit the function

[fluid wolf]

Ah ok

I'll probably try the latter then

[long cosmos]

Hey guys, I just want to know if there is a comprehensive list of basic scripts to download for mission making. If yes, How and where to download? Thanks.

[winter rose]

if you want to download something, there is the COMREF: a (1yo outdated) reference of commands here
#community_wiki message

now if you want everything up-to-date, see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Topics 😉

[long cosmos]

Thanks sir

I dont know anything about programming so i thought it would be better if i just use scripts which is meant to perform a certain task.

[little raptor]

You'll mostly be writing things yourself.
In some cases you can find community made scripts on the forum.
There are also some vanilla and CBA functions that can help with some stuff.

[hushed tendon]

Will the init.sqf run once when the player first joins the hosted session or will it run again if they rejoin?

[winter rose]

every time they join the server

[hushed tendon]

Ok

[placid trellis]

How do you remove any type of NVG from a unit? I've tried this unassignItem "NVGoggles"; this removeItem "NVGoggles";, but it only works with that classname.

[winter rose]

unlinkItem hmd unit is the key!

[placid trellis]

That's perfect, thank you!

[wanton forge]

Thanks bro @cosmic lichen

[winter rose]

No can do.

Just chain the if-exitWith @sacred tree

[ripe ledge]

guys is there any easy way to make mission for example i want on my mission to put 1 red cyrcle marker but when all enemy die inside on my marker radius the marker delete is any way to do that so my frients on my mission know when the mission is clear

with trigger ? and what setup i need to do on my triger or i need script for that?

[buoyant hare]

Mission making is easy with the 3DEN editor alone. There are a lot of good tutorials in the BiKi, so you could start there:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Eden_Editor

Anyway, if I understood you correctly, do the following:

• Place a marker of your desired shape/color/size in the zone where the enemies are, and name it myRedMarker or to whatever name you want in the marker’s Variable name field.
• Then place a trigger, preferably the same shape/size as the marker above, in the zone where the enemies are.
• In the trigger’s Activation drop-down menu, choose the side the enemies belong to.
• In the trigger’s Activation Type drop-down menu, change it to Not Present.
• In the trigger's On Activation text field put the following code: deleteMarker "myRedMarker"; (or to whatever you chose to name your marker)
• Make also sure to check the Server only, just to make sure the marker gets deleted for everyone if it’s a multiplayer mission.

The result? Once all enemies that are not present in the trigger/marker area (either dead/killed or moving away), the marker will then get deleted.

[sacred slate]

is there a way to add spyder addons via script and without sync?

[dim terrace]

did something changed with ifdef & functions? I cannot recompile function if it contains ifdef - it just fails silently and produces empty code { }

[little raptor]

yeah. it now uses the compileScript command

what's funny is that it has fixed another bug! 😄
#arma3_feedback_tracker message

[little raptor]

wait, do you mean compile works and only recompile fails?

[dim terrace]

it seems both fails for me?

but let me check if its only recompile

[little raptor]

@still forum ☝️ you might want to take a look at this too?

[dim terrace]

ok, I'm dumb. One of the ifdefs had double hash in front of it. I hate when stuff fails silenty

[gusty lantern]

Hey guys, i'm trying to find any function to check if unit has chemical detector, any help? Thanks!

[cosmic lichen]

<detector> in items player. Just need the class name

[little raptor]

Find the item classname using arsenal
Then check if it exists in items or backpackItems

[cosmic lichen]

"ChemicalDetector_01_watch_F"

that's the class name

[gusty lantern]

Thanks!

[cosmic lichen]

You can also do

"ChemicalDetector_01_watch_F" in assignedItems player

to check if it's properly slottet

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CBRN#Chemical_Detector

Here is more info

[daring parrot]

Hey, I would like to get some help with this script

if (groupId (group player) == "B 1") then {playmusic "EventTrack02_F_Orange";};

I would like to playMusic for the members of "B 1" group.

I currently know my groupID is "B 1", which has to able to hear music.

using debug console, and looks like it doesn't work out.

any help please?

[winter rose]

@daring parrotwhy have it locally and not trigger it from the server? (are you using triggers maybe?)

[daring parrot]

yes it is

[winter rose]

you should better name the group with a variable (e.g bravo1group, etc) and do sqf if (group player == bravo1group) then { /* ... */ };

[daring parrot]

Oh, I will try that one thank you.

[dreamy kestrel]

Is there a way to tell if an object is a vehicle? i.e. I can tell whether an object is itself, i.e. not "in" a vehicle, but that's not quite the same thing. like perhaps whether the object supports driver+commander+gunner+cargo assignments?

[tough abyss]

how do i find the user actions inside a config, won't let me search

[winter rose]

either a config lookup, or fullCrew usage

[dreamy kestrel]

fullCrew got it, thanks

[tough abyss]

Right so, I'm trying to find where the specific UserAction for opening some gate. Currently looking for it inside the config, however I can not find it. I have the config open for the object but useractions isn't listed anywhere.

[winter rose]

see #arma3_config then 🙂

[tough abyss]

ok thanks

[dreamy kestrel]

hmm probably better to verify _x isKindOf "Man" or even _x isKindOf "CAManBase", i.e. when vehicle has no crew, both return [], which is a false positive.

[winter rose]

you can ask fullCrew to return empty seats

rrrrrread the doc 😛

[dreamy kestrel]

ah right okay thanks

it's interesting isPlayer vehicle player is also true