#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 683

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:42 PM

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would that still be inside the parentheses for the if statement?

copper raven May 15, 2021, 4:42 PM

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isEqualTo [] instead

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:42 PM

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ok

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:42 PM

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past wagon would that still be inside the parentheses for the `if` statement?

yes and ↑ yes

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if (units west inAreaArray theTrigger isEqualTo []) should work

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:42 PM

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ok

finite imp May 15, 2021, 4:42 PM

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I replaced the function with the hint, it gave me another error a few lines above regarding the same variable.

this is my current initplayerlocal.sqf in its entirety

// Wait until player is initialized
    waitUntil{!isNull(player)};

//Scripts___________________________________________________________________
    execVM "scripts\briefing.sqf";
    setTerrainGrid 25;


teleport addAction ["<t color='#ff0000'>Teleport zum Commander</t>", "(_this select 1) setPos position s0", nil, 100, false, true, "", ""];
teleport addAction ["<t color='#ff0000'>Teleport zu Shrew</t>", "(_this select 1) setPos position s1", nil, 100, false, true, "", ""];
teleport addAction ["<t color='#ff0000'>Teleport zu Spike</t>", "(_this select 1) setPos position s7", nil, 100, false, true, "", ""];
teleport addAction ["<t color='#ff0000'>Teleport zu Fist</t>", "(_this select 1) setPos position s13", nil, 100, false, true, "", ""];


loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: Commander") + "</t>"), "loadouts\commander.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];
loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: Truppfuehrer") + "</t>"), "loadouts\trpfhr.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];
loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: Scout") + "</t>"), "loadouts\scout.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];
loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: Doktor") + "</t>"), "loadouts\doctor.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];
loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: Demolition") + "</t>"), "loadouts\demolitions.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];
loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: RTO - Funker") + "</t>"), "loadouts\rto.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];
loadouts addAction [("<t color=""#0e12ed"">" + ("Ausrüstung: MG-Schütze") + "</t>"), "loadouts\mg.sqf",[],98,false,true,"",""];


/*--------- Functions - Pflicht ---------*/

hint name s1;

"teleport" and "loadouts" are configured variables and the action in itself is working.

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Its giving me an error for every variable except s0. s1, s7 and s13 are returning errors aswell.

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:43 PM

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then something is wrong

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:45 PM

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ok im not sure if I did it right but this is what i have: #arma3_scripting message

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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finite imp Its giving me an error for every variable except s0. s1, s7 and s13 are returnin...

oh, I think I know.

finite imp May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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because they are not on the server or active as players? im playing with disabled AI

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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it's an MP mission.
you are trying it alone.
other players are not spawned.
their variable does not exist.

finite imp May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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yES

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winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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ta-daaa

finite imp May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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it just hit me

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lmao. thank you for your help

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:47 PM

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lol

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Lou, did I do this right? #arma3_scripting message

little raptor May 15, 2021, 4:48 PM

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no

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:48 PM

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ok

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:49 PM

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one count too much

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:49 PM

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ohhh

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:49 PM

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also, better get the triggers' units, less taxing on resources

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:49 PM

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yeah i dont even need to use count

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because its comparing to an emtpy array

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:50 PM

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winter rose also, better get the triggers' units, less taxing on resources

wym?

little raptor May 15, 2021, 4:50 PM

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past wagon wym?

list

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:51 PM

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a list of the trigger's units?

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:51 PM

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list theTrigger = units triggering the trigger

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no need to go through everyone, only the ones in the trigger

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:51 PM

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ohhh

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yeah

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but how would I get the trigger to be triggered by any players on blufor and any players on opfor

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because i want to check for both sides to wait until they have no one left

winter rose May 15, 2021, 4:53 PM

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"anybody"

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:53 PM

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ok

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yeah i havent used too many triggers before

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so i have to take a look at the options

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wait

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:56 PM

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winter rose "anybody"

wouldnt that just return a list of all units in the trigger instead of blufor and opfor units seperately?

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list theTrigger;

little raptor May 15, 2021, 4:56 PM

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yeah

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if you don't need the trigger just remove it

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replace it with an area

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use inAreaArray

past wagon May 15, 2021, 4:57 PM

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ok

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im just gonna do it this way:

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if ( (units west inAreaArray theTrigger) isEqualTo [] or (units east inAreaArray theTrigger) isEqualTo [] ) then {
  //code
};

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since there are only 8 players

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is there something wrong with it?

winter rose May 15, 2021, 5:00 PM

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not ideal but will work

dreamy kestrel May 15, 2021, 5:46 PM

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any ideas?

little raptor May 15, 2021, 5:46 PM

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as I said before, actions are local, so they must be executed for everyone

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remoteExecCall ["call"
don't do that

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use a function

dreamy kestrel May 15, 2021, 5:50 PM

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my bad, did not see the response. thanks...

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 6:00 PM

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is there any way to make the variable of an EventHandler local and remove it from another script?

copper raven May 15, 2021, 6:00 PM

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🤔

little raptor May 15, 2021, 6:01 PM

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ornate marsh is there any way to make the variable of an EventHandler local and remove it fro...

wat?

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 6:02 PM

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wave5Icon = addMissionEventHandler ["draw3d", 
{
    _k = 12 / (player distance pos);
    drawIcon3D 
    [
        "\a3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\waypoint_ca.paa", 
        [0,0.9,0.2,1], 
        wave5Marker,
        1 * _k, 
        1 * _k, 
        0, 
        "Opens on wave 5", 
        0, 
        0.04 * _k, 
        "RobotoCondensed",
        "center", 
        false, 
        0.005 * _k,  
        -0.05 * _k
    ]; 
}];```
So this is being exec'd from the initplayerlocal.sqf, and I'm wanting to remove the eventHandler from another script. To reduce the amount of global variables, is there a way to pass the name to a different script

little raptor May 15, 2021, 6:04 PM

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ornate marsh ```sqf wave5Icon = addMissionEventHandler ["draw3d", { _k = 12 / (player di...

do you mean wave5Icon?

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and I'm not even sure why you'd want to remove that?

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if you want to remove it and add another code to show another icon, just create a "dynamic" drawIcon3D

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:13 PM

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How I can setPos in world coordinate frame rather than AGL

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I'm trying to set an altitude for spawning on the USS Wasp

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And setPos seems to sometimes spawn on Wasp, and sometimes spawn under it in the water

fair drum May 15, 2021, 6:14 PM

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use setPosATL and getPosATL

little raptor May 15, 2021, 6:15 PM

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or ASL 👀

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:15 PM

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ASL is constant in Arma right? No bs like "changing with the waves"?

fair drum May 15, 2021, 6:15 PM

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ASLW is with waves

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:16 PM

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Can't figure out why setPos seems to vary by +/- 0.5m

fair drum May 15, 2021, 6:16 PM

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but idk if ASL changes with environment. so that's why I use ATL. its always gonna be the same

little raptor May 15, 2021, 6:16 PM

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eager prawn Can't figure out why setPos seems to vary by +/- 0.5m

setPos uses (a weird form of) AGLS
that variation is due to waves

little raptor May 15, 2021, 6:17 PM

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fair drum but idk if ASL changes with environment. so that's why I use ATL. its always gon...

it doesn't

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ASL is even better than ATL

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:18 PM

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alrighty I'll try ASL here in one sec

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seems pretty consistent now! Thanks

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The trigger I'm putting this into is giving me a "generic error in expression", but it's a pretty simple script. Anyone see any flaws with it?

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player setPosASL [12440.6,20571.9,7.69761];
sleep 0.5;
player allowDamage true;```

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 6:27 PM

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little raptor do you mean `wave5Icon`?

yes, meaning the variable name. I'm wanting to remove the marker entirely from a different script

fair drum May 15, 2021, 6:28 PM

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eager prawn ```player allowDamage false; player setPosASL [12440.6,20571.9,7.69761]; sleep 0...

Spawn it.

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You need scheduled

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:28 PM

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why? It's just a trigger exec

fair drum May 15, 2021, 6:28 PM

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Triggers are unscheduled environment

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You can only sleep in scheduled

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:29 PM

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I can use uiSleep then?

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Even with uiSleep, it gives the same error

fair drum May 15, 2021, 6:31 PM

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You can't use sleeps, uisleep, waituntils, while loops

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Spawn it

eager prawn May 15, 2021, 6:32 PM

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whelp, that's annoying, but that worked

little raptor May 15, 2021, 6:36 PM

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ornate marsh yes, meaning the variable name. I'm wanting to remove the marker entirely from a...

so just use removeEventHandler.
If your concern is that you have something like wave5Icon, wave6Icon, etc. variable names because you have many other event handlers, that's what you should avoid

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use a single event handler

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do many things in it

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not create many event handlers to do a single thing in each

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 7:20 PM

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pos = player getPos [10, 0] vectorAdd [0,0,2];
wave5Icon = addMissionEventHandler ["draw3d", 
{
    _k = 12 / (player distance pos);
    drawIcon3D 
    [
        "\a3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\waypoint_ca.paa", 
        [0,0.9,0.2,1], 
        wave5Marker,
        1 * _k, 
        1 * _k, 
        0, 
        "Opens on wave 5", 
        0, 
        0.04 * _k, 
        "RobotoCondensed",
        "center", 
        false, 
        0.005 * _k,  
        -0.05 * _k
    ]; 
}];

I'm essentially wanting some icon markers for objects in the world, but they need to be removed and added at different points, so surely creating one eventHandler wouldn't work

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:21 PM

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ornate marsh ```sqf pos = player getPos [10, 0] vectorAdd [0,0,2]; wave5Icon = addMissionEven...

yes it would

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but if they're added in different times I guess removing them isn't a terrible thing

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 7:23 PM

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there's two objects with markers at mission start, and these markers should disappear after a certain amount of time. Then 2 more markers should appear after that. Surely I can't do that on one event handler?

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I'm also getting a Error Type String, expected Number on this, even though it works fine?

_surv = surv1;
_survPrimMag = primaryWeaponMagazine _surv;
_surv addMagazine _survPrimMag;

(part of larger code that is also working fine)

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:26 PM

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ornate marsh there's two objects with markers at mission start, and these markers should disa...

draw_markers = [];
addMissionEventHandler ["draw3d", 
{
  {
    _pos = _x;
    _k = 12 / (player distance _pos);
    drawIcon3D 
    [
        "\a3\ui_f\data\map\mapcontrol\waypoint_ca.paa", 
        [0,0.9,0.2,1], 
        _pos,
        1 * _k, 
        1 * _k, 
        0, 
        "Opens on wave 5", 
        0, 
        0.04 * _k, 
        "RobotoCondensed",
        "center", 
        false, 
        0.005 * _k,  
        -0.05 * _k
    ];
  } forEach draw_markers; 
}];

draw_markers pushBack ASLtoAGL getPosASL player;

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when you want to remove something just delete them from the array
resetting the array also means no icons

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 7:26 PM

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the markers also have different texts as well, so that would cause problems too

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:26 PM

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ornate marsh the markers also have different texts as well, so that would cause problems too

nested arrays

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:28 PM

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ornate marsh I'm also getting a `Error Type String, expected Number` on this, even though it ...

I don't think the error is there

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non of those commands need a "Type Number"

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 7:29 PM

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_surv addMagazine _survPrimMag;
systemChat for>
20:17:13   Error position: <addMagazine _survPrimMag;
systemChat for>
20:17:13   Error Type String, expected Number```

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that's the full log

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:30 PM

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ornate marsh ```20:17:13 Error in expression <ter than 2 " + str _survPrimMag]; _surv addMaga...

the error is from the previous line

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ter than 2 " + str _survPrimMag

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 7:30 PM

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it's not that cause i added them in to check that error and it was happening before and after i added that line

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and the systemChat still appears in game

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:32 PM

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well the error is not what you sent either

little raptor May 15, 2021, 7:32 PM

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ornate marsh I'm also getting a `Error Type String, expected Number` on this, even though it ...

wait I got it

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

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it returns an array of all magazines in primary weapon muzzles

ornate marsh May 15, 2021, 7:51 PM

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https://pastebin.com/BR9aqr9Y so with this script, i'm having issues. The survhand section repeats 5 times and i can't figure

past wagon May 15, 2021, 8:19 PM

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sleep 5;
if ( player !inArea "SpawnMarker" ) then {
    _ifrit = createVehicle ["O_MRAP_02_F", position player, [], 0, "NONE"];
    sleep 120; deleteVehicle _ifrit;
};

why am I getting error: missing ) on line 2?????

copper raven May 15, 2021, 8:24 PM

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because it has syntax errors?

winter rose May 15, 2021, 8:25 PM

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past wagon ```sqf sleep 5; if ( player !inArea "SpawnMarker" ) then { _ifrit = createVe...

player !inArea…

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spanky spank time 👀

past wagon May 15, 2021, 8:33 PM

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bruh

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i thought you could do player !inArea "Area"

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what do I do instead?

queen cargo May 15, 2021, 8:39 PM

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!(...)

past wagon May 15, 2021, 8:51 PM

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ok

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idk i thought it was done like that all along

winter rose May 15, 2021, 8:53 PM

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past wagon idk i thought it was done like that all along

only for unary commands ^^ e.g```sqf
if (!alive player)

queen cargo May 15, 2021, 8:54 PM

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winter rose only for unary commands ^^ e.g```sqf if (!alive player) ```

For that if you not even need the () 🥴

winter rose May 15, 2021, 8:55 PM

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playerIsDead = { hint "lol u ded" };
if not alive player then playerIsDead;

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https://tenor.com/view/hue-huehue-huehuehue-duck-laugh-gif-4916860

Tenor

copper raven May 15, 2021, 8:58 PM

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hehe = {not alive player call {if _this}};
hehe2 = [{hint "ded"}, {hint "alive"}];
call hehe then hehe2;

😂

winter rose May 15, 2021, 8:58 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/shame-regret-panda-ohgod-whathaveidone-gif-4520297

Tenor

what have i done

▶ Play video

past wagon May 15, 2021, 9:16 PM

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winter rose only for unary commands ^^ e.g```sqf if (!alive player) ```

thx

past wagon May 15, 2021, 11:11 PM

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how can I set the orientation of a vehicle that I create using createVehicle?

spark turret May 15, 2021, 11:13 PM

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setDir

past wagon May 15, 2021, 11:17 PM

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ok thanks

pearl temple May 15, 2021, 11:36 PM

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Is it possible to check which unit opens a door?

past wagon May 15, 2021, 11:39 PM

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ifrit1 = "O_MRAP_02_F" createVehicle [23671.2,18317.8,0];
ifrit2 = "O_MRAP_02_F" createVehicle [23672,18309.6,0];
clearItemCargoGlobal ifrit1;
clearItemCargoGlobal ifrit2;

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does anyone have an idea why this isnt actually clearing inventory?

spark turret May 15, 2021, 11:40 PM

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clearItemCargoGlobal does not include backpacks and other crap

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need clearMagazine and other stuff too

past wagon May 15, 2021, 11:40 PM

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ok

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but wait

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it isnt clearing anything

spark turret May 15, 2021, 11:41 PM

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/*
    Author: IR0NSIGHT

    Description:
    Will clear a container with all its inventory

    Parameter(s):
        0 :
            OBJECT - container to clear of vanilla inventory
    Returns:
    none
*/
params [["_crate",objNull,[objNull]]];
if (isNull _crate) exitWith {
    ["target object is nil."] call BIS_fnc_error;
};
clearItemCargoGlobal _crate;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal _crate;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal _crate;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal _crate;
{
    deleteVehicle _x select 1;
} forEach everyContainer _crate;

past wagon May 15, 2021, 11:41 PM

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and i have been told that addItemCargoGlobal works for anything that can be carried on your person, wouldnt it also work for clearItemCargoGlobal?

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ifrit1 = "O_MRAP_02_F" createVehicle [23671.2,18317.8,0];
ifrit2 = "O_MRAP_02_F" createVehicle [23672,18309.6,0];
clearItemCargoGlobal ifrit1; clearItemCargoGlobal ifrit2;
clearWeaponCargoGlobal ifrit1; clearWeaponCargoGlobal ifrit2;
clearBackpackCargoGlobal ifrit1; clearBackpackCargoGlobal ifrit2;
clearMagazineCargoGlobal ifrit1; clearMagazineCargoGlobal ifrit2;

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so could I just do it like this?

spark turret May 15, 2021, 11:43 PM

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yeah or just do it in a foreach loop

past wagon May 15, 2021, 11:43 PM

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since I only have 2 vehicles, ill just do it without a foreach loop

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thanks

spark turret May 15, 2021, 11:43 PM

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np

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you can also take my function, and use that one. clearing cargo is a very often needed thing

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:37 AM

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how can I create a light source?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:38 AM

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past wagon how can I create a light source?

createVehicle

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:38 AM

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ok

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and what would the type be?

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are there classnames for different light sources?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:39 AM

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#lightpoint

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:39 AM

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past wagon are there classnames for different light sources?

no

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at least not that I know of

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:40 AM

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so for the type I put #lightpoint?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:41 AM

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ye

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:43 AM

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lightpointRed = "#lightpoint" createVehicle [0, 0, 0];
lightpointBlue = "#lightpoint" createVehicle [0, 0, 0];
lightpointRed setLightColor [0.5, 0, 0];
lightpointBlue setLightColor [0, 0, 0.5];

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so something like this?

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@little raptor

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ohhh

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:44 AM

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past wagon so something like this?

if you copied it from the wiki then why do you ask?

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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I didnt copy it from wiki

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i just read the syntax

copper raven May 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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spark turret ```sqf /* Author: IR0NSIGHT Description: Will clear a container wit...

deleteVehicle _x select 1; is (deleteVehicle _x) select 1 precedence issue

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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myLight setLightColor [0.5,0,0]; // produces red

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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but the entire line being orange kinda makes me think i did something wrong

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yeah

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but the createVehicle i mean

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is it supposed to be a string?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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yes

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:45 AM

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ok

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:46 AM

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you have to change it to a string

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:46 AM

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thanks

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:47 AM

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@past wagon but I think lights are local 🤔

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:47 AM

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oh

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ok

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:47 AM

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at least light commands are. idk
if you don't care about MP, you can just use that.
But I think createVehicleLocal is the safe way to do it

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:49 AM

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ok

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I just tried putting the code i had into initPlayerLocal and it didnt work

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but now im trying createVehicleLocal

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yeah its still not working

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:52 AM

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past wagon yeah its still not working

are you trying it in day?

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:52 AM

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night

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well evening

fierce solar May 16, 2021, 12:53 AM

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like 2am type light

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eh

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:53 AM

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2am?

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hes trippin

fierce solar May 16, 2021, 12:53 AM

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no not rlly

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:53 AM

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more like 4:30 am

fierce solar May 16, 2021, 12:53 AM

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its dark but not night night

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now its 2am

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:53 AM

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_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal [0, 0, 0];
_light setLightColor [0,0,0];
_light setLightAmbient [1,1,1];
_light setLightIntensity 5000;
_light setLightAttenuation [2*30, 0, 0, 0, 2*30, 2*30];
_light setLightDayLight true;

try this

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:54 AM

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oh

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ok

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that just made the entire room white lmao

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:55 AM

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past wagon that just made the entire room white lmao

yeah it's very bright

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:55 AM

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what should we set the light intensity to?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 12:55 AM

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read the wiki

past wagon May 16, 2021, 12:56 AM

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ok

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can do something like this to run a script:

call "myScript.sqf";

brazen lagoon May 16, 2021, 1:09 AM

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is it possible to make lights point in a direction?

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or would you have to do that by making an addon

fierce solar May 16, 2021, 1:13 AM

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_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicle [23594.7,18209.8,10];
_light setLightAmbient [1,1,1];
_light setLightIntensity 50;
_light setLightAttenuation [2*30, 0, 0, 0, 2*30, 2*30];
_light setLightDayLight true;

while { true } do {
    _light setLightColor [10,0,0];
    sleep 3;
    _light setLightColor [0,0,10];
};

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will this work?

past wagon May 16, 2021, 1:14 AM

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its not working for us atm

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we put it in init.sqf

little raptor May 16, 2021, 1:17 AM

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past wagon its not working for us atm

what's not working?

past wagon May 16, 2021, 1:24 AM

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fierce solar ```sqf _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicle [23594.7,18209.8,10]; _light setLigh...

this

little raptor May 16, 2021, 1:26 AM

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past wagon this

I mean what part of it?

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setLightColor [10,0,0]

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does 10 look like a color to you?

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 1:47 AM

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For some reason the following code results in multiple hold actions being created and visible for all players, with one being created for every player online (including the dedicated server itself). Isn't "BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd" a local effect, meaning that it's only created where the command is run (hence the usage of remoteExec)?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd

//add arm script
[
    bombObject,                                            // Object the action is attached to
    "Start Bomb Countdown",                                        // Title of the action
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",    // Idle icon shown on screen
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",    // Progress icon shown on screen
    "_this distance _target < 3",                        // Condition for the action to be shown
    "_caller distance _target < 3",                        // Condition for the action to progress
    {},    // Code executed when action starts
    { playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\Alarm.wss", bombObject]; },                                                    // Code executed on every progress tick
    { execVM "bombArmed.sqf"; },                // Code executed on completion
    {},                                                    // Code executed on interrupted
    [],                                                    // Arguments passed to the scripts as _this select 3
    4,                                                    // Action duration [s]
    0,                                                    // Priority
    true,                                                // Remove on completion
    false                                                // Show in unconscious state 
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, bombObject];    // MP compatible implementation

little raptor May 16, 2021, 1:54 AM

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foggy hedge For some reason the following code results in multiple hold actions being create...

are you executing it from init/initPlayerLocal?

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 1:55 AM

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this particular one is in init.sqf, I have other similar ones in other files that get execVm'd, cant remember if those broke or not

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Does putting in it init.sqf break something?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 1:55 AM

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then you should already see the problem

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you can put it in initPlayerLocal

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without remoteExec

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 1:56 AM

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true, that makes sense

little raptor May 16, 2021, 1:56 AM

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or you can put it in initServer.sqf
with remoteExec (not recommended)

torpid pike May 16, 2021, 2:02 AM

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does anyone know how to loop a say3d sound from an object? 😮 (referenced from an in-mission description.ext sound file (.ogg format) 😮

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(or any kind of 3D positional audio for that matter)

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 2:08 AM

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little raptor or you can put it in initServer.sqf with remoteExec (not recommended)

thanks for the help, I think I understand it now

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 2:10 AM

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torpid pike does anyone know how to loop a say3d sound from an object? 😮 (referenced from a...

AFAIK a mission-defined sound shouldn't behave much differently than a normal sound in that context so just do a normal thing

Probably this code plus some kind of loop
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playSound3D

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I did something similar a while ago for an "run from the base as it self destructs," try using this but replace the classname with your custom sound (this example plays it from several objects)

//alarm goes brrr, run boi run
while {true} do
{
    { playSound3D ["A3\Sounds_F\sfx\alarm_independent.wss", _x] } forEach [speaker_power, speaker_control, speaker_junction, speaker_tunnel1, speaker_tunnel2, speaker_tunnel3, speaker_exit];
    sleep 10;
};

I think it worked but it's been a while and I don't quite remember that part of the op clearly

torpid pike May 16, 2021, 2:13 AM

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Lemme have a gander and i'll get back to you with it, thank you so much!!! o.o

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 2:14 AM

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no problem, also you'll need to adjust the sleep to match the length of your music or you might get overlapping sounds/awkward silence between repetitions

torpid pike May 16, 2021, 2:15 AM

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perfect, thank you so much! it's only for one sound emitter sadly but i'll have an adjust on this ^^ thank you so much 😄

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 2:16 AM

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could try this for one object, edited it in a cramped discord window so beware of typos

//alarm goes brrr, run boi run
while {true} do
{
    playSound3D ["soundClassname", soundObject];
    sleep 10; //adjust sleep for sound length
};

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fat fingered a double quote, should work now

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 2:20 AM

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Get rid of { before the playSound3D

foggy hedge May 16, 2021, 2:20 AM

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done, dunno how that snuck in, thanks

torpid pike May 16, 2021, 2:28 AM

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o.o thank you! ^^

grave thistle May 16, 2021, 3:33 AM

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A little update, I pinpointed the issue while it seems to be something I can't fix. Everything points towards the issue being with mbg walls (yes, I was talking bout jbad walls yesterday, but close nuff :'D.)

Started with vanilla shoot house walls and blufor riflemen, ended with testing exact same code as the one which causes the crash except this time disabled spawning mbg_cinderwall_5_WoodDoor_InEditors... (The original code had two different mbg wall types, the other one of which doesn't have a door and was included in the code that didn't crash.)

[] spawn {while {shit} do {
  [[0,0,0],100,100,0.7,0.2,true] spawn PK_fnc_create_box;
  sleep 5;
  };
};

^can be left running for a while without any signs of crash, but if I also use the problematic walls, crashes :D. Might as well check the config out while I'd be surprised if I actually found sth :D.

little raptor May 16, 2021, 3:39 AM

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grave thistle A little update, I pinpointed the issue while it seems to be something I can't f...

well why not use a different wall then?

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I doubt it's a config problem

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sounds like a model issue

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or you can try repairing the mod via Steam

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maybe something's broken

grave thistle May 16, 2021, 3:46 AM

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little raptor or you can try repairing the mod via Steam

Could try that.

Otherwise, the idea of the scripts is to create a "building/something not too far from one" of the walls, and the measurements of the model are important. The mod does have a few other walls with doors, tho, and I'll check if those work any better.

Otherwise I'll see if some workaround with spawning units can be figured out. In practice Zeus is also an option, while at that point the whole purpose of script which puts something together quickly is kinda missed.

grave thistle May 16, 2021, 4:01 AM

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grave thistle A little update, I pinpointed the issue while it seems to be something I can't f...

Well, it's pretty late again, will be heading off. This is really puzzling me, tho. Most of the other walls didn't cause issues, altho some of the doors didn't have interaction which they should afaik. As for the ones of the exact same class name, I could construct the conpound a few times aaaand crashes :D.

dreamy kestrel May 16, 2021, 4:52 AM

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hi, need to know the animation name to cause units to sit Indian style?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 4:55 AM

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dreamy kestrel hi, need to know the animation name to cause units to sit Indian style?

Does that even exist? meowsweats
Just check in the animation viewer

dreamy kestrel May 16, 2021, 5:27 AM

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yes... there is an animation viewer?

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I found it, but there is a viewer? that's interesting... "AmovPsitMstpSlowWrflDnon"

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 5:28 AM

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Eden Editor > Tools > Animations Viewer or from Debug Console

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:19 AM

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Is there a way to get objectexture from a simple object like with getObjectTextures ?

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:30 AM

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Simple Object, yes. Super Simple Object, can't

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:36 AM

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It's created via createSimpleObject and CfgVehicles config class name, but i get a empty array if i use it 🤔

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:43 AM

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Which vehicle?

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:44 AM

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a base building object from a mod

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:45 AM

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Then most unlikely it has

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:45 AM

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the non simple object of the same types work like intended

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:45 AM

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getObjectTextures only returns retexturable textures

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:46 AM

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https://gyazo.com/6248b7e053b64ed6a15d9ac717286807

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i know. the object is also retextured on creation from the server and that works

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:46 AM

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🤔 then you're doing something wrong

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What exactly is the code?

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:49 AM

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for debugging i just used getObjectTextures cursorObject in the debug console

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:49 AM

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The createSimpleObject part?

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:50 AM

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_constructionObject = createSimpleObject [(_data select 1), ATLToASL _position];

data select 1 is the classname

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:51 AM

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getObjectTextures _constructionObject?

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:52 AM

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i need the information on the clientside ^^ for non simple objects getObjectTextures was used in a another script i intend to use

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 7:53 AM

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Just to test. Make sure it returns it properly

sharp grotto May 16, 2021, 7:53 AM

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already on it 🙂

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Same on the server side, empty array. Even tho setObjectTextureGlobal was successfully used on the object 🤷‍♂️

turbid tide May 16, 2021, 9:07 AM

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Hello,
Is there a faster way to find out the number of wheels on a vehicle than my code?

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nb=0;
for "i" from 1 to 10 do
{
test=((vehicule modelToWorld (vehicule selectionPosition [format["wheel_1%1_bound",i],"Memory"])) #2)-((vehicule modelToWorld (vehicule selectionPosition [format["wheel_1%1_axis",_i],"Memory"])) #2);
if (test==0) exitwith {nb=2*(_i-1)};
};

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 9:13 AM

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count (configfile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf veh >> "Wheels");```

turbid tide May 16, 2021, 9:18 AM

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I thought we needed a variable wheels = 6; for example in the config file to be able to read this value.

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it actually works

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thanks

signal kite May 16, 2021, 12:18 PM

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Hello! I can't figure out how to get an array of all units that belong to one faction - I'd appreciate your help.

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I mean how to extract the information from the Config

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 12:23 PM

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"getText (_x >> 'faction') == 'BLU_F' and configName _x isKindOf 'CAManBase' and getNumber (_x >> 'scope') == 2" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles") apply {configName _x}```Not tested but should work

stone coral May 16, 2021, 12:29 PM

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Im having issues adding a lightsource to a wreck on fire. It is running in a sqf inside a pbo. Has anyone experience with this ? It works in editor but not on exile server.

willow hound May 16, 2021, 1:00 PM

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Sounds like it could be a locality issue.

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How is that script executed?

stone coral May 16, 2021, 1:05 PM

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@willow hound It is a pbo file that is run on the exile server.

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_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal position _heliCrash; [_light,[0,0,0,1.6]] remoteExec ["setLightAttenuation",0,_light]; [_light,1600] remoteExec ["setLightIntensity",0,_light]; [_light,1.0] remoteExec ["setLightBrightness",0,_light]; [_light,[5, 2.5, 0]] remoteExec ["setLightColor",0,_light]; [_light,[5, 2.5, 0]] remoteExec ["setLightAmbient",0,_light]; [_light,[_heliCrash, [0,0,-1]]] remoteExec ["lightAttachObject",0,_light];

willow hound May 16, 2021, 1:07 PM

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There is no _light object on the other machines, it only exists on the machine that runs this code.

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That's how createVehicleLocal works 🙂

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Throw all this code without the remoteExec statements into a file (or better yet a function) and then remote execute that file / function on every machine.

stone coral May 16, 2021, 1:16 PM

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I also tried with createvehicle command without any luck.

warm hedge May 16, 2021, 1:16 PM

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Because createVehicle can't make #lightpoint. Do createVehicleLocal on remoteExec also

stone coral May 16, 2021, 1:20 PM

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Thx 🙂

willow hound May 16, 2021, 1:22 PM

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_light = ["#lightpoint", position _heliCrash] remoteExec ["createVehicleLocal", 0];
```Is unfortunately not going to work ![meowtrash](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/704672240721199235.webp?size=128 "meowtrash")

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What you need to do is something like this:
fn_heliCrashLight.sqf:

params ["_heliCrash"];
private _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal getPos _heliCrash;
_light setLightAttenuation [...]; //No more remoteExec here
_light setLightIntensity 1600; //No more remoteExec here
... //No more remoteExec here
```And then to create the light (not in `fn_heliCrashLight.sqf`):
```sqf
[_heliCrash] remoteExec ["POR_fnc_heliCrashLight", 0];

spark turret May 16, 2021, 1:36 PM

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or just remote exec a whole block of code

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bad style but alright for one time use

signal kite May 16, 2021, 2:03 PM

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spark turret bad style but alright for one time use

what are the disadvantages that make it bad?

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:07 PM

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You send the whole code over the network and it has to be interpreted at runtime. So its a lot slower than precompiled(come at me bro!) Functiond

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So instead of sending one parameter, you send a whole block of code. Dont recommend for repeat usage

stone coral May 16, 2021, 2:10 PM

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@spark turret How can i do that with this ?

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_light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal position _heliCrash;
[_light,[0,0,0,1.6]] remoteExec ["setLightAttenuation",0,_light];
[_light,1600] remoteExec ["setLightIntensity",0,_light];
[_light,1.0] remoteExec ["setLightBrightness",0,_light];
[_light,[5, 2.5, 0]] remoteExec ["setLightColor",0,_light];
[_light,[5, 2.5, 0]] remoteExec ["setLightAmbient",0,_light];
[_light,[_heliCrash, [0,0,-1]]] remoteExec ["lightAttachObject",0,_light];

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:12 PM

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from docu:

{player setAmmo [primaryWeapon player, 1];} remoteExec ["call", MyGroup]; // Statement 1

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the code which should run local to every player goes into the {} brackets

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gotta set target machines to 2 as well

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or 0 if its a local host MP

willow hound May 16, 2021, 2:14 PM

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Don't forget the _heliCrash parameter 🙂

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:15 PM

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hm right, thats server local. how do you get that into the remote block

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other than making it public

willow hound May 16, 2021, 2:16 PM

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[leftArg, rightArg] remoteExec ["command"];

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(map that to args call code)

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:19 PM

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huh nice, why didnt i think of that

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 ["uwu",{hint _this select 0}] remoteExec ["call", 0];

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should do

stone coral May 16, 2021, 2:21 PM

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I have made a seperate file called fn_heliCrashLight.sqf

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params ["_heliCrash"]; private _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal getPos _heliCrash; _light setLightDayLight true; _light setLightColor [5, 2.5, 0]; _light setLightBrightness 1.0; _light setLightAmbient [5, 2.5, 0]; _light setLightIntensity 1600; _light lightAttachObject [_heliCrash, [0, 0, 0]]; _light setLightAttenuation [0,0,0,1.6];

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:22 PM

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where sqf

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gib sqf

stone coral May 16, 2021, 2:22 PM

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this is part of a script that spawns a wreckage with fire.

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:22 PM

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-```sqf

stone coral May 16, 2021, 2:23 PM

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So where do i place the file ? and where do I put this [_heliCrash] remoteExec ["POR_fnc_heliCrashLight", 0];

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the main script is located in a pbo

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:24 PM

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folder doesnt matter, but you have to give that folder in the description.ext where you declare the function

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ah a mod

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my knowlegde ends here. i have forgotten everything about mods

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 2:34 PM

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[east, "taskno1",  ["First task", "task one"], getPos firsttrigger, "ASSIGNED"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;
//or
[east, "taskno1",  ["First task", "task one"], position firsttrigger, "ASSIGNED"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate;

I'm trying to create a task, with destination exactly on trigger position (since I'm trying to make capture the area task, but both of the methods I tried above doesn't work, task is created but without any destination, whats the actual way of grabbing trigger position?

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:36 PM

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uh tasks mostly dont care about their own position. theres no need to have them be anywhere specific

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also getPos might not work on trigger, let me check

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 2:37 PM

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spark turret uh tasks mostly dont care about their own position. theres no need to have them ...

what

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when I put [x,y,z] in task destination it perfectly works thou

stone coral May 16, 2021, 2:37 PM

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@spark turret It is a mod now run by the server but it could also just be implented in server files.

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 2:38 PM

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drifting portal when I put [x,y,z] in task destination it perfectly works thou

the problem is I'm not finding a way to grab a triggers position

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neither ```sqf
position //or
getPos

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:39 PM

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have you made sure your variable names are correct?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 2:39 PM

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come on man lol

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 2:41 PM

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spark turret have you made sure your variable names are correct?

if its not correct, it would say undefined variable

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but its just asking for object when using getPos

spark turret May 16, 2021, 2:47 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

signal kite May 16, 2021, 3:04 PM

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_grp = createGroup (side player);
_grp createUnit ["B_Soldier_F", (player modelToWorld [200, 0, 0]), [], 0, "NONE"];

_trigger =  createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", (getPos player)];

_grp addWaypoint [getPos _trigger, 10];

works for me

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@drifting portal

torpid pike May 16, 2021, 3:44 PM

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submarineCueFloodSirenAudio = {
    _source = getPos sogFloodSiren;

    if (isNil "AlarmHasGoneOffC") then {
        AlarmHasGoneOffC = true;
        _alarmC = createSoundSource ["SOGSubmarineFloodSiren", _source, [], 0];
        sleep 30;
        deleteVehicle _alarmC;
    };
};

When i delete this, if i go back and recall this? (it's on an addAction) the Alarm sound isn't recreated (using createSoundSource) is there a way to ensure the sound is recreated every time? 😮

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big thanks to @foggy hedge for the assistance last night 🙂

spark turret May 16, 2021, 4:04 PM

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use
if (isNil "AlarmHasGoneOffC" || !AlarmHasGoneOffC) then {
and set AlarmHasGoneOffC to false, then you can call again

torpid pike May 16, 2021, 4:29 PM

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Okay will try!

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 4:44 PM

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signal kite ```sqf _grp = createGroup (side player); _grp createUnit ["B_Soldier_F", (player...

are you sure?

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it never works for me

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lol

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alright

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now it works with another trigger

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this is weird

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even when I changed the trigger name

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it still doesn't grab it

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is this possibly a bug of some kind? lol

spark turret May 16, 2021, 5:00 PM

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Unlikely

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:00 PM

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spark turret Unlikely

its working on only one trigger thou

signal kite May 16, 2021, 5:04 PM

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drifting portal its working on only one trigger thou

_grp = createGroup (side player); 
_grp createUnit ["B_Soldier_F", (player modelToWorld [200, 0, 0]), [], 0, "NONE"]; 
_trigger1 =  createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", (getPos player)]; 
_trigger2 =  createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", (player modelToWorld [200, 0, 0])]; 
_grp addWaypoint [getPos _trigger1, 10];
_grp addWaypoint [getPos _trigger2, 10];

Also works with 2 Triggers

little raptor May 16, 2021, 5:05 PM

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@signal kite @drifting portal why do you use a trigger?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:05 PM

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signal kite ```sqf _grp = createGroup (side player); _grp createUnit ["B_Soldier_F", (playe...

I don't want to create trigger

little raptor May 16, 2021, 5:05 PM

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waypoints have completion statements

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:06 PM

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little raptor <@!347359944057815051> <@!418151232654409728> why do you use a trigger?

I already have a trigger set to activate when Opfor capture the area

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and because I want the players to know where to go

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I give them a task with the destination of the trigger position

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so they know that they are required to capture the parameter of the task etc

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:07 PM

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drifting portal I don't want to create trigger

since I already have one placed

signal kite May 16, 2021, 5:10 PM

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drifting portal since I already have one placed

did you place it in 3DEN editor?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:10 PM

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yes

signal kite May 16, 2021, 5:13 PM

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so you assign a Variable Name to your trigger and use this to get the position

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:13 PM

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yes

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:14 PM

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drifting portal ```sqf [east, "taskno1", ["First task", "task one"], getPos firsttrigger, "ASSI...

look here is the trigger name

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both won't work

signal kite May 16, 2021, 5:21 PM

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drifting portal look here is the trigger name

your code (getPos) works for me. Proof:
https://clips.twitch.tv/StormyWittyLasagnaDancingBaby-_xvjDE-suE-tEGZ8

fair drum May 16, 2021, 5:24 PM

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gotta stop claiming bug at multiple failures. The game will do exactly what you tell it to. especially on something that has been so tested as the task framework

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 5:52 PM

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fair drum gotta stop claiming bug at multiple failures. The game will do exactly what you ...

do you want a mission sample?

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I would be happy if its not a bug don't get me wrong lol

tribal ether May 16, 2021, 6:04 PM

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drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:08 PM

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signal kite your code (getPos) works for me. Proof: https://clips.twitch.tv/StormyWittyLasag...

I will upload mine, just wait for my slow upload speed

past wagon May 16, 2021, 6:10 PM

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sleep 5;
if !( player inArea "SpawnMarker" ) then {
    _ifrit = createVehicle ["O_MRAP_02_F", position player, [], 0, "NONE"];
    sleep 120; deleteVehicle _ifrit;
};

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I am getting Error: missing ) on line 2

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:12 PM

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past wagon I am getting Error: missing ) on line 2

did you try putting ! inside the brackets?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:12 PM

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doesn't make any difference

past wagon May 16, 2021, 6:14 PM

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I did

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And I was told that was the reason it wasn’t working

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:15 PM

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past wagon And I was told that was the reason it wasn’t working

there is nothing wrong with that code

past wagon May 16, 2021, 6:15 PM

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Ok

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:15 PM

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you've probably placed an invisible character or something

past wagon May 16, 2021, 6:18 PM

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Idk

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:18 PM

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past wagon Idk

try copying your own code again

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from here:
#arma3_scripting message

past wagon May 16, 2021, 6:18 PM

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Ok

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:22 PM

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past wagon ```sqf sleep 5; if !( player inArea "SpawnMarker" ) then { _ifrit = createVe...

I tried your code

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it works

past wagon May 16, 2021, 6:22 PM

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Ok thanks

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I can’t test it atm but I will

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:35 PM

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signal kite your code (getPos) works for me. Proof: https://clips.twitch.tv/StormyWittyLasag...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kLVk5UjII

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:41 PM

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drifting portal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kLVk5UjII

where did you create the trigger?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:41 PM

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little raptor where did you create the trigger?

its the one in the start of the video

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:41 PM

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and where are you executing that code?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:42 PM

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little raptor and where are you executing that code?

sqf

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tried debug and same results

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:42 PM

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drifting portal sqf

wat?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:42 PM

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little raptor wat?

file.sqf

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:42 PM

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where means something like init, etc.

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:42 PM

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execVM "tasks.sqf";

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:43 PM

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where do you execute it from?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:43 PM

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a trigger

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and the trigger works, since the task is created, but the destination is not set

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tried creating it from debug menu, same result no destination

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tried it with 5 triggers as the destination of the task, same result

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but when I tried it with another trigger (to set destination on that trigger's position) outside these 5 triggers I already tested, it worked and thats why I'm confused

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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drifting portal and the trigger works, since the task is created, but the destination is not set

your firsttrigger doesn't exist

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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what

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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what I said

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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it does

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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it doesn't

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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hmm why

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:47 PM

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that's why the command doesn't give you anything

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:48 PM

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drifting portal hmm why

maybe you're using the wrong name, or the trigger is in another layer, etc.

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:48 PM

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drifting portal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kLVk5UjII

if you have watched the video, I tried getPos of the trigger shown in the video, but it doesn't return anything

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and tried a second trigger, same thing

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but when I tried the third trigger it worked

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and in the video you can see the first trigger is placed, it exists

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:49 PM

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drifting portal and tried a second trigger, same thing

the first two triggers don't exist

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check the names again

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:49 PM

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little raptor the first two triggers don't exist

but I tried running other commands on them and they work fine?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:49 PM

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little raptor check the names again

in video I copy pasted the name lol

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:50 PM

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drifting portal but I tried running other commands on them and they work fine?

what happens when you just paste their names and press exec?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:51 PM

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little raptor what happens when you just paste their names and press exec?

task is created

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no destination for the task

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:52 PM

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wat?

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:52 PM

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yes

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:52 PM

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paste their names

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JUST their names

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no command

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:52 PM

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oh ok

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:54 PM

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just put firsttrigger etc. in debug console

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and press execute

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:54 PM

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yes

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nothing

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no output

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:54 PM

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so it doesn't exist

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:55 PM

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wait

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{ 
_x enableAI "all"; 
}forEach units independent inAreaArray firsttrigger;

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then why does this work?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:56 PM

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check your triggers again
make sure their names are valid and the codes are correct

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:56 PM

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drifting portal then why does this work?

it shouldn't because it's wrong

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:56 PM

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but it does

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lol

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:56 PM

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because this is what executes:

{ 
_x enableAI "all"; 
}forEach units independent

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@drifting portal now try this:

{ 
_x enableAI "all"; 
}forEach (units independent inAreaArray firsttrigger);

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and it won't work

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 6:59 PM

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little raptor and it won't work

yep

little raptor May 16, 2021, 6:59 PM

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it wasn't a question

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM

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yes It doesn't work

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM

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like I said, your triggers don't exist

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM

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but is it possible that its placed in eden and doesn't exist?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM

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yes

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:00 PM

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why?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:01 PM

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incorrect name, incorrect code, etc.

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or maybe it's in another layer

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:01 PM

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another layer?

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which means?

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:02 PM

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drifting portal another layer?

eden has multiple layers

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for mission making

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see the wiki

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:02 PM

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oh

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I didn't create a layer

willow hound May 16, 2021, 7:03 PM

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little raptor for mission making

Yes but only for mission making, they don't impact object creation or variable names.

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:04 PM

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drifting portal I didn't create a layer

then make sure your trigger names are correct, and what you put in them is correct (activation code, etc.)

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:14 PM

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little raptor because this is what executes: ```sqf { _x enableAI "all"; }forEach units inde...

my problem was solved, but I'm curious why does it execute that?

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why is brackets needed in this case

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:14 PM

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precedence

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:15 PM

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drifting portal my problem was solved, but I'm curious why does it execute that?

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

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forEach is binary

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units is Unary

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inAreaArray is binary

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this is what executes:

({} forEach (units bla)) inAreaArray blabla

drifting portal May 16, 2021, 7:16 PM

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thanks

limber stump May 16, 2021, 7:19 PM

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Hi guys, Can I make a system chat that visible only to Zeus?

fair drum May 16, 2021, 7:19 PM

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limber stump Hi guys, Can I make a system chat that visible only to Zeus?

sure

limber stump May 16, 2021, 7:20 PM

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fair drum sure

Do you have the example for it?

fair drum May 16, 2021, 7:20 PM

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remoteExec with allCurators

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give you one in a sec

fair drum May 16, 2021, 7:21 PM

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limber stump Do you have the example for it?

["Look at me!"] remoteExec ["systemChat", allCurators];

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actually, it looks like allCurators returns logic units, not the units assigned. would have to test that theory

limber stump May 16, 2021, 7:24 PM

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So, If I change the "allCurators" into "z1", It will only appear on z1 units, right?

fair drum May 16, 2021, 7:24 PM

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if z1 is an object, it will go on the client that is z1

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so you make a unit, you then make a zeus module. you name the unit "z1" and you give the module ownership to "z1". if you remote to "z1" it will only show on the client that "owns" "z1"

limber stump May 16, 2021, 7:26 PM

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Ahh thanks, got it ^_^

little raptor May 16, 2021, 7:27 PM

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or you can do this:

_allCurators = allPlayers select {synchronizedObjects _x findIf {typeOf _x == "ModuleCurator_F"} != -1}

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works with "dynamic" zeus too

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looks like synchronizedObjects is local meowsweats

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but still you can just remote exec it to all players and check the condition there

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[{
  if (synchronizedObjects player findIf {typeOf _x == "ModuleCurator_F"} != -1) then {systemChat "bla"};
}] remoteExec ["call", 0];

limber stump May 16, 2021, 8:09 PM

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Thanks!

sudden bear May 16, 2021, 8:14 PM

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Hello everyone I would like your help for understand something. How use "Or" condition. On my case I would like to add a bit of randomness to my game, I play with Unit Capture and made two fly path after that I made 2 script.sqf . But on the editor I don't know how to use the "Or" condition something like : [execVM "v1Flying.sqf"] or [execVM "v2Flying.sqf"];

little raptor May 16, 2021, 8:15 PM

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sudden bear Hello everyone I would like your help for understand something. How use "Or" con...

or can only be used with conditions (booleans). what you have there is not a boolean.
this is what you need

execVM selectRandom [ "v1Flying.sqf", "v2Flying.sqf"];

sudden bear May 16, 2021, 8:18 PM

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little raptor `or` can only be used with conditions (booleans). what you have there is not a b...

PERFECT ! Thank you very much

ornate quest May 16, 2021, 9:01 PM

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If i wanted to attach 2 objects together via the eden editor i would just use this attachTo object; in the init field of 1 of the objects right?

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The target object is called object

past wagon May 16, 2021, 9:04 PM

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{ _x setPos [0,0,0]; } forEach west allPlayers;

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would this put all blufor players at the given coords?

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is west allPlayers an array of every blufor player?

fair drum May 16, 2021, 9:08 PM

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past wagon ```sqf { _x setPos [0,0,0]; } forEach west allPlayers; ```

forEach (units west select {isPlayer _x})

past wagon May 16, 2021, 9:12 PM

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is that just exactly the same as what I was invisioning?

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i dont really understand that at all tbh

winter rose May 16, 2021, 9:13 PM

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it seems you try to assemble English sentences with scripting commands; that is not how it works 😉

fair drum May 16, 2021, 9:13 PM

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forEach (allPlayers select {side group _x == west})

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would be your way

past wagon May 16, 2021, 9:13 PM

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ok

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that makes a bit more sense

little raptor May 16, 2021, 9:28 PM

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ornate quest If i wanted to attach 2 objects together via the eden editor i would just use `t...

no
read the wiki page for attachTo

little raptor May 16, 2021, 9:31 PM

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past wagon is that just exactly the same as what I was invisioning?

you can't just assume that commands accept what you want. you have to check the wiki
allPlayers is a nular command. it has no arguments.
units is a unary command. it has 1 argument. which is why you can do units blabla. more importantly, the argument can be a side, which is why units west works

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that's how EVERYTHING in sqf works

winter rose May 16, 2021, 9:33 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/thanos-infinity-war-everything-avengers-gif-14066494

Tenor

cosmic lichen May 16, 2021, 9:41 PM

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The 2nd gif fits better 😄

past wagon May 16, 2021, 10:34 PM

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ok

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so what if I did

{ _x setPos [0,0,0]; } forEach units west;

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@little raptor

little raptor May 16, 2021, 10:40 PM

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past wagon so what if I did ```sqf { _x setPos [0,0,0]; } forEach units west; ```

it works but it's a different thing

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if you only want players:

{
  if (isPlayer _x) then {
    _x setPos [0,0,0];
  }
} forEach units west;

cobalt idol May 16, 2021, 11:27 PM

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Hi guys I'm modifying a script by GOM on the BI forums, his script is a timer and I'm attempting to display the timer on the map via marker text (maybee this is a bad way)

CK_fnc_coloredCountdownHint = {
    _color = "#45f442";//green
    _timeLeft = CK_fnc_countdownEndTime - time;
    if (_timeLeft < 900) then {_color = "#eef441";};//yellow
    if (_timeLeft < 300) then {_color = "#ff0000";};//red
    if (_timeLeft < 0) exitWith {
        //exit and remove eventhandler while politely closing the door
        removeMissionEventhandler ["EachFrame",_thisEventHandler];
        hintSilent parseText format ["<t color='%1'>--- Time is up! ---</t>",_color];
    };
    CK_Timeleft = parseText format ["Time Left:<br/><t color='%1'>--- %2 ---</t>", _color, [(_timeLeft/3600),"HH:MM:SS"] call BIS_fnc_timetostring];
    "CK_Timer_marker" setMarkerText CK_Timeleft;
}; // Curtousey GrumpuOldMan

I get a genereic error in expression for the line

 "CK_Timer_marker" setMarkerText CK_Timeleft;

When I use CK_Timeleft in a

hint format ["Time left is %1", CK_Timeleft];

It outputs the text just fine, I get thet setMartkerText is looking for a string, but i thought thats what BIS_fnc_timetostring is doing...

wicked roostBOT May 16, 2021, 11:28 PM

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How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

little raptor May 16, 2021, 11:33 PM

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cobalt idol Hi guys I'm modifying a script by GOM on the BI forums, his script is a timer an...

sqf goes alongside the three ` (and no spaces)
```sqf
(next line) code
```

fair drum May 16, 2021, 11:42 PM

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cobalt idol Hi guys I'm modifying a script by GOM on the BI forums, his script is a timer an...

can you verify that "CK_Timer_marker" exists?

dreamy kestrel May 16, 2021, 11:44 PM

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Huh, so this is an interesting way to set or unset a variable, _obj setVariable ['test_myvar', if (_condition) then { _value; }, true]

cobalt idol May 16, 2021, 11:44 PM

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fair drum can you verify that "CK_Timer_marker" exists?

yes it exists
I can send commands to change its name

fair drum May 16, 2021, 11:50 PM

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cobalt idol yes it exists I can send commands to change its name

i get this as a return Time Left:--- 13:37:08 --- which is not a string

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and ck_timeleft isequaltype "" is false

cobalt idol May 16, 2021, 11:52 PM

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fair drum and `ck_timeleft isequaltype ""` is false

Excellent I didnt know there was such an easy way to compare types

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I was just smooth braining that BIS_fnc_timetostring was converting the whole thing into a string

little raptor May 16, 2021, 11:56 PM

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@winter rose can you add this to the syntax highlighting note plz?

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cobalt idol May 17, 2021, 12:17 AM

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fair drum i get this as a return `Time Left:--- 13:37:08 ---` which is not a string

thank you @fair drum
_var = typeName ck_timeleft;
hint format ["we got %1 ", _var];
returned TEXT which =/= STRING

fair drum May 17, 2021, 12:17 AM

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cobalt idol thank you <@!177167602768936960> _var = typeName ck_timeleft; hint format ["we ...

its probably the parseText which creates structured text

cobalt idol May 17, 2021, 12:19 AM

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fair drum its probably the parseText which creates structured text

yup that was it thanks!

past wagon May 17, 2021, 1:24 AM

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{ if (isPlayer _x) then { _x setUnitLoadout redLoadout; _x setDamage 0; } } forEach units east;

am I missing a ; after the if then statement?

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or does it not need one?

past wagon May 17, 2021, 1:25 AM

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little raptor if you only want players: ```sqf { if (isPlayer _x) then { _x setPos [0,0,...

are you missing a ; on line 3 or no?

crude vigil May 17, 2021, 1:29 AM

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You dont need ; for last line inside codes -> forEach's code has only one line so you dont need there.

past wagon May 17, 2021, 2:10 AM

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ok sweet

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yeah makes sense

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since you wouldnt need a ; here:

hint "hello";
sleep 5;
hint "hello again"
``` because its the last line of code

little raptor May 17, 2021, 2:37 AM

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past wagon since you wouldnt need a `;` here: ```sqf hint "hello"; sleep 5; hint "hello aga...

because no more commands follow. ; is a separator:

hint "hello"; sleep 5; hint "hello again";

you can even put next line between command arguments:

player //line 1
setDamage //line 2
1; //line 3

fierce solar May 17, 2021, 3:17 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/788269171217530890/843688644673536030/unknown.png

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What does this mean?

little raptor May 17, 2021, 3:18 AM

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fierce solar What does this mean?

: is only used in switch case statements

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switch (_number) do {
  case (1) : {
  };
};

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you probably meant ;

fierce solar May 17, 2021, 3:19 AM

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yup missed it lol thanks

past wagon May 17, 2021, 3:19 AM

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yeah he forgot a ; meowfacepalm

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what a rookie mistake

fierce solar May 17, 2021, 3:19 AM

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its your code

past wagon May 17, 2021, 3:20 AM

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oh yeah

fierce solar May 17, 2021, 4:05 AM

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redLoadout = getUnitLoadout vegetableRed;
blueLoadout = getUnitLoadout vegetableBlue;

this code is in initServer.sqf. the variables vegetableRed and vegetableBlue are units we placed and disabled all of their simulation. They are appearing properly in-game but whenever we try setting the players loadout using the code below, in onPlayerRespawn.sqf, it sets the blufor player's loadout correctly but not the opfor player's. Can anyone see why it's not working?

if ( side player == blufor ) then {
    player setUnitLoadout blueLoadout; 
} else {
    player setUnitLoadout redLoadout; 
};

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:08 AM

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fierce solar ```sqf redLoadout = getUnitLoadout vegetableRed; blueLoadout = getUnitLoadout ve...

this code is in initServer.sqf.
those global variables only exist on the server

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other players don't see it

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:09 AM

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ok

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but then why is it actually working for the blufor player?

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:09 AM

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past wagon but then why is it actually working for the blufor player?

is he the server?

fierce solar May 17, 2021, 4:09 AM

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yup

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:09 AM

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oh

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lmao

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yeah

fierce solar May 17, 2021, 4:10 AM

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🤦‍♂️

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:10 AM

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so how can we make onPlayerRespawn.sqf recognize that variable?

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:10 AM

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past wagon so how can we make `onPlayerRespawn.sqf` recognize that variable?

broadcast it

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:10 AM

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oh

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couldnt we just initialize it in onPlayerRespawn.sqf as well?

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:11 AM

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but if your "vegetables" are still alive why not just use them?

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:11 AM

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huh?

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oh

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you mean assume the role of a new character?

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thats not how our mission is set up

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:11 AM

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past wagon you mean assume the role of a new character?

redLoadout = getUnitLoadout vegetableRed;
blueLoadout = getUnitLoadout vegetableBlue;

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those vegetables meowsweats

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:12 AM

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ok wait

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if ( side player == blufor ) then {
  setUnitLoadout getUnitLoadout vegetableBlue;
} else {
  setUnitLoadout getUnitLoadout vegetableRed;
};

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like that?

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:13 AM

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past wagon ```sqf if ( side player == blufor ) then { setUnitLoadout getUnitLoadout veget...

yeah

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:14 AM

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sweet

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thanks

little raptor May 17, 2021, 4:14 AM

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past wagon sweet

missing player tho

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setUnitLoadout getUnitLoadout vegetableBlue;
who?

past wagon May 17, 2021, 4:15 AM

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oh yeah lol

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thanks

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 9:49 AM

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Where do I put event handlers what I want to happen for every unit I put down in Zeus during a mission?

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In what .sqf or so on?

signal kite May 17, 2021, 9:56 AM

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frosty cairn Where do I put event handlers what I want to happen for every unit I put down in...

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#CuratorObjectPlaced does this help?

spark turret May 17, 2021, 10:07 AM

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frosty cairn Where do I put event handlers what I want to happen for every unit I put down in...

Check out the cba extended eventhandlers. They offer one for every unit, editor and/or zeus too

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:09 AM

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signal kite https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#CuratorObjectPlaced d...

Yeah, that's the exact one Im looking for.

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The issue I have is that where do I put the code?

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Do I put it in a description.ext or init.sqf or....?

spark turret May 17, 2021, 10:13 AM

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Since eventhandlers need to be local to the machine its run on, i would use init.sqf

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:14 AM

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Right.

spark turret May 17, 2021, 10:14 AM

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There are others like initServer.sqf or initPlayerLocal for other stuff

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:18 AM

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Also, in this case, which one is correct? Is it:
_unitsEast = units opfor; _unitsEast addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectPlaced", { this addHeadgear "headgear classname"; }];
OR
addEventHandler ["CuratorObjectPlaced", { _unitsEast = units opfor; _unitsEast addHeadgear "headgear classname"; }];
Im trying to trying to have a unit spawn with a certain headgear in Zeus, but I want the only effected units to be OPFOR
(P.S Im quite new to coding, so be merciful 😅 )

still forum May 17, 2021, 10:22 AM

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torpid pike does anyone know how to loop a say3d sound from an object? 😮 (referenced from a...

say3D returns the sound source, you could add Deleted eventhandler to it, to restart the sound once the old soundsource is done and deleted itself

still forum May 17, 2021, 10:23 AM

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little raptor <@!137855151120711680> can you add this to the syntax highlighting note plz?

And to the bot too?

rancid mulch May 17, 2021, 10:25 AM

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frosty cairn Also, in this case, which one is correct? Is it: `_unitsEast = units opfor; _un...

eventhandler on the ~~person being~~ zeus module/object. ~~So player addEventHandler...~~ see quicksilvers code
For the inner code see the documentation: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#CuratorObjectPlaced
use params ["_curator", "_entity"]; Now you have the created unit and you can check the side, ```side _entity isEqualTo EAST```` and apply the headgear accordingly.

pulsar bluff May 17, 2021, 10:26 AM

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@rancid mulch those EHs get attached to the module

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not the operator

rancid mulch May 17, 2021, 10:28 AM

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pulsar bluff <@!464148479749652500> those EHs get attached to the module

yeah sorry. linking the wiki with that note and still telling it wrong. meowsweats

pulsar bluff May 17, 2021, 10:28 AM

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0 spawn {
    waitUntil {
        !isNull (getAssignedcuratorLogic player)
    };
    (getAssignedCuratorLogic player) addEventHandler [
        'CuratorObjectPlaced',
        {
            params ['_logic','_object'];
            
        }
    ];
};```

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:30 AM

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In params ["_curator", "_entity"];, do I have to define what "_entity" and "_curator" is in their place (so replace _curator and _entity with what I define them as), or does
curator: Object entity: Object
already mean that it's been defined?

rancid mulch May 17, 2021, 10:33 AM

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it's gonna be defined. you can also change the naming. but the second one is gonna be the spawned unit (_entity or in quicksilvers code example _object)

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:33 AM

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ah, okay, copy.

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0 spawn { waitUntil { !isNull (getAssignedcuratorLogic player) }; (getAssignedCuratorLogic player) addEventHandler [ 'CuratorObjectPlaced', { params ['_logic','_object']; _object = units opfor; _object addHeadgear "classname bla bla"; } ]; };
So like this?

rancid mulch May 17, 2021, 10:37 AM

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no. why the _object = units opfor; What do you think that does?

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:37 AM

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Ah, I think I see the issue.

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By typing "_object = units opfor;" I make all the units that I place OPFOR?

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:39 AM

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units returns an array of objects

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by doing units opfor you get all units that are opfor

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:39 AM

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Right.

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:40 AM

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for your script that's not needed, as you only need the object that is placed, right?

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so leave that out, because _object is already the object that is placed by the zeus

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:40 AM

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patent lava for your script that's not needed, as you only need the object that is placed, r...

I need it to apply to any unit that's OPFOR.

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So that's why.

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:40 AM

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in that case you need to check if it's opfor

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

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Isn't that what units does?

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

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because the eventhandler gets triggered when any object is placed

rancid mulch May 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

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frosty cairn Isn't that what *units* does?

if(side _object isEqualTo EAST) then {...};

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

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no because as said, it returns an array of objects in opfor, so it returs all opfor

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:42 AM

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patent lava no because as said, it returns an array of objects in opfor, so it returs *all* ...

Ah, I see now.

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:42 AM

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if your eh gets triggered it keeps requesting all opfor units

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what mcdodelijk just typed is what you need

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:42 AM

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It will return all of the OPFOR units in the scenario.

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:42 AM

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yes

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:42 AM

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Right, I see it now.

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:43 AM

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rancid mulch ```if(side _object isEqualTo EAST) then {...};```

Deeply apprieciated.

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:44 AM

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i suggest reading the documentation when you get unexpected behaviour

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even when the function itself is inconsistent it sometimes has discussions on the same documentation page on how to use it

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:45 AM

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Right, will keep that in mind.

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Do you know of how I could possibly add the headgear i want to add in an array that the command picks from randomly?

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since addHeadgear doesn't work for arrays

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:47 AM

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selectRandom > https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectRandom

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:48 AM

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ah, yeah, okay

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:48 AM

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it replaces the regular select or #

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sort of

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not really, anyways that's the one you need

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:50 AM

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so
_randomheadgear = ["classname bla bla", "classname bla bla"]; _object addHeagear _randomheadgear; ?

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:50 AM

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you forgot the selectRandom

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:50 AM

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ah

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yeah i see

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:50 AM

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_randomheadgear = selectRandom ["classname bla bla", "classname bla bla"];
_object addHeadgear _randomheadgear;

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:52 AM

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only thing is that addHeadgear STRING

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is that an issue or...?

patent lava May 17, 2021, 10:52 AM

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no, selectRandom selects a random item from the given array

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in your case, each item is of type string

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:52 AM

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ah, okay, copy.

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deepest thanks @patent lava @rancid mulch

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also, how do i add the syntax highlighting to my code in discord?

rancid mulch May 17, 2021, 10:56 AM

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put sqf behind the opening 3x`

winter rose May 17, 2021, 10:56 AM

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!code

wicked roostBOT May 17, 2021, 10:56 AM

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How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

winter rose May 17, 2021, 10:56 AM

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@frosty cairn↑

spark turret May 17, 2021, 10:57 AM

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!code

wicked roostBOT May 17, 2021, 10:57 AM

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How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

spark turret May 17, 2021, 10:57 AM

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!when_arma_4_?

frosty cairn May 17, 2021, 10:58 AM

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winter rose <@!373558252300009472>↑

cheers dude

winter rose May 17, 2021, 11:01 AM

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spark turret !when_arma_4_?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_4

spark turret May 17, 2021, 11:02 AM

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lol you even made an entry for it

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bUt i SaW tHaT yOuTuBe gUy ClaIm aRmA 4 dRoPs soOn

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maybe i should starting making arma 4 clickbait videos as well

winter rose May 17, 2021, 11:10 AM

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it's the new trend apparently

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"hurr durr we are disappointed with patch 2.00 you did not announce Arma 4!!1!"

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…you overhyped yourselves guys, drop it

spark turret May 17, 2021, 11:15 AM

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btw, you know by chance where a list of wounds on a guy is saved by ace?

winter rose May 17, 2021, 11:16 AM

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their Slack / wiki most likely

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not official :p

spark turret May 17, 2021, 11:17 AM

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ah i meant ingame

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add wound, where save?

winter rose May 17, 2021, 11:17 AM

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maybe setVariable'd, and most likely documented on their wiki

spark turret May 17, 2021, 11:18 AM

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alright, ill snoop some more

rugged tangle May 17, 2021, 11:47 AM

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How can I accurately determine the side of a Zeus remotecontrolled unit? I've got a fired EH on the AI unit, but the EH then reports the player and not the AI doing the shooting.

spark turret May 17, 2021, 11:48 AM

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~~ then your EH is faulty ~~ 😄

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ah nevermind, didnt see the "remotecontroller"

rugged tangle May 17, 2021, 11:48 AM

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Yup it works otherwise 😄

fair drum May 17, 2021, 11:49 AM

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which EH are you doing?

rugged tangle May 17, 2021, 11:49 AM

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FiredMan

fair drum May 17, 2021, 11:51 AM

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try fired, firedman _unit is the instigator or the controller

rugged tangle May 17, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Ah thanks, that works. Now if only this one worked for vehicles too

fair drum May 17, 2021, 11:55 AM

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could do a check for _gunner existing

stoic cloud May 17, 2021, 12:48 PM

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Does anyone have a script to allow vehicles more torque for traveling uphill? The new DLC is so mountainous. Jeeps and other vehicles crawl to 4-10 kmh on most parts of the map for several hundred meters at a time. Almost unplayable

fair drum May 17, 2021, 12:59 PM

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not off hand. I'm sure you can write one that detects the angle of a vehicle then add velocity to the vehicle

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so, CfgMagazines "B_BlankRound" only exists if you load the DLC at game start I guess. unfortunate.

graceful pewter May 17, 2021, 1:05 PM

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Anyone aware of a way I can add a working rescue winch to a helicopter (not a sling load - a winch that goes up and down, like you would use to pull someone out of the water)?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 1:06 PM

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graceful pewter Anyone aware of a way I can add a working rescue winch to a helicopter (not a sl...

have you searched for a mod for it yet? seems like someone would have done that in 8 years

graceful pewter May 17, 2021, 1:07 PM

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fair drum have you searched for a mod for it yet? seems like someone would have done that ...

yeah, and I haven't found anything

fair drum May 17, 2021, 1:08 PM

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graceful pewter yeah, and I haven't found anything

well you have these commands to play with:

ropeAttachedObjects
ropeAttachedTo
ropeAttachEnabled
ropeAttachTo
ropeCreate
ropeCut
ropeDestroy
ropeDetach
ropeEndPosition
ropeLength
ropes
ropeSegments
ropeUnwind
ropeUnwound

graceful pewter May 17, 2021, 1:12 PM

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fair drum well you have these commands to play with: ``` ropeAttachedObjects ropeAttachedT...

thanks but I don't think I have the skills to code what I 'm looking for. It would be a rescue basket or hook at the end of a line that can be lowered/raised and then move a player/object into the chopper..... way beyond my skills

fair drum May 17, 2021, 1:13 PM

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graceful pewter thanks but I don't think I have the skills to code what I 'm looking for. It wou...

no better time to start learning =p.

winter rose May 17, 2021, 1:13 PM

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otherwise #creators_recruiting 😉

fair drum May 17, 2021, 1:14 PM

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sort of related/unrelated... I think that in this upcoming age, everyone should learn to code at least a little bit. People that can't will fall behind. (coding is a hobby for me)

spark turret May 17, 2021, 1:15 PM

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falling behind is your hobby?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 1:15 PM

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y u do dis

spark turret May 17, 2021, 1:17 PM

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tee hee

graceful pewter May 17, 2021, 1:29 PM

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fair drum no better time to start learning =p.

Yes, but time and real life......

spark turret May 17, 2021, 1:35 PM

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thats your mistake, real programmers dont have a reallife B)

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only code now

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:11 PM

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I´m trying to spawn a light cone on a marker but it alway spawn to the side instead of on the marker

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"Reflector_Cone_01_wide_orange_F"

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:12 PM

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stone coral I´m trying to spawn a light cone on a marker but it alway spawn to the side inst...

show us the code

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!code

wicked roostBOT May 17, 2021, 2:12 PM

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How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:13 PM

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_spawnPos = player getRelPos [0, 0];           
_heliCrash setDir (random 360);                
_heliCrash = createSimpleObject ["Land_UWreck_MV22_F", _spawnPos];  
_heliCrash setPosATL _spawnPos;  
_heliCrash setVectorUp surfaceNormal position _heliCrash;                                            
_dir = getDir _heliCrash; 
_Crater = createSimpleObject ["CraterLong", ATLToASL _spawnPos]; 
_crater setdir _dir;                                   
_lightveh2 = "Reflector_Cone_01_wide_orange_F" createVehicle (getPos _heliCrash);    
_lightveh2 setDir 180;```

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:14 PM

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stone coral ``` _spawnPos = player getRelPos [0, 0]; _heliCrash setDir (random 36...

look at createVehicle's alternative syntax - "CAN_COLLIDE"

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also, its always better if you are using setDir to create the vehicle at [0,0,0] then setDir THEN move to the spot you want it

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:15 PM

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The idea is to make the crash have fire burning but since it is running exile server and im having a hard time getting remoteexec to work im just trying to give the impression of a fire with the cones ligthing up the place

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:17 PM

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try what I said

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:17 PM

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You wrote setdir 2 times ?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:17 PM

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look at createVehicle's alternative syntax first

winter jewel May 17, 2021, 2:18 PM

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someone has an idea how to check if the yellow chain is shown?

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:18 PM

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@fair drum ill look 🙂 thx. Do you have any experience with exile mod and remoteExec

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:19 PM

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stone coral You wrote setdir 2 times ?

_lightVeh2 = createVehicle ["Reflector_Cone_01_wide_orange_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
_lightVeh2 setDir 180;
_lightVeh2 setPosASL (getPosASL _heliCrash);

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:20 PM

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stone coral <@!177167602768936960> ill look 🙂 thx. Do you have any experience with exile...

no for exile mod, yes with remoteExec

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:26 PM

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@fair drum im just testing in the editor but your code doesnt work. This works but the cone spawns 2 meter in the air 🙂

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_lightveh1 = createVehicle ["Reflector_Cone_01_wide_orange_F", _heliCrash, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:26 PM

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but that is not my code

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oh i see what you mean

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one sec

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:27 PM

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"_heliCrash" is the spawn pos of the crater and crashed plabe.

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plane

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:28 PM

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what data type is _heliCrash

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also, if its an object, is it the crater or the heli?

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:30 PM

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_heliCrash = createSimpleObject ["Land_UWreck_MV22_F", _spawnPos];```

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again this spawnpos is just for use in the editor.

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:34 PM

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stone coral again this spawnpos is just for use in the editor.

using my code, this is the result I get
https://imgur.com/a/IVPl9Py

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because the model center is not the center of the plane

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so you have to account for that in your positioning when you move the crashVector as this is just normal placement

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@stone coral
this is the result of my code + your code.
https://imgur.com/a/UWRKaFR

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:42 PM

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@fair drum That plane wreckage is not the best as it´s center is a bit off as you wrote.

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_spawnPos = player getRelPos [0, 0]; _heliCrash setDir (random 360); _heliCrash = createSimpleObject ["Land_UWreck_MV22_F", _spawnPos]; _heliCrash setPosATL _spawnPos; _heliCrash setVectorUp surfaceNormal position _heliCrash; _dir = getDir _heliCrash; _Crater = createSimpleObject ["CraterLong", ATLToASL _spawnPos]; _crater setdir _dir; _lightveh1 = createVehicle ["Reflector_Cone_01_wide_orange_F", _spawnPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"]; _lightVeh1 setPosASL (getPosASL _spawnPos); _lightveh1 setDir 90;

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This seems to put the cone on the ground and in the middle as intended. It does however gives me a generic error in the editor when spawned

willow hound May 17, 2021, 2:46 PM

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In line 2 you use _heliCrash without having defined it previously.

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:48 PM

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@willow hound Ahh yes i think it has been moved up by mistake. 🙂

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_lightVeh1 setPosASL (getPosASL _spawnPos);

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This line gives the error but maybe i dont need it.

willow hound May 17, 2021, 2:49 PM

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Well you can't get the position of a position.

fair drum May 17, 2021, 2:49 PM

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^

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it was wrote as if you had an object

stone coral May 17, 2021, 2:55 PM

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haha 🙂 But "can collide" fixed it and the cone now centers on the correct spot 🙂 Just need to add more to get the effect

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@fair drum @willow hound Thx for helping 🙂

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it is a mod the is run by server. I originally had some lightsource code _light = "#lightpoint" createVehicleLocal position _heliCrash; but that didnt work with remote exec in exile and I dont know how to make it run in a separete file when its a mod.

fair drum May 17, 2021, 3:12 PM

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stone coral it is a mod the is run by server. I originally had some lightsource code `_ligh...

its always hard taking a full framework and modifying it to suit your needs if you don't know that framework inside and out

stone coral May 17, 2021, 3:16 PM

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Yes im learning but I spent ALOOOOT of time trying to get it to work because ARMA told me it should work.. Exile did not agree though 🙂

fair drum May 17, 2021, 3:17 PM

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stone coral Yes im learning but I spent ALOOOOT of time trying to get it to work because ARM...

this little tidbit I show people who get too invested in a small part of a project https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Introduction_to_Arma_Scripting#Before_anything

stone coral May 17, 2021, 3:23 PM

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🙂 I should have stopped reading the first line 🙂 But Its like im getting obsessed by figuring it out and solving the issue 🙂

stone coral May 17, 2021, 3:43 PM

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@fair drum https://imgur.com/a/iH93xbx

fair drum May 17, 2021, 3:43 PM

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very nice. so you had issues with fire and not smoke effects?

stone coral May 17, 2021, 3:44 PM

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yes the "#lightpoint" to be precise

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

fair drum May 17, 2021, 3:46 PM

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stone coral yes the "#lightpoint" to be precise

yeah so what you would do is create a function in a separate file, define it in cfgFunctions, then you would remoteExec that function to allPlayers

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for the future

wicked fulcrum May 17, 2021, 3:47 PM

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Is the functions like BIN_fnc_empVehicle (From Contact) only available to use in custom scripts if contact is loaded on the server? And thus requires every player to have contact as they have to load it? Or has these functions been integrated into base-game for scripting?

I have tried to use them without contract loaded and I see no errors or effects. So trying to toubleshoot if I am doing something wrong, or it does require the contact actively loaded on the dedicated server?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 3:49 PM

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wicked fulcrum Is the functions like ``BIN_fnc_empVehicle`` (From Contact) only available to us...

probably need contact loaded. I ran into this issue when wanting to use the blank magazines from contact

wicked fulcrum May 17, 2021, 3:51 PM

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hmm. So thus it wouldn't work on players that loaded without contact but isn't using contact gear. Thats too bad.
And not sure if I can load contact active without messing up other mods. But guess I'll have to test it out.

stone coral May 17, 2021, 3:51 PM

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fair drum for the future

Yeah the issue is that its a server mod (pbo file ) and im not sure where to put the fn file and where to execute it from 🙂

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@fair drum _light = ["#lightpoint", position _heliCrash] remoteExec ["createVehicle", 0]; [_light,[0,0,0,1.6]] remoteExec ["setLightAttenuation",0,_light]; [_light,1600] remoteExec ["setLightIntensity",0,_light]; [_light,1.0] remoteExec ["setLightBrightness",0,_light]; [_light,[5, 2.5, 0]] remoteExec ["setLightColor",0,_light]; [_light,[5, 2.5, 0]] remoteExec ["setLightAmbient",0,_light]; [_light,[_heliCrash, [0,0,-1]]] remoteExec ["lightAttachObject",0,_light];

hollow ibex May 17, 2021, 4:46 PM

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Hello is there anyway i can make the spawn happen in air so planes and helis are already flying? Sorry i am still really noobish at sqf but learning as i go

_typeVehX = selectRandom _typesVeh;
    //_pos = [_positionX, distanceSPWN * 3, random 360] call BIS_Fnc_relPos;
    _vehicle=[_posOrigin, 50, _typeVehX, _sideX] call A3A_fnc_spawnVehicle;
    _heli = _vehicle select 0;
    _heliCrew = _vehicle select 1;
    _groupHeli = _vehicle select 2;
    _pilots = _pilots + _heliCrew;
    _groups pushBack _groupHeli;
    _vehiclesX pushBack _heli;

versed gulch May 17, 2021, 4:48 PM

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What is a good debug command that prints to screen (i.e. literally anything better than hint)

fair drum May 17, 2021, 4:55 PM

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versed gulch What is a good debug command that prints to screen (i.e. literally anything bett...

systemChat

fair drum May 17, 2021, 4:56 PM

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hollow ibex Hello is there anyway i can make the spawn happen in air so planes and helis are...

is this your code or are you pulling it from somewhere?

hollow ibex May 17, 2021, 4:57 PM

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this is not mine no its an open source mission but the people who make it dont really help lol understandable tho they are busy on their own stuff

fair drum May 17, 2021, 4:59 PM

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hollow ibex this is not mine no its an open source mission but the people who make it dont r...

still best to go to them. you are going to want to do some vectorAdd stuff to any position in this script to add a "z" value.

hollow ibex May 17, 2021, 5:00 PM

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thats what i thought to and was trying it out but could not find the right spot i guess for it ill keep trying tho thanks for the info it will help point me in the right direction 🙂

wet shadow May 17, 2021, 5:10 PM

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Hey people, I'm having trouble creating a display during the mission intro.

createDisplay, titleRsc, cutText and cutRsc commands do not seem to work. Dialogs on the other hand can be created, but I do not want to use one for unrelated reasons. Is there something obvious that I'm missing or is this a known behaviour of these commands.

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:11 PM

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On a dedicated server, when you place an addaction in an objects init field, how should one handle using the params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; ?? im having problems with locality

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:11 PM

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wet shadow Hey people, I'm having trouble creating a display during the *mission intro*. c...

#arma3_gui

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:12 PM

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dense galleon On a dedicated server, when you place an addaction in an objects init field, ho...

what specifically are you having a problem with. paste the code.

coarse schooner May 17, 2021, 5:15 PM

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!code

wicked roostBOT May 17, 2021, 5:15 PM

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How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

coarse schooner May 17, 2021, 5:15 PM

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john^^

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:15 PM

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this addAction ["My addAction",
  "params ['_target', '_caller', '_actionId', '_arguments']; 
  [[3,'Core\Resources\Images\Market\arifle.paa',_caller], 'Core\Scripts\Market\WeaponStoreCaller.sqf'] remoteExec ['execVM', _caller]; ", [], 3, false];

coarse schooner May 17, 2021, 5:16 PM

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you need squigly brackets for the code pretty sure

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:16 PM

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this works on local hosted server but dedi its not

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:16 PM

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also, don't remote exec execVM or call if you can. make a separate function and remoteExec that

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:19 PM

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coarse schooner you need squigly brackets for the code pretty sure

you can use a STRING for code if you want

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but yes, he should use squiggles

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:20 PM

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yeah i was using the string code format there

coarse schooner May 17, 2021, 5:20 PM

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oh cool. didn't know add action let you do that

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:21 PM

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theres more wrong with it anyways. thats not the only thing

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:22 PM

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do tell please

tough abyss May 17, 2021, 5:23 PM

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Hello, I am making an assassination operation in Arma 3. However I cannot continue because of this weird bug, the line of code is ''!alive Latif Ghafurzai;'' and whenever i press continue it says its missing a semicolon, but as you can see it is not. Can anybody help me out?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:24 PM

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tough abyss Hello, I am making an assassination operation in Arma 3. However I cannot contin...

remove the space or use _ instead

tough abyss May 17, 2021, 5:24 PM

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Okay let me try that.

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Thank you a lot.

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:24 PM

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and do the same thing with the variable name on the unit... Latif_Ghafurzai

tough abyss May 17, 2021, 5:24 PM

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It just worked man thank you.

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:30 PM

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dense galleon do tell please

now I have no idea whats in those .sqf files but I would create it as a function, then remoteExec that function.

// place inside init.sqf

TAG_actionFunction01 = {
    params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_arguments"];

    [3, "Core\Resources\Images\Market\arifle.paa", _caller] execVM "Core\Scripts\Market\WeaponStoreCaller.sqf";
};

// object init box

this addAction [
    "My addAction",
    {
        params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionID", "_arguments"];

        _this remoteExec ["TAG_actionFunction01", _caller];
    },
    nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "true", 5, false, "", ""
];

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:34 PM

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thank you for the info , scripting for use on a dedicated server has been adding some difficulty for sure.

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this addAction ["Go to PVE area", {params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; 
   
  _pos = getPos BunkerAiArea; 
     
  _posAdjusted =_pos getPos [10, 160];  
   
  _caller setPos _posAdjusted;}]; ```  so this is a better example of my main problem  , on dedicated it doesnt seem to define/know who the _caller is

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on local host its fine

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hence my question of locality

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:39 PM

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i feel like i'm not getting the whole picture here. as is, caller is pulled into _caller already as part of addAction. and an object init's box is fired on all clients + server at the time of init

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do you have any additional server checks?

tough abyss May 17, 2021, 5:40 PM

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I have another problem, I added the trigger, task and task state and connected them all. Yet when I kill the target it doesn't show that I killed him, it does not complete the task. The names are all correct on every module, what could be the problem? I will send the script

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:41 PM

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tough abyss I have another problem, I added the trigger, task and task state and connected t...

send me a picture of the connections between triggers/modules etc

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:44 PM

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@fair drum the latest example is just in the init field of a placed object so everyone gets the addaction, and yeah i just need the unit who activated the addaction hence the use of _caller, it should be that simple right? no additional checks just that in the init, thats why im confused as to why it wont work on dedicated

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:47 PM

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dense galleon <@!177167602768936960> the latest example is just in the init field of a placed...

let me see if I can replicate it

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@dense galleon what data is put in BunkerAiArea

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:48 PM

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i think the BunkerAiArea is my problem after all

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it is a bunker that is spawned by the server

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 5:49 PM

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Anyone have any suggestions for a limited arsenal that won't make my server segfault?

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maybe I'll just rip the one from current antistasi

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:49 PM

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dense galleon it is a bunker that is spawned by the server

then you have to make BunkerAiArea a public variable

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clients don't know what that is if its only created on the server

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:50 PM

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oh i see, that makes sense since the code works for a bunker that is placed in the editor

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:51 PM

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dense galleon oh i see, that makes sense since the code works for a bunker that is placed in t...

after its creation do
publicVariable "BunkerAiArea"

dense galleon May 17, 2021, 5:51 PM

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thank you for your help and patience @fair drum i understand much better now

fair drum May 17, 2021, 5:52 PM

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dense galleon thank you for your help and patience <@!177167602768936960> i understand much b...

np dude

dusky pier May 17, 2021, 7:00 PM

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Hello, got problem with freezes when player getting damage.
Checked damageHandle event handler, but there nothing special and it can't be a reason for freeze.
What is the reason for this?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 7:00 PM

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like an actual game freeze? lets see the code you got so far

little raptor May 17, 2021, 7:34 PM

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@winter rose did you notice this?
#arma3_scripting message

winter rose May 17, 2021, 7:34 PM

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little raptor <@!137855151120711680> did you notice this? https://discord.com/channels/1054622...

yes 😬

little raptor May 17, 2021, 7:34 PM

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so what do you think?

winter rose May 17, 2021, 7:35 PM

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meh from me, waiting for others' mind on it

little raptor May 17, 2021, 7:35 PM

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others?

fair drum May 17, 2021, 7:35 PM

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geez let him down easy lol "meh"

little raptor May 17, 2021, 7:35 PM

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I think Dedmen gave it an ok? (indirectly?)

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#arma3_scripting message

winter rose May 17, 2021, 7:36 PM

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he will deal with it then ^^

little raptor May 17, 2021, 7:42 PM

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winter rose he will deal with it then ^^

He doesn't have a PC 🤣

winter rose May 17, 2021, 7:53 PM

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then he won't ¯_(ツ)_/¯

spark turret May 17, 2021, 7:53 PM

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Hes having a new one built

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Can only take ~~days~~ months

fair drum May 17, 2021, 8:08 PM

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good luck finding a graphics card. been without one since august

lofty rain May 17, 2021, 8:22 PM

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Is it possible to set differend respawn times for differend respawn points?

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 8:34 PM

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is there a way to wait until after the 'continue' button is pressed?

tender fossil May 17, 2021, 8:43 PM

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How to detect that aerial vehicle has been locked by another vehicle? NOTE: Arma 2!

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:00 PM

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brazen lagoon is there a way to wait until after the 'continue' button is pressed?

#arma3_gui would know

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:00 PM

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lofty rain Is it possible to set differend respawn times for differend respawn points?

i don't believe so. when you change the respawn time, it seems to work on the NEXT respawn that the player does

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 9:02 PM

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well I want it to run on the server..

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sorry I looked at the names of things and what I want is to run a script after the briefing screen is done

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:03 PM

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brazen lagoon sorry I looked at the names of things and what I want is to run a script after t...

oh... just do a waitUntil {alive player} then execute your script after

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 9:04 PM

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err

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:04 PM

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player gets initialized after the briefing screen iirc

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 9:04 PM

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wouldn't that only work on the client

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:04 PM

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you'd do it in init.sqf or initplayerlocal.sqf

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 9:04 PM

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i guess i could do waitUntil {alive player}; remoteExec

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:04 PM

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no, just use a local script instead. some things are better off letting the client do

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big security things, keep on server. UI and smaller things that won't matter as much, do local

brazen lagoon May 17, 2021, 9:05 PM

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well this is a limited arsenal script

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but yeah I'll try initPlayerLocal for now

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:06 PM

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then make a function, load it into cfgfunctions, then remoteExec it. it will be final compiled for security if you are that worried

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but if your players know jack about scripting, then it doesn't matter

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 9:52 PM

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Hey peeps need some help, whats wrong with this script ConfusedDog ?

if (isServer) then {
[
    _respawnlaptop,                                            
    "Move to Command Vic",                                        
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",    
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",    
    "(_this distance _target < 3) && (speed _commandervic <= 10)",                        
    "(_caller distance _target < 3) && (speed _commandervic <= 10)",                        
    {},                                                    
    {},                                                    
    {_caller setPos(_commandervic getRelPos [5,180])},                
    {},                                    
    [],                                                    
    20,                                                    
    0,                                                    
    false,                                                
    false                                                
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _respawnlaptop];    
};

Error: https://prnt.sc/131vl3n

fair drum May 17, 2021, 9:52 PM

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_commandervic does not exist within this scope

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you have to add that to the arguments array

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@oblique arrow

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 9:57 PM

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fair drum <@!159639570638438401>

So like that? Assuming I dont need to add the params

if (isServer) then {
[
    _respawnlaptop,                                            
    "Move to Command Vic",                                        
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",    
    "\a3\ui_f\data\IGUI\Cfg\holdactions\holdAction_connect_ca.paa",    
    "(_this distance _target < 3) && (speed _commandervic <= 10)",                        
    "(_caller distance _target < 3) && (speed _commandervic <= 10)",                        
    {},                                                    
    {},                                                    
    {_caller setPos(_commandervic getRelPos [5,180])},                
    {},                                    
    [_commandervic],                                                    
    20,                                                    
    0,                                                    
    false,                                                
    false                                                
] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd", 0, _respawnlaptop];    
};

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Sorry been a bit since my last scripting ablobderpy

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 9:57 PM

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still won't work

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your conditions don't know _commanderVic as well

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 9:57 PM

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notlikemeow

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so how do I fix that?

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 9:58 PM

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conditionProgress: String - Condition for the action to progress; if false is returned action progress is paused.
Special arguments passed to the code: _target, _caller, _id, _arguments

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 9:58 PM

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So I need to add it to _arguments?

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 9:58 PM

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_this select 3 select 0 should get you the vehicle passed in the arguments

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 9:58 PM

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ah so replace commandervic with that?

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 9:58 PM

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yes

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ah wait

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it's different depending on the condition

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conditionShow: String - Condition for the action to be shown.
Special arguments passed to the code: _target (action-attached object), _this (caller/executing unit)

Condition start doesn't even seem to take arguments, at least according to the biky

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 10:00 PM

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notlikemeow

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 10:01 PM

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_commanderVeh is the same for all players?

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 10:01 PM

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still getting the 'error type any' error btw

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 10:01 PM

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cosmic lichen _commanderVeh is the same for all players?

its just a vehicle with that variable name so

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 10:03 PM

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missionNamespace setVariable ["PI_CommanderVeh", _commanderVeh, true];
Then you can access it on all clients inside the condition with PI_CommanderVeh

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 10:04 PM

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sip man no wonder I stopped scripting stuff

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 10:04 PM

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Is that a simple teleport ?

oblique arrow May 17, 2021, 10:04 PM

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yeah just a teleport from a laptop to the getrelpos behind the vehicle

cold pebble May 17, 2021, 10:08 PM

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Does anyone know of a nice and reliable way to detect when somebody has started a reload (can use CBA/ACE)? I have been messing around and found that

[
        "loadout",
        {
            private _oldMags = player getVariable ["test_oldMags",[]];
            private _newMags = magazines player;
            if (_oldMags isNotEqualTo _newMags) then {
                player setVariable ["test_oldMags",_newMags];
                if (count _newMags < count _oldMags && {isNull (findDisplay 602)}) then {
                    hint "startedReload";
                };
            };
        }
    ] call CBA_fnc_addPlayerEventHandler;

works but it also fires for false events such as using the arsenal, throwing grenades or using some other scripted loadout system

digital rover May 17, 2021, 10:10 PM

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is there a better way of doing this ugly stuff? 😂 ```sqf
// Visiblity check
private _bbr = 0 boundingBoxReal _target;
private _p1 = _bbr select 0;
private _p2 = _bbr select 1;
private _canHit = false;
// Checks the 8 bounding box points to see if any part of the object is visible. Horrible, right?
for "_i" from 0 to 1 do {
private _posX = [_p1#0, _p2#0]#_i;
for "_j" from 0 to 1 do {
private _posY = [_p1#1, _p2#1]#_j;
for "_k" from 0 to 1 do {
private _posZ = [_p1#2, _p2#2]#_k;
private _pos = AGLtoASL (_target modelToWorld [_posX, _posY, _posZ]);
if !(lineIntersects [_barrelPos, _pos, _unit, _target]) exitWith {_canHit = true}
};
if (_canHit) exitWith {}
};
if (_canHit) exitWith {};
};
if !(_canHit) then {continue};

past wagon May 17, 2021, 10:16 PM

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how would I make a player switch to spectating another player?

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I am looking at the wiki page for camCreate and I cant tell if I just need to set one of the parameters to do it

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or if I need to use another scripting command

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I basically need the spectating player to see exactly what the spectated player sees

fair drum May 17, 2021, 10:23 PM

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digital rover is there a better way of doing this ugly stuff? 😂 ```sqf // Visiblity check pri...

um. what am I even looking at?

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some sort of AI visibility check?

digital rover May 17, 2021, 10:24 PM

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fair drum some sort of AI visibility check?

Yeah. Checks the 8 corner vertices of an object to see if ANY of them are viisble, so it's more reliable for big objects like houses

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 10:42 PM

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@cold pebble https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction

inputAction

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Still can't detect reload via drag&drop in the inventory

wanton compass May 17, 2021, 10:50 PM

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can i use the functiojn CSTRING instead of a xml strring table?

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 10:50 PM

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For what?

wanton compass May 17, 2021, 10:51 PM

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im making an addon for ace medical and i need text to appear on the medical gui

cosmic lichen May 17, 2021, 10:52 PM

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and what do you want with CSTRING and xml now?

wanton compass May 17, 2021, 10:52 PM

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i want to keep everything in the config file and not have to rely on an outside document

fierce solar May 18, 2021, 12:07 AM

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https://discord.com/channels/@me/788269171217530890/844003166948556822

Anyone know why it's saying this?

fair drum May 18, 2021, 12:07 AM

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don't have access to that link

fierce solar May 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

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sorry

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/788269171217530890/844003167091032074/unknown.png

past wagon May 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

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what does it mean?

fair drum May 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

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copy paste the whole init box here

past wagon May 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

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ok

fair drum May 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

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typically nothing means you are missing a bracket or something somewhere

fierce solar May 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

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while { true } do { 
 if ( started == 1 ) then { 
  this addAction ["Spectate","spectate.sqf",nil,6,true,true,"","", 3, false, "", ""]; 
 } else {  
  removeAllActions this; 
};

fair drum May 18, 2021, 12:09 AM

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fierce solar ```sqf while { true } do { if ( started == 1 ) then { this addAction ["Spec...

this isn't allowed in an init box. this requires scheduled environment

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you need to spawn it

past wagon May 18, 2021, 12:09 AM

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wait

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did we also forget a };?

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yeah we did

fair drum May 18, 2021, 12:10 AM

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you also need to add a sleep to that loop

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its going to fire way way WAY too fast

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and probably crash stuff

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also with it being in an init box, its going to create a spawn for every client that joins. that's no bueno either

fierce solar May 18, 2021, 1:11 AM

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while { true } do { 
    sleep 0.25;
    waitUntil { started == 1 };
    sleep 12;
    SpecSign addAction ["Spectate","spectate.sqf",nil,6,true,true,"","", 3, false, "", ""]; 
    waitUntil { started == 0 };
    removeAllActions SpecSign;    
};

Where would I put this if I want it to be accesible for all players?

past wagon May 18, 2021, 1:11 AM

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we want the action to be visible to all players, where should we put it?

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:22 AM

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past wagon we want the action to be visible to all players, where should we put it?

initPlayerLocal.sqf but you need to make sure that started is a public variable so all clients know when it changes

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and you want to have a separate file with this in it, and execVM it from within initPlayerLocal.sqf

past wagon May 18, 2021, 2:26 AM

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yeah

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ok

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thanks @fair drum

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:41 AM

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Hello! I'm looking for a script that will temporarily disable simulation on vehicles. In short, I've built a small base in EDEN where I've cut out some of the trees in a jungle to make room. When I load in the map however, the trees and vehicles load in, causing the vehicles to explode. What I believe is happening is the vehicles are initializing or whatever before the edit terrain modules are removing the trees. A solution I believe would work is to simply disable sim on vehicles for ~30s upon initialization. Any help would be appreciated! If you do respond, please @ me, thanks!

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:42 AM

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unborn drum Hello! I'm looking for a script that will temporarily disable simulation on veh...

give me a center pos [x, y] and a radius and I'll make one

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:43 AM

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13530X 2630Y 40Z

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200m

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:43 AM

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ok wait a few

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:43 AM

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Awesome man. Really appreciate it

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:45 AM

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unborn drum Awesome man. Really appreciate it

your base is 40 meters in the air?

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:46 AM

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40z absolute

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0z relative to terrain

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:46 AM

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ah okay

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:46 AM

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lmao

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:50 AM

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unborn drum lmao

try this

//Init.sqf
if (isServer) then {
    private _vehicleArray = [13530,2630] nearEntities ["AllVehicles", 200];

    _vehicleArray apply {
        _x allowDamage false;
        _x enableSimulationGlobal false;
    };
    
    _vehicleArray spawn {
        sleep 10;
        _this apply {
            _x allowDamage true;
            _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
        };
    };
};

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:50 AM

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You're a saint

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Question, With the XYZ

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Is it possible to enter multiple sets of coordinates?

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Or would I just have to paste a second chunk of script in with new coords

fair drum May 18, 2021, 2:53 AM

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unborn drum Is it possible to enter multiple sets of coordinates?

//init.sqf
if (isServer) then {
    private _vehicleArray = [];
    private _base1 = [13530,2630] nearEntities ["AllVehicles", 200];
    private _base2 = [15302,3050] nearEntities ["AllVehicles", 200];
    //etc etc

    _vehicleArray append _base1;
    _vehicleArray append _base2;
    //etc etc

    _vehicleArray apply {
        _x allowDamage false;
        _x enableSimulationGlobal false;
    };
    
    _vehicleArray spawn {
        sleep 3;
        _this apply {
            _x allowDamage true;
            _x enableSimulationGlobal true;
        };
    };
};

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 2:53 AM

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Awesome man. Genuinely, I can't thank you enough

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It worked flawlessly

little raptor May 18, 2021, 2:59 AM

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@fair drum https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowDamage 👀

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:00 AM

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what about it? hes not going to change locality in 10 seconds in that vehicle

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:01 AM

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how can I check to see if the number that a variable is equal to is even?

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:01 AM

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past wagon how can I check to see if the number that a variable is equal to is even?

muh muh muh modulo

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:01 AM

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fair drum what about it? hes not going to change locality in 10 seconds in that vehicle

you're only executing it on the server

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:01 AM

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fair drum muh muh muh modulo

what lol

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:02 AM

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past wagon what lol

%

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:02 AM

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little raptor you're only executing it on the server

those vehicles are local to the server on mission start since no one has gotten in them yet though?

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its LA and GE... what are you saying I'm missing?

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:03 AM

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Remainder of a divided by b.
4.5 % 3 // Result is 1.5

I am confused lol

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is that not just subtraction?

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is it about how many times b goes in to a?

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:05 AM

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10 % 2 returns 0

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:05 AM

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okokok

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:05 AM

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it gives you the remainder

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:05 AM

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yeah i remember now

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i learnt that in like fifth grade or something

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:05 AM

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10 % 3 returns 1

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:05 AM

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yeah

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and does 10 % 4 return 0?

NEVERMIND

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:06 AM

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so if a number is even, then modulo it by 2 would give you a 0 remainder

past wagon May 18, 2021, 3:06 AM

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ok

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oh

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thanks

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:08 AM

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little raptor <@!177167602768936960> https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowDamage 👀

I'm not entirely sure that would work

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the physics on the vic would still flip the fuck out after being inserted into a tree, no?

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the ol arma shake

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:09 AM

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he's getting that the command only lasts while the vehicle is local. shorten the sleep timer because once a driver gets in it, the vehicle changes locality to the client that is the driver

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:10 AM

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Ah, gotcha

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Yeah

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:10 AM

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it shouldn't matter because when a vehicle is created at mission start, its locality is owned by the server

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:10 AM

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its only needed for the split second as the mission loads

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Gotcha, I misunderstood

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Thought he meant to just use the allowdamage

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:12 AM

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and the reason I added it was just to be safe. if you take a unit, disable simulation then shoot it, when you enable simulation again, it drops dead. just being safe so damage isn't recorded.

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:12 AM

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yeah, nw

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:13 AM

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another problem with that code is that init.sqf is scheduled

dusky pier May 18, 2021, 3:15 AM

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Hi, a lot of people said - do something like:

function = {};
publicVariable "function";

is bad practice, but why? It can be reason of game freezes, and server don't do the same when client downloading mission file?

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:16 AM

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dusky pier Hi, a lot of people said - do something like: ```sqf function = {}; publicVariab...

it's bad because you're broadcasting a relatively large variable

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functions should be processed and defined by the clients

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unless you have a reason not to do that

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:18 AM

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little raptor another problem with that code is that init.sqf is scheduled

concerned its not going to fire when he wants it to? I guess he could just add that code to a random initbox in the editor like a gameLogic or something @unborn drum

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:20 AM

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fair drum concerned its not going to fire when he wants it to? I guess he could just add t...

define it as a postInit function

sacred slate May 18, 2021, 3:20 AM

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how would some one do this, if he knows how?

aozone = [getMarkerPos "ao", 800, 800, 12, 0, 0.5, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;  
newPosr1 = [aozone, 12, 12, 12, 0, 12, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
newPosr2 = [newPosr1, 12, 12, 12, 0, 12, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
newPosr3 = [newPosr2, 12, 12, 12, 0, 12, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
newPosr4 = [newPosr3, 12, 12, 12, 0, 12, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
newPosr5 = [newPosr4, 12, 12, 12, 0, 12, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
newPosr6 = [newPosr5, 12, 12, 12, 0, 12, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:20 AM

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sacred slate how would some one do this, if he knows how? ```sqf aozone = [getMarkerPos "ao",...

wat?

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:20 AM

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huh?

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:20 AM

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little raptor define it as a postInit function

yeah you right. didn't cross my mind

dusky pier May 18, 2021, 3:21 AM

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hm, understand. Thank you @little raptor!

But concerning the server/client - what consequences can there be if I transfer functions in this way (I mean the drop in fps and game freezes on the client) - can this be the cause?

sacred slate May 18, 2021, 3:21 AM

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well i create a random spawn for some objects like a heli, a car, a ammo box, a repair depot, and some more smaller items.

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:21 AM

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unborn drum huh?

how loaded up is your init.sqf? if there is a ton of things, that code may not fire when you want it to. to prevent that, you make that code into a function, then define it in cfgFunctions with a postInit tag

sacred slate May 18, 2021, 3:22 AM

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stuff tend to explode if i "create" at one position

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:23 AM

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dusky pier hm, understand. Thank you <@!360154905148653568>! But concerning the server/cli...

depends how many times you do that.
once at startup is fine.
but again only do that if you have a reason. (the only "good" reason is to prevent people from stealing your code)

fair drum May 18, 2021, 3:23 AM

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and even then, if someone wants to steal your code, they will find a way

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though I've always wondered how sa-matra locks down his PBOs. I wanted to learn how some of his UI works to make my UI's faster/more efficient but I can never open the PBO.

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:25 AM

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sacred slate how would some one do this, if he knows how? ```sqf aozone = [getMarkerPos "ao",...

is there a reason you use so many global variables?

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do you need them later?

sacred slate May 18, 2021, 3:25 AM

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ah no, i forgot about that.

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:25 AM

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fair drum though I've always wondered how sa-matra locks down his PBOs. I wanted to learn ...

Mikero's tools.
It can easily be opened if you know how

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:25 AM

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fair drum how loaded up is your init.sqf? if there is a ton of things, that code may not f...

I don't use init.sqf, lol

sacred slate May 18, 2021, 3:26 AM

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i am quite a beginner in coding https://pastebin.com/WW9pbrSu

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:26 AM

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I'm not building a scripted mission or anything, just putting together a file with respawns and settings and some assets for a zeused campaign

dusky pier May 18, 2021, 3:26 AM

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little raptor depends how many times you do that. once at startup is fine. but again only do t...

yes, wanted to secure it somehow 🙂

i send it once (when server started), but there is a lot of functions, so i think about move them to client files and find the way to secure it somehow else.
if that makes sense

unborn drum May 18, 2021, 3:26 AM

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I've got a bit in my initPlayerLocal.sqf and a small description.ext

little raptor May 18, 2021, 3:29 AM

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sacred slate how would some one do this, if he knows how? ```sqf aozone = [getMarkerPos "ao",...

the way you're doing it is not safe

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you must grab a safe position, create the vehicle, then grab another safe position

sacred slate May 18, 2021, 3:30 AM

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based on the position of the created vehicle