arma3_scripting

[valid abyss]

Is there anyway to make this work without ace?

if (hasInterface) then {

    [] call grad_fortifications_fnc_addVehicleInteractions;
    private _moduleRoot = [] call grad_fortifications_fnc_getModuleRoot;
    private _action = ["grad_fortifications_mainBuildAction", "Fortifications", _moduleRoot + "\data\sandbags.paa", {
        [grad_fortifications_fnc_loadFortDialog,[_this select 0, _this select 1]] call CBA_fnc_execNextFrame
    },{
        params ["","_unit"]; 
        isNull (objectParent _unit) &&
        {count ((_unit getVariable ["grad_fortifications_myFortsHash",[[],0] call CBA_fnc_hashCreate]) select 1) > 0} &&
        {!(_unit getVariable ["grad_fortifications_isPlacing", false])}
    }] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;

    ["CAManBase",1,["ACE_SelfActions","ACE_Equipment"],_action,true] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToClass;
};

[little raptor]

1. syntax highlighting
2. what is that supposed to do?

[valid abyss]

How do i syntax highlight?
It's supposed to open a dialog.

[little raptor]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[valid abyss]

Thank you

[little raptor]

yes

if you want to you can use vanilla actions

or whatever other way you want

[valid abyss]

I'm setting it up so it can use CBA's keybinding.

But I'm not sure how to do it.

[little raptor]

https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/interactionMenu-framework.html#32-fnc_addactiontoclass

see this to know what every element of the _action means:

https://ace3mod.com/wiki/framework/interactionMenu-framework.html#31-fnc_createaction

[valid abyss]

Alright thank you.

I know [grad_fortifications_fnc_loadFortDialog,[_this select 0, _this select 1]] call CBA_fnc_execNextFrame creates the dialog but i don't know what the 2 params are.

[little raptor]

it is already explained on that page

The simplest action is just a condition and statement. The code to these are passed [_target, _player, _actionParams]. _player is ace_player; _target is the object being interacted with; and the 3rd argument is the optional action parameters (default []).

[grim wing]

for "_i" from 0 to random 4 do {
    _type = ["Hen_random_F","Rabbit_F","Goat_random_F","Sheep_random_F"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom; //Animal select array
    _unit = _eastGrp createUnit [_type, _pos, [], 1, "NONE"];
    _unit setVariable ["BIS_fnc_animalBehaviour_disable", true];
    _unit setSpeaker "NoVoice";
    _unit disableAI "FSM";
    _unit disableAI "AIMINGERROR";
    _unit disableAI "SUPPRESSION";
    _unit disableAI "AUTOTARGET";
    _unit disableAI "TARGET";
    _unit setCombatMode "BLUE";
    _unit setBehaviour "CARELESS";
};

Can anyone tell me why that the goats and sheep are invisible for other player but not myself?

[little raptor]

you're not supposed to create animals with createUnit

[grim wing]

what should I use then?

[little raptor]

createAgent

[grim wing]

can I still give them a task?

like [_eastGrp, _pos, 250] call BIS_fnc_taskPatrol;

[little raptor]

you can tell them to move

not sure about tasks

[grim wing]

I tried with createAgent and its not spawning them

[tidal ferry]

Hey, question, anyone know who Larrow is?

Wanted to ask for permission to convert one of his scripts for our modpack, but I'm having trouble finding the original post (and thus licensing) for the script since I received it from a friend for a mission file

[spark sun]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T155860

Some animals are only visible where there are local

[tidal ferry]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l10xioc4crjlb82/override_VA_templates.VR.zip?dl=0 This script specifically

[spark sun]

Also consider this tickets while playing with animals and agent: https://feedback.bistudio.com/T155634

[turbid remnant]

hi guys, see, how can I use the bot that gives me the scripts?

podrían ayudarme, no speak in english

thanks

[turbid remnant]

I need help please

[spark turret]

You cant download scripts here. This is an FAQ channel

[slender beacon]

I need help with my log script, I changed a few lines and now I'm getting a blank error. Can I get help?

[slender beacon]

scratch that

redid

[broken forge]

Anyone know why bis_fnc_kbtell doesn't work in a dedicated server environment? It works in sp, or when I host it myself, but not on a dedicated server

[fluid wolf]

Does anyone know why Isnull throws an unknown variable in expression for the classname of the object I'm trying to determine instead of just returning false???

[late jacinth]

can somone please help? How do I make a vehicle a medical unit? I am spawning B_Heli_Transport_01_F but I want it to be a medivac chopper.....

[warm hedge]

There isn't in vanilla

[late jacinth]

I have some mods, is there a specific for medivac?'

[warm hedge]

Maybe maybe not. IDK

[late jacinth]

so, there is an option in the editor to make a vehicle a medical vehicle. So, that's the code that I need to find if anyone happens to know. thx

[warm hedge]

Is there?

I never think so. Medevac is a medevac vehicle, not something can be converted from others with a script

[tardy oriole]

Anyone happen to know how to retexture a helmet in a mission file?

[brazen lagoon]

dont think you can

helmets aren't objects i think

when does performance become a problem with triggers? can I have ~120 trigger areas on a map and will that be fine for performance?

[trim wagon]

Hey, I'm having trouble with this script inside a larger filestructure, just want to get an idea of what I should be trying or where I should be looking.

On mission launch
"Error Params: Type String, expected Array
File %filepath%\fn_createVirtualDepot.sqf, line 1"

params [
    ["_depot",objNull,[objNull]]
    ,["_classTypes",["All"],[[]]]
    ,["_sideID",-1,[0,""]]
    ,["_repair",true,[false]]
    ,["_rearm",true,[false]]
    ,["_refuel",true,[false]]
    ,["_linkID","",[""]]
];

if (_sideID isEqualType "") then {
    _sideID = ["sideID",_sideID] call MPSF_fnc_getCfgFaction;
};

["initLogic",[_depot,_classTypes,_sideID,[_repair,_rearm,_refuel],_linkID]] spawn { sleep 1; _this call MPSF_fnc_virtualDepot};```

I'm pretty sure params has an array attached to it, unless im overlooking something. Any ideas about what I should check?

[ornate quest]

Anyone know why when i try to systemChat a missionNamespace variable all i get is "Namespace"? The variable is updated every 2 seconds

[fair drum]

lets see the code

[ornate quest]

missionNamespace setVariable ["#EM_Values​", TargetSigsArray]; for the spectrum device. TargetSigsArray is a valid array

Whenever i try to see if EM_Values is being set all i'm getting is "NameSpace"

Had this issue awhile ago when trying to use the spectrum device and couldn't get it working at all

[fair drum]

whats your systemChat line?

[ornate quest]

systemChat str missionNamespace getVariable "#EM_Values";

[fair drum]

this error means you are feeding this whole script a wrong data type for the arguments

[ornate quest]

This is how the spectrum device is supposed to be used according to bohemia https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Spectrum_Device

[fair drum]

systemChat str (missionNamespace getVariable "#EM_Values")

[ornate quest]

getting nothing

[fair drum]

did you start the game with contact loaded?

cause I know if you don't, it can mess things up since they use that new dlc method for contact

[ornate quest]

No but i'll give that a try

[fair drum]

DLC tab, checkmark contact, hit play

[ornate quest]

if that works i'll be really mad NGL

Spent hours debugging code

[fair drum]

lol. i had issues before like this because I wanted to use the blank ammo from contact, but didn't have contact loaded so the magazine didn't exist in CfgMagazines

[twilit scarab]

Is SetMissileTarget new?

Does it work for the VLS cruise missiles?

[trim wagon]

Thanks, i'll do some more scouring

[fair drum]

basically, the error exists where you are calling this script

[trim wagon]

gotcha

[fair drum]

no. you should use reportRemoteTarget

for VLS

[twilit scarab]

Does that work?

Ive been trying to get the VLS to shoot at a target on its own or shoot at something the players is lasing but never been able to

[fair drum]

yes, use reportRemoteTarget for that

[twilit scarab]

How does it work im not much of a scripter

[fair drum]

you use createVehicle to create a "LaserTargetE" or "LaserTargetW" and use attachTo to attach that vehicle to the unit you want tracked. you then use reportRemoteTarget to show that laser target to the team that has the VLS. the VLS should automatically toast it

[twilit scarab]

Damn

Hopefully I can make this work that sounds sick

Is there a way to like "disguise" your squad from the enemy for a certain amount of time

[ornate quest]

contact doesnt work, still can't see anything on the spectrum device & nothing is being put out by systemChat str (missionNamespace getVariable "#EM_Values")

[craggy lagoon]

Using the boat rack on the USS Liberty to launch and recover boats. I create a custom inventory in the boat, but when I launch the boat it is reverted back to default inventory. So it seems that Arma is just deleting the boat on the ship and spawning a new one in the water when launched. Is there a way that I could have it remember my inventory?

[fair drum]

setCaptive

[fair drum]

is the getVariable returning anything in the debug console?

[noble flint]

Can someone guide me to the modding section?

[ornate quest]

nothing

[twilit scarab]

Thank you

[spark turret]

The size of the triggers and the performance cost of the conditon matters

You probably dont need 120 triggers that evaluate on every frame. Write you own ones with slower loops

[proven charm]

why doesnt this code work for zeus cam? curatorCamera camSetPos (getpos (vehicles # 0)); curatorCamera camCommit 0;

it doesnt do anything

[winter rose]

try setPosASL getPosASL directly

[proven charm]

that works

guess I'll just use that then, ty

there's something strange though with my cam script, calling it too many times causes the camera controls to freeze

the script: https://www.sqfbin.com/umikiwitotexiqixaniw

[willow hound]

Define "too many times"

[proven charm]

got it stuck with second execution... sometimes third

[brazen lagoon]

@spark turret right. so something that evaluates every second or so. problem is most of them are gonna be pretty large, since they're gonna be on most civilian areas

[fair drum]

you could possibly place down a bunch of empty detection triggers, then use in triggerArea in an external script that runs on the server machine that adds all the units from each area to a workable array. then you do what you plan to do with one big array instead of individual triggers. should save on some performance.

[spark turret]

then you can also use markers, cutting out the possibility that the trigger still updates his array every frame

[brazen lagoon]

yeah i was considering just making a bunch of markers and then running player in area

might just do that seems simpler overall

[frigid shell]

I heard something about doomsday rounds for a certain shotgun is only available in scripting or something???

[winter rose]

not vanilla

I would assume

[spark turret]

the thing is: its possible that the trigger still checks his area (which is probably performance intensive) every frame, no matter if you use him or not.
so a marker doesnt do that by default, therefor you control when it checks -> control the performance

[winter rose]

a trigger checks every 0.5s by default; you can then change this value by scripting

[spark turret]

ah now thats good news!

@brazen lagoon

[brazen lagoon]

@spark turret yeah I will probably create markers and then run a check every second client side

[winter rose]

or triggers with setTriggerInterval 😊

[spark turret]

didnt know about the trigger interval, thats honestly a gamechanger

especially for fast setup, simple stuff like "player in area play hint"

how does trigger countdown work with different intervalls? still the same?

[winter rose]

I would guess

[fluid wolf]

Am I dumb? I keep getting a CTD because this file cant find this .SQF

Am I missing something in there that should be present?

#include "..\includes\Startingpositions.sqf"

[distant oyster]

depends on the location of the file from where you are including that one

[fluid wolf]

missionfolder\includes\Startingposition.sqf

I've double checked the spelling to make sure I'm not making a spelling error somewhere and its identical as far as I can tell

[distant oyster]

and whats the location of the file from where you are including?

[fluid wolf]

missionfolder base directory

[daring nova]

the path that is trying to find is not in your mission directory

[distant oyster]

then it's #include "includes\Startingpositions.sqf"

[daring nova]

../ moves down one directory

[fluid wolf]

...AH. ok

thaaat would make sense

[winter rose]

up* ^^

[broken forge]

Will this pass the name of my _object param to the other functions? sqf [screen0, ["Start Briefing", "scripts\startSlideShow.sqf", [], -1, false, false, ""]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0]; ```sqf
SOGStartSlideShow = {
params ["_object", "SOGSlideArray"];
slideIndex = 0;
slides = count SOGSlideArray;

_object removeAction SOG1;
_object removeAction SOG2;
_object removeAction SOG3;

SOG1 = _object addAction ["Next Slide", {["_object"] call SOGNextSlide;}, [], 99, false, false, ""];
SOG2 = _object addAction ["Previous Slide", {["_object"] call SOGPreviousSlide;}, [], 98, false, false, ""];
SOG3 = _object addAction ["End", {["_object"] call SOGEndSlideShow;}, [], -99, false, false, ""];

};

[still forum]

no

pass it through addActions args

or grab it from _this in your action code, you have the object in there

[broken forge]

I'm getting this error in the log: [[_object, [0, _slide]], "SOG_setObjectTex> 14:31:45 Error position: <_object, [0, _slide]], "SOG_setObjectTex> 14:31:45 Error Undefined variable in expression: _object 14:31:45 File SOG\SOG_Functions_F\Briefing\scripts\briefing.sqf..., line 28 14:31:45 Error in expression <[_object] call SOGNextSlide;> 14:31:45 Error position: <_object] call SOGNextSlide;> 14:31:45 Error Undefined variable in expression: _object 14:31:57 Error in expression <e = SOGSlideArray select slideIndex;
Which is pointing to my SOGNextSlide Function: ```sqf
SOGNextSlide = {
params ["_object"];
if (slideIndex >= (slides -1)) then {slideIndex = 0};
slideIndex = (slideIndex +1);
_slide = SOGSlideArray select slideIndex;

[[_object, [0, _slide]], "SOG_setObjectTextureGlobal", true, true] call BIS_fnc_mp;

};

@still forum How would I go about grabbing it from _this in my action code?

[still forum]

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

_target is what you want

[cosmic lichen]

Bis_fnc_mp....what year is it?😄

[broken forge]

@cosmic lichen I'm trying to convert an old script that I found on the forums and use it as a function. I was thinking the same thing, lol, I haven't dove into that yet, just trying to get this to work then convert it.

@still forum So my addAction would look like this then? ```sqf
SOG1 = _object addAction ["Next Slide", {["_object"] call SOGNextSlide;}, [_this select 0;], 99, false, false, ""];

[still forum]

There's 3 examples on that page on how to do it

all of them include params

[cosmic lichen]

🤣

;] also syntax error

[broken forge]

I'm not following, this is a bit over my head atm. This is what I've gathered, and it doesn't make any sense to me: ```sqf
SOG1 = _object addAction ["Next Slide", { params ["_object"] call SOGNextSlide;}, [_this select 0], 99, false, false, ""];

[still forum]

I'm not good at explaining things. Better wait for someone to step in who's better at that

[broken forge]

@still forum How would you write that addAction? I'm more a visual learner for specific examples with what I'm trying to do

[spark turret]

any help getting a helo to land at my helipad? right now im giving him a waypoint exactly there, with completetion radius 5, but it autocompletes at around 50m.
Then, if close, i give _helo land "LAND"

but since the wp completes to early, its not precise.

for what?

[broken forge]

There's a helipad (invisible) that you could use to get the helo to land exactly on your helipad

[spark turret]

just found out through google, that _helo land "x" allows giving variable names.
why is that not documented in the biki?
@winter rose

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

[spark turret]

thanks, thats exactly what i wanted

[broken forge]

@spark turret Here's a reddit post that you could look at to if you want: https://www.reddit.com/r/armadev/comments/4tekyq/force_ai_helicopter_to_land/

You can find the Helipad (Invisible) under the props tab, in signs > helipads

[winter rose]

Sorry, what?

[spark turret]

you can pass the vehicleVarName of an object as the rightarg into "land" command. but its not documented on the biki

biki just says you can choose from 4 enums

[winter rose]

I didn't know that, and I will definitely have to check if it's true

[spark turret]

it throws an error, but the helo does land there 😛

[winter rose]

(and it's not the vehicleVarName, it's the variable name)

[winter rose]

Hmm yeah that might be why

did you try:

Placing 3 helipads, heliA, heliB, heliC

and make the heli land "heliC" and see if it does land at that specific one and not at the closest one?

[spark turret]

yeah, it does choose the correct one

ah wait

[winter rose]

👀

[spark turret]

yeah he does seem to choose the correct one i think

[winter rose]

…"I think" ?

anyway, error = not the proper way = undocumented
maaaybe worth a note eventually perhaps, but that's about it

So you have your answer 😄

[spark turret]

well, is there a way to have a heli land precisely without using that way?

bc if not, its the only way to quite an important feature

[winter rose]

move then land yes

[spark turret]

sorry i dont follow

move wp and then the land "LAND" feature?

[winter rose]

make the helicopter move, then stop, then create an invisible H, then issue a land order

that's what for the invisible Hs are

[spark turret]

i have a visible one, but my problem is that the WP completes to early, ~50m away from it

even tho i set completion radius to 5

[winter rose]

that's completion radius for aircraft yes
Add a timer to it, it should solve the issue

[spark turret]

huh okay, ill try that. is that a cheesy way or just making sure he reaches the WP before it can complete to early?

[winter rose]

it starts the countdown instead of completing it right away; but during that time the helicopter will still try and get closer

[spark turret]

nice-o that worked. just as cheesy as the error generating land command tho 😄

thanks lou 👍

btw, another complaint: in the waypoint description, the "hook" one is described as "ai is basically incapable of picking out the correct one if you got a bunch close to eachother". that problem goes away if set the waypoint to the exact position, or even attach it to your crate

[winter rose]

it's you who insists on using waypoints though, what can I do 😛

[still forum]

If it works but throws error we should fix that.
It shouldn't action if it's erroring and it's shouldn't error if it's correct

[winter rose]

if it works, my guess is that this hidden feature got screwed by the later addition of enum value check

[spark turret]

im absolutely open to any way of getting my helo where i want him to be. idc if its a wp or not 😄

[winter rose]

BIS_fnc_unitPlay 😁

[spark turret]

okay, i take back what i said

im working on a dynamic system that queues airlift transports. no way i could record a helo landing for that

[winter rose]

I guessed it was dynamic, so I admit I trolled a bit 😉

[broken forge]

Would this be the correct way to pass the object variable? ```sqf
SOGStartSlideShow = {
params ["_object", "SOGSlideArray"];
slideIndex = 0;
slides = count SOGSlideArray;

_object removeAction SOG1;
_object removeAction SOG2;
_object removeAction SOG3;

SOG1 = [_object, ["Next Slide", {["_object"] call SOGNextSlide}, [], 99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
SOG2 = [_object, ["Previous Slide", {["_object"] call SOGPreviousSlide}, [], 98, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
SOG3 = [_object, ["End", {["_object"] call SOGEndSlideShow}, [], -99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];

};

SOGNextSlide = {
    params ["_object"];
    _object = (_this select 3) select 0;

    if (slideIndex >= (slides -1)) then {slideIndex = 0};
    slideIndex = (slideIndex +1);
    _slide = SOGSlideArray select slideIndex;

    [[_object, [0, _slide]], "SOG_setObjectTextureGlobal", true, true] call BIS_fnc_mp;
};
```

[winter rose]

Optional questions:
1/ why do you prefix your variables SOG?
2/ why do you create variables you never use?

(also, no: see the params wiki page - use underscores!)

[broken forge]

I'm not sure why I keep prefixing my variables I went ahead and removed the prefix. I just switched the params to use underscores, and I'm not sure what you mean by variables that I don't use

[fluid wolf]

Anyone know if respawn type is able to be changed mid-mission? I want to switch it to spectator only after a certain point.

[broken forge]

I went ahead and replaced this code ```sqf
[[_object, [0, _slide]], "SOG_setObjectTextureGlobal", true, true] call BIS_fnc_mp;

_object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];
```

[willow hound]

The code in the addAction script parameter can not access _object, the variable does not exist in that scope. Use _this # 0 instead.

params ["_object"];
_object = (_this select 3) select 0;
```This does not make sense...

[winter rose]

many things are wrong, but I am already in bed (I'm) afraid

[willow hound]

Changing the respawn type should not be possible, but switching to spectator only after a certain point should be achievable with BIS_fnc_EGSpectator. Might need a custom respawn template.

[fluid wolf]

Got it. Alright.

Just curious if it was a thing I could do

[tough abyss]

Hi, I'm trying in pain to launch Arma (I mean without A3 launcher) through an GUI C# application with -noLauncher application setting but it doesn't work.
Does anyone have an idea ?
Thanks

I'm using steam://rungameid/107410 as process start info

it is working with absolute path

[broken forge]

@willow hound So my addAction would look like this: ```sqf
SOG1 = [_object, ["Next Slide", {[_this select 0] call SOGNextSlide}, [], 99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];

And the Next Slide function would look like this: ```sqf
SOGNextSlide = {
    _object = (_this select 3) select 0;

    if (slideIndex >= (slides -1)) then {slideIndex = 0};
    slideIndex = (slideIndex +1);
    _slide = slideArray select slideIndex;

    _object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];
};

[spark turret]

Prefixing is a good practice, lous question was why you use a prefix which isnt yours but from arma dlc

Also you should probably move those functions into cfgfunctions

[broken forge]

@spark turret That makes sense as far as the prefixing goes, and I'm writing all of my functions in a pbo which will be loaded up for the server and the clients

[cosmic lichen]

They are still global and could get overwritten

[broken forge]

@cosmic lichen Should I put an underscore in front of them then?

[cosmic lichen]

no

JS_fnc_SOGNextSlide

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

[spark turret]

Pick a prefix that only you use. I use IRN

Its for identification

And to make sure noone accidentally creates a function of same name
(Arma_fnc_spawnUnit) or similar generic names

[cosmic lichen]

_object = (_this select 3) select 0; Are you sure?

[broken forge]

Oh ok, does this not work the same way? ```sqf
class CfgFunctions {
class SOG {
class Functions {
mode = 2;
jip = 1;

        // To Initialize SOG_FNC_Briefing Function Open Init.sqf or InitServer.sqf & Add [] call SOG_fnc_Briefing;
        class Briefing {
            file = "\SOG\SOG_Functions_F\Briefing\fn_init.sqf";
            description = "Script is Executed From The Init.sqf or InitServer.sqf";
        };
    };
};

};

[spark turret]

Need to change the SOG prefix to your own one. And no need for init file. Cfgfunctions does that automatically

And you dont put your init file in there but every function gets its own sqf file

[broken forge]

Then within that SOG_fnc_Briefing Function that I have Sub-Functions, I think that's what they're called. The CfgFunctions are located in the config.cpp for my SOG_Functions pbo

[spark turret]

Dont use SOG, thats preserved by the vietnam dlc

[broken forge]

Ok, I'll change it

[broken forge]

I'm not sure if that's correct or not, I'm trying to get the object from the addAction for the NextSlide, PreviousSlide, and EndSlideShow functions

[cosmic lichen]

_object = (_this select 3) select 0; → params ["_object"];

[broken forge]

So you're saying its the same thing as if I were to just use params["_object"];

[hollow thistle]

It's not, we're using vn prefix/tag.

[spark turret]

Ah well, it sounds like its official tho

I dont name my function "Apex_fnc_uwu" either :P

[hollow thistle]

yeah, you're right ;D

[broken forge]

@cosmic lichen I'm confused, lol, so is this addAction correct? ```sqf
A1 = [_object, ["Next Slide", {[_this select 0] call SOGNextSlide}, [], 99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];

SOGNextSlide = {
    _object = (_this select 3) select 0;

    if (slideIndex >= (slides -1)) then {slideIndex = 0};
    slideIndex = (slideIndex +1);
    _slide = slideArray select slideIndex;

    _object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];
};
```

[cosmic lichen]

no

Why don't you test it

Then you will see

[broken forge]

I've been testing and it's not working, I get _object undefined. I have an addAction defined in init.sqf: sqf [] remoteExecCall ["JS_FNC_Briefing"]; [screen0, ["Start Briefing", "scripts\startSlideShow.sqf", [], -1, false, false, ""]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0]; startSlideShow.sqf```sqf
_SlideArray = [
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide01.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide02.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide03.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide04.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide05.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide06.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide07.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide08.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide09.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide10.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide11.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide12.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide13.paa"]
];

[screen01, _SlideArray] remoteExec ["StartSlideShow"];
StartSlideShow Functionsqf
StartSlideShow = {
params ["_object", "_slideArray"];
slideIndex = 0;
slides = count _slideArray;

_object removeAction A1;
_object removeAction A2;
_object removeAction A3;

A1 = [_object, ["Next Slide", {[_this select 0] call NextSlide}, [], 99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
A2 = [_object, ["Previous Slide", {[_this select 0] call PreviousSlide}, [], 98, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
A3 = [_object, ["End", {[_this select 0] call EndSlideShow}, [], -99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];

};
NextSlide Functionsqf
NextSlide = {
_object = (_this select 3) select 0;

if (slideIndex >= (slides -1)) then {slideIndex = 0};
slideIndex = (slideIndex +1);
_slide = slideArray select slideIndex;

_object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];

};

[quaint ivy]

Hey, I seem to miss-remember how mission parameters work. If my parameter is

        class AmbientUnits
    {
        title = "Allow ambient units";
        texts[] = {"Yes","No"};
        values[] = {true,false};
        default = true;
    };```
how would I retrieve the boolean value? I thought that `BIS_fnc_getParamValue` is used for this, but apparently that only returns the index of the used value, not the actual value.

am I forgetting that values can only be numbers or something?

[fair drum]

this is how I do my params. i call a function within the config
https://github.com/hypoxia125/carrierStrike/tree/main/CarrierStrike_Hypoxic.Malden/param

[vapid finch]

I'm trying to make an option to enable and disable a dynamicText via Addon settings, and got the CBA side down

[
    "IBL_Watermark",
    "CHECKBOX",
    "Watermark",
    "IBL - Utilities"
] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;

XEH_preInit.sqf, but I'm confused on how to implement this into my code to see if the checkbox is checked or not. I know that it's a boolean

[vapid finch]

Do you have an object listed for _object?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/object

_object = object 1;

If you're putting that on just one object, I would just enter a variableName on the object using the ingame menu, then using that in place of _object

Say the variableName was "Z1"

    Z1 removeAction A1;
    Z1 removeAction A2;
    Z1 removeAction A3;

Or set _object = Z1

[broken forge]

@vapid finch this is what I have in the init.sqf: sqf [screen0, ["Start Briefing", "scripts\startSlideShow.sqf", [], -1, false, false, ""]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0]; This is what I have in the startslideshow.sqf```sqf
SlideArray = [
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide01.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide02.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide03.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide04.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide05.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide06.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide07.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide08.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide09.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide10.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide11.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide12.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide13.paa"]
];

[screen0, SlideArray] remoteExec ["StartSlideShow"];

The functions are all packed into an addon, so I'm trying to keep them open to different variable names/object names

[vapid finch]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't SlideArray be SOGSlideArray?

Not too versed on that

[broken forge]

it should be SlideArray, I forgot to edit that

[vapid finch]

Hm

[craggy lagoon]

I've got this working whenever a player picks up a terninal off the ground but if it's pulled from an inventory it doesn't work. How can I specify a _container to be any item? Thank you in advance!!

player addEventHandler ["Take",  {
    params ["_unit", "_container", "_item"];
    if (_item == "B_UavTerminal") then {
        playSound "Denied";
        execVM "scripts\test.sqf";
    };
}]; 

Ok so it does kick off when I pull from inventory. But if it's pulled from Ace Arsenal it doesn't fire off. Any idea on how to get it to also run off Arsenal?

[wispy cave]

How would one go about detecting when someone ejects out of a jet? I want to delete this jet when someone ejects. But obviously not when they just get out and the getout eventhandler doesn't have a param to see if it was a normal getout or if the pilot ejected. (I also need it to work for both vanilla and PF)

[spark turret]

if the jet is in the air, after the getOut EH, its probably an ejection 🙂

[wispy cave]

well, if it's in the air, it'll probably crash and be destroyed, it's more for when someone accidentally (or intentionally) ejects on the ground

[spark turret]

ah

[sage dawn]

you could just do a height check to see if it's on the ground

if the Z value is under like 2 or something, it's probably on the ground

or do you mean specifically only when they use the ejection seat?

[wispy cave]

yes

[sage dawn]

could maybe also use a height check, if they eject, they're gonna go up in the ejection seat

so maybe like, when they get out, wait a second or so and check if their height is about the same as when they got out

if they just got out, it'll be roughly the same, if they ejected, it'll be much higher

[true frigate]

can someone help me out with this script ive rewritten to work with my mission?
Its supposed to drop a crate from a C-130, with the variablename C130.

private _obj = createVehicle ["CargoNet_01_box_F", C130, [], 0, "NONE"];   
private _para = createVehicle ["B_parachute_02_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "FLY"];  
  
_para setDir getDir _obj;  
_para setPos getPos _obj;  
_obj lock false;  
 
_para attachTo [_obj, [0, 0, 1]]; 
 
 _para disableCollisionWith _obj;  
 _obj setVectorUp [0,0,1];
 _obj setVelocity [0,0,0];

the issue is, the parachute doesnt act as a parachute, instead just falling out of the sky like a stone, and im not sure why. It was working perfectly before i attached it in my testing

[wispy cave]

Not the clean solution I was hoping for, but it should do the trick

[sage dawn]

@true frigate try doing the opposite attaching, attach the box to the parachute instead of attaching the parachute to the box

I think attaching the parachute makes it lose its parachutiness

[true frigate]

Wouldnt doubt it haha, arma can be a bit fucky at some times

[true frigate]

worked first try, thank you 🙂

[sage dawn]

you could also check if the unit is then in the ejection seat "vehicle", then you know for sure that they ejected

since the ejection seats are separate vehicles in arma

just need to figure out the classname for it

[novel delta]

sorry if this isnt the right place but may anyone know how to get a search light to just kinda do a idle rotation of like 30 degrees?
trying to get the cup search lights to just do a basic rotation for ambiance for a small friend group op

[true frigate]

Found this online from 4 months ago for CUP searchlights, give it a test 🙂

    [{(gunner _this) action ['SearchLightOn', _this]}, this] call CBA_fnc_execNextFrame
};```

Alternatively, you can create two targets, invisible or just disguised as terrain (trees, rocks, etc) and use the doTarget feature between them in a loop
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doTarget

[true frigate]

_obj (2,3 and 4) are ammoboxes that when i create them, have an inventory of weapons not suited for my mission, Im trying to use this

clearItemCargo _obj;
clearItemCargo _obj2;
clearItemCargo _obj3;
clearItemCargo _obj4;

But its not working, am I using the wrong command?

[winter rose]

you need to clear items, weapons and magazines too
also global if MP

[true frigate]

Thanks Lou 🙂

[little raptor]

it already does work from any container

[unreal scroll]

Need to store AI units tasks/waypoints in some kind of data structure, and restore it by request. Like:

1. Column is moving to its destination
2. It has been attacked, stopped and did some defensive actions.
3. When it's clear, it continues to move to its initial destination.

Does anyone know such working data structure, or is there anything similar in standard scripting?

[willow hound]

_this is a magic variable containing the parameter(s) provided to your code when it was called / spawned (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Magic_Variables).

In StartSlideShow you have (I left out the remote execution because it is not important for what I am trying to explain):

_object addAction ["Next Slide", {[_this select 0] call NextSlide}, ...];
```When the player performs that action, `addAction` automatically passes some parameters to the code, so `_this` is an array in that scope (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Scopes). The first element in that array is the object the action was added to (this is documented here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction), and that is exactly the object you want to use in `NextSlide`, so you use `select` to grab that one element and you pass it to `NextSlide`: `[_this select 0] call NextSlide`.

Now we arrive in `NextSlide`. In that scope, `_this` is an array again, and that array contains a single object (the one you selected and passed when you called `NextSlide`), and you want that object in a variable.
But the code you use for this does not make any sense:
```sqf
_object = (_this select 3) select 0;
//Same as:
_step1 = _this # 3; //Error: _this only has one element!
_step2 = _step1 # 0; //Error: Even if _step1 worked, the only element in _this is an object, not an array!
_object = _step2;
```Two equivalent options that would work:
```sqf
params ["_object"];
...
_object setObjectTextureGlobal [...];
``````sqf
private _object = _this # 0;
...
_object setObjectTextureGlobal [...];

[little raptor]

create your own array

[astral dawn]

or hashmap

or you can use my OOP framework ||if you are as insane as I am||

What you are describing looks like the AI framework I've made for VIndicta long time ago...
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/227302-mpcoop-vindicta-alpha/?do=findComment&comment=3392328

In short, I've solved your problem like this:

• at each update the (group AI) selects most relevant goal
• there are two types of goals:
  -- internal, AI might want to do it by itself in any situation, these are mainly defensive goals, or goals for when bots have nothing else to do
  -- external. AI does this goal only when ordered by an upper level AI (like commander or your game mode overall giving orders to bots).
• defense is internal goal with high priority, movement is external goal with low priority
• the self-defense has higher priority than 'move' goal, so bots switch to defense goal when attacked
• when done defending, the defense goal is no longer relevant, and the movement goal is still relevant, so bots switch back to convoy movement behaviour

But there are many ways to do AI in video games, there isn't a best way to fit all cases...

[broken forge]

@willow hound Thanks for the explanation, after reading what you wrote and then looking at the links you provided it makes sense now. I've implemented the edits, thanks again. I'm getting a new error now: ``` 6:25:52 Error in expression < slideArray select slideIndex;

_object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];
};

6:25:52 Error position: <setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];
};

6:25:52 Error Type Array, expected String
6:25:52 File SOG\SOG_Functions_F\Briefing\scripts\briefing.sqf..., line 28
init.sqfsqf
[screen0, ["Start Briefing", "scripts\startSlideShow.sqf", [], -1, false, false, ""]] remoteExec ["addAction", 0];
startSlideShow.sqfsqf
_SlideArray = [
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide01.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide02.paa"],
["images\ACE3Medical_Slide03.paa"]
];

[screen0, _SlideArray] remoteExec ["StartSlideShow"];

Both Functions being used: ```sqf
StartSlideShow = {
    params ["_object", "_slideArray"];
    slideIndex = 0;
    slideArray = _slideArray;
    slides = count slideArray;

    _object removeAction 0;

    1 = [_object, ["Next Slide", {[_this select 0] call NextSlide}, [], 99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
    2 = [_object, ["Previous Slide", {[_this select 0] call PreviousSlide}, [], 98, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
    3 = [_object, ["End", {[_this select 0] call EndSlideShow}, [], -99, false, false, ""]] remoteExecCall ["addAction"];
};

NextSlide = {
    params ["_object"];

    if (slideIndex >= (slides -1)) then {slideIndex = 0};
    slideIndex = (slideIndex +1);
    _slide = slideArray select slideIndex;

    _object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, _slide];
};

[astral dawn]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTowParent
Oh neat, native vehicle towing?
I also wonder what's going to happen when the towing vehicle hits the brakes

[cosmic lichen]

@broken forge The error tells you what's wrong.

Your slidesArray contains arrays.

[cosmic lichen]

Read the red warning

[little raptor]

the towed vehicle hits the towing vehicle if it's moving fast enough

[astral dawn]

so you mean that they will crash normally because both are owned by the same player?

[broken forge]

@cosmic lichen I see it now, I feel really dumb at the moment, the slides shouldn't be in arrays themselves, lol

[unreal scroll]

@astral dawn Did you consider something like weight system?
Like calculating weight for each task/target nearby?

[tidal ferry]

Hey, quick question! So functions that are executed at mission start via postInit- the Biki mentions that any long term suspension will halt mission loading until finished, but would that extend to calling/spawning other scheduled functions from within that initial postInit function?

[little raptor]

no

[tidal ferry]

So basically, moving suspended code to new functions would resolve mission times taking a while in the initial postInit function?

[little raptor]

also postInit functions are not scheduled

where does it say that?

[tidal ferry]

Pre and Post Init
preInit and postInit attributes are truly powerful ones, as they let you execute your function at the beginning of every mission. Use them with caution!.
preInit are called unscheduled so suspension is not allowed. Parameters passed are [ "preInit" ].
postInit are called scheduled so suspension is allowed but any long term suspension will halt the mission loading until suspension has finished. Parameters passed are [ "postInit", didJIP ].
Any scripting error will prevent the mission from being loaded correctly
Server admins might blacklist your addon if they find out you're using the function for hacking.

^From the biki

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

Erm

Mods, delete that man

:P

[little raptor]

moving suspended code to new functions would resolve mission times taking a while in the initial postInit function?
wat?

[tidal ferry]

Sorry sorry, let me clarify

Basically, our missions use initPlayerServer, initServer, etc. scripts for mission files, and I'm looking to condense that into a single function in our unit mod that can be activated via description.ext attribute to make it easier for missionmakers

Got it working but I'm trying to resolve long mission load times

Basically have it so that it'll execute different code for server, HC, player etc.

However, currently that code is right in the function

I'm considering just making a new function for each segment (server, player, HC etc.) which will be spawned by the initial postInit function on mission load

[astral dawn]

if your ai must choose what to do itself then yes, scoring possible goals is the way to go.
in another model the higher level ai can choose what to do for lower level ai also based on scoring

[tidal ferry]

So basically, it'll be like "if server, then go do server-specific function"

Which is what I already have, but I just want to get that out of the postInit and into the scheduler

[little raptor]

you can do that if you want to tidy things up ( I mean creating separate functions for each)
as for long loading times, it depends what you're doing and what you want
technically when you spawn a code it's no longer considered an "initializer". it may finish executing way after you're in the game. if that's ok you can do that

[tidal ferry]

Yeah that's fine by me

Like I said, I'll tidy it up and rewrite to unscheduled if I need to

It's just that the new function has been drastically increasing loading times and I finally found out why

[little raptor]

again, depends what you do in it

if it has no waiting in it (sleep, waitUntil), my advice is to make it fully unscheduled

it'll finish faster

[tidal ferry]

Yeah, that's the plan for some of the serverside scripts

But some of the player ones are unscheduled since we use suspension for our inventory system

We had an indefinite while loop that worked in initPlayerLocal.sqf but froze the game indefinitely in postInit

Which was the main culprit

[little raptor]

do you need a loop?

[tidal ferry]

Yeah, basically we have a script that, when activated, saves inventory every 60 seconds or so

So yeah, in our specific case we do need a loop

But not for everything

Like I said, I'll work on tidying it up

Thanks for the help!

[spark turret]

you cant call suspending functions and you dont halt the inits flow by spawning suspending code from it

[little raptor]

you cant call suspending functions
not sure what you mean here

[spark turret]

functions which use sleep cant be called.

[little raptor]

they can

[spark turret]

oh hm

[little raptor]

call from scheduled == scheduled

call from unscheduled == unscheduled

[spark turret]

hmmm i guess yeah, i just came to that conclusion yesterday bc i tried calling them from unscheduled

well then its: you cant call functions using sleep in an environment which doesnt allow suspension

[little raptor]

@tidal ferry you may want to learn the isNil trick

[tidal ferry]

Oh?

[spark turret]

atomic execution?

[little raptor]

it allows you to switch from scheduled to unscheduled environment

[little raptor]

no

[tidal ferry]

Oho, where might I learn about this?

[little raptor]

we don't have any multithreading or atomic stuff in sqf

[spark turret]

someone called it atomic once iirc 🤷‍♂️

[zenith edge]

thats what fancy intercept is for :)

[little raptor]

no, sqf is sequential

[little raptor]

still can't do sqf functions in multiple threads
they have to execute in the main thread

[zenith edge]

yea, mostly just useful for data processing

or linking to outside resources

[little raptor]

not sure if it's mentioned anywhere?
but anyway:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isNil

see the alternative syntax

basically, isNil ensures that everything in the code will execute in one frame

[tidal ferry]

Ohhhh I see now

Oh wow that's actually really cool

So I can use that to skip certain code ahead of the line in scheduled?

[little raptor]

not sure what you mean
but I guess this'll make it clearer:
say you want to spawn a vehicle in some random position and move it to a safe pos:

isNil {
  _veh = createVehicle ["bla", [0,0,0]];
  _veh setPosASL _posASL;
}

without isNil, if the vehicle spawns in an unsafe position it'll explode (spawning a vehicle takes over 10 ms, which is way higher than the 3 ms scheduler limit, so setPosASL executes in the next frame)

(of course, if the environment is scheduled; you don't need it in unscheduled)

[spark turret]

(bc the above code is allowed to run scheduled, it can take 2 frames, first frame: spawn, collides, 2nd frame: teleport, but already to late)

[tidal ferry]

"without isNil, if the vehicle spawns in an unsafe position it'll explode"

Starsim units hate him because of this one simple trick! :P

I kid

But yeah no, that seems really helpful actually

I'll definitely have a look into trying to implement that

[spark turret]

hm can that thing cause the main thread to be halted?

or does it just abort after 3ms

[little raptor]

well in your case, if you feel like your codes in postInit (which is scheduled) take a long time and they don't have suspension, you can isNil the code to make it finish faster

[little raptor]

it'll be halted
until the code is done
if it takes a long time the game will freeze

[tidal ferry]

Sure thing, I'll try to get that in for some of the functions

[little raptor]

in the case of postInit it won't matter since it's in the loading screen

[tidal ferry]

Hey, another silly question

But what's the proper terminology for "right argument"? E.g.

[leftarg] function "rightarg" or something to that nature

[winter rose]

kangaroo (another silly answer)

[tidal ferry]

:P

[winter rose]

right-hand argument

[tidal ferry]

Is that the official terminology? Hmm

[winter rose]

"official" idk, technical more or less yeah?

[tidal ferry]

Hmm okay

Just trying to figure out the best way to start teaching some people SQF and I want to make sure I actually get it myself

[copper raven]

unary <right>
<left> binary <right>

hint _right;
_left + _right;

[tidal ferry]

Ohhh, okay

So like...
allUnits is nular,
count allUnits is unary, and
{code} forEach allUnits would be binary?

[winter rose]

for respectively allUnits, count and forEach, yes 🙂

[tidal ferry]

Outstanding, okay

[winter rose]

no u!

[tidal ferry]

So... nular doesn't have arguments, so it's moot there

Unary has only a right argument, which I guess would just be called the argument?

[copper raven]

usually its referred as right argument

[tidal ferry]

Okay, gotcha

So with binary, left args become params and right arguments don't

[winter rose]

yes

[0, "rightArg"] remoteExec ["hint"]; // no
["rightArg"] remoteExec ["hint"]; // yes

[winter rose]

wha'?

[copper raven]

for remoteexec you put argument(s) into an array

thats it

well for binary into array

unary, you can just pass the value directly

[tidal ferry]

Okay, sweet, gotcha

[tidal ferry]

Yeah nvm on thatt

Just trying to figure out the best way to explain it to someone new at sscripting

[winter rose]

you can check
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Operators
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SQF_Syntax
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Order_of_Precedence

[tidal ferry]

Yep, already on SQF syntax

Only thing I haven't read yet is order of precedence

Will do that now

[graceful pewter]

anyone have a working gun range timer and target reset script please? Ideally one that tells you how many targets were hit as well?

[grizzled dome]

Is it possible to make a trigger that plays a video to all players when they aproach it ?

[proven charm]

Does anyone know why this code freezes the camera controls (it has something to do with setposATL): https://www.sqfbin.com/umikiwitotexiqixaniw

[spark turret]

raaah why no indentations

[winter rose]

does the curator camera react to setTarget, commit etc?

[proven charm]

yes

if I comment out setposATL then it wont freeze

[tidal ferry]

Hey, question

Is it possible to attach a particle emitter to a body part of a human character?

[still forum]

with the new attachTo bone, yes

[tidal ferry]

Sweet, okay

Thanks

[spark turret]

anyone know if its possible to get a reference to a diary record and change its text?
im using it for logging the behaviour of a heli flying suplly missions, and its annoying that its uses this big ass font for date when im only writing in one line

[fleet geyser]

textureList[] =
        {
            "guerilla_01", 1,
            "guerilla_02", 1,
            "guerilla_03", 1,
            "guerilla_04", 1
        };

How can I go about forcing one of these in the "custom init" of a respawning vehicle?
Been banging my head at the wall for about 2 hours now, any help would be appreciated.

[spark turret]

Hows the car respawned? With a module?

[fleet geyser]

Yes - its respawning through the simplex support services transport module (If you are familiar with it)

[spark turret]

No ides. Does the module offer some kind of"run this code on respawn"?

[fleet geyser]

Yes- it has a "custom init code" field that runs when the vehicle is added and respawned, vehicle = _this

[spark turret]

save your list into a global variable:

MyTextureList = ["guerilla_01", 1,
            "guerilla_02", 1,
            "guerilla_03", 1,
            "guerilla_04", 1
];

and then select from there with MyTextureList select 0; f.e.

(that format with the string,1 looks off, probably need to do nested arrays)

[spark turret]

not sure what that syntax is, but its not sqf 😉

[fleet geyser]

2nd block of code on this page is the source of that snippet.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Vehicle_Customization
EDIT: forgot the link.

_veh = createVehicle ["vn_b_air_uh1c_03_01",position player,[],0,"NONE"]; 
[ 
 _veh, 
 ["uh1c_20",1],  
 true 
] call BIS_fnc_initVehicle; 

All I know is that uh1c_20 is the hiddenselection/texture I need to force it to spawn with .. Appreciate the help, slowly piecing together what I need to do based on your input:)

[spark turret]

np thats what this channel is for

[spark turret]

@winter rose after we discussed precise helo landings: ZEN has a fantastic land waypoint, and public licenses git:
https://github.com/zen-mod/ZEN/blob/master/addons/ai/functions/fnc_waypointLand.sqf

basically its "create helipad, domove helo, setskill 1, if close: land"

[winter rose]

noice!

[spark turret]

nevermind, it doesnt work when i do it. the heli just hovers near its WP but refuses to go closer

FFS

[little raptor]

what's the issue again?

[spark turret]

im trying to get a heli to land at my helipad. but the waypoint autocompletes when the heli is closer than 100m when given the WP, and the heli refuses to go directly to the wp, hovering ~50m away

[little raptor]

yeah

iirc using moveTo instead of doMove fixed it?

let me check my mod again

[spark turret]

ah ill try that

[little raptor]

be sure to use doStop first

like:

doStop _heli;
sleep 0.001;
_heli moveTo _pos;

[spark turret]

alright, will try

[little raptor]

sleep is necessary in this case

(at least 1 frame delay)

[spark turret]

lol, the helo now moves to the position but overshoots by far

this is very unsatisfying. it worked yesterday 😦

[sweet salmon]

Howdy all, is it possible to do custom wheels?

to allow say an aircraft to be able to roll?

and follow on, if custom wheels is possible, is it then also possible to prevent them from rolling to simulate a parking brake

[spark turret]

only modding allows that afaik

[jade acorn]

how can I implement post process effects into the mission? do I have to make a separate file with the code or can it be placed inside Description.ext? I'd be grateful for an example too, as biki only shows the code without info how to implement it into a scenario

[wicked fulcrum]

Question regarding performance and enablesimulation: false. So I keep hearing from here and there that if I place many static objects in close proximity I should disable simulation on the objects to increase performance for the players in said area. However I just read on the wiki from 2012: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableSimulation

HomerJohnston: using "this enableSimulation False" on static objects has no effect on a dedicated server's bandwidth usage or FPS (as per current 1.59 Release version).
Krause: re: Homer. Yep. That's because this functionality is now part of the basic arma netcode. Pretty nice :)

Whats the current stance on performance and enableSimulation ? Does it not matter for the dedicated server, but each players local machine might gain performance?

If I build 20+ sandbags or hescos in a square close to each other, do anyone gain performance by having them all as enableSimulation = false or is this placebo ? 😉

[winter rose]

2012

[sweet salmon]

right, what i'm asking is what would allow me to do that? is it something that is attached to a model, or pure .sqf?

[spark turret]

[sweet salmon]

what direction would one go to make that happen

[winter rose]

and he is talking about network perf

[wicked fulcrum]

yeah, I'm asking here as I have heard conflicting reports on it, and haven't been able to google me to substantial information about it. And I was not sure if information from 2012 was still relevant today.

Logical I would assume it could improve performance for the individual player as it doesn't do "sim" calculations for said object.

But I'll take your answer as it does have an impact and that information from 2012 is outdated besides the network perf. 🙂
Cheers for the answer 🙂

[spark turret]

how do i change locality of an object?
my concern is that a zeus spawns a crate (which will be zeus-local) and then lets a server-local helo airlift it. the helo cant detach it anymore (had that happen before)

[willow hound]

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

[ocean orchid]

Say I wanted to create a mission that was centered around a curing sick civilians. How would I go about using the old man sick skin textures on units? I've found and used the hidden setFace for the skins but that doesn't actually show the visual skin changes anywhere. Is there a unitVariable that needs to be set?

[ocean orchid]

Nevermind I've got it sorted. Need to be damaged at the head. So I used setHitPointDamage to set the head to have taken damage, in case anyone else wants to use it as well. Just need to make it so you can't treat their wounds now.

[brazen lagoon]

is there a function that exists for checking in area for multiple markers?

like basically checking if an object is in any of a set number of areas

[little raptor]

no

you can use a forEach tho

or findIf

[brazen lagoon]

yeah just didnt want to duplicate it if it existed

@little raptor if there's like, ~130 area markers, how slow do you think it would be to iterate over all of them once a second

basically am I going to start running into performance problems with a {_player inarea _x} forEach [marker_array]

[little raptor]

you can test the code performance
but roughly I'd say ~ 130 x (0.0006 + 0.002) ~ 0.3-0.4 ms

so it's not really slow

[brazen lagoon]

yeah I'm basically just checking if the player is in an area and adding actions if they are

[little raptor]

if it's scheduled you have nothing to worry about

[brazen lagoon]

cool

[frosty cairn]

Hey guys, I need a small bit of assistance.
I need a addAction script that checks for the classnames of two objects, and then if they are there, then it deletes the objects

[grim stone]

Is anyone here know how to set up teamspeak for task force radio(server side)

[frosty cairn]

Download the TFR mod from the steam workshop, and then run it in -mod on your server.

Rest should work.

[grim stone]

When i load into my server it says it can’t find the server and it doesn’t move me in the TFAR channel

[frosty cairn]

Hm?

Send your .rpt file of your server.

[shadow knoll]

what kind of script would i have to write if i want to make a scenario that uses arma 3s base revive system but if you have ace 3 loaded it will detect it and disable arma's revive system?

[frosty cairn]

you dont have to

just make sure the incapacitation is off

[astral dawn]

I did it like this:
https://github.com/Sparker95/Vindicta/blob/e597d56ae04d31d574e1635e462d601641566f0d/src/GameManager/GameManager.sqf#L154-L169
Actually I copied it from Liberation, I think.

[shadow knoll]

thanks brotha i will check it out

[astral dawn]

but the code above does it the other way around: if ace medical is disabled, then it initializes the system

[broken forge]

how do I go about removing all actions greater then 0?

[winter rose]

for i from 1 to 10e10 ^^ ?

there is allActions or something alike, returning action ids

[winter rose]

but I would say that what you are trying to do is poor design

[maiden warren]

Hey, is it possible to count same values in an array?
Example:
_Array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,5,5,6,1,1];
How would I count the same values? In this case 5's and 1's?

ps: i know about BIS_fnc_consolidateArray but that's not what I'm after

[daring nova]

do you want to count how many duplicates there are?

[maiden warren]

Yeah

[daring nova]

so for you sample array, the value would be 2

[maiden warren]

Well, two elements, 5 and 1

And I would need to count how many of 5's and how many of 1's there are

Which in this case would be 3 5's and 3 1's

I know I could probably go with something like if(count 5 in _Array >= 1) then ...

but that would be needed for all elements in an array right

[winter rose]

That's… exactly what you are after

[maiden warren]

Probably but for some reason it's not doing it right

Basically, I have an array of elements from which I randomly generate 5 of them. And I need to find how many same values are in those new randomly generated elements which are stored in anoither array

[daring nova]

private _duplicateMap = createHashMapFromArray (_array call BIS_fnc_consolidateArray);
private _fiveCount = _duplicateMap getOrDefault [5, 0]
systemChat str _fiveCount; // 3

this should work, if I understand your problem

also if I understand that function

if the value doesnt exist, it returns 0 with getOrDefault [5, 0]

[maiden warren]

I'll give it a try

[winter rose]

Noice code btw

[daring nova]

if directed at me: thanks I am procrastinating working on a game jam, so I put in other problems

[brazen lagoon]

    waitUntil {
        sleep 1;
        !(_player inArea _marker)
    };```

why does this return a typeerror?

<obj> inArea <marker> should return either true or false, so I have no clue why this is happening

[brazen lagoon]

any reason why remoteExec wouldn't work when a function is in CfgRemoteExec?

any simple way of figuring out whether two factions are on the same side?

[grim stone]

could anyone help me with KP liberation, im having a issue setting it up on my dedicated server

[brazen lagoon]

@grim stone prob better to ask in #server_admins, maybe the specific chan for your OS

[grim stone]

ill try that, thanks

[exotic tinsel]

so now that armaholic is gone, does anyone have a safe link to pbo manager?

[warm hedge]

In some environment you can't use sleep or other suspension commands. I suspect it

[somber radish]

Do you wanna know if group 1 is the same side as group 2?

[somber radish]

If ((side GroupA) == (Side GroupB)) Then {"insert code"};

[somber radish]

How do you get the syntax highlighting in Discord?

[brazen lagoon]

no i want to know if two factions are on the same side

put sqf on the first line in a code block

[dense galleon]

@brazen lagoon well since both of the commands faction and side call for objects on the right side parameter, you cant simply say if (faction is side x), so i would try to find the faction in CfgFactionClasses and check the side there

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[somber radish]

Hint "Sweet, that was just what I needed, was trying forever to get it right";

[winter rose]

Enjoy, have fun! ^^

[somber radish]

So anyone know of a way I could script in the placing of an object in zeus mode?
Meaning, I'm in zeus mode and I open a dialog where from I select the building I want to place.
ex.

If (HouseA selected) then {"code that allows me to place any object using the zeus 'icon' thingy"};

super vague I know

Any zeus scripting resources would be great!

something like

CuratorDoPlace "houseA"```

[cosmic lichen]

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

just use createVehicle

[frosty cairn]

Hey guys, I need a small bit of assistance.
I need a addAction script that checks for the classnames of two objects in a trigger, and then if they are there, then it deletes the object(s)

[cosmic lichen]

see addAction, inArea commands

[frosty cairn]

doesn't inArea use objects, i need a string

could i convert them somehow or...?

[cosmic lichen]

typeOf _object → classname

[frosty cairn]

ah, okay, cheers

so how would I need to write it with if and then
if (typeOf _object inArea trigger1 isEqualTo true) then {deleteVehicle _object};
?

[sleek token]

if (_object inArea trigger1) then { deleteVehicle _object };

[frosty cairn]

ah, and then i need to define _object before, right?

[sleek token]

yes

needs to be assigned to an object, i guess in your case a vehicle

but how you are trying to do it is a bit odd

[frosty cairn]

_object = ["classname","classname"]; does that work?

wait, no it doesn't

at least i think

[cosmic lichen]

(vehicles inAreaArray myTrigger) apply 
{
  if (typeOf _x in ["class1", "class_2"]) then 
  {
    deleteVehicle _x;
  }
};

[frosty cairn]

ah, okay.

thanks @cosmic lichen and @sleek token

[unreal scroll]

How can I make an AI vehicle driver to face a selected position?

[copper raven]

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

[unreal scroll]

No, it works for turret only.

[copper raven]

driver _vehicle doWatch _position does that not work?

[little raptor]

you can also try lookAt

[unreal scroll]

Nope

[copper raven]

what vehicle are you trying it on?

[unreal scroll]

A tank

[winter rose]

is it a single vehicle? or part of a group

if single vehicle, you could try setFormDir @unreal scroll

[unreal scroll]

Hm, it doesn't work too.
It is a single vehicle, not a column.

[astral dawn]

I don't think that tanks in arma want to face a specific direction for any purpose except for driving

so... domove?

[little raptor]

do you mean the driver himself, or the vehicle?

[copper raven]

doWatch kinda works but it has super weird behaviour, driver tilts his head towards the position after some time, and then stops watching

so not really reliable

[winter rose]

doWatch, doTarget, glanceAt, etc 😄

[unreal scroll]

"doWatch, doTarget, glanceAt, etc"
Nothing from this works.

"do you mean the driver himself, or the vehicle?"
Vehicle of course 🙂

"I don't think that tanks in arma want to face a specific direction for any purpose except for driving
so... domove?"
No, bruteforce 🙂

private _negative = false;
private _dir = _veh getRelDir _instigator;
if (_dir > 180) then {_dir = 360 - _dir; _negative = true};
for "_i" from 0 to (abs(round(_dir)) * 4) do { 
  [{ 
    params ["_veh", "_increment"]; 
    _veh setdir (getDirVisual _veh) + _increment; 
  },[tank, [0.25,-0.25] select _negative], 0.05 + (0.05*_i)] call CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute; 
};

[copper raven]

ah vehicle, i thought the driver

[little raptor]

that's a bad way to do it tho

(I mean the CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute function)

also use getDirVisual

[unreal scroll]

"(I mean the CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute function)" - why?

[little raptor]

use a single loop (each frame) instead

[astral dawn]

No, bruteforce 🙂
yes I wanted to suggest that too

[unreal scroll]

@little raptor Can it run in unscheduled?

[little raptor]

yes

[unreal scroll]

And how can I set the delay for turn iterations?

[little raptor]

it runs every frame

delay == one frame

[copper raven]

why is that function bad?

[unreal scroll]

But I use WaitUntil exactly for delays 🙂

[copper raven]

it does everything onEachFrame in the background aswell

[hollow thistle]

His method is simple enough and works.

with each frame you need to check when to stop etc.

[little raptor]

fair enough

[hollow thistle]

WAE just pushes to the array...

and CBA eachFrame takes care of the rest.

[little raptor]

I know

[hollow thistle]

what you're suggesting might be smoother.

[little raptor]

But it's better to nest it maybe?
Although I think it'll execute every two frames then

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVelocityTransformation might be cleaner

[little raptor]

also, another problem with using setDir is that it won't work on sloped surfaces

[astral dawn]

next iteration: animate that with something like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_function

🤓

[unreal scroll]

"But it's better to nest it maybe?"
You mean to call it with spawn?

[astral dawn]

and iteration after that: write own tank AI like Leopard 😄

[unreal scroll]

What's wrong with Leo? 🙂

[astral dawn]

He is too cool 😎

I wonder how ugly that animation will look in multiplayer 🤔

[winter rose]

we do have lerp and stuff

[astral dawn]

hmmm
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/bezierInterpolation

[astral dawn]

but lerp is linear, no? or do you mean a smoothed S-shaped lerp?

[astral dawn]

I mean that naturally the game on client smoothes the received positions and rotations and interpolates that between frames. And if you just rotate it like this, then I guess it will look more unstable on client.

[little raptor]

I mean:

fnc_rotate = {  
    params ["_veh", "_target"]; 
 _diff = _veh getRelDir _target; 
 if (abs(_diff - 180) < 179) then { 
  _veh setDir (getDirVisual _veh + ([-2, 2] select (_diff <= 180))); // * (_diff/180 max 0.25) makes it a bit less robot
  [fnc_rotate, _this, 0.001] call CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute;  
 } else { 
  _veh setDir (_veh getDir _target); 
 } 
}; 
 
[fnc_rotate,[tank, _instigator], 0.001] call CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute; 

it's also dynamic

so the target can move

[unreal scroll]

@little raptor Thanks. As I understand, the callstack is much less in this case?

[little raptor]

it's pretty much the same

[copper raven]

you iterate less per frame

[unreal scroll]

So what is the difference?

"* (_diff/180 max 0.25) makes it a bit less robot"
0.25 increment and 0.05 time period is enough.

[copper raven]

because you don't push everything at the same time

[little raptor]

1. it's dynamic
2. doesn't depend on FPS

[unreal scroll]

"because you don't push everything at the same time"
If it has no effect on a callstack, so what is the difference? 🙂 It just wait for execution, it doesn't run at the same time.

[little raptor]

0.25 increment and 0.05 time period is enough.
* (_diff/180 max 0.25) makes it non-linear (well, for some part)

[little raptor]

2. doesn't depend on FPS

[unreal scroll]

"makes it non-linear (well, for some part)"
Why it should be non-linear? It will lead to different rotations steps in different cases. It is not good.

"2. doesn't depend on FPS"
Why?

[little raptor]

you're assuming that:
0.05 + (0.05*_i)
i.e the game runs at 20 FPS
If it's faster, it'll look choppy.

but when you nest it, the next iteration happens in the next frame (or at least I hope it does )

[copper raven]

actually, nesting is worse

[little raptor]

how come?

[copper raven]

the array is sorted everytime, so a new call to waitAndExecute means sort again

[unreal scroll]

"If it's faster, it'll look choppy."
No, it looks ok 🤔

[copper raven]

https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/92bf7f0a62955f8b2a8ed35bae60e2360e91bb00/addons/common/init_perFrameHandler.sqf#L43

[little raptor]

oh right

[hollow thistle]

CBA_fnc_execNextFrame?

[little raptor]

well that's why I prefer to write my own stuff

[copper raven]

that, or the initial iterative solution

i mean, don't get me wrong - this is a decent optimisation actually for the common cases, if i didn't check the source, i'd write it recursively aswell

[unreal scroll]

BTW, interesting - with my implementation the turn looks a bit smoother (with the same values).

[little raptor]

yeah probably because it runs every two frames (as I suspected)

maybe CBA_fnc_execNextFrame would solve it

[unreal scroll]

I still can't get why WaitAndExecute is worse than other methods. Just because of possible different framerates in my situation?

[little raptor]

yeah
but if it works for you you can keep it

btw another problem occurs if the user runs at 10 < FPS (overlap)

[unreal scroll]

What happens then?

[little raptor]

overlap

although maybe it won't be visible

because it's sorted

[unreal scroll]

"because it's sorted" ?

[little raptor]

oh right nvm. you just increment the dir

I thought you did setDir _dir

[unreal scroll]

Ok, thank you guys.

[cosmic lichen]

Any better way to rotate that thing if model center is not center of rotation?

[still forum]

maybe it has a memory point in the model saying what rot center is

or try positionModelToWorld with 0,0,0 which gives you model zero (which doesn't have to be bounding center if model is not autocenter=1)

[sage dawn]

have you checked if it maybe has a built-in animation?

[astral dawn]

i think that you should rotate strictly on each frame and use diag_deltaTime to make the animation independant on frame rate

[astral dawn]

and I guess you should avoid the cba thing if it's non deterministic

[smoky rune]

Is there any way to spawn bomb as simple object?
these does not work, throws Simple object data are corrupted, class or p3d is required:

["A3\Weapons_F_Sams\Ammo\Bomb_05_F_fly.p3d", getPosWorld player] call BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject;
["BombCluster_03_Ammo_F", getPosASL player] call BIS_fnc_createSimpleObject;

[still forum]

just use the command, not the function?

[smoky rune]

you mean createVehicle?

[still forum]

no

createSimpleObject

[smoky rune]

oh, i didn't even knew it existed, brb

yeah, it works, thank you

[cosmic lichen]

Thanks

[cobalt sorrel]

Looking to pack a mod but I see alot of similar mods with a texHeader.bin file.
I've read through the texHeaders.bin BIWIKI page, but still at a lose to if I really need it for this mod.

Mod is a simple custom map markers. Anyone advise?

[little raptor]

it is created automatically

[cobalt sorrel]

How and when? I've packed the addon, put it in the @modfolder and added also a mod.cpp for info. All works, but I don't see a texheader anywhere?

[sage dawn]

you don't need it

wait, you mean it isn't in the pbo?

[warm coral]

okay so i have this big and messy init script in the config of a unit

RandomAmmoCount = selectRandom [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
init = "if (local (_this select 0)) then {[(_this select 0), [], []] call BIS_fnc_unitHeadgear; (_this select 0) addGoggles (selectrandom [ """", ""VSM_beard_2"", ""EF_MSG_BK"", ""immersions_pops_pop0"", ""G_Respirator_blue_F"", ""G_Respirator_white_F"", ""G_Respirator_yellow_F"", ""rhs_scarf"", ""TRYK_bandana_g"", ""CUP_G_WristWatch"", ""G_AirPurifyingRespirator_01_F"", ""CUP_G_GPS"", ""KA_MCU"", ""CUP_G_Scarf_Face_Grn""]); (_this select 0) addHeadgear (selectrandom [ """", ""H_FakeHeadgear"", ""FGN_CauR_Beanie_Black"", ""FGN_CauR_Beanie_Woodland"", ""H_Booniehat_oli"", ""H_Booniehat_khk"", ""H_Booniehat_grn"", ""H_Booniehat_tan"", ""H_Cap_oli"", ""H_Cap_grn"", ""H_Cap_blu"", ""H_Cap_blk"", ""H_Cap_red"", ""H_Cap_tan"", ""H_Cap_usblack"", ""H_Cap_tan_specops_US"", ""H_BandMask_blk""]); (_this select 0) forceAddUniform (selectrandom [ ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_3"", ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_2"", ""LOP_U_PMC_Fatigue_03"", ""LOP_U_PMC_Fatigue_02"", ""rvg_survivor"", ""EF_HM_OD1"", ""EF_HM_B2"", ""EF_HM_SG1"", ""EF_M_jkt1"", ""TRYK_U_B_wh_tan_Rollup_CombatUniform"", ""rvg_survivor_1"", ""rvg_hoodie_red"", ""rvg_hoodie_kabeiroi"", ""TRYK_shirts_DENIM_R"", ""TRYK_U_B_wh_tan_Rollup_CombatUniform"", ""TRYK_U_B_BLK_tan_Rollup_CombatUniform"", ""TRYK_shirts_DENIM_WH"", ""U_C_Poor_1"", ""U_I_G_Story_Protagonist_F"", ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_1"", ""CUP_I_B_PMC_Unit_4""]); (_this select 0) addMagazines ["CUP_5x_22_LR_17_HMR_M", RandomAmmoCount];};";```

this is what it looks like

something is wrong about it

there is an error

but i cant find it

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/688389339239284751/849678395872903172/unknown.png

the game gave me this when i started it up

[tough abyss]

Not sure what channel this goes in but is there a way to scroll wheel spawn in an ammo crate with a custom inventory?
Kind of like the scroll wheel custom loadout spawn but with an ammo crate?

Context:
Want to do resupplies with certain ammo boxes but would like to be able to spawn them in without having to pre-place them in the editor. Can just scroll wheel to the ammo box of choice ex. Rifle ammo, MG ammo, Launcher boxes, medical supplies etc etc

[cobalt sorrel]

No it's not in the pbo.

hence why im asking how it's made and do I need it.,

[vapid finch]

I'm playing around with say3D, but trying to find a way to limit the duration of the sound, and not delete the object making it

_so1 say3D ["Alarm", 200, 1];
_so1 spawn {
    sleep 10;
    deleteVehicle _this;
};

This would just play it for 10 seconds then delete the object making the noise.

_so1 say3D ["Alarm", 200, 1];
_so1 spawn {
    waitUntil {isNull _this};
};

This would play the entire duration of the sound

[winter rose]

is there a question or are these your findings? ^^ because you basically cover the whole thing

[vapid finch]

I was just listing what I had already done, I'm asking for help with the first one

Having a limit on how long without deleteing it at the end

Deleting*

If I removed the "deleteVehicle _this" then it just keeps playing after 10 seconds

[tough abyss]

Edit anyone know how to set this
FlagPole addAction
[
"Spawn Medical Supplies",
{
createVehicle ["ACE_medicalSupplyCrate_advanced",position FlagPole, [],10,"NONE"];
}
"Spawn Ammo Box",
{
createVehicle ["ACE_Ammo_Box",position FlagPole, [],10,"NONE"];
}
];

So the boxes spawn in with a custom loadout?
Right now its just the default kit works well just need the actual inventory within the crate to be different

[vapid finch]

I know that I can just make a custom version of the sound, and list it in a cfgSounds for my mission in a description.ext, but I was hoping of not editing audio

Ima just do that

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[tough abyss]

FlagPole addAction
[
    "Spawn Medical Supplies",
    {
        createVehicle ["ACE_medicalSupplyCrate_advanced",position FlagPole, [],5,"NONE"];
    }
    "Spawn Ammo Box",
    {
        createVehicle ["ACE_Ammo_Box",position FlagPole, [],5,"NONE"];
    }
];

is there anyway to add a custom loadout to what is spawned in using the createVehicle class?

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Containers
Yes, with these commands.

You're not using a valid addAction syntax though.

[tough abyss]

What is the correct syntax?

[smoky verge]

I put an object in the middle of the circle, attach the radar to the object, and rotate the object instead
doesn't look very good in MP

[cosmic lichen]

Yeah I gave up on it. Weird decision were made when modelling that thing.

[smoky verge]

I guess they never planned to make it rotate so didn't bother
shouldn't be hard to fix it but seems like a niche thing

[spark turret]

im trying to run a function in cfgFunctions on missionstart, but "postInit = 1" gives an error saying, "is a mission/campagin funciton, ccant be used"

[tough abyss]

lol sorry I saw that now, stupid question

[true frigate]

Hey can someone help me with this AC-130? Its flying AGL and since the map im playing on is very uneven, it often nosedives and crashes. Im unsure of how to force it to fly ASL, or if i even can

[frosty cairn]

Can't you use Keyframe Animation?

[true frigate]

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

[cosmic lichen]

Haven't looked into that.

[frosty cairn]

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

Im not sure how it works.

[copper raven]

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

[frosty cairn]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2474943200 @cosmic lichen its a vanilla feature, but this mod video shows a good representation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoL_pc7309c @cosmic lichen Since I assume you are german, judging by your steam profile, here is a tutorial in german.

Be advised, it is an hour long.

[true frigate]

Thank you!

[frosty cairn]

I need some help. I have a "gun rack" that I made for players to use, so I also want to add the ability to put them back. How can I script it in a way that it looks for a different 3D position if one is "preeocupied" or "used"?
(P.S Im open to do it any other way, this is just the first way that I came up with)
(P.P.S Here is my gun rack:)

oh

you cant add photos xD

[pearl geyser]

I want to make a player join a group upon the activation of a trigger, which are Radio Alpha, Bravo and Charlie.
The player's character's inside name is 'Player_Char'
The point behind this is to make a combined arms experience by allowing the player to either join a mechanized unit, a paratrooper unit or a spetsnaz group.
What command do I have to put the player inside of the relative squad?

[please ping me once you answer so I make sure I notice the reply]

[winter rose]

grrr crosspost 👀

[true frigate]

I meant to remove it from Editor, its supposed to be in scripting

forgive me Lou 😄

[winter rose]

agrrrrrr

[true frigate]

[calm badger]

What command do I use to return the name of the weapons on a vehicle?

I found weapons but that returns them in an array and I dunno how to return the contents of an array

aside from

_myArray select 0;```
i haven't tried much else

[copper raven]

"how to return the contents of an array", well what do you want to do with it? display it somewhere or what?

[calm badger]

ye preferably display it

[copper raven]

also that command will only return the weapons of the gunner turret

[calm badger]

that's fine

i forget if it's possible to display something in the same window that you see the error reports of a script in?

[copper raven]

i don't think so, but you can display it elsewhere

hint, systemChat, diag_log etc

[calm badger]

oh yeah as a hint is what i want

[copper raven]

just do hint str weapons this

[calm badger]

worked, thanks!

well crap

the weapon is gone after i used removeWeapon, but the model's still there

there also remains an option to "Store MG3"

[patent lava]

Is there a way to get the halfway position between two positions?

[little raptor]

vectorAdd and vectorMultiply

[patent lava]

private _halfway = (
  ((getMarkerPos 'a') vectorAdd (getMarkerPos 'b')) vectorMultiply 0.5
);

Works like a charm, thanks!

[cobalt idol]

_CK_SPWNV = [CK_DRN1_1,31.25,99,true] remoteExec ["CK_FNC_SPWNV",2];

CK_FNC_SPWNV = {
    params ["_CK_SPWN","_CK_ZOFST","_CK_CASE","_CK_TF"];
//blah blah do cool stuff and dont break
//spawn a vehicle named _vic using createvehicle 
if (_CK_TF) then {
createvehiclecrew _vic;
} else {
  // who cares
};

The above are param I'm passing to a function via an addaction. my question is that for the 4th param

_CK_TF

if nothing is passed will it be assumed true, false, or potentially create an error?

[copper raven]

if nothing is passed it will be nil

and your if will do nothing

[little raptor]

you have to give it a default value

params ["_CK_SPWN","_CK_ZOFST","_CK_CASE",["_CK_TF", false]];

[cobalt idol]

Awesome thanks!

[somber radish]

(I've read through this list (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Curator)
cannot find what I am looking for there
OK any way of getting the curator cursor position?

[little raptor]

cannot find what I am looking for there
R3vo meant those are all curator related commands, and as you can see there's no "curatorCreateVehicle" thing. So just use createVehicle
OK any way of getting the curator cursor position?
getMousePosition and screenToWorld

[somber radish]

Ok, ill try that.
Thank you!

[patent lava]

does this still work? can't get it to work getting an error https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_moduleCoverMap

error + code, ignore the sleep https://imgur.com/a/yM6j4pB

call me stupid, but i didn't notice the stray underscore in the example

life be like that, struggling with a problem for 20 minutes but find the solution within 1 minute after asking for help

[spark turret]

its called the rubberducking effect

once you ask, you have to go over mentally again for phrasing the question correctly, and then get an idea of whats wrong

[brave jungle]

Man does that shit annoy me

[winter rose]

languaaage :p

wazzup, besides the ceiling, the rooftop and the sky?

[brave jungle]

👀

Not much, just finished my second year of uni so been super quiet around here for a while haha, hopefully the summer has some fun in store before my final year 🤞

How about yourself

[winter rose]

I thought you were complaining about a scripting issue

[brave jungle]

Oh cool

Yeah I cant use hint

How does it work

[winter rose]

hint "hello";

[brave jungle]

saved

Can't go off topic in a channel and all that tight

Right*

🤣

[winter rose]

#offtopic_arma mostly, or #general_chat_arma @ night :p

[tough abyss]

anyone got a script to make an area where you can spawn a vehicle then edit it's pylons?

[copper raven]

make an area?

[somber radish]

So like a spawnpoint / GTA 5 garage type thing?

[tough abyss]

Yup

Like some virtual garage shit

[somber radish]

hmm

I dont have it on hand

But I could give you some pointers

[tough abyss]

Sure

Anything helps

[somber radish]

SO for the garage you could use

Createvehicle

then

place a camera

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

[tough abyss]

I got literally no knowledge on scripting, I thought you meant pointers on where to find one

[somber radish]

ooooh

[tough abyss]

Lmao

[somber radish]

Sorry then All I could say would be to google it

Im guessing it is for a mission

[tough abyss]

Np

Training map for people

[boreal sun]

Two question 1: for ace 3 can someone walk me through how to add a fries system to a helicopter that’s not compatible ace has an explanation on there page but it’s all gibberish to me I’m new to this script stuff, and 2: can someone tell me how I can get a helicopter to repeat the “engine failure, hydraulic failure, etc warnings even when it’s not damaged yet. I have a scenario where a chopper gets hit By a rocket but doesn’t get damaged till it’s time to crash land and I’d like the emergency systems to still be blaring as if it is in critical shape but hasn’t quite died yet until the crash landing trigger hits if that makes sense. Thank you for any help anyone can give

[spark turret]

why dont you just make the players invinclible and then kill the main and tail rotor?

seems like a rather easy solution with the same outcome

[boreal sun]

Well so my problem is if I’m actually flying it all the bells and whistles go off (i do have the tail rotor killed for a controlled crash landing) but if your in the back being transported all you hear is the explosion outside then start to fall out of the sky no one in the back can hear the alarms go off besides one bell right before you hit the ground so I was trying to add them in myself to get the idea that we got hit and lost power and it’s not just a silent ride down etc. (I’m being nit picky I know I’m on the verge of just settling with an explosion and no alarms)

[spark turret]

huh, i always though everyone can hear the alamr

you could off course always just play a warning sound on repeat through a script

[boreal sun]

I would have assumed they could but I keep trying play as character and can’t hear it. And that would be amazing to have if you know how to do it. I know you can add sound through a trigger but I tried getting a trigger to activate a second trigger and so on until the crash but I couldn’t even get the first trigger to activate the second. Then i tried a trigger next to another trigger and so on until touchdown and evidently if they are to close it just doesn’t play any sound 😅 I’m not good at this but I’m trying and learning

[spark turret]

you can play a sound on each players machine with remoteExec.
use playsound. Then you have to find the warning sound, probably in CfGSounds i would assume? Maybe check the heli in the config viewer, with some luck the warning sound is logged there somewhere.

[boreal sun]

Cool I’ll try and see if I can figure it out

[spark turret]

and then you write a simple script like

{
  if (_x in _yourHeloGoesHere) then {
    ["classnameOfSound"] remoteExec ["playSound",owner _x];
} foreach allPlayers

thats not tested, the remoteexec syntax is probably wrong. but it gives an idea of how the code would look like

[boreal sun]

Ok thank you it’s a starting point at the least

Wait I think if you have triggers to thin it won’t play I made them thicker and I believe it’s working now 😄

[spark turret]

add this to your triggers activation to make sure it fires:

systemChat "trigger fired!"; diag_log["trigger fired!",_thisList];

[boreal sun]

Oh good idea

It appears to be working now. Thank you for your help I wish I could send a video to show you what it looks like it’s perfect now

[spark turret]

upload to youtube or imgur and share link 😄

ill trade it for a video of AI pilot finding no joy in his job:

https://youtu.be/lsWudDfo3F4

[boreal sun]

https://youtu.be/TaZrRF8FnPY

That’s hilarious I was legit laughing out loud at that lol

[spark turret]

ah btw, if you want to add the feeling of being hit, check out the camera shake command

it can give a nice feeling of the missile impacting.

[frosty cairn]

How do I script an AI to setup a new waypoint when its done with its old one?

[spark turret]

with setWaypointStatements. ideally you make a function which the statement calls. or you run a wrapper script with a loop that checks if the WP is complete

[winter rose]

also addWaypoint etc
see all waypoint-related commands here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Waypoints

[frosty cairn]

@spark turret
_moveOrder setWaypointStatements ["true", "_group addWaypoint [_waypointpos, 0];"];
I wrote it like this, but I know its wrong, I just don't know how.

[spark turret]

your variables are local to your script, the waypoint runs outside of it tho. so it doesnt know what _group and _waypointpos means

[frosty cairn]

Ah I see.

[spark turret]

so you have to give it a global variable or a hardcoded value

[frosty cairn]

Uhm, how do I do that? Like this?
GlobalVariable = _group ?

[little raptor]

the group leader is already available in the this var

so the group is :

_group = group this;

[frosty cairn]

and what about _waypointpos?

[little raptor]

you can format the text and include it

_moveOrder setWaypointStatements ["true", format ["group this addWaypoint [%1, 0];", _waypointpos]];

note that you can't do this with objects, groups, etc. (only strings, numbers, bools, or arrays of these; basically anything whose stringized form is the same as itself)

[frosty cairn]

hmm, i'll give it a try

[frosty cairn]

wont it be looking within the [] for what _waypointpos is?

and since i dont have it defined globally, won't it not find it and not work?

[little raptor]

it'll be formatted into the text

[frosty cairn]

okay, uhm, sorry, im quite new to this, but what does that exactly mean?

[little raptor]

e.g it becomes:

"group this addWaypoint [[1,2,3], 0];"

[frosty cairn]

ah

[cyan dust]

Good day. There is a 'respawn vehicle' module, but I can not find how to enable/disable it from code only when I need it to operate 🤔 Does anyone know?

[copper raven]

{
  [_x, true] call BIS_fnc_moduleRespawnVehicle
} forEach synchronizedObjects _logic;

to deactivate from what i can tell (looking at the function)

to reactivate, [_logic, synchronizedObjects _logic, true] call BIS_fnc_moduleRespawnVehicle

[noble flint]

can anyone help me with the basics of starting a Zeus module from scratch

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Module:_Game_Master

[noble flint]

The right section? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Modules

I'm trying to script a Zeus module

[copper raven]

ahh i thought you were talking about the game master module

[cyan dust]

Thank you

[copper raven]

you can either make your own addon

or use something like ZEN custom modules

[noble flint]

Nah I need to make my own

wait.

What exactly do you mean ZEN Custom module?

[copper raven]

https://zen-mod.github.io/ZEN/#/frameworks/custom_modules

https://github.com/zen-mod/ZEN/blob/master/addons/custom_modules/functions/fnc_register.sqf

[noble flint]

Would this be easier to do to learn how to script*

[copper raven]

not sure i understand what you mean

[noble flint]

In the future I want to be making my own mods

[copper raven]

well, like i said, you can use the wrapper ZEN provides, or make your own addon

for the addon reference, the link you sent is the one should be looking at

[noble flint]

Alright, how do I start with the ZEN wrapper.

Not exactly sure where to start.

[copper raven]

download zen, and just call the function

(with your desired arguments)

preferably in some init file

[snow blade]

Hey guys. I ran into a problem. I'm running a script with remoteExec through an ammoHit event handler in the config, and the script always fires and goes through most of the lines, but sometimes, it seems to skip some lines. I've gotten maybe 50% results simply by dropping the same explosive multiple times.

The code is below:

Hint "script fired";
_pos1 = (_this select 0) modelToWorld [0,1.5,0];
_pos2 = (_this select 0) modelToWorld [0,3,0];
_pos3 = [(_pos1 select 0), (_pos1 select 1), 0];
_pos4 = [(_pos2 select 0), (_pos2 select 1), 0];
sleep .3;
_charge1 = createVehicle ["SGT_Bangalore_2sec_Far_Remote_Ammo", _pos3];
sleep .05;
_charge1 SetDamage 1;
sleep .3;
_charge2 = createVehicle ["SGT_Bangalore_2sec_Far_Remote_Ammo", _pos4];
sleep .05;
_charge2 SetDamage 1;
Hint "script finished";```

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[snow blade]

And I have no idea why it only creates the explosions sometimes, when I reliably get the debug hints every time.

[winter rose]

also you can't sleep directly into the EH

[snow blade]

No, this is a function that is spawned by the EH.

[dim terrace]

hint format["script fired %1",_this]; check if pos/input is valid

[little raptor]

_pos3 = [(_pos1 select 0), (_pos1 select 1), 0];
use set

[winter rose]

also please use params ^^

[naive ruin]

how would i make waves of enimies

[winter rose]

createGroup, createUnit, BIS_fnc_spawnGroup, depends 🙂

[naive ruin]

so it would be createUnit then the variable name ?

im new to map editor

[winter rose]

the wiki is here for you then
#arma3_scripting message

[naive ruin]

thankyou

[past wagon]

I can put a ! in front of isEqualTo, right?

!isEqualTo

[copper raven]

no, you've been told multiple times that's not how it works

[past wagon]

ok

[copper raven]

#arma3_scripting message essentially the same thing you're asking now

even if you put everything in correct places, https://community.bohemia.net/wiki/isNotEqualTo is still better

[inland valve]

is there a difference between unitcapture & unitplay VS unitcapturesimple & unitplaysimple? the forums seem identical

[past wagon]

I didnt know about that. thanks

[shadow knoll]

so im trying to have players start a scenario off with nothing but regular combat fatigues sincfe they will have an arsenal to gear up with. I used the editor to strip the units of all their gear (except for the fatigues ofcourse) and im also using the menuposition respawn template and i think that is making my units spawn with their full kit. How do i make my units spawn with nothing but their combat uniform?

[little raptor]

simple == no firing

[inland valve]

@little raptor ok thanks!

[little raptor]

wait looks like I was wrong

[inland valve]

incidentally is there any way to capture animation data for vehicles?

...?

[little raptor]

no

[little raptor]

looks like it only records the dir

not vectorDir and vectorUp

so it's only useful if the unit is moving on a flat surface, and doesn't pitch/roll

[inland valve]

ok, thats important for me thanks! ...too bad about the animdata

[cyan dust]

Good day. Must be a simple question but for some reason I can not find the answer - there must be a command to remove all items from vehicle inventory, right? 🤔

[little raptor]

not a single command

but there are multiple ones you can use

depending what you want to remove

[cyan dust]

Everything

Except for it's own weapon magazines, of course

[little raptor]

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

🤔
why aren't there any commands to remove a single item?

[cyan dust]

Yeah, thanks, but I see all the 'remove' commands are regard vehicle weapons, not its cargo box

[cyan dust]

exactly (=

[little raptor]

I linked the wrong category

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

[cyan dust]

Great! This command is working with a vehicle passed as param. Thank you, @little raptor
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/clearItemCargoGlobal

[little raptor]

it only clears the items

[winter rose]

Because which of all the magazines, with what ammo count should be removed, or which weapon with or without attachments… I think it comes from that

[little raptor]

you should also use clearMagazineCargoGlobal and the same for weapons

[little raptor]

but there are similar commands for removing weapons/items/magazines from a unit's inventory

[past wagon]

when players respawn, their loadouts are reset to default. use getUnitLoadout and setUnitLoadout

and use initPlayerLocal.sqf and onPlayerRespawn.sqf

[winter rose]

less risks with 1 weapon 1 launcher 1 sidearm I assume… and the removeMagazine even has a warning (I don't know why btw) 😄

[noble flint]

what does private_example mean

[past wagon]

is there a scripting command or BIS function that takes a value in seconds and returns an array in the format [hours, minutes, seconds]?

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_secondsToString not sure how well written it is

[copper raven]

what?

[noble flint]

I'm getting an error

private _enemySide = opfor;                                        // definition of the enemy side
private _enemies = allUnits select { side _x == _enemySide; };    // selection of all enemy units from allUnits
{
    _x unlinkItem hmd _x;                                        // removal of each unit's hmd
} forEach _enemies;                                                // code is to be executed for each enemy
] call zen_custom_modules_fnc_register

Says line 2 in debug

[past wagon]

thank you so much that makes my life a lot easier

[noble flint]

I'm trying to understand this

[copper raven]

i mean that's just wrong

[noble flint]

For Zen?

Wrapper

[copper raven]

syntax

[noble flint]

How do I fix that syntax

[copper raven]

wrap 3rd argument into {}

[noble flint]

How/Why does it need to be wrapped

[copper raven]

also allUnits select { side _x == _enemySide; } > units _enemySide

[noble flint]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Example_Code:_Remove_NVGs_From_Enemies

[copper raven]

i'm not going to explain sqf grammar to you, an array cannot have plain statements

[123, private _a = 5] // bad
[123, {private _a = 5}] // good

[noble flint]

See that makes sense

Do I wrap that second line?

Into the third

I'm pretty bad

{private _enemySide = opfor;                                     // definition of the enemy side
private _enemies = units_enemySide; }    // selection of all enemy units from allUnits
{
    _x unlinkItem hmd _x;                                        // removal of each unit's hmd
} forEach _enemies;                                                // code is to be executed for each enemy
] call zen_custom_modules_fnc_register

[copper raven]

private _enemySide = opfor;                                        // definition of the enemy side
private _enemies = allUnits select { side _x == _enemySide; };    // selection of all enemy units from allUnits
{
    _x unlinkItem hmd _x;                                        // removal of each unit's hmd
} forEach _enemies;

this part

[noble flint]

Oh ..

I wrap all that

private _enemies = units_enemySide;     // selection of all enemy units from allUnits
{
    _x unlinkItem hmd _x;                                        // removal of each unit's hmd
} forEach _enemies;}```

Woah no error now!

I learned something new today

[winter rose]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[winter rose]

add this to today's booty 😄

[noble flint]

{private _enemySide = opfor;            // definition of the enemy side
private _enemies = units_enemySide;     // selection of all enemy units from allUnits
{
    _x unlinkItem hmd _x;               // removal of each unit's hmd
} forEach _enemies;}

That's pretty cool

I should probably switch off notepad++ right?

Unfortunately the function is not working

Intended output it does not do anything

[winter rose]

You can use Visual Studio Code with the SQF plugin 🙂

PS: you wrote units_side, missing a space I believe

[noble flint]

Where did I write that?

units_enemySide

[copper raven]

units _enemySide

with a whitespace

[noble flint]

Gotcha.

Oh ..

I see that now.

[copper raven]

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

[shadow knoll]

Thank you!

[noble flint]

What does _x mean

[winter rose]

it's the variable that aims at the currently iterated item

{ _x setDamage 1 } forEach allUnits

[noble flint]

Ok so I'm reading the wiki

trying to learn

["Custom Modules", "Remove NVG",
{alive cursorTarget _x unlinkItem hmd}                     // targets cursor to unlink NVGs
] call zen_custom_modules_fnc_register

This is wrong for sure right

You know what let me run that in the game first

Alright what am I doing wrong here

[winter rose]

… let's start with what you are doing right!

[noble flint]

LOL

[winter rose]

what is this alive cursorTarget thing? 🙂

[noble flint]

A target that is alive.

[winter rose]

hmmm negative
it is a check to see if the target under the cursor is alive

it returns true or false 🙂

[noble flint]

Thats it?