#arma3_scripting

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copper raven
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if that's the array from the above, you don't need to wrap it into additional []

wide fulcrum
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ok i didnt know

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do i just use For?

copper raven
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no...

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just remove the [] around RunningODST

wide fulcrum
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ok

copper raven
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but then your script is just wrong, you're suspending forEach with the while, so only the first unit will be playing the animation(until he's dead, etc)

wide fulcrum
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it worked with all the units listed

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its working now

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the while alive _x just makes sure the animation only plays on the living guys... idk i got that part from someone elses script because i couldnt figure it out on my own

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i have like 40 bohemia wiki tabs open

copper raven
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i'm guessing you're in unscheduled, and that while acts +- like an if

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otherwise it's not possible what you're saying, so technically it's just nonsense

ripe sapphire
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yo bros does animated briefing work in MP? since it uses timeline

copper raven
copper raven
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even if it doesn't, it for sure can be adapted to MP

wide fulcrum
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im running the mission in sp and hitting the trigger makes it work fine

copper raven
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change while {alive _x} do {_x playmovenow "AmovPercMrunSnonWnonDf"}, to if alive _x then {_x playmovenow "AmovPercMrunSnonWnonDf"}

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it will work the same way, but it will be proper now

wide fulcrum
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ok

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will {_x disableAI "anim"; if {alive _x} do {_x playmovenow "AmovPercMrunSnonWnonDf"}} foreach RunningODST; [R21, "USMCa"] remoteExec ["say3d"];
sleep 20; if {alive _x} do {_x playmovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"} work to make them run for 20 seconds and then do pushups

copper raven
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if {alive _x} do {_x playmovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"} _x is undefined

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you need to use forEach again

wide fulcrum
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so just wrap my code in the editor and hit go?

copper raven
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yes, wrap the part where sleep starts, till the end

wide fulcrum
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ok

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why is the editor unscheduled vs the scenario when run as a mission

pliant stream
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unscheduled good - scheduled bad

copper raven
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scheduled SUCKS

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fite me

pliant stream
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yeah, that's what i said

copper raven
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ohhh, im blind facepalm

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i don't think there is ever a scenario where you need to use scheduled code

pliant stream
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nope

past wagon
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Is there any way to save data from a mission to a file? Is there a scripting command by chance?

copper raven
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you mean write to a file from sqf?

past wagon
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Yeah

copper raven
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use an extension

past wagon
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How does that work?

copper raven
past wagon
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That’s pretty complicated

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I’m good for now, was just wondering

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Thanks tho

copper raven
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you might be able to find something already compiled for use, i think there are a few made

wide fulcrum
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it wouldnt run with if i switched back to if and even ran it on a server and it works fine sharp, idk why ill ask the guy who made it when i see him though, i think _x is probably a catchall of all units affected by the code thats built into the game.

copper raven
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send the code

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i think _x is probably a catchall of all units affected by the code thats built into the game.
_x is just the current value that is being iterated by forEach

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//print 1 2 3
{
  systemChat str _x;
} forEach [1, 2, 3];
wide fulcrum
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_x
Represents the current element during a loop with: apply, count, configClasses, configProperties, findIf, forEach, select.

  • bohemia wiki
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its a magic variable

copper raven
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well i was using it with the context to your code

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that's basically what i said

wide fulcrum
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oh sorry

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i didnt understand what you meant i guess

ripe sapphire
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yo bros is it possible to run a script during briefing screen? init.sqf seems to pause in the brieifing screen?

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waitUntil{
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_hideMarker} forEach ["tengah", "kanan1", "kiri1"];
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker} forEach ["kanan1", "kiri1"];
sleep 1;
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_hideMarker} forEach ["kanan1", "kiri1"];
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker} forEach ["kanan2", "kiri2"];
sleep 1;
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_hideMarker} forEach ["kanan2", "kiri2"];
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker} forEach ["kanan3", "kiri3"];
sleep 1;
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_hideMarker} forEach ["kanan3", "kiri3"];
{[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker} forEach ["tengah", "kanan1", "kiri1"];
hint "done!";

sleep 1; 
(time>50);
}

want to make some kind of slide show animation in the briefing screen, but loop seems to only work after game is started

willow hound
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If I were you I'd use a while-loop and I'd do some investigating as to how time behaves in the briefing screen.

ripe sapphire
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why use while loop?

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wiki example says
Wait until mission fully started:
waitUntil { time > 0 };

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so i assume in the briefing it will stay below 0?

willow hound
ripe sapphire
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i am waiting until the mission fully started?

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its only for the brieifing

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it should be (time>0) at the end of the script, i used 50 to test whether the loop will execute in game after the briefing and it does, but it paused during the brieifng

willow hound
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Give it a try with uiSleep instead of sleep

ripe sapphire
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ok 1 sec

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omg ur genius!
i forgot sleep doesnt work when the game is paused like in the briefing screen xD

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thanks a lot

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btw do you think theres a better way to optimize that code?

pliant stream
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[_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker with a 0 duration, seems like you could just set the alpha to 0/1 synchronously

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i.e. _x setMarkerAlphaLocal 0;

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then you don't need to spawn 400 threads

ripe sapphire
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you're right

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could the foreach ones be optimized?

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my brain still learning the logic

pliant stream
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well instead of [_x,0] spawn BIS_fnc_hideMarker} forEach ["tengah", "kanan1", "kiri1"]
you can write

"tengah" setMarkerAlphaLocal 0;
"kanan1" setMarkerAlphaLocal 0;
"kiri1" setMarkerAlphaLocal 0;
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it'll probably be faster but it might be otherwise worse

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not that you'd be able to notice the difference between the two

ripe sapphire
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ok thanks mate

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i'll go with this

waitUntil{
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 0} forEach ["tengah", "kanan1", "kiri1"];
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 1} forEach ["kanan1", "kiri1"];
uisleep 1;
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 0} forEach ["kanan1", "kiri1"];
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 1} forEach ["kanan2", "kiri2"];
uisleep 1;
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 0} forEach ["kanan2", "kiri2"];
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 1} forEach ["kanan3", "kiri3"];
uisleep 1;
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 0} forEach ["kanan3", "kiri3"];
{_x setMarkerAlphaLocal 1} forEach ["tengah", "kanan1", "kiri1"];
hint "done!";

uisleep 1; 
(time>1);
}
willow hound
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Well to me this code is still more about doing something and less about waiting, so reading while (time < 50) do { ... } would make a lot more sense to me 😛

pliant stream
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probably while { time == 0 } do {} is what you want

ripe sapphire
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one more thing, would having a lot of markers have any performance impact? just making sure lol

cosmic lichen
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Nah

willow hound
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I believe so, but only when the map is open

cosmic lichen
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You can't possible place enough markers to make that an issue

willow hound
copper raven
willow hound
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One code instance?

copper raven
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you omit the while condition call

willow hound
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Wow 😅

ripe sapphire
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thank you everyone arrowheadcooldude

still forum
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you cannot spawn things "on" a unit. Scripts aren't assigned to any unit.
but you write player. That means the script runs locally on the players computer.
if the player exits his Arma or disconnects from your server, scripts on his computer don't run anymore.

So you don't really have to care about it exiting or not.

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local variables are local. They are only visible in the current scope.
A second different eventhandler is not the current scope.

wide fulcrum
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um im trying to move some of my Triggered Sound Clips to Scripts and the code im using works when i have it on the activation for the trigger ([Cmac, "Cmac"] remoteExec ["say3d"];) but when i use it in the script as (if (triggerActivated Trigger1) then {
[_cmac, "Cmac"] remoteExec ["say3d"];
};) it does nothing

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should i be using while instead of if

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to create a while do setup

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nvm while do works for reference

glossy pine
still forum
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On one hand it could be a bug.
On the other hand I know the code and know that the list gets updated/re-rendered every frame

glossy pine
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idk.. I remember using this command in the past and it worked perfectly. i tried with the 2 available syntax.

lbSetText [123, _selectedIndex, "Updated Text"];
or
_control lbSetText [_selectedIndex, "Updated Text"];
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if someone can test it and confirm its not a bug, that would be perfect

little raptor
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but only with "dynamically filled" lb

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and there's no bug

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it does update

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(dev branch; v2.05.147802)

glossy pine
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i test it on the main branch

cosmic lichen
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Works fine

little raptor
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you're probably not doing it right

cosmic lichen
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don't use lnbSetText 😛

glossy pine
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ok my fault then, i should have something wrong or idk

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na im using lbSetText

little raptor
glossy pine
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i can't bc i removed all the code with the lbSetText for use lbSetTextRight instead, but i just wanted to know if that was a bug or was my error. Thanks anyways 😄

finite quarry
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Is there any way to load files outside of the arma3 directory? Such as a path "C:/Temp/image.paa"?

pliant stream
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using an extension, yes

winter rose
pliant stream
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though if you want the engine to use it somehow, then no

thorn saffron
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If you add actions to objects via configs, how do you pass the soldier that interacted with the item into a function?

winter rose
past gazelle
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Is it actually possible to turn off the runway lights? I was checking out C_EB (Game Over / last mission in campaign) and I noticed they have code to do so...but it doesn't actually turn the lights off...they are on...

warm hedge
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What did you do?

winter rose
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set damage maybe
otherwise, hide them?

warm hedge
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IIRC either did work

past gazelle
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The BIS example is using {_x setDamage 1}

thorn saffron
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For add action it's params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; but when adding stuff via config all that is written on wiki is just this with refers to the interacted item.

past gazelle
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Other lights are {_x setDamage 0.95] and they are out...the rest of altis is dark except for gas stations for some odd reason...

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So to hide it I would use {hideobject _x} ?

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or {_x hideObject true;} ?

winter rose
past gazelle
winter rose
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nope, SQF won't be fixed I believe

past gazelle
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Posted as "minor"

winter rose
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fair enough 😊

past gazelle
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I loved Game Over. I hacked the mission so I could save and went on a 72 hour rampage...

unreal scroll
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@past gazelle Yes. SetDamage 0.9 for each lamp.

past gazelle
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In fact, i discovered that blowing up an Orca near the AFF heliport near the swamp....for WHATEVER reason...completely resets your kill statistics...

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It's such a weird bug...

winter rose
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daheck 😄

past gazelle
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Alright...now to fix the gas station lights...gonna just leave on the red lights for the wind turbines, assuming they are powered by emergency batteries...

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Hmm...doesn't appear to be working because they are structures and not just lights...

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lol, ok, got the price/feed lights...however..the ceiling and sign lights are appearantly NOT lights but textures that have a minimum brightness set...

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Maybe easier/more practical just to detonate a cruise missile at the gasoline stations...

unreal scroll
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@past gazelle What is the problem to hide unwanted signs by script?

past gazelle
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Sorry, the ceiling/sign lights look like they turn off, but the textures actually glow in the dark...

unreal scroll
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but the textures actually glow in the dark...
Ah. So, looks like you need an alternative model.
As for me, I removed all modern lights from Altis 🙂
If you really need it, you can auto-replace all fuel station parts with a proper models.

past gazelle
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Actually I was thinking of simulating a cruise missile attack so blowing them up might be a better idea. What bomb in Arma would emulate a cruise missile?

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or maybe a naval bombardment?

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Hmm.. anyone know what the difference between 32Rnd_155mm_Mo_shells and 32Rnd_155mm_Mo_shells_O is?

winter rose
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one has _O at the end

past gazelle
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Guess there's only one way to find out which one kills me when I spawn at the station...

winter rose
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_O suffix is usually for OPFOR, so it might be an exact copy/paste but for CSAT weapons
see the config browser maybe 🙂

past gazelle
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Ahh ok...

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Note: you can't actually see the ground...because the lights are off...

winter rose
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if you shoot them, are they "broken"?

past gazelle
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I dropped a bomb_3 which took out the pumps, it missed the signs though...

winter rose
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I mean, if you use your pew pew on the shiny thingy, does it unshine?

past gazelle
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Should 150 rounds of 5.56 destroy a gasoline sign?

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In my personal experience...a decent slingshot could do it. 😛

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(No the sign is not destroyable by 5.56 ammunition)

pliant stream
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i suspect the material has some luminosity. maybe you can use setObjectMaterial

unreal scroll
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@past gazelle Create an invisible soldier with an mg, who can move between gas stations and shoot signs. If it is still shining, then he drop a bomb.

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@past gazelle To be serious. Replace shining signs with simple objects. Do you need an example?

past gazelle
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Yeah an example would help, otherwise I was gonna just code up bomb drops at about half the gas stations in the game...

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I have something like this: bomb = "32Rnd_155mm_Mo_shells_O" createVehicle getMarkerPos "IE_FUEL_1";

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Just wondering what would make a bigger boom to get the signs...

winter rose
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tens of them 😄

past gazelle
ripe sapphire
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what is this anti-gasoline sentiment 🤣

past gazelle
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I really liked the scouting missions on Stratis where you just go around and do whatever with no objectives/markers/communications so I'm writing the scenario so that CSAT jams conventional radio and uses a listening-net they placed on altis to auto-target military radio communications with cruise missiles thus shutting down communication completely...

unreal scroll
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@past gazelle Firstly, find needed objects.
I.e., the object is _replacement:

_replacetree = (_replacement call BIS_fnc_simpleObjectData) select 1;

Then save its coords and dir, and then:

_simpleobject = createSimpleObject [_replacement, _coords];

Then setdir and setPos + vectorUp or pitchBank if needed (mostly it doesn't)

past gazelle
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oh tree as in binary tree not thing with leaves, right?

wind hedge
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Guys I am trying to script my way to faster Swimming and Ladder movement, it works great and the animations are indeed sped up but it seems like the actual speed for both is still the same. Is there another thing limiting the speed on those actions besides animation speed?

# 
    // Faster Animations Feature
    if (vPARAMS_Player2xSwimLad isEqualTo 0) then {
        //Speed up certain animations that are too slow by default (Ladder Climing and Swimming)
        switch (true) do {
            case (animationState _unit select [1,3] in ["bdv","bsw","dve","sdv","ssw","swm"]): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            case (animationState _unit isEqualTo "ladderciviluploop"): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            case (animationState _unit isEqualTo "laddercivildownloop"): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            case (animationState _unit isEqualTo "laddercivilstatic"): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            case (animationState _unit isEqualTo "ladderrifleuploop"): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            case (animationState _unit isEqualTo "ladderrifledownloop"): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            case (animationState _unit isEqualTo "ladderriflestatic"): {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef (playerBaseAnimSpeed * 1.5);};
            default {_unit setAnimSpeedCoef playerBaseAnimSpeed;};
        };
    };```
past gazelle
unreal scroll
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@past gazelle It is from my script, the name doesn't matter 🙂
And no, it is not a binary tree.
Btw, to find objects I use:

(nearestTerrainObjects [[worldSize/2, worldSize/2],["HIDE","WALL","HOUSE","FENCE","TREE","SMALL TREE","POWERSOLAR","TRANSMITTER","POWERWAVE","TOURISM","POWERWIND","SHIPWRECK","POWER LINES"],18000,false])

Set classes to fit your needs.

"ok so the objects should be"
Object classes, not objects. Objects are objects, they have ids and so.

past gazelle
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Yeah actually I was staring at the code for nearestTerrainObjects about an hour ago and couldn't figure out which class lights would be in...

unreal scroll
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"figure out which class lights would be in..."
For active lights, and other active objects, you need to use nearObjects.
[worldSize/2, worldSize/2] nearObjects ["Your class here", 18000]

winter rose
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worldSize/(sqrt 2) no? so it covers the angles in case of a land terrain (and not an island)

unreal scroll
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As for me, with 18k it covers all the Altis.

winter rose
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yeah, no don't mind me I thought about [worldSize/2, worldSize/2] being x & y meowfacepalm
but you could replace 18k with worldSize/sqrt 2 as well

past gazelle
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I got a feeling this is gonna take all night for me...those lights are bomb proof 🙂

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Actually, could I just drop a trigger at each gas station light?

unreal scroll
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Drop a trigger instead of bomb? 🙂 Why?

past gazelle
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No no, bombs don't work.

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Those lights...are battle hardened...

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Oddly, gas stations look really stupid without the fuel pumps too

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Oh, I suppose arma has a really decent crater texture I could replace them with?

unreal scroll
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I think the only way is to recreate signs with simple objects. Try it.
I have working scripts with global auto-replacement, so you can ask me - just need to pull it out of the mission.
You can examine it by yourself in Overthrow WW2.
There is a script that replaces all lamps with simple objects at day, and vise versa at nights:
fn_poweroff.sqf and fn_poweron.sqf

past gazelle
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Sorry I had the wrong term, Game Logic is what I've used to destroy military towers...

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Do you have a recommendation for a nice broken sign or crater?

unreal scroll
past gazelle
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FSSign setDamage 1```
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So I have something like this..but obviously setDamage isn't working...

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How could I just delete the signs?

unreal scroll
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@past gazelle Firstly, if you want to switch off the LIGHT, that is not the object itself, do only setDamage 0.9 (or so)

past gazelle
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No no, I've already got all lights on altis turned off...

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including these, I just need to change out the models

unreal scroll
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Then if you want to remove the sign, _object hideobjectglobal true;

past gazelle
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And if I want to replace the gas station building/pumps with a a crater what could I use?

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I found a crater I just need to get the sqf to find the object name

unreal scroll
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What object name? If you're talking about the object in editor, then RMB - copy class names in a clipboard or so.
Of in a script, then start foreach loop, find needed objects, save its coords and other params, then create needed objects at that coords.

past gazelle
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Sorry I thought Land_fs_sign_F was the object name...

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Actually yeah it is...

thorn saffron
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Ok, different approach: can AI use actions added with addAction commands?

unreal scroll
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@thorn saffron AFAIK no, but why? You can easily run that code in action for needed units. Actions are the GUI parts, it is only for human players.

past gazelle
thorn saffron
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@unreal scroll I want AI to be able to interact with an object. Problem is, AFAIK you cannot pass who interacted with an object in user actions you add in configs, you can only pass what object was interacted. That is why I'm asking if maybe AI is able to use addaction actions

spark turret
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Thats not achievable over actions . You need to write the ai, you cant just feed it an action and hope they know what to do with it

unreal scroll
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@past gazelleOverwrite? 🙂 No, it just creates an object.
You can even create it at the same place.

@thorn saffron"That is why I'm asking if maybe AI is able to use addaction actions"
If you press a button, it is not a script, it is your own decision.
AI have no "decisions", but can be scripted. So you don't need to add "decision simulation", but scripting knowledge.
You need to find a needed soldier with the script, and do the same action.
Shortly, the task is to find the unit, and it can be scripted the same way as the action.

thorn saffron
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You do realize that you can order your AI squad memebers to use actions when they are able to do so, right?

unreal scroll
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Most likely it is hardcoded. So don't count on it.

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Theoretically you can make a wrapper for, say, ACE actions, to be executed via actions - but it makes no sense 🙂 Only if you have nothing to do at all.

thorn saffron
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FYI there is literally a config value for userActions that allows you to expose the action for use by the AI. My problem is you cannot pass who did the interaction and the alternative addAction action is not available to AI, with pretty much means I'm unable to do what I wanted.

past gazelle
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Man no luck. I've been trying nearestObject with all sorts of stuff...

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I don't get why this code works for the military towers but not when I replace the object name...

unreal scroll
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Show your code

past gazelle
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["House_F","House","HouseBase","NonStrategic","Building","Static","All"] Maybe it's because FuelStation isn't actually listed?

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This is what I found in the Splendid Config Viewer

unreal scroll
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I mean, show your script

past gazelle
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I'm using a Game Logic entity just to try to remove one sign for now: FSSign = nearestObject [position this, "House"]; FSSign hideObject true;

unreal scroll
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So, what is the type of the object it found?

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typeof FSSign

past gazelle
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hmm? I thought FSSign was just any variable name

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oh oops!

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What should that be then?

unreal scroll
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Hmm... Obviously it should be the class that you need 🙂

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Land_fs_sign_F or so.

past gazelle
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Yeah...that's what I had in!

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oh wait

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you mean it needs to be Land_fs_sign_F = nearestObject [position this, "Land_fs_sign_F"]; ?

unreal scroll
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No. typeof FSSign == "Land_fs_sign_F"

past gazelle
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Sorry, i thought sqf scripting allowed variable name creation on the fly...

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Hey guess what!

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Another bug!

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I tried it with Land_fs_roof_F and it deleted the gas station roof!

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But it doesn't appear to work at all with Land_fs_price_F or Land_fs_sign_F

winter rose
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that or you made a mistake somewhere 😄

past gazelle
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I'll try again, I'm not smart...but I'm a persistant bastard...

winter rose
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which is quite an important trait!

past gazelle
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Ok so yeah, spawned Slammer UP too, cannot run these signs over...

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At least the ones in Zaros are 100% indestructable...

past gazelle
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Gas station building was also 100% indestructable...

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Ok, yeah, I copied BIS's game logic for destroying buildings, got rid of the gas station building...

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@unreal scroll Please let me know when you get around to updating the gas stations for your WWII mod. I'm very interested to see how it goes...

little raptor
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@sage dawn the moveOut fix is now available

tough abyss
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You can use a QPATH_SOUND to an ogg file packed into a PBO and put that directly into playSound3D without a need to produce CfgSound config and presumably that might work with filepatching to make those available from that very specific place on the system but however the custom code is getting packaged and distributed (mission, mod PBO) is probably the best place for the sound itself.

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It plays from the initial location for the length of the sound that is indeed the case.

past gazelle
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say3D ?

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I mean, that works for characters that are walking afaik.

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Why a directory? Are you using this for music?

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Will only the player hear this? or will it be from a vehicle?

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Well, I got tired of setting up cfgSounds too, so I just made a huge simple numbered list and then renamed the files to 1.ogg 2.ogg 3.ogg

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as long as they are tagged you should still be able to see the info in Windows Explorer if you need to swap out a song...

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It's dirty but it works, if you need to you could pre-code for 99 tracks and then just duplicate the files....

little raptor
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no

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the only command that can do that for you is say3D
which doesn't take file paths

I asked for that feature but I don't think anyone is gonna implement it

past gazelle
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@unreal scroll Hey! I got rid of the signs using the hideTerrain module in Eden. Not sure why this works but it does.

sage dawn
past gazelle
little raptor
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it's always been like that

past gazelle
sage dawn
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on the topic of dead bodies, is there a way to tell if a dead body is from a player or not?

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isPlayer returns false then

little raptor
sage dawn
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not sure, the script I need is in a vehicle's killed EH

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or actually that did give me an idea, I could put it in the unit EH

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that might even work better

unique sundial
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what does name command say? should keep player’s name

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hint name _deadbody

sage dawn
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oh yeah it does return the player name

#

now how do I know if that name is of a player?

#

compare it to allPlayers?

unique sundial
#

you can or you can set global variable on every human player and check it on dead body

#

i will have a look if player identity still accessible via dead body then perhaps add alt syntax to isPlayer

sage dawn
#

this seems to work sqf ((allPlayers apply {name _x}) find (name theBody)) >= 0

unique sundial
#

allPlayers findIf {name _x isEqualTo name _deadbody} > -1

sage dawn
#

uhhh what if _deadBody was already a _x inside a forEach

unique sundial
#

_x is local scope so should be no problem

sage dawn
#

but then the _x inside the findIf won't be the _x from the forEach

unique sundial
#

read the description

sage dawn
#

but I mean, if it becomes allPlayers findIf {name _x isEqualTo name _x} > -1 that's not going to work

#

I guess I'll have to store the forEach _x as a variable first

little raptor
little raptor
sage dawn
#

but then also is there really much of a difference between ((allPlayers apply {name _x}) find (name theBody)) >= 0 and allPlayers findIf {name _x isEqualTo name _deadbody} > -1?

cosmic lichen
#

it is

#

apply will first iterate over the allPlayers array and then findIf will loop over it again

#

Thing is, findIf will stop looping as soon as it finds a match

#

Which is faster. In your case allPlayers will never be big enough to make a difference though

little raptor
#

why not just use setVariable ["is_player", true] in onPlayerRespawn/initPlayerLocal/server?

unique sundial
unreal scroll
#

@past gazelle "Please let me know when you get around to updating the gas stations for your WWII mod."
I'm not using gas stations, only gas tanks placed on military based - so I replaced all gas stations parts with buildings/ruins.
But, as I said, I made the trick with simple objects with street lamps.

"Hey! I got rid of the signs using the hideTerrain module in Eden. Not sure why this works but it does."
It works the same way as hideobjectglobal.

brazen lagoon
#

any suggestions on how to draw text on the map? I have markers drawn on the map for objectives but I want to have text on them a la sector control

#

but i can't find a way to just write text on the map

little raptor
#

but I just recommend using a marker

brazen lagoon
#

is there by chance an empty marker?

unreal scroll
little raptor
#

idk. but you can set its alpha to 0

brazen lagoon
#

doesnt that also make the text invis

little raptor
#

oh meowsweats

brazen lagoon
#

that was the problem i ran into

#

this would have all been avoided if you could just write text in ellipse markers using their text field..

little raptor
brazen lagoon
#

is 62 the empty mark

little raptor
#

61

brazen lagoon
#

EmptyIcon ?

little raptor
#

Empty

brazen lagoon
#

ah

#

well I will try this then

#

ty for the help

drifting portal
#

whats the damage event handle that is initiated before the damage is calculated by the game?

little raptor
wet shadow
#

Hello people, does anyone know its possible to test if a script is not running, i.e. if a script handler exists?

scriptNull isEqualTo script_handler
isNull script_handler

Both will throw an error if the script_handler has not yet been executed.

drifting portal
little raptor
drifting portal
#

so If I do damage _unit, it will give me the damage before the unit gets damaged?

little raptor
drifting portal
unique sundial
real tartan
#

question: I have a group that can have only units or vehicle with units. I want to count number of units in group, but if group contain vehicle, count group units as 1.
private _count = units _group;

#

found this: BIS_fnc_groupVehicles

unreal scroll
#

@real tartan
If it is supposed all units should be inside vehicle(s)

private _count = [{alive _x} count units _group, 1] select ((units _group findif {isNull objectParent _x}) == -1);

or, if any unit is inside a vehicle:

private _count = [1, {alive _x} count units _group] select ((units _group findif {!(isNull objectParent _x)}) == -1);
real tartan
#

note: group only contains vehicle with units inside, or just units

unreal scroll
#

@real tartan "group only contains vehicle with units inside"
To be precise, group cannot contain empty vehicles. So, group contains units without vehicle, or group contains units in vehicle(s)

real tartan
tough abyss
#

I need to improve my Green Team AI scripts. I want to set randomized AI spawns that frustrate my players. I'd like to increase the size of the AI groups based on number of players. I like the idea of preloading the npcs and setting their gear and referencing them by name.

Anyone have a decent AI spawn script.

And how do you like to trigger it? I'm thinking when a player is nearby but I need a way to prevent multiple groups spawning. So I need a despawn script or something that prevents another group from spawning until the other group is dead.

I understand how to create the array of individual units, but how can I call array size, randomized, but based on number of players in the area.

Like 1 player= 2 enemies, 2 players = 4, 3 or 4 will be a larger group of say, 10 or something.

#

I guess I can do it the easy way of an if, else if structure:
if players <= 1 then do this

If <= 2 do this, etc

real tartan
#

@unreal scroll thx, I used it like this:

private _groupUnits = [units _group, [(units _group) select 0]] select ((units _group findif {isNull objectParent _x}) == -1);
#

would be nice to have driver instead of first unit in group [(units _group) select 0] tho

# 
private _groupUnits = [units _group, [driver (([_group, true] call BIS_fnc_groupVehicles) select 0)]] select ((units _group findif {isNull objectParent _x}) == -1);
brazen lagoon
#

you think it's possible to set the text of a marker to center justified?

drifting portal
# 
this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {   
 params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];   
 {   
 _n = damage _unit;   
 sleep 0.1;   
 if (isPlayer _source) then {_unit setDamage (_n + 0.01);};   
 };   
}];

when I try to change the damage value casued by a player to a certain character, it goes invincible (it won't take damage)

#

is there a way to fix?

willow hound
#

EHs are unscheduled

drifting portal
#

hmm

#

should I add [] spawn

#

to the inside?

willow hound
#

Why do you sleep in the first place?

#

Hehe

#

I assume it didn't complain about the suspension in unscheduled environment?

#

Probably because you are returning code

drifting portal
drifting portal
#

of course I checked isDamageallowed and stuff

drifting portal
willow hound
#

SQF is evil

drifting portal
#

I'm putting it in the inti

#

lol

brazen lagoon
#

anyone got ideas on a vehicle/soldier spawner script that isnt spyder's addons? it's not a bad one I just want a different one if possible

brave creek
#

@drifting portal
You can return the damage.

this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {   
 params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];   
 if (isPlayer _source) then {_damage = damage _unit + 0.01};   
 _damage
}];
drifting portal
#

there is not point in it

#

because the unit will not die too lol

willow hound
#

In SQF, the last value is always the return value, whether you want / need it or not.

//_result will be 2:
private _result = call {
  private _a = 1 + 1;
  _a //This is the return statement!
};
```The semicolon can be left out or added for the return statement, it makes no difference (but in my opinion it makes sense to omit it when you actually *want* to return the value, just for readability).
drifting portal
#

well

brazen lagoon
#

man if only the antistasi vehicle spawning system was like. easily copyable. that'd be nice imo

drifting portal
#

what does returning value have to do with the fact that its not setting damage for the unit? lol

#

I'm confused

#

like its not executing _unit setDamage (_n + 0.01); as it seems

#

because damage stays as 0

willow hound
#

Now your EH code is ...

params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];   
{ //Return value start
  _n = damage _unit;   
  sleep 0.1;   
  if (isPlayer _source) then { _unit setDamage (_n + 0.01); }; 
}; //Return value end
```... and the last value there is what's inside the curly brackets. It's just code (as in data type) and it is never executed, because there is no `call` or `spawn` to go with the curly brackets.
drifting portal
#

I tried spawning everything

#

but no change

#

should I only spawn the setDamage?

willow hound
#

So in total you want to deal the default value plus 0.01 damage?

drifting portal
#

no

#

so

#

HandleDamage EH occurs before damage is calculated

#

and I'm trying to get the damage of the unit before the damage is calculated

#

and add 0.01 to that

brave creek
willow hound
drifting portal
#

not the damage of the unit as a whole?

willow hound
#

Ah, yes, probably.

drifting portal
drifting portal
brave creek
#

this increases the damage by 0.01 (if I am not wrong)

this addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {   
   params ["_unit", "_selection", "_damage", "_source", "_projectile", "_hitIndex", "_instigator", "_hitPoint"];   
   damage _unit + 0.01
}];
drifting portal
willow hound
drifting portal
#

thanks @willow hound @brave creek

pulsar bluff
#

if you dont do it right, players will heal eachother using it

#

“shoot me to heal me”

wide fulcrum
#

im using say3d on a unit and for some reason if the player is looking directly at the unit it is silent, but if you stand with your head facing away from unit you can hear it

#

is this an issue with say3d or something else because the other say3d commands i have are working find

fair drum
#

whats your distance setting for the say3d

faint sage
#

Hey, this is the code I use to spawn single enemy unit on trigger
group_1 = creategroup east; enemy1 = group_1 createunit ["LOP_ChDKZ_Infantry_TL",getmarkerpos "sp1",[],0,"form"]; enemy1 domove (getmarkerpos "wp1")
Only problem is that they all face north/0 degree. Is there a way they spawn facing a custom direction? The number 0 in there represents how many meters they will be away from their spawn point, not the direction they are facing.

fair drum
wide fulcrum
#

@fair drum i fixed it i hope, just the syntax vers i was using has an issue for some reason, i altered the syntax and it fixed it

#

Currently the code reads

#

[] spawn {
{_x disableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
{_x playMovenow "AmovPercMrunSnonWnonDf"} foreach
RunningODST;
[R21, "USMCa"] remoteExec ["say3D"];
sleep 60;
{_x playMovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"} foreach
RunningODST;
sleep 60;
{_x enableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
{RunningODST setSpeedMode "LIMITED"; RunningODST domove (getmarkerpos "M2")};
};

#

and it runs great up to the point that the second sleep60 ends, i want them to smoothly transition to standing but the animation just ends abruptly instead

#

and then they still wont actually move to M2

fair drum
#

@wide fulcrum

#

!code

wicked roostBOT
#
How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";
wide fulcrum
#

'''sqf
//[] spawn {
{_x disableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
{_x playMovenow "AmovPercMrunSnonWnonDf"} foreach RunningODST;
[R21, "USMCa"] remoteExec ["say3D"];
sleep 60;
{_x playMovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"} foreach RunningODST;
sleep 60;
{_x playMovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon"} foreach RunningODST;
{_x enableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
{RunningODST setSpeedMode "LIMITED"; RunningODST domove (getmarkerpos "M2")};
};
'''

#

No quotes?

fair drum
#

tilde, not apostrophe

#

above TAB

#

and remove the //

#

// is for comments

wide fulcrum
# 
[] spawn {
{_x disableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
    {_x playMovenow "AmovPercMrunSnonWnonDf"} foreach RunningODST;
    [R21, "USMCa"] remoteExec ["say3D"];
 sleep 60;
    {_x playMovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"} foreach RunningODST; 
 sleep 60;
    {_x playMovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon"} foreach RunningODST;
    {_x enableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
    {RunningODST setSpeedMode "LIMITED"; RunningODST domove (getmarkerpos "M2")};
};
fair drum
#

there you go

wide fulcrum
#

that my current code

#

i need to drop the now from that last playmove

#

wait, no i dont

fair drum
#

use just playMove

wide fulcrum
#

it doesnt throw any errors its just that

 sleep 60;
    {_x playMovenow "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon"} foreach RunningODST;
    {_x enableAI "anim"} foreach RunningODST;
    {RunningODST setSpeedMode "LIMITED"; RunningODST domove (getmarkerpos "M2")};
};
``` doesnt work
#

it doesnt work correctly i should say

copper raven
#

{RunningODST setSpeedMode "LIMITED"; RunningODST domove (getmarkerpos "M2")} what is this? a code blob that never gets executed?

#

and also setSpeedMode doesn't take array

wide fulcrum
#

ok ill fix that, currently in that code i just sent the sleep 60 passes, and the unit ends its previous animation, but it just terminates instead of transitioning smoothly to the standing animation "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon", and then of course i need to fix SetSpeedMode

#

i can just limit their speed in editor i think as the domove animation will override it anyways and when they exit the animation they should still have limited speed

faint sage
fair drum
wide fulcrum
#

you could write a script that selects a value for their direction from an array of 1-360 using bsi_fnc_random

#

Using _x to select a value for all units affected by the script

faint sage
fair drum
#

you need to use setDir in addition

faint sage
#

Copy that

fair drum
#

and if the unit is part of a multi unit group, you need to use setFormDir

faint sage
#

Will try

#

Thank you!

wide fulcrum
#

i still cant get the group to execute the domove

#

i got the animation sort of smoothed out by making the sleep the length of the animx4 so it plays 4 times and the cut is less noticable

dim terrace
warm hedge
#

Nope AFAIK

#

TI mode as in Black hot, White hot, Red, Green... yes?

dim terrace
#

yea

#

I wanted to use it on vehicle so I guess I could hack one of the UI idcs ( CA_FlirMode ) then

copper raven
unique sundial
leaden haven
#

I cannot get a trigger to run a function. I have this condition:

this and ((getPos (thisList select 0)) select 2 < 1);

And this in the activation:

(thisList select 0) spawn KER_fnc_repair;

But it will not run. How can I do this simple thing? There must be a trick to this I am missing. And yes KER_fnc_repair is defined in CfgFunctions. This works when I use execvm, but I do not want to do it that way.

copper raven
#

if it works with execVm, then the trigger has nothing to do with it, you probably just setup cfgFunctions incorrectly

leaden haven
#

But I tested it and this works fine.

[cursorObject] spawn KER_fnc_repair;
willow hound
#

@leaden haven You're using round brackets in the trigger but square brackets for the test.

#

Around the argument for the function that is.

leaden haven
#

OK, this works, I forgot to set trigger to EAST and repeatable.

[thisList # 0] spawn KER_fnc_repair;

Now I can finish my mission.

#

I am coding when I am tired.

ripe sapphire
#

yo bros, just me or is the sound that plays when u use hint really quiet?

warm hedge
#

It is. Just spam the hint command!

warm coral
#

does anyone know how to trigger a keyframe animation via trigger or script?

warm coral
#

nvm i found it

#

was hidden somewhere deep in bi wiki for some reason

distant oyster
warm coral
#

there you go

distant oyster
#

actually. what is a timeline?

#

There doesn't seem to be any documentation other than the functions

warm hedge
distant oyster
#

hmm that page has no links leading to the timeline function group

warm coral
#

yea thats why i got confused too

#

so basically

#

a timeline is apparently the core module of a keyframe animation

distant oyster
#

it should be possible to create a timeline purely from sqf, right?

cosmic lichen
#

Sure

#

It's just an array of codes with set time

distant oyster
#

I am just thinking of a way to make a connection between the Key Frame page and the timeline function group

cosmic lichen
#

I am not sure the functions are really relevant.

#

or useable rather.

tough abyss
#

Anyone know how I can script something to deduct from the CP from warlords?

I'd like to write an addiction for something at the HQ where a player can basically buy defending AI. It will need to deduct from CP to prevent spam and offer another defensive option.

Not sure what that command would be if at all possible.

And I'm still trying to figure out how to make a purchasable crate with a predefined inventory in the warlord request menu...

warm hedge
#

WL CPs are handled in the player's variable, so setVariable

tough abyss
#

Ah ok. So can I generically deduct from it or would I need to grab the value, return the value and set an if/then statement to deduct from it?

tough abyss
#

@warm hedge I'm assuming I can find the actual variable in my mission.sqm right?

brazen lagoon
#

can you use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setPlayerRespawnTime to allow something like fast redeploying? Like, if I used this can I make it so that there's an action that sets the player's respawn time to 0, kills them silently, and then they can choose any respawn position immediately?

ripe sapphire
#

or you can just move them instead of killing

brazen lagoon
#

right but I wanna reuse the vanilla respawn position thing because it works well enough and I'm lazy

ripe sapphire
#

yo bros is there a way to freeze animations on a player other than disabling simulation? like for AIs you can disableAI "anim" but humans they always return to the gun animation

brazen lagoon
#

@ripe sapphire also trying to figure this out pls let me know if you figure it out

#

maybe play the AidlPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_AI animation

#

I'm trying to get forcerespawn to work without the sound of a guy falling over dead

ripe sapphire
little raptor
brazen lagoon
#

lmao

#

i might actually have to end up doing something like that

#

or setPos them like really high up in the air

little raptor
#

or just delete them 🤣

brazen lagoon
#

yeah I tried doing deleteVehicle right after the forceRespawn but I don't think it worked

#

lemme test that again

little raptor
brazen lagoon
#

what do you mean

#

I have a unit passed into this function

little raptor
# 
_unit = player;
brazen lagoon
#

it looks like

#

actually lemme just post the code

# 
params ["_caller"];

if !(local _caller) exitWith {
    [_caller] remoteExec ["SG_fnc_redeploy", _caller];
};

setPlayerRespawnTime 0.5;
_caller enableSimulation false;
forceRespawn _caller;
hideObject _caller;
deleteVehicle _caller;

[] spawn {
    while {!(alive player)} do {
        sleep 0.5;
    };
    setPlayerRespawnTime 20;
};```
#

this still makes the body crumpling sound

#

or the water splashing sound

#

even if I set the height of the _caller obj to 99999

little raptor
#

then the sound is created by the respawn system meowsweats

brazen lagoon
#

so i assume that means theres no way of getting around it?

little raptor
brazen lagoon
#

hmmmm yeah I could do that

#

how do I do that

#

what's the command name I mean

little raptor
#

switchCamera

tough abyss
#

Can some one help me learn the game I just got it

brazen lagoon
#

thats not what this channel is for

tough abyss
#

Ok thank you

brazen lagoon
little raptor
brazen lagoon
#

np have fun!

#

@little raptor this works but the map disappears

#

like I get the 'cannot connect to the positioning system' screen

ripe sapphire
brazen lagoon
#

i assume theres probably a way to force enable the map that I dont know about

little raptor
brazen lagoon
#

thats what I'm trying to do lmao

ripe sapphire
#

0 fadesound 0? lol

brazen lagoon
#

well that changes all volume right

ripe sapphire
#

yea you can turn it off for like 2 seconds

#

and turn it back on

brazen lagoon
#

i guess yeah

#

thats probably the least dumb way of doing it

#

it makes sense for sound in the deploy screen to be muted anyway

little raptor
#

and playMoveNow

ripe sapphire
#

yea but it wont freeze right

#

its gonna keep looping it?

#

i believe AIs with disableAI "ANIM" they freeze at the end of the anim

brazen lagoon
#

@little raptor @ripe sapphire this works well enough, thanks for the help!

little raptor
ripe sapphire
#

leopard if i give a unit a name, say thisunit, and then in MP the player who controls that unit respawns, will variable thisunit return the new respawned object?

rain dirge
#

I am looking to create a projectile with a given velocity, is there a createVehicle like command for projectiles?

little raptor
ripe sapphire
#

ok

little raptor
ripe sapphire
#

i remember theres a command to sync respawned objects to their new bodies but forgot the name

rain dirge
#

Will that work for a non cfgVehicle class though?

little raptor
rain dirge
#

Thank you. Now to figure out why I cannot get that to work. Thanks.

ripe sapphire
#

leopard how do u sync the respawned objects with their variable?

brazen lagoon
#

i think its very funny how the wiki says you can do ctrl+shift+c in the arsenal to copy loadouts in config form to put in cfgrespawninventories but neglects to point out that this is wrong because the code that runs to serialize inventories doesn't include weapon scopes

little raptor
halcyon rover
#

Hi, i am doing a mission in the vietnam tunnels

#

but as the spawns of the enemy garrison is random i need my players to spawn in without beeing onehitted by a randomly spawned enemy

#

therefore i set the player characters to captive mode when spawning

#

now i want to make a trigger, that disables their captive mode if they progress in the tunnels

#

i tried: If {(captive _x) then {_x setCaptive false}} forEach allUnits;

#

but it gives me an error ingame- any tipps?

unreal scroll
# 
If {(captive _x) then {_x setCaptive false}} forEach allUnits;

What is this? You need to learn syntax.
{if (captive _x) then {_x setCaptive false}} forEach allUnits;

halcyon rover
#

just a code i found online, in the past i managed to create small scripts by copying and editing stuff i found

#

im a complete newby when it comes to coding. so is there maybe a simpler way to remove captive for each unit that passes through the trigger?

unreal scroll
halcyon rover
#

so thislist would refer to all units ("any player") as selected in the trigger settings?

#

thanks! appreciate the fast response

#

working perfectly now:)

red rune
#

any difference in (get/set) PosATL and PosASL when units are on land?

#

other than the Z value

tough abyss
#

Hey lads,

#

Can I get some help with scripting

#

I don't do scripting at all so I'm gonna need someone to help me.

#

DM me.

#

My problem is this:

I'm trying to put in my own music into the game, but I just cannot get it right because the tutorials being too hard for me to understand.

#

Or ping me.

leaden haven
tough abyss
warm hedge
#

Explain more than not working. Like actual codes

pulsar bluff
#

published a small script to deal with flying tanks

fair drum
#

but if I WANT to have this amazing arma feature! lol

tough abyss
#

How would i go about deleting the supply crate after a timer. I am using the support request supply drop and trying to use

_this, deleteVehicle;
#

and variations of that

tough abyss
#

I tried

deleteVehicle _this;

as well

warm hedge
#

Latter is the correct syntax

tough abyss
#

ok im going to try it again without the timer to see what happens.

I have a preloaded crate with an inventory, and I am calling that inventory in the crate init field on the supplydrop porvider module (virtual). I want the box to land and last say, 300 seconds so it will despawn and not clutter things.

#

yup that didnt work lol

#

"Error Invalid number in expression"

#

this is currently in my :vehicle init" field on my support provider: supply Drop

[ _this, ImperialSupplyCrate getvariable "loadout" ] call BIS_fnc_initAmmobox; deleteVehicle, _this;
#

Hey people can anyone tell me with getting artillery fire to different positions and lets say 3 rounds on a base 2 rounds on a group of infantry etc with the fire mission waypoint

#

are you using zues or trying to script it?

#

zues is easy as hell you just spawn it lol

#

trying to script it

#

for a mission

#

ah ok. well the way i am using artillery support is through the support request module

#

so the player can use the commands to call it in on their target location

#

Oh ok thanks

#

thres videos how to do that

#

Yeah ik but i wasn't really trying to do that but it will work out

#

if you want you can also setup waypoints and script out spawning the artillery, then have it fir at the waypoint

#

but id have to look up the actual HOW to do that

#

Aight

#

youtube a script theres tons out there

#

Alright thanks bro

#

i just want to delete this damn crate after my box lands lol

wide fulcrum
# 
[ _this, ImperialSupplyCrate getvariable "loadout" ] call BIS_fnc_initAmmobox; deleteVehicle, _this;
sleep 300;
{deletevehicle _x} Foreach _this;
tough abyss
#

what about my first delete this?

wide fulcrum
#

ignore your first deletevehicle

#

try that

tough abyss
#

😄

#

haha aighte!

#

wait

#

dont we need to define _x?

#

first?

wide fulcrum
#

nope

tough abyss
#

ok

#

ill try

wide fulcrum
#

idk why it works but _x is what i use for everything lol

tough abyss
#

you mind if i PM you about some AI scripts?

#

I have some that work but i want better, more randomized and dynamic ones

wide fulcrum
#

im trying to call in a MAC strike as an action on a computer that triggers on player interaction, i know that i need to use the addaction fn but i dont know the fn to just spawn the mac round

#

sure

#

add me

warm hedge
#

deleteVehicle, _this meowhuh

#

Renove the comma

ripe sapphire
wide fulcrum
#

if ((velocity _This select 2) = 0) then {sleep 300; {deletevehicle _x} foreach _This;};

#

isnt working for us

#

help

tough abyss
#

yesh...halp us!

pliant stream
#

(velocity _This select 2) = 0 that's an assignment, not a comparison

wide fulcrum
#

we changed it to <1

pliant stream
#

so all is well now?

wide fulcrum
#

nope

#

shes still nonfunctional

#

its a head scratcher

#

we tried that like 8 iterations ago

pliant stream
#

uhuh... and do you get an error?

little raptor
little raptor
little raptor
#

velocity _This select 2

foreach _This;
wat? so which one is it? an array or a vehicle?

wide fulcrum
#

yes.

#

its an array with only that vehicles name in it because we had to have it like that

tough abyss
#

im putting this into the crate init field of my support request supply drop (virtual)

#

I want the crate to despawn itself after a period of time so it doesnt persist in the world and clutter things.

unreal scroll
# 
if (((velocity _this) select 2) < 0.1) then {sleep 300; {deletevehicle _this}};

Supposed that it is a scheduled environment.

ripe sapphire
#

yo bros im trying to make player blow up a crashed plane with its simulation disabled, and after player detonates a satchel near the plane, then the plane's simulation will be enabled and it will be destroyed.

#

question how do i check if a satchel is detonated inside a certain area

unreal scroll
#

You can try to add MPKilled or Killed EH to satchel, and get coords from passed object, then do the check.

little raptor
ripe sapphire
little raptor
unreal scroll
#

@ripe sapphire Then only to fin it with a loop check.
Or do a trick I did with bombs - add a small destroyable object to a satchel with a loop. Then you can detect the explosion.

ripe sapphire
#

can you explain?

#

does nearEntities detect satchels?

ripe sapphire
unreal scroll
#

Maybe allmines?

ripe sapphire
#

what object did u use?

little raptor
unreal scroll
#

"Land_Balloon_01_air_F" 🙂

little raptor
#

just capture the placed explosive with a FiredMan event handler
if the explosive is within your "area", start the loop
all you have to check inside the loop is when it's dead

unreal scroll
#

Yes, this is the best way.

ripe sapphire
#

if player dies does the EH get removed?

little raptor
#

yeah

ripe sapphire
#

also if something is hidden with hideObject, can it still be destroyed?

unreal scroll
#

"if the explosive is within your "area", start the loop"
it is better to catch it with Killed EH, 'cause the loop could hang.

"also if something is hidden with hideObject, can it still be destroyed?"
What you want to hide?

little raptor
#

crashed plane
you can't destroy it with your satchel at all

little raptor
unreal scroll
#

We're not talking about ammo, see above.

little raptor
#

a satchel is an ammo

ripe sapphire
unreal scroll
#

"Land_Balloon_01_air_F" is the destroyable object. It can be attached under the ammo.

ripe sapphire
#

it can be blown up

little raptor
ripe sapphire
ripe sapphire
unreal scroll
#

"yea i wanna hide the balloon"
You don't need to hide it with hideobject

little raptor
#

because the explosive "effect" is already calculated by the engine

unreal scroll
#

"because the explosive "effect" is already calculated by the engine"
He can just setDamage to needed object 🙂 Effects won't be missed.

little raptor
#

yes. but what I'm saying is "you can't destroy it with your satchel at all"

#

you can script it of course

unreal scroll
#

Depends on pov, because the common "destruction" is the script too 😉

little raptor
#

no, it's handled by the engine. it's not a script

unreal scroll
#

The program is a script. It does only one thing - shows you something on a screen. So everything is a script/program. I don't think he would actually care about what caused the destruction, if it looks the same ))

#

@ripe sapphire "i wanna hide the balloon"
This is my script to simulate trees damage on bomb explosion:

    _veh addEventHandler ["Fired", {
        params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
        if ("bomb" in tolower _ammo) then {
            _proxy = "Land_Balloon_01_air_F" createVehicle getpos _projectile;
            _proxy attachTo [_projectile,[0,0,0]];
            _proxy addEventHandler ["Killed", {
                params ["_unit"]; 
                private _objects = nearestTerrainObjects [getpos _unit,["TREE","SMALL TREE"],20,false,true];
                {
                    _x setdamage 1;    
                } foreach _objects;
            }];
    
        };
    }];

You can attach your object below the projectile, and it should be hide.
But, of course, you can also use hideobject - all attached objects will be destroyed too with the root.

little raptor
unreal scroll
#

As I said, depends on pov. If something acts and looks the same, then it has absolutely no difference for player. Explosion --> vehicle destroyed.
"maybe googling "scripting vs programming" can help you understand the difference"
I understand the "difference", don't worry. You don't understand my point.

little raptor
#

which was my point

unreal scroll
#

It is not if you read what I said about player interaction.
Without it this dispute is pure formalism and makes no sense.

ripe sapphire
#

😳

#

i was thinking if i can put something thats hidden but can still be destroyed by the explosion

#

so i can easily check for the explosion with !alive hiddenthing

wide fulcrum
# 
//Arma Script For Dynamic Unit Spawning

setVariable ["last_activation", time];
_Marker = ["Mark1"]; //Add more marks for more spawns
_group = ["_1group"];
_Enemy_Class = ["LM_OPCAN_CMA_Engineer"];

  if [last_activation > Time -10] do 
  { 
    setVariable ["last_activation", time];
    
    
    _Ai_Selected = selectRandom _Enemy_Class;
    _Marker_R = selectRandom _Marker;
    _1group = creategroup [independent, true];     
    {   
      _unit = _1group createunit [_x, getmarkerpos "_Marker_R",[],0,[]];    
      _unit domove (getmarkerpos "Group1M");   
    } forEach ["LM_OPCAN_CMA_Engineer"];
  };
```  This is supposed to spawn a random unit at the marker, right now i only have the one opcan guy in the array but im getting an error and idk why
ripe sapphire
# little raptor which won't work

it works because its jammed into the ground, and when sim is enabled it explodes right away bcs game thinks it collided with ground

unreal scroll
#

@ripe sapphire "i was thinking if i can put something thats hidden but can still be destroyed by the explosion"
If you're talking about the attached object, then it should be destroyed with the root, not with explosion. Just correcting.

"so i can easily check for the explosion with"
Do you need the condition, or event? If event, then add a Killed EH to the hidden object.
If you need a condition, then you don't need to add something to that ammo object.
Just save it in FiredMan EH and check later.

ripe sapphire
#

i mean i can easily place like for example an ammobox right beside the plane, then check whether its alive or not, and a satchel will definitily blow it up

#

but i dont want an ammobox there, so i was asking if hidden objects with enabled simulation can still be destroyed

unreal scroll
#

To be sure: what hidden object do you want to be destroyed?

ripe sapphire
#

doesnt matter

#

it just there so that a trigger can check whether its alive or no

#

but i want this hidden object to be able to be destroyed by a satchel

unreal scroll
#

It does, because it is attached to something, as I said, it will be destroyed with the root.
I thought you're talking about "proxy-object".
So, another question: what is the reason to destroy hidden objects (to understand your mission design). Sorry if I missed some conversation before.

ripe sapphire
#

no, im not using your script with attachtos

#

so basically

#

a satchel will definitely destroy an ammobox right

#

i place ammobox right beside plane, now i can use this ammobox, to detect, if a satchel has been detonated near the plane

#

but i dont want an ammobox to be showing beside plane, therefore hideObject

#

question, can this ammobox still be destroyed by satchel

unreal scroll
#

Wait... Why? You have an attached object. So to detect the explosion, just use the Killed EH 🙂
Give the ammobox an unique name, and destroy it within that EH. It is the simplest way I believe.

ripe sapphire
unreal scroll
#

"no, im not using your script with attachtos"
The destroyable object you attached to the satchel.

ripe sapphire
#

no

#

im not attaching anything

#

basically what im asking "can a hidden object with hideobject true be destroyed by a satchel

unreal scroll
#

@ripe sapphire We told you before, several times 🙂
Hidden objects cannot be destroyed by usual explosion, handled by the engine.
That is why I gave you the way to destroy it using attachable object 🙂

ripe sapphire
unreal scroll
#

"I thought you're talking about "proxy-object".

ripe sapphire
#

ok, thanks anyways, guess using EHs are the only way

unreal scroll
#

It is the most effective and reliable way. You can have many issues with loops, and it is could be much more complex.

ripe sapphire
#

ok just tested in gamne

#

hidden object just got destroyed by a satchel 😳

#

makes my life easier

unreal scroll
#

"hidden object"
Hmm... Are you sure it is really hidden? Or just placed inside other object?

ripe sapphire
#

i literally put hideObject true in its init

#

you can try urself

unreal scroll
#

Ah... Yes, I remember. One I had a guard tower ruins appeared after an arty explosion nearby 🙂
So in my script I have simulation disabled for hidden objects. In that case it was enabled.

ripe sapphire
#

yup, since simulation is enabled it can still be killed i guess a2russiandude

unreal scroll
#

I suppose the engine handles the hidden object damage as it was on the same place.
Leopard20, am I right?

Once I needed to have a destroyable radar, but what I had is only a simple object from IFA3. But there was also a truck with almost the same geometry, so I attached the radar to the truck, and hid the truck with enabled simulations.
And I wasn't able to destroy the truck with explosion, until I moved the radar ~0.1-0.2 m by Y axis.
So I decided that the truck's collision mesh was still in place, and after such moves it became vulnerable for explosion from one side.

spark turret
#

idk why but my code auto crashes arma 😄
Edit: trying to access an empty array at idx 0 is probably the cause

params[
    ["_units",[],[[]]],
    ["_primaryWeapon",true,[true]],
    ["_secondaryWeapon",true,[true]],
    ["_handgunWeapon",true,[true]],
    ["_uniform",true,[true]],
    ["_vest",true,[true]],
    ["_backpack",true,[true]],
    ["_helmet",true,[true]],
    ["_facewear",true,[true]],
    ["_magazines",true,[true]],
    ["_clothes",true,[true]]

];
if (_units isEqualTo []) exitWith  {
    ["units is null, cant collect loadouts."] call BIS_fnc_error;
};
_primaryWeapons = createHashMap;
_secondaryWeapons = createHashMap;
_handgunWeapons = createHashMap;
//_uniform
//_vest
//_backpack
//_helmet
//_facewear
//_magazines
//_clothes
private ["_loadout"];
{
    //get loadout, add it to array
    _unit = _x;
    _loadout = getUnitLoadout [_unit,true];
    diag_log["unit: ",typeOf _unit];
    {
        //get gun name
        _map = _x select 1;
        _idx = _x select 0;
        _name = _loadout select _idx select 0;

        diag_log["_name",_name," idx: ", _idx];
        _guns = ((_map getOrDefault [_name,[]]) + ([_loadout select _idx]));
        _map set [_name,_guns];
    } forEach [[0,_primaryWeapons],[1,_secondaryWeapons],[2,_handgunWeapons]];
} forEach _units;
little raptor
spark turret
#

yep thats my guess too. interestingly arma doesnt throw any error if you do
[] select 0

little raptor
#

to prevent it do this:

 _name = (_loadout select _idx) param [0, ""];
spark turret
# 
if (count (_loadout select _idx) > 0) then {

does too

#

i wish i had a "continue;" statement for the loop

#

wait

little raptor
spark turret
#

what the hell since when

winter rose
#

2.02 iirc

little raptor
#

since a couple of updates ago

spark turret
#

nice!

#

now sqf is almost a proper language 😉

winter rose
#

thanks, memory

unknown.png
spark turret
#

can we get a twitterbot tweeting sqf updates 😄

little raptor
#

if you read them

spark turret
#

i literally never read an arma changelog

#

to lazy

spark turret
#

can someone confirm that

values _myMap;

return a double nested array:
[[v1,v2,v3]] ?

#

okay its not armas fault, im doing something wrong

winter rose
#

lul 😋

little raptor
still forum
#

I know why it crashed so I'll just add a check, but no idea how you did that

#

Ah

#

Got it

#

[] select 1 is a special weird kind of nil that has no data

spark turret
#

found more stuff going on.

if (true) then {hint "hi";

fails silently without printing errors.
Same for
selectRandom []

#

has that always been the case or did error logging just break recently?

winter rose
#

in the debug console *

spark turret
#

also in a compiled function. the whole function doesnt execute then without any trace as to why

little raptor
spark turret
#

oh boy how did i go so long without encountering it lol

#

made me pull my hairs out

winter rose
#

you scripted well until now? 😛

tough abyss
little raptor
#

you can do it with waypoints (I think)
give them two waypoints
one up to where you want them to run to
set their behavior to careless, combat mode to Do not fire, and speedmode to full
then another waypoint which changes their behavior to combat and allows them to fire

hushed temple
#

Hello have one of you time i need some help with a script ?

#

PM please

cosmic lichen
#

Just ask here

hushed temple
#

it is i little much to write and i am from Germany and my english is not that good for a text massage

#

to talk is easy for me

red rune
#

Would this work fine to execute a code for all non-zeus players?

{
// Whatever code here
} forEach allPlayers - allCurators;
tough abyss
#

I want to have a sound played, when a player is killed by a player, but it doesnt work - i guess, that it is not possible to check "isPlayer _unit" when _unit is dead?

// This works, whenever a player is killing an AI
params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];

if ( (isPlayer _killer ) && (!isPlayer _unit) ) then {
    [_killer, "friendlyfire"] remoteExec ["say3D"];
};

// Is not working, the sound is not played when a player kills a player
params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];

if ( (isPlayer _killer ) && (isPlayer _unit) ) then {
    [_killer, "friendlyfire"] remoteExec ["say3D"];
};
little raptor
little raptor
hushed temple
#

I have a server. On the server I have several spawn points that I can select when spawning.I would like that if I choose one of them to spawn on predetermined random points, for example a pvp arena and I press spawn that is randomly selected between, for example, 5 different spawn points

little raptor
little raptor
# hushed temple I have a server. On the server I have several spawn points that I can select whe...

🤔
one idea I have is this:
create several areas (triggers) around each spawn point
inside each area, place markers for each random spawn point
then in onPlayerRespawn.sqf do this:

params ["_player"];
if (_player inArea spawn_1) exitWith { //1st respawn position
  _randomMarker = selectRandom ["spawn_1_1", "spawn_1_2", "spawn_1_3"];
  _player setPos markerPos [_randomMarker, true];
};
if (_player inArea spawn_2) exitWith { //2nd respawn position

// similar to above
...
}

in that example, spawn_1 is the name of the trigger around one of the spawn positions.
spawn_1_1 to 3 are the markers

do the same thing for the other spawn points

tough abyss
little raptor
#

I recommend using a variable for now

#

KK said he would fix it in the next update

red rune
little raptor
red rune
#

so _curators is an array here?

little raptor
#

note that afaik, allCurators doesn't work on curators that are not assigned as playable in Eden

little raptor
#

in your case it would work if you did this:

allPlayers - [_curatorUnit];
```but only for 1 unit
red rune
#

in Zeus Enhanced*

little raptor
#

@tough abyss by a variable I mean like this:
in onPlayerRespawn.sqf and initPlayerLocal, add:

params ["_player"];
_player setVariable ["is_player", true, true];
little raptor
red rune
#

Alright, thanks for the help

tough abyss
# little raptor I recommend using a variable for now

I don't understand that correctly - do I have to use another EventHandler, because I can't use _unit in any way, because from the moment the _unit is dead, I can't access it in any way (i.e. if it is a player, the side etc.)?

little raptor
tough abyss
little raptor
#

the variables that you assign to the unit are still valid after it's dead

tough abyss
#

Thanks a lot i'll give it a try

hushed temple
#

@little raptor thanks works

little raptor
#

np

dreamy kestrel
#

Hello, Q: concerning global object variables. I need to know when those are actually published, especially with respect to say, raising CBA global or target events.
In particular, can we depend on those variables having arrived at their destinations prior to handling those events, for instance?

drifting portal
#

what's BIS_phase? I can't find anything on the internet about it

still forum
dreamy kestrel
#

I imagine the same sort of internal bookkeeping is happening, but I just needed to clarify, because it will be critical to this approach I am taking.

winter rose
hushed temple
#

for like 2 pvp areas

still forum
dreamy kestrel
# still forum Yes thats what I meant too

so to recap, when _object setVariable [..., ..., public], Boolean - When true, the variable broadcast is global and persistent, that gets published, would be before the event got raised.
that's what I am depending on, knock on wood.

still forum
#

"would be before the event got raised." what event?

dreamy kestrel
still forum
#

CBA? Yes all CBA events, publicVariable, remoteExec is ordered

dreamy kestrel
little raptor
copper raven
hushed temple
#

i fixed it it was my mistake

little raptor
winter rose
dreamy kestrel
# winter rose you asked for an _event handler_

no, I was asking about the synchronization of public variables, in the missionNamespace is one, but more importantly via setVariable.
vis-a-vis raising events such as cia CBA, as a key scenario.

winter rose
#

yes, and that's why I said "no it doesn't exist in vanilla", maybe you want to change your design?

dreamy kestrel
#

I think I got it clarified however; thanks...

copper raven
#

you must be doing something super complicated 😄

dreamy kestrel
still forum
winter rose
#

I have no idea what you mean by

when we turn around and raise a CBA global or target event?
sorry 😅

#

you can still use a function to do that for you

dreamy kestrel
#

global events which occur server+client, target event which can target, say, a player instance.

winter rose
# 
[myObject, "varName", "value"] call MIC_fnc_setPublicVariable;
```?
#

and you could trigger/subscribe to its scripted EHs

hollow thistle
dreamy kestrel
#

hrm, I am not asking to sub to public variable changes themselves.
it's okay... I think @still forum clarified adequately.

still forum
winter rose
#

ok ^^ I'll shut it so I don't waste your time 😅 still didn't get it (and I don't use CBA so it doesn't help)

dreamy kestrel
winter rose
#

I tried to turn my brain on, it flashed and fried. will try tomorrow

copper raven
dreamy kestrel
#

my goal really is to reduce the number of extraneous events, messages, etc, if possible. and to leverage the intrinsic objects, public variables, etc, to the hilt.

#

I think I can achieve that with smarter use of public, sometimes targeted, variables.

winter rose
#

…or remoteExec 😄 🤣

dreamy kestrel
#

well, when I must; but if a var is already inherently public, that's extraneous, then, isn't it?

winter rose
#

you can remoteExec an effect to a targeted client?

past wagon
#

what is the difference between using execVM and spawn?

winter rose
#

execVM = good for one usage

copper raven
little raptor
#

as you see, it compiles the script every time
so as Lou said, it's for one time use

still forum
#

It was preprocessFile without linenumbers.
But I wanted to fix that so maybe I did

little raptor
still forum
#

if you don't have includes I think it doesn't matter

copper raven
#

includes don't really matter, a line number won't get shown regardless if you use preprocessFile

still forum
#

Then I probably fixed it

little raptor
still forum
#

probably early last year

past wagon
past wagon
elfin comet
#

I'm trying to use vehicleChat to have the pilot of a heli and the co-pilot have a small conversation. I have gotten it to where the pilot can say things by using vehicle player vehicleChat "<Thing I want the pilot to say>"; But the documentation for vehicleChat doesn't show how to have others in the vehicle talk. Alternatively, if it does say it, I couldn't find it.

#

Any idea on what to do for the co-pilot to talk as well?

warm hedge
#

Change vehicle player part

elfin comet
#

To the variable name of the co-pilot?

warm hedge
#

Yes

elfin comet
# warm hedge Change `vehicle player` part

If I change the vehicle player part to what I have below, It still only has the pilot talking.

vehicle playerHeliPilot vehicleChat "Shit";
uiSleep 3;
vehicle playerHeliCo vehicleChat "Militia must have a camp near by, we getting locked on to.";
uiSleep 6;
vehicle playerHeliPilot vehicleChat "Going to try to get us through.";```
#

If I don't have the vehicle bit at the beginning, no text shows up at all.

wide fulcrum
#

i need a script to spawn 2 Ai for each player in the trigger, currently i have gotten it to spawn the AI but i dont know how to get it to calculate the number of people in the trigger and then loop or adjust to the amount of AI needed

spark turret
#

Thislist select {_x isplayer} or sth

tough abyss
#

For each?

spark turret
#

Foreach loop. Biki it up

tough abyss
#

Yeh

#

Jams on point! Thanks @spark turret

wide fulcrum
#

@spark turret so ```sqf
[my script here] foreach [thislist select {_x isplayer}]

spark turret
#

Without brackets around thislist. Its already an array

wide fulcrum
#

yeah but i need it to pull the list of the trigger zone from the script as its running in a .sqf file not from the activation box of the trigger

#

because im using it in several triggers

sage dawn
#

is there any event handler that can be added to a bomb that would go off when it explodes?

#

like on a GBU or something that I spawn with createVehicle

#

I thought a Killed EH would work like that but it doesn't seem to trigger when it explodes

little raptor
#

People usually use a helper object for that

sage dawn
#

use a helper object how?

#

like, attach something to the bomb?

#

that would get killed when the bomb explodes?

little raptor
sage dawn
#

I'll try that

little raptor
#

The other method is a loop ofc

sage dawn
#

what might be a good object for it?

little raptor
#

idk. Something that has hidden selections

#

So you can hide it using setObjectTexture

spark turret
#

Just use a fast loop

sage dawn
#

alright I'll experiment with it

#

both are good suggestions, thanks

warm coral
#

so i have an issue with scripting

#

basically

#

i am using execvm to trigger .sqf scripts

#

which i somehow forgot didnt work on a non dedicated server

#

so how do i make it work through server?

#

is there a function for it?

#

i saw remoteexec but i need to make an entirely new function for that

little raptor
little raptor
warm coral
#

so it has a bit of a system

#

basically

#

you have the holdaction thing to trigger a set of lines

#

which are

# 
gateStart = 1;
[time3, false] call BIS_fnc_timeline_setPause;
time3 call BIS_fnc_timeline_play;
#

so that activates a certain trigger

#

and makes the object with the holdaction move

#

in the gateStart trigger there is another set of lines that activates

#

which are

# 
[time1, false] call BIS_fnc_timeline_setPause;
time1 call BIS_fnc_timeline_play;
gate1 say3D ["SRB_Rumble", 100, 1, false];```
#

which opens a stone gate

#

and plays a rumbling sound

#

once the door is opened

#

you will see a buddhist icon

#

idol

#

whatever its called

#

which has another holdaction function

#

and once that's completed

#

it triggers another trigger

#

and in this trigger

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there is

"curse.sqf" call BIS_fnc_execVM;
"earthquakes.sqf" call BIS_fnc_execVM; ```
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very messy

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i know

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anyway

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once you use the holdaction things

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the objects just disappear

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in MP at least

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in singleplayer everything works fine

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and the curse.sqf and earthquakes.sqf dont trigger either

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it seems that the triggers dont activate at all since the last trigger is supposed to play music and an SFX too but it doesnt

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but

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it does work flawlessly in SP

little raptor
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You have to learn how stuff work in MP
Just read the wiki page on Multiplayer Scripting. You can google it (I'm on my phone so I can't link it rn)
Obviously you're using many things that have local effect
Such as holdActions
So you'll need a good system of remoteExecs to do what you want in MP

warm coral
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what i noticed with remoteExec from the wiki tho is that you need a new function

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or something like that

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like

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how would i activate an SQF

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through remoteExec

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and also the holdAction is from 3den enhanced

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i didnt know that was local though

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good to know

little raptor
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But no you don't need to

warm coral
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its supposed to be executed once though

cosmic lichen
warm coral
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yes but for some reason it doesnt work

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what it might be tho

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is the fact that the timelines im using are paused

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and i might need to unpause them

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because maybe the unpausing in the script causes them to disappear

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but it still does work in SP

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which is strange

little raptor
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[[], "script.sqf"] remoteExec ["execVM", 0]
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That's an example of using execVM

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see the wiki and the pinned messages for more info

warm coral
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ill try again and see how it works

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thanks for the help

wind hedge
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I am guessing the engine is telling the other clients to run the code inside that sqf file and not sending the whole of the code trough the network

little raptor
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It's just sending the string (and arguments, if there are any)

wind hedge
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Perfect, so it is almost as fast as telling the clients to remoteExec a Function

warm coral
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thanks a lot

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however

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we have an issue now where the animation of the keyframe sequence only shows up to me

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while it does work now

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its as if the animation is a constant change for the other clients

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which is strange

somber radish
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Hey, I trying to make some sort of function that will determine what is the highest point in an area(800x800) that has a line of sight to the center of said area.

Any suggestions?

So far my I was thinking about creating some object in the midle and use getposASL for each time I move him to the next point in the grid

somber radish
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Ok

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to answer my own question lol

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Fnc_GridCHeck = {
Params ["_Pos"];
Ycenter = [];
Xcenter = [];
_Pos = [_Pos select 0, (_Pos select 1) - 800, _Pos select 2];

for "_i" from -8 to 8 do {
_height = (floor getTerrainHeightASL _Pos);
Ycenter PushbackUnique _height;

_Pos = [_Pos select 0, (_Pos select 1) +100, _pos select 2];
};
Ycenter};

This is what I've got so far it check the height and returns an array

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So next step would be figuring out how to use that information to guide the AI to the best position

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then use ```sqf
checkVisibility

To check the validity of each posible position
hallow mortar
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Is it possible to detect (e.g. by EH) when someone creates a new map marker?

somber radish
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That is a mission eh, so it should be placed on the initserver.sqf file

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(Fires locally)

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Then from that one you can use RemoteExec to do whatever you want to whichever client that made the marker

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or just

Deletemarker
hallow mortar
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oh perfect, that's exactly what I needed, thanks

manic sigil
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I know there's the Tanoa Tidesystems and ArmAGeddon mods; is there any way to script the water level to rise without a full .pbo?

warm hedge
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Nope

manic sigil
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Why must this game always find a way to crush my dreams T_T

warm hedge
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Blame very early days of AIs

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I think Ded ever said AI pathfinding based on tides/sea altitude so cannot be changed dynamically

manic sigil
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... Okay, fair, but frustrating.

warm hedge
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#arma4wen

manic sigil
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Geeze programmers, the games been out for 8 years and has recieved unprecedented support and updates, get it together xD

warm hedge
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Note: the engine was based on 22 yo engine

real tartan
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any mention of this somewhere ? source ? maybe ticket ?

somber radish
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have you tried

Pushback 
PushBackunique

?

warm hedge
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That's a script command not config command