arma3_scripting

[somber radish]

ooh

[robust tiger]

I'm afraid you'll have to redefine it

[somber radish]

@austere nimbus Where would you place it?

[little raptor]

initPlayerLocal

[somber radish]

Why?

[little raptor]

as you said it yourself,

Fires locally

init.sqf works too

[somber radish]

Yeah, would it not register the event when on Initserver?

[little raptor]

if you want it to trigger for dedicated server and headless clients as well

[little raptor]

only on server

[somber radish]

Ok so it works different than killed EH?

Killed registers all killed units but fires only on server. But RemoteExec allows you to send whatever commands you want where u want

[little raptor]

well first of all, killed EH is an object event handler, not mission
second of all, it takes local arguments

[little raptor]

are you sure it does?

[somber radish]

Yup

tested

[little raptor]

it should fire on wherever the object is local (if added there)

[little raptor]

was the object local to server?

[somber radish]

Hmm,

I belive it wasnt

[little raptor]

in MP you should just use MPKilled
it fires for everyone

[somber radish]

but ill do some more testing to be sure

[copper raven]

Killed fires where object is local, EntityKilled fires everywhere regardless of locality

[somber radish]

Actually

yes

I had a MissionEH registering buildingCHanged

spawned in by local client

The mission EH fired when those building got destroyed on a dedicated server

[copper raven]

you can place it in initServer, but how you mentioned "That is a mission eh, so it should be placed on the initserver.sqf file" is just wrong, if it's a mission eh it doesn't mean it should be added server side only

[somber radish]

Ait, wrong english syntax then

I just like to have the server do as much as possible to not rely too much on Unreliable clients

[little raptor]

you should let the clients do whatever that is related to clients. doing "as much as possible" on the server is not always a good idea

[lucid meteor]

when im making ORBAT and opening it, i have black screen or only ceiling(HQ and etc.) without subordinates, how do i fix it?
when its black screen i get error with BIS_fnc_ORBATOpen, when there are no subordinates its BIS_fnc_ORBATAnimate

[willow hound]

Yes

correct spelling

[real tartan]

@velvet merlin any note on this?

[manic radish]

ive made an array of area markers placed in the editor, however its giving the error "undefined variable CRCK_unsafeLand = [|#|water1...", and also "missing ]", any ideas why?

CRCK_unsafeLand = [water_1,water_2,water_3,water_4,AF_safe_zone,border_1,border_2,border_3,border_4];

[willow hound]

Markers are always identified by strings.

[manic radish]

ahh, thx

ill try that

that worked, thanks

[little raptor]

asking in #arma3_config might be better

[manic radish]

Ive written this script to spawn a random group from an array

_grpCfg = selectRandom CRCK_groupsGR;//array of group configs
_grp = [_pos,EAST,(_grpCfg)] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

however it gives this error and doesnt spawn the group (the error is in the spawngroup function sqf file itself), what have I done wrong?
...= getNumber(configFile >> "CfgCehicles" |#|>> _type >> "isMan == 1;"

[hallow mortar]

That shows the error position but what kind of error does it say it is?

[little raptor]

most probably _grpCfg is not what it should be

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

[frigid mountain]

sorry, i'm new at scripting, but whenever i activate the trigger, i get the error "Script scriptname.sqf not found"

[manic radish]

generic error

[hallow mortar]

That means the trigger is trying to call a file called "scriptname.sqf" which doesn't exist in the mission folder

[frigid mountain]

it does exist in the mission folder though

[hallow mortar]

What is the actual code in the trigger on activation field?

[frigid mountain]

0 = [] execVM "scriptname.sqf";

[hallow mortar]

Is the file in the mission folder literally exactly called scriptname.sqf?
Do you have file extensions turned on in Windows Explorer, so you can confirm it's not actually called scriptname.sqf.txt?

[frigid mountain]

yes, i have file extensions turned on

its the same name in the mission folder as it is in the on act field

[hallow mortar]

it might be helpful to see the rest of the script file to see what it's actually doing, but I have some doubt about the use of "isMan == 1;" in a configFile command. I also think it would help if you spelled it cfgVehicles instead of cfgCehicles

[hallow mortar]

Is it definitely in the folder of this mission (not a different mission, or the overall Missions folder) and not in a subfolder?

[manic radish]

im using this to create the array, I dont think there is anything wrong with it because it seemed to work earlier

CRCK_groupsGR= 'true' configClasses (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "O_USSR" >> "Armored");//selects all groups that are not air groups
CRCK_groupsGR pushBack ('true' configClasses (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "O_USSR" >> "Artillery"));
CRCK_groupsGR pushBack ('true' configClasses (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "O_USSR" >> "Infantry"));

[little raptor]

it won't throw an error

[little raptor]

this is wrong

use append

instead of pushback

[frigid mountain]

the folder has a tilde at the beginning

[manic radish]

thanks, that was it, it seemed to work earlier because when sent the array in a hint to check it, it looked normal cause I didnt notice the extra [] and I thought it was just reaching the max size for a hint

[hallow mortar]

I'm still pretty sure it won't work if you try to reference a config file that doesn't exist (cfgCehicles)

[little raptor]

it won't work yes

but no errors

[manic radish]

that bit was the error itself

[little raptor]

it just gives you configNull

[manic radish]

not my script

I mistyped it cause i cant post images here

[hallow mortar]

That doesn't seem right. I'm pretty sure that only happens for temporary mission folders used before you save a mission properly. It's best to work from a properly-saved mission folder.

[frigid mountain]

yeah, that was the issue

there were two different folders with the same name,

[little raptor]

next time post the images in #arma3_troubleshooting

[frigid mountain]

just one had the tilde and the other didn't

[little raptor]

put it in the one that didn't

[hallow mortar]

Arma will read from the folder that has exactly the same name as the mission (because the folder name determines the technical mission name) so if you put it in the one that doesn't match, it obviously won't see it

[manic radish]

sure, will do

[frigid mountain]

yeah, that fixed it

thanks

[hallow mortar]

You can also find text-format error logs in %localappdata%\Arma 3 in the .rpt files

[valid abyss]

Hello, how do i use Addon builder in arma 3 tools?

[warm hedge]

#arma3_scripting might not be the best place to ask but still, what do you mean? What's unclear?

[valid abyss]

How to use it, what do i do to publish an addon?

[warm hedge]

And what is your knowledge so far?

[valid abyss]

Pretty much nothing

Are there any videos or forum topics you can link?

[warm hedge]

First step: Never refer videos.
Second step: No, not really. Since this is really the very very basic step... Let me write some code for you just to show an example

Since it's not really a #arma3_scripting topic let's proceed in #arma3_config

[elfin comet]

(Link for context)
#arma3_scripting message
If any one can help I do still need help with getting my AI Co-pilot to talk in Vehicle chat.

I have tried having the variable of the co-pilot be the one in the command but it still makes the pilot talk instead. and if i remove the vehicle from vehicle playerHeliCo vehicleChat "Stuff being said";, it skips the line entirely.

[warm hedge]

A vehicle doesn't speak after all. So you must be done something wrong

[lucid meteor]

Is ORBAT scripting or config?

[warm hedge]

Config

[elfin comet]

I figured as much, but I can't find anything that would help me do the right thing.

[warm hedge]

Who is the playerHeliCo? Make sure you put into the correct one

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vehicleChat
vehicleChat is special, as far as I'm aware you can not choose which unit is shown as the source of the output.

[elfin comet]

playerHeliCo is the Co-Pilot.

[willow hound]

You are using the command correctly though; it just can't do what you are looking to do.

[warm hedge]

Are you sure? Make sure it points not the vehicle

[willow hound]

It has to

[elfin comet]

Dang. Will probably just use sideChat then.

[warm hedge]

Ah, that's not what I'm aware

I thought it always behaves like any other chat commands...

[willow hound]

Yea I've been there too 🙂

[radiant siren]

QUESTION:

I am trying to have the AI play an animation when they are not moving, walking, running, etc. So when they are static and not following player or waypoint, want them to play an animation. I know I can do switchMove then cancel it when I want them to move to a waypoint and have them play animation again. Just seeing if it's possible to do so all the time instead? If this makes sense haha

I have tried this:

if (this doFollow player) then {[this, ""] remoteExec ["switchMove", 0]} else {[this, "LIB_LCVP_Cargo_0"] remoteExec ["switchMove", 0]};

nothing happens though? follows player but no animation. (still new to scripting, be gentle please haha)

[cold pebble]

doFollow returns nothing (as found here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doFollow), so your if will silently fail maybe

[past wagon]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[west grove]

hmm. i have a bit of a logic problem. i am check if the player is out of ammo via sqf (player ammo primaryWeapon player == 0) && (count magazines player == 0) the problem is, if the player has only 1 mag in his inventory and then reloads his weapon .. for a very short moment the condition is true (taking mag from the inventory while slowly reloading the rifle). i have no idea how i could get around that.

[past wagon]

you could clear their inventory of magazines after you check if they are empty

it might not fix your problem perfectly, but it could help

[west grove]

i'm not sure how removing the magazines helps?

[past wagon]

it makes sure that the player wont get through the check and still have magazines after

[west grove]

well, removing their last magazine is not a good solution 😄

[past wagon]

yeah

depends on your priorities

[west grove]

no, it simply looks bad 😄 hud says you have 1 mag left, you press reload to reload and suddenly the magazine disappears. that's really not a solution.

[robust tiger]

Can you do the check after the weapon is loaded?

[west grove]

best would be to somehow add a delay and do a second check. but need to think of how to implement that into my fsm

[somber radish]

Anyone know if there is a "GetAverage" command for Integer arrays?
I am reading this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_Math
But cannot find it.
Just in case anyone knows HMU

[past wagon]

if I have an array of players called _playerArray, can I do something like this to get the players from both sides?

_bluforPlayerArray = _playerArray west;

I know you can do this:

_bluforPlayerArray = units west;

and units returns an array, so

[west grove]

ok, found a workaround for my problem. i am using the reloaded event handler to check if the player is out of mags. if yes, i'm setting a variable. then later in my fsm i just have to check if that variable is true & the weapon is empty. done. player can't pick up new mags inbetween, so that's a good enough solution for me.

[somber radish]

AllPlayers

Maybe?

[robust tiger]

Perhaps:

_playerArray select {side _x == west};

[past wagon]

not quite, my player array is only for specific players

wait

nevermind

i will just do it that way

[past wagon]

thanks

[past wagon]

thanks for the help but im gonna do something else

[somber radish]

Ill answer myself again lol

params ["_Arr"];
private _Length = (Count _Arr);
private _sum = 0;
for "_i" from 0 to (_Length - 1) do {_sum = (_sum + (_Arr select _i))};
Private _Average = (floor (_sum / _Length));

_Average

[wide fulcrum]

Whats the best way to script an explosion

[drifting portal]

just a single one?

what is the use of BIS_fnc_ambientBlacklist? not mentioned in the wiki https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ambientBlacklist

[robust tiger]

Spawn a bomb projectile

[past wagon]

whats the problem here? im not getting any errors.

while { west countSide allPlayers < 1 or east countSide allPlayers < 1 } do {
    ["WAITING FOR PLAYERS", 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
    sleep 1;
};

[spark turret]

does addMagazine work for dedicated? it says global effect, but why does addMagazineGlobal exist then?

[little raptor]

nothing. where do you run it?

[past wagon]

initServer

oh

i think i know lol

the y coord I put in is off the screen

[little raptor]

why does addMagazineGlobal exist then?
who knows?
its argument can be global tho

but it misses a syntax

[past wagon]

nevermind, I set both coords to default and still not working

[little raptor]

test in debug console first

why do you start with inits all the time?

[past wagon]

ok

[little raptor]

see if

["WAITING FOR PLAYERS", 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] call BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

works at all

[past wagon]

well that was weird

there was a "Generic Error in Expression" right before the sleep command

so I re-did the indentation and now it works fine

thanks

[little raptor]

debug console is unscheduled

that's why

[little raptor]

wat?

[past wagon]

well it wasnt working in the debug console

then I basically re-typed that line of code and it worked fine

in the console

but now its still not working in game

this is so weird

it still says generic error in expression right before the sleep command

but its also working

but it wont work in game

[robust tiger]

are you running it in scheduled environment?

[past wagon]

yes

initServer

but if someone could explain the difference between scheduled and unscheduled, that would be great because im still kind of confused about that

[little raptor]

you must spawn codes that have sleep (in debug console)

[past wagon]

I did

it works fine

wait

[past wagon]

yeah there are no errors when I do that

does sleep not work in an unscheduled environment?

[little raptor]

unscheduled = no suspension = execute everything at once

[past wagon]

but it will still take a while loop?

[little raptor]

while doesn't have sleep

waitUntil does
so that one doesn't work

[past wagon]

yeah

yeah

well I need it to work in initServer

which it doesnt appear to be

[little raptor]

your file is probably not called initServer
you should already know how to test if it works at all

[past wagon]

i found the error

its working now

that whole thing was inside a while loop which i forgot to close off

while { true } do {
    sleep 10;
    while { west countSide allPlayers < 1 or east countSide allPlayers < 1 } do {
        ["WAITING FOR PLAYERS", -1, -1, 1.1, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
        sleep 1;
    };

the code in initServer looked like this

I assumed the error was inside the smaller loop so I only tested that part 😬

[wide fulcrum]

@robust tiger will that work? will it go off?

or will it just sit there

[robust tiger]

it ought to

[wide fulcrum]

ok, ive never done it so

[robust tiger]

thats how you made IEDs back in arma 2

some examples

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/110088-road-side-ied/

For instance:

"Bomb_04_F" createVehicle (getpos player)

Try this in the debug console and unpause the game 🙂

[past wagon]

will a local variable keep its value through different iterations of a while loop?

[robust tiger]

unless you redefine it?

Could you post an example of what you mean

[past wagon]

yeah

while { true } do {
  if ( count allPlayers == 3 ) then {
    _number = 10;
    systemChat str _number;
  };
};

would _number ever return nil?

wait

one sec

yeah idk lol

nevermind, I guess. I was just curious, but it seems like it will never be possible since the loop repeats, so whenever the variable is used it will be re-defined

so it doesnt matter

[robust tiger]

outside of the if scope it should "return nil"

[past wagon]

yeah

i guess my question doesnt really make sense

[drifting portal]

any possible explanation ?

[robust tiger]

My guess: disallowed locations for ambient life functions

so they don't wander in military bases and such, perhaps?

[drifting portal]

maybe

wish wiki explained it

thanks

[hallow mortar]

So I have this in initServer.sqf:

vehNATO_AH2 setObjectTextureGlobal [0,"\a3\air_f\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_ion_co.paa"];
vehNATO_AH2_1 setObjectTextureGlobal [0,"\a3\air_f\Heli_Light_01\Data\heli_light_01_ext_ion_co.paa"];```
the first line works as expected, textures the helo, all good.
Then it throws a script error, `Invalid number in expression`, placing the error location at the end of the first line. Consequently the second line doesn't happen.

Now...I can't see what's wrong here. Variable names are correct, the commands are otherwise identical, syntax seems correct.

Found it. Apparently when I copied the command from the BI forum, it picked up an invisible character at the end of the line that was somehow ruining everything

[past wagon]

I need an array of a unit's loadout for my code. how can I get it easily and copy paste it?

[copper raven]

copyToClipboard str getUnitLoadout _unit?

[past wagon]

thanks!

wait

doesnt seem to be working

where do I execute that?

[unreal scroll]

@past wagon Console - Exec locally.

[past wagon]

I did

[unreal scroll]

And? What your clipboard contains then?

[past wagon]

what it did before

something irrelevant

[unreal scroll]

Did you defined the _unit? 🙂

[past wagon]

yeah it has a different variable name but I changed it

[unreal scroll]

Then just do getUnitLoadout _unit and copy the output from the console.

[past wagon]

I didnt get any errors

I tried that

and it didnt give me any output

[unreal scroll]

Can you show me your code?

[past wagon]

sure

the unit's name is LOADOUT

copyToClipboard str getUnitLoadout LOADOUT;

[unreal scroll]

So, when you type LOADOUT in your console - what do you get?

[past wagon]

nothing happens

[unreal scroll]

Then this is not a unit name. Check again.

[past wagon]

wait

yeah i deleted the unit

let me put it back

still nothing happens when I exec LOADOUT into the console

this is supposed to be done in the editor, right? not in game?

[unreal scroll]

You need to load the level, not in the editor mode

[past wagon]

[["srifle_DMR_03_F","","","optic_Arco_blk_F",["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",20],[],""],[],[],["U_C_Driver_1_red",[["FirstAidKit",2]]],["V_PlateCarrier1_blk",[["SmokeShellRed",2,1],["HandGrenade",1,1],["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",9,20]]],[],"H_RacingHelmet_1_red_F","",["Binocular","","","",[],[],""],["","","","","","NVGoggles_OPFOR"]]

there we go

lol

[past wagon]

how do I format this?

[unreal scroll]

Hmm... Put every array element from the first level at the new line, it should become more readable.

But it is better to use dictionary/hashmap.
Name keys as elements of equipment, and fill values.

[past wagon]

im still confused

when you say first level, you mean the first line that appears in the discord message?

[unreal scroll]

Like

_loadout = createhashmap;
_loadout set ["uniform",//put uniform loadout here];
...

Then, if you need to restore:

_unit setunitloadout [_loadout getOrDefault ["rifle",""],...];

[past wagon]

[["srifle_DMR_03_F","","","optic_Arco_blk_F",["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",20],[],""],[],[],["U_C_Driver_1_red",[["FirstAidKit",2]]],

[unreal scroll]

See, in this case you have an array of loadouts (I suppose) that consists of one element.
That element starts from "srifle_DMR_03_F" - it is located on he same level (I can mess with english terms) as, say, "optic_Arco_blk_F" or ["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",20] elements. But "20Rnd_762x51_Mag" element located "deeper".
Every element on the frst level represents the loadout element - primary weapon, handgun, launcher, uniform, backpack and so.
But, for example, uniform is the container, and it is represented as an array, that consists of other elements.
P.S. I can mess with loadout structure, writing just by memory.

[past wagon]

k

so

[
    ["srifle_DMR_03_F","","","optic_Arco_blk_F",["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",20],[],""],[],[],
    ["U_C_Driver_1_red",[["FirstAidKit",2]]],
    ["V_PlateCarrier1_blk",[["SmokeShellRed",2,1],["HandGrenade",1,1],["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",9,20]]],
    [],"H_RacingHelmet_1_red_F","",["Binocular","","","",[],[],""],["","","","","","NVGoggles_OPFOR"]
]

how does this look

[astral dawn]

Looks strange. Think of you array like it's a hierarchy. Put a new line after each element of first level. Then it will make sense. 🤷‍♂️

[unreal scroll]

"Think of you array like it's a hierarchy."
I don't think you made it clearer for him 😁

@past wagon As for me, I like compact view 🙂
If it is poor readable, comment lines:

[
    ["srifle_DMR_03_F","","","optic_Arco_blk_F",["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",20],[],""], // Primary weapon
    [], // Launcher
    [], // Handgun
    ["U_C_Driver_1_red",[["FirstAidKit",2]]], // Uniform
    ["V_PlateCarrier1_blk",[["SmokeShellRed",2,1],["HandGrenade",1,1],["20Rnd_762x51_Mag",9,20]]], // Vest
    [], // and so...
    "H_RacingHelmet_1_red_F",
    "",
    ["Binocular","","","",[],[],""],
    ["","","","","","NVGoggles_OPFOR"]
];

But, as I said, good data structure is the key. I think dictionary is the best way if you want to USE it.
If you need to READ it - then you can use the format above.

[astral dawn]

"Think of you array like it's a hierarchy."
well, we have an array of elements, each element is another array with its own amount of elements. Ignore how each subarray is structured, just put a newline after every subarray. Then you can treat each subarray same way if needed, but add one more tab every time you go one level down. That's the general way to go with such weird arrays.

[past wagon]

ok it makes sense now

it was just pretty overwhelming

thanks guys

[cosmic lichen]

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[desert palm]

yes ive done that ending with a ; but in only spawns the array that is below

[warm hedge]

R3vo meant you SHOULD apply the format as the bot shown

[desert palm]

oh sorry

It only seems to spawn the ones in the BRAVO spawn target

[warm hedge]

^don't forget to place sqf before

Also this code doesn't spawn anything it seems

No

If you can't post here directly just use sqfbin

[desert palm]

ok i will search for it

this is the whole script I am wanting to add another spawntarget in a different location hence the ALPHA target that i added but it only seems to obey the bravo target

[cosmic lichen]

Can you please post it with highlighting?

[desert palm]

_Spawntarget = BRAVO; 
_Spawndistance = 200;
_Deletedistance = 1000;
_Spawngroups = [
 (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "rhsgref_faction_chdkz" >> "rhsgref_group_chdkz_insurgents_infantry" >> "rhsgref_group_chdkz_insurgents_squad")
];

_Spawnmaxdelay =5;
_Spawnavgdelay =10;
_Spawnmindelay =15;
_Spawnside = OPFOR;

_AISkills = [
 ["aimingShake", 0.2],
 ["aimingSpeed", 0.2],
 ["endurance", 0.5],
 ["spotDistance", 0.5],
 ["spotTime", 0.5],
 ["courage", 1],
 ["reloadSpeed", 0.5],
 ["commanding", 1],
 ["general", 0.5]
];

while {true} do { 
 _SpawnPosistion = _Spawntarget getRelPos [_Spawndistance, round random 360];
 _NewGroup = [_SpawnPosistion, _Spawnside , _Spawngroups select (floor (random (count _Spawngroups)))] call BIS_fnc_spawnGroup;

 _NewGroup setVariable ["spawned",true];

 {
  _EditUnit = _x;
  {_EditUnit setSkill _x;} forEach _AISkills;
 } forEach units _NewGroup;

 _NewGroup setBehaviour "AWARE";
 _NewGroup setSpeedMode "FULL";
 _NewGroup setCombatMode "RED";

 _GroupWayPoint = _NewGroup addWaypoint [position _Spawntarget, 0];
 _GroupWayPoint setWaypointType "MOVE";

 {
  _EditGroup = _x;
  for "_i" from count waypoints _EditGroup - 1 to 0 step -1 do  { deleteWaypoint [_EditGroup, _i];};
  _NewGroupWayPoint = _EditGroup addWaypoint [position _Spawntarget, 0];
  _NewGroupWayPoint setWaypointType "MOVE";
  {
   if (_Spawntarget distance _x>_Deletedistance) then {deleteVehicle _x;};
  } forEach units _EditGroup;
 } foreach (allGroups select {side _x == _Spawnside && (_x getVariable ["spawned",true])});

 sleep (random [_Spawnmindelay,_Spawnavgdelay,_Spawnmaxdelay]);
};```

Oh like this im sorry

[robust tiger]

If it only works for BRAVO, are you sure, you have defined ALPHA?

[desert palm]

yes I think so, I think that it is the way I made the sqf because this one is the original and I want to run the ai again in a different spawn marker

_Spawntarget = ALPHA; 
_Spawndistance = 200;
_Deletedistance = 1000;
_Spawngroups = [
 (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "rhsgref_faction_chdkz" >> "rhsgref_group_chdkz_insurgents_infantry" >> "rhsgref_group_chdkz_insurgents_squad")
];

_Spawnmaxdelay =30;
_Spawnavgdelay =40;
_Spawnmindelay =50;
_Spawnside = OPFOR;

_AISkills = [
 ["aimingShake", 0.2],
 ["aimingSpeed", 0.2],
 ["endurance", 0.5],
 ["spotDistance", 0.5],
 ["spotTime", 0.5],
 ["courage", 1],
 ["reloadSpeed", 0.5],
 ["commanding", 1],
 ["general", 0.5]
];

_Spawntarget = BRAVO; 
_Spawndistance = 200;
_Deletedistance = 1000;
_Spawngroups = [
 (configfile >> "CfgGroups" >> "East" >> "rhsgref_faction_chdkz" >> "rhsgref_group_chdkz_insurgents_infantry" >> "rhsgref_group_chdkz_insurgents_squad")
];

_Spawnmaxdelay =30;
_Spawnavgdelay =40;
_Spawnmindelay =50;
_Spawnside = OPFOR;

_AISkills = [
 ["aimingShake", 0.2],
 ["aimingSpeed", 0.2],
 ["endurance", 0.5],
 ["spotDistance", 0.5],
 ["spotTime", 0.5],
 ["courage", 1],
 ["reloadSpeed", 0.5],
 ["commanding", 1],
 ["general", 0.5]
];```

and this is what i done now that only spawns the bravo

[cosmic lichen]

This script looks familiar

[desert palm]

yes i saw it on youtube from Dayzmedic

[cosmic lichen]

Where did you get it?

Ah ok

[robust tiger]

Aaah, are you executing it like that? I think you're overwriting your variables, so only the last one gets through

[desert palm]

How do I fix that? I made it in the missions file folder

[robust tiger]

The simplest crude way is to copy-paste the spawn code in-between the _spawnTargets. So it would be: Define stuff for ALPHA -> spawning script -> define stuff for BRAVO -> spawning script

or you could put in a function

[desert palm]

like this?

_Spawntarget = ALPHA, BRAVO; 

[robust tiger]

https://sqfbin.com/ukenuyegacebamayomoc

you might wanna be careful, since you have no terminating condition, they will spawn indefinitely

Oh right it's a loop

fixed?: https://sqfbin.com/nagolihelawosopuzaqo

[desert palm]

Oh ok ill give it a try

[robust tiger]

If you want the indefinite spawning, I recommend to call THAT script from outside with another script which would be timed

[desert palm]

Sadly they still go to one point :<

ill try to add multiple sqf and call on them via trigs

[desert palm]

So i tried to make individual sqfs for different targets

now the issue is when a composition spawns on alpha the one on bravo will be deleted

[desert palm]

anyone familiar with this?

[ocean orchid]

Do people here know if the vehicle customization is just saved as a variable on the vehicle itself or if there's a function for getting it? I can't seem to find a function on the biki but I may just not know what I need to look for.

[finite sail]

@ocean orchid , this function was given to me

I dont claim to know how it works, lol

or that its exactly what you want

[willow hound]

This code is a mess to read and work with, but either way:
Both scripts, the one running for Alpha and the one running for Bravo (it should really only be one script with a parameter for _spawnTarget, but we all have to start somewhere) apply the despawn code on the same set of groups, but with different _spawnTargets that the distance is calculated to.
So the Alpha script will also check the distance of groups spawned by the Bravo script and then delete them if they are too far from Alpha; vice versa for the Bravo script.

[finite sail]

hang on, @ocean orchid , i'll put it in pastebin

[cosmic lichen]

{
  diag_log "#### ARGUMENT (0): _obj doesn't exist";
  _colour = "Unknown";
};```
Just "Unknown"

[finite sail]

@ocean orchid https://sqfbin.com/limekuweyanehenoqara

[cosmic lichen]

@finite sail The exitWith is incorrect

[finite sail]

is it?

[cosmic lichen]

You return nil

[finite sail]

ah yes

i think the calling script copes with that

but yes, its not ideal

blame pierreMGI.. he wrote it 🙂

i added disclaimer above 🙂

[ocean orchid]

Thanks a bunch!

[finite sail]

welcome mate

[trim sentinel]

Can I customize their Arsenal per role? Say I want the SL to have extra things in the Arsenal a rifleman wouldn’t

[willow hound]

Yes, but it's a terrible hassle.

[trim sentinel]

That sucks, what would be an alternative way

I’ve tried to think of alternatives but can’t

I need to stop people from grabbing snipers who aren’t snipers etc

[robust tiger]

The simplest way I can think of is arsenalClosed scripted event handler

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

If they have a disallowed weapon, you delete it after they close the arsenal, in theory

[trim sentinel]

I wonder could I lock arsenals per squad

Like each role has their own Arsenal and they can’t use any but theirs

Then I can just customize the weapons inside

[robust tiger]

perhaps: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_addVirtualWeaponCargo

[willow hound]

I told you, either way it's a tremendous amount of work.
You can write whitelists with all the items allowed and then only add the whitelist corresponding to the player's role to the Arsenal (Arsenals are local) -- that requires writing huge whitelist arrays that include every single item you want available.
You can write blacklists that take away items the player is not supposed to have when the Arsenal is closed -- but that too requires writing blacklist arrays (though you might be able to save some work by using isKindOf to blacklist a selection of items that all share a common superclass).

[robust tiger]

you might wanna disable the load button too

[willow hound]

I once created such a system for Invade & Annex 3, you can check that out to see how I did it there.

[desert palm]

how do you that?

in what part will i insert that

apologies I do not know much about this

[willow hound]

The parameter? It would not solve the problem of Alpha deleting Bravo's groups and vice versa. Do you want to know anyways?

[finite sail]

removing not allowed gear when the arsenal is closed is ugly too. Unless the mission explains that its happening, it can confuse players

[willow hound]

Explaining is not the big deal, the whitelists / blacklists are.

[finite sail]

yep, but the having to explain is another reason not to do blacklists

because the side or faction isn't stored anywhere in weapon/ammo config, it's a massive PITA

You can sort of do something using gettext "author" if you want to exclude all RHS, for example

but thats the only part of this thats easy

[desert palm]

Yes I just want to have a automatic ai spawning thing when i enter towns in the map

[willow hound]

It's not much that needs to be changed:
Change the first line (_Spawntarget = BRAVO;) to params ["_spawnTarget"];.
Then when you want to run the script for the Alpha group, you do it like this: [Alpha] execVM "MyScript.sqf";. To run it for Bravo, use [Bravo] execVM "MyScript.sqf"; and so on.

[desert palm]

YES: [Alpha] execVM "MyScript.sqf"; this is synced via trigger

[desert palm]

instead of
_Spawntarget = ALPHA; _Spawndistance = 200; _Deletedistance = 1000; ...

params ["_spawnTarget"] _Spawndistance = 200; _Deletedistance = 1000;

im sorry im just new w this scripting thing

[willow hound]

Yes, that is correct.
Just make sure you use the actual name of the file instead of MyScript.sqf.

[desert palm]

yes spawnbaddies.sqf

[willow hound]

Oh, you forgot a ; after params ["_spawnTarget"] 🙃

[desert palm]

how will i know to spawn the params?

if it is not marked by a name

[willow hound]

Sorry, what do mean?

[desert palm]

i named the spawned target as alpha because in game i set a marker for when the ai spawn they will go to the target

[willow hound]

I still don't understand your question, sorry.

[desert palm]

_Spawntarget = ALPHA; Is named ALPHA/BRAVO because the Ai will spawn around the alpha/bravo marker if i replace it with params ["_spawnTarget"]; where will the ai spawn?

[spark turret]

how do i get a new array instead of its pointer ?
_arr = _loadout select 0; //returns pointer

[warm hedge]

Pointer?

[robust tiger]

_arr2 = +_arr

creates a copy

[spark turret]

_arr = _loadout select 0; //returns pointer
_arr insert [0,"uwu"]; //will modify loadout array too

[spark turret]

will test thanks

[willow hound]

When you do [Alpha] execVM "spawnbaddies.sqf"; the array to the left of execVM (in this case [Alpha]) is passed to the spawnbaddies.sqf script.
Inside that script, the params command takes that array and does private _spawnTarget = Alpha; for you.
So whatever you put into those square brackets left of execVM, the AI will spawn there.

[desert palm]

there is an error can i dm the screen shot to you?

i cannot copy and paste it sadly

[willow hound]

You can upload it to some image host like https://imgur.com and post the link here.

[desert palm]

copy wait one

[desert palm]

https://imgur.com/a/lS7eYsh

[warm hedge]

_params is not a command but params

[dreamy kestrel]

Hmm... how much of a performance hit is it when you start populating "proxy" objects i.e. grass cutters with a lot of public variables.
According to this article... https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Simple_Objects#Performance
Multiply that by dozens of potentially public variables, over dozens of such proxy objects...
Rethinking whether that is such a great idea after all.

[desert palm]

oh where will I put the params

oh ok

[dreamy kestrel]

Really what I need is an up to date Arma Scripting Profiler to help me see what may be killing my FPS during this transitional consideration, but that is a separate subject.

[smoky rune]

Is there any way to recompile custom GUI (.hpp files) without mission reloading?

[warm hedge]

Save the mission in Eden Editor. Also test in Eden Editor workspace is a better way to debug

[smoky rune]

Also test in Eden Editor workspace is a better way to debug
You mean that a way to create dialog in EDEN environment exist?

[desert palm]

i dont get this

[warm hedge]

Use Debug Console

[smoky rune]

It really works, thanks for info

[willow hound]

You are already doing it right according to the screenshots; you just had _params instead of params.

[drifting portal]

is there any possible way to change a players fov using commands? (such as the zoom in and out effect which can be helpful for certain offline missions scenes)

[desert palm]

Omg thank you @willow hound it worked thank you very much ❤️

[dreamy kestrel]

if you want you can also "help" the parameters, if you know you are expecting an OBJECT, for instance, i.e. a player, then, params [ ["_target", objNull, [objNull]] ], tells Arma you expect _target to be an OBJECT, with "null" as its default.

[dreamy kestrel]

Apologies this got a bit drowned, any insights here?
I am pausing to reconsider whether this is such a great idea after all.
Thank you...

[robust tiger]

Unless you plan to send them all over the network, it probably is fine

[dreamy kestrel]

that is exactly the intention, which is also part and partial the pause...

[dreamy kestrel]

I learned this the other day, SQF ternary statement:

// _condition is BOOL
// _trueVal and _falseVal are ANY
if (_condition) then { _trueVal; } else { _falseVal; };

This also works fantastically:

[_falseVal, _trueVal] select _condition;

Since there's not truly a ternary operator, but that's pretty concise.

[desert palm]

problem again when ai spawns on bravo marker the ones on alpha markers get deleted

[willow hound]

That is true.

How much of the code that handles the deleting do you understand?

[fair drum]

outside of creating a new camera, I don't believe so. there's no FOV/Zoom function in ppeffects unfortunately.

unless, you could force a keydown on a player, then you could use the built in zoom function, but I don't think that's possible either.

[desert palm]

technically non

[desert palm]

only the distance

[little raptor]

it is possible if you create another camera

[little raptor]

zoom is not a pp effect tho

[fair drum]

which is what I said lol. or are you saying in general zoom is not a pp effect? cause i mean, any modification to an image or video after shooting it could be considered a pp effect.

[willow hound]

The zoom is applied before rendering

[little raptor]

changing the FOV is done in the render pipeline

or should I say before it

[fair drum]

I see, the more ya know!

[willow hound]

You can notice some geometries / LODs changing when you zoom; plus, if it was only a zoomed in version of the rendered frame the resolution would suffer accordingly

[real tartan]

    if ( ceil ( time % 10 ) isEqualTo 0 ) then 
    {
      // every 10 seconds do stuff ?
    };

is this correct ?

[little raptor]

why not floor?

[still forum]

// every 10 seconds do stuff ?
But what if you condition executes twice in the same second

[little raptor]

also technically it's not "Every 10 seconds"

[still forum]

if it executes at 9.00001 and 9.5

[little raptor]

better just use a timer

(or just sleep/uiSleep if it's scheduled)

[real tartan]

extending a bit code for clarification ...

while { condition } do 
{
  // run stuff

  if ( ceil ( time % 10 ) isEqualTo 0 ) then 
  {
      // do stuff every 10 seconds without use of timer
  };

  // run stuff

  sleep 1;
};

does it make sence ?

[little raptor]

why not just use sleep 10?

anyway, like I said, use a timer

_nextRun = time + 10;
while { condition } do 
{
  // run stuff

  if ( time > _nextRun ) then 
  {
      // do stuff every 10 seconds without use of timer
      _nextRun = time + 10;
  };

  // run stuff

  sleep 1;
};

unless you have something else after the loop, just use sleep 10

[willow hound]

After a group is spawned, a little custom marker variable is set on that group to mark it as one of the groups spawned by the script:

...
_newGroup setVariable ["spawned", true];
...
```Then the `forEach`-loop comes (I reformatted it and fixed a small error), that's where the deletion happens:
```sqf
{
  _editGroup = _x;
  ... // <-- Some waypoint stuff
  //Delete stuff:
  {
    if (_spawnTarget distance _x > _deleteDistance) then {
      deleteVehicle _x;
    };
  } forEach units _editGroup;
} forEach (allGroups select {side _x == _spawnSide && (_x getVariable ["spawned", false])});
```Let's examine the outer `forEach`-loop:
It iterates over the array that results from `allGroups select {side _x == _spawnSide && (_x getVariable ["spawned", false])}` - that array contains every group `_x` in the mission that satisfies these two conditions: `side _x == _spawnSide` and `_x getVariable ["spawned", false]`.
The purpose of that second condition (and of the marker variable) is to prevent the script from deleting groups that were not spawned by the script, groups that you placed in the Editor for example. Very simple: Groups that were spawned by the script have the marker variable, groups that were not spawned by the script do not have the marker variable.
In conclusion, the outer `forEach`-loop determines which groups will be *considered* for deletion: All groups that satisfy the two conditions.
These groups are then checked for their distance from `_spawnTarget`, and if a group is too far away it is deleted (actually the script checks and deletes every individual unit from the groups, but that's not important now).

Does that make sense so far?
I have not explained the actual problem yet, we'll get to that once you have some general understanding of what's going on.

[desert palm]

Oh yeah the bottom one is the array that makes the ai spawn and not despawn the spawned ones, thanks for this btw :>

How can I apply the top part?

that marks the group that is spawned so it wont be deleted right?

[willow hound]

The purpose of that second condition (and of the marker variable) is to prevent the script from deleting groups that were not spawned by the script, groups that you placed in the Editor for example. Very simple: Groups that were spawned by the script have the marker variable, groups that were not spawned by the script do not have the marker variable.
The marker variable from the top part and the marker variable in this part are the same one.

[desert palm]

Yes, i added the edited bottom part to the sqf replacing the past one, where will i put the top script?

[willow hound]

It's the same code as the code you already had, it does not fix the problem yet, you don't need to put any of that code anywhere 🙂

I'm trying to explain the problem before I fix it.
So, do you have some understanding of how the code currently works after reading that lengthy explanation above?

[desert palm]

yes you stated the functions and on what the code does :>>

[desert palm]

How can I apply that, been doing that yet no success it keeps on showing errors

[dreamy kestrel]

so I gather that is going to be 'the' issue, and I need to reconsider...

Q: can you render a HASHMAP a publicVariable? i.e.

private _player = ... ; // a PLAYER OBJECT
MY_map = createHashMap;
// populate map with stuff and ship it
owner _player publicVariableClient "MY_map";

[willow hound]

Alright, let's look at the problem then.
Let's say that at some point in time we have three groups in the mission:

Group A - Spawned by [Alpha] execVM "spawnbaddies.sqf";
Group B - Spawned by [Bravo] execVM "spawnbaddies.sqf";
Group E - Created in the Editor
And let's say that the processor is executing the forEach-loop inside [Alpha] execVM "spawnbaddies.sqf"; right now.

So what groups does that loop iterate over?
All groups that satisfy the two conditions explained earlier. We only have to look at the second condition (_x getVariable ["spawned", false]) for this example.
For group A, that condition is true (because A was spawned by spawnbaddies.sqf, the marker variable "spawned" is there).
For group B, that condition is true (because B was spawned by spawnbaddies.sqf, the marker variable "spawned" is there).
For group E, that condition is false (because E was not spawned by spawnbaddies.sqf, the marker variable "spawned" is not there).
That means that the outer forEach-loop ends up iterating over this array: [A, B].
Now remember, we are inside [Alpha] execVM "spawnbaddies.sqf"; right now, so _spawnTarget is Alpha.
In the next step, the processor takes each group inside the array [A, B] and checks how far that group is from Alpha.
And that is the problem: It also checks how far group B is from Alpha, even though group B was spawned for Bravo, not for Alpha. And if B is too far away from Alpha, well, then it gets deleted.

Does that make sense @desert palm?

[willow hound]

Should be possible.

[desert palm]

Yes that now i get it the code needs to satify the spawned ai and when it spawns it to not delete it because it read it in a way that it spawned and therfore marked

Geez thanks for this 😁

The variable e is not in the file therefore it did not spawn unlike the other 2 that when the script called for the execvm it was there

[willow hound]

Oof

[desert palm]

Why it is what I understood in a nutshell

Im using my phone rn srry

When ai spawns on alpha the ones on bravo gets deleted because

I am having trouble on getting the right format for the script and on how to do it

[willow hound]

Don't worry about it.

I fixed the script for you, it should work properly now

No guarantees for good performance though, I didn't feel like rewriting the whole thing.

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: when you add an action, you can provide _arguments right, these are passed to the _script.
are the args available to the _condition at all?

[willow hound]

No.

[dreamy kestrel]

Hmm so you have to get creative, format a condition perhaps.

[little raptor]

or just use setVariable

[dreamy kestrel]

on the target you mean? then getVariable during the condition? it could work...

the only challenge with that in this instance, I've got the same action rinsed and repeated three times, Add XYZ capability to factory, either X or Y or Z, which conditions and event handlers need to also recognize

[little raptor]

if the condition uses literals, you can just use your format method

(as in numbers, strings, and also nular commands)

[dreamy kestrel]

right, fair enough. thank you.

[little raptor]

@dreamy kestrel you can still use setVar and getVar tho:

_id = _target getVariable ["my_action_id", 0];

_condition = format ["_args = _target getVariable ['my_action_args_%1', []]; bla bla bla", _id];
_target addAction [...., _condition];
_target setVariable [format ["my_action_args_%1", _id], _args];
_target setVariable ["my_action_id", _id + 1];

this way you can have different args for different actions

[past wagon]

anyone know why this isnt working? the waitUntil is returning nil because _mapTrigger is undefined:

scenario = 1;
_mapTrigger = missionNamespace getVariable ( "mapTrigger" + str scenario );
waitUntil { ( units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger ) isEqualTo [] or ( units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger ) isEqualTo [] };

mapTrigger1 is the name of a trigger in the mission.

[little raptor]

why don't you just use a trigger?

[past wagon]

well scenario doesnt always equal 1

and there are different mapTriggers for each scenario

i did find a better way to do it though

so its not important, but if you see anything wrong with the code, lemme know

[little raptor]

so?

just make a function

it seems to me that what you're doing is execute something when the units leave the trigger area
so just use a trigger, and execute the function from the On Deactivation statement

[past wagon]

nah, ive got two teams doing a deathmatch inside the area and when one team is dead the match ends

[fast pond]

if you put missionNamespace getVariable ( "mapTrigger1" ); in the debug console does it return nil?

or better yet, missionNamespace getVariable ( "mapTrigger" + str 1 );

[past wagon]

it does return mapTrigger1

[fast pond]

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

Ah, I didn't notice that.
you could also check this out https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#disableChannels, and enable channels for people you want to have them? it might have the same limitation though.

[fast pond]

I can't see any problems in your code. Try adding in a few systemChat commands to see what goes wrong where. Ex:

scenario = 1;
_mapTrigger = missionNamespace getVariable ( "mapTrigger" + str scenario );
systemChat str _mapTrigger;
waitUntil { ( units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger ) isEqualTo [] or ( units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger ) isEqualTo [] };

ah, idk then, good luck

[past wagon]

ive decided to use a different method that will also make a lot of other things easier. this my new code, but im still getting the same error as before:

_scenarioArray = selectRandom [
    [blueFlag1, redFlag1, mapTrigger1, 1],
    [blueFlag2, redFlag2, mapTrigger2, 2],
    [blueFlag3, redFlag3, mapTrigger3, 3],
    [blueFlag4, redFlag4, mapTrigger4, 4],
    [blueFlag5, redFlag5, mapTrigger5, 5],
    [blueFlag6, redFlag6, mapTrigger6, 6],
    [blueFlag7, redFlag7, mapTrigger7, 7],
    [blueFlag8, redFlag8, mapTrigger8, 8],
    [blueFlag9, redFlag9, mapTrigger9, 9],
    [blueFlag10, redFlag10, mapTrigger10, 10]
];
_scenarioArray params ["_blueFlag", "_redFlag", "_mapTrigger", "_scenarioNumber"];
waitUntil { ( units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger ) isEqualTo [] or ( units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger ) isEqualTo [] };

I think there must be a problem with the bottom line, but I have no idea what it is. you can ignore everything in the scenarioArray's besides mapTrigger1, etc....

[fast pond]

try replacing _mapTrigger with mapTrigger1 and see if it works. At least then you might be able to figure out if it is a problem with the variable or something else. I usually check for units in triggers with count, so I am not the best person to review that line of code.

[past wagon]

yeah good idea

thanks

its actually working now with this new method im using

thanks for the help guys

[fair drum]

there a dedicated command to find out if a unit is in water? I could always just do some asl checks if not.

[fair drum]

sigh... just tried using the emiter editor mod, it deleted every object in my scenario and then the autosave kicked in

[unreal scroll]

@fair drum https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands
Ctrl-F --> Water

Sometimes my civilians try to swim to a nearest wp, even if it is on land.
Can swimInDepth command help in this case? Like _unit swimInDepth -0.5?

[fair drum]

i bet you what will happen is they will walk into the water till the depth you set, then path through the water where it can stand until it finds a path through it

[desert palm]

Hey @willow hound sorry i fell asleep it was late from im from, IT WORKS THANK YOU VERY MUCH BUD YOU THE BEST :>> :<3

thanks for teaching me the ropes as well it will definitely help :>

[past wagon]

if I did:

_vehicle setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "texture.paa"];
_vehicle setObjectTextureGlobal [1, "texture2.paa"];

then what would getObjectTextures _vehicle return?

[torpid quartz]

So if I had two triggers that both activated when their respected owner went inside them, but I only wanted one to go off and the other to get disabled when the first one goes off.

How would I do this? Have Part1 = true in both triggers activation and
This !& part1 in both of their requirements?

[warm hedge]

!& is not a thing. Use !(condition) method

[warm hedge]

You can test easily but should be ["texture.paa","texture2.paa"]

[past wagon]

ok thanks

[gilded rover]

probably works like a normal get/set method
so yeah should just be what ever texture you used and maybe the selections number too

[past wagon]

ok

what would be the best method to make all players invincible while they are in a certain area, but enable damage when they are not. I know many ways I could do this, i'm just wondering that since this is such a simple thing, there might be an easier way to do it that I'm not thinking of.

[unique sundial]

IMO {activateForceShield _x} forEach allPlayers is the best

[past wagon]

cant find that on the wiki, but im already using enableDamage. What im wondering about is the aspect of having it enabled under a certain condition and disabled under the other condition.

I cant think of any ways that wouldnt end up having redundancies and possible performance effects, using while true loops

[unique sundial]

Oh sorry I must have looked in Arma 4 wiki

[past wagon]

lol

I wasnt sure if that was a joke but I wasnt gonna ask

[unique sundial]

nah post your variants and we’ll see which one is more efficient

[past wagon]

ok

[desert palm]

Is it possible to set the amount of ai that will spawn in and by waves? ex.Alpha 50 ai. Spawn in 10 ai when 8 are dead?

[past wagon]

//option 1
while { true } do {
  if ( player inArea "myMarker" ) then {
    player allowDamage false;
  } else {
    player allowDamage true;
  };
};

//option 2
while { true } do {
  while { player inArea "myMarker" } do { 
    player allowDamage false;
  };
  player allowDamage true;
};

//option 3
while { true } do {
  waitUntil { player inArea "myMarker" };
  player allowDamage false;
  waitUntil { player not inArea "myMarker" };
  player allowDamage true;
};

those are a few that I have thought of

[warm hedge]

It might be more complicated but easy to switch on off: use HandleDamage

[past wagon]

ok

player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {
  if ( player inArea "myMarker" ) then {
    0;
  };
}];

is that how I would do it?

[warm hedge]

Seems fine

Or, remove ; from the 0

[past wagon]

thanks, but out of curiosity, do I have to or is it recommended?

[warm hedge]

Should

Return value must be passed without ;

[past wagon]

ok

would that matter for this:

player addEventHandler ["InventoryOpened", {
    true;
}];

?

[warm hedge]

Yep

(AFAIK and IIRC)

[past wagon]

ok

thank you!

[willow hound]

Nah, it's merely convention to skip the ; for intended return values; some people do it and some don't.
(https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Function#Return_Values_.28output.29)

[gilded rover]

while { player inArea "myMarker" == true } do 
{
  player allowDamage false;
};``` wouldnt this work too?

[cyan dust]

Good day. I'm struggling with placing USS Freedom during the mission with createVehicle. It always faces south and getting tilted (I guess the last part is dependent on position of placement or rather terrain slope underneath), have anyone solved such issue?

[cyan dust]

Probably it would, but 'while' condition is counted hundreds times per second, so Event Handler approach seems more resource-friendly.

[desert palm]

So i tried to search it but to no luck i found nothing or im just searching for the wrong thing or its just not possible to work with the script

[warm hedge]

Did you tried this one?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_carrier01PosUpdate

[gilded rover]

yeah was just thinking that allowDamage is a "toggle" so event handler or a basic if else would probably be best

[warm hedge]

Short answer: Yes
Long answer: More specific description would make it easier to describe how it would looks like

[gilded rover]

have you tried counting how many enemies are left in a trigger area? thats how i would do it

[past wagon]

the == true is unneeded because player inArea "myMarker" will be either true or false. The problem with that code is that allowDamage toggles whether or not damage is allowed, so it has to be reset to true after they leave the area.

[warm hedge]

But == true is now a legit code now. It's possible but not mandatory, yes, though

[cyan dust]

Wah? Never stumbled upon this page 😄 Thanks. But it lacks description and main carrier object returns [] when calling attachedObjects on it =_=
Anyway, will try, thank you

[warm hedge]

Because it isn't really intended to be there for end users!

[desert palm]

Yes that is what i have in mind i just do not know what script to put in and what to work with

[gilded rover]

yeah i wasn't sure if arma will allow it without the == true , and yeah so I was thinking correctly afterwards , Man i need to get back to studying for my linear programing exam in a few hours xD

[past wagon]

good luck 👍

[desert palm]

better question if, in the triggers if my activation script is [BRAVO] execVM "spawnbaddies.sqf"; what will i put in the deactivation if i want to deactivate this? (like if players were outside the trigger area the script will be deactivating)

how do i not execute 😐

[warm hedge]

Depends on what spawnbaddies.sqf is

[cyan dust]

@warm hedge you're a life-saver, you know that? Thanks man

[warm hedge]

What do you mean? Lifesaver jacket must be worn if you're on a ship!

[desert palm]

it is a script that is in the mission folder that spawns ai when activated

it spawns ai to the target when the time value is met eg. every 5 mins

[gilded rover]

that depends , you can have a second script that just deletes all the units , but i would have the script check if the units are inside the area before spawning a new wave , by that you can just leave the deactivation empty unless you want to remove the wave completely

[desert palm]

its a script that i found of youtube from dayz medic and we've been making it work thanks to ansin. What it does is spawn dynamic ai randomly around a certain target and the waves of spawning in is controlled by time. Im wanting to change that to Ai count ex. maximun of 50 in target ALPHA that will spawn by groups of 8 when 4 of them gets killed it will spawn another 8 until the maximum of 50 is spawned.

this is the script: https://sqfbin.com/miqezopotaromexehori

[desert palm]

its only 1 sqf file in the mission folder

[gilded rover]

yeah i know , i'm, just saying you can either write another script , or do it in the deactivation or just leave it blank if you check in the activation if everyone is in the trigger area (pretty sure you can do that under the conditions)
Ill have a look later at this

[warm hedge]

Since it is while {true} loop, you can't stop it. In order to stop it, you can assign a variable there and make it false when the trigger decides to make the variable false, so it'll stop

[desert palm]

ohh so i will replace the while {true} but with what script can i do with it and how can i set the parameters to ai spawned and not by time

[desert palm]

yes that is what i am trying to configure

[gilded rover]

let me see if i cannot find my rudamentary count script

[desert palm]

okie :>

[gilded rover]

count(allUnits select {side _x == east} inAreaArray Killhouse1)
``` let me look at that spawn code because this is going to bother me xD

[desert palm]

ok thanks haha

[gilded rover]

on line 60 try

sleep (<code i sent you> == 5);
``` instead and let me know

otherwise we are going to utilise a waitUntil

[cosmic lichen]

Use units east instead of allUnits.

[gilded rover]

count(units east inAreaArray Killhouse1)
``` like this @cosmic lichen ?

[desert palm]

count(units select {side _x == east} inAreaArray Killhouse1)```

[cosmic lichen]

Yes

[desert palm]

copy on line 60

[desert palm]

i mean this one

replace killhouse1 with the trigger name?

[gilded rover]

jup , what is the trigger that is used as the area?

[cosmic lichen]

What's that

[gilded rover]

yeah thats not going to work is it...

Replace that sleep with this maybe```sqf
waitUntil(count(units east inAreaArray Killhouse1) <5);

[desert palm]

copy, killhouse being the name of the trigger right?

[gilded rover]

yeah , so that trigger that is activating the scripts , i guess it has an area (its not indefinitly small) so everytime the amount of enemies inside the area of the trigger drops below this the script should run again

[desert palm]

what should i replace lines 13-16 with?

https://imgur.com/a/WnrqenO

error

[desert palm]

i replaced line 60 with this

[desert palm]

and the trigger scripts aswell

[gilded rover]

my code for line 60 should not be causing issues at line 31....

and if you replace line 60 with the original code it works?

[desert palm]

yes aswell as lines 13-16

[desert palm]

yes it does

[gilded rover]

leave line 16 as is

line 13-15 can be removed if sleep is removed

line 16 is used in the spawning of things

[desert palm]

ok how will i configure it to be random like it spawns 8 ai and 10 after when only 3 is left

[gilded rover]

if we get this to work rather use this as it will work better (side OPFOR is defined as the spawn side , meaning if you want BLUFOR then you can only change that and not have to change it in the wait as well) ```sqf
waitUntil(count(units _Spawnside inAreaArray Killhouse1) <5);

the random spawning I will look at now as soon as we fix this , but doesnt it already do random amount of groups

[willow hound]

If you are using that fixed version (#arma3_scripting message) the line numbers (and some of the code) are different.

[gilded rover]

ah... i was using the sqf bin one

yeah now i see where ALOT of problems come in xD

[gilded rover]

this spawns how many groups at a time? only one?

[willow hound]

while {true} do {
  //Spawn group
  //Sleep random
};
```It's the same script as the original for the most part, I just adjusted it to stop it from deleting groups it is not supposed to delete and applied some formatting and autopilot-code-changes like private variables.

[desert palm]

it was the same file but i only added the ai factions lines 5-10

[desert palm]

yes every how many seconds the lines 13-15 are

[gilded rover]

okay so 1st , you want more than one group , randomised obv?
2nd change sleep to count alive opfor units?

[desert palm]

yes

and it will no longer spawn any more units when the maximum ai spawned is met?

smth like that

@gilded rover sorry this is the one with the working script that ansin worked on and your script https://sqfbin.com/ihakamasizuxuqawujoh

[gilded rover]

np i just downloaded VS Code so i can get SQF extention so i dont have to look at grey text xD, I am busy modifiying the script , hope it works

[desert palm]

but is it possible just to do it by trigger? the original script but in a trigger that when players are out of the trigger area it will deactivate?

[desert palm]

yay thanks

[gilded rover]

i think it already does , but you can just add a public variable in the script , say out of trigger and make it false in the deactivation , want me to implement in the script?

[desert palm]

sure idk how to do that tho

anything will do

[gilded rover]

https://sqfbin.com/otecogujuqovayesurog try this

[willow hound]

waitUntil expects curly brackets and outBounds is undefined.
The forEach _spawnedGroups-loop should probably be pulled out of the for-loop.

[desert palm]

ok wait one

[gilded rover]

outBounds will be defined inside the trigger itself

[desert palm]

what should i name the spawn targets

just alpha nad bravo?

[gilded rover]

yeah , anything realy

[gilded rover]

this was just done very rudamentary sorry 🙈

[desert palm]

How many ai will spawn before the next wave does? what lines should i edit for that

[gilded rover]

avg of 2 groups will spawn , and once the unit count (all the opfor units drop below 5 or are 5 ) a new batch will spawn

for units to spawn the for loop (i placed a comment) and for the waiting is that last waitUntil that i need to fix

[desert palm]

this error came about https://imgur.com/a/YI6U2XW

[gilded rover]

wrong bracket type my bad

https://sqfbin.com/soxedogubomofitoqudu
try this , still need to think what i want to do with outBounds

probably just define it inside the activation of the trigger

[desert palm]

https://imgur.com/a/YI6U2XW new error and trigger

[copper raven]

parentheses cannot contain commas like that

i think you meant to use [] instead

[winter rose]

wrong bracket type my bad
indeed

[copper raven]

and the second error is self-explanatory

[desert palm]

the error is in the sqf? how to fix then

[desert palm]

i think it is smth to do with line 27? @gilded rover

[gilded rover]

https://sqfbin.com/soxedogubomofitoqudu this one does contain the [] brackets?

change the !outbounds to true (completely remove it , i will help you implement that later , need to get my stuff ready for my exam

[desert palm]

oh ok goodluck ping me when ur good 😉

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: re: public variables with regard to the pre- and post- init phases...
When may new joins expect to 'see' public variables with respect to their pre- post- init phases?

[gloomy aspen]

Hey! Im currently running into an issue with detaching an item (IR Strobe using the NVG_TargetC)

ACE interaction calls this script

_irstrobe = "NVG_TargetC" createVehicle getpos player;
_irstrobe attachTo [player,[0,0,0.2],"neck"];```

which works fine, but then when the player goes to remove it 

```sqf

detach _irstrobe;
_irstrobe setPosATL [-10000,-10000,100000];
deleteVehicle _irstrobe;

if (true) exitWith {};

Doesnt work 😦 Any tips?

[dreamy kestrel]

'what' doesn't work? what does your log say? when does _irstrobe get initialized?

[gloomy aspen]

This is for a mod mate, so its attached via. ACE Self Interaction which calls the first bit of script

Then to remove it it calls the second bit of script, but that bit isnt working :/

@dreamy kestrel

[robust tiger]

_irstrobe might not be defined in the second part, it is a local variable after all

[gloomy aspen]

@robust tiger Do you think (looking at that code) I will have issues with the IR Strobe showing on all players machines?

[robust tiger]

I have no experience in multiplayer scripting, but createVehicle is global according to the wiki. So, no problems?

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Initialization_Order
My best guess is at the Persistent functions are called task.

[dreamy kestrel]

correct, scope matters, keep that in mind re: variable life times, @gloomy aspen

[dreamy kestrel]

I'm not sure what that means. I have variables appearing during the "init" tasks, then, if you will, some are made publicVariable.
"when" can new joins expect to see these with respect to their own init" tasks?

[gloomy aspen]

@dreamy kestrel @robust tiger How would you guys suggest I re-write the code below to re-define _irstrobe so it can be recognised and detached? Sorry to ask, im just at a loss!

detach _irstrobe;
_irstrobe setPosATL [-10000,-10000,100000];
deleteVehicle _irstrobe;

if (true) exitWith {};

[spark turret]

with an action by the players?

use ace addaction

or vanilla addAction, which you prefer

[dreamy kestrel]

show more of the code, first off. other than that, be cautious of variable life times.

[robust tiger]

I can only guess right now. You need to show the whole code. From where does the second part get executed?

Is it from an action, or are you using waitUntil?

[gloomy aspen]

@robust tiger Its all from ACE Self interaction, what youre seeing there is the script the actions execute

[robust tiger]

Simplest crude way is to remove the underscores from the variables, making them global. Unless you're gonna be making more of these IR strobes for different units, it's not going to be an issue.

[gloomy aspen]

Ill give that a try, thanks mate 🙂

[robust tiger]

Like AI for example

[gloomy aspen]

Yeah its just for players to turn on an IR Strobe on their helmets using ACE Self Interaction

[versed widget]

does all the hitparts uses Czech names ?

[robust tiger]

I don't think so? You mean like wheels, engine or legs?

[versed widget]

yes i tried motor for engine and kolo for wheel didnt work

[robust tiger]

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

List of all hit points for an object

[versed widget]

thanks

[past wagon]

is there a command that I can use to edit a sting? for example:

_name = selectRandom [
  "Charlie Smith",
  "John Brown",
  "Robert Williams"
];
// how can I get *just* the first name from the variable _name?

[still forum]

you want to get the stuff before first whitespace?

[winter rose]

split

[still forum]

_name = _name select [_name find " "]
or _name = (_name splitString " ") select 0;

[robust tiger]

(_name splitString " ") select 0

[past wagon]

ok, thanks

[past wagon]

thanks

[still forum]

First thought was regex, but I think we didn't release that yet

[unreal scroll]

@still forum"_name = _name select [_name find " "]"

_name = _name select [0, _name find " "]

[still forum]

noooooo

[signal root]

Hey, I was trying to get the player to sit with

player switchMove "HubSittingChairA_idle3"

But it wont work (I tried playMove, playMoveNow as well) - it does play other animations though

[warm hedge]

Some animations were not intended to be used by a player unit

[signal root]

:c

But I saw a guy on youtube using HubSittingChairUA_move1 but that also didn't work .-.

[warm hedge]

Maybe use sqf player disableAI "ANIM"but not sure

[robust tiger]

There is a BIS function for some anims
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_ambientAnim
perhaps it will work

[warm hedge]

Essentially it's just a switchMove, same thing

[meager epoch]

does anyone know why the following code causes an error? (error in generic expression)

sleep 5;
hintSilent "";```

[frank mango]

whats the context?

[meager epoch]

i want the hint to be visible less time (if its possible)

cause it usually stays for like

what

30 secs?

i want it to be there for 5-10s and then to dissapear

according to the bohemia page, this should do that

but it aint working

[warm hedge]

You're runnimg the code in the context where you can't sleep

[meager epoch]

do i have to put it in

like

0= {...}

[warm hedge]

spawn. Also I suggest you to write longer sentence per a post

[meager epoch]

alright, thanks. will try it out later

[signal root]

That accually worked tysm ;)

havent thought that i needed to disable some ai things on a not ai guy

[warm hedge]

So don't I 🙂 But animation transitions were handled by that I assume

[little raptor]

player switchMove "HubSittingChairA_idle1";
player playMoveNow "HubSittingChairA_idle1"

it won't need disableAI

[unreal scroll]

ContainerOpened EH doesn't work with dead bodies?

[robust tiger]

You need to find the dummyWeapon object, which contains the unit's inventory AFTER it dies. I did it through:

private _obj = (nearestObject [getpos _corpse,"WeaponHolderSimulated"]);
_obj addEventHandler ["ContainerOpened",{hint "it workz"}];

[unreal scroll]

Thanks

[willow crater]

I’m trying to add multiple classes of uniform for my cops on my life server. Currently they have a retextured U_rangemaster uniform, and I’m trying to add a retextured “U_B_CombatUniform_mcam” for my highest level cop only. Do I need to create a new class/license/faction for this (maybe a swat license or something?) or is it possible to add multiple uniform classes for one faction?

[dreamy kestrel]

Q: re: HASHMAP, I am not sure I see any rhyme or reason here, except that, as half-expected, we cannot depend on the order of keys.

_m = createhashmapfromarray [['a', 1], ['b', 2]];
_m set ['c', 3];
keys _m

Yields ['b', 'c', 'a']. Actually, it seems that no matter how I present the pairs, I get the same answer back, regardless. Not that I want to depend on that.

[little raptor]

I don't see what the question is...

if you want the elements to be in a certain order, use arrays
a hashmap is merely intended to be used for fast lookup

[unique sundial]

it is a hash map it is expected

[undone dagger]

I'm really new to scripting, anyone here able to help with a role based ACE Arsenal script?

I've seen examples but no clue whatsoever in how to use it

[late jacinth]

I know disableAI "move but is there a way to keep an AI in a certain area? Such as remain on a tower? thx

[unique sundial]

give them waypoints maybe

or make them guard the area

[late jacinth]

I have given them waypoints. They engage and disreguard their waypoints to do so

[crude vigil]

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

[tough abyss]

Whats the best way to have players all start as civilian and then create ways for them to "choose a faction" in game. I know theres reputation and other variables to declare allegiance.

Im wondering if i need to set out and make an sqf file and define factional loyalty points. I can have points deduct from red/blue whatever upon killing npcs of that faction and then trigger a join group function to "set their faction". But is there an easier way?

I also want to keep this persistent either on my server or maybe use Alive persistence

[winter rose]

that and joinSilent a side group

[tough abyss]

yeah im thinking an addaction on a terminal for each faction to do that

maybe use alive to keep it persistent?

[undone dagger]

@winter rose Do you know how make a role based ACE Arsenal script?

[winter rose]

no

[keen orchid]

hey, i'm working on a script which respawns a vehicle once it's been destroyed for a persistent sorta scenario thing im trying (i'll be expanding on it later so that's why im not using a built-in system) but when I run my code i get an reserved variable in expression error and since im not super experienced with arma coding i was wondering what the issue is, ty for help:

_tempname = vehicleVarName _this;
deleteVehicle _this;
setVehicleVarName = _tempname;```

(_this is equal to the destroyed mrap)

[warm hedge]

setVehicleVarName is a command (reserved variable in the error) so you cannot re-define

[keen orchid]

is there a way to set a var name on spawn?

oh wait

i can just do
mrap = createVehicle ["I_MRAP_03_F", [8665.003, 18462.355], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
right?

[warm hedge]

Yep

[versed widget]

what is the tracks hitpart called i couldnt find it anywhere ?

[warm hedge]

You probably can try your luck with getAllHitPointsDamage

[versed widget]

i even tried with hint str _selection and each time i get otocvez

[warm hedge]

What is _selection?

[robust tiger]

HitLTrack, HitRTrack? At least on Slammer and T100

You can look these up in the config of the vehicle under the HitPoints class

[versed widget]

_selection of the _target hitpart

[versed widget]

i will check thnx

[warm hedge]

hitPart can fire more than once so hint will be overwritten. Use systemChat instead

[versed widget]

wow didnt think about it thanks a ton

[unreal scroll]

We can create a hashmap from an array. Is there a command to make an array from a hashmap?

[copper raven]

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

[unreal scroll]

Nope, it works incorrectly: [[key, key, ...], [value, value, ...]]
I've converted with the following:

keys Hashmap apply {[_x, Hashmap get _x]};

Sorry, didn't tell about need to keep the structure. Some technical nuances 🙂

[copper raven]

use the other syntax then

[still forum]

It works correctly if you use it correctly

[unreal scroll]

Of course. But, as I said, I have some technical nuances, and need to keep the same readable structure.
If it is showed as [[key1,["Dädalus 3","Diogenes 2"]],[key2,["Seewind"]]...] and so, it should stays the same both for hashmap and array.

[still forum]

uhm

Are you even listening to what we are telling you?

Please just read the wiki page

[unreal scroll]

"Are you even listening to what we are telling you?"
Absolutely. I didn't want so say it works incorrectly at all, sorry. Just not what I needed.
If you wish to know... I have a save in profileNameSpace, and the saved data structure is the hashmap.
Also, the save can be converted to a string, so it need to be quickly converted to a save - but the data structure in that text save will become an array.
Of course, it is better to save it in array, and restore it as an array, but it needs time to rewrite the save system a bit. Just doing some temporary workaround.

[fleet sand]

Hi guys. So i have a question, i want to remove the border from NVG and i am using ace mod as well. i was researching how i could do that then i found the tread on forum that points to this github link: https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/nightvision/CfgWeapons.hpp#L6 Now my question is how i can use this to remove the border from the NVG ? Thanks in advance.

[graceful kelp]

Hello so i have a question and need some help
im trying to check for weapon guidance typo on incoming missiles

_seekerhead = configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> "_X" >> "weaponLockSystem";
if(_seekerhead = 8) then

but if it returns "8+4" it wont work how do i check to see if "8" or any other number is present among mutiple text characters

[grim coyote]

"8" in "8+4"

also use == when comparing 2 values

[graceful kelp]

so would this work

_seekerhead = configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> "_X" >> "weaponLockSystem";
if("8" in "_seekerhead") then

[grim coyote]

can you post your full code?

Because you also use "_x" instead of _x only

[graceful kelp]

_Missile = nearestobject [_Hostile,_munition];
_seekerhead = configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> "_Missile" >> "weaponLockSystem";
if("8" in "_seekerhead") then

[willow hound]

You don't need to (actually you must not) wrap variables in quotes to use them 🙂

[graceful kelp]

so _seekerhead instead of "_seekerhead"

[grim coyote]

_missile = nearestobject [_Hostile,_munition];
_seekerhead = configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> typeOf _missile >> "weaponLockSystem";
if ("8" in _seekerhead) then {

[graceful kelp]

thanks

i saw that

[grim coyote]

Im not sure if "weaponLockSystem" returns class or value tho

[graceful kelp]

iv already tested that part

[grim coyote]

ok

[wicked fulcrum]

In the case where I want to draw a "symbol", "marker" or "icon" on specific units only visible for zeus to show that these AI units are "special" in some way. What approach would be best to also avoid hogging performance? Any good advices?

I was thinking about doing a draw3d handler, local for each zeus that draws an icon or circle on the unit. Might be possible to only draw when in zeus view, and within the viewport of zeus to save performance? (although not yet sure how to limit it like that).

Although if you have many units that is special I could see that potentially having negative influence of performance. A map-marker for zeus only could be a possibility, but not as "user friendly" as zeus would have to toggle between map and zeus-view to identify which unit was affected.

[little raptor]

Might be possible to only draw when in zeus view
yes, use findDisplay in the Draw3D EH to find the zeus display. if it doesn't exist, don't do the drawing.

within the viewport of zeus to save performance
yes. altho you only save the "scripting" performance (CPU); the engine won't draw anything if it's not on screen, so you won't save much GPU performance.

if you have many units that is special I could see that potentially having negative influence of performance.
just use an external scheduled loop that generates an array of all units withing a certain range (say 2000 m), and use it in the Draw3D event handler

[wicked fulcrum]

Thank you!

Makes sense to find the display and only draw if it exists. Ah nice. I had a feeling something like that would be baked in to optimize draws, but wasn't sure. That makes it easier.

just use an external scheduled loop that generates an array of all units withing a certain range (say 2000 m), and use it in the Draw3D event handler
So this saves performance as the external scheduled loop that finds all units isn't run every re-draw/frame but more sensible maybe every 0.2 or 0.5 seconds, and the Draw3D only spends time on drawing the given array?

Makes alot of sense. Didn't think of it that way. Thanks!

[little raptor]

the external scheduled loop that finds all units isn't run every re-draw/frame but more sensible maybe every 0.2 or 0.5 seconds
yeah. even if you made it run without any sleep, it still won't slow down the game because it's scheduled (tho it depends what command you use; e.g. allUnits select {!isPlayer _x} won't have any performance impact in scheduled environment)
but a sleep is recommended because without it your code will take away other scripts' "chance" to execute

[wicked fulcrum]

Thanks! Helps alot on my understanding for performance!

[frosty cairn]

Where do I execute missionNamespace stuff? In init.sqf?

[copper raven]

"missionNamespace stuff"?

[gloomy aspen]

Hey guys if the condition for a door to be openable is as below, what should I put in the players INIT so they can open it?

condition = "((this animationPhase 'doorcell4') < 0.5) && myjob IN [""Cop"",""doc"",""EMS""]";

[little raptor]

set the myjob variable

[gloomy aspen]

@little raptor Could you advise how I might write that? I will look on the BI forums too to understand it a little better, but im a bit lost

[little raptor]

if (local this) then {
  myjob = "Cop"
};

[gloomy aspen]

OK, thanks 🙂

@little raptor Works perfectly, thank you!

[frail orbit]

Trying to get a trigger to activate from a specific AI unit. I name the guys variable "bob" and put in the trigger condition "bob in thislist". Am I missing anything?

[copper raven]

even though your condition is only bob in thislist, bob still has to satisfy trigger condition, because thats how thisList is populated iirc

(i might be wrong, just a guess :D)

[robust tiger]

The trigger first needs to be set, so that Bob would activate it normally. Then Bob will be able to appear in thisList.

[obtuse quiver]

hello everyone, i encountered a problem while fixing some code, im a newbie but i did my best.
Problem: i would like to have all civilians to run this script, but for now the only civilian that's running the script is "C_man_1"
Code: ["C_man_1", 0, ["ACE_MainActions"], _action, true] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToClass;
i have to change "C_man_1" with the civilian side but i don't know how to do that yet :/

[fair drum]

let me look up that function so i can help you. one sec

[obtuse quiver]

okie dokie

got kinda lost with the wiki and stuff

[fair drum]

well you are using ACE, which kinda needs a understanding of sqf already

[obtuse quiver]

yep indeed

i know some of the basics, i watched alot of tutorials, read stuff here and there but im still learning ya know

[fair drum]

try using false for the 5th argument

also, if that doesn't work, you can go back to CBA's addClassEventHandler and use 'init' for the event then call the script from there until I see more about what ace is doing with that function

[obtuse quiver]

roger that thanks i'll try the CBA's addClassEventHandler

[fair drum]

oh you want this to be in the ace interaction menu? or just in general running on the civilian

if you want it in the ace interaction menu, scratch the cba thing

[obtuse quiver]

oh okk

[fair drum]

oh I see your issue, you want it running on ALL civilian class names. you are just giving the function a single class name atm.

[obtuse quiver]

yep

[fair drum]

alright, either fill them out manually into an array of class names and do a forEach or a apply with that function, or I'll dig around in the config for a more universal way

also, this function is not global, so it needs to be fired on every machine

[obtuse quiver]

yeah i was thinking to just launch in all the civilian class names but i wanted to use this script with cup

[obtuse quiver]

that im aware but it's not a problem for now

[fair drum]

give me a sec

these civilians are spawned in during the mission correct? using script? or the civilian presence?

[obtuse quiver]

yep, spawned during the mission

[fair drum]

can I see the code for _action please

[obtuse quiver]

_action = ["CivInt", "Civilian Interaction", "\z\ace\addons\interaction\UI\team\team_management_ca.paa",{}, {true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction; there ya go

[fair drum]

try this
https://sqfbin.com/edomepenoguputeyunux

[obtuse quiver]

will do

[fair drum]

changed it again, one thing

[obtuse quiver]

mmmh

i think im doing something wrong, btw the code i shared was not all of the code

but they kinda run on the same basis

[fair drum]

i was trying to just get it all done lol, share the code

[obtuse quiver]

sorry about that 😅

[fair drum]

use sqf bin

[obtuse quiver]

another thing, this is not my code i just touched some stuff around

https://sqfbin.com/johewewuyotizolizute

[fair drum]

that would be why nothing showed up when i tested it, because you had no code in the action. thought it would at least pop something up

[obtuse quiver]

next time i'll share everything in one go 😅

[fair drum]

okay, so now that I can see what its doing, I created an infinite loop somewhere of adding actions, let me tweak it again...
okay fixed that

[obtuse quiver]

thanks alot man! <3

[fair drum]

its not done yet, running into more things putting things together. like I have no idea if these actions are lost on death or not, because that changes where scripts are placed

[obtuse quiver]

i'd prefer if the action remained after unit's death 'cause it might be useful

now it's working as i wanted it to work, perfect for my mission

[fair drum]

finished version. still don't know where its pulling _player from since I don't have that script framework so I left it as is. This is the complete server side version which may have network performance issues, but I didn't want to make a bunch of files for you or spend too much time on it
https://sqfbin.com/vaxiwijipoyexufutewa

[obtuse quiver]

woah! you made alot of work there man thanks alot for your time!

[fair drum]

prego

[obtuse quiver]

😉

[pulsar bluff]

most efficient way to get position of point 3 in arma?

[fair drum]

is that equidistant? or like 2/3 distant?

[pulsar bluff]

2/3

how to get a position 1/3 or 2/3 of distance between

[warm hedge]

vectorLinearConversion

@pulsar bluff ^

[pulsar bluff]

ahh nice

[limber stump]

Is setObjectScale MP compatible? I tried to change object scale on my editor, It works perfectly, but doesn't work on my server.

[fair drum]

yes it works. object needs to be an attached object, or a simple object.

[limber stump]

Hmmm, It doesn't change the scale. I bind variable "monster" to the object, and then execute the script using Zeus Module.

Should I put it on init.sqf?

[fair drum]

yeah, in the gamemode I made, I use the 200cm orbs to scale them up to act as shields. i have the object scale command in the init

[limber stump]

can you show me the script?

[fair drum]

standby let me dig it up

[fair drum]

so its just this in the orb's init (class is "Sign_Sphere200cm_F")

//Variable Name - carrier_n_shield
if (isServer) then {
  this attachTo [carrier_n, [0,0,0]];
  this setObjectScale 220;
};

then in my specific file I have: https://github.com/hypoxia125/CarrierStrike64/blob/53186824f873f27e60bd28d3b2c983c1c30532a2/CarrierStrikeMalden64.Malden/init/teamSetupServer.sqf#L64

[limber stump]

The attachTo works perfectly. But setObjectScale doesn't change the scale 😦

[warm hedge]

How did you do?

[limber stump]

• I bind a variable "object1" to my sphere.
• I bind variable "human" to my unit
• Then I run the script using debug console using Global Execute

[fair drum]

oh with the zeus variable bind? run it on a server execute and see what happens

and also post the script

[warm hedge]

Please post the code, a summary isn't details

[fair drum]

give us the precious

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[limber stump]

// "human" is my units
// "object1" is my sphere object
if (isServer) then {
  object1 attachTo [human, [0,0,5]];
  object1 setObjectScale 5;
};

[fair drum]

units? you mean single unit right?

[limber stump]

Yes, the unit i played on

[fair drum]

what is said object?

oh you used the same sphere as i did?

[limber stump]

yes, i test it using sphere just like yours

[warm hedge]

Error?

[fair drum]

i wonder if its something with the zeus variable bind. try using it in a init box instead

[limber stump]

I don't see any error, the attachTo part is working well, but the setObjectScale has no effect on it.

Hmmm, Now It works, but when I am walk, the sphere scale reset, and then when I stop, the scale going back to 5.

[fair drum]

things that move are not officially supported with that command. expect problems if you move them using the games simulation

in my use, the carriers are still, so there is no problem

[limber stump]

Ahh I see, Alright then, Thanks for the Help ❤️

[final sun]

Hello, I got a small question. Does anybody know how to force a unit to throw a grenade? (smoke grenade in this instance), I tried selectWeapon and then fire but it doesn't seem to work. (I tried both SmokeShellMuzzle and SmokeShell as the parameter)

[dusk shadow]

Thrown or underslung smoke?

[warm hedge]

Try BIS_fnc_fire

[dusk shadow]

Anyone know or have a list of data types that can be saved to profileNamespace without data loss between game restarts?

[final sun]

the smoke is inside the units backpack

[warm hedge]

Anything AFAIK

[dusk shadow]

@warm hedge Even objects? Seems funky if that's the case

[warm hedge]

Not tested but I don't see why it wouldn't work, even if it points objNull. But someone should confirm I think?

[dusk shadow]

Ye, I guess I'll have to run some tests

[warm hedge]

What's your usecase/situation?

[dusk shadow]

Just writing a general mission state save module and wanna cover my basis

But ill do some runs and see what i can figure post-lunch

cheers

@final sun Take POLPOX suggestion and use BIS_fnc_fire

[bob, "SmokeShellMuzzle"] call BIS_fnc_fire;

Should throw a White Smoke grenade

make sure bob has one in his inventory

[final sun]

I did, @warm hedge thanks for the help , I appreciate it.

[simple hemlock]

Hey! Does anyone know if createSoundSource can only be ran one at a time? I'm trying to make multiple ambient sounds but only one seems to play. In mission when I travel to the second source it starts playing, but then the first stops, or I'll approach the second and it never starts playing whilst the first one continues

[versed widget]

if (player != vehicle player) then { sleep 1;};
why im getting missing ; ?

[warm hedge]

How did you do?

[versed widget]

im using it as a condition to play my script but even when using it alone it says missing ; before then

tried if !(player == vehicle player) and got the same thing

[dusk shadow]

There's nothing wrong with this line:

if (player != vehicle player) then { sleep 1;};

The problem must be on a previous line. Probably a missing semicolon preceeding the if

[warm hedge]

In where?

[versed widget]

i got no previous line its the first

[warm hedge]

Make sure every spaces are spaces. You might have some strange garbage character which hidden in those spaces

[dusk shadow]

Also make sure its the right file and line, for example you could fixed it in one place but not another.

You can test the code yourself in the debug console. The if-line will not throw an error there. Hence the problem stems from somewhere else

[versed widget]

i think you are right very strange i got it working now
@dusk shadow yes i did it on the debug console

[warm hedge]

sleep or every suspend commands never accepted by Debug Console, directly

[dusk shadow]

Yeah, where you in a vehicle at the time, that could've done it?

cause the { sleep 1; } is not executed unless the if returns true

and would only throw an error in that case, though probably should've been a generic error

[unique plank]

Hey i'm a total beginner with arma scripting and have some questions I was hoping you guys could answer

[warm hedge]

Yeah true

[unique plank]

I'm working on a scenario and would like to implement an undercover/detection script that basically makes soldiers friendly until you pull a weapon out

right now the way i have implemented it is with triggers in the eden editor

[dusk shadow]

What's your previous scripting with coding?

previous experience*

[unique plank]

I've done one uni course on python and have a fair bit of experience with C# in unity

what I am using at the moment is player addrating -100000; to make ai target you (the player starts in the civilian team) and then addrating +100000 to make them friendly again

the problem i have is this only works some of the time and im not sure why

[warm hedge]

It makes turn everyone enemy

Even from friends

Use setCaptive instead which makes someone civilian

[unique plank]

do you suggest i start players in the independent team and setCaptive them to make them friendly?

how would I make them hostile again if they pulled out a weapon?

[dusk shadow]

setCaptive false

[unique plank]

cool

i would like to make this into a script because right now it is running using triggers and is quite clunky

how would i go about doing this?

[dusk shadow]

Read over the BIKI on some of the basic topics like entry point scripts (Event scripts) and possibly the functions library, they should point you in the right direction

Some good references
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts

[unique plank]

cheers for the help

[dusk shadow]

Also see some of the pinned messages in this room

@warm hedge, Regarding the profileNamespace thing: https://www.sqfbin.com/zoduqimagikiwozevoho

[warm hedge]

Nice!

Well, actually this is what I've expected

[dusk shadow]

Yeah, it's nice when the world makes sense 😛

[warm hedge]

BTW... it returns null even if it's the same mission?

[dusk shadow]

yes

[warm hedge]

Interesting. You're voluntold to edit #community_wiki !

[copper raven]

i mean it all makes sense 😄

[warm hedge]

This^ tho might worth a write?

[copper raven]

i guess

won't make things worse 😄

[frail orbit]

cheers, this helped

[versed widget]

waituntil {player == vehicle player}; seems not working

[candid cape]

Hi!

One question, I need to know if drawIcon3D can be executed so that another player can see your drawIcon3D

I have this code, but it runs and other players don't see the text above my head

aaa = addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", 
    {
    if (player distance player > 10) exitWith {};
    if ([objNull , "VIEW", player] checkVisibility [eyePos player, eyePos player] < 0.3) exitWith {};
    drawIcon3D ["\a3\ui_f\data\map\Markers\System\dummy_ca.paa", 
    [0.9,0.1,0.9,1], visiblePosition player vectorAdd [0,0,2.1], 0.2, 0.2, 45,format [
        
    "%1 - %2",name player, getplayeruid player], 2, 0.07, "RobotoCondensedBold"];
    }];

[sage dawn]

where are you putting it?

[versed widget]

thats my first line

to excute a script

[sage dawn]

in a sqf script?

[versed widget]

yes

[sage dawn]

how are you executing the script?

execVM?

[versed widget]

via postInit in the config but i tried it on the debug console it didnt work

my code never got excuted even when the statement is true

[sage dawn]

so do you launch the script when the player is in a vehicle and then want it to execute when they are no longer in a vehicle?

[versed widget]

i want it to be excuted when the player is on the vehicle and stop when he is not

[sage dawn]

you're doing to the opposite then

when you launch the script it will wait until the player is not in a vehicle and then execute the rest of the script

[versed widget]

really ?

[sage dawn]

maybe you're looking for a while and not waitUntil?

that would execute whatever is in the while code as long as that condition is true

[versed widget]

does while checks repeatedly even after the statement is true ?

[sage dawn]

it will check every frame if the condition is true

and execute the same code

when the condition becomes false, it will stop

[versed widget]

oh yeah that may help how about performance impact is it optimal ?

[sage dawn]

depends on what code you're going to be running

[versed widget]

it should be like this right ? while {player != vehicle player} do execVM "myscript.sqf"

are you sure i did it the opposite way with waituntil ?

[sage dawn]

you're better off putting the while inside the sqf itself

player != vehicle player is when the player is in a vehicle

so if you want it to run while the player is not in a vehicle, it would be while {player == vehicle player}

and again it depends on what is actually happening in your sqf

if it's a lot of code the it might not be good for every frame

but I'm also not the person to ask about optimization

[versed widget]

the problem is that my sqf has tons of condtional statments inside thats why i prefer putting in another sqf file

[sage dawn]

I'm pretty sure execVM'ing one script and then having it run while code inside of it is better than having the while execVM on every frame

[willow hound]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Scripting
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Remote_Execution
You might find this useful 🙂

[versed widget]

is it possible to make while not to check for every frame ?

maybe by adding sleep

[somber radish]

Anyone got some resources for making a Bug tracker / user feedback?
I'd like to have a ingame function that allows the user to send a complaint directly from a window in-game and have that pop up on my discord server (using a bot)

[warm hedge]

If there's a possibility, it would be a dll

[austere granite]

In theory you could use htmlLoad with a query param as input

I've used stuff like that in the past to get stats on Tanoa ownership

[warm hedge]

Huh... that kind of stuff possible?

[still forum]

you'd need to whitelist your domain/URL in config. Afaik only modconfig can do that

[austere granite]

Correct

[somber radish]

Meaning I cant do it for a scenario?

[still forum]

ye

Well you can run a server only mod on your server that whitelists it on your server

and then remoteExec the htmlLoad to your server from the mission scripts

[somber radish]

Aah

ait

thnx!

[austere granite]

private _hasApex = ["no", "yes"] select (395180 in (getDLCs 1));
(_args select 0) htmlLoad (toLower format ["http://topsekrut.xyz/apex/%1.html", _hasApex]);

is actually what we did, but query args should be a-okay too

[snow pumice]

Hey does anyone know why screenshots taken with the screenshot command or BIS_fnc_exportEditorPreviews look faded or let?
I did try to tweak some settings (mainly gamma and FX stuff) but nothing seems to help
"command-Screenshot": https://cloud.taktischerspeck.me/s/Ewfx7aYKqr6fDPq/preview
"steam-Screenshot": https://cloud.taktischerspeck.me/s/tRPYSEAy8Kb8RDx/preview

[still forum]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Configuring_Asset_Previews see this

[snow pumice]

PPAA disabled (brightens the image too much)
thanks

[graceful kelp]

hi i have a similar question to yesteurday which was to get this to work "final product"

_Seekerhead = getText (configFile >> "CfgAmmo" >> _munition >> "weaponLockSystem");
while {(alive _Missile) && (alive _Heli)} do {
    if (("2" in _seekerhead) && (_Heli getVariable "fza_ah64_irjstate" == 1) || (_Heli getVariable "fza_ah64_irjon" == 1)) then {
        [vehicle player, "fza_AseIRjammer", [-1]] call BIS_fnc_fire;
    };
    if (("8" in _seekerhead) && (_Heli getVariable "fza_ah64_rfjstate" == 1) || (_Heli getVariable "fza_ah64_rfjon" == 1)) then {
        [vehicle player, "fza_AseRFjammer", [-1]] call BIS_fnc_fire;
    };
    sleep 0.3;
};

im now trying to get something similar to work for checking if its anti air

_Radarrange = getText (configFile >> "cfgvehicle" >> "_unit" >> "ActiveRadarSensorComponent">> "class AirTarget">> "maxRange");
if (_radarrange > 100) exitwith {true}
false;

but im not sure if cfg vehicles is the correct path to find ActiveRadarSensorComponent

[snow pumice]

i think you have to change this:
CfgVehicle -> CfgVehicles
"_unit" -> _unit (its an var)
"class AirTarget -> AirTarget
and maybe you need an extra step Components
thats how an config looks like from an heli_attack_02
https://cloud.taktischerspeck.me/s/XKB3dqF3sbTsJMp/preview

[graceful kelp]

_Radarrange = getText (configFile >> "cfgvehicle" >> "SAM_System_03_base_F" >> "components" >> "SensorsManagerComponent" >> "Components" >> "ActiveRadarSensorComponent">> "AirTarget">> "maxRange");
hintsilent format ["range= %1",_Radarrange];

dose not seem to work
im using sam 3 name as a test

[snow pumice]

try getNumber

[snow pumice]

I double checked everything,
Quality to ultra
FSAA to 8x
PPAA disabled
bloom (who the fuck likes bloom)
HDR is on 16

but it still looks like this
https://cloud.taktischerspeck.me/s/26xPGG4xQToDHxs/preview

[graceful kelp]

just defunks to 0

[snow pumice]

maybe try an other object? idk if there would be no class / nothing to "get" there should be an error so maybe its just the vehicle?

[graceful kelp]

tried a few

[willow hound]

CfgVehicles