arma3_scripting

[amber lantern]

but then I need to put that into a function, and declare it with CfgRemoteExec

Which need to be in main config.cpp or in campaign or mission Description.ext.

[little raptor]

you can just remoteExec call or spawn

[amber lantern]

oh?

[little raptor]

[{
  hint "hello";
}] remoteExec ["call", _owner];

[amber lantern]

functionName: String - Function or command name.
While any function or command can be used here, only those allowed by CfgRemoteExec will actually be executed.

From https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[amber lantern]

https://emil.fi/d/arma3stuff/forcefdf.sqf

so that should work?

addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerConnected",
{
    params ["_id", "_uid", "_name", "_jip", "_owner", "_idstr"];
    [{
        [] spawn
        {
            waitUntil {!isNull player};
            player spawn
            {
                _unit = _this
                _unif = "FDF_sf_fat_maasto_sin_1";
                _hgear = "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                while {alive _unit} do
                {
                    if !(uniform _unit isEqualTo _unif) then
                    {
                        _inv = uniformItems _unit;
                        _unit forceAddUniform _unif;
                        {_unit addItemToUniform _x} forEach _inv;
                    };
                    if !(headgear _unit isEqualTo _hgear) then
                    {
                        _unit addHeadgear "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                    };
                    sleep 1;
                };
            };

            player addEventHandler ["Put", {
                params ["_unit", "_container", "_item"];
                _unif = "FDF_sf_fat_maasto_sin_1";
                _hgear = "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                if (alive _unit) then
                {
                    if !(uniform _unit isEqualTo _unif) then
                    {
                        _inv = uniformItems _unit;
                        _unit forceAddUniform _unif;
                        {_unit addItemToUniform _x} forEach _inv;
                    };
                    if !(headgear _unit isEqualTo _hgear) then
                    {
                        _unit addHeadgear "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                    };
                };
            }];
        };
    }] remoteExec ["call", _owner];
}];

[little raptor]

maybe...

but I have a question: if you don't want to touch the mission files, how do you plan to execute that?!

[amber lantern]

From the debug console : )

Anycase, then I could place that stuff into a .sqf file and execVM it, right?

[little raptor]

it has to be executed on the server

[amber lantern]

remoteExec execVm 😄

[little raptor]

is the file even on the server?

[amber lantern]

oh wait, you can put commands as string into the function name straight for remoteExec

[amber lantern]

Will be once I put it there

[little raptor]

well why not just make an addon for the server only?

[amber lantern]

never done that, but yeah that's possible I suppose

is there a simple guide for that?

[little raptor]

I don't know

if you know how to make addons it's very easy

you just make an addon

with a function, set to postInit

then add the addon with -serverMod= command line parameter

[amber lantern]

no I mean I've never done addons before myself

[little raptor]

addons are easy
you just put a config.cpp file containing a cfgPatches class in the addon folder to let the game "identify" its contents
then add your other stuff (e.g. cfgFunctions) from the same file

#arma3_config

[wet shadow]

Unpack some mod you've downloaded and see whats inside. 😄 Aside from unpacking the PBO you might have to unbinarize the config if its in bin form but then again you need addon tools should you make your own anyway.

[amber lantern]

"@emil/test.sqf" remoteExec ["execVM", 2]

Would this work if executed from the debug console?

[little raptor]

afaict, no. but why don't you try it?

[amber lantern]

yeah I will. How should I change it to make it work? Or is there no way to execute sqfs from the debug console?

[little raptor]

is filePatching enabled on your server?

[amber lantern]

hmm, it says that script not found

[amber lantern]

iirc yes

[little raptor]

you could probably provide the full path
but not sure if it even works with execVM

[amber lantern]

can I print the current path?

[little raptor]

what current path?

[little raptor]

also you're using forward slash
you should use back slash

[amber lantern]

not a Windows server

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯
afaik it should always be back slash
but I've never tried the Linux build so not sure

[amber lantern]

hmm lemme try then

no difference, though I would need to find it first

[copper raven]

that's not the proper way to do it

[amber lantern]

The correct way being?

[copper raven]

you need to load it as a mod

compile it via cfg functions, or use like prefixes properly

[amber lantern]

I don't care about it not being "proper", I'd just like it to work 😄

what's the working directory where the debug console executes from?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Script_Path seems like this has been hidden from the wiki?

[little raptor]

well if you'd gone with the addon approach you'd have gotten it to work by now

[distant oyster]

there is no cwd in sqf. the path is dictated by the command you use, eg. execVM checks mission folder, campaign folder and global scripts folder

[copper raven]

sure. but just so you know, you will waste more time doing that

[drifting sky]

Arma2OA: When a player opens a weapon crate, is it possible to open one other than the crate that they interacted with?

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-crit-role-cr-arsequeef-matt-gif-14564783

[drifting sky]

I want the contents to be based on which team you are

[winter rose]

and always have the same content, or it can be "always the same loadout"?

[drifting sky]

I want 2 boxes. One for west and one for east. With their contents persistent. But I don't want those boxes to be accessed directly. I want them to be accessed indirectly through other boxes in the battlefield

[winter rose]

not sure it is really doable

(especially in A2OA must I add)

[hybrid crescent]

Всем привет

[winter rose]

Hello!
this Discord speaks in English only though, for moderation purpose 🙂
Welcome aboard!

[hybrid crescent]

(((

Rassha

(

No anglish(

[drifting sky]

Is there any way to trigger some code when a player accesses a weapon crate?

[winter rose]

you could type your message in Russian with a google translate message below; otherwise, maybe a member here speaks Russian and you can ask for help

[winter rose]

not in A2OA; there is such EH in A3 since 1.22

[hybrid crescent]

[winter rose]

@hybrid crescent
Do you need scripting assistance?

вам нужна помощь в написании сценариев?

[hybrid crescent]

No no

Sori

[winter rose]

hey no problem! 👍

[drowsy cipher]

Something I'd like to do is have so I can command an AI unit in my squad to fire a m203 at any target of my choosing, target could be a wall or building, anyone have a sample or something to help get me started

Guessing to use addaction cmd and call a script that does that work?

[candid umbra]

Using ALiVE, is there a way to prevent AI from spawning in a particular area?
I've set the crowd faction to a civilian faction, but I don't want them spawning inside of my FOB

[untold copper]

I haven't used ALiVE in a long, long while.
Are there still "Blacklist Marker" fields in the modules?

If yes, then place an area marker over your base and name it something like BASE_KEEP_OUT and put BASE_KEEP_OUT under "Blacklist Marker" on each module; Civilian and Military.
I hope that helps you out.

[candid umbra]

I'll try that tonight, thanks a bunch!

[wet copper]

@candid umbra
Yes, Maff has it right, find TAOR and Blacklist fields to setup your markers.

Here's a link to ALiVE's Wiki :
http://alivemod.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

[peak pond]

Hi all. To avoid having to copy my collection of scripts to each mission I create, I'm making a mod to contain them. However, I haven't figured out yet how to call the functions I usually call from onPlayerRespawn.sqf. Is there some way my addon can mimic this and call some code each time the player respawns (including once at mission start)?

[little raptor]

You can use the "respawn" event handler

[peak pond]

Ok, makes sense. Do you know if that includes start of mission?

I was also looking at the "EntityRespawned" mission event handler, as it doesn't need to be attached to an object (not sure if player object is the same before and after respawn).

Seems like player object is the same, before/after respawn, testing it out now...

[candid umbra]

Just tried it and it worked! 😄

[peak pond]

Both event handlers work, and I'll use the object based one so I don't need to do my own comparisons. However, they are only called after and actual respawn, not at mission start, so I still need to cover that base.

[past gazelle]

There is an ALiVE discord too if you are interested...

[peak pond]

ALiVE discord (also in #channel_invites_list ): https://discord.gg/SjVe8E7x

[past gazelle]

From: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Debriefing
Mission debriefing is displayed automatically upon mission end, unless debriefing params is not set to 0 in Description.ext.

I've been staring at the screen too long. Shouldn't that be "unless debriefing param is set to 0" ?

[peak pond]

@past gazelle I think you are right. Pretty sure debriefing IS shown by default.

[past gazelle]

Well, to turn off the debriefing you use sqf debriefing = 0;

[peak pond]

For my issue, I'm trying mission event handler "PreloadFinished" for mission start.

Sounds right

[past gazelle]

I'm actually trying to turn the debrief back on for some weird reason although I'll probably turn it off...

I like the bare...cold...empty feeling of returning to the main menu after getting shot 6 hours into a mission...

with no record of what I actually accomplished...

[past wagon]

I want to check who is inside a certain area. If only people from blufor are inside the area, then blufor wins. If only people from opfor are inside the area, opfor wins. If no one is inside the area, nobody wins. I already have a way of doing this, but I feel like there must be a better method, such as possibly using a switch. How would you do it?

[past gazelle]

A trigger you mean?

[past wagon]

the area is a trigger

[past gazelle]

Oh you mean a switch-case loop?

[past wagon]

maybe ....

[peak pond]

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

You can get list of units in trigger area, then filter by side

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

[past wagon]

this is my current code:

waitUntil { units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] or units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] };
if ( units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] && units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger isNotEqualTo [] ) then {
    [parseText "BLUFOR WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
};
if ( units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] && units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger isNotEqualTo [] ) then {
    [parseText "OPFOR WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
};
if ( units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] && units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] ) then {
    ["NO TEAM WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
};
```It just feels inefficient, and I am pretty sure it doesnt even work

[peak pond]

One thing to consider is, you probably don't want this to activate once the first unit reaches the trigger area. You probably want to have a way to wait until both sides reach the area and have time to battle it out.

[past wagon]

ok

yeah, countSide sounds like it might be a solution

[past wagon]

I already have the following line of code immediately before this

waitUntil { units west inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] or units east inAreaArray _mapTrigger isEqualTo [] };

it waits until one of the teams is dead, then it decides the winner

[past gazelle]

Ahh I was wondering how you were doing that so the first team inside the trigger doesn't automatically win...

[past wagon]

yeah

[peak pond]

Yeah makes sense. Have you tried running it?

[past wagon]

I have, but I need to test it with more than one player and I havent had many opportunities to do that

[peak pond]

The countSide example online _num = west countSide list _triggerOne; may be more efficient, but I think still equivalent in behavior.

[past wagon]

it works perfectly in singleplayer, the side that the player is on always wins. however, in multiple its really weird

[past wagon]

that would return a number, right?

[peak pond]

yes

[past wagon]

oh yeah obv

so in order for list to return all players in the area, I just need to set the activation for the trigger to be "any player"

right?

[peak pond]

I think so, but TBH i don't really remember.

[past wagon]

ok

[peak pond]

I do believe the activation type affects what units will be returned by list. Like if you set the trigger to activation by any BLUFOR present, then list would not return OPFOR units even if they are inside the area.

[past wagon]

yeah

[peak pond]

MP is a bit more complex than SP btw. You may want to configure a local dedicated server, and run two Arma clients at once (launch from .exe rather than Steam), to test those details.

[past wagon]

im not that lonely

[peak pond]

lol lucky you 😛

[past wagon]

lol

[past gazelle]

It's really fun putting all this stuff together until you try to get it working for someone else...then suddenly you panic and realize it's a lot of work for just ONE other person. 🙂

[winter rose]

or you can script it :p

[past wagon]

differently to what I did before? #arma3_scripting message

[winter rose]

design for SP or design for MP should be decided at first 😉
I personally always script as if it were for MP (remoteExec included), but for some SP-only effects of course

[past wagon]

this is definately for multiplayer

[winter rose]

yes o_o

[past gazelle]

Oh I'm doing a single player mission but after a month of working on it ONE person asked me to play it...

[past wagon]

wait...

[winter rose]

definitely plzzz

[past gazelle]

So suddenly I'm panicking and cleaning up tons of stuff...

[past wagon]

when I said "singleplayer" before, I meant on a server with only me.

i tested it in multiplayer with 1 person

[past gazelle]

Oh you mean SOLO multiplayer...

[past wagon]

yeah my bad

[peak pond]

This seems to do the trick.

[past gazelle]

Han Solo...the late rogue pilot...

[past wagon]

lol

I think I can figure it out, just looking for other people's ideas since I was kinda stuck

[winter rose]

you only want players right?

[past wagon]

yeah, but AI is disabled anyway so it wont matter

there only will be players

[winter rose]

well, on the principle "any units" then, as I assume it is a sector control

this way, if one day you want to re-add AI units, you don't need to toy with scripts 😉

[past wagon]

you mean as a gamemode? its more of a team deathmatch. I just need to know when one team is completely dead, and which team that is

[winter rose]

…why use a trigger then

are they respawning outside a game area?

@past wagon ↑

[past wagon]

yeah

[winter rose]

oh, ok then

[past wagon]

then they get teleported back in for the next round

[winter rose]

to begin with, instead of a loop, you could use a mission Event Handler```sqf
addMissionEventHandler ["EntityKilled", {
}];

[past wagon]

hmm

you mean the waitUntil?

[winter rose]

for example yeah

[past wagon]

I feel like the way im doing it would be a lot simpler.

[winter rose]

you could do a allUnits inAreaArray theTriggerArea for example

the EH will save CPU

[past wagon]

ok

[peak pond]

All, do event handlers and mission event handlers run in a scheduled environment? I.e. can I call waitUntil in them?

[winter rose]

unscheduled, but you can always spawn from them

[past wagon]

well this is my revised version of my script:

waitUntil { sleep 1; west countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 or east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 };

if { east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && west countSide list _mapTrigger != 0 } then {
        ["BLUFOR WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
};

if { west countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && east countSide list _mapTrigger != 0 } then {
        ["OPFOR WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
};

if { west countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 } then {
        ["NO TEAM WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
};

and this is the old one: #arma3_scripting message

does the new one look a bit more functional?

[winter rose]

exitWith perhaps?

[past wagon]

yeah but this whole thing is inside a much larger while loop

• while { true }

[little raptor]

so wrap it in a call

[winter rose]

and at least put a 1s sleep in your waitUntil

[past wagon]

yeah that makes sense

[winter rose]

thanks

[past wagon]

thanks

[winter rose]

no I meant, thanks for saying it makes sense 🤣

[past wagon]

lmao

[winter rose]

not calling you out on your politeness 😛 😉 (others though…)

[peak pond]

waitUntil, and triggers, use polling which is not the most efficient, but will probably be good enough as long as your condition check isn't too expensive (sleep helps). EH is more efficient, but you would need to restructure your code.

As long as you don't get any frame drops, you're probably fine.

[past wagon]

call {
        waitUntil { sleep 1; west countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 or east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 };
        if { east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && west countSide list _mapTrigger != 0 } exitWith {
                ["BLUFOR WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
        };
        if { west countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && east countSide list _mapTrigger != 0 } exitWith {
                ["OPFOR WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
        };
        if { west countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 } exitWith {
                ["NO TEAM WINS!", -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];
        };
};

does this look better? I suppose the exitWith does make it somewhat more efficient, but i feel like it could somehow fit into a switch....

[winter rose]

yeah but switch bad

and less perf

you wanted perf

[past wagon]

i guess

mainly I just wanted it to look like it wasnt scripted by an idiot lol

I felt like it looked that way

[winter rose]

…theeen 😄

[past wagon]

having 3 if statements when only one of them is meant to be true feels a little redundant

[peak pond]

All code written by people other than yourself looks like it was scripted by an idiot.

[winter rose]

private _aliveBlufor = blufor countSide list _mapTrigger > 0;
private _aliveOpfor = opfor countSide list _mapTrigger > 0;
private _data = "NO TEAM WINS!";
call {
  if (_aliveBlufor && !_aliveOpfor) exitWith { _data = "BLUFOR WINS"; };
  if (!_aliveBlufor && _aliveOpfor) exitWith { _data = "OPFOR WINS"; };
};
[_data, -1, 0, 6, 0, 0] remoteExec ["BIS_fnc_dynamicText"];

[winter rose]

and that, too 😄

[past gazelle]

It amazes me you can substitute a variable with an equation..

[winter rose]

"WHO IS THE STUPID THAT WRO— oh it's me, 6 months ago"

[past wagon]

see, this is what I mean. thats much better. however i still dont understand what private does

[winter rose]

it makes sure the variable is local to that scope

see
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Local_Scope
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Local_Variables_Scope

[past wagon]

yeah

but wouldnt it already by local to that scope?

[winter rose]

not if it was defined somewhere else

[past wagon]

ohhh

so in this case, it wouldnt really matter unless I happened to use those same var names somewhere else?

[winter rose]

private _a = 0;
hint str _a; // 0
call {
  _a = 1;
  hint str _a; // 1
}
hint str _a; // 1
``````sqf
private _a = 0;
hint str _a; // 0
call {
  private _a = 1;
  hint str _a; // 1
}
hint str _a; // 0

[past gazelle]

Right. Or if someone ELSE used those variables in a mod...

[winter rose]

just. use. private. it's not performance hungry, it's clean, it's safer, there is simply no reason not to use it.

[past wagon]

ok

so are you saying its good to use it whenever you use variables with an underscore?

does private mean that as soon as the scope changes, the variable is deleted?

even if it enters a lower scope?

private _var = 0;
call {
  hint _var; //undefined?
};```

[peak pond]

I think it creates a new variable with that name. Not sure if it enters lower scope, good question. But when control returns to outer scope, the variable is deleted (but if the outer scope happened to contain a variable with the same name, that one would continue to exist).

[past gazelle]

I thought variables that started with _ were automatically private?

[winter rose]

rrread the page, dangit

all of you!

https://tenor.com/view/angry-gary-oldman-everyone-gif-14317847

[past wagon]

but doesnt it already get deleted when returning to outer scope if it has an underscore

[past wagon]

ok

okokok

[winter rose]

a variable exists in lower scopes, not upper scopes
that's it

[past wagon]

k

I am getting Error if: type code, expected bool on this line. Do I need to add ()?

if { east countSide list _mapTrigger == 0 && west countSide list _mapTrigger != 0 } exitWith {

[winter rose]

if {}

if is ()

[past wagon]

oh sh*t lmao

im dumb

[winter rose]

SPANKIE

hi dumb, I'm dad!

[past wagon]

lmao

maybe you deserve the spankie for not noticing that earlier

[winter rose]

I provided my code, period 😛

[past wagon]

yeah but ur the master scripter

[winter rose]

not compiler, please notice :p
I thought you already ran this code, didn't check for mistakes but logic issues

anyway
write good code from the start
so it's easier to debug :p

[past wagon]

good idea

[past wagon]

if im adding a display event handler for "KeyDown", how do I check if the key "H" is being pressed?

[winter rose]

use its DIK!

[past wagon]

oh

you mean the params

?

params ["_displayOrControl", "_key", "_shift", "_ctrl", "_alt"];

[little raptor]

its dik

[past wagon]

that rings a bell

where do I find the DIK's?

[little raptor]

google

[past wagon]

ok got it

thanks

last time I used one of these EH's, I did this:

if ( ( ( inputAction "pushToTalk" > 0 or inputAction "voiceOverNet" > 0 ) && currentChannel == 5 ) or ( inputAction "PushToTalkDirect" > 0 ) ) then {

[little raptor]

not related

[past wagon]

i know but I did something different so i forgot about the DIK's

anyway, do I do this:

( findDisplay 46 ) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["", "_key"];
        if ( _key == 35 ) then {
                //code
        };
}];

is that what _key will return?

[little raptor]

DIK is a number

[past wagon]

oh

[little raptor]

like I said, just google it

arma dik codes

[past wagon]

so I use the integer, not the DIK_ID?

i found the DIK keycodes on the wiki

[little raptor]

you can only use the DIK Ids if you use:

#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\definedikcodes.inc"

[past wagon]

so I just use the number instead?

[winter rose]

Grindr?

[past wagon]

better now? #arma3_scripting message

[little raptor]

ye

[past wagon]

thanks

[little raptor]

if that code is gonna be preprocessed you could also write:

#include "\a3\ui_f\hpp\definedikcodes.inc"
( findDisplay 46 ) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["", "_key"];
        if ( _key == DIK_H ) then {
                //code
        };
}];

[past wagon]

okay

and if my mission had a bunch of different keys that did different things, I would only need to add the event handler once and then add in more if statements for the different keys

would that be the way to do it?

[little raptor]

yes

[past wagon]

great, thanks

[little raptor]

also add something to make sure you only add one event handler

as a safety measure

_EH = findDisplay 46 getVariable ["My_EH", -1];
if (_EH < 0) then {
  _EH = findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ...;
  findDisplay 46 setVariable ["My_EH", _EH];
};

also just to be safe, terminate the event handler code with false

if one of your ifs return true, the key will be overridden

[past wagon]

okay

well I put this in initPlayerLocal to test it, and nothing is coming up.

( findDisplay 46 ) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["", "_key"];
    hint ( "YOU PRESSED THE KEY:" + str _key );
}];

do you know what the problem might be?

[little raptor]

hint "YOU PRESSED THE KEY:" + str _key;
is wrong

[past wagon]

hmm

i dont see why

[little raptor]

but still it should've given you a hint

[little raptor]

precedence

[past wagon]

ohh

better now?

[little raptor]

yes

[past wagon]

and i didnt get a hint at all

i will try remote exec

[little raptor]

the problem is probably display#46 is not initialized yet

[little raptor]

wat

it's in initPlayerLocal

it's already local

add:

waitUntil {!isNull findDisplay 46};

[past wagon]

oh yeah

okay its working now

i should just leave this in the mission

it would be really helpful for players so they always know which keys they pressed

[little raptor]

how's some number gonna mean anything to them?!

[past wagon]

they can look up the number in the DIK key codes on the wiki

or i can add in a GUI that contains a guide

so they dont even have to tab out

convenient!

[little raptor]

what's the point? they do know what key they press!

[past wagon]

im being sarcastic

lol

i guess it wasn't that obvious lol

[velvet dust]

Hello. I wanted to ask this question. how to make sure that when the server starts, it is closed and opens only after the mission starts. Thanks

[past wagon]

what is closed?

[velvet dust]

server

It is necessary that while the server is running on it it was impossible to go. But after launching and starting the mission, it became available again

[little raptor]

you make no sense. are you using google translate?

[velvet dust]

I have so

[past wagon]

ok so I made this nice weapon holstering script that works flawlessly

waitUntil { !isNull findDisplay 46 };
( findDisplay 46 ) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["", "_key"];
    if ( _key == 35 ) then { //you can change "35" to any DIK integer for the key you want to use to holster
        if ( currentWeapon player != "" ) then {
            player action ["SwitchWeapon", player, player, -1];
        } else {
            player action ["SwitchWeapon", player, player, 1];
        };
    };
}];

Im very happy with it. press H to toggle your weapon in hands/on back

[little raptor]

what if they use H for something else?!

[past wagon]

here

better?

[little raptor]

wat?

[past wagon]

^^^

[little raptor]

how can they change the code?

[past wagon]

they just change the number

35

they can make it whatever key they want

[little raptor]

what kind of mission is this anyway?! free for all?!

[past wagon]

lol

[little raptor]

you should never give scripting access to other people

[past wagon]

wym

[little raptor]

otherwise they can do whatever they want

[past wagon]

fine by me

lol

[little raptor]

well the proper way to do what you want would be to use something like CBA keybinding system

if you use CBA of course

that way people can change the key

and you won't be giving scripting access to everyone (which is utterly stupid)

[past wagon]

wait what do you mean giving scripting access. if I share a script, people shouldnt be able to modify it?

[little raptor]

aren't you making a mission?

[past wagon]

oh

well yeah, but in MY mission it will always be H

[little raptor]

yes, but people have their own keybinding

[past wagon]

but if someone wants to borrow the holstering script for THEIR mission, they can change it

yeah, but most servers use H for holstering

[little raptor]

most servers don't know how to do something properly in the first place

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[proven charm]

what is the best way to get the vertical middle point of a man when the man can stand or crouch or prone?

[little raptor]

selectionPosition

or aimPos (not exactly middle tho)

[proven charm]

great thx! "pelvis" looks ok

[past gazelle]

Why IS that 46 anyway?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past gazelle]

See, this is where I get caught up in coding stuff. I wanna do the right thing and know why stuff works and it's like "No...just use display 46 and don't ask any questions..."

[little raptor]

46 is just a number

[past gazelle]

Oh thanks for double checking my issue I posted on BI btw, I think I am usually just estatic after firing an RPG and praying to god it hits...

[little raptor]

created by the devs

it's an IDD

every display in the game has an ID

that's how you "retrieve" them

[past gazelle]

Is there a list somewhere?

[little raptor]

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

[past gazelle]

oh nevermind, found it

Finally, dunno why I couldn't find that earlier..

Oh wow...I never realized there were so many...it's more like every window/box is treated as it's own display...

[ripe sapphire]

yo bros how would i make text from BIS_fnc_dynamicText function to show up at the same place on the screen on different resolutions?

[little raptor]

same place?
as in same "ratio", or exactly the same place?

[ripe sapphire]

the idea is that there will be a cinematic border, i want to show up text exactly above that cinematic border for every screen resolutions

do i need to use safezones

[little raptor]

depends what GUI format the cinematic border uses

[ripe sapphire]

i use BIS_fnc_cinemaBorder

[little raptor]

if safeZone, then yeah. If GUI_GRID, then no.

idk

check what display it creates

then find it in the config and see what GUI format it uses

[ripe sapphire]

can you give an example of using safezones with dynamictext mate

[little raptor]

you just offset it. e.g.:

_y = safeZoneY + (1 - 0.2) * safeZoneH; //20% higher that total screen height

[ripe sapphire]

["my text",-1,safeZoneY + (1 - 0.2) * safeZoneH,4,1,0,789] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

like that?

[little raptor]

maybe

I've never used dynamicText

I'm not sure what x and y are

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

read that for GUI coordinates

[ripe sapphire]

ok this seems to be working so far

ok i think i figured it out, this shows it a quarter of the screen from the bottom

["my text",-1,safeZoneY + (0.75) * safeZoneH,4,1,0,789] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

[little raptor]

@ripe sapphire yeah cinematic borders use safeZone format:

_height = 0.125 * safeZoneH;

that's the height of the border

[ripe sapphire]

ok cool so this code should show the text just above the bottom border for every resolution right?

["my text",-1,(safeZoneY + (0.750 * safeZoneH)),4,1,0,789] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

[little raptor]

it starts from above the border, yes. but I can't guarantee whether the text height causes overlap with the cinematic border

depends on font height

[ripe sapphire]

okok thanks

[ripe sapphire]

in case it does, how do i make sure the overlapping part shows in front of the border? (not covered behind the border)

[little raptor]

that's out of your hands

it depends which layer the text and cinematic borders lie in

[ripe sapphire]

it says you can define the resource layer of the text

would it show in front if i set rsclayer to 9999?

[little raptor]

idk

but I'd recommend that you don't touch that

[ripe sapphire]

can it break the game

[little raptor]

no, but maybe other layers. idk

[ripe sapphire]

hmm ok thanks

btw, whats the default value of rsclayer when using this function? its not stated in the wiki

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

[little raptor]

there's no default value

it creates a new one, using this:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_rscLayer

[ripe sapphire]

ok i see

[little raptor]

if you create the cinematic border first, the text will probably always be on top

you can try it

intentionally make it overlap

see what happens

[ripe sapphire]

yeah its on top, but i remembered some time ago there was a case where it was behind it, but i guess it works now

thanks

[little raptor]

probably related to spawn

[ripe sapphire]

tried creating text before cineborder, text still on top of it

[little raptor]

if you spawn both, there's no guarantee which one finishes first

[ripe sapphire]

makes sense

oh leopard actually

calling it without defining a rsclayer will put it behind the cineborder

but using 789 like the wiki example it shows in front of cineborder

without regards to which one spawned first

[little raptor]

what if cinematic border was in 790?

[ripe sapphire]

how do you find out

[little raptor]

it was a rhetorical question. I mean don't use numbers

[ripe sapphire]

well if you dont define the rsclayer, it will get covered by the cineborder

even though you spawn cine border first

[little raptor]

I didn't say don't define rscLayer

I said don't use (arbitrary) numbers

[ripe sapphire]

but the rsclayer params need numbers?

[little raptor]

yeah, but you're just providing an arbitrary number

what is 789?

just use:
#arma3_scripting message

[ripe sapphire]

its from the wiki example lol

[winter rose]

…or copypaste the function's code and add your text control and stop asking questions xD (j/k, no worries)

[ripe sapphire]

oh ok so:

["my text",-1,(safeZoneY + (0.750 * safeZoneH)),4,1,0,[] call BIS_fnc_rscLayer] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

[little raptor]

wat?

provide a layer name

e.g. :"my_dynamictext"

[ripe sapphire]

lol i considered that at one point xD

ok so:

["my text",-1,(safeZoneY + (0.750 * safeZoneH)),4,1,0,[myText] call BIS_fnc_rscLayer] spawn BIS_fnc_dynamicText;

seems to be working dope

[little raptor]

is myText even a string?

[ripe sapphire]

uh, no but it worked for some reason lol

nvm it shows the text but layer failed to create i guess and text is behind cineborder

turning it to a string shows text in front of cine

thanks this is like the stack overflow of arma

[winter rose]

we try ^^ nice to hear it works! 👍

[winter rose]

if users were rated by the usefulness of their answers, I would be in the negative

[ripe sapphire]

the biki is useful at least 😝

[hushed tendon]

I'm having an issue here where I'm trying to spawn some backpacks with random amounts of loot in them but I'm getting no error and no loot is being put into them. I believe the error is around lines 91 - 112.

Sqf the code is located in
https://sqfbin.com/inukufavojafozoheduq

Config
https://www.sqfbin.com/goduvojibahokevakepo
I don't believe this is part of the error but just in case it's needed to find the error

[winter rose]

nooope, not reading that.

[hushed tendon]

:(

[winter rose]

plus, you have a throw and no try/catch.

make the smallest repro, then ask your issue plz

[hushed tendon]

I believe the issue is somewhere here. When I use the hintSilent those variables are correct.
Also got rid of the throw stuff. Probably shouldn't use code I don't know

_vestArray = getArray (_tableConfig >> "Loot" >> _itemSpawnType >> _itemSpawnRarity);
            _selectedVest = selectRandom _vestArray;
            
            _itemName = _selectedVest select 0;
            _itemClassname = _selectedVest select 1;
            _marker = createMarker [_itemName, _pos];
            _marker setMarkerShape "ICON";
            _marker setMarkerType "mil_triangle";
            _marker setMarkerText _itemName;
            
            _lootContainer addBackpackCargoGlobal [_itemClassname,1]; 
            
            if (_fillBackPacks isEqualTo 1) then 
            {
                _backpack = firstBackpack _lootContainer;

                _backpackSpawnRarity = _backpackLootRatios call BIS_fnc_selectRandomWeighted;

                for "_i" from 0 to round(random _maxLootPerSpot) do {
                    _itemArray = getArray (_tableConfig >> "Loot" >> "items" >> _backpackSpawnRarity);
                    _selectedItem = selectRandom _itemArray;
                    
                    _itemsClassname = _selectedItem select 1;

                    _itemAmounts = _selectedItem select 2;
                    _minItems = _itemAmounts select 0;
                    _maxItems = _itemAmounts select 1;
                    //hintSilent format ["%1\n%2\n%3\n{%4,%5}", _selectedItem,_itemsClassname,_itemAmounts,_minItems,_maxItems];
                    _numItem = [_minItems,_maxItems] call BIS_fnc_randomInt;
                    _backpack addItemCargoGlobal [_itemClassname,_numItem];
                };
            };

[winter rose]

so what is _fillBackPacks value?

where does the code breaks / stop running?
what "doesn't work"?

[hushed tendon]

It's fillBackPacks = 1; in the config. But I know it works cause the hintSilent is showing up

[hushed tendon]

That's the thing. Idk, no error and no loot in the backpacks

Was mostly just wondering if you saw anything wrong here

[winter rose]

so far nothing
try _backpack addItemCargoGlobal ["FirstAidKit", 1] maybe

like, hardcode it

[hushed tendon]

Good idea

[winter rose]

issue with multiple parameters = reduce the variables to not overload the brainz 🧠

[hushed tendon]

So it worked

Also figured out that some backpacks don't have markers being created for them

[winter rose]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frosty cairn]

Hey, I need some help.

this addEventHandler ["Engine", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_engineState"];
_driverItems = items driver _vehicle;
if (_engineState isEqualTo true) then {
if !("ACE_Clacker"  in _driverItems) then {
 _vehicle engineOn false;
"You don't have the keys to this vehicle!" remoteExec ["hint", driver _vehicle];
    };
  };
}];
``` I setup a small script to have the engine turn on if a player only has a particular item. My question is, is there a way to check if that player still has that item in his inventory, and if he doesn't, the engine turns off.

I tried using the "GetIn" EH like this, but it doesn't work:

this addEventHandler ["GetIn", {
    params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];
    _unitItems = items driver _vehicle;
["keyondri", "onEachFrame", {if (_unit isEqualTo driver _vehicle) then {if !("ACE_Clacker" in _unitItems) then {_vehicle engineOn false;}} }] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;
}]; 

[little raptor]

_unit, _vehicle and _unitItems are not defined

[frosty cairn]

Doesn't it see _unit and _vehicle in the params?

[little raptor]

no

it's in another code, which executes in another "place"

[little raptor]

pass those stuff as the event handler arguments

also, convert _unitItems to a hashmap

altho, what if he drops it midway?

better just put it in the EH code then

[frosty cairn]

That's the main point

If he puts it out his inventory , then it turns off.

[frosty cairn]

So is it a locality issue or....?

[little raptor]

let's just say it just executes in another scope

no it's not related to locality

[frosty cairn]

Ah, okay, I get it then.

[frosty cairn]

this addEventHandler ["GetIn", {
    [vehicle1, "" , unit, []] params ["_vehicle", "_role", "_unit", "_turret"];
    unitItems = items driver vehicle1;
["keyondri", "onEachFrame", {if (unit isEqualTo driver vehicle1) then {if !("ACE_Clacker" in unitItems) then {vehicle1 engineOn false}}}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;
}];

Something like this or....?

[copper raven]

why the params there?

and BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler allows you to pass parameters into the code, so why not use that?

[frosty cairn]

Fair

[past gazelle]

Hmm. I made an onPlayerKilled.sqf in the root directory of my mission but it's not being executed on death...

[winter rose]

maybe it's onPlayerKilled.sqf.txt

[past gazelle]

no it's sqf all right...

[frosty cairn]

What's the code.

[past gazelle]

"End4" call BIS_fnc_endMission;```

I tried it in the debug menu in the editor and it works fine...

[little raptor]

maybe the file name is incorrect

also did you just restart the mission?

[frosty cairn]

"end4" maybe?

[little raptor]

you should go back to editor afaik

[winter rose]

try systemChat "works"; enableEndDialog;

[past gazelle]

works works...

oh ok, will try exporting the mission next

hmm, "works" shows up but I'm getting the standard uh...what do you call that where the camera rolls slowly above the player death screen

class CfgDebriefing
{  
    class End1
    {
        title = "Mission Completed";
        subtitle = "";
        description = "You successfully rescued our forces and neutralized the spotters, despite being forced to retreat.";
        pictureBackground = "";
        picture = "b_inf";
        pictureColor[] = { 0.0, 0.3, 0.6, 1 };
    };
    
    class End4
    {
        title = "You didn't survive...";
        subtitle = "";
        description = "Ashes to ashes...dust to dust.";
        pictureBackground = "";
        picture = "KIA";
        pictureColor[] = {0.6,0.1,0.2,1};
    };
};
``` description.ext debriefing code...

(copied off BIS's site)

[winter rose]

yeah that's of what I wanted to make sure, that it triggered properly

[past gazelle]

Unless maybe BIS_fnc_endmission can't be called like that...

[frosty cairn]

"
endName (Optional, default "end1"):
String - End type from configfile >> "CfgDebriefing". Same as with endMission and failMission.

Might not be in the configfile.

Try failmission "End4" ?

[past gazelle]

Sorry say again?

[winter rose]

it can, but it's better if you [] it

[frosty cairn]

replace the code with failmission "End4"

[past gazelle]

["End4"] call BIS_fnc_endMission; ?

[past gazelle]

ok will try

no ; ?

[frosty cairn]

Add it.

[past gazelle]

ok THAT worked...

wow...caught it right at the grenade explosion 🙂

ok now I'll try ["End4"]

[winter rose]

ah yep, doesn't work
the function checks if the player is alive

@past gazelle ↑

[past gazelle]

BIS_fnc_endMission does?

[winter rose]

yep

you could copy-paste the function and remove the check ofc

[past gazelle]

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

wtf it's right there on BIS's page...

Oh...but you never see it if you DIE...

gotcha...

[winter rose]

it's right there on BIS's page
what is? 😅

the "End4" and not ["End4"], yep

[past gazelle]

under Execution:
// Singleplayer / client-side
"end1" call BIS_fnc_endMission;

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/but-did-you-die-ken-jeong-gif-4930689

[past gazelle]

I guess...it's not that kind of execution?

[winter rose]

…yyyes.

[past gazelle]

Hold on..i'm trying to austin power up some more gags...

"I guess if you die first...you didn't actually FAIL the mission did you...because nobody could expect a dead man to be so succesful?"

[winter rose]

someone else failed the mission, by sending you 😄

[past gazelle]

Hmm...but an even weirder question: why does the ending dialog have "restart" and "continue" instead of "main menu..."

[little raptor]

continue is main menu

[past gazelle]

Yeah, I know that but...I'm not that smart...

[proven charm]

I wanted to check if group is known to side but knowsAbout takes object as target

would using group leader as target be sufficient?

[copper raven]

what about taking the average for every unit in the group?

just a thought

[proven charm]

yea or check if any unit has knowsabout value higher than zero. but that would be slower

[little raptor]

no

it also takes side

oh target?

[copper raven]

yea, target

[proven charm]

im going to just check all the units even its slower

[copper raven]

private _units = units _targetGroup;
if (_units isEqualTo []) exitWith {0};
private _total = 0;
{
  _total = _total + (_sideWho knowsAbout _x);
} forEach _units;
_total / count _units

i meant something like that

[proven charm]

yeah average

the return number of knowsAbout is hard to understand. what is 1 what is 2? well 4 is max

[tough abyss]

how do we uh set up vehicle patrols and helicopter extractions im dum

[little raptor]

vehicle patrols: add move waypoints, then close the loop with a cycle waypoint
helicopter extractions: add a land waypoint, then in the condition:

[player1, player2] findIf {
  !(_x in vehicle this)
} < 0

and then add another waypoint for where you want to go

player1 and player2 is an example of units that you want to extract

[tough abyss]

ok!

what language is used

[little raptor]

sqf

[little raptor]

actually nvm

the landing script never even checks the condition

[meager epoch]

I'm placing the player inside a truck via the moveInCargo command, however, there's no eject/get out option once we reach our destination and the truck's engine is off.
What might be causing this?

[little raptor]

ACE/some other mod

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[meager epoch]

Got no mods loaded

Except 3den enchanced

[little raptor]

what if you double press V?

[meager epoch]

Nope

[little raptor]

is the vehicle locked?

[meager epoch]

👀

yes

[little raptor]

then how do you expect to get out?!

[meager epoch]

🚪 🏃

[proven charm]

how do you stop zeus group dragging?

[amber lantern]

How do I correctly check if a piece of code has already been executed? Do I make a client local global variable and check its value?

[still forum]

ye

[amber lantern]

so that should be just, from anywhere, variable = value

where variable does not start with _

hmm

if (p == p) then { systemChat "exists"; } else { systemChat "no joy"; }; doesn't print anything

So I assume I would need to check for existence some other way

[still forum]

p == p ? what's that

[amber lantern]

testing global variables

[still forum]

uh

where did you get that from cuz that doesn't work like that

you can use

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

to check if variable is undefined

[amber lantern]

if (isNil p) then { systemChat "exists"; } else { systemChat "no joy"; };

doesn't print anything,e ither

ah needs to be string

[fierce solar]

if ( player inArea "SpawnMarker" _x && started = 1 ) then {
    remoteExec ["spectate.sqf", 3]
};    

Whats wrong with this? Says I'm missing a )

[hollow thistle]

= is an assigment,
== is a comparison.

[fierce solar]

fair enough, thanks

[hollow thistle]

inArea check is more expensive than simple comparison, you could use lazy eval here to optimize that condition.

if (started == 1 && {player inArea "SpawnMarker" _x}) then {};

see: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Code_Optimisation#Lazy_evaluation

[willow hound]

You can't use remoteExec with a filename.

Also player inArea "SpawnMarker" _x? That looks like an error to me.

[brazen lagoon]

is there an obvious way to delete hash values in a cba hashmap

i cant seem to find anything

[still forum]

set them to nil?

[brazen lagoon]

is it just cba_fnc_hashset with nil?

i guess that makes sense

[still forum]

https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/master/addons/hashes/fnc_hashSet.sqf#L47 yeah

[brazen lagoon]

ok ty

[copper raven]

that CBA component should have a deprecation warning imo

or atleast be updated to the new hashmaps, atleast better backwards compatibility

[still forum]

it does things that hashmaps don't support, like objects as key

[steel trail]

Hey guys I'm trying to put multiple sounds in my mission and it keeps saying i'm missing a "}" at the end but I cannot for the life of me figure out where to put it. here is the script

class CfgSounds
{
sounds[] = {};
class Sound1
{

name = "Sound1";

sound[] = {"sound\Sound1.ogg", 20 ,1};

titles[] = {};
};
class CfgSounds
{
sounds[] = {};
class Sound2
{

name = "Sound2";

sound[] = {"sound\Sound2.ogg", 20 ,1};

titles[] = {};
}
}

[still forum]

class CfgSounds
can't have multiple classes with the same name

and yeah you're missing a } just count them

[steel trail]

im very new im kinda lost. i just got the script from a youtube vid

[still forum]

its not a script, its a config

[steel trail]

It was for one but i tried to modify it for two

[still forum]

you have two sounds

Sound1 and Sound2

[steel trail]

yes

[still forum]

but you don't have two CfgSounds

you only have one CfgSounds, with two sounds inside it

[steel trail]

What would I put the other one as?

CfgSounds2?

[winter rose]

no

you have one CfgSounds
in which you set multiple sounds

[steel trail]

So remove the second one

[winter rose]

class CfgSounds
{
 sounds[] = {};
 class Sound1
 {
  name = "Sound1";
  sound[] = {"sound\Sound1.ogg", 20, 1};
  titles[] = {};
 };
 class Sound2
 {
  name = "Sound2";
  sound[] = {"sound\Sound2.ogg", 20, 1};
  titles[] = {};
 }; // ←
}; // ←

something like that @steel trail

[steel trail]

Thanks! Where was I missing the lasst "}" ?

[winter rose]

you have to close your } with ;

[copper raven]

but it only throws a warning right? if you don't put a ; after class }

[winter rose]

put ;. this is config, not fun

[copper raven]

yeah, of course, just making sure so i don't have to edit my config parser 😄

[winter rose]

oh shoot sorry, I thought it was the same person 😆

[past wagon]

if I put exitWith inside a forEach loop, it will only exit the current iteration of the loop, not stop the loop from progressing, correct?

[copper raven]

the second

[spark sun]

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

Skips current loop iteration and continues with the next one.

[past wagon]

then is the answer to my question that no, it will cancel all future iterations of the loop?

[spark sun]

sharps already answer to you, just wanting to point this one as it could be what you want

[amber lantern]

[{
    if (hasInterface && isNil "alreadyCheckingForUniformAndHelmet") then
    {
        alreadyCheckingForUniformAndHelmet=true;
        [] spawn
        {
            waitUntil {sleep 1; !isNull player};
            player spawn
            {
                _unit = _this;
                _unif = "FDF_sf_fat_maasto_sin_1";
                _hgear = "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                while {alive _unit} do
                {
                    if !(uniform _unit isEqualTo _unif) then
                    {
                        _inv = uniformItems _unit;
                        _unit forceAddUniform _unif;
                        {_unit addItemToUniform _x} forEach _inv;
                    };
                    if !(headgear _unit isEqualTo _hgear) then
                    {
                        _unit addHeadgear "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                    };
                    sleep 1;
                };
            };

            player addEventHandler ["Put", {
                params ["_unit", "_container", "_item"];
                _unif = "FDF_sf_fat_maasto_sin_1";
                _hgear = "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                if (alive _unit) then
                {
                    if !(uniform _unit isEqualTo _unif) then
                    {
                        _inv = uniformItems _unit;
                        _unit forceAddUniform _unif;
                        {_unit addItemToUniform _x} forEach _inv;
                    };
                    if !(headgear _unit isEqualTo _hgear) then
                    {
                        _unit addHeadgear "FDF_hel_m05_1";
                    };
                };
            }];
        };
    };
}] remoteExec ["call", 0];

Any way to make this better? There's another handler for Take event, too, but I shortened the code here a bit

I suppose I don't actually need the spawn at all

[errant jasper]

Extract the identical body of the spawn and the event handler into a function.

[plush sun]

I am using the hide/show nodes and want units to appear upon a units death.

Example wave1group1 wave1group2 wave1group3 are the units that will die first and I want wave2 to unhide upon their death.

I am having trouble getting a script working

[amber lantern]

Can I define functions anywhere for that remoteExec?

Ie can I define functions within the code for remoteExec

[errant jasper]

Yes, in CfgFunctions. Or as global variables.

Yes also inside the remoteExec, but you probably want them outside.

[amber lantern]

I'm shoehorning this, I'm executing the code from the debug console so no CfgFunctions

But lets see about those inline functions

[plush sun]

Should it be something like wave1group2 == o) but with proper brackets?

I have the script I am working on, on my PC and can't remember it exactly on the top of my head

[errant jasper]

A very rough edit, something like this if you want the function inline:

[{
    if (isNil "EMIL_fnc_EnforceUniformAndHeadGear") then
    {
        EMIL_fnc_EnforceUniformAndHeadGear = {
            params ["_unit"];
            private _unif = "FDF_sf_fat_maasto_sin_1";
            private _hgear = "FDF_hel_m05_1";
            if !(uniform _unit isEqualTo _unif) then
            {
                private _inv = uniformItems _unit;
                _unit forceAddUniform _unif;
                {_unit addItemToUniform _x} forEach _inv;
            };
            if !(headgear _unit isEqualTo _hgear) then
            {
                _unit addHeadgear _hgear;
            };
        };
    };

    if (hasInterface && isNil "alreadyCheckingForUniformAndHelmet") then
    {
        alreadyCheckingForUniformAndHelmet=true;
        [] spawn
        {
            waitUntil {sleep 1; !isNull player};
            player spawn
            {
                _unit = _this;
                while {alive _unit} do
                {
                    [_unit] call EMIL_fnc_EnforceUniformAndHeadGear;
                    sleep 1;
                };
            };

            player addEventHandler ["Put", {
                params ["_unit", "_container", "_item"];
                if (alive _unit) then
                {
                    [_unit] call EMIL_fnc_EnforceUniformAndHeadGear;
                };
            }];
        };
    };
}] remoteExec ["call", 0];```

[amber lantern]

thanks

[fierce solar]

Trying to play a sound to every player in the server and

["FD_FINISH_F"] remoteExec ["playSound"];

wont work?

[winter rose]

does it work locally

[amber lantern]

Is there no way to load a file on the file system?

[winter rose]

…plz explain

[amber lantern]

I have filePatching enabled (set to 2)

I have made a file called pathfinder.sqf in every single directory starting from the arma3 root directory

but if I try to execVM or loadFile it, I just get Warning Message: Script pathfinder.sqf not found

[winter rose]

yeah, try an absolute path or some ../.. path
I don't know much more 🙂

[amber lantern]

but it should work, right?

is there no way to print the current working directory for the arma script?

[copper raven]

can you just use an addon already? 😄

[amber lantern]

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

😄

[somber radish]

So quick question

Anyone got any idea how to remove custom materials

from objects

lets say I do this:

car setObjectMaterial [0,"A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\window_set.rvmat"];

How do I then remove it after?

[copper raven]

store the old ones before setting

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

[smoky verge]

is there a way to detect a laser pointer is on you?

the binocular not the rifle attachment

[amber lantern]

Iirc yes you can get those lines

[smoky verge]

lines?

[amber lantern]

or was it points

anycase iirc yes you can get those

[copper raven]

maybe some near objects command?

that wouldn't be really precise, but close enough id imagine

[smoky verge]

I don't understand
I'm trying to have a way for a script to detect if a laser pointer is onto a specific opbject

[amber lantern]

@sanches see laserTarget

[thorny gull]

hello? I need some help with scripting, should be easy as I am just getting an error that I am missing some bracket and I need a little help finding out where

[warm hedge]

Post the details

[thorny gull]

this addAction["LMG Gunner", setUnitLoadout{[["ff_bb_Lewis_MG","","","",["ff_47rnd_lewis",47],[],""],[],["LIB_Webley_mk6","","","",["LIB_6Rnd_455",6],[],""],["fow_u_uk_bd40_commando_01_private",[["ACE_fieldDressing",1],["ACE_packingBandage",1],["ACE_morphine",1],["ACE_tourniquet",1],["LIB_No77",1,1],["LIB_MillsBomb",1,1],["ff_47rnd_lewis",1,47]]],["V_LIB_UK_P37_Heavy",[["ACE_EarPlugs",1],["ACE_EntrenchingTool",1],["LIB_6Rnd_455",4,6],["ff_47rnd_lewis",7,47],["ff_47rnd_lewis_tracer",2,47]]],["fow_b_uk_p37",[["ACE_fieldDressing",4],["ACE_packingBandage",4],["ACE_quikclot",2],["ACE_adenosine",2],["ACE_epinephrine",2],["ACE_morphine",2]]],["H_LIB_UK_Helmet_Mk2"],"",["LIB_Binocular_UK","","","",[],[],""],["ItemMap","","","ItemCompass","tf_microdagr",""]]}];

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/839889215474499585/870518477771903016/20210729210900_1.jpg?width=1191&height=670

Its for a custom loadout box I am making in game that gives people loadouts for certain weapons

basically just pasting this into an ammo box with some decorative weapons placed on it

[crude vigil]

Incorrect syntax for setUnitLoadout (missing unit input, ie. _unit setUnitLoadout...)
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setUnitLoadout

I assume rest is generated from getUnitLoadout so there should be no issue there.

[crude vigil]

Also... check data types:
(_unit) setUnitLoadout {} does not have a meaning.
it should either be string or code, this means nothing...
Judging from location of that {}, you just wrote setUnitLoadout later and just confused and put it outside of {} instead of inside.. as well as forgot to mention a unit

[thorny gull]

got it thank you

[thorny gull]

now i am having the issue that it sets the loadout to that loadout on start instead of leaving the base loadout

[crude vigil]

define "on start", before you activate the action?

[thorny gull]

havent used that, this is the only code in the init

[crude vigil]

So you didnt activate the action and still got the loadout?

[thorny gull]

mhm

my player is set up with another loadout though i still got this one anyways

[crude vigil]

It should be another thing unrelated to this then, I dont know?

[thorny gull]

I dunno, the only other scripts I use are teleport scripts

hmm, and for the box its not showing the action

it works for items, like if i put the script in a gun it works, but the script doesnt work on the boxes

and selecting it doesnt give me the loadout, though that might be because I messed up the unit imput

[crude vigil]

Paste the new code here.

[thorny gull]

this addAction["LMG Gunner", player setUnitLoadout[["ff_bb_Lewis_MG","","","",["ff_47rnd_lewis",47],[],""],[],["LIB_Webley_mk6","","","",["LIB_6Rnd_455",6],[],""],["fow_u_uk_bd40_commando_01_private",[["ACE_fieldDressing",1],["ACE_packingBandage",1],["ACE_morphine",1],["ACE_tourniquet",1],["LIB_No77",1,1],["LIB_MillsBomb",1,1],["ff_47rnd_lewis",1,47]]],["V_LIB_UK_P37_Heavy",[["ACE_EarPlugs",1],["ACE_EntrenchingTool",1],["LIB_6Rnd_455",4,6],["ff_47rnd_lewis",7,47],["ff_47rnd_lewis_tracer",2,47]]],["fow_b_uk_p37",[["ACE_fieldDressing",4],["ACE_packingBandage",4],["ACE_quikclot",2],["ACE_adenosine",2],["ACE_epinephrine",2],["ACE_morphine",2]]],"H_LIB_UK_Helmet_Mk2","",["LIB_Binocular_UK","","","",[],[],""],["ItemMap","","","ItemCompass","tf_microdagr",""]]];

[crude vigil]

That 2nd parameter (player setLoadout...) is still not a code or string..

Wrap it up with {}

[thorny gull]

got it

it works now

just not with the boxes, though I can try to fix it by replacing them with another box and see if that works

[proven charm]

I'm creating zeus editing area in the middle of nowhere to disable the unit/group dragging in zeus. but I wanted to ask if there's a better way?

[sleek olive]

How can I make the scenario save with a hold action

I want to add a prop that you can use to save the game

I know arma saving is really shit for long scenarios but I don't know any persistent saving system I can use

[still forum]

that doesn't exist, scripts have no working directory, what are you trying to do??

[little raptor]

He wants to execute a script on the server (Linux) every time a player connects (without modifying the mission), and he's trying so hard not to do what we told him: make an addon! 😂

[proven charm]

do I remember wrong or is it possible to have a script file in your user folder that is run every time mission starts?

[winter rose]

I think you remember wrong (otherwise I would learn something)

[proven charm]

hmmm

execVM wiki: The script is first searched for in the mission folder, then in the campaign scripts folder and finally in the global scripts folder

what's global folder?

[little raptor]

iirc you set it via command line

[proven charm]

so its not ArmaInstallFolder ?

[little raptor]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[proven charm]

ok

[amber lantern]

How do you set it?

[little raptor]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I could be wrong

[winter rose]

how dare you

[past gazelle]

2 hours and 8 minutes of silence later...

[winter rose]

shhh! you're scaring them

oh no
what's coming next is curious

[brave jungle]

👀

With _x and forEach, if i'm say, 3 deep, does it require being assigned a variable first or should it work as expected?

{
    params ["_curpath", "_curFilesandFolders"];

    //Fix path string
    _curPathFixed = [_curpath, "\", "\\"] call PX_fnc_stringReplace;

    //Fix path sting to just mission folder and or sub dir
    _curPathReduced = [_curpath, "", _editedPath] call PX_fnc_stringReplace;

    //remove folders from array
    _FileAllowed = [];
    { 
        //Iterate each file and folder, removing the files/folders that do not have an extension
        _curFile = _x select _forEachIndex;
        {
            _fileAllowed = [_x, _curFile] call BIS_fnc_inString;
            if (_fileAllowed) then {
                _FileAllowed pushBack _curFile;
            };
        } forEach _allowedExt;
    } forEach _curFilesandFolders;

    _fileListAllowed pushBack _FileAllowed;
} forEach _fileList;

Because this is my code and I'm getting a generic error returned at the second forEach loop, first use of the _x (_curFile = _x select _forEachIndex;)

[winter rose]

_curpath = _x select 0;
_curFilesandFolders = _x select 1;

_have you heard of our lord and saviour params?

[brave jungle]

😄

We work on optimisation/better practise later down the line

[winter rose]

it's -not- optimisation, it's… common sense at that stage!!!1!

agrrrr

[brave jungle]

But I have just changed it anyhow 😛

[winter rose]

but yeah, if you want to use _x from different levels, you should (and can) assign them to differently-named variables

[brave jungle]

hmm

[winter rose]

other than that, if you don't need, _x is always the innermost

[brave jungle]

Then a generic error popping up is likely something else and not the _x then

[winter rose]

huh?

[brave jungle]

Well I got a generic error at that point, but seems to have gone now

[winter rose]

that's something else then

[brave jungle]

OKay yeha must have been something else because now i'm only returning [[],[]]

Greatttt

think its my use of BIS_fnc_inString

Will probs be back when I give up myself Cheers 👍

[past gazelle]

¯\_([[],[]])_/¯

[winter rose]

TT.TT

[past gazelle]

Hmm...why is the first slash disappearing... 😛

[winter rose]

need double \\

[past gazelle]

There we go...

[winter rose]

also, think of escaping underscores 😄 \_

[past gazelle]

THERE we go...

[winter rose]

[plush sun]

What would I need to script to make a unit unhide when a unit dies would it be like example

{ Wave1group1 alive == 0) && {wave1group2 alive == 0)

I am having a little trouble figuring this out

[winter rose]

don't "figure" things, read the wiki? 🙂

[plush sun]

I just want units to unhide from my show/hide node once the previous units die (opfor)

So the wiki should help me out? Sorry I am really trying to learn lol

[winter rose]

sure thing! yes the wiki should provide assistance; we can help you to understand it if needed 👍

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

[plush sun]

Thank you, I'll check it out I actually want to understand what exactly I am doing and gain knowledge I appreciate the help

[fair drum]

units Wave1Group1 findIf {alive _x} == -1;

returns true if all units are dead

[hushed tendon]

I'm having issues when trying to create a marker on a spawned objects position and was wondering if there were any known issues or things you had to do to fix it (aka like putting a small sleep to give it time to get a variable or something).
Too much code to read to understand what's going into it so I'll give a description of the path the code takes

At the start of the script I'm getting arrays and variables from the config for spawning the loot around the playing field
Then I run a forLoop for the amount of items I want spawned
In the forLoop
I chose a random loot spawn position and randomize the loot spawned by randomly selecting a loot type and then loot rarity
I then grab all the info I need from the loot array I have and create the loot afterwards
Example

//{itemName,classname,{minAmount,maxAmount}}
{"$","Money",{1,5}}

When the loot is created and needed info is taken I then call a compileFinal preprocessFileLineNumbers sqf where the markers are created
I then create a marker for the spawned loot with this little bit of code with some of the info from the spawned loot
https://www.sqfbin.com/odakegasiwemijunohak

No error shows up but only like 1/5 of the loot gets a marker created for it. Same thing happened when I created the marker in the same section of code as the spawned loot
Sorry for the huge chunk of shit I threw in here

[winter rose]

yyyeah. a lot of text to say "I have multiple steps, I don't know at which one(s) it fails"

[copper raven]

issue is elsewhere, not in that function

im suspecting you might be using same marker name everywhere

[hushed tendon]

Sounds about right

[little raptor]

no marker can be created if another marker with the same name exists

you can check as follows:

_marker = "marker_name";
if (_marker != createMarker [_marker, _pos]) then {//create and test if successful at the same time
  diag_log format ["Failed: %1", _marker];
}; 

[hushed tendon]

Where should I put that? In the section where I create the loot or where I'm creating the markers?

[little raptor]

where you create the markers

obviously

it creates the marker and checks at the same time

you can make it a while loop

and while it fails, try to create a new one

_marker = "marker_name";
while {_marker != createMarker [_marker, _pos]} do {//create and test if successful at the same time
  diag_log format ["Failed: %1", _marker];
  _marker = "marker_new_name";
}; 

a simple way to create a new name for the marker is to use a global variable for the IDs

_marker = "marker_name" + str global_marker_ids;
global_marker_ids = global_marker_ids + 1;

[fair drum]

can also do a for "_i" or a _forEachIndex as well depending on your use

[hushed tendon]

I got it working now. Thanks you guys!
Lou Montana, Sharp, Leopard, Hypoxic

Is it possible to display a markers name below the marker icon?

[meager epoch]

markerName setMarkerText text

[hushed tendon]

I’ve done that but it displays it on the right side of the marker

Nvm

I forgot about structured text

[hushed tendon]

I'm failing. Looks like you can't use structured text in setMarkerText. I'm also trying to use a variable for the name. Anyone know what command allows me to change how the text looks in setMarkerText?

[astral dawn]

Marker text is quite poor in formatting

So I guess you can't do this

[hushed tendon]

Yeah I just tried every combo I could think of with the text commands and nothing was working

It'd be cool if we could change marker text

Well it wasn't necessary so I'll just scrap the idea. Was just for debug anyways

[proven charm]

I'm trying to render a icon on map that stays at the same size no matter the map scale/zoom, but there's something wrong with my math as the icon doesn't stay over the underlying marker...

private _defaultMainMapCtrl = (findDisplay 12) displayCtrl 51;
_scale = ctrlMapScale _defaultMainMapCtrl;
_renSize = (1 - _scale) * 256;

    _mapCtrl drawIcon [
        "a3\ui_f\data\map\groupicons\selector_selectable_ca.paa",
        [1,1,1,1],
        markerpos _pmrk,
        _renSize,
        _renSize,
        0,
        "",
        1,
        0.03,
        "TahomaB",
        "right"
    ];

that's the code, any ideas what's wrong with the scale math?

[little raptor]

I personally do it this way:

_size = ctrlMapScale _map * worldSize / 8192 * 64;

gives it a constant size

[proven charm]

hmm I tried your math but the icon still renders bigger/smaller than the underlying marker

[copper raven]

_scale * 256 + (1 - _scale) * 256 umm, that?

[proven charm]

nope...

the problem isnt scaling the icon but scaling it to same sizes as markers on the map

[random loom]

Is there any script command to get playable/player occupied logic entities?

Such as Spectator and/or Zeus game logics

[still forum]

zeus has commands

I don't think spectator is necessarily a occupied unit? or some weirdness?

[random loom]

allCurators or whatever returns all curator logics

not the actual virtual entities, which don't need to be tied to a curator module

[copper raven]

i don't get what you want then, drawIcon behaves +- the same way as map markers

[random loom]

Running player in debug console while in a spectator unit returns L Alpha 1-2:1 ()

so the player is certainly tied to it

[proven charm]

map marker rendering size should be same as icon rendering size. but I cant do that

[dusky wedge]

Is it possible to adapt bezierInterpolation command to work with UI coordinates?

It is necessary that the control moves as in the first picture here - https://community.bohemia.net/wiki/bezierInterpolation

[copper raven]

each marker has a size field in their class, if you use that size in the drawIcon parameters, it will be 1:1 marker size

[random loom]

Just work off the [0,0,0] coordinates as top left coordinates?

and then pass it coordinates as 2D, ignoring the Z axis

[dusky wedge]

Thx

[copper raven]

units sideLogic select {isPlayer _x}?

[random loom]

Tried that, returns []

though it does list the logics

playersNumber sideLogic also returns 0

even though side player returns LOGIC

[copper raven]

🤔

[proven charm]

can you post a screenshot in here?

[copper raven]

what logic in particular?

[random loom]

Tried with Zeus game logic and Spectator

[winter rose]

dm me

[copper raven]

typeOf(units sideLogic select {isPlayer _x} select 0) >"B_VirtualCurator_F"

and "VirtualSpectator_F" works for spectator aswell in my case

[random loom]

I'd like to avoid hard coding it that way

[copper raven]

im not talking about hardcoding

im saying it works here 😄

[proven charm]

umm ok

[random loom]

I must've made a typo because now it works ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[amber lantern]

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/216819-global-scripts-folder/

[still forum]

objects in side logic, but that also contains triggers and other modules

[amber lantern]

But as mentioned, I have pathfinder.sqf in every single directory

[still forum]

Ah I'm slow again

[copper raven]

there is probably a better way i feel like 😄

[still forum]

That info is old, read my comment there

[winter rose]

@proven charm

[proven charm]

ty Lou. In the screenshot White circle should always be marker size, when zooming. but it isnt

[amber lantern]

@still forum yeah I have filepatching enabled, it's the allowedFilePatching = 2; setting in server.cfg, right?

or do I also need to set it as launch parameter?

[still forum]

Thats the setting to allow players with filePatching enabled to join the server

[amber lantern]

And anyone know what used to be in this page: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Script_Path ?

[still forum]

enabling it on client is seperate

[amber lantern]

so

how can I execute .sqf files with execVM on the server?

[still forum]

with filepatching you mean?

put file in server directory, enable filepatching on server, and.. execVM it

[amber lantern]

is it to add -filePatching to the arma3 launch line, with -mods etc?

[still forum]

yes

[copper raven]

don't scale it with map zoom then

[amber lantern]

Like this
./arma3server -config=server.cfg -filePatching -mod=
?

[still forum]

yes

[amber lantern]

alrighty, let see

[proven charm]

but then it wont ever be the same size as the marker

[winter rose]

the marker doesn't resize with the map, it stays at its 2D size

so pick one or another, but you can't resize and not resize at the same time 😅

[proven charm]

yes but it's render pixel size changes

[copper raven]

how come?

like i said, you need to lookup marker config, and use it's size

[amber lantern]

IT FUUUKKEEN WOOOORKS

[copper raven]

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", { 
    params ["_map"]; 
    private _cfgMarkers = configFile >> "cfgMarkers"; 
    { 
        private _markerPosition = getMarkerPos _x;
        private _markerSizeConfig = getNumber (_cfgMarkers >> markerType _x >> "size");
        markerSize _x apply {_x * _markerSizeConfig} params ["_sizeA", "_sizeB"]; 
        _map drawIcon [
            "a3\ui_f\data\map\groupicons\selector_selectable_ca.paa", 
            [1, 0, 0, 1], 
            _markerPosition, 
            _sizeA,
            _sizeB,
            0, 
            "", 
            1, 
            0.03, 
            "TahomaB",
            "right"
        ] 
    } forEach allMapMarkers;
}];

https://i.prntscr.com/xyY2MaKgTgOhC9NQeqzaJg.png

[proven charm]

if you scale/zoom everything is ok?

[copper raven]

yes

[proven charm]

ok trying to get your code working...

my markers are ellipse so it wont work

[copper raven]

oh, so you were talking about ellipses the entire time?

ellipses/rectangles DO scale with zoom, because they need to represent an area accurately

[proven charm]

yes :/

well your code works, with icon markers

well back to the drawing board 🙂

g2g now, thx for the help!

[amber lantern]

booo yah

https://emil.fi/d/arma3stuff/forceUniformAndHeadgear.sqf
Anything you'd change?

execution is with execVM "forceUniformAndHeadgear.sqf" as server or global from the debug console

of course, yes, I'll make an addon at some point

[winter rose]

ha

haha

sqfbin.com please 😅

[amber lantern]

https://sqfbin.com/alegakayebocejofeyar

It's just the same things as I've already pasted here, except I added the event listener for new players

[copper raven]

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    params ["_map"]; 
    private _meterInScreen = (_map ctrlMapWorldToScreen [1, 0]) # 0 - (_map ctrlMapWorldToScreen [0, 0]) # 0;
    { 
        private _markerPosition = getMarkerPos _x;
        markerSize _x apply {_x * _meterInScreen * 640 * 2} params ["_sizeA", "_sizeB"];
        _map drawIcon [ 
            "a3\ui_f\data\map\groupicons\selector_selectable_ca.paa", 
            [1,0,0,1], 
            _markerPosition, 
            _sizeA,
            _sizeB,
            0, 
            "", 
            1, 
            0.03, 
            "TahomaB", 
            "right" 
        ] 
    } forEach allMapMarkers;
}];

this works, but its really hacky

[winter rose]

just… why not make a mod again?

[amber lantern]

mod and addon are the same thing, right?

[winter rose]

yup

sorry if you already answered, not trolling (for once)

[amber lantern]

I'll make it one when I figure out how 😄

[copper raven]

you just need to create a config.cpp

and pack it with arma tools

easy as that

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

[amber lantern]

Anycase, feedback on this?

It's two of the same thing, one where we install the event handler for new players and then execute for existing players

Is there a better or more correct way to do this?

[copper raven]

why not have all of this clientside? 😄

[amber lantern]

whatcha mean?

[copper raven]

all of this code could be ran by client himself, without the need of server telling him to do it

[amber lantern]

that would required a client addon/mod

[copper raven]

wut?

[amber lantern]

I don't understand what you mean

[fierce solar]

waitUntil { !isNull findDisplay 46 };
( findDisplay 46 ) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {
    params ["", "_key"];
    if ( _key == 207 ) then {
        fadeEnvironment 0.1;
    };
];

Anything wrong with this? Trying to make earplugs using the key [End]

[amber lantern]

How would clients run this code?

[copper raven]

via some init script?

i.e initPlayerLocal?

[amber lantern]

so I would need a clientside addon/mod

[copper raven]

test it? 😄

[fierce solar]

I did

wont work

[copper raven]

ah yeah, unary fadeEnvironment doesn't exist

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

[copper raven]

no, you just store the code in the mission

[amber lantern]

you are assuming there's a mission I'm making

I'm not

I'm shoehorning this into existing missions

so that if I want, I can force, for any mission, the player gear

[fierce solar]

?

what would I use?

[copper raven]

read the wiki page and the syntax

[copper raven]

so edit the missions instead, and do it properly? 😄

[amber lantern]

You mean edit tens or hundreds of pbos?

and do it every time they update?

No thanks

I'm not going to be making a pull request for stuff like this to co10 for example

[tough abyss]

You only really have two choices, you either store code in the missions or you store it in a mod. If you want something applying to all your missions automatically then a mod is the way to do it.

[amber lantern]

No, I have the third choice of executing code from the debug console, which now, finally, works nicely 😄

[amber lantern]

hmm

How would I best replace all vectors with the ace version of them?

I suppose I could do it like I'm doing now, with using the put, take and 1 second interval checks but for the binoculars weapon

and if such is found that contains the word vector, replace it with the ace one

[hushed tendon]

I’d recommend running the code for the player in a onPlayerRespawn.sqf so that way you just copy paste the file into the mission before loading the mission up. That way it is done manually on every respawn so you don’t cause a lag spike because your changing everyone’s outfits at once.

You can also setVariable in a players init assigning them a role like “medic”. Then in the respawn sqf check the players variable and give them a certain loadout based on their variable.

[past wagon]

can I do units blufor instead of units west ?

[still forum]

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

wiki say yes

[past wagon]

thanks

[meager epoch]

So, I'm kinda lost over here... where exactly do I have to put the parent task ID in the following code?

files1 addAction ["Take Files", {player1 playAction "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon_ainvpercmstpsnonwnondnon_putdown", [player1, "secretTask", ["Find any additional info about your Lieutenant.", "Find more intel", ""], [0,0,0], "CREATED", -1, false, "documents"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate, ["secretTask", "SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState}, nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "true", 3, false, "", ""];

Also, any idea why the player1 playAction "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon_ainvpercmstpsnonwnondnon_putdown" isn't working? (it's the anim that plays out when you pick something up and stuff).

[fair drum]

playMove instead of playAction first of all: "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon_ainvpercmstpsnonwnondnon_putdown" is an animation not in the playActions list

second, you used a , instead of a ; after the playAction

[winter rose]

checked the doc (wiki)?

[copper raven]

not an issue

[fair drum]

if you reformat his coding better, the error is right after the playAction line with that ,. the , is in the code block

he also has one after the BIS_fnc_taskCreate

player1 playAction "amovpercmstpsnonwnondnon_ainvpercmstpsnonwnondnon_putdown", 

[player1, "secretTask", ["Find any additional info about your Lieutenant.", "Find more intel", ""], [0,0,0], "CREATED", -1, false, "documents"] call BIS_fnc_taskCreate,

["secretTask", "SUCCEEDED"] call BIS_fnc_taskSetState

his code block with better spacing

[copper raven]

yeah and the , is valid there

[copper raven]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_taskCreate "taskID" argument

[meager epoch]

No error gets shown and the task gets created

The only problem is the animation not playing

[cosmic lichen]

did you try switchMove?

[meager epoch]

And me not knowing where to put the parent task ID

Ive checked the wiki, but I'm still lost honestly

[copper raven]

you already got an answer that you should use playMove over playAction

[meager epoch]

Will try

[fair drum]

am I missing something? When is , used as a valid end of line? even a direct copy paste in my environment is throwing an error at that

[willow hound]

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

[copper raven]

what error are you getting? 😄

[fair drum]

its throwing a encountered "," was expecting one of: every single thing listed lol

[willow hound]

The taskID parameter can be a String or Array, have a look at what the wiki says about the array 🙂

[fair drum]

i see ansin's post, which I never knew,
An SQF expression has to be terminated via either ; (preferred by convention!) or ,

But the sqf syntax environments certainly don't like it

[copper raven]

the code you sent compiles fine for me

[still forum]

I suggest not relying on undocumented unguaranteed behaviour that works "in most cases"

[past wagon]

why does drawIcon3D have a parameter for a color? what if the icon I am using already has a color?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawIcon3D

[still forum]

textcolor?

oh icon

well color modifier

map markers are also single color image, with color on top

[past wagon]

okay

so if I had a black image, and then set the color to blue in that parameter, it would be completely blue?

so I dont need multiple icons for different colors then

[still forum]

ye

[past wagon]

{
    if ( _x == player ) then {
        continue;
    };
    addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D" {
         _thisArgs params ["_x"];
        _color = if ( side player == blufor ) then {
            [0,0,1,1]
        } else {
            [1,0,0,1]
        };
        _pos = position _x;
        _name = if ( _tilde ) then {
            name _x
        } else {
            ""
        };
        drawIcon3D ["hex.paa", _color, _pos, 0, 0, 0, _name, 1.5, 0.05, "RobotoCondensed"];
    }, [_x]];
} forEach units ( side player );
```Why is `_x` returning `nil` inside the EH code?

[still forum]

because _this in Draw3D is nil

and params by default gets the parameters from _this

[past wagon]

okay

how can I pass the variable to the EH script then?

[still forum]

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

see here ^

[past wagon]

okay

so do I just change params ["_x"] to _thisArgs params ["_x"];?

[still forum]

ye

[past wagon]

okay thanks

[still forum]

it does

the first one is faster, if your code has higher scope (is called from somewhere else)

because without it, it has to check all variables in all parent scripts to see if a variable with same name exists, because it has to overwrite it if it does

with private it just creates a new variable in current scope, no need to check

[past wagon]

{
    if ( _x == player ) then {
        continue;
    };
    addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
        _thisArgs params ["_x"];
        _color = if ( side player == blufor ) then {
            [0,0,1,1]
        } else {
            [1,0,0,1]
        };
        _pos = position _x;
        _name = if ( _tilde ) then {
            name _x;
        } else {
            "";
        };
        drawIcon3D ["hex.paa", _color, _pos, 0, 0, 0, _name, 1.5, 0.05, "RobotoCondensed"];
    }, [_x]];
} forEach units ( side player );
```I am getting `Error: type any, expected string`. Anyone see why that might be happening?

I think it is something to do with _color. When I paste the code for color in the debug console, it still wont return anything.

_color = if ( side player == blufor ) then {
    [0,0,1,1]
} else {
    [1,0,0,1]
};

and then I do _color and it returns nothing

[still forum]

_tilde undefined

thus _name also undefined

[past wagon]

ohh yeah forgot about that