arma3_scripting

[half moon]

Tell me why this doesn't work? RemoteExec makes the same code run through all the machines but my friend sees smoke yet I don't

[winter rose]

hm-hmm… commented code

[little raptor]

where do you put that?

if it's in object init it's already locally executed

[jade acorn]

and one ";" too many

[little raptor]

no need for remoteExec

[little raptor]

not an error

[half moon]

Init field, but I seem to remember that was a big no no if you remoteExec from init field :d

So I should put it somewhere else then

[winter rose]

yyyyyyes.

[little raptor]

you can put actions in init field

if you intend it to be there for the whole lifetime of the object

but without remoteExec

[half moon]

I run it through Zeus code executor, as global & jip. Still no luck. We see the addAction but only the one who presses the action sees the smoke..

Run it as local through the same code executor and no luck.

I can't wrap my head around this..

Could it be because the addAction is remoteExec'ed, that it doesn't remoteExec the CBRN_fnc_spawnMist?

Because if I run the fnc_spawnMist through the code executor, my friend does see the smoke.

[little raptor]

obviously you have to remote exec the function inside the addAction

not the addAction itself

altho it depends what that function does

but according to your description I'm gonna guess it does need it

[half moon]

Any tips on that? Very overwhelming for a beginner. I understand the concept, but getting everything together seems like a great hassle.

[little raptor]

see the pinned messages

[half moon]

Cheers mate. Probably got it working now. Put the remoteExec of fnc_spawnMist part on a seperate .sqf, and remoteExec'd a addAction that launches the said .sqf.

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/skipper-smile-and-wave-boys-madagascar-kowalski-uhhuh-gif-8713771

[past wagon]

instead of doing this:```sqf
_var1 = "a";
_var2 = "a";
_var3 = "a";
_var4 = "a";

```sqf
{
  _x = "a";
} forEach [_var1, _var2, _var3, _var4];
```?

[little raptor]

no

you can use arrays tho:

_a = [];
_a resize 10;
_a = _a apply {"a"};

[past wagon]

wait what

[little raptor]

I mean instead of creating many variables, just use a single array

[past wagon]

yeah

ok

[little raptor]

and use the array elements

[past wagon]

okay

another question: if im not using any AI in my mission, will it still screw things up to change setFriend during the mission?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past wagon]

guess i'll find out

[winter rose]

_a _a _a _a stayin' alive, stayin' alive

[jolly matrix]

Can I pester someone for some help?

[winter rose]

["a", "a", "a", "a"] params ["_var1", "_var2", "_var3", "var4"];

// or

private ["_var1", "_var2", "_var3", "_var4"];
for "_i" from 1 to 4 do
{
  call compile format ["_var%1 = 'a'", _i];
};

both genuinely horrible solutions, as @little raptor's reaction will be proving 😁

[winter rose]

no, but you can ask for assistance ^^

[little raptor]

well if you want to do that, why not just:

_vars = [[], []];
for "_i" from 1 to 20 do {
  _vars#1 pushBack format ["_var%1", _i];
  _vars#0 pushBack "a";
};
_vars#0 params _vars#1;

[past wagon]

i'll just do it the old fashioned way

[winter rose]

let's see who can get the dirtiest code 😂

[past wagon]

you forgot to put it inside an if ( true )

[winter rose]

that's implied, of course

[little raptor]

no that would be cheating

[jolly matrix]

When I run this script I get an error saying missing ) on line 52. This is the line but I don't see the issue with it: sqf if (_Spawntarget distance _x ˃ _Deletedistance) then { deleteVehicle _x; };

[winter rose]

try above

[little raptor]

post the other lines

at least line 51

I guess you have a missing ;

[jolly matrix]

 {
  _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]);
};

That the segment.

[little raptor]

your > character seems weird:

it doesn't show in the game

therefore not the actual > character

yep

it's char 707

definitely not ASCII

ASCII for > is 62

[jolly matrix]

Ah thanks that fixed the issue. I couldn't work it out for the life of me.

[winter rose]

copy pasting from the web can be misleading sometimes unfortunately (“ quotes ” included)

[little raptor]

also using non-English language when typing can lead to these issues

[winter rose]

no u

if (_jeSuisFrancais) then
{
  hint "Ça marche, biches !";
};
```should work 😛

[little raptor]

not all non-English languages...

if (_jeSuisFrançais) then
{
  hint "Ça marche, biches !";
};
```![meowsweats](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/707626030613135390.webp?size=128 "meowsweats") (was just testing the syntax highlighting)

[winter rose]

yeah, noticed that too ^^

but I think it will work in sqf, not certain though

[little raptor]

no

[winter rose]

iirc, in C# one can name their variable ☺ = 33;

[winter rose]

dang

ANSI only, heh?

[little raptor]

but my mod formats it as if nothing's wrong:

[winter rose]

need a ticket? 😛

[little raptor]

no I'll write it myself! 😛

I'm the ticket man after all

[little raptor]

I guess this'll work

[winter rose]

that's actually great
no more “ ” either nor > (707) I assume!

[little raptor]

well the 707 one cannot be displayed at all

“ ”
this was correct tho

I was using \w+ in regex

changed it to [_a-zA-Z0-9]

[winter rose]

noice

[undone flower]

so how'd I trigger a mission failure if the player leaves the AO? using a trigger?

there might be a built-in module or function in eden that I haven't discovered yet

[winter rose]

if the player is not present you mean…? 😉

[undone flower]

while I could make a simple approach using triggers, I'm debating if I should make a script that constantly swarms the player with missiles from random directions

[undone flower]

mhm. that would definitely work

[winter rose]

oh, there is a BIS script that instakills if needed

[undone flower]

maybe playing the missile warning sound before exploding? hmmmm that could work

[winter rose]

for infantry it uses a mine, for vehicles a rocket, for anything else setDamage 1 ^^

[undone flower]

ooo very nice. you know its name?

[winter rose]

It's Jim

dang, can't find it

[winter rose]

BIS_fnc_neutralizeUnit
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_neutralizeUnit
aaaaaaaaah.

[undone flower]

"neutralize" >literally obliterates

I was using ctrl+f with "kill" or "destroy" but naah euphemism

[winter rose]

well, he's "neutralised"

I went with "disable", but I browsed the whole functions list twice to find it

[undone flower]

disabled is the very best outcome

now I just need to find the missile beeping sound

[copper raven]

just spawn a missile instead, ez fix

[undone flower]

that's my original idea

[copper raven]

pretty sure i had a script somewhere for it 🤔

[undone flower]

it would be cool but I'm not really sure how to implement it

[copper raven]

params [
    ["_target", objNull, [objNull]],
    ["_minMissiles", 1, [0]],
    ["_maxMissiles", 6, [0]],
    ["_minDistance", 1000, [0]],
    ["_maxDistance", 6000, [0]],
    ["_missileTypes", ["ammo_Missile_s750"], [[]]]
];

if (isNull _target || {!(_target isKindOf "Air") || {_missileTypes isEqualTo []}}) exitWith {false};

private _cfgAmmo = configFile >> "cfgAmmo";

private _targetPosition = getPosASL _target;

for "_i" from 1 min _minMissiles to _minMissiles + round random (_maxMissiles - _minMissiles) do {
    private _type = selectRandom _missileTypes;
    private _missile = createVehicle [_type, [0, 0, 0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
    private _missilePosition = AGLToASL (_target getPos [_minDistance + random (_maxDistance - _minDistance), random 360]) vectorAdd [0, 0, _targetPosition # 2 + random 500];
    _missile setPosASL _missilePosition;
    private _vectorDir = _missilePosition vectorFromTo _targetPosition;
    _missile setVectorDir _vectorDir;
    _missile setVelocity (_vectorDir vectorMultiply getNumber (_cfgAmmo >> _type >> "maxSpeed"));
    _missile setMissileTarget _target;
};

but they obviously can flare the missile, if in the plane 😄

[undone flower]

spawn them until player is not alive xd

replacing that "for" with "while"

[copper raven]

wrap the spawning part into isNil { } then

[undone flower]

that's a function, right? how do I make those work in my mission? I read you need to mess with a file on mission root

[copper raven]

use cfgFunctions

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

[winter rose]

freshly rewritten!\®

[copper raven]

true, it was like 3years old

[undone flower]

bis_fnc_neutralizeunit works in a very similar way apparently, but far less customiseable

[winter rose]

it was mostly mixing up function definition and function declaration! ^^ haaa, I feel lighter after that really 😃

[copper raven]

ohhh, i see 😄

[undone flower]

I'll take a look at this

[copper raven]

it's a lot better now actually

[undone flower]

also, question. does trigger performance degrades with its size?

[winter rose]

thanks! that was the hoped result 😄

writing a function has been split to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Writing_a_Function

[copper raven]

i'd imagine it doesn't, but not sure how exactly it's done

[winter rose]

it does by its list, in a way

[copper raven]

yea, but you could have many objects in a small trigger area, and it would basically mean the same as a big area with small amount of objects

[winter rose]

yep yep

just worth mentioning that "any object" triggers waste perfs :p

anyway
don't use triggers
problem solved 😄

[undone flower]

I'm trying my best to avoid them. so, how do I make a rectangular AO that the player is not allowed to leave?

[winter rose]

a trigger without any conditions / a map marker + inArea 🙂

[undone flower]

thanos-back_to_me.wav

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-meme-back-to-me-gif-14702837

[undone flower]

I wonder if the zeus "hide map" module would work with inArea

[undone flower]

hmm... vehicle crew bails out of the vehicle when it has critical damage despite the vehicle being locked. is there a way to stop this?

[winter rose]

yes

you're welcome.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowCrewInImmobile 😜 @undone flower

[undone flower]

super epic

[winter rose]

nah, Steam only 😉

[undone flower]

{
(vehicle _x) allowCrewInImmobile true;
} forEach {allUnits};

will this work?

[winter rose]

no

1/ forEach takes an array, not code (forEach allUnits
2/ only for units already in a vehicle at the time
3/ a bit redundent, try using vehicles

@undone flower ↑

[undone flower]

{
_x allowCrewInImmobile true;
} forEach (vehicles);

like this?

[tidal idol]

Anyone know a way to make both units in a two-seater plane eject on mission init? I've tried putting [this] spawn BIS_fnc_PlaneEjection; in the init of one of SOG's F-4s, and only the front seater would eject. Today, I tried it with Firewill's F-15D, and the front seater was ejected, but not with the seat, and the back seater went down with the ship like in the F-4.

Multiplayer compatible method preferred

[winter rose]

yeah don't put stuff in init fields for MP

initServer.sqf
and use the SOG VN_fnc ejection method

[tidal idol]

actually, I'm trying not to have sog as a dependency, I just used the F-4 to test cause it's a two seater

[tidal idol]

I guess I'll just make sure no one tries to unpack the mission .pbo files I've made for my group...

[winter rose]

I say that for you, not the Script Police

[round scroll]

the vanilla ejection seat function does not work for two seaters

as you discovered. SOG:PF has a special function for it, maybe Firewill's plane too?

[tidal idol]

I might try digging around in the configs again but Im not very experienced in that so it wont be fun. Ive also tried using a simple pilotname action eject (with proper syntax im on mobile rn) but to no avail.

If i cant figure something out ill just start the players on the ground

[past wagon]

could I declare variables from an if exitWith statement, like this:

_var = if ( condition ) exitWith { "value" };

also, is the exitWith code executed in the same scope as the rest of the script?

[fair drum]

yes you can but you would do something like this:

private _flavor = call {
    if (condition) exitWith {
        "apple"
    };
    if (condition) exitWith {
        "pear"
    };
};

so that the exitWith only exits that scope and not your whole script

[past wagon]

okay

that makes sense

i'll do that

[still forum]

that wouldn't make sense. since the exitWith exits your script, so you cannot get to your variable again

[past wagon]

im doing it in a function, which I call

[still forum]

setting local variable from higher scope?

[past wagon]

idk

ill use hypoxic's method

[still forum]

His method won't exit your function, like yours did

[fair drum]

its actually faster than using a switch as well, but its a lot more writing.

_result = call {
    if (false) exitWith {};
    if (false) exitWith {};
    if (true)  exitWith {};
    if (false) exitWith {};
    if (false) exitWith {};
};                            // 0.0032 ms

_result = switch (true) do {
    case (false): {};
    case (false): {};
    case (true) : {};
    case (false): {};
    case (false): {};
};                            // 0.0047 ms

[past wagon]

yeah, the thing is my "apple"s and "pear"s are actually huge arrays

[still forum]

Like maybe you actually want
if ( condition ) exitWith { _var = "value" };

[undone flower]

do I need to terminate my single run scripts? or they're automatically unloaded?

[still forum]

when they end, they are gone

[undone flower]

ahh good

[little raptor]

#define switch(x) private __switch__ = x; call
#define case(x) if (x == __switch__) exitWith
switch(_var) {
  case(bla) {
  };
  case(blabla) {
  };
};
```![meowsweats](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/707626030613135390.webp?size=128 "meowsweats")

[past wagon]

still forgot to wrap it in an if (true)

[fair drum]

put this in your init.sqf

if (isServer) then {
    [] spawn {
        waitUntil {time > 0};

        crew plane1 apply {
            if (alive _x) then {
                _x action ["getOut", _x];
            };
        };
    };
};

you can try "eject" as the action but I find its buggy sometimes, I just use getOut. make sure your units have parachutes if you want

[little raptor]

put this in your init.sqf
if (isServer) then {
initServer.sqf be like 🙄

[fair drum]

yeah, but this guy asking the question is super super new. made it as plug and play as possible for him

[tired delta]

Hello everybody, i got a problem with a script of mine. I want to spawn a Praticel effect after a player interacts with a object. In the Editor on my test mission it just works fine but when i put it on my Server it dose not work anymore. Dose someone know why?

This is the code i use to spawn the effect:
_smoke = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _pos;
_smoke setParticleParams [
["\A3\Data_F\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16, 7, 16, 1], "", "Billboard",
1, 8, [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 2.5], 0, 10, 7.9, 0.066, [2, 6, 12],
[[0, 0, 0, 0], [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 1], [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 1], [0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 1], [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.5], [0.125, 0.125, 0.125, 0]],
[0.25], 1, 0, "", "", _smoke];
_smoke setParticleRandom [0, [0.25, 0.25, 0], [0.2, 0.2, 0], 0, 0.25, [0, 0, 0, 0.1], 0, 0];
_smoke setDropInterval 0.1;

[little raptor]

createVehicleLocal

local means on the current machine

[tired delta]

ohhhhh

"createVehicle" should do the trick then right?

[fair drum]

keep it local though as a particle effect. just turn it into a function and call it on the machines you want it to

[little raptor]

note sure if it works with particle effects

even if it does, setParticleRandom has local effect

[little raptor]

this would be better

[tired delta]

thank you guys, but i want that all players can see it. Is that possible if i make a local function?

[fair drum]

all players can see it if you create it locally on every machine

does that make sense?

[tired delta]

it dose xD. Thank you so much ❤️

[little raptor]

all players can see it

just not exactly the same thing

[fair drum]

not different enough for you to care about it for your application though

[little raptor]

but still it's random particle effect so it can never look the same

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[round scroll]

in years of using remoteExec for the Nimitz catapult smoke, noone ever complained about not seeing the exact same smoke. Hope I didn't jinx it now

[little raptor]

you create the particle source locally right?

[round scroll]

yes

[tidal idol]

doesn't seem to work. Also, I'm not super new, it's just a pain figuring out the syntax and this is one of the few things I can't find a solution for on google. I think I'll just spawn the units in the air in a parachute but thanks anyway

[little raptor]

you want them to be ejected at the start of the game?

[tidal idol]

Yeah

[round scroll]

this is the main code for the Unsung F-4 two seater, derived from the F-18F two seater: https://sqfbin.com/idudayedajolubopesis not sure if you have an ejection seat et al in the mission available for all planes?

the whole function is here: https://tetet.de/arma/arma3/Download/unsung/fn_ejection_twoseater.sqf

[cold cloak]

Ok I am in need of of help again

taskState task3 == Succeeded

I cant get this simple as condition to work

Yes

[little raptor]

["task3"] call BIS_fnc_taskState == "SUCCEEDED"

[cold cloak]

thank you bro

like I just switched the condotion to the bis one but I got the variable wrong xd

anyways thanks a lot

[cold cloak]

New problem, I have set another script to activate when task 3 is completed but it activates when task1 is completed

the task1 completion trigger doesnt have anything in the activation so idk what causes that

it does it sometimes, sometime it doesnt

pretty weird

[hushed tendon]

If I'm making code in initPlayerLocal.sqf can I use player to reference the current client in MP? Like if I wanted to give that one person an addAction I could do

player addAction ["Play Intro", {[] execVM "introLocal.sqf";}];

and it would only execVM "introLocal.sqf" for that client?

[fair drum]

yes, because player is only local to that machine

[chrome wraith]

Another noob question from me - is it possible to specify some commands to be executed when a script is terminated?
I know it's better etiquite to use exitWith, but I've got a 5-minute sleep timer running for a spawn protection script, as I don't want "x minutes since mission start" flooding the chat. I'd love to be able to allow damage upon the script terminating, rather than having a second script or putting it all in a trigger on-activation field.

[hushed tendon]

and then in introLocal.sqf if I did

cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 0];

it would only make their screen black? Because it's only running for them?

[fair drum]

yes, plenty of ways. post your script on sqfbin.com and paste it here, its probably easier than you are making it out to be.

[chrome wraith]

Will do, thanks

[fair drum]

depends where you are calling "introLocal.sqf"

if you accidentally call it on a dedicated server, nothing happens with your cutText

[chrome wraith]

_pis = true;
{_x allowDamage false} forEach ((getMissionLayerEntities "Spawn") select 0);
{_x enableSimulationGlobal false} forEach ((getMissionLayerEntities "Enemies") select 0);
{doStop _x} forEach ((getMissionLayerEntities "DoStop") select 0);

while {_pis == true} do {
    chief sideChat "Weapons are cold, AI disabled -- Waiting for all players to leave spawn";
    sleep 540;
};

//The trigger activation:
//terminate sp;

Ideally, I just want to toggle simulation for the spawned enemies and damage for players upon termination.

[hushed tendon]

So I would have to [player] execVM "introLocal.sqf"; and take the param into introLocal.sqf and then remoteExec for that client? Like...
introLocal.sqf

_player = (_this select 0);
{ cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 0]; } remoteExec ["call",_player];

[chrome wraith]

@still forum lmao is it that bad?

[still forum]

is bed time
walks away quickly

[fair drum]

lol theres a lot to unpack here, give me a sec

where is this script located btw?

[chrome wraith]

It's just sitting in my mission folder, called in my init.

[chrome wraith]

also, I can definitely wait. Help wagons first, 'cause he seems like he has more of an idea what he's doing.

[fair drum]

i have to be somewhere in 15 min for a few hours but if someone doesn't get to you before I get back, i'll continue it depending how long you are staying up

[fair drum]

no. I would just use initPlayerLocal.sqf and write the script in a spawned scope within that (if you have other local stuff to do). and write it as normal since that initPlayerLocal.sqf will only fire on local machines

[chrome wraith]

Much appreciated. Would you mind pointing out what exactly makes my code so atrocious so I can do some independent study in the meantime? I'd assume it's the sleep command.

[fair drum]

its the whole loop plus i wouldn't use getMissionLayerEntities I'd do something like make a trigger area and use that area for doing things with the units inside. You also don't need to do doStop to disable ai, just hide them and disable their simulation

[hushed tendon]

Alright. Going to be a very crammed initPlayerLocal.sqf

[fair drum]

it just needs to go back to the drawing board first organization wise, but that will come with more understanding.

[chrome wraith]

Thanks!

[tender fossil]

Note!! Arma 2: CO

Why does this https://sqfbin.com/mojojicebiralojasiyi print

this stuff in globalChat: civ31 was spotted near Location NameCity at 10314, 2159!

Even the coordinates make no sense 😄

[fair drum]

_wantedCiv is grabbing the civilian variable, not the name of the unit

[tender fossil]

Ah, I see

[fair drum]

so in your global chat section

add name before _wantedCiv on the format

[tender fossil]

Oh yeah, that was intentional (just for testing)

[hushed tendon]

and then just making sure if I do cutText ["", "BLACK OUT", 0]; in initPlayerLocal.sqf will it only make that player's screen black or will I need to remoteExec it? (In MP)

[tender fossil]

But that Location NameCity at 10314, 2159! still puzzles me

[still forum]

why are the coordinates wrong?

10km east and 2km north from map corner

looks viable to me

[tender fossil]

Ok, so they differ from map coordinates

Then it's correct

[fair drum]

only make that players screen black, you are correct

[tender fossil]

It should print "Elektrozavodsk" though?

[still forum]

think theres a command to get the name of a location

[hushed tendon]

Sweet! Thanks for the help!

[still forum]

NameCity is the type of the location

[fair drum]

name can do locations I believe

When argument is Location, the location's name is returned

@tender fossil use name before the location variable on the formats for your global chats as well

[tender fossil]

Rgr, trying it now

[tender fossil]

Unfortunately it doesn't work, it prints an empty string then

[fair drum]

To return the textual value of a location use text command instead. try that

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

If the argument is location, returns location's text value (see Alt Syntax).

[tender fossil]

I see, trying it now

[hushed tendon]

In my Description.ext I've set

respawnDelay = 0;
respawnOnStart = 1;

and the player does have a respawn (module) but they spawn in debug at the start of the mission for some reason.

[tender fossil]

It works! Thanks 🙂

[past wagon]

can someone please give me an example of what the waypoint index would be used for as a parameter in addWaypoint?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addWaypoint

[distant oyster]

to add waypoints between existing ones

[past wagon]

yeah but I dont know what that means

i have never worked with waypoints before

[distant oyster]

eg the group already has 2 waypoints to move to a location but at some point they encounter enemies and now you can insert a SnD waypoint between the two move waypoints

the new behaviour is: Move > SnD > Move

[jovial steeple]

If I spawn a missile with BIS_fnc_exp_camp_guidedProjectile can I force a flight profile? Specifically Cruse.

[tight cloak]

did anyone have the answer for this?#arma3_scripting message

[past wagon]

okay, so I can assign a waypoint any number I want, and they will be followed in order of ascending value

[distant oyster]

most likely the case, though I am not sure what happens if you give them an index of 100 or similar

[past wagon]

ok

[tight cloak]

if (side player == west) then {

        _subtitles = [
            [ "System",            "Loading, please wait. This may take some time...", 0],
            [ "System",            "Almost done, final touches...", 10],
            [ "System",            "Loading complete, transmitting data...", 20]
        ];
        _subtitles spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles;
        sleep 30;
        0 fadeMusic 0;
        sleep 0.1;
        titlecut ["","BLACK IN",7];
        playMusic "EventTrack01a_F_Tacops";
        6 fadeMusic 1;
        _camera = "camera" camCreate [12031.02,4828.08,0.92];
        _camera cameraEffect ["internal", "back"];
        _camera = "camera" cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"];
        camDestroy _cam;
        sleep 30;
};
``` trying to get a camera to work

it works fine, but it wont leave the camera at the end

any idea why?

[winter rose]

Yes
Wrong usage of cameraEffect @tight cloak

plus, you create and destroy the camera immediately

[tender fossil]

Dang. Got the darn thing to work 😄 https://sqfbin.com/muhunomanabusomicawi

Me gusta

Except that it does this, and I don't have the slightest clue why https://i.imgur.com/S3mEmCR.png 😄

[tight cloak]

any help? i looked at the wiki and had a stroke trying to figure it out

ive added a sleep between creation and termination

[winter rose]

look at both your usages of it

the two syntaxes are different (the 2nd is wrong)

[tight cloak]

if (side player == west) then {

        _subtitles = [
            [ "System",            "Loading, please wait. This may take some time...", 0],
            [ "System",            "Almost done, final touches...", 10],
            [ "System",            "Loading complete, transmitting data...", 20]
        ];
        _subtitles spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles;
        sleep 30;
        0 fadeMusic 0;
        sleep 0.1;
        titlecut ["","BLACK IN",7];
        playMusic "EventTrack01a_F_Tacops";
        6 fadeMusic 1;
        _camera = "camera" camCreate [12031.02,4828.08,0.92];
        _camera cameraEffect ["internal", "back"];
        sleep 30;
        _camera cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"];
    camDestroy _cam;
        sleep 30;
};

would this work then?

[winter rose]

most likely yes.

[tender fossil]

@winter rose Wanna save me once again?

[winter rose]

nope 😄

[tender fossil]

🥲

[tight cloak]

getting more general errors in expression

[winter rose]

you throw in 200 lines of code and say "this doesn't work", soooooo hmyeah ? 😬 ^^

[tight cloak]

and its playing the subtitles before the cam / cam not at all

[tender fossil]

It does work, it just prints an extra line 😛

[tight cloak]

the error seems to be with sleep

[winter rose]

init field / trigger, right ?

ps : you delete _cam @tight cloak

[winter rose]

Two extra lines, no?

[tight cloak]

getting invalid number in expression now

if (side player == west) then {

        _subtitles = [
            [ "System",            "Loading, please wait. This may take some time...", 0],
            [ "System",            "Almost done, final touches...", 10],
            [ "System",            "Loading complete, transmitting data...", 20]
        ];
        _subtitles spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles;
        sleep 30;
        0 fadeMusic 0;
        sleep 0.1;
        titlecut ["","BLACK IN",7];
        playMusic "EventTrack01a_F_Tacops";
        6 fadeMusic 1;
        _camera = "camera" camCreate [12031.02,4828.08,0.92];
        _camera cameraEffect ["internal", "back"];
        sleep 30;
        _camera cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"];
    camDestroy;
       
};

[winter rose]

I don't care what, I care where

now you camDestroy nothing

Please read the wiki

[tight cloak]

i have 😦 im just slow

[winter rose]

also look for https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Camera_Tutorial

[tender fossil]

I mean the
was seen in 0x1713844!
line

[winter rose]

I see it thrice

[tender fossil]

Yes, it's just because of the loop

[winter rose]

ok
so you get two outputs each time, ok

[tender fossil]

Yes

I think it's the broadcast?

Here's the code

ISSE_pub_varCount = _this select 0;
ISSE_pub_varNum   = _this select 1;
ISSE_pub_varName  = format["ISSE_pub_Pstr_%1", ISSE_pub_varNum];

for [{_i=0}, {_i <= (ISSE_pub_varCount)}, {_i=_i+1}] do 

{
                    
_varName = format["ISSE_pub_Pstr_%1", _i];                                                        
call compile format['%1 = " ";', _varName];        
_varName addPublicVariableEventHandler {call compile (_this select 1);};

};

broadcast = 

{
                                                            
if ((TypeName _this) == "STRING") then 

    {
                                                                                                                                                        
    call compile format['%1 = ''%2'';', ISSE_pub_varName, _this];                                        
    publicVariable ISSE_pub_varName;                                                                                                                        
    call compile _this;
    //player groupchat str _this;
        
    } 
    else 
    {
                        
    hint "Public Error: expecting String.";        

    };

};

ISSE_pub_execStr = 

{
        
if ((TypeName _this) == "STRING") then {call compile _this;} else {hint "Public Error: expecting String.";};

};

This is like 10-15 years old code 😄

[tight cloak]

oaky i cant figure out cam stuff.... so

i just blended two of my broken scripts together

the one that keeps you stuck in the cam

and the one that blips you in and out

its....

horrific behind the scenes. but looks good

it serves its purpose

[tender fossil]

You just leveled up and gained the skill of understanding how most of the world's IT works!

[tight cloak]

so i use

if (side player == west) then { 
 
  _subtitles = [ 
   [ "System",   "Loading, please wait. This may take some time...", 0], 
   [ "System",   "Almost done, final touches...", 10], 
   [ "System",   "Loading complete, transmitting data...", 20] 
  ]; 
  _subtitles spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles; 
  sleep 30; 
  0 fadeMusic 0; 
  sleep 0.1; 
  titlecut ["","BLACK IN",7]; 
  playMusic "EventTrack01a_F_Tacops"; 
  6 fadeMusic 1; 
  _camera = "camera" camCreate [12031.02,4828.08,0.92]; 
  _camera cameraEffect ["internal", "back"]; 
};
  _camera cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"]; 
 camDestroy camera; 

to start it

then

if (side player == west) then { 
 
  _subtitles = [ 
   [ "System",   "Loading, please wait. This may take some time...", 0], 
   [ "System",   "Almost done, final touches...", 10], 
   [ "System",   "Loading complete, transmitting data...", 20] 
  ]; 
  _subtitles spawn BIS_fnc_EXP_camp_playSubtitles; 
  sleep 30; 
  0 fadeMusic 0; 
  sleep 0.1; 
  titlecut ["","BLACK IN",7]; 
  playMusic "EventTrack01a_F_Tacops"; 
  6 fadeMusic 1; 
  _camera = "camera" camCreate [12031.02,4828.08,0.92]; 
  _camera cameraEffect ["internal", "back"]; 
  sleep 30; 
  _camera cameraEffect ["terminate", "back"]; 
 camDestroy camera; 
};

to get out of it

XD

but im gonna change some stuff such as the lines of text

and add a cut music line

[undone flower]

how come my code only works when it wants to

sometimes it works fully. sometimes only partially. sometimes it just doesn't

[tough abyss]

what is your code? @undone flower

[undone flower]

{
(objectParent _x) setVehicleCargo objNull;
} forEach (thisList);

This runs in a "move" waypoint and goes in the "on activated" field. it paradrops the vehicles inside another vehicle. "thisList" returns the array of both pilots

[tough abyss]

as far as I can tell that should work

not sure why it would only work sometimes

(im sure someone else will know why)

[undone flower]

if I execute the same script on the debug menu it works

ahhh, I see now. setVehicleCargo objNull only works if the vehicle CAN eject the vehicle inside. if the conditions are unsafe, it won't work

[undone quiver]

What exactly would cause a 'safepositionanchor/' is not a class ['type' accessed] Nothing in the RPT

[gusty epoch]

Is there a script to make a Vehicle drive along a road?

[tidal ferry]

Is there any way to log every chat message sent in side/global channel to log file?

[copper raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#HandleChatMessage

[copper raven]

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

then maybe also set behaviour to careless

[gusty epoch]

Thanks

:)

[fair drum]

i'm back, let me look over it again

[chrome wraith]

Thanks for the offer, I ended up just using triggers for now. Surprisingly, despite being held together with popsicle sticks and glitter glue, it functions.

[fair drum]

here's mine. just make a single trigger area and name it and edit its name in the script. script has to be executed in scheduled environment (execVM). Execute it only on server.
https://sqfbin.com/exotixuhevirogosodig

[brittle harness]

hello im having some trouble

hopefully someone will be able to help me

so i have this script here

if ((side _x) == east) then { pc1 doFollow (side _unit);
};

(x) and (unit) need to be defined

but i do not want them defined with a unit name

I want them basically defined as any OPFOR

hopefully that makes sense

[verbal geyser]

Hi!
I'm trying to add death markers when anyone dies. It works with the first death and guess I have to add a counter to the marker name.
Can someone please help me with that?

_x addEventHandler ["Killed", {   
_marker = createMarker ["Death", getPosATL (_this select 0)];   
_marker setMarkerShape "ICON";   
_marker setMarkerType "KIA"; 
"Death" setMarkerColor "ColorWhite";}];  
} forEach allUnits;```

[brittle harness]

}``` would this work?

[warm hedge]

No...?

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[winter rose]

@brittle harness @verbal geyser

[little raptor]

#creators_recruiting

[little raptor]

Marker names have to be unique

[willow hound]

I would suggest something like this for singleplayer:

_x addEventHandler ["Killed", {
  private _marker = createMarker [format ["Death %1", PPR_markerID], getPosATL (_this select 0)];
  PPR_markerID = PPR_markerID + 1;
  _marker setMarkerShape "ICON";
  _marker setMarkerType "KIA";
  _marker setMarkerColor "ColorWhite";
}];
```Put `PPR_markerID = 0;` into an init script that runs at the beginning of the mission.

[willow hound]

That does make sense, but we need to know more about the surrounding code and the context in order to help you 🙂

[verbal geyser]

@willow houndThe original code worked, but only for first death. Edited code doesn't work at all. Or maybe I'm just too stupid 😋

[plucky hornet]

Do you still have this mission? Would like to see how you made the setup 🙂

[spark turret]

Huh i can look but probably not

I have a video of it but thats probably not helpful

heres a download link, it has a pretty big mod setup so you might not be able to start it, the shooting range is at IRON/Schiessbahn. Theres some REALLY bad code in that mission so dont judge me 😄

[spark turret]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RNgqXzPjgF3ZdEFrWb5A8dnGbZ8Xi0w1/view?usp=sharing

[willow hound]

I changed it a bit, I made a mistake in there 🙂

[plucky hornet]

Awesome man! I will try, thank s :)

[tender fossil]

Thanks everyone who helped me! I finally gave birth to this script with your help. Makes me a proud dad 🙂 https://sqfbin.com/pagosukojevonemumiyi

Oh, and @fallow quarry edited it too

[verbal geyser]

@willow houndSeems to be working. Will test it live soon. Thank you very much. 👍

[fair drum]

so you want something to apply to all units that belong to opfor?

[silk ravine]

if (local this && isPlayer _this) then {
    [true] call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator;
};

doesn't work
local _this = me want object not array
local this = no me want defined variable
this is called via onPlayerRespawn.sqf

is this one of those rumbly cases where I have to go for _x?

Even tho its not a loop

[little raptor]

wat?

look at the BIKI

[willow hound]

The player is always local to the client where onPlayerRespawn.sqf runs and the player is also always a player.

So as far as I can tell you should be able to call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator without that if-statement.

[silk ravine]

I did thanks

[silk ravine]

ty

@willow hound is there a way in ZEUS to execute code for a spicific player? never did that before

[brazen lagoon]

not sure where this goes, just kinda guessed it was here because its maybe scriptable - how would I change an existing vehicle to allow shooting from the passenger seats?

[little raptor]

not scriptable

[brazen lagoon]

rgr

what channel is that most fitting for

config?

[little raptor]

yeah

[brazen lagoon]

lol

i wonder if that ever works

[silk ravine]

@willow hound I checked

there is

[little raptor]

look at this mod:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2562088211

[silk ravine]

souble click on the unit

has execute field

[brazen lagoon]

neat

thanks leopard

[silk ravine]

@willow hound Do you know if that execute field is local to the client?

Or will it fire [true] call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator; on all cleints like when someone puts it in an objects init field?

Would _this call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator; be better?

[drifting portal]

while {true} do {
if ((date select 3) == 4 && (date select 4) == 0) then {
waitUntil {alive ifvD && alive ifvG};
[player,"AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"] remoteExec ["playMove"]; 
[player,"AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exercisePushup"] remoteExec ["playMove"];
{
_x disableAI "all";
_x action ["Eject", vehicle _x];
_x switchMove  "Acts_Dance_02";
_x switchMove  "Acts_Dance_02";
_x enableAI "all";
}forEach units west;
};
};

I'm trying to make it so that when its 4:00 in game the players start doing push ups while the enemy soldiers dance (its a joke), but when it hits 12:00 the code is executed but then it keeps looping the same code even when it is supposed to end because its not 4:00 anymore, what is the problem?

[undone quiver]

Eh, not a fan of while loops

I'm wondering if there's an event handler of some sort you can use

[little raptor]

while {true} do {
if ((date select 3) == 4 && (date select 4) == 0) then {

wat?

plus your while loop has no sleep

[drifting portal]

edited it lol

sorry

[drifting portal]

how does that affect?

also what delay do I need to add?

you mean the code is being executed multiple times when it hits 4:00? oh ok lol

sound

[undone quiver]

Yeah it doesn't make much sense. But I'm more concerned about the while loop. Not a fan

[drifting portal]

well the code is executed in an instance so I guess the microseconds it takes for the simulation to switch from 4:00 to 4:01 makes the code repeat itself like 17 times before the condition switches to false

[undone quiver]

Yeah, just feel there's a better way

[drifting portal]

I wanted it to verify the if statement every frame, so I used while, I'm not sure if there is a better way

[little raptor]

while can execute many times every frame

[drifting portal]

I know that I just wanted to simplify the idea lol, but thanks

[undone flower]

holy moley

[willow hound]

I do not know that, but perhaps the people in #zeus_discussion do.

[tired delta]

Hey its me again, i got a question about the sleep command. Dose it stop the execution of all scripts or just the one its in?

[still forum]

just your script

not others

[tired delta]

thx 😄

❤️

[hexed crown]

Works but the cam doesn't move or change view direction.

params ["_pipTarget", "_source"];
_cam = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];

_cam cameraEffect ["External", "Back", _pipTarget];

/* make it zoom in a little */
_cam camSetFov 0.7;

/* attach _cam to _source cam position */
_cam attachTo [_source, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos", true];
/* switch _cam to NVG */
_pipTarget setPiPEffect [0];
/* adjust uavcam orientation */
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    _dir = 
        (_source selectionPosition "PiP0_pos") 
            vectorFromTo 
        (_source selectionPosition "PiP0_dir");
    _cam setVectorDirAndUp [
        _dir, 
        _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]
    ];
}];

[little raptor]

_source is not defined

[hexed crown]

It's defined in the editor when calling the script.

[little raptor]

I'm talking about the draw3D EH

neither is _cam

[hexed crown]

I feel kinda dumb now.
I went to college for this.

I can't believe I forgot about that.

How would I pass that into the draw3d form the rest of the script?

[little raptor]

using its arguments

also only create 1 such EH, and do many things in it (if that's what you want to do, e.g. handling multiple cameras)

for performance reasons

[hexed crown]

I still have the issue of the camera not attaching to the drone correctly.
It gets moved to the drone's location on init, but doesn't move with the drone.

[little raptor]

afaik you can't attach cameras

not sure

but I think I couldn't do it the last time

[hexed crown]

I have it working in another script.
The issue with the other script is that it won't create multiple cams.

But it works exactly how I want it to otherwise.

Works but will only ever do one cam even with the variables being different.
Cam from first will display on device from second.
V1```sqf
/* create render surface */
tv setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "#(argb,512,1024,1)r2t(uavrtt,0.5)"];

uav lockCameraTo [tgt, [0]];

/* create camera and stream to render surface */
uavcam = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];
uavcam cameraEffect ["External", "Back", "uavrtt"];

/* attach uavcam to gunner uavcam position */
uavcam attachTo [uav, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos"];

/* make it zoom in a little */
uavcam camSetFov 0.05;

/* switch uavcam to NVG */
"uavrtt" setPiPEffect [0];

/* adjust uavcam orientation */
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
_dir =
(uav selectionPosition "laserstart")
vectorFromTo
(uav selectionPosition "commanderview");
uavcam setVectorDirAndUp [
_dir,
_dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]
];
}];

V2```sqf
/* create render surface */
tv1 setObjectTextureGlobal [1, "#(argb,512,512,1)r2t(uavrtt1,1)"];

uav1 lockCameraTo [tgt1, [0]];

/* create camera and stream to render surface */
cam1 = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];
cam1 cameraEffect ["External", "Back", "uavrtt1"];

/* attach cam to gunner cam position */
cam1 attachTo [uav1, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos"]; 

/* make it zoom in a little */
cam1 camSetFov 0.1;

/* switch cam to NVG */
"uavrtt1" setPiPEffect [0];

/* adjust cam orientation */
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    _dir1 = 
        (uav1 selectionPosition "PiP0_pos") 
            vectorFromTo 
        (uav1 selectionPosition "PiP0_dir");
    cam1 setVectorDirAndUp [
        _dir1, 
        _dir1 vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir1 select 1), _dir1 select 0, 0]
    ];
}];

[still forum]

You can get sqf highlight with

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[little raptor]

wdym v1 and v2?

they're both the same code

just different r2t and objects

[hexed crown]

Correct.
These scripts run alongside eachother.

[little raptor]

ok, so what's the problem?

[idle jungle]

Evening gents!

(Apologies for the format on mobile👀)

  params ["_unit", "_killer", "_instigator", "_useEffects"];
  hint ( (str _unit) + " just died!");
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

How performance hogging would this EH be if

We used it remoteExec ["diag_log", 0]; to record hits/kills so my friends bot can record some form of after action reports?

I'm concerned this could.. kinda run down the server with the amount of times it would be fired if that makes sense?

[little raptor]

afaik it's a local event

not sure

it shouldn't have much impact

but why do you remote exec that to every body?

just remoteExec it to your friend

[idle jungle]

@craggy temple you getting this?

So how do you target a player with remoteExec? Steam user id?

Oh i know, it's because his bot reads the servers RPT file thats why the 0

Then wouldn't it be -2 for server

[craggy temple]

We use the server log though (the rpt thats on the server) I dont always play the ops so can we get it to server only then?

[idle jungle]

1 mo

[craggy temple]

Its 2 yea

[hexed crown]

The "tv" from the first script is black. The "tv1" from the second script will almost always display the cam from "uav" from the first script, even though, according to the scripts, there seems to be no reason for this.

[little raptor]

there is

duplicate r2t names

and not deleting the old r2t

[hexed crown]

"uavrtt" and "uavrtt1"

The vars in the second script all have "1" at the end.

[little raptor]

yes, but I mean if you do that for more than these two (or execute the code more than once) this'll happen

also what on earth is this?

"#(argb,512,1024,1)r2t(uavrtt,0.5)"

it must always be 1

not 0.5

or any other number for that matter

[hexed crown]

Hey, it worked this way, at the chosen resolution.

[little raptor]

afaik aspect ratio must always be 1

or >= 1? 🤔

[hexed crown]

Even when it is 1 and not 0.5 it changes nothing.

[little raptor]

are both uavs the same?

[hexed crown]

No, one is a Greyhawk and the other is a Darter.

[little raptor]

Greyhawk doesn't have PiP0_pos

or PiP0_dir

why do you just copy paste stuff?

check them first

[hexed crown]

The Greyhawk isn't using those.

The Greyhawk is using the first script.

[little raptor]

uavcam attachTo [uav, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos"];
cam1 attachTo [uav1, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos"];

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hexed crown]

It attaches fine and follows the Greyhawk.

[little raptor]

then maybe it was the darter that didn't have it

I don't remember which one was which

[hexed crown]

The Darter also works fine.

[little raptor]

you just said one of them doesn't....

if they both work fine then what's the problem?

[hexed crown]

It just won't render both cams to their separate devices.

[winter rose]

it works fine… and shouldn't! tis SQF we are talking about

[winter rose]

did you try toying with your PiP video settings?

[little raptor]

well for one thing you're setting the textures first

before even creating the r2ts

not sure if it affects anything, but it certainly isn't right

also afaik you shouldn't use setObjectTextureGlobal for r2ts

they're local afaik

[hexed crown]

Everything I saw online of people getting this working, were using setObjectTextureGlobal.

And it does set it for me.

[little raptor]

I didn't say it doesn't set it

anyway, just close the game and start it again

r2t can be buggy in Arma sometimes

if you use an incorrect r2t name even once, the game breaks

[little raptor]

change this to 1 too

[hexed crown]

Overview of issues:
Currently these 3 scripts work.
First script cam doesn't attach or follow its parent.
Second and third attach and follow, but only cam form 2 renders to device from 3.

Rebooted with the suggested changes, zero difference.

[crude vigil]

Is this code executed together?

If so, put a 1 second sleep between them, it gets fixed

[hexed crown]

They are executed in the inits of the uavs.

[little raptor]

then together

[hexed crown]

So put 1 sec sleep in one script?

[little raptor]

spawn it too

[little raptor]

the delay should be at least 1 frame tho. not 1 second

so even sleep 0.001 should work

[crude vigil]

sleep 0.001 doesnt always guarantee next frame afaik

hence I said 1

[little raptor]

it means at least 1 frame

[hexed crown]

Okay, sleep 1; in one of the scripts fixed script two and three.
Script one is still busted.

[crude vigil]

Not always according to my experience.

[little raptor]

time cannot advance if frameNo doesn't advance
so yes, always.

[crude vigil]

make it both spawn, do one 10 seconds later or something to make sure. I assume everything in script is right of course.(I blame mission initialization)

[hexed crown]

Script one is executed when interacting with the device through addAction

[spark turret]

Just some advice:
You can use an "array apply" + sorting to shorten your spotting main by a lot. And the second function could benefit a lot from a "switch case"

[little raptor]

did you even fix the variables?

[hexed crown]

The issue is still the fact that it does not attach with attachTo.

[little raptor]

check your variables then

put a systemChat in your code

systemChat str [_cam, _pipTarget, _source];

you can also try removing the followBone parameter from attachTo

[craggy temple]

If I do "name _vehicle" but _vehicle is null, what will happen? Will it crash or simply return null as well?

[little raptor]

name can't be null

it'll return an empty string

[hexed crown]

I did try that before, it made no difference.

[little raptor]

actually, it returns "Error: No vehicle"

just tested

[craggy temple]

name _vehicle,
_vehicle call BIS_fnc_objectType,
typeOf _vehicle,
roleDescription _vehicle,
getPos _vehicle,
groupId (group _vehicle),

Will any of those crash or just return some default values?

[craggy temple]

By god you are quick

[little raptor]

no

[craggy temple]

Great, thanks for your help 😁

[hexed crown]

After running systemChat str [_cam, _pipTarget, _source];

Before Draw3d:
[164426<no shape>,"firefly1cam1",firefly1D]

[little raptor]

what is fireFly?

is it a simple object?

[hexed crown]

The Darter's variable name.

firefly1cam1 is the output texture.

obviously

[crude vigil]

What object is the tv1?

[little raptor]

yep, Greyhawk doesn't have PiP0_pos as I said

tested in the game

[hexed crown]

Both those scripts work fine currently.
The only script left that doesn't is this one.

params ["_pipTarget", "_source"];
_cam = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];

_cam cameraEffect ["External", "Back", _pipTarget];

/* make it zoom in a little */
_cam camSetFov 0.7;

/* attach _cam to _source cam position */
_cam attachTo [_source, [0,0,0], "PiP0_pos", true];
/* switch _cam to NVG */
_pipTarget setPiPEffect [0];
systemChat str [_cam, _pipTarget, _source];
/* adjust uavcam orientation */
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    
    _dir = 
        (_source selectionPosition "PiP0_pos") 
            vectorFromTo 
        (_source selectionPosition "PiP0_dir");
    _cam setVectorDirAndUp [
        _dir, 
        _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]
    ];
}];

[little raptor]

wait it does

[hexed crown]

This script is to a Darter.

[crude vigil]

Is this another one from first 2? >.>

[hexed crown]

I posted it before the other 2, you may have missed it.

[crude vigil]

_source is not defined in draw3d

[crude vigil]

Yes, yes I did :P

[hexed crown]

Okay, so how would one pass those as an arg to the draw?
Can I see an example?

[little raptor]

why do you ask a question multiple times?

#arma3_scripting message

[crude vigil]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addMissionEventHandler
You can pass it using this freshly upgraded version with parameter called "arguments"

[hexed crown]

Is this the way to do that then?```sqf
addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {

_dir = 
    (_source selectionPosition "PiP0_pos") 
        vectorFromTo 
    (_source selectionPosition "PiP0_dir");
_cam setVectorDirAndUp [
    _dir, 
    _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]
];

},[_cam,_source]];

[crude vigil]

Read the parameter's description

[hexed crown]

So I am missing "[thisArgs, _cam]" and "[thisArgs, _source]"?

[crude vigil]

They are not _cam and _source anymore

they are inside the array called _thisArgs

you need to fetch them from there

[hexed crown]

addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    
    _dir = 
        (_thisArgs select 1 selectionPosition "PiP0_pos") 
            vectorFromTo 
        (_thisArgs select 1 selectionPosition "PiP0_dir");
    _thisArgs select 0 setVectorDirAndUp [
        _dir, 
        _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]
    ];
},[_cam,_source]];

If this is correct, it still does not work.

[quaint oyster]

Is it possible to segregate weapon types via their type with a config classname grabbing code? (I'm sorry I forget the proper name of the function)

For example, I understand pistols / main weapons / rockets are in a category of their own, but is there sub classes like assault rifles, snipers, shotguns?

And if so, would it be possible to grab say, "snipers" specifically?

[crude vigil]

[164426<no shape>,"firefly1cam1",firefly1D] about this, I believe you set the vehicle's name to firefly1 right?

if so, firefly1D is not the vehicle but the "D"river of the firefly1

[hexed crown]

So how would I fix that?

This is the addAction

this addAction ["<t color='#00FF00'>View Firefly Feed</t>", { ["firefly1cam1", ((units Firefly) select 0)] 

[crude vigil]

((units Firefly) select 0) ?

Why >.<

just Firefly

[hexed crown]

To select the first Drone in the Firefly Unit.

[crude vigil]

But the source has to be the vehicle itself, not the unit that is driving it?

in your other 2 scripts, when you used variable names called uav, uav1

did you assume they re drivers of uav?

[hexed crown]

I can't believe that flew over my head as a possibility for being the issue.
I knew uav and uav1 were the drone themselves. Just didn't think about the possibility that the selection method wasn't grabbing the drone and was instead grabbing an imaginary pilot.

[crude vigil]

You mean selectionPosition command?

[hexed crown]

No

this

((units Firefly) select 0)] 

I didn't realize that was what it was doing.

[crude vigil]

So does it finally work?

Is everything okay?

[hexed crown]

Running a final test now.

[crude vigil]

That imaginary pilot is still an AI but does not have a body. When you connect to a uav, you are basically remote controlling it.

It is what allows you to connect to UAVs basically, also decides to which side an UAV/UGV belongs.

[hexed crown]

Yee. It makes perfect sense after you pointed it out, just didn't think of it myself at first.

It's shakey as all hell, but that's the fault of the drone not having amazing flight stabilization.

It does work.

[crude vigil]

Well, next step is making an independent camera instead of fixed to camera of drone then. Jokes aside, yeah it is a bad issue but it doesnt do it that much if it is stationary to my experience.

[little raptor]

no, it's because of using attachTo

[hexed crown]

I mean, yes, but it wouldn't be shaky if the drone was stationary.

[crude vigil]

attachTo also has its effect but the significant part is drone's movement management.

[winter rose]

simulation cycles play a role too

[hexed crown]

So it is partially the drone too.

[little raptor]

If you know what you're doing you can make a perfectly stable camera

[crude vigil]

simulation cycle of vehicles is enough to not feel that

[crude vigil]

I ve already done that, staying far away from attachTo of course

[little raptor]

only their position. their rotation is not updated in visual scope
but in simulation scope
actually so is their position

[crude vigil]

But the shake he is talking about is not caused "Mainly" by attachTo is what Im saying

[hexed crown]

Well, I'm not interested in it working amazing currently, just that it works.
Seeing as I am new to the editor and all.

[winter rose]

hi new, I'm dad!

[crude vigil]

it is not about simulation, it is about the drone AI that keeps speeding up and slowing down

that causes the shake.

Thats what he is talking about

[little raptor]

it is

you wanna bet?

[winter rose]

fight! 😄

[crude vigil]

nope, Im out of here

Problem fixed, adios lol

[hexed crown]

Final question for now, how would I set up an action that deletes/undoes everything this action did when it executed the script?
If it is simple enough to do at least.

[crude vigil]

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

Check script parameter, check actionId parameter of it

now use this
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeAction

BUT

now that I remember , there is an additional parameter to actually self delete so you may not need it

(unless it is MP ofc which 80% wont handle itself then due your needs)

hideOnUse parameter if it is SP mission.

[winter rose]

nope

[little raptor]

deletes/undoes everything this action did

[hexed crown]

Oh, I see what you are talking about.
Not what I am looking for though.

[winter rose]

hideOnUse is only "hide the action menu on action usage"

[crude vigil]

Yeah, I should ve read it ok ok

Im lazy, dont judge me

[little raptor]

no such thing. you have to do it manually

[hexed crown]

I'm talking like, delete the camera and turn the screen back off.

[winter rose]

hi lazy, I'm dad!

[crude vigil]

hi dad

[hexed crown]

So there is no way to make this action togglable?

[winter rose]

there is

[crude vigil]

Wasnt there a self delete parameter for addAction?

[winter rose]

but you have to do it manually

[crude vigil]

Am I confusing it with something else?

[winter rose]

yes, BIS_fnc_holdActionAdd 😉

[little raptor]

holdAction

[crude vigil]

Oh well

[winter rose]

other than that you can removeAction _actionId still

[crude vigil]

thats what I said

[winter rose]

yep
nothing else

but the void

[crude vigil]

but for some reason Leo is not happy with it and I didnt get the reason :P

[winter rose]

because it is not undoing the action, it is removing the action ^^

@hexed crown is asking for a "revert code" thingy 🙂

[crude vigil]

well thats what I thought he asked at first :(

(At some point, he ll need it too though)

[hexed crown]

Okay, so I would need to delete them in the editor, or I could make a second action that runs a script to delete them?

[crude vigil]

just change the texture of tv and live happily

ignore rest

I can already see a negative emote coming from Leo

[hexed crown]

But it is so massively inefficient to leave those cameras there if they are not needed.

[crude vigil]

Ah, another leo

[winter rose]

then store them somewhere, and remove them on end

[hexed crown]

Is there a way to delete things using a script? If so I can do this, just need to find their IDs.

[winter rose]

you can store their IDs in a setVariable for example

[hexed crown]

True. I infer since you said that, that their is a way to delete using a script?

[crude vigil]

ooor ignore lou and use benefit of global variables that you used already , delete these vehicles using deleteVehicle (dont forget to finalize cameraEffect too)

oh I forgot about draw3ds tho

which he probably meant

[winter rose]

y u bulli mi

[crude vigil]

(just delete all mission event handlers with type "draw3d" it is ur mission anyway[so I can still say lou's way is unnecessarily complicated])

[little raptor]

_bla addAction ["blabla", {
  params ["_bla", "", "_id"];  
  _cam = ...;
  _bla removeAction _id;
  _bla addAction ["remove blabla", {
    params ["_bla", "", "_id", "_args"];
    _args params ["_cam", "_r2d"];
    _cam cameraEffect ["terminate", "back", _r2t]; 
    camDestroy _cam;
    _bla removeAction _id;
  }, [_cam, _r2d]];
}];

[crude vigil]

Giving codes to people dont teach em anything😤

[little raptor]

I got bored 🥱

[crude vigil]

where are removal of draw3ds?

Giving absent codes to people dont teach em anything and confuse them!

[hexed crown]

Actually, I learn quite well by sent other people's code. Before college it was how I learned most of what I knew.
If I can see it in action, I can usually figure out what is doing.

[crude vigil]

The point is, you learn more by suffering

[hexed crown]

You're not entirely wrong.

[winter rose]

says the gagged avatar 🤭

[crude vigil]

Success doesnt bring experience

[little raptor]

isn't that yawning?!

oh no

fixed 😛

[winter rose]

"either you win or you learn", right?

[still forum]

[crude vigil]

Honestly, my mistakes regarding modding has not only given me experience but new ideas as well but I doubt that applies to all :P

[crude vigil]

In this context, yes

[little raptor]

if you always fail what do you gain then?! 😛

[crude vigil]

then you learn that you are not the type to do these stuff and move on with your life

[little raptor]

success and failure both bring experience

[hexed crown]

I wish it were that simple with some of my former classmates.

[still forum]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/742599803606925332.gif?v=1

[hexed crown]

Welp, that's all for now.
Thanks for the assistance y'all.

[cold cloak]

Alright so, I got problems, again. I tried to look smth up but couldn't find anything but yeah.

Basically cancelAction didn't work for the Salute action for my AI officer and switchMove is janky looking.

People wiser than me here know smth that'd work for that?

[hexed crown]

Did you try playMoveNow?

[hexed crown]

target playMoveNow "";

I believe will return target to it's base animation and end the current one.

[cold cloak]

Lemme try

[cold cloak]

Didn't work

the dude keeps saluting

[hexed crown]

Try playActionNow

I think I just gave you the wrong command is all.

[cold cloak]

so

officer playActionNow;

[hexed crown]

You need the ""

[cold cloak]

on the target?

[hexed crown]

officer playActionNow "";

[cold cloak]

Ooh

Lemme try

Nooope.

I think the problem is that the salute action is playing an animation

[hexed crown]

Well, from what I understand on a player, salute is an infinitely looped animation until the player moves.

[cold cloak]

officer1 action ["Salute", officer1];

[hexed crown]

If that doesn't work, I'd try using playAction instead of action.

[cold cloak]

Type array, expected string

didn't work on either

""

[hexed crown]

officer1 action ["", officer1];

This is what you used?

[cold cloak]

yes

[hexed crown]

Weird.

[cold cloak]

Yuh

My simple reporting to Cpt. Robinson got Arma'd

[hexed crown]

Old game in an old engine doing old game things.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, yeah that's what I meant by using playAction instead of action.

Using action might be causing unexpected issues with what you are trying to accomplish.

[cold cloak]

playAction still kidnaps my officer for an forever salute

[hexed crown]

After using playAction to start it, try using playActionNow to end it.

officer1 playAction ["Salute", officer1];
officer1 playActionNow ["", officer1];

Well, yeah. I inferred they knew that already.

Just showing what I meant.

[cold cloak]

That doesn't work

I just get an error message

Imma just go back on using the switchmove

[hexed crown]

@cold cloak Not mine. But it might help you figure your thing out. ```
Trigger 1:

Con: manm distance player < 10;

( If player is 10m or closer do: )

Act: manm playMove "AmovPercMstpSlowWrflDnon_SaluteIn"; manm disableAI "anim"; hint "Sir!"

( ..."Amove....." = do salute, disable animation in salut so that soldier holds the salute pose. Soldier says "Sir!" )

Trigger 2:

Radio Alpha (In the "Text" box write "At ease" (not the "" )

Act: manm enableAI "anim"; hintsilent "At ease soldier.)

( Re enable animation so solder goes back to default. Salute goes down. Say text "At ease soldier." )

[cold cloak]

Uuuh

UUUUUH

[hexed crown]

If you are having trouble understanding it, I am retyping it now.

/* Trigger to salute happens: */
officer1 playMove "AmovPercMstpSlowWrflDnon_SaluteIn";
officer1 disableAI "anim";
/* ..."Amove....." = do salute, disable animation in salute so that soldier holds the salute pose. */

/* Trigger to stap salute happens: */
officer1 enableAI "anim";
/* Reenable animation so solder goes back to default. Salute goes down. */

[crude vigil]

Because you do not use cancelAction for that (it says actions in progress)

Execute "salute" action again , to turn it off

ie.

officer1 action ["salute", officer1];

both to salute and to stop salute

[hexed crown]

Ahh. a toggle style command.

[cold cloak]

My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that in the first place?

Anyways thanks man I'll switch the SwitchMove when I get on to edit the mission next time xd

[brittle harness]

correct- not specific to one unit but all units that belong to opfor

basically i have a trigger attached to a unit, if any (not a specific) opfor unit passes him I want him to follow that opfor unit he initally saw

};``` so ive got this, but i need side _x defined, it wants a unit name, but i need to give it something that represents opfor or any enemy (being that any enemy will be opfor)

but obviously this isnt working because my variables are not defined

[pure socket]

Hello, may I ask where CAN I find information about using myself to create a new PBO to translate others' mods without changing others? What about the mod itself? Or who has an example of this kind of PBO?

Make English into Chinese

[idle jungle]

A pbo isn't what changes it's language and you can't repackage other mods unless they specify you can

[wild prairie]

What's the quickest way to check if a unit is freefalling?

[copper raven]

check velocity?

[copper raven]

it doesn't make sense to make a unit follow a "side"

[wild prairie]

Ended up being animationState _unit select [0,12] isEqualTo "halofreefall".

[little raptor]

don't make stuff up

[little raptor]

....

[little raptor]

Don't blame the engine when you just make stuff up

[crude vigil]

But but... blaming is easier.

[winter rose]

because of you

[willow hound]

Assuming your activation is OPFOR present, you can just use pc1 doFollow (thisList # 0); as On Activation expression (because of the activation setting (OPFOR present), the trigger's thisList will only contain units belonging to side east).
Unfortunately, while this approach is formally correct, it probably will not work. According to https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/doFollow, doFollow works only within the same group.

[crude vigil]

doFollow only works within a squad, does not apply for any units outside that unit's squad. It is used for formation. That code has to be rewritten from start.

[winter rose]

because of you

[willow hound]

Does my message suggest otherwise?

[winter rose]

but why do you start your message with this?! 😅

you can just use pc1 doFollow (thisList # 0);

[crude vigil]

you can just use part confuses this message a lot :(

when he can clearly not use it

Blame engine, the easiest!

or blame whoever named that command, for misleading

doReturnFormation etc. would be more clear :P

[winter rose]

I blame everything 😄

and everyone, of course

[crude vigil]

You are both wiki editors and not stating that explicitly, so I blame both of you

[winter rose]

I, huh, wanted to fix that!

I will make you a wiki editor 👀

leaves on vacation

[crude vigil]

[finite sail]

I'm a wiki contributor too.. please can it be my fault as well?

[winter rose]

no!

just so everyone is frustrated 😄

[crude vigil]

No you cant, you didnt contribute to this page at all

[finite sail]

*logs in

[winter rose]

I never touched that page.

[winter rose]

what, you actually log out?

[finite sail]

hehe

[crude vigil]

Just 34 times

[winter rose]

I actually toyed with my cookies so I don't get delogged every 2 or 4h whatever it is 😄

[winter rose]

hah! made you look

[crude vigil]

I had looked before to whether or not blame Tankbuster

[winter rose]

👖
👌

hue hue

fixed anyway!

[crude vigil]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/commandFollow Lies

[winter rose]

no u

[crude vigil]

Still no fix

[winter rose]

IT'S DONE OK

:D

[crude vigil]

Finally, about time... Years of misunderstanding, countless people suffered during this period.

[winter rose]

and you didn't do a thing. how disgusting.

[crude vigil]

I was never given the chance.

[winter rose]

stop finding excuses!

[hexed crown]

This is literally what the wiki implied that should do.

[craggy temple]

Im using the FiredMan event to log to the rpt. This works fine when testing on multiplayer in the editor, but on a dedicated server, the event fires 5 times for every time I pull the trigger, any way to fix this?

[hexed crown]

And I was asking what if that was what they used, and was correct.

[winter rose]

(where plz? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/playMoveNow)

[hexed crown]

switchMove (what they were using): Use _unit switchMove ""; to reset animation. For a smooth transition use playMove.
playMove: The difference between playMove and playMoveNow is that playMove adds another move to the move queue, while playMoveNow replaces the whole move queue with new move

These taken together imply that it could be used to force a smooth transition back to idle.

[winter rose]

oh, implied.
I know switchMove does yes

(if you see wiki errors please do tell us in #community_wiki!)

[hexed crown]

Give me a second.
I miss hit enter.

[winter rose]

I am not pressing you, I am just stating "if you see mistakes" ^^ no issue here 🙂

[hexed crown]

msg fixed.

Also, tbf, I never said it does do that, just said I believe it did.
Which is what I understood it to do after reading the wiki. I now know that it does not do that, so issue resolved.

[winter rose]

I believe will return
indeed 🙂 @little raptor

I hope we are all up to date now 😉

[hexed crown]

lol
I don't really find issue with it, as I am new here and the people that have been around longer haven't gotten a good taste of the way I go about things yet.
So getting misunderstood/misinterpreted, is to be expected.

[idle jungle]

We are also using remoteExec target 2 for this iirc

[little raptor]

Old game in an old engine doing old game things.
Then why did you lay the blame on the game when it didn't work?

[hexed crown]

That was specifically in response to their statement about saying their plan got ARMAd.

[little raptor]

The reason it works with switchMove is that it first resets the soldier's animation state, then moves to the first frame of the animation you provide. you could even do: _unit switchMove "blabla" and it would still work, even tho there is no such anim at all.
playMoveNow/playMove never reset the animation state, just add to the queue

changed the BIKI explanation to avoid confusion:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/switchMove

[undone flower]

is there a built-in way to call/run code without the need of making a script or function from scratch? for example, I want to call bis_fnc_endmission after a task is complete and a certain time has elapsed

[little raptor]

after a task is complete
yes
a certain time has elapsed
not that I know of

[undone flower]

don't want the mission to instantly end after the task is complete

[nocturne canopy]

Anyone know the code in ACE3 Medical for forcing a character to have a broken limb?

[little raptor]

then a bit of scripting is needed

[undone flower]

fiiiiiineeeee

[hexed crown]

Would using sleep before doing the end mission not work in the task complete?

[little raptor]

it would. that's why I said a bit of scripting

[hexed crown]

So @undone flower would just need to add a sleep with the amount of time they want to wait right before calling the end mission function. No actual script needed.

Just 2 lines.

[undone flower]

it's so tiny I wanted to avoid it. guess theres no other way

I'll add other lines just for the sake of it. a special effect or two

[fair drum]

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/76676eee462cb0bbe400a482561c148d8652b550/addons/medical/functions/fnc_addDamageToUnit.sqf

[little raptor]

All I know is that the fractures are stored in variable ACE_MEDICAL_fractures:

_fractures = _unit getVariable ["ACE_MEDICAL_fractures", [0,0,0,0,0,0]]

_fractures#4 and _fractures#5 values refer to leg fractures

[willow hound]

@hollow thistle Documented ACE Medical API when? 😦

[hollow thistle]

When someone will write the documentation 🙂

[fair drum]

this open to anyone? I'd write some guides on various functions that I've had to just search through github and figure out on my own

[hollow thistle]

https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/tree/master/docs

[hollow thistle]

contributions welcome ❤️

[fair drum]

just add some .md files to say... the wiki framework folder?

[nocturne canopy]

Do you know of that array is booleans? So a broken limb is 1

[hollow thistle]

probably, it's based on jekyll, it should be straightforward.

[little raptor]

not booleans, but yes

set it to 1 and it'll be broken

you might need to use the function Hypoxic linked

[hollow thistle]

I'm not sure if tinkering in the internal arrays is the best idea.

[little raptor]

because you need to update the state machine

[nocturne canopy]

Nice one, I'll run some testing and see if works, of not I'll go on hypoxics method

[fair drum]

my method is not "guarenteed" to cause a fracture but it is one of the only public functions for it. it applies the damage to the limb based on the damage or "projectile type". I'd make the damage something super severe but it still is going to be based on your "fracture chance" setting. But this is the function I used to cause say a scene of injured civilians that people had to triage and transport.

keep in mind, you have to disable AI auto healing or they will heal it all up (even without medical items)

[nocturne canopy]

Right, thanks Hyp

[fair drum]

let me find the specific variable. its a variable that makes it so the unit is always in medical danger and doesn't go into the healing state

[little raptor]

_unit setVariable ["ACE_MEDICAL_fractures", [0,0,0,0,1,1], true];
[_unit] call ace_medical_engine_fnc_updateDamageEffects

maybe this'll work

[fair drum]

_unit setVariable ["ace_medical_ai_lastFired", 9999999]; //Disable AI to self healing

this is how you disable the auto heal for AI

reference page:
https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/76676eee462cb0bbe400a482561c148d8652b550/addons/medical_ai/functions/fnc_isSafe.sqf

[nocturne canopy]

Works a treat - however without a would also inflicted to the same body part it doesn't hinder the unit's movement or precision.
Calling damage on the limb works and make the wound more believable, so I'll add that in too.
Thanks for all the help guys

[little raptor]

did you use the updated version?

I changed the function

[undone flower]

is there a way to preview sounds? like the music utils?

[fair drum]

dang lots of these documents haven't been changed in 2+ years. a lot has been changed in 2 years.

[nocturne canopy]

Yeah that fixed it without calling the extra damage - cheers!

[undone flower]

_playTrack = "Track_R_17"
while {alive player} do {
         playMusic _playtrack;
         waitUntil {isNull _playtrack};
};

Will this "waitUntil" work?

[little raptor]

no

[winter rose]

and no

[undone flower]

damn. why?

[winter rose]

because a string cannot be null

[little raptor]

for a command to work you must at least use compatible data types

_playTrack is a string

now look at BIKI

does isNull take strings?

no
so what you wrote is a generic error

[fair drum]

there is also a music event handler you can use

that will detect when music is done

[undone flower]

oh yeah just found it. guess it goes in a script

[fair drum]

added some stuff. hopefully I did it right. first time contributing.

[undone flower]

is there a way to get the length of a music/sound track? I guess the event handlers will conflict with some other scripts where the music is forced to stop, while the eh will keep the music playing

[fair drum]

configFile >> "CfgMusic" >> "AmbientTrack01_F" >> "duration"
you want to use getNumber

and it only works if that value actually exists (depends on mod maker. base game has duration on all of them)

[undone flower]

I'm using the ost. that'll do. thanks

[fair drum]

you can also grab the class names of stuff that has a musicClass such as "stealth"

[undone flower]

can I use a variable on the path? such as:

_playTrack = "Track_R_17"
_trackDuration = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgMusic" >> _playTrack >> "duration");

[fair drum]

yup

[undone flower]

excellent

[royal siren]

Hey guys, i have a problem with my mission

I'm making a OPFOR camp
if i put everyone in the same group, if we kill 1 one them, even at 40000m from them, with a silencor, they will going to COMBAT mod
So i made different group

But if i fire the group 1

the group 2 doesnt fire, even at 20m from their OPFOR friends

how can i do ?

i tried
" if U1 is in combat mod, then U2 is going to combat mod"
it works but if i kill U1 by shooting the chest, U2 is in combat mod also

[fair drum]

by default, enemies are only reported within groups not between them.

[royal siren]

So what is your suggestion to make a good infiltration mission
OR
if i kill someone secretly, they notice
OR if an enemy is shooting at me, the others dont care

[fair drum]

i'm having some trouble understanding what you want though. you want it so that if you kill one guy, it doesn't alert the other guys?

[royal siren]

Yes, but if this guy is SHOOTING , then it altern the others

alert *

[fair drum]

I see. You can use knowsAbout to check to see if a group knows about a specific target and do a comparison there

if one guy just gets off'd silently, it probably won't raise it much

[royal siren]

what is that

[fair drum]

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

the best way, is to probably have each unit in their individual groups, then use LambsDanger.fsm mod to have them communicate between groups. this would have the least scripting

[royal siren]

So

Group1 knowsabout Group2

If i kill group2
then group1 doesnt know

but if group2 is fighting
then group1 know ?

[fair drum]

it would be more like... make all the enemies in individual groups, then you would do a constant check to see if the side itself knows about the player, and if it does, set all the units to combat mode and if you want reveal the player to the side

is this single player or MP

[royal siren]

MP

im not sure to understand the last thing yous aid

you said *

[fair drum]

so the steps:

1. Make all the enemy units in individual groups
2. Make a loop check that checks allPlayers vs the enemy side's knowsAbout value
3. If knowsAbout is larger than what you want, set all enemy units to combat mode

[royal siren]

Well i think it doesnt help for my problem, otherwise i dont understand the way it will

Is there not something like

" If U1 is shooting, then U2 join U1 " ?

[fair drum]

yes you can do that too

[royal siren]

i'm on the wiki but i dont know what i have to search

[little raptor]

FiredMan event handler

[royal siren]

i tried " shooting " or " fire " but its not this

[fair drum]

behaviour

[royal siren]

the behavious is not perfect bc if i kill the enemy by shooting in the chest
the 1st second will turn him in combat mod and it will attract the others, even if the guy didnt shoot

[royal siren]

Can you tell me more about what it does?

[little raptor]

it's an event handler. the code executes as soon as something happens.
in this case, it executes when the unit fires

[royal siren]

this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
}];

[fair drum]

means the instant a unit fires that the handler is attached to, you can execute code, AKA make the other groups in combat mode

[royal siren]

SO i write this in the trigger
and i attached the unit

If one unit fires, it activate " set behaviour " ?

sorry i'm new to this

im confuse about the " params " part of this

[fair drum]

the params are variables that are sent from the engine when the event fires. its stuff to use

so _unit is the unit that fired

_weapon is his weapon

etc etc

[royal siren]

But i can leave it blank right ?

like the weapon

[fair drum]

its not blank, its what the engine is GIVING you to use, you can choose not to use it

[silk ravine]

Okay... so I am kinda clueless why this doesn't work.
This is supposed to go into the init field of a playable unit:

[this] spawn {
    if (local _this && not isServer && hasInterface) then { //!isHC, !isServer, !isDedicated
        waitUntil { player == player };
        [true] call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator;
    };
};```

Would this work out locally to each client if copy pasted into various slots?

[royal siren]

in the trigger

this addEventHandler ["Fired", {
params ["THE UNIT I WANT", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile", "_gunner"];
}];

When activation : set behavious things

right ?

[fair drum]

remove the brackets around [this] since you only have one argument so that _this is correct

[royal siren]

Hypoxic can i dm you,

?

[silk ravine]

@fair drum Okay, is it true that player == player waits until the player is actually spawned?

[fair drum]

waitUntil {alive player}

[fair drum]

yes, but there is a lot to go over. you are missing fundamental scripting stuff before we can even hit your issue at hand

[silk ravine]

I saw some many examples with player == player what does that do then if alive does check player spawn.

[fair drum]

its just silly. alive will return false if the player isn't initialized or alive so its better to use that

[silk ravine]

Well... damn. Thanks a lot Hypo!

[little raptor]

that's stupid

when player is not alive yet player is objNull and objNull == objNull

so it never works anyway

[silk ravine]

Yeah nice, thats written in one of the comments in the biki tho xD

[little raptor]

I'll delete it

[silk ravine]

@fair drum somehow this works in EditorMP but not on dedicated

this spawn {
    if (local _this && isPlayer _this && hasInterface) then {
        waitUntil { alive player };
        sleep 1;
        [true] call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator;
    };
};```

[fair drum]

because player is null on a dedicated server

you did not mention that you wanted it for MP

[silk ravine]

Thats true. In that case it would be alive _this right?

[fair drum]

correct

[little raptor]

there was another comment that was newer and correct tho

anyway, deleted that stupid comment

[silk ravine]

@little raptor Cool stuff, thanks 🙂

[fair drum]

just tested, objNull == objNull returns false.

[silk ravine]

wat

[fair drum]

yeah...

[little raptor]

still that's stupid. also objNull isEqualTo objNull

[silk ravine]

Still won't execute on the server

this spawn {
    if (local _this && isPlayer _this && hasInterface) then {
        waitUntil { alive _this };
        sleep 1;
        [true,true,true] call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator;
    };
};```

What fucking heresy is going on right now

[little raptor]

because isPlayer is false

[tidal ferry]

Hey, how would I check to see if a player has access to Zeus interface?

[little raptor]

check its synchronizedObjects

[tidal ferry]

Hmmm okay

What if I have a Zeus module whose owner is #adminLogged?

Basically I want to execute a local-to-remote script that will only fire if the player can access Zeus

[silk ravine]

@little raptor But isPlayer asks for a unit to read

[little raptor]

getAssignedCuratorLogic player

[tidal ferry]

Sweeeet, thanks

[little raptor]

put it after the waitUntil

also local will return false too

first you have to put the waitUntil

then the other conditions

[silk ravine]

this spawn {
    waitUntil { alive _this };
    if (local _this && isPlayer _this && hasInterface) then {
        sleep 1;
        [true,true,true] call ACE_spectator_fnc_setSpectator;
    };
};```

[little raptor]

maybe

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[silk ravine]

why will local return false if its within a units init field?

[little raptor]

it was just a guess

because it's not occupied by a player yet maybe (so locality is not changed yet)

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[silk ravine]

oh boi, okay, will test now

[silk ravine]

Can I even spawn code within a players init field?

[undone flower]

anyone knows a script that will bring me an array with all vehicles of a given side?

[little raptor]

yes

[tidal ferry]

units (side)

[silk ravine]

For some reason it still wont do anything. I am not sure why. Might be the if condition no idea

[little raptor]

_vehs = units _side apply {vehicle _x};
_vehs = _vehs arrayIntersect _vehs;

[tidal ferry]

^

[undone flower]

that will bring me all units, including soldiers

[tidal ferry]

Ah okay gotcha