arma3_scripting

[keen trout]

wait so the add action is fine right?

because i have done it in 3den

i have named the objects

so its not just "markername" in the addaction and then the variable object name will be markername also?

because thats what i've done so far

[warm hedge]

What?

I'm suggesting that, it's better to use an object for the position reference if you need to use another dimension (Z, height). What you have is markers not objects, you need to place a dummy objects like a prop, and name it, and use it in the code

[keen trout]

so i did place those dummy objects and named it

can i leave the code the same?

[warm hedge]

No

[keen trout]

oh okay now i understand what do i have to change

[warm hedge]

You name it, and use the name in the code

[keen trout]

wait ive done all of that

I used the name of the object as the same as the code

and tested it and

and i get the error i sent you

[warm hedge]

No. That's unrelated to what I've suggested. You didn't change the strings

[keen trout]

to the name of the object right?

there is definitely a communication barrier here im sorry

[warm hedge]

You need no sorry but help yourself

What the code you've now?

[keen trout]

can i send you screenshot in dms

[warm hedge]

And what's the names of the dummies?

[keen trout]

and the codes

[warm hedge]

No

[keen trout]

okay ill tell so the names of the dummies are named seperately, teleport8green,teleport8blue,teleport8red

and my code is

this addAction["<t color='#ff9900'>RED V BLUE (LONG)[BRIDGE]</t>",{ 
    {_x setPosATL getPosATL call {     
        if (side _x == blufor) exitWith { 
            "teleport8blue" 
        }; 
        if (side _x == opfor) exitWith { 
            "teleport8red" 
        }; 
        if (side _x == independent) exitWith { 
            "teleport8green" 
        }; 
    }} forEach allPlayers; 
}];

errorgetposat1 : type string , expected object

[warm hedge]

You named those objects teleport8blue etc?

[keen trout]

yes

there names are assigned to civilians

should i try a different object?

[warm hedge]

Then get rid of the quotation marks that's what those make strings

[keen trout]

ohhhh

okay

thank you that worked

i didnt know how to change the strings into objects

[past wagon]

You just wrote it wrong. An object is just a plain variable name, and a string is text in quotation marks. Completely different things.

(Sorry if that sounded rude, just clarifying)

[keen trout]

yeah I realized, I just don't know the language very well and I was struggling to communicate my problem

its all good now

[cosmic cipher]

Hi, ihave a question mayby someone can help.
Is there a command to adjust whether the gunner's seat is in the vehicle with a display or whether it is located directly on the outside of the gun? Is there a command to adjust whether the gunner's seat is in the vehicle with a display or whether it is located directly on the outside of the gun?
As an example, RHS M1043A2 (M2) shooter sits on the outside of the weapon, for RHS M1151A1 (CROWS / M2) shooter sits inside the vehicle. With the command "isTurnedOut" you can only check the FFV or normal open hatch commands.
Thanks for the help in advance.

[little raptor]

use lineIntersectsSurfaces

[desert palm]

I accidentally removed a folder from a pbo because I was going to edit its contents with A3 tools, now im trying to drag and drop it in the pbo and it wont go in it has a round circle slash thing that means I cant put it it, why is this?

[little raptor]

what did you use to remove it?

[desert palm]

I just draged it out of the pbo and in to my desktop

[little raptor]

I mean what tool?

[desert palm]

pbo manager

[little raptor]

afaik you can't even remove anything from the pbo using pbo manager

or add

[desert palm]

how do i fix it is it possible? Here's what i did
https://imgur.com/a/ga7MD8H

[little raptor]

don't use PBO maganger

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[desert palm]

what should I use instead?

[little raptor]

addon builder

or pboProject

[desert palm]

Oh ok thanks ill try it

[little raptor]

also now that I noticed you're trying to modify someone else's mod. this is illegal without their permission

[desert palm]

yeah its a private mod that my friend sent to me and i was just about to recolor the ghillie to a black one

the owner says its ok as long as its for personal use and not for distribution

[tired delta]

Hello guys, im trying to lock a door on a modded building with this "bis_disabled_Door_1" but my door class name is door28 and i dont know how to lock it now . "bis_disabled_Door_28" and ""bis_disabled_door28" semm not to work

[fresh crater]

when i modify a10 pylons with zeus it removes the laser on tgp is there a script to fix it

[fair drum]

I really don't like using disableUserInput for scripted animated briefings, etc. Is there a better way in disabling all user input except for using the escape key to pause or exit?

[winter rose]

using UI EH maybe?

[hollow thistle]

disableSimulation on the player mby?

[fair drum]

doesn't stop you from accessing inventory and stuff

[winter rose]

don't press 3rd person key then 😄
(iirc it made a black screen, but I might remembe incorrectly)

[fair drum]

you mean this in reference to instantly closing any created displays with a EH?

[winter rose]

I, huh, don't know?
I meant it about disableSimulation

[fair drum]

oh okay

[hollow thistle]

findDisplay 46 displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {true}]; + disableSimuation?

and exclude the esc DIK

[winter rose]

iirc that's how I did it yeah

for some cutscene stuffz

yeah, for safety purpose disableUserInput should itself be disabled IMO 😄

[fair drum]

so with vanilla buildings, they have config entries for locking doors under animationSources. Some modded buildings do not have these which possibly means they didn't include the option to lock the doors

[fair drum]

I'll try this one out thx

[oblique vale]

Does anybody know if the EH "Fired" is triggered for every shot if I add it on the server?
On the wiki it says: Special multiplayer behaviour: When added to a remote unit or vehicle, this EH will only fire if said entity is within range of the camera. That range is determined by the fired ammo's highest visibleFire and audibleFire config value. In case of units, muzzle attachment coefficients are applied too.

[tired delta]

thank you for your awnser <3. what do i need to add in to the config.cpp for it to work?

[fair drum]

Did you create this building?

[tired delta]

no but i got the source

[fair drum]

#arma3_config #arma3_model

[tired delta]

thx ❤️

[dreamy kestrel]

yeah, good to know, thank you. only concerned vis-a-vis OBJECT in this instance.
also with nuances re: HASHMAP in that keys can be anything almost. more than STRING at any rate, and with deleteAt support.

[willow hound]

Only if the unit / vehicle is local to the server.

[bitter jewel]

i would like to somehow test if a unit has this particular instance of an item in its inventory

but i suspect that is not possible

[winter rose]

so we should not try helping? 😄

[bitter jewel]

am i right or wrong

well

i suppose one can always make somekind of workaround

[winter rose]

state your case?

[bitter jewel]

i would like to have different keys for different doors

but it seems i can only test if a string is in a array representation of a units inventory

i.e. "Keys" in blah

it seems i cannot test if this key number 603 is in a units inventory

[winter rose]

yep
therefore, the workaround is to use e.g setVariable
dropping "a" key, there is no way to know if you ditched A or B given they are the exact same type

[bitter jewel]

thanks

or maybe i can make an addon which provides 100 items with the names "key no X"

haha

[upper siren]

I need help some cause I don't really know what to google.
I've got playable unit with variable name set in the editor.

How do I check its variable name locally? (to run a script thats local on that unit)

Ignore for now, I think I found it 🙂 vehicleVarName

[bitter jewel]

cool

i didnt even know that existed

[winter rose]

How do I check its variable name locally?
why would you need the string version?

if (local theNamedUnit) then { /* ... */ },

[upper siren]

thanks!

oh and I didn't need the string version, I guess I just worded it unclear. All I want to do is check if I'm local on a unit with a certain variable name.

[winter rose]

okido ^^ I just have a skin reaction every time I hear about vehicleVarName that's it 😄

[upper siren]

😄 I was reading through this https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/217079-set-unit-variable-name/ trying to figure what that variable field actually means. Turns out its just that... a variable 😛

[candid cape]

Hi, I need help with an EH.

The EH I need help with is the "GetIn". I've been looking at the Event Handlers page and I can't get it to work for me. I need that if a player gets on a certain vehicle, he should be removed from the vehicle.
Some help?

[winter rose]

see GetInMan if added to the player, otherwise GetIn if added to the vehicle itself.

[candid cape]

Yes, I've also tried GetInMan and I can't get it to work either, I don't know where I'm failing.

[winter rose]

I don't know either, your code is written in invisible ink! 🤓

[candid cape]

captiveVehicles = "B_Quadbike_01_F";
player addEventHandler ["GetInMan", {
        params["_vehicle","_position","_unit"];
        if (_vehicle in captiveVehicles) then {
            moveout _unit;
            hint "You can't drive this car.";
        };
    }];

[candid cape]

I just wrote it with a blue pen 🙂

[winter rose]

_vehicle in captiveVehicles

[candid cape]

?

can you explain please?

[winter rose]

if object in string… not a thing

[candid cape]

And how should I do it?

Because a car ID is a String

[winter rose]

what is "a car id"?

"B_Quadbike_01_F" here is a classname

[candid cape]

Yes, that's what I meant.

[winter rose]

classname you can get from an object with typeOf
in can check if "something" is in "a list of something"

[candid cape]

so...

if (typeOf _vehicle _unit == "B_Quadbike_01_F") then { moveout _unit;};

That's good?

[winter rose]

uh, no
why did you write _vehicle _unit…?

[candid cape]

if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Quadbike_01_F") then { moveout _unit;};

[candid cape]

for the EH

[winter rose]

makes no sense to change that, especially all of a sudden

[candid cape]

yep, that's really work

thanks

but, if I wan't write more than one vehicle?

I cant make an array with de typeOf...

[winter rose]

why not?

[candid cape]

if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Quadbike_01_F" or "B_Truck_01_covered_F") then { moveout player;};

that't dont work.

[winter rose]

of course, this is not a list

["itemA", "itemB"] is

[candid cape]

if (typeOf vehicle player isEqualTo ["B_Quadbike_01_F","B_Truck_01_covered_F"]) then { moveout player;};

This don't work

I can do 40 ifs so it sure works 🤣

[winter rose]

read commands doc, please

[misty osprey]

use in instead of isequalto

[strange seal]

This seemed like the most proper place to ask this question even though it's not about a specific script problem, I have spent a lot of time making a mission and scripting but unfortunately my computer fried and I lost my mission files and scripts, I had uploaded an earlier version to the steam workshop and was wondering if there's a way to download the mission file rather than just be subscribed to it

[fresh crater]

hi im new to scripting. i recently downloaded a mod that adds HMD to all air vehicles but it removed the possibility of using the I-TGP from FIR AWS

how can i fix it

[strange seal]

omg sorry, I use a separate harddrive for steam and it looks like subscribed stuff is on my main drive and not the steam drive

[fair drum]

you're asking us how to fix a mod, have you messaged the creator?

[fresh crater]

yes but he doesnt respond and the mod hasnt been updated since 2018

[gleaming oriole]

Heya, I'm trying to spawn AIs on random positions that I've chosen beforehand. Does someone know how to do that? I tried my code below but the RPT says "Error getposatl: Type Array, expected Object"

EnyInfPos = selectRandom [[14648.2,14095.8,1.83308], [14669.5,14118.9,2.12161], [14670.9,14114,2.15523]];
EnyInf = "O_Soldier_F" createUnit (getPosATL EnyInfPos);

Edit: this works

EnyInfPos = selectRandom [[14648.2,14095.8,1.83308], [14669.5,14118.9,2.12161], [14670.9,14114,2.15523]];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

[copper raven]

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

[gleaming oriole]

I looked at that and I don't understand it

[copper raven]

you're trying to get position of a position

[gleaming oriole]

Oh

[gleaming oriole]

And if I want to place multiple units like this, how would I prevent them from getting the same random position?

I've found this but I don't know how to adapt that to my script: https://www.reddit.com/r/armadev/comments/1hwmgi/selecting_multiple_objects_randomly_from_an_array/

[copper raven]

you can do something like _positions deleteAt floor random count _positions

[little raptor]

So I guess your problem is solved then?

[pastel pier]

How do i create a cube that is a physx object ? I'm trying to attach a non physx object to it to simulate falling. In theory i could take a square car, hide the model and scale it to the size of the object so it doesn't clip through the ground. But i'm looking for different maybe better solutions. Like is it possible to enable physx on a non physx object through scripting ?

[little raptor]

no

[pastel pier]

So that is a no to both questions ?

[winter rose]

yes

How do i create a cube that is a physx object ?
not by scripting, by a mod

Like is it possible to enable physx on a non physx object through scripting ?
no

[sharp light]

would there be a way to check if an object is within a certain distance of another object?

[winter rose]

yes, distance
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/distance

[sharp light]

Thanks!

another question;{_this select _target} addAction [... how do I get "_target" from the "_this" array?

[copper raven]

you need to know the index of it

private _target = _this select ...

[sharp light]

params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; so 0?

[copper raven]

yup

[sharp light]

alright, thanks!

[copper raven]

but if you're gonna be using more than one parameter, you should just use params

it's more efficient

params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"];

is basically equal to doing:

private _target = _this select 0;
private _caller = _this select 1;
private _actionId = _this select 2;
private _arguments = _this select 3;

[sharp light]

it's within a different addaction and I need the _target parameter to add an action to it

//code
[_this select _target] addAction ["Give Red Credits",{
//code
}];
}];```

and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right

[winter rose]

see the doc if in doubt

[copper raven]

so 0?
you know the index, but you're still doing the _this select _target nonsense, _target is undefined

and also addAction doesn't take array on the left, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

[sharp light]

_this select 0 seems to work

[coarse orchid]

hey guys, im trying to get a custom ogg sound to play in a mission for a briefing. i have multiple ways to activate it. i have a trigger, a laptop with an add action. i have the sound and the description.ext, but for whatever reason, its not currently working. any pointers?

[winter rose]

yes
something is wrong

I have the sound and the description.ext
how is it declared, how are you calling it, etc etc 🙂

[coarse orchid]

Disregard, I got it working through say3D!

[winter rose]

roger roger, nice to hear! 👍

[gleaming oriole]

I don't know where to put that 🙁

EnyInfGrp = createGroup [east, true];
EnyInfGrp deleteGroupWhenEmpty true;
dynamicSimulationEnabled EnyInfGrp;

EnyInfPos = selectRandom [[2862.25,4756.75,0.0952458], [2860.25,4753.75,0.0952454], [2855.84,4757.14,0.0952454], [2857.07,4754.06,0.0952454]];

EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

{
    _x disableAI "PATH";
    _x setUnitPos "UP";
} foreach (units EnyInfGrp);

[fair drum]

separate your select random from the infantry pos and just make an array of positions, then in your foreach iteration, make it select random from that array on that instance, then delete it from that array

[gleaming oriole]

Like that?

EnyInfGrp = createGroup [east, true];
EnyInfGrp deleteGroupWhenEmpty true;
dynamicSimulationEnabled EnyInfGrp;

EnyInfPos = [[2862.25,4756.75,0.0952458], [2860.25,4753.75,0.0952454], [2855.84,4757.14,0.0952454], [2857.07,4754.06,0.0952454]];

EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", [0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", [0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", [0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", [0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

{
    _x disableAI "PATH";
    _x setUnitPos "UP";
    _x setPosATL selectRandom EnyInfPos; 
    EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos;
} foreach (units EnyInfGrp);

[frozen canopy]

new to scripting. any IDE/editor suggestions for syntax highlighting?

also, is this valid? player allowDamage = !player isDamageAllowed

[winter rose]

Visual Studio Code + SQF plugin 🙂
see also https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Community_Tools#Code_Edition

[winter rose]

not, not valid

player allowDamage !(isDamageAllowed player);

[frozen canopy]

thanks, just making a simple script rn that handles a spawn zone, combat zone. interesting challenge 🙂

[frozen canopy]

awesome!

[copper raven]

dynamicSimulationEnabled EnyInfGrp is useless, you discard the result https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/dynamicSimulationEnabled

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos acts as a "selectRandom" here, but it also deletes the selected element from the array, what you're doing right now is: selecting a random position from the array(with the selectRandom), then selecting a random position again and deleting it. Also use local variables, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Variables#Local_Variables_Scope

[gleaming oriole]

Thank you, it works now

(Without local variables yet until I understand that)

EnyInfGrp = createGroup [east, true];
EnyInfGrp deleteGroupWhenEmpty true;
EnyInfGrp enableDynamicSimulation true;

EnyInfPos = [[2862.25,4756.75,0.0952458], [2860.25,4753.75,0.0952454], [2855.84,4757.14,0.0952454], [2857.07,4754.06,0.0952454]];

EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];
EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

{
    _x disableAI "PATH";
    _x setUnitPos "UP";
} foreach (units EnyInfGrp);

[copper raven]

now you've added even more boilerplate code

[gleaming oriole]

🙁

[copper raven]

you could use a https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/for loop

the idea here is to make maintainable code, imagine you wanted to change something for the units, you'd have to go and edit every line of createUnit

and it's always worth to sacrifice a bit of runtime for that

[gleaming oriole]

That seems a lot better than whatever I did before 😁

for "_i" from 1 to 4 do { EnyInfGrp createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", EnyInfPos deleteAt floor random count EnyInfPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"]; };

[copper raven]

yeah but i assume you still have the forEach loop, you should store the result of createUnit to say, _unit, and run whatever you were running in the forEach

[gleaming oriole]

Ok thank you very much

[tidal idol]

Any ideas why this is only saving four images, even after traversing the entire unit list for the faction?

maxScreenShotFolderSizeMB = 50000; 0 = [nil,"all",[],[],["BNI_NATO_Improved"]] spawn BIS_fnc_exportEditorPreviews;```

[warm hedge]

That's not how to set the parameter.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/screenshot

[tidal idol]

It worked when I tried it with another faction though, which is why I'm confused. (I tried increasing the folder size but that's the only change)

[warm hedge]

That limits the FULL screenshot folder of the max size so that's why, IIRC. It should have like 1995MB or so right now for you

[keen trout]

hey so i've downloaded this holster script and put it in my mission file is there anything else i need to do with the script?

https://pastebin.com/yxRywvvt

because i still dont get any scroll wheel option

[warm hedge]

And how did you executed that?

[low sierra]

I have one mission that uses extDB3. I want to make a extDB3 free version, what is the best option? Use profile?

[winter rose]

it… depends

profileNamespace, missionNamespace for example

if you want data to stay after mission restart, profileNamespace indeed @low sierra

[low sierra]

@winter rose thanks. It will be a big work!

[bitter jewel]

so i place a gate down in editor and name it gate1. can i disable the open door -action or hide it from the player

this is different from locking the door since locking it allows the player to try the open door -action

[winter rose]

if you make it a simple object (if the option is there)

[bitter jewel]

unfortunately it is not

oh well

[kindred zephyr]

to remove default actions from items you need to destroy them

_object setDamage [1,false];

the false statement will make it keep its shape or position.

You can also re-enable some item actions setting the damage to 0.

[bitter jewel]

neat

i have to test that after im done with hw

[elfin robin]

good evening guys, look i dont know anything about scripting so go easy. i put i field hospital down in my base, now for healing when walking through it what can i put down and this will go in the init field when you double click on a item? never done it in my life before?

[little raptor]

something like this:

if (isServer) then {
  [this] spawn {
      params ["_hospital"];
      while {alive _hospital} do {
        {
          if (_x distance _hospital < 10) then {
              _x setDamage (damage _x - 0.1);
          };
        } forEach units west;
        sleep 5;
      };
  };
};

[dusk shadow]

Hey fellas, anyone know where the default building collapsing sound is located? Trying to use it with playSound3D

[little raptor]

one of the building's soundBlaBlas in config

[dusk shadow]

Still kinda stumped on the building destruction sound... Config files for buidling is just "soundCrash" or "soundLandCrash" or the like... nothing playable using the script commands i tried :/

[little raptor]

did you try these?
configFile >> "CfgSFX" >> "DestrHouse"

DestrHouse1[] = {"A3\Sounds_F\sfx\special_sfx\Building_Destroy_01",6.30957,1,150,0.1,0,0,0};

goes up to 9

[winter rose]

in a disabledAI = 1 MP game, how can I "kick" back a player to role selection?
I think of using OnUserSelectedPlayer mission EH, but then I don't know
selectNoPlayer?

[dusk shadow]

Ha just found the DestrHouse and was looking for where it was! Cheers Leo

[little raptor]

selectNoPlayer

Does not work in multiplayer.

[winter rose]

selectPlayer objNull then :D

I fear that deleting the player may destroy the role with it

[little raptor]

Rough multiplayer emulation:
_noPlayer = createGroup sideLogic createUnit [
    "Logic",
    [0,0,1000],
    [],
    0,
    "NONE"
];
selectPlayer _noPlayer;
hint str player; // L Charlie 4-3:1 (KK)

[little raptor]

you don't read the wiki yourself do you?! 🤣

[winter rose]

I write, I don't read :p

I never knew the behaviour of deleteVehicle on disabledAI = 1 missions

(and never tried)

[little raptor]

me neither

[winter rose]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-star-wars-gif-4928619

I'll go with failMission "LOSER";, hah

[limber panther]

Hello! can somebody help? I need to combine these together but i have no idea how:
_this setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "zn\A27.jpg"];
screenToWorld [0.5,0.5]
basicall i need to set texture to an object that i'm currently looking at

creating this hybrid obviously didn't work: screenToWorld [0.5,0.5] setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "zn\A27.jpg"];

[fair drum]

cursorObject setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "zn\A27.jpg"];

[limber panther]

@fair drum thank you but cursor might not be ideal since it can move around, is there a way to use the centre of the screen?

[fair drum]

use your screenToWorld and nearestObject then

screenToWorld to get the position, then nearestObject to find the object closest to that position

[limber panther]

Can you write that script for me please? I'm kinda noob in these

[fair drum]

if in top down view looking at terrain

private _pos = screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5];
private _object = nearestObject [_pos, "insertTypeClassHere"];
_object setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "zn\A27.jpg"];

[limber panther]

Thanks i'll give it a try in a minute, hold on please

[little raptor]

your _pos is just passing thru the object

screenToWorld only collides with terrain

[fair drum]

what config entry can I use to pull all classes of facewear?

[little raptor]

cfgGlasses iirc

[fair drum]

yup that works

[fair drum]

idk why but my brain defaulted to like a top down view in zeus. yeah if hes running around, cursorobject should be fine or the alternative cursor getter w/e that was cursorTarget

[little raptor]

you can hide them but then they no longer see each other

[little raptor]

cursorTarget is kinda broken

I didn't understand what you mean. I guess you mean the ui icons in zeus?

[limber panther]

that doesn't work at all (cursor works fine)

[fair drum]

that's cause leo corrected me on 3d space and screenToWorld. just use the original idea with cursor object if you are going to be running around

[limber panther]

that's right but by the time i execute the script, the mouse cursor is somewhere around the object so it doesn't work, as such it needs to be the screen to world , let's say i can and i will look on the ground right to the coordinates where the object is located so the screen to world will collide with terrain right under the object

[fair drum]

then my thing will work then in a top down view. did you change the class for the nearObjects filter?

[limber panther]

i did read it but i just copy and paste that since i don't really understand much of it as i mentioned earlier so i assume i'm supposed rewrite a portion of it

[little raptor]

Then you have to remove them as editable units

[limber panther]

which one?

[fair drum]

"insertTypeClassHere"

you have to either leave it as a blank string to pull everything, or use a typeOf value

[limber panther]

ok what is that type class? like what kind object is it supposed to be looking for?

[fair drum]

it shows a config class name for a particular thing

so say if you wanted to target just a particular heli, a class name could be "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F"

[limber panther]

i'm texturing signs, notice boards, billboards etc. do these have a common class?

[fair drum]

okay hold the phone. you want to change textures as you look at them? or just at mission start?

like what is your end goal with this

[limber panther]

ok let me explain:

i'm creating a role play server and now i'm making traffic signs, the whole point of it is to give police officers an ability to spawn a sign wherever they want at any time during the game and then set a texture to the sign - in mission file i have nearly 300 pictures of various traffic signs, i already have done almost all the other scripting around it, now i'm trying to get working the phase when officer selects a picture and that particular picture appears on just spawned board, while doing this, his camera will be frozen so his screen will remain pointed the the place where the sign got spawned

[fair drum]

if he is creating a sign with your script, then you already have the handle of the object as it is created and you can directly change the texture at that moment

_objectHandle = createVehicle [blahblahblah]
_objectHandle = setObjectTextureGlobal [blahblahblah]

[limber panther]

well that's not a thing here, i'm using a dialog window

[limber panther]

anyways, back to the previous question, do those signs have any common class or is it the best just to leave it empty?

by the way when empty it works fine

@fair drum

[fair drum]

let me look for the parent class, one sec

[limber panther]

sure, thanks

[little raptor]

signs should use house_f iirc

[fair drum]

here is your hierarchy

["All","Static","Building","NonStrategic","HouseBase","House","House_F"]

[limber panther]

ok thanks, it seems like leave that spot blank is the best option, anyways thanks a lot! you really helped me, do you think i can ask you one more question?

@fair drum

[fair drum]

fire away

[limber panther]

if (side player == west) then {_veh = createVehicle ["Land_Noticeboard_F", screenToWorld [0.5,0.5], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"]}; this script spawns the sign but the sign gets spawned always in default north-south direction, how to edit this script to make the spawned sign facing the player?

@fair drum

[fair drum]

spawn the sign at [0,0,0], set the direction of the sign, then change its position to where you want it

[limber panther]

well someone suggested me using a vector, is there a way to do it with vectors?

basically the sign that gets spawned should be facing the player and not the north

[fair drum]

this is how I would do it:

if (side group player isEqualTo west) then {
    private _pos = screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5]; //must target terrain
    private _board = createVehicle ["Land_Noticeboard_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
    _board setDir (getDir player - 180);
    _board setPosATL _pos;
};

[limber panther]

arma returns error

[fair drum]

fixed forgot the createVehicle

[limber panther]

ah i thought it's missing there but i remained silent 😅

by the way i sent you a private message

[limber panther]

now it works, the sign just faces away from the player but i assume that i can just change 180 to 360, right?

[fair drum]

yeah you just change the value depending on what the default direction the model is

can change depending on the model so give a few tests

then to change the texture, all you do is do a line for the texture change. and do all of the selecting the texture before the creation of the billboard

if you want to still for some reason do it in two parts, you can send it to a variable and pull it from there:

player setVariable ["currentBoard", _board];
player getVariable ["currentBoard", objNull];

[limber panther]

you helped me a lot and so far i have a complete list of working scripts for my signs, i don't see a use for these

Thank you very much once more again. It's 3:48 am here so i'll go to bed now. In the morning i'll assemble all the scripts together and hopefully it will make a working system for traffic signs 🙂

[crude escarp]

Hi guys, wondering if there's a way to get the Eden editor to show setObjectScale changes as you're making the mission? Tried using the debug console to execute it but that didn't work

[little raptor]

it should work

you're doing it wrong then

[crude escarp]

Are you sure?

It's working once I start the mission, but I can't get it to show the new scale while still in the editor

[little raptor]

yes...

[little raptor]

but to get it to work you have to assign variable names manually to the objects

[crude escarp]

I know

I sent you a DM with what I'm using

So I have the variable name of the object set to "dome1" and the script im using is dome1 setObjectScale 10.0;

[little raptor]

that's not what I mean

[crude escarp]

When executing it in the editor debug console it doesn't do anything

[little raptor]

you have to assign them variables using the debug console

not Eden

[crude escarp]

Okay, how do you do that?

[little raptor]

select the dome, then exec:

dome1 = get3DENSelected "object" select 0;

[crude escarp]

Oh that worked, thank you so much

[little raptor]

if you just want to set the scale, just do:

(get3DENSelected "object" select 0) setObjectScale 2

something like that

[crude escarp]

And I still need to put the stuff in the init field for when i actually run the mission right?

[little raptor]

yes

[crude escarp]

Ok thanks

Thank you so much it works :D

@little raptor Now, is there any way to give collision to the object once it's been scaled up? Coz it has to be made a simple object to do that.

It could even just be adding invisible barriers but idk how to do that

[little raptor]

you can't just make an object super big and expect the collision to work

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/LOD#Geometry

[crude escarp]

ya its ok i figured it out lol

[little raptor]

If the geometry LOD is larger then the size limit, it gets glitchy (collision does not work for example and the object may disappear at certain view angles). The exact value of the limit is not yet known, but it is somewhere around 50-60 meter from the center of origin

[little raptor]

It could even just be adding invisible barriers but idk how to do that
if it's a spherical object such as your dome you can create invisible barriers and use spherical coordinates to place them around the dome

[crude escarp]

i just did it manually with invisible walls

[tired delta]

Hello, just a quick question. Dose someone know how to define sound files that are in an addon in my descriptoin.ext?

[little raptor]

try \ at the start of the path

followed by addon prefix and the rest of the path

e.g. :\a3\sounds\bla.ogg

[tired delta]

ok one sek

ill try it

but i think it didint work like that

for me

[little raptor]

Since Arma 3 v1.50 it is possible to define AddOn sounds in mission config. In order to make engine look for the sound in AddOn, the sound path must start with @ (instead of \) for example:

according to wiki

[tired delta]

but get it right. do i need to do it like this: \myAddon\sounds\casino\drill.ogg

[little raptor]

no. use @ like wiki said. what I said doesn't work with cfgSounds apparently

[tired delta]

oh

so i do i have to define the sound in my config then?

[little raptor]

why do you use an addon anyway?

[tired delta]

to reduce mission file size

[little raptor]

there's nothing wrong with large mission file size

[tired delta]

i tryed tihs " @myAddon\sounds\casino\drill.ogg" but it didnt work

[tired delta]

yah but i hate to waite until 100k byts had been downloaded

[little raptor]

is myAddon your addon prefix?

[tired delta]

no but the prefix is the same as in my file

[little raptor]

do you know what addon prefix is?

[tired delta]

a file with a name in it "$PREFIX$"

?

[little raptor]

well yeah

so did you put myAddon in it?

and what do you use to pack the pbo?

[tired delta]

No the name i put in is DavidsSounds as well as in my descriptin ext so myAddon = DavidsSounds

i jsut thought its easier to understand my qestion with myAddon. sorry 😄

[little raptor]

well what do you pack it with?

[tired delta]

pbo amanger

[little raptor]

use addon builder

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

[tired delta]

ok will

should i delet the prefix file then?

will it create a new one?

[little raptor]

you can set the prefix using pbo options in Addon Builder

you can delete it yeah

[tired delta]

ahh i see

[tired delta]

so i did it with the addon builder but it didnt work

.paa files get loaded corectly but the .oog seems to be not call able out of an addon

[little raptor]

does the sound file even work?

did you test it in the mission folder before putting it into an addon?

[tired delta]

yes

it worked

[little raptor]

did you try playSound3D?

[tired delta]

yes

that worked but i want to make it with say3D

[little raptor]

I know was just wondering

[tired delta]

oh 😄

is there a reason that in this example:
sound[] = { "@a3\Ui_F_Curator\Data\Sound\CfgSound\visionMode", 0.8, 1, 100 };
there is no file ending at the end?

[little raptor]

there is no space in the path like this right?

" @myAddon\sounds\casino\drill.ogg"

[tired delta]

yes

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[tired delta]

@little raptor this is the error in the config

14:21:00 Sound: Error: File: donzo-life\donzo_life_texturen\casino\drill.ogg

donzo-life is my addon, donzo-life_texturen is my pbo

dose the @Mod folder also need some file to declare it?

[little raptor]

wat?

[tired delta]

like the mod.cpp

or meta.cpp

[little raptor]

I have no idea what you mean. this is all you need

@addonprefix\path\to\file.ogg

[tired delta]

@little raptor is addonprefix the name of the pbo? or of the @folder the pbos are in (@MyAddon\addons\thePbo?

[little raptor]

neither

it's the addon prefix

[tired delta]

so i got it to work. Thank you so much @little raptor for your help and support ❤️ . I miss understood the add-on prefix part but now everything works 😄

[tired delta]

hello, its me again i got a quick qestiona bout "say3D". When i remotExec it over the server is it hearable to all players or do i need to exec it over all player

[little raptor]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/say3D

LE

[winter rose]

le quoi ? le Big Mac ?

[tired delta]

Oh so LE = local. So i have to remote exec it to all clients?

[winter rose]

yes

[tired delta]

ahh thank you both ❤️

[little raptor]

oui 😼

[humble bough]

Are there any commands in Arma that can extend the time you can hold your breath for?

[winter rose]

setOxygenRemaining

[humble bough]

Sorry, should of defined what I meant, like when sniping, holding breath then, not underwater
It has no effect when soldier is not diving

[winter rose]

then no, it's a config entry - you would need a mod

[humble bough]

Thanks, will do it that way

[astral meadow]

When I set up custom classes to use as configuration utility to retrieve values from (i.e. in mission root a file called values.hpp), I try to use #include "values.hpp" in description.ext. But whenever I try to retrieve a value from it by using i.e.
x = getNumber (missionConfigFile >> "Numbers" >> "number1");
it always returns the default value like 0 for getNumber, an empty String for getText and an empty array for getArray.

Does anyone have an idea what I could be doing wrong? Thanks in advance 🙂

[little raptor]

hard to say without looking at the config

[astral meadow]

    class Lifter {
        class O_Heli_Transport_04_F {
            hooks[] = {
                { 0, .388,-. 59 }
            };
        }
    }

    class Cargo {
        class Land_Pod_Heli_Transport_04_fuel_F {
            class SlingOffsets {
                frontLeft[] = { -.995, 2.065, 1.35 };
                frontRight[] = { .88, 2.065, 1.35 };
                rearLeft[] = { -.995, -1.368, 1.35 };
                rearRight[] = { .879, -1.368, 1.35 };
            }
        }
    }
}

This is the .hpp file in a folder called config, and I have #include "config\file.hpp" in description.ext

[little raptor]

did you exit the mission or just restart?

[astral meadow]

restart

[little raptor]

then exit

restarting won't update the description.ext

[astral meadow]

so back to editor and after that start the mission?

or re-open the mission?

[little raptor]

this

[astral meadow]

Although this is good to know, it doesn't solve my problem 😦

shoudn't the following work in my case?
value = getArray (missionConfigFile >> "Cfg_LogisticsSystem" >> "Lifter" >> "O_Heli_Transport_04_F" >> "hooks");

omg...

just worked

Somehow when copying the classname O_Heli_Transport_04_F and also Cfg_LogisticsSystem the underscores were replaced with spaces in the debug console. Thought it was visual 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Thank you very much 🙂

[willow hound]

On a side note, -. 59 throws an Invalid number in expression error due to the excess whitespace.

[astral meadow]

right, thanks for that 😄

[little raptor]

#arma3_config

[limber panther]

Hello! A quick question: In the trigger i have after activation this script: createDialog "znacky" but nothing happens (it's a multiplayer game) any suggestion on why it doesn't work?

[winter rose]

if it works when used somewhere else, the trigger might be wrong
if it doesn't work when used somewhere else, the dialog is wrong

[limber panther]

@winter rose thanks for the tip but i'm an idiot, i just realised my own mistake - i gave it a wrong class name

[hallow depot]

params ["_helirtt", "_heli"];

private _cam = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];
_cam cameraEffect ["External", "Back", _helirtt];
_cam camSetFov 0.1;

_cam attachTo [_heli, [0,0,0], "_______", true]; //pos codriver dir?

_helirtt setPiPEffect [0];

addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", {
    _thisArgs params ["_heli"];
    private _dir = (_heli selectionPosition "_______") vectorFromTo (_heli selectionPosition "_______");
    _cam setVectorDirAndUp [_dir, _dir vectorCrossProduct [-(_dir select 1), _dir select 0, 0]];
}, [_heli]];

Can someone help me fill in the blanks? I want this to work for a MH-60L DAP (2 Stores)

[winter rose]

I am highly bothered that you used 8 underscores for the first gap and 7 for the others

[hallow depot]

changed 😉

[tough abyss]

anyone got a script or mod that allows you to import/export cargo containers like the arsenal

[winter rose]

other than engine commands you mean?

[tough abyss]

in zeus and shit

[winter rose]

I don't do 'shit' 😬

[tough abyss]

what about zeus

[winter rose]

see https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/selectionNames

[winter rose]

I don't do Zeus either, but that might be a composition and custom composition in Zeus are coming with v2.06

[tough abyss]

was trying to get a persistent save thing set up but they all have armaholic links so importing/exporting crates was the next best thing lol

[winter rose]

persistence = db or profileNamespace + scripting commands

[tough abyss]

hold on

may have found a solution

[tired delta]

hello, its me again. I got another quick qestion. Is it possible to let the server remoteExec another script? Description: I let the server remoteExec a file (remoteExec 2) > in the file there is another remoteExec (this time remoteExec -2) that executes a say3D on an object 4 all clients. But the sound dose not apear. The first file gets called an works. The clinet one dose not. Here is it 4 refrence:
{_bohrer say3D "drill";} remoteExec ["call", -2];

[winter rose]

[_bohrer, "drill"] remoteExec ["say3D"];
```would be the way to do it

where is _bohrer defined?

@tired delta

[tired delta]

yes

[tired delta]

is the say3d missing?

or how dose it work 😄

[winter rose]

fixeded

[tired delta]

ahhhh

[_bohrer, "drill"] remoteExec ["say3D", -2]; would this also work?

[winter rose]

if you use -2, if the server is a player (player-hosted server), he won't get it

[tired delta]

its didicated

[winter rose]

you are making dedicated server specific code here

[tired delta]

yes

[winter rose]

which is… not cool, but now you know

[tired delta]

thank you so much ❤️

oh @winter rose can i put the -2 in it?

[winter rose]

where?

[tired delta]

[_bohrer, "drill"] remoteExec ["say3D", -2];

@winter rose but its not working 😦

could it be that its a problem that i call it over an remoteexeced file?

[winter rose]

no

again,

where is _bohrer defined?

[tired delta]

_bohrer is defined in the file the remoteexec is in

like this:

_bohrer = "uLife_drillrig24" createVehicle [0,0,0];
[_bohrer, "drill"] remoteExec ["say3D", -2];

the object gets set on the right possition

[winter rose]

yeah, this works
now, how are you testing that?

[winter rose]

before speaking I hope

[tired delta]

yes 😄

I use an item that calls the this after use:
[player] remoteExec ["life_fnc_bohrer", 2];

then the file gets executed by the server and sets evrything (it works fine)
and in the file is the remote exec call

[digital torrent]

how can u write a script that test if the crew of a vehicle is alive and if not to move it out?
basically i know it is really wrong but something like this i guess. cant figure how to select the gunner of the fullcrew list

if (!alive fullcrew [_myvehicle, "gunner",false]) then (moveout ???)

[little raptor]

use a forEach loop

[digital torrent]

do you mean for the moveout part? or do you mean for the alive part? i wasnt sure if i wrote the first part good or not...

[little raptor]

for all of it

[digital torrent]

and how would i select the crew of each?
like this?

select player in (crew _myvehicle);

[little raptor]

why do you put things randomly together?

[digital torrent]

i never really used the select and from the example on the bistudio, i thought it was like that haha

[little raptor]

wat? select is a binary command. where in wiki did you even see it used as a unary command like that?

plus you don't even pay attention to data types

[digital torrent]

i am putting the code in a vehicle that only have 1 seat, so it though it would work...

[little raptor]

it has nothing to do with "having 1 seat". to get a scripting command to even work you must provide the right data types

[little raptor]

to make it simpler for you to understand, think of scripting commands as math operators. like + -

array select index -> 1 + 2
that's a binary command

alive player -> - 1
unary command

player -> 1
nular command

[digital torrent]

what is nular command?

i googled and didnt find it

[little raptor]

having no arguments

like variables, numbers, etc.

unary means having 1 arg, on its right (like the math "negative" (-1))

binary means 2 args, one on left, other on right (like summation: 1 + 2)

next you have to understand data types.

you can't just randomly put things together

e.g. :1 + player doesn't work, and doesn't make sense either (and you shouldn't just guess, you should look at the wiki page for the command to know it)

1 is a SCALAR (number); player is an object

if you look at wiki there is no syntax of + that can sum a number and an object

[digital torrent]

so like this?

[fullcrew [_myvehicle, "gunner",false]] select 1

fullcrew provide the data list. and the select would the the 1st on the list?

[little raptor]

[] means array

{} means code

() is just parenthesis and is meaningless

[digital torrent]

so it is good no? i used [] on the whole full crew which is the array?

[little raptor]

what you're doing here is:
tell the game to make an array ([]) and put fullcrew [_myvehicle, "gunner",false] in it

then you select 1

first of all, array indices start at 0

not 1

second of all, even if the index was correct (0) you'd be selecting fullcrew [_myvehicle, "gunner",false] again

[digital torrent]

but wont the fullcrew provide the list?

[little raptor]

third of all, like I said, don't guess. read the wiki

[little raptor]

you're putting an array into an array

[digital torrent]

ah

[little raptor]

[[]]

[digital torrent]

ok i see thank you

[little raptor]

[[]]
and to be clear I didn't say do that...

[digital torrent]

yes ik. that was a misconception i had that [] and () do the same thing

[cobalt sorrel]

What would be the best way to add a delay to this script?

I have a RandomSpawn script I've made which moves clients in X groups to X random spot, that all works fine.
This script is the .init of one of our community framework module, Start_in_Parachute, which starts users on a selected side, to a pre-defined height, in an attached non steerable parachute, without interfering with backpacks.
Both work, but problem is, after the user spawns in, the module moves them to the height, attaches a parachute, then the RandomSpawn script moves them, resulting in them being in the air, without a chute, but at the correctly moved location, while my result is, in the air, with a chute, at the randomly picked location.

Looking for this script to run a second or so after map/briefing screen.
https://pastebin.com/SV0kUCPR

Ideally JIP compat.

Someone mentioned ```CBA_fnc_waitAndExecute

[limber panther]

Hello, is there anyone familiar with arma dialog creator? I need to import the exported script but i have no idea how

[copper raven]

yes, you can use that, see https://cbateam.github.io/CBA_A3/docs/files/common/fnc_waitAndExecute-sqf.html

[keen trout]

can someone help me install an holster script

[winter rose]

it should come with instructions

[keen trout]

everytime i install one i fail to do so

theres no instructions

:/

can i send the script?

waitUntil {currentWeapon player == "" or {primaryWeapon player == "" && handgunWeapon player == ""}};```

how do i make this into an addaction for a player

[winter rose]

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

unit addAction ["action title", {
  // action code
}];

↓ see configClasses and configProperties ↓

[quaint oyster]

Could someone help me correct the syntax of this?? Trying to generate a list of sound files in a mod, essentially.

(("getText( _x >> 'author' ) isEqualto 'Bohemia Interactive'" configClasses (configfile >> "CfgSounds"))) call BIS_fnc_getCfgSubClasses;```

Another way I tried this below, with no success.

```sqf
("getText( _x >> 'author' ) isEqualto 'Bohemia Interactive'" configClasses (configfile >> "CfgSounds")) apply {configName _x};

[copper raven]

syntax is ok

the issue is in filtering

does cfgSounds even have author?

[quaint oyster]

i suppose it does not

name is a variable however, quite a bit different than author :p

[copper raven]

your best bet is filtering by path of the sound file

[quaint oyster]

That would actually be a really good way of doing it

but alas i am unaware of such a mechanic

all of the sounds in question that i'm after are in their own sub folder of a mod.

[copper raven]

private _path = getArray (_x >> "sound") select 0;

you can get the path that way from what i can see in the doc

then you can use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/select to get substring, and then use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/in

substring is optional, though you might get unwanted collisions

like if you were to look for a3, its better to substring first few letters, and then run in, instead of running in on entire path

andd, you probably want that too: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/toLowerANSI

[quaint oyster]

going to try to piece something together from this m8, ty

[cobalt sorrel]

I maanged to get it all working :)

[warm iris]

Heyo, I'm looking for some help. I'm working on a mission at the minute and it requires the ability for when a specific unit with a variable name crosses out of an area the mission ends (area marked with markers on map) any advice would be handy

[little raptor]

you can use a trigger or a loop

that would be very slow to do

you'll have to reattach the object

attaching is slow

you're better off just moving the object every frame yourself

ok then

do you want it to follow the terrain, or surface?

then just do:

_obj setVectorUp [0,0,1];
_c = _obj modelToWorldWorld [0,0,0];
_p = getPosASL _c;
_d = _p vectorDiff _c;

_obj setVariable ["landContactDiff", _d];
_obj attachTo [player, [0,0,0]];
onEachFrame {
  _obj = attachedObjects player select 0;
  _d1 = _obj getVariable ["landContactDiff", [0,0,0]];
  _d2 = getPosATL player select 2;
  _obj attachTo [player, [0,0, -_d2] vectorAdd _d1];
};

(not tested)

[warm iris]

I've found the hardest thing of arma is finding what variables I need 😂

[winter rose]

hah, try naming them

[warm iris]

I'm good thanks 😂

[bitter jewel]

that_thing_there

[winter rose]

_stuff1, _lalala

[warm iris]

Essentially there's 4 scripts I'll need to run on this mission
1: End scenario when either a specific player dies or goes into a marker (Should be easy)
2: A loot system (probably can find a premade one)
3: A random teleport thing (Basically teleports a specific unit somewhere in an area)
4: Civilians walking about and driving about (Enigma's will work for this perfectly)

[warm iris]

Got 2 and 4 done, those were easy premade good enough for what I need. Cant figure out how to end scenario with trigger, tried a tutorial, does nothing.

[little raptor]

as I said, for 1 use a trigger. set its type to END

to detect when someone/something dies you need a killed event handler

[warm iris]

I did I might've broken something myself 😂

[cosmic lichen]

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

Or use the end mission module.

[little raptor]

and for 3, depending on the type of area (circular/rectangular) you can use polar or cartesian coordinates and randomize the coordinate parameters

[warm iris]

Got the vast majority done so I'm deserving a break now

[warm hedge]

No

[copper raven]

vestContainer and setObjectTexture maybe?

[still forum]

no

[little raptor]

huh. did you guys know that the for variable can be global?

[copper raven]

yeah

[little raptor]

for "bla" from

[copper raven]

but its still local to the scope

[little raptor]

I thought it was private

[copper raven]

just like this in object init

not a local ident, but is local variable

[little raptor]

gotta fix it then 😅

looks like it can be practically anything

for "#bla"

but you can't do anything with it 🤣 (unless you just don't need it)

[copper raven]

unless you use bytecode 😄

though, i wonder if there is any ident sanitization happening when deserializing it

time for a quick test

[winter rose]

maybe a missionNamespace getVariable "#bla"?

[little raptor]

nope

it's not in missionNamespace

[copper raven]

yea it works fine with bytecode

[copper raven]

added some "proper" lexer rules

*-/475-*/ = damage player;

systemChat str *-/475-*/;

compiled to

0x0001: <CODE> [main] '{#line 1 "C:\Users\sharp\source\repos\sqfmake\output\idk.s...' [9]
        endstatement
        callnular, player
        callunary, damage
        assignto, *-/475-*/
        endstatement
        getvariable, *-/475-*/
        callunary, str
        callunary, systemchat
        endstatement

and runs fine in game 😄

[still forum]

┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

now emoji please

Thats my big gripe with Arma's parser, doesn't support emoji variable names

Just needs to be UTF-8

[winter rose]

NO.

[copper raven]

[copper raven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLyzMmonj6Y

[still forum]

btw compileScript doesn't support getting .sqfc as parameter

thats just a bug

[tough abyss]

been trying to set up a laptop to lock targets from going down but idk know what im missing or if what im doing is correct

//What I did 
flag_control_targets addAction ["Disable pop-up", {target_1, target_2, target_3 ["noPop", true, true]}];
// Disable the pop-up functionality by setting "noPop" to true globally
flag_control_targets addAction ["Disable pop-up", {missionNamespace setVariable ["noPop", true, true]}];

Can someone guide me what im missing

[little raptor]

Can someone guide me what im missing
many things

noPop is a global variable

it already applies to all objects

so you don't need specifics like target1, etc

(plus that code is just wrong)

to prevent targets from going down just disable simulation for them

afaik noPop means the target won't pop up?

[tough abyss]

yeah but I'm trying to make the laptop bring them up and down

[little raptor]

use animations to do that

[little raptor]

see this code. might help you out:
#arma3_scripting message

the animation you need is called "terc"

[tough abyss]

something like this on wiki?

flag_control_targets addAction ["Reset Targets", {[target_0, target_1, target_2] apply {_x animateSource ["terc", 0]}}];

[little raptor]

yeah

actually it's animate

not animateSouce

[tough abyss]

how would i be able to disable the animation this way?

[little raptor]

just change the code inside apply to:

[_x, false] remoteExec ["enableSimulationGlobal", 2]

[tough abyss]

ugh im terrible with code lol it wasn't working with the

[_x, false]

so I changed it to

{_x, false}

im still trying to see if it works

[winter rose]

…don't do that

{ } is code
[ ] is array (or "list")

don't mix the two

[little raptor]

it wasn't working
what's not working?
post the code

[tough abyss]

flag_control_targets addAction ["Reset Targets", {[target_0, target_1, target_2] apply [_x, false] remoteExec ["enableSimulationGlobal", 2]}];

gave me this error

[little raptor]

I meant replace code inside {}

[target_0, target_1, target_2] apply {[_x, false] remoteExec ["enableSimulationGlobal", 2]}

[little raptor]

also this doesn't "Reset Targets"

it prevents them from going down

[tough abyss]

flag_control_targets addAction ["Lock Targets", {[target_0, target_1, target_2] apply {[_x, false] remoteExec ["enableSimulationGlobal", 2]}}];

[little raptor]

yeah

[dusk shadow]

Interesting question about the RemainsCollector: Does it work on inanimate objects like sheds or boxes? How about non-destructibles?
What is the requirement to be considered a "wreck"?

[dusky pier]

Hello!

Last time - in random moment - everybody getting kicked from my server. That happens not so often, but still. Mission is getting restarted globally.
I thought - is cheater doing that again and again, but don't sure about it.

Blocked endmission and failmission in CfgRemoteExec, but that's didn't worked.

Could you help me, please?
What can be a reason of that, and is it possible to somehow track/prevent this problem?

Was trying to track it though battleye filters, but didn't worked too, or i doing something wrong :\

Thank you!

[winter rose]

server logs may help you
try blocking remote execution of serverCommand, too

[little raptor]

Probably not

It probably only works on mission objects

[limber panther]

Hello! Can someone help me with a little problem please? I've got this script that works fine:

    private _pos = screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5]; 
    private _board = createVehicle ["Land_Noticeboard_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"]; 
    _board setDir (getDir player - 360); 
    _board setPosATL _pos; 
};

if (side player == west) then {createDialog "znacky"};```
The script spawns a sign and opens a dialog but every time a player executes this, a sign spawns in front of every player on the server and of course it also opens the dialog to everyone. How to edit it, so that the sign spawns only once?

To explain it a bit more: With this script the sign spawns in front of all players at the same time when only 1 player executed the script. I need the sign to be visible to everyone on the server (just like the script does) but get spawned only 1 sign in front of the player, who executed the script.

[bitter jewel]

how are your players executing the script

is it by trigger

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[limber panther]

@bitter jewel yes

[bitter jewel]

more precisely, is it an area trigger?

if so then you can change player to thisList#0

which is just the first unit the game chooses from the trigger area

[limber panther]

No, it's radio alpha, radio beta, etc...

[bitter jewel]

ah

ok

[limber panther]

Any idea how to solve it?

[bitter jewel]

yes

i need to find it first

and it may be ugly

[limber panther]

No problem, as long as it works i'll be happy :D

[bitter jewel]

if i remember correctly there is no way to get the executing player in a radio trigger

someone else may correct me if im wrong

however

you can build your own custom menu actions

or command menu actions

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

if you look at the example from LaKing

["First", [0], "", -5, [["expression", "player sidechat ""First"" "]], "1", "1"],

you can find that row in the second array with the commands

in between all that mess there is that "player sidechat ""first"" " -string

that code will be executed only by the calling player

now the problem is that that whole example will only work once

im going through my old script and trying to remember what the hell is it doing

it seems i found out that you can overwrite an array and arma will happily update your comm menu accordingly

yeah

you can forget the showCommandingMenu link

just do

  _menu_name = "User menu";
  _focus = true;

  // init it
  BIS_fnc_addCommMenuItem_menu = [[_menu_name, _focus]];

  _rowname = "Teleport";
  _exe = "call fn_menuOne";

  BIS_fnc_addCommMenuItem_menu pushback (call fn_mk_menu_row);

and put your script in a function named fn_menuOne

there is a caveat in this solution

it will overwrite your comm menu

meaning if you have vanilla artillery or support modules or something else that uses the comm menu this will overwrite it

oh what am i saying

this is missing the fn_mk_menu_row

fn_mk_menu_row = {
  _cmd_sep = -1;
  _cmd_non = -2;
  _cmd_hid = -3;
  _cmd_bak = -4;
  _cmd_exe = -5;

  _cond_visib = "1";
  _cond_active = "1";
  _key_none = 0;
  _submenu_none = "";


  _key = (count bis_fnc_addcommmenuitem_menu) + 1;
  _submenu = if (isnil "_submenu") then {_submenu_none} else {_submenu};
  _visible = if (isnil "_visible") then {_cond_visib} else {_visible};
  _active = if (isnil "_active") then {_cond_active} else {_active};

  _rownum = _rownum + 1;
  _arr = [_rowname, [_key], _submenu, _cmd_exe, [["expression", _exe]], _visible, _active];
  _arr;
};

you need that function before you can run the code i posted above

if you dont want to overwrite the comms menu then you can use addaction

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

it is less ugly to implement

the players will then execute your script from the scroll wheel menu

[torpid quartz]

so I'm trying to get vehicles pylons to be set to certain things when they respawn using the vehicle respawn module

There's some code on the wiki

private _pylons = PASTEHERE;
private _pylonPaths = (configProperties [configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _vehicle >> "Components" >> "TransportPylonsComponent" >> "Pylons", "isClass _x"]) apply {getArray (_x >> "turret")};
{ _vehicle removeWeaponGlobal getText (configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _x >> "pylonWeapon") } forEach getPylonMagazines _vehicle;
{ _vehicle setPylonLoadout [_forEachIndex + 1, _x, true, _pylonPaths select _forEachIndex] } forEach _pylons;

I've set it to this, but i'm getting an error saying it expected an object, not an array.
Replacing _this select 1 with O_Heli_Attack_02_dynamicLoadout_F didn't work too ( unidentified variable in expression)

private _pylons = ["PylonRack_1Rnd_Missile_AA_03_F","PylonRack_1Rnd_Missile_AA_03_F","PylonRack_1Rnd_Missile_AA_03_F","PylonRack_1Rnd_Missile_AA_03_F"];
private _pylonPaths = (configProperties [configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _this select 1 >> "Components" >> "TransportPylonsComponent" >> "Pylons", "isClass _x"]) apply {getArray (_x >> "turret")};
{_this select 1 removeWeaponGlobal getText (configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> _x >> "pylonWeapon") } forEach getPylonMagazines _this select 1;
{_this select 1 setPylonLoadout [_forEachIndex + 1, _x, true, _pylonPaths select _forEachIndex] } forEach _pylons;

Any ideas on how to get this to work?

[cosmic lichen]

_this select 1 in brackets

Also

!code

[wicked roost]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[cosmic lichen]

@torpid quartz

[torpid quartz]

@cosmic lichen
getting error zero divisor

hang on let me make it _this select 0

yup that did it all goo

thanks a ton R3vo

[cosmic lichen]

Yw

[dusky pier]

hm, i already blocked it in CfgRemoteExec, but somehow is still restart mission :
that i find in server logs ( after player disconnect messages )

19:16:52 Game finished.
class Session
{
...

and later - list of all players on server like in mission.sqm

[copper raven]

you don't need to do any of that, all you need to do is just make a config entry inCfgCommunicationMenu and use that with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_addCommMenuItem

that would also fix all the locality issues

[copper raven]

and btw this wouldn't fix the issue, then you'd end up with a board for each player, but only at the position of one player

[limber panther]

@bitter jewel thanks for your time

[runic quest]

Is there any major update to ARMA3 recently?

[little raptor]

why? what does it have to do with scripting?

[runic quest]

My script is written in life_server, but it is not possible to CALL in the client, it was possible before

[little raptor]

it probably has nothing to do with Arma updates then

[runic quest]

ok bro

[royal siren]

Hi guys, i have a problem

For exemple " Objective 1 : Kill target1

trigger : when target1 is dead, activate complete objective

Objective 1 : validated

thats how it supposed to be

But when i kill target1, there is like 1 minute before the objective is validated
but in SP, its directly

the problem is only in Multiplayer

[cosmic lichen]

How is it set up?

[royal siren]

what u mean

[dusky pier]

Hello, is it possible - mission restart itself - because of any script / config / mod error?
Has anyone had this problem, maybe?

[astral meadow]

Is using exitWith the correct way - if a certain condition is met - to print an error message and after that exit the whole script ? If so, please explain how to use it, I don't understand the explenation on the wiki. 😕

[willow hound]

//Stuff
if (/*Condition*/) exitWith {
  ["Some error message"] call BIS_fnc_error;
};
//Stuff

[little raptor]

no

I mean not necessarily

exitWith exits the current code (scope), not script

[astral meadow]

so for example just the current if?

[little raptor]

yes:

if (bla) then {
  if (blabla) exitWith {}; //only exits the above 'then'
};

[willow hound]

This method is often used to validate the parameters passed to the script, for example in this random ACE function: https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/master/addons/medical_treatment/functions/fnc_fullHealLocal.sqf (no error message in this example)

[little raptor]

to exit the whole script, use breakOut

you must name the scope too

[astral meadow]

What I'm trying to do is print an error message and exit the whole script, if a provided parameter in a function is null.

[cosmic lichen]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/terminate might work as well

[little raptor]

if you check that inside the main function body, exitWith will work just fine

[astral meadow]

And If not, I guess I'd have to check multiple times to exit one if after another?

[little raptor]

/*
  my_function.sqf
*/
params ["_blabla"];
if (isNil "_blabla") exitWith {};

[little raptor]

wdym?

[astral meadow]

I.e. when using nested ifs

[little raptor]

I still don't understand what you mean

(I mean I understand what nested ifs means, but not what you want)

[astral meadow]

I can't really remember what I meant, so I guess just forget about it D:

I'll try to get exitWith to work now, thanks for your help 🙂

[cosmic lichen]

if (something) then
{ 
  if (something2) exitWith {};
};```

this is what he means

[willow hound]

params ["_object"];
if (isNull _object) exitWith {
  ["Invalid object (objNull)."] call BIS_fnc_error;
};

[astral meadow]

I think what I meant was if I were to use nested If's and wanted to exit the whole script if a "deeply nested If" was false, I'd have to use exitWith multiple times, to first exit the If's and finally the script, but I guess that's not the case, is it?

[little raptor]

you can use lazy eval or breakOut, as I said

[cosmic lichen]

ALT + F4 😄

http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-scopes/ This might also be interesting

[little raptor]

if (_bla && {
  _blabla && {
    _blablabla
  }
}) exitWith {

};

[limber panther]

hi everyone! i've got a weird problem - i wanted to add some custom functions for the self interaction menu. So i've created a script and placed it in the init field of the unit that is supposed to have access to that function. In single player it works fine. On dedicated server it doesn't appear in the self interaction menu at all. However if executed in console, it gets in there. So how to make it so that those functions are available for the player on the dedicated server since he joins the game? Thank you.

myaction = ["sign_spawn","Spawn traffic sign","", {hint "Please select a sign"},{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
myaction = ["notice_board","Notice board","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\notice_board.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
myaction = ["sign_small","Sign - small","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\sign_small.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
myaction = ["sign_medium","Sign - medium","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\sign_medium.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

myaction = ["sign_large","Sign - large","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\sign_large.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
myaction = ["map_board","Map board","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\map_board.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
myaction = ["billboard_small","Billboard - small","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\billboard_small.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;
myaction = ["billboard_large","Billboard - large","", {_handle = [] execvm "znace\billboard_large.sqf"; },{true}] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_createAction;
[player, 1, ["ACE_SelfActions", "sign_spawn"], myaction] call ace_interact_menu_fnc_addActionToObject;

[cosmic lichen]

add them via initPlayerLocal.sqf

check the biki

[limber panther]

it's a multiplayer game with multiple factions but this script should be available to NATO only

[cosmic lichen]

Add a side check

[limber panther]

already did that, are you sure that initPlayerLocal.sqf will solve the issue?

[cosmic lichen]

yes

[limber panther]

allright i'll see what i can do

by the way i can just paste the script as it is into that sqf with no changes, right?

[astral meadow]

got the whole script to work perfectly, thank you guys for helping me understand 😁👍

[cosmic lichen]

It should work.

[limber panther]

thanks, i'll try it

@cosmic lichen tested it and it really works, thank you, can i ask one more question?

[finite sail]

is it "when is arma4"?

[limber panther]

😒

[finite sail]

hehe

[cosmic lichen]

Sure

[limber panther]

@cosmic lichen this is one out of several nearly identical scripts that are supposed to spawn a sign and i would like to give that spawned sign an add action that will make the sign get deleted when necessary, so i've created this but it doesn't work:

if (side group player isEqualTo west) then {  
    private _pos = screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5];  
    private _board = createVehicle ["Land_Billboard_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];  
    _board setDir (getDir player - 360);  
    _board setPosATL _pos;  
}; 
 
if (side player == west) then {createDialog "znacky"};

_board addAction ["Delete", { params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; deletevehicle _target; }];

Any idea how to fix it?

[cosmic lichen]

First thing. What happens if side of player's group is NOT west?

[limber panther]

nothing, script does not get executed

i mean the sign won't spawn

and dialog won't open

[cosmic lichen]

but the action will be assigned to the board that does not exist

[limber panther]

well nothing will be assigned since the board will never be there, also even the action can be under condition to appear there if the player is side west

or at least that's how i understand it

[cosmic lichen]

The issue is that you set board to be private inside the if statement

if (side group player isEqualTo west) then {  
    private _pos = screenToWorld [0.5, 0.5];  
    private _board = createVehicle ["Land_Billboard_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];  
    _board setDir (getDir player - 360);  
    _board setPosATL _pos;
    createDialog "znacky";
    _board addAction ["Delete", { params ["_target", "_caller", "_actionId", "_arguments"]; deletevehicle _target; }];
}; ```

[limber panther]

ok so i assume that you've just placed it under one west side check condition but is it going to solve the problem with the delete function?

[pale ridge]

["CAManBase", "AnimChanged",{
  params ["_unit", "_anim"]; 
    if (    _anim == "AsdvPercMsprSnonWnonDf") 
    then {
        [_unit] spawn {
            while { underwater _unit && alive _unit } do {
                if ( getOxygenRemaining _unit < 0.3 ) then {_unit setOxygenRemaining 1};
                _unit globalChat "not drowning";
                    sleep 10;
            };
        };    
    };
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

if i do this, is it going to spawn multiple same "spawn" on _unit everytime they enter the animation? such that i am going to have the same script running multiple times?

[little raptor]

yes

[little raptor]

also _unit is not defined in your spawn

[proven charm]

does _man addEventHandler ["FiredMan",{}]; work in dedi if set for player or player's AI?

[cosmic lichen]

Yes, it works now

[limber panther]

thanks, i'm just about to test it

[limber panther]

yes it works! that's so awesome! thank you 😁

[little raptor]

the wiki already explains everything about that EH

[proven charm]

yeah but it talks about being in range of a camera for remote objects. so I'm unsure what is the case for dedi

[little raptor]

then better not use it on dedicated server

I don't know why you would want to exec it on server anyway

¯_(ツ)_/¯

too many codes on the server == terrible performance for everyone

[proven charm]

probably true but I need a way to check if group is firing to enemies

[little raptor]

just add it wherever the group is local

[proven charm]

no other EH or script command I could use?

[little raptor]

no

maybe it works on dedi

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[proven charm]

k

thx

[valid abyss]

Hello, is there any way to get the name of a specific agent through a foreach loop?

[warm hedge]

What is the array? Contains agents?

[valid abyss]

i got every agent in the scenario and put them into an array with the agents command

[warm hedge]

name agent _x;?

[valid abyss]

tried that

[warm hedge]

And?

Not entirely sure what is the context

[valid abyss]

hold on i think i havent tried it, it didnt throw an error this time

Ah that fixed it, thank you very much this has been giving me a migraine!

[tidal ferry]

Hey, quick, I need scripting help with something

Anyone know what command I should use to have a turret fire continuously for a set amount of time?

Unmanned turret

Taking me a while to read the Biki to find the right commands, and I'm on a bit of a clock

[little raptor]

not possible

[tidal ferry]

Really? Hrm

[little raptor]

yes. unmanned objects cannot fire

you can put an invisible AI in them

[tidal ferry]

Hmmm okay

[proven charm]

FiredMan triggers for player in dedi...

[tidal ferry]

Any way to like, create a phantom gun that can fire projectiles like a normal turret would, but only in one direction?

[little raptor]

just fire the projectiles yourself

[pale ridge]

["CAManBase", "AnimChanged",{
  params ["_unit", "_anim"]; 
  _Adrowning =[_unit] spawn {
            params ["_unit"];
            while { underwater _unit && alive _unit } do {
                if ( getOxygenRemaining _unit < 0.3 ) then {_unit setOxygenRemaining 1};
                _unit globalChat "not drowning";
                    sleep 10;
            };
        };
    if (    _anim == "AsdvPercMsprSnonWnonDf") 
    then {    terminate _Adrowning;
    call _Adrowning;
    };
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

so this should be better right?

[little raptor]

no

[pale ridge]

😦 i also think i have to put the sleep outside do

i am getting bullied

🙂

[little raptor]

["CAManBase", "AnimChanged",{
    params ["_unit", "_anim"];
    if (_anim == "AsdvPercMsprSnonWnonDf" && {scriptDone (_unit getVariable ["WaterCheckHandle", scriptNull])}) then {
        _handle = [_unit] spawn {
            params ["_unit"];
            while { underwater _unit && alive _unit } do {
                if ( getOxygenRemaining _unit < 0.3 ) then {_unit setOxygenRemaining 1};
                _unit globalChat "not drowning";
                sleep 10;
            };
        };
        _unit setVariable ["WaterCheckHandle", _handle];
    };
    
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

[pale ridge]

scriptdone be praised

[little raptor]

fixed a couple of issues

fixed again

typing code on discord is hard

[pale ridge]

esp with my code writing

[winter rose]

disappears in a smoke of cloud after his moderation deed

[wind hedge]

Can we get one to prevent players stuck on the infamous "skydiving" pose when they get stuck on buildings high in the air or oven close to the ground too sometimes. I was thinking something along these lines:

 
if (animationState player == "afalpercmstpsnonwnondnon") then {
    private _pos = [];
    _pos = [getPosWorld player, 2, 10, 2, 1, 60, 0] call BIS_fnc_findSafePos;
    if (_pos isNotEqualTo []) then {player setPosATL _pos;} else {
        _pos = [[[position player, 10]],[]] call BIS_fnc_randomPos;
        player setPos _pos;
    };
};

I am running that on a 4 second loop in the player units but perhaps "AnimChanged" or other EH is a better solution...

The insidious animation is: afalpercmstpsnonwnondnon

[little raptor]

why do you use findSafePos?

plus I'm pretty sure it returns a 2D pos

yep:

_this select [0, 2] breakOut "main";

[wind hedge]

So we avoid a position where the player could be SetPos to a position that has an object, or inside a Rock etc etc

[little raptor]

ofc it is

AnimStateChanged

not animChanged

[little raptor]

if the player is stuck in the pose just make him stop

why move him?

and if you want to move him just use setVehiclePosition

it's the engine solution

[wind hedge]

If you make it stop via player switchMove "" for example, it just starts doing the animation again

[little raptor]

just make him stick to the ground:

private _height = getPos player select 2;
if (_height > 10) exitWith {};
player switchMove "";
player setPosASL (getPosASL player vectorDiff [0,0,_height]);

[wind hedge]

I am sure you have experienced players and Ai units getting stuck on that animation too right? It happens to me on every other mission, specially using Steam Downloaded custom compositions...

[little raptor]

try that code ^

[wind hedge]

The animation happens mostly on some poorly designed building rooftops... even some by BI

[little raptor]

it should solve the issue

[wind hedge]

Well, wouldn't the unit just get stuck inside a building with no interior under that roof?

[little raptor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[little raptor]

use setVehiclePosition then

[wind hedge]

Also, the animation can happen on rocks and on walls that are turned upside down or on their sides on the ground (many custom compositions do this "for the looks")

[wind hedge]

I will use that! thanks

[little raptor]

well that's the problem

when you turn an object upside down the ROADWAY lod is no longer touching the player's feet

it's a rookie mistake

soliders need the roadway lod to walk properly

without it they'll use the GEOM lod which is too complex

and problematic

and not just soldiers

vehicles too

[wind hedge]

I wander how other games fix this? Perhaps if the unit "tries" to use a GEOM lod it just goes into ragdoll until he is on a ROADWAY lod again... that is how GTA does it I believe... rather than sticking the player on that animation!

It was funny and also kinda sad, on the last "The Splendid Squad" mission, players got stuck on that animation right at the beginning of the mission

[little raptor]

use a GEOM lod it just goes into ragdoll until he is on a ROADWAY lod again
the roadway lod must be above the geom lod, otherwise that'll never happen

[wind hedge]

Well, if you ragdol "falling" to the sides you will eventually fall from the object you were on and land on "REAL LAND" again

[little raptor]

I know. I mean the surface

that's the problem in arma too

[wind hedge]

Hope they completely change that in A4

It causes so many issues and weird "glitchy" situations

[little raptor]

well another problem with compositions is that their objects are not perfectly aligned

which causes misaligned roadway lods

it happens with multipart objects too

like carriers

[wind hedge]

Exactly... well any solution that "unstucks" the players, be it engine or scripted would've been nice from BI since it can totally break the experience

[little raptor]

well the scripted solution is simple. I might have an idea

[wind hedge]

Please do share if you find an optimal scripted way to fix this, would do wanders for my missions 😉

Not all can afford to have a Zeus master 24/7 to fix these issues

[slim spire]

is there info somewhere listing and explaining the differences between all the weapon holders?

[dreamy kestrel]

Hello, Q: I am trying to model the fire particle example.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Particles_Tutorial#Fire
I want to attach it to a building and appear like it is engulfing the building.
I have the bounding box dimensions of the building, but the fire itself is emitting particles like a 'spot fire'.

[little raptor]

I saw something on the forums a long time ago

google

[little raptor]

a building never moves

why do you want to attach it?

attaching is slow

[dreamy kestrel]

or to a position... point is I want the appearance to be the building engulfed by the licking flames. not just a spot fire.

although the effect would be the same regardless of the target object, movable or not.

this is what I have based on the example thus far... I want to widen that berth so that it appears the building itself is ablaze...
https://pasteboard.co/fSeCTZvsAlMF.png

[slim spire]

I'll try searching in the forums itself but google didn't really yield any results

[fair drum]

the difference is that one of them gets immediately deleted if all items are removed from the weapon holder while the other stays for I think 5 min

[dreamy kestrel]

I think it must be a position or size component, but I'm not sure which.
For setParticleParams seems like that has to do with the particles themselves over their lifetime.
I'm not sure maybe the setParticleRandom components might influence 'where' particles are dropped, i.e. to engulf a building.
A little insight there would be helpful, thank you.

[little raptor]

I don't know about that. but one difference I know is how objects are placed

in visiblity terms I mean

[fair drum]

I remember seeing something on the forums about it's deletion time. Need to try and find it.

[dreamy kestrel]

After tinkering a bit, this is starting to look good.
https://pasteboard.co/kJH3S5A4m6Pl.png

But you have to really see it animated to appreciate it.

[strange seal]

is there a way to identify the specific player that activates a trigger? I'm using some radio calls with scripts in them to do custom helicopter supports but I'm having trouble porting the script for multiplayer use

[little raptor]

what does thisListreturn?

[cold mica]

I wrote my first function. It is supposed to draw a line between two markers and color it red/OPFOR, green/INDFOR, or black/Default. In the current implementation, it draws no line between any markers.
SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf

params ["_rootMarker","_leafMarker"];

if (markerColor "_rootMarker" == "ColorEAST") then {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos "_rootMarker"), (getMarkerPos "_leafMarker"), [1,0,0,1]];};
if (markerColor "_rootMarker" == "ColorGUER") then {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos "_rootMarker"), (getMarkerPos "_leafMarker"), [0,1,0,1]];};
if (markerColor "_rootMarker" == "Default") then {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos "_rootMarker"), (getMarkerPos "_leafMarker"), [0,0,0,1]];};

Here is how I call it in initPlayerLocal.sqf
initPlayerLocal.sqf

SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor = loadFile "SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf";
findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    ["marker_1","marker_2"] call SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor;
} ];

Please roast my code. Also, please critique it.

[willow hound]

Except for the params statement, remove all quotes around _rootMarker and _leafMarker.

[cold mica]

Sounds good, testing it now

Tested it. There was an error that the input was a String, expected code on the line ["marker_1","marker_2"] call SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor;

So I changed it to [marker_1,marker_2] call SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor;

Error is no longer appearing. Though, no line appears marker 1 and marker 2

[willow hound]

loadFile gives you a string, but call expects code. If you really want to declare your function like that, try SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor = compile loadFile "SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf";.

[strange seal]

every method I've tried just returns an empty array, since it's a radio call it doesn't have an area or anything to list units from

[willow hound]

But the best way to declare functions is this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Functions_Library

[cold mica]

I don't know what is the best way to call a function. There seems to be multiple ways to do it.

[spark sun]

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

Array format [variableName, defaultValue, expectedDataTypes, expectedArrayCount]:

variableName: String - name of a private variable (must begin with underscore _, e.g. "_myVar")

[spark sun]

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

be aware that the file should not contain comments or compile will throw an error. If there are comments, use preprocessFile/preprocessFileLineNumbers instead.

[bitter jewel]

they only meant that you need to tell arma to interpret the string that loadFile returned into code so you can call the code

[cold mica]

Should I declare my function in description.ext to use it in initPlayerLocal.sqf?

[spark sun]

it is fine the way you did it, just use compile preprocessFileLineNumbers

but markerColor "_rootMarker" is wrong you want markerColor _rootMarker

[cold mica]

Sounds good. I just tried it out.

[spark sun]

_rootMarker is a variable containing "marker_1"

If you quote it, it become a string

[cold mica]

Here is the updated version:
SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf

params ["_rootMarker","_leafMarker"];

if (markerColor _rootMarker == "ColorEAST") then {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos _rootMarker), (getMarkerPos _leafMarker), [1,0,0,1]];};
if (markerColor _rootMarker == "ColorGUER") then {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos _rootMarker), (getMarkerPos _leafMarker), [0,1,0,1]];};
if (markerColor _rootMarker == "Default") then {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos _rootMarker), (getMarkerPos _leafMarker), [0,0,0,1]];};

initPlayerLocal.sqf

SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor = preprocessFileLineNumbers "SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf";

findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51 ctrlAddEventHandler ["Draw", {
    // TODO Implement checkMarkerColor as a function/macro so you could repeat it for several markers. This also gets around the issue
    // of the function not working within ctrlAddEventHandler
    // King's Men Root
    [marker_1,marker_2] call SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor;
} ];

[willow hound]

Triggers are local, every machine has its own version of each trigger. If player A activates his Radio Alpha trigger, the same Radio Alpha trigger of player B is not activated (as far as I know). Additionally, the On Activation code is executed locally on whatever machine the trigger was activated on, so you should be able to obtain the player by simply using player.

[spark sun]

compile preprocessFileLineNumber

[cold mica]

This throws no error. Yet, it does not draw the line.

[buoyant rock]

My game isn't loading, It'll let me go into Zeus, but once I try and actually play, it says it failed to load the Character, its also doing that on Multi player Servers. it also says its something to do with a Scripted Event. After I closed out of Arma, now it wont even load with Steam so. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

[willow hound]

Try with ["marker_1", "marker_2"] call SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor; 🙂

[cold mica]

Might be best to use #arma3_troubleshooting for this

[strange seal]

that's good to know, it does seem to work but things like pulling up the map happen on all clients and the hints I have for debugging showing the UID's etc are showing each clients local info

[buoyant rock]

No reply there.

[little raptor]

it's not related to this channel. and crossposting is against the #rules

[cold mica]

Best not cross post then. Sometimes, you just have to wait.

[cold mica]

I wrote the line like this:

SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor = compile preprocessFileLineNumber "SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf";

It throws an error "unidentified variable." I think I wrote this wrong.

[willow hound]

That behaviour is probably caused by the code you execute upon trigger activation, but without having seen it, I can only guess.

[spark sun]

preprocessFileLineNumbers

[cold mica]

[bitter jewel]

lider groupRadio  "SentUnitPosUp"

results in lider saying "on your feet" in the radio. Can this be done so that lider says "2 - on your feet"?

[spark sun]

I wrote it wrong 😵‍💫

[cold mica]

My fault for not catching your mistake in my work.

Anyways, your suggestions are in. There are no more errors. There is no line drawn either.

[little raptor]

out a two before it?

[cold mica]

Maybe it's a logical issue regarding the if-statement. I will put in an else clause.

[spark sun]

it is up to you to provide the correct variable to your fnc now

[bitter jewel]

i cant find "two"

[little raptor]

but no. you can't do it the way you think using that

[bitter jewel]

ok

[little raptor]

you have to use kbTell

and make your own conversation

[cold mica]

Is there such thing as ifelse in sqf? Or do I need to do nested else statements?

[little raptor]

no

[spark sun]

put systemChat str marker_1 or others variable to check if everything is defined correctly

[little raptor]

use call with exitWith

[cold mica]

Whoa, there are cases in SQF. I can do that instead.

[little raptor]

or do lazy eval if applicable

[cold mica]

exitWith
lazy eval
That's two articles to read about. I'll try them all out

[little raptor]

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

[cold mica]

Thanks for the links. I didn't mean to trouble you with getting the articles, I was already reading them.

[little raptor]

I already had that page bookmarked

[cold mica]

I decided to do use exitWiths.

It looks like this now:
SESO_fnc_checkMarkerColor.sqf

params ["_rootMarker","_leafMarker"];

call {
    if (markerColor _rootMarker == "ColorEAST") exitWith {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos _rootMarker), (getMarkerPos _leafMarker), [1,0,0,1]];};
    if (markerColor _rootMarker == "ColorGUER") exitWith {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos _rootMarker), (getMarkerPos _leafMarker), [0,1,0,1]];};
    if (true)                                   exitWith {_this select 0 drawLine [(getMarkerPos _rootMarker), (getMarkerPos _leafMarker), [0,0,0,1]];};
}

The idea is it will color the lines if the marker is EAST or GUER. Otherwise, it leaves it colored black/Default.

[willow hound]

_this select 0 resolves to the same data as your _rootMarker variable. But the left parameter of the drawLine command is not a marker name, it's a map control.

[cold mica]

I was worried this would be the case. Maybe a function isn't the best for this. What about macros, are they a thing in SQF?

[little raptor]

wat?

[willow hound]

What's stopping you from passing the map control to the function? 🙂

[cold mica]

Macros, like the ones you use in config.cpp

[little raptor]

I know what a macro is

I mean how do you think that's gonna solve your problem

[cold mica]

now that you point it out, I don't know

[little raptor]

if (true) exitWith

[little raptor]

as ansin said just pass the map control to the code

if you're using the vanilla map it's already known

[little raptor]

also drawLine needs a per frame event handler

if you want to just draw a line you can use polyline markers

[cold mica]

That's what I'm thinking about now. Would it be any different if I had many markers? I only provided you with one line between marker_1 and marker_2. But I have markers up to 100.

[cold mica]

First time I'm hearing about this, I'll read about it now

Read about polylines. The example did not work for my mission.

[little raptor]

and how are you trying it?

[cold mica]

copying and pasting into the init.sqf

Let me try ansin's suggestion before I delve into a completely different framework for this.

[little raptor]

there's a thing called debug console

also by "how" I meant what code

[cold mica]

"marker_A" setMarkerShape "polyline";
private _return = [] ;

for "_i" from 0 to 100 step 0.1 do {
    _return pushBack (_i + getPos player#0);
    _return pushBack ((sin (_i*10))*10 + getPos player#1);
} ;

"marker_A" setMarkerPolyline _return;

This is the one provided in https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setMarkerPolyline

[little raptor]

have you created marker_a?

[cold mica]

oh, for some reason I thought setMarkerShape would also make the marker

[little raptor]

also at init the player may not even exist yet

so it might draw the marker at the bottom left corner of the map for you

getPos
🙄

[cold mica]

do you have wiki access? I presume you could change the example.